[CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:07]
          >> IT'S 4:00. PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY 
          COMMISSIONER CONDON. >> BOW WITH ME, IF YOU WILL.  WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND WE JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US IN CLAY COUNTY AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 
          THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY THAT SO MANY OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD DON'T. I PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA AND OTHER CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD BE SAFE AND TURN TO YOU AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS LOOK TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE AS WE DO HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. I THANK YOU FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, MILITARY AS THEY PROTECT THE FREEDOMS, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS MEETING. THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE FREEDOMS FOR THOSE TO COME AND SPEAK WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND THAT WE MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY . I LIFT UP ANY AROUND THE DAIS AND HERE IN OUR COUNTY STAFF THAT ARE SUFFERING THAT HAVE HAD STRATEGIES TRAGEDIES IN HER LIFE AND STRUGGLING WITH HEALING FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR WOUNDED AND INJURED AND SOME THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THAT ARE DUE TO HAVE SURGERY, I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND HEAL THEIR BODIES. 
          FINALLY, THANK YOU FOR THESE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE BEST INTEREST. YOU AND THE CITIZENS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DECISIONS THEY MAKE AND THAT WE COME HERE TO DO BUSINESS IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND PRAY THAT OUR WORDS AND THOUGHTS ARE PLACED UNDER YOU, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, 
          AMEN. >> FROM SERGEANT FIRST CLASS TAMMY. SERVED HONORABLY FOR 20 YEARS IN THE U.S. ARMY AND RETIRED IN 2007. SHE JOINED THE MILITARY TO TRAVEL AND SEE THE WORLD. THROUGHOUT HER SERVICE, DEVELOPED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE VALUE OF PEOPLE AND TEAMWORK. SERVE AS U.S. ARMY AND FALLS CHURCH VIRGINIA, MILITARY SUPPORT AND HEADQUARTERS JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND AT NORTH CAROLINA. THE WHITE HOUSE MEDICATIONS AGENCY, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY DEFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. HIGHLY DECORATED VETERAN. AREN'T MULTIPLE MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL ALONG WITH THE MILITARY OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MODEL. THE GLOBAL WAR AND PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE BADGE AMONG OTHERS. FOR MOST MEMORABLE ASSIGNMENT, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY SUPPORTING PRESIDENT CLINTON'S COMMUNICATIONS IN OVAL OFFICE AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, HONOR THAT DEEPENED HER APPRECIATION, SERVICE AND SERVICE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. NOW AND ORANGE PARK RESIDENT, CONTINUES HER SERVICE AT LOVE ALIVE CHURCH AND AS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST NUMBER 373. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. 
          >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD EVERYONE IN THE PLEDGE. THOSE HERE AND THOSE ONLINE, I LEARNED TODAY THINKING ABOUT THIS , WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY SERVING AND JUST BECAUSE YOU TOOK OFF THE UNIFORM, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR SERVICE ENDS THERE. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. AS YOU STATED, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LOVE ALIVE CHURCH GROUPS AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS ABOUT BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE DO BETTER WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING HEARD AND IT CONNECTS WITH WHAT YOU ALL DO AND I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOU ALL BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEM NOW, NEIGHBORHOODS AND FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          [00:05:18]
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 
          [PET ADOPTIONS]
MEETING JANUARY 13, 2026. I HAVE ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO PET ADOPTIONS. 
          >> CEDRIC, DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR, FOUR YEARS OLD AND 12.3 POUNDS. 
          A LARGE HANDSOME BOY WHO FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT LIVING IN A KENNEL IS BELIEVED -- BENEATH HIM. HE LOVES TO EXPLORE AND KEEP TABS ON EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. DURING CLEANING TIME, QUICK TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED EXIT TO STROLL AROUND AND VISIT OTHER CATS, CLEARLY SUPERVISING SHELTER OPERATIONS. CEDRIC WOULD DO BEST IN A HOME THAT OFFERS SPACE AND VIEWED IN AN INDOOR OUTDOOR SET UP OR FLORIDA ROOM. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A COMPETENT CURIOUS CAT WITH PERSONALITY, HE'S READY TO UPGRADE HIS LIVING SITUATION. NEXT, CHANDLER AND MIXED BREED 62 POUNDS AND THREE YEARS OLD. I'M CHANDLER. I'M THE NEW GUY HERE STILL FIGURING OUT SHELTER LIFE. I'M LEARNING THE ROUTINE, FINDING MY GROOVE. 
          HONESTLY, I'M DOING GREAT SO FAR. I AM A SOCIAL GUY WHO LOVES PEOPLE. IF YOU STOP BY, I WILL SAY HELLO AND SUCK UP THE ATTENTION. NEW THINGS DON'T SCARE ME MUCH. I'M TAKING IT ALL AND SHOWING EVERYONE THAT I'M EASY-GOING, FRIENDLY AND READY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A HOME WHERE I CAN KEEP LEARNING, RELAX AND BE SOMEONE'S LOYAL SIDEKICK . IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD DOG OFF TO A GREAT START, I MIGHT BE YOUR GUIDE. OUR FIRST CAT IS A SPAYED FEMALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR WHO IS 8.3 POUNDS. HI, I'M SPORT. YES, I'M'S PART. ALL PERSONALITY. ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THEM. LET'S BE HONEST, NONE OF THEM HAD A NAME LIKE MINE AND I'M CLEARLY THE CUTEST ONE LEFT. I'M A SOCIAL GIRL WHO LOVES CONVERSATION. I WILL GREET YOU, NARRATE YOUR DAY, OFFER OPINIONS AND CHECK IN FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE STILL PAYING ATTENTION. SILENCE IS SUSPICIOUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FRIENDLY CHATTY COMPANION WITH A TOP-TIER NAME AND MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY, I'M READY TO GO HOME. LASTLY, BANANA MAN JACK, NEUTERED MALE MIXED BREED TWO YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS. I AM BANANA MAN JACK. I AM ONE HAPPY HIGH-ENERGY GOOFBALL AND I SPEND MY DAYS TOSSING IN THE AIR AND CATCHING LIKE A PRO AND MAKING EVERYTHING A GAME. WALKS, PLAYTIME AND TWIST KEEP MY TAIL WAGGING AND BRAIN BUZZING, BECAUSE A BUSY PUP IS A HAPPY PUP. I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH MY PEOPLE AND SHOWING OFF MY SILLY PLAYFUL SIDE. OTHER DOGS? I COULD BE A LOT OF FUN. I NEED A FRIEND WHO CAN HANDLE BIG MAN ENERGY. LOOKING FOR LAUGHS, FUN AND A BUDDY WHO TURNS EVERYDAY INTO PLAYTIME. THAT'S ME. BANANA MAN JACK. STUFFY INCLUDED. IF YOU ARE READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND, ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ARE WAITING TO ADD EXTRA LOVE AND FUN TO YOUR LIFE. FROM WAGGING TAILS TO KIDDIES, PERFECT COMPANION FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHO IS AVAILABLE, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND MEET OUR ADORABLE CREW LOOKING FOR FOREVER HOMES. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DROP US A LINE AT CLAY ADOPTIONS. DON'T WAIT. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS A CLICK AWAY. PUPPIES LIKE MISTLETOE'S, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN A FOSTER HOME OR ALWAYS IN NEED OF FOSTER HOMES WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND RECEIVE AND GET THE CARE THEY NEED UNTIL THEY ARE READY FOR ADOPTION. COULD YOU PROVIDE A LOVING TEMPORARY HOME FOR ONE OF OUR FOSTER ANIMALS? IF SO, CONTACT US AT CLAY FOSTERS AT CLAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT.COM. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A FURRY FRIEND BUT CAN'T TAKE ONE HOME, LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS. JUST GO TO AMAZON.COM. THAT 
          [Marion Austin Retirement Recognition (A. Scott)]
          COMPLETE OUR PET ADOPTIONS. >> IF COMMISSIONERS CAN MEET ME UP FRONT, SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION. 
          [00:10:15]
          >> WE ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU DANCE. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARION AUSTIN'S RECENT RETIREMENT FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT . WE WELCOME ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 
          ANYBODY? YOU'VE GOT TO BE PART OF THE PICTURE. YOU CAN INTRODUCE THEM IN A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND AUBREY SCOTT FROM OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO HELP US WITH THIS. MARIANNE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 2013 AS A LABORER AND ADVANCED TO MULTIPLE ROLES, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, GENERAL FOREMAN AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR MASTERS MIDDLEBURG AREA. THROUGHOUT HIS 12 YEAR CAREER WITH CLAY COUNTY, KNOWN AS A HARD-WORKING FAIR AND DEPENDABLE LEADER TO BE COUNTED ON, ESPECIALLY IN EMERGENCIES TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT AND ON TIME. A TRUE PEOPLE PERSON AND EARNED RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF BOTH COWORKERS AND COMMUNITIES AND WAS ALWAYS TO LEND A HELPING HAND. AS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS WITH GRANDCHILDREN, HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. WE THANK HIM FOR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND WISH HIM A HAPPY AND WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT. ONE SECOND. WE ARE NOT DONE. WE WILL HAVE ERIC POPE. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHEN WE WERE COMING IN HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO SAY. JUST A QUICK RECAP OF EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER BURKE JUST SAID. MARION IS A PERSON WHO WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES. FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD DOING ANYTHING AND IS HERE SERVING THE COUNTY AND PARTICULARLY AS ASSISTANT ROAD SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY JOB OVER THE MIDDLEBURG AREA. ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE MIDDLEBURG AREA, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH THANK MARION AND HIS TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE TO KEEP THE ROADS SAFE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING PROPERLY. ABSOLUTELY A PEOPLE PERSON. I WOULD SAY THAT HE IS LOVED BY HIS TEAM AND COMMUNITY ALIKE. 
          THERE ARE MANY TIMES WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS, WHICH ISN'T TOO OFTEN, BUT DEFINITELY PRAISING HIS TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE. I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD-WORKING AND VERY DEPENDABLE LEADERS WOULD DEFINITELY -- HOW I WOULD CHARACTERIZE. WE ARE LOOKING -- WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING INTO HIS RETIREMENT AND I KNOW HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME. 
          >> ON BEHALF OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MARION AUSTIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO 
          SAY ANY WORDS? >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A PLACE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I HAD A GOOD TEAM HERE. THEY HAVE DONE -- THEY HAVE BEEN IN INFLUENCE. I TELL YOU THAT THE GUYS THAT WORK FOR ME MAKE MY JOB A LOT EASIER. 
          WHEN I GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DO, AND IS GOING TO BE DONE AND IT WILL BE DONE RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK CLAY COUNTY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TODAY AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          [2. National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week - (January 18-24, 2026)]
          [00:15:39]
          >> WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS NATIONAL CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE AND IS THAT IS WEAK. RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE WEEK. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION NURSE ANESTHESIOLOGY REPRESENTING 5400 CRNA'S ACROSS THE STATE. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT FOR THE RECOGNITION? AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, WE WOULD WELCOME SOME BRIEF REMARKS COMMISSIONER COMPERE 
          WILL READ. >> THE PROCLAMATION READS, AS SATISFIED CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ARE ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES WHO HAVE PROVIDED ANESTHESIA CARE TO PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS AND ARE AMONG THE NATION'S MOST TRUSTED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHEREAS CRNA'S PRACTICE IN ALL SETTINGS WHERE ANESTHESIA IS PROVIDED, INCLUDING HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOMS AND UNITS CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS, AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS AND DENTISTS, PODIATRISTS, PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS AND OTHERS. CRNA'S ARE THE PRIMARY ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUETO BE THE PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF ANESTHESIA, CARE AND UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL WHEREAS A CRNA'S ARE QUALIFIED TO MAKE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENTS THAT ALL ASPECTS OF ANESTHESIA CARE BASED ON EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LICENSURE AND CLINICAL CARE NURSING EXPERIENCE FURTHER EQUIPS THEM TO MEET COMPLEX HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR SICKEST PATIENTS. WHEREAS CRNA'S ARE TRUSTED ANESTHESIA EXPERTS WHO SAFELY AND COMPASSIONATELY DELIVER SPECIALIZED COST-EFFECTIVE CARE TO PATIENTS FROM NEWBORNS TO SENIORS FOR EVERY TYPE OF PROCEDURE AND ALL TYPES OF FACILITIES, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM GENERA 18 THROUGH 24TH, 2026 AS CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY. IN DOING SO, WE HONOR THE 59,000 DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, CRNA'S AND VITAL MEDICAL SERVICES THEY PROVIDE THROUGHOUT PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AT HOME AND ABROAD AND RIGHT HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. TRULY ADOPTED BY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA , THIS 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          >> I WISH TO THANK THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I AM A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHESIOLOGIST FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS AND I'M ALSO A RETIRED NAVY VETERAN WHERE I SERVED HONORABLY. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD IN RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS OF FLORIDA NURSE AND THIS THIS IS. HIGH-QUALITY CARE, SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. YOU DID A GREAT 
          [1. MLK Jr. Day-N-Clay (Mon, Jan 19, 2026)]
JOB. 
