Mar 04, 2026 Tourist Development Council

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ALL RIGHT IF EVERYBODY COULD STAND FOR THE INVOCATION. HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GREATEST HEARTS FOR ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OUR STAFF, CLAY COUNTY STAFF AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ENJOY THE OUTSTANDING RECREATION THAT CLAY COUNTY HAS TO OFFICER AND THE VISITORS. WE ASK YOU BLESS THIS COUNCIL AND THE MINDS THAT SIT UP HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. JOIN MOW IN THE PLEDGE.

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>> LIKE TO DAUL CALL THE TOURIST COUNCIL MEETING IF ARE MARCH 4, 2026.

AND START WITH INTRODUCTIONS. >> NEIL PORTER ACCOMMODATIONS. DEBBIE BEAL CITIZEN.

>> KIM EVANS ACCOMMODATIONS. DAVID DIAZ, CITIZEN. KEVIN ACCOMMODATIONS.

ANDREW CITIZEN. TEDDY TOURISM DIRECTOR. STEFANI, TOURS IS SPECIAL PROGRAM MANAGER. LET THE RECORD REFLECT BRIAN KNIGHT AND SHERRI STATE YOUR NAME ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US. WE HAVE TWOV PUBLIC COMMENTS. LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM MR. SCOTT SLATER. NEXT IS VIVIAN JAMES. SAME.

PERFECT. THAT'S GREAT. WE WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION

[1. Tourist Development Council Meeting Minutes January 7, 2026.]

MINUTES FOR JANUARY 7. >> MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MOVING TO THE FIRST

[2. Advance Travel & Tourism Marketing Update (P. Vann)]

PRESENTATION ADVANCED TOURISM UPDATE BY MRS. VAN. >> WELCOME.

>> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. OKAY.

HI, I'M PAULA VAN. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING. AND YES, I'M NEW WITH THE TRAVEL AND I'M YOUR NEW CONTACT THERE. JUST THIS IS AN OVER VIEW OF WA WE TALK ABOUT.

I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF. AND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH CLAY COUNTY.

SO. I HAVE BEEN IN THE TOURISM BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.

I STARTED OUT AS A DIRECTOR OF COBUM BIA COUNTY TDC FOR NINE YEAR.

MOVED TO THE DATA SPACE WHERE STRATEGY DATA ANALYST THING W AROUND THAT.

AND NOW I'M BRINGING ALL THAT TO WORK IN THE AGENCY WORLD. I'M EXCITED BE HERE AND WORK WITH YOU. AND KEEP MOVING CLAY COUNTY FORWARD.

I AM ALSO I AM A GATOR AND TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER. I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT LATER.

AND I STILL LIVE IN LAKE CITY I'M NEAR AND HOP OVER ANY TIME. >> FIRST UP WE HAVE THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PAGES THIS IS A PROJECT THE TEAM WORKING ON FOR A BIT.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDES MORE CONTENT AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY AM IT WILL BE GREAT POTENTIAL VISITOR WILL DIVE DEEPER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW LOCALS ENGAGE AND WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. HAS SEO COP PONENTS AND DRIVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SEARCH ARE FOR CLAY AND CERTAIN PLACES MAKES THE SITE BOOST UP ON GOOGLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT UP AS FAR AS HOW THINGS ARE PERFORMING, THE WEBSITE FOR JANUARY 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY WE DID THIS REPORT MID FEBRUARY. THAT WAS THROUGH THAT TIME.

HAD 58,000 VISITOR POTENTIAL TRAVELLERS. GO TO YOUR SITE.

AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT CLAY COUNTY IS AND THINGS TO DO. UP AT THE TOP, YOU SEE CHANNEL

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DISPLAY ADVERTISING. DIRECT AND ORGANIC AND PAID SEARCH.

YOU SEE THE PAID SOCIAL IS DISPLAY ADS DRIVE THE GREATER NUMBER OF TRAFFIC.

THAT MEANS THE ADS ARE WORKING WELL. WHY OUT OF ALL THE VISITOR 144,000 PAGES WERE VISITED AND THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO THE HOME AND DIFFERENT PAGE THROUGH THE THE SITE. LAST METRIC NOTED IS 537 INTENTIONALLY ACTIONS THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE THIS DEMONSTRATES THE OUT BOUND PARTNER CLICK. 258 PEOPLE VISITED CLICKED OUT TO A LODGING PARTNER. MEANS THEY FOUND INFORMATION AROUND LODGING IS AND THAT PARTNER THROUGH THE CLAY COUNTY SITE AND YOU SEE THE OTHER OPTIONS OR OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR DINING PARTNERS. AND SHOPPING AND VISITOR GUIDES. SO WHAT IS COMING UP? THE SCOTTISH GAME SOCIAL PROSECUTE MOTION WRAPPED UP. SHERRI WILL SPEAK TO THAT MAY BE? OKAY. YEA EITHER WAY.

YOU WANT ME TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THE STOTTISH GAME PAID SOCIAL BOOTHS DID PERFORM WELL. THAT -- THE SCOTTISH GAME PROMOTION PAID BOOSTING THROUGH MET PERFORMED WELL. THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND. WE DID WANT TO SHARE THE EXCITING NEWS WE GOT, A LOT OF EN ENGAGEMENT.

DELIVERED 60, 500 IMPRESSIONS AND GENERATED 15,000 POSTED ENGAGEMENTS WHICH WERE 1800 POSTS REACTIONS, NEARLY 300 COMMENTS AND A HUNDRED SHARE. WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. WHAT WAS THE POST ABOUT THE EVERYONE OR LIKE AN ENGAGEMENT

YOU INTERACTED. >> THROUGH OUR GRANT THEY DID A VIDEO PROMOTION.

AND WE POSTED THAT VIDEO ON OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGE. AND THAT WAS POSTED OR BOOSTED.

AND IT WAS A TICKET GIVE AWAY. WE HAD ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO ENTER THE CONTEST COMMENT AND LIKE POST AND YOU KNOW THAT JEN RAPED A LOT OF ENGAGE AM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AWE AWESOME.

THANK YOU. >> YEA THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL COMPAIN.

AND WE ARE DOING ANOTHER SIMILAR FOR THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR TICKET GIVE AWAY COMING UP AS WELL.

THE OTHER ITEM WE COMPLETED AND YOU GO VISIT IS IN THE ORANGE PARK MALL.

A NEW BANNER AM THIS IS THE BANNER THAT IS DISPLAYED IN THE MALL.

LOOKS AMAZING. AND SO RESIDENTS ASK VISITOR SEE IT AND TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND SCAN IT IS QR CODE AND SEE WHAT IS GOING IN CLAY COUNTY. IT IS AWESOME.

SOMETHING EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PROUD OF IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY.

>> ONE QUESTION. IT IS IN THE RELATED YOUR PRESENTATION

>> GOOD JOB AND APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'M INTRIGUED MY BACKGROUND IS COACHING AND I COACH BASEBALL FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU ARE FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY YOU MAY HAVE TO THE SPORTS PARK.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A SIX PLEX OF HOW THAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCES ON A TDC IN COLUMBIA COUNTY WITH BASEBALL AND SOFT BALL.

THAT HAVE WHERE ALL TOURNAMENTS ARE. >> YEA.

I DID A LOT WITH THAT AND I WORKED ON THE NEW PARK THEY ARE WORKING ON BUILDING AS WELL DOING ALL THE STRATEGY AROUND THAT. THERE ARE 26 DIAMOND FIELDS THERE. IT IS A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND SOMETHING THAT ORGANICALLY BUILT AS FAR AS BACK IN THE 80S PARENTS BUILT AND LATER ON THEY DID MORE AT A TIME AND THEN THE

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THERE ARE 32 TOURNAMENTS A YEAR BASEBALL, SOFT BALL COMBINED THE NEW COMPLEX WILL BE SOCCER AND LACROSSE. THE COMMUNITY SAW AN IMPACT AND SAW THE GOOD THAT CAME FROM IT.

THAT'S WHY THEY ARE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. JEOPARDY OVER YEARS, HOW DID THE

HOW MANY HOTELS HAVE CAME BECAUSE OF THAT VENTURE. >> YEA, WHEN I STARTED, I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SIX HOTELS BUILT AND THERE ARE THREE MORE IN QUEUE STILL.

COVID MESSED THINGS UP, OF COURSE. THAT WAS AROUND 600 ADDITIONAL HOTEL ROOMS SPECIAL WE HAD 1800 BEFORE THAT. AND AFTER.

A LOT OF HOTELS ARE ALSO BEING BUILT GEARED IT SHOULD FAMILIES. THEY ARE EXTENDED STAY LIKE HOME

TWO SUITES AND TOWN HOME SUITES. >> THAT IS VALUABLE FEEDBACK. >> WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

>> YEA. >> THAT'S THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION I WAS WORRIED I WAS LIKE I'M AN AMONG AND A HALF IN AND STILL LEARN I WILL BE HERE MORE AND IN OTHER PEATINGS.

>> WE'LL MOVE TO AIR STREAM TOURISM UPDATE JR IS WITH US TODAY.

STILL IN ROUTE. ASKED TO COME BACK >> WE WILL COME BACK AND WE DO

[4. Bed Tax Collection (T. Meyer)]

>> TO REVIEW THE BED TAX DATA, THIS IS THE UPDATE AS OF WITH FEBRUARY NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE AGAIN. IT SPEAKS MORE TO -- REALLY DECEMBER AND JANUARY UPON AT 9% AND UP AND HIGHEST FEBRUARY. A COUPLE THINGS THERE WE HAD A NEW HOTEL IN OCTOBER.

SO THAT COMING TO FRUITION AND GETTING MORE SOLID RESERVATIONS. SO I THINK A GOOD SIGN AND -- KEEP MY EYESES AND SEEING NEXT MONTH AND BY MAY MEETING HOW WE WILL LAND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS. SHERRI WILL GO OVER A NEWER INITIATIVE FROM THE COUNT COMMISSIONERS AND ADD IN BRINGING THE MEMBERS AS WELL. OUR QUARTERLY DASH BOARD.

SO, SENSE TEDDY STARTED, WE STARTED THIS DASH BOARD AND GOAL IS FOR THIS TO BE A DIGESTIBLE PAGE OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT IS IN THIS MEETING. SO, YOU SEE HERE YOU HAVE YOUR TDC TAX. OUR CAMPAIGNS. VISITATION MARKETS.

UPCOMINGENTS WITH A HIGHLIGHT ON ALL OF THE REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX EVERYONES AND ADDITIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. SOME NEW BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS JUST A TOURISM ADVOCACY TOOL THAT WE SHARE OUR END IS LIKE YOU TO SHARE AS WELL.

WE WELCOME FEEDBACK YOU HAVE. AND IF YOU LIKE TO SEE TOPIC HERE, LET US KNOW.

>> ANY FEEDBACK ON THE -- I THINK THAT IS AWESOME. >> GREAT.

IT IS GOOD FOR US TO SHARE WITH INVESTOR IS OWNERS IS AND GM'S. THEY -- I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

SEE IF THEY WANT SOMETHING ELSE THERE BUT GOOD. OVER VIEW.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO THE KEY WOULD BE REALLY SECTION ONE IS TWO FOR YOUR GUYS IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT OR WANT TO SEE OR CHOP OR CHANGE WE LIKE TO KEEP THREE THAT IS WHAT ALL THE EVENTSES AND SCANNING AND THE NEW BUSINESSES.

BUT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR END, QUARTER 4 OR ONE WILL END IS IS GET IT OUT TOW YOU EARLY APRIL.

>> WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ADD SOMETHING WITH THE STAR REPORT OR THIS IS IN THE THE PLACE.

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>> NO TO UNDERSTAND MARKET? >> YEA UPON FOR SURE. I THINK SAM AND YOU COME DIVE IN NUMBER MORE AND SEE MAY BE PRESENT A COUPLE OPTIONS VIA E MAIL AND SEE HOW WE WANT TO

ANDUT THAT IN QUARTER ONE OF THIS YEAR. >> SURE.

>> THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU IF IT IS YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AS A ONE PAGER I DON'T WANT TO THROW TOO MANY THINGS. THIS IS FANTASTIC MAY BE THINKING OF, DID YOU KNOW BUBBLE? MAY BE A FUN FACT, THAT COULD BE COOL ABOUT TOURISM.

1 THING THAT IS ASTOUNDING IS ATTENDANCE. WHETHER IT IS THE LAST YEAR THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR HAD 200,000 PEOPLE OR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AT 20,000 PEOPLE.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I THINK THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TOO, TO CATCH SOMEONE'S INTEREST. ANSWER WE CAN LOOK AT THE STAR AND LOOK AT SOME DID YOU KNOW IN ATTENDANCE FIGURE OPTION TO PUT NUT THERE.

MAY BE BUSINESSES ARE HIGHER OR LOWER THAT IS NO PROBLEM. >> GOOD STUFF.

AND THEN SORRY ONE MORE QUESTION. WHERE DID OBVIOUSLY, YOU PUT THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHERE DID YOU DISTRIBUTE IT? THIS HAS BEEN GOING TO THE

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. >> RIGHT. >> AND INTERNAL STAFF.

AND THEN THE GOAL WAS TO THEN EXCEPT TO THE TDC BOARD MEMBERS AND ANYONE ELSE.

IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. WE ARE NOT HOLDING ANYTHING. NO CARDS BUT WE LOOK AT IT AS A QUICK ONE PAGER. IT IS A GAP INSPECT BETWEEN TIMES WHEN WE DON'T SEE THE COMMISSION ALL THE TIME AS AID TDC STAFF. AND GRANTS COME TO THEM.

