22. Final Public Hearing to Consider adoption of PUD 26-0004 (District 5, Comm. Burke)(B. Carson) This application is a rezoning to change 8.37 acres from Agriculture/Residential District (AR) to Planned Commercial Development District (PCD). A previous request under ZON 26-0004 to rezone to Community Business District (BB-2) was presented in April but at the 4/28/26 Board hearing it was decided the request would be revised to a Planned Commercial Development District (PCD) for consideration on June 9th.

[22. Final Public Hearing to Consider adoption of PUD 26-0004 (District 5, Comm. Burke)(B. Carson) This application is a rezoning to change 8.37 acres from Agriculture/Residential District (AR) to Planned Commercial Development District (PCD). A previous request under ZON 26-0004 to rezone to Community Business District (BB-2) was presented in April but at the 4/28/26 Board hearing it was decided the request would be revised to a Planned Commercial Development District (PCD) for consideration on June 9th.]

>> SO IT IS AFTER 5:00 AND WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO NUMBER 22 PUBLIC HEARING, SPECIFIC OPTION BUT TO 24.

2024. >> THIS ITEM IS PAD 226004.

AND JASON GABRIEL IS THE AGENT FOR THE ITEM AND THE LOCATION I 240 NATE FOX ROAD AND IT IS LOCATED WITH IN BRANDON BRIDGE PLANNING DISTRICT AND THIS IS COMMISSION DISTRICT 5.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER BURKS DISTRICT AND THERE ARE TWO PARCELS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND THIS WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. IT CAME BACK STONED AS 2604 BY REQUESTING BB 2 BUT IT WAS PRESENTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND OBTAINED APPROVAL AND AT THE BOARD MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SITE PLAN AND HOW TO MEMORIALIZE SOME ADDED FEATURES.

AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BRING IT BACK A A PAD. SO 2604 ZONE APPROXIMATE .36 ACRES FROM AR AGRICULTURAL PRESIDENTIAL TO PCD PLANNED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN 2003 THE LAND USE WAS DESIGNATED TO COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE FOR A DAILY CONVENIENC STORE WITH GAS STATION PUMPS IN A CAR WASH AND THE WESTERNMOST PORTION OF THE SITE WILL REMAIN OPEN SPACE FOR THIS POD AREA AN IF THAT WERE TO CHANGE, WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

THE MAP ON THE LEFTIST LOCATION THAT SHOWS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NIGHT BOX AT 220. YOU COULDN'T CAN SEE IS GOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH OF IT, PRIMARILY UNDEVELOPED THE REST OF THE AREA .

THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING ZONING AND AR IS THE GREEN AND YELLOW IS A PATH, WHICH IS THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BYETTA AND THE POST- COLOR IS ALSO PRESIDENTIAL . AND THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PROPOSED REZONING TO THE PCD .

THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS OUR NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY MAP AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIGN FOR THE MEETING.

WITH THE PCD, THERE IS A SITE PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED AND ADOPTED AT THIS COMMITS THAT THE SIGN TO ACCENTUATE THIS PLAN SET THERE SHOWING PROXIMALLY 8,000 SQUARE-FOOT CONVENIENCE STROKE WITH GAS PUMPS AND A SINGLE CARWASH. WITH THE PCD THEY HAVE WRITTEN THE PERMITTED USES WHICH INCLUDES THE USES WITH THE STORE . SELFISHLY THE APPLICATION WAS FOR BB 2 A BOOK WHICH IS MORE FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO GO BACK AND APPLY THE LIGHTER COMMERCIAL USES IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

THEY'VE INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR RETAIL SALES.

CARWASH FACILITIES AND YOUR TRADITIONAL LOTTERY TICKET SALE AND THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE.

THEY SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT WHATNOT BE PERMITTED AND THE STANDARD HAS INCLUDED LIGHTING STANDARDS TO

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MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING GREATER THAN HALF A CANDLE AT THE PROPERTY LINE IT WOULD INCLUDE FULL CUTOFF FIXTURES AND BOTH OF THESE MEASURES ARE TO DIRECT LIGHTING AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE ROAD SO I THINK THERE IS NO TRESPASS. THEY'VE INCLUDE THE MASON INVOLVED WHICH WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION BACK AND APRIL AND THAT BE TO THE WEST OF THEM I COULD SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN AGAIN TO THE REST OF THE CARWAS AND EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF TH PROPERTY LINE OVER AT NIGHT BOX WHICH WAS DISCUSSED.

NO GARBAGE CONTAINERS WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND ANY CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN OR THE WRITTEN TEXT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO COM BACK FOR THAT CHANGE. SO STAFF FINDS THAT THIS REZONING APPLICATION MEETS THE CRITERIA ARE THOSE CRITERIA FOR ZONING. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION AND ON JUNE 1 , THE CSE VOTED SIX TESTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AN THEY DID OFFER FURTHER COMMENT RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPOSED WILL INCLUDE SOME SOUND BUFFERING ASPECT AND POSSIBLY FILLING THE VOIDS OR SOMETHING TO HELP OFFER THE SOUND FROM TH ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.

AND APPLICANT IS HERE OR THE AGENT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? YOU ARE GOOD.

>> I AND JASON GABRIEL AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. I'M HERE WITH OUR HEAD ENGINEER.

THIS MAY BE A BIT OF DÉJÀ VU. WE WERE HERE COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH THE REZONING. OBVIOUSLY IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE IDEAS TO DO A CONVENIENCE STORE AND SOME LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND THE GAS STATION AND CARWASH COMPONENTS AND IF YOU RECALL WE HAD DISCUSSED SOM USE LIMITATIONS AND DISCUSS THE MASONRY WALL WHICH WILL GO WITH THE PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO NIGHT BOX AND 8 FEET WITHIN A BROADENED WRITER, NORTHERLY BUFFER, WHICH WE HAVE ALSO DONE ON THE SITE PLAN.

AND NOT UNDER PLANT BUT THE MAI CONSTERNATION WAS HOW DO WE MEMORIALIZE SOME OF THOSE FEATURES AND EXTRA BUFFERS AND USE PROHIBITIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THE IDEA WAS TO SECURE ALL OF THAT INTO A PCD S IF YOU RECALL TWO MONTHS AGO WE ALLOWED TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF UP WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THEY PUT INTO IT AND GET BACK TO THE DAY, JUNE 9, TH PACKAGE OF ALL THOSE ITEMS IN THERE.

AND WHAT I SUBMIT IS BEFORE YOU. OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I THINK WE HAVE HOPEFULLY PUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THEIR AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT IS COMMERCIAL OR THE UNDERLINING ZONING NEEDS TO HAV PERFORMANCE WITHOUT HIM THERE WAS A PUD APPROVED 20 YEARS AGO OR SO.

AND ALLOWED FOR ACTUALLY JUST B WAY OF CONTEXT UP TO 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL OFFIC AND 55 SIMILAR FAMILY LOTS.

THIS IS A VERY MUCH CONDENSED COMMERCIAL TYPE USE BEING PROPOSED HERE AND MIND YOU ON A PRETTY BIG SIZABLE PROPERTY, ABOUT 8 ACRES AND IF YOU LOOK A IT, I AM GENERALIZING IT BUT REALLY IT IS THE EASTERLY NIGHT BOX SIZE AND IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND THE REST AFFECTED BY THE FIVE PLUS ACRES TO THE WEST IS PRETTY MUCH EITHER POND OR PASSIVE USE AND NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND IF WE DIDN'T DEVELOP IT, YOU HAVE A SITE PLA AND THAT TIES IT DOWN IF WE TRY TO DEVELOP IT WOULD HAVE TO BE -- WITH ANOTHER PCD OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT IS A LITTLE CONTEXT. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOUR STAFF ONCE AGAIN DID A GREAT JOB OF REVIEWING THE CRITERIA AND IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA AND WAS UNANIMOUS IN PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WAS UNANIMOUS AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND WE AR

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HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOUL LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM COME IF YOU COULD STAND IN THE MIDDL

SO YOU CAN BE SWORN IN. >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE . HOLD ON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE HIS ALL TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD.

THANK YOU. I HAVE DENISE ROBINSON COMING FIRST. DEEPENING, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS DENISE ROBINSON AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE FOXWOOD SUBDIVISION AS THE HOA PRESIDEN AND I DID COME BEFORE YOU A COUPLE MONTHS AGO BUT I LIKE TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND MR. GAMBLE FO LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE THE DECISION TO PURSUE A PUD WHETHER IT BE ZONING THAT WAS INITIALLY REQUESTED. PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WE SLAPPED CONCERNS REGARDING THE REMAININ 5.86 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS OPEN SPACE AND PROPOSED POND.

AT LAST WEEK'S PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY ARE NOT BUILDING ON THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES A FULL ACCESS ENTRANCE FROM COUNTY ROAD 220 FEEDING UP TO AN AREA WITH NO CLEARLY DEFINED FUTURE USE.

TWO RESIDENCE THIS APPEARS TO B A GREAT AREA AND WE RESPECTFULL REQUEST ADDITIONAL DEFINITION GOING INTO THE USE OF THIS PERSONAL AND HOW IT WILL BE PROTECTED FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSISTENT WIT WHAT IS PRESENTED TODAY.

AND WE ASK -- THIS SHALL HAVE NO TIME LIMITATIONS OR EXPIRATION OF TH USE AS A RIGHT TO ESTABLISH WITHIN IT WE WOULD APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION AND HOW FUTURE CHANGES FOR UNDERDEVELOPED PORTION OF THE PROPERTY INTERESTS ARE -- IF CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND YOUR CONTINUE COMMITMENT TO BALANCING BUT THE INTEREST OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS HELENA COMPERE. MY ADDRESSES ON FOUL BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ONE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND WE THAN YOU ALL FOR HEARING WHAT THE PRESIDENTS WERE SAYING ABOUT TH BLANKETS ZONING AND THEN BEING ABLE TO SCALE THIS ONE BACK.

AT PADDING ON ZONING THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS ON THAT ONE I TALKED POSSIBLY STRIKING THROUG WHERE IT SAYS THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHEREAS IT IS SILENT BUT IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE BB TO MAKE ZONING AND THAT BECAME A QUESTION AND THE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SCALING IT BACK TO ZONING OR SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE MODEST. SO JUST AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS ONE, OBVIOUSLY IT' ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

THESE ARE DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE IRONED OUT AND I THINK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS DEVELOPER COMING IN HERE AND TRYING TO DO A PCD AND HAVING THOSE DEFINITIONS IN THERE AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN CONSIDERATION FOR THIS ON SOUTH THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT.

WE BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD HERE.

>> COMMISSIONER, THE EX PARTE DISCLOSURES.

HAS ANYONE HAS MEDICATION ON THIS MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE

DISCLOSED? >> I DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT YOU WERE BRINGING IT BACK.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS,

MOTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION AND CONCER THAT UNDERDEVELOPED PIECE OF PROPERTY.

DO THEY APPLY TO THAT AS WELL? IS THAT PART OF THE WHOLE PCD?

>> IT IS. IT AS PART OF THE ACREAGE SO THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROJECT COMES INTO OUR STAFF TO REVIEW IS TO VERIFY THE ZONING AND LAN USE AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PUL UP THE PCD HERE AND SEE WHAT TH MAP IS INDICATING FOR THAT PORTION OF THE SITE AND IT SAYS OPEN SPACE I ANY PROJECT THAT IS NOT OPEN SPACE, WE WOULD HAV TO GO BACK AND HAVE THE APPLICANT COME BACK TO YOU TO D IT DIFFERENT USE OF IT.

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>> SO MISS ROBINSON'S CONCERN ABOUT WHAT COULD GO AND THERE B HAVE TO COME BACK TO US FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.

>> YES BID. >> THANK YOU.

ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YO SHOWED THE LIST OF USES THAT HAVE STRUCK. WHAT IS LEFT PIZZO IN TERMS OF THERE WAS A LIST OF WHAT THEY CANNOT PUT ON THE PARCEL.

BUT CAN THEY STILL PUT ON THE PARCEL.

>> OUT THEY COULD PUT ANY OF THOSE PERMITTED USES.

THE CONVENIENCE STORE. BUT THEN THEY CAN PUT THINGS LIKE RETAIL STORES, ANTIQUE STORES, BAIT AND TACKLE, A LOT MORE SMALL-SCALE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE COMMERCIAL, CLOTHING STORE. TRAVEL AGENCIES, MARKET SUPPLIES . I AM NOT SEEING MEDICAL.

>> I DEAFLY THINK THIS PARCEL I GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL AND BLEN 220 OPENS AND FOR TRYING TO GET IT OPEN AS QUICK AS WE CAN, THA IS A VERY BUSY AREA SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HOUSE ON THE CORNER. AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY PUT THE 8-FOOT WALL AND ALSO IF THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHIN DIFFERENTLY, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.

>> BUT ABOUT THE TIME LIMIT THA WAS ASKED ABOUT.

SO THE WAY THAT PCD BUT WORK WITH OUR CODE IS THEY HAVE A TIME. MAC TO PRESENT THE FINAL SITE PLAN AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP IT AND IF THEY DID NOT DEVELOP, WE HAVE OTHER PCD'S THAT HAVE LONG SINCE PASSED THE TIME PERIOD TO DEVELOP AND IF THEY WANTED TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE PCD HAS ADOPTED, LET'S SAY THE PROPERTY WERE SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE, THAT ZONING CARRIES THE LAND AND IF THAT NEW OWNER WANTED TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE OPEN SPACE IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO COMMAND AND AMEND THE PCD TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO.

I THINK IT IS 3-4 YEARS AT THE MOST.

AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY GO AWAY. I SEE A DRIVEWAY TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. IS THAT USE OF --

TERM OF USE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW? >> THERE IS THAT ACCESS BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT DEAD ENDS AND THEN YOU HOOKED THE RIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING PROPOSED. IT'S A PROPOSED OPEN SPACE AND IF WE EVER DID ANYTHING WITH THAT PROPERTY OTHER THAN OPEN SPACE, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU SO THERE'S ABSOLUTEL NO USE COMPLICATE THOSE CONTEMPLATED.

THAT ACCESS ACTUALLY SERVICE FURTHER NORTH AND THERE'S AN ELDERLY WOMAN THAT IS LEASING THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT MIC

UP CLOSER. >> THERE WAS A WOMAN THAT HAS LIVED THERE FOR SOME TIME AND SHE NEEDS THIS ACCESS TO GET

ONTO 220. >> CURB CUT IS NOT THE BRIGHT SPOT BUT LEADS TO APPROACH THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING THAT IS FOR RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE.

WHY WOULD YOU PUT A POND OF THERE.

I AM REFERRING TO THE POND IS T THE RIGHT AND TO THE EAST.

THERE IS NO OTHER POND. THANK YOU.

>> MY QUESTION I THINK IS FOR COURTNEY.

I HEARD A QUESTION FOR THAT ZONING LANGUAGE TO WHAT IS BEIN COMPLICATED TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE PAID SPACE I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE ADDRESSING.

THAT TECHNICALLY CANNOT HAPPEN BUT THEY CANNOT DO THAT

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ADMINISTRATIVELY. ZONING HAS TO HAVE TWO HAPPEN WITH AN ORDER. ANYONE ELSE?

I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >> MOTION IS SECOND ALL THOSE I FAVOR SAY NAY. PASSES 5-0.

[23. Final Public Hearing to Consider Transmittal of COMP 26-0012 (B. Carson) Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to add Branan Field Institutional Future Land Use. ]

FINAL PUBLICATION TO CONSIDER 260 0-12.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL HEARING FOR THIS PLAN. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO CREATE AN INSTITUTIONAL LAND-USE. ENCOMPASSES FOUR OUT OF FIVE DISTRICTS THAT YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF BRENNAN FIELD SURPRISINGLY YOU HAVE A LITTLE PIECE.

SO WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED BACK I 2003, THERE WAS A LAND USE DESIGNATED AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS ZONING FOR THE WHOLE MASTER FIELD PLAN. BE OF INSTITUTIONAL WAS ATTRIBUTIVE ON THE MAP THERE WA NEVER ANY DESCRIPTION AS TO WHA THAT MEANT, SO THERE THREE PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MAPPED SB OF INSTITUTIONAL. AND IT'S ON COUNTY ROAD 220.

THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND OL JENNINGS AT THE FRONT ON THE BRIGHT IS ALSO CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITIES ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

ON OLD JENNINGS. SO IN ORDER TO ADD THE PORTION WE HAVE TWO CHANGES AND ONE IS TO ADD THIS TO THE LISTS OF USE THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THE NEXT PART IS TO ADD THE ACTUAL DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE SO LAND-US CATEGORIES CHARACTERIZED BY PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC UNITY SERVING INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AND THIS INCLUDES LAND AND BUILDINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC FOR NONPROFIT SERVICES THAT SERVE COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, CULTURAL, OR RELIGIOUS NEEDS.

