[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING. PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY COMMISSIONER CONDON. >> PRAY WITH ME IF YOU WILL. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LIVE IN, WHERE WE CAN COME AND GATHER AND ASSEMBLE, THAT WE CAN PRAY IN YOUR NAME AND THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST PUT YOUR HAND ON OUR MILITARY, THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE AT HOME, ON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT RUN TO DANGER WHEN WE RUN AWAY FROM IT. AND I PRAY, FATHER, FOR THIS COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY IN THE SUNSHINE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS, ALWAYS KEEPING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY AT HEART AND MAKES WISE DECISIONS FOR OUR COUNTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WHILE THEY AREN'T EASY, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE LIVE IN A REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE INPUT FROM CITIZENS AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT, SO OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE TODAY IS RETIRED U.S. NAVY COMMANDER AND FORMER CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DOUG CONKEY. HE WILL BE LEADING US TODAY. HE SERVED 21 YEARS AS A NAVY PILOT AND RETIRED IN 2021. DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, HE WAS STATIONED AT NAS CECIL FIELD, NAS MAYPORT, NAS JACKSONVILLE AND OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE IS A DECORATED VETERAN AND HIS HONORS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL, NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL AND MULTIPLE UNIT COMMENDATIONS. NOW AN ORANGE PARK RESIDENT, HE CONTINUES HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR FOR THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME AS A MEMBER OF ROTARY, SERVES ON THE CHALLENGE ENTERPRISES BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PARTICIPATES ON THE CECIL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SUPPORTS THE CLAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS AN AMBASSADOR, AND SERVES AS A BLUE AND GOLD OFFICER FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WOULD YOU LEAD US IN A PLEDGE AND OF COURSE, SAY SOMETHING AFTER. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY. 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'M GETTING THE MIC. WHEN DO I HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK? >> THREE MINUTES. >> ONLY THREE MINUTES. WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. CLAY COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA IS A PRETTY HEAVY VETERAN INFLUENCE AND FOR GOOD REASON. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE. THEY'VE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN MULTIPLE ROLES THAT WE HEAR EVERY WEEK, EVERY MEETING. OUR FLAG IS VERY SPECIAL. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS BIRTHED IN 1885, HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, LAST ONE BEING IN 1954 WHEN CONGRESS ADDED UNDER GOD. OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES IN OUR LIFE AND HOPEFULLY WE NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. THE ONE THING THAT WE DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES, AMERICANS HAVE STOOD THE WATCH PROTECTING OUR FLAG, SOME GIVING THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF IT. IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH TIME AROUND THE GLOBE RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE, IN YOUR PRAYERS, HOPE AND PRAY FOR THAT A SAFE AND SOUND RECOVERY AND COMING HOME TO THE OPEN ARMS OF A GRATEFUL NATION. OF THOSE STANDING THE WATCH 247 PROTECTING OUR FLAG TODAY AS WE SPEAK. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR MARCH 10, 2026, AND I HAVE ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO PET [PET ADOPTIONS] ADOPT. OUR FIRST CAT TODAY IS MARBLE, A SPAYED FEMALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR AND A YEAR OLD. MARBLE IS A SWEET, LOVING KITTY WHO IS READY TO FIND HER FOREVER HOME. SHE ENJOYS ATTENTION, COZY NAPS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER PEOPLE. WITH HER GENTLE PERSONALITY AND AFFECTIONATE NATURE, MARBLE WILL MAKE A WONDERFUL COMPANION AND BRING PLENTY OF PURRS TO HER NEW FAMILY. OUR FIRST DOG IS LEE, A MIXED BREED, 67 POUNDS, SIX YEARS OLD AND IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. LEE IS THE [00:05:01] OFFICE FAVORITE AND HE KNOWS IT. THIS SWEET, EASYGOING GUY IS CALM, AFFECTIONATE AND FULLY COMMITTED TO THE ART OF THE BELLY RUB. HE'LL HAPPILY ROLL ONTO HIS BACK AND STAY THERE AS LONG AS THE PETS KEEP COMING. DON'T LET THE OLDER DOG TITLE FOOL YOU EITHER. LEE STILL HAS A PLAYFUL SIDE AND ENJOYS MAKING DOG FRIENDS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LAID BACK BUDDY WITH A GOOFY STREAK AND LOTS OF LOVE TO GIVE, LEE IS YOUR GUY LOOKING FOR A HOME WITH NO FEATHERED FRIENDS. OUR NEXT CAT IS BOBERT, NEUTERED MALE, DOMESTIC, MEDIUM HAIRED, 2 YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 12 POUNDS. NEW TO THE SHELTER BUT ALREADY STEALING HEARTS AT 12 POUNDS, BOBBERT KNOWS HE'S HANDSOME JUST LIKE JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE. HE'S READY TO STRUT INTO A LOVING FOREVER HOME AND CHARM EVERYONE HE MEETS. DON'T LET HIS CONFIDENCE FOOL YOU. HE'S READY TO SNUGGLE WITH THE RIGHT FAMILY TOO. LASTLY, WE HAVE POSEIDON, NEUTERED MALE. HE'S HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. HE'S A MIXED BREED. HE'S 11 YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 80 POUNDS. POSEIDON IS A BIG, HANDSOME BOY WITH A FROSTED GRAY MUZZLE AND THE SWEETEST DISPOSITION YOU COULD ASK FOR. AT AROUND 80 POUNDS, HE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DOG WITH AN EVEN BIGGER HEART. THIS GENTLE GIANT HAS CLEARLY MASTERED THE ART OF BEING BOTH DIGNIFIED AND LOVABLE, AND EVERYONE WHO MEETS HIM QUICKLY FALLS FOR HIS CALM CHARM. WE ABSOLUTELY ADORE HIM, AND WE THINK YOU WILL TOO. READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND? OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ARE WAITING TO ADD SOME EXTRA LOVE AND FUN TO YOUR LIFE. FROM WAGGING TAILS TO PURRING KITTIES, WE'VE GOT THE PERFECT COMPANION JUST FOR YOU. WANT TO SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE? HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AND MEET OUR ADORABLE CREW LOOKING FOR FOREVER HOMES. GOT QUESTIONS? YOU CAN DROP US A E@CLAYADOPTIONSLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM AND LET'S CHAT. DON'T WAIT. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS JUST A CLICK AWAY AND PICTURED IS WILLOW AND HER SIBLINGS ARE IN NEED OF A FOSTER HOME. PLEASE CALL THE SHELTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF FOSTER HOMES WHERE THEY CAN GROW, RECEIVE SOCIALIZATION AND EVEN MEDICAL FOSTERS AND GET THE CARE THEY NEED UNTIL THEY ARE READY FOR ADOPTION. BECAUSE COULD YOU PROVIDE A LOVING TEMPORARY HOME FOR ONE OF OUR FOSTER ANIMALS? IF SO, CONTACT US@CLAYFOSTERSLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR FURRY FRIENDS BUT CAN'T BRING ONE HOME, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR THE SHELTER ANIMALS. JUST GO TO HTTP://AMAZON.COM AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTIONS. >> THANK YOU. WILL ALL MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS MEET ME ON THE BOARD FLOOR FOR PROCLAMATIONS? [1. National Procurement Month (March 2026)] >> ALL RIGHT, SO MARCH IS NATIONAL PROCUREMENT MONTH. THAT'S SUCH A HARD WORD TO SAY. AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CRITICAL ROLE OUR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN KEEPING GOVERNMENT OPERATING EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY. FOR THIS RECOGNITION, WE INVITE PURCHASING DIRECTOR KAREN SMITH AND HER TEAM UP FRONT. AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, KAREN WILL SHARE A FEW REMARKS. >> ALL RIGHT, THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS OF CLAY COUNTY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SECURING ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES AT THE BEST VALUE, SAFEGUARDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND SUPPORTING THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF GUNS GOVERNMENT AND WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP THROUGH ETHICAL PURCHASING, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND STRONG SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS, ENSURING TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, COMPETITION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND VALUE FOR MONEY IN EVERY ACQUISITION AND WHEREAS EVERY PROCUREMENT IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOUNDATION THAT SUSTAINS OUR COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS SERVE AS CONNECTORS, PROBLEM SOLVERS AND GUARDIANS OF THE PUBLIC TRUST WHOSE WORK STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCES OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. [00:10:01] AND WHEREAS THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IN CLAY COUNTY RECOGNIZED, SUPPORT AND PRACTICED THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, INCLUDING ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS, IMPARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY AS FOUNDATIONAL TENETS OF THE PROFESSION, AND WHEREAS THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT HAS DESIGNED MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN ENSURING THE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2026 AS PROCUREMENT MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. AND WE CELEBRATE THE PURPOSE, THE PRIDE AND THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT OUR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS, WHOSE STEADFAST COMMITMENT AND EXPERTISE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE ALL GREATLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE HAVE OUR ROCK STAR TEAM HERE. THIS IS OUR PURCHASING TEAM THAT OVERSEES OUR CENTRALIZED PURCHASING FOR THE COUNTY. SO, AS YOU KNOW, YOUR COUNTY ADOPTED A PURCHASING POLICY ALONG WITH STATE STATUTES. THEY ENFORCE THOSE OVER COUNTY SPENDING AND DO A GREAT JOB. A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES WORKING TOWARD THEIR CERTIFICATION. SO VERY PROUD OF THEM. MS. DONNA. AND THEN WE HAVE MS. JESSICA, WE HAVE MS. LYNN, MS. DANIELLE. CALEB'S OUR PART ON OUR PURCHASING TEAM AS THE REAL ESTATE MANAGER. SO MS. WILLETTE. THEN WE HAVE MS. JESSICA ALSO. AND THEN MS. ARLENE AND JERRY. SO PROUD OF THEM AND APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK. WE ENJOY OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, SO LOVE WHAT WE DO. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU. [2. Government Finance Professionals Week (March 16-20, 2026)] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OUR GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS AND THE VITAL SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. WE INVITE OUR FINANCE PROFESSIONALS UP FRONT FOR THE RECOGNITION. AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, WE WILL HAVE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER RICK DINGLE WITH THE CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND ASSISTANT OMB DIRECTOR LISA STRIEFER AND BUDGET MANAGER MJ RUDE FOR TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS. >> AND IT'S CERTAINLY MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, FOUNDED IN 1937, IS A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING MORE THAN 3,300 GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS SERVING STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE FIRMS. AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE FGFOA. I'M NOT SURE. FINANCIAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL WORKER ANYWAY AND ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL ROLE GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN [00:15:01] SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC RESOURCES AND SUPPORTING THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS THESE PROFESSIONALS DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE, INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION IN ENSURING THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ARE RESPONSIBLY BUDGETED, MANAGED AND REPORTED WITH ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY WHILE UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. AND WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS OF CLAY COUNTY OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND THE CLAY COUNTY CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE PROVIDE VITAL FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REINFORCING PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH THEIR DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY TO HONOR THE HARD WORK, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT OF THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH, 2026, AS GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN RECOGNITION THE IMPORTANT. RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SERVANTS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NAYS LIKE SIGN? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RICK, ARE YOU GONNA. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUES TODAY. MY NAME IS RICK DINGLE, AND I'M THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER. CLERK GREEN IS BEHIND US RIGHT HERE. CLERK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE'RE SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT FINANCE OFFICES. WE HAVE ON THE COUNTY FINANCE SIDE, AND WE'RE ON THE CLERK FINANCE SIDE. SO CLERK OF THE COURT FINANCE SIDE. SO I'LL START WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT FINANCE SIDE, WHICH IS A SMALL SHOP OF MIGHTY. AMBER LEININGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR. NIKKI PHILLIPS, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. THESE LADIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUDGET, AUDIT OF CLERK FINANCIALS, PAYROLL, PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, THE LIST GOES ON. AND THEN NEXT, THE COUNTY FINANCE, LED BY DAVID COTTLE, FINANCE DIRECTOR. DYLAN AVERITT, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. AND LILLIAN WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SHE'S OUR STAFF ACCOUNTANT IN OUR PAYROLL. SORRY, NOT PAYROLL, BUT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. AND THEN OF COURSE, WHO EVERYBODY KNOWS IN THE ROOM BECAUSE SHE PAYS YOU GUYS OUT IN THE CROWD. AND THAT'S CINDY ATKINSON. SHE'S OUR PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER. THIS TEAM'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNTYWIDE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAYROLL, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVESTMENTS AND ASSET INVENTORY. SO THIS IS THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. OMB PROCUREMENT, EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, SO BE REMISS AND I RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT GOING AND THANK YOU. OH, ONE MORE. SORRY. THIS GUY KIND OF STICKS OUT. NICK MILLER, HE'S OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL. HE'S INDEPENDENT OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT HE'S ONE OF OUR CREW TOO. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. LISA STRIEBER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OMB . AND I ALSO SAY WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY UP HERE IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF WHAT WE DO. SO I DO APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR REVENUE BUDGET ANALYST IS LALA GRISELLA MAKATANGE AND WE HAVE ANGELA, SHE'S OUR BUDGET ANALYST AS WELL. WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER ON OUR REVENUE SIDE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE CASH COMING IN HERE. SO AND FIGURE OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S COMING WHERE IT GOES. ALL RIGHTY. AND HERE'S >> I'M MJ RUDE, BUDGET MANAGER AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET ANALYST WHO'S ARROW AND DAVE AND ALSO PRISCILLA WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. BUT WITH MY WORDS, I'D DEFINITELY BE REMISS IF I DID NOT HAND OVER THE MICROPHONE TO THE LONG-STANDING BUDGET MANAGER AND ALLOW HIM TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND GIVE ANY WORDS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE. >> OH, THANKS. I'M RUD SCANTER. I'VE BEEN THE BUDGET MANAGER FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. I'M GOING TO BE RETIRING AT THE END OF APRIL. SO 27. OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THE LETTER FROM MY WIFE. I'M GOING TO BE TURNING OVER THE REINS TO MJ. I'M TRYING TO GIVE HER ALL THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE [00:20:02] THAT I'VE GAINED OVER 30 YEARS. SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT AND GIVE YOU GUYS A BALANCED BUDGET BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. OKAY, THAT'S IT. [3. National AmeriCorps Week (March 8–14, 2026)] >> ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES MARCH 8TH THROUGH 14TH, 2026 AS AMERICORPS WEEK. A TIME TO HONOR THOSE WHO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR THROUGH SERVICE. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE LOCAL GATOR CORPS MEMBERS HERE TODAY WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD TO SERVE OUR LAKE REGION AREA. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT AND AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION. WE WELCOME SOME BRIEF REMARKS ABOUT YOUR ONGOING WORK. >> ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS. SINCE 1994, AMERICORPS, THE NATION'S LARGEST FEDERAL NETWORK OF NONPROFITS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, HAS MOBILIZED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES AND EXPAND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WHILE ADDRESSING CRITICAL NEEDS IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. AND WHEREAS. AMERICORPS MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION BY DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROMOTING A SPIRIT OF CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE THAT DRIVES MEANINGFUL AND LASTING CHANGE. AND WHEREAS. DURING NATIONAL AMERICORPS WEEK, CLAY COUNTY PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF THE LOCAL GATOR CORPS MEMBERS WITH THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESILIENCE, SUPPORT BY THE AMERICORPS NATIONAL PROGRAM AND GATOR CORPS VOLUNTEERS WHOSE EFFORTS HELP BUILD STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS. LOCAL GATOR CORPS MEMBERS LISA WARREN, VICTORIA JOHNS, JOHN COLLINS AND SHELBY WHEATLEY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD, SERVE THE LAKE REGION COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS, LIFE SKILLS AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, RECREATIONAL READING FOR RESILIENCE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS LAUNDRY, SHOWERS, HAIRCUTS AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND TOOL LENDING LIBRARY, HELPING MEET RESIDENTS NEEDS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 8 THROUGH 14, 2026, AS AMERICORPS WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY AND IN DOING SO COMMENDS THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUR LOCAL GATOR CORPS MEMBERS WHO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THROUGH SERVICE IN EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND HEALTH INITIATIVES, WHILE INSPIRING OTHERS TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OF COURSE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE HERE. SO I HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING YOUR LEADER YET, BUT IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. BUT JOHN AND LISA BOTH I MET ON COMMUNITY CLEANUPS IN HIGH RIDGE ESTATES FOR OUR HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE DOWN IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. AND ACTUALLY JOHN LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO HE'S A RESIDENT THERE. AND LIZA IS A FORMER PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE FROM NEW YORK WHO RETIRED AND THOUGHT SHE WAS MOVING DOWN TO RETIRE AND YET SHE FOUND SOME SERVICE BACK DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO GREAT, GREAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. CARRIE MORFORD, WHO'S THE PASTOR OF MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THEN SHE ALSO DOES OTHER WORK AND JUST GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY WITH OUR HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE. SO WE'RE JUST THANKFUL [00:25:01] FOR YOU. WHEN LISA CALLED AND SAID, HEY, IT'S AMERICORPS WEEK. CAN WE DO SOMETHING? IT WAS, IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU. SO I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO YOU, BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM AROUND, USUALLY LISA HAS GREASE BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON A LAWNMOWER OR SOMETHING. AND ANYWAY, THEY FIT RIGHT IN. THEY JUST DO SUCH TREMENDOUS WORK. AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU. >> SO OUR GATOR CORPS PROCLAMATION READS, GATOR CORPS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS VOLUNTEERS WITH DIFFERENT SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO SERVE COMMUNITIES. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AREAS WHERE WE SERVE, WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST AND CONTRIBUTE IN OUR OWN UNIQUE WAYS. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE GROW IN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WHILE HELPING TO MEET REAL NEEDS. GATOR CORPS HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD BY HELPING CREATE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS. THESE INCLUDE TEACHING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES LIKE GARDENING, PROVIDING DIGNITY SERVICES SUCH AS FREE HAIRCUTS, SHOWERS, AND A LAUNDRY SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO A READING PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN BUILD RESILIENCE. WE ALSO HELP EMPOWER YOUTHS BY WORKING WITH A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND TEACHING IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS. GATOR CORPS HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL AND AMAZING PART OF MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD. WE BRING FRESH PERSPECTIVES, A DESIRE TO LEARN, AND A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. [CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS] >> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, TARA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO >> JUST DO TWO QUICK UPDATES. FIRST ONE IS ON FOR YOUR CALENDARS. APRIL 16TH, WE ARE HOLDING A RECEPTION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DIGNITARIES AROUND TOWN FOR TEEN COURT'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY. SO WE WILL HAVE A RECEPTION AT 4 O' CLOCK IN THE HISTORICAL COURTYARD. YOU'LL HAVE FORMAL INVITES COMING YOUR WAY, BUT I KNOW HOW CALENDARS FILL UP, SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP ON THAT. IT IS APRIL 16TH. I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT NIGHT, SO WE'RE HOPING YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN A QUICK 4 POP IN FOR THOSE THAT MAY HAVE ANOTHER EVENT AROUND 6 O' CLOCK THAT NIGHT. AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN AWARDS BANQUET AFTERWARDS. YOU'RE FREE TO STAY FOR THAT AS WELL IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. AND THEN THE OTHER UPDATE I'D LIKE FOR DAVID TO PROVIDE. AND IT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE ON OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. >> HELLO. >> DAVID COTTLE, FINANCE DIRECTOR, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE EXTERNAL AUDIT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD THE LAST TWO MONTHS WITH THE AUDITORS AND I'M HAPPY. >> I CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR MIC UP. >> SORRY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE AUDITORS THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE IN THE WRAP UP PHASE. I RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YESTERDAY AND I'VE STARTED MY REVIEW. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE LET ME HARASS THEM WITH REQUESTS AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY PATIENT WITH US AND THEY'VE GOTTEN US ALL THE INFORMATION REALLY QUICKLY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM FOR THAT. AND BECAUSE OF EVERYONE'S EFFORTS, THE COUNTY IS ON TRACK TO HAVE THE AUDIT DONE BY MARCH. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE PAFR, WHICH IS THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT OUT AT THE END OF MARCH AS WELL. THE PAFR IS THE NICE SUMMARIZED VERSION [00:30:04] OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THEN WE DO PLAN ON PUTTING KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THE PAFR IN FOR THE GFOA AWARD THIS YEAR. AND THE LAST THING I HAVE IS THE AUDITORS, THEY HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT IN APRIL AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING IT TO YOU ALL AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANYONE? THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] INTO APPROVAL MINUTES FOR A MOTION. >> LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 24, 2026. >> ALL RIGHT, HAVE A MOTION. >> I'LL SECOND. >> MOTION IS SECOND. ALL THOSE [PUBLIC COMMENTS] IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DEBATE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU MAY EMAIL ASK HTTP://CLAYLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM AND STAFF WILL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS OR YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE CONVENIENTLY PLACED AT THE MEETING ROOM ENTRANCE AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE DAISY. YOU ARE TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND I'M OPENING NOW THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT TODAY'S MEETING. OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM TERESA SANDE. >> GOOD EVENING, THERESA SANDE. ADDRESS IS ON FILE. LIKE TO READ A POEM TITLED PTSD BY JOE CLARK? PTSD WILL RIDDLE THE MINDS OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO MAKE IT HOME THIS TIME HERE ONLY OF COURSE IN PHYSICAL FORM. TO ULTIMATELY LOSE THE REAL BATTLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME TO A BROKEN SYSTEM AND A COUNTRY'S BLIND EYE. 22 A DAY FOR THE REST OF GOD'S TIME. WHILE FLAGS ARE WAVED AND HEARTS ARE COVERED. YOUNG MEN WILL LOSE LIMBS WHILE SCREAMING FOR THEIR MOTHER. OH SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT THE WAR MACHINE KEEPS CHURNING THROUGH THE ENDLESS PROFITABLE FIGHT. FOR SO PROUDLY WE HELD IN THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING. YOU'LL PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO A FLAG. BUT YOU'LL NEVER HEAR THE SCREAMING. FROM ADAM AND EVE AND THE HOLY LAND TO NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON. THEY'LL PULL THE WAR STRINGS AND RAKE IN BILLIONS. BUT THEY'LL NEVER FIRE A WEAPON FROM THE LAND OF THE FREE. RED, WHITE AND BLUE. GENERATIONS OVERSEAS WILL NEVER FORGET THE BLOOD DREW THE GREEDY ELITE WILL CONQUER WITH EPIC FURY AND POWER. WHILE THE HANDS OF GOD AND THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK STRIKE THE FINAL HOUR. POLITICIANS, FREEDOM, HEROES AND MILLIONS. AMMUNITION, RUBBLE, COLLATERAL CIVILIANS, RELIGION OR TERROR. DOUBLE SPEAK, PROPAGANDA, FORBIDDEN FLAGS DRAPED OVER CASKETS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN. THANK YOU. BUT MOSTLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WHO ARE ALL ENTRENCHED IN THIS WAR OF THE EPSTEIN FURY. ESPECIALLY MINE. ROCK ON, JESSICA TRISH. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE DOUG CONKEY NEXT. >> WELCOME AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I'M TIMED NOT KIDDING. I'M DOUG CONKEY, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 775 VAN MEADOWS ROAD, 32256 UP IN JACKSONVILLE, COVERING NORTHEAST FLORIDA. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE NOTICED WE'VE GOT A LITTLE SHORTAGE OF WATER GOING ON. WE HAVE ACTUALLY ISSUED ON 2 MARCH A PHASE 2 SEVERE WATER SHORTAGE ORDER WHICH CARRIES SOME ASS AND SOME RESTRICTIONS ON FOLKS. SO I'M JUST KIND OF GOING TO RUN THROUGH. BUT WHY ARE WE HERE? BECAUSE OF TWO THINGS. LACK OF RAINFALL AND WE HAVE GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS THAT ARE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE DISTRICT. IN PARTICULAR FOR CLAY COUNTY WE WERE ANOTHER 1.9 INCHES BELOW LAST MONTH AND WE ARE 13.2 INCHES BELOW THE 12 MONTH AVERAGE. SO CLAY COUNTY ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE DRIEST COUNTIES IN THIS REGION. SO WHAT IS A PHASE TWO SEVERE WATER SHORTAGE ORDER? IT'S BASICALLY AND ALLOWS US THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTES TO ORDER THESE. ALL CLASSES OF WATER USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE THEIR WATER USE AND CONSERVE WATER TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. [00:35:01] ALL PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY CONSUMPTIVE USE PERMITIES LIKE THE UTILITIES, FARMERS WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST COMMON ONE SHOULD INSTITUTE OR ACCELERATE SYSTEM LEVEL WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES THAT CAN HELP MANAGE DEMAND. ALL COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WATER USE SHOULD, SHOULD BE VOLUNTARILY REDUCED. ALL RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO ONE DAY A WEEK, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF YEAR. OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEKEND WE WENT FORWARD. NORMALLY THAT WOULD ADD ANOTHER DAY, BUT WE'RE HOLDING IT ONE DAY FOR IRRIGATION ONLY. ALSO ASKING THAT PEOPLE HOLD OFF FROM ANY MAJOR LANDSCAPE CHANGES. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A DRY, HARD WINTER AND COLD, LIKE REPLACING YOUR ENTIRE YARD. THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE USE A LOT OF WATER. SO HANG OFF THOSE BIG PROJECTS. WATER BASED RECREATION. ALL POOLS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A MANNER THAT MINIMIZES THE NEED FOR MAKEUP WATER. AESTHETIC USES OF WATER ARE PROHIBITED. SO I ASKED, WHAT'S AN AESTHETIC USE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE? IT'S PEOPLE ADDING WATER TO A POND SIMPLY TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER BY BEING BETTER. HERE'S ONE THAT APPLIES TO THE HOAS. WASHING OR CLEANING OF BUILDING STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE DOOR. IMPERVIOUS SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF AESTHETICS. COMPLIANCE WITH HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OR OTHER AESTHETIC STANDARDS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE AND IS THUS, THUS PREEMPTED BY THIS ORDER. NO PERSON OR ENTITY LIKE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OR PROPERTY MANAGER SHALL ENFORCE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS OR OTHER COMMUNITY STANDARDS THAT WOULD CAUSE A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER. AND OBVIOUSLY ONE QUESTION WE GET A LOT. DOES THIS APPLY TO WELLS? YES, IT DOES. IF YOU HAVE WELL IN YOUR HOUSE, HOAS HAVE WELLS FOR COMMON AREAS AND SUCH. SO BASICALLY WE JUST NEED TO HUNKER DOWN, SAVE SOME WATER. AND AS WAS BRIEFED AT OUR BOARD TODAY, LAKE BROOKLYN WENT DOWN ANOTHER 0.8 FOOT. SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IT LOOKS LIKE AN F18 ON OUR APPROACH TO THE CARRIER. NICE SMOOTH APPROACH. SO PLEASE, I'LL GET SOME INFORMATION TO COUNTY MANAGER. SHARE THAT WITH YOUR FOLKS AND YOUR CITIZENS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL CHAPMAN. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE TRACY PEOPLES. >> HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL CHAPMAN. I LIVE AT 5277 HATCHER ROAD. I'M HERE FOR THE BURNOUT PIT THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR NEIGHBORS. I KNOW EARLIER WE PRAYED ABOUT FREEDOM, BUT I BELIEVE OURS HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY. AS OF PAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ENDLESSLY, ENDLESSLY BOMBARDED WITH SCREECHING AND RUBBER SMOG. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT VULGAR LANGUAGE AS OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD TO WORK. I HAD TO COME OVER TO COME HOME TO 8, 9, 10 HOURS OF NEVER-ENDING NOISE. I LIVE OVER 100 YARDS AWAY FROM THIS. WE HAD TO TURN OUR TV ON HIGHER THAN I COULD I'VE EVER HAD TO LISTEN TO IT AND STILL COULD HEAR SCREECHING I HAD TO PLAY MUSIC IN MY HOUSE JUST SO MY DAUGHTER COULD PLAY WITH ME. WE COULD NOT GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE MY DOG AND CHILD DID NOT WANT TO GO OUTSIDE. SORRY, JUST IRRITATED AT IT. LOUDSPEAKERS WITH VULGAR LANGUAGE THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD TO LISTEN TO. MY NEIGHBOR'S A VIETNAM VETERAN, TOO WEAK TO GET UP HERE. HE HAD TO LISTEN TO THIS THE WHOLE TIME AS WELL. THANKFUL FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR GETTING THE DRUGS AND GUNS 100 YARDS AWAY FROM MY 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AWAY. WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING RID OF THIS, WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. BUT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY INTIMIDATED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTE WRECK. IT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK MY MIND. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SORRY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT. TRACY PEOPLES. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. MY NAME IS TRACY PEOPLES, AND I LIVE AT 2414 RANGELINE ROAD. I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. I'M A HOMEOWNER WHO MOVED TO MY RESIDENCE IN FEBRUARY 2026. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AND THREATEN OUR SAFETY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES. OVER THE COURSE OF JUST TWO DAYS, MY COMMUNITY WAS SUBJECT TO SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF NONSTOP NOISE. LOUD SCREECHING, MODIFIED MUFFLERS, ENGINE BACKFIRING SO INTENSE THAT RESIDENTS COULD NOT USE THEIR OWN YARDS. THE NOISE WAS SO OVERWHELMING THAT I COULD NOT SAFELY HAVE MY YOUNG GRANDSON VISIT. THIS WAS NOT A MINOR INCONVENIENCE. IT WAS A COMPLETE DISTURBANCE OF DAILY LIFE. BUT THE NOISE WASN'T THE ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM. I PERSONALLY WITNESSED RECKLESS DRIVING THAT DAMAGED THE ROADWAY, BLOCKED PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS. I SAW INDIVIDUALS TRESPASSING, [00:40:01] PARKING WHEREVER THEY PLEASED, WALKING ACROSS MY LAWN, EVEN DRIVING VEHICLES DIRECTLY INTO MY YARD. TRASH WAS LEFT SCATTERED ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND PERHAPS MOST CONCERNING, I OBSERVED OPEN SHARING OF MARIJUANA AND WATCHED A VEHICLE LOSE CONTROL NEARLY CRASHING INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. THESE ARE NOT HARMLESS ACTIVITIES. THEY ARE PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARDS. THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED OR INFORMAL GATHERING. BASED ON WHAT I SAW, APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN WAS CLEARLY AN UNPERMITTED BURNOUT PIT EVENT. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE HOST CHARGED SPECTATORS $20 DRIVERS 35 TO PARTICIPATE. THIS PIT IS LOCATED ROUGHLY 100FT FROM MY BACK PATIO, CLOSER STILL TO MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. AND THE IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND NOISE. DOMESTIC ANIMALS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORING HORSES, HAVE BEEN VISIBLY DISTRESSED. WILDLIFE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED AND A SENSE OF SAFETY THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD FEEL THEIR OWN HOMES HAS BEEN SHAKEN. ANOTHER EVENT HAS BEEN ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 4TH. IF NOTHING IS DONE, WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME OR WORSE DISRUPTIONS TO OCCUR AGAIN. IN CONCLUSION, I'M ASKING RESPECTFULLY BUT URGENTLY FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AND INTERVENTION. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE. WE DESERVE TO ENJOY OUR HOMES WITHOUT FEAR OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, TRESPASSING OR DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR HAPPENING JUST FEET FROM OUR BACKYARDS. WE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PREVENT FURTHER DISTURBANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. RONALD LAVOY. I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT, HOPEFULLY. >> HI, MY NAME IS RONALD LAVOY. I LIVE AT 2422 RANGELINE ROAD. MY NEIGHBOR LIVES AT 2418. HE HAS PUT AN 80 FOOT BY 80-FOOT CONCRETE SLAB TO DO DRIFTING. ON FEBRUARY 28TH, HE HELD AN EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. IT WENT SIX HOURS EACH DAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ONE OF THE VEHICLES SLAMMED INTO THE TIRES THAT HE WRAPPED ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS SLAB. KNOCKED THE TIRES ALL OVER THE PLACE. IF THE CAR HADN'T STOPPED, IT WOULD HAVE WOUND UP IN MY BACKYARD. HE LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME, ME AND TRACY. THE SLAB IS 11FT FROM MY FENCE AND PROPERTY LINE. I WAS NOT THERE. I LEFT. I WENT TO MY SISTER'S IN WILLISTON TO GET MY DOGS OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IT WAS SO EXTREME. I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEKEND THERE. I PUT CAMERAS UP TO WATCH MY PROPERTY. THE CHAOS AND NOISE WERE JUST TOO MUCH TO DEAL WITH FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND. THE POLICE CAME BY MY HOUSE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS EVENT AND THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS GOING TO BE MONITORING THE SITUATION. OFFICER ALSO SAID THAT MY NEIGHBOR WAS NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY MONEY IN FOR THIS EVENT. HE LIED. HE LIED TO THE POLICE. HE WAS CHARGING $20 JUST TO SHOW UP AND WATCH THIS NONSENSE. $35 TO GET ON THE SLAB. I WAS TOLD HE MADE OVER $6,000 DOING THIS THIS WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW DOES HE GET AWAY WITH $6,000 AND NOT PAY TAXES ON IT IS BEYOND ME. THIS IS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN. AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEND OUR TIME OUTSIDE ON OUR PROPERTY DURING THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE OF NONSTOP NOISE THAT WILL GO ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HE HAS BEEN CITED ONCE ALREADY BY ZONING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TIRES THAT HE HAS IN HIS YARD. I WAS TOLD BY ZONING THAT HE HAS THREE CHANCES TO REMOVE THESE TIRES AFTER 90 DAYS. IT GOES TO THE MAGISTRATE, [00:45:01] AND THEY DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE TIRES. I FOR ONE, HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 90 DAYS TO GET THIS RESOLVED . CAUSE HE PLANS ON HAVING HIS NEXT EVENT ON APRIL 4TH WEEKEND. WE ARE AS NEIGHBORS AND WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED A NUISANCE AND WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME HELP ON THE ISSUE AND STOPPING THESE FUTURE EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS SHAWNA CLARK. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS MICHAEL DRAKEN. >> MY NAME IS SHAWNA CLARK. I LIVE AT 2397 RANGELINE ROAD. IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE BURNOUT PAD. I LIVE ADJACENT FROM THE PERSON WHO DOES OWN THIS AND THESE ARE MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS. I'M NOT AFFECTED AS BY THE NOISE AS THEY ARE AND STUFF, BUT I AM AFFECTED ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO CAME ONTO THE ROAD AND TORE UP THE ROAD. WE HAD TO MAN OUR YARD FOR AT LEAST THE THREE AND A HALF, FOUR HOURS AND STUFF FROM PEOPLE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DRIVE UP ON OUR ROAD, UP ON OUR PROPERTY WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO LEAVE AND STUFF. WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WOULD BURN OUT TIRES AND THROW UP DIRT ON US. WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WE ASKED THEM TO SLOW DOWN ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEIR ADRENALINE WAS SO GOING AND THEY WERE RUSHING DOWN THAT THEY WOULD SHOOT US. SO THESE ARE THREATS THAT WE HAD TO FACE AND STUFF. THERE WAS PARENTS THAT WERE COMING THERE THAT WERE TRYING TO COME GET THEIR MINOR CHILD'S FROM THIS EVENT. THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE WAIVED CONSENTS. AND IF PARENTS ARE COMING AND GETTING THEIR CHILDREN FROM THESE EVENTS AND STUFF, WHERE'S THE CONSENTS WHERE THESE PARENTS SIGNED FOR THESE MINOR CHILDREN? THERE WAS ABOUT ALMOST OVER 500 CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD PERMISSION FROM MOST OF THE PROGRAM, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT I DO KNOW SEVERAL OF US DID NOT AGREE TO USE OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THEIR EVENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CLEANUP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT. AND IT DOES AFFECT US. AND I'M HIGH ANXIETY. SO IT CAUSED ME A LOT OF ANXIETY TOO, HAVING LIKE MY WHOLE ENTIRE DRIVEWAY AND MY WHOLE ENTIRE FRONT OF MY YARD AND EVERYTHING COVERED WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WE DID NOT KNOW COMING FROM OUT OF STATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. DRAKEN. >> DEACON. HI, I'M MICHAEL DEACON, 2436 RANGELINE ROAD. I LIVE RIGHT UP THE ROAD FROM THIS STUFF. I'M GONNA SAY GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US AND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF. LIKE TO THANK THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT THIS WEEKEND. BUT THE RESIDENTS OF RANGER LINE ROAD IN CARTER SPENCER NEIGHBORHOOD ON FEBRUARY 28 AND MARCH 1 WAS SOMETHING THAT NO HOMEOWNER SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY IN THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN HOME. WE WERE SUBJECT TO JACK'S ONLY LEGAL PIT. NOT SURE WHAT MADE IT LEGAL, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY CLAIMED. THERE WAS NON STOP OVERWHELMING NOISE FOR AT LEAST SEVEN HOURS EACH DAY. DRIVING ENGINES REVERING WITH AFTERMARKET EXHAUST SYSTEMS AND THE SOUND OF TIRE SQUEALING. ALONG WITH THIS CAME THE OFFENSIVE SMOKE. TERRIBLE ODOR, BURNING OF RUBBER AND GASOLINE. THERE WAS ALSO THE SMELL OF SOME QUESTIONABLE STUFF BEING SMOKE THAT WAS IN THE AIR. ALL THIS DISRUPTED OUR DAILY LIVES. OUR PETS WERE SCARED TO GO OUTSIDE. I HAD TROUBLE GOING OUTSIDE TO ENJOY MY PROPERTY AND LIFESTYLE OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. COULD NOT WATCH TV IN MY OWN LIVING ROOM BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR IT FROM THE NOISE. MY WIFE HAS AN ACTIVE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. BECAUSE OF THESE CONDITIONS, SHE COULD NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE AT TIMES. THE ROAD IN ONE ACRE LOT THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO HOST THIS EVENT ON IS NOT ADEQUATE TO FACILITATE THESE CROWDS OR TRAFFIC. I ESTIMATE THERE WAS AT LEAST 500 ATTENDEES AND I THINK THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WAS UNPERMITTED AND IT WAS NOT CONTAINED TO JUST THEIR PROPERTY. ATTENDEES HAD NO RESPECT OF THE RESIDENTS OR THEIR PROPERTY. THEY WOULD RACE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, SPINNING TIRES, DOING DONUTS, LEAVING THE ROAD IN A MESS THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD WILL HAVE TO REPAIR. THERE WAS PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WITHOUT BEING INVITED, THEY FELT THAT THE PROPERTY WAS THEIR OWN BATHROOM AND THEIR OWN PERSONAL TRASH CAN. IF YOU REQUESTED THEM TO MOVE OR NOT PARK THERE OR THROW THEIR TRASH OUT, YOU WERE MET WITH THREATS OF BODILY HARM. AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL OWNERS, NOT JUST MYSELF. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE HAD THE HAM JAM OFF KURTISMAN'S ROAD? SOMEBODY PASSED AWAY BECAUSE [00:50:03] OF THE CROWDS. THE EMERGENCY PEOPLE COULD NOT GET TO THEM BECAUSE THEY EITHER COULDN'T MOVE OR WOULDN'T MOVE. WE RAN A RISK OF THAT THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND BECAUSE THE CROWDS WERE SO THICK AND PEOPLE ILLEGALLY PARKED. YOU COULDN'T MOVE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THE POTENTIAL WAS THERE. THE BEHAVIOR DURING THIS EVENT WAS QUESTIONABLE AND DEFINITELY NOT SAFE. THERE WERE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE WITH NO SAFETY EQUIPMENT BEING ON THE PAD WITH CARS OR IN MOTION. PEOPLE WERE HANGING OUT THE WINDOWS. I SAW ONE PERSON HAD ONLY ONE LEG IN THE CAR. THE REST OF HIS BODY WAS OUTSIDE FLOPPING AROUND. I ALSO SAW ONE SPINNING AROUND WITH THE DOORS OPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE STACKS OF TIRES THEY HAVE PILED UP WOULD NOT BE ADEQUATE PROTECTION IF A CAR WAS OUT IN CONTROL. MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS LIKE ONE ARREST IMMEDIATELY AFTER SOMEBODY HAD ATTENDED FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND GUNS. WELL, COME ON. IF THERE WAS ONE PERSON THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MORE THAN THAT. THEY JUST DIDN'T GET CAUGHT. SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE CHOSE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME FOR THE WEEKEND INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE CHAOS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AND HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL LEAVE AGAIN IF THE APRIL 4TH PLANNED EVENT HAPPENS, WHILE OTHERS ARE TAKING STEPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. ALSO, I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PLANNING TO MOVE BECAUSE THIS. AS HOMEOWNERS, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THESE STEPS. THESE FUTURE EVENTS NEED TO BE STOPPED NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF IT HAPPENS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN. WHEN THE INJURY DOES HAPPEN. THE HOST HAS ALREADY ADMITTED TO NOT HAVING INSURANCE, NOT EVEN HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE. THEY SAY WE ARE COVERED. EVERYONE SIGNS A WAIVER. SO WE TAXPAYERS WILL BE PAYING THE BILL. IF YOU NEED ANY MORE HELP FROM US RESIDENTS, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'RE THERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELENA CORMIER. >> HELLO HELENA CORMIER. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF Y' ALL AND FOR ALL OF THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT Y' ALL WERE DOING THIS MORNING FOR THE WORKSHOPS AND THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF BEING ABLE TO HELP WORK WITH ME AND WITH ROLLING HILLS AND WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND JUST TRYING TO GET CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CLOSURE HERE SOON. AND JUST CONTINUE PRAYING FOR US. WE'LL CONTINUE PRAYING FOR YOU. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT Y' ALL DO. >> THANK YOU, LYNN. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, MADAM CHAIR? MATT. >> YES. >> SO I AM THE. I AM YOUR COMMISSIONER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE ABOUT THE BURNOUT PIT. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ENGAGED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT DOESN'T MEAN. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE SHERIFF IMMEDIATELY. SHE AND HER TEAM, THE COUNTY MANAGER AND I, WE HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION. WE ARE WORKING OUR PLAN OF ACTION. WE'D RATHER NOT DISCLOSE IT FOR REASONS THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE WAS A CERTIFIED LETTER THAT WAS DELIVERED TODAY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND. AND ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER TO THE RESIDENT THAT DOESN'T OWN THE HOME BUT OCCUPIES IT. AND THAT IS PUBLIC RECORD, SO WE COULD TELL YOU THAT. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO EXPECT US TO RESPOND. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE PEACEFULLY. WE ALL LIVE IN THE COUNTRY FOR A REASON. RIGHT? AND WE INTEND TO EXERCISE THOSE RIGHTS. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND SO WE ARE PULLING EVERY LEVER THAT WE CAN. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR BUCCI AGAIN THIS MORNING JUST TO GET CAUGHT UP. HE'S ONE OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SO THEY'RE ON TOP OF THEIR SIDE. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON OUR SIDE, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. SO WE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS. I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT HERE. SOME HAVE CALLED ME, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU. MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS ON THE WEBSITE. SO IF YOU DO NEED ANYTHING, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE US INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE IT OR IF YOU COME ACROSS THINGS AS WELL. AND WE'LL HELP YOU FROM OUR SIDE, TOO. BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HEAR YOU AND WE ARE RESPONDING WITH EVERY LEVER THAT WE CAN PULL WITHIN THE LAW. WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LASTING CHANGE AND NOT JUST IMMEDIATE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS FOR COMING TODAY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CONDON. AND I CAN SAY I FEEL THE SAME. AND I'M NOT YOUR [00:55:01] COMMISSIONER, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE SOMETHING'S DONE ALSO. AND I'M SURE WE ALL FEEL THE SAME. THAT IS JUST HORRENDOUS. I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION OR IS ANYONE PULLING ANYTHING? [CONSENT AGENDA] >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. >> A MOTION? >> SECOND MOTION. >> A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> BE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION. UPDATES PROGRESS REPORT ON THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM THE [13. Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)] CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE CHAIR, ED DENDORF, BOND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. FIRST UPDATE ON THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, COUNTY ROAD 218, WHICH IS FROM ESTHER'S PIT TO PINE TREE LANE. THE COUNTY'S TEAM IN ANDERSON, COLUMBIA CONTINUE OUR BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS. ANDERSON CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF THE DRAIN STRUCTURES, PIPES, SUBBASE AND BASE MATERIALS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS 63% PAID OUT AND 86% OF THE TIME USED. FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO, SUPERIOR CONTINUED MEDIAN TRAFFIC SEPARATORS AT THE CSX CROSSING AND BEGIN DEMO MILLING OF THE OLD ASPHALT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NORTH SOUTH SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 209 WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THEY ARE ALSO CONSTRUCTING THE CLAY CUTOFF WALL AT POND SITE 2 WHILE MOVING CLAY MATERIAL FROM POND SITE 2 TO POND SITE 3 TO BE USED AS A CLAY POND LINER AND THEN CONTINUED DRAINAGE AND DITCH INSTALLATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 EAST OF THE WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACK. THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AT 74% PAID OUT AND 63% OF THE TIME SPENT. PROJECT 3B SANDRIDGE ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 209 WITH THE SWOOSH AND THE ROUNDABOUT TO COUNTY ROAD 209B, THE COUNTY GII AND KIEWIT HELD THEIR BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS. KIEWIT COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF STORMWATER STRUCTURES AND PIPES CURVING SUBBASE MATERIAL IN THE ROUNDABOUT AREA AS WELL AS SODDING AND FENCING AROUND THE SANDRIDGE ROAD POND SITE. KIEWIT CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE NEW ROUNDABOUT INCLUDING THE BASE MATERIAL. BASE ASPHALT, CURBING, SIDEWALK AND STREETLIGHTS WERE ENERGIZED. KIEWIT PLACED A FINAL FRICTION COURSE OF ASPHALT ON THE EAST AND WESTBOUND SECTIONS OF SANDRIDGE AND SODDED THE MEDIAN. THIS PROJECT IS 71% PAID OUT AND 137% OF THE TIME ELAPSED FOR PROJECTS. >> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. ROUNDABOUTS OPEN. >> YES, MA'.AM. >> AND THE SWOOSH AND THE OLD SAND RIDGE THAT THAT EXTENSION IS NO MORE. >> DON'T TRY TO GO DOWN >> FOR, THANK YOU FOR PROJECT 5 TEAM IS DOING A FABULOUS JOB FOR PROJECT 5 AND 6A. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR THE ARMY CORPS TO ISSUE THEIR PERMITS. BTP PROJECTS 3A, 4 AND 6B ARE COMPLETE AND IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE WORK. CONTINUE ALL THIS WORK. WGI CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSPECTION SERVICES. AS OF MARCH 3, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPENDED 1:52.9 MILLION. THAT CONCLUDES THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PORTION, AND I'LL MOVE INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AS FAR AS SWITCHING HATS FOR BOND TRANSFER FROM BOND TRANSPORTATION TO THE CAPITAL REPORT OUT FROM SIX DIRECTORS. RICHARD SMITH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, SEATED TO MY RIGHT, ERIC POPE, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CREW. BEHIND ERIC POPE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. JUSTIN PEARSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. JEAN PRICE, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, FACILITIES, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. ERIC JONES, DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS MYSELF, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. OVERALL FOR THE COUNTY. THE CURRENT PROJECT LIST CONSISTS OF 262 PROJECTS. THE PROJECT DATA WAS COMPILED BY VERONICA DANG, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS CONTROL SPECIALIST. IN GENERAL TERMS, THERE ARE STILL 59 PROJECTS THAT ARE DIRECT PURCHASES. 46 ARE FURNISHED AND INSTALLS, WHILE 11057 OF THE PROJECTS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN, [01:00:01] PERMITTING AND FINAL CONSTRUCTION OF A PROJECT. ALL 262 PROJECTS EQUAL $206,592,971. THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING 81 PROJECTS ACROSS 14 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ROUGHLY EQUATES TO $95 MILLION WORTH OF WORK FOR THE OVERALL STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND. SO FAR TO DATE, THE COUNTY HAS SPENT 18.1 MILLION, OR ROUGHLY 26% OF THE 65 MILLION. AND NOW FIRST UP IN KIND OF NUMERIC ORDER, JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS OR FIRE STATIONS IF YOU WOULD. FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY WITH 41% COMPLETE AND 26% PAID OUT. FIRE STATION FIVE WE'RE INVESTIGATING LAND ACQUISITION. FIRE STATION 13 DESIGN IS 60% COMPLETE AND 1% PAID OUT. FIRE STATION 15 DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE, 1% PAID OUT 40% OF THE TIME SPENT WITH A FORECAST COMPLETION OF SUMMER 27. FIRE STATION 16 THE DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE, 2% PAID OUT. FIRE STATION 20 WAS COMPLETED IN OPERATIONAL LAST SUMMER. FIRE STATION 21 IS DESIGNED TO 60% COMPLETE WITH 1% PAID OUT. FIRE STATION 22 CONSTRUCTION IS 52% COMPLETE WITH 30% PAID WITH THE FORECAST COMPLETION OF SUMMER 2026. FIRE STATION 24 THE DESIGN IS 100% WITH 3% PAID OUT. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE UPDATE WAS WRITTEN LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATION 24. SEVENTEEN FIRMS ATTENDED THE PRE BID. THERE WERE SIX NO BIDS, 11 BIDS. WHILE THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS EVALUATING THE BIDS AT THIS TIME, FORECAST COMPLETION FOR THAT STATION IS FORECAST FOR COMPLETION SPRING OF 27 AND THEN THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY WITH THE MODIFIED DESIGN IS 80% COMPLETE AT 17% PAID OUT WITH 66% OF THE TIME SPENT WITH A FORECAST COMPLETION SUMMER OF 27. IN SUMMARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WITH FIRE STATION 24 WITH THE BIDS RECEIVED, WE NOW HAVE FIVE FIRE STATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETED. WE'VE GOT THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY TO BE BUILT THREE ADDITIONAL STATIONS IN DESIGN FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION ON ONE TO THREE SITES FOR FUTURE BUILD OUT. >> AMAZING. AWESOME. >> NEXT UP IS THE DESIGN AND RENOVATION OF THE FOURTH FLOOR ENTRYWAY FOR THE COURTHOUSE. THIS PROJECT IS RENOVATING AND BUILDING OUT APPROXIMATELY 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF COUNTY EXCUSE ME, A CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED HERE IN GREENCO SPRINGS. THE SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AT THE ENTRY AND EXIT WAY. CONSTRUCTION IS ROUGHLY 57% AND IS ON TRACK FOR COMPLETION. FOLLOW THIS YEAR AND LAST FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS CCUA CONNECTION PROJECT AT OMEGA PARK. THIS PROJECT WILL FULLY TRANSITION THE CURRENT FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEM AND WELL WATER SYSTEM TO A PERMANENT CQ. CCUA UTILITIES THE JOINT PRE CONSTRUCTION MEETING WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 24TH WITH CCUA IN ATTENDANCE. PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PENDING MOBILIZATION WITH FORECAST COMPLETION LATER THIS YEAR. FALL WITH THIS I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER THE MIC TO RICHARD FOR THE ROADWAY AND TRAIL PROJECTS. >> THANKS ED. RICHARD SMITH, COUNTY ENGINEER, THE ENGINEERING UPDATE FOR THE WEEK IS DIFFERENT. WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF FINISHING UP. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AS YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET, WE HAVE A BRIDGE ON 220. JUST THE SCOPE OF THIS. IF WE COULD SHOW THIS PICTURE, BUT 4 LANES WIDE BIKE LANES. YOU SEE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THERE, A FULL-SIZE PICKUP TRUCK AND THERE'S ROOM FOR ANOTHER FULL SIZE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO GO AROUND THAT PROJECT IS THE BRIDGE IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER LATE SUMMER. THE INTERSECTION IS COMPLETED SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE JUNE. SO WORK IS PROCEEDING ON COUNTY ROAD 220. WE GOT A NEW PROJECT AS WE ALWAYS WILL HAVE AS LONG AS WE HAVE FUNDING. THE 220 AT COUNTY ROAD 220 EAST WEST PARKWAY SMALL ADDITION THERE THAT ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE AREA WILL CERTAINLY APPRECIATE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONFUSING WHO GOES WHERE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHILI'S OR TJ OR CHILI'S OR KOHL'S OR TACO BELL NOW IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTRA LANE THERE AND WITH OUR NEW SIGNALS THERE, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME PATIENCE. THAT'S CONCRETE PAVEMENT. COMMISSIONER RENINGER, ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT IS IT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS TO CURE ONCE IT'S IN PLACE. WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER RENINGER ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION. THE CONCRETE SHOULD BE POURED IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. WE'LL THEN HAVE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF OF WHY CAN'T I DRIVE ON THAT QUESTION BUT DON'T LIVE. OAK LANE WAS PAVING WAS COMPLETED LAST WEEK. IT IS A BIG, BIG IMPROVEMENT. IT'LL SAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS MANY HOURS ON THE GRADER AND I THINK IT'LL REALLY AND TRULY HELP THE PROPERTY VALUES AS [01:05:01] WELL AS JUST THE OVERALL LIVABILITY OF THAT AREA. GOOD JOB TO BESCHEN SMITH, OUR CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH THEY GOT SOME DITCH WORK TO DO DOWN ON THE NORTH END AND SOME SODDING FINAL STRIPING AND SIGNAGE SHOULD BE FINISHED COMPLETELY BY MAYBE AS EARLY AS APRIL. THAT INCLUDED THE PAVING OF THE ROAD AS WELL AS A 12 FOOT TRAIL THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT THE JENNINGS STATE FOREST TO GOLD HEAD BRANCH STATE PARK IS THE GOAL. SPENCER INDUSTRIAL DRIVE IS A PROJECT SIMILAR TO ATLANTIS. IT WAS A JOBS GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE GOVERNOR CAME PRESENTED US THE BIG CHECK. IT IS 95% COMPLETE. I DROVE IT ON SUNDAY AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S WORTH THE TRIP OUT THERE. ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET A PICTURE OF THE IKO FACILITY. IT'S BIGGER THAN YOU THINK AND THEY SHOULD BE. THEY HAVE WORKERS THERE NOW, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE PRODUCT COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE IN A FEW MONTHS. THAT'S THE BEST UPDATE I HAVE ON THAT. BUT SPENCER INDUSTRIAL SHOULD BE FINAL COMPLETION BY THE MID PART OF APRIL. WANTED TO GET A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT SIDEWALKS AND WE FINISHED WORK ON A SIDEWALK OVER IN THE RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL AREA LATE LAST MONTH. AND I PUT A COUPLE OF PICTURES IN OF THE CHOCTAW TRAIL SIDEWALK THAT IS IN THE RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY AREA. AND I PUT THE ONE PICTURE IN OF THE SIDEWALK GOING AROUND THE OAK TREE. THESE SIDEWALKS ARE FIELD ENGINEERED BETWEEN OUR INSPECTORS AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTORS. THE DEADLINE IS SO TIGHT WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO AND HIRE A SET OF DO A SET OF PLANS AND GET THOSE PERMITTED AND APPROVED. WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS FIELD WORK, DO IT IN THE FIELD. AND IT REALLY TURNED OUT. I THINK IT TURNED OUT VERY NICE. IT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AS NICE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHEN YOU NOTICE WHAT SOMEBODY'S DONE, THEY'VE USUALLY MESSED IT UP. THIS SIDEWALK LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 27 YEARS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING AGAIN. WE'VE GOT A VERY. WE'VE GOT A SPRINT HERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM MEGAN AND TROY NAGLE LATER ON. OUR NEXT TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOBILIZE ON ARE OVER IN THE CLAY HILL AREA AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MUCH NEEDED SIDEWALKS FOR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL. GIVING YOU A PICTURE OF THE SCOPE OF THAT WORK. THAT WORK SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. OUR FDOT UPDATE IS GOT AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON OF COMMISSIONER SCROMOLO. THE MAINLINE PAVING FOR EAGLE HARBOR AT WOOLDER OAK LANE IS COMPLETE. THEY HAVE TESTING THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING TO DO AND THEY SHOULD EXPECT FINAL ACCEPTANCE BY EARLY APRIL. SO THAT PROJECT WILL BE WRAPPED UP IN 30 DAYS OR SO. WORK CONTINUES OUT FRONT HERE. YOU CAN NOTICE THEY ACTUALLY MILLED AND RESURFACED ONE LANE ON THE NEXT SECTION OF THE US 17 RESURFACING RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT. THAT WORK CONTINUES NIGHTLY. AND EXPECT SINGLE LANE CLOSURES. DON'T GET IN A HURRY GOING NORTH OR SOUTH ON 17 AFTER 78 7PM UNTIL 6AM THE WELLS ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONTINUING ON SCHEDULE. THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED THERE IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS. AND BY JUNE ON STATE ROAD 16 WAS COMING THROUGH. ON SUNDAY THEY WERE ACTUALLY RESURFACING DOWN NEAR THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY'RE KIND OF WORKING SPORADICALLY IN THAT AREA. ANDERSON COLUMBIA, THE CONTRACTOR FOR PROJECT ONE ON THE BOND OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, IS HANDLING THAT PROJECT. WE HOPE TO SEE DIFFERENT RESULTS THAN THE WAY 17 WAS DONE. I'VE ADDED A SECTION HERE FOR SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. WE GOT SIX PROJECTS I'VE NOTED THAT ARE COMING UP JUST TO BE READY FOR RADAR ROAD. THAT IS THE UTILITIES ARE BEING MOVED. YOU SHOULD SEE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION STARTING THERE IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. LONG BAY WE PUT OUT LONG BAY AT OLD JENNINGS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. WE PLACE DIGITAL SIGNS IN THE MORNING THAT WILL KIND OF WARN THE DRIVERS. YOU CAN EXPECT SOME REAL ROAD WORK TO START OUT THERE IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. THE UTILITY CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND ALMOST COMPLETE. INTERNALLY WE ARE. WE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN CLAY COUNTY ARE RESURFACING COUNTY ROAD 220. THAT PROJECT WILL BEGIN AT U.S. 17 AND GO TO THE WEST OF BROOKSTONE [01:10:04] DRIVE. THAT'S WHERE THE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED BY DOT FINISHED UP ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THAT BEGINS ON MARCH 12TH THIS DAY AFTER TOMORROW. THAT WILL BE NIGHT WORK. THE WORK WILL. THERE SHOULD BE NO LANE CLOSURES DURING THE DAY UNLESS IT'S A VERY UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCE, UNEXPECTED INCIDENT. AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THAT'S A FOUR-TO-SIX-WEEK PROJECT. AS SOON AS THAT'S COMPLETED THE CREWS WILL SHIFT OVER TO TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD RESURFACING THE FINAL PORTION OF IT FROM EAGLE HARBOR PARK PARKWAY THROUGH 220 TO EAST WEST PARKWAY. THAT WILL COMPLETE TOWN CENTER FROM U.S. 17 TO EAGLE HARBOR PARKWAY WITH A FULL RESURFACING. AGAIN THAT'LL BE A NIGHT PROJECT AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE A INTERSECTION CHANGE AT THE NORTH END AT EAGLE HARBOR PARKWAY AND TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD THAT WILL BECOME A THREE WAY STOP SIGN STOP AREA. WE WILL BE POSTING THAT CHANGE OF TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THAT'S A ONE-TO-TWO-WEEK PROJECT. WHEN THAT FINISHES, THE CREWS WILL. THEN IF WE CAN KEEP THESE GUYS BUSY, IT'S THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT MONTH. WE PUT THEM TO. THAT MONTH HELPED OUT NOW BECAUSE WE NOW ARE GOING STRAIGHT INTO DOCTORS LAKE DRIVE RESURFACING AND THAT WILL AGAIN BE DONE AT NIGHT AND WILL BE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. IT'LL GO FROM PEORIA UP TO KINGSLEY AVENUE. SO ONE OTHER PROJECT I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON IT A LONG TIME AND IT'S KIND OF THE KICKOFF FOR OUR DIRT ROAD PAVING FOR THE YEAR IS TWO STREETS IN THE CITY OF KEY JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. THAT'S HILLTOP AND LAKEVIEW STREET. WE HAVE A PRE BID MEETING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT ON MARCH 23RD. SO MANDATORY MEETING. WE ARE READY TO GO. THAT PROJECT INCLUDES SOME DRAINAGE AND WAS A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THAN JUST GOING OUT AND PAVING THE DIRT THAT EXISTS. SO WE HOPE TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE ON PECAN STREET TO THE NORTH END OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT SHOULD JUST MAKE THE WHOLE AREA. IT'LL BASICALLY TAKE OUR GRADERS FROM GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS OF KEYSTONE. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MADAM CHAIR, SO. I A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS. SO MY BUSINESS OWNER ON 218 THAT HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE IN AND OUT OF THE BUSINESS WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS. I WANT TO THANK ED, WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT WORKING WITH ED AND HE'S WORKING WITH RICHARD AND CARLOS, WE'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE THINK WILL BE ACCEPTABLE AND HELPFUL TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS IN BUSINESS AND ALSO TO HONOR THE PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE BUSINESS OWNER WORKING WITH US ON THAT. AND SO AND CARLOS THOUGHT THAT WE COULD GET IT DONE FOR NO ADDITIONAL COST. SO IT WAS A SITUATION THAT WOULD JUST. IT JUST FELL RIGHT INTO WHAT THEY ARE THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE THERE. SO IT WAS GOOD TIMING AND A GOOD THING. THE OTHER THING I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW IS RICHARD AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE SIDEWALKS IN THE WILKINSON SCHOOL AREAS, BLUE JAY MALLARD, FOR I THINK ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. BUT IT CAME FROM. AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IT CAME FROM A PARENT REQUEST AND SAID I DON'T LIVE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FOR THE BUS TO COME GET MY CHILD, BUT SO THEY HAVE TO WALK AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK. SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT PLAYED IN THERE. AND THE FINAL THING THAT I WAS WONDERING AND JUSTIN, I TRIED TO TEXT YOU BUT. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PHONE. SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE INTERIM WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE INTERIM ON OMEGA PARK WITH OUR SEPTIC TO SEWER PROJECT THERE. WE KNOW PARENTS, IF YOU ARE PARENTS OF SPORTS KIDS AT OMEGA, THAT THE BATHROOMS ARE A CHALLENGE AND SO I'LL LET JUSTIN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE KNOW SPRING SEASON WAS THE. THERE'S NEVER A GOOD TIME. IT WAS NOT A GOOD TIME. BUT HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, LET YOU UPDATE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JUSTIN PIERCE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. BEHIND ME, I HAVE GENE PRICE AND OF COURSE CAPITAL PROJECT TO TALK ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE PROJECT. BUT AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO KIND OF MITIGATE THE SITUATION OF THE RESTROOMS BEING DOWN, WE'VE ORDERED THREE ADDITIONAL PORTLETS, TWO REGULAR ONES ADA ACCESSIBLE. WE'VE HAD TWO HAND WASHING STATIONS DELIVERED THIS PAST SATURDAY AND ACTUALLY TOOK A TRIP [01:15:01] AFTER OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP OUT THERE AND NOTICED THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE PORTLETS, THERE ARE FOUR ON ONE SIDE AND THEN THREE ON THE OTHER. SO I WENT TO OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM, HAPPY PROCUREMENT MONTH, TO SEE IF WE CAN ORDER ANOTHER HAND WASHING STATION TO BE ON THE SITE WITH THE THREE. AND THAT'S JUST EAST OF WHERE THE TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS ARE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH UNITED SITE SERVICES. CURRENTLY, THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR TWO CLEANINGS PER WEEK. SO WE'RE NEGOTIATING THREE AND FOUR TIMES PER WEEK. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE WILL UP THE CLEANINGS OF THE PORTALIST TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO TWO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO WE DO HEAR THE COMPLAINTS I RECEIVED A LOT AND COMMUNICATED BACK AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HEAR YOU AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AS FAST AS WE CAN TO MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEASON BECAUSE SPRING SEASON IS SPRING BASEBALL SEASON. THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM FACILITIES. THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR END TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS THE PERMANENT RESTROOMS. BUT WE ARE LISTENING AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MA' AM? >> NO. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THAT UPDATE AND WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S PATIENCE WITH US OUT THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BATHROOM PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO GET THERE. SO THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. >> MADAM CHAIR. >> WHO ELSE? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THANKS AGAIN TO RICHARD AND COURTNEY ESPECIALLY. WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON EAGLE HARBOR PARKWAY AND TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD. YOU KNOW, RICHARD, YOU CAME UP WITH ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO. AND THE TOUGHEST THING IS I THINK ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVE TO DO WITH DIVERTING HUMAN BEHAVIOR. RIGHT. THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THAT INTERSECTION FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE IS SAFE. RIGHT. THE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE IS HUMAN BEHAVIOR. AND THE. THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO THAT IS TO MAKE EVERYBODY STOP. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAFEST THING WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD. SO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. >> RICHARD. I'M LOOKING AT THE PHOTO OF LIVE OAK LANE. LOOKS REALLY STRAIGHT AND REALLY LONG. HOW LONG IS THAT STRAIGHT AWAY? >> IT IS VERY STRAIGHT. IT WAS VERY LONG. AND THE LAST TIME OUR COUNTY MANAGER WROTE IT WAS WITH THE. OUR CONGRESSMAN. IT'S REALLY, REALLY A LOT SMOOTHER, MR. WANAMAKER. I MEAN, IT WAS A. IT WAS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. WE WENT TO VETERANS PARK AND IT WAS A. IT WAS. IT HAD TO BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH A DROUGHT LIKE THIS, THE RIDGES, THE BUMPS GET, THEY'RE MAGNIFIED. >> I'M LOOKING AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY OR DIRECTORS HERE. THAT'S REALLY A LONG STRAIGHTAWAY. NEWLY PAVED. >> NEWLY PAVED. IT'LL BE SMOOTH. IT WILL BE POSTED AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THEY'RE POSTING AT 25 MILES AN HOUR IS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES. WE HAVE SUCH A TIGHT RIGHT OF WAY THERE THAT THE POLES ARE SO CLOSE THAT THAT'S THE HIGHEST SAFE SPEED LIMIT THAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THAT FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT. LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT NOW. I GAVE MR. WANAMAKER SOME PHOTOS FROM THIS MORNING. THE STRIPING IS IN PLACE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL ROAD. >> SECOND COMMENT I HAVE OR QUESTION? QUESTION I HAVE IS IN THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK, THEY CREATED A BOARDWALK TO CONNECT BLACK CREEK TRAIL BASICALLY WITH THE BIKE TRAIL ON DR. SLAKE DRIVE. >> CORRECT. >> NOW, PART OF THAT PROJECT, OR AT LEAST COINCIDENT TO THAT PROJECT, THEY CONCRETED STEPS OR SOMETHING. AND I. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID THERE? >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY DID, WHY THEY DID IT, BUT IT WILL BE REMOVED. >> I MEAN, IT MAKES NO SENSE. BUT WHAT DOES MAKE SENSE IS THAT THEY GOT THEIR AREA CORRECT. >> YEAH. RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE OUR CONNECTION DOWN. IT'S NOT. IT CONNECTS TO MILWAUKEE IS THE EAST WEST ROAD. THE BOARDWALK CONNECTS OVER THE BLACK CREEK TRAIL. WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. PART OF THE. PART OF OUR DOCTORS LAKE RESURFACING. PROJECT WILL BE TO PUT IN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THERE. RIGHT. WE'VE STILL GOT TO FIX WHAT HAPPENED. IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE. IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE STEPS. >> SO LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO ON A BIKE ON STEPS? [01:20:02] >> OH, NO, NO. >> IT'S STEPS. >> YOU ALMOST CAN'T EVEN WALK ACROSS. >> I DON'T EVEN THINK OF HUMAN. IT'S NOT A NORMAL 7 INCHES. 7 INCHES HIGH BY 12 INCHES LONG. IT'S A CHALLENGE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE GAME SHOWS, SURVIVOR. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIX THAT. TO CONNECT THE VERY, VERY WELL USED, OFTEN USED DOCTORS LAKE TRAIL TO THE NEW MILWAUKEE. >> THE POINT IS I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF IT AT LAST. OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WE'VE ALSO KEEP IN MIND IT'S IN A UNIQUE SITUATION. WHILE WE'RE IN THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK, WE OWN AND MAINTAIN DOCTORS LAKE DRIVE. SO THEREFORE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE POINT WAS OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. WE DID NOT GET NOTIFIED OF IT. WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THERE. I THINK THOSE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS HAVE REALLY ADDED A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE RECREATIONAL AREAS LIKE THIS. AT VILLAGE AT RONNIE VAN ZANT, THEY. THEY USE IT THERE VERY OFTEN AND THAT'S KIND OF A MID-BLOCK CROSSING. THEY WILL TRY TO SAVE, SAVE, BUT THAT'S. WE NEED TO FIX IT. THAT IS PART OF THE RESURFACING. RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL LOOK INTO THE RAMP RESTRUCTURING, THOUGH. GLAD YOU REMINDED ME. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND SUCH A HANDSOME GROUP HERE WE HAVE HERE. AND ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER CONNOR'S COMMENT, CHOCTAW TRAIL WAS ALSO AN AREA THAT TERESA SANDE ACTUALLY HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOREVER. SIDEWALKS AS SHE LEFT. HELLO, THERESA. I KNOW SHE'S HAPPY, BUT THAT WAS. THEY WERE NEEDED FOR YEARS. I MEAN, MY KIDS WENT THERE AND THOSE KIDS DID NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. VERY NICE. >> AND IT DOES FIT IN. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ADDED A SIDEWALK. >> AWESOME. >> THAT'S WHAT'S NICE ABOUT IT. >> VERY GOOD. THANK Y'. ALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE AT FIVE O' CLOCK TIME, CERTAIN WE'LL START WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT [16. Substantial Amendment to the Clay County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Citizen Participation Plan (M. Covey)] CONSOLIDATED PLAN, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN WITH MEGAN. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MEGAN COVEY WITH THE GRANT DEPARTMENT. THIS ITEM IS A CONTINUANCE FROM THE FEBRUARY 24TH MEETING. SO JUST TO RECAP AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT IS BASICALLY YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS TO ALLOCATE $1.85 MILLION TO SIDEWALKS AND $100,000 TO NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THIS EVENING FROM EACH OF THESE PROJECTS HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR INITIATIVES AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THE FUNDS. BOTH NONPROFITS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT DID COME TO THE COUNTY WITH PROJECTS THAT STAFF FELT ALIGNED WITH THE CDBG CRITERIA, CONTINUED THE WORK OF THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ALIGNED WITH THE COUNTY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, INCLUDING INITIATIVES LIKE COLLEGE DRIVE AND THE HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE. SO BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTINUANCE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE CAN GO INTO DISCUSSION ON EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS APPROVAL OF A BUDGET TO COMPLETE THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP. PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE? ALL RIGHT, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? IMPACT CLAY, I BELIEVE, IS FIRST ON THE AGENDA, IF THEY'RE READY. >> CONNIE THOMAS, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF IMPACT CLAY. WE HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD PROPOSED. AND I'M UP HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, AS I MET WITH EACH ONE, IS THAT WE WANT TO IMPACT OUR CITIZENS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IS STEP OUT OF THE PILOT PHASE AND MOVE INTO THE COUNTYWIDE PHASE AND GIVE OUR CITIZENS SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN A TIME OF NEED. RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE PILOT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, SO IF YOU GO TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, YOU WILL SEE US THERE ALREADY. AND WE HAVE HAD MUCH SUCCESS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS OUT TO THE REST OF OUR COUNTY AND TO THE REST OF THE CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN TRULY BE CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES. WE HAVE LOADED IN 149 NONPROFITS. WE VET EACH ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TRULY NONPROFITS AND THAT THEY'RE TRULY GOING TO GIVE THE HELP TO THE CITIZENS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING OUT, OF COURSE, [01:25:01] THAT THERE'S WAY MORE NEED THAN WE HAVE NONPROFITS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW. SO OUR BACK END STATISTICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IS GOING TO HELP NONPROFITS BE ABLE TO GO FOR MORE GRANTS TO HELP OUR CITIZENS EVEN FURTHER AS TIME GOES ON, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SHOW WHERE THERE'S A GAP IN NEED TO GET MORE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO WE FEEL LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING AND WE HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE IT TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES, I HAVE A QUESTION, CONNIE. SO, AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A MEGAN QUESTION. SO THE THREE MONETARY PROPOSALS ARE 1.8 FOR 1.8 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS, 100,000 FOR NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING AND THEN 150,000 FOR ADMINISTRATION. MY QUESTIONS ARE ON THE NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING AND THE ADMINISTRATION. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE AND THE INTRICACIES? >> SURE. THE ADMINISTRATION ARE FUNDS FOR BCC STAFF WHO SPEND TIME WORKING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS GRANT THIS YEAR. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ENGAGE A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO HELP US PLAN OUR NEXT FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. >> SO THE ADMINISTRATION PART IS THE COUNTY? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> YES. >> AND THEN THE NON-CAPACITY BUILDING, WHAT WILL THOSE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BE USED FOR? >> SO THAT WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO PASS THROUGH FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR EACH NONPROFIT. AND I'LL LET CONNIE, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON HOW THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE USED DIRECTLY. YES. >> SO LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE TAKING US OUT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM AND BRINGING IT TO THE COUNTY AT LARGE. SO THAT WOULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP HOST SITES IN NONPROFITS THAT ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN TRAIN PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT LINCSE IS RIGHT THERE AND HOW TO USE LINCSE. AND MERCY HAS HAD LINCSE ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW. AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENJOYING THE FACT THAT THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO LINCSE RATHER THAN TALK TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE. NOT EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT MERCY PROVIDES BOTH ANSWERING ON THE PHONE AND LINCSE. BUT THEN I MUST SAY THAT THOSE THAT ANSWER THE PHONE ARE NOW USING LINCSE TO CALL UP THE SERVICES, TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WOULD BEST FIT THEM. SO THE MONEY IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GO TO DIRECT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT LIKE IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH IS IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO THE CITIZENS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM GET THE APPROPRIATE HELP. AND IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE GREAT HELP BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S TOTALLY VETTED. >> JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE FIVE OF US. YOU KNOW, OF THE THINGS THAT I SHARED IN MY BRIEFING WITH BOTH NON FOR PROFITS IS AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF NON FOR PROFITS IN CLAY COUNTY. I PERSONALLY, AS BEING ONE SINGULAR COMMISSIONER, WANT TO SEE THOSE DOLLARS GO DIRECTLY TO THE FOLKS THAT NEED IT. IN THE CASE OF LINCSE, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, IF WE CAN USE THIS MONEY TO SPREAD OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE THINGS CONNIE SAID IN MY BRIEFING WAS THAT NONPROFITS PAY A USAGE FEE FOR USING THE SOFTWARE. AND FOR ME, IF THAT 100,000 OR 50,000 OR HOWEVER WAS SPLIT, HELPED THOSE OTHER NON FOR PROFITS USE THE SOFTWARE, WHICH THEN IN TURN HELPS THE CITIZENS, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M IN FAVOR OF. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SUPPORT. THAT'S HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. WHAT I CAN'T SUPPORT IS FUNDING THE FTE OR THE MANPOWER OF THE NON FOR PROFIT. I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE NONPROFIT WORLD, WHEN THE MISSION'S REALLY GOOD, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT IT AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND IT. SO THAT'S WHERE I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION BEFORE ANY KIND OF VOTE AS TO HOW THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE MONEY BECAUSE IF IT'S FTE, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. BUT IF IT'S FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN GET BEHIND. >> AND TO CLARIFY THAT $100,000 THEN 10 IS SPLIT IT EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO. >> GOTCHA. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> YEAH, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE CONNIE, I AM LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION HERE. OUR CONVERSATION WENT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU SHARED WITH ME THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO. INDUSTRY LEADERS WHO WOULD HELP FACILITATE, FACILITATE THE WORK. SO IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE YOU KEPT SAYING TO ME AND MICHELLE ALSO WAS SAYING [01:30:01] TO ME THAT YOU GUYS WOULD NEED TO BRING IN PROFESSIONALS TO ASSIST. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THE SAME. >> SO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT COUNTYWIDE, WE HAVE TO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH EACH ONE OF OUR HOST SITES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN PROFESSIONALS TO HELP US WITH THOSE CONTRACTS. SO ANYBODY WHO HOSTS LINCSE HAS TO HAVE A CONTRACT, JUST LIKE WE HAVE A CONTRACT RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY THAT COURTNEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AND THAT OUR ATTORNEY HAD TO GO THROUGH. AND WE MAKE SURE IT MATCHED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CROSSING ALL THE T'S BEFORE LAKESI WAS PUT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. AND THAT TOOK A NUMBER OF WEEKS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF THING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO HOSTS LINCSE THROUGHOUT IS WE HAVE IT DONE RIGHT. >> SO SAID ANOTHER WAY YOU'RE HIRING SERVICE PROVIDERS TO. WHAT I, WHAT I'M LOOKING TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT THE LAST MEETING IN THAT WE WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ALLOCATING THESE RESOURCES TO PEOPLE. RIGHT. IT BECAME VERY APPARENT IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR PERSONNEL. AND IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, THAT IT'S GOING TO PERSONNEL. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S BEING ALLOCATED TO SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO, LIKE IN MY MEETING, YOU KEPT. IT KEPT COMING UP. WELL, WE NEED TO HIRE LAWYERS. WE NEED TO HIRE LAWYERS TO DO THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD. SO I GUESS IF THE DISTINCTION THAT'S BEING MADE TONIGHT IS THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO DIRECTLY TO IMPACT CLAY, TO HIRE FOLKS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, THEN I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW, BUT ALSO TO UNDERSCORE THAT YOU'RE STILL USING THAT MONEY ON PEOPLE. YOU'VE JUST. YOU'VE SLATED IT. YOU'VE GIVEN THOSE PEOPLE A NAME. >> YES, YES. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTION OF LINCSE IS TO GIVE AI GUARDRAILS TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO USE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT SAFE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HIRE WHOEVER'S NEEDED TO MAKE THAT SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A PRODUCT OUT THERE TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE THE GUARDRAILS, HIPAA GUARDRAILS, ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE FOR SOMEBODY TO HOST LINCSE. SO, YES, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT COMMISSIONER SCRUMLO WAS SAYING, THAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO KIND OF HAVE IT WHERE IT'S TIERED, WHERE PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT THE COUNTY'S KIND OF GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP PER SE TO HOST LINCSE, AND THEN THAT WAY THAT'S COVERING THEIR MONTHLY FEE TO HOST LINCSE. AND IN THAT FEE, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THEY ARE, THE LINK SEE THAT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE IS GOOD TO GO, THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT'S DOING ITS JOB. SO IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ANYBODY ELSE? >> YEAH, CONNIE, NOW MY CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT WE WERE FACILITATING OUR MEMBER NONPROFITS TO BE PARTICIPATE IN THE LINCSEN CONNECTIVITY TO CONNECTING RESOURCE WITH REQUIREMENT. >> EXACTLY. >> A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN I THINK I HEARD WE'RE GOING FROM A BETA VERSION OR TO A MORE FINAL VERSION OF LINCSE. AND QUITE HONESTLY, I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN BRIAN NIGHT TO COME UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT'S WORLD CLASS. >> YES. >> THE OTHER COMPONENT TO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS THESE ARE THREE FOCAL AREAS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ASKED STAFF TO LOOK INTO. BOTH THE HIGH RIDGE, CD COLLEGE DRIVE, AND ALSO WELLS ROAD. SO WE KIND OF FOCUSING SOME RESOURCES TO THOSE PROJECTS AS A COMMISSION REQUESTED MAYBE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, WHICH I THINK WE OUGHT TO RELOOK AT THAT, GIVEN THE FISCAL RESTRAINTS WE'RE UNDER IN A FEW PERCEIVED FISCAL RESTRAINTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE. BUT ANYWAY, I LOOKED AT THIS AND I THINK THIS PART I CAN SUPPORT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ONE [01:35:01] OF OUR FOCAL AREAS. AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN BRIAN KNIGHT, THAT HE'S GOING TO COME UP WITH A GREAT PRODUCT THAT I THINK WE'LL BE PROUD OF AND IT'LL PROVIDE TANGENTIAL SUPPORT TO THE HIGH NEEDS POPULATION THAT WE ALL HAVE IN ALL OUR DISTRICTS. SO, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS >> FOR STAFF IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED TONIGHT. I THINK WE DO NEED SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THE BOARD IS MOST COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING IN THE FUNDING AGREEMENT. IF STAFF CONSULTANTS OR, YOU KNOW, LICENSES FOR THE NONPROFITS. JUST IF YOU HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, FINAL COMMENTS ON THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE PASS THROUGH FUNDS. ARE WE AT DISCUSSION? ARE WE GOING TO HEAR MORE? I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CONNIE, BUT I HAD. I HAD. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE. I HAD INPUT FOR WHAT. WHAT WAS SAID, BUT I CAN WAIT. YOU WANT TO JUST DO THAT? AFTER SHE'S DONE, WE CAN START THAT. DO THAT. OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. CONNIE. YOU CAN SAY I'M DONE. YOU'RE. >> I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROPOSAL AND WE. WE ARE ASKING FOR PERSONNEL ASSISTANCE. WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT PERSONNEL ASSISTANCE WITH VERY CLEAR DELIVERABLES THAT WE WANT TO OFFER. I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS, THOUGH, ON THE WHY. ANYONE WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR WORLD AND LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS KNOWS THAT YOU ALL ARE SITTING IN VERY DIFFICULT POSITIONS AND LEADING DURING GREAT UNCERTAINTY. WHILE I DON'T ENVY YOU, I AM REMINDED THAT AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, I GOT TO KNOW THIS BOARD AND COUNTY STAFF DURING COVID ANOTHER SEASON OF DIFFERENT BUT STILL GREAT UNCERTAINTY. OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALL PROUD OF IS THE WAY CLAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFITS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY DURING THAT SEASON. I KNOW THAT THE INFLUX OF FEDERAL DOLLARS DURING COVID WERE REALLY HELPFUL, BUT LOTS OF COUNTIES HAD THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SET US APART WAS OUR CREATIVITY AND OUR COLLABORATION. I'M ASKING TODAY THAT WE LEAN INTO THOSE STRENGTHS OF CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION. I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS WRESTLED WITH QUESTIONS RELATED TO GIVING GRANTS TO NONPROFITS, ESPECIALLY WHEN RELATED TO SUPPORTING PERSONNEL. AS A CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY LEADER, I APPRECIATE YOUR DESIRE TO AVOID FAVORITISM AND BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SETS THIS REQUEST APART IS THAT WE ARE DIRECTLY, NOT TANGENTIALLY, RELATED TO YOUR WORK. THIS PROPOSAL WAS BORN OUT OF A DESIRE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE GREAT COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THROUGH HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT THIS BOARD HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT. WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT NO FUNDING IS GUARANTEED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CDBG DOLLARS, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM COUNTY OPERATIONS AND MUST BE USED TO SERVE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE IN AREAS. AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS REQUESTING JUST 5% OR ABOUT 630FT OF SIDEWALK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A YEAR TO RECRUIT NEW PARTNERS WHO ARE INTERESTED AND ABLE TO PROVIDE FUTURE FUNDING, DEVELOP A PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE TAKING CARE OF CURRENT RESIDENTS, AND CONTINUE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, HOME REPAIRS. AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS A KNOWN AREA OF BLIGHT THAT HAS BEEN UNDER RESOURCED FOR GENERATIONS. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT NOTHING ABOUT TOMORROW IS PROMISED. BUT LET'S NOT DESPAIR. LET'S HOLD ON TO HOPE. AT MISSION, WHERE I PASTOR, WE BELIEVE IN MUTUAL AID, WHICH OPERATES ON SOLIDARITY, NOT CHARITY. SO WE OFTEN SAY, TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, GIVE WHAT YOU CAN. WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER, GIVING IDEAS, TIME, ENERGY, MONEY TO REMOVE NEARLY 60 TONS OF TRASH FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROVIDE OVER 60 HOME REPAIRS SINCE 2022, INCLUDING RESTORING RUNNING WATER TO A NUMBER OF HOMES, IN ADDITION TO RUNNING A COMMUNITY AND RESOURCE CENTER [01:40:03] IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS FOUR DAYS A WEEK. I'VE SHARED WHAT WE NEED AND SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR MUTUAL GOALS. AND I'D ASK COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU GIVE WHAT YOU CAN SO THAT WE CAN STAND TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTY. HAPPY TO ANSWER. QUESTIONS, ANYONE? THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER CONDON? >> SURE, I'LL START. SO I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER RENEGAR HIT ON IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ADOPTED THE INITIATIVES AND WE ACTUALLY, I THINK HAVE FOUR. WE HAVE THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE, THE HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE, THE GATEWAY TO CLAY WELLS ROAD INITIATIVE, AND THEN THE BLANDING BOULEVARD REVITALIZATION, WHICH HASN'T HAD A LOT OF WORK DONE ON IT YET, BUT I THINK THAT IT. BUT I'LL SAVE MY COMMENT ON THAT FOR A MINUTE, BUT COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE AND HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE BOTH GREW OUT OF GRASSROOTS EFFORTS WITH THE CITIZENS WHERE THEY CAME TO US AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. BOTH HAVE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN FRONT OF OUR BOARD. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE DIFFERENT MONIES, BUT WE DID THE ULI STUDY, THE URBAN I FORGET WHAT THAT LAND INSTITUTE, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE DID. DID REPORTS ON THESE. IN FACT, THEY DID REPORTS ON ALL FOUR INITIATIVES. AND THESE INITIATIVES ARE NOW IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO, SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE, THE ULI REPORT DIRECTED OR RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNTY PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT DIRECTLY TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO GO ON IN THERE. AND SO WHAT I SAW THIS AS. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT OUR LAST MEETING TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT I WATCHED IT. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS IS A CREATIVE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE ULI STUDY GAVE US, THE EXPERTS GAVE US. I HAD CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, WE CHOSE TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY MANAGER IN ELIMINATING THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, BUT THE WORK IS STILL NEEDED JUST BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT IS GONE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO, I GUESS, FARM OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE. SO I. AND I. AND THE REASON I SAID, HOLD ON. THE BLANDING BOULEVARD, I SEE SOME OF THIS AS COULD BE A FRAMEWORK OR A PILOT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE OR HIGH RIDGE INITIATIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT BLANDING BOULEVARD REVITALIZATION AND GATEWAY TO CLAY COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IN THE SAME MODEL GOING FORWARD. TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER RISCOMOLO, I WAS THE FIRST ONE SCREAMING ABOUT NOT FUNDING NONPROFITS. AND I AGREE COMPLETELY. I THINK FROM GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WE. WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. AND I. I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS HAPPENED BEFORE YOU CAME. YEAH. SO I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHEN. WHEN IT HAPPENED. BUT. AND I. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN WE HAD A NONPROFIT COME UP AND SAY SOME 20 YEARS, 20, 25 YEARS THAT THEY HAD BEEN FUNDED IN PART BY THE COUNTY. I AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S. AND WHERE I THINK THIS SETS APART IS THAT THESE ARE THE CHOSEN INITIATIVES UNTIL OUR BOARD CHANGES THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION IF WE WANT TO MOVE ON FROM THESE INITIATIVES. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. >> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, BUT I HAVE A. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE. >> YES. >> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE A LOT. AND ALSO TO THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL AS THOSE LISTENING, WE HAVE SO MANY REQUIREMENTS. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE USED ALL THIS MONEY IN SIDEWALKS TO BENEFIT IN THE LMI AREAS, TO BENEFIT A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT. [01:45:02] LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE MADE A DECISION TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN AREAS WITH CERTAIN RESOURCES, AND THIS GIVES US THE OPTION TODAY TO HONOR THAT DECISION. HOWEVER, LIKE I'LL STATE AGAIN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS COLLEGE DRIVE WITH THE ROUNDABOUT AND PARALLEL. ROUNDABOUT ON COLLEGE DRIVE. COMMISSIONER, THERE WILL NOT BE A ROUNDABOUT ON COLLEGE DRIVE, FOR THE RECORD. WELL, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF DISCUSSION TO KILL THAT OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT. THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO. SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME. BUT TONIGHT I'M. LIKE I SAID, I'LL SECOND THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> DISCUSSION. >> YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT IT? I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO EVERYONE ABOUT IT. RIGHT. >> DON'T BRING IT BACK AROUND ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD. IT'S WELCOMED IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR COUNTY. RIGHT. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR ME, AND I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST GIVING THE FUNDING. I'M AGAINST GIVING THE FUNDING FOR AN FTE. AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, IN MY CONVERSATION WITH CONNIE IN OUR BRIEF, I TOLD HER THAT. THAT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY. AND SAME THING WITH SEEDS OF GRACE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY TO TAKE THESE DOLLARS AND. AND PUT THEM TOWARDS MATERIALS OR PUT THEM TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY PROVIDE, I'M ALL FOR IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH AS FAR AS PACKAGING IT ALL TOGETHER LIKE THIS. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT THAT WAY. BUT I'M ONLY ONE COMMISSIONER, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT TONIGHT FOR IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MY FEELINGS ARE, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS FOR INCREASED CAPACITY, THAT THIS FITS THE DEFINITION. WE'VE ALREADY COME TO THAT. IT FITS IT. WHY? WHY? I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE CRITICIZING OR WHY WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I OWN A BUSINESS. WE DEAL WITH A BUDGET. OKAY. LET'S SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE FUNDS FOR. WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR OTHER FUNDS WE HAVE FOR THE FTES, AND WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR OTHER FUNDS FOR. I MEAN, YOU CAN FLIP IT AROUND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU OWN A BUSINESS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE FACTS ARE, IS THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE FITTING A NEED THAT THE COUNTY CANNOT PROVIDE. IT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AND VERY MUCH NEEDED. SEEDS OF GRACE IS WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. SORRY. AND PEOPLE DON'T, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE. I MEAN, HABITAT HAS A PROBLEM GOING OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. I TOOK MY DAUGHTERS OUT THERE AND WORKED ON A SATURDAY AND MY GOSH, PRAISE YOU. LIKE THAT'S ROUGH OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND IMPACT WAY AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. AND YOU ARE ALSO, AS YOU SAID, GOING TO BE HELPING NONPROFITS. SO I AM ALSO FOR IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST A COMMENT, I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THE LADIES HOPPING ON, ON A FOLLOW UP CALL AFTERWARDS, SIMILARLY SITUATED WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER SCARMOLO SAID, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TO POSITION IT THIS WAY, WE'RE BEING ASKED TONIGHT TO WALK BACK AT LEAST ON ONE OF THESE OUTRIGHT THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE POSITION WE TOOK LAST MONTH OR THE LAST MEETING RATHER. AND SO FOR ME, I CAN RESPECT COMMISSIONER BURKE'S POINT IN THAT THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED SOME WAY. I RUN A FIRM, I HAVE EMPLOYEES. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO SAY, HEY, AND BELIEVE YOU ME, PERSONNEL IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF RUNNING A COMPANY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT EITHER ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DID SOMETHING IMPROPER. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TONIGHT LIKE I DID AT THE LAST MEETING. IF THE REQUEST FROM THEM IS BROAD AND THEY COME BACK TO US WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASPECT OF WHAT THEY DO, THEY DID NOT OVERSTEP. I'M NOT SAYING THEY OVERSTEPPED. WHAT I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE IT WAS BROAD IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, THAT REQUEST BEING WHAT IT WAS IS WHAT MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN LIGHT OF HOW WE HAVE HAD TO MANAGE THINGS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL, WE'VE MADE VERY STRONG DECISIONS ABOUT PERSONNEL HERE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND YOU WERE. I'M NOT GOING TO. LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY. LET ME SAY IT [01:50:02] THIS WAY. IF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENTLY HAD SHIFTED SUCH THAT THOSE RESOURCES WERE GOING SPECIFICALLY TO SERVICES. AND I SAW AT LEAST ONE OF THE ORGS MAKE THAT PIVOT IN A WAY, IN A WAY VERY CREATIVE, I MUST SAY. BUT I JUST CANNOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH DECISIONS THAT I'VE MADE ON THE COUNTY LEVEL CONCERNING PERSONNEL. AND I APPRECIATE EVEN OUR TEAM WANTING TO WORK WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND WE'VE SUPPORTED NONPROFITS. THE COMMISSION IS, HAS BEEN GOOD ABOUT THAT. AS DIFFICULT AS THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS ONE COMMISSIONER TO BE CONSISTENT JUST IN THIS WAY. IT'S CONSISTENT. I DON'T FAULT ANYBODY FOR GIVING US THEIR BEST, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DID. BUT I CAN'T BE DOUBLE MINDED ABOUT THIS. AND SO FOR ME, IF IT WERE POSITIONED DIFFERENTLY, MAYBE I WOULD HAVE COME TO. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALKS. SO I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT THE MOTION FOR THIS IS THAT WE'RE AGREEING WITH THE ALLOCATION, SHIFTING TO SIDEWALKS. ALSO THE 1.8 COMPLETE. YES. AND OUR COUNTY ENGINEER IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON SIDEWALKS. BUT OTHERWISE, YES, THE MOTION. AND THE SECOND, AS IT'S PRESENTED IS ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. SO, YEAH. THANKS AGAIN, LADIES. BOTH OF YOU WERE VERY. AND MICHELLE, I SEE YOU BACK THERE WERE VERY CANDID WITH ME IN OUR. IN OUR MEETINGS, BUT I. FOR THE SAKE OF MOVING THIS FORWARD, I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T DO IT. I HOPE YOU CAN RESPECT THAT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES THREE TO TWO OR THAT. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO. >> OH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR. ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. IS THE BID PROCESS FOR THE SIDEWALKS AND CDBG, HOW IS THAT CONDUCTED? >> I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF KAREN WAS IN THE ROOM, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE DOING CDBG SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW UNDER AN EXISTING CONTRACT, OUR IDEA IS TO ADD THEM ON TO THAT CONTRACT. SO THEY'VE ALREADY INCLUDED THE FEDERAL TWO CFR REQUESTS REQUIREMENTS. >> I'LL GIVE YOU THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF IT, NOT THE PURCHASING SIDE OF IT. TECHNICALLY, THERE WAS A BID PACKAGE THAT HAD. SINCE IT'S FEDERAL MONEY, FEDERAL GRANT, THERE HAD TO BE CERTAIN INSURANCES AND OTHER CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THE SIDEWALKS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE INCLUDED LOGAN AVENUE, CHOCTAW TRAIL, THE BLUE JAY MALLARD AND THREE OR FOUR OTHERS. THOSE WERE PROCURED THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND ONE CONTRACTOR WON THEM AND IT WAS ON A UNIT PRICE BASIS. SO THEREFORE, WHEN WE GO AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SIDEWALK THAT'S THIS LONG, ACTUALLY THE NEXT SIDEWALK WE BID FOR THEM, WE HAD A FULL SET OF PLANS TO DO. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S COMING UP. SO THAT'S HOW THEY GOT IT. THEY WERE PROCURED USING FEDERAL GUIDELINES. THE CONTRACTOR WAS. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A LOT OF TIME TO GO DO THAT AGAIN IN THE LENGTH OF TIME THIS MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT. PERFECT. >> NO, THAT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION. I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT AND ASK ABOUT THE $600,000 FOR THREE FOR 3,500FT OF SIDEWALK. AND IT WAS BIDDED OUT. THERE WAS FOUR BIDS RETURNED AND IT WAS ON A PER UNIT BASIS. SO, YEAH, THAT'S. IT WAS BIDDED OUT AND THERE WAS. IT WAS A PRETTY COMPETITIVE BID AS WELL. >> THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS ALSO BID EARLIER AS PART OF A LARGER BOND TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. AND THAT PORTION OF IT CAME BACK AT OVER DOUBLE THE PRICE OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING IN THE CDBG GRANT FUND. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING A. A COMPETITIVE NUMBER FOR THAT PARTICULARLY. >> GOT IT. THANKS . OH, KAREN. KAREN IS HERE, MA'AM. I'M GOOD. [01:55:03] >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CLAY COUNTY MOBILITY FEE ORDINANCE WITH BETH. [17. Public Hearing to consider Clay County Mobility Fee Ordinance (B. Carson/R. Smith)] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BETH CARSON, DIRECTOR OF CLEAN PLANNING AND ZONING, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THE DRAFT MOBILITY FEE REPORT AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED FEES. JOINING US FROM THE COUNTY TEAM IS RICHARD SMITH, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, AND LAURA HANSEN, THE IMPACT FEE COORDINATOR. AND WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY BY OUR CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE HELPED US WITH THIS PROJECT REMOTELY. WE HAVE JONATHAN SLAYSON FROM RSG WHO WILL JOIN US IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AND IN THE ROOM WE HAVE JEANETTE BURKE FROM GFT AND SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. >> YEAH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU THE CLAY COUNTY MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE. WE WERE HERE PREVIOUSLY ON NOVEMBER 25TH WHERE WE PRESENTED THIS PLAN TO YOU. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE MET WITH YOU ON NOVEMBER 25TH. WE'VE HAD MANY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, AND WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SO MOBILITY FEE IS REALLY A METHOD TO ENABLE THE COUNTY TO PAY, TO OBTAIN FUNDING TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS ALLOWS US TO DO. AND WE USE THE METHODOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY ANALYZE WHERE THE IMPACT IS AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE THE. WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE. WE DID THAT THROUGH A MODELING PROCESS THAT WE EXPLAINED TO YOU LAST TIME AROUND. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE TECHNICAL AGAIN UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. BUT THIS TIME AROUND, WE. IT'S THE SAME AS LAST TIME. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS REALLY THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR LAKE ASHBURY. WE ADJUSTED THE BOUNDARIES TO BETTER REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THAT DISTRICT. SO THAT CHANGED SOME OF THE CALCULATIONS. BUT IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE USED. IT'S THE SAME. WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT TRAVEL PATTERNS, WE ANALYZE THAT THROUGH THIS MODEL. WE CALCULATE THE FEES BASED ON THE LAND USE IN THAT AREA AND WE COME UP WITH A NET FEE. AND JONATHAN WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND SHOW YOU WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGED. WE DO THIS WITH PERSON TRIPS INSTEAD OF VEHICLE TRIPS. THE MOBILITY PLAN ALLOWS YOU TO ALSO FUND SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT HUBS. MOBILITY HUBS. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ANALYZING IT BY PERSON TRIPS AND NOT VEHICLE TRIPS. AND WE ALSO SEE. WHERE ARE WE ON THE NEXT ONE? WE CALCULATED THE COST BY THE DIFFERENT MOBILITY DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. WE'RE SHOWING THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, AND WE ALSO SHOW THE PERSON MILES TRAVELED PER DISTRICT, THE CHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO TIME POINTS THAT WE ANALYZED, WHICH IS 2024 AND 2045. SO WITH THAT, WE WERE GOING TO JUMP INTO WHAT PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED INTO THE MOBILITY FEE PLAN. WE HAD SOME CHANGES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER THOSE CHANGES, BUT RICHARD IS HERE FROM THE COUNTY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS YOU THE COST, THE LENGTH AND ALL THE CALCULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE DISTRICTS WITH THOSE PROJECTS. AND NOT ONLY ROADWAY PROJECTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TRAIL PROJECTS AND WE HAVE TRANSIT PROJECTS. AND THE TRANSIT PROJECTS CAME FROM THE JTA. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO JONATHAN TO GO OVER THE COST CALCULATIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE COST THAT WE CALCULATED BY MODE BY DISTRICT, AS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE CHAIR. >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION FIRST? MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE FOR YOU, BETH, THAN OUR PERSPECTIVE PRESENTERS. AND MY QUESTION IS ABOUT RECREATIONAL HOMES BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU COULD LIVE IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LEGALLY IN CLAY COUNTY. SO I WAS WONDERING WHY THAT'S ON OUR LAND USE CATEGORIES. >> WE HAVE IT BECAUSE IT CAN BE A SECOND HOME FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S RECENTLY COME INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE RV, THEY'RE SELLING LOTS WHERE THEY CAN HAVE RVS AS WELL AS THEY CAN HAVE LITTLE COTTAGES OUT THERE. >> SO THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION. >> YES. AND SO IT'S LIMITED TO THAT AND NOT ANYWHERE ELSE >> WE MAY HAVE INCLUDED IT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE OF OTHERS >> OF THOSE KIND OF FACILITIES. SO CAN YOU LIKE. LIKE THE ONE THAT THEY USED TO COME AND TALK TO US ALL THE TIME, THE ONE DOWN ON SOUTH ON 17. CAN YOU [02:00:01] LIVE THERE FULL TIME OR THE 200 DAYS A YEAR OR WHATEVER IT >> WAS THAT THE PUD THAT WAS ESTABLISHED DOWN BY THE AIRFIELD? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY INCLUDED THAT IN THE PUD I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW. IT'S A PUD. >> OKAY. SO THE PUD HAS TO ALLOW. >> AND OFFHAND, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO I DON'T RECALL IF THAT ONE DID. >> NO, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE ANSWER. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION SO THAT THIS DOESN'T APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO THIS. >> THIS WOULD BE IN A PARK WHERE YOU'RE. YOU'RE REALLY ALLOWED TO DO THIS, NOT JUST ON A LOT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU, JEANETTE. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JONATHAN SLAYSON. I'VE BEEN ASSISTING AS A SUB CONSULTANT ON THIS EFFORT. I PRESUME YOU CAN HEAR ME CORRECTLY, RIGHT, JEANETTE? >> YES, WE CAN. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE THE SLIDES. I SEE AT THIS POINT, THE VIDEO IS THE ROOM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDES. AND WE'RE ON THE SLIDE WITH THE PROJECT LIST AND COST PER PMT. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. >> GREAT, THANKS. HERE WE GO. SO AS JEANETTE WENT QUICKLY THROUGH, WE HAD A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAS SLIGHTLY CHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET, BUT I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE. AND WE COME UP WITH THREE MODES OF TRAVEL. AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND OTHER AND OTHER PROJECTS. TODAY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BONDED AND ROAD PROJECTS. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A FORECAST ANTICIPATED TO FUND $518 MILLION OF ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. THOSE ARE COMPLETE ROADWAY DESIGNS PER FDOT UNITS, UNIT COST THAT. RICHARD HAS BEEN HELPING US IDENTIFY THAT LIST AND THE UNIT COST FOR THOSE. SO WE'VE USED STANDARDIZED COSTS, AND THE LIST OF PROJECTS SHOWS THE LOCATIONS AND THE LENGTHS OF THOSE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO WE HAVE $518 MILLION OF HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'VE GOT ABOUT $16 MILLION OF DIFFERENT BIKE AND PED PROJECTS, AND THEN $15 MILLION ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT TRANSIT HUBS. NOW, I REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE YEAR 2045. AND SO THIS IS OUR LONG RANGE VISION OF, OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COUNTY AND USING MOBILITY FEE FUNDS TO DO SO. IN TOTALITY, $549 MILLION OF PROJECT CAPACITY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE CONSTRUCTED USING THESE FUNDS. AND THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL. THANK YOU. THE EQUATION THAT WE COULD HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS THAT THE FEE RATE IS A FUNDAMENTAL CONSTRUCT OR AN INPUT TO THE MOBILITY FEE STRUCTURE. AND THAT DOLLAR PER PMT IS THE COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT'S DERIVED BY DIVIDING THE SUM OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE COST DIVIDED BY THE UNIT OF GROWTH, WHICH IS PERSON MILES OF TRAVEL, WHICH JEANETTE JUST COVERED, THAT WE'VE PRODUCED AND WE'VE SUMMARIZED ANOTHER IN OTHER MEETINGS. SO WE HAVE A ZONE OR A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT FEE RATE THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE FUTURES OF THE YEAR 2045 AND SAYING WE'VE CONSTRUCTED ALL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE ALL OF THIS FUTURE GROWTH REPRESENTED BY PMT. THE 182.10 10 CENTS AT THE BOTTOM IS KIND OF YOUR WEIGHTED AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. BUT WE'RE NOT USING THAT VALUE. WE'RE USING THE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT FEE AS WE'RE ASSESSING THE MOBILITY FEE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW WE WANT TO MAYBE GET THROUGH A COUPLE MORE SLIDES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONCE THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS UP ON THE MOBILITY FEE RATE, IT HAS A FIVE COLUMNS ON IT AND WE HAVE HOW WE ARE INCREMENTALLY MOVING TOWARD THAT FUTURE VISION. THIS MOBILITY FEE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP JUST ONE. SORRY, I'M WATCHING THE YOUTUBE LIVE, SO APOLOGIES IF I'M NOT STAYING UP TO SPEED. THE. THE. THE TABLE THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS HAS THE DIFFERENT FEE VALUES. SO BACK UP ONE MORE. >> WE'RE ON THE RIGHT ONE RIGHT NOW. JONATHAN. WE'RE GOOD. >> WHAT'S THAT? >> WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SLIDE. IT'S JUST. >> OKAY, GREAT. SO I WILL CATCH UP. HERE WE GO. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. INTERNET AND LIVE TELEVISION HERE. THE FULL VALUE IN YEAR FOUR IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE'RE MOVING FROM TODAY INTO THE FUTURE AND THE RECENT STATUTE CHANGES. IT THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH HAD US LIMIT HOW WE CAN INCREASE OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT [02:05:01] THE MOBILITY FEE IS DESIGNED FOR. SO WE HAVE AN INCREMENTAL CHANGE MOVING TOWARD CAPPED AT A 50% INCREASE RELATIVE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE'VE USED THIS PER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATUTE BY SAYING WE HAVE A FEE RATE THAT'S GOING FROM TODAY IN THE FAR LEFT COLUMN TO THE FAR FUTURE IN THE RIGHT. SO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'VE GOT SOME SUBSEQUENT SLIDES TO DISCUSS THIS. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE WILL BE INCREMENTALLY INCREASING THE MOBILITY FEE ACROSS EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS UP TO THAT STATUTE LIMITATION OF THAT 50% INCREASE. SO THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL JUST PIECE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT THE FEE STRUCTURE. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IS THE EQUATION. THIS BRINGS US INTO HOW THE MOBILITY FEE IS CALCULATED AT THE INDIVIDUAL LAND USE LEVEL. WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT THE FEE RATE THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS JUST ONE COMPONENT. WE HAVE THESE OTHER PIECES OF THE COMPONENT, NAMELY THESE TRIP RATES, TRIP LENGTHS, PERCENTAGE OF NEW TRIPS, DOUBLE COUNTING FACTORS AND LOCAL LOCAL PROPORTION FACTORS. THESE ARE ALL ASPECTS THAT ARE LARGELY OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT'S IN OUR CONTROL IS HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE DO WE NEED TO BUILD AND HOW MUCH GROWTH DO WE EXPECT. THAT'S THE LAND USE CHANGES. ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS THAT ARE ON THE SLIDE ARE GIVEN TO US EITHER BY REFERENCE MANUALS OR BY THE MODELING THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE VARIOUS TRAVEL BEHAVIORS AND HOW THEY VARY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITHIN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. THE END OF THE DAY, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO PURSUE WITH A PERMIT, THEY PAY A MOBILITY FEE. THAT'S A RESULT OF ALL OF THESE FACTORS OR VALUES MULTIPLIED TOGETHER WHICH CALCULATES HOW MUCH DAILY PERSON MILES OF TRAVEL THAT THAT LAND USE IS PROJECTED TO GENERATE ON THE COUNTY SYSTEM. AND THEN THAT'S MULTIPLIED BY THAT MOBILITY FEE RATE THAT WAS JUST SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CREDITS IN THE PAST. IT'S A CONCEPT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOME OF THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THAT PERSON MILES OF TRAVEL IS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVEL THAT WE CAN'T ASSESS, WE CAN'T CHARGE FOR. AND SO THEREFORE THE COST OF DELIVERING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO NOT HAVE 100% MATCH FOR. SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. THAT'S NAMELY THE SECOND LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX. AND THEN IF THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT, SOME INFRASTRUCTURE SALES SURTAX, THOSE WILL BE USED TO OFFSET ANY REDUCTIONS OR THE LACK OF REVENUE THAT MAY EXIST IN THE GENERATION OF MOBILITY FEES BECAUSE THAT MAY NOT COVER THE FULL COST. WE NEED TO OFFSET WHAT'S CALLED A CREDIT TO AVOID DOUBLE CHARGING, JUST A LEGAL CONSTRUCT OF MOBILITY FEES. AND SO THERE IS A BASE MOBILITY FEE AND A NET MOBILITY FEE THAT'S SLIGHTLY LESS THAT OFFSETS THAT DOUBLE COUNTING FACTOR. NOW ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT KIND OF BACKGROUND TO THE FUNCTION AND THE DESIGN OF THE MOBILITY FEES. BUT MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD INTO ACCOUNTING OF HOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE FEE BE ADOPTED. WE HAVE A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT VALUE THAT WE'VE CALCULATED IN THE COST PER PMT THAT'S BEEN BASED ON THE PROJECT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE CAN CONTROL. THEN WE HAVE LAND USE DETAILS. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE LARGELY OUTSIDE THEY ARE GIVEN TO US. A LAND USE PERMIT COULD BE I'M BUILDING AN OFFICE SPACE, A MEDICAL FACILITY, I'M BUILDING A HOME. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE DICTATED TO US BY OTHER STANDARDS AND REFERENCE MANUALS. WE THEN HAVE THAT NET FEE THAT WE'VE CALCULATED. SO WE HAVE THE FEE RATE TIMES ALL THESE COMPONENTS OF THE LAND USE. WE HAVE A NET FOR THAT PARTICULAR LAND USE, GIVEN THE DISTRICT THAT THAT LAND USE OCCURS IN. NOW, WHAT'S NEW, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS IS THAT THE STATE STATUTE HAS GUIDED US IN A WAY THAT THE MOBILITY FEE HAS TO BE CAPPED OR IT LIMITS THE SCALE OF THE INCREASE. WE MAY HAVE CALCULATED THAT A PARTICULAR HOUSING UNIT IS GOING TO GENERATE X NUMBER OF PERSON MILES AND WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THAT PERSON MILES BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE. HOWEVER, THE STATUTE HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO PASS ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT INCREASE FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE REALIZE THAT ROADWAY COSTS. WE REALIZE THAT OTHER FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL HAVE INCREASED THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN DICTATED THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE [02:10:01] TO PASS ON THAT FULL COST. SO TO ILLUSTRATE THAT, I'VE GOT ONE EXAMPLE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WE HAVE A MOVIE THEATER HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLEBURG DISTRICT. WE HAVE $118.90 IS THE FEE FOR EVERY PERSON MILE OF TRAVEL. A MOVIE THEATER IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE 155 DAILY PERSON MILES OF TRAVEL. AND I THINK IT'S BY THESE. BY A SCREEN, I THINK IS THE UNIT COST OF. SO HOW LARGE IS THAT MOVIE THEATER THEATER? WE THEN ARE ESTIMATING WHAT THAT NET FEE IS. IT'S $16,548 OR, EXCUSE ME, FOR EVERY 1,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S THE UNIT OF COST. SO A MOVIE THEATER WOULD BE CHARGED $16,500 FOR EVERY 1,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT HOW LARGE THAT IS. THAT IS BASED ON THE COSTS AND THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE STUDY SUPPORTED FEE. THIS WOULD BE THE LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE MAXIMUM IN OTHER CONTEXTS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN. NOW, HOWEVER, WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING A FEE FOR MOVIE THEATERS TODAY. WE'RE USING A FEE THAT WAS ADOPTED ACTUALLY FOR MAYBE SOME OTHER LAND USE. AND IT'S THE CHARGE THAT WE'RE ASSESSING TODAY IS $9,000. 82. $9,082 FOR EVERY 1,000. SO THE STATUTE SAYS WE CAN INCREASE FROM 50% FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS 13,623. WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE HERE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT AS A COUNTY $2,925 OF MOBILITY FEE FOR EVERY 01,000. SO IT IS SIMPLY THE WAY IT IS. AND WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REVENUE THAT WE MAY NEED MAY NOT BE FULLY AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE OF THE STATUTORY ADJUSTMENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS EVERY LAND USE BY LAND USE IN THE TABLES THAT, THAT, THAT LAURA AND BETH HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. WE HAVE CALCULATED WHAT THAT FEE WOULD BE FOR EVERY LAND USE. AND WE HAVE DONE THEN THE NEXT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR US, WHICH IS TO INCREMENT THIS OVER FOUR DIFFERENT STEPS. AND SO WE HAVE CALCULATED THE FULL, THE FULL VALUE. AND THEN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IN FOUR DIFFERENT STEPS. AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN FOUR DIFFERENT, FOUR EQUAL INCREMENTS. IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THEN THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST, FIRST STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING THE FULL MOBILITY FEE THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO CALCULATE. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL JUST, THAT WILL BE SETTING OUT WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED VERBALLY. AND THEN I HAVE ONE SLIDE THAT ASKS A BIT OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS HERE TO SAY WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DO WE HAVE A CAP? AND THEN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE SOME Q AND A. SO I APOLOGIES IF THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THERE. I MOVED PRETTY QUICK. SO WE'LL GO TO JUST THE NEXT SLIDE. I SEE THE SETTING THE FEE SCHEDULE. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? SO, IN BRIEF, SOME OF THE LAND USES, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED, THE MOVIE THEATER IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE MOVIE THEATER WE'VE BEEN ASSESSING USING A SHOPPING CENTER TRIP RATE. THAT SHOPPING CENTER TRIP RATE MAY NOT FULLY BE ACCURATE FOR ACTUALLY WHAT A, WHAT A MOVIE THEATER PRODUCES. WE DID THIS TO EASE THE ACTUAL BURDEN OF ADMINISTERING THIS MOBILITY FEE BY USING SOME BROAD LAND USE CATEGORIES. MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. WE'VE GROUPED MANY DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES. WE MAY NOT APPRECIATE THE FULL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE LAND USES NOW BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE LIMITATIONS, WE MAY NOT NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO FULLY REFLECT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TRIP INTENSITY OR IMPACT ON THE NETWORK THAT WE MAY HAVE OTHERWISE. IN HINDSIGHT, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE LAND USE CODES, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THOSE STATUTES CHANGES HAVE LIMITED HOW OUR ANNUAL ESCALATIONS LOOK AND THAT THEY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF FEE THAT WE CAN IMPOSE BASED ON THAT 50% CAP. SO GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD BE MONITORING OUR REVENUE, SEEING HOW WELL WE ARE MEETING OUR NEEDS RELATIVE TO THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE FEES AGAIN IN FIVE YEARS. AFTER ANOTHER STUDY LIKE THIS, HOWEVER, WE CAN AGAIN TRY TO EVALUATE THE TRUE NEEDS [02:15:01] OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'LL UNDERSTAND THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE. HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE EXPERIENCING AS MUCH INFLATION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS WE HAD SEEN OVER THE OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS. MOST LIKELY WE'LL BE REQUIRING PHASING IN AGAIN. AND SO THAT WILL ALSO AFFECT REVENUE BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR IS NOT THE FULL CALCULATION OF FEES. SO WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE GOING FORWARD THAT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, I THINK FEES THAT COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE NOW HAVE IMPOSED. AND WE HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE THAT LAYS OUT THE VARIOUS FEES BY DISTRICT FOR THE LAND USE CODES THAT THE COUNTY IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ASSESS. AND THE FEE IS NOW FIXED FOR THE COMING FOUR INCREMENTS OF YEARS THAT THESE FEES WILL BE IN EFFECT. SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEANETTE AND BETH IN THE ROOM AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I'LL JUST WAIT. >> NO, NO QUESTIONS. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE SOME ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU VERY BRIEFLY. THE FIRST IS THAT WE WOULD REMOVE THE FIVE YEAR LIMITATION FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES. TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO NOW UNDER THE ORDINANCE IS WE LOOK BACK FOR THE PRIOR USE FIVE YEARS AGO AND BASE OUR ASSESSMENT ON THAT USE. THE NEXT THING IS REMOVAL OF SECTION 3.03, WHICH WAS WHERE SUBSIDIES WERE PROVIDED IN THE PAST. WE'RE REMOVING THAT. WE'RE NOT CONTINUING WITH THAT. THE NEXT SECTION IS ADD PROJECTS OF SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC OR COMMUNITY IMPACT. THIS WOULD WORK SIMILAR TO YOUR JUST LOST IT. THE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE NOW WHERE IF A PROJECT PROVIDES COMMUNITY IMPACT THEY COULD COME BEFORE YOU AND YOU COULD CONSIDER AS A BODY WAIVING THEIR FEES. THE NEXT ONE IS CLARIFYING EXEMPTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY REMOVING MODERATE INCOME FROM HOUSING DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY. WE WILL STILL HAVE THE EXTREMELY LOW, VERY LOW AND LOW WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR DEFERRAL, BUT WE'RE REMOVING THE MODERATE. AND THERE IS CLARIFICATION OF MOBILITY FEE CREDIT AGREEMENTS. THEY WILL CONTINUE ON AS THEY ARE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE CAN CONTINUE ON. AND COURTNEY CAN EXPLAIN THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY FEE RATE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE IT IS PHASED IN OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. SO THE CURRENT PROGRAM REQUIRED ESCALATION EVERY YEAR. THIS ONE ALREADY HAS THOSE FEES BUILT IN AS PHASING OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. SO WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE CHANGES? >> I JUST. THE ORDINANCE EXEMPTS GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS FROM MOBILITY FEE AND YET WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LISTED, CHARTER SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES. >> IT WOULD BE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. AND SO PRIVATE SCHOOLS WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO. WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE IMPACT FEES, BUT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OWNED FACILITIES WOULD NOT. >> PRIVATE SCHOOLS WOULD BE. >> YES, THEY WOULD. >> CONTINUE. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> PLEASE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. ARE WE TAKING ALL OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY OR ARE WE TAKING THEM AS A WHOLE? WHEN WE WHAT'S YOUR PROPOSAL TODAY? >> SO YOU HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU WHICH HAS ALL OF THESE CHANGES IN IT. IF THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT YOU WERE NOT INTERESTED IN, YOU COULD I WOULD ASSUME, EXEMPT THAT IF YOU AS A BODY DECIDED THAT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS STEVE VAN BLOOM. MY ADDRESS IS IN THE CAMERON OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD. FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THIS. I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE OTHER MEETINGS REGARDING THE SUBJECT. SO I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO BRING ON. I UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE BASED [02:20:02] OFF CERTAIN RATES. NOW THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN A PROPERTY, WE'LL USE A HOME. FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE FAMILIES GROW OVER THE YEARS YOU HAVE SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR LIKE THREE CHILDREN WHO ARE ELEMENTARY AGE AND THEN THEY GROW UP, THEY START DRIVING NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MOBILITY AROUND THE MOBILITY USAGE AROUND THE COUNTY. SO WILL THAT BE ADDED TO A HOUSEHOLD? LIKE IMAGINE THE IMPACT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF CATASTROPHIC LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I OWE ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY FOR MORE MOBILITY USAGE. SECOND QUESTION IS ALSO USING A HOME PROPERTY. SAY IF I OWNED A FIVE ACRE LOT, I HAVE ONE HOUSE ON THERE. SAY IF I WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING OR MAYBE EXTEND MY HOME IN LARGER SIZE. NOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE, TO THE HOME, THE RESIDENTS. NOW WILL I BE EXPECTED AS PER PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE TO PAY ADDITIONAL FEES ON THIS? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PUBLICLY ADVERTISED, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE TAXES ON THE POPULATION, I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR CONTINUOUS BEFORE MAKING THE DECISION BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE MORE INPUT ON THIS END AND BE MORE ADDRESSED ON THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COME UP FROM THAT. SO AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS ON THIS. IF THIS IS ALSO JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GIVEN TO A HOME PERMIT OR IF I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO MY PROPERTY ADDITIONAL PERMIT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> WE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS OR DO YOU HAVE THIS ACTUALLY, LAURA, WOULD YOU COME UP AND ANSWER IT MAY DEPEND ON HOW THE ADDITION IS DONE, WHETHER IT'S AN ADU OR AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE. >> LAURA HANSON IMPACTEE COORDINATOR. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IS, EXC. E ME, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. LET'S SAY THERE'S A HOUSE THERE IF HE WANTS TO ADD ON TO THAT. DEPENDING ON THE ADDITION, THEY MAY BE ASSESSED IMPACT FEES. IF THEY'RE ADDING ANOTHER DWELLING VERY SIMILAR TO AN IN LAW SUITE, THAT WOULD ADD MORE TRIPS, THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE INCURRED ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEES. IF THEY ARE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL TRIPS, THEY WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THOSE NPAC FEES. >> AND THEN HIS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT KIDS, THE KIDS GROW UP, ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT? >> SO IF KIND OF LIKE THAT IN LAW SUITE, IF IT'S ATTACHED AND THERE'S MORE TRIPS THAT WILL GENERATE IF IT'S A DETACHED ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE ROUGHLY FIVE ACRES AND THEY SPEND SPLIT THE PROPERTY INTO FOUR ACRES AND ONE ACRE AND THE ONE ACRE BEING FOR THE CHILDREN, THAT NEW HOME WOULD BE ASSESSED IN PAC FEES. >> I THINK YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS JUST BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GROWING UP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING. THE FIRST QUESTION WAS NOT ADDING ANOTHER STRUCTURE, WAS IT? >> IT'S NOT AN ANNUAL FEE, IT'S A ONE-TIME FEE. >> YEAH, NO, THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT CAME OFF THE, THE TOP. WE'RE ADDING MORE RESINS TO A SINGLE PROPERTY. SO NOT, NOT NECESSARILY CHANGING. IT HAS TO DO WITH STRUCTURE. >> YOU ONLY GET THE ONE TIME FEE WHEN THE STRUCTURE IS BUILT. >> I'M SORRY, SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. >> YOU ONLY GET THE ONE-TIME FEE WHEN THE STRUCTURE IS BUILT UNLESS YOU ADD ANOTHER ONE. >> OKAY, SO THE, THE CHART THAT HAD THE MULTIPLE YEARS ON THERE. SO IF I BUILD A HOME, I'M PAYING FEES ON IT FOR FIVE YEARS. IS THAT. NO. AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME A ONE-TIME FEE, ONE-TIME FEE. I SEE. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, GOOD QUESTIONS. NO, IT'S, YEAH. AND I NOT, NOT TO ADD ANY EXTRA CRITICISM. THIS WHEN I GOT THE REASON. MY, MY MOTIVATION TO STAND UP HERE AND ASK THESE QUESTIONS IS THIS SOUNDS A LOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT THEY DO IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING WHAT GOING INTO WHAT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL LIVES ARE DRIVING AROUND. SO BUT IF IT'S JUST CONSTRUCTION FEES, THEN I GUESS THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. THANK YOU. >> AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR HOUSES THAT EXIST NOW, THERE IS NO NEW IMPACT FEE. IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU EXPAND OR ADD AN ADU. SO YOU WOULD NOT BE PAYING FEES RIGHT NOW. ONLY IF YOU EXPANDED. >> YEAH, I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE ADU LEGALITY. I MEAN THE STATE LAW JUST CHANGED WHERE YOU CAN PUT AN ADU ANYWHERE, EVEN IN SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD. AND THAT'S NEWS TO ME, [02:25:03] THAT IF YOU BUILD AN ADU , YOU HAVE TO PAY IMPACT FEES OR YOU HAVE TO PAY MOBILITY FEES. AND THAT CHANGES MY WHOLE, THAT CHANGES MY WHOLE PERSPECTIVE ON IT. BECAUSE WHAT DO WE ALWAYS HEAR? WE WANT THE NEW PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. PUTTING ON AN ADU SO THAT MY, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YEAR OLD MOTHER COULD COME AND LIVE WITH ME IS NOT ADDING MORE TRIPS TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE MOST LIKELY SHE CAN'T DRIVE. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY SHE'S COMING TO LIVE WITH ME AND WANTS SOME INDEPENDENCE. AND SO THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING FOR ME BECAUSE, AND Y' ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS IN THE PAST, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS MY DISTRICT MORE THAN ANY OTHER BECAUSE ONE, BECAUSE WE TAKE UP HALF THE, HALF THE GEOGRAPHIC LAND OF THE COUNTY. BUT I HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LAND THAT DO AN AIR SPLIT AND IT IS, THEY HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK BEFORE THEY CAN GET THEIR POWER POLE. THEY HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK FOR $20,000 TO THE COUNTY TO PAY THEIR IMPACT AND MOBILITY FEES. THIS IS NOT LIKE THE BUILDER PUTTING IT INTO THE MORTGAGE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN LIKE ASBURY GREEN COVE, YOU KNOW, OVER IN YOUR DISTRICT, COMMISSIONER, COMPARE THAT AREA WHERE THE TWO CREEKS, I GUESS THAT'S STILL OAK LEAF AND ALL THAT WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING, IT'S IN THE COST OF THE LAND. THE BUILDER IS PUTTING IT IN THERE. THEY NEVER SEE IT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN MY DISTRICT. IN MY DISTRICT, I HAD A CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT WITH ACTUALLY A FORMER COMMISSIONER WHO WANTS TO. HE HAS 110 ACRES, HE WANTS TO BUILD HIS DAUGHTER A HOUSE ON HIS LAND AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK FOR $20,000 TO THE COUNTY TO GET HIS POWER POLE. SO WHEN I SAY THAT THIS IS A CONCERN OF MY CONSTITUENTS, IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. BUT OVERWHELMINGLY I USUALLY HEAR PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT SAY, AS LONG AS THE NEW PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THE NEW STUFF, THAT I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THAT. RIGHT? ADDING CAPACITY TO ROADS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN AN ADU, THAT'S A GAME CHANGER. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, STEVE. IS THERE A WAY TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE? >> I MEAN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY AND DO AN EXEMPTION IF YOU WANT, BUT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT. JUST SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T KNOW, WITH THE NEW STATUTE THAT YOU REFERENCED, I MEAN, DOES IT PROVIDE IN THERE? I MEAN, SOMETIMES, LIKE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. HAS IT ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR? >> I THOUGHT SO, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE. CORNY. I'M SORRY. >> NO, I JUST WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. IF IT PROVIDES FOR THAT, AND IT SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES THAT YOU CAN EXEMPT IT AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO SUBSIDIZE IT, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT CHANGE. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR MOBILITY FEE AND OUR IMPACT FEE THAT WHETHER IT'S AN ALTERATION, EXPANSION, OR REPLACEMENT OF A BUILDING OR DWELLING UNIT, OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. >> SO WE, WE CHARGE IT IF SOMEONE ADDS ON TO THEIR HOUSE AS WELL? >> IF IT INCREASES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING. >> WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. YOU'RE SAYING. OH, YES. SINCE THE. SINCE THE 2017 IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE. >> DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, IT'S NOT MA'AM. SURE. >> ARE WE IN DISCUSSION NOW? >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT, SO YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. SO I GUESS I JUMPED INTO. >> THAT'S ALL GOOD. >> SORRY, YOU NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. >> ANYONE ELSE? CLOSE. PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER SCOWL. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE. JUST EXCUSE MY PASSION ON THIS BECAUSE I. IT'S. IT'S TOUGH. IT'S A. IT'S VERY TOUGH FOR ME. YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT EXTREMELY, ABUNDANTLY, ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT MY NOTES JUST WENT AWAY. COME BACK TO ME. SORRY. I LITERALLY HAVE A WHOLE PAGE WORTH OF NOTES AND I'M RESTARTING HERE. >> I BEG TO OFFER A DIFFERENT OPINION. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD AN ADU FOR A MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASSUME THAT MOTHER-IN-LAWS CAN'T DRIVE. THEY HAVE CARS. THEY'RE NOT INVALIDS. NORMALLY, WHETHER A CHILD DECIDES TO MARRY AND MOVE INTO A FAMILY PLOT, THAT'S ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND ADDITIONAL USE OF FACILITIES. SO THOSE ARE THE NEW PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHO THIS, THIS MOBILITY FEE IS TARGETING. THE NEW PEOPLE THAT MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE IN THE BURDEN OF INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. AND APPLIES TO ONE DISTRICT. IT APPLIES TO ALL DISTRICTS. YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN PUT AN ADU, AND IF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES ALLOW IT OR THE PROPERTY ALLOWS IT, YOU CAN DO IT IN ANY DISTRICT. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE COULD CONTINUE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, [02:30:02] I'M BACK ONLINE. TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT UNTIL IT FAILS. I MIGHT DO PEN AND PAPER NEXT TIME. SO. AND I HAVE SOME NOTES ON THIS WHOLE AGENDA ITEM. SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, FOREMOST, RESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE FUNDING ITSELF. AND GROWTH SHOULD NEVER COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY LIVING HERE. AND I COULD NOT AGREE WITH THEM MORE. AND THERE ARE SOME FACTS THAT I WANT TO PUT OUT INTO THE HEMISPHERE. I KNOW EVERYONE HERE AT THE MEETING CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS. BUT THERE'S A TRUE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COMES AT THE COST OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO CURRENTLY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SAID THE COST OF A TWO-LANE ROAD, ONE MILE OF A TWO LANE ROAD, IS $9.1 MILLION. THEY REVISE THAT QUOTA EVERY QUARTER. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE VERBENA PARKWAY, WHICH CONNECTS HENLEY TO SANDRIDGE HERE. LOCALLY IN MY DISTRICT, RADAR ROAD, WHICH IS, I WOULD ARGUE, 5 TO 6,000FT OF ROADWAY FROM TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD TO U.S. 17. THAT PROJECT IS $5.6 MILLION. PRINGLE ROAD AND SPENCER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN COMMISSIONER COMPARE'S DISTRICT, ABOUT A HALF A MILE OF FOUR LANE ROAD, $5.5 MILLION. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE FIRST COAST CONNECTOR, CATHEDRAL OAKS PARKWAY, ABOUT 3.2 MILES. BECAUSE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND LAND MOVING THAT HAD TO BE DONE TO MAKE THAT WAS $43 MILLION. SO WE GO OUT FOR THE STUDY. THE STUDY SHOWS US, AS HE PRESENTED, BASED ON DATA, WHAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGING IN MOBILITY FEES. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS. SO IN MIDDLEBURG AND WEST CLAY, THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE SUPPORTED MOBILITY FEE THAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGING IS $197,000. FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE, WE CURRENTLY CHARGE NINE GRAND. AND TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL SAYS WE CAN ONLY MOVE IT TO $13,000. IN ORANGE PARK, LAKESIDE AND FLEMING ISLAND, THE STUDY SAYS WE SHOULD BE CHARGING 13,000 FOR EVERYONE'S FAVORITE THING, A CAR WASH. WE'RE CURRENTLY ONLY CHARGING 1200. AND BECAUSE OF THE STATE STATUTE, WE CAN ONLY GO TO $1,800. OKAY. BUT MORE. AND THEN THIS. THE LAST TWO ARE JUST. IT MAKES YOU WANT TO HURL. LAKE ASBURY AND GREEN COVE, THE STUDY SUPPORTS $293,000 FOR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. WE ONLY CHARGE 20 GRAND. AND TONIGHT WE CAN ONLY MOVE IT TO 30,000 BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE. THERE'S ALSO ONE FOR A, I BELIEVE IT'S A GAS STATION OR FAST FOOD. $569,000 IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGING AND WE CAN ONLY STATUTORILY CHARGE $30,000. HOW IS THAT PUTTING PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE FIRST? AND LIKE I SAID, IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. I REALLY CAN'T VOTE. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. NOT SUPPORTING IT KEEPS OUR FEES EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE, WHICH INVERSELY PUTS THE. PUTS THE PAYMENTS BACK ON THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE. I SAID THIS MORNING IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUES FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND DOING THIS PUTS IT ON PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING NEW DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF. I REQUESTED A LOT OF DATA IN THIS PROCESS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER FOR ME. JUST FOR A BIGGER PICTURE, THERE IS A LOCAL JURISDICTION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN A LAWSUIT WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND WENT OVER THE 50% STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT YIELDS THAT IF THAT JURISDICTION WINS THAT LAWSUIT, IT'LL SET A NEW PRECEDENCE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THESE IN LINE FOR THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE'RE FACING FOR THIS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT UNTIL THAT TIME, I WOULD LOVE FOR STAFF TO TRY TO FIND ANY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY FIND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU CAN ONLY GO TO 15%. BUT TONIGHT, I AM FULLY IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THESE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS I ALSO APPRECIATE STAFF TO. TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT LANDOWNERS. WE HAVE KEPT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RELATIVELY FAIR. SO, I MEAN, IF THERE IS. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAY, JOHN, I WANT TO GO TO A PARCEL OF PROPERTY AND I WANT TO BUILD MY DREAM HOME RIGHT HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. YES, IF THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY FEES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE JUST RIGHT HERE, MIDDLEBURG WEST CLAY, FOR A [02:35:04] 1500 SQUARE FOOT TO 2500 SQUARE FOOT, THEY'D PAY $4000 IN FEES. RIGHT. SO IT'S. THE STATUE'S HOLDING US BACK, AND IT'S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. WE HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO, AND IN MY OPINION, WE GOT TO FULLY SUPPORT THESE INCREASES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, SO AT THE RISK OF STAFF FEELING A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT THIS, WOULD YOU MIND, BETH, BRINGING UP THE SLIDESHOW THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US A LITTLE BIT EARLIER? THE ONE FROM THIS PRESENTATION I WANTED TO PARDON. SO IT'S NOT UP ON THIS, SO I CAN'T SEE IT. OKAY, MAYBE ON THIS ONE. OH, PERFECT. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. SO. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE OVERALL INCREASE. AND IS THIS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION'S SAKE, IS THIS COMPREHENSIVE OR IS IT SPECIFIC TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR PACKET? >> SO THIS WOULD BE THE BASE FEE THAT IS PART OF THE CALCULATION. AND YOU SEE BY EACH DISTRICT THAT IS APPLIED TO EVERY LAND USE BASED ON THE TRIPS THAT EACH LAND USE CONTRIBUTES TO OUR SYSTEM. AND JONATHAN IS LISTENING IF WE NEED HIM TO JUMP IN. >> PERFECT. THANKS, JONATHAN. SO IF SO, IF WE LOOKED AT THE BRANNON FIELD AND OAKLEAF ONE SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT TWO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN OUR PRESENTATION IS THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT A ONE TO ONE WHERE DISTRICT TWO IS NOT JUST DISTRICT TWO. IT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT COMMISSIONER CONDON MADE ABOUT SWITCHING THE MAP A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT WOULD REFLECT MORE COMMENSURATE WITH THE DISTRICTS. WHAT I FOUND TO BE INTERESTING ABOUT MINE IS THAT THERE ARE MAJOR PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT 2. AND THE MOBILITY FEE STUDY, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THE NEW RESIDENTS HAVE TO. THEY HAVE TO SHOULDER THEIR SHARE. THE PROBLEM THAT THIS PRESENTS FOR ME IS THAT I'VE GOT IN MY MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT LARGE PROJECTS. SO WHAT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IN ONE WAY WE'RE LOOKING TO MITIGATE AND CORRECT ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MADE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. BUT FOR MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, IT SEEMS TO ME AS AN OVERBURDENING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR YEAR FOUR, EVERY OTHER CATEGORY IS AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE, EXCEPT FOR THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS SOUTH CLAY, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT EVERYONE ELSE'S INCREASE IS MARGINAL COMPARED TO DISTRICT 2. AND I KNOW WHY THAT'S THE CASE. IT'S BECAUSE I'VE GOT THE CHESWICK OAKS. YEAH, CHESWICK OAKS, THAT CONNECTION. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT 2 MAP THAT ARE ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO THOSE WHO ARE MOVING INTO CLAY COUNTY SPECIFIC TO MY MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SO EXORBITANT IN COST, WE HAVEN'T TACKLED THEM. AND SO FOR ME, I UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE IMPOSING THESE COSTS. BUT IF I'M HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS DOES THAT FOR MY DISTRICT. AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN CLARIFY THAT. BUT I DID BRING THIS UP IN MY, IN MY. I GOT BLANK STARES BACK. BUT IT'S BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND CHESWICK OAKS IS A MAJOR LIFT. BUT IS IT JUST. AND HERE'S THE OTHER THING, THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, SO WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE. EVEN IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THESE INCREASES IN MY DISTRICT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAND FOR THE PROJECTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FUND WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THAT [02:40:02] THERE ARE IN MY DISTRICT, YOU'VE GOT THESE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND YEAH, OAK LEAF, ORANGE PARK, VERY SUBURBAN, BUT WE'RE ALMOST TO THE POINT LIKE ORANGE PARK, WHERE WE'RE BUILT OUT. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW APPLYING THIS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF FUNDING THOSE ROADS IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL. >> SO THE BRANNONFIELD MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR DISTRICT, AND THE LAKE ASBURY MASTER PLAN, WHEN THOSE WERE BOTH ADOPTED, THEY INCLUDED DASH LINE ROADS, WHICH ARE MUCH OF THE ROADS THAT ARE ON THE LIST FOR IMPROVEMENT. THOSE AREAS WERE INTENDED TO SHOULDER THE DENSITY AND THE GROWTH THAT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO THE COUNTY THROUGH 2045. WHAT YOU SEE IS VACANT LAND OUT THERE IS ALL ENTITLED AND HAS ALL BEEN PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED TO MEET THE NEEDS WHICH WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THIS COUNTY HAS ENOUGH LAND ENTITLED TO MEET THE PREDICTED POPULATION THAT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO THE COUNTY. SO IT WAS INTENTIONAL THAT BRANDON FIELD AND LAKE ASBURY, AS YOU'RE COMING SOUTH FROM JACKSON, THAT THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE MORE COMPACT GROWTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT ALSO PRESERVES THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND KEEPS IT AS RURAL LANDS. BUT YOU ALSO GOT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY THERE. MOST OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE NEW ROADS. SO THAT WAS INTENTIONAL THAT THOSE AREAS WOULD BE OUR UP AND COMING GROWING AREAS. AND SO THE ROADS, THE NUMBERS WHICH JONATHAN CAN EXPLAIN EXPLAINED BETTER ARE BASED ON THE MILES OF THE ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED. OBVIOUSLY YOURS HAS SOME LARGER ONES. BUT WHAT LOOKS AS VACANT AREA IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE FULLY DEVELOPED, MUCH LIKE ASBURY. JONATHAN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> I TURNED HIM BACK ON. >> WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS THAT THE PERSON MILES TRAVEL PER DISTRICT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD MAP TO PUT ON. THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT DISTRICT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PERSON MILES TRAVELED EXPECTED IN THAT DISTRICT. THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM. AND THEN THERE'S THE COST FOR THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES. SO IT'S THE DIVISION BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM. >> SAY AGAIN. >> IT'S DRIVEN BY THE PERSON MILES TRAVELED IN THAT DISTRICT. SO THERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS THAT, A TABLE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THAT DISTRICT. AND YOU THERE'S ONE MORE TASTE. SO THESE ARE THE PERSON MILES AND THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY DISTRICT. SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR SECOND AND WELL, YOU HAVE LAKE ASHBURY HAS A VERY HIGH NUMBER AND THEN ORANGE PARK AND THEN YOU'RE NEXT. SO YOU HAVE 594,741. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE COST OF THE PROJECTS, WHICH IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT DIVIDES THOSE NUMBERS TO COME UP WITH THAT MULTIPLIER THAT YOU ARE SEEING PER YEAR. THAT'S HOW THAT'S CALCULATED BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT AND THE PERSON MILES TRAVELED IN THAT DISTRICT. >> SORRY, NOT. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. >> PERFECT SENSE. BUT IF THE PROJECTS ARE LARGER THEN THE FIGURE ONE MORE, EXPONENTIALLY MORE. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT IF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE TRAVELING THAT ROAD IS DISPROPORTIONATELY LESS FOR THE MILES OF ROAD THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED, THEN THAT FIGURE IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN. I UNDERS. I MEAN, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS THE CASE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MODIFIES THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IN THAT MY PROJECTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I KNOW THAT THE MILES OF ROAD THAT NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED THE WAY LIKE SPECIFIC TO CHESWICK OAKS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WETLANDS THAT NEED TO BE MITIGATED. THE ROAD HAS TO DO THIS WEIRD CONTORTION IN ORDER TO CONNECT CHESWICK OAKS TO OAKLEAF PLANTATION PARKWAY. IT'S VERY LONG. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WOULD NEED TO MOVE IN IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE LESS OF AN INCREASE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. THE FIGURES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO ME SHOW A SMALL FIGURE, A SMALLER NUMBER OF FOLKS MOVING IN TO BEAR THIS. IT'S A BURDEN. IT'S DISPROPORTIONATELY MORE. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK [02:45:05] AT THE BRANNONFIELD OAK LEAF LIST, EVERYBODY ELSE'S FIGURES LOOK LIKE IT'S AN INCREMENTAL CHANGE. $7 HERE, $30 THERE. MINE IS WELL OVER. THIS ISN'T THIS SLIDE. SO MINE GOES UP TO 232. BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE, IT WAS LIKE I'M STARTING OUT AT 155. WHEREAS IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THAT TO ANYBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT, MINE IS THE LARGEST INCREASE. AND I'M GRAPPLING WITH. >> YEAH, THAT'S. >> IT WAS THE VERY FIRST. YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING. YEAH, KEEP GOING. THIS ONE. YEAH. SO YOU'VE GOT LIKE. SO JUST A BASIC COMPARISON. IF YOU LOOK AT ORANGE PARK, LAKESIDE, FLEMING ISLAND, THAT'S THE QUICKEST. THAT MATH IS SIX BUCKS. IF YOU LOOK AT LAKE ASBURY, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, THAT MATH IS 80 BUCKS. LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO $25 WHERE WE STARTED OUT AT 36 FOR KEYSTONE AND SOUTH CLAY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT BRANNON FIELD, OAK LEAF, 15512 TO 232 IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS, BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S. HAS TO INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO COME INTO MY DISTRICT. AND THEN EVEN MIDDLEBURG WEST CLAY, $85. WHAT'S THAT? 15 PLUS 18. SOMEBODY WITH MATH GIVE ME. WHAT IS THAT? 13. OKAY, SO YOUR INCREASE. PARDON? 33. 33 BUCKS. 33 BUCKS. SAME FOLKS. 45. 45 PLUS 32. WHAT DO YOU GOT? SO THE FIRST COLUMN. SO TWICE AS MUCH IS THE CLOSEST TO THE INCREASE THAT MINE WOULD HAVE TO. MY DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE. BUT LAKE ASBURY IS 79.90. YEAH, IT'S NOT THE SAME. YOURS IS ABOUT THE SAME AS OURS. 80. >> SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT THE. >> WHAT IT WAS LAST STUDY. >> THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GROWTH TO COME ON THE BRANCH OF MASTER PLAN. >> YES. BUT THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING AND THE AMOUNT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO BUILD OUT THE ROADS THAT ARE ON THIS LIST IS DISPROPORTIONATE IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE EXPANSION THAT YOUR DISTRICT IS SEEING. IF THAT WERE TRUE OF MY DISTRICT, THEN IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. BUT WHEN ONE ROAD PROJECT, THE LATEST QUOTE THAT WE GOT FOR DISTRICT TWO, ONE OF THE. I THINK ONE QUOTE WE GOT WAS FOR 100 MILLION FOR THAT ROAD. AND THEN WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS RECENTLY THAT IT WOULD. IT WAS CUT DOWN TO LIKE 30. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE ROAD. 30. $30 MILLION FOR ONE CONNECTOR. AND THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE OF THEM OF THAT MAGNITUDE IN MY MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT. SO I DON'T HAVE THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING TO LAKE ASBURY OR GREEN COVE SPRINGS. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT 2. I KNOW THAT. SO I LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS WITH STAFF, BUT I CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THAT IF WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR THE NEW FOLKS WHO SHOULD BE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THIS FOR MINE. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE WHOLE THING IS WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED FOR US TO. TO ADOPT TONIGHT. SO TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. BUT THAT'S MY OBSERVATION FOR MY DISTRICT. >> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SO LAURA, HOW LIKE YOUR PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE OR BETH, YOUR PROPOSED CHANGE OF REMOVING THE FIVE YEAR. SO THINKING OF COMMISSIONER SCROMLO'S COMMENTS AND I KNOW HOW THEY GOT THERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF YEARS THAT THE COMMISSION >> IN A DISCOUNT THERE WAS A 35% DISCOUNT AT ONE POINT. >> BUT AT ONE POINT FOR A LARGE PERIOD OF TIME THE COUNTY COMMISSION ABANDONED IMPACT FEES. THAT WAS BEFORE MOBILITY FEES EXISTED. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE GAP IS THERE. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THEY HAD STAYED WITH IT, THE SCHOOL BOARD STAYED WITH IT. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S HOW I THINK WE GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE DISCREPANCIES. AND SOME OF THOSE DISCOUNTS WERE TARGETED TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION. SO I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOST RECENTLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN I UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENED TO BE OUT OF TOWN, A BOUTIQUE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING [02:50:01] IN MY DISTRICT FOR THE CHAMBER. AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT THEY HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING. AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY THIS AS OPENING OF A NEW BUSINESS? BECAUSE THERE HADN'T BEEN ANYTHING IN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO SAY THE FIVE YEARS OR NOT THE FIVE, I DON'T REMEMBER. BUT AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE OWNER THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THAT FROM HAPPENING. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE IS NOT HAVING BUSINESSES LIKE THAT. AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHEN LISTENING TO COMMISSIONER SCROMOLOW AND I CAN GET BEHIND WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE NEW PEOPLE PAYING FOR THINGS IS THAT WOULD THE FIVE YEAR HELP US TO LIKE ESPECIALLY ON BLANDING BOULEVARD, SOME OF THE VACANT PLACES IF WOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY THOSE OR WAS SETTING ASIDE THE. SO I'M THINKING OF SHOPPING CENTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE TO BACKFILL BUSINESSES INTO THOSE WHICH YOU CAN ARGUE TO COMMISSIONER RENIGER'S POINT FROM EARLIER, THEY'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY CAUSE MORE PERSON MILE TRIPS THAN THEY HAD FOR AT LEAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS BEFORE IF THEY'VE SAT VACANT. BUT IF WE WANT TO TRY TO DRIVE BUSINESSES INTO THOSE, HOW DOES THAT ALL PLAY IN? >> SO WE'RE PROPOSING THE REMOVAL OF THAT. HOW THAT WOULD WORK WOULD BE IF THERE WAS A FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY AN OFFICE AND THEY'RE GOING TO A DIFFERENT LAND USE, THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENT FEE ASSESSED TO EACH LAND USE. SO I WOULD TAKE WHATEVER THE PRIOR LAND USE WAS, LET'S SAY OFFICE. IF I WOULD SUBTRACT THAT TO THE FUTURE USE WHICH WOULD BE MORE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE OF THE FEE. >> BUT IF IT WERE LIKE TO LIKE, IF IT. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. IF IT WAS LIKE TO LIKE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THOSE IMPACT FEES. THE ADDITIONAL, THE ADDITIONAL. NOW, WOULD THEY HAVE TO. FOR MOBILITY IF THEY HAD PAID IT. >> BUT WOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY. AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOBILITY TONIGHT, BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU KNOW, KIND OF. BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD ARGUMENT. IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION. SO FOR THAT, WOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY THE IMPACT FEES THAT WERE NOT IN PLACE POSSIBLY WHEN IT FIRST WAS DEVELOPED? >> YES, MA', AM, THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. SO IF IT HAD, IF THAT ADDRESS HAD NEVER PAID THE COMPREHENSIVE IMPACT FEE, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PAY THAT WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THIS. BUT IF THEY HAD PAID A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE OR A MOBILITY FEE, IT WOULDN'T APPLY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND SO TO, TO COMMISSIONER SCROMOLO'S ARGUMENT EARLIER. IF SAY. >> SO YOUR EXAMPLE ABOUT YOUR RIBBON CUTTING. >> YEAH. >> JUST REMEMBER, MOBILITY FEE ISN'T IN THE INCORPORATED. SO IF THAT'S IN KEYSTONE. NO, NO, NO. IT WAS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. >> IT'S IN MIDDLEBURG. >> SO, BUT THEN, SO ON THE, TO COMMISSIONER SCRUMLOS EARLIER, WHAT POPPED IN MY HEAD WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CONVENIENCE STORES WAS THE WAWA OR WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT THERE BY THE HOSPITAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE OF CROSSING THE SIDEWALK AND ALL THAT. BUT SO IN THAT CASE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE IN THAT FIELD. THERE'S NOT BEEN ANYTHING IN THAT FIELD. THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO PAY ALL OF THIS? >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. OKAY. AND SO, SO WHAT THE STUDY SHOWED, THAT IS WHEN COMMISSIONER COMPARE IS TALKING ABOUT HER, ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN HER AREA VERSUS REDEVELOPMENT IN HER AREA. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. EXCEPT FOR IN THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. I GOT IT. YEAH. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE POINT IN THAT WAWA CURRENTLY IS BEING BUILT, THE PROPOSED MOBILITY FEE FOR THAT A GASOLINE SERVICE STATION OR, EXCUSE ME, CONVENIENCE STORE. CONVENIENCE STORE. GAS STATION. THE STUDY SUPPORTS $17,000, AND BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE, WE CAN ONLY CHARGE 4,700. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER TONIGHT IS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THIS MORNING, WE HAVE TO DIVERSIFY REVENUES, AND THIS IS A WAY TO DO IT. AND IT'S A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW GROWTH IS PAYING FOR ITSELF. AND I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T, IF WE KEEP IT AS IS, I THINK THAT'S THE TOUGH PART TONIGHT, TOO. IT'S ONE OF THOSE FOR ME, YOU GOT TO PLUG YOUR NOSE AND VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT. I MEAN, EVEN THE PROPOSED NEW FEES BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE AREN'T ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE NEW STUFF IS GOING TO COST. AND AS THEY MENTIONED IN THEIR PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE TO USE SALES TAX AND GAS TAX [02:55:02] TO OFFSET THAT WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. AIN'T ENOUGH. AIN'T ENOUGH. ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, IS THERE A POTENTIAL. I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT IF YOU DID HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, IF THE STATE STATUTE WAS AMENDED OR CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WOULD IT ALLOW US TO INCREASE THESE? SO IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION? >> IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE LEGISLATION. RIGHT NOW YOU CANNOT DO THAT. CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. >> RIGHT. >> SO UNLESS THAT CHANGES. AND I'LL LET COURTNEY SPEAK, BUT IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW THEY WRITE THE LEGISLATION. >> OKAY. I HAVE A COMMENT THAT MAY HELP. COMMISSIONER, COMPARE. YOU KNOW, CLAY COUNTY IS VERY DIVERSE. WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTH CLAY COUNTY AND SOUTH CLAY COUNTY AND WE'VE TAKEN EFFORTS TO. I THINK IT WAS GOVERNOR'S PARK; WE INCLUDED IN THE LAKE ASBURY. THESE DISTRICTS DON'T AGRICOLA. DON'T AGRICOLA. WE, WE. THESE DISTRICTS DON'T COINCIDE WITH OUR ELECTED DISTRICTS. BUT WE'VE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS TO TRY TO GET AGRICOLA INTO LAKE ASBURY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL LIKE. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. IT JUST WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT. BUT WE'VE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS. TRY TO BE CONSISTENT. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THERE'S DIFFERENCES IN THESE DISTRICTS. AND IS IT FAIR TO MAKE KEYSTONE PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO SEGMENT LIKE WITH LIKE. AND IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS AND. >> DON'T GET ME WRONG, MY. YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. CLAY COUNTY IS DIVERSE. AND I'VE GOT THE MOST TRANSIENT PART OF THE COUNTY IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS PROBABLY THE MOST ESTABLISHED PART OF THE COUNTY IN MY DISTRICT. WE SHARE BORDERS WITH ORANGE PARK AND WE SHARE BORDERS WITH. YOU SHARE BORDERS WITH ME AT OAK LEAF. SO POINT WELL MADE. BUT THAT THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS ONE THAT BORDERS YOUR DISTRICT ALSO. SO I'M NOT, IT'S NOT A. I DON'T DISMISS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS MY MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT. BUT YOU BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING POINT AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MOBILITY FEE DOLLARS ARE SPENT IN THE MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, AT WHAT POINT IS THE MONIES THAT WE WOULD BE GENERATING ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE MOBILITY FEE DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY GET TO BE EXPENDED ON THOSE PROJECTS, WHICH WAS MY WHOLE POINT TO BEGIN WITH, IS YOU'RE RIGHT IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF. THERE'S A LOT OF DEFICIT THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S THE JUNCTURE WE'RE AT IN THIS POINT IN HISTORY, AT THIS POINT IN CLAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS, THE ROAD PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT WILL NOT BE TOUCHED UNTIL WE CAN PAY FOR THEM. AND PLUGGING MY NOSE TONIGHT AND VOTING FOR THIS DOESN'T GET ME ANY CLOSER TO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUCH HEAVY LIFTS FOR US. SO I'M NOT SURE. >> AND I'D MAKE THE COUNTER ARGUMENT IT DOES. I MEAN, YOU'RE INCREASING REVENUES, RIGHT. SO DOES IT GET YOU $30 MILLION? MAYBE NOT. >> ON ONE PROJECT. >> ON ONE PROJECT, MAYBE NOT. BUT I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, I'VE TALKED TO RICHARD ALL THE TIME ABOUT. WE PROACTIVELY THINK ABOUT THINGS WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE $30 MILLION. THE. MY BIG THING TONIGHT IS WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO GAIN REVENUE. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THE ANSWER, I THINK IT WAS. WE SAID IT EARLIER. ARE MOBILITY THE SAME AS IMPACT? YOU HAVE TO SPEND WITHIN EIGHT YEARS. YEAH. SO THEY'D BE SPENT WITHIN EIGHT YEARS OF WHEN THEY WERE COLLECTED ON A. >> WHAT? >> YEAH, BUT YOU COULD BUILD A PORTION OF THE ROAD. YOU'VE GOT DISTRICT DRIVE, WHICH IS A ROAD THAT COULD BE BUILT. >> YOU'VE GOT ENGINEERING. >> YOU CAN START THE PROCESS THERE ARE. YOU COULD DO A PORTION OF YOUR ROAD. AND >> YOU'RE SAYING THE OTHER THING IS. I'VE GOT TROY BEHIND YOU. >> SORRY, COME UP TO THE MIC. [03:00:01] YEAH, I THINK. >> I'M NOT SAYING NO. >> I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER AVENUE THAT YOU'RE MISSING. THE OTHER AVENUE THAT YOU'RE MISSING IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT US GETTING THE REVENUE AND DOING THE WORK. WELL, IN SOME CASES, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THE REVENUE TO DO THE WORK. IF THAT DEVELOPER, ONE OF THEM IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT MAY BE LOOKING TO SELL HIS PROPERTY TO BUILD, WANTS TO BUILD THAT ROAD SO HE CAN DEVELOP NOW. IT'S ON THE LIST NOW HE CAN COME GET CREDITS FOR THAT ROAD AND BUILD THE ROAD HIMSELF, AND YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO SEE THE REVENUE COME IN. SO I THINK SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE REVENUE. >> WAIT, SAY THAT AGAIN, TROY. >> I MEAN, YOU HAVE IMPACT YOU HAVE MOBILITY FEE CREDITS. YOU HAVE CREDITS IN THE SYSTEM. SO CATHEDRAL OAKS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. WE DIDN'T PAY FOR CATHEDRAL OAKS, THE ONE HALF OF CATHEDRAL OAKS. THE OTHER HALF WE DID. REINHOLD PAID FOR THE OTHER HALF AND THEY GOT CREDITS FOR IT. SO IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD THAT ROAD, BUT THEY CAN'T COME IN AND ASK FOR CREDITS IF IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST AND IT'S NOT APPROVED AS PART OF YOUR MOBILITY FEE. >> OKAY, SO. >> SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME IN TOMORROW AND BUILD CHESWICK OAKS. THANK YOU. YOU KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING. CHESWICK OAK 16. SO THAT THEY COULD START DEVELOPING IT. THEY COULD COME IN AND SAY, I'M GOING TO BUILD THE NEXT MILE OF IT AND TAKE THE CREDITS FOR IT. THAT GETS YOUR ROAD BUILT FASTER. WE DON'T EVER GET THE REVENUE RIGHT, BUT WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE EXPENSE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THIS IS IF IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST AND IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MOBILITY FEE CREDITS FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE LIST. >> I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THOSE ROADS BEING ON THE LIST. THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY CONSENSUS. >> I'M JUST SAYING THAT. >> SO WHAT AM I MISSING? >> YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY COMING IN, SO YOU CAN'T EVER BUILD THE ROAD. WHAT I'M SAYING IS. OR YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY INITIALLY TO BUILD THE ROAD IN A TIMELY MANNER, WAS WHAT I HEARD YOU JUST SAY A SECOND AGO. YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO EVER HAVE THE MONEY COME IN, IS MY POINT. IF WE WOULD HAVE WAITED FOR THE MONEY TO COME IN FOR CATHEDRAL OAK PARKWAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD THAT OTHER HALF OF CATHEDRAL PARKWAY. IT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN BUILT AND EXTENDED TO FOUR LANES IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CREDIT SYSTEM. OKAY, SO THAT WAS MY. >> OKAY, SO LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY. I DON'T OBJECT TO THESE EXPENSIVE ROADS BEING ON THE LIST. THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY CONTENTION. WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING IS THE DOLLAR FEE, BECAUSE THIS HAS COME COMING BACK TO PMTS, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN HAVING TO BE BEAR THE COST. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THE PROJECTION TO 20, 45 OR 54, WHATEVER IT IS, X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. AND SO THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED PER PERSON BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST, THEN YOU'VE GOT A SMALLER POOL OF FOLKS EXPECTED TO COME WITH A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SMALLER FEE FIGURE OF PEOPLE. AND SO WHETHER IT'S THE DEVELOPER WHO'S BUILDING THE ROAD OR NOT, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS BEING ASSESSED TO THOSE COMING IN. AND SO MY WHOLE POINT WAS, IF WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY AND THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE MOVING INTO MY DISTRICT, BUT THE PROJECTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IN COST, THEN THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SKEWED. SKEWED. AND I GET THAT THERE'S A DEFICIT THAT NEEDS TO BE MET, BUT FAIRNESS DOES NOT SAY THAT THIS ENTIRE DOLLAR FIGURE APPORTIONED AGAINST THIS FEW THAT'S COMING IN IS FAIR. AND SO FOR ME, WHAT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE IS UNDERSTANDING THAT A DEVELOPER COULD COME IN AND BEAR THAT COST, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. BECAUSE FOR YEARS, CHESWICK OAKS HAS BEEN ON THE LIST, AND FOR YEARS IT WAS TEETERING ON THE TPO LIST AT EIGHT OR NINE. EIGHT OR NINE. EIGHT OR NINE. FINALLY, WE GOT IT UP TO SIX AND THEN FOUR THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR A DEVELOPER TO DO THAT. THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR CHESWICK OAKS TO BE ADDED TO THE MOBILITY FEE LIST TO BEGIN WITH. IT WASN'T EVEN ON THERE, AND I'M ONLY THREE YEARS IN, SO I GET THE MAGNITUDE OF IT BEING ON THE LIST. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIGURES, DOLLARS AND CENTS TO ALLOCATE TO PROJECTED NUMBERS OF FOLKS COMING IN. SO I'M LOOKING AT A SMALLER FIGURE COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING AT WITH A DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE AMOUNT IN PROJECTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID. SO, LIKE I SAID, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST. IT'S GOING TO BE TRUE FOR MY DISTRICT THAT THERE ARE FEWER COMING IN WITH PROJECTS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. SHE CONTINUES TO ASK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN. IS THERE NO WAY TO KNOW? YOU SAID THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND LEFT FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN. IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOTTED. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TOWNHOUSES, APARTMENTS, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. SO CAN YOU ANSWER [03:05:01] THAT? IS THERE THAT MANY PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN THERE THAT WOULD ADD THAT MANY PROOF? BUT SHE DOESN'T FEEL THERE IS. SO WASN'T IT IN THE PRESENTATION? I SAW IT. AS FAR AS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. >> NO, WHAT THE PROJECTED PERSON PER MILE OR PMT WAS IN THE. IT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION. >> YEAH. THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING FORECASTED WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. SO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS, THE HOUSING. WE WENT OVER THAT. I GUESS THE FIRST TIME WE PRESENTED. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TONIGHT, BUT THAT IS CALCULATED BASED ON THOSE FORECASTS OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS GOING TO BE IN EACH DISTRICT. >> AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT? >> YEAH, BECAUSE THROUGH THE TRAVEL DEMAND ESTIMATION MODEL, WE CAN CALCULATE HOW MANY PERSON MILES TRAVELED. SO IT'S HOW MUCH TRAVEL IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT DUE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S EXPECTED THAT DISTRICT AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN THAT DISTRICT. IT'S ALL BASED ON YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WHAT IS ENTITLED. AND WE HAVE THE NUMBERS. I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE PREDICTED BASED ON THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE IN YOUR DISTRICT. >> IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS MINE, BUT THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT. YOU'RE SAYING. >> OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AT ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO ARE WE TO THE POINT OF TAKING A MOTION? >> OKAY, I'LL. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CLAY COUNTY MOBILITY FEE ORDINANCE AND FEE SCHEDULE. >> ALL RIGHT, HAVE A MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION IS SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. PASS. FOUR TO ONE. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO DISCUSSIONS [14. Active & Upcoming Formal Solicitations (K. Smith)] WITH KAREN. ACTIVE AND UPCOMING FORMAL SOLICITATIONS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF OUR BIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ADVERTISED AND SOME THAT WE'LL BE ADVERTISING OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. SO A BRIEF LAST MEETING THAT WE RECEIVED A LOT OF PROPOSALS FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THAT CIVIL ENGINEER, OUR TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, PLANNING, LANDSCAPE SURVEYING SERVICES. STAFF IS REVIEWING THOSE AND THEY SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. ON THE 414 MEETING, WE HAVE DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES. WE RECEIVED 11 PROPOSALS AND THAT'S BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW BY A COMMITTEE. OUR GENERATOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BIDS, WE RECEIVED FIVE BIDS. THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER 24, THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, BUT WE RECEIVED 11 BIDS ON THAT AS WELL. SO WE'LL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER POND MOWING. THAT'S THE ANNUAL BID. WE RECEIVED 11 BIDS ON THAT. ALSO OUR TILE REPLACEMENT AT THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL PRE BID MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY, SO THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD PRETTY SOON AS WELL. AND ALSO CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUILDING 500, THAT PRE BID MEETING IS THIS FRIDAY. SO WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD ON THE 414-BOARD MEETING, OUR UPCOMING BIDS. WE HAVE OUR CDBG PROJECT THAT'S AT SAP LANE THAT ADVERTISED LAST WEEK. FIREFIGHTER GEAR STORAGE, SHED CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADES THAT ADVERTISED LAST WEEK. WE HAVE THE CLAY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS HURRICANE ROOF REPAIR; THAT'S TO THE EXHIBIT HALL IN THE CATTLEMAN'S ARENA THAT IS ADVERTISED LAST WEEK. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION FOR THE SUN TRAIL THAT GOES OUT TO BID STARTING THIS THURSDAY. WE HAVE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROJECTS, LAKEVIEW STREET AND HILLTOP STREET THAT ADVERTISES THIS THURSDAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE BIDS ARE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. SO NOT IN ANY CERTAIN ORDER, BUT MOBILE TRAILERS [03:10:01] FOR THE FIREFIGHTER GEAR. CARL PUGH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE ALARM UPGRADES AT THE COUNTY JAIL, OUR P3 FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM, KNIGHTS MARINA, LAKESHORE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ADVENTURE PARK MITIGATION. THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE FEMA PROJECTS. WE HAVE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE CDBG. MEGAN BRIEFED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY. THEN THE OAK LEAF SPORTS COMPLEX DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN IS TO HAVE THOSE GO OUT THIS MONTH AND INTO NEXT MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO NEXT [15. Request for Prospective Buyer Lien Reduction for Triton Custom Homes, Inc. (C. Stewart)] TO REQUEST FOR PROSPECTIVE IRELAND REDUCTION FOR TRITON CUSTOM HOMES WITH SHARICE. >> HI THERE. >> WE FINALLY MADE IT. >> I KNOW. I'M A. I'M AN IMPACT FEE PAYER AND SO I HOPE IT'S A LITTLE LIGHTER AS WELL AS A PROPERTY TAX IN REVENUE INCREASER. CAN WE JUST GET IT APPROVED AND MOVE ON? SO MY NAME IS DEREK WIGGINS. I'M HERE. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF TRITON CUSTOM HOMES. I'M CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE 1940 PEREGRINE PLACE IN MIDDLEBURG. AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY'S BEEN ON THE NUISANCE LIEN LIST FOR 20 YEARS, SINCE 2007. IT'S A MESS STILL. AND SO I AM UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE IT. WE'RE A SMALL CUSTOM BUILDER. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> YES, MA'AM. SAY IT AGAIN. >> I THOUGHT. DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WEREN'T GOING TO. YEAH, BUT HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, >> OH, MY BAD. I'M. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I HEARD MY NAME, I HEARD TRITON. I WAS READY TO GO. WELL, ANYWAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID. YEAH, SO I'M JUST. I THINK THE LIENS ARE IN EXCESS OF MAYBE 5, 600,000. AND YOU KNOW, THE LAND VALUE IS NOT NEARLY THAT. SO I'M LOOKING TO GET A, YOU KNOW, GET IT REMOVED DOWN SO WE CAN GET IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL. WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL HOMES. IN FACT, ZILLOW, 2747 ANCHOR ROAD. THAT PROPERTY BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR YEARS. JUST A SLAB GROWN UP JUST ACTUALLY CLOSED LAST WEEK FOR 590,000, WHICH I BUILT. AND SO, YEAH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN JACKSONVILLE. I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE AGENT FOR 32 YEARS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DEFINITELY HAVE THE. KNOW HOW. I'VE PROBABLY BEEN A MEMBER OF OVER A THOUSAND TRANSACTIONS IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. REHAB HOUSES. I'VE BEEN BUILDING HOUSES FOR 20. 20 YEARS. AND SO I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB. IF WE CAN GET THE FINES REMOVED, I'LL CLOSE THE TRANSACTION. I'LL IMMEDIATELY APPLY FOR ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. I'LL GET IT CLEANED UP, AND WE'LL GET A. GET A NEW HOME BUILT, NEW SEPTIC. WELL, THE WHOLE DEAL. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. >> SO ALL I'VE GOT TO ADD IS I CAN GIVE YOU STAFF SCORE, COST, OR ANY OF THAT THAT YOU WANT. MR. WIGGINS IS CORRECT. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO CASES ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. ONE'S FROM 07, WHICH IS OVER $500,000. ONE IS FROM 2021, WHICH IS OVER $90,000. TANYA GEORGE IS HERE AS WELL, FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, SO WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE, MR. WIGGINS HAS SAID IT VERY NICELY. AND YOU CAN COME TO ALL OF THESE WITH ME. STAFF'S COST FOR THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE ONE FROM 07, IS $3160. AND FOR THE ONE FROM 2021, IT'S $1640, WITH BOTH OF THEM TOTALING 4. 4800 BUCKS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE REDUCE THIS LIEN TO 48 HUNDRED DOLLARS. >> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? >> THANK YOU FOR CLEANING IT UP. YES, SIR. I'LL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY. SO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING, LIKE, I GUESS, LIKE SOMETHING IN WRITING SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE DEAL AND GET STARTED? >> WE. WE HAVE TO VOTE. AND THEN TANYA'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU, AND SHE CAN TALK. >> RIGHT. IT'S NOT CLEANED UP. CORRECT. >> YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM A CERTAIN NUMBER, AND THEN HE WILL HAVE SO MANY DAYS TO PAY IT. OH, SO IT'S NOT OUR NORMAL. LIKE OUR NORMAL LIEN REDUCTION. THIS IS A PROSPECTIVE BUYER. OKAY. >> SO, I MEAN, I JUST. I MEAN, I CAN CLOSE IT AS SOON AS WE GET A DEAL IN PLACE. >> HOW. HOW FAST CAN YOU CLEAN IT UP? >> I MEAN, AS SOON AS I CAN GET A PERMIT. [03:15:01] >> THAT'S REMOVAL OF THE MOBILE HOME. CORRECT. >> SO THERE IS. SO THE ONE THERE. THERE'S A. THERE'S SOMEONE SQUATTING ON THE PROPERTY. >> OH, YEAH. >> SO I MAY NEED TO DO AN >> EVICTION TO GO SEE. >> I MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. MIGHT GIVE ME AN EXTRA 30. >> YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST 90 DAYS, MR. WIGGINS. WE NORMALLY DO 60. WE NORMALLY DO 60, BUT WITH THE EVICTION AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. >> YEAH, IT'S A POTENTIAL SQUATTER THERE THAT I NEED TO GET RID OF. >> I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE. THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO CLEAN UP ON THAT. IT'S A MESS. YEAH. >> SO MY. I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE CLEANUP WITHIN 90 DAYS. >> FAIR ENOUGH. >> SECOND MINE. >> SECOND. THE ADMITTED MOTION. >> AND THEN IT'S NORMALLY 10 DAYS TO PAY UP AFTER WE. >> YEAH, THAT'S A PROBLEM ANYTIME. >> OKAY. NINE DAYS TO CLEAN, TEN DAYS TO PAY. >> THAT'S WHAT I PAY NOW AND THEN. >> NO, JUST WAIT. >> OKAY. OKAY. >> CALL US AS SOON AS YOU'VE GOT IT CLEAN. >> I GOT YOU. >> YES, SIR. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL US IN THE MEANTIME. >> SO, ASSUMING THE BOARD APPROVES IT, WE WILL SEND YOU AN AGREEMENT. OKAY, THAT SPELLS IT ALL OUT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET US KNOW. >> PERFECT. >> YEP. WILL YOU ALSO LET US KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S A DOUBLE WIDE TO BE DEMOED. >> RIGHT. IT'S LITERALLY MELTED INTO THE GROUND. >> OKAY. OKAY. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT BURNED DOWN OR WHAT, BUT, I MEAN, THE TALLEST PORTION IS LIKE THE DECK, SO. YEAH. >> OKAY. >> LIQUEFIED. YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO LETTERS FRACTION A [18. Discussion of Re-Appointments to the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee] DISCUSSION OF REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE SPRING CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. APPLICATIONS FOR REAPPOINTMENT WERE RECEIVED FROM KIMBERLY MIDDLETON AND STACY REAP. AND THEY ARE BOTH WONDERFUL AND APPRECIATE THEM IMMENSELY. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND A MOTION. >> MOTION. AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE GO TO LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION, [19. Bid Opening Tabulations (K Smith)] BID OPENING TABULATIONS FOR GENERATOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. ANYTHING THERE? ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP MY SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE TO SPEAK? CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONER, AUDITOR? NOTHING. COUNTY ATTORNEY. >> YES, JUST QUICKLY. NEXT [COUNTY ATTORNEY] MONDAY IS A CRC MEETING, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW. ALSO, WE RECEIVED A NOTICE IN CONNECTION WITH OUR OPIOID LITIGATION THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SETTLEMENT COMING FORWARD WITH SIX, WHAT THEY CALL REMNANT, WHICH ARE REALLY DISPENSER DEFENDANTS. WE DON'T KNOW THE ALLOCATION THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THAT YET BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON IF ANY OF THE CURRENT DEFENDANTS OPT OUT. SO THEY WILL GET US AN ALLOCATION BEFORE THEY SEND US THE DOCUMENTS. AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THIS IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND AND IT'S AT COMMISSIONER CONDON'S REQUEST. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE E BIKE AND IT'S MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE AND THEN BRING IT BACK. BUT IT HAS MADE PROGRESS IN THE LEGISLATURE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> COUNTY MANAGER? [COUNTY MANAGER] >> YES MA', AM. MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, JUST FOUR ITEMS FOR YOU. FIRST ONE WILL START OFF WITH THE PHASE TWO, SEVERE WATER SHORTAGE DECLARED. LAWYERS ALREADY PUT THAT ON OUR EM SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE AND WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR OWN WEBSITE AND GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR FOLKS. 2025 ANNUAL REPORTS BEEN ONLINE. HERE IT IS ON HARD COPY. IF YOU JUST GOOGLE IT, YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE. LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT. FREEDOM250 SO AMERICA'S TURNING 250 YEARS OLD HERE ON JULY 4TH. AND WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS THAT I WANTED TO BRIEF THE BOARD ON AND GET KIND OF SOME MOVING FORWARD ON SOME THINGS. FIRST STARTS OUT I PASS THESE OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. THIS WOULD BE A PROPOSED GRAPHIC OR LOGO THAT WE'D USE MOVING FORWARD. WE COULD DO A LOT WITH THIS LOGO. I'VE HEARD SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT COINS AND PINS, LAPEL PINS AND THAT. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE'LL FORM A COMMITTEE ON THIS. LAURA AND MARY WILL LEAD THE COMMITTEE UP FOR US. TALK TO EACH ONE OF THE CONSTITUTIONALS GET I ALREADY TALKED TO CLERK GREEN ABOUT THIS AND WE HAVE HER SUPPORT IN THAT. FROM THERE AND THEN OTHER CONSTITUTIONS. BUT DEPENDING UPON THE DIRECTION TO GO INTO, I THINK IT'S EITHER THIS ONE OR THIS ONE. I THINK MAYBE THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL SEAL. I THINK IF IT'S A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE, THIS IS THE ONE WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH ANY CIRCLE PERFECT. [03:20:01] OKAY. AND THEN WHAT I ALSO PASSED OUT TO YOU ALL WAS A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE THAT HAVE HAPPENED OR WILL HAPPEN HERE MOVING FORWARD. FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE HTTP://FREEDOM250.ORG WEBSITE, THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KEEPS PUTTING ON DIFFERENT EVENTS AS THEY ARISE AND AS THEY COME TO PLANNING. THAT KIND OF GOT ME THE IDEA OF DOING THE ENTIRE YEAR OUT MONTH BY MONTH FOR US. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE AND PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE. THIS IS JUST BUT AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS. IT WILL BE UPDATED AS OTHER EVENTS COME UP AND AS I FIND OUT FROM OTHER CONSTITUTIONALS TO ADD THEM. LAURA HAS IT UP THERE. AND WE ALSO JUST ADDED. I FORGOT TO ADD THE APRIL 11TH CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE ARCHIVES DIVISION WILL HAVE A DISPLAY OF THE 14TH COLONY AND WHAT 1776 CLAY LOOKED LIKE AT THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR. THAT'S BEEN ADDED. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ALWAYS DYNAMIC AND WILL BE ADDED TOO. ONE OF THE BIG KIND OF PREMIER EVENTS FOR US WOULD BE AND I WOULD PROPOSE IN LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD ON JULY 1, IT'S A WEDNESDAY AT 2:50PM TO HAVE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MEET AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE AND DO A CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATION AND SIGNING AND PICTURE TAKING THERE WITH OTHER THINGS TO BE PLANNED THERE DURING THAT DAY TOO THAT LAURA AND MARY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN. WE ALSO WOULD BE LOOKING FOR. FOR SPONSORS AND SPONSORSHIPS TO PAY FOR THOSE COINS AND PINS. BY THE WAY. I'M REALLY LOOKING NOT TO SPEND ANY TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON IT. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL THAT I HAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE 4TH OF JULY ACTUAL THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THEY'RE LISTED ON THE SHEET HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION REALLY AND WHEN I SAY BIGGEST WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF EVENTS HAPPENING DOWN AT KEYSTONE AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK IS PARTNERING WITH MOOSE HAVEN LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO AND GREENCO SPRINGS IS GOING TO BEEF UP THEIR RIVER FEST AND CELEBRATE THAT WAY WITH A BIGGER FIREWORKS SCHEDULE THERE. SO LOOKING REALLY THIS WHEN I SAY MULTI AGENT EVENT THAT'S ON THERE. YOU KNOW THERE COULD BE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE JULY 1 CELEBRATION. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I FELT LIKE IF EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY MET THERE AND WE HAD A NICE CELEBRATION TO COMMEMORATE THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR GREAT NATION. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I DID GO THROUGH MARY HAS A LOT OF EVENTS ON HERE. PARKS AND REC HAS GOT PUTTING SOME EVENTS ON THERE AND OTHERS. WE'VE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THEIR EVENT IS ON THERE. THERE'LL BE MORE THAT'S ADDED TO THIS. CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE ON THAT ONE. BUT MY ASK IS ONE TO GET CONSENSUS ABOUT JULY 1 AT 2:50PM. >> BEFORE WE GO THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMISSION AWARE OF. I WAS ASKED BY ONE OF THE OTHER CONSTITUTIONALS TO LOOK AT A VERY SUBSTANTIAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. AND I'M LOOKING. WE. WE LOOKED AT THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR. THEIR CELEBRATIONS ARE ALREADY PLANNED. SO THAT WEEK MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THE CONSTITUTIONS TOGETHER, I RECOMMEND WE WAIT AND GET THE CONSTITUTIONS TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO THIS YEAR. AND IT COULD BE THE FIRST OF JULY, COULD BE THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, I DON'T KNOW, OUTSIDE HURRICANE SEASON AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING AND HEAT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO WAIT UNTIL WE QUARRY ALL THE CONSTITUTIONALS. WHAT IS THEIR IDEA OF APPROPRIATE CELEBRATION FOR THE 250TH. >> FIRST OFF, HOWARD, I LOVE THE MEANING BEHIND THE TIMING AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS AWESOME. AND I STILL THINK WE SHOULD DO 2:50PM WHICH IS REALLY COOL. BUT YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER RENINGER MAKING SURE EVERYBODY CAN BE THERE LIKE AND THAT'S ALSO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT BE VACATIONS AND STUFF. SO KIND OF THROUGH COMMISSIONER RENIGER'S VEIN, MAYBE WE CAN POLL THE CONSTITUTIONALS, MAYBE GIVE THEM OPTIONS AND THEN TRY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S THERE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE COOL. >> YEAH. I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FREEDOM 250 CAR RACE IN IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON JUNE 24. THERE'S A PARADE OF TALL SHIPS THAT HAPPENS. I THINK IT'S ON THE FOURTH IN POTOMAC BAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DID LOOK AT THAT WEBSITE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S WEBSITE ALSO AMERICA 250FL AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WILL POST ALL OF THESE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING [03:25:02] TO DO THINGS. BUT YEAH, I MEAN I HAD JUST PICKED JULY 1ST REALLY NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THAT WEEKEND. AND I DID TALK TO HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE, BUT JAMIE WAS HERE FROM KEYSTONE. I'VE TALKED TO JAMIE, TALKED TO JOE TAYLOR DOWN IN ORANGE PARK AND I TALKED TO MIKE KNOLL AT GREEN COVE AND THEY'RE ALL ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THIS ON WHATEVER DATE. AND IT WAS JUST A DATE TO PICK AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST TO KIND OF COINCIDE BUT NOT TO INTERFERE WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY GOING ON. SO I CAN COME BACK, YOU KNOW, EASILY THIS WEEK AND NEXT CAN KIND OF POLL THE CONSTITUTIONAL, SEE IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH JULY 1ST. >> YOU SPOKE TO ME AND I'M ON VACATION. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. >> I'D BE CONFLICTED. I THINK YOUR VACATION, MA', AM, WITH THAT. >> YEAH. >> AND THAT. BUT I MEAN THERE, I MEAN AGAIN, IF I'LL ASK THE OTHER CONSTITUTIONALS, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A WORK WEEK OR WHATEVER AND TYPICALLY IT WILL BE A THREE DAY WEEKEND FOR GREEN COVE. THEY'LL ALSO HAVE THURSDAY OFF, SO IT'S FOUR DAYS FOR THEM. SO. I DO KNOW THOSE DETAILS. I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE ANY FURTHER WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS OKAY WITH THIS. AND AGAIN, IF THE QUESTION IS THE DATE, I CAN SAY, HEY, HOW DOES JULY 1ST SOUND TO EVERYONE? >> YEAH, JULY MIGHT BE A LITTLE FOR ROBES AND WIGS. >> I KNOW. YES. >> AND I WON'T FIT IN MY FLAG DRESS FROM THE BICENTENNIAL BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY ALIVE IN THE BICENTENNIAL. AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME IN A FLAG DRESS WITH MY BROTHER, BUT I'M FINE WITH IT. I JUST WONDERED IF YOU WOULD DISTRIBUTE THAT. I KNOW LAURA WAS SCROLLING IT FOR OUR PERUSAL, BUT FROM THIS SEAT, YOU CANNOT SEE ANY SCREEN. WELL. AND SO. >> SO. >> SO IT'S. IT'S THE. IT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF. IT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF THE CROWD. THE FUN CROWD OVER HERE, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY SEE A SCREEN. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S. SO IF YOU CAN SEND THAT LIST. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO. TO LOOK AT IT AND THE LIST. >> OH, YOU HAVE A HARD COPY. YEAH, IT'S. >> OH, I PASSED. I DIDN'T GET IT. I JUST GOT THIS. >> OH, NO, NO. YEAH. >> OH, OKAY. THANKS. >> I THINK YOU. I GAVE YOU THIS LIST, TOO. YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, NELLY DOESN'T QUALIFY AS A TALL SHIP. >> NO, IT DOES NOT, SIR. THAT. THAT BOAT SHOW IS COMING UP IN TWO WEEKS. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF CLERK GREEN HAD HAD SOMETHING TO LOOK LIKE MAYBE. >> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT WE. WE DO CONDUCT TEEN COURT OUT OF THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WEEK, IT'S CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE WEEKEND OF THE HOLIDAY WEEK, SO. SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CLEARED. SO IF THERE'S A DATE THAT'S PICKED, WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN ORGANIZING OUR CALENDARS WITH TEEN COURT AND INTAKE AND HEARINGS SO THAT WE HAVE THE FULL ACCESS TO THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE AND THE HISTORICAL COURTHOUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE AND WE DON'T DISRUPT THE TEEN COURT PROGRAM. SO WE JUST NEED AN ADVANCE NOTICE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ON A DIFFERENT TIME. BUT ARI TOLD HOWIE THAT WE'VE ALREADY. WE'RE ALREADY CLOSED THAT WEEK. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> YEAH. >> AND WHEN I HEAR YOUR LINE CLEAR ON THE HEAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE SEASON, >> I'M NOT WEARING A ROBE OR A WHITE WIG. >> YES, MA'AM. >> SO PHOTOS GO TO HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. YEAH. >> IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD, THEN I'LL. I'LL ASK. AND IF THERE ARE ALTERNATE DATES. THEN I'LL COME BACK TO THE NEXT BOARD AND TALK ABOUT THE ALTERNATE DATE, IF THAT'S OKAY. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> DOES THAT WORK? >> OKAY, THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. >> YEAH, IT'S REALLY. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. ONCE AGAIN. I, YOU KNOW, AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND WE HEARD KIND OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT, BY THE WAY, THERE'S A FREEDOM 250 TRUCK, A MUSEUM THAT KIND OF ALSO STARTED THE CONVERSATION. WE'VE REQUESTED THE TRUCK AT TOUCH A TRUCK. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF LABELING EACH ONE OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING. WE'VE ASKED IT FOR THERE, AND I THINK WE ASKED FOR IT FOR JULY 1ST. NOT A BIG DEAL. IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THAT DAY OR WHATEVER, WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK MARY ALSO REQUESTED THE TRUCK ALSO. SO THERE'S SIX OF THESE TRUCKS TO GO OUT TO THE U.S. IT'S REALLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE U.S. AND THEY'RE A REALLY NEAT MUSEUM AND THERE ARE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR THAT. SO WE'VE ALSO GONE OUT AND DONE THAT. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO KIND OF OPEN UP THE APERTURE WIDE OPEN FOR KIND OF HAVING SOME GUEST, YOU KNOW, HONOR HONORED GUESTS IN THAT. SO IF. IF IT'S OKAY TOO, WITH THE BOARD, I WILL GO AS HIGH UP AS I CAN AND ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. AND SO IF THAT'S ALSO OKAY, THERE'S A PROCESS TO DO THAT ALSO. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE LAST THING I HAVE. NO, NO, I GOT TWO MORE THINGS, I THINK. LET'S SEE. NOPE, LAST THING. SO I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING WHILE SHE WAS BRIEFING TO SAVE IT TO THE END. I REALLY WANT TO THANK MEGAN FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK. THIS IS HER LAST BOARD MEETING AND. AND SHE'S GOING TO BE MOVING UP NORTH. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER FOR A 32 TO 1 [03:30:01] RATIO WITH OVER $75 MILLION IN GRANTS. >> WHAT WAS THE ONE. >> OH, NO, NO, THE. THE ROI ON IT. THE RATIO. 32 TO 1. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. >> RETURN ON OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. >> I THINK SHE JUST ABOUT GETS EVERYTHING SHE WANTS. >> YEAH, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND MANAGING OVER $200 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS TOTAL WITH. INCLUDES APPROPRIATION. >> SO, MADAM CHAIR. >> NOW, YOU KNEW I WAS TALKING TO MEGAN AND WE'RE WAFFLING. I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE WAFFLING ON THAT. PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER SCROMOLO TONIGHT IS. THAT JUST RUINED COMMISSIONER SCOMALO'S NIGHT. >> WE'LL GET THE COMMENTS >> MR. RENNER, YOU WANT TO START NEXT? >> A COUPLE THINGS. I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH, [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS] BUT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR INPUTS ARE DUE, I THINK MARCH 14TH, THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH, AS WELL AS VETERAN OF THE YEAR, MARCH 16, IS THAT CORRECT? LAST I HEARD, THERE WERE 66 NOMINATIONS FOR VETERAN OF THE YEAR, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, COUNTY MANAGER MENTIONED THE ELECTRIC BIKE ISSUE. WE BROUGHT THAT UP A COUPLE TIMES AND WE HAD OUR FIRST, AS FAR AS I KNOW, OUR FIRST FATALITY LAST WEEKEND WITH A SPECIAL NEEDS YOUNG ADULT INHERITED HILLS AREA. SO IT'S AN ISSUE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MORTIFIED BY A ELECTRIC BIKE NEAR YOUR VEHICLE YET, YOU WILL BE. THEY SCOOT AROUND AND YOU JUST CAN'T EXPECT THEM. THEY'RE ON SIDEWALKS, ON THE ROAD, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. SO WITH HELMETS, WITHOUT HELMETS, WITH LICENSE, WITH LIGHTS, WITHOUT LIGHTS. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, SOMETHING THE STATE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DO. BUT IF THEY DON'T, WE KIND OF NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I THINK. I THOUGHT ST. JOHN'S DID SOMETHING WITH ELECTRIC BIKES, SO WE NEED TO DO. THE LAST THING I HAVE IS MARCH 28TH VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL CEREMONY AT HISTORICAL TRIANGLE IS BEING CONDUCTED ONCE AGAIN. IT'S OUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE VIETNAM VETS THAT ARE STILL WITH US. SO A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. WE HAD A INITIAL MEETING. I MEAN, WE JUST FINISHED THE MILITARY ACADEMY CONGRATULATORY CELEBRATION OUT OF CECIL FIELD, AND 10 DAYS LATER WE HAVE THE INITIAL MEETING FOR THE NEXT CLASS, WHICH STARTS HERE IN A MONTH OR SO. SO VERY BUSY TIME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WE SHARED EARLIER THIS MORNING AND JUST A HATS OFF TO OUR TEAM HERE AT THE COUNTY. THE WORKSHOP WENT WELL THIS MORNING. WE WERE. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE PAYING SUCH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS BUDGETING PROCESS AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE NOT ROWING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THAT NOT ONLY IS THE COMMISSION WATCHING CLOSELY AT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT SO IS THE TEAM. AND I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO GOES TO THE FACT CONFERENCES TWICE A YEAR, EVERY YEAR, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. AND CLAY COUNTY IS UNIQUE IN JUST BEING INTENTIONAL AND BEING FOCUSED. I COMMEND THE TEAM UP HERE, EVEN MY COUNTERPARTS, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET ALMOST EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER, WHICH AGAIN, IS NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE. AND THAT KIND OF VIGILANCE REALLY OUGHT TO BE HIGHLIGHTED. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING A LOT FROM US AS A BOARD, BUT REALLY DRIVING THE BOAT HERE AS COUNTY STAFF AND KEEPING US APPRISED OF CHANGES. AND I CAN, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT. SO FOR THOSE, THE FACEBOOK, IG, EVEN TIKTOK COMMENTS ARE LOUD, BUT YOU'RE JUST LOUD. YOU'RE JUST LOUD. AND WE ARE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, HAVING THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR CLAY. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT IN ISOLATION. AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED TO DO IT. SO THANKS, STAFF. [03:35:01] THANKS, TEAM. WE'RE GETTING IT DONE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS MORNING. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS VERY EDIFYING. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, SO REAL QUICKLY, I'LL RUN THROUGH MINE. SO AS Y' ALL KNOW, I WAS, I'VE BEEN SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN TALLAHASSEE TRYING TO FIGHT THE BLUE RIBBON BILL. AND, BUT I, AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE GAVEL TAPS IN THE HANKY DROPS, AS THEY SAY, OR WHATEVER. BUT. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT. HOWEVER, IN THE LAST COMMITTEE I TESTIFIED IN, WHICH WAS SENATE RULES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE IS SENATOR PASADOMO, AS FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND SHE IS TERM LIMITED THIS YEAR. BUT SHE HAD A VERY LONG DISSERTATION. SHE BROKE PROTOCOL. SHE, SHE SPOKE VERY CANDIDLY AND POINTEDLY. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT SHE SAID. SYNOPSIS. SHE SAID THAT OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SHE HAS SEEN CHANGES COME THROUGH PIECEMEAL FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES. AND SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT BY FLORIDA IN THAT. AND WE HAVE BEEN THE BRUNT. WE, WE'VE BORNE THE BRUNT OF SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT RULES AND WE WOULD ARGUE BAD RULES. BUT AT ANY RATE, SO WHAT SHE DID WAS SHE CHALLENGED SENATOR STAN MCCLAIN OUT OF MARION COUNTY, WHO IS THE SPONSOR OF THE BLUE RIBBON BILL. ON THE SENATE SIDE, SHE CHALLENGED HIM TO REWRITE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER. SHE SAID SHE THINKS IT'S TIME FOR WHOLE SCALE CHANGE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER IN TALLAHASSEE. SO AFTER I TESTIFIED, THE FAC, DAVIN SUGGS WITH FAC DAVIN ASKED ERIC POOLE WITH FAC TO TAKE ME TO SENATOR MCCLAIN'S OFFICE. AND I GOT TO SIT TWO ON ONE. I MEAN, ERIC WAS WITH ME, BUT I GOT TO SIT ONE ON ONE WITH SENATOR MCCLAIN FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES IN TALLAHASSEE. THAT'S A LONG TIME. AND WE HAD GOOD CONVERSATION. AND HE SAID HE IS GOING TO TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE. HIS STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE. WHO KNOWS WHERE IT WILL END UP? BUT HE SAID HE'S GOING TO GET INPUT FROM ALL THE PLAYERS. SO FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, FACT STAFF, THOUSAND FRIENDS OF FLORIDA, HIS COLLEAGUES. AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. I THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET SOME IMPACT IN THERE, TO TRY TO GET SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT MAKES SENSE BOTH FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR STATES. SO I'M HOPING THAT FROM THAT WE CAN HEAD OFF SOME OF THESE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF SOME OF THESE OTHER BILLS AND MAYBE TRY TO DRIVE THE DIRECTION. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. BUT IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS, I THINK THAT I WOULD GET THEM TO CHARISSE AND BETH AND THEN WE CAN FUNNEL THOSE THROUGH FAX STAFF TO HOPEFULLY BE IN THAT. AND I WAS ASKED IF I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE AG AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR FACT. SO HOPEFULLY IN THAT VEIN, WE CAN GARNER SOME OF IT THAT WAY, TOO. I KNOW DAVIN'S PLANNING ON DOING ADVOCACY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THESE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS TO TRY TO DRIVE NOT SO MUCH ATTACK ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PREEMPTION, BUT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF FLORIDA. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL LEAD TO GOOD THINGS. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, I APOLOGIZE. I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING. AT THE MEETING BEFORE THAT, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT I WAS NOMINATED FOR. TO BE THE TREASURER AND SECRETARY FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL. SO WE HAD HAD. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TREASURERS AND SECRETARIES OVER SOMETHING LIKE THE PAST 40 YEARS. AND SO NOW I WILL NOT BE DOING IT FOR 20 YEARS AS THE TWO PREVIOUS. AS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SERVE THAT LONG AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO ANYWAY. BUT AT ANY RATE, I AM THE TREASURER AND SECRETARY, WHICH MAKES ME CHAIRMAN OF THE PERSONNEL, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE. FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. SO IT'S. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT AND I'D FORGOTTEN, SO IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL. NOW IS MY FAVORITE THING TO TELL YOU. I'M SO EXCITED ALL DAY TOMORROW I GET TO GO BE A GUEST TEACHER AT WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH IN MRS. MCKENZIE'S CIVICS CLASSES. I TOLD HER I WAS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN SCIENCE. DID SHE HAVE ANY SCIENCE TO TEACH BETTER? THAT'S MY THING. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING CIVICS AT WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH TOMORROW, AND YOU'RE GOING WITH ME. OH, YOU DID? AND IT'S NOT YOUR NORMAL SCHOOL LUNCH. BECAUSE I WAS NOT A SCHOOL LUNCH GIRL, I TOOK A LOT OF PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES FROM HOME. BUT ANYWAY, THEIR CULINARY CLASS HAS THEIR, LIKE, SPRING LUNCHEON TOMORROW [03:40:01] FOR FACULTY AND STAFF, SO I GET TO TAKE IT OUT. SO I'M REALLY SUPER EXCITED. SO I'LL BE AT WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH ALL DAY TOMORROW. >> I LIKE IT. OKAY, A COUPLE THINGS. SO FIRST, TOURISM IS DOING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW. SCOTTISH GAMES WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE. FOR THE SCOTTISH GAMES. WE'VE HAD TWO VERY LARGE EVENTS AT THE REGIONAL SPORTS PARK. THERE WAS A SOCCER TOURNAMENT PUT ON BY CLAY COUNTY SOCCER CLUB, OVER 250 TEAMS, AND THE REGIONAL SPORTS PARK WAS A SITE FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN THE INAUGURAL BATTLE AT THE CREEK FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. WE HAD SOME LOCAL TEAMS PLAYING AT THE REGIONAL SPORTS PARK AND THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AS WE START NAVIGATING THE LANDING INTO THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR, MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING TUNED TO OUR CLAY COUNTY TOURISM SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. TOURISM STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AWAY 70 FREE FARE TICKETS. SO THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, YOU CAN POST YOUR FAVORITE PICTURE OF CLAY COUNTY USING THE HASHTAG EXPLORER CLAY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN FARE TICKETS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A FUN COMPETITION AND SOME REALLY GOOD PICTURES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CONDON FOR ADVOCATING FOR ALL OF US IN TALLAHASSEE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BLESSING YOUR JOB LETS YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT, AS MOST OF US WOULD LOVE TO. BUT THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS VITAL. I THINK THAT NOT ENOUGH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO TESTIFY ON BILLS, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE PAST YEAR IS SOMETIMES LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITIES COULDN'T BE MORE BACKWARDS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND WE DISCUSSED ONE OF THOSE TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF MOBILITY FEES. YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY, AND IN OUR CASE WITH THE BELTWAY, THIS MOBILITY FEE LEGISLATION REALLY HAMPERS OUR ABILITY TO. TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR. BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MARCH 24, OUR NEXT MEETING DAY, IS OUR SECOND COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY. SO WE HAVE FIVE MORE CLAY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE TO SEE HOW WE MAKE CLAY MOVE. THAT WILL BE EXCITING. MEGAN, YOU MADE ME ADD THIS TO MY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THESE COMMISSIONERS DO UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH MONEY. THAT'S WHY I NAMED YOU MONEYBAGS, MEGAN, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU SAVE, TAXPAYERS, AND HOW MANY PROJECTS IN THIS COMMUNITY GET DONE BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM? AND WE'RE. I MEAN, THEY SAY, WELL, WHEN YOU LEAVE, THEY'RE GOING TO POST YOUR JOB THE NEXT DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND SOMEONE WITH YOUR SKILL SET, THE WAY THAT YOU NAVIGATE SITUATIONS, THE WAY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO JUST WORK YOUR MAGIC WITH ALL THESE GRANTS. AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND US, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR CLAY COUNTY. YOU'RE A ROCK STAR, AND I KNOW WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING, THEY'RE GETTING A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EMPLOYEE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TIME THERE. AND THEN THE LAST THING. THREE OF OUR. THREE OF US HAVE PUBLICLY TALKED ABOUT ISSUES WITH E BIKES, AND I'M CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ORDINANCES AND STATE LAWS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. HERE'S ONE. MY PLEA TO THE COMMUNITY. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. TREAT OTHERS HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. I THINK THAT IN MY PERSONAL CASE, THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE JUST AREN'T BEING VERY KIND, RIGHT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN CONTROL. WE CAN CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE AND I. OUR EFFORT, AND WE GOT TO BE KINDER TO ONE ANOTHER. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND I STOLE MY THUNDER. I WAS. I WAS GONNA LET COMMISSIONER CONNOR KNOW. I APPRECIATE YOU ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT OUR DISTRICTS ARE LIKE IN SOME WAY OUT IN THE. OUT THAT WAY, NOT NEAR MY HOUSE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT, AND I WISH I COULD BE THERE MORE, TOO. THAT. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. AND MEGAN, YOU'RE JUST ONE OF THOSE. THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT OF MY MIND. NOT LONG AGO, IN MY MIND, I WAS LIKE, GOSH, WHAT WE DO IF WE LOST MEGAN? AND WHENEVER HOWARD TOLD ME, I'M LIKE, NO. SO I JUST. GOSH. I MEAN, I APPRECIATE YOU MYSELF, AND I KNOW WE ALL DO. BUT GOOD LUCK ON YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR NEW JOB. I MEAN, WOW, THAT'S AWESOME. BUT WE WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE TRAINED YOUR STAFF TO TAKE IT ON AND DO A GREAT JOB, AND I KNOW THEY WILL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. DOES ANYONE ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING. FOR THE GOOD OF ORDER, WE WILL ADJOURN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.