IT IS TO KEEP THINGS TOP OF MIND. FOR TOURISM AND ANOTHER WAY THAT

TO KIND OF DO THAT EASILY WITHOUT BEING CUMBERSOME. >> I THINK IN LIKE E MAIL BLASTS TO THE COMMUNITY IT IS GOOD. SHOWS PEOPLE IN THE XUNT WHAT THE TDC IS DOING. WHAT OPPORTUNITY THERE ARE TO GET INVOLVED AND WHETHER PEOPLE REALIZE IT THIS IS AN ARM HOW WE KEEP TAXES LOW IS THIS. SO, I'M TOTE COMMISSION AS FAR

AS OUT. I THINK IT IS GOOD. >> I LIKE IT AND I AGREE TOTALLY WITH THE HAVING NUMBERS ON HOW MANY TOURISTS CAME TO CLAY COUNTY.

GREAT IDEA. >> WE CAN HAVE THAT. COOL.

[5. Event Marketing Grant Update (S. Lamb)]

>> GOOD JOB. OKAY. GO TO THE EVENT MARKETING UPDATE. ITEM FIVE. STEFANI.

>> AS YOU SEE, OUT OF OUR 325,000 WE STARTED THE YEAR FOR GRANTS WE HAVE AWARDED 207, 500 LEAVING US WITH 117, 500 ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE GRANTS WE HAVE COMING TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A HEALTHY AMOUNT REMAINING. WE WILL MEET IN MAY.

WE HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS IN FOR MAY. AND WILL NOT MEET IN JULY.

REALLY MAY IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT IS FINAL MEETING TO HEAR GRANTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.

KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT GRANTS COMING UP. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST PAGE?

WE, WOING WITH WITHIN 17? AND THAT'S THROUGH OCTOBER? >> YES.

AS YOU SEE WE HAVE THREE GRANTS TO BE HEARD TONIGHT ONE SPECIALENTS GRANT AND TWO SPORT EVENT GRANTS. ONE IS ASKING 2 THOUSAND. SPORTS ARE HIGHER YOU KNOW, ONE IS WHISTLE AND THE SECOND IS 21-THREE IF YOU AWARD THE FULL AMOUNTS WE HAVE 69, 200 REMAINING. AGAIN KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN LOOKING AT GRANTS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? >> I GUESS ONE QUICK QUESTION IS OF 117-5 THAT IS LEFT THAT

ASSUMING EVERYONE DEPOSITS RECEIPTS? >> YES.

>> THAT'S IF PEFRN GETS THE FULL REEMBERSMENT. SOME HAVE NOT REACHED THE 60 DAY MARK AND SOME ARE. WE WILL -- WE HAVE MORE THAN THE 117.

[6. Special Event Grant Update (T. Meyer)]

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>> YEA. SPECIAL EVENT GRANT. IN THE PROCESS OF -- GOING THROUGH GRANTS, WORKING WITH LEGAL AND THE GRANT'S DEVISION WE CAME TO THE SPECIAL EVENT GRANT IT IS A GOOD GRANT UPON SERVES A GOOD PURPOSE. BUT THE QUESTIONS AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF THE GRANTEE WAS CUMBERSOME. THE GRANT APPLICATION WAS 15 PAGES. WE NARROWED TO SEVEN. AND I WILL GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS. IF YOU LACK AT FIRST PAGE, AND SO THE GRANT ORIGINALLY WAS 5,000 IT HAS BEEN LOWERED TO 3500. IF YOU LOOK AT A, B AND C.

THIS CATEGORIES. IS THAT IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT IS MULTIDAY. AND IT IS IN A KNEE PERIOD. THOSE ARE 3 WE HAVE GONE BACK TO AND MADE EASIER STIPULATIONS TO QUALIFY. ALSO THE SAME TIME CREATING AN OPTION IT IS NOT DIFFICULT AT THE DOLLAR AIM. I WILL SAY FOR NEED PERIOD WE EMOVED DECEMBER. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THERE ARE BETWEEN PARADES AND CHRISTMAS EVENTS. CLAY IS NOT NEEDING ANOTHER EVENT IN DECEMBER IT IS GREAT IF WE GET ONE BUT TO AWARD ONE AS WOULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY. RIGHT? SO -- THAT'S PAGE ONE. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO FIRE AWAY.

SECTION THREE. SECOND PAGE THE MAIN KEY IS THE 501 C 3 THEY WILL BE NONPROFITS NOT LLC'S OR BUSINESSES. WE MAINTAIND THAT WITHIN GRANT. AND STRUCTURE AND AWARD.

APPLICATION IS VERY MUCH REMOVED. THE MEDIA RELEASE USE OF MATERIALS. SCALED BACK A BIT AGAIN. NEXT PAGE IS SECTION 5.

ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS MAINTAIN MARKETING ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT ASK FOR IT.

THE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AND EVENT FEES AND AWASHEDS THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.

AGAIN WHAT WE DID MORE OF IS TAKE AWAY THINGS LOOK MARKETING ROBUST MARKING PLAN

>> THE THINGS THAT WERE EXTREMELY JUST OUT OF LINE WITH THE AWARD AMOUNT.

WE TRIED TO BRING IT BACK IN TO MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC. AND INELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.

PRIZE MONEY. FOOD OPERATING. ANYTHING THAT GOES TO A NONPROFIT THAT IS A FULL EXPENSE UPON THAT'S MAINTAINED THE SAME. BIGGER CHANGE WOULD BE SECTION SEVEN, AND THIS IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. BUT I THINK ONE THAT WARRANTS THE TIME AND THE FACT WE ARE GETTING MORE GRANTS. WE ARE FUNDING MORE SCOPE WE CHAGE IT TO CREATE TWO PHASINGS. PHASE ONE, THERE ARE ALMOST MISCONTRUED ON THE BOX. YOU LOOK AT THE BOX WE'LL HAVE TWO PHASES OF THE GRANTS THAT WILL COME TO YOU UPON AND COME IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT AGENDA ON THE ACTUAL TDC.

SO -- FIRST APPLICATION WOULD BE FOR THIS HELL BE FARE FOR OCTOBER ONE, SO EVENTS OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY OF 20 THEY WOULD COME BY AUGUST 15TH. WE WOULD VOTE THE APPLICATION.

AGAIN, THREE CRITERIA. IT IS SIMPLE. CHECK BOXES, QUALITY OF LIFE.

MULTIDAY. AND THEN AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, YOU WOULD SEE THE SCORE REFLECTED AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY JUST LIKE CURRENTLY TO REVIEW ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN PULL, DISCUSS ANYTHING YOU WANT. OR YOU CAN APPROVE THEM ALL IN A BATCH. TOTALLY UP TO YOU. SO THAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN PHASE TWO IS FOR MARCH-SEPTEMBER. DECEMBER 15TH AND THE JANUARY MEETING OF NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, I THINK I WILL TIP MY HAT TO LEGAL AND GRANTS IN THE ROOM.

I THINK THE COLLABORATION OF ALL OF US TO MAKE GRANT MORE BENEFICIAL TO EVENTS WITHIN CLAY BE THE LONG GAME. SO OF THIS GETS US THERE. SO, THAT'S THE BULK OF THE GRANT GUIDELINES AND WHAT WE MODIFIED. OPEN TO QUESTION AND SUGGESTIONS.

AND AGAIN WOULD NEED YOUR APPROVAL AND THEN GO TO THE BCC. QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ANOTHER GOOD IDEA WEDNESDAY TODAY.

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THAT THE WINDOW TO APPLIES UPON IF YOURENT IS AUGUST >> WHEN THIS GETS APPROVED WE GO TO WORK WITH THE MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS EVERYTHING PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED WILL GET ALMOST E MAIL PHOBIA. SEND AN E MAIL EVERY 2-THREE WEEK.

IN THEORY AN AUGUST FIRST DATE TO GOET AT THIS TIME IN JULY 31 WE WILL GET, WHAT ABOUT ME? BETWEEN THE MARKETING WE DO FOR THIS GRANT AND GOING BACK WITH EVENT'S CALENDAR AND FINDING EVENTS PREVIOUSLY. AND SAM WORKING WITH OUR PLATFORM REACHES ALL THE BUSINESSES IN CLAY COUNTY. WE WILL HAVE A GOOD SWATH TO GET THE GROUPS THAT CAN BENEFIT TO THIS. YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART AND THE GRANT SYSTEM IS -- WHAT HAPPEN SAYS WHEN YOU MISS OR WHERE THE DEADLINE IS, LIKE -- THAT'S A TOUGH PLACE TO LIVE.

MAY BE IT WOULD BE UP THE TO THE BOARD IF THEY MAY BE THIS NEXT YEAR YOU WANT TO GIVE GRACE THAT IT IS FINE AS WELL. BUT THAT BECOME HARDER AS YOU GIVE MORE GRACE.

SO, THOSE ARE OUR PLANS AS FAR AS GETTING WORD OUT. >> MY BIG THING IS ALL OF US WILL WOULD AGREE WE WANT EVENTS. WE DON'T WANT TOW BE LIKE, YOU WOULD HAVE GOT THE GRANT AND MISSED THE DEADLINE. THE BCC AND NOW YOU DON'T GET THE MONEY OPPOSED TO IT IS THREE GRAND. WE WANT YOU TO YOU HAVE THIS. I LIKE TO HASH EVERYONE'S PERSP PERSPECTIVE,EEN IF THE FIRSTIER IS A PILOT WHERE WE, I HAVE TO ASK COURTNEY. WHERE WE GIVE THE TOURISM DIRECTOR THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT OR IF IT HAS TO COME TO US FIRST. LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S

THOUGHTS. >> THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. A GRACE PERIOD, RIGHT? YOU GOT DISCUSS TODAY THAT IS QUICK. WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT AND THEN HAVE A HARD SET DATE AND MOVE FROM ARE THERE. THIS IT IS GREAT.

ORGANIZING THIS WAY AND HAVING DEADLINES SO WE KNOW IT MAKES I LOVE THIS DOCUMENT.

WE ARE GETTING MORE ORGANIZED. I LIKE IT. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT WE HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF I DON'T KNOW, GRACE PERIOD AND WE HAVE A HARD DATE.

>> MAY BE AND I NOT SPEAK FOR ANYONE. IN YOUR APPROVAL YOU COULD SAY, AS A PILOT THIS YEAR WE GIVE GRACE TO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORK VERBATIM.

AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >> CHAIR I RECOMMENDIRECTOR

HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT THAT. >> I WAS CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY FAST. TO ALLOW IF THEY MISS THE DEADLINE.

PIGIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL. IF THERE IS A SAY WE APPROVED THE COP CENT AGENDA GRANTS UPON IF WE DO THAT IN JANUARY AND THEY COME TO US WITH AN EVENT THEY WANT IN OCTOBER.

WE DON'T MEET UNTIL JANUARY. I'M LOOK AT A GRANT THAT SAY THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T COME TOGETHER AND BRING IT TOGETHER UNTIL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. THEY DID NOT PUT IT TOGETHER UNTIL OCTOBER. I'M THINKING MORE OF AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE INTERPRETATION

OF POLICY WOULD BE THE QUESTION UPON NOT LIKE A LAW. >> RIGHT.

I THINK MAY BE WE CAN MAKE LANGUAGE LOOSER IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.

I THINK WE CAN MAKE LANGUAGE FLEXIBILITY. >> YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF

WHAT THAT WOULD MAY BE. >> NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> WHAT TO YOU MEAN?

>> SIMILAR TO THE GRANTS WHERE THERE IS ALLOWABLE GRANT APPROVAL BASED ON THE TDC AT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. THERE IS WIGGLE ROOM OR -- THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS TO GET IT MORE IN LINE MAIN KEY WOULD BE AFFECT OF -- TDC RESERVES THE - RIGHT TO BRING GRANTS AT SOME

PROGRAM.ASED ON THE PILOT - IF YOU WILL. >> I GUESS.

>> I WANT TO UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PREAPPROVAL OR POST.

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>> THE PREAPPROVAL. >> I THOUGHT I HEARD POETH. GENTLEMEN WHEN I SAY POST I MEAN THE STAMP FROM THE TDC AND GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. BASED ON THAT MATRIX THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER. YOU ARE TRYING TO COVER AN EVENT THAT COME TO YOU IN BETWEEN THE

TIMES. >> YEA >> THEY DID NOT GET THEI MAIL

OR PR. THAT IS THE QUESTION. >> SO WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST IS THAT WE ADD LANGUAGE THERE IS THAT I WOULD NOT GIVE AT THIS TIME AUTHORITY TO THE TOURISM DIRECTOR IT IS MONEY. I WOULD GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY MANAGER.

THIS FIT IN HIS SCOPE. >> YEP. >> OKAY.

>> NOW DO YOU WANT TOP ADRIAN IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTION, GO FOR IT.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU.

WHEN WE GET TO MARKING IS ROW REIMBURSING, I KNOW WE HAD ONE GROUP THAT WAS ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF MARKETING AND THEY WERE IT WAS TEAM CHURCH FOR TEAM.

AND I GUESS, MARKETING IS EXPOSURE ASK GETTING NAME OUT THERE.

WE PUTTING, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS ARE WE GETTING TO COVERING THAT STUFF.

JEOPARDY THAT'S IN THE SIGNATURE AND THE SPORT'S EVENTS GRANT NOT THIS GRANT.

BECAUSE OF THE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE CUMBERSOME PART. IT IS IN OTHER GRANTS, YES

>> ADRIAN IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? YOU WERE SPOT ON WE USE THE VERBAGE COUNTY MANAGER JURY ROOM MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED.

>> OKAY. >> TO CLARIFY MAKING MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EVENT GRANT AND GRANTING THE COUNTY MANAGER AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE EVENTS IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE

DEADLINE? >> GOT A MOTION. >> SECOND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> A MOTION AND SECOND. CORRECT.

RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ARE EVERWOULD YOU BE OKAY WE GO BACK TO ARROW STREAMS. JR COME UP WE WILL USE POINT OF PRIVILEGE BACK TO ITEM THREE OUR

[3. Airstream Ventures Sports Tourism Update (A. Verlander)]

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE. APOLOGIES, GUYS. >> ANYWAYS WE ARE EXCITED BE BACK IN CLAY COUNTY. WE HAD A GOOD JOB COMING BACK THIS YEAR AND TALKING TO A LOT OF EVENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MOVE ON. WE WILL BE REPRESENTING CLAY COUNTY AT THESE FIVE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES. THIS YEAR.

SPORTS IN LAS VEGAS. THE FLORIDA SPORT'S FOUNDATION IN JUNE.

THAT I HAVE NOT CHOSEN A LOCATION YET BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE IN FLORIDA.

WE WILL BE THERE. TEAMS CONFERENCE IN BIRMINGHAM AND SPORTS CONFERENCE IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND US SPORTS CONFERENCE IN PONT GORDA WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AT ALL THOSE. FOR OUR BOOKENTS WE GOT LAST YEAR, BRAND NAME ATHLETES A FLAG FOOTBALL EVERYONE THAT WE HAD HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES COMING IN TOWN.

WE WILL W WITH THEM TO BRING THEM BACK THIS YEAR AMERICAN CORN HOLE LEAGUE IN JANUARY AND MINOR LEAGUE GOLF TOUR. THIS WINNINGED WE HAVE THE BLACK CREEK SHOWDOWN.

WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT CLAY COUNTY SPORT'S COMPLEX. WE HAVE US SENIOR PICKLE BALL IN MARCH. GRIT AND GRIND IS A FLAG FOOTBALL EVENT.

WE ARE DOING WELL WITH FLAG FOOTBALL AM AND CROSS COUNTRY IN SEPTEMBER WORLD OF PICKLE BALL IN NOVEMBER. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE ALOTTED OF ADVANCED CONVERSATIONS WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE BECOME BOOKED EVENTS SHORTLY. YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY FIVE SOCCER THAT IS ONE THAT WE COMMUNICATED WITH AND THEY HAVE BEEN SIGNED THEY ARE COMING UP WITH A DATE.

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OUR GOAL IS TO OBVIOUSLY GET A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE THREE WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

BUT -- MORE WE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THE MORE LIKELY THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE. SO. WE ARE HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF THESE EVANS. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE THAN THE THREE WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

IT TAKES SIX MONTHS A YEAR TO GET A LOT OF EVENTS IS SIGNED. YOU SEE BYOIR PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING COMPARED TO JUST THAT JULY TO JUNE. WE HAD -- YOU KNOW -- REALLY ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF BUSINESS THAT WE LIKED TO HAVE, MAKE SENSE WE EXPECT TO HIT THAT EASILY IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. YEA. ANY QUESTIONS.

>> QUESTIONS? >> YES. SO -- IT IS AWESOME THE ADVANCED GO BACK TO WHERE IT HAS THE ADVANCED CONVERSATIONS. THAT IT IS IN THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR OF THIS YEAR 2026 YOU HAVE EIGHT. DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENCE SPECIAL IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FROM -- WHAT WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE?

>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE SPEAK TO THE EVENTS ON. THE LONG ARE THEY TAKE TO MAKE

THAT DECISION THE LES LIKELY TO GET HELP THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT. >> SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO THEM MAKING THEM AWARE OF THIS, IT IS BUT SOME OF THEM THEY DON'T NEED THE FUNDING.

SOCCER GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL GROUPS. SO THEY ARE BRINGING PEOPLE IN FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, THEY ARE BRINGING THE TOURISM, THEY WILL NOT ASK REQUEST A GRANT WHICH IS GOOD FOR US.

BUT THINGS LIKE TRIATHALON. YOU KNOW I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT SQUARED AWAY IN THE

NEXT COUPLE WEEKS SO HAVE IT GOOD TO GO FOR THIS FALL. >> AND TO JR'S CREDIT.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONVERSATIONS THESE WILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE BOLD.

SO LIKE BUT GAME TRIATHALON THAT IS A CONVERSATION OF LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX WHERE WE CAN HOST IT. THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS OF POSSIBLY GREENCO.

AND GOING TO THE MUNICIPALITIES. KEYSTONE IS AN OPTION. TRYING TOW BE MORE FORWARD THINKING WITH THE PLACES WE CAN HOST NOT JUST REGIONAL AND FAIR GROUNDS THAT IS PART OF OUR -- BIMONTHLY CONVERSATIONS WITH AIR STREP AND MINE WITH ALLEN WEEKLY.

WHERE ARE WE THINK BURGLAR WHAT OTHER OPTIONS YOU KNOW ARE VENUE THAT COULD HOST THINGSES THAT HAVE NOT HOSTED BEFORE. BUT IF YOU HAVE DIVISION AND FINDS THE RIGHT PERSON YOU CAN BRING THOSE TO LIFE. THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE CONTINUING IT LOOK AT.

TO BE FAIR, SOME OF IT IS LOOKING AT COMPS OF OTHER PLACES THEIR FACILITIES ARE AND WHAT THEY HOST AND HOW SIMILAR TO FACILITIES IN CLAY ARE THAT ARE NOT FAIR GROUNDS OR REGIONAL.

THERE ARE OTHER PGZS THE SOCCER IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT IS AT EAGLE HARBOR THERE IS A POCKET FOR TWO-THREE A YEAR. TRYING TO LINK UP THE GROUPS AS WELL IS IMPORTANT.

JURY ROOM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WANT TO HAVE THE FUNDS IF WE MOVE QUICK ENOUGH.

IF IN THEIER FOR THE YEAR AND WE WANT IT. RIGHT IS AND HOW DO WE DO IT AS FAST WHERE THEY GO. AND THEN IF THEY START COMING HERE THEY WILL KEEP COMING HERE.

THAT'S THE GOAL. ANYWAY WE CAN HELP. >> TEDDY, I WANT TO EXTEND FOR ME FROM ONE COMMISSIONER, WHEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT COUNTY IF YOU NEED HELP IN TERMS OF GETTING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LET US KNOW. I THINK I SPEAK FOR OUR COMMISSION THAT WE WANT TOP MAKE THOSE THING HAPPEN AND UNDERSTAND OUR CURRENT LIMITATIONS AND THE IMPACT OF HAVING EVENTS. A LOT COME DOWN TO BE AS IT IS CONVERSATION ADVANCES TO A DATE AND LOCAL THAT IS WHEN THEY BRING IN THE MUNICIPALITY TO

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A LOT OF THAT IS COLLABORATION AND IT IS A GREAT COMMUNITY TO BE THAT CLOSE AND DO THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON TRAVEL. I CAN'T REMEMBER JURY ROOM YOU GO TO MANY PLACES.

PULL THAT BACK UP IN FLORIDA SPORTS SYSTEM THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT JUST LIKE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. SPORT ASSOCIATIONS WHERE LOOKING NOT -- I ASK GO TRUE EACH.

THE SPORT'S FOUNDATION WORK WITH ALL FLORIDA GROUPS AND COUNTIES. THAT IS OUR BEST OPTION.

EVERY YEAR FOR THAT. AND WE CAN KICKED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND LEARN FROM HEM. ETA WILL BE YOU WERE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.

SAME WITH TEAMS AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BRING >> TOURISM WE FOUND OVER YEARS.

WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SOMEBODY FROM VIRGINIA THEY GOTTA COME FROM VIRGINIA.

YOU TALK ABOUT FLORIDA EVENTS AND HOSTED EVENTS THEY IN IN FOR THE DAY AND TAKE OFF.

WE DO FIND WE GET MORE EVENTS THAT BRING IN TOURISM FROM SPORTS ETA AND TEAMS. SPORT'S CONGRESS IS FORTUNATE THAT IS IN PONT GORDA EVERY YEAR.

IT BRINGS A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AS WELL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, FLORIDA SPORT'S FOUNDATION 100% IS WE NEED PEOPLE FROM FHSA THERE ALL THE TIME.

>> DAVID ALLEN IS WELL CONNECTED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION. YOU LOOK AT BOOKED EVENTS THE GIRL'S FLAG THIS WEEKEND AND THE ADVANCED CONVERSATION LAKRAS THEY WANT IT BRING THAT IS TO THE THAT WILL COME TO THE REGIONAL. SO -- THERE IS A GOOD PULSE.

OL THAT SIDE, FOR SURE. WOOY HAVE ANOTHER FLAG FOOTBALL EVENT GOT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS THEY WANT TO DO THIS SUMMER. THAT CLAY HIGH SCHOOL WANTS TO HOST.

YOU KNOW WE WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. DAVID YOU ARE ON POINT WITH THAT. FHSA MOVED BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TO U & F.

I HAD SOMEONE REACH OUT TO MONDAY FROM THE NOVA SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL IN FORT LAUDERDALE THEY IN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

AND AS I HEAR THE THINGS I SENDS THEM TO STAFF BECAUSE IF WE CAN SAY, HEY, IF YOU ARE LOOKING IF ARE A PLACE TO STAY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE IRRELEVANT MG OF UNF AND 25-30 MINUTESA AWAY.

THERE ARE SIX CLASSIFICATIONS. FOUR TEAM PLAYING IN THE FINAL FOUR IN EACH CLASS FOR BOYS THEN GIRLS THAT 48 SCHOOLS COMING IN FOR THE FINAL FOUR AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THAT IS WHERE THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. A LOT OF TIMES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP STYLE EVENTS YOU NEED A BIG FACILITY WHICH WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE.

WE ARE ON THE WAY. SO WHETHER THEY CHOOSE STAY HERE OR FOR AN EITHER OR TWO WOULD

HELP. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

[7. TDC Grant Request - AJGA Junior All-Star (S. Lamb)]

THANK YOU, JR. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT BACK TO OUR FIRST

GRANT ASK ITEM 7 THE AJGA JUNIOR EVERYONE. >> THIS IS A NEW EVENT FOR CLAY COUNTY. IT IS A MULTI DAYENT JUNE 1-4 AT EAGLE HARBOR GOLF CLUB.

I HAVE MR. PATRICK HERE TO SPEAK ON GRANT. >> THANKS, STEFANI.

OF THE AMERICAN JUNE GOLF ASSOCIATION WE HOST 150 EVENTS A YEAR.

SORRY. WE I'M PATRICK FROM AJJ HOST 150 NOT EVENTSES ACROSS THE US AND 40 INTERNATIONALLY SERBS OVER 10, 500 KID FROM ALL 50 STATES AND 60 COUNTRIES, THIS EVENT

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IF WE GET 400 APPLICATIONS IF ARE A TOURNAMENT, 70 OF THE TOP KIDS THAT APPLIES WILL BE THE

ONES THAT GET IN >> AND THE OTHER EIGHT WILL COME FROM THE QUALIFY ARE THE DAY PRIOR. FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THE EVENT WILL BE ADVERTISED ACROSS OUR WEBSITE. AND SOCIAL MEDIA STANDPOINT INSTAGRAM IS THE LARNLEST OVER 150,000 FOLLOWERS THERE. AS FAR AS THE FIELD, THE QUALIFY ARE 78 KIDS.

TOURNAMENT 78 AND 80% OF KIDS TRAVEL IN FROM OVER AN HOUR AWAY.

WE EXPECT 10-15 STATES REPRESENTATIVES IS AND THREE TO FIVE COUNTRIES.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WE EXPECT OVER 300 ROOM NIGHTS. AND OTHER THAN THAT, OPEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. QUICK. TO GO OVER SCORING.

THEY DID SCORE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE 21, 300. HAVE THEY SAID THEY HAVE OVER THREE00 ROOM NIGHTS. IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL THEY HAD REPORTS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTSES IN SIMILAR CITIES THAT IS IN THERE FOR YOU. IT IS A MULTIDAYENT.

EXPENSE THE VENUE RENTAL EXCEEDS 10,000. THEY QUALIFY FOR THE WHOLE

AMOUNT. >> IS THIS DO ACTUAL MOVE IT AROUND ANNUAL WE OR POTENTIAL TO COME BACK JAM THE GOAL TO MAKE IT A YEARLY EVENT. WITH THIS FUNDING WE WILL BE SHY OF WHAT IS COSTS TO RUN IT. A BIG PART OF RETURNING MAKING SURE WE FIND THAT FUNDING TO TO SO. ANOTHER PART OF OUR EVENT THAT WE WILL WORK O IS JUNIOR FUNDRAISING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO PLAY WITH THE TOP RANKED JUNE SIMILAR TO A PROAMON THE PGA TOUR. GOAL WITH OUR EVENTS TO HAVE CHARITY PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT A CHARITY IN THE COMMUNITY WE GO TO AND THE FOUNDATION HELPS SUPPORT THE KIDS THAT HAVE TALENT TO COMPETE. AND LACK OF FINANCIAL MEAN TO TO SO THAT IS THE GRAND SCHEME.

WHAT WE LOOK TO DO. HOW WE EVALUATE IT LONG-TERM. >> IS THIS A NEW EVENT?

REPLACING AN EVENT >> THIS IS NEW. WE DID HOST A SIMILAR TYPE EVERYONE IN 2023. WE HAD BILLIE HERSHEL VERY MUCHED THERE.

THAT MOVED TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND WITH THIS TIES TO THE TGL GOLF LEAGUE AND THE ATLANTA DRIVE IT IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WE LOVE TOW

BE LONG-TERM IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE FINANCIALS BEHIND IT. >> I REMEMBER THAT IT IS IN MY I LIVE IN EAGLE HARBOR I REMEMBER THISSENT THERE WERE A TON OF PEOPLE WHEN HERSHEL WAS THERE AND THE THING. THE THING I LIKE EVERYONE IS 12-15 THEY CAN'T DRIVE.