THE DESIGNATIONS NOT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL CLICK COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES EXCEPT FOR IN SUCH CASES WERE COMMERCIAL JUICES ARE CLEARLY SUBORDINATE TO AN INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ADDING A MAXIMUM AREA, WHICH WHEN YOU HAVE A LAND-USE CATEGORIES HAVE INTENSITY, WHICH WOULD BE 50% MAXIMUM AREA. SO THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AS T WHERE THE LANGUAGE CAME FROM AN PARTLY CAME FROM RESEARCH AS WELL AS ALSO LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL LAND-USE CATEGORY WHICH IS IN UNNAMED PORTION OF OUR SETTLEMENT THAT APPLIES TO THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE MASTER PLAN.

SO THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE'S ON THE LEFT, AND THE EXISTING LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE FOR INSTITUTIONAL LAND-USE IS ON TH RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE IT INCLUDES LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS AND POLIC AND FIRE ON THE RIGHT.

CORRECTIONS FACILITIES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND RECREATION. SO IN THE BALANCE OF THE COUNTY COMEY WOULD HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE EITHER A YELLOW OR PS CATEGORY.

PS IT'S YOUR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE THE CATEGORIES FOR CHURCHES AND PARKS AND ALL THAT COMES INTO PLAY WITH YOUR PO. BECAUSE OF IS ALL ONE PUD ZONING , THE USES WOULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE LAND-USE DESIGNATION SO THE FIRST STEP I ACTUALLY TO BREAK THE DESCRIPTION AND THIS GETS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE FOR THEIR REVIEW AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK AFTER 30 DAYS, COME BACK TO YOU AS A BOARD AND AT THAT TIME WE WILL BE BRINGING

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THE LENGTH OF ELEMENT CODE LANGUAGE, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU SPECIFIC STANDARDS FORWARD CHURCHES CAN GO, TYPES OF ROADS CAN BE AND ALL THAT OTHER SPECIFIC AS WELL AND LIMITATION ABOUT USES. WE WERE NOT INCLUDING THINGS LIKE LANDFILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THIS TIME.

SET THAT WILL ALL COME TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION ONCE THE LAND-USE COMES BACK FROM THE STATE.

SO THAT IS THE SECOND PART OF ALL THIS.

AND PUT THAT STAFF REFERENCE TRANSMITTAL OF THIS ITEM TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED SUCCESS DUE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF 2612 AND THE CAC REVIEWED IT AT THEIR MEETING AN VOTED SIX DESERT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL I DO NEED TO ADD THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN AN INCONSISTENCY WITH OUR COATS AN SO WAS ADOPTED IN 2003 AND IT I COME TO LIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME, WE HAVE TWO SMALLER CHURCHES THAT OWN PROPERTY IN BRANDON FIELD AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A LAND-USE CATEGORY THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DEVELOP IT UNDER. WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING O EXLEY A LAND-USE CHANGE BUT THERE WAS NO CATEGORY FOR THEM TO GO TO END WITH THIS CHANGE THEY COULD DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL OPEN IT TO PUBLIC HEARING . DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> MOTION IS SECOND AT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[24. Public Hearing on Petition to Close, Vacate and Abandon Myrtle Boulevard between Maryland Avenue and Manhattan Avenue (R. Smith/C. Grimm)]

PASSES FIVE DEBTS TERRAPIN IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETITION TO VACATE -- BETWEEN MYRTLE AVENUE AND

MANHATTAN AVENUE. >> WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION T VACATE THIS UNOPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT AS YOU MENTIONED IS BETWEEN MARYLAND AVENUE AND MANHATTAN AVENUE AND IT IS THE BOULEVARD THAT'S SHOW ON THE OLD PLAT AND THE APPLICATION WAS REQUESTED BY TH ADJOINING LANDOWNERS LED BY MR. CARLSON AND I'M NOT SURE IF MR. CARLSON OR ANY OF THE OTHER ADJOINING LANDOWNERS ARE PRESENT .

>> MR. CARLSON. SO THEY FILED THE APPLICATION AND OBTAIN CONSENT FROM EVERYON AND THEY JUST ARE ASKING THAT I BE VACATED. ANY QUESTIONS.

OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING PAID ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK.

CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[25. First Public Hearing to consider adoption of an Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Acceptance, Review or Approval of Applications for Land Use Amendments to the Clay County 2045 Comprehensive Plan related to Data Center Facilities in unincorporated Clay County (C. Grimm)]

ANY OPPOSED. PASSES FIVE DEBTS TERRAPIN NUMBER 25, TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A MORATORIU ON THE APPROVAL FOR LAND-USE AMENDMENTS.

>> AT THE REQUEST OF A FEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE PREPARED THE PROPOSED MORE POURING RELATED TO DATA CENTERS.

AS INDICATED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE COMMITTED TO ALLOW STAFF TIME TO ACTUALLY STUDY TH POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT DATA CENTERS WOULD HAVE WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.

AND THEN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND BRING THEM BACK TO AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO HEARINGS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE TONIGHT. AND THE SECOND VOTE WILL BE AT THE JUNE 23RD BOARD MEETING AND WHAT IT IS REQUESTING IS TH MORATORIUM ON ANY APPLICATIONS OR APPROVALS AND CONNECTIONS TO

THE DATA CENTER. >> THAT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY. CAN LEGALLY MAKE IT TO WERE

THREE YEARS? >> I WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WIT THAT LONG. IF YOU NEED AN EXTENSION, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE STUDY AND COMPLETE THE CHANGES, WE CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR AN EXTENSION AT THAT TIME.

ANYONE ELSE>> WE HAVE SCHEDULED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS AND WITH EXPERTS AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WE ENGAGE WITH THEM AS WELL. IN THIS YEAR LONG STUDY.

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>> YES, THERE'S THE NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE BEEN TELEVISED AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM AS YOU ALL KNOW.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEIR PUBLIC MEALINGS AS MUCH AS CAN I AND IT'S BEEN VERY INING THE DIFFERENCES PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUT TO PRESENT FACTS ANNUAL HEAR ONE SPEAKER PREP FACTS IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN ALMOST ANOTHER SPEAKER PRESENTING DIFFERENCES FACTS, AND SO, THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE IN WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED THIS CONSIDERED. BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A BIG UNDERTAKING AND MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE WATER AS YOU KNOW. I LIVE ON THE RECHARGE AREA OF THE FLORIDA AQUIFER. THERE'S MORE CONCERNS THAN THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT THE CERTAINLY I KNOW WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST TURNOUTS TONIGHT I WOULD IMAGINE A LOT ARE HERE FOR THAT. I CONTINUE NOECHL NO OUT PURCHASES PLEASE INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF PIN CENTERS AND THE DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER. WE ARE INFORMED THERE ARE DATA CENTERS IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA ALREADY, BUT WHAT TYPE OF DATA CENTER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND THAT BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION WE WANT TO STUDY IT.

SO. >> COMMISSIONERS, JUST TO LAST BOARD MEETING DID MEET WITH THE MANAGER OF NASSAU AND MARSHALL DEPUTY AND SHARING INFORMATION FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM, I INTRODUCED TROY AND SHARICE TO THEM, SO WE WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AS THINGS PROGRESS TO KEEP YOU ALL BRIEFED ON THE STATUS OF THE THE THEIRS.IT WAS A TOPIC OF THE CITY MANAGER'S SYMPOSIUM, VERY WELL ATTENDED FROM A COUNTY MANAGER IN MESA, ARIZONA WHERE THEY HAVE A DATA CENTER AND THE CHALLENGES THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SO IT'S INFORMATIVE AND LEARNED A LOT FROM IT.

I BROUGHT BACK DOCUMENTATION. I PUT IT ON YOUR DESK TO GIVE IDEA OF A SURVEY NATIONWIDE THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

>> ONE QUESTION, FOR YOU WAS IT YOU WHO TOLD ME OR WAS I READING ON THE MESA, THE TOWN OR THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE CITY THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IN THEY NOT IT WAS A GREAT TAX BASE AND IF THEY HAD TO DO IT AGAIN THEY WOULD NEVER DO IT.

WAS THAT IN THE ARTICLE YOU GAVE US?

>> YES MA'AM THAT IS CORRECT. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING SO IF YOU HAVE THAT ARTICLE READ IT.

WE CAN GET YOU A COPY IN THE BACKUP.

>> OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, BREEZE JACKSON FIRST.

>> TALK ABOUT THE PLEDGE. MY NAME IS BRUCE JACKSON, I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE SIENANASSAU COUNTY AND CLAY COUNTY TO TAKING A SLOW BUT INFORMED DECISION THE DATA CENTERS OF OLD, I GOT IN THE DATA CENTER VERTICAL IN 2006.

WHEN I SOLD THE LEGACY DATA CENTER IN JACKSONVILLE.

THE DATA CENTERS OF OLD USE VAP AIVE COOLING AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER. THE NEW DATA CENTERS THAT RUN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE WORLD IS QUICKLY DOCUMENTING THEY'RE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.

THEY USE CLOSED LOOP COOLING AND THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY MORE EFFICIENT. IT WORKS LIKE YOUR CARS RADIATOR. I TAKES A TANK OF WATER AND CONTINUALLY REUSES REFILTERS AND CONTINUES TO USE IT DRAMATICALLY. YOU GAVE HARD

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DATA CENTERS ARE COMING, FLORIDA, FEW FACTS ARE THE THIRD MOST POPULATED STATE, 23.5 MILLION AND DATA CENTERS NEED PROXIMITY TO LARGE POPULATIONS AND THAT'S HOW I LEARNS AND HOW WE ENJOY QUICK RESPONSES ON OUR PHONES AND COMPUTERS, LOW LATENCY, THE SPEED OF DATA. WE ARE ALSO THE MOST CONNECTED FOR SUMMARY STATE ATLANTIC STATIONS, TWO IN JACKSONVILLE BEEP AND NEW ONE AT FLAGLER GAME, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF SIX COMING FROM SPAIN SO FLORIDA WE HAVE THE POPULATION, AND WE HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.

THESE ARE NOT HYPER SCALERS IN JACKSONVILLE.

THESE ARE SMALL LEGACY DATA CENTERS.

YOU LOOK AT A COMPUTER CABINET THE ONLY DAYS IT MAY RUN 5-8 KW POWER. NOW TO RUN THE MODERN CHIPS CLIENTS NEED 606-150 KW POWER SO YOU HAVE A QUANTUM LEAP IN POWER. DATA CENTERS KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND PAY FOR UTILITY UPGRADES.

THEY CANNOT PASS THAT TO THE RATE PAYER.

END RESULT IS WE GET A MORE RESILIENT AND MODERN GRID.

COOLING, I HAVE SEVERAL LIKE A 400 ACRE CORNFIELD WILL USE MORE

WATER THAN A MODERN DATA CENTER. >> RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> AND THE EFFECT OF DATA CENTERS FOR EVERY ONE JOB YOU'LL HAVE SIX INDIRECT JOBS.

MODERN DATA CENTER MAY HAVE 10 PEOPLE MAKING SALARY WHY $80,000 TO 250,000 LOUD ENCOUNTY, VIRGINIA WHICH IS DATA CENTER ALLEY LAST YEAR THEY COLLECTED $749 MILLION, 35 PERCENT OF THEIR GENERAL REVENUE FUND FOR LOUD EN, COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU. >> WILL WILLIAMS IS NEXT.

AFTER THAT GUEN TURNER. >> WILL WILLIAMS. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. I APPRECIATE WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS MORATORIUM. I LIKE IDEA OF 3-5 YEARS TO STUD THEY BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT OF THE USES A TON OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY, WE HEARD ABOUT THAT NEW FACILITY IN UTAH THAT'S GOING 62 SQUARE MILES, GENERATE 3 ATOMIC BOMBS OF HEAT EVERY DAY SO WHILE THERE MAYBE MORE CLOSED LOOP STEPS THAT REDUCE WATER BY 70 PERCENT IT'S STILL A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL BY MY ELECTRICITY BILL HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT, MY CON SUMS HAS NOT CHANGED AND THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW A LOT OF THIS IS RELATED TO HOW MANY DATA CENTERS ARE OUT THERE. THERE ARE A DOZEN IN JACKSONVILLE. SOMEBODY OPENED THE PETING TALKING ABOUT THE A.I. PICTURE OF A HURRICANE OR CYCLONE.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT DRAINING OUR NATURAL WORLD TO CREATE THIS ARTIFICIAL STUFF ON LINE.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A CELL PHONE IN YOUR HAND.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY BUT IT'S LIKE AT WHAT COST. I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE DATA CENTERS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. NONE OF THIS COMES WITHOUT A COST. AND, AS YOU KNOW PEOPLE GET SLICKER ABOUT HOW THEY TRY TO SELL THESE THINGS TO US AND TRY TO CONVINCE US WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THESE DATA CENTERS MAYBE CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS BUT NOT A TON OF JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THESE ARE GOING TO CREATE BUT WE ARE GOING TO END UP PAYING THE COST THROUGH OUR ELECTRIC BILLS THROUGH OUR WATER BILLS.

WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE LITTLE HEAT ISLANDS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN WHAT OUR USED TO BE FORESTED TREED AREAS.

YEAH. LET'S DO 3-5 YEARS.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HOW CLAPPING SO PLEASE DON'T TO IT. OKAY?

THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, GWEN TURNER MY

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DRESS IS ON FILE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SELF-GENERATED POWER FOR THE DATA CENTER.

WILL THE COUNTY REQUIRE ANY CAT CENTER TO OPERATE ITS OWN ON SITE POWER GENERATION, SUFFICIENT TO SERVE IT'S FULL LOAD AS A CONDITION OF ITS CERTIFICATE OF INVADED WHAT I'M WAUNL TO GO KNOW IS, WILL THAT INCUR SO THAT THE COST OF A NEW POWER INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEVER SHIFTED ON TO US IN CLAY COUNTY, WHO PARTICIPATE IN CLAY ELECTRIC OR JEA RATE PAYERS.

>> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, BRUCE REYNOLDS. AFTER THAT WILL BE VALERIE

WEAVER. >> HIGH, MY NAME IS BOB REYNOLDS, [ADDRESS] AS RETIRED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU MY CONCERNS ABOUT DATA CENTERS. WATER AND FOR PERSPECTIVE CLAY COUNTY CURRENTLY USES AROUND 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY HALF FROM CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY THE REST FROM PRIVATE WELLS IRRIGATION STEPS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY BUSINESSES.

CCUA DRAWS A LITTLE OVER 14 MILLION GALLONS A DAY BUT ARE PERMITTED UP TO 31 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

DATA CENTERS DEPENDING ON SIZE CAN USE BETWEEN .5 MILLION AND 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. A.I. TRAINING HUSBAND WITH MULTIPLE BILLED KGS USE 5-10 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SOME DATA CENTERS BUY WATER FROM LOCAL UTILITIES BUT IN RURAL AREAS THEY OFTEN SEEK PERMITS WHEN THEY TAP INTO THE SAME AQUIFER'S THE UTILITIES AND PRIVATE WELLS USE.

PRIVATE WELLS CAN DRY UP OR AQUIFER IMPACT PRIVATE WELLS.

NEGATIVE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY.

NEWTON COUNTY GEORGIA SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA FAYETTEVILLE, SOUTH OF LA THAT IN OREGON MARCH IN YEAR A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT RESULTED IN A $0.5 MILLION WITH AMAZON DATA SERVICES OVER ALLEGED NIGHT RATE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION.

ELECTRICITY, DATA CENTERS CONSUME HUGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY. OFTEN STRESSING EXISTING CAPACITY CAUSING POWER SHORTAGES AND DRIVING UP COSTS.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A MULTI-YEAR WAIT WHILE POWER COMPANIES ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND CONSTRUCT NEW TRANSMISSION LINES A. 2023 ESTIMATE WAS DATA CENTERS IN TUSA RESULTED IN 105 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS THAT PUTS HARMFUL PLUPT ANDS IN COMMUNITIES. DATA CENTERS NEED EMERGENCY POWER BACKUP USUALLY MASSIVE DIESEL GENERATORS THAT EMIT COPIOUS AIR POLLUTION EVERY TIME THEY RUN AND NOT ONLY IN EMERGENCIES, THEY MUST BE STARTED UP AND RUN ON A REGULAR BASE TOYS INSURE PROPER OPERATION AN ADEQUATE REDNESS THERE. ARE ALSO FINANCIAL RISKS ESPECIALLY IN A DATA CENTER ENDS UP DOWN SIZE OR SHUT DOWN THAT CAN HAPPEN IF NEW CHIP AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INCREASES THE NEEDS. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE COUNTY HAS TO DEAL WITH OVERBUILDING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BASED ON PROJECTED PRIVATE DEMAND THAT EITHER DOESN'T MATERIALIZE OR LATER DECLINES. IT IS DIFFICULT.

IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO TRY TO DIMINNISH WHAT IS AFFORDED BY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND WHAT IS MARKETING, SCIENCE VS. SALES PITCH SO TO ME A MORATORIUM MAKES RIGHT SENSE.

>> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU CLAP, WE HAVE THE DEPUTIES HERE FOR YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU. IT IS OUR RULES IN HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM.

>> HI. I'M 3371 CITATION DRIVE IN GREEN COAST SPRINGS, FLORIDA. I'M A CLAY COUNTY REST DEONTAYER MOM WIFE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE I TOOK PTO TO BE HERE.

THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME.

I WANT TO MENTION I'M SOMEONE WHO STANDS POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NOT TO BRING POLITICS INTO THIS NOR TRY TO START ANYTHING BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT VOTE

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DIFFERENTLY AND BELIEVE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THEN A LOT OF US THAT STAND ON THE SAME GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TOPIC. I DON'T WANT TO CONDEMN ANYONE.

I DON'T REALLY CARE. IT'S HERE TO STAY BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN CLARK -- CLAY COUNTY.

I'M GOING TO TAKE TALK ABOUT NATURE.

CLAY COUNTY IS CONSTRUCTION, IT'S RAMP PANEL, IT'S INSANE AND THERE'S ANIMALS. LITERALLY WHERE DO THEY GO? THERE'S DEER, BIRDS, RABBITS, COYOTES, FOXES, AND WHAT DO WE SEE IN THE FACEBOOK POSTS? ROADKILL.

WE KEEP BUILDING AND BUILDING. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE TO STAY AS WELL.

THEY MIGHT NOT PAY TAXES BUT THEY'RE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY AND MORE CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY A DATA CENTER, WHICH PROBABLY WILL EMIT DANGEROUS WHATEVER IT IS, I'M NOT SCIENTISTS. I DON'T TRUST IT, AND IT'S GOING TO HURT OUR NATURAL FAUNA AND OUR ANIMALS.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THE WATER. I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT NOT BE A HUGE THING ABOUT THE WATER BUT WE HAVE NIAGARA BOTTLING LLC I DRIVE BY ALMOST EVERY DAY WHEN I GO TO WORK AND LET ME SEE.

SO, THEY'RE LOCATED IN MIDDLEBURG AND THEY'RE PUMPING ALMOST A MILLION GALLONS A DAY WATER FROM FLORIDA SO I'M NOT SURE THEY PULL IT DIRECTLY FROM OUR WATER SUPPLY BUT THEY'RE HERE. WE DON'T NEED EVEN MORE STRAIN.

WE JUST GOT OUT AFTER DROUGHT AND DEALT WITH A LOT OF FIRE.

I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY READ THIS PUBLISHED ARTICLE FROM A STUDENT AT GIRARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. IT'S ARTICLE HE TITLE WILLED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DATA CENTERS COME TO TOWN AND HE WRITES, THIS MASSIVE ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS MATCHED BY EQUALLY STAGGERING WATER CONSUMPTION THAT'S COOLING POWERING HUNGRY FACILITIES REQUIRES VAST AT OF WATER SOME INDIVIDUAL DATA CENTERS USE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS ANNUALLY DWARFING USAGE OF CITIES, THE DATA CENTERS OBVIOUSLY ARE LARGER SOME SMALLER BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THIS IS A AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTING OUR FARMERS AND OUR LOCAL LAND THAT WE DO HAVE AND RESPECTING IT AND I KNOW I'M ABOUT TO BE DONE. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT TODAY, JACKSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID PERMANENTLY DAN A.I. DATA CENTERS TO BE MADE AND THAT WAS PASSED TODAY.

THEY CAN DO IT, YOU GUYS CAN TOO.

SO STAND FOR US, WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS.

>> I'M GOING TO AMBER CROSBY AND THEN SHIA RUSSELL [INAUDIBLE]

AFTER. >> I'M AMBER CROSBY.

IS IT OKAY TO HAND OVER A COUPLE OF PICTURES.

[DEPRESS]. >> THESE ARE PICTURES I TOOK MYSELF. ONE OF THEM IS 5 MONTHS APART.

IN IS NORTH FLORIDA TO BLACK CREEK, CAMP BLANDING CLAY HILL, LAKE ASBURY AND INTO ST. JOHN'S RIR.

IF WE DRY UP THESE CREEKS AND THERE'S NO FRESH WATER PRESSURE TO KEEP BLACK CREEK FROM MOVING UP THE BLACK CREEK IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SPRING FED. IT'S GOING TO GO FILLED BY ST.

JOHN'S RIVER WHICH IS BRACKISH WATER, YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE AN ECOCENTER FOR A STRETCH AFTER CREEK FOR A DATA CENTER.

SEEMS UNIMPORTANT TO ME. I'VE BEEN GOING TO IT MY WHOLE LIFE. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN THIS CONDITION AND I TAKE MY KIDS THERE EVERY SUMMER.

I TOOK THEM THERE THE OTHER DAY I WOULDN'T LET THEM GET IN THE WATER. THERE ARE STAGNANT PUDDLES WHERE I SHOULD BE 10-15 FEET DEEP. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET IN THAT WATER SAFELY RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE ADD A DATA CENTER TO THE MIX THEN HEIGHTS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE AND REALLY MY BIGGEST ARGUMENT RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS COVERING A LOT OF ISSUES. I HAVE PICTURES I'VE TAKEN MYSELF. THAT'S NOT A.I.

THAT IS ME. UNTIL MY OWN PHONE.

THAT'S REAL. IT'S HARD BREAKING.

PLEASE PROTECT US, FIND A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION THAN JUST 12

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MONTHS AND THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE NICOLE HAYDEN NEXT.

>> HELLO. I ALIVE AT 1699 CHECK ROAD AND WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE A.I. DATA CENTERS AND FIRSTLY I WANT TO BRING UP A FEW FACTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY INSTITUTE.

DATA CENTER CAN CONSUME 110 MILLION GALLONS FOR COOLING CENTERS AND LARGER ADAPT CENTERS CAN DRINK UP TO 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OR ABOUT 1.8 BILLION ANNUALLY, THE NATION'S ADAPT CENTERS CONSUME BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER ANNUALLY.

ONE REPORT ESTIMATED THE U.S. DATA CENTERS CONSUME 449 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY AND 163.7 AGBIM GALLONS ANNUALLY.

AS OF 2021. NOW, THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN JUNE 25TH, 05. COMMISSIONERS I STAND HERE TONIGHT ASKING TO YOU PASS THIS. PLEASE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL ECOSYSTEM WE HAVE FROM WETLANDS AND WEEPS IT'S ALIVE IN WAYS WE CAN'T SEE BUT WE HAVE TO FEEL THROUGH OUR SOUL.

WE WANT THIS IN THE FUTURE RIGHT? THIS YEAR I'VE EXPERIENCED THE WORST DROUGHT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I USED TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO MY BACKYARD POND AND FISH WITH MY COUSINS AND FRIENDS WATCHING THE REST OF THE WILDLIFE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AND ALIVE. NOW MY POND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DRIED UP THERE'S BARELY ANY FISH LEFT.

EVERYTHING IS SO DESTROY IT'S DPEGSING TO LOOK AT NOW.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THIS PROBABLY ISN'T DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY HOW THE REST OF US ARE FEELING.

WILL DATA CENTERS HELP US OUT WHEN WE ARE ALREADY HAVING A DRAIN ECOSYSTEM IN BUILDING A SOLAR STATUS IS NOT GOING TO HELP OUR ECOSYSTEM BUT WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT.

>> COMMISSIONERS, I'VE COME UP HERE FOR ANOTHER TOPIC IN MY AREA AND YOU GUYS SAY THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT THE PROGRESS WAS COMEING THE EARLIER GENERATION COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU GUYS WEREN'T TO BLAME BUT NOW I ASK YOU, MAKE A CHANGE IN MY LIFE AND YOURS, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEADED AS A COUNTY AND A STATE THE BEAUTIFUL LUSH FLORIDA YOU KNOW AND LOVE WILL DRY UP IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY OWN EYES AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. YOU MUST VOTE TO SAVE YOUR PRESENT TO SAVE MY FUTURE INTO NICOLE MADEN AND THEN WE HAVE RYAN MARCIE. I THINK HE WAS OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU. >> STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

>> 1703 POPLAR DRIVE ORANGEBURG AND PAUSING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT MOVE.

IT ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH THE INTENT OF FLORIDA SENATE BILL 484 WHICH DESANTIS SIGNED INTO LAW TO SHIELD OUR STATE FROM THE UTILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TRAIN OF HYPER DATA CENTER SENSE AS YOU USE THIS YEAR UP TO DATE OR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES WE NEED TO BE SURE ADAPT CENTERS LOOK ELSEWHERE.

I HAVE A DETAILED LIST OF STANDARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD BUT I WANT TO EXPLICITLY HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL ITEMS TONIGHT. FIRST TRANSPARENCY.

UNDER SENATE BILL 484 WE MUST ESTABLISH A STRUCK LOCAL POLICY BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS, NO TECH COMPANY SHOULD ALLOWED TO HIDE BEHIND SUED NAME WHILE SHIELDING RESOURCES AND OUR ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAVE PUBLISH REPORTS WARNING THAT OUR REGION FACES SEVERE GROUND WATER SHORTAGES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE DATA SHOWS THAT THE FLORIDA AQUIFER CANNOT SUSTAIN THIS TYPE OF MASSIVE STRAIN WITHOUT DESTROYING OUR LOCAL WETLANDS. WE MUST COMPLETELY BAN GROUNDS

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WATER WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AQUA PARK FOR DATA CENTER COOLING.

THIRD, LOCAL FLOODING WE HAVE SENSITIVE WETLANDS ALONG OUR COUNTY RUNNING DIRECTLY HUNDRED-DOLLAR OUR RESIDENTS HOMES AND WE MUST MANDATE A ZERO NET RUNOFF STANDARDS SO THREE INDUSTRIAL FOOTPRINTS DOWN FLOOD OUR BACKYARD.

NOISE AND POWER, DATA CENTERS PRODUCE A NONSTOP LOW FREQUENCY

BASE HUM. >> WE MUST CUP NOISE LIMITS USING DBC MET RICKS SO IT DOESN'T DESTROY OUR PEACE AND BE SURE UTILITIES ISOLATE 100 PERCENT GRID EXPANSION COST TO O OURS.

[READING] I ALSO WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST COUNTY STAFF WITH RESEARCH DURING THIS PERIOD TO SIT ON CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS IF ONE BECOMES FORMED.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SHERIFF FOR YOUR HELP.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE RYAN MARCIE AND THEN MARY JO GRIFFIN AFTER THAT. MARY JO GRIFFIN.

AFTER THAT HAROLD NOLL. >> MY NAME IS MARY JO GRIFFIN AND MY ADDRESS IS ON RECORD. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CHANGE ON MY CARD FROM AGAINST TO FOR.

I MISREAD THE STATEMENT. ONE.

THINGS THAT YOU KNOW I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING ABOUT SAVING OUR COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WOULD BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF MAYBE LOSING MONEY THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES IN THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE BUT FROM EVERYTHING I CAN SEE THE DISADVANTAGES FAR OUT WEIGH ANY POSSIBLE FINANCIAL GAIN THAT WE WOULD GET, AND IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK IT WOULD BE A FIRE DISASTER BECAUSE WHAT IT WOULD DO TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND WHAT IT WOULD DO TO UNTIL THE INDUSTRY CAN COME UP WITH A MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT WAY OF POWERING ITSELF. AND NOT USING THE VERY VITAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY'RE NOT ENDLESS.

THERE'S A SMALL SUPPLY. SO, I FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, I WOULDN'T MIND IF YOU WENT A LITTLE FARTHER AND MADE SURE THAT IT GOT UPDATED WAY BEFORE IT RUNS OUT. THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. HARD KNOLLS AND THEN DENISE

YOUNG. >> I'LL HAROLD KNOLLS.

[ADDRESS]. >> WE HAVE COVERED THE WATER ISSUE, BIG ISSUE, CLOSED LOOP, THE HEAT HAS GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE, CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM IT'S GOING PUTTING OFF A LOT OF HEAT. THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THESE DATA CENTERS.

IF THERE'S THAT MUCH WATER LET'S PUT IT ON THE WATERFRONT OR RIVER, SOMEBODY PAYS POWER AT THE RIFRT, USES IT IS FOR COOLING. I APOLOGIZE.

USES IT FOR COOLING, RETURNING TO THE RIVER THIS CAN DO THE SAME THING. WE BUILT LNG PLANT IN MARYLAND ON 50 ACRE SITE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAD A 30 FOOT SOUND WELL THAT HELPED CONTROL THE NOISE.

WE PUT THEM ON THE WATERFRONT THEY OUGHT TO BE TAXED LIKE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE WATERFRONT. THIS MAKES A LOT OF MONEY.

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WE GOT IT. LET'S GO FIRST CLASS WITH IT.

AS FAR AS POWER CON CELLS THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN POWER PLANT. WE HAD THE AVAILABILITY OF NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR, I WORKED IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.

THEY HAVE A SMALL NUKE OUT THERE THE CELL TOWER TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE STUFF. SALES PITCH THEY TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC INTERSECTION IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT BUT THEY DON'T TALK HOW MANY ACCIDENTS ARE AT THAT INTERSECTION.

I LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE STUDY THIS PEOPLE FROM THE TRADES THAT UNDERSTAND THESE OPEN CLOSE EMDZ LOOP STEPS BE IN ON IT FROM SOME WHERE IS SO WE HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ON IT.

WE CAN ASK FOR EXTENSION, WHO WOULD SAY NO IF WE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION IS MY QUESTION. IF WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO FOR A YEAR, I WOULD RATHER GO FOR FIVE YEARS AN ONLY NEED A YEAR AND IT WOULD BE FOUR YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THE OTHER THING MY PHONE RUNS PRETTY FAST. I DON'T CARE FIT KNOWS WHAT KIND OF ICE CREAM I WANT TONIGHT. WE WORK OUT OF TOWN IN FIELDS AND STUFF. SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN HAVE PHONE SERVICE. THAT'S A DAMN NICE THING.

[LAUGHTER]. >> ALL RIGHT.

DENISE YOUNG. >> DENISE YOUNG, [ADDRESS] I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A CAN DEAD HORSE.

THINGS OF BEEN COVERED AND I WILL SAY WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, KNOWING DATA CENTERS KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ARE NOT NECESSARILY ONE AND THE SAME THING. A RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE INDICATED THAT DATA CENTERS NOW RANK NUMBER ONE FOR [INAUDIBLE] NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. KEYSTONE HEIGHTS PRESENTATION WAS AWESOME AND SHOWCASED A LOT OF IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE FOR THAT TOWN. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE BRING IN DATA CENTERS? NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE THERE.

NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE ENVIRONMENT, PROPERTY, VALUES, WE SHOULD LOOK BEYOND THE INITIAL REVENUE STREAM AND LOOK LONG-TERM. QUALITY OF LIFE.

THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF US BROUGHT, WHY THIS CAME TO THE AREA, MY FAMILY HADN'T LIVED HERE 30 YEARS AND WE HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS AND WE LOVE JACKSONVILLE.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE I'M ASSUMING YOU MAY WANT TO TALK WITH IN, I HAVE TREVOR WATER.

DOWN WANT TO WAIT? IS THIS FOR THIS ITEM? TREVOR WATER. OKAY.

MICHAEL -- BEATY. RAGU MARTINIQUE.

IS THIS THE DATA CENTER? YOU'LL WAIT.

SORRY. DESIREE ALLEN ARE YOU FOR THIS? OKAY. MARSHA GARCIA IS IT REGARD THIS? OKAY. GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MARSHA GARCIA, MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE AND AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID I DON'T WANT TO REHASH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID BUT AS OUR ELECTED LEADERS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE AND LEAD US IN A WAY THAT IS BASED ON KNOWLEDGE NOT FEAR.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO OPPOSE DATA CENTERS JUST BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO OPPOSE THEM. I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING TIME TO EVALUATE HOW A DATA CENTER MIGHT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

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MY MAIN PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO KIRSTJEN YOU ALL TO MODIFY AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE APPLICATION AND REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH EVALUATING HOW WE MAY BE IMPACTED BY DATA CENTER IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF DATA CENTER MAY WANT TO RESIDE HERE. I THINK IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVEMY APPLICATIONS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO BUT IF ANYBODY HAS THAT BE INTEREST TO APPLY THEY SHOULD ALLOWED TO REPLY AND THAT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE WHAT TYPE OF DATA CENTER MAY WANT TO RESIDE IN CLAY COUNTY AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND YOU AS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO DETERMINE WHETHER A DATA CENTER IS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT HERE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REQUIRE THEM TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN POWER. A NERF LAW IN FLORIDA REQUIRES THEM NOT TO PASS THEIR COSTS ONTO US AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT LOOK BACK ON OLD DATA OF TREMENDOUS WATER USAGE AND TREMENDOUS ELECTRICAL IMPACT.

