Mar 24, 2026 BCC Agenda

[CALL TO ORDER]

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INVOCATION. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. ALTHOUGH WE RELISH IN THE THOUGHT OF WARM WEATHER, THIS IS A VERY TIGHT SEASON FOR US AND CHALLENGED BY THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL EVENTS AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT PAY, OUR MILITARY AND IN SUPPORT OF OUR OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD WHERE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS CONTINUE TO SERVE AND IN SOME CASES CONTINUE TO BE DEPLOYED CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS. BE WITH OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHETHER IN LAND, OR AT SEA AS THEY CONTINUE TO SECURE OUR FUTURE. WATCH THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING ON A DAILY BASIS. IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY, AMEN. NVOCATION COMMISSIONER RENNINGER PLEDGE DAVID TREFFINGER (SPECIALIST, US ARMY) SERVED IN 1991 AND RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR VIETNAM MEDAL AND ARMY COMMENDATION. AND SERVED AS A VIETNAM VETERAN. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE IN THE NAME OF OUR GREAT NATION. WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND LEAD

US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>ONE MOMENT, JUST TO DO THIS PROPERLY, I WANT ALL VIETNAM VETERANS TO COME UP HERE TO DO IT TOGETHER. THAT WAS MY AGREEMENT. I WILL DO THE PLEDGE, BUT I WANT ALL VETERANS TO DO THIS WITH ME. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER VETERANS, PLEASE COME UP HERE. WITH THAT, I WILL LEAD THE AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION,

UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >>THANK YOU.

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>>LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS

[PET ADOPTIONS]

MEETING TO ORDER. >>I HAVE ALL OF MY COMMISSIONERS HERE EXCEPT COMMISSIONER COMPERE.

>>SHE HAS A GENTLE RESERVE NATURE. SHE LOVES TO STAY CLOSE. SHE'LL STEAL YOUR HEART IN NO

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TIME. >>THIS BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND HEART FULL OF LOVE. ONCE SHE WARMS UP, SHE'LL LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD WITH SNUGGLES. READY TO MAKE YOUR HOME SPARKLE A LITTLE BIT

BRIGHTER. LASTARY. LIFE IS NEVER DULL. >>IF YOU ARE READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. WAITING FOR EXTRA LOVE. WE HAVE THE PERFECT COMPANION JUST FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHO IS AVAILABLE, GO AHEAD TO OUR WEBSITE TO LOOK FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME. PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL CHAT. DON'T WAIT. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS JUST A CLICK AWAY. PLEASE CONTACT US AT CLAY FOSTER ALSO PLEASE LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST FOR DONATIONS.

THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTION. >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE WOULD LIKE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COUNTY WORK DEPARTMENT. WE INVITE JEFF AND FAMILY TO JOIN US UPFRONT. COME ON UPFRONT.

>>DON'T BE SHY. >>

>>AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WE HONOR JEFF FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTY LEADING BY EXAMPLE. AS HE BEGINS RETIREMENT, WE THANK HIM FOR HIS LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COUNTY AND WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. WE WELCOME REMARKS FROM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

AND THEN WE INVITE JEFF TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >>WHAT A BITTER SWEET MOMENT TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE ENJOYED JEFF THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEARS AND APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME. WHEN I THINK OF PUBLIC SERVICE, JEFF EM BOTTLES THAT.

THE NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS. EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS THAT JEFF HAS HAD TO RESPOND TO IS IMMENSE. AS YOU SAID, THE PAST 40 YEARS, ALMOST HIS ENTIRE LIFE HE'S BEEN IN

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YEARS I HWAS HERE, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. AND THANKS TO HIM AND ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS.

>>I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK AND THIS IS FOR BECKY. TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN THE MEETING, I TOLD HIM, IF YOU GET BOARD YOU CAN COME OVER TO WORK WITH MY COWS. AND BECKY SAID SHE HAD A LIST THIS LONG AND GETTING LONGER BY THE DAY. AND THE BEST PART IS SHE ALSO HAS AN EXERCISE SCHEDULE FOR HIM. HE'S GOING TO HAVE ALL SORTS OF FUN IN RETIREMENT.

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WERE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE MARTY. >> RECOGNITION (A.SCOTT) LUTHER (MARTY) KENNETT 40 YEAR WORK ANNIVERSARY (A. SCOTT)

>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE HAVING A PARTY UP HERE.

>>MARTY JOINED THE ORGANIZATION IN 1986, HIS WORK IS EVIDENT IN EVERY ASPECT OF WORK AND HAS THE

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>>I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH MATRTY AN WHEN HE RETIRES, HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. HE GOES OUT AND DOES THE WORK AND NEVER COMPLAINS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A FEW

MORE YEARS WORKING WITH MARTY. >>I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS.

IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I STARTED. IT'S BEEN GOOD CHANGES. >>

TERESA, PLEASE JOIN US. >>GET UP HERE.

ORGANIZATION. SHE SERVES AS OUR AND THE COUNTY MANAGER'S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. WE THANK HER FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT THE LAST DECADES AND KEEPS ME REALLY ORGANIZED WHICH IS A REALLY HARD THING. YES, OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> WELL, TERESA, YOU HAVE BEEN A GODSEND TO ME. YOU KNOW I WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT AND YOU ARE USUALLY THERE FOR ME AT ALL TIMES, AND LIKE THE CHAIRWOMAN JUST SPOKE TO YOU, YOU KEEP US ORGANIZED. THAT'S THE HARDEST THING AND WE ARE GOING A MILE A MINUTE. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR PERFORMANCE ON THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES. YOU REALLY HAVE STOOD UP

TO THE CHALLENGES. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. GREAT. >>TERESA, BEING A NEWBY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LOOK AT THIS BUT I DO. YOU HAVE TAKEN ME UNDER YOUR WING AND YOU ARE ALWAYS JUST THERE TO LISTEN. SOMETIMES SOME OF THE STUFF WE DEAL WITH ARE VERY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS AND SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS AN ANSWER AND YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN WHEN WE NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO WHICH IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE. I CALL THEM OBJE

OCTOPUS ARMS BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US. >>WE ARE NOT EASY TO MANAGE AND

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>>LASTLY, TERESA, THANK YOU. YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FOR THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE ASKED AND GREAT TO ALWAYS SEE EMILY IN THE AFTERNOON. IF SHE'S WATCHING NOW, THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WRONG.

TERESA. THERE IS NOT A STONE THAT GOES UNTURNED OR PROBLEM OR ISSUE THAT DOES NOT GET TAKEN CARE OF BY YOU AND IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. I HAVE A COIN FOR YOU.

>> RETIREMENT. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF YOUR 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

"COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY" STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE HOW LOCAL

GOVERNMENT RUNS. >>OUR LOCAL COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY. COMMISSIONER, COME ON DOWN.

WE SWORE THEM IN THIS MORNING. I WILL SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE DID TODAY. WE GOT HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 8:00 A.M.. THEY GOT A TOUR OF THE ADMIN BUILDING. WE GOT TO SEE HOW THEIR DEPARTMENT WORKS AND MET WITH CCSO, THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHERIFF COOK AND THEY GOT TO SEE THE REAL CRIME CENTER AND DISPATCH THERE. AND WENT TO THE FAIR IN THE COUNTY AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY CENTER AND FIRE STATION 20 AND CAME BACK, AND THESE COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A MOCK BUDGET WORKSHOP WHERE THEY HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT THE FIVE OF US HAVE TO MAKE AND THE FIRST TIME IN BALANCING THE BUDGET THERE WAS AN APPLAUSE AND A PROPERTY TAX MAN DATE THAT CAME DOWN AND THEY WORKED TOGETHER. THEY ARE HIGH FLYERS, UNBELIEVABLE LEADERS AND WILL DO GREAT THINGS. I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC AND THEY WILL SAY THEIR NAME AND SCHOOL AND ONE THING

THEY LEARNED THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS MOST INTERESTING. >>HI, MY NAME IS DANIELLE. I WILL DO IN GENERAL BECAUSE I LEARNED SO MUCH. I LEARNED THAT TO BE A LEADER, IT'S ABOUT TAKING INITIATIV. IT'S NOT JUST BEING IN CHARGE. IT'S REALLY STEPPING INTO THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE AND YOU HAVE TO GO OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO BE YOUR LEADER. I THINK ALL THE PLACES THAT WE STOPPED AT, THEY HAD A CONSENSUS OF TEAMWORK IN THAT IT TAKES THE TEAM TO MAKE PLACES RUN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING A PART OF TODAY AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

>>HELLO, I GO TO RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. MY FAVORITE THING I LEARNED TODAY WAS ALL OF IT BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOYED WALKING AROUND TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE DOES TO KEEP THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FUNCTIONING AND HOW 911 DISPATCH C CALLS ARE FACILITATED, HOW THE FIRE STATION, HOW THEY KEEP EVERYTHING RUNNING. TODAY WAS VERY INTERESTING AND I'M VERY

GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >>HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY JOHNSON. I REALLY LIKED THE BUDGET BECAUSE I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT AND WE ALL GOT ALONG. I JUST FELT SO PLEASED WITH WE COULD ALL COME TO A CONSENSUS WITH BOTH OF THE BUDGETS. EVEN AFTER YOU DECIDED SOME

TALLAHASSEE RULES MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT NEEDED TO BE. >>

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ENGAGED AND WHAT A MAGNIFICENT OPPORTUNITY IN CLAY COUNTY. >>THE FAVORITE THING I LEARNED TODAY WITH SO MUCH CORRUPTION ON MODERN-DAY POLITICS, GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF MAXIMIZING TRANSPARENCY WHILE REDUCING CORRUPTION AND THE STATUS SUPERSEDE THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY COLLABORATE AND DECISIONS ARE MEANINGFUL AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

OBVIOUSLY, THINGS CAN GET HEATED, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL AMERICANS TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.

>> WITH THAT, YOU CAN FILL OUT CANDIDATE PETITIONS IN THE LOBBY.

>> GIVING US HOPE. THAT'S OUR FUTURE.

>> NEXT, RECOGNITION OF ANIMAL SERVICES FAPAA NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS IF OUR ANIMAL SERVICES PEOPLE CAN COME UP.

[SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION]

COUNTY COMMUNITY. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANNA BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE DO THESE NOMINATIONS, IT'S THE WORK HERE. IT'S MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO HAVE THESE GUYS NEXT TO ME TO HAVE THE BEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE. I PUT THEM UP AGAINST

ANYBODY. >>RICHARD, WAS ONE OF THE YEAR'S NOMINEES AN HE CAME THIRD IN TH

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GREAT LEADERSHIP, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUCH MENTORSHIP. IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE GUYS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD ANIMAL CONTROL SYSTEM ME THIS CO COUNTY. I THINK IT'S PRETTY AWESOME AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE VADVENTURE. I'M AND OLD GUY THE COUNTY, AND THE ANIMALS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THEY DID SHELTER PEOPLE AND STILL TO THIS DAY, I GET CALLS.