THEY HAVE MOM AND DAD. WHICH IS GOOD FOR US. >> YEA.

THE 78 GOLFERS QUALIFYING DAY? SO ARE 78 DIFFERENT FOR THE SECOND DAY OR OVER LAP?

>> CORRECT. 70 WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE NEXT DAY AND EIGHT WILL PLAY IN THE QUALIFIER AND THEY WILL EARN THEIR WAY IN. OF 78 KID PLAYING IN THE QUALIFY

ARE EIGHT MOVE THEIR WAY IN THE TOURNAMENT. >> THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOLF IF

YOU HAVE THE 730 TEE TIME YOU HAVE TO STAY THE NIGHT. >> A LOT OF KIDS COME IN TOWN

PRIOR 2 FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS >> THE QUALIFIER WE DON'T HAVE THAT YOU SEE 50% OF THE KID PLAYING COMING IN EARLY TO PLAY PRACTICE ROUNDS TO PLAY BETTER IN THE ACTUAL EVENT.

AAGA IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE YOUTH GOLF LEAGUE IN THE COUNTRY >> I GREW UP MYSELF AND I GREW UP IN MICHIGAN AND GOT A SCHOLARSHIP IN GEORGIA THE PREMIERE STANDARD FOR JUNIOR GOLF. WE LIMIT, KID PLAY IN A MAX OF FIVE EVENTS PER YEAR IT IS COMPETITIVE ENTRY SYSTEM. BASED ON RANKING. THAT'S HOW THEY GET IN.

YES. >> GREAT. WE ARE LUCKY NOYOU WE HAVE BIG NAMES THAT HEAR COMPETING. CHARLIE WOODS PLAYED WON LAST YEAR.

KAI TRUMP PLAYING. AND THE LIST OF NOTABLE ALUMNI THE WHO'S WHO OF GOLF.

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>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. IA I MAKE A MOTION FOR FULL REQUEST OF 25,000. AND I'M HOPING THIS KICKS OFF AND IT IS A REPETITIVE EVERY

YEAR. >> I SECOND THAT. THIS WILL BE GREAT TO KEEP HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING CLAY COUNTY. >> APPRECIATE IF.

>> A MOTION AND SECOND AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? >> ALL RIGHT WE HOPE IT IS A FANTASTIC EVENT AND HOPE IT BEC BECOMES YEARLY EVERYBODY.

[9. TDC Grant Request - TAPS Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony (S. Lamb)]

I WILL SUSKIP TO NUMBER NINE WE ARE WAITING ON CHARLIE FROM HUB. WE WILL CIRCLE BACK.

I AM GOING TO -- OKAY. SO THIS EVENT IS A RECURRING ONE EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR COMING TO THE TBC ASKING FOR A GRANT. IF IS ON VIETNAM VETERAN'S MARMAL DAY AT TAPS MEMORIAL IN THE TRIANGLE. THIS YEAR IT IS HELD ON IS THE MARCH 28, 2026. IT IS THE TAP'S MEMORIAL. A SINGLE DAY EVENT.

IT IS NOT DURING A NEED PERIOD. SO THEY DO QUALIFY FOR 2 THOUSAND DOLLAR.

I HAVE MR. DAVID TRESSELJER HERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAK >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M DAVID PRESIDENT OF THE VETERAN'S CHAPTER 1059.

I'M THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE TAPS MEMORIAL. HOSTING THE EVENT.

WE BRING IN PEOPLE LAST YEAR HAD 450 ATTEND. IT IS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

WE HAVE PARTICIPATES COMING OR FROM NASSAU COUNTY THE CHAPTER UP THERE.

THE FLAGS. WE HAVE MACK ELLIS WHEN DOES OLD GLORY HE IS COMING FROM TAMPA.

AND PAST YEARS WE HAD ASH TENDEE FROM SAINT JOHNS. GAINSEVILLE THE MOTORCYCLE GROUPS FROM GAINSEVILLE AND DUVALL. PLUS OTHER GROUPS.

OUR GUEST SPEAKER IS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. SHE IS PART OF MILLION DOLLARS POW/MIA, HER FATHER IS MISSING IN ACTION IN VIETNAM. BUT WITH THE GROUPS WE HAVE COMING IN AND BEING HELD ANNUALLY AND CONTINUE TO HOLD IN ANNUALLY THAT'S WHY THE INCORPORATION OF THE TAPS MONUMENT WAS STARTED. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL

BE HEL ANNUALLY. >> I SAY, I ATTENDED THIRD DEGREE AND IT IS EMOTIONAL.

IN A GOOD WAY BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. AND -- I'M HAPPY YOU CAME AND GOT US INVOLVED. JEOPARDY AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE RECEIVING AN INVITATION. I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. BECAUSE IT IS ROUGHLY AN HOWEVER 15 MINUTES. WE HAVE TO ALLOW FOR TRAIN TO COME THROUGH.

BUT AND ITEM -- IT IT IS IT IS HAS BEEN THE LARGEST NORTHEAST, FLORIDA VIETNAM VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY. WE WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES TO START IT AND WILL CONTINUE IT

FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN GO. >> IF YOU NEVER SEEN TAP MONUMENT IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS THERE. ALWAYS THERE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> YES. >> I WOULD LO OF TO MAKE A MOTION PER THIS.

WE NEED WE CLAY COUNTY HAS SO MANY VETERAN. THIS WILL BE PERFECT FOR US.

MOTION TO APPROVE. >> YOU GOT IT. >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE AS A

VIETNAM VET I WILL SECOND IT. >> WELCOME HOME FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.

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IT WAS ON THE ACTUAL VIETNAM NATIONAL DAY. THIS YEAR IT IT IS A DAY BEFORE AND IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIKE LAST IS THE IN MARCH. COOPERATION WITH THE VIETNAM

VETERAN'S DAY EVENT. >> A MOTION AND SECOND. >> FURTHER DISCUSSION?

ALL IN FAVOR, >> AYE. >> OPPOSED?

>> UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE ON THE

28TH. >> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

>> HAVE A GOOD ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. BACK TO ITEM 8 THE TDC GRAP

[8. TDC Grant Request - USAP Golden Ticket Block Party (S. Lamb)]

REQUEST FOR GOLD EN TICKET BLOCK PARTY. >> OKAY WE HAVE THE HUB AGAIN IS HOSTING AN EVENT IT IS NEWEEN THOUGH WE HAVE GRANTS ARE IF EVENTS HELD AT THE HUB THIS IS DIFFERENT. IT IS A MULTIDAY EVENT MAY 13-17 THE HUB JACKS.

THEY HAVE ROOM NIGHTS. IT IS A MULTIDAY EVENT. IT IS HELD THE LOCATION SO THERE IS NO VENUE RENTAL AND NOT DURING A NEED PERIOD. THE AMOUNT IS 25,000.

THEY SCORED 5, 500 WE HAVE CHARLOTTE HERE FROM THE HUB. >> HI, I'M BROUGHT DAVID TAP HERE TODAY. HE WILL BE THE MAN BEHIND RUNNING EVERYONE DOES LIVE STREAMING AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. IT IS IS A NATIONAL QUALIFY OTHER EVENT. YOU HAVE TO PLAY IN A NATIONAL QUALIFIER TO GO TO NATIONALS.

THEY ARE VERY LARGE EVENTS. I'M DAVID TAB I'M THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR.

THIS EVENT MULTIDAY WITH USA PICKLE BALL THEY SELECTED US TO HAVE A LOCATION AND RUN THIS TOURNAMENT OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE DAY. WE LOOK TO SET A FEW ROESHDS.

ONE IS WE WILL HAND OUT THE MOST AIM OF GOLDEN TICKETS HOW PEOPLE GET TO NATIONALS.

AT THIS EVENT. WE CALL IT A BLOCK PARTY. SO WE WILL SET THAT RECORD.

IT HAS TO BE OVER FIVE DAY WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL AGE GROUPS FROM JUNIORS TO 80 PLUS YEAR OLDS. WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELLING FROM ALL OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL AND IF OUT WEST IT IS THE LAST PLACE TO GET A TICKET.

WEAVE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PICKLE BALL IS REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY.

WE DESIGNED AS WELL, FUN EVENTS. FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A GLOW IN THE DARK PARTY AND SATURDAY A LOCAL BAND COMING NOTHING TO PLAY MUSIC AND HAVE A REALLY FUN TIME.

WE GOT LOCAL VENDOR COMING IN TO REPRESENT THE AREA AS WELL. AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS REPRESENTING COMMUNITY AS A NEW RESIDENT HERE DOING PICKLE BALL FOR A LONG TIME.

OUR MISSION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PICKLE BALL IS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS WILL MAKE A SPLASH >> WE WILL HAVE GREAT LIVE STREP WE HAVE IN HOUSE AND OVER HALF A MILLION SUBSCENE OF THE CRIMERS ON AMAZON PRIME AND PICKLE BALL SPECIFIC PLACES AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PRODUCTION AS WELL. ALONG WITH THIS MANDATEED DO UPON WE HAVE TO HAVE REFEREES AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRODUCTION. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE REFEREES.

THEY WILL BE COMING IN ALL OVER COUNTRY CREDENTIALED REFEREES TO MAKE SURE WELL IS FAIR PLAY AND EVERYBODY IS HAVING FUN AND WE KEEP A GOOD FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE EVENT WILL BE. >> THE EVENT SCHEDULEDED WITH-SUNDAY.

WHAT IS THE CADENCE IN TERMS OF WHEN AGE GROUP PLAY WHICH DAY. >> WE HAVE THE MATURE AUDIENCES LATER. WEDNESDAY, THIRD DEGREE AND FRIDAY THE JUNIORS ON A FRIDAY AND WILL HAVE THE PROSECUTE DIVISION AND THAT 19-59 AREA PLAN FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AM IT IS A STAGGERED STAGING. WE HAVE EVENT EVENTS THAT ARE SINGLES.

MIXED DOUBLES AND GENDER DOUBLES. PEOPLE WILL PLAY MULTIPLE EVENTS AND STAYING A FEW DAYS. HOW MANY PLAYER PER DAY ANDOR FROM WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY?

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>> WE EXPECT AROUND 250-300 PER DAY. GOAL IN ATTENDANCE SUSPECT A THOUSAND. FIRST TIME PROLEVEL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN HERE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A

FACILITY LARGE ENOUGH. >> THAT WILL BE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THING LIKE THIS, MAKE IT AFFORDABLE TOTE PLAYERS BY HAVING A LOW ARE AVERAGE ENTRY FEE TO ATTRACT THE PLAYERS AND UNDERSTAND THEY GOTTA TRAVEL AND IF YOU WANT TO COME AND HANG OUT AND WATCH PROLEVEL BALL IT IS FREE. WE ARE NOT CHARGING ADMISSION.

TO WATCH AND HANG OUT. YOU ARE SAYING ANYONE CAN WATCH I KNOW THAT IS IN A GATED

COMMUNITY. IS THE GATE OPEN THAT DAY. >> THEY ARE OPENING IT THAT DAY. AND SHUTTLES. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR

THAT MANY PEOPLE. >> SOMEONE WHO PLAYS THERE FREQUENTLY THE GATE KEEPER WE SAY, PICKLE BALL. HAVE FUN. JEOPARDY LIKE WHEN IT WAS GOLF.

I'M HERE IT PLAY. GO AHEAD. THEY AGREED ON THE LARGE TOURNAMENT DAY WE LET THEM KNOW IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOP PAY FOR EXTRA GATE STAFF AND WE WORKED OUT THE SHUTTLE OR THEM UNDERSTANDINGING IS A TOURNAMENT THEY WILL NOT GIVE EVERYBODY THE THIRD DEGREE. I KNOW WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT AT THE HUB IS THAT SETTLED UP?

A FINAL NUMBER? >> THAT IS IN PROGRESS. BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE GRANT'S DEPARTMENT. STILL FIGURED OUT. OKAY.

ANOTHER QUESTION IS ROOM NIGHTS. SO -- WITH THAT MANY PLAYERS WHAT WENT BEHIND 150 ROOM NIGHTS FOR FIVE DAYS. LOOK AT PLAYER COMING IN THAT MIGHT HAVE JUNIOR PLAYING AND THEMSELVES THEY MAY PLAY OVER THREE-4 DAYS THEY WILL STAY PLAYING AND THE REFEREES ARE COMING IN FOR SIX DAYS THERE AND HAVE TO ALL STAY. WE ARE A MINIMUM OF 10 REFER

REWS >> 150 SEEMS LIGHT. THE GUY HER FOR GOLF HAD 140 PLAYERS OVER TWO DAYS AND WAS AT 300. DO ACTUAL HAVE A PERCENTAGE WHAT WILL BE LOCAL? IT IS USUALLY THINGS LIKE THIS ARE ABOUT 50/50 MAY BE 60/40 LOCAL THIS WILL BE FIRST ONE. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS ONE REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

USA PICKLE BALL BEHIND IT IS LOOKING AT ANNUALE EVENTS. THEY WANT ATTRACT OUT STATE

>> PLAYERS REGISTERED SO FAR, THERE IS LIKE 10% HERE LOCAL AND THE REST ARE TRAVELING DOWN.

HARD TO SEE THE TREND SINCE WE NEVER HAD ONE IN JACKSONVILLE. LOCALS WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE.

BECAUSE WHERE HAY HAVE US LOCATED TODAY IS IN THE A QUICK COMMUNITY FOR MOSTEEN FROM JACK'S BEACH. THEY DO A HOLING OR AIR B X B AND WANT TO TRAVEL BACK FOR EARLY START TIME. STEFANI, CAN YOU PUT IT IS OVER THERE.