          >> NEXT, PROCLAMATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. 
          MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY FOR ITS ANNUAL CELEBRATION HONORING DR. KING'S LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. FORMER MAYOR AND PALMETTO CHAIR BUTLER 
          [00:20:02]
IS HERE TO ACCEPT AND WILL COME ON UP, WHICH THIS WILL ALSO BE READ AT THE MLK JUNIOR DAY CEREMONY ON JANUARY 19, 2026. WE HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN US. COMMISSIONER CONDON WILL READ 
          THE PROCLAMATION. >> WHEREAS REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL AMERICANS AND LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, WHEREAS DR. KING IS LUMBERED AS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AND VISIONARY LEADERS WHO INSPIRED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER AND WORK COLLECTIVELY TOWARDS A MORE JUST SOCIETY BEFORE HIS LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT IN 1968 WHEREAS DR. 
          KING'S UNWAVERING COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE FORMED FOUNDATION OF WHICH THE NATION HONORS HIS LEGACY THROUGH THE OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE, AND, WHEREAS HONORING HIS LEGACY SERVES NOT ONLY AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATION AND WORLD, BUT ALSO AS A CALL TO ACTION TO REMIND EACH OF US OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE HIS WORK THROUGH SERVICE, COMPASSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA DOES HEREBY JOIN THE NATION IN CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026, AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO DEDICATE THE DATE TO SERVING OTHERS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR COMMUNITIES. BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMMENCE THE CITY OF SPRINGS FOR ANNUAL CELEBRATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TO BE HELD AT HALL PARK AT 11:00 A.M. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA , THIS 13TH DAY OF JANUARY 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? OF COURSE, IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE LOVE HAVING FORMER MAYOR BUTLER BACK HERE WITH US TODAY. I TURN THE MIC 
          OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> I ALMOST SAID IT, TOO. I FORGOT I WASN'T VOTING. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING DR. KING'S LEGACY AND PROVIDING US WITH A PROCLAMATION FOR MLK DAY, WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED AS STATED BEFORE HERE IN THE COUNTY SEAT. ON MONDAY AT THE FRANCIS HALL PARK AT 1503 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AS MANY WOULD COME OUT. WE HAVE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE DAY WOULD BE NONE OTHER THAN THOMAS HUGGINS THE THIRD WHO IS A GRADUATE OF CLAY HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE CLASS OF 1977 AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU KNOW HIM, BUT HE IS A LOCAL COMING HOME IN TAMPA AND HE WAS A CEO OF THIS GROUP IN TAMPA, FLORIDA WHO WILL BE HERE AND WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. ON SATURDAY, WILL HAVE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF SERVICE AND WE HAVE SPONSORS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING, HELPING OUT AND IT'S A FOOD DRIVE. IT IS A FOOD DRIVE THROUGH PANTRY. IF YOU KNOW ANY FAMILIES IN NEED OF FOOD, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT ON SATURDAY FROM 10:00 A.M. 
          UNTIL THE FOOD RUNS OUT. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTY AND THE JOB YOU ARE DOING. I DO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND THE COUNTY HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [00:25:50]
          >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. DO WE HAVE ANY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR ANYBODY FROM THE SHERIFF'S 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OFFICE? OKAY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STRATEGIC PLAN AND BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES 
          FROM DECEMBER 9, 2025. >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 9, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OBJECTIONS? THAT WAS JUST FOR 
          DECEMBER 9TH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING MINUTES 
          FROM DECEMBER 9, 2025. >> MOTION AND SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OBJECTING? WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS. FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS OF COMMUNITY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE BOARD. WILL NOT ENGAGE DEBATE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU MAY EMAIL AT CLAY COUNTY OR YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE CONVENIENTLY PLACED IN THE MEETING ROOM ENTRANCE AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE DAIS. YOU ARE TO LIMIT THE COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT TODAY'S MEETING. I HAVE ONE CARD SO FAR FOR HELENA. 
          >> MY NAME IS HELENA AND MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING. I TAKE IT VERY SINCERE AND I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE PULL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 14 AND 15. WHEN I WAS GLANCING THROUGH THEM ON THE EXHIBIT F ON ITEM 14, I GLANCED THROUGH AND THERE ARE LIKE 50 SOMETHING PAGES. ITEM F WASN'T SIGNED. I READ THROUGH AND STARTED LOOKING AND PAGE THREE REFERS TO THE EXHIBIT F BEING RETURNED TO THE COUNTY BY MAY 5TH, 2023, SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, WAS IT SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED? I DON'T KNOW. THAT IS A QUESTION FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT. 
          ON PAGE TWO, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SECTION ON THE CREDITS AND AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF EACH YEAR. I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS VERBIAGE AND SOMETHING AND BEING TAUGHT AS A REALTOR. 
          AND AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT ON THAT CREDIT, I KNOW WE PULLED AN ITEM SIMILAR TO THIS A WHILE BACK WHEN IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CREDIT AND ADJUSTMENT WITH MONEY GIVEN BACK. I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT IS, BECAUSE THAT'S A YEARLY THING THAT WILL KEEP BEING GIVEN CREDIT. THEN, IN ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS THAT TALKED ABOUT QUOTES THAT CLAY COUNTY SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE AND CONTROL, THEN SECTION C SAYS IT MAY BE RELEASED AND YOU ARE ALL GIVING UP THAT CONTROL AND RELEASE AND IT IS THAT TOTALLY BEST THING. THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO LISTEN AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE TO 
          [00:30:03]
          CONSENT AGENDA. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 
          SIX. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 10. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? >> FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO ADDRESS 14 AND 15. 
          >> PULL THOSE AND DISCUSS. ANYONE ELSE? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS, EXCEPT FOR SIX, 10, 14 AND 15. 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN 
          [6. Bid No. 25/26-009, Agronomic Services for Clay County Parks (K. Smith)]
          FAVOR? NUMBER SIX. >> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE. I JUST WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD OF SAYING THAT I HAVE CONCERNS. I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE HAD TWO VERY VAST DIFFERENCE IN PRICING, BUT WHO HAD THE CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY, THE CONTRACT IS A LITTLE BIT -- ABOUT $10,000 LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT. MY CONCERNS ARE THAT WE HAVE CHANGED WHAT WE ARE DOING AND I'M NERVOUS ABOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF LOOKED AT IT AND THEY CONSULTED WITH YOU, BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I DO TRUST -- I TRUST THEM TO DO THE WORK THEY DO, BECAUSE THEY DO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AREA. WHEN I WAS ON SCHOOL BOARD, THERE WERE A FEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WENT TO MOVE AWAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT TEACHERS AND COACHES, BUT THEY LIKE TO STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. IT WAS FULL OF EVERY COACH IN THE COUNTY COMING TO ASK NOT TO MOVE AWAY. I'M NOT SAYING WE WILL MOVE AWAY, BUT WE ARE CHANGING WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST AND I TALKED WITH KAREN ABOUT IT AND I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT -- THE GRASS GETS USED TO WHAT WE ARE DOING, BUT LOOKS REALLY GOOD AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE DRIVE BY THE REGIONAL PARK EVERY DAY. IT LOOKS GREAT. JUSTIN AND TEDDY ARE SELLING THAT THING AND I'M THRILLED EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY AND SEE CARS OUT THERE AND OUR OWN RESIDENTS ENJOYING IT AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS THAT THIS COULD BE JUDGMENTAL DETRIMENTAL. THAT IS A SOLUTION TO SOME OF OUR MONEY NEEDS AND WE HAVE TO CUT $20-$80 MILLION IN TAXES, THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR REVENUES TO MEET COUNTY SERVICES. THE REGIONAL PARK IS KEY, SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD OF REGISTERING THOSE CONCERNS. IF THINGS GO BADLY, REPLACING SAUD ON A FIELD IS VERY EXPENSIVE. I MOVE APPROVAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO TELL US TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT IT BACK OUT OR WHATEVER. I'M NERVOUS ABOUT 
          IT. >> I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION. 
          MADAM CHAIR, AND CONDON, YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT TO BE TREPIDATIONS WITH THIS. THE COUNTY DECIDED ALONG WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN THE REGIONAL PARK, WHICH IS AN ASSET WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT. THIS IS WHAT I DO PROFESSIONALLY IN MY FULL-TIME JOB OF MAINTAINING ATHLETIC FEELS FIELDS AND WORKING WITH VENDORS TO DO SO. THE REASON THIS WAS SO SEPARATED IS BECAUSE IT IS A RESIDENTIAL COMPANY AND THEY DON'T REALLY DO ATHLETIC FIELDS, SO THEY WERE WAY OFF. WE HAVE A SPECIALIST COMPANY DOING SPECIALIZED SERVICE, BUT PROTECTING OUR ASSETS AND THE FIELDS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE IMPORTANT. REALLY, THE KEY IS SAFETY TO MAKING SURE THAT KIDS, ADULTS, VISITORS THAT COME TO CLAY COUNTY HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND THAT CAN WITHSTAND WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU BRING UP A FIELD AND IT BECOMES UNPLAYABLE, YOU HAVE TO RETURN THE ENTIRE THING, WHICH IS THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE BID. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 
          [00:35:05]
WE STAY ON TOP OF IT AND I TRUST THAT HOWARD WILL CONTINUETO MONITOR THE ADJUSTMENT AS WE GO. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND FOR NUMBER SIX. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OBJECT? 
          [10. Grant Agreement with the Florida Department Transportation for Design, Construction, and CEI of the CR 217 Bridge Safety Improvements (M. Covey)]
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 10. >> I'M BRINGING THIS UP, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF COUNTY ROAD 217 BRIDGE FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS A GRANT FROM F.TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE THAT AMOUNTED TO 2.5 MILLION AND ARABIC IT WILL COVER THE COST OF THE BRIDGE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW MUCH WILL THE 
          BRIDGE COST? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. RICHARD SMITH, COUNTY ENGINEER. THE ORIGINAL THUMBNAIL ESTIMATES THAT WE HAD OF DISTRICT TO URBAN PLANNER IN JACKSONVILLE WAS THE FIVE AND $5.5 MILLION RANGE, INCLUDING PERMITTING, DESIGN AND EVERYTHING. BASICALLY A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT REPLACING EXISTING 25 FOOT WIDE TWO LANE BRIDGE WITH A 40 FOOT WIDE TWO LANE BRIDGE WITH SHOULDERS AND BIKE LANES. WE WERE ABOUT THREE -- 2.5 TO $3 MILLION SHORT. FROM THE GRANT. 
          >> YOU HAVE A CHECKBOOK OR SOMETHING? 
          >> WE HAVE A PLAN. THE PLAN IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW. I SPOKE WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND WE FEEL LIKE THE DESIGN WORK SHOULD BE SO THE DESIGNER IS SELECTED AROUND MAY 1, 2026 COMING UP AND THE FEE WILL BE IN THE 600,000 RANGE AND SOME ARE AROUND 10% OF THE COST FROM 500 TO 600,000. WITH THAT PERMITTING AND DRAWING AN ESTIMATE OF ENGINEER ESTIMATES AND EVERYTHING SHOULD TAKE AROUND 8 TO 12 MONTHS, SO WE THINK WE HAVE A SET OF PLANS READY TO BID IN THE MAY TO JUNE OF 27 TIMEFRAME, THEREFORE WE HAVE THE 26 AND 27 BUDGET AND SOMETHING TO BE PUT AWAY THERE AND WE HAVE THE BUDGET WHERE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE. I LEAVE IT TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT WHERE IT COMES FROM, BUT WE HAVE A TIMETABLE LAID OUT. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. IT WILL COST MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION AND WE WILL LOOK FOR MONIES OTHER 
          PLACES. >> TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, THE FOUR LANE BRIDGE, WHICH IS ABOUT 60 FEET WIDE, 60 TO 65 FEET WIDE AND FOUR TIMES AS LONG AS THE BRIDGE WAS ABOUT A $6 MILLION BRIDGE, WHICH IS ON 220. I THINK WE ARE BEING A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE WITH $5 MILLION ESTIMATE, BUT HOPING TO GET STARTED AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME COMPETITIVENESS OUT THERE ON THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET NOW. 