AND SORT BEING FORWARD LOOKING F. WE HAVE APPLICATIONS WE CAN TALK TO THOSE ENGINEERS, SEE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE US, TALK TO OUR ENGINEERS, SEE HOW WE CAN REQUIRE THEM TO MEET THE NEEDS AND DATA CENTERS CAN BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE SHOULD NOT OFF THE CUFF OPPOSE THEM. 12 MONTHS IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR TO US REVIEW WHAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, WHAT MODERN DATA CENTERS ARE DOING AND FIND A WAY FOR DATA CENTERS TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE ARE USING A.I. IN THEIR DAILY LIVES WITHOUT REALIZING IT, THE SPACE RACE IS IMPORTANT, OUR MEDICAL RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT. IF WE HAVE A NMIMBY ATTITUDE DATA SENSE IT'S THE SAME AS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT KNOWING WANTS IT IN THEIR BACKYARD. I THINK AS OUR COMMISSIONERS WE CAN TRUST YOU ALL TO FIND A WAY THAT WILL MAKE DATA CENTERS WORK

IN OUR COUNTY. >> THANK.

>> THANK YOU. RICH YOU WANT TO SPIKE ON THIS

OR ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? >> THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON, BUT I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE BEING HERE THIS LONG.

RICH CLINSMAN [ADDRESS] MIDDLEBURG.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP THE SAME CONCERNS I HAD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATER. WE HAVE BEEN SADDLED WITH A LOT OF REALLY HORRIBLE DECISION MADE BY PREVIOUS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND WE ARE STUCK WITH THEM. WE HAD OUT OF CONTROL GROWTH.

HOW LOW IS YOUR I.Q. GOT TO BE TO PUT 400-500 HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ON TWO-LANE ROADS? REALLY.

SOMEBODY NEEDS A THOROUGH PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OR AT LEAST A LOBOTOMY SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE AND AS FAR AS THE DATA CENTERS WHICH IS WHAT I REALLY CAME HERE TO TALK ON I'M DEAD SET AGAINST THIS FOR THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATER. CLOSED LOOP SOUNDS GOOD.

I SPENT MY ADULT LIFE WORKING IN PAPER INDUSTRY AND I WENT TO EVERY PAPER MILL THAT WE DEALT WITH AND THERE HAD TO BE 40-50 OF THEM. SOME OF THEM HAD CLOSED LOOP STEPS TO SAVE ON WATER AND TO COOL, BUT THEY'RE NOT PERMANENT.

AND WHEN THAT WATER HAS TO BE CHANGED IT HAS THROB DISPENSE EVIDENCE OUT, WHO KNOWS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO? AND ALL FRESH WATER HAS TO COME IN AGAIN FOR WHATEVER TIME IT TAKES BEFORE IT'S GOT TO BE REPLACED.

THAT'S A FACT. AS FAR AS WHAT THE DATA CENTER CAN DO IN SUPPORTING PEOPLES CELL PHONES, I'M NOT A CELL PHONE ADDICT. MY SISTER IS.

BUT I THINK HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US SO SOMEBODY CAN LOOK AT CAT VIDEOS ON THEIR PHONE IS RIDICULOUS. CAT VIDEOS SHOULD BE LOOK AT ON YOUR COMPUTER COMPL IS WHY THE INTERNET WAS INVEND.

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LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF HISTORY. AND THERE'S PROBABLY SO MUCH MORE I COULD RAMBLE ON ABOUT. WHAT I'VE READ IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE. I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE OUR WILDLIFE SAFER WHICH IS WHY MY BACKYARD IS A WILDLIFE REREFUGE, I'VE I GOT RACCOONS, ARMIDILLOS AND CATS.

ALSO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF OUR FAILED CHARTER VIEW COMMISSIONED TAKEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT AND PUT AN AMENDMENT ON TO VOTE TO NEVER HAVE DATA CENTERS IN THIS COUNTY AND THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF THIS OUT OF THE WAY. SO TEMPORARY DON'T GO TEMPORARY, GO POSITIVE. TEN YEARS, MINIMUM.

THAT WAY WHEN WE CAN GO AND LOOK AT AND GET A CHARTER COMMISSION WITH PEOPLE WITH MEASURABLE I.Q.S THEY CAN PUT IT UP FOR

BALLOT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THIS.

>> ANYONE? YOU CAN GO AFTER.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. >> I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

IT'S NOT YOU LISTENING TO EVERYBODY.

BUT ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE KIND OF HIT ON SOME TOPICS ALREADY SO I'LL GO THROUGH MY LIST.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, LAST NIGHT OUR NEIGHBORS IN NASSAU COUNTY LISTEN TO THEIR -- WE KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

>> THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND VOTED MASSING THE CENTER MORE MATERIAL. I'M HERE TO URGE VOTE YES ON 12 MONTH MORATORIUM. [READING] [READING] [READING] [READING] [READING]

>> SO I'LL SKIP THAT. I WANTED TO MENTION EVERYBODY LOOK UP AT THE 1118, IN THE BILL AS WELL.

AND IT ACTUALLY -- I SHOULD READ IT.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS AND I'LL FINISH.

I WOULD LIKE THESE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED OBVIOUSLY NOT TODAY BUT ON PUBLIC ERROR. WHY SHOULD CLAY COUNTY TAKE ON THIS RISK AND STRAIN? WILL THIS COUNCIL REQUIRE A PUBLIC LEGALLY BINDING GUARANTEE.

EXACT DAILY GALLON COUNT OF THIS MAKEUP WATER? WHERE IS THIS TOXIC BLOW DOWN WATER BUYING DIFFICULTIES CHAKD ACKNOWLEDGED CAN OUR MUNICIPAL WATER PLANT SAFELY HANDLE THIS WATER? DATA CENTERS PULL THE MOST WATER ON HOT SUMMER DAY SEASONAL DROPS WHEN THE AQUIFER DROPS WHO GETS PRIOR TIE THE CENTERS OR THE PEOPLE?

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>> CAN WE GET YOUR NAME? [INAUDIBLE]

>> I DON'T THINK YOUR ADDRESS IS ON FILE.

YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN BEFORE. >> YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE DEPUTY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

>> I'M DAVID NAIER, [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THESE DATA SBS TERMS TAKING UP RESOESZ AND I SAY THINGS ON LINE COMMISSIONERS GETTING KICKBACKS, SO I DON'T THINK Y'ALL SHOULD BE SIGNING NDA'S TO KEEP ANYTHING SECRET I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP IT PUBLIC TO EVERYONE. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CORRUPTION IN OUR GOVERNMENT AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF SKETCHY STUFF AND THESE DATA CENTERS COMING OUT OF NOWHERE. WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON? THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO ASK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SIR.

YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD. ANYONE ELSE?

>> MY NAME IS TROY, I LIVE OPEN 3402 HUMPHREY STREET, REST DEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. I DON'T NEED THE WHOLE TWO MINUTES. I WANT TO ASK HOW DO WE WANT GREEN CODE TO BE REPRESENTED, WHERE FAMILIES GROW UP OR A PLACE WHERE TECH COMPANIES CAN COME AND PLAY MONOPOLY WITH OUR LIVES? IT COMES DOWN TO JUST, QUALITY OF LIFE IN GENERAL FOR OUR PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED

Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT. >> THANK YOU SIR.

>> I'M MEGAN DORSEY ONE THING FERTILE THERE ARE STUDIES COMING OW FARMS NEXT TO DATA CENTERS WOWS ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE CALF FOR TWO YEARS, SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FERTILITY ISSUES WITH OUR ANIMALS AND EVEN PEOPLE, SO THERE'S SO MUCH BEYOND EVEN LIKE THE RESOURCES OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND THERE'S SO MUCH RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I SUPPORT A MORATORIUM, YOU KNOW, BUT I WONDER IF WE DON'T NEED IT TO BE LONGER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A YEAR IS LONG ENOUGH TO STUD THE DATA FROM THE AREA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> ONE COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THE MIND OF THE PUBLIC AT EASE.

SO I WAS THE COMMISSIONER WHO ASKED THAT IT BE LIKE NASSAU COUNTY AND THE REASON I DID IT ISN'T BECAUSE CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN APPROACHED. WE HAVE NOT.

THAT'S ONE. REASONS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THE MORATORIUM. WE HAVE NOT HAD AN APPLICATION FOR A DATA CENTER BUT ONE. CONCERNS WAS THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE IS SILENT ON THAT AND YOU TOUCHED ON THAT AS WELL. I WANT TO PUT YOU AT EASE WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING A DATA CENTER. WE HAVE NOT BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT ONE AT ALL. SO, I JUST DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE THAT THOUGHT IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, SAYING YES TO A DATA CENTER. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE GUARDRAILS ON. WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD SOME OTHERS REZONING IN OUR COUNTY THAT DIDN'T FALL IN ANY CATEGORY.

WE HEARD THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING TONIGHT WE HAD ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE A CHURCH DIDN'T FALL INTO ANY CATEGORY IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA SO WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME ISSUES SO WANTED TO PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE. WE WON'T VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.

WE WILL VOTE ON IT NEXT MEETING BUT TOY APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT. THANK YOU.

>> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

FIRST, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.

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ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF BEING A RESIDENT IN THIS COUNTY IS THAT YOU THE CITIZENRY OF CLAY COUNTY VOTED TO RAISE YOUR OWN TAXES LAST ELECTION CYCLE WITH A CONSERVATION AMENDMENT AT OVER 07 PERCENT WHICH IN AN ELECTION IS WHILE.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WE AS A COMMUNITY CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT'S HUGE. SO I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

THE THING THAT I HAVE AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY NUMBER ONE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CONDON FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I'M PRETTY ACTIVE ON LINE, PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST WITH THE NATURE OF WORK I DO OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION I HAD SEEN SOMETHING BUT NOT NEARLY TO THIS MAGNITUDE AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL SO THE FACT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP IS HUGE SO WE CAN SPEAK TO IT.

ONE. THINGS I LEARNED I GUESS IN TWO YEARS OF BEING A COMMISSIONER IS THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT, THAT WE AS A COMMISSION CANNOT PREVENT.

ONE. THINGS I LEARNED IS LIKE MEDICINAL MARIJUAN, I CANNOT BAN A MEDICINAL MARIJUANA CENTER.

I CONTINUE WANT THEM IN CLAY COUNTY BUT LEGALLY THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS.

SOME ONE TONIGHT MENTIONED THAT JACKSON COUNTY BANNED DATA CENTERS, SO I'M ASKING YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT? IS THAT LEGAL? HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

>> I MADE A NOTE TO CONTACT THAT COUNTY ATTORNEY AS WELL.

I'VE LOOKED HIM UP. I WILL DISCUSS IT AS WELL AS WITH FLORIDA COMMISSIONER OF COUNTIES AND I'LL NOT SURE YOU

CAN BUT I WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> SURE AND I THINK TONIGHT EVERYONE MADE A LOT OF VERY VALID PINTS.

I GO BACK TO JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD IN TERMS OF THE JUICE IS NOT WORTH THE SQUEEZE, IN MY OPINION WITH THESE DATA CENTERS, IT'S JUST NOT.

THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY UNKNOWNS AND WATER YOU MADE GREAT POINTS WE ARE IN ONE OF WORST DROUGHTS WE HAVE BEEN IN IN A VERY LONG TIME SO PROTECTING THOSE RESOURCES IS IMPORTANT SO WITH CONSENSUS I WOULD LIKE THE EVEN U OF OPTIONS WE HAVE AS A COMMISSION SHOULD WE SHOULD TO HAVE A VOTE TO BAN THEM WHAT

THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> I DO HAVE A FLU QUESTION.

ONE. CONSTITUENTS MENTIONED SENATE BILL 118 AND THERE IS SOMETHING IN IT.

I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND IT'S IN CONNECTION WITH RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. OKAY.

>> ANY IF YOU ARE DISCUSSION? >> YEAH.

SO, I FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO SHARE THE CRUX OF YOUR CONCERNS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. IN LIGHT OF THAT I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH CURTIN RELEVANT AT THAT TIME, AND SO I HAVE TO SAY THAT WATER CONSUMPTION AND ELECTRIC SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN WHAT I'M HEARING, AND THE DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED, THIS YOU'RE ALL REFERENCING, THOSE EARLY DATA CENTERS TOOK MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACTS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND SO, AS A MILLENNIAL, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED ABOUT MY GENERATION IS THAT THINGS CHANGE VERY QUICKLY WE HAVE TO ADAPT WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S A BY PRODUCT OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND THOSE CLOSED LOOP STEPS SPECIFICALLY THE AIR COOLING STEPS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED EARLY ARE A BY PRODUCT OF HOW QUICKLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS TO CHANGE TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACEMENT AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF US, I REMEMBER WHEN COMMISSIONER CONDON AND COMMISSIONER CAME BACK AND WERE SHARING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AT THE REGIONAL COUNSEL AND WHAT NASSAU IS FACING I REALIZED THAT IF WE WERE TO MOVE IN THE SAME CORRECTION WE WOULD BE FORECLOSING THE CONVERSATION WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WOULD WANT TO COME IN AND I

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REMEMBER OFF THE CUFF ASKING THAT INTEREST FEARS WITH MY JOB AS A COMMISSIONER. OFF THE CUFF THAT WAS MY FIRST RESPONSE. SO THEN, I STARTED REALLY THINK THIS THROUGH, AND HERE'S WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING TO ME.

AND I'M MORE OF A MACRO PERSON, NOT A MICROPERSON.

I HAVE A GREAT STAFF AT THE COUNTY AND IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF ARE HIGH A LOT ON MY TEAM TO INFORM ME AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOOD AT IS BIG PICTURE.

WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS ON THE COMMISSION IS A NUMBER OF THINGS AND SO FIRST AND FOREMOST NOT TOO LONG AGO WE HAD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CEO CRAWFORD POWELL COME HERE AND SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S PERSON IN CLAY COUNTY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE PRESENTED TO US BUT WAS NOT HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS BOARD THAT CLAY COUNTY IS FACING A PLUS-4 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HERE. AND CLIMBING.

AND THAT IS THAT IS A REALITY HERE IN CLAY COUNTY.

THE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IS THAT THE DATA CENTERS, I THINK SOMEBODY BLOT IT UP IN THEIR CONVERSATION TODAY WAS I THINK THE PROJECTION FROM THEIR QUOTES AND SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN ON LINE IN MY SWEECHS, THEY BRING PERMANENT ROUGHLY 25-100 DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THAT DATA CENTER, 25 TO 100 JOBS, HERE TO CLAY COUNTY AND I KNOW WHAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS VERY DIFFICULT TALK ABOUT IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION AND THE SENTIMENT IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

BUT WHAT GIVES PEA THE MOST PAUSE IS IF I WERE TO MAKE AN UNINFORMED DECISION OR WORSE, PRETTY RATE MY DECISION ON MEDICATIONS THAT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE TODAY BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE MAKING A STRAIGHT WITHOUT THE INFORMATION THAT THE PREVIOUS DATA CENTERS HAD TO VENTURE OUT AND FIGURE OUT.

YOU ALL EVERY REASONABLE MIND CAN AGREE THAT THE FIRST IN LINE IS GOING SUFFER A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES JUST BY MERIT OF BEING FIRST. I CAN TELL YOU MY PERSONAL LIFE I WAS EVERYTHING IN TALK WITH MY FATHER IN NOON AND HE SAID ALEXANDRA, THE FIRST BORN OFTEN TAKES THE HARDEST HIT AND I'M THE FIRST BORN IN MY FAMILY SO I KNOW WHAT A LOT OF DATA CENTERS HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE, THE GAP IN OUR LDC, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WITHOUT FORECLOSING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHICH DATA CENTERS CAN YOU ACTUALLY COME TO CLAY COUNTY AND LET ME JUST SAY IN.

