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>> PLEASE RISE FOR T THE INVOCATION, GIVEN BY
COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
HEAVENLY TEMPORARY, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS THAT ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED ON OUR FAMILY, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR GREAT NATION. LORD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
GRANT US TO COURAG TO MAKE DECISION THAT IS ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.
TODAY, WE LIFT UP THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE RESCUE, OUR MILITARY, AND ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO PUT SERVICE ABOVE SELF EACH AND EVERY DAY.
WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER THEM, PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES, AND BRING THEM HOME SAFELY. WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF CLAY COUNTY WHO WORK HARD IN THEIR -- AND THEIR COMMITMENT OFTEN GOES UNSEEN, BUT NEVER HUNDRED EVER UNDER-APPRECIATED. BLESS THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS WITH PRIDE AND PURPOSE.
FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS THEY CONTINUE TO RECOVER AND REBUILD FROM THE DEVASTATION OF THE HURRICANE. BRING COMFORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST AND EVERY FAMILY WORKING TO REBUILD.
GUIDE OUR LEADERS WITH WISDOM, ENCOURAGE PEACE AMONG NATIONS, AND REMIND US THAT, EVEN IN CHALLENGING TIMES, THERE'S ALWAYS REASON FOR FAITH, UNITY, AND OPTIMISM.
FINALLY, LORD, WE LIFT UP THE FUTURE OF CLAY COUNTY.
MAY WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO SHAPE THIS COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. HELP US LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, SERVE WITH COMPASSION AND MAKE DECISIONS TODAY THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE PROUD OF TOMORROW.
WE ASK THESE IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
>> (IN UNISON): AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT.
SO, TODAY, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE SENIOR CHIEF HOSPITAL CORMAN JEREMY HORTON LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HE RETIRED IN MARCH OF 2024 AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. HE SERVED IN LOCATIONS INCLUDING JACKSONVILLE, ACROSS OUR COUNTY AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
HIS SERVICE INCLUDED THREE DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS IRAQI FREEDOM AND INHERENT RESOLVE.
A DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND TWO DEPLOYMENTS TO THE PERSIAN GULF AWARD THE U.
U.S.S. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. TODAY SENIOR CHIEF HORTON CONTINUES HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A CONSTRUCTION SOURCING ANALYST WITH THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SENIOR CHIEF HORTON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY.
PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND OF COURSE, YOU
CAN SPEAK AFTER. >> (IN UNISON): I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. IT'S REGRE GREAT TO BE HERE.
AFTER SERVING 24 YEARS IN OUR NAVY, SERVING THE NATION, SERVING THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION AND GETTING TO SERVE ALONGSIDE MY PEERS THAT ARE IN THE CROWD, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE SUPPORTING THOSE TYPES OF CAUSES.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, THAT MAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE FOR FELLOW VETERANS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO COME UP HERE AND PUT THEMSELVES ON THE SPOT, IF YOU WILL.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST KIND OF JUST SHOW THAT APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING FOR US AT THIS TIME.
OH, ONE LAST THING. I APOLOGIZE.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES NAVY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
[PET ADOPTIONS]
MEETING FOR OCTOBER 13TH, 2026.ALL OF MY BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE TODAY, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO
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PET ADOPTIONS WITH TERESA. >> OUR FIRST CAT TODAY IS LUNCH BOX JR. NEUTERED MALE, DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR, FIVE YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 14 POUNDS.
MEET LUNCH BOX SR., CEO OF SNACKS, TOYS, AND MINDING EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. HE LOVES JIGGLING TOYS, BIRD TV AND REMINDING EVERYONE THAT DINNER IS LATE.
HE GETS ALONG WITH OTHER CATS, BUT PREFERS TO BE MANAGEMENT, NOT A LAP CAT, BUT AN EXCELLENT SUPERVISOR.
WANT A TINY BOSS WITH BIG OPINIONS IN LU? LUNCH BOX JR. IS READY TO CLOCK IN.
OUR NEXT CAT IS FAWN. THE REIGNING CHAMPION OF PLAY TIME. SHE LOVES MAKING NEW FRIENDS, ROMPING ALONG WITH HER DOG BUDDIES AND LEAVING THEM QUESTIONING THEIR ATHLETIC ACTS. FAWN IS EASY GOING, SOCIAL AND ALWAYS READY FOR A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION.
LOOKING FOR A FUN-LOVING PUP WHO BRINGS THE LOVE WHEREVER SHE GOES? FAWN IS READY TO JOIN YOUR TEAM.
THE NEXT CAT IS SONIA. MEET SONIA.
SHE MAY NEED A MINUTE TO WARM UP, BUT ONCE YOU'RE FRIENDS, PERSONAL SPACE IS OFFICIALLY CANCELED.
THIS SWEET GIRL LOVES PLAY TIME, LAP TIME, AND CLAIMING YOUR BED AS OUR BED. SHE'S A FAN OF FANCY FEAST, TASTY TREATS AND COZY EVENINGS ON THE COUCH.
GIVE HER A LITTLE TIME, AND YOU'LL HAVE A DEVOTED CUDDLE BUG WHO THINKS YOUR PILLOW BELONGS TO HER.
READY TO NEGOTIATE SWEEPING NEGG ARGUMENTS? SONIA IS READY. NEXT WE HAVE SCAR.
THIS SWEET BOY IS HOUSE TRAINED. KNOWS SIT, AND HAS TWO FAVORITE THINGS. SQUEEZY TOYS AND COZY COUCH NAPS. SCAR IS LOOKING FOR A PATIENT FAMILY TO HELP HIM FEEL CONFIDENT WHEN HOME ALONE.
HE LOVES HAVING TOYS TO KEEP HIM BUSY AND WOULD MUCH RATHER SPEND HIS EVENINGS CURLED UP WITH HIS PEOPLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
IN RETURN, YOU'LL GET A LOYAL COMPANION WITH A WHOLE LOT OF HEART. COULD SCAR BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND? AND IF YOU'RE READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND, OUR ADOPTABLES ANIMALS ARE READY TO ADD A LITTLE EXTRA FUN AND LOVE TO YOUR LIFE.
WE'VE GOT THE PERFECT COMPANION TO YOU.
YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AND MEET OUR ADORABLE CREW LOOKING FOR THEIR FUR-EVER HOME. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN DROP US A LINE AND WE'LL CHAT. DON'T WAIT.
YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS A CLICK AWAY.
PICKED IS PINGLAN, AND HE'S ONE OF OUR CATS THAT IS IN NEED OF A FOSTER. SO WE'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS. COULD YOU PROVIDE A LOVING TEMPORARIRY HOME FOR ONE OF OUR FOSTER ANIMALS? IF SO, PLEASE CONTACT US, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR FURRY FRIENDS, BUT YOU CAN'T BRING ONE HOME, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST. JUST GO TO AMAZON.COM.
AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTIONS.
[1. Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October 2026)]
>> ALL RIGHT. TODAY, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE REPRESENTATIVES FROM QUIGGLEY HOUSE AND THE CLAY COUNTY CLERKK OF THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO JOIN US UP FRONT.