          >> VERY GOOD. I WILL TAKE A MOTION. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN 
          [Items 14 & 15]
FAVOR? ANY OBJECT? WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 14, 15. IF YOU 
          COULD HELP US OUT WITH THOSE? >> SURE. BOTH ITEMS 14 AND 15 ARE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARKWAY AND THEY DEAL WITH THE RELEASE OF EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT RIGHTS. FOR EASEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. IT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS THAT IT CREATED A TITLE ISSUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE CATHEDRAL PARKWAY, BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER CROSS THEM, BECAUSE WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS AN IDEA TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHARE EASEMENTS WITH PLAY ELECTRIC OR SOME OF THEM, SO THEY CAN BUT THE AGENDA LEGALLY -- UTILITY LINES WITH COMMON USE. IN CONNECTION WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS, IT WAS AN ORDER TO RELEASE EXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS THAT WE PAID FOR THAT WE WOULD THEN OBTAIN A REFUND OR CLAWBACK OF SOME OF THE CREDITS THAT WE PROVIDED. THE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ATTACHED ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE MOBILITY AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REDUCTION OF 
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CREDITS. I BELIEVE THAT A QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT EXHIBIT F, SO EXHIBIT F IS ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS WHERE PREVIOUSLY WE HAD AMENDED THE AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ACQUIRE A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR TURN LANES AND IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, WE PROVIDE CREDITS OF PETERS CREEK INVESTMENT EXECUTED THE WARRANTY, WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED. IT'S AN EXHIBIT FOR THAT ONE. THE NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT THE ESCALATORS OR HOW IT'S ADJUSTED EVERY YEAR. IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, EVERY YEAR ON OCTOBER 1, BASED ON INDEX, THE CREDITS ARE ESCALATED BASED ON THAT PERCENTAGE. IT WAS FAIR THAT OVER THESE FOUR YEARS, THERE CREDITS HAVE ESCALATED BY THIS AMOUNT THAT THE REDUCTION SHOULD ALSO HAVE THOSE AMOUNTS AT IT. I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER 
          ONES? >> THOSE WERE THE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          BOTH 14 AND 15. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN 
          FAVOR? ANY OBJETIONS? >> WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION 
          [17. Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)]
UPDATES AND BONDAGE REPORTS AND WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. 
          >> REDEEMING TO THE BOARD TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. AM HERE TO UPDATE THE PROGRESS THAT YOUR TEAM HAS MADE OVER THE LAST MONTH AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS. FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, 218 FOR MASTERS PINE TREE LANE, OUR TEAM CONTINUED THE MEETINGS EVEN THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND STARTED STRAINED DRAIN STRUCTURES AND EXISTING DRIVEWAYS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT SCHEDULE IS UNDER EVALUATION BY THE PROJECT TEAM FOR POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE WITH 59% PAID OUT WHILE 100% OF THE TIME HAS BEEN USED. 
          FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO FLOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 ALL THEY CONTINUE BASE MATERIAL AND STORM DRAIN PIPE, AS WELL AS INSTALLING SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SECTIONAL ROAD. THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS WERE CHANGED BY REMOVING THE TEMPORARY RAILROAD CROSSING ARMS AND OPENING UP INTERSECTIONS AT COUNTY ROAD 209 AND 315 AND RAILROAD TRACKS. ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OCCURRED WEST PLACING THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON THE NEW SECTION ROAD IN THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE WITH 67% PAID OUT AND 55% OF THE TIME SPENT. FOR PROJECT THREE, WHICH IS ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 209 WITH THE ROUNDABOUT, HELD BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS AND CONTINUES INSTALLATION OF THE STORMWATER STRUCTURE PIPES, BASE MATERIAL THROUGH THE CORRIDOR AND SUBBASE MATERIAL AND ALSO PLACED IN THE ROUNDABOUT AREA AND THE SIDEWALK CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF RUSSELL ROAD AND THE PRIVATE SCHEDULE REMAINS IN DISPUTE, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. AND, THE PROJECT IS 66% PAID OUT AND 120% -- 124% OF THE TIME HAS ELAPSED. FOR PROJECT FIVE, THE TEAM RECEIVED A PERMIT ON NOVEMBER 13TH AND COMPLETED THE NEW POND DESIGN. WETLAND IMPACTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND THE PERMIT MODIFICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 23RD AND THE CORE PERMIT MODIFICATION WAS UPLOADED THROUGH THEIR NEW REGULATORY REQUEST SYSTEM OR RRS PORTAL ON JANUARY 9TH. THE PLANS WILL BE SIGNED AND SEALED ONCE THE MODIFICATIONS ARE ISSUED. FOR PROJECT 6A, UPDATED THE WETLAND FUNCTIONAL SCORES AND SUMMIT OF THE PERMIT DOCUMENTATIONS OF ARMY CORPS ON DECEMBER 29TH. AGAIN, THE PLANS WILL BE SIGNED AND SEALED WHEN THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED. PROJECTS THREE A, 4 AND 60 ARE ALL COMPLETE AND IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF THIS WORK, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT. AS OF GENERALLY SIX, 143.8 MILLION. THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE FOR 
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THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 
          >> ON PROJECT ONE, YOU SAY THAT WE ANTICIPATE ADDING DAYS? DO WE HAVE ANY ANTICIPATION ON PROJECT COMPLETION? 
          >> WE ARE STILL WITH ANDERSON AND COLUMBIA ON THAT. THEY ARE MAKING SOME NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH MEANS WE WOULD GIVE INSTEAD OF DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION. 
          >> DAYS, WEEKS OR MONTHS? >> WE ARE STILL AIMING FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE SUMMER TO BE FINISHED. IT WOULD BE A MATTER 
          OF WEEKS TO MONTHS. >> HOW DID WE MISS IT SO BADLY? 
          >> THE PROJECT CONTINUED, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A QUARTER LIKE TO 18 WHEN YOU HAVE ON BOTH SIDES, THERE IS A LOT OF UNFORESEEN WHERE THE WATER AND SEWER LINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OR NOT WITH GAS LINE AND TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION, AS WELL AS RAIN DAYS AND STORM DAYS AND YOU MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO DAYS. IT MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS TO RECOVER IT AND GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE AT FIVE DAYS EARLIER. EACH ONE OF THOSE I LOOKED AT INDEPENDENTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE IT SAT IN THE 
          CORRIDOR. >> WE ARE PUSHING. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE. THE NEW REVISED TIME OF COMPLETION FOR THE ROUNDABOUT AREA IS SPRING OF 
          2026? IS THAT RIGHT? >> DEFINITELY BEFORE SUMMER. 
          >> WHAT HAPPENS -- WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT? 
          >> WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE TIME AND MONEY. THE START OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER A LATE START, THE DIVISION OF THE WORK BETWEEN PROJECT FOUR AND PROJECT 3B IMPACTS TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY IN THAT AREA WITH WATER AND SEWER CONFLICTS OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE THEY ARE AT AND NOT AT, AND THE COST OF DELAYS. 
          >> HOW DOES THAT GET IRONED OUT? 
          >> WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AND CONTRACTOR. ON BEHALF OF THE CONTRACTOR, SOMETIMES THEY WILL THROW THEIR HANDS UP, DROP WRENCHES AND SAY, WHEN WE SETTLE THIS, WE WILL COME BACK. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT. IT WILL BE US WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE MET AS RECENT AS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT. WE CONTINUE TO MEET FAIRLY FREQUENTLY ON OUR STANCE AND WE ALSO HAVE GOOD CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION IN THE FIELD AND WHENEVER THE CONTRACTOR IS OUT THERE. THEY ARE TAKING MEASUREMENTS AND PICTURES AND ON WHAT WE FEEL THE VALUE AND TIME IS WORTH, BUT WE HAVEN'T SETTLED IT. 
          >> YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE 24-HOUR WORK FOR THE NEXT WEEK? 
          >> THAT IS COMING UP. IT WILL COME UP ON THE ROUNDABOUT AREA. 
          THERE IS ELEVATION OF DIFFERENCES IN THE ROAD, AS WELL AS A LOT OF DELAY AND OVERLAY OF THE ONE DIFFERENT ASPHALT IN THAT AREA. IT IS A MATTER OF THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ASPHALT ON SAND. THIS IS SOMETIMES DEPTHS OF ASPHALT THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED AND REWORKED. WE WANT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE, SO THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING AT NIGHT WITH LESS TRAFFIC. THERE WOULD BE TO THE MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC TO TRAVERSE TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE TO CONTINUED TRAFFIC. IT WON'T BE FOR WEEKS, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF A COUPLE MINUTES. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 
          >> GO AHEAD AND TAKE MY BASEBALL CAP AND TURNING AROUND HERE. 
          SWITCHING FROM THE BOND TRANSPORTATION TO AND UPDATE FROM THE SIX DIRECTORS, RICHARD SMITH TO MY RIGHT AND DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS. JUSTIN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. ERIC JONES, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND AS WELL AS MYSELF, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. FOR THE COUNTY, THE PROJECT LIST CONSISTS OF 262 PROJECTS. THE PROJECT DATA WAS COMPILED BY VERONICA, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS CONTROL SPECIALIST. IN GENERAL, OUT OF 200, 59 OF THOSE ARE DIRECT PURCHASES WHILE 46 ARE FURNISHING INSTALL COMPONENTS AND 157 THAT WE TRULY CONSIDER 
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PROJECTS THAT WE CONCEPTUALIZE, DESIGN PERMIT AND FINALLY CONSTRUCT PROJECTS. THE TOTAL VALUE FOR 262 IS 208 MILLION, 456,000 AND $646. THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BERMAN IS MANAGING 80 ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS ACROSS 13 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND IT ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY 95 MILLION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. FOR THE OVERALL STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND, SO FAR TODAY, THE COUNTY SPENT 13.9 MILLION OR ROUGHLY 21% OF THE 65 MILLION. NOW, I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHILE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE UPDATE ON THE HORIZONTAL BRIDGE PROJECTS. UP FIRST, THE NEW ANIMAL SERVICE SHELTER AND CARE FACILITY. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 33,000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORAGE FACILITY. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE 2511 COUNTY ROAD 220 AND CURRENTLY CONTRACTORS ARE INSTALLING THE ROOF AND OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, WHICH IS CURRENTLY 67% COMPLETE WITH A FORECAST FINISH LATER THIS FALL. 
          NEXT UP, FIRE STATION 21 AND 22 RUNNING AT ABOUT THE SAME PACE AND BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS CONSIST OF DESIGNING FIRE STATIONS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 220 WHILE STATION ONE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BOULEVARD. THE PROJECTS ARE STEADILY PROGRESSING AND CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE LATER THIS FALL. CONTRACTORS ARE WRAPPING UP THE INSTALLATION OF THE INTERIOR BLOCK WALLS AND STORM WATER SYSTEMS WITH THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THAT WILL BEGIN INSTALLING EXTERIOR AND FINISHING UP THE INSTALLATION AND BEGIN FRAMING THE ROOF. WHILE THE FIRE STATION 24, LOCATED AT COUNTY ROAD 226, THE DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETE AND ARE CONTRACTOR RELOCATED 18 WITH POTENTIAL OF CAPTURING OR HARVESTING TWO MORE THIS WEEK. 
          THE SITE CLEARING CONTRACTOR INSTALLED THE FENCE AND IS WRAPPING UP THE SITE CLEARING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND TOOK CARE OF THIS TIME OF YEAR WHILE THERE ARE NO TRICOLORED IN THAT AREA. 