>>THE WHOLE GROUP IS MY FAMILY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.

COUNTY. I HAVE THE BEST JOB EVER. I HAVE NEVER HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK. AND THAT IS BECAUSE I WORK WITH THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE. EVERYBODY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IS A HARD WORKER, AND IS THERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND WANT TO THANK COURTNEY, KIM AND ERNEST. YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH FOR ME AND MAKE MY JOB SUPER EASY. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP. SO THANK YOU.

[1. National Vietnam War Veterans Day (March 29, 2026)]

VETERAN UP HERE IN FRONT. PLEASE JOIN US. >>HE WANTS YOU TO COME UP.

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>>COMMISSIONER WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. >>IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE VETERANS TONIGHT AND ALSO ALL THE ONES THAT ARE HERE IN CLAY COUNTY.

>> WHEREAS, ON MARCH 29, 1973, THE UNITED STATES COMPLETED THE WITHDRAWAL OF ITS FORCES FROM VIETNAM, ENDING DIRECT MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT THAT SPANNED NEARLY TWO DECADES AND DEEPLY AFFECTED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS SERVICE MEMBERS; AND WHEREAS, THE 9 MILLION AMERICANS WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY WORLDWIDE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR ERA, INCLUDING 2.7 MILLION AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM BETWEEN 1964 AND 1975, FACED IMMENSE CHALLENGES, AND THEIR SERVICE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY HAS O?EN BEEN MET WITH MISUNDERSTANDING AND A SEND LACK OF RECOGNITION; AND VIETNAM, WHETHER IN COMBAT OR SUPPORT ROLES, SHOWED COURAGE AND DEDICATION, AND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF THESE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN; AND WHEREAS, WE MUST CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT VIETNAM VETERANS RECEIVE THE CARE, SUPPORT, AND RECOGNITION THEY HAVE EARNED AND EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR SERVICE; AND WHEREAS, VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE SERVICE OF THESE VETERANS, REMEMBER PTHOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES, AN ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE STILL MISSING IN ACTION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 29, 2026, AS VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY IN CLAY COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO UNITE IN REMEMBRANCE OF VIETNAM VETERANS, HONORING THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY, THEIR SACRIFICE AND COURAGE, AND ENSURING THEIR LEGACY OF VALOR AND HONOR INSPIRES FUTURE GENERATIONS.

LOCAL VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA AND TAPS COMMITTEE IN THEIR MARCH 28, 2026, VIETNAM VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT THE TAPS MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, TO GIVE PROPER RECOGNITION TO THESE HONORED HEROES AND SAY WELCOME HOME TO ALL VIETNAM VETERANS.

DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 24TH DAY OF MARCH 2026. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND?

> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS. Select to skip to this part of the video">>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON BEHALF OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA AT COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND THOSE THAT ALLOWED US TO COME TODAY TO BE RECOGNIZED. WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM THE WAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL NOW THAT WE FINALLY CAN ALL GET ALONG AND WORK AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE TO ALSO REMEMBER THOSE THAT WHILE WE WERE OFF FIGHTING THE WAR, THERE WERE OTHERS AT HOME PROTECTING US, OUR FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS WE HAD TO. THAT'S OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. NOT ONLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR RESCUE, ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE THERE PROTECTING AND TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILIES. WE THANK YOU AND WE SALUTE YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

>> THERE ARE STILL 1566 STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR AND MISSING IN ACTION FROM VIETNAM. AND ON THE MONUMENT, THERE ARE 21 VEIETNAM VETERANS THAT PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU.

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[2. National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week (April 12-18, 2026)]

RESPONDERS. COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR THEM TO GET THERE, THEY HAVE TO COME THROUGH YOU FIRST. YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR CALMNESS UNDER PRESSURE ON PEOPLE'S WORSE DAY IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US AS COMMISSIONERS WE TRULY APPRECIATE, AND CLAY COUNTY IS THE SAFEST COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND MIGHT BE IN THE NATION AS SHERIFF COOK SAID TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

>>THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION. >> 2.NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS' WEEK (APRIL 12-18, 2026) WHEREAS, EMERGENCIES CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, AND PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS SERVE AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, PROVIDING CRITICAL ASSISTANCE BY RAPIDLY COORDINATING RESPONSES WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SAFETY; AND WHEREAS, EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATORS ANSWER CALLS, DISPATCH POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, MANAGE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, AND COORDINATE CRITICAL RESOURCES DURING EMERGENCIES, DUTIES REQUIRING EXPERTISE, QUICK DECISION-MAKING, AND CALM UNDER PRESSURE; AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS IN THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS OF THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ORANGE PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS AND FIRST RESPONDERS; AND WHEREAS, IN 2025, THE FOUR CLAY COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS ANSWERED MORE THAN 320,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WITH OVER 107,000 OF THOSE CALLS BEING FOR 911 EMERGENCIES; AND WHEREAS, APRIL 12-18, 2026, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS' WEEK TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 12-18, 2026, AS

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MARCH 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND. >>ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE RECORD BOOKS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

>>I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR WORKERS IN THE

COMMUNITY. >>I DID WRITE A VERY SMALL SPEECH BECAUSE SHE MADE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M THE COMMUNICATION'S MANAGER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MY TEAM, THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WORK ALONGSIDE OUR FELLOWS ACROSS THE COUNTY. WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT STATION IS ALWAYS THE BUSIEST, MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME, DISPATCH. WHILE THEY ANSWER CALLS SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTEND ENSURE THAT NO CRY GOES UNAN UNNSWERED. THEY ARE THE CALM BEFORE THE CHAOS AND IN A CRISIS A CRITICAL LINK TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. THEY ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. THEY HEAR THE PAIN OF EVERY CALLER AND DESPITE THAT, THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK. DURING ONE OF THE WORST MOMENTS OF SOMEONE'S LIFE, THEY CAN RESPOND WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND ENSURING AND KEEPING OUR RESPONDERS ARE SAFE. I WOULD

LIKE TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO YOU. >>

[3. 2026 Middleburg Joey Day Declaration]

>>LAST FRIDAY, DISTRICT 4, REALLY MIDDLEBERG AND ALL OF CLAY COUNTY, LOST A LEGEND. THAT WAS WHO WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MIDDLEBURG JOEY. AND HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT A STATUTE, BALL FIELDS WERE MENTIONED. IN THE RESPECT OF TIME, WE WANTED TO HAVE A DECLARATION. SO LET ME

READ THIS DECLARATION TO YOU. >> DECLARATIONS 3.2026 MIDDLEBURG JOEY DAY DECLARATION DECLARATION OF THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA HONORING THE LIFE OF JOSEPH “MIDDLEBURG JOEY” LEWITT

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[CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS]

IS THERE ANYONE? >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE AND HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT. SHE DID ASK THAT I SHARE THIS ONE UPDATE. WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE 2025 SEASON. THE FINAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WILL BE HELD MARCH 30TH, AT 10:00 A.M.

IN THIS BOARDROOM. THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THIS SEASON. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME OF THE UPDATES, BUT JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THEM QUICKLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE CHANGED. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 1208 PETITIONS FILED AND 2,000 WERE SOLVED AND 13 SET FOR HEARINGS. A BIG WIN FOR OUR OFFICE WAS 94% OF THE PETITIONS THAT WERE FILED WERE DONE ELECTRONICALLY. THAT WAS HUGE BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS FLOPPED FOR YEARS PAST. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT. THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND TAKE A LOT OF THE WORKLOAD OFF OF US. SO, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THEM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LADY NEXT TO ME, MS. CHRISTIE. NOT ONLY DOES SHE DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE MINUTES, BUT FOR THE PROCESS AND FACILITATING ALL THE MEETINGS. BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

>>MADAM CHAIR, REAL QUICK. THERE WAS A MENTION, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, IS THERE ANY LEGISLATION TO MANDATE THE ONLINE FILING OR DID THEY GO DOWN THAT ROAD AT

ALL? >> IT'S NOT MANDATED. BUT IN WHAT WE DID AS COMMISSIONER WAS A BIG PROPONENT OF, WE DID RAISE THE FILING FEE. YOU CAN RAISE IT UP TO $50. FROM 15 TO 50. WE

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ELECTRONICALLY. YOU CAN STILL COME IN TO FILE THE PAPER. >>AWESOME. THANK YOU.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>>WE ARE GOING TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. DO I HAVE A MOTION. >>I MOTION TO APPROVE THE

> AYE. Select to skip to this part of the video">MINUTES FOR MARCH 10, 2026. >>ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >>THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES ALSO.

>>I MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S WORKSHOP FOR THE SAME DATE.

>>SECOND. >> APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING MINUTES MARCH 10, 2026. 5.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU MAY EMAIL CLAY COUNTY GOV.COM, OR EMAIL YOUR

COMMISSIONER. >>CARDS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN THE FAR LEFT SIDE OF THE DIOSE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW OPEN UP THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF TODAY'S

MEETING. >> >>PUBLIC SPEAKER: JAMES BOOTH.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE RESTORATION PROJECT ON BEHALF AND IN SUPPORT OF THE ACTION IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL SEND THEIR THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS LENT IN THIS EFFORT IN THE LAST MANY YEARS TO GET HERE TODAY. FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM FOR THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE, BASICALLY KEYSTONE HEIGHTS IS NATURALLY LOW FOR MANY YEARS AND THAT HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF ISSUES AND THERE IS A LOT OF BLAME THAT PEOPLE WILL POINT OUT THERE. SOME WILL SAY IT'S INDUSTRY, DRAWING TOO MUCH WATER. OTHERS WILL SAY, THAT'S THE FOLKS IN JACKSONVILLE TAKING ON TOO MUCH WATER. IT'S ALL OF US. IF YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, SHOWERING, YOU ARE DRAWING FROM THE AQUIFER EVERY DAY. FOR THE PERSONS COMING FTO FLORIDA IN TE LAST SEVERAL YEARS YOU ARE DRAWING OUT THAT WATER. AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE BLACK CREEK WATER RESTORATION RESOURCE PROJECT. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE WATER ISSUE AND THAT IS $120 MILLION INVESTED. WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT THE LEVELS IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WILL BE COMING UP. THE LAKE GENEVA RESTORATION IS ABOUT RESTORING THE LAKE BED. AS THAT WATER WAS NATURALLY DRAWING DOWN IN THE LAKE BED OF GENEVA LAKE.