COMMISSIONER COMPERE IS GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
>> THE PROCLAMATION READS. CONSIDER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES EACH YEAR AND IN A SINGLE 24-HOUR PERIOD IN 2025, MORE THAN 84,000 VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVED CRITICAL SERVICES FROM A PARTICIPATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE NATION; AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES, AFFECTING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS, AND INCOME LEVELS, WITH FAR-REACHING IMPACTS FELT THROUGHOUT SOCIETY, INCLUDING HERE IN CLAY COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION; WHEREAS, DURING FISCAL YEAR
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2025-2026, QUICKLY HOUSE, CLAY COUNTY'S ONLY CERTIFIED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER, PROVIDED 10,824 NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER TO 207 ADULTS AND CHILDREN, ANSWERED 2,753 CRISIS CALLS AND SERVED 485 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ITS INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION PROJECT; WHEREAS DURING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, CLAY COUNTY JOINS COMMUNITIES ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE NATION TO HONOR THOSE LOST TO ABUSE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, RAISE AWARENESS, AND RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS L LIKE QUIGGLEY HOUSE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO EMPOWER AND PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING RESOURCES.NOW THEREFORE BE IT THE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES NEARBY DECLARE OCTOBER 2026 AS DOMESTIC TICK PARTICULARVIOLENCE AWARENESS MOY COUNTY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? EH YEA.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TARA GREEN AND HER OFFICE, SHERIFF COOK AND THE ENTIRE CLAY COMMUNITY FOR REALLY THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
YOU HEARD ALL OF THE NUMBERS. BUT NATION-WIDE, IT'S AS TORONT ASTRONOMICAL, IN THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WHAT WE SAY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS.
THEY'RE INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND YOUR FRIENDS, AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SO, AS SHE MENTIONED, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO REALLY WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL FOR QUIGGLEY HOUSE, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IT IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
IN MY OFFICE, LAST YEAR -- SO FAR THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS WE'RE UPWARDS TO ABOUT 900+ PETITION FORCE INJUNCTION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY INCREASING YEAR-OVER-YEAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO THE OTHER WAY. BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MOSTLY THE V.I.A. LADIES DOWN THE STREET, VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUT A SAFE ROOM, OFFER CIVIL DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW THESE INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN, WHO WERE USUALLY PRETTY UPSET, LOST AND UNSURE WHAT COMES OUT. THEY USUALLY HAVE CHILDREN WITH THEM. TO FILL OUT THESE PETITIONS TO SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE. SO, LIKE I SAID, IT TAKES ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
[2. National Fire Prevention Month (October 2026)]
>> WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER ALSO AS NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MEMBERS OF CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE, INCLUDING T THE ONE AND ONLY SMOKY BEAR -- I'VE HAD A HARD TIME PAYING ATTENTION WITH HIM BACK THERE -- AND OUR TWO YOUNG GUESTS TO JOIN US UP FRONT.
ALL RIGHT. AND WHENEVER EVERYBODY GETS UP HERE, COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO IS GOING TO READ OUR PROCLAMATION.
OUROUR FURRIEST OF FRIENDS TODA. ALL RIGHT.
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ONE MORE STEP. RIGHT THERE.THE PROCLAMATION READS: WHEREAS OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT PREVENTIBLE FIRE RISKS, AND ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES AND LOVED ONES; WHEREAS FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION HAS BEEN PROMOTED NATIONALLY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, WITH FIRE PREVENTION WEEK ESTABLISHED TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO MAKE FIRE SAFETY A PRIORITY; WHEREAS THE 2026 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME "CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY, SAFE CHARGING IS A SUPER POWER," EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFELY CHARGING DEVICES POWERED BY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND UNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL FIRE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR IMPROPER USE; WHEREAS RESIDENTS CAN HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRES BY MAINTAINING WORKING SMOKE ALARMS, DEVELOPING AND PRACTICING HOME ESCAPE PLANS, USING ELECTRICAL AND BATTERY-POWERED DEVICES SAFELY, AND PROPERLY DISPOSING OF BATTERIES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY THROUGH EMERGENCY RESPONSE, FIRE PREVENTION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHILE ENCOURAGING ALL RESIDENTS TO MAKE FIRE SAFETY A PRIORITY AT HOME, AT WORK, AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY; NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 2026 AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW SAFE CHARGING AND STORAGE PRACTICES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES TO ENSURE THAT SMOKE ALARMS ARE WORKING PROPERLY AND TO DEVELOP AND PRACTICE ALL FIRE PREVENTION METHODS.
DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA ON THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY "YEA." SMOKY, I THINK THAT WAS AN YEA.
TWO THUMBS UP, AND IT'S NOW INTO THE RECORD BOOKS.
ALL RIGHT. FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
>> YEAH. JUST THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR HAVING US, AND JUST REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT WILDFIRES.
>> APPRECIATE IT. SO, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR RECOGNIZING FIRE PREVENTION MONTH FOR 2026.
FIRE PREVENTION IS ALL ABOUT STOPPING THAT EMERGENCY BEFORE IT EVER OCCURS. HAVING YOURSELF A PLAN AND PRACTICING SAFE DISPOSAL AND USAGE OF YOUR CHARGING WILL HELP GO A LONG WAY TO PREVENT A DISASTER.
THANK Y'ALL. >> SO, IF YOU CAN'T STOP A FIRE BEFORE IT STARTS, YOU CAN RESPOND IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND SO WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIENDS.
COME ON UP HERE, GUYS. COME STAND IN THE MIDDLE.
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS HAYDEN AND TYSON.
AND THEY ARE HEROES. AND AS HAYDEN'S MOM SAID TO ME, SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT SHE UNDERSTAND QUITE THE GRAVITY OF WHAT THESE TWO YOUNG MEN DID, BUT HAYDEN AND TISON WERE OUT PLAYING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY SAW COMING OUT OF A NEIGHBOR'S AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT, AND THEY WENT AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, AND NO ONE ANSWERED, SO THEY CALLED THEIR FRIEND AND ASKED THEIR FRIEND TO CALL 911 AND THEN THEY GOT THE NEIGHBORS TO ALSO CALL 911. AND SO THESE TWO GUYS RECEIVED THOSE PEOPLES' HOUSE. WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY HADN'T -- HADN'T RESPONDED IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE GREAT CITIZENS AS THEY GROW UP. THEY'RE FROM KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, JUST LIKE I AM, SO THEIR PARENTS DECIDED TO MAKE THE LONG DRIVE UP HERE TODAY, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND GRATEFUL FOR THESE YOUNG MEN THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO -- AND TO THE WORK IN A Y'ALL CAME. SMOKY DID.
ELIMINATED TO SEE -- HE WANTED TO SEE YOU.
AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR BOTH OF YOU.
I ASKED THEM IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO.
BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HEROISM.
GREAT YOUNG MEN AND GREAT PARENTING.
OUR FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT WITH GREAT YOUNG MEN LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
[3. National Cybersecurity Month (October 2026)]
[4. Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October 2026)]
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>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO DECLARATIONS TODAY, AND YOU CAN READ EACH IN FULL ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA AT CLAY COUNTY GOV.COM. OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY MONTH. OCTOBER IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, RAISING AWARENESS AND RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY BREAST CANCER.
[5. National Custodial Workers Recognition Day (October 2, 2026)]
[6. World Polio Day (October 24, 2026)]
WE ALSO HAVE TWO RECOGNITIONS THIS MONTH.ONE IS NATIONAL CUSTODIAL WORKERS' RECOGNITION DAY.
AND LAST WEEK, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR CUSTODIAL PROFESSIONALS IN HONOR OF NATIONAL CUSTODIAL WORK WEST' RECOGNITION DAY.
AND THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. BY THE WAY.
WE HAD 'EM ALL IN THE ROOM, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD SO MUCH.
W WE HAD SO MANY. WE HAVE GREAT STAFF, AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. AND LATER THIS MONTH, WE WILL RECOGNIZE IN HONOR OF WORLD POLIO DAY ALSO.
[7. Northeast Florida Regional Council’s First Responder Training Initiatives Update (T. Nolen)]
ALL RIGHT. NEXT.WE WILL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING INITIATIVES UPDATE WIT. OKAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THROUGH THE CHAIR TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TY TYLER NOLEN.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR NUMEROUS TOPICS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT.
JUST AS EXCITING TO GET TO SHARE SOME OF THE WORK AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO WITH YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, WHICH GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR EVERYDAY JOBS AND ARE REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE SAFETY WITH THE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.
A WORLD OF HAZARD OUTSIDE MATERIALS.
I'LL GET TO SHARE THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOUR PEOPLE GET TO DO NOT ONLY HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, BUT ACROSS THE REGION.
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS COMPRISED OF OVER 30 OFFICIALS AND GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEES FROM ACROSS THE NATION.
COMMISSIONER CONDON IS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE SECRETARY AND TREASURY POSITION OF OUR AGENCY, SO GLAD TO HAVE HER ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. AND COMMISSIONER RENNINGER HAS SERVED AS FORMER PRESIDENT AS WELL.
SO LEADERSHIP IS STRONG WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE TO CLAY COUNTY, SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN BRANDON LUDWIG FROM KEYSTONE HEIGHTS IS OUR MUNICIPAL REP.
SO TYPICALLY, EACH OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS GET TWO SEATS, AND THEN THERE'S A MUNICIPAL REP FROM EACH OF THE COUNTIES IN OUR REGION. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN WE HAVE A POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR COUNTIES, AND IN CLAY COUNTY THAT -- OVER THIS PAST YEAR IS 16-1, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. OUR STAFF TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT NUMBER EACH YEAR SO IT GIVES YOU A TARGET POINT. SO OVER THESE PAST TWO YEARS, THAT 16-1 RETURN ON INVESTMENT, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE GET TO CALCULATE THAT NUMBER FOR. AS I MENTIONED, PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL IS THE REPOSITORY FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INFORMATION
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IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND AS PART OF FEDERAL LAW, EVERY STATE MUST HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS AN LEPC, A LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. THE WAY THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOES IT IS THEY DECIDE TO PUT THOSE LEPCS CO-LOCATED WITH THE REGIONAL COUNCILS. WE SHARE THE SAME BOUNDARIES.IT'S ALL GUIDED BY THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE GET A SERIES OF PASS-THROUGH DOLLARS THAT WE GET TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING FOR THE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WE HAVE THREE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAMS. WHAT WE CALL A LEVEL 1 TEAM, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO EVERYTHING FROM EVERYDAY CHEMICALS TO RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS AS WELL.
SO YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE TEAMS. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ST.
JOHN'S AND YOU ALL ARE THOSE TYPE 1 TEAMS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. GET TO DO A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAINING, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY, NOT BEING AN RELY ON A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACROSS OUR REGION, AND YOUR COUNTY IS NO DIFFERENT.
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTICIPATION.
OF THE EXPERTS AND THEIR EXPERT EASE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER.
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO PAIR SOME STUFF UP, BUT 27 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027.
IT'S A HUGE NUMBER WHEN IT BOILS DOWN TO IT, BECAUSE THESE CLASSES ARE VERY INTENSE. SUBJECT MATTER IS MULTIPLE DAYS, OFTENTIMES, SO TO GET FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRAININGS IS A HUGE LIFT FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR APARTMENTS OF THE ONE THAT I DO WANT TO PULL OUT SPECIFICALLY AND WHY IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN THERE IS THE CHLORINE RESPONSE TRAINING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.
TRANS CARE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL TRAINING PARTNER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH FIRED A KAY MANY THE SOUTH AS WELL AS CXZ TO BRING THIS TRAINING IN. THERE'S A ROBUST RAIL TRAINING LINE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WI WITH CSX. SO IT WAS FANTASTIC.
LIKE ANY GOOD TRAINING INSTRUCTION, THERE'S A CLASSROOM PORTION OF IT, AND THEN IT'S THE HANDS-ON PIECE OF IT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WITH THIS CLASS.
IT WAS A THREE-DAY PERIOD THAT WE RAN THIS.
YOUR FIRE RESCUE OFTENTIMES IS BROKEN INTO THREE SHIFTS SO WE OFFER THAT TRAINING OVER A THREE-DAY PERIOD TO HELP INCORPORATE ALL THREE SHIFTS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
FROM THERE, WITH A HANDS-ON SCENARIO, WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO WATER PLANS, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO GASEOUS CHLORINE, MAINLY USED IN WATER TREATMENT. AND WITH THAT, IT GETS TRANSPORTED IN VARIETY OF WAYS. IT CAN BE TRANSPORTED ON VEHICLES. IT CAN BE TRANSPORTED VIA RAIL LINE. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INCORPORATE BOTH TYPE OF THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DOES BEST, IS BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER TO SIT AT THE TABLE AND TRAIN TOGETHER. AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
ALL THE OVER ANCILLARY DEPARTMENTS THAT SERVE OUR REGION, SO IT WAS NICE TO GET THAT COLLABORATION, HEAR THE TRAINING AND REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE THINGS CAN BE IMPROVED UPON AND HOW RESPONSE CAN BE MADE BETTER IF WE NEED IT. CLASSROOM PORTION, JUST THE FUN LITTLE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT THAT TRAINING CLASS LOOKED LIKE. THIS IS THE CSX LITTLE RAIL YARD SIMULATION THAT THEY HAVE AT FSCJ.
WHETHER IT'S A DIFFERENT KIT, A DIFFERENT KIND OF TANK, SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT UNDERNEATH EACH OF THOSE TENTS, AND YOUR TEAMS ROTATED AND GOT HANDS-ON TIME WITH EACH OF THOSE SEPARATE ITEMS. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PIPE FITTING GOING ON TO A ONE-TON CYLINDER OF -- IT'S A TRAINING AID, BUT IT'S A ONE-TON CYLINDER OF CHLORINE TANK, AND SO TO SIMULATE THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR FIRE RESCUE IN A CONTROLLED MANNER TO WHERE THEY LITERALLY CANNOT SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING MAKES THIS AS REALISTIC AS WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT, WITHOUT
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ACTUALLY INDUCING CHLORINE, WHICH WE WOULD NOT DO IN A TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT'S ATHLETIC SMOKE.SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE GOT TO PUMP IT THROUGH AND THE IMAGERY OF THE INSTRUCTOR GETTING THE TEAMS READY TO ROTATE THROUGH. AS PART OF THAT, NO GOOD TRAINING COMES WITHOUT AN AFTER ACTION REPORT AND WHAT WE NEED
>> TO DO TO DO OUR JOB BETTER. IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY YOUR HAZARD OUT MATERIAL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE A NEW C KIT.
IT'S BROKEN UP INTO ABC. FOR RAIL TANK CARS, CARGO TANKS AND PORTABLE TANKS. WE BELIEVE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION THAT YOUR TEAM IDENTIFIED DURING THE TRAIN COURSE. AT THAT POINT, IT WAS DOCUMENTED AND THEN WE GOT TO SHAKE THE FUNDING TREE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD GET TO FALL OUT, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A NEW C KIT FOR YOUR CREWS, AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED OVER TO YOUR FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
IT COMES WITH ALL THE TOOLS. EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO ONE NICE LITTLE BOX THAT THEY GET TO PUT ON THEIR TRUCK, AND HOPEFULLY IT SITS THERE IN PERPETUITY AND NEVER HAS TO BE USED. SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE ONE OF THE FUN HILL LITTLE THINGS THAE GET TO DO. AND RETO DO.AND WITH THAT, I'M O
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. >> TYLER, THANKS FOR COMING IN.
HOW MANY BALLS ARE MOVING DOWN THE COURT AT ONE TIME?
>> I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, I PROBABLY HAVE FOUR TO FIVE.
WHETHER THEY'RE DUE -- WE'RE ACTUALLY KICKING OFF A PROPANE CLASS IN BAKER TOMORROW. SO WHETHER IT'S FOR YOU ALL OR SOMEBODY IN THE REGION, THERE'S A LOT OF BALLS GOING DOWN THE
COURT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. >> WHAT -- WHAT WOULD YOU -- DO YOU -- EXCUSE ME MY IGNORANCE. I'M JUST LEARNING AS I GO HERE.
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL, DO YOU MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS FAR AS PROJECTS THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLETE? >> YES, SIR.
ON A MICRO SCALE. TO EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
THE FLORIDA HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SYMPOSIUM.
SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. ON A TRAINING BASIS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXTURE OF BOTH. SO WHILE WE DID THIS CHLORINE CLASS, THIS HAS ACTUAL BEEN PART OF A THREE-YEAR EFFORT THAT INCLUDED AN HIDE ROUSE AMMONIA, LIQUID NATURAL GAS.
KNOWING WHAT WE WERE DOING. KNOWING WHAT WE HAD TO PULL PUZZLE PIECES FROM DIFFERENT AREAS TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
WHEREAS, AS WELL, YOUR TEAM IS ALREADY TALKING TO ME, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A NEW FISCAL YEAR. WE OPERATE ON THAT SAME OCTOBER-SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME THAT YOU ALL DO.
ON THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSES, SO BATTERIES HAS COME UP AGAIN.
WE BROUGHT UP A BATTERY RESPONSE CLASS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO GET BACK AND CIRCLE THAT WAGON AGAIN, AND THEN OTHER LITTLE VARIOUS THINGS AS YOUR DEPARTMENT SEES AND AS
THEY NEED 'EM. >> I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU GUYS DO...
YOU KNOW, PURCHASING POWER, ESSENTIALLY, IS YOU HAVE SIX OR -- THE TOTAL ENTITIES, IT SAVES US FROM ESSENTIALLY FOOTING THAT BILL, WHICH IS -- WHICH IS HUGE.
SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO DO IT.
>> CHAIR, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR. RESILIENCY.
MILITARY INSTALLATION READY REVIEW.
HEALTH CARE COALITION. I MEAN, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, SO THEY'RE WORKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES
SIMULTANEOUSLY, SO... >> WHICH IS GOOD.
I THINK THAT'S MY POINT. I THINK IS THAT IT'S THE -- THE MORE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT HOW VALUABLE THAT IS, IS A
GOOD THING, FOR SURE. >> AND, TYLER, DO YOU WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER RRENNINGER AND TELL US THE BIGGEST PROJECT YOU'RE WORKING ON?
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING BACK ON YOUR AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY INSTALLATION READINESS REVIEW.
WITHOUT SPILLING EVERYTHING, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO LOOK AT OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE REGION AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE INSTALLATIONS FROM THE FENCE LINE OUTWARDS, RIGHT? MILITARY AND THE DOW HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE FENCE LINE INWARDS, BUT THERE ARE THINGS AS LOCAL GOVERNENT, AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT INSTALLATION. THERE ARE ECONOMIC DRIVERS.
WE'RE TALKING IN THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE REGION.
SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INSTALLATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE,
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AND OBVIOUSLY OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THIS COUNTRY, DESERVE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST THAT WE CAN GET THEM.AND THE INTENT OF THAT WAS TO BUILD PROJECT PACKAGES THAT ANY GOVERNMENT, ANY JURISDICTION COULD PICK UP AND USE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS. AND WE DID THAT FOR NAVAL STATION MAY PORT, NAVAL STATION JACK ONVILLE, MARINE SUPPORT FACILITY BL BLUNT ISLAND. WE ARE LOOKING AT CALENDARS AND MAKING THE REQUEST TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE THOSE ITEMS AND HOW WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AT A LATER DATE.
SO -- >> WHAT'S YOUR OTHER BIG PROJECT
OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE? >> OH, DATA CENTERS, YES.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER BIG ONE. WE'RE KEEPING TABS ON EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THE REGION WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA CENTER DISCUSSION. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET OR HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT, NASSAU COUNTY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THEY HELD PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON ALMOST ANY TOPIC YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS IT RELATES TO DATA CENTERS.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS. THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS.
THE CLOSING OF THE FACILITY, IF IT WERE TO GET THERE AT A LATER DATE. THEY HAVE A HUGE PLETHORA OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE ON A WEBSITE THAT THEY CREATED. ALL IT TAKES IS TO GOOGLE IT.
NASSAU COUNTY DATA CENTER. IT WILL POP UP, AND IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A REPORT FOR THEIR OWN COUNTY THAT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE REGION AND THE STATE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP EVERYBODY. THEY'RE KIND OF LEADING THE WAY ON THIS, AND THEIR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND HIS TEAM HAVE JUST DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ON THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT OUTCOME, BUT, YES, WE'RE MONITORING ALL THE MORATORIUMS, EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO IN OUR OWN JURISDICTIONS ACROSS OUR SEVEN
COUNTIES. >> AND THAT'S WHERE THE 16-1 LEVERAGE TO -- YOU KNOW, ROI COMES FROM.
ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
DO IT ON OUR OWN, SO... >> MM-HMM.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
[8. Florida Forest Service Annual Clay County Reports]
>> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WOULD HAVE THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE CLAY COUNTY ANNUAL REPORT.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CARLTON SCOTT.
I'M THE COUNTY FORESTER FOR CLAY COUNTY.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS I WORKED ON NUMBER CLAY COUNTY THIS LAST YEAR. SO MOST OF MY TIME WAS SPENT IN RURAL AREAS DOING FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF MY JOB, BUT I ALSO WORK ON URBAN PROJECTS AS WELL. SO I HELP A LOT WITH, LIKE, PENNEY FARM'S RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
ORANGE PARK, WITH THEIR TREE U.S.A. CERTIFICATIONS I ALSO MONITOR FOR INSECT OUTBREAKS AND PEST OUTBREAKS AND MANAGE FORESTS. LUCKILY THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE OUTBREAKS.
THE LAST ONE THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN FLORIDA WAS 2017, SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO KEEP OUR FORESTS HEALTHY PEST-WISE.
SEVEN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS WERE WRITTEN IN CLAY COUNTY OVER THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE THREE ARBOR DAY EVENTS FOR 1500 ATTENDEES, AND WE HAD TEN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR 1700 ATTENDEES, INCLUDING CHILDREN.
I HAD SEVEN URBAN TREE INSPECTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, AND WE DID ONE AERIAL SURVEY FOR SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE, WHICH DIDN'T TURN UP ANYTHING.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME I SPENT IN CLAY COUNTY, 33% WAS IN RURAL AREAS. 20% WOULD BE CONSIDERED URBAN FORESTRY. ABOUT 16% OF THAT WAS ALSO OUTREACH, AND THEN THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY WAS 26%, AND THAT INCLUDES WORKING ON THE RAILROAD FIRE, WHICH IS WHY THAT SECTION IS TO BIG THIS YEAR. IN TERMS OF STATE LANDS ACTIVITIES: WE SOLD JUST UNDER 350 ACRES OF TIMBER IN THE LAST YEAR. SOME OF THAT WAS CAUSED BY WILDFIRES ON STATE LANDS. SO WE HAD TO SALVAGE CUT AND SELL THE TIMBER BEFORE IT DECAYED.
WE ALSO STILL MANAGED TO BURN 1200 ACRES, WHICH IS LOWER THAN WE USUALLY DO ON STATE LANDS. AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE WEATHER. THIS LAST YEAR, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AS MUCH AS WE USUALLY GET DONE.
WE ALSO SAW 1,400 -- EXCUSE ME, 142,000 VISITORS TO STATE
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FORESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECREATION, AND WE HAD OUR ANNUAL TEACHERS' TOUR, WHERE WE SHOW EDUCATORS KIND OF WHAT OUR INDUSTRY IS ALL ABOUT, WHAT KIND OF CAREERS ARE AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO THEIR STUDENTS AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO. YEAH.THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL MY ACTIVITY IN CLAY COUNTY THIS LAST YEAR. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME...? >> I HAVE JUST ONE.
>> YEAH? >> ARE Y'ALL SEEING ANY OF THE MEALY BUGS? I KNOW IT'S MORE PASTURE RELATED
THAN FOREST AT THIS, BUT -- >> I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE. USUALLY URBAN TREES GET STUFF LIKE MEALY BUGS. USUALLY, THOUGH, WITH STUFF LIKE MEALY BUGS, IT'S BECAUSE THE TREE ISN'T ON THE CORRECT SOIL.
SO IF IT'S STRESSED OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH DROUGHT, YOU'LL SEE IT, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN, LIKE, ANY SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAKS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT.
I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE MR. SPENCER...
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS SPENCER.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE -- I'VE BEEN A CLAY COUNTY NATIVE MY WHOLE LIFE. MY FAMILY IS HERE.
JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME STUFF FROM THE WILDFIRES THIS YEAR.
DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE RESPONDED TO 49 WILDFIRES IN CLAY COUNTY. 47 OF THOSE WILDFIRES AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 3.9 ACRES. TWO OF THOSE FIRES, HOWEVER, WERE MUCH LARGER. ONE ENDED UP BEING 366 ACRES, AND THEN THE RAILROAD FIRE, WHICH IN CLAY COUNTY WAS 2,809 ACRES. THOSE TWO WILDFIRES OCCURRED DURING A PERIOD OF EXTREME DROUGHT AND UNDER WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. TOGETHER, THOSE FIRES BURNED APPROXIMATELY 3,175 ACRES IN CLAY COUNTY.
DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THESE INCIDENTS AND THE EXTREME CONDITIONS UNDERWAY FIREFIGHTERS OPERATED, THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF MULTIPLE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS RESULTED NO IN HOMES BEING LOST. UNDER THE FLORIDA STATUTE 125.27. THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH EACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY-WIDE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION.
THIS REPORT OUTLINES ALL DIVISIONS OF FIRE CONTROL ACTIVITIES UNDER THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE SUPERVISION FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. THE PROTECTED AREAS THAT ARE IN CLAY COUNTY SUMS UP TO 204,849 ACRES.
THAT COST TO CLAY COUNTY IS 14,$339.
DURING THIS YEAR, WE CONDUCTED 53 ON-SITE INSPECTIONS, WHICH WE AUTHORIZED 95 BROADCAST BURNS, WHICH ACCUMULATED TO 1,524 ACRES OF GOOD FIRE IN THE COUNTY. TOTAL NUMBER OF PILES AUTHORIZED WERE 1481. WE HAD 37 FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, WHICH REACHED A TOTAL OF 10,000+ ATTENDEES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT YOU GET DEPLOYED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN DEPLOYED OR SOME KIND OF METRIC? HOW MANY DAYS? HOW MANY...
>> MYSELF? >> YEAH, CLAY COUNTY FIRE.
>> LIKE, THE CLAY COUNTY FOREST SERVICE? WE HAVE 1100 FIREFIGHTERS IN THE COUNTY, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SHOOT -- WE HAVE WENT -- I COULDN'T REALLY TELL YOU OFF HAND, BUT THEY'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE.
>> WHO DIRECTS YOU. CORPORATE AGRICULTURE?
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WE'RE UNDER THAT UMBRELLA AS THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE, AND WE JUST AS A FLORIDA FOREST, A STATE AGENCY, WE GO ALL OVER THE
STATE TO HELP OUT. >> YOU GO OUT THE STATE
SOMETIMES, TOO, TO HELP OUT. >> YES, SIR.
WE FIGHT FIRES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
MYSELF THIS YEAR, I ACTUALLY DID SOME WORK HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
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I HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS AT THE NATIONAL FOREST FILED WILDFIRES.WE HAVE MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS IN THIS COUNTY WHO WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA.
OREGON WAS NOT HOT SPOT. ASSISTING IN FIRES THROUGHOUT
>> SURE. >>> MADAM CHAIR, EARLY IN 2026, THE DROUGHT WAS, LIKE, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD.
WHAT'S THE STATUS FROM THE FORESTRY SERVICE NOW REGARDING, YOU KNOW -- WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD A TON OF RAINFALL WITH THE HURRICANE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WHAT'S THE DROUGHT STATUS LOOK
LIKE FOR YOU GUYS NOW? >> WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
OUR LOCAL KBDI IS REALLY GOOD. WE'VE GOTTEN A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT HAVE PRETTY MUCH BROUGHT US BACK TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
UP UNTIL THIS RECENT RAIN EVENT, WE WERE SEVERELY IN A DEFICIT, BUT THIS RAIN EVENT THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY HAS BROUGHT US BACK ON PACE TO WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.
>> AWESOME. >> DROUGHT IS LOOKING GOOD.
EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD. IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BETTER
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. FOR BRINGING SMOKY.
[CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS]
GOING ON TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.WE HAVE THE SHERIFF. ANYTHING FOR YOU? NO? OKAY.
AND TARA'S ALREADY GONE TO THE EVENT.
AND WE HAVE DIANE. T, TAXCOLLECTOR.
>> WELL, I DO BRING SOME GOOD NEWS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY WITH THAT THERE? OKAY. LET'S SEE, CHAIR...
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE, AND I DO COME HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'VE SHARPENED OUR PENCILS AND COME UP WITH A FINAL NUMBER OF WHAT HAVE WILL BE REVERTING BACK TO THE COUNTY. AND AS MUCH AS THAT'S GOOD NEWS, WE FELT LIKE WE COULD DO EVEN BETTER, SO WE DID REACH OUT TO THE INVESTMENT FIRM THAT HANDLES YOUR MONEY WHEN IT GETS TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO START PUTTING YOUR MONEY IN THE SAME ACCOUNT WHILE IT'S WITH US SO THAT YOU CAN EARN INTEREST ON THAT MONEY AS WELL.
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS, RIGHT? I REMEMBER SITTING THROUGH YOUR BUDGET HEARINGS.
SO... ANOTHER THING I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT OUR TAX COLLECTION DEPARTMENT HAD 104,882 TRANSACTIONS. THAT'S FULLY-FUNDED BY THE TAXES THAT YOU -- THAT WE COLLECT. BUT THE STATUTES ALLOW US TO COLLECT MORE, 2% OF THE TOTAL, AND WE DO.
BUT THE REASON I'M ONLY GIVING YOU BACK 2.2 MILLION IS BECAUSE, WHEN THE -- IN 2010, THE DMV WAS GIVEN TO ALL THE TAX COLLECTORS.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE COLLECT ON THOSE TRANSACTIONS HAS NOT CHANGED. SO WE'RE 16 YEARS LATER, AND I'M STILL GETTING $6.25 FOR EVERY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SPEAK WITH YOUR DELEGATION. I BROUGHT IT UP WITH ONE PERSON, AND IT WAS A CLOSED DOOR. SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW...
I'M REALLY NOT THE PERSON. YOU ALL NEED TO BE DOING THAT.
WE HANDLED 297,575 TRANSACTIONS ON THE DMV SIDE.
YOU'RE UNDERWRITING THAT. I AM A TAX COLLECTOR.
BY STATUTE. I'M REQUIRED TO SERVE ANYBODY IN THE STATE. I WILL NOT, BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING AND UNDERWRITING FOR THE SERVICE, MY SIGNS SAY CLAY COUNTY ONLY. PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD A LOT OF DUVAL COUNTY, AND THEN VARIOUS OTHERS.
WILL I MAKE AN EXCEPTION? MY STAFF HAS THE LIBERTY TO DO THAT IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
BUT I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE USE YOUR MONEY TO UNDERWRITE THE REST OF THE STATE. SO I JUST URGE YOU THAT YOU SPEAK WITH YOUR DELEGATION. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THAT NUMBER -- 2.2 MILLION -- WOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLE THAT HAD I NOT BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE DMV SIDE WITH YOUR MONEY.
SO LOOKING OUT FOR YOU. HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU, IF YOU COULD USE MY HELP. BUT I THINK Y'ALL WOULD HAVE WAY MORE INFLUENCE, AND HOPEFULLY THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WILL TAKE THIS UP. I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE'S A TAX COLLECTOR OUT THERE THAT WOULDN'T PREFER -- WE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, BUT WE NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT
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IT.SO PASSING THE BALL TO YOU, AND IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT AS A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, SO...
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I MUST SAY I MUCH PREFER BEING ON THIS SIDE THAN THAT SIDE, AND I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH YOUR STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU. >> SORRY, DIANE.
I HAVE A QUESTION. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SO, DO OTHER TAX COLLECTORS -- DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF OTHER ONES THAT SEE OTHER COUNTIES?
>> WELL, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, DADE COUNTY...
HUGE NUMBER. MOST TAX COLLECTORS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WILL SEE OTHER COUNTIES. WE WERE BEING SO INUNDATED FROM DUVAL THAT OUR CLAY COUNTY FOLKS, YOU KNOW -- THERE'S A LINE OUT THE DOOR, AND EVERY OTHER ONE IS FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY, AND CLAY COUNTY IS PAYING FOR IT, SO...
YEAH. SOME OF THEM DO SEE OTHERS.
NOW, WE DO IN OUR KEYSTONE HEIGHTS OFFICE, WE SERVE ALL RURAL COUNTIES DOWN THERE. WE HAVE CAPACITY.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. ACCESS IS A PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND WE NOW PROVIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE DOWN IN OUR KEYSTONE OFFICE, WHICH THAT AREA WAS
LACKING IN THAT AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'RE DOING GOOD STILL. ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
>> I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026.
>> ALL RIGHT. A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. WHERE DID IT GO? ALL RIGHT THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DEBATE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS.YOU MAY EMAIL ASK CLAY COUNTY GOV.COM.
YOU ARE TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. NOW I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT TODAY'S MEETING.
AND I HAVE STEVEN BAMBLOOM FIRST.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. STEVEN VAN BLOOM.
I LIVE IN THE CAMERON OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY...
WOW, THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY IS SEEING SMOKY BEAR, SO...
REALLY UPSET WHEN SHE FINDS OUT. THE POINT I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IS AGENDA ITEM 34.
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRENDON RIDGE OAKLEY -- I'M SORRY, OAKLEY BRENDON RIDGE CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY ENDORSE MS. BONNIE AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR HER REAPPOINTMENT. MS. BONNIE IS A VERY STRONG VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M SORRY, COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN INJUSTICE IF WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD TO REAPPOINT HER. SO -- SO, YEAH, SHE -- SHE'S GREAT. NEXT THING I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT: SENIOR CHIEF HORTON STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF MY THUNDER. I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THE 251ST BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
GO, NAVY! AND THEN SPEAKING OF 250...
THE EVENT THAT'S GOING ON TOMORROW.
MY FAMILY IS EXCITED ABOUT THE -- ONE OF THE AMERICA 250 EVENTS, AND WE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT.
AND I'D LIKE -- I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO BRING UP HERE.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE APPROPRIATELY-TIMED CEREMONY IS GOING TO BE EXCITING TO WATCH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, STEVEN.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS CHARLES RIDLEY.
>> -- POP MY HEAD UP. I'M HERE IN REGARDS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE RESCUE.
IMAGINE... Y'ALL BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE
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CHIEF'S CAR OR WHATEVER. HAVING THE FRONT END TORE OFF OF IT? SOON ]GRSO THIS IS JUST -- I WAL INVESTIGATION OF THAT, BUT I WANT IT FROM THE FOP -- I MEAN THE FHP UP TO THE GRAND JURY, AND I THINK THAT ALL THE TAPES, THE RADIO TAPES, FROM THAT DAY OUGHT TO BE PULLED AND RESERVED, AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT, COMPARED TO WHAT -- FROM WHAT'S BEING SAID, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I'D HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD AND TEAR THE FRONT END OFF AND NOT KNOW I HIT SOMETHING BAD AND KEEP DRIVING. BUT APPARENTLY THIS VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON THE COUNTY ROADS GOING BACK TO THE SHOP, WHICH PUTS THE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD IN DANGER IF IT TORE THAT FRONT END OFF.IT TORE THOSE FRONT TIRES UP, TOO.
SO THERE'S YOUR BLOW-OUT, INTO THE OTHER LANE, KILL SOMEBODY.
AND ANOTHER THING, ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE, IS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING MOVED UP TO THE CHIEF OF -- ACT THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IS HE BEING PAID FOR THAT POSITION? IF HE IS, SOMETHING STINKS IN DENMARK, BECAUSE IT'S EITHER TO BUMP HIS PENSION UP OR FOR WHAT REASON OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT HE'S JUST BEFORE -- THE CHIEF IS JUST BEFORE LEAVING. YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ME SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE CHIEF. THE MAN SAVED MY LIFE 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, AND YOU ALL HAVE THE KINDEST CHIEF THERE IS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHEN YOU HAD CHIEF MOTT.
I'M JUST SORRY THAT HE'S PENSIONED OUT AND LEAVING.
AND THE ACTING CHIEF THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, HE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A FIRE FIGHTER IN CLAY COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S JUST -- HE WOULD MAKE SOMEBODY UNDER HIM IF THEY SCRATCH A CAR GO FOR A DRUG TEST. BUT HE CAN TEAR THE FRONT END OFF A CAR AND GET AWAY WITH IT. SO, I'M ASKING Y'ALL TO TOTALLY INVESTIGATE THIS, BUT FROM THE FHP UP.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOULDN'T HAVE A THING TO DO WITH IT FOR THE REASON OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO GO RIGHT ON UP AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, BECAUSE EVERYONE'S OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHIEF'S CAR THAT GOT TORE UP AND THAT NOBODY'S DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND IT WAS DONE IN YOUR DISTRICT
ON ONE OF YOUR COUNTY ROADS. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. RIDLEY. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> SO... ANYWAY, I'M WAITING TO SEE.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY.
MY NAME IS JOHN J. NOONY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
I'VE IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, CPAC PLANNING DISTRICT 3.
SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 3. NOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
ALLOW ME TO START WITH AMENDMENT 3.
CLAY COUNTY WILL BENEFIT IF AMENDMENT 3 PASSES OR DOESN'T PASS. IF IT PASSES, COUNTIES WILL BE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE UP REVENUE SHORTFALLS FOR EXISTING QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAMS IN CLAY COUNTY. 4H IS ONE EXAMPLE.
SO WHY AM I HERE IN CLAY COUNTY? THERE'S TWO REASONS.
FIND. THAT IS THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT. IT'S THE EAST COAST OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 12 COUNTIES.
IT'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. CLAY COUNTY IS NOT A MEMBER OF FIND. NOW, BLACK CREEK IN CLAY COUNTY DUMPS OUT INTO THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER.
POTTSBORO CREEK IN DUVAL COUNTY DUMPS OUT INTO THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER. POTTSBORO CREEK CONNECTS TO BLACK CREEK. THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP.
NOW, THE SECOND REASON I'M HERE, AND YOU HAD MR. NOLEN BEFORE,
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IT'S THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL.IT'S SEVEN COUNTIES. THERE ARE TEN REGIONAL COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. CLAY COUNTY AND DUVAL COUNTY ARE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL PARTNERS.
THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP. SO, THE LEADERSHIP ON THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL FROM DUVAL COUNTY IS ALL OVER THE MAP. I MEAN, IT'S A MESS.
NOW, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR YEARS. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE LEADERSHIP ON THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL FROM CLAY COUNTY IS TOP SHELF. I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT THE ACTIONS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OF CLAY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AS IT CREATES A REVENUE STREAM FOR CLAY COUNTY PRIORITIES. REMEMBER THIS: POTTSBORO CREEK PARK IN DUVAL COUNTY THAT CREATES A REVENUE STREAM YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF CLAY COUNTY. THAT IS REAL.
THAT IS A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
[28. Final Public Hearing to consider COMP 26- 0020 and ZON 26-0019; COMP 26-0021 and ZON 26-0020; COMP 26-0022 and ZON 26-0021; COMP 26-0023 and ZON 26-0022; and COMP 26-0025 and ZON 26-0023. (District 5, Comm. Burke) (B. Carson) Staff requests a continuation of this item to the October 27, 2026 meeting. A. COMP 26-0020 This application is a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of 1 acre from Agriculture (AG) to Industrial (IND) . B. ZON 26-0019 This application is a Rezoning to change 1 acre from Agricultural District (AG) to Heavy Industrial (IB). C. COMP 26-0021 This application is a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of 8.96 acres from Agriculture (AG) to Industrial (IND). D. ZON 26-0020 This application is a Rezoning to change 8.96 acres from Agricultural District (AG) to Heavy Industrial (IB). E. COMP 26-0022 This application is a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of 1.72 acres from Agriculture (AG) to Industrial (IND). F. ZON 26-0021 This application is a Rezoning to change 1.72 acres from Agricultural District (AG) to Heavy Industrial (IB). G. COMP 26-0023 This application is a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of 32.79 acres from Agriculture/Residential (AR) to Industrial (IND). H. ZON 26-0022 This application is a Rezoning to change 32.79 acres from Agricultural District (AG) to Heavy Industrial (IB). I. COMP 26-0025 This application is a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of 41.75 acres from Agriculture/Residential (AR) to Industrial (IND). J. ZON 26-0023 This application is a Rezoning to change 41.75 acres from Agricultural District (AG) to Heavy Industrial (IB).]
I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.MOVE ON TO TIME CERTAIN. NUMBER 28.
FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A BUNCH OF COMPS AND ZONING, AND STAFF REQUESTS THE CONTINUATION OF THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER 27TH MEETING. AND I WILL OPEN UP...
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL BE BACK ON THE 27TH FOR
THAT ONE. >> YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY DO A
MOTION AND A VOTE. >> OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
>> I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 27TH MEETING.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. >> I'LL SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[29. First Public Hearing to consider ZON 26-0025. (All Districts) (C. Curington)This application is a Text Amendment to Article III of the Land Development Code, Sec. 3-27 (b) (2), Permitted Uses, to add Walk In Testing Laboratory, within the Shopping Center District (BSC)]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED, AND WE ARE 5-0 TO CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT.>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS -- ZON 2026-2005. THE APPLICANT IS GARRISON ENERGY CONTRACTING. TO ADD WALK-IN CLINIC AS A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT. THE LANGUAGE WILL READ: SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS BARBER, BEAUTY SHOP, SHOE REPAIR SHOP, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO INCLUDE WALK-IN TESTING LABORATORY AS THE SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICTS U USE BY RIGHT.
THE DISTRICT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF GOODS AND SERVICES AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR SINGLE-USE ACTIVITIES.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO ADD WALK-IN TESTING LABORATORY TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES. TYPICALLY A WALK-IN TESTING LABORATORY HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: THERE WOULD BE NO PROCESSING OR MANUFACTURING AT THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. A CLIENT WILL ENTER AND HAVE A SAMPLE TAKEN AND DEPART. THE SPECIMENS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO AN OFF-SITE HUB. ON OCTOBER 6TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 5-0 FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF SON 26-0025.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> I THINK THE APPLICANT. >> THE APPLICANT DOES WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.
>> GOOD AFFECT. GOOD AFTERNOON.THANK YOU FOR YON
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OF THE APPLICATION. ANY LAB TESTS NOW IN OUR POINT LABS IS A LOCALLY-OWNED FRANCHISE WITH -- BUSINESS OWNERS. THERE ARE 260+ LOCATIONS NATION-WIDE, ALL FOLLOWING THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL FOOTPRINT.THERE'LL BE TWO BRANDS INSIDE OF A SINGLE LOCATION, SERVING EMPLOYEES TO EMPLOYERS. IT PROVIDES LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO LABORATORY TESTING AND SPECIMEN COLLECTION SERVICES, MUCH LIKE A SERVICE BASED RETAIL CLIENT, SIMPLE, DIRECT AND CUSTOMER-FACING.
CURRENTLY WE OPERATE THREE LOCATIONS.
THE BEACHES AREA, MANDARIN, AND MURRAY HILL DOWNTOWN.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2019 OURSELVES.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CLAY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND NORTHEAST BUILDERS.
WE ARE A CLEAR WAY FACILITY, WHICH MEANS WE DO NOT PERFORM ANY COMPLEX TESTING ON-SITE. OUR LAB COLLECTION FACILITY, OUR EXPRESS SENSE MENS ARE SENT OUT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HELT HAVE PERFORM ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF OUR FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH REGULATIONS AND BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS, AND WE'VE NEVER FAILED AN INSPECTION IN SEVEN YEARS.
>> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE IT.
JUST THE -- YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT.
THANKS. THIS IS JUST PICTURES OF OUR CURRENT THREE LOCATIONS THAT SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE IN STRIP PLAZAS, FOR THE MOST PART. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE IT.
AND OUR STORE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE 1,000 TO 1300 SQUARE FEET.
WE'RE RETAIL STOREFRONTS. WE DO OFFER SATURDAY HOURS.
WE DO OFFER SUFFICIENT PARKING. WE FOCUS ON HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS.
WE ARE DESIGNED FOR A QUICK IN AND OUT VISIT.
MOST TAKE LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. CUSTOMER MIX CREATES A STEADY PREDICTABLE FOOT TRAFFIC CONSISTENT WITH SHOPPING CENTER ENVIRONMENTS AND COMPLEMENTS OTHER WELLNESS AND PERSONAL SERVICES, AND WE ARE BUILT AROUND CONSUMER ACCESS AND CONVENIENCE, OFFERING ACCESSIBLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO MANAGE THEIR HEALTH THROUGH LAB TESTING. OUR CURRENT LANDLORDS AT OUR OTHER LOCATIONS ARE SUPERMARKETS, PRIME REALITY AND THEN WE HAVE SIGNED A LEASE PENDING THIS PERMIT APPROVAL WITH HEART CENTRES AT THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD LOCATION.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO GROWING OUR BUSINESS IN CLAY COUNTY.
AND THEN YOU CAN -- YEAH. AND JUST A QUICK TIMELINE OF ANY LAB TESTS NOW AT ARC POINT LABS. STARTED THE CONCEPT 20 YEARS AGO. JACKSONVILLE OPENED NOW 17 YEARS AGO. WE BECAME THE OWNERS OF THAT AND ONE OTHER LOCATION SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND THEN OPENED OUR THIRD LOCATION IN 2024.
IN 2025, ART POINT LABS BECAME A JOINT VENTURE, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE SEIZED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE ENTIRE JACKSONVILLE MARKET, THE NORTH FLORIDA MARKET FOR ART POINT LABS. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE ANY ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS CO-BRANDED WITH ART POINT LABS, AND THEN JUST IN 2026, WE SIGNED OUR LEASE TO OPEN OUR NEXT LOCATION HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. ANY LAB TESTS CURRENTLY -- AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HAS OVER 260 LOCATIONS NATION-WIDE.
THIS WOULD BE CLAY COUNTY'S FIRST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE HIK LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND BRING YOU BACK TO THE BOARD. >> MADAM CHAIR? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO UNDER THEN UNDER THE ZONING - I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC WORDING -- LAB TESTING CENTER. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC WORDING OF THE RED ADDITION?
>> WALK-IN LAB TESTING. >> WALK-IN LAB TESTING.
IS THE CODE SPECIFIC TO EXACTLY LIKE IT SOUNDS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETIMES WE HAVE CODE THAT'S RETAIL THAT CAN BE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF -- IS THERE CERTAIN TYPES OF LAB TESTING THAT FALLS UNDER THAT CODE, OR IS IT JUST IT'S
LAB TESTING OR NOT. >> IT'S LAB TESTING OR NOT.
AND THIS IS A USE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
THAT MEANS THAT IT GIVES THE APPLICANT CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER THEIR INVESTMENT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE OR NOT IN THE
OKAY. >> THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE ANY
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EX-EX-PARTY DISCUSSION DISCLOSURES.>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
>> THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH FOR THE SECOND
HEARING. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE?
[30. Public Hearing to consider Transmittal of COMP 26-0028 (D. Selig)This application is a Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to address the requirements of HB399 (residential compatibility).]
GOOD. OKAY.MOVING ON TO 30. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TRANSMITTAL. OF COMP 26-0028.
>> GOD EVENING. THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT.
IT WILL -- THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PARTS TO THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE LAND USE POLICY 1.4.10, RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. THIS IS A NEW ELEMENT: A NEW POLICY, I SHOULD SAY, TO THE ELEMENT.
THIS COMES ABOUT BECAUSE OF RECENT LEGISLATION THAT PASSED REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THIS IN THEIR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ALSO IN THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS, AS I SAID, TWO POLICIES.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
SECOND POLICY IS GOING TO BE IN THE LAKE ASBURY ELEMENT.
THE LANGUAGE BELOW WILL BE THE SAME IN THE SECOND POLICY.
THE ONLY THING THAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE DISTRICTS IN WHICH IT'S APPLICABLE, AND THOSE DISTRICTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON WHAT THE STATE STATUTE HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHERE THESE APPLICABLE COMPATIBILITY NEEDED TO BE. SO THE COMPATIBILITY OF A PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITY SHALL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGULATIONS, AND THEN WE'VE PROVIDED A "SUCH AS" LIST.
AND THEN AT A LATER DATE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADDRESS THAT; THIS LIST IN MORE SPECIFICS. BUT A GREAT DEAL OF THESE CATEGORIES, WE ALREADY HAVE CODE FOR IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SO THAT -- IN FACT, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN OUR CODE NOW.
IN SOME CASES, THEY AREN'T IN EVERY CODE, SO WE'RE GOING TO -- YEAH, RATHER, IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PROVIDING THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE BRING BACK LAND CODE CHANGE LATER ON. SO, THAT POLICY -- THIS IS THE SECOND POLICY. IT'S LIKE ASBURY'S FUTURE LAND USE POLICY 1.4.3. THAT'S AN EXISTING POLICY.
IT HAS A PIECE OF TEXT THAT WE ARE NOT CHANGING.
WE'RE JUST ADDING THIS TO THAT POLICY.
AND THIS WOULD BE LAKE ASBURY'S MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
RURAL FRINGE, RURAL COMMUNITY AND RURAL LAND USE CATEGORIES, AND, AGAIN, THAT PARAGRAPH IS THE SAME AS THE PRECEDING ONE.
SO, ON OCTOBER 6TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM. THEY HAD VOTED FOR -- 7-0 TO RIO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ITEM, AND STAFF HAS LOOKED AT IT AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND THE MOTION. >> THE MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "YEA." ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 5-0. NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
[31. Public Hearing on the Closing, Vacating and Abandoning of an unopened right-of-way, being a portion of Tract A, as shown on the plat of Southlake Estates Unit One (R. Smith/C. Risinger)]
CLOSING VACATING AND ABANDONING OF AN UNOPENED RIGHT OF WAY AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF SOUTH LAKE ESTATES UNIT 1.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM 31 IS A PUBLIC AREA TO OPEN A RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF SOUTH LAKE ESTATES COURT. THE AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR REFERENCE, AND THE PETITIONER IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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>> OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD?
>> DONOVAN SIMMONS. I LIVE -- THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I LIVE AT 1795 HIDEAWAY HILL COURT AT PARK PLACE PLAT.
I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT.
I COME BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF OWNERSHIP OF THE PIECE OF LAND THAT I'VE MAINTAINED FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS. I'VE DISCUSSED WITH MY NEIGHBORS IN KIND. THEY WERE, LIKE I WAS, WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS WITHIN EASEMENT AT THE TIME, BECAUSE WE HAD A STREET THAT COMES IN IT AND GOES OUT THE SAME WAY.
ONCE WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION IF ANY THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY HERE, WE WERE -- IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AT THAT POINT THAT WAS -- IT WAS A PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT, BETTER KNOWN AS A RIGHT OF WAY, AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M TRYING TO PETITION THE COUNTY FOR OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY SO I COULD ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK THERE.
ANY WORK THAT I'VE TRIED TO DO THERE COMMERCIALLY, I WAS UNABLE TO BECAUSE IT BEING OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
>> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS HARRY.
I LIVE AT 1793 HIDEAWAY HILL COURT, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAVE WITH OPENING THAT SECTION OF HIDEAWAY HILL COURT, OPEN UP TO COW LANE, WOULD BE A SAFETY.
WE'D HAVE MORE TRAFFIC DRIVING THROUGH THERE.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY FIVE HOMES ON HIDEAWAY HILL COURT.
MR. SIMMONS AND I ARE TWO OF THE FIVE HOMEOWNERS.
AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BOUGHT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING THE BOARD NOT TO OPEN THAT UP. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE: YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, HIDEAWAY HILL COURT, IT'S CALLED HILLS PLACE IF YOU LOOK AT A PLAT OF LAND.
AND WHEN WE ALL PURCHASED THAT LAND, BUILT YOU'RE HOMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD COMMON AREAS. JOHNATHAN HAS A COMMON AREA THAT BUTTS UP TO HIS PROPERTY, WHICH HE HAS -- WHAT HE JUST TOLD YOU ALL, BEEN MAINTAINING AND KEEPS IT TIDY AND THE GRASS CUT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. THERE'S ALSO AN ISLAND THAT I'M THE ONE PERSON THAT NOT ONLY FERTILIZES IT, BUT MAINTAINS IT.
ACROSS THE STREET, SOMEHOW SOMEONE ELSE THAT LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLAIMS THEY OWN THAT PROPERTY.
ORIGINALLY, IT WAS ALL COMMON GROUND.
WE WERE NEVER AWARE OF THAT UNTIL JUST LAST FEW YEARS, AND I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TRANSPIRED. ITI GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE PLAT BOOKS TO LOOK AT THE RECORDS TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY OWNS
THAT COMMON SPACE? >> ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A HOMEOWNER, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, BRINGING MORE CARS THROUGH OUR QUIET LITTLE STREET, SO...
>> MADAM CHAIR... SIR, WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHO OWNS WHAT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ISLAND BY YOU OR THE PART MR. SIMMONS?
>> NO, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ISLAND.
THERE'S A SECTION OF PROPERTY THAT ONE HOMEOWNER CLAIMS HE OWNS IT, AND WHEN WE PURCHASED THERE, WE WERE -- I HAVE A PLAT MAP STILL. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT, BUT IT SHOWS THAT IT'S ALL COMMON GROUND.
>> OH, OKAY. >> WHICH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE SHARE THE TAXES ON