THEY WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST DATA CENTER TO BE IN CLAY COUNTY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO IT WOULD BE A MISREPRESENTATION ON MY PART TO NOT I FORM YOU THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO CLAY. AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN BROUGHT UP TONIGHT, AT LEAST DIRECTSLY, IS THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ABOUT DATA CENTERS THEY'RE GOOD DATA CENTERS AND THERE ARE WAD DATA CENTERS AND THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL HAVE TAKEN OPEN THE CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND BEING GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I WAS HAVING THIS SAME CONVERSATION WITH HOUR COUNTY STAFF AND I WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A HOW THE BUTTON TOPIC, AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THE AT THAT TIME CENTERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT IN OTHER PART OF THE STATE AND COUNTRY, HAVE A PRIMARY ELECTRIC SOURCE.

AND WE HAVE A RESOURCE, HER NAME IS CAROL SABIA CAN FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT WHO HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A MAJOR DATA CENTER COMING TO CLAY COUNTY WOULD BE LIKE.

THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CLAY COUNTY DOESN'T ENHALF SO WITH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRING SOMETHING LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE, IT'S THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMETHING AS LARGE SCALE AS

[02:30:03]

WHAT CONCERNS. HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.

>> SO IT'S PROBLEM AND I CAN FOR ME TO DEAL IN HYPOTHETICALS WITH WHAT WE DO KNOW, AND SO, HERE'S THE LAST PEOPLE THAT I THINK HAPPENS, THE WAY MY MIND IS STARTING TO FOR ABOUT THIS, NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 4 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND HOW THEY COULD POTENTIALLY MITIGATE THAT CONCERN, THIS MORNING AT 9:00 WE HAD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET IMPACTS AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS COME UP AS THE PRO VS. THE CON AND WHETHER THE CON OUT WAYS THE PRO SO I THIGD THAT WAS PROBE GOING TO BE THE NATURE OF OUR CONVERSATION HERE TONIGHT AND ONE THING MAYBE YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE WORK SLOP DETAILS THIS MORNING BUT CURRENTLY THE COUNTY IS FACING A $50 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT OR THAT IS NOT A BY PRODUCT OF THE TAX INITIATIVE, THE PROPERTY TAX INITIATIVE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, COMPLETELY SEPARATE.

AS IT STANDS NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A $50 MILLION DEFICIT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING DATA CENTER PARTNERS THE GOOD ONES AND I DO MEAN THE GOOD ONES WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT JUST THE COMMISSION BUT FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN THE OPEN ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS HERE. BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT I THINK IT'S COMMISSIONER CONDON BROUGHT UP WE HAVE HAD GAPS IN OUR LDC THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD TO FIX.

WHAT THE COMMITTEE BROUGHT THAT UP AND SAID WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. WHEN THE CHURCHES BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WE HAVE GOT THE LAND BUT DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP IT CAN YOU HELP US OUT IT WAS THE SAME CONSTRUCT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS THIS, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME HELP. THAT SAME DEVELOPMENT ALL THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE THE MOMENT AND DO WHAT IS BEST FOR CLAY COUNTY TOGETHER.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS NOT IN CLAY COUNTY, AROUND IN OUR NEIGHBORING, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT INDIVIDUAL DATA CENTERS GENERATE BETWEEN 20-30 MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES.

IN ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES. IN GEORGIA, ANNUALLY THEY BRING IN $28 MILLION IN THEIR COUNTY. LOWDEN COUNTY WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS ABOUT DATA CENTERS, $900 MILLION FROM DATA CENTERS JUST LAST YEAR, AND THAT NEARLY MATCHED THEIR COUNTY'S ENTIRE OPERATING BUDGET. AMAZON AND GOOGLE HAVE BEEN NAMED AS GOOD PARTNERS TO HAVE. [LAUGHTER].

>> AND AMAZON GENERATED $460 MILLION IN AD VALOREM TAXES ACROSS THREE VIRGINIA COUNTIES SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T A POPULAR CONVERSATION BUT WHAT IS THE SITUATION HERE WORE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CLAY COUNTY. DATA CENTERS ARE A NATIONAL REALITY AND THE LEASE WHY THEY'RE A NATIONAL REALITY IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST AMERICANA IS FACING CONCERN.

WE ARE IN A GLOBAL CRISIS AND IF WE ARE MICRO, IN OUR OBJECTIVE, IN OUR APPROACH, IT COULD VERY WELL BE TOO LATE.

I'M NOT A STRANGER TO UNPOPULAR DECISIONS.

BUT WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES AND MOVING WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

SO I DO, I HATE TO CALL YOU OUT BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY MS. GARCIA BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS COMING TO CLAY COUNTY TO

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HELP CLAY COUNTY, AND THAT IS OUR JOB.

OUR CONVERSATION TO HAVE. AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WAS ALSO SUPPORTED IN THIS DATA CENTER PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED. I DIDN'T GET TO READ THROUGH IT BUT SOME OF INFORMATION IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I'VE HAD TO FIND SO I DO APPRECIATE WHY THERE CAME FORWARD.

BUT I CAN'T LOOK AT IN A VACUUM AND FRANKLY, 12 MONTHS IN THIS INDUSTRY ASKING FOR 12 MONTHS, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THIS KIND OF A, THESE KIND OF CHANGES THAT CAN HELP THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY, WE DON'T HAVE 12 MONTHS AND I HAVE TO MOVE.

MY EVERYDAY LIFE IS DEALING IN FACTS.

I HAVE TO MAKE OUR DECISION EVERY DAY IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND I HAVE TO BRING ALONG THAT RISK ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL THINK TO GO THIS TOO. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT DRIVES WHY I HAVE TO THINK THIS WAY.

AND SO THOSE ARE MY OBSERVATIONS AND OF COURSE WE ARE NOT CASTING A VOTE TONIGHT BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION AND WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF MY THOUGHT, PLEASE YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER IT'S LISTED YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS IT'S LISTED ON THE COUNTY WEB SITE I WELCOME THE CON SPRER SAYINGS BUT I WANT US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION DEAL WITH PRESENT FACTS NOT WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE US.

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> FEW BRIEF COMMENTS.

CLOSE EVIDENCE LOOP STEPS I LIVED A LOT OF MY ADULT ON NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND LIVED WITHIN 80 FEET OF TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THEY ARE CLOSED LOOP AND THEY ARE SAFE SO IF WE CAN DEVELOP A.I. SYSTEM WITH CLOSED LOOP STEPS, I THINK WE ARE OKAY. I'VE HEARD IT MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES UP HERE, FACEBOOK, AMAZON, CELL PHONES, ALL THOSE REQUIRE DATA CENTERS. OKAY AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MY LAST COMMENT, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN READING THE NEWS LATELY, A.I. IS GOING TO RULE THE WORLD FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU'RE USING IT EVERY DAY. SO IT'S HIGHLY INTENSIVE OF COMPUTER CHIPS AND THEY'RE FIGHTING ON WALL STREET ALL THE TIME WHO HAS A BETTER CHIP AND ONE.

COMPETITORS IS NOT IN UNITED STATES, IT'S IN CHINA SO YOU'RE GOING TO USE A DATA CENTER. IT JUST MAY BE IN CHINA SO THE QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT YOUR DATA SHORJD IN A CHINESE STORAGE FACILITY OR SPANISH OR FRENCH OR WHATEVER, AND JUST HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, WE DON'T SIT IN A VACUUM.

WE ARE TAKE AGO MEASURED APPROACH TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION IE WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OR CRITERIA FOR DATA CENTER AND I'M GOING TO END WITH THE FACT IF YOU WANT TO ACCUSE ME OF TAKING KICKBACKS, I WANT TO REFER YOU TO SHERIFF COOK BECAUSE THAT'S ILLEGAL AND I RESENT THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I SPENT MY LIFE REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC, AND FOR SOMEBODY TO PULL OFF THE INTERNET OFF FACEBOOK THAT SOME PERSON ACCUSES US OF TAKING KICKBACKS, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. OKAY? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PLUS -- PLEASANT CONVERSATION.

>> THAT'S THE END OF OUR 5:00 CERTAIN, CONSTITUTIONAL OF OFFICERS, SHERIFF COOK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL AROUND.

WE ARE GOAL WITH CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> GOOD JOB.

>> APPROVAL OF MINUTES. MOTION.

>> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY WHATEVER

DATE THAT IS, MAY 6 MEETING. >> I'LL SECOND INTO MOTION SECOND EVIDENCE ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPENED. PASSES 5-0.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PORTION.

GENERAL IS DESIGNED TO ALLOWSI TNS TO BRING MATTERS TO THE TENSION. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DEBATE. EMAIL OR YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FAR LAFFIT OF THE DIAS.

LIMIT COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES, STATE YOUR NAME ADDRESS.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT MI, TREVOR WATER

FIRST. >> HI, I'M TREVOR WATERS, 380 WESSELLS 30TH STREET, MEL ROLES, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE KEYSTONE SOCK ARE CLUB RENEWING LEASE WITH CLAY COUNTY.

I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OUR PROGRAM IS TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS ESPECIALLY BETSY CONDON FOR SUPPORT, KEYSTONE YOUTH SOCCER CLUB HAS A LARGE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH WITH THEIR FAMILIES. I WAS PART.

TEAM IN 1999 THAT BROKE GROUND ON TWIN LAKES WITH THEN JACK BOOKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I'VE SEEN IT SINCE 1999.

THE CLUB STARTED WITH 40 PLAYERS IN 2001.

WE HAD TWO TEAMS AND WE HAD TO TRAVEL TO JACKSONVILLE FOR ALL OUR GAMES. WE HAVE GROWN TO 540 PLAYERS AND 41 TEAMS. WE HAVE TWO SEASONS, FALL AND SPRING. WE ARE AN ALL VOLUNTEER AFFORDABLE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM, AGES 4-18 IN KEYSTONE HEIGHT.

NO TRAVEL TEAMS. NO PAID COACHES.

WE HAVE 90 VOLUNTEER COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES.

ALL PLAYER AND COACHES ARE AFFILIATED WITH FYSA, FLORIDA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION, THE COACHES ARE ALL LEVEL 2 BACKGROUND CHECK AND SAFE SUPPORTS AND CONCUSSION TRAINED.

TWIN LAKES PARK AND THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE WHERE THE CHILDREN GET TOGETHER TO MAKE FOR NEW FRIENDS WHILE LEARNING THE SOCCER SKILL TEAMWORK SPORTS PAN SHIP AND ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE FUN AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING THE PROGRAM IS FOR THESE KIDS TO HAVE FUN DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER.

NO CHILD IS TURNED AWAY. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GIVEN WHEN NEEDED. WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TEAM WITH CLAY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE CLUB IS GRATEFUL TO JUSTIN DAVID CONNOR AND ERIC FOR ALL THEIR HELP A SUPPORT WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE MICHAEL BEATY NEXT. >> I'M THE TREASURE OF THE MIDDLEBURG ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS.

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK SON LEASE RENEWAL.

MAA IS AN INSTITUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT BRINGS JOY TO

FAMILIES INVOLVED. >> GOING TO SCHOOL EVENTS WITH WIXON AND CLAY HILL BEING CLOSE, SEEING THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY GETTING HIGH FIVES, DOES BRING BRING GREAT JOY, BEING A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT HAPPY I MOVED DOWN HERE.

>> WE OFFER BASEBALL FOOTBALL SOFTBALL AND CHEER YEAR ROUND.

WE HAVE SPRING SEASONS IN 05 WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND REGISTERED ATHLETES. 2026 WE STARTED WITH 500.

WE FOCUS ON RECREATIONAL SPORTS. OFFER ALL OUR PROGRAMS AT COST TO OUR FAMILY OFF SETTING WITH VOLUNTEER HOURS TO REST REVENUE FOR OTHER OPERATIONAL COST. WE HAD INTO LEADERSHIP, OUR PRESIDENT BACK THERE, SO, WE ARE JUST COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD, FOR THE COMMUNITY REALLY JUST OPERATING IN INTELLIGENT WAY TO BRING UPGRADES SUCH AS WITH BATHROOMS

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TO OUR PARK AND FAMILIES AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK WE ARE PROVIDED AND DO EVERYTHING IN A REGIONAL MATTER. THANK YOU FOR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. MR. MARTINIQUE.

TELL ME IF I SAID THAT WRONG. >> 23W50D EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

MY MILE IS RAGU, [ADDRESS] BUT I ACTUALLY RESIDE NEVER -- IN ORTEGA. I'M THE FOUNDER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF WELL AND YOU SERVING NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

WE BRING TOGETHER CARDIOVASCULAR WOUND CARE HYPERBARIC MEDICINE INTERVENTIONAL PAIN SPECIALNESS ONE SET TO GO TREAT THE WHOLE PATIENT RATHER THAN ADDRESS THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS THROUGH A SERIES OF DISCONNECTED REFERRALS TO WE LOOK AT LEG PAIN NOT JUST PERIPHERAL ISSUES NEVER CARE WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF LOOKING AT THE WHOLE LEG. CLAY COUNTY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION. THE WE PREVIED CARE THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. [READING] OUR COMMITMENT TO CLAY COUNTY IS MORE THAN WORD AND WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED TWO MILLION INTO A LOCAL HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH OUR MAIN CENTER AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ININVESTMENT INTO CLAY COUNTY WE HAVE A PROJECT COMPL WE WENT LIEU YOUR COMMISSION FOR ZONING DOWN IN CLAY COUNTY.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH COUNSEL DELEADERSHIP AND HEALTH, TO INSURE OUTCOMES TO COUNTY RESIDENTS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO

INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

NIL OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 10.

>> I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 17.

OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT MINUS TEN.

[10. Athletic Association Park Lease Agreements and Resolutions (J. Pierce) A) Approval of Lease Agreements for an initial three-year lease term, with renewal options as set forth in the Lease Agreements, with the fo lowing Athletic Associations for designated County parks: 1. Fleming Island Athletic Association, Inc. – Lease of Paul C. Armstrong Community Park 2. Fleming Island Athletic Association, Inc. – Sublease of Neptune Park 3. Green Cove Springs Basebal/Softbal Association, Inc. – Lease of Carl Pugh Community Park 4. Keystone Heights Sports Association, Inc. – Lease of Little Rain Lake Park 5. Keystone Youth Soccer Club, Inc. – Lease of Twin Lakes Community Park 6. Middleburg Association of Athletics, Inc. – Lease of Omega Community Park 7. Oakleaf Sports Association, Inc. – Lease of Oakleaf Community Park B) Approval of the attached authorizing resolutions. Funding Source: Revenue]

>> COMMISSION SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED. >> THE THINK ASSOCIATION LEASE AGREEMENT RESOLUTIONS NOTHING BAD I JUST WANT TO THANK JUSTIN FOR HIS HARD WORK AND ALL HIS TEAM, IT'S A PRETTY BIG OPERATION, YOU LOOK AT THE PARKS IN CLAY COUNTY AND ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING TO REALIZE IS PEOPLE RUNNING THESE ASSOCIATION ARE VOLUNTEERS AND APPRECIATE COACH WATERS AND MICHAEL AND MIKE KIMBALL FROM FIA IS HERE AND J.J. NEWLY CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING EXTREMELY VALUABLE SERVICES TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AS COMMISSIONER COMPARE ALLUDED TO POTENTIAL ST. LOUIS REGARDING AD VALOREM WEE TO GET CREATIVE.

ONE THING I COULD SEE COMING DOWN THE PIPE AS IT PERTAIN TO PARKS AND ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATIONS IS MORE OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL MUCH LIKE WE HAD AT CLAY COUNTY SOCCER CLUB. LEASE THE FACILITY FROM THE COUNTY. THEY RUN THE PARK.

THEY PAY FOR THE SPRAYING, DO THE MOWING, THAT LEAF YATES THE TAX BURDEN TREMENDOUSLY AND PROVIDE A GREAT PRODUCT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU KNOW I CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE BUT I THINK THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT YOUR PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY AND APPRECIATIVE OF IT AND IDLE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

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>> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED.

[17. Resolution approving the submittal of a grant application to the Agency For Health Care Administration Rural Health Transformation Program (C. Curington)]

NUMBER 17. >> SO I PULLED THIS ONE FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST I HEARD ABOUT IT, AND SO, I BASICALLY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

MORE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE PLANS ARE, WHAT THE PARTNERS.

WE HAVE SUPPORTED THINGS IN THE PAST FOR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR THE RURAL AREAS.

WE HAVE A FREIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH CLAY BEHAVIORAL.