SO WHAT THIS PROJECT, WHICH ACTUALLY STARTED THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE FIRST PORTION OF THE CONTRACT ABOUT AN A MONTH AGO AND TREES COMING OUT NOW. THIS FUND IS REQUESTING TO GET THESE FIVE FOREST AREAS IN THE LAKE BED AND THE FIRST CONTRACT IS ADDRESSING THE FIRST THREE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL ALLOW THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY TO GET AT THE LAST TWO AREAS. WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF SUPPORT AND FUNDING COMING IN FROM THE STATE AND THE COUNTY. THE CITY HAS INVESTED $62,000 ALONE IN THE LAST YEAR 1/2. WE UNDERSTAND AS A COMMISSION, YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH A LOT OF TOUGH BUDGET ISSUES AND DECISIONS. WE APPRECIATE THAT FROM THE CITY LEVEL AND ALSO WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIVE CONSIDERATION IN

THIS LAS ACTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT

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WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >>NOW TO OUR 5:00 TIME CERTAIN.

[22. Final Public Hearing to consider adoption of PUD 25-0009. (District 5, Comm. Burke) (B. Carson)]

>>THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO THE MAY 5TH MEETING AND STAFF HAS ASKED THAT IT BE CONTINUED TO

THE MAY 12 MEANETING. >>WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS?

>> I WILL MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE MAY 12 MEETING.

>>SECOND. >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO CONTINUE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY,

> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? Select to skip to this part of the video">"AYE". >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

[23. Final Public Hearing to consider ZON 25-0038. (District 4, Comm. Condon) (B. Carson)]

>>IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON 23 AND 24, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE SWORN MATTER NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT

THE TRUTH? >>NOW TO CONSIDER >> 23.FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZON 25-0038. (DISTRICT 4, COMM. CONDON) (B. CARSON) THIS APPLICATION IS A REZONING TO CHANGE 1.03 ACRES FROM COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT (BA-2) TO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT (BA).

LOCATED IN THE PLANNING DISTRICT. SEEKS TO REZONE THE BUSINESS. AND WOULD BE SUBJECT

TO THOSE STANDARDS. >> THE MAP ON THE RIGHT ALSO SHOWS THE PARCEL. ON THE RIGHT. BA TO THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH. THE PINK ACROSS THE STREET IS THE

CHURCH. >>STAFF FINDS THIS CONSISTENT AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL

AS DID STAFF. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> >>PUBLIC SPEAKER: COMMISSIONERS, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THIS WILL BE A NEW DUNKIN DONUTS. WE'LL MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND IT WILL REPLACE. THERE IS A CURRENT DUNKIN DONUTS THIS WILL REPLACE THAT ONE ONCE THIS IS BUILT. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE STAFF'S SUPPORT.

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>>ANYONE ELSE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DHD AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WORKS WITH THE OWNER OF THE DUNKIN DONUTS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE GREATER JACKSONVILLE AREA. AND THEN I HAD EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION ABOUT MAYBE THREE OR 400 EIGHTH GRADERS AT WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH BECAUSE AS A TEACHER, WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM. SO OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS ON IT AND TALKED ABOUT SAFETY TURNING IN AND OUT OF THERE AND ULTIMATELY MY YOUNG CONSTITUENTS WHO CAN'T VOTE YET, BUT THEIR PARENTS CAN, WOULD LIKE IT APPROVED AND ONCE WE ARE READY, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. I MOVE APPROVAL.

>>SECOND. >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD DUNKIN DONUTS AROUND.

[24. Final Public Hearing to consider adoption of COMP 26-0018 and PUD 26-0010. (District 1, Sgromolo) (D. Selig)]

>> 24.FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMP 26-0018 AND PUD 26-0010. (DISTRICT 1, SGROMOLO) (D. SELIG) THIS IS A SMALL SCALE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING FOR A PROPERTY. THIS IS SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF 220 IN PLANTATION DRIVE. JUDGE FLEET IS ALSO THE APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM. THIS IS AN OAKLEAF BRANDON RIDGE DISTRICT. THE COMP PLAN APPLICATION WOULD CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTH END OF THE PARCEL. IT'S JUST UNDER A HALF ACRE FROM RURAL FRINGE TO COMMERCIAL. THERE IS AN EXISTING ZONING THAT IS PCD. THIS WOULD AND THERE IS ALSO A PS ONE ZONING. THIS WOULD CHANGE THE ENTIRE PARCEL TO THE SAME PCD ZONING DISTRICT. THE SIGNS WERE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY AND MAILED TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. THE ARROW ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL PORTION, THE BACK PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE CHANGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGE. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING RF ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL. THIS IS THE ZONING MAP SHOWING THE PS ONE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PARCEL ON THE LEFT AND THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS AFFECTED BY THE REZONING FROM PCD AND PS 1 TO PCD. THE EXISTING PCD HAS A CAR WASH AS A SINGLE USE. THIS WAS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE RETENTION IS THE RECTANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PROPERTY. THAT HASN'T CHANGED. THIS IS THE PROPOSED LAYOUT FOR THE PARCEL. THE RETENTION SITS THERE. THERE IS A BUILDING JUST ABOVE IT. IT'S HARD TO SEE. IT'S 220; PLANTATION RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH AND THE ENTRANCE PROPOSED HERE ACROSS FROM MCDONALDS. THIS IS THE RETENTION POND AREA. THIS WOULD BE THE BUILDING WITH THE CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WOULD DRIVE THROUGH AND WRAP AROUND THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ARE THE GASOLINE PUMPS AND PARKING AND RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT ON 220 AT THAT POINT.

>> THE PCD WHEN IT CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT HAD THIS LONG LIST OF PERMITTED USES PER THE ZONING CODE AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE RETAIL TYPE OF USES THAT ARE TYPICAL IN MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL ZONING. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO CALL OUTS, ONE WITH BANKS WITH DRIVE THROUGH OR RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGHS OR CONVENIENT STORES WITH GAS

PUMPS AND SALES AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. >>THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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AND TO MOVE THE OTHER ADDITIONAL USES THAT WERE LISTED. >>I'M SORRY. THE PCD WAS REVISED TO TAKE OUT ALL OF THOSE USES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON. THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT SHOW THE REVISED PUC LANGUAGE AND GOT REVIS REVISED TO REFLECT THE CHANGES WHAT IS NOW THE PRINCIPAL USE IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE GASOLINE PUMPS, DRIVE THROUGH FOR RESTAURANTS AND THE ACCESSORY OF ALCOHOL SALES FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE. SO THOSE ARE THESE. STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH THE CRITERIA. I APOLOGIZE FOR TECHNICAL MISHAP.

>>CHAIR KRISTEN BURKE: I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>ANYWAY AS SHE SAID, WE DID READ AND I WILL READ IT IN THE RECORD. THE ONLY PERMITTED USES ARE DRIVE THROUG RESTAURANTS, CONVENIENCE STORES WITH GAS PUMPS WITH THE SALE OF GASOLINE WITHOUT A GARAGE, AND RETAIL SALES OF BEER AND WINE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE PURSUANT TO THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL AUTHORITY AND TOBACCO. WE HAD NO PRO PROBLEM TO CHANGE IT TO WHAT WE WANTED. BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS PCD WAS A SINGLE USE WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO COME BACK WITH A PCD AND YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN WITH THE ZONING PROCESS AND THE PROTECTION OF THE RETENTION POND AND THE REAR OF THE SITE, WHICH THEN THERE IS ACTUALLY BEYOND THAT IS A CHURCH THAT THE PARKING ABUTS THE RETENTION PARK SO YOU HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE BUFFER THERE BETWEEN ANY RESIDENTIAL THAT IS DOWN PLANTATION AND 220, RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT AND AS MENTIONED, THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE DUNKIN DONUTS ALLOWS FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH EXIT ON THE

PLANTATION DRIVE. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

I'M ONLY SPEAKING AT THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID, WE WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS CHANGE AND WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES COMING TO CLAY IS AWESOME. THE ONLY CONCERN FROM THIS PARTICULAR MEETING WAS THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IF 220 IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC BUT THE PLANTATION WASN'T THAT BIG OF A STREET AND WE WERE GOING TO ADD TO A CONSIDERATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION STUDY. I WASN'T AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THAT. THAT'S ALL

I HAVE. >>ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >>MADAM CHAIR, I DID NOT HAVE ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION. I WILL TELL YOU THIS CORRIDOR OF COLLEGE OF 220 IS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. THERE IS PEOPLE WITH

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MOVE APPROVAL. >>SECOND THE MOTION. >>I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE

COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. >>I SECONDED IT. >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? Select to skip to this part of the video">ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

ALL RIGHT. THEN WE HAVE THE PART. >>I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE

[25. A Public Hearing to consider BCC Waiver 20260001 (District 5, Comm. Burke) (B. Carson)]

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

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? >>ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING 25.A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER BCC WAIVER 20260001 (DISTRICT 5, COMM. BURKE) (B. CARSON) THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE 85" LIVE OAK, PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS A SPECIMEN TREE BY ORDINANCE 2023-6.

BETH WILL COVER THIS. >>THIS IS A REQUEST TO REMOVE THE 85' LIVE OAK. IT COMES UNDER ARTICLE 6 OF THE LAND CODE TO GIVE BCC AUTHORITY TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC TREE UNDER THIS DESIGNATION. IT PROTECTS IT FROM REMOVAL WHICH IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT BY PERMISSION FROM THE BBC, WHICH CAN BE REMOVED IF IT IS DETERMINED TO BE A HAZARD WHICH IS WHY WE ARE DISCUSSING

THIS TODAY. >>IN 2023, BASED ON THE EVALUATION BY THE ARBORIST, THE BCC DESIGNATED THE SUBJECT TREE AT 2975 ROSECRANS AS A SPECIMEN TREE OVER 200 YEARS OLD AND HAD NO DEFECTS TO THE CROWN AND WAS A GREAT LIVE OAK THIRTY-TWO TREE AND SHOULD THRIVE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. FOR ARTICLE 6, THE PROTECTION STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM UNDISTURBED AREA OF ONE INCH PER TREE, IN THIS CASE WOULD BE 7B 5. THE SURVEY IDENTIFIED THE TREE TO THE 75 EVEN THOUGH THE ARBORIST SAID 83. THAT IS THE STANDARD FOR A PROTECTION ZONE FOR THE ROOTS.

THE ROOTS COULD EXTEND THE DRIP LINE BUT THAT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT IS USED. THIS IS REGARDING TRIMMING OF THE TREE AND TREE REMOVAL BUT SILENT ON ENCROACHMENT UPON THE ROOTS ON THE TREE. THE PRIOR HOME LOCATED THERE PRIOR TO 2023, IT WAS THERE AT THE TIME THIS TREE WAS DESIGNATED WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE TREE. AND THE PROPOSED NEW HOME IN THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR THE PERMIT WAS SHOWN AT BEING 17 FEET FROM THE TREE. THE 2026 ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS REQUIRED FROM THE APPLICATION, THE STATE RFLECTS SIGNIFICANT SOIL GRADE MODIFICATION WITHIN THE ROOT ZONE, REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSOR TO REPAIR ROOT FUNCTION OVERTIME. PROGRESSIVE DEADLINE IS LIKELY MORE MORE MORTALITY POSSIBLE WITHIN FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL SHOULD IT DEVELOP OR BECOMES A LEVEL OF RISK TO SURROUNDING TARGETS.

RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ARBORIST ASSESSMENT PRESENTED THIS YEAR, STAFF RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THE SPECIMEN TREE DESIGNATION. WITHOUT IT, THE OWNER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE TREE OR REMOVAL AT ARBORIST RISK. I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

YOU HAVE. >>MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 2023 AND NOW WHICH WOULD

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ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW HAVE THIS. >>THIS ONLY THING I CAN GUESS BECAUSE I WAS NOT ON THE PROPERTY IS THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE PRIOR HOME, THERE WAS SOME MOVEMENT OF DIRT OR DIRT BROUGHT ONTO THE SITE BASED ON THE ARBORIST REPORT THAT THERE HAS BEEN FILL PLACED OVER THE

REZONE. >>THERE ISN'T ABILITY TO BUILD A HO

HOME WITHOUT REMOVING IT? >> YES, THEY. THIS WAS SHOWN FROM THE TREE. ACCORDING TO OUR PROTECTION STANDARDS WOULD HAVE SAID THE ONE FOOT FOR EVERY INCH WILL DEVIATE THE TREE WHICH WILL PUSH THE NEW HOME FROM THE TREE. THE EXISTING HOME IS WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE TREE. THE TREE WOULD HAVE LIKELY GROWN AROUND THAT HOME WHEN IT WAS BUILT. SO THIS HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE PROTECTED TREE TO THE PROPOSED NEW HOME.

>>THE ARBORIST? >> THEY ARE TWO ARBORIST. THEY ARE BOTH IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

>>I HAVE A SERIES OF COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL THE ORDINANCE OF THE SPECIMEN TREE WAS AT THE RESIDENT'S QUESTIONS IN 2022 AND WE EFFECTED IT IN 2023. THE BOARD I THINK MADE RIGHT DECISION AT THE TIME. I THINK THAT WAS GOOD. IT WAS PUT IN THE DEED. PASSED ON. AND THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD A YEAR LATER OR SO. BUT IT WAS DEED RESTRICTED AND I REVIEWED IT AS PART OF THE BACK UP FOR THE DEED AND PROPERLY RESTRICTED. THE OWNER ACCEPTED THAT DEED. PAST RESIDENCE WAS THERE WITHIN 30 FEET OF WHAT YOU SAID OF THE TREE. BOTH ARBORISTS BASICALLY SAID THE TREE IS HEALTHY. EXCEPT FOR THE DEMISE AND THE LIGHTNING COULD CAUSE A DEMISE OF THE TREE. NEW CONSTRUCTION IS REQUESTED ABOUT 17 FEET WHICH IS I THINK WITH A YOU STATED. I HAVE A, ONE OF THE ITEMS OF THE ARBORIST THAT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IS THE COMMENT THAT 95% OF THE ROOT STRUCTURE WAS AFFECTED. THAT'S BASICALLY 360 DEGREES AROUND THE TREE, WHICH I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, I BROUGHT IN A COUPLE SLIDES. WE HAVE THE LARGE TREES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CLAY COUNTY. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOME OF THE LARGEST TREES ARE UP IN ORANGE PARK, AND YOU WILL SEE IT'S AT THE SEASONS WHICH WAS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH TURNED INTO A CONDOMINIUM AND THEY WERE 250 YEARS OLD.

THESE ARE LARGE, 85 DBH, THESE ARE 91-92. LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE HOW CLOSE TO THE BUILDINGS AND ANYONE 95 FEET. THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1977. WITH 250 YEARS. IT WAS PROBABLY 7-9 BIG TREES THERE. I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE TO SWING WITH THE WIND WHERE THE ARBORIST SAID THEY WERE GREAT AND NOW SWITCH THE OTHER WAY. TELL US WHERE THE PLAN IS BECAUSE I COULD SEE WHERE A HOME OR STRUCTURE COULD BE BUILT NEXT TO THIS TREE AND WE CAN SAVE IT. THAT'S MY

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YEARS. IF WE COULD HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS CONCERNING THIS. >>HAVE YOU OPENED THE PUBLIC

HEARING? >> NOT YET. >>I THINK YOU SHOULD DO THAT.

>>GIVE US A FEW MORE MINUTES. >>IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE? >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

>>OKAY. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. >>MY NAME IS BECKY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE NEW OWNERS. I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND WILL START OFF BY SAYING NO ONE WANTED TO CUT DOWN THE TREE. OUR DEED RESTRICTION FOR THE PROPERTY ONLY MENTIONED THE ABILITY TO TRIM IT OR REMOVE IT. NOT OTHER OPTION. THE ONLY MOMENT WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A 75 FOOT SET OFF WAS THE MOMENT THE SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED AND DENIED.

PRIOR TO THAT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD REQUESTED AND WERE GRANTED A PERMIT TO REMOVE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT WAS 30 FEET FROM THAT TREE. THE PERMIT WAS GRANTED WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THERE BEING FUTURE SET OFFS, ANY PROTECTION, ANY FENCING, ANY PROTECTION.

NOTHING WAS MENTIONED AT ALL ABUT THE TREE. THE ONLY THING MENTIONED ABOUT THE TREE IS WHEN YOU BUY THIS LAND, YOU HAVE THIS REALLY NICE TREE AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT HERE AS LONG AS IT'S HEALTHY AND SAFE. BUT THE MOMENT IT IS NOT HEALTHY AND SAFE, YOU NEED AN ARBORIST. WITH THAT, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO A RIVERFRONT PROPERTY FOR THE FAMILY TO ENJOY. NO ONE IS SAYING WE WANT TO DESTROY THE TREE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S A FEATURE, NOT A FAULT OF THE PROPERTY. THE FAULT IS THE OWNER TO THE OWNER WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THAT FAILED ALL PRINCIPLES WHERE YOU CAN CUT IT AND HAVE IT REMOVED BASED ON AN ARBORIST REPORT BUT NOTHING SAYING THEY REQUIRED A 75 FOOT EASEMENT ON IT. IF YOU PUT A 75 EASEMENT ON THIS, YOU AFFECT THE USAGE OF THAT PROPERTY. THE IDEA IS WE ARE COMING HERE TODAY IS DO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE IT PROTECTED. OUR STAFF SAYS IT NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED BECAUSE THE CODE HAS CHANGED. IN ORDER TO BE DETERMINED AS A CERTIFIED SPECIMEN HAS TO BE MATURE AND EXCELLENT FORM AND HEALTHY SPECIES. I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER ARBORIST THAT CAME OUT THAT IS CERTIFIED AND WHATEVER HAS TRANSPIRED HAS CHANGED AND NO LONGER A REASON TO PROTECT THIS TREE. I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT NO LONGER QUALIFIES AGRICS A TR THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED ANYMORE. BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO MOW DOWN THE TREE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO BUT WANT TO HAVE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTED FOR THE BUILDING OF THE HOME THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE BUYING

AT THE TIME. >>SO WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY IS THE INTENT OF THE OWNER

IS TO RETAIN THE TREE AS A FEATURE INSTEAD OF THE FAULT. >>THAT IS THE INTENT. THAT'S WHY WHEN THIS SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED, THE TREE WAS STILL THERE AND WE ARE BUILDING 17 FEET FROM THERE. THE BUILDING DID NOT HAVE ANY REQUEST TO BE REMOVED AND WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE GOING BACK TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IS LOOKING AT THE ARBORIST TO GET THEIR OPINION.

>>THERE WAS A PRIOR STRUCTURE THERE, 30 FEET. IS THERE ROOM TO MOVE THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO

THAT 30 FOOT LIMIT? >> AT THE CURRENT SITE SURVEY SHOWS THE HOUSE BEING BUILT AT 17 FEET, BUT THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL 15 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE THAT WE CAN MOVE T WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND PUT THE SAME PROPERTY ON THERE. I KEEP GOING BACK TO WE DON'T WANT TO

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>>THE QUESTION IS WILL THAT BE PERMISSIBLE ON THE BUILDING PERMIT.

>>IF THEY CAN MOVE IT TO 30 FEET WOULD BE BETTER THAN 17. >>THE PRIOR HOUSE WAS AT 30 FEET. THE PRESUMPTION IS THE ROOTS WOULD HAVE GONE AROUND WHERE THAT HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN

AND HOPEFULLY LESS DAMAGING TO THE TREE. >>AS YOU SEE FROM THE FORPHOTO?

>> I AGREE WITH YOU. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND WOULD BE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO BUILDING THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT. MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF THAT IS A VARIANCE, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY TWO MONTHS OUT ON A MORTGAGE AND

LOAN. >>LET ME FINISH MY STATEMENT. BUT THE RISK TO THE HOMEOWNER, AS YOU SAW IN THOSE PHOTOS WITH A HUGE TREE LIKE NEXT TO THE BUILDING, JUST A BRANCH COULD DESTROY THE WHOLE BUILDING. THE FURTHER AWAY YOU ARE. THAT IS WHAT I SHOWED YOU WAS NOT IDEAL.

IF I WERE THE HOME BUILDER, 17 OR 30, I WOULD BE 30. >>SO, THANK YOU.

>>A QUICK QUESTION FOR BETH. IF THIS TREE WERE NOT ON THE SPECIMEN TREE LIST AND THEY

BROUGHT THAT PLAN TO YOU, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN APPROVED? >> THEIF THE TREE WAS TO COUNT POINTS, WHICH SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WOULD NOT REQUIRE IT, WE WOULD NOT LIMIT THEM THE LOCATION OF THE TREE BECAUSE THIS WAS ESPECIALLY PROTECTED BY THE BOARD. THAT WAS OUR CONCERN THAT IT WOULD BE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED WHY WE LOOK FOR THE TYPICAL STANDARDS FOR THE

INDUSTRY STANDARDS USUALLY FOR PROTECTING A TREE. >>YOU ARE CLARIFYING IF IT WASN'T ON THIS LIST AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO YOU FOR THIS HOME TO BE BUILD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

APPROVED. >>YES. >>BUT IT IS IN THE LIST AND IT

IS IN THE DEED, A DECISION WE ALL MADE. >>THE DEED CALLS IT A SPECIMEN

TREE. IT DOESN'T SAY 75 FEET. >>THAT'S A NUANCE OF ANOTHER BUILDING CODE.

>>AS FAR AS CHANGING THE CODE, IT WOULDN'T BE A VARIANCE AND COULD PROVIDE THE SITE PLAN TO

SUBMIT THAT AND WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. >>LIKE I SAID, I WOULD BE WILLING WITH KIND OF MY WHOLE GOAL IS TO SAVE THE TREE. IF YOUR OWNER, YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT REQUIREMENT, I WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS SPECIMEN

TREE AS THE ORDINANCE. >>THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SAVE THE TREE. THE TRIMMING, THERE MAY BE TRIMMING TO PUT THE HOUSE THERE BUT OUR GOAL IS NOT TO CUT DOWN THE TREE.