          REQUEST FOR BID WILL BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR FORECAST BOARD APPROVAL TO MOVE ON WITH THAT PROJECT IN THE MARCH OR APRIL TIMEFRAME FOR CONSTRUCTION TO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW. FORECAST WITH COMPLETION AS LONG AS EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO PAN OUT AND FIRE STATION 24 SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. CONTINUES TO DEVELOP DESIGN AND BID OPTIONS WITH CONCEPTS AS WELL AS FRUSTRATIONS FIVE, 13, 15, 16 AND 21. NEXT, THE TRAINING FACILITY OR BURN BUILDING AND SOME WOULD AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT, UNDER CIVIL REDESIGN TO LOOK AT THE FACILITY AT APPROXIMATELY THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PARK, AS WELL AS. CONSTRUCTION START IS FORECAST FOR SUMMER THIS YEAR AND IT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY WINTER OF THIS YEAR. THE NEW RADIO TOWER OR TOWER EQUIPMENT IS ON-SITE AT THE SLEEPY HOLLOW PROPERTY WHILE TOWER OF FOUNDATIONS ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON THIS WATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT AND THE ORIGINAL FORECAST COMPLETION IS EARLY THIS SUMMER AND THIS MAY PUSH OUT A LITTLE BIT UNTIL WE GET TO THE ACTUAL PERMITTING AND PROBABLY A LATTER PART OF THE SUMMER. NEXT UP, THE FOURTH FLOOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS. THIS CONSISTS OF BUILDING OUT AND RENOVATING APPROXIMATELY 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE OLD CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED HERE. BETWEEN EXIT AND ENTRY POINTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AT ABOUT 40% AND ANTICIPATED COMPLETION LATER THIS FALL. THEN, THERE IS THE A MOCHA PART CCO A CONNECTION. CONVERT THE SEPTIC TANKS, WELL WATER SYSTEMS FOR BOTH SEWER AND WATER SERVICES AT THE COUNTY ROAD 218 AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ADVANTAGE CONTRACT GROUP ON DECEMBER 9TH. LAST, FIRE STATION 18, FRONT PARKING LOT. THIS PROJECT CONSISTED OF DEMOLISHING AND REMOVING APPROXIMATELY 4500 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT AND MATERIAL FROM THE FRONT PARKING LOT OF THE FIRE STATION LOCATED AT 207 BOULEVARD. ONCE THE ASPHALT AND BASE MATERIAL WAS REMOVED, IT WAS REPLACED WITH SIX INCHES OF HEAVY-DUTY CONCRETE AND THE PARKING LOT WAS STRIPED AND INSTALLED SOME NEW SIGNAGE. THIS WAS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT DUE TO LARGE TRUCKS 
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ENTERING AND LEAVING THE STATION CAUSING OLD ASPHALT TO BE DAMAGED. THIS COMPLETES THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION -- DESIGN OF CONSTRUCTION PORTION AND TURN IT OVER TO RICHARD FOR THE HORIZONTAL ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE WILL START WITH THE COUNTY ROAD 220 BRIDGE PLACEMENT AND PROJECT OUT AT NIGHT BOX ROAD. THE PROJECTS ARE ON SCHEDULE AND COMPLETION DATE IS LATE THIS SUMMER OF 2026. THE NEW BRIDGE DECK IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. INSTALLATION AND SLABS WILL BE THE NEXT PHASE. IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO OUT THERE WITH PERMISSION, YOU CAN NOTICE FOR THE RAILINGS, THEY ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. IT'S COMING ALONG. TO THE BRIDGE, THE NEW PAVEMENT HAS BEEN PLACED FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO LANES AND THE CONTRACTORS, WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTION AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WORKING TOGETHER TO COORDINATE PAVING FROM 220 FROM HENLEY ROAD TO THE BRIDGE APPROACH ON THE WEST SIDE. THE PROJECT THIS MORNING LOOKS VERY GOOD AND VERY DIFFERENT. IT IS COMING ALONG VERY WELL AND THE NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPING ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER CLEARED OUT THE OLD MARATHON STATION AND IS LOOKING LIKE A DIFFERENT PLACE AND IT WILL BE MUCH DIFFERENT IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE 51ST WEEK THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. REGARDLESS, D.O.T. CAN REBUILD IN 56 HOURS AND WE HAVE A GOOD JOB IN 51 WEEKS. IT HAS NOT BEEN AT THE END OF ANYONE'S, BUT IS GOING ON VERY WELL. THIS SIZED BRIDGE AND WHAT WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. A LOT OF THE GREENWAY PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND THE PAVING IS COMPLETED NORTH OF THE PAVING CENTER FOR THE ROAD AND TRAIL AND THE BASE MATERIAL FOR THE TRAIL IS COMPLETE NOW ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FWC CHECKPOINT. WE HAVE SOME UTILITIES AT CLAY ELECTRIC AND COMCAST AND AT&T RELOCATING THAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL FINISH UP THE PAVING AND WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW ROAD OUT THERE HAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIF IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. STILL A 24 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS OUT THERE PATROLLING DILIGENTLY, SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE SPEED LIMIT AND KEEP OUR CONTRACTORS AND INSPECTORS SAFE. IT'S A NEW PROJECT THAT WILL CONNECT TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD WITH U.S. 17, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT RELIEVER TO TAKE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND OFF OF 17. IT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING ON THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22ND AND 26TH. CLAY ELECTRIC HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND RELOCATED THE POLLS. ONE OF UTILITIES COMCAST HAS SOME THINGS TO MOVE, BUT WE SHOULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 
          THAT IS A 345 DAY PROJECT AND MAYBE BY CHRISTMAS WE WILL HAVE A NEW ROAD THAT FOLKS CAN DRIVE AND WALK ON FROM THE AREA OVER 17. LONG BAY AND OLD JENNINGS, WE HAVE A PRE-CON SCHEDULED FOR THAT AND COMING UP IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WAITING ON FINAL CONTRACT EXECUTION. THE NEW PROJECT THAT STARTED LAST WEEK AND HAD EVERYBODY IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, IT WAS TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD A DRAINAGE PIPE REPLACEMENT. THAT WAS A PIPE PUT IN BY SYNTAX, DEVELOPER IN 1999. 
          A LOT OF US HAD HEARD OF THE TERM WHERE THEIR HOUSES ARE BUILT OUTSIDE. THEY DECIDED TO MAKE IT ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD IDEA AND TURNED OUT TO NOT BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. AVOID ANY POTENTIAL MOODY ROAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE COULD HAVE UNSCHEDULED COLLAPSE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT IS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CDD AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NOW EXECUTING THAT PLAN. THE DEVELOPMENT IS ON-SITE. THEY HAVE CLOSED THE ROAD AND IT WILL BE CLOSED. THEY WILL HAVE A 45 DAY TIMEFRAME TO FINISH THIS. I LOOKED AT IT THIS WEEKEND AND THEY GOT THE HEADWALL INSTALLED. 
          THEY ARE WORKING FROM -- THEY ARE WORKING FROM WEST TO EAST. 
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WHERE IT DRAINS OUT TO THE POND AND THE SIDEWALK SHOULD BE BACK IN PLACE WITH 80 ACCEPTABLE, THEY WILL STILL BE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE ON THURSDAY, THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE THE PROJECT AND THE ROAD WILL REMAIN CLOSED. IT'S NOT OPENED FOR YOU, BUT THOSE SIGNS APPLY TO EVERYONE. IF YOU GO AND YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK. IT'S NOT OPEN. CCS O WANTS TO PUT A SPECIAL THANKS OUT TO SERGEANT AND LIEUTENANT STACY DURUM WHO HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. WE GOT FOLKS TO SLOW DOWN, HOPEFULLY, WITH A DIGITAL SPEED LIMIT SIGN OUT ON 17. 
          PLENTY OF SIGNS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BE CAUTIOUS, BE ATTENTIVE AND YOU HAVE MORE LEFT TURNS COMING OUT OF TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD THAN NORMAL, BUT WE SHOULD BE OVER THIS BY THE END OF FEBRUARY OR SOMETIME. FINALLY ON A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY WITH A JOBS GRANT FOR INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND I SENT YOU A PICTURE OF THAT, WHICH SHOWS THE LEANING OF THE ACTUAL ROAD IS NEARING COMPLETION. THAT GOES OUT TO THE ROOFING MATERIALS PLANT AND EXPECT SOME WORK BEING DONE THIS WEEK ON 218. GO THROUGH THERE CAREFULLY AND TO 18 IS BEING WIDENED TO THREE LANES TO MAKE LEFT TURNS IN AND STILL ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE THAT FINISHED IN 8 TO 12 WEEKS. THE BIG UPDATE IS F D.O.T. AND THEY DID FINISH THE BRIDGE AND IT WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY AFFECTED OVER THE WEEKEND BY ED, BUT I SAW PICTURES OF WHAT THEY DID. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY BUILT A SEGMENT OF THE BRIDGE. I WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE DUMB PEOPLE THINKING THAT'S WHAT THEY PULLED OUT WHEN THE BIG BOATS WENT BY. I HAVE DRIVEN OVER IT SINCE IT WAS A WOODEN BRIDGE, BUT THAT PART WAS APPARENTLY NEVER WRITE AND MAYBE WE ARE LUCKY FOR IT LASTING 50+ YEARS, BUT THEY FABRICATED THIS BRIDGE, FLOATED -- ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT DOWNSTREAM AND PUT IN PLACE. SET IT AT 56 HOURS AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THAT WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEK. NOT THE SAME RESULTS OVER ON 17. THAT WILL BE IN DELAY AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE TEMPERATURES TO GET TO 60 DEGREES FOR THE FINAL PAVING TO GO ON. LOOK FOR THAT TO BEGIN IN MARCH OR APRIL. BLACK CREEK TO OAK STREET HERE AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MORE NORTH OF HERE AND HAS BEEN PRETTY BUSY. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE HAVE BEEN SERVICING FROM THE BLACK CREEK BRIDGE DOWN PAST ALMOST TO THE NORTH CITY LIMIT. THAT IS A TENUOUS DRIVE AT NIGHT AND MUST TAKE YOUR TIME WITH A LOT OF WORKERS THERE AND THEY RESTRICTED TO NIGHTTIME ONLY. PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND KEEP FOLKS OUT THERE SAFE. THE ROAD CONTINUES ON TRACK AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IT BEING FINISHED IN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS. NORTHWAY RESURFACING WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT FINISHED IN 4 TO 5 DAYS. ANYONE COMING IN AND WE DON'T SEE IT YET, BUT IT'S OUT THERE AND IT IS A KIND OF EQUALIZER COUNTY. RESURFACING IN THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND STATE ROAD 16. THAT IS FROM THE CROSSROADS AT 16 AND 21 TO DOWNTOWN AT 17. THE WORK WILL BEGIN IN APRIL . THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE DOING TREE TRIMMING AND OTHER STUFF AND ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE. IT LOOKS LIKE COLUMBIA IS A CONTRACTOR AND EXPECTING THEM TO REQUEST WORK FROM -- RIGHT NOW, NO DAYTIME CLOSURES FROM 6:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.. WE EXPECT THEM TO REQUEST THAT TO BE LIFTED FOR THE AREA FROM PENNY FORMS FROM STATE ROAD 218 TO 21 WHERE THEY COULD WORK ON THAT DURING THE DAYTIME. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADVISED OF THAT YET, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THAT FROM THE D.O.T. CONSTRUCTION AND SAID THEY EXPECT THAT REQUEST. 
          THAT IS THE FIRST WAVE OF PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. WHEN THEY START RESURFACING, YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE ON TIME FOR. THEY WILL WORK WITH US AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT TEDDY, ERIC AND WHOEVER IS INVOLVED IN THIS WITH THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR AND CLOSURE DATES ON THAT. THEY WILL WORK WITH OUR DATES FOR THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AND OTHER 
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LARGE EVENTS. IF WE NEED TO TALK TO THOSE FOLKS, WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM. OTHER THAN THAT, 330 DAY PROJECT, SO IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED -- DECEMBER 2026 IS NOT CORRECT. IT WILL BE CORRECT IN JANUARY OF 2027. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> WE SENT AN EMAIL AND I SAW A MOVEMENT. THE ABANDONED CAR IS 
          GONE. >> MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM IS THAT MAYBE THERE WERE NOT AS ANIMATED TAKE FOUR OR FIVE HOURS OF PICTURES, BUT THEY WERE READY TO GET IT OVER WITH, AS WELL. 