THE CONTROL ROOM. I CAN'T SEE IT MY QUESTION FOR STAFF THE BIG OF THE DIFFERENCE AND RECOMMENDATION AND ASK BECAUSE OF NO RENTAL FEE IS THAT WHY?

>> YEA THAT IS OBVIOUSLY IT. A BIG DENT OF IT. IT IS THEIR FACILITY AND RUNNING THEIR OWN EVENT. MY OTHER THING I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE AN EVENT WITH A

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>> I THINK THAT IS WHERE MY HOOK UP IS, I THINK IT IS A GREAT VENUE AND NEED MORE IT IS PERFECT. WE WANT TO SEE YOU SUCCEED UPON BUT THEN IT IS YOUR OWN EVENT.

IT IS LIKE OKAY. HOW DO WE KEEP HELPING YOU. WHAT IT IS THAT LOOK LIKE? AND 40% OR OUT OF TOWN ASK 300 A DAY. WE DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE I'M I DON'T KNOW. >> MY THOUGHTS ARE AND I AGREE.

WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 25,000 IS A BIG ASKED BASEDOD SCORING AND CAME UP WITH 5500 AND EVENTS THAT COME IN TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I DO WANT IT SEE IT SUCCESSFUL.

I'M GOING TO ASK WE CONSIDER MIDDLE GROUND AND YOU KNOW THE SCORING RECOMMENDATION NOW IS 5500. MAY BE BRING THAT UP TO 10 AND GO WITH THAT AND THEN WANT TO

SEE IT SUCCESSFUL PROVE IT AND WE GIVE YOU MORE. >> YEA.

>> I THINK THAT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE. AND HOPEFULLY YOU SAY HERE IS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS WE HAD 80% OUT OF TOWN AND THERE WAS THREE HUNDRED ROOM NIGHTS AND IT IS

SMOOTH. >> WE FAVOR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.

WE DON'T, UNDERSTANDING THAT DOING THIS IN YOUR SEATS -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND SO YEA WE WANT TO PUT ON THE BEST SHOW POSSIBLE WE PUT NO MATTER WHAT WE PUT GOOD FATTAGE OUT THERE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND MAKE SURE WE CAN BE AN

ASSET >> FOOTAGE THING IS COOL. I WATCHED THE CORN HOLE THE DRIVE STREAMING THERE ARE A LOT THAT WATCH THAT. TYPESET IS NEAT.

I WAS SHOCKED. IT WAS GOOD AND PROBABLE PRODUCTION VALUE.

SOMETHING LIKE WEEKEND WARRIOR YOU ARE ON TV AT THAT POINT. GREAT.

LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HELP SUPPORT THE USA GOLD EN TICKET BLOCK PARTY WITH 10 THOUSAND

DOLLARS. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND FURTHER

DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? >> ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AND HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME EVENT. SEE YOU OUT THERE GLOW IN THE DARK.

[10. Knight's Boat Ramp & Marina - Fishing Pier Repairs and Renovations (T. Meyer/J. Pierce)]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ON TO ITEM 10.

NIGHT MARINA BOAT RAMP REPAIR AND RENOVATIONS. TEDDY?

>> SO -- -- FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM THE NIGHT'S MARINA PROJECT AND JUSTIN IS HERE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND OR THINGS THAT MAY BE I CAN'T ANSWER.

SO, THE REQUEST AND I WILL GIVE YOU BACKGROUND. YOU SEE MARINA AND PIER HERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE GUESS INTO A BIT OF DETAIL ONE BACK. SO -- THE PARK AND RECK WORKING ON A PRINCIPLE IT IMPROVE BOAT RAMP THAT PROJECT IS 830 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO THEY ARE USING FOR THE BOATER IMPROVE AM FUNDS VESZ WILL REGISTRATIONS FOR BOATS AND JET SKIS. SO BUT THAT FUNDING CANNOT BE USED FOR FISHING PIERS.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS COLLECTED FOR THE RAMP PIECE. THE ASK IF FRESHMAN THE TDC IS FOR THE 89 THOUSAND DOLLARS IMPROVEMENT FOR FISHING PIER TOP RAIL.

WALKING AREA AND SIDE PIECES. LOOK AT THIS HERE YOU SEE GREEN AND LIGHTER BLUE AND DARKER.

THIS PROJECT AND JUSTIN CAN ELABORATE BETTER. IS THE MAIN PROJECT IS THE FIXED BULK HEADS BECAUSE THEY ARE FAILING. I WILL LET JUSTIN GIVE MORE

BACKGROUND. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUSTIN PIERCE DIRECTOR OF PARK REC. IN 22 THE HURRICANES OF NICOLE AND EON DEPUTY DAMAGE TO THE BULK HEAD AND SEE WALL. AFTER THAT DID AN ASSESSMENT WITH A COMPANY TO SEE WHAT

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BE COVERED UNDER THAT ALLOWANCE >> THAT IS WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THE RECREATION PORTIONS TO COME OUT OF TDC. WHY AND YOU ALL HAVE A FLYER THAT DELINEATES THE WORRIEDING FROM THE TDC STATUTE SO YOU HAVE EVERYONES OF SECTION FIVE. HIGHLIGHTED YOUR REMOSS, REPAIR AND IMPROVE OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED COSTS TO BRING THOME SERVICE.

SO THAT'S WHERE THIS FISHING PIER PART OF THE PROJECT COME IN TO PER STATUTE FOR REFERENCE

BRING YOU UP TO SPEED. >> ONE, TRUE THIS PRESS THINGS I LEARNED THAT AREA IS CLAY COUNTY PROPERTY. THE MARINA SUBLET'SES THE MARINA.

>> WIFE TO BRAT THE BAIT AND TACKLESHIP AND SLIP. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER REVENUE OPPORTUNITY LIKE DELIVERABLE BOATS AS WELL AS EXTENDED STAYS. ALLOWS YOU TO YOU STAY 30 DAYS WITHIN TWICE 30-DAY WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD. TO EXTEND THAT.

WINE,000 IS OUT OF A DIFFERENT FUNDING? >> THIS WILL BE OUT OF TDC

RESERVES. >> COUPLE THINGS. WELCOME BACK.

EVERYBODY COME TO THE TDC. YOU KNOW MY THIS STUFF NEEDS TO GET DONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WHERE DOES TOURISM BENEFIT FROM THESE IMPROVEMENTS THIS IS MOSTLY LOCALS HOW WILL TOURISM BENEFIT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A BENEFIT OR MR. MEYER IF YOU TALKED BODY A FUTURE PATH? FOR IS THIS GOING TO HELP US GO OFFER NEW BUSINESS? AND USING THE FACILITIES? AS FAR AS EVENTSES THE KNIGHT'S MARINA WITH THIS IMPROVE AM WOULD NEED MORE EXPANSION TO BE SIMILAR TO A DOWNTOWN POLLACKA. AS FAR AS EVENTS GO, YOU KNOW THERE COULD BE SOME IN THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WE GOT THAT FAR IN THE EVENT'S PIECE. SOME OF THE I GUESS METHODOLOGY BEHIND HOW THE TDC STATUTE EXPAND TODAY USED TO SAY FISH PIERS. AND LIKE WHAT IS THE REQUEST AND ASKING FOR. IT WAS MODIFIED TO PUBLIC FACILITIES NO DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU WENT TO ZOO TAMPA OR JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND SEE PROVIDED BY TOURISM COUNCIL BECAUSE IT IS IN HAD THE STATUTE. AS COUNTIES GET TO DRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX PROPERTIES, THEY LOOK AT THE BEST AVENUES.

NOW WHAT WE COULD DO AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION COULD WE [INAUDIBLE] THE LAST YEAR. WE COULD TO THAT TO SEE THE IMPACT BOTH WE GET MOSTLY THE RAMP. WOULD NOT GET THE PIER. WE COULD DO THAT.

AND PROVIDE THAT. AS A BIT BACK UP. I LOOK AT IT MORE AS AN AMENITY TO THE COUNTY AND THE TOURISM ASPECT IS THERE. WE DON'T VICE PRESIDENT A VALUE TO GIVE YOU ON WHAT PERCENTAGE IS AND PLACER WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

>> KEVIN I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION. I THINK THE BROCKING AND TACKLING OF THE TDC IS BRINGING PEOPLE IN FROM THE OUTSIDE. BUT -- I WOULD MAKE THE COUNTER

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I THINK THAT IT IS COMING OUT RESERVES THAT ARE HEALTHY. SO -- I PERSONALLY AM IN FAVOR TO DO THIS. OKAY. HERE I GO.

SO. JUSTIN I LOVE YOU YOU KNOW THIS. I AM UPON A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT AND ENJOY THIS. AND THESE AREAS BUT YOU ANY BACK TO WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS.

RIGHT? IT IS TO OVER SEE AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO PROSECUTE MOTE CLAY COUNTY. MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MANY PIERS OR DOCK LIKING THAT DO WE

HAVE IN CLAY THAT YOU MANAGE OR WE HAVE? >> THAT WE MANAGE.

LAKE SHIRE BOAT RAMP. LAKE SHORE. OLD FERRY.

WILLIAMS. AND WE HAVE TWO IN KEYSTONE THAT ARE NOT OPEN.

MY FEAR IS, RIGHT, THAT ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.

WE DON'T HAVE AN EVENT THERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE GET ONE THERE.

HOW DOES IT CORRELATE. I HEAR RESERVES BUT WE GOTTA KEEP ALL THOSE UP.

TO ME, WE ARE OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS IN THE STATUTE. I GET IT I READ IT.

I UNDERSTAND IT. AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU AND WANT TOP SUPPORT YOU I WANT TO GO THERE WITH MY OWN KAYAK IT IS A CLEAR VISION THAT IS WHERE I STAND I DON'T SEE WHERE WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. THE RESERVES I LOVE TO SEE A CONVENTION CENTER.

A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND SAVING THE RESERVES AND I REALIZE THEY ARE HEALTHY.

THE MONEY IS SITTING THERE AND SHOULD BE WE SOME COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN HOW WE WILL USE THE FUNDS SO WE ARE NOT BECAUSE OTHER ENTITIES ARE ASKING FOR THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN THE RESERVE. WHAT IS GOING TO IMPROVE TOURISM?

AND BRING PEOPLE TO CLAY COUNTY? >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS. AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION AND/OR REQUEST THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE LIKE A STRATEGIC PLAN.

THAT IS A CONVERSATION WITH ADD MIN. THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S DISCRETION TO REQUEST THAT. LOOK AT THE TWO POINTS OF NOT HAVING THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND HAVE MORE INTENTIONAL PROJECTS THAT MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT FOR TOURISM.

>> AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SPOT ON, TOO. I AGREE WITH YOU AS FAR AS THE MISSION. AND THE NEXT CONVERSATION ABOUT LAKE GENEVA, THAT COULD BE IF FULLY FUNDED FULLY FULL OF WATER, THAT WOULD BE A GOLD MINE FOR TOURISM EVENTS.

BUT IT DOES NOT HOLD EVENTS NOW. IF WE DON'T SUPPORT IT WE NEVER GET THERE.

>> RIGHT. YOU SEE. SO -- IT IS GOOD DISCUSSION.

OTHER THOUGHTS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE? I HEARD COMMENTS WITH THE STATUTE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEGISLATOR MADE THIS PORTION OF THE STATUTE THE FIVE B FOR TAX REVENUES THAT THE TDC RECEIVED FOR THIS PROPER.

IT IS NOT TIED TO A TOURIST RELATED. THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE STATUTE DO REQUIRE THE TAX REF MULE TO BE USED FOR TOURIST RELATED EVENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH LANGUAGE YOU HAVE. 5 B THAT SAYS THAT THE TAX REVENUE AND IT IS FOR COUNTY LESS THAN 950,000. TO USE THE MONEY TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, EXTEND AND ENLARGE, REPAIR, IMPROVE, MAINTAIN AND IT IS SPECIFIC TO ZOO, PISHING

PROOER OR NATURE CENTERS. >> PUBLICLY OPENED IS AND OPERATED OR OWNED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC . THANK YOU, COURTNEY I DID NOT WANT YOU TO THINK YOU WERE DOING

SOMETHING BY APPROVE ITS HAVING TO TIE IT TO TOURISM. >> YES, THANK YOU.

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>> GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> I DON'T KNOW -- A LAWYER BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THAT STATUTE YOU REALLY DON'T VICE PRESIDENT TO ASK THE TDC BOARD FOR MONEY.

DID I UNDERSTAND IT THAT -- CORRECTLY? TECHNICALLY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER ALL TDC. ADVISE WE BOARD ADVISING.

CORRECT. OTHER COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS,

THEN? I'M CONFUSED. >> YEA.

WE DO. WE NEED A MOTION. >> IT SEEMED LIKE, YEA.

>> RIGHT. YEP I WILL SAY, NUMBER ONE I APPRECIATE SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU THIS BOARD EXTERIOR VERY RARE REW DO WE DISAGREE. BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT IS IT IS AN OKAY THING, AND I WOULD WANT YOU TO HOLD CONSCIOUS AND MAKE MOTIONS

ACCORDINGLY. THAT'S PART OF IT. >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> CHAIR, I HAVE TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST. MY CONCERN IS IF WE DO NOTHING

HE SAID THAT IT IS ERODING UNDER THE BULK HEAD NOW. >> THIS IS NOT FOR BE CLEAR.

THIS IS FOR PIER ITSELF NOT THE THIS PROJECT. MAKING SURE YOU HAVE AN OVER VIEW OF THE TOTAL PROJECT IT IS THE PIER ITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PIECE.

THAT'S THE FUNDING ASK. THE FISHING PORTION. RECREATIONAL.