>>LIKE I SAID, IF I WERE THE OW OWNER, 30 FEET WOULD LOOK A LOT

BETTER THAN 17. >>WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN APPROVED, AND THEN WITH DISCRETION TO THE OWNER, TO BUILD IT WHEREVER 17 FEET OR MORE? WITH THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE TREE? >>

>>I DON'T KNOW. >>WE STILL HAVE MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS. I WILL SAY THIS, I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONSTITUENTS THAT WANTED TO BUY THAT PROPERTY AND THE TREE DID THE DEAL END.

SO ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK. >>JAMES CHRISTOPHER GAY.

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>>GOOD EVENING. I WAS THE ORIGINAL PETITIONER ON BEHALF OF SUSAN SCHOLAR FOR THE POSITION OF THE TREE. I PROVIDED YOU A PACKAGE WITH A CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WAS TAKEN FROM MY YARD. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER AND ALSO REPRESENT THE MASTER GARDENERS, I'M THE PRESENT AND THE PETITION TO PRESERVE THIS TREE. THE REASON I PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS PHOTOGRAPH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TREE, YOU DON'T HAVE AN IDEA HOW IT SITS ON THE LOT. THE MAJORITY OF LOT IS NEAR THE RIVER AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ACCESS TO THE RIVER IN THAT REGARD. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT 50% OF THE ROOT ZONE HAVE BEEN OBJECT INSTRUCTED. YES THIS EH BROUGHT INFILL DIRT AND THE 50% OF THE ROOT ZONE AT LEAST EXTENDS INTO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. THE TREE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, ACTUALLY ON A SLOPE. SO THEY HAVE NOT PUT INFILL DIRT ON THE ENTIRE SIDE OF THE TREE. THERE WERE SOME LOGS THERE BUT THE MAJORITY IS STILL INTACT. THE ARBORIST WAS THERE AND WE DID NOT GO ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET

PERMISSION, BUT THE TREE IS A MAGNIFICENT TREE. >>SOCCER Y

>>SORRY, DID YOU SAY THE ARBORIST WAS WITH YOU? >> YES. BUT WE DIDN'T GET ON THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE LIME ON THE OAK. IT HAS WITHSTOOD THIS MANY YEARS, HOW MANY HURRICANES, AT LEAST NINE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD NINE HURRICANES SINCE I HAVE LIVED THERE. IT'S DOING JUST FINE. I AM NOTH UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT I FOR THE TREE TO BE REMOVED. THEY HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT FOR THE LAKE RIGHT THERE. IT'S THE TREE THEY ARE DISCUSSING. MY PETITION IS TO PRESERVE THE TREE. KEEP THE PROTECTION SO IT IS PROTECTED FROM THE WINDS OF EVERY NEW OWNER THAT COMES ALONG. IT'S BEEN THERE AS LONG AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN AROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL STILL THAT HAVE TREE, BECAUSE IF WE TAKE IT DOWN, IT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN THAT TO REPLACE IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WE HAVE MORE. >>MR. BEARDEN. >>

>>PUBLIC SPEAKER: I LIVE ON COLONIAL DRIVE. WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND AS MY DAUGHTER SAYS, THE INFORMATION WE WERE PROVIDED DID NEVER STATED 75 FEET AND HAD TO HAVE ABSOLUTE PERMISSION FROM THE BOARD FOR REMOVAL. IT'S SAID THAT WE HAD TO HAVE AN ARBORIST AND THAT WAS IT. MY DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER LAWYER, MY DAUGHTER IS A LAWYER AND ANOTHER LAWYER LOOKED AT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE COUNTY WAS INACCURATE AND DID NOT, DOES NOT STAND THE TEST THAT SHE SAID THAT THE TREE SHOULD BE COVERED BY THAT ORDINANCE. AND WE HAVE NO REAL DESIRE TO CUT IT DOWN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER IDEA AND COME TO YOU GUYS AND ASK PERMISSION TO USE THE PROPERTY.

THE PARROPERTY IS VERY EXPENSIV IT'S A NICE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HAVE TAKEN EVERY STEP REGARDLESS ON ANYONE'S OPINION ON WHAT WILL BE DONE. WE TOOK THE ARBORIST OPINION TO CUT DOWN

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TREE WITHOUT COMING BACK MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. >>WHY WOULDN'T YOU ASK THE

ORIGINAL ARBORIST TO CHECK IT OUT? >> I DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.

>>OKAY. >>WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE PAPER FROM ALL OF THIS PROCESS, AND IT WAS A PAPER ABOUT THAT BIG. WE READ IT BEFORE WE EVEN SIGNED FOR THE PROPERTY. IT NEVER MENTIONED ANY OF THAT. WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT LETTER. I THINK THE YOUNG LADY HERE HAS THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WAS THERE. MY DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER LAWYER LOOKED FOR THAT SPECIFIC NOTIFICATION THERE IN THAT BILL. IT'S NOT MENTIONED. THERE IS NO 75 FOOT THING MENTIONED ANY WHERE. WE DON'T THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANYWAY, IT WASN'T PROPERLY DONE. WE ARE NOT HERE TO CUT DOWN TREES. SOME PEOPLE LIKE A LOT OF TREES. WE ARE TRYING TO JUST BUILD A HOME TO

LEAVE IT FOR OUR FAMILY. >>RIGHT. SO EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE 75 FOOT CAME ALONG.

>>THAT JUST POPPED UP. AND WE STILL CAN'T FIND IT IN THE ORDINANCE.

>>THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU CALLED THE ARBORIST, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> RIGHT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WASN'T IN OUR CONTROL EVEN THOUGH WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY

FOR THE PROPERTY. >>WHEN DID YOU PURCHASE THE PROPERTY?

>> MARCH OF 2023. IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. THE LAND ON THE RIVER IS EXPENSIVE.

>>RIGHT. >>WE WANT TO ENJOY IT OURSELVES THE WAY WE WANT TO.

>>OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

>>THANK YOU. >>BETH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? >> SO, YES, THE DEED RESTRICTION DID NOT HAVE ANY LANGUAGE ABOUT THE 75 FOOT. AS I HAVE SAID, OUR CODE TO PROTECT THE TREE IF YOU WERE TO GET POINTS FOR A TREE, WOULD REQUIRE THAT YOU STAY OUT OF A MINIMUM UNDISTURBED ZONE DEFINED BY ONE FOOT FOR EVERY INCH DBH OF THE TREE. THE HISTORIC AND SPECIMEN STANDARDS DOES NOT GO INTO DETAIL AS FAR AS HOW IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED. IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU, THE BOARD HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT A PROTECTION ON IT IF IT'S REQUESTED BY AN APPLICANT AND FOR REMOVAL OF THE TREE, THE OTHER CONDITION IS THAT IT HAS TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND THAT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND WE ARE JUST APPLYING THESE STANDARDS THAT WAS FOR ANY TREE THAT IS TO BE CONSIDERED PROTECTED FOR POINTS PARTICULARLY IN THE COUNTY.

>> BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY T DEED DOES REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY IN EXHIBIT A, IT DOES INCLUDE THE DEED RESTRICTION AND ATTACHED SURVEY AND THE ACTUALLY LETTER FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESIGNATION THAT DOES REFERENCE ARTICLE 6 IN THE

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LETTER. >>IT'S THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR TREE PROTECTION.

>>THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT. WEIGH WHAT'S PART OF THEIR DEED.

>>THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE TALKED THROUGH TO THE, THE REAL ISSUE IS REGARDLESS WITH THE SETBACK IS WHETHER TO KEEP THE TREE DESIGNATED OR NOT, BO BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO CUT DOWN THE TREE, THE STILL TREE REMAINS DESIGNATED WHERE

THE PREVIOUS HOME WAS. >>SO LET'S SAY WE KEEP IT DESIGNATED, WITHAT DO THEY HAVEO

DO LATER ON? >> IF IT'S STILL DESIGNATED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND COME BACK TO YOU TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF THE DESIGNATION TO REMOVE THE TRIAL.

>>BUT IF IT'S STILL DESIGNATED, THEY CAN'T STILL BUILD THE HOME WITH THE CURRENT PLANS?

>> NO, THEY CAN'T. >>THEY COULD BUILD THE HOME, WE WOULD NOT BE APPLYING THE PROTECT STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD BE APPLYING TO OTHER TREES. WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUILD INSIDE WHERE WE TYPICALLY ALLOW PROTECTION FOR A TREE THAT IS BEING PRESERVED FOR A POINT.

THIS WOULDN'T BE GETTING POINTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR PROTECTION CRITERIA IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT

CODE. >>THE ONLY REASON FOR THIS TO COME UP IS BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN. THAT'S THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE. THEY CAN BUILD A HOUSE.

>>UNTIL ANOTHER ARBORIST EVALUATION IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO DO SOMETHING TO THAT

TREE. >>THE ONLY THING, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ROOM TO ASK THIS BUT SUGGEST ANY TRIMMING BE GUIDED BY AN ARBORIST THAT WOULD BE DONE PROPERLY BECAUSE THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT TRIMMING WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. THAT IS A CRITERIA OF THE DEED.

>>WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>>HOW MANY TREES DO WE HAVE PROTECTED? >> NONE. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE BEING DESIGNATED. I REMEMBER THE APPLICANT ASKING US, I DO NOT REMEMBER BEING THEIR NEIGHBOR THAT REPRESENTED THEM. THAT PART WAS I THINK LEFT OUT, BUT THAT WAS HOW MANY YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE, I LIVE IN THE AREA OF LOTS OF WATERFRONT PROPERTIES AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS. I REMEMBER ONE WILLOW TREE WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS ON ONE PERSON'S PROPERTY AND BLOCKED ANOTHER PERSON'S VIEW. ONE WANTED IT REMOVED AND ONE WANTED IT TO STAY. AND AT THAT POINT I FOUND OUT THAT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THERE IS NO PROTECTION FOR VIEW. SO YOU CAN PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR A PROPERTY. I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S WATERFRONT, I'M VERY BLESSED AND MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR BUILT AN ADDITION ONTO THEIR HOUSE AND BLOCKED OUR SUNSET VIEWS AND IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT IT WASN'T HER TREE AND IT WASN'T PROTECTED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF THIS, I AGREE ABOUT THE TRIMMING. YOU CAN GO AND TRIM. IF YOU BUILT A HOUSE IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, YOU TRIM BIG LIMBS ON THAT TREE, IT'S NOT A BEAUTIFUL TREE ANYMORE. I DO WANT TO HONOR THE TREE AND WE WANT TO PROTECT IT. IT'S CONCERNING TO ME. I FEEL LIKE THREE YEARS LATER, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOME PROPERTY RIGHTS HERE THAT I DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE ON, AND GIVEN THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER ASKED FOR THIS, BUT IT WAS GUIDED BY THE NEIGHBOR. I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS WHAT TO GAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND COMMISSIONER, YOU SAID SOME CONSTITUENTS HAVE OR HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND NOT PURCHASED IT BECAUSE OF THE TREE, I THINK THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO ALL THE

[01:50:01]

THAT'S RIGHT. >>ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TRIM OR REMOVE IT?