          THERE IS SIGNAL WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. IT LOOKS TO BE THE POINT WHERE THERE MAY BE NOTHING MORE THAN A FINAL SIGNOFF. SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTIONS AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR. THE TOOLBOX ON-SITE AND SOME OF THE STUFF WE SAW IN THE COUNTY AREA, SO THEY SAID JUST PACK YOUR PATIENCE AND THEY HOPE IT'S FINISHED BY FEBRUARY. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. 
          >> IT IS PAST 5:00. NUMBER 19, APPLICATION HAS BIG WITHDRAWN. 
          [20. Final Public Hearing to consider ZON 25-0033. (District 4, Comm. Condon) (J. Bryla)]
25 0027. WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 20. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR IN WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING FROM NUMBER 20 THROUGH 23. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, COME TO THE CENTER OF THE AISLE AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS, 20 THROUGH 23? OKAY. 
          >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE IS NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE ARE ON FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER 25 0033. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. ZONING CHIEF. IF YOU RECALL, I PRESENTED THIS AT YOUR DECEMBER 9TH MEETING, SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE SAME PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AGAIN. 
          >> WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO -- DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SORRY. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE? SEEING NONE. CLOSE THE PUBLIC 
          HEARING. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OBJECTIONS? NONE. 
          [21. Final Public Hearing to consider COMP 25-0017 and ZON 25-0037. (District 3, Comm. Renninger) (J. Bryla)]
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ANY 5-0017 END ZONE 25-0037 IN COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S DISTRICT. 
          >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, TO PRESENT SMALL-SCALE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT 25-00 17 IN THE COMPANION REZONING PIECE, 25-00 37. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST OF INTERSECTION . THE REQUEST IS FOR TWO ACRE PORTION OF THE NINE ACRE COMPLEX THAT CURRENTLY HOLDS THE HOSPICE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE HOSPICE FACILITY WILL NOT BE CHANGING, HOWEVER THE UNDERDEVELOPED PORTION EAST IS WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. YOU WILL NOTICE THE AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS SPLIT ZONING AND LAND-USE. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVELY APPLIED COMMERCIAL ZONING ON LANDING BOULEVARD AND CURRENTLY HAS A LAND-USE COMMERCIAL AND URBAN. 
          AS THE APPICANT CAN'T REQUEST ZONING, THEY ARE CHANGING THE 
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WHOLE THING TO BA, WHICH ALLOWS FOR DAY CARE. HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE OF THE EAST THAT IS LOCATED ON THE HOSPICE FACILITY. 
          HERE, THE FUTURE LAND USE ON THE LEFT CURRENTLY EXISTS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF 10 AND THE COMMERCIAL LAND-USE TOWARDS LANDING BOULEVARD. WHAT THE APPLICANT IS DOING IS CHANGING THE WHOLE LAND-USE TO COMMERCIAL TO ACCOMMODATE. THE PROPOSED DAY CARE FACILITY. HERE ARE THE COMP PLAN POLICIES. TO SHOW THAT THE LAND-USE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER INFILL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON VACANT PARCEL AND ALREADY HAS AN INTENSITY LOBE -- ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE, STAFF REVIEWED THE SPRAWL CRITERIA AND FOUND THAT IT MEETS FOUR OF THE CRITERIA THAT ARE REQUIRED, SO THOSE WERE DUREX ECONOMIC GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND IT PRESERVES AGRICULTURAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA AND IT DOES NOT FURTHER IMPACT OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS AS IT IS DEVELOPING IN AN AREA THIS IS THE ZONING PIECE. THERE IS THE GRAY AREA THERE. PRIVATE SERVICES ALLOWS FOR THE HOSPICE FACILITY. I BELIEVE THAT THE HOSPICE FACILITY WHEN IT REZONED FOR ITS APPROVALS TOOK OVER THE WHOE AREA THAT WAS NOT THE BB ZONING. HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT IS PUTTING FORWARD. THIS DID GO TO THE DRC LAST WEEK AND HAD RELATIVELY FEW COMMENTS PROVIDED. IT WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AS IT IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. THAT IS THE AREA THAT THE PLAYGROUND IS INTENDED TO BE. IT DID GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 6TH AND THEY PROVIDED RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL 7-0. IT WENT TO THE OAKLEY CAC, ONE OF THE FIRST REVIEWS AND THEY PROVIDED RECOMMENDATION OF 5-0 TO APPROVE. IN LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, STAFF FEELS THEY MEANT CRITERIA IN THE COMP PLAN AND BASED ON THE ANALYSIS AND STAFF REPORT, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND I BELIEVE THE 
          APPLICANT IS HERE. >> DO WE KNOW WHO IS GOING TO 
          OPERATE? >> INSIGHT DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPING THE FACILITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR VENDOR IS FOR THE DAY CARE FACILITY ITSELF. 
          >> APPLICANT IS HERE. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING OUR APPLICATIONS. MY NAME IS ANDREW JOHNSON AND I'M A PROJECT MANAGER UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY TO DEVELOP THE 10,000 SQUARE-FOOT DAY CARE FACILITY. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PLAYGROUND FACILITY WILL BE AT THE REAR OF THE SITE, THEN AN EXISTING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN FURTHER TO THE REAR DEVELOPED FOR THE HOSPICE FACILITY THROUGH THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. 
          CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> I'M NOT SURE. IT'S TURNED 
          ON. >> I DID NOT TURN IT OFF. IT 
          MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN TURNED OFF. >> SO, THE EXISTING STORMWATER BASIN WAS BILLED FOR THE HOSPICE FACILITY THROUGH ST. JOHNS RIVER 
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WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE INTENT WAS THAT IT WOULD BE EXPANDED FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT USE AND CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH FLORIDA D.O.T. TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AND COORDINATE TO DETERMINE ANY OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS. I WILL ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
          TIME. >> I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT USE FALLS UNDER BA BESIDES DAY CARE? PERMISSIBLE USES. 
          >> PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I CAN GIVE YOU SPECIFICS. 
          >> WHILE SHE'S LOOKING THAT UP, A QUESTION, IS THE SITE PLAN THE ENTRYWAY? I WATCHED SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          WILL IT BE SHARED WITH THE HOSPICE FACILITY? IS THAT BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY? YOU MIGHT HAVE YOUR OWN ENTRANCE. 
          >> WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY SEPARATE ACTS AND WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE SAME ACCESS POINTS TO THE HOSPICE FACILITY. THERE IS A DRIVEWAY THAT IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED OFF TOWARDS THE VACANT LOT AND IT WILL BE CONNECTED AT THAT LOCATION. 
          >> AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SITE PLAN. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE THE EASTERNMOST ENTRANCE AND NOT AT THE LIGHT WERE THE MAIN HOSPICE ONE IS, CORRECT? 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. THE DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE LIMITED COMMERCIAL FACILITIES AND CONVENIENCE -- OF A CONVENIENCE NATURE. SMALL RETAIL SHOPS, RELATED DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS OF THE AREA, ANTIQUE STUDIOS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS A NEW TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF THAT. YES, SIR. 
          >> THAT'S ALL I HAD. >> ANYONE ELSE? 
          >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THAT UP. ANYONE? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE NEED TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATE. I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR A PERIOD 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN 25-0017. 
          >> MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND HIS MOTION. 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OBJECTIONS? THERE ARE NONE. I 
          WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ZONING. >> MOVE APPROVAL. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OBJECTIONS? AND, NONE. THANK YOU. 
          [22. Final Public Hearing to consider ZON 25-0036 (County Wide) (J.Bryla)]
          >> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL MOVE TO THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING 25-0036. 
          >> JUST ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS IS A STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW FOR A LOT LINE PRODUCT. CURRENTLY THE OR AN ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY   Select to skip to this part of the video">ONLY DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW OR AN ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY  PRODUCT WOULD BE RC OR RD BASED ON DENSITY, HOWEVER THE SETBACK CRITERIA FOR THOSE DISTRICTS DO NOT ALLOW FOR SUCH A PRODUCT. 
          YOU COULD DO AN ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY PRODUCT IF YOU HAD FIVE ACRES AND HAVE CORRESPONDINGLY IN WHICH LOCATIONAL CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT THIS AMENDMENT WILL CHANGE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND DIRECTING TO THE CHANGES. THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE AMENDMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ONLY ALLOWING FOR A ZERO LOT LINE, BUT RC ZONING DISTRICT. ONE OF THE CHANGES TO ARTICLE THREE ARE, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE 
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SUNSET THE RC ZONING DISTRICT. THIS DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT TWO AND THREE FAMILY UNITS. IT COMPRISES ONLY 45 PARCELS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WHICH 38 ARE ALREADY WELL-ESTABLISHED. SHOULD SOMEBODY PROPOSED TO REDEVELOP AN EXISTING PARCEL WITH AN ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY PRODUCT, THEY WOULD NEED TO TRANSITION TO ZONING DISTRICT OR DEVELOP AS A DUPLEX OR TRIPLEX. THIS DOESN'T REALLY TAKE AWAY ANY RIGHTS IN THE ZONING DISTRICT. IT JUST WON'T ALLOW US TO REZONE TO RC ZONING DISTRICT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE CHANGES TO ARTICLE THREE AND IT IS IN THE RD ZONING AS STRICT -- DISTRICT BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE E AS IT IS NO LONGER RELEVANT. THE COUNTY IS OFFERING DENSITY BONUS IN THE CATEGORY, HOWEVER 100 ACRES ARE NOT REQUIRED AND THE COUNTY IS FOCUSING ON OTHER MECHANISMS FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE 2045 COMP PLAN UPDATE. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS TO MOVE THE CODE TO A MORE LEGIBLE AND EASIER TO READ FORMAT, WHICH ARE THESE TABLES. WE ARE MOVING VERBIAGE THAT CAN BE CONFUSING FOR THE PERSON TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE CODE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK DOWN SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, IT PROVIDES FOR ZERO UNDER SPACE UNITS OR -- IT SAYS ZERO FOOT OR 10 FOOT FOR IN UNITS. THEN, WE ARE REMOVING THE MINIMAL LIVING AREA, BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY REGULATED THROUGH THE BUILDING CODE IN ADDITION TO ARTICLE THREE CHANGES WHERE WE ARE MOVING ALL OF THE VERBIAGE THAT THIS IS TWO TABLES ARE ACCOMPLISHED. THE CHANGES TO ARTICLE ONE THAT DIRECTLY PERTAIN TO THIS REQUEST WERE UPDATING THE DEFINITION OF MULTI FAMILY DWELLING, AS THIS REVISED DEFINITION REPLICATES FLORIDA STATUTES. WE ARE DELETING THE ANTIQUATED DEFINITION, AS YOU CAN SEE AND IT SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A DWELLING UNIT, BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER RELEVANT. THEN, WE ARE CLARIFYING IN THE DEFINITION OF LOT AND CHOOSING THE WATER SIDE OF THE LOT, WHICH IS ALREADY OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CODE, SO WE ARE JUST CLARIFYING TO PUT ONE LOGICAL PLACE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO FLIP THROUGH DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CODE. 