>> YEA. NOT THE FULL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> YEA.

IF YOU HAD TIDE WATERS WITH TEDDY ON THE END ON THE FISHING SIDE.

>> YES , I THINK TEDDY MENTIONED IT OUT OF THE ENTIRE 830 THOUSAND DOLLARS PROJECT ONLY PORTIONS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR BOATER IMPROVE AM FUNDS THE REQUEST FOR FISHING ELEMENTS THE PAER IT IS PUBLIC AND NOT TIED TO A MOTORIZED BOAT RAMP. THAT'S FUNDED OUT OF A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. TODAY THE REQUEST THE END RAILS AND FISHING PIER ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FUNDING STREAM.

THE REQUEST TODAY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR VOTER IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AND WE DON'T HAVE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TOWARD THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS DEPENDING ON THE

DECISION TODAY. >> I SPEAK ON THE PARK BUDGET. THEREUPON AIN'T 89 FLOATING ANYWHERE. WHY NO, SIR. LIKE TO ASK MR. MYERS TO COME BACK WITH A GAME PLAN FOR RESERVE. WHAT WILL MOST BENEFIT COUNT PUTTING MORE MONEY THE SPORT'S COMPLEX OR CONVENTION CENTER OR WHATEVER WE NEED.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 88 THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

A SECOND? >> SECOND. IT TAP TO YOUR DISCUSSION, KEVIN, PERSONALLY I HAD A TON OF CONVERSATIONS WITH TEDDY ABOUT RESERVES I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT HAVING SOME SORT OF I WOULD NOT CALL IT A STRATEGIC PLAN BUT A PLAN TO USE THOSE IT WILL BE IMPORTANT. TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENTS, NOW AS A COUNTY COMMISSION, WE ARE KEEPING CLOSE EYE ON WHAT IS HAPPEN NOTHING TALITY WHATS O WITH PROPERTY TAX.

DEPENDING HOW THAT PLAYS OUT, TOTALLY CHANGES A LOT OF THING FOR US FIVE COMMISSIONERS WITH BUDGET. BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COME, PLANNING IS IMPORTANT. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN.

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>> I WILL SPEAK WITH ADMIN. WE WILL WORK ON COMING UP WITH SOMETHING TO BRING BACK.

JURY ROOM IF THIS IS COMING FROM TDC? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING LIKE A NICE PLAQUE. SHOWING IS SOMETHING THE TDC HAS PROVIDED?

GIVE. >> YEA. I DO NOT SEE WHY NOT.

GIVE US RECOGNITION. >> I MEAN SO -- THE KNIGHT'S MARINA CLAY COUNT WRITTEN ON

MARINA? >> NO KNIGHT'S MARINA BAIT AND TACKLE SHOP.

AS LONG AS IT IS ADVERTISING CLAY COUNTY NAME UP THERE. I AGREE.

>> AND SPEAKING IN REFERENCE THE FACILITY OR AMENITY. >> WHEREVER.

CALL IT ADVERTISING. THEY UNDERSTAND THEY ARE SEEING CLAY COUNTY PROPERTY.

>> YEA. JUSTIN AND PICAN WORK SOMETHING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE 89 THOUNZ FOR REPAIR THE KNIGHT'S MARINA COUNTY PROPERTY

FISH PIER ALL IN FAVOR, >> AYE. >> OPPOSED?

>> 6-1 APPROVED. >> THANK YOU, JUSTIN. ALL RIGHT WE GO TO ITEM 11 THE

[11. Lake Geneva Restoration Project (T. Meyer/R. Smith)]

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. I WILL LAYOUT THE GAME PLAN HERE AND IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. SCOTT SLATE AND VIVIAN JAMES FROM SAVE OUR LAKES.

KEYSTONE AND KAREN SMITH IS HERE. I WILL START BY GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON AND AN ENGINEERING REASON ARE FOR THE -- WELL, TO TELL YOU WHY THIS IS NECESSARY. START WITH LAKE GENEVA 1600 LAKE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY.

AT INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 21 AND 100. WE ARE PROSECUTE POSING.

GOT PERMITS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE SAINT JOHNS WATER MANAGE THE TO DO A RESTORATION PROJECT. THIS IS NOT BUILDING A LAKE.

THIS IS NOT DIGGING A LAKE OUT. THIS PICTURE IS A GOOD PICTURE THAT SHOWS YOU THE FIVE AREAS WE GOT PERMISSION TO CUT TREES DOWN. NOT CLEAR IT AND GRUB IT AND DIG UP WE CAN CUT THEM AT THE LEVEL. OF GROUND UPON THEY BE UNDER ZERO TO 12 FEET OF WATER WHEN THE LAKE FILLS UP. LAKE IS AT A HISTORY BEING LOW. A RESTORATION PROJECT.

NO ADDITIONAL. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISTURB GROUND OTHER THAN TIRE TRACK THEY GO IN TO CUT THE TREES DOWN WITH. WE ARE NOT ALLOWEDED LEAVE THE CHIP FROM THE TREES THERE. THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN OFF. IT IS RESTORATION ONLY.

AND I CLICK THE AMENITIES PART. GIVE VIVIAN AND MR. SLATER A CHANCE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN IT FILLS UP WITH WATER. ITS A MAJOR RECHARGE AREA FOR AQUA FER.

IT IS WHERE WE GET OUR WATER. I GREW UP IN THE COUNTY TO THE WEST OF US.

MOVEDED @LAN AND 40 YEAR I DRANK WATER FROM A LAKE. EVERYTHING IN FLORIDA IS FROM

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THAT WITHIN 05IERS AGO THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE FOR FLORIDA FROM NOW O.

WE DON'T DRINK OUT OF LAKES HERE WE DRINK FROM THE AQUIFER. A LOT MOVED IN.

MANIPULATE HAD IT RIGHT WE OUT LASTED 105 YEARS. DUE TO THAT POPULATION AND OTHER CONCERNS, THE WATER IT IS LOWERING. WHEN IT LOWERS GENEVA, BROOKLYN AND KEYSTONE GO DOWN UPON SANTA FE LAKE LESS THAN 5 MILESES FROM THIS LAKE, MOVE HARDLY ANY.

IT IS ANYTHING UNDER GROUND NOT WHAT YOU DRIVE BY AND ZOOY TYPESET IS CLEAR WATER.

SWIMMING. WE SWAM AND FISH THERE NOW YOU CAN'T BOAT PUBLICLY.

NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATER AS SEE IN THE PICTURES COMING PICKUP.

THAT'S WHERE IT. O THE TIP OF OUR COUNTY. SMALL PORTION ROLLS OVER TO GRAD FORD. PERMIT WE HAVE COVERS BOTH AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND -- THIS IS THE LAKE IN 1985. AREAS THAT IT WAS FULL OF WATER. THE BOAT RAMP IS IN THAT AREA WHERE LAKE GENEVA IS LABELED. 89 OR 99 IT DRIED UP 14 YEARS LATER NOT MANY TREES YOU SEE.

THEY HAVE GROWN. 99-NOW 27 YEAR LATER WE GOT A GOOD BIT OF TREES THERE.

MORE WATER THROUGH THE YEARS. AND WE ARE BACK DOWN TO A HISTORIC LOW.

ABOUT THE WATER AT THE BOAST RAMP AREA, YOU SEE THAT SMALL HOLE TO THE UPPER RIGHT THE ROAD GOING LOW ARE -- RIGHT TO UPPER TOP OF PICTURE, THAT IS STATE ROAD 100.

THAT'S WHERE FIFTH STREET BOAT RAMP IS SERVE IT IS 25 ACRE POND >> HERE IS WHAT IS GOING NOW.

THEY BUILT A PIPE. THIS IS AN I THINK LAST NUMBER WERE 140 MILLION DOLLARS RANGE.

THIS IS A 24 INCH PIPE THAT HAS A PUMPING STATION OVER BY OUR ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.

OUR DOG POUND WATER WHEN THE SOUTH FORK OF BLACK CREEK GETS TO AN ELEVATION WATER WILL BE PUMP THERED TO A TREATMENT AREA IN CAMP LANDING. IT HAS BEEN OPEN AND OPERABLE FOR SEVEN MONTHS. HAVE NOT TURNED YET. WHEN IT OPENS IT WILL POND 10 MILLION FWALONES A DAY. IT IS NOT CAN'T SAY THAT IT IS FLOOD RELIEF.

WE CAN'T HAVE NOT TURNED IT ON DWRT OPERATEPATE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND FWT A LOT OF SUPPORT. IT HEADS NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE WORLD.

FIRST TIME WE HAD ANYTHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE FROM A BASIN THAT WAS GOING IN BLACK CREEK.

GOES TO SAINT JOHNS RIVER. A CHANCE TOET GO THE WATER BACK IN LAKE GENEVA, BROOKLYN LAKE AND RECHAFRP IT. IT GUESS STATE OF FLORIDA UP TO GEORGIA.

THE WATER LEVELS ARE IMPORTANT IT IS IMPORTANT TOP SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WILL BE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD IS 116.3. GOTTA GET UP TO 113 BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH A PIPE UNDER 100 BY CLAY LOOK'S HEADQUARTERS TO DRAIN TO KEYSTONE LAKE LOCATED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY LIMITS. GOTTA GET UP TO 106. THE AVERAGE ELEVATION AROUND BROOKLYN IS GROWING UP. IT WAS 112-113. NOW IT SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET LOW.

KEYSTONE IS VERY LOW. FROM THESE NUMBER ITS IS 14 TO 15 FEET BELOW.

IT HAS TO FET TO 107. CASCADES DOWN TO KEYSTONE. LAKE GENEVA GOES OVER TO A SMALL

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HAPPEN IN A YEAR OR 2 >> RESTORATION PROJECT WOULD BE UNSAFER WE DON'T TAX THE TREE DOWN THEY NOT LIVE THEY ARE NOVELTY CYPRESS OR WATER RESISTANT TREES THEY ARE PINE TREE AND DON'T LIVE IN WATER. WHEN THEY FILL UP THEY ARE NOT GOING IT SURVIVE.

THEY WILL DIE. AND WORD PROCESSOR THAT, SCOTT. YOU WANT TO AMENITIES WE OWN A

COUPLE BOAT RAMPS ONE POE AND ONE KAYAK >> THE CITY OF KEYSTONE OWNS HAS A NICE PAVILION. I KNOW THEREUPON HAS BEEN A TELEVISED EVENT.

SURFING EVENT. WHEN SCOTT IS FINISHES COME UP AD TALK ABOUT FINANCE MORE.

JEOPARDY >> >> THANK YOU WERE I APPRECIATE

YOUR TIME >> SCOTT SLATE ARE KEYSTONE HEIGHT'S RESIDENTS SINCE 1985.

3 GRANDCHILDREN IN SCHOOL I'M HERE PART OF SAVE OUR ORGANIZATION.

OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE OUR LAKE TO PREVIOUS AQUIFER DRAW DOWN IMPACTS AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAINT JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT SITE THE REASON J GENEVA IS HISTORY BEING LOWS THE LAKE LEVEL DATA BROOKLYN IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE AQUIFER LEVEL THE GRAPH OVER LAY EACH OTHER. AS THE AQUIFER DROPS BROOKLYN DROPS AFFECTS THE CHAIN OF LAKES THIS ENTIRE CHAIN IS THE ETNACHAIN. STARTS BLUE POND AND CAMP LANDING. AND MAG NOTTIA. KEYSTONE TO GENEVA TO HILL CREST. GOES TO HALF MUNICIPAL LAKE, PUTMAN PRAIRIE, RICE CREEK IN

ADMIT SAINT JOHN A RIVER THAT SHANE OF LAKES IS THE ETNACHAIN. >> SORRY

>> >> I KNOW A LOT OF STUFF. YOU GOT TOP OF MIND.

SAVE OUR LAKES ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN INSTITUTING THE FRUITION OF THE BLACK CREEK WATER RECHARGE PIPELINE. SO THAT IS A RECHARGE FOR FLOOR AND AQUIFER.

LOOK AT SAINT JOHN'S RIVER STATISTICS, THAT SATISFIES THEIR WATER NEEDS

>> IT IS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS WERE THAT 9.8 MILLION GALLONS COME IN THE TREATMENT AREA IN CAMP LANDING TO BROOKLYN RAISING GENEVA ALLOWS MACK RECHAFRP TO THE AQUIFER

>> I HAVE HAVE DONE MATH. IF THE PIPELINE SUSPECT FLOWING AT MAX CAPACITY, LAKE BROOKLYN WILL COME UP HALF AN INCH PER DAY. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THE POOL OF WATER GETS BIGGER IT TAKE LONGER AM UPON WE ARE COMING TO ASK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FINISH WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE GENEVA RESTORATION PROJECT. IT WILL CHANGE 12 FEET.

I THINK WE ARE DOWN TO -- RIHANDED OUT NEW LETTERS HOT OFF THE PRESS THIS IS MORNING.

SAVE OUR LAKES PUTS THEM OUT WITNESS A MONTH WERE 85 US YOUR E MAIL WE E MAIL THEM TO YOU THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF PAGE THREE OR 4 WE GIVE THAT BROOKLYN LAKE ELEVATION.

GENEVA TO CONSTITUENTS EVERY MONTH WE KNOW WHETHER IT IS UP OR DOWN

>> WHEN WE SEE WHAT SOUTH FORK OF BLACK CREEK COME UP TO A FLOW LEVEL AT 25 -- OR GREATER THEY TURN PUMPS ON. WHEN IT REACH 30 THEY TURN SECOND PUMP.

WE GET OUR FULL RECHARGE 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. TREATMENT AREA CAN TREAT 10 MILLION A DAY.

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SAVE OUR LAKES HOSTED MAILINGS TO ALL LAKE GENEVA RESIDENTS, 4 THERE.