>> THEY HAVE TO TRIM IT UNDER AN ARBORIST WATCH. >>I THINK IT'S AN UNDUE BURDEN AND I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T LOVE IT. I LOVED IT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE PROTECTED THE TREE THREE YEARS AGO AND I'M NOT LOVING IT TODAY. SO.

>> MADAM CHAIR, FOR ME, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY TREE ON THIS LIST. I WILL SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT CONSERVATION 73% APPROVED CONSERVATION IN THE COMMITTEE. FOR ME, THIS IS NOT IN A PUBLIC PARK. THIS SPECIFIC PLOT OF LAND, THE NEW OWNER IS PRESERVING THE SIGNIFICANT VALUE OF THIS LAND. THERE IS A LOT, THE NEIGHBOR GETTING INVOLVED AND THE LOT BEING VACANT AND TOTALLY DILAPIDATED. THERE WAS NO UPKEEP. I'M WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT TO INHIBIT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS IT. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BUT I'M ON THAT

FRAME OF MIND RIGHT NOW. >> IS THAT A MOTION? >> SORRY, SIR. THE PUBLIC

HEARING IS CLOSED. >>GINA GILL, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LETTER. SHE WAS THE CO-TRUSTEE FOR THE SUSAN TOMLINSON, THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME. THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND SHE WAS ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT SHE OWNED. SO, SHE WAS THE OWNER LISTED. SO IT WAS DONE BY THE OWNER, NOT BY THE NEIGHBOR. I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WAS

CLEAR. >>THANK YOU. >>FINAL COMMENT. I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS A WIN-WIN. WE CAN KEEP IT AS A SPECIMEN TREE. THEY DON'T INTEND TO CUT IT DOWN AND THEY CAN BUILD A HOUSE. I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT IS AN PEDIMENT IF THEY EVER WANT TO CUT IT DOWN, THEY HAVE TO GET AN ARBORIST AND COME TO US. I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH DENYING THE REQUEST. WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONSERVE THE TREE, PRESERVE THE TREE. THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THE TREE. THEY WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE, THEY CAN BUILD A HOUSE. THE ONLY PEDIMENT HERE IS THAT THIS TREE THAT LIVED THROUGH 200 YEARS AND GONE THROUGH MANY HURRICANES AND LIGHTNING STORMS

THAT IT SHIURVIVES. I DON'T THI THEY WOULD WANT TO CUT IT DOWN. >>THEY WOULD WANT TO PROTECT IT.

FOR ME, THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNER DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT INVOLVES CONSERVATION, INVOLVES RESPECTING A 200-YEAR-OLD TREE AND I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT

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>>SECOND. >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? >>WE WILL MOVE ON.

>> WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NO. 8. >>THE NUMBERING CHANGED ON THE

AGENDA, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU. >>I THINK IT'S NO. 9.

>>MY COMPUTER, IT'S EIGHT. >>THAT'S WHAT I NOTICED TOO WHICH IS WHY I WAS ASKING FOR

CLARIFICATION. >>MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT

AGENDA FOR ALL ITEMS MINUS NO. 9. >>ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION

[9. Tourism Fund Reserve - Unassigned Transfer of $25,000+ (R. Kantor)]

> AYE. Select to skip to this part of the video">AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >>I PULLED NO. 9, TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO COMMENT THE CITY OF KEYSTONE AND PARTICULARLY THE SOLO GROUP WHO HAS BEEN ENDURING AND RELIGIOUSLY FIGHTING FOR THIS PROJECT. TONIGHT, I HOPE TO BRING IT IN FOR LANDING. I SAY THAT WITH THE BACKGROUND THAT WE HAVE SPENT $118 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S AN IMPAIRED WATER WAY, IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE BUT $118 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS PROJECT. I'M LOOKING AT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE. THE LAKE IS IMPAIRED. WE CAN'T USE IT. IT HAS PLENTY OF WATER BUT WE CAN'T USE IT DUE TO BLUE GREEN ALGAE AND 25% OF THE BORDER OF THE LAKE, THE ST.

JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAVE SPENT ABOUT, I FORGET HOW MUCH MONEY IT WAS OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS IN A SEPTIC TO SEWER PROJECT WHICH IS TRYING TO REMEDY ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NUTRIENT EXCESS NUTRIENTS THAT GO INTO THE LAKE. THERE IS A SOLUTION TO DOCTORS LAKE AND WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT IS MONEY WE NEED. WE ATTENDED THE LAST BRIEFING FRIDAY OF A SYSTEM THAT ALLEGED WOULD FIX THE NUTRIENT PROBLEM. RICHARD, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT SYSTEM REAL QUICK ABOUT YOUR UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. >>IT'S A LOT OF BIOLOGY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT IT'S NOT

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DOCTORS LAKE. >>THANK YOU, RICHARD. I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND NOT THAT I NEED TO, BUT WE HAVE OTHER IMPAIRED WATERWAYS THAT RENDER THE WATER ACCESS UNUSABLE AS DENOTED IN 24-25 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. WHICH WARNS PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER BASICALLY. SO, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THIS PROJECT INTO IT FOR LANDING AND WE CAN CONCENTRATE IN SOME OTHER AREAS WHICH ARE IN DIRE NEED OF ASSISTANCE. SO, I BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU.

>>THERE WAS SOME ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT COMES OUT OF TDC FUNDS, WHICH DOESN'T LIKE TO TOUCH THIS IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM. THE MANAGER WAS ASKED TO START A STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE HAVE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THINGS. THE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ITEM WAS THAT WE AS A TDC BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS LAKE USABLE FOR TDC EVENTS.

THERE ARE MANY TRIATHLONS, THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE HAVE THE WATER WE CAN DO. I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. I AGREE WITH YOU. AS FAR AS THE LAKE PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY WITH THE TREES BEING REMOVED, THIS CAN GET US TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN TURN THE PUMPS ON AND MOVE FORWARD.

>>SO NOT ONLY A TDC, BUT FPDA GRANT. >>SHE'S GONE. TOO SOON. WE CAN

CALL HER BACK. I HAVE HER PHONE NUMBER. >>WE NEED TO ADJUST THE

WATERWAYS IN THE COUNTY. >>I WOULD AGREE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SETS CLAY COUNTY APART IS ITS WATER. AS WE BUILT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE EVEROF THE THINGS THAT OUR PUBLIC SAID IS THEY WANT MORE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATER. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO BLACK CREEK. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT BUT VERY CROWDED AND OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PAINFULLY KNOWS IT'S AN ISSUE. I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE WITH HOW WE SOLVE SOME OF OUR WATER PROBLEMS. SOME OF THE WORK WE DID BACK WHEN WE FIRST APPROVED OUR WORK THAT JUDGE DID PRELIMINARILY WITH US WAS THE FIRST STEP IS TO SETTING US UP TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS FOR SEPTIC SEWER OR MAYBE SOME OF THIS OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT DEFINITELY, WE KNOW THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO CONSERVATION WANTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATER. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT IT COULD BE A FOCUS OF SOME OF OUR MONEYS GOING FORWARD, OUR PROJECTS GOING FORWARD FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. I THINK THAT IS THE GREAT PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE. I AGREE WITH YOU FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, THERE IS AN ISSUE THERE. SO DEFINITELY LOOKING TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. THAT'S REALLY, YOU MENTIONED (11) 800-0118 MILLION. THAT'S HOW THIS PROJECT GOT DONE. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE WAS FEDERALLY INVOLVED BUT WE HAVE THAT FEDERAL APPROVAL

[02:05:03]

>> I THINK I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT EVERYONE HAS GIVEN. I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD USE OF THIS AND JUSTIN IS HERE AND HE HAS HIS PLAN GOING FORWARD WITH THE VOTER IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO USE THOSE FUNDS WISELY AND IMPROVE OUR BOAT RAMPS AND CERTAINLY, ACCESS, GETTING GOOD

CLEAN PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATER SAFELY IS IMPORTANT. >>I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

ITEM NO. 9. >>GREAT DISCUSSION. >>ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? >>DOES IT MATTER FOR THE MINUTES

BECAUSE THE NUMBER IS DIFFERENT. >>DID EVERYONE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT

[19. Letter of Intent for Public Safety Complex Site]

AGENDA? >> YES. >>EVERYTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED

ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE ARE GOOD. >> NEW BUSINESS 19.LETTER OF INTENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX SITE LETTER OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE 44+/- ACRES OF PROPERTY IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX SITE 20.NOTICE OF INTENDED SINGLE / SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE - TRANSPORT VENTILATORS (C. LEROY) APPROVAL OF SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF TWENTY (20) HAMILTON-T1 TRANSPORT VENTILATORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $320,000. THE HAMILTON-T1 TRANSPORT VENTILATORS WILL BE USED BY FIRE RESCUE TO PROVIDE ADVANCED RESPIRATORY SUPPORT FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PATIENT TRANSPORT. AS REQUIRED BY POLICY, A SOLE SOURCE NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE COUNTY WEB

>>ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE OVERALL CAMPUS, THERE WILL BE A COLOCATED COMPONENT OF THE ST.

JOHN RIVERS COLLEGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SITE ITSELF AS INDICATED BY EXHIBIT A IS APPROXIMATELY 44 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PETER'S CREEK BUSINESS PARK. FUNDING ACQUISITION IS IN THE CIP FUNDS AND CRUCIAL AND IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS PROJECT TO MOVE US FORWARD IN CONCERT WITH THE COMING RFP TO BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY TO MID-APRIL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL.

[20. Notice of Intended Single / Sole Source Purchase - Transport Ventilators (C. LeRoy)]

> AYE. Select to skip to this part of the video">>>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >>ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION APPROVED. >> 20.NOTICE OF INTENDED SINGLE / SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE - TRANSPORT VENTILATORS (C. LEROY)

>>GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS OUR INTENT TO PURCHASE SOLE SOURCE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT LIKED VERY MUCH. A LOT OF ITEMS ARE SOLE SOURCED AND WILL BE SOLD TO OUR FIRE RESCUE OR EMERGENCY IN THIS CASE FOR VENT VENTILATORS AND THAT COMPANY CHOSE NOT TO KEEP THEM IN PROTECTION THAT CAUSED A SPIKE IN KEEPING THOSE VENTILATORS IN SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE THE CHARGING CORDS ARE $2,000 AND SOLD THROUGH EBAY AND THOSE TRYING TO HIKE THE CHARGE UP EVEN FARTHER. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND VENTILATORS THAT WERE IN USE. THOSE THAT ARE USED BY OTHER AGENCIES AROUND US. ST. JOHNS IS USING THEM. JUST THEY ARE VERY WELL MADE, VERY WELL RESPECTED. THE HELICOPTERS IN THE AREA ARE USING THEM. IT REALLY DOES FIT FOR US TO LOOK AT GOING INTO THESE VENTILATORS AND TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS WITH EASE AND BEING ABLE TO TRANSPORT TO HOSPITALS WITH THE SAME PRODUCTS AND THE

[02:10:01]

>> IS HAMILTON THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT STOPPED MANUFACTURING OUR CURRENT

VENTILATOR? >> NO, SIR. IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMPANY. WE LOOKED AT THE HAMILTON AT THE TIME WE LOOKED AT VENTILATORS THAT WERE COST SAVINGS VERSUS USING THE

HAMILTONS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR LOGISTICS, I'M ON BOARD WITH THE EMS COMMITTEE AND YOU ARE THE ONES USING THE EQUIPMENT. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SOLE SOURCE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS BECAUSE THE EMS COMMITTEE HAS CHOSEN THIS CLASS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OFFERED?