THEY'VE PROVIDED ACCESS IN RURAL AREAS WHICH I SERVE AND COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICTS AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DIRECTOR HEATHER HUFFMAN THERE'S NO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN MIDDLE BERRY AND CLAY HILL ONE EXCEPTION EMMANUEL PROJECT COMES TO KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WITH ACTUALLY MORE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ALTHOUGH I LIKED WHAT THE DOCTOR WAS SAYING ABOUT SPECIALTY CARE.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW MORE. THE PLANS MAY NO ABOUT THE FLESHED OUT BUT IF WE HAVE CAN HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT ABOUT PARTNERS AND PROVIDERS HOW LOCKED IN WE ARE THAT WOULD BE

HELPFUL. >> HELLO EVERYONE, CHRIS WITH THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, I'M THE GRANTS MANAGER SO OUR CURTIN PARTNERS WITH PARA MEDICINE WAY FAIR CLEAN I CAN AND CHALLENGES ENTERPRISES. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

IT'S CONCENTRATED IN THREE CENSUS TRACKS IN SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY, THERE AS YOU MENTIONED MIDDLEBURG KEYSTONE HEIGHTS MCCRAY, CLAY HILL AND WE ARE ASKING THIS MONEY OOIFRP A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM AND THAT THIS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY TRACK AND GIVE CARE TO PATIENTS WHO DON'T NORMALLY RECEIVE IT IN RURAL AREAS WITH LOW INCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

>> SO FIT DOESN'T WORK OUT WITH THESE PROVIDERS THEY'RE LIKE HOW

FLEXIBLE IS IT. >> YES, CURRENTLY WE HAVE LETTERS OF INTENT, IF WE GET THE GRANT WE WILL COME UP WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FROM EACH OF OUR PARTNERS IF THEY FAIL TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS IT WILL BE WRITTEN INTO THE MEMORANDUM OF INTERESTING WE SEEK ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.

>> AND CAN WE GET MORE PARTNERS AT THE BEGINNING?

>> THERE WAS SOME REQUIREMENTS FROM THE GRANT ITSELF THAT OUR PARTNERS HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.

THEY HAD TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE AREAS THEY SERVE CURRENTLY SO WE CHOSE THE CURRAN ONES BASED ON THEIR LONG-STANDING REPUTATION AND ABILITY TO DELIVER THE SERVICES.

WE COULD ADD MORE PARTNERS OR EXPAND IT.

IT'S JUST WE WOULD NEED TO WRITE IT INTO OUR AGREEMENTS WITH THE PART NERPS HOW WE WOULD WANT THAT RELATIONSHIP TO WORK OUT.

>> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO TELL US WHAT THEY INTEND. I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO COME UP AND DO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO POKE FINGERS.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE WORK THAT THE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC DOES ON COLLEGE AND WHAT WORK THEY DID IN GREEN COVE AND I KNOW ANDREA WAS HERE EARLIER. SHE STEPPED OUT BUT THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF THEM BUT WE SUPPORTED A HEAD CARE TRAILER FOR THEM AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE IN THE AREAS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF IT AND SO WHEREAS VS. SOMEONE LIKE THE EMMANUEL PROGRAM WHO GOES MONTHLY THEY GO TO KEYSTONE MONTHLY AND THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AND I FOLLOW TEAR AT THE LOCAL FOOD BANK SO I VOLUNTEER ON THURSDAY NIGHTS WHEN THEY COME AND THE TRAILER IS ALWAYS FULL AND THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN GETTING THEIR HEALTH CARE.

WE HAVE THE CANADIAN PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL AT WIXON SO THERE IS A

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HEALTH CARELL ELEMENT OF THAT SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN TO ME THAT THIS, I'M FEELING A LITTLE UNEASY TO LOCK US IN. VERY IMPORTANT GRANT, VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES. I COMMEND EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING TONIGHT AND SITTING THROUGH AND WAITING TO TALK WITH US AND IT'S NOT IT'S

JUST TO CONFIRM. >> OF COURSE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE HAVE GOT COMMUNITY PART NERPS IDENTIFIED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. IF WE ARE APPROVED FOR THE GRANT NOTHING TO STOP US FROM SAYING TO USE THE EXAMPLE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PARTNERS OF WAY FREE AND EMMANUEL PROJECT AND ENTER LETTERS OF INTENT BEFORE THE DAY STARTS AS LONG AS WE CAN MEET

THE PROCESS. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS ASKING.

THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, IT MAY BE WORTH CAIRO GIVING WHAT THE VISION IS 60 SECONDS.

FAIR MEDICINE IS THE STARTING FUNCTION YOU HAVE TO HAVE A AGENCY TO BE START TO FINISH SO HIGH ROW OR CHIEF ROADS CAN GIVE YOU THE TWO THREE CONSENSUS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.

>> THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

>> DON'T LET THE CORD GET HOOKED UP TO YOU.

>> TURN YOUR MIC ON. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS.

MADAM CHAIR. CAPTAIN.

SO, THE VISION REALLY IS FOR IT'S A MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH INITIATIVE BEING BROUGHT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE IDEA IS TO USE THE SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND IT'S USE NETHERLANDS THE EMS PROVIDERS IN A DIFFERENT FASHION AND SINCE WE ARE AT THE PIVOTING POINT FOR 911 CALLS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED EMERGENCY, NON-EMERGENCY CARE THEY NEED. IT'S REALLY CONNECTING THEM WITH THE DOCTORS, PHYSICIANS, WHETHER IT'S EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, PCP NURSES THINGS LIKE THAT SO CURRANLY THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE FOR US NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY WE OPERATE NOW, BEHAVIORAL, SOMEBODY WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER AND WE MOVE THEM TO LONG-TERM CARE IT'S SAME FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES SO SOMEBODY WHO REPEATEDLY CALLS 911 DIABETES, CHF WHATEVER THE CASE WE GOT INVOLVED AND IT'S GETTING THE DOTS CONNECTED TO BETTER CARE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THE IDEA REALLY IS TO DECREASE NOT ONE CALL. THERE ARE SO MANY UNNECESSARY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S PATIENT CENTERED AROUND GETTING THEM BETTER HEALTH CARE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT SUFFER AND THE OTHER FACET OF THAT IS TO DECREASE THE USE OF THE M.S.

SYSTEM ACTION LOT. .

R.S ARE BEING USED FORWARD PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS SO IT'S GETTING THEM CONNECTED WITH THE RIGHT LIKE THAT. THE GROUP THAT CHRIS JUST MENTIONED ARE CERTAINLY TARGETED TOWARDS THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY, THINGS LIKE THAT.

TO KEEP IT KIND OF NOT SO SPECIFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW ST. VINCENT IS A GREAT PARTNER FOR US.

THEY WANT TO DO A GERIATRIC PROGRAM.

IT IS REALLY GETTING THE HEALTH CARE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WHERE THEY HAVE A CLIENT BEING RELEASED THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON. SO THEY CAN BETTER CONNECT THE DOTS SO THEY ARE BETTER TAKEN CARE OF.

SO SINCE EMS, WE HAVE THE PARAMEDICS THAT RESPOND TO THE HOMES AND WE ALREADY DO THAT, WE CAN DO THIS HEALTH CARE MODEL.

IT IS NOT HOME HEALTH CARE, BUT IT IS MORE OF JUST A FOLLOW UP APPROACH SO THEY CAN GET POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I HAVE. I JUST FOUND OUT AN HOUR AGO THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE SO I APOLOGIZE.

IT IS DEFINITELY A GREAT PROGRAM TO GET FOLKS CONNECTED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE JUST COME UP WHETHER IT IS INSURANCE

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BASED OR WHATEVER THAT DON'T HAVE THE PROPER HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED FOR ACTIVITIES, DAILY LIVING.

IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, THE INITIATIVE IS REALLY FOR THOSE CLIENTS IN THE RURAL AREAS THAT AREN'T RECEIVING THE CARE.

A DOCTOR WHO WAS HERE, I IMAGINE HE WOULD BE A PARTNER FOR THOSE SPECIFIC DISEASE PROCESSES THAT WE CAN REFER THESE CLAIMS TO.

AT THIS POINT IN THE SPHERE, WE ENCOUNTER THESE FOLKS REGULARLY, OFTENTIMES, IT IS LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE CLIENTS? AT A POINT LIKE THIS, WE CAN GET THEM POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. .

>> THAT IS TOTALLY NOT WHAT I THOUGHT THIS GRANT WAS.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK IT WAS? >> YOUR REFERRAL TO THEM FOR HEALTH CARE, WE REFER THEM, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET THEY'RE HERE SO, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TAKING THE HEALTH CARE TO

THE AREA. >> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

>> I MEAN, I AM FINE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION, AND IF WE GET THE GRANT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK

ABOUT IT MORE. >> THAT DESPERATELY ALONE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS UBER HEALTH AND ALL OF THESE, BUT THE FACT THAT WE MAKE THESE HOME VISITS, WE CAN START THAT WAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT RESOURCES THERE ARE WITH REGARDS TO GETTING THE CLANS WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, BUT ALSO THE BOUNDARIES TO GET THEM THE PROPER HEALTH CARE.

IRENE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? ADD ANYTHING?

>> I WILL SAY THIS TOO WHILE WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF AN IDEA, THERE IS ALSO A LOT TO BE FIGURED OUT, 100%.

>> YEAH, WE SAW THIS AS A NATURAL FIT FOR US, BECAUSE WE DO ALREADY PARTNER WITH THOSE OTHER ENTITIES MENTIONED WE SEE IT AS A WAY TO REACH CLIENTS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT COMING INTO OUR OFFICE, WE ARE NOT SEEING IN THE CASE ENGAGEMENT IN OUR HOMES. IT IS A BIGGER POOL FOR US TO CONNECT WITH SERVICES. I THINK THE WAY, IF I AM CORRECT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY WERE GOING TO USE THEIR MOBILE UNIT TO GO OUT TO KEYSTONE, NOT EXPECTING TO PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THE COLLEGE AVENUE OFFICE IS MY

UNDERSTANDING. >> YOU ARE CORRECT, THEIR PLAN WAS TO STAFF COME UP ONE OF THE FUNDING WAS FOR THE STAFF FOR OTHER PLACES. WE CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THE BUDGET PROPOSED. I THINK THE KEY THING IS, THIS IS THE PATTERN OF FEDERAL GRANTS RIGHT NOW.

COMMISSIONER RENNINGER AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION, IT USED TO BE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A FRIEND COME AT YOU WOULD WORK THROUGH THIS.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED 30 DAYS AGO, 40 DAYS AGO, END OF APRIL.

VERY QUICK TURNAROUND SPEEMAC WE HAVE A DOCUMENT FLUSHED OUT, WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT.

IT IS JUST NOT 100% PURE TRYING TO PUT THE LAST TOUCHES ON IT.

JUST BECAUSE IT IS THAT FLUID. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO EVERYBODY. GREG IS HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO HEAR. >> I KNEW THAT GREG WAS HERE, NOT UNDERSTANDING THE THIRD PIECE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> ONE OF THE FOUR REQUIREMENTS. >> HOW DOES IT -- I. AM CONFUSED

AS TO HOW -- >> IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE FLUID I THINK FOR ALL OF US. YOU GUYS KNOW THIS.

WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING FOR A LONG TIME.

WE HAVE THE -- EVERY FRIDAY WE HAVE THIS COME THROUGH THE BACK OF OUR WAREHOUSE. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE OF A NEED AT KEYSTONE THE HOPE IS THAT THIS GRANT WILL HELP US GET DOWN THERE AND ISOLATE A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVELY TO KEY ON THE KEYSTONE AREA MORE EFFECTIVELY. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL. IT IS SOMEWHAT FLUID.

WE ARE MAKING PROJECTIONS BASED ON THIS TOO.

WITH RESPECT TO WHERE WE COME IN TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT PIECE, WE ARE COMING IN AT A TIME WHEN FOLKS ARE KIND OF COMING OUT OF,

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I GUESS, THE PATIENT, WHERE THERE IS A PATIENT, TRYING TO GET THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB.

WHAT THAT IS FOR US IS PROVIDING JOB COACHES, TRANSPORTATION, A BIG PIECE FOR US. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SERVICES, EITHER IN GREEN COVE OR OUR JOB COACHES, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TRANSPORT THEM. THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSPORT THEM, IF WE DO GET THIS GRANT, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSPORT THEM AND THEY COULD GET SERVICES.

WE KNOW THE POPULATION IS GROWING.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT THEY WERE VERY CLEAR THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THIS IS FLUID HERE WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS BUT THERE IS MORE TO COME AND THERE IS MORE DISCUSSIONS IN TERMS OF, HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK WHEN IT ACTUALLY HITS THE STREETS, SO TO

SPEAK. >> I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE TO INCLUDE THE MIDDELBURG MONTCLAIR HILL, THERE IS NOT ANY HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM EASILY.

SO... I WILL MOVE APPROVAL HERE.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[19. Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)]

>> AYE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DISCUSSION UPDATES, PROGRESS REPORT ON THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND OTHER KEY CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH OUR

CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD, THE CHAIR, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR COME UP HERE TO UPDATE YOU WITH THE PROGRESS THE TEAM HAS MADE OVER THE LAST MONTH.

WE CONTINUE WITH OUR UPDATE. ANDERSON COLUMBIA CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF THE DRAINAGE -- THE CURBING AND MEDIA ALL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT IS 72% PAID OUT, 101% OF THE TIME ACTUALLY USED WORKING THROUGH THE ALLOWANCES FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS COME UP BASED ON THE UTILITY CONFLICTS HERE FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO, COUNTY ROAD 209, U.S. 17, THEY CONTINUED THE BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING, COMPLETED THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT ON ALL AREAS WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACK, THEY HAVE ALSO PLACED THE FINAL LIFT OF PAVEMENT AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS BETWEEN THE RAILROADS AND U.S. 17, SUPERIOR CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT THE CLAY CUT OFF WALLS AT POND SITE 2 AND CLEARING IT FOR SITE TWO AND THREE, BEING USED FOR THE LINER THEY APPEARED THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE WITH 74% PAID OUT.

AND PROJECT 3B, 209, THE COUNTY HELD THE BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS, COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF SOD AND FENCING AT POND SITE 2 AT 209, THEY WILL CONCLUDE THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THIS ACHIEVED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.

THE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING ON THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS FOR FINAL COMPLETION. FOR PROJECT FIVE, 220, THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROVIDED THE COMMENTS BACK TO THE TEAM REGARDING THE MODIFICATION PICK THE COMMENTS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL DRAWN OUT ANALYSIS FOR WETLAND IMPACTS. AS A RESULT, THE TEAM IS MODIFYING THE DESIGN TO AVOID SECONDARY WETLAND IMPACTS.

FOR PROJECT SIX A, THE FIRST TIME OUT LETTER, THE COUNTY ENGINEER IS OUT THERE FOR REVIEW COME THE TEAM REVIEWED THE LETTER AND FOUND DISCREPANCIES THAT REFLECTED THE BETHLEN CREDITS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED.

THIS INFORMATION WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE CORPS FOR THEM TO UPDATE COME OUT ONCE THE CORPS UPDATES THE PERMIT, THAT WILL BE SENT BACK AND A TEAM WILL LOOK AT IT. THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL COMPLETE.

IN SUPPORT OF ALL THIS WORK, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES.

AS OF JUNE 2ND, THE TEAM HAS EXPENDED $158.1 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO YOUR PACKET YOU RECEIVED THIS PAST WEEK, YOU WILL SEE I HAVE ATTACHED OR INCLUDED A DRAFT OF THE HISTORICAL STORYBOARD. THAT BASICALLY OUTLINES A HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM. AS THE PROJECT DRAWS TO A CLOSE,

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THE TENDENCY TO DISCONTINUE THE DASHBOARD AND REPLACE IT WITH THIS HISTORICAL DASHBOARD YOU SEE ATTACHED.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR UPDATE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WHAT WAS THE THIRD NUMBER? 179?

>> 179.8 IS OUR TARGET. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON PROJECTS ONE, TWO, THREE, STILL HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> THANK YOU. SPEAKER I MISSED IT.

ARE WE STILL DISPUTING CONTRACT TERMS FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS?

>> YES, NAM. >> DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED END

DATE FOR ANY OF THAT? >> PROJECTED END DATE, IF WE CAN COME TO TERMS, WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT, NOT AT THAT POINT.

>> YOU ARE SAYING NO? >> RIGHT.

>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY APPEARED EARLIER TODAY, TROY MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE AN EXPECTED APPROPRIATION IF THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T VETO IT FOR $2 MILLION FOR COUNTY ROAD 218.

WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH RICHARD ON THAT $2 MILLION APPROPRIATION. SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. INITIALLY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT ADVANCING THAT DESIGN, PERMITTING THE RIGHT OF WAY, SEE BASICALLY WHAT COULD WE ACTUALLY GET DONE WITH THAT $2 MILLION.

>> YEAH. WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, REALLY FEELS LIKE 218 IS GOING TO WARRANT A SIGNAL.