A MEETING AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH. AND WE HAVE TRIED TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON LAKE AND RESTORATION PROJECT EVERY MONTH IT GET IT TO THE FINISH LIKE.

THROUGH YOUR COUNTY ENGINEER ASKING PURCHASING THEY WERE ABLE IT SECURE A GRANT

>> I WILL LET KAREN GET IN THE NUMBERS SAVE OUR LAKE HAS A LOT OF TIME INVESTED AND PICTURE A COUPLE THING. IF YOU EVER BEEN TOP RODMAN RESERVOIR WHEN THEY FLOOD THE TREE DIED AND THE PERIMETER IS DEAD TREES. MOVE TO KEYSTONE IN AND 85 I FISHED THIS LAKE AS A TEEN. YOU KNOW 18-19 YEARS OLD WITH MY WIFE'S GRANDFATHER IT WAS CONTINUING YOU COULD NAVIGATE FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO THE NEXT.

BECAUSE OF THE DRAW DOWN THE AQUIFER IT ALLOWED A FOREST TO GROW IF WE DON'T TAKE FOREST OUT IT AT THIS TIME LOOK LIKE RODMAN RESERVOIR AND THE DEAD TREES CREATE A HAZZARD.

THE ENTIRE HARVEST OF ALL TREE OFF LAKE DONE NOW WE DON'T VICE PRESIDENT TO WORRY ABOUT STUMP UNDER WATER OR THINGS THAT CREATE HAZARDS. NOW IS THE KEY TO HAVE THAT PROJECT FULL FUNDED. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

THAT IS WILLING TO DO THE WORK. TO CONNECT YOUR TO THES YOU TALK ABOUT DOES THIS DRIVE TOURISTS.

GAMEOM TRIATHALON. YOUR GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE IS TRYING TO TIE UP.

ASZ A PERSON WHO FISHED THE LAKE GREAT FISHING BROOKLYN AND GENEVA.

13 POUND BASS BROUGHT OUT OF BOTH THOSE BODIES OF WATER OVER YEARS. AND SO ONCE WE GET THE IMPACT OF THE PIPELINE, AND THAT WATER COME BACK ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS ENSURE THE SAFETY. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO YOU HELP GET US TO AT THIS TIME FINISH LINE AND FINISH THAT PROJECT. YOU COMMEND YOUR ADVOCACY

>> LONG DAY. YOU UPON SOMEONE TOLD ME A LONG TIME YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN AND ANY TIME THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE LAKES YOU ARE THERE.

AND -- AS A CLAY COUNT GUY MYSELF. GOOD JOB.

KEEP POUNDING THE DRUM. IT IT IS REALLY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD THE FULL HISTORY OF IT. IT IS INTERESTING. AND IT IS SOMEONE THAT LOVE NEIGHBOR AND RESOURCES IT IS SAD. IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE THAT CLAY COUNTY WILL BE THE PLACE THAT CREATE THIS ENGINEERING MODEL THAT HELL SAVE THIS.

I'M NEW PRESIDENT OF SAVE OUR LAKE PIHAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF MOST OF THE SAVE OUR LAKE ORGANIZATIONS LAKE BROOKLYN CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN 1988. COACHING SOFT BALL AND SOCK ARE PULLED ME AWAY BUT NOW THAT I HAVE THE TIME I FILLED VIVIAN'S SHOES AT PRESIDENT THIS LAST

YEAR. THE ACCOLADES GOES TO VIVIAN. >> YEA.

>> HOW MANY PUBLIC ACCESS ARE THERE >> MIDDLE OF THE MAP.

THAT IS THE FIFTH STREET BOAT RAMP THAT IS A CLAY COUNTY OWNED RAMP.

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AND WATER FROM THE PIPELINE RECHARGING LAKE. PLAN NEEDING TO EXPAND THE BOAT RAMP. IT WILL TURN TO A GEM OF THE COMMUNITY.

VERY CLEAR WATER LAKE. HARD SAND BOTTOM. PRISTINE PLACE TO SWIM WITH THE

FAMILY. >> THIS MAY BE. YOU KNOW THE ANSWER BUT -- WHEN IS THE ESTIMATED TIME TO TURN IT ON? MOTHER NATURE ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. UNTIL WE GET RAIN AND ADEQUATE LEVEL THEY CANNOT BECAUSE OF DOWN STREAM THEY CAN'T PUMP WATER UNTIL IT IS AVAILABLE. WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH RAIN WE GOT HALF AN INCH IN KEYSTONE THIS LAST RAIN. AN INCH SPECIAL A QUARTER.

THAT WITHIN SEVEN HOUR FLOOD THE BRACK CREEK THEY RUN ALL FOUR PUMP IT IS A FLASHY CREEK THE FOREST IS INFILL AREA FOR THAT. AND SO IT IT IS NOT TAKE RAIN TO BE ABLE TO RUN PUMPS.

>> I GUESS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION. HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN PUMPS ON AND OFF BASED ON RAIN OR IS IT A DEAL WHERE WE NEED RAIN TO GET IT GOING? SO -- THE SYSTEM IS DESIGND AND SET UP BY WATER MANAGEMENT TO RUN AUTOMATIC AM THERE ARE CENSOR LIKE A FLOW SWITCH THAT SETS THE CREEK LEVEL WHEN THIS REACHES A CERTAIN LEVEL IT WILL TURN ON ONE PUMP SECOND COME ON. THIRD COME ON. AND IN REVERSE THAT REVERSE

ACTION HAPPENS AS THE CREEK DECLINES. >> BEING A -- SINCE THEN WE WENT TO FORTH OF JULY KESTEIN PAVILION IT IS CITY OWN THAT WAS THE BILGEST FIREWORKS FOR A LONG TIME FOREVER. THERE IS A KAYAK LAUNCH THAT WOULD BE DOWN THE STREET.

ALSO COUNTY OWNED PROPERTIES YOU DO RESEARCH. BUT THIRD STREET TIES GOES IN THE LAKE. THERE IS A TRAILER PARK NOW. WE USE THAT STREET AS 1 OF OUR

EXIT POINTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR >> SO -- IT -- DEFINITELY AS A KID GROWING UP YOU, THIS WAS BROOKLYN WHERE WE WENT AND SKIEDD AND GENEVA WHERE YOU FISHED.

WHERE THE OLD PEOPLE WENT >> IT IS A VERY. WE HAD A BIG MEETING TOWN HALL FROM MELROSE ROAD PAVING. I DON'T KNOW A HUNDRED PLUS SHOWED UP THERE AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE PUBLIC FACILITY. THAT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE LAKE IS THE CITY OWNED

PROPERTY BUT THEY ARE IN THE GALLEY. >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF THE PAVILION WHEN THE LAKE IS FULL PUMP TURN OFF THAT WATER IS FIVE [INAUDIBLE] UNDER THE

BUILDING YOU ARE STANDING ON A DOCK. >> IT DOES 5 IF YOU COUNT FIVE BACK THAT IS THE 102 ELEVATION IT YOU GO TO SEE STONE WALK ON THE PATIO IN THE BACK AND GO TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE IS A 101.2 SURVEY PARKER THERE. THE WATER WILL COME ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE THAT ON THAT PAVILION. FROM AN AESTHETICS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GET THE TREES HARVESTED YOU WILL STAND ON THAT PAVIL WHEREON IS

LOOK AT DEAD PINE UPON >> THE PREVIOUS TOURISM DIRECTOR WE HAD ANENT.

AT THE PAVILION THAT OF THE MOTO SERVING. YOU DO YOU HAVE DETAILS ON IT?

>> I MEAN WE HAD MOTO SURF. MOTOR CROSS. WITH THERE IS MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS WITH THE LAKE COMING BACK. I THINK THAT IS THE TRUTH.

AND SO -- THE ABILITY TO SHOW THE INCREASE OF THE WATER AND AS THE LAKE COME UP AND MAKES ITS MORE APPEALING TO ANENT. CAN WE DO IT NOW? THERE IS PROBABLY LIMITATIONS WITH THE GAME ON TRIATHALON. BUT WITH EXPANSION OF IT AND THE WATER COMING UP.

IT IS SKY'S THE LIMIT TO BE FAIR AND HONESTLY A GOOD PROBLEM FOR US TO HAVE WORK ON FINDING THE RIGHT THINGS TO FIT. AND JAMIE, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

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>> OKAY. JAMIE IS HERE WANTS TO TELL YOU AND A FISH THEY CAUGHT LAST

WEEK. >> SAVE OUR LAKE'S ORGANIZATION.

I CAN'T REMEMBER AT LEAST 1-1/2 DECADES AGO I WAS BEFORE COUNTY COMMISSION TALKING ABOUT THE GYM OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. OKAY. IF YOU THINK ABOUT CLAY COUNTY.

TO ME THERE ARE ZONES. THERE IS THE BUSINESS ZONE I CALL ORANGE PARK.

THE MALL AND SO FORTH. YOU GOT SPRINGS THE GOVERNMENT HUB.

YOU GOT MIDDLE BERG THE AGRICULTURAL. KEYSTONE IS YOUR TOURISM.

AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID A LONG TIME AGO WE FINALLY NOW HAVE THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT WHICH BROOKLYN WILL RESPOND QUICKLY. IT WILL WHEN THEY GET THIS GOING AND THE DISTRICT SAID THEIR STUDIES 75% OF THE TIME THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE WATER OFF BLACK CREEK.

A RAIN WE ARE NOW TRACKING THAT CFS WE GO AND LOOK AT THAT ONLINE.

THERE WAS RAIN EVENT WE GOT AN INCH AND A QUARTER OF RAIN. KEYSTONE AND MIDDLEBERG AND STARK. IT WENT ABOVE 25CFS FOR ALMOST THREE DAYS.

THAT'S WITH ALMOST NO RAIN. IT CAN LIKE IT IS FLASHING IT WILL WRING WATER.

WHEN THIS HAPPENS, TOURISM WILL GO CRAZY. THINK.

YOU LOOK AT YOUR SPORT'S COMPLEX, 15 MILESES FROM KEYSTONE.

I CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BUYING UP THE COTTAGES THERE AND RENOVATING THIS EMWITH THE IDEA OF RENTING THEM AND THERE WAS WHATEVER THE -- AIR B & B TYPE THING TALKING WITH A COMMISSIONER SAYING YOU KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN COMMISSION TO TAP TO THAT.

TO BE ABLE IT GET THE TOURISM DOLLARS OFF THAT. ANYWAY.

I THANK YOU FOR TIME TODAY. I WILL CALL THIS MONEY WELL SPENT.

I ECHO THE SAME I TOLD SCOTT. YOU GUYS OTHER DYNAMIC DUO AND YOU ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER AND PIDO APPRECIATE YOU GUY KEEPING. YOU ARE. [INAUDIBLE].

I TOUCH A COUPLE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE A HIT. YOU ASKED HOW MANY PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS ARE ON THE LAKE. TWO CLAY COUNTY BOAT DOCKS. THAT IS ALSO GOT A KAYAK LAUNCH.

ONE INTERESTING THING IT IS A MAJOR POINT OF RECREATION NOT FOR JUST THE CITIZENS OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. IT IS THE GREATER KEYSTONE HEIGHTS AREA.

YOU ARE TALKING 20,000 PLUS FOLKS. WHEN I GO IT IS NOT KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WE ARE HAPPY TO HOST THEM. TYPESET IS IN THE OTHER THING I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL GO THROUGH COSTS THE STATE KICK IN THE FOUNDINGS THE COUNTY ASK AND CITY KICKED IN FUNDS WE ARE UP 41 THOUSAND DOLLAR IN. TO FUND THIS RESTORATION PROJECT. AND SO WE HOPE THAT THE TDC CAN COME ALONG SIDE US.

A SAFETY HAZARDS THERE IF WE DON'T GET THE LARGE TREES OUT THERE WILL BE A VOLUNTEER EFFORT. IN IS GETTING AFTER MAJOR FOUR I WILL HIGHLIGHT OLD GROWTH FOREST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IS 40. 50 FOOT PINE TREES ITS HARD TO TELL FROM ARIAL PHOTOS THEY ARE MASSIVE TREE OR WE WILL HAVE A MESS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. >> OH. WE HAD A FACEBOOK POST CATHERINE WAS AT AN EVENT A GUY CAUGHT AN EIGHT POUND BASS THAT THE MOST TALKED ABOUT EVENTS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST IT DID NOT CLICK FOR ME HOW IMPORTANT FISHING IS. YOU SEE PEOPLE PILING ON THAT IS SMALL I GOT A 10 POUNDER THERE. IT BLEW UP WE HAD A THOUSAND FOLKS ON THERE COMMENTING.

IT IS ANOTHER PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT.

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IT IS A GEM OUT THERE. >> YES. IT IS A HISTORY LESSON.

NOT A [INAUDIBLE]. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE IS KAREN IS READY TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS ON FINANCES. I DON'T THINK.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN A DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> I THINK -- YOU KNOW.

DRIVING THROUGH WATER IS DOWN IT IS SAD TO SEE IT BROWN DOWN. SOMEBODY FAIL FILLD THAT AREA A LONG TIME WITH THE DEVELOMENT THAT WAS CAUSED THIS. QUESTIONS I HAVE IS AGAIN, BACK TO TOURISM HOW DOES IT BENEFIT AND MOTOR CROSS AND OTHER THINGS IS THERE PLANS TO RESTOCK THE

LAKE? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND HOW BIG IS THE BOAT RAMP HOW

BOATS. >> I WILL LET JUSTIN WE HAVE OUR PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING ON WITNESS STAND INVITED A GAME WARD KNOW AND ANDY LAND DETERIORATE BORN FORESTRY REPRESENT FOR AREA. GOOD QUESTION ABOUT RESTOCKING. IT IS THEY ARE NOT GOING TOY RESTOCK WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW. BIGGEST LAKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GUY CAUGHT THAT FISH IT WAS NOT IN THE 160080 ARE LAKE GENEVA. I'M SURE TELL BE DONE PROPER LOW

WHEN IT GETS TO THE CORRECT LEVEL. >> THE REQUEST IF IS 140

THOUSAND DOLLARS. 140 THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> THAT'S OUT OF RESERVES?