>> CORRECT. WE LISTED THE VENTILATORS THAT WE DID TEST AND EVALUATED. THIS IS THE ONE WE SELECTED THAT HAS THE MOST FEATURES THAT PERTAIN TO WHAT WE DO AND THE MOST AVAILABLE BASED

OBJE ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. >>YOU SAID WE DIDN'T PLAN TO MAKE THIS IN THE BUDGET YEAR. IT'S $320,000. SO WHAT ARE WE NOT PURCHASING?

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO PURCHASE OTHER LOOSE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THIS APPARATUS. IT WILL

SHIFT TO NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL MAKE DO. >>I DON'T WANT YOU JUST TO MAKE

DO. >>I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE LOOKED AT THIS BUDGET. WHEN I SAY IT WASN'T PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. IT WAS NOT PLANNED IN THE BUDGET, BUT WAS PLANNED IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASES BUT NOT PLANNED ORVERALL. WHEN E BUY OUR VENTILATORS, WE HOPE TO GET TEN YEARS USE OF THEM AND DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK IN 5-6 YEARS.

>> THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER AND OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW MEGAN IS NOT HERE IF THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THERE COULD BE GRANT

FUNDING FOR. BUT I GUESS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIMING. >>PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT TIMING FOR THE GRAND FUNDING AND WE MAY USE GRANT FUNDING FOR OTHER OFFSET ITEMS TO HELP PURCHASE

WITH THE COST. >>REAL QUICK, SOLE SOURCE BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE

DISTRIBUTOR OF THIS EQUIPMENT? >> THE MANUFACTURER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL SELL THIS

PARTICULAR ITEM. >>I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >>SECOND.

[21. Notice of Intended Single / Sole Source Purchase - Extrication Equipment (C. LeRoy)]

> AYE. Select to skip to this part of the video">>>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >>ALL RIGHT. >>ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT IS SOLE

SOURCE PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. >> 21.NOTICE OF INTENDED SINGLE / SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE - EXTRICATION EQUIPMENT (C. LEROY) WE WENT DOWN MANUFACTURERS AND THE COST THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT CAME UP. WE DID AN EVALUATION OF THE TOOLS. WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC BRANDS OF WHAT DEFAULTS THEY HAD BUT ONE TOOL WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND WASN'T VERY POWERFUL AND ONE TOOL DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER AT ALL. IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO TWO BRANDS AND CAME DOWN TO ERGONOMICS AND THE BATTERY AND THE OTHER BRAND THAT WOULD BE RUNNING HEAD TO HEAD ON TOOLS TO BE USED FOR PROPRIETARY BATTERY. THIS PURCHASE IS CONTINUING THAT PURCHASE OF GETTING THESE TOOLS ON ALL OF OUR APPARATUS AND GIVEN THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE ON THE APPARATUS AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SET UP A GAS POWERED PUMP AND HOSES AND FREES OF THE CREWS TO MOVE AROUND BETTER AND EFFICIENCY. THEN TO ANSWER SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

[02:15:01]

VENDOR FOR GENESIS TOOLS FOR THIS REGION. >>I HAVE A QUESTION.

>>LOOKING AT THE QUOTE, IT SAYS A SPREADER, A RAMP, THESE TYPES OF THINGS. WILL THIS GO INTO ONE

TRUCK? >> I BELIEVE THIS IS THREE SETS OF TOOLS AND WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE SETS. THE SPREADER, RAM, THE CUTTER INTO THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE SET. EACH

TRUCK WOULD GET THOSE TOOLS. >>GOTCHA. THE SPREADER, IT SAYS $22,000. THAT'S FOR EVERY TRUCK?

>> YES. >>IT'S BLANK ON THE QUANTITY. >>IT SHOULD BE YES, THAT'S

CORRECT. THE SPREADER IS $22,000. >>OKAY.

>> THIS STUFF IS EXPENSIVE. >>YES, SIR. AND THE PRICE REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE WITH LINE TOOLS THAT ARE JUST AS EXPENSIVE. THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. WE HAVE APPROVAL.

> AYE. Select to skip to this part of the video">>>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >>THANK YOU. >>

[26. Discussion of Appointment to the Lake Asbury Municipal Service Benefit Distric]

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

>> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >>ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".

[28. Clay County Agricultural Fair]

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? . >>LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION

[29. Bid Opening Tabulations (K Smith)]

[COUNTY MANAGER]

MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 7, 2026 I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>>THIS IS OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN. WE WILL USE THAT LIVE INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND GIVES US THE GOALS AND THE GRAPHICS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND TAKEN THE TECHNOLOGY TO A NEXT LEVEL. WE HAVE GONE LIVE WITH OUR AMERICA 250 WEB PAGE. AND LISTS THE BENEFITS THAT ARE COMING AND WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETINGS AT THE COURTHOUSE ON THE DATE AND TIME. AND RECENTLY TALKED TO JUDGE WHO WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND TALKED TO EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. JUST A STATEMENT ABOUT THE HISTORIC REASON WHY 14 OCTOBER OF 1774, AND ON THAT DATE, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM 12 AMERICAN COUNTIES GATHERED IN PHILADELPHIA AND ADOPTED THE DECLARATION AND RESOLVES INSERTING THE COLONIST RIGHTS ANDEN INSURED THE FREEDOMS AND MARKED THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE IT IS HURRICANE SEASON, WE HAVE THE BACKUP FOR NOVEMBER 30, 1782, THE ARTICLES OF PEACE. BOTH DATES THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED AND WILL MOVE FORWARD ON ARE OUT THERE. WE HAVE HAD THE LOGO VOTED ON LAST TIME. THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND GONE OUT TO EVERYONE AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK, AND THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ARE MORE THAN WELCOME AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONSTITUTIONALS ATTENDING THAT.

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>>ALLIGATOR, THE CEREMONY, 9-12 QUIET TIME. AND 12:00 FROM LIGHTS AND NOISE TO HAPPEN AND 11-12, THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR WILL ALSO BE RECOGNIZED AT THAT EVENT. REALLY GOOD INFORMATION

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

>>VERY WELL. >>I WANT TO SAY WE'VE HAD A GREAT LUNCHEON AT THE FAIRGROUND TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE FAIR ON APRIL 2ND. I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT FOR THAT EVENT.

MONDAY, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY. WE HAD ABOUT 120 PEOPLE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING. WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE AS WELL AS A PRESIDENT OF THE VETERINARIAN COLLEGE. THE MEDICAL COLLEGE IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME, WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO START INSTRUCTION IN JULY. AND THEY CAN START WITH A COHORT OF ABOUT 100 STUDENTS. I ASKED HIM HOW MANY SLOTS DO YOU HAVE FILLED AND HE SAID 108. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO EIGHT PERCENT OVER. EVERY SEMESTER THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE BETWEEN 100-200 NEW STUDENTS. WE HAD ALL THE HOSPITAL CEO'S THERE FROM IT'S A BIG DEAL. THEY INVESTED $30 MILLION IN THAT FACILITY. THE PARTNERSHIP AFFILIATION ASSOCIATION IS HUGE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON WELLS ROAD THERE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON CLAY COUNTY.

THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING LONG-TERM, BUYING HOMES, RENTING HOME, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, VISITORS. IT IS A HUGE DEAL. I REFLECT ON THIS CONCEPT THAT CAME TO ME, DO YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME? BUSEY? FIVE YEARS AGO. THESE PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP. I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF PIE IN THE SKY TYPE THING BUT HERE IT WAS AND WE CUT THE RIBBON AND THEY ARE OPERATIONAL. IT'S A HUGE DEAL WITH THE COUNTY. THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING WE DID BETWEEN BUILDING PERMITS AND AFFILIATION WITH IT. NEW ANIMAL CONTROL STRUCTURE. AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT A LOT OF THINGS LINED UP AT ONE TIME AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE GOOD FOR CLAY COUNTY. WE HAD UNF THERE AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT ANOTHER MEDICAL COLLEGE COMING INTO THE AREA. WITH THE PREDICTED NEED OF AMERICA, BASICALLY BURKETT HERE IN NORTH FLORIDA AS WELL, THEY CAN'T TRAIN ENOUGH DOCS AND VETERINARIANS. THE VIETNAM VETERAN HISTORIC EVENT WILL BE HELD AND IT GETS BIGGER AND HE'S A MASTER AT ROPING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DOING IT. IF YOU HAVE TIME, HISTORIC TRIANGLE, BE

THERE. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER?

>> YES, IT WAS REALLY AN INSPIRING DAY. COMMISSIONER, TODAY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO AUBREY SCOTT, TROY, AND THE STAFF WHO HELPED OUT WITH THE MOCK WORKSHOP AND THE KIDS ARE

[02:25:01]

THEY ARE MAKING SURE WE HAVE A REALLY SAFE FAIR THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AND WE WELCOME A LOT OF PEOPLE TO CLAY COUNTY AS VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP REALLY QUICK IN THE BACK UP AND BIDS. WE HAD 11 BIDS FOR FIRE STATION 24. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING. HOPING THAT SIGN, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECONOMICAL SHIFT, A COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE PRICE THAT CAME IN FOR THAT WAS NICE.

>>LAST THING, TONIGHT WAS A GREAT MEETING. I WAS REMINDING ABOUT WHY CLAY COUNTY IS CLAY COUNTY. FROM 40 YEAR VETERAN EMPLOYEES, TO OUR VIETNAM VETERANS AND THE STUDENTS, IT

MAKES THE PLACE. IT WAS A GOOD ONE TONIGHT. >>THERE IS A LOT OF BUSINESS MAKING THE PRICES COME DOWN FOR THE FIRE STATION SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT WAS GREAT.