          THEN, WE ARE ADDING A DEFINITION FOR CURVED LOT, WHICH SOME HAVE A CURVED COMPONENT TO IT AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE HOW WE WOULD MEASURE THAT WITHOUT A DEFINITION THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SO. SO, THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE IS A TYPO THERE. I HEARD THE ITEM JANUARY 6TH AND PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION OF 7-0, THEN BASED ON THE CRITERIA OF STAFF REPORT. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND BASED ON THE 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE INTENT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALSO ASSESS THE HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND 
          THEY HAD NO COMMENT. >> MADAM CHAIR, CURRENTLY, I HAD THIS COME UP WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. THE PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THERE IS NOT A SET DESIGNATION THAT YOU HAVE TO DESIGNATE THE FRONT OR THE BACK AS YOUR FRONT YARD. YOU GET TO CHOOSE, I GUESS PROACTIVELY. I GUESS IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN CERTAIN QUARTERS OF THE COUNTY, LIKE THE RIVER. IF YOU LIVE ON THE RIVER, YOUR FRONT YARD IS HIGHWAY 17, SO WE HAVE HAD SOME SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD SHEDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING LIKE DOCTORS LAKE OR YOU MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING THEN THE MAIN HIGHWAY AND I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT LOUD. IS THERE THE ABILITY -- WOULD THAT BE A COMP 
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PLAN AMENDMENT WHERE YOU DESIGNATE BY GEOGRAPHICAL 
          LOCATION? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? >> IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN REMEDY SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS, IT WOULD BE A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE, BUT AS A SHARED, IT IS IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT HOLISTICALLY. AND FIXED THE CODE. PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON INCREMENTALLY IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO AMEND THE CODE. WE UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC AND WE CAN HAVE ZONES AND WIDTH REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACKS FROM THE SIDE. THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS TO PUT IN PLACE TO LISTEN THAT VISUAL IMPACT. 
          >> ARE YOU PROPOSING TO MAKE ONE STANDARD? 
          >> I THINK IT IS MORE CONSISTENCY. IT'S NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH, BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHERE THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY IS, SOME ARE MORE VISIBLE THAN OTHERS. THE BIGGEST RING WAS LIKE HIGHWAY 17 WITH PARTICULAR LAND OWNER WHO WANTED VERY LARGE STRUCTURE, SO IF YOU ARE DRIVING, IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE A HUGE BUILDING AND THE BACKYARD SHED KIND OF THING. THINKING PROACTIVELY DEPENDING ON WHERE IN THE COUNTY, I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT THINGS TO LOOK. 
          I THINK YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE SLOPE OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN AND CAN'T PUT ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS SO VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          >> WE CAN DO IT. ZONING DISTRICT OR PER WATERFRONT OR ROAD FRONTAGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 
          >> IT IS VERY PREVALENT IN MY DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY IN THE KEYSTONE AREA. ONE DIFFICULTY IS GRANDFATHERING. A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN OWNED FOR 50, 60 OR 70 YEARS GET SOMETHING AND I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT I USED TO LAUGH ABOUT THAT IS SHUTTING ALMOST ON EVERY SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO, IT WAS NOTHING DESIGNATED AS THE FRONT YARD, BUT THEY HAD DONE IT. SO, WHAT DO YOU DO? IT WAS BEFORE SHEDS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT. 
          IT CAN HAVE A HEADACHE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A FIGHT I WANT TO TAKE UP IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING 
          ABOUT 17. >> ON 17 IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LOTS, SO I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THERE IS NOT MUCH GRANDFATHERING AND THERE IS SOME, BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER MORE RESIDENTIAL OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD KIND OF SITUATIONS. 
          >> I WILL MEET WITH YOU GUYS. >> VERY SIMILAR QUESTION. WHEN YOU ALLOW THE RESIDENT TO DESIGNATE HIS FRONT YARD AND THE NEXT NEIGHBOR MAY NOT AGREE WITH THAT AND WE CAME TO ORANGE PARK WITH FENCES. WHAT IS A RELIABLE FENCE AND A FRONT YARD? WAS NOT ALLOWED AND THAT TYPE THING? THEN, FLORIDA STATUTES WHERE THE FENCES CAN'T LIMIT THIS OUTLINE OF YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE AMENITY OF THE WATER FEATURE. WHEN I SAW THE STATUTE OR ORDINANCE OR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WILL ALLO PICK THEIR OWN, YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENCE FROM NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR. I DON'T KNOW. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, WE ALREADY ALLOW THAT. THIS IS NOT NEW 
          LANGUAGE. >> I KNOW. WE ARE CHANGING IT. 
          IT CAN PRESENT PROBLEMS. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THE NEIGHBOR X IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN NEIGHBOR WHY. LIKE SHEDS, THAT'S ONE THING. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT IN YOUR FRONT YARD. THAT 
          IS HERE FOR ME. >> THAT IS HOW THIS CAME UP. THE LAND OWNER PUT THEIR FACILITY. IT'S A VERY BIG BUILDING AND THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLED ME AND SAID, THIS GUY IS PUTTING UP -- I LOOK OUT MY WINDOW AND THERE'S A HUGE BUILDING NOW. 
          BASED ON THE CODE, HE DESIGNATED IT AS THE BACKYARD. 
          >> IT WAS NEXT TO MY FRONT YARD. >> LIKE I SAID, YOU MAKE A GOOD 
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POINT. YOU DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE TOO MUCH ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES. SOME CONSISTENCY MIGHT BE THAT IT WILL SOLVE DUMB -- DISPUTES DOWN THE ROAD. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK 
          AT. >> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AS THEY ARE WORKING ON LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE MORE STRICT ABOUT THINGS LIKE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS -- MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERM, BUT THAT'S MY TERM. DECORATOR STANDARDS OF COLORS AND YOU ALL HEARD ME SAY, SMILE, BECAUSE RIGHT ON LANDING BOULEVARD RIGHT YOUR COLLEGE, THERE IS ONE SHOPPING CENTER THAT IS KIND OF TAN AND BURGUNDY AND THE WHOLE THING LOOKS NICE. THEN, YOU GO TO THE NEXT SHOPPING CENTER AND WHOEVER OWNS THE DOLLAR TREE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PAY THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THE SHOPPING CENTER GREEN. IT IS OBNOXIOUS. I THINK WE COULD ATTRACT MUCH MORE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THOSE SHOPPING CENTERS THAT ARE OPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE TO. 
          IT IS KIND OF THE SAME THING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE THE SAME THING. YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR SIGNS, BUT CERTAIN AREAS I .2. THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT NEAR WHERE CHICK-FIL-A IS AND ALL OF THAT. THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEIR OWN STANDARDS OF COMMERCIAL AND IT LOOKS REALLY NICE. THEY STILL ADVERTISE MCDONALD'S AND HOME DEPOT AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THEY ARE ALL THE SAME SIZE AND THEY LOOK VERY NICE. I APPLAUD THE THINKING. IT IS TIME FOR US IN THOSE WAYS -- PEOPLE LIKE TO 
          HAVE A NICE LOOKING COUNTY. >> 100%. 
          >> WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING NOW. SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR A 
          MOTION. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 
          22, ZONING 25-0036 . >> MOTION. 
          >> SECONDED THE MOTION. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY 
          [23. Final Public Hearing to Consider ZON 25-0030 (D. Selig)]
OBJECTIONS? MOVING ON TO 23, CONSIDER ZONING AND 25-00 30 AND WE HAVE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. CHIEF PLANNER. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A ZONING CHANGE TO THE LAKE ASBURY INTERCHANGE VILLAGE CENTER ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A COMPANION DELAYED COMPANION REZONING TO LAND-USE CHANGE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. THIS TABLE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS BREAKS DOWN SOME GENERALIZED USES, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDES FOR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF ACRES FOR THOSE TYPES. THIS APPLICATION IS TO CHANGE THE COMMERCIAL MAXIMUM FROM 40% TO 65%. THE CHANGE, AS I SAID, WAS ALREADY DONE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THIS IS THE MATCHING CHANGE. IT APPLIES TO THE INTERCHANGE VILLAGE CENTER AND FUTURE PARKWAY COMING IN. IT IS SPECIFIC TO ONE AREA AND ONE OWNERSHIP. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM LAST WEEK VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE. 
          >> YES. >> GOOD EVENING. SUSAN FRAZIER, 3517 PARK STREET IN JACKSONVILLE. THIS WAS ACTED ON BY THE BOARD LAST FEBRUARY TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE COMMERCIAL USES AND WHAT WOULD THINK CORRESPONDINGLY LESS 
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RESIDENTIAL UNITS . THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO. THERE IS ONE AT PENDLEY AND ONE AT STATE ROAD 16, SO THIS -- THE COMP PLAN SAYS THAT AND RIGHT NOW THE ZONING CODE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT. WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND IT WILL MAKE THEM THE SAME. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. 
          >> HI, AGAIN. HELENA. ADDRESS ON FILE. THIS WAS HEARD AT PLANNING AND ZONING AND WAS SOMETHING I BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON. TO BE MINDFUL, FIRST OFF, I PERSONALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE MATCHING OF INFORMATION AND MAKING EVERYTHING UNIFORM. SOMETHING I SPOKE ABOUT ABOUT BEING MINDFUL OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT IN THE INTERCHANGE AND THE INCREASE IN DIFFERENT STUFF AND CONCERN ON THAT, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH STAFF AND THE LAKE ASBURY AREA DOES NOT HAVE INDUSTRIAL IN IT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS SUSIE MENTIONED AFTER I SPOKE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, SO I WAS KIND OF GRATEFUL THAT IT WAS NOT IN THERE. AS WE SEE SOME AMENDMENTS COMING BEFORE YOU ALL AND THE CHANGES THAT YOU APPROVE, SO IF I'M NOT HERE OR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE LAKE ASBURY MASTER PLAN THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE ON THE INDUSTRIAL PART AND LAKE ASBURY AREA ON HENLEY, SPECIFICALLY. I REALIZED WERE GOVERNORS PARK IS, SOME OF THE LAND-USE NOW ALLOWS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND THERE WAS AN ASPHALT COMPANY COMING IN THERE. AS YOU ARE INCREASING DIFFERENT THINGS, WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL HOW ONE THING AFFECTS ANOTHER THING. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND I WAS GRATEFUL THAT STAFF DID CONFIRM THAT WE DID NOT HAVE INDUSTRIAL ON 
          HENLEY. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. 
          >> SAYS THIS MIGHT MAKE SHOPPING MORE OF A PLEASURE IN ASBURY. 
          >> SECOND THAT MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THERE ARE NONE. PASSES. 5-0. 
          [18. Active & Upcoming Formal Solicitations (K. Smith)]
THANK YOU. WE ARE MOVING BACK TO NUMBER 18, ACTIVE AND UPCOMING FORMAL SOLICITATIONS WITH KAREN SMITH. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME BUSINESS WE ARE WORKING ON. LAST FRIDAY, WE OPENED BIDS FOR THE LAKE GENEVA RESTORATION PROJECT AND CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED AND WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING. RFQ IS OUT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES ENGINEERING, DESIGN, PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC. THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGE CONTINUING AGREEMENTS WHERE WE SELECT SEVERAL ENGINEERING FIRMS AND THAT IS OUT RIGHT NOW DUE THIS MONTH. THIS IS RIGHT AT THE REMAINDER OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND NO CERTAIN ORDER PRIOR TO DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES GENERATED MAINTENANCE OF FIRE STATION 2024 AND TARA PLACEMENT AT THE COUNTY JAIL. DRAINAGE PROJECT, FIRE ALARM UPGRADES AT THE COUNTY JAIL. WE HAVE THE HOME REHAB PROJECT AND PUBLIC SAFETY SHUT PROJECT, STORMWATER. LAKEVIEW AND HILLTOP DIRT ROAD AND KEYSTONE ROAD PAVING PROJECT. 
          MOSQUITO CONTROL SERVICES AND TOWN CENTER BUILDING 500. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS? 
          >> A LOT GOING ON. >> THANK YOU. 
          [24. Discussion of Appointment to the Clay County Board of Adjustment George Goodrich submitted an application for appointment.]
          >> WE ARE BACK TO LETTERS FOR ACTION PER DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. GEORGE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT. I KNOW GEORGE AND I 
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THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT AND I APPRECIATE GEORGE APPLYING 
          FOR THIS. ANYONE ELSE? >> MOVE APPROVAL. 
          [25. Discussion of Appointment/Resignation to the Lake Asbury/Penney Farms Citizens Advisory Committee]
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT RESIGNATION TO LAKE ASBURY FARMS CITIZENS ADVERSARY COMMITTEE. 
          APPLICATIONS FOR JOHN BENTLEY, COLIN GROFF, CHRISTOPHER LUTHER AND LUCAS WILHELM. ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE? 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> WE ALSO WANT -- HAVE JANET WHO IS SUBMITTING HER RESIGNATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NONE. 