>> YES. >> YES. I CHIME IN I HEARD THE QUESTION

ABOUT HOW MANY BOAT SLIPS. >> HOW MANY THERE ARE BUT HUM BOATING CAN IT ACCOMMODATE.

AS FAR AS PARKING. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT FOR DESIGN OF EXPANDING THE RAMP. THE ISSUE WE HAVE IF YOU ARE OUT THERE THE CONCRETE THAT EXISTS NOW IS THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY AND OWN A PIECE TO THE NORTH OF THAT HEADED TOWARD 100.

IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE LANDS NOW. EVERYTHING ON THE SIDE THAT IS UNDER WATER NOT ALL WILL BE WATER AND THERE IS AND POTENTIAL TO EXPAND WE NEED PERMISSIONS THE MASTER PLAN RESTROOMS, FISHING PIERS AND EXPANDING PARKING BUT WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS TO EXPAND WIDE ARE THAN WHAT THE CONCRETE ALLOWS IT IS A DRIVE IN SLIP DROP BOAT AM WE NEED PARKING AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW. THE QUESTION I HAVE I KNOW THERE IS A VARYING AMOUNT OF MONEY WENT IN THIS. OFF TOP OF ANYONE FROM STAFF, LIKE -- STATE APPROPRIATIONS I KNOW THE CITY OF KEY TONE I SAW 49,000.

WHAT HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED? >> COOL. >> HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR I HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE ABOUT THE BID AND THE COUNT EMFUNDING. YOU ORDER HAD THAT THE COUNTY HAS FUNDING WE SUPPORT KEYSTONE.

FUNDING FOR EXAMPLE PARKS AND BOAT RAMPS. COUNTY ALLOCATED 200,000 TOWARD THE LAKE PROJECTS. WE USED SOME FROM AD A RAMPS. AND APPLY FOR PERMITS WITH FUNDING WE PAID FOR PERMIT. ADVERTISING THE THINGS WE DO. REQUIREMENT WISE FOR PERMITS.

SO OF WE HAVE 154, 467 REMAINING. WE DID GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND LOBBY THIS PROJECT A LOT. WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM LEGISLATOR WE GOT LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 250,000. AND AS YOU HEARD THE CITY OF KEYSTONE APPROVED FUNDING 41,000. SO THAT'S THE TOLD OF 445, 467.

THEY THIS CONVERSATIONS TO KICK IN FOR AREA CLOSEST IT THEM. WE HAVE BID THIS PROJECT IN WHAT I CALL RESTORATION AREAS AND RICHARD HIT ON THAT SOME. WE TRIED TO GET BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE BID AND GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE GO AHEAD. WE KNEW FUNDING WAS THE ISSUE.

OR A CONCERN. WITH THAT, WE AND WE ADDED A LOT OF BID ALTERNATES.

ALTERNATES INCLUDE BURNING ON SITE. USING VOLUNTEER HELP.

OVER ALL THE PROJECT WOULD BE 524, 500. AND THAT IS IF WE ARE IN THE

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IT IS ASKING FOR UP TO 140. WE WILL USE ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS BEFORE WE WOULD START TO

USE THE TDC FUNDS. THAT'S WHY THE ASK IS 140 THOUSAND. >> ONE THING I WANT TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL IS -- I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT -- MOST OF YOU DON'T WANT TO START THE PROCESS OF CONSTANTLY GETTING RESERVE REQUESTS. NEITHER DO I I THINK WE LET STAFF KNOW OUR INTENTION IS COMING UP WEAPON A PLAN. THERE SUSPECT ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT RESERVE THEY ARE FOR A REASON. WITH THAT SAID, WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE DELEGATIONFUL HAVED THE CITY SKIN IN THE GAME AND THE CITY OFICALLY STONE 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR IS A LOT. FACT THEY ARE STEPPING UP TO THE TAKE. I LIKE TO HEAR UP TO 140. I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO OUR PART. WITH ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT CONTRIBUTED FOR A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TOURISM ACTIVITY. I WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY NO WAY I'M TRYING TO SAY START OPENING UP RESERVE REQUESTS.

I KNOW TONIGHT IT HAPPENED TWICE HAVE NOT HAPPENED SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE TDC.

DO WE KNOW THE SIDES TREES WILL BE LEFT? IS THERE A SIZE

>> LAKE IS 92 FEET. AND WHEN THE WATER COME UP LAKE IS 102.9.

BASICALLY ALL THE TREES ALONG PERIMETER LAKE WILL DIE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. BOOTH AND MYSELF STRUNGED THROUGH WOODS AND DID IDENTIFY CYPRESS FLAGGED TO BE SAVED THOSE WILL STAY.

BUT YOU ARE SEEING OAKS, SWEET GUM ALL OF THE VEGETATION OVER THE LAST 30-50 WILL DIE ONCE SUBMERGED WE ARE TRYING TO RESTORE IT IN 85 WHEN I MOVED HERE NONE OF THE TREES WERE THERE. TREES THAT HAVE HAD 50 YEARS TO GROW.

THERE ARE 30 INCH DIAMETER PINE TEES WILL DIE AND TIP CAN TURN TO A FLOATING LOG SOMEONE WILL HIT ON A BOAT. HOW FAR FROM THE CURRENT WATER LEVEL EXPECTED LEST.

HOW MUCH DIDN'T ARE WE TALKING SOMETHING >> HUNDREDS OF YARDS IN SOME

AREAS >> THE PAVILION THAT IS STEEP 300 FEET.

OVER IN AREA TWO THE LOWER PART IT MAY BE 2,000 FEET. IT IS STATE OWNED PROPERTY.

MEANS FROM DAYLIGHT IT DARK THAT IS WHERE THE FOUR WHEELER ARE THEY ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED THERE.

THEY HAVE CREATED THE GREATEST PLACES TO DO THAT. IT IT IS ALL SAND.

IT IS LIKE GOING ON 80080 ARE BEACH NOW. LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EVERY TREE ABOVE FOUR INCHES WILL BE CUT DOWN OUT THERE. THE ONES ABOVE FOUR INCHES MAY

BE ABLE TO GET MONEY FOR THAT. IF YOU ARE ARE FOLLOWING. >> DIAMETER.

THIS HIGH OFF GROUND. SO. THE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LOGGING CLAY HILL PLANT CLOSED LAKE BUTT HER TO LAKE CITY CLOSED.

THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE ONE SAW MILL LEFT IN FLORIDA THAT IS ONE UP AROUND HILLIARD.

THE ONLY ONE LEFT. WE WILL BUILD IN CLAY COUNTY. ED WITH IS COMING FROM CANADA.

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT IT IS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO DO WITH PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FAMILY

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I HOPE GOD HEARS THAT I PRAY THERE WILL BE A MONEY TRAIL THE SAW MILLS DID NOT CLOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE TIRED OFUT CANNING LOGS THEY CLOSED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MARKET.

THEY ARE TAKING THE ONE THE SMALL ARE CUTTING THEM DOWN THEY GRIND THEM AND GAINSEVILLE, THAT'S HOW A PRODUCE EL ELECTRICITY. THAT I MAY NOT NEED IT TOMORROW THIS IS HOW QUICKLY THAT CHANGES. IT WILL BE ALL THE TREES ABOVE FOUR INCHES VOLUNTEERS WORK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE GOT AN ARMY THERE OF VOLUNTEERS WITH THE FOLKS IF I TURNED ON THE LEVEL THAT SHOWED THE LOTS YOU SEE MAY BE 4-500 LOTS.

>> WE HAD ONE OPPOSED. THAT WANTED YOU TO SAVE HIS TREES HE IS NEXT TO THE BOAT RAMP. HE MAY NOT HAVE GONE TO ARBOR SCHOOL.

HE'S GOT TWO BUT HE WILL FIND OUT. THAT WAS IN WRITING SO -- UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OUT THERE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPORT CLEAN THIS UP IF IT COME TO THAT.

>> ALSO I MEAN I KNOW WE UMP TOED ON THESE THINGS LIKE THIS ADVE ADVERTISED. US WE DO KAYAK BASS FISHING TOURNAMENT.

BRINGS IN PEOPLE UPON EVERYTHING IS AT LAKE GENEVA. THIS WOULD REALLY HELP KEYSTONE.

>> NO PUBLIC BOATING ACCESS NOW. BOAT RAMP WILL GET YOU IN AN

AREA. >> RIGHT. NOT BIGGER THAN OUR PARKING LOT

OF THIS COMPLEX. >> THERE WILL BE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP?

>> YEA. THERE IS A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP NOW. IT TELL BE OPENED.

>> IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE? >> GOTCHA. >> LAUNCHES TO A POND.

>> LAKE IS IN THE ACCESSIBLE THE RAMP IS. YOU WOULD BE FISH NOTHING A SMALL 5080 ARE AREA. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IF I UNDERSTAND 524 THOUSAND DOLLARS PROJECT. YOU GOT 444,000 COMMITTED. 80,000 SHORT.

ASKING FOR 140. UP TO. UP TO WITHIN 40.

IF WE COMMIT TO 140 DID IS IS THAT UNCOMMITTED MONEY GET PULLEDED GO SOUTH AMERICAN ELSE?

OR DOES THAT STAY COMMIT SND >> STAY FOR THIS PROJECT. WE ARE ONLY APRUFRING UP TO FOR

THIS PROJECT IF THEY DID NOT USE IT GOES BABEING TO RESERVES. >> SHOULD WE APPROVE UP TO 80

THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SHORT. >> THE BID DOCK ARE BROKEN IN FIVE PARTS.

WE RANKED THE AREAS AS THE MOST REQUIRED. ONE IS THE BOAT RAMP.

GOT DO THAT H. I FEEL LIKE THIS LAKE FILL WE OPEN IT UP SOMEBODY HAS AN ACCIDENT I WORRY LIABILITY WE COULD HAVE. IF OR MAY BE WE NEVER REOPEN IT ATTACH AREA THREE THE STRETCH IN THE MIDDLE. NELSON'S POINT. THAT AREA IS HIGHER THAN REST OF THE LAKE BED THE TREES HAD THE LONGEST IT AGREE. IT IS ALLSTATE OWNED PROPERTY.

THAT WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST MERCHANTABLE TIMBER AND AREA FOUR A GAP THAT LEADS TO THE LAKE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. AREAS TWO IS A BIG BLUE AREA, ABOVE BAKE ARE ROAD AND AREA FIVE IS JUST ON THE VERY TIP OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LAKE.

SO WE DO ONE, THREE AND FOUR WITH THE MEETING SCHEDULED FORKED WITH AT 1 O'CLOCK.

>> SO -- OVER SEE THE BUDGET. MRS. SMITH ELUDED TO THE EXTRA 60,000 IS IN CASE WE ARE IN A

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IF WE END UP ANYTHING WORKS WITH WE CAN BURN EVERYTHING ON SITE AND NEED 80 WE USE THE 80 THE OTHER 60 GOES STAY IN YOUR FUND. AND FOR CLARITY HOW THAT WORKS NOT LIKE WE TAKE IT OUT AND TRANSFER IT ON SOMEWHERE ELSE AND NO RECORD. IT WILL STAY IN YOUR TOURISM FUND WE WE ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER WITH MULTIPLE LINES YOU WILL SAY, THIS AMOUNT CAME FRESHMAN THIS SOURCE. THIS CAME FROM THE TOURISM. YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE BUDGET THIS WE DID NOT GENTLEMAN ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

>> YES , SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR

PRESENTERS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> GOOD QUESTIONS.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION >> I WOULD DEFINITELY PUT A MOTION FOR THE 140.

THIS IS A -- FOR US TO GET THING GOING FOR LAKE GENEVA WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TREES OUT.

>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL YOU HAVE TO 140 THOUSAND FOR THE LAKE GENEVA RESTORATION PROTECT.

>> I SECOND. >> FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? >> OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES 6-1. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU.

[12. Upcoming Events Update (S. Lamb)]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OLD BUSINESS ITEM 12 UPCOMING

EVENTS, STEFANI. >> OKAY. AS YOU SEE WE ARE GETTING BACK IN EVENT SEASON IN CLAY COUNTY. FRIDAYS ARE BACK FIRST FRIDAY OF OF THE MONTH.

AND SPRING PARKING. AND NOTABLE EVENTS THE STRAWBERRY FEST TO AT THIS TIME CLAY COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS. 2026 SPRING FLING AT THE KEYSTONE AIRPORT.

CLAY COUNTY FAIR APRIL 2-12. WE WILL ANNOUNCE TICKET GIVE AWAYS.

KEEP AN EYE IDENTITY FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE 2026ECO FEST IF YOU HAVE EVENTS COMMIT THEM.

SCAN HERE OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND SUBMIT IT TO OUR CALENDAR. >> AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. TEDDY YOU GOT ANYTHING?

>> NO. >> ALL GOOD. >> ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE

COUNCIL? OUR NEXT MEETING? >> NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY MAY 6. 3:30 HERE. WE WILL SKIP JULY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT. ENJOY YOUR FOURTH. AND WE WILL HAVE A SEPTEMBER

MEETING OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. >> IT IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY.

I THINK SEPTEMBER 6 OR SECOND. >> YES. >> I WILL GET THEM OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> IF NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS TODAY AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND MEETIN

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