>>I WANT TO START WITH COMMENDING THE CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. CHIEF MOTES WAS ON COMMAND SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE FIRE IN BELL MORE SAINT FOREST. SIS IT COMPLETELY OUT YET? NOT COMPLETELY OUT YET BUT CONTAINED. I GOT THE FIRST TEXT AT 100 ACRES AND NEXT THING IT'S 300 ACRES. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. WE HAVE HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAYS THIS WEEK, TODAY WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. I WAS FREEDINZING COLD. I HAD TO GET A SWEATER FROM MY CAR. A CONSTITUENT SAID I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD BURN REGARDLESS IF IT GOT APPROVED OR NOT. AT ANY RATE, I HAPPEN TO AGREE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS GOING OUT TO FIGHT THAT, AND THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY SCARY. WE APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE QUICKLY LEARNING, CIVIC DUTY. I TALKED TO THEM A FEW WEEKS ABOUT IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD ENGAGEMENT GOING AND SOME GOOD PROPOSED REZONING GOING ON OUT THERE AND TWO IN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT BESIDES MY DISTRICT, USED TO BE MY DISTRICT UNTIL WE REDISTRICTED IT. THE PUBLIC IS LEARNING THAT THEY NEED TO SPEAK UP, THEY NEED TO GET INVOLVED, READ THE REZONING SIGNS AND CALL AND ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ONLINE, EVERYBODY LAUGHS ABOUT WHAT YOU READ ISN'T TRUE. ONE EXAMPLE, THE ONE REZONING I READ ON FACEBOOK THAT SOMEONE SAID IT'S A STAFF LED REZONING AND IT'S NOT. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS ASKED TO BE REZONED. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SAY IT'S CYNICAL, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT NOTHING IS A DONE DEAL AND THAT'S THE WAY OUR PROCESS IS DESIGNED. IT TAKES THREE VOTES TO PASS ANYTHING AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THINGS AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE. I COMMEND THE PUBLIC FOR GETTING INVOLVED.

DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ. TODAY WAS NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DAY AND REALLY PROUD OF OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR SILVER CULTURE. WE APPRECIATE OUR TREES. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON DEFEATING THE REALLY BAD DEVELOPMENT BUILD, THE BLUE RIBBON PROJECTS. SENATOR CALLED ME WHILE WE WERE ON OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, TOLD ME IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND I TALKED TO HER LATE THAT NIGHT AND SHE

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IN URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY, IT IS FOR HOUSING. >>I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS PARTICIPATING BUT APRIL 11TH. I WILL BE DOING THIS YEAR'S SHOW. I PRAY THAT I'M NOT IN THE HOSPITAL. I HAVE NO MORE ORGANS THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS SHOWING A PIG IN THE CELEBRITY BIG SHOW.

>>I'M DOING IT. LAST TIME IT TOOK OFF ON ME. >>I'M TRAINING FOR IT.

>>ALL RIGHT. OKAY. >>THE COMMISSIONER ONLY BRACKET. >>GOT IT DOWN.

>>OKAY. SO THAT'S COMING UP AND TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS. I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO KISS UP BY SAYING THIS. I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WAS ABLE TO LAST WEEK WATCH OUR SHARE OF INACTION. WE ALL WATCH HER IN ACTION. BUT I WATCHED HER AS THE LEADER OF HER PEOPLE. PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T GET TO INTERACT WITH ON A NORMAL BASIS AND PEOPLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES, AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF LEADERS IN MY LIFE IN MY PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND GOOD LEADERSHIP IS JUST INHERENT IN WHO SOMEONE IS. I THINK YOU CAN LEARN IT, BUT IT'S HARD AND SHE'S GOT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE SHERIFF IS A GREAT LEADER OF THE PEOPLE. SHERIFF, YOU ARE TOP NOTCH. AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE GO TO CELEBRATE YOU AS THE PRESIDENT AND AS A WOMAN. IT MEANT A LOT. BUT HER STAFF HELPED A LOT IN A SITUATION. I'M NOT GOING INTO DETAIL PUBLICLY TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE JUST FROM THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT THAT I TALKED TO I BELIEVE ALL THE NEIGHBORS PERSONALLY ON THE PHONE AND THEY KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN. IN THAT PROCESS, WE ALL CAME TO AN IDEA THAT THREE YEARS IN, OUR EVENT ORDINANCE COULD USE SOME REVISION. SO I WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO ASK, I THINK THAT JASON WHO WOULD LEAD THE TEAM FROM THE COUNTY ASPECT WITH TROY AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL PUT THEIR PERSON AS WELL AS FIRE RESCUE AND MAYBE BRING BACK. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BECAME AWARE OF THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN WE HAVE NOT BEEN AS STRICT AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH SOME PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE. AND ANYTIME, WHY WOULD WE PASS AN ORDINANCE IF WE ARE NOT BOGOING TO STICK TO IT.E NEED TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO COME BACK FROM OUR EXPERTS AND MAKE SOME CHANGES. ONE EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A 90 DAY REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT THE APPLICATION IN AND THERE HAS BEEN ONE OR TWO TIMES

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SO THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY. ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT'S RESOURCES. IT'S RESOURCE DRIVEN. AND I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY EVENTS THAT WHY THE SECOND SATURDAY IS THE DAY TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARADE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANT TO DO EVERY EVENT AT CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTY THAT SECOND SATURDAY IN DECEMBER. THERE MAY NOT BE RESOURCES FOR IT. SO ANYWAY, JUST SOMETHING TO THROW OUT THERE. I WON'T SAY ANYMORE ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO CHIME IN. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? SHE'S GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT. OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU GUYS IS I HAVE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS, I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALL ME AND ASKED ME TO DO THIS. I THINK I'M GOING TO THROW MY NAME IN THE HAT FOR THE SECOND

VICE-PRESIDENT FOR FLORIDA'S ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES? JUNE. >>YOU SHOULD. YOU WILL DO GOOD.

>>THANK YOU. IT REQUIRES A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM YOUR BOARD. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THAT, I WILL GET TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THEY HAVE A TEMPLATE TO GET BACK TO YOU ALL.

>>GO GET EM. >>THANKS. >>ALL RIGHT. I WILL TALK ABOUT A SPECIAL EVENT. MOVING FORWARD, WE HAD A CRAZY AMOUNT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN ONE WEEKEND AND TWO WEEKENDS IN DECEMBER AND IN THE PAST. AS WE GET LARGER POPULATION, IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE. WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AS COMMISSIONER SAID. THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE THAT MANY HAPPENING WITH STRETCHING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, STRETCHING PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE MAX AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO WHERE IT POSSIBLY COULD BE RECKLESS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. SO GOING FORWARD WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT IN FOR A PEF PERMIT, YOU NEED TO DO IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN. IF IT'S LAST MINUTE, THE TEAM WILL POSSIBLY ASK THAT IT BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DAY OR NOT HAPPEN ON THAT DAY. WE NEED TO BE SERIES ABOUT IT. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE REAL GIST

OF IT. >>OKAY, I WANT TO COMMEND SOME PEOPLE. THE TOURISM, I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FLAG TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH 70 TEAMS COMING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT. THAT'S AMAZING. FILLED UP THE PARKING. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS OUT

THERE TO GET PARKING DONE IN A GREAT WAY. >>TERRY, TOURISM. IT WAS A GAME AGAINST THE JAGUARS AND CAME BACK WITH ABOUT 100 PLUS. KUDOS TO THE CCSO AND IT WORKED SO WELL BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO YOUTH EVENTS, THERE IS A CALAMITY EVERY TIME YOU SHOW UP AND FROM GAME TO GAME AND THE SHERIFF'S MAXIMIZED THE FACILITY OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.

MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH FROM EVERYONE AND HOPING FOR A GREAT WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND TOO.

>>THANK YOU. >>MY LITTLE NIECE, SHE WAS WITH US FOR A WEEK. MY MOM AND I, IF I HAD A MEETING, SHE WAS WITH MY MOM. MY MOM WENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SHE WAS LISTENING. SHE SAYS THE VOLUME WAS DOWN. HER AND MY DAD TOOK HER TO ALL THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES AND SHE SENT VIDEOS AND I WAS CRACKING UP. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS IS AMAZING.

IT WAS SO NEAT. MY MOM GOT DROPPED OFF BECAUSE MY DAD HAD A DENTIST APPOINTMENT AND SHE GETS THERE AND THEY DO THE 30 MINUTES DANCING THING AND THEY ARE DONE AND SHE GOES, WAIT A MINUTE AND

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>>LET'S SEE. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO FOR WHAT YOU DID WITH THE KIDS. THE THINGS THEY SAID NON-SCRIPTED, JUST AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE CURTIS DO THAT ONE DAY. YOU DID THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ROUGH. I WAS EXHAUSTED

AT THE END OF THAT DAY. >>ONE QUESTION, RICHARD, I HAVE ASKED, THE ROUNDABOUT. MY HUSBAND AND I DID CIRCLES THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS HILARIOUS. I LOVE A ROUNDABOUT. BUT IF YOU ARE COMING SOUTH ON THE ROUNDABOUT TOWARDS 17, THERE IS A BIKE LANE AHEAD SIGN. IT'S AFTER YOU GET OUT THE ROUNDABOUT, THERE IS A LITTLE TINY BIT OF A BIKE LANE AND THEN IT'S OVER, DONE. WE DON'T HAVE A WAY FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, THERE IS NO CROSSING THERE. WHY IS THAT SIGN THERE. I HAVE ASKED AND I DIDN'T GET THE ANS

ANSWER. >>THERE IS TWO BIKE LANES. THERE IS A BIKE LANE THAT GO WEST AND NO BIKE LANES ON RUSSEL ROAD. THE SIDEWALK IS WHERE I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE HAS TO BIKE ON RUSSEL ROAD TO USE THE SIDEWALK. I WILL LOOK AT IT AND SEE. I THINK THERE IS A MISSING CROSSWALK BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND GET TO LAKE AS BERRY TO THE SIDEWALK. I WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CROSSING THERE. I DO LOVE THE ROUNDABOUT. YOU ARE RIGHT.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY A GAME CHANGER. >>YEAH, THE ONLY THING IS THERE IS A SIGN THAT SAYS BIKE LANE.

>>THERE ARE SO MANY SIGNS AND THEY ARE BLOCKING EACH OTHER AND THAT WILL GET CLEANED UP SOON.

>>I CAN SEE SOMEONE COMING UP THE SIDEWALK AND GET ON THE BIKE LANE AND THERE IS NO BIKE LANE

ANYMORE. >>WE HAD THAT VERY SIMILAR SITUATION NORTH ON LANDING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT BIKE LANE ON THE BRAND NEW LANE ROAD DOES THAT, IT ENDS. IT POINTS YOU TO GO ONTO THE SIDEWALK. THIS WILL BE THE SAME THING. WE JUST TO HAVE GET DIRECTIONS ON WHERE TO

GO. >>THANK YOU. I KNEW YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. ALL RIGHT. I

THINK THAT'S IT. >>MADAM CHAIR? LARA GAVE ME THE PRO TIP. IF THEY CAN'T HAVE THE VOLUME ON FACEBOOK, WATCH ON YOUTUBE. THE ISSUE IS NOT THE COUNTY, THE ISSUE IS THE PLATFORM. SO, NOT TO TALK NEGATIVELY ABOUT FACEBOOK, DON'T COME AT ME BUT IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WATCHING, WATCH ON YOUTUBE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.