          [26. Notice of Designation for First Coast Crime Stoppers, Inc. - Crime Stoppers Trust Fund Grants]
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL. NOTICE FOR CRIME STOPPERS -- SORRY. CRIME STOPPERS TRUST FUND GRANTS. 
          ANYTHING ON THAT? >> LOOKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO 
          SIGN. >> I WILL NEED A MOTION TO 
          APPROVE THAT. >> SECOND. 
          [27. Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)]
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION, BID OPENING TABULATIONS FOR AGRONOMIC SERVICES FOR CLAY 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COUNTY PARKS. I WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE? 
          >> HELENA? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AT THE FIRST, AND TO BE ABLE TO CALL THAT AND GET CLARIFICATION. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE THE CLARIFICATION, SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? I WILL CLOSE THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [COUNTY ATTORNEY]
COMMISSION AUDITOR, ANYTHING? COUNTY ATTORNEY? 
          >> JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER CONDON'S REQUEST ON E-BIKES. TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR E-BIKE REGULATIONS. 
          THEN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CRC IS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 
          [COUNTY MANAGER]
          9TH. >> THANK YOU. COUNTY MANAGER? 
          >> MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, GREAT 2026 AHEAD OF US. JUST WANT TO START OFF THE SESSION IN TALLAHASSEE BEGAN THIS MORNING. WE ARE TRACKING THAT CLOSELY. IN ANTICIPATION FOR THE BUDGET, HE MENTIONED EARLIER IN SOME MEETINGS THAT WE START THIS EARLIER, FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY, A THURSDAY FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P.M. IN THE BOARD ROOM. 
          IT WILL BE SCHEDULED INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND WHAT THEY CREATED AS A BUDGET AND GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNMENT SIMULATION. HE IS NOT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, BUT MJ IS HERE. IT WILL GO THROUGH AND IT IS A VERY ACTILE AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE AWAY TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN ON PAPER. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE THERE TO SHOW YOU ALL. IT IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AND INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT OF DIGITAL PRINTING. 
          IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? 3-D PRINTING. THANK YOU. WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE. THE OTHER ITEM IS ON SATURDAY, THE 25TH OF APRIL, THE SATURDAY RIGHT AFTER THE AFFAIR. 
          WE WILL HAVE OUR TRUCK EVENT COMBINED WITH THE NORMAL VETERAN EVENT ON THAT. THIS TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT WILL HAVE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED BY THE BOARD, THEN ALSO THE BETTERING OF THE YEAR. THAT EMAIL WILL COME OUT FROM HR AFTER TONIGHT AND WHEN IT OPENS. I THINK ONE OF THEM MAY HAVE ALREADY OPENED. 
          IT DIDN'T. OKAY. WE WILL COME OUT WITH AND MAKE SURE IT GETS SPREAD FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO NOMINATE AGAIN. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AND VETERAN OF THE YEAR. WE LOOKED AT THIS AND ARE TRYING TO COMBINE EVENTS, LIKE MENTIONED. WE REALLY LOOKED AND IT WAS VERY VULNERABLE TO HAVE A EVENT IN OCTOBER, BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL HURRICANES. WE DID CANCEL ONE AND HAD TO RESCHEDULE. IT DOES TAKE CARE OF OUR BETTER AND UGLIER EARLIER IN 
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THE YEAR. IT WILL COME OUT WITH THE STANDARD ONES THAT WE HAVE AND OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BLAME AND ARE STILL OUT THERE. WE RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> WHAT DAY DID YOU SAY THAT WAS? 
          >> IT WAS THE 25TH OF APRIL. IT WAS THE SATURDAY, SIR. 
          >> I KNOW THAT CHARISSE IS WATCHING ONLINE AND SHE IS TAKING CARE OF HER DAUGHTER. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DID TALK TO HER EARLIER AND I FORGOT TO ASK HER TO LOOK INTO THIS, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I SAW ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT THAT THERE IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I THINK IT'S CALLED THE PARK ON LANDING. I THINK THE ONLY THING WE CAN MAYBE DO IS FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD TRASH PICKED UP, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT OUR TRASH SERVICE HIM UP AT THE DUMPSTER SERVICE. THEY HAVEN'T HAD IT FOR WEEKS AND IT'S BECOMING ACE -- A HEALTH HAZARD. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY THEY USE ALSO DOES THE COUNTY DUMPSTERS, SO I THINK THEY ARE NOT PAYING THEIR BILL OR SOMETHING. 
          >> BASED ON THE INFORMATION, THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THE SAME OR NOT. I WILL HAVE MILTON AND THE TEAM AND WE WILL GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE. WE WILL CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE COMPLEX TO ENSURE 
          THAT THE GARBAGE IS PICKED UP. >> I SAW IT ON THE NEWS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH STATION. ACTION NEWS? 
          >> WHERE WAS THAT AGAIN? >> I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 
          [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
          >> WE WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS. 
          >> VERY GOOD. WE WILL MOVE TO COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS. WHO 
          WOULD LIKE TO START? >> I WILL GO AHEAD. WE HAD A GREAT 2025 IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AWARD TO TOURISM. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON WHEELS OF THE WORLD, SO THAT WAS A GREAT ENDING TO 2025 WITH THE AWARD HERE IN JANUARY. JANUARY 21ST, CLAY COUNTY VETERANS WILL MEET AT BLACK RIFLE COFFEE SHOP FOR COFFEE BREAK. GO OVER THERE AND GET A FREE CUP OF COFFEE. ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY, RIBBON-CUTTING OF THE GUILD OF ORANGE PARK AND THEY HAVE A NEW GALLERY THEY ARE OPENING AT 440 MCINTOSH STREET. 
          RIGHT OFF OF WINN-DIXIE. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST AND WANT TO PROMOTE HERE. IT'S THE PLACE TO BE ON THURSDAY, THE 22ND AT3:00 P.M. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHERYL SITTING OUT. A LOT OF YOU DON'T HAVE EXPOSURE, BUT WE AND ORANGE PARK DO. WE BUY ELECTRICITY FROM ORANGE PARK FOR AT LEAST 40 YEARS I HAVE BEEN THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS MEETING WITH US. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. I WILL PIGGYBACK ON THE LAST POINT. IT IS ONE THING FOR DISTRICT TWO AND THREE TO HAVE IN COMMON. ACTUALLY, IN THE CHESAPEAKE AREA THAT USES SERVICES, SO I AM JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE MET YOU AND AM THANKFUL FOR PARTNERSHIP. JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION. MY SECOND POINT WAS ALREADY HIT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT. IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE HOW OUR COUNTIES IN THE REGION ARE PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND THAT AWARD CEREMONY DEFINITELY OPENED MY EYES TO DIFFERENT INITIATIVES NEARBY THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I JUST LOVED THAT CLAY COUNTY IS MAKING -- TAKING STRIDES IN ACCESSIBILITY. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. WE ARE LEAVING ANYBODY BEHIND, SO I AM JUST GRATEFUL FOR THAT EXTRA EFFORT, OTHERWISE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL 2026. HAVE A GOOD 
          NIGHT, EVERYBODY. >> AS THE COUNTY MANAGER SAID, TODAY WAS THE OPENING DAY SESSION AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL FIVE ON THE DAIS WILL BE LASER FOCUSED ON WHAT IS GOING 
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ON IN TALLAHASSEE. BEST OF LUCK TO THE LOCAL DELEGATION IN THIS SESSION BUT MOST OF ALL WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MESSAGE TO OUR LEGISLATORS HOW -- WHAT THESE BILLS COULD DO TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY. EXTREMELY DIVERSE AND ONE BILL DOES NOT AFFECT KEY WEST ANY DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES PENSACOLA. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE ARE THINKING AND HOW IT AFFECTS US HERE AT HOME AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. THE TDC MET LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. HATS OFF TO TEDDY. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT TEDDY HAS IMPLEMENT IT SINCE BEING WITH OUR TEAM IS OUR REIMBURSABLE GRANT PROGRAM, SO DOLLARS, THEY ONLY GET THE FULL AMOUNT IF THEY TURN IN RECEIPTS FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD GET A FULL AMOUNT. IT IS MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PROGRAM AND JUST BUILDS BETTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH VENDORS THAT COME TO TOWN. PRETTY BIG EVENT HAPPENING ON MLK WEEKEND COMING UP. IT IS THE JANUARY 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH. IT IS THE FLOW DOWN 2026 INTERSTATE CORN HOLE CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT IS A QUALIFYING EVENT. ONE OF THE BEST BACK THROWERS IN THE WORLD WILL BE HERE. I THINK HE BRIEFED US AND SAID LAST YEAR EARNED $5 MILLION THROWING THE BEANBAG. THERE ARE 300 COMPETITORS AND 96 TEAMS AND 70% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE COMING TO CLAY COUNTY FROM OUTSIDE OF A 50 MILE RADIUS. WE HAD A GOOD IMPACTFUL EVENT. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEST OF THE BEST CORN HOLE IT WILL BE OUT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. ALSO, THE FAIR IS COMING UP QUICK AND THAT IS OUR BIGGEST ECONOMIC EVENT IN CLAY COUNTY. 
          WE APPROVED A GRANT FOR THEM AT THE MEETING, THEN TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY, EXPLORE CLAY APP. IT IS A GREAT TOOL IF YOU HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS TRYING TO FIND THINGS TO DO IN CLAY COUNTY. 
          DOWNLOAD THE EXPLORE CLAY APP AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO EXPLORE CLAY.COM EVENTS PAGE THERE THAT IS FANTASTIC WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AT ALL TIMES, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. I WILL ECHO RENNINGER AND COMPERE. CONGRATS ON WE ARE THE WORLD. IT IS AN AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT. TWO LAST THINGS. ONE, THANK YOU TO RICHARD, HOWARD AND ERIC POPE AND THAT TEAM WITH THE FLEMING ISLAND DRAINAGE PROJECT. A TRUE TEAM COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND A LOT OF TIMES UNTIL YOU SEE IT ON THIS SIDE, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GET TO WORK. WE HAVE TO SAFELY. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT IS SEAMLESS AND I APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK. LASTLY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OPEN SEAT ON THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY, I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON THAT. 
          >> LISTENING TO THAT, I MIGHT NEED TO RE-EVALUATE MY CAREER CHOICES. SO, I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. ONE THING I LEARNED AT REGIONAL COUNCIL BOARD MEETING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. ONE BILL WE NEED TO FOLLOW IS CALLED 1066. IF YOU GOOGLE IT, IT SAYS TRIBUTARIES OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER. BUT, IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO DO CERTAIN 
          THINGS RECREATIONALLY. >> IT IS RESTORATION OF THE RIVER AND IT IS ALL WITH THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA RIVERS AND SPRINGS COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT. THEY HAVE SOME NICKNAMES FOR IT. AT ANY RATE, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE DEP TO HIRE A PROJECT LEAD TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT AND REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP BY A SPECIFIED DATE OR PROJECT PLAN FOR RESTORATION RIVER, PROVIDING THAT THE PROJECT PLAN IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT SUBJECT TO GENERAL PERMIT FOR PERMITTING. IT INVOLVES -- IT WILL CREATE THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA RIVER AND SPRINGS RECREATIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL , SO WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR US BEYOND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RECREATIONALLY 
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AND PROBABLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR RECENT PARKS -- PARKS PLAN, MASTER PLAN FROM LAST YEAR GAVE US. SOMETHING TO FOLLOW AND WATCH NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE OTHERS TO FOLLOW, BUT OF COURSE THE BLUE RIBBON BILL, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT IS BASICALLY WHAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SPOT ZONING. YOU CAN END UP WITH MULTIFAMILY AND CULTURAL LAND. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH AS POLITICS ARE HEATING UP IN THE STATE, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE CAME OUT IN FAVOR OF THE BLUE RIBBON BILL. THEY LIVE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, SO INTERESTING POSITION TO TAKE . 
          THAT SAYS TO ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. AT ANY RATE, IT IS OUT THERE, SO FOLLOW IT. THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LEGS. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO CLAY COUNTY? WELL, IT IS BELIEF THAT THE LAND OWNER -- THERE WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING ARTICLE. ETIQUETTE WAS MAYBE ON JACKS TODAY. I SENT THE ARTICLE TO CHARISSE, SO I HAVE IT IN MY EMAIL. MAYBE THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THAT THE BELIEF IS THAT THERE IS ABOUT 11,000 ACRES IN SOUTH SOUTHERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT QUIETLY CHANGED HANDS TO ONE LANDOWNER FROM 2020 TO 2025. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE LANDOWNER WHO IS BEHIND THE BILL PASSING, BUT IF YOU TRACE BACK TO THE PARENT COMPANY THAT OWNS THAT GROUP OF LAND IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THEY ALSO OWN LAND UNDER A COMPANY CALLED FARMS. THEY PROBABLY OWN PROBABLY A QUARTER OF CLAY COUNTY. FROM 16 SOUTH TO PUTNAM COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF COMMISSIONER BURKS DISTRICT. THAT WOULD BE THE EASTERN SIDE OF MY DISTRICT. YOU COULD BASICALLY TAKE RIGHT BEHIND PENNY FARMS AND IF YOU EVER DRIVE BACK AND TURNED TO GO ALL THE WAY ON 315 TO COME OUT LIKE YOU ARE GOING TOWARDS CAMP LANDING, ALL OF THAT COULD END UP BEING DEVELOPED INTO HUGE SUBDIVISIONS WITH MULTIFAMILY AND IT WOULD NEVER COME TO US. 
          THEY DANGER OF THIS BILL IS THAT IT REMOVES PUBLIC VOICE. AT ANY RATE, THAT IS CONCERNING. IF YOU FEEL PASSIONATE, I WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS AND ANY THAT YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL. HOWARD TOUCHED ON IT, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME IN OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO RETIRE AND DEBBIE WILL RETIRE. WE HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MJ BRINGS TO US IS THAT SHE SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME IN THE SIMILAR SIDE -- ON THE CLERK SIDE. WE HAVE THE CONNECTION WITH DAVID AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AMY BEFORE SHE RETIRED. I KNOW IT'S GREAT AND I THINK THE CLERK'S OFFICE PROBABLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLE IN THE IG DIVISION, BUT YOU WILL FILL IT. ANYWAY, GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND CONGRATULATIONS. BIG SHOES TO FILL OVER THERE. WE WELCOME YOU. I MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUBLICLY COME AND HOWARD. I CHALLENGE HIM AND I PUSH HARD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND COME UP WITH CRAZY IDEAS AND HE LISTENS TO EVERY ONE OF THEM. I PUSHED HARD. SAME WITH DEBBIE LEAVING AND CHALLENGED HIM ON, DID HE NEED A BACKFILL ON A DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITION? AS WE TALKED ABOUT, BUDGETS ARE GETTING TIGHT. HE IS GETTING CREATIVE AND IS FILLING POSITIONS IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE AND ALREADY ON STAFF AND SEEMED IF WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE. THERE WILL BE POSITIONS THAT HE HAS TO BACKFILL WHEN THEY LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION, BUT I COMMEND TRYING TO DO LESS WITH MORE. AND, STILL GETTING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND COMMEND THE WORK THAT YOU DO THERE. 
          >> AUBREY IS FULFILLING THE ROLE AND IS OUR MANAGER. SHE LITERALLY HIT THE DECK RUNNING AND SAW HER UP HERE TODAY DURING THE RETIREMENT AND IS STILL FANTASTIC. ALSO DOING FANTASTIC 
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NOT WANT TO FORGET MJ. I CONSIDER HER TO BE HERE ALREADY AND SHE ALSO HIT THE DECK RUNNING. THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSIONS AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AHEAD. WE ARE COMMITTED ON TRYING TO SAVE MORE DOLLARS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE 47 OUT OF 67. 
          THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOU IS THAT I MET LAST WEEK WITH TROY, HOWARD, ERNEST AND COURTNEY ABOUT OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ORDINANCES. I HAD SOME ISSUES LAST YEAR THAT COVERED THE WHOLE YEAR AND ONE PARTICULAR DOG OWNER STARTING ISSUES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME. THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOW UP TO SIX CITATIONS, SO HE HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE MULTIPLE CITATIONS ISSUED AT THE SAME TIME. IF HE GETS THREE OR MORE, HE HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE. THE DOG HAS NOT ATTACKED ANYONE AND HAS NOT BEEN A PERSON OR ANIMAL AND KILLED A PERSON OF THAT KIND OF THING. BASED ON THAT ORDINANCE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO OTHER THAN FINANCIAL. A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE AFRAID OF THE STOCK. IT IS INTIMIDATING AND RUNS UP IN THEIR YARDS AND IT'S NOT CONTAINED IN THE OWNER DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT OR DOESN'T CARE THAT IT'S ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S. I TOLD TROY AND ERNEST -- I TOLD ALL OF THEM. A LOT OF TIMES, YOU GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU SEE THINGS LIKE ANIMAL SERVICE IS A JOKE AND YOU CALL THEM AND NOBODY COMES OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          WE KNOW ANIMAL SERVICES WORKS REALLY HARD. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE JUST NOW FULLY STAFFED AND STILL HAVE A FEW ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICERS IN TRAINING WITH CHANGES WITH THE WAY THAT CALLS GO THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION LINES TO KIND OF HELP, SO WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS IT DOESN'T GO TO VOICEMAIL, SO THAT WOULD BE AWFUL. IF YOU HAVE A JOB THAT IS HACKING OR ANIMAL OR PERSON AND YOU CALL AND YOU GO TO VOICEMAIL, THAT IS NOT A GOOD COMFORTING FEELING EITHER, SO MY QUESTION FOR US, I ASK THEM, IS OUR ORDINANCE GOOD ENOUGH? DOES IT ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANT IT TO? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IS, SHOULD WE ADD SOMETHING IN FOR A NUISANCE ANIMAL? IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO POINT IN WHICH THE OWNER WOULD HAVE TO SURRENDER THE DOG TO US, BUT CLEARLY OVER A YEAR PERIOD OF TIME AND SIX CITATIONS, HE'S NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS DOG AND THAT IS ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AT LEAST SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES IN YOUR DISTRICT. I WANTED TO ASK YOU OVER TIME IF YOU COULD GET THE ORDINANCE, REVIEW IT IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, GET THEM TO COURTNEY OR TO TROY. I WILL WORK ON LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS NUISANCE ANIMAL TO SEE IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT IN AND SEE IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK TO BETTER EQUIP OUR ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 
          >> I AGREE. LIKE YOU, ACTUALLY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS SPANNED OVER A YEAR AND THE PARTICULAR ANIMAL THAT CONTINUALLY GETS OUT FROM THE RESIDENTS HAS NOT ATTACKED A HUMAN, BUT OTHER ANIMALS THROUGH THE RECORD OF THREE TIMES. ONCE AGAIN, STILL BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN REMOVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM DEFINITELY WILLING TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A DOG OWNER MYSELF, I HAVE TWO DOGS AND A CAT. THE FAMILY LOVES ANIMALS AND PETS, SO ONCE AGAIN, TO FIND BALANCE, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE -- THERE IS ANOTHER ONE I'M DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THEY REACHED OUT. THE GUY DOESN'T LIKE GOING IN HIS OWN BACKYARD BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORS DOGS IN THE BACKYARD AND HE TRIES TO 
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COME TOWARDS HIM. THAT SHOULD BE THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN. I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO LOOK INTO IT, AS WELL AS SEE HOW WE CAN TIGHTEN IT UP OR FOCUS IT MORE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR BETS. THEY NEED TO HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR 
          PROPERTY. >> COMMISSIONER CALLED ME AND HE WILL BE CALLING YOU. THEY'RE FEEDING CATS IN THE DRIVEWAY. 
          THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE FERAL CATS TAKING OVER SOME NEIGHBORHOOD IN FLEMING ISLAND. AT ANY RATE, I THINK HE MIGHT CALL YOU, BECAUSE HE CALLED ME AND SAID HE HAD TALKED TO TROY AND ERNEST. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THE PERSON IS CHOOSING TO BEAT THEM ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY, BUT THEY NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SPREAD DISEASE. AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW YOU 
          WERE GOING TO HAVE. >> WAS THERE AN ANSWER? 
          >> ERNEST SAID HE THOUGHT THERE WAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. I DON'T KNOW THE ISSUES THAT YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR DISTRICT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU THAT IT COULD BE COMING AND TO THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, OTHERWISE WE WILL BRING IT BACK. 
          >> WHAT I HAVE IS NOT A DOG -- IT'S A HUGE WHITE DOG AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THEY HAD TWO AND THEY GET OUT CONSTANTLY AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE ROAD AND HAVE BEEN TO ANNABELLE ISLAND. I'M NOT SCARED OF THE DOG. THEY ARE HUGE AND THEY ARE NICE, BUT YOU ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF YOUR DOG. I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS HIT. 
          ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE'S NOT THERE. SAME THING. MAYBE WE ARE NOT SCARED OF THE DOG, BUT YOU SHOULD BE HAVING HER DOG IN THE YARD. IF YOU DON'T, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THE DOG. 
          >> WE HAVE A LEASH LAW, BUT THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO 
          ENFORCE. SO, YEAH. >> I WANT TO COMMENT ON COMMISSIONER CONDON'S SENATE BILL 1066. RIGHT BEFORE I CAME IN, I EMAILED A REPRESENTATIVE ON ANOTHER ASPECT OF 1066. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BILL AND I DIDN'T KNOW SOME PARTS. IT DEALS WITH THE DAM AND HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE THAT RIVER REROUTING. I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE A LOOK. RIGHT BEFORE WE 
          WALKED IN. >> THE WORRY IS, THERE ARE TARGETS AND AREAS DOWN THE CASTLE THAT ARE USED BY THE NAVY. THE COMMUNITY LIAISON IS A RETIRED NAVY COMMANDER MARK MCMANIS AND YOU MAY KNOW HIM BY THAT, BUT HE'S VERY VISIBLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TEXTED HIM AND I WILL SEE HIM TOMORROW AND DISCUSS WHAT REALLY THIS WORRY IS BREAD EARLIER TODAY, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT . WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TOPOGRAPHY AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE RANGES ARE CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO THE NAVY AFTER IT SHUT DOWN AND GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY. THAT TAKES THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE GULF OF AMERICA AND USE RANGES IN PINE CASTLE. I HAVE INFRACTION, COMMISSIONER. I WILL TALK TO HIM TOMORROW. KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT DATA THEY HAVE IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION TO WHAT THEIR SCIENTISTS OR ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING AT. 
          >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BUG SPRINGS, THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT THEY CAN TEST. THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL. I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH BRADLEY ABOUT IT. I MENTIONED THIS TO HER. ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS TO AT LEAST HAVE A SEAT ON THE TABLE AT THAT COMMISSION. I THINK FOR US, TOO. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A BOARD MEMBER, BUT IF IT'S HOWARD OR JUSTIN, BUT SOMEBODY --. CLAY COUNTY HAS A VOICE OR WHATEVER WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO. THERE IS A LOT. IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL. 
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED IT, BECAUSE FOR YEARS PEOPLE JUST THINK IT'S ABOUT FISHING. IT'S NOT. 
          >> YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY. 
          >> YOU ARE GOOD? >> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. I FORGOT TO TELL ED THAT WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TWO LANES OPENING WHEN YOU TURN ON RUSSELL ROAD AND GO OVER A TRACK, EVERYONE THAT IS LISTENING, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T JUST STOP AT THE RAILROAD TRACK AND NOT TURN RIGHT. YOU ARE ABLE TO NOW TURN AND GO, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO LANES. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. THE TRAFFIC SHOULD NOT BE BACKING UP THE WAY THAT IT WAS. WE HAVE A LOT OF BARRICADES ON RUSSELL ROAD RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL. YES, THERE'S A LOT. 
          THE GOOD THING IS IT WILL BE GETTING DONE AND WE ARE ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE. WE ARE GETTING THERE. A REMINDER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING MONDAY AT 11:00 AT REFERENCES HALL PARK. 
          LAST THING FOR ME, ONE OF MY PASSIONS SINCE I CAME ON BOARD WAS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER BUILDING. THEY ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT GETTING UNDERWAY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT JOINING THE BOARD AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP THEM. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. 
          HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND GREAT CHRISTMAS AND
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