ABLE TO FIT INTO THE PROGRAM. THAT IS A NICE PRESENT TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY IF WE GET IT. THAT WOULD BE MY TOP PRIORITY.

NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO, 2 MILLION BUCKS COME UP WITH THAT.

GET THAT PREFERABLY TO COSMOS COME UP WHICH WE HAVE FULL DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR. THAT WOULD BE, IF THAT IS PART

OF THE SCOPE. >> I LIKE THE WAY YOU WERE THINKING FEAR THANK YOU. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> NO,. -- JUST THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS MYSELF OVERALL COME AT THE COUNTY COME AT THE CAPITAL PROJECT LIST, 662 PROJECTS, COMPILED BY OUR HEAD OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIALIST, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS $216 MILLION COME AT $953,205, WITH THIS AMOUNT SPENT AS OF JUNE 1ST, SPLIT ACROSS THE 25 DIFFERENT PARKS TO DATE, THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS MANAGING 86 OF THOSE 100 -- ROUGHLY ACCOUNTING FOR 102 MILLION, AS DEPICTED IN THE OPERATION TABLE, 14 DEPARTMENTS.

OVERALL STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ONE COMMENT SO FAR TO DATE, SPENT $22.3 MILLION, ROUGHLY 34% OF THE $65 MILLION BOND COME UP FOR A QUICK RUNDOWN, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS COME OUT THE FIRE STATIONS COME UP FIRE STATION ONE COME UP CONSTRUCTION IS 65% COMPLETE COME AT THE FORECAST COMPLETION, ALL OF THIS YEAR COME UP VARIOUS STATIONS 13, 15, 16, 21, 90% DESIGNED COMPLETION, FORECAST COMPLETION OF FIRE STATION 15, 27, FIRE STATION 20, COMPLETED IN OPERATION LAST SUMMER, SCORPIO, THE CONTRACTOR, COMPLETED IT -- THE SECURITY FENCING AND MOBILIZER ON SITE, WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY ON EXCAVATING THE RETENTION POND WHILE BUILDING THE PAD AND BRINGING IT UP TO THE GRADE.

DEMOLITION OF THE -- THE MODIFIED DESIGN FOR THE FIRE

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TRAINING FACILITY IS 90% COMPLETE AND ITS FORECAST COMPLETION IS SUMMER OF '27. SLEEPY HOLLOW RADIO ANTENNA IS 90% COMPLETE, 70% PAID OUT, FORECAST COMPLETION IN FALL OF THIS YEAR WHILE THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD TOWER IS WELL UNDERWAY. NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PROJECTS, THE OAK LEAF LIBRARY, 12,000 SQUARE FOOT NEW LIBRARY TO BE BUILT NEAR OAK LEAF PLANTATION BOULEVARD, THE COUNTY HAS FINISHED ITS REVIEW OF THE PLANS FOR THE ARCHITECT NOW IS MAKING THOSE NECESSARY CHANGES.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE FINAL PLANS AND A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PRESENT BACK TO THE BOARD LATER THIS SUMMER. THEN WE HAVE BUILDING 500 BUILD OUT, THIS PROJECT WILL FINISH AN UNFINISHED AREA INSIDE THE BUILDING, THE NEW SPACE WILL GIVE THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MUCH NEEDED ROOM TO TRAIN, OFFICE SPACE, AND MEETING SPACE IT IS EXPECTED TO GET STARTED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. NEXT UP, REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE TO THE FAIRGROUND FACILITIES. THE DAMAGES THAT WERE DUE TO WEATHER IMPACTS IN THE PAST. THIS WORK IS FUNDED BY FEMA.

THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE ROOF REPAIRS TO THE EXHIBIT HALL NUMBER 2 THE CATTLEMEN'S ARENA, AS WELL AS SEALING THE ROOF AND OTHER VARIOUS COMPONENTS. THIS WILL HELP RETURN THE BUILDING TO THE WAY THE FACILITIES WERE BEFORE THE DISASTER. THIS PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED ON JUNE 4TH WITH A REQUIRED PRE-BID METING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 18TH.

COUNTY CONNECTING THE FACILITIES.

THIS WILL SWITCH FROM USING THE SEPTIC TANKS AND WELL WATER TO USING WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES ALONG 218.

LAST MONTH'S -- THEY ALSO CONNECTED THE WATER AND SEWER LINES. THE CONTRACTORS ARE NOW INSTALLING AND BACKFILLING THE GRAVITY SEWERS. LASTLY, PARKS HENDRICK WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT, THE CAMP POOL IS NOW OPEN AS OF MAY 23RD AND WILL REMAIN OPEN WEEKDAYS BETWEEN 11:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M.

SATURDAYS FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.

SUNDAYS, 11:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AFTER AUGUST 7TH, THE POOL WILL BE OPEN WEEKENDS ONLY. ONE STOP AQUATICS IS THE VENDOR WHO PROVIDES DAILY OPEN SWIM, PRIVATE AND GROUP SWIM LESSONS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 2 AND REGISTERED CAMPERS RECEIVE FREE ENTRY. THE POOL SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND ON THE CLAY COUNTY PARKS AND REC WEBSITE. I WILL TURN THE FLOOR TO RICHARD FOR AN UPDATE ON THE ROAD AND TRAIL PROJECTS.

>> THANK YOU. THE OAK LEAF LIBRARY IS ACTUALLY A PLANTATION OAKS BOULEVARD HEAD, IT IS NOT --

>> THANK YOU, THAT IS WHY YOU -- >> THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT

UP. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO

PICK. >> OUR MAJOR PROJECT IS COUNTY ROAD 220. THAT CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE WITH OUR FINAL PAVING GOING ON NOW AT THE INTERSECTION.

I RODE IT SUNDAY, IT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT.

SHOULD BE STRIPED. SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY TO DO THE FINAL SIGNAL. ALL FIVE LANES, ALL LANES, TURN LANES, SIGNAL SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL FRIDAY WITH THAT PORTION COMPLETED. THAT TAKES US TO THE EAST COME OUT TO THE WEST COME OUT TO THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE PROJECT FIVE. NORTH, JUST PAST THE OLD MARATHON COME UP NOW A CIRCLE K DRIVEWAY, TO THE EAST PAST THE DOLLAR GENERAL. STILL GOING TO BE SOME BARRELS AND SHIFTING OF LANES BECAUSE THE PORTION FROM DOLLAR GENERAL TO THE BRIDGE IS NOT COMPLETE.

THE SIDEWALK IS COMPLETE. THE FIRST LIFT OF PAVEMENT IS ON THERE. THE ROAD IS SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED THIS WEEK. I'M NOT SURE THEY NEEDED TO YET, SOME FINAL DRAINAGE WORK. THAT APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE ON THAT SIDE SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.

TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER, SHOULD BE AS GOOD AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND. 90% COMPLETE WITH EOT BEGINNING THEIR INSPECTIONS NOW.

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ON THE OTHER SIDE, GREAT COOPERATION AND HELP FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BASICALLY THE OLD ROAD BETWEEN NETWORKS AND THE BRIDGE TAKEN UP AND HAULED TO OUR SLEEPY HOLLOW PIT FOR RE-USE OF THAT MATERIAL. THEY HAVE HAULED FOR ABOUT THE LAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, THEY HAVE THE AREA READY FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO FINISH. AS THEY SAID BEFORE, ASPHALT, PAVEMENT COME UP THE MOST RECYCLED PRODUCT IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN BY THE BRIDGE BY MID-OCTOBER.

THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES. ONE CLARIFICATION ON THE ROUNDABOUT, CAN DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSIONER, THE PAVERS IN THE ROUNDABOUT WILL STAY. THE CURBING FOR THE ROUNDABOUT DOES NOT MEET CURRENT CRITERIA. THEY BUILT IT IN 2000.

PRETTY MUCH JUST AN AMENITY. NOW IT WILL BE A FULL FUNCTIONING TRAFFIC CIRCLE. WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THE VERTICAL CURB THAT IS OUT THERE.

THE PAVERS BEHIND THE CURB AREA, IN THE GRASS AREA, GOING TO BE CONVERTED TO CONCRETE. IT WILL LOOK LIKE PAVERS BUT IT WILL BE MOUNTABLE TO WHERE TRAILERS AND LARGER VEHICLES CAN USE THAT AND THE WHEELS CAN DRAG ACROSS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A $4000 CHANGE ORDER TO THE NEGATIVE.

WE WILL BE GETTING THAT BACK. WE HAVE APPROVED THAT AND THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED. OUR DESIGN PARTNER ON THIS IS DOING A GREAT JOB. OTHER THAN THAT, NO CHANGE REALLY, STILL ACCESS TO THE CHURCH AND THE APARTMENTS.

STILL ACCESS THE FROM THE LIBRARY.

THE PEDESTRIAN WAY IS STILL OPEN AND IT IS BEING USED.

SCHEDULED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THE FOURTH.

IT WAS INSTALLED ON THURSDAY, I THINK THE SIGNALS ARE STRONG NOW, IT SHOULD BE -- MAYBE PUT IN/, WE FLASH IT WITH YELLOW AND RED FOR SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO TURNING IT ON.

THAT SHOULD BE IN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

THE BOARDWALK, I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY, THEY WERE WORKING SATURDAYS COME OUT THE BOARDWALK IS GETTING FINISHED.

A SMALL SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS THE AREA TO THE CIRCLE K.

HAD TO PUT A BOARDWALK IN BECAUSE THE EXISTING DITCH WAS DEEMED WETLANDS. VERY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY AFTERNOON TRAFFIC. TAKE YOUR TIME, SAVE A COUPLE SECONDS, TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS, DON'T GET KILLED, IT IS REALLY VERY BUSY OUT THERE IN THE AFTERNOONS.

OUR 220 AND TOWN CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE. THEY WILL BE STRIKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS -- THEY WILL BE STRIPED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. TO WHERE THE RIGHT TURN LANE COMING OFF OF EAGLE HARBOR STAYS IN ITS LANE LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO SIDESWIPES. THOSE HAVE BEEN REDONE, INCLUDING THE REDONE PORTION. IT'S A LOT BETTER.

IT MEETS DOT SPEC. HAT TIP TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR STEPPING UP WITH NO STATIC TO DO THAT PIER TO CORRECT THAT ERROR.

THEY HAVE NOW MOVED UP TO THE DRIVE, STARTED JUNE 1ST, PUT DOWN 15,000 FEET OF PAVEMENT. PRETTY MUCH PAVED IT ALL THE WAY, ONE LANE SOUTH. VERY CLOSE TO PEORIA.

THAT IS -- I'M NOT SURE THEY WILL COME BACK.

COMING NORTH THEN AGAIN FROM PEORIA NORTH TO KINGSLEY.

WE SHOULD BE FINISHED IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS. THIS IS INDEPENDENT OF, AND WE HAVE TALKED TO THOSE WHO ARE LAYING NEW RAIL LINES.

THEY HAVE GIVEN US PERMISSION AND BASICALLY SAID, STAY OUT OF OUR WAY AND FINISH YOUR JOB. WE ARE NOT WAITING ON THEM.

MORE ON THAT LATER, I AM SURE. THEY ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, THE ONLY COMPLAINT I GOT WAS NOISE AT 3:00 A.M. FROM ONE RESIDENT. IRONIC.

BUT I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CSX.

[03:25:04]

>> THAT IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO NEGOTIATE WITH.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT UP SOME ROUGH CROSSING SIGNS JUST TO WARN THE MOTORISTS. TURNS OUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE 33 SIGNS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE WE ARE GOING TO PUT THEM AT PEORIA AND MOODY, SEE HOW THAT IS RECEIVED HERE AS WE MARCH DOWN -- I. READ THE REPORTS TODAY. WE ARE STARTING WITH MOODY.

THAT WILL BE CLOSED AROUND JUNE 15TH FOR THE ACTUAL REAL INSTALLATION. THEN IT KIND OF PROCEEDS SOUTH TO PEORIA, AND THEN PEORIA, THEN I THINK THE CLOSURES ARE GOING TO BE MAYBE ONE TO TWO DAYS OR MAYBE LESS.

INTERESTING THE WAY THEY DO IT. THE NEW RAIL IS WELDED AS ONE CONTINUOUS PIECE, THEN WHERE IT CROSSES DRIVEWAYS, LIKE AT THE SCHOOL AND PEORIA AND WOODLAND AND GREENBRIDGE AND PEORIA AND THOSE STREETS, THEY TRENCH IT OUT, BURY THE NEW RAIL COME CONTINUOUS WELDED RAIL, COVER IT WITH STONE.

THEY DON'T LAY ANY SORT OF ASPHALT OR PAVEMENT OR ANY SORT OF METAL PLATE OVER IT. WHEN THEY GO TO BRING IT IN, THEY PULL IT OUT OF THE TRENCH, PUT IT IN A TRENCH UP.

I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A LOT LESS BUMPY.

WE'LL PROBABLY KEEP THE ROUGH CROSSING SIGNS OF.

>> RICHARD, -- >> YOU LIVE IT EVERY DAY, DON'T

YOU. >> I GO TO WORK THAT WAY.

I WANT TO KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S VEHICLE GETS DAMAGED, IS THAT ON CSX? I CALL YOU GUYS.

I EQUATE IT TO, LIKE, A BAD CROWN JOB AT THE DENTIST.

THEY PUT THESE ROCKS IN, IT IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD ITS PLACE.

IT'S NOT HOLDING ITS PLACE. THESE ROCKS ARE ALL OVER THE ROAD. I DRIVE A TRUCK.

EVEN IN A TRUNK, IT IS KIND OF LIKE, BAH-BOOM! WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WE CAN TELL AT CSX.

>> JUNE 15TH ISN'T A MILE. I REMEMBER IT WASN'T A PROJECT WE WERE DOING HERE THERE WAS THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT AT THE LAKE. WE HAD PEOPLE BLOW OUT TIRES.

>> THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT CROSSED OVER.

>> YEAH. [SIGHS]

>> THEY TOOK CARE OF THAT. I WILL DEFER A LITTLE BIT.

HE HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCE RECENTLY THAN ANYONE

IN THIS BUILDING. >> PROBABLY GO TO THE CONTRACTOR, THEY ARE DOING THE WORK.

>> BUT THE COUNTY IS NOT ON THE HOOK FOR THAT.

YEAH. >> LET ME TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. MY WIFE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

[LAUGHTER] >> I'M NOT EXPECTING TO REPAIR THE PERMANENT REPAIR TO BE SAFE REPAIR.

>> IS THAT JUST -- >> IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM.

>> IT IS LITERALLY LIKE LANDSCAPING ROCK.

>> IT IS. >> IT IS NOT GRAVEL.

IT IS ROCKS. >> IT IS A REAL SHARP, POINTED

ROCK. >> IT NOT STAYING IN THE TRENCH.

>> DID YOU -- I'M SORRY, DID YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION?

WHOSE INSURANCE? >> I WOULD DEFER TO OUR RISK

MANAGEMENT INSURANCE. >> OURS?

>> CSX'S? >> OUR RISK MANAGEMENT TO MAKE

SURE WE GET THAT CSX. >> IN YOUR CASE, IT WOULD BE THE SCHOOL HAS A DRIVEWAY ACROSS IT. WE'VE GOT SEVEN PUBLIC CROSSINGS

IN THAT AREA. >> WOULD YOU SAY CSX IS MORE

STATE LEVERAGED OR FEDERAL? >> THAT SOUNDS FEDERAL.

>> TOOK THE COMMISSIONERS PLACE THAT WOULD ALWAYS --

>> WAS HE AN EMPLOYEE? >> YEAH.

[03:30:03]

THAT IS THE STORY ON THE DRIVE. WE DID GET WORK STARTED ON THE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROJECT IN KEYSTONE.

I WAS OUT THERE SUNDAY. IT LOOKS GOOD.

WE GOT A REALLY -- THAT REALLY FLOODS EVERY TIME. THAT WILL GET FIXED. WE HAD SOME RAIN IN LATE MAY.

I HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE THAT DID ROSEMARY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON THAT. I EXPECT THEM TO BE VERY

RESPONSIVE. >> AT THE OFFICE RIGHT THERE ON

218? >> CORRECT, YES, MA'AM.

THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF ALSO WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT BECAUSE THEY ARE A MAJOR SUBCONTRACTOR TO HUBBARD AS WELL.

ON THE FLORIDA DOT UPDATE, WE DID OUR FINAL INSPECTION LAST WEEK ON THE EAGLE LANE. I HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN A COMPLAINT FROM EAGLE HARBOR ABOUT THESE CHICKEN TRACKS OR THESE STRIPING THAT LEADS YOU ON LEFT TURN LANES AT EAGLE HARBOR NORTH ON 17TH. I GOT BACK ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING. I WILL CHECK THAT OUT TOMORROW.

>> MUST HAVE ADJUSTED THOSE CHICKEN TRACKS.

>> MUST HAVE. APPARENTLY CONFUSED SOMEONE.

I WILL CHECK AND SEE. I DID NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE -- THAT WILL HELP THOSE FOLKS WITH THAT ONE MISALIGNMENT AS YOU COME WESTBOUND ACROSS 17 PICK OUT FRONT HERE, AND FROM THE BLACK CREEK BRIDGE COME UP THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT, AND THAT IS, IT GETS LOUD. YOU TAKE THE DOG OUT COME OUT YOU CAN HEAR THEM. SHOULD GET FINISHED SOON.

THEY GOT THE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES, TURNED DOWN TO 09.

THEY HAVE BEEN PAVING IT. GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING WHEN YOU SEE HOW THAT STRIPES OUT. IT WILL REALLY SOLVE A LOT OF

RIDDLES. >> LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING.

>> A METHOD TO THE MADNESS. SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION STATE ROAD 16, STILL, YOU GO AT THE WRONG TIME, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT ON IT. DOING DAYTIME WORK BETWEEN 23 AND 218 AND PENNY FARMS. THAT SHOULD SHIFT OVER, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT AREA. WE DO HAVE ONE COMPLAINT FROM THE WIFE OF THE DASH THE HUSBAND OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

GOING TO GET THAT RIGHT TURN GOING WESTBOUND TO BLANDING A LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE FOR A LARGE TRUCK AND TRAILER.

NOTHING CHANGED EXCEPT THEY MOVED THE TURN LANE, THE CENTER LINE OVER. NOW WHEN YOU TURN COME YOU ACTUALLY GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

WE WILL TALK WITH JIM KNIGHT AND HOPEFULLY ADD THAT TO THE PUNCH LIST TO GET THAT CORNER LAID OUT A LITTLE BETTER.

LOOKINGAHEAD, OUR DIRT ROAD FOLKS WILL BE HERE.

THEY ARE NOW DOWN WITH THE SPANISH MOSS COME OUT DOING AN EXPERIMENT THERE TO DO A TOPPING ON TOP OF THE RURAL ROAD PAVING.

THEY WILL BE UP IN THE BLACK CREEK DRIVE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. FROM THERE, THEY WILL GO UP INTO BLACK CREEK DRIVE AND INTO LAKE ASBURY, FINISHING UP PROBABLY IN THE LATE JULY-AUGUST TIME FRAME.

WHEN THE LAKE RESURFACING TIME IS COMPLETE, THEN TO THE 209, THEN THAT STRETCH WILL BE DONE. I WILL CONFIRM THAT.

PROBABLY BE DONE DURING THE DAY, TRAFFIC IS PRETTY LATE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. >> EXCEPT ELDRIDGE.

ELDRIDGE ROAD. >> YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT SUPERIORS BOX IS STILL THERE.

IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW, FRANCISCO FRANCO WAS DEAD, THAT IS HOW THIS BOX IS. ANYWAY, THAT IS A CHEVY CHASE

[03:35:07]

JOKE. SPEAK OF THIS BOX FROM THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THEY MOW AROUND IT

NOW. >> THEY CONTINUED TO TWEAK SOMETHING. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS.

>> IT IS STILL NOT FINISHED. I ALSO DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN 16 WILL BE OPENED OR 23 WILL BE OPENED ACROSS THE BRIDGE. THAT SHOULD BE OPEN BEFORE JUNE 23RD. THAT WAS THE NEXT SAFETY MEE MEETING. > MADAM CHAIR COMMENT TWO QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, ON 17 SOUTHBOUND, WHEN YOU GO OVER THE BLACK CREEK BRIDGE, WHAT IS THE CONFIGURATION SO THAT, LIKE, NEXT TO THE RACETRACK --

>> THAT IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET. >> WE HAVE SEEN IT ON PAPER, JUST NOT IN REAL LIFE. SPEAKER WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO

BE? >> WHEN YOU COME OUT OF 209 -- RACETRACK WILL GET THEIR ENTRANCE BACK VERY SOON.

I AM NOT SURE, IT HASN'T BEEN DISCLOSED TO ME, BUT IT IS VERY CLOSE. THAT IS COORDINATION BETWEEN

PROJECT 2 AND THE RESURFACING. >> COME TOWARDS THE RACETRACK ON

209, TURN LEFT TIKTOK. >> 209, TURNING TO THE INDIAN RESTAURANT, THERE WILL BE NO CROSSING 17 MOVEMENT ALLOWED.

>> IF YOU ARE ON 209? GOT TO GO NORTH ON 17, HOW DO

YOU DO THAT? >> YOU WILL HAVE TWO DEDICATED LEFT TURN LINES. THERE WILL NOT BE A THROUGH.

RIGHT. THEY, DOT SHIFTED THE THROUGH MOVEMENT. THE LEFT TURN TO GO TO GREEN COVE, THAT WILL HAVE A -- ANOTHER SIGNAL.

THAT'S BEING PUT IN NOW. LEFT TURN, IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING. YOU WILL HAVE, LIKE, TWO.

>> REMINDS ME OF WHAT THEY HAVE AT 95 AND 16 AT ST. AUGUSTINE.

A COUPLE OF CONFIGURATIONS LIKE THAT, YOU TAKE A RIGHT, GET IN A LANE, IMMEDIATELY IN ANOTHER LANE.

IT IS JUST DIFFERENT. >> I COULD ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE SAME DESIGNER. THE SAME ENGINEERING.

>> THE SAME ONE THAT DID THE TWO RIGHT LANES.

>> THE SAME ONE IN STARK. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LIGHT, IT IS POINTED THAT WAY, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

IT IS VERY CONFUSING. COMING OVER A BRAND NEW BRIDGE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THERE. IT'S TAKING SHAPE NOW, IT IS GOING TO OPEN QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT, COMMISSIONER BURKE.

COULD BE OPERATIONAL IN MAYBE 60 TO 90 DAYS.

THE PROJECT IS PRETTY MUCH FINISHING UP THERE SOON.

>> SAYS 2027? >> CRACK THE WHIP.

>> HOLD ON A SECOND. >> CONTRACTUALLY HAS UNTIL SPRING OF '27 BUT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

>> THAT TURN ON TO 09 COME AT THAT WHOLE AREA?

>> ALL THE WAY UP TO 17, ALREADY GOT THAT FINAL FRICTION COURSE IN, ESSENTIALLY SUPERIOR IS PRETTY WELL DONE WITH THATTHE, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THERE FOR PROJECT 2.

>> SO THE WEST SIDE -- >> CORRECT.

WE STILL FEEL IT WILL BE COMPLETED WELL AHEAD OF THAT.

>> THAT ALLOWS CO2 TO GET THERE PORTION OF 17, NOW NOT TYING

INTO THE PLAN, TYING INTO THAT. >> ONE LAST QUESTION FOR RICHARD. HOW DO WE DECIDE WITH, LIKE, A PREPAVING PROJECT. THERE WAS A CREW PART OF DOCKERS LEAGUE, THEY CALLED ME, IN A TIGHT QUARTERS LIKE THAT, YOU

[03:40:01]

HAVE THE NEIGHBOR SIDE STREETS, THEY PARKED THE EQUIPMENT ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, PARKED ALL THE PAVING EQUIPMENT

ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE LOT. >> WE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT.

YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON 220. WE THINK ON DOCKERS LAKE, IF WE

ADVISE, PROBABLY TRAILSIDE. >> REALLY NOT A BUNCH OF SPACE

THERE. >> A VERY WIDE RIGHT OF WAY.

IT'S NOT THE NORMAL 10 FEET PAST THE PAVEMENT.

GOES ABOUT 25 FEET OVER. >> MAYBE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE COUNTY'S. GETTING READY TO LAY THE

FOUNDATION IN AND OUT OF THAT. >> HEARD THE REPORT AND THEY

NOTIFIED. >> THAT WAS PART OF THE COMPLAINT. WE FIXED THAT.

>> COOL. >> SOMEBODY ASKED THAT.

THEY WERE IN AND OUT SO QUICK. >> VERY GOOD.

[20. Active & Upcoming Formal Solicitations (J. Loos)]

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. JESSICA WITH ACTIVE AND UPCOMING

FORMAL SOLICITATIONS? >> GOOD EVENING, JESSICA LOOS, I'LL BE COMING OVER THE ACTIVE AND UPCOMING SOLICITATIONS.

FOR ACTIVE BIDS WE HAVE OUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO DESIGN, BUILD, AND FINANCE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX IN CLAY COUNTY. BIDS WILL OPEN ON JUNE 16TH, RIGHT NOW, ESTIMATED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON JULY 28TH.

WE HAVE THE MOBILE TRAILERS FOR THE FIREFIGHTER GEAR STORAGE.

FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED, SCHEDULED FOR THE JUNE 23RD BOARD MEETING. THE EMS MEDICAL SUPPLY, TEN BIDS RECEIVED FOR THAT ONE, THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE JUNE 23RD BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE THE STORM DAMAGE FIRM REPAIRS AT THE CLAY COUNTY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PARK.

BIDS WILL OPEN JUNE 12TH FOR THAT, AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE JULY 14TH BOARD MEETING. THE CLAY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS HURRICANE ROOF REPAIRS, THIS IS FOR EXHIBIT HALL 2 AND CATTLEMEN'S ARENA. THIS IS A REBID. SPLIT OPEN JULD TO COME BACK AT THE JULY 20TH BOARD MEETING.

NIGHT'S MARINA AND LAKE SHORE BOAT RAMP REPAIR, REDEVELOPMENT, AND IMPROVEMENTS BIG BIDS WILL OPEN JULY 7TH, IT WILL COME BACK AT THE JULY 28TH BOARD MEETING. THE DRAINAGE REPAIR ANNUAL REVIEW PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION, OPEN JULY 10TH, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28TH BOARD MEETING.

UPCOMING BIDS IN JUNE AND JULY, NOT IN ANY CERTAIN ORDER, WE HAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS WATER IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE STATION 17 SHOWER ADDITION, COUNTY WIDE SIDEWALK AND CONCRETE REPAIRS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HVAC REPLACEMENT AT THE CLAY COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE JAIL RECREATION YARD WATERPROOFING AND ROOF REPAIRS, UNCLAIMED DECEDENT DISPOSITION SERVICES, ANNUAL ROADWAY STRIPING AND PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES, AND PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR ENGINEERING.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO.

THIS IS GOING TO BE STRANGE. BUT WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN UNCLAIMED DECEDENT DISPOSITION SERVICES?

>> SO WE HIRE THE CONTRACTOR THAT CREMATES AND DISPOSES OF THE REMAINS IN THE UNCLAIMED OR INDIGENT DECEDENTS.

>> IT IS STATUTORY, RIGHT? IT IS A STATUTORY OBLIGATION IF A PERSON ISN'T CLAIMED AND THEY DIE IN OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE TO

DISPOSE OF THEM. >> SO, MA'AM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNFUNDED MANDATES. THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS IT IS A REQUIREMENT, IF SOMEONE PASSES AWAY IN THE COUNTY AND YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY THEIR NEXT OF KIN, THE COUNTY BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR

DISPOSING OF THE BODY. >> IS THAT EVERYONE ANYWHERE? IF IT HAPPENS IN A HOSPITAL THAT'S WITH US?

IF IT HAPPENS AT THE JAIL? >> THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THE SERVICE SHE HAS DEALT WITH IT, I HAVE DEALT WITH IT.

THERE IS THE FIRST SIDE, THEY DO THE RESEARCH TO TRY TO FIND THE NEXT OF KIN. WE GET A REPORT OF WHO THEY HAVE

[03:45:02]

CONTACTED, HOW THEY TRIED TO FIND SOMEBODY, ALL OF THAT.

IF THEY DON'T FIND SOMEBODY, THEN YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO TAKE POSSESSION AND DISPOSE OF THE BODY.

>> DOES THE STATUTE ALSO SET OUT HOW DISPOSAL HAPPENS?

>> NO, BUT WE WORK WITH THE GROUP AND WE DO THE CREMATION,

IT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAY. >> NO, I REALLY DON'T NEED - -- I. JUST DIDN'T SEE IT BEFORE. I MISSED IT WHEN I WAS REVIEWING, I CAUGHT IT AND I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR T THIS. YEAH, NO, LINE BY LINE, I GOT

YOU, THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU. >> NOBODY REALIZES WHAT WE ARE

[21. Discussion of Appointment of Canvassing Board Members for 2026 Primary and General Elections (C. Grimm)]

RESPONSIBLE FOR. >> ALLRED, WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS FOR 2026 GENERAL ELECTION, COURTNEY?

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AS YOU KNOW, A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD SERVES ON THE CANVASING BOARD, AND WE USUALLY APPOINT AN ALTERNATE IN THE INSTANCE THAT THE CHAIR IS NOT ABLE TO SERVE.

IN LOOKING THROUGH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND THE OPINIONS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION, WE BEING MYSELF ALONG WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION AND THE HELP OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF NONE OF YOU SERVE IN THE ROLE AT THIS TIME. SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE YOU COULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE CAMPAIGN OF SOMEONE ELSE, AND THAT IS CLEARLY NOT ALLOWED, BUT ALSO, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT LEGISLATION, IT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS FINDING AN ALTERNATE THAT THE BOARD CAN APPOINT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE MEETING AT THE END OF JUNE, AT THAT TIME, JUST ASK FOR YOU TO APPOINT FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM.

TIM COLLINS, OUR FORMER COUNTY BOARD JUDGE.

HE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE BUT HE CAN'T MAKE ALL THE DATES COME OUT WE ARE WORKING ON AN ALTERNATE OR TWO.

WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE NAMES BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS COME

UP JUST LET ME KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT.

[26. Commission Auditor A) Notice of Resignation B) Separation Agreement]

ANYONE? MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO LETTERS FOR ACTION. COMMISSIONER AUDITOR.

>> YES, UNDER ITEM NUMBER 26, YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS. THE COMMISSION AUDITOR HAS SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF RESIGNATION AND IN CONNECTION WITH THAT ASKING FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION AND THEN, UNDER ITEM B, IS A SEPARATION AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> DO WE VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY? I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE RESIGNATION.

>> I WILL SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN

FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> PASSES. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT SECOND THE MOTION.

>> MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

[27. Bid Opening Tabulations (K Smith) Bid Opening Tabulation for June 2. 2026: A. Bid No. 25/26-073, Mobile Trailers for Firefighter Gear Storage B. Bid No. 25/26-087, EMS Medical Supplies]

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION. GLASSES.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

BID OPENING TABULATIONS FOR T THE -- I HAVE STEVEN VAN BLUM TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I HAVE AN IDEA THAT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BOLD, MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY TO SOME, BUT I HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO RELATE THIS TO A CONVERSATION TODAY I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH IT COME A MORATORIUM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT FORM TO DISCUSS THIS, OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO EVEN CONSIDER, IF IT IS A BAD IDEA, YOU CAN TELL ME IT IS A BAD IDEA AND I WILL SHUT UP. A MORATORIUM ON DENSE

[03:50:09]

RESIDENTIAL LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE SEEN COME UP WE HAVE HEARD, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVED IT IS UNSIGHTLY, IT IS UGLY, WE ARE A RURAL COUNTY, AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME MORE URBAN AREAS CLOSER TOWARDS THE NORTH.

SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS I HAVE SEEN, I WILL GIVE YOU ONE, I HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED AS, EXCUSE ME, GOING TO READ THIS, RURAL SUBURB, AND IN AN EXCERPT THAT I TOOK A PICTURE OF, A RURAL SUBURB USED CATEGORY INTENDED TO MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF AN AREA, WHEN I THINK OF THAT, I THINK YOU DRIVE DOWN SOME OF OUR COUNTY ROADS, YOU HAVE A RANCH HOUSE OR MAYBE A LARGE ESTATE, SOMETHING THAT IS ON ACRES, IT LOOKS KIND OF NICE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DESIRE TO LIVE IN THOSE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE ARE SEEING MORE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW, HOA, COOKIE CUTTER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ARE SPITTING DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH RURAL AREAS.

I THINK WE ARE HURTING OURSELVES, AND EVERYBODY THAT SEES IT DOESN'T LIKE IT. YOU COME TO ALL THE MEETINGS I DO, ALL THE MEETINGS I COME TO, I HEAR PEOPLE SAY IT IS UNSIGHTLY, UGLY, THIS IS NOT CLAY COUNTY. IT LOOKS UGLY.

I WAS GOING TO FLOAT AN IDEA, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO GET THE IDEA, IF IT IS DEAD WHERE I STAND, SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED, A MORATORIUM ON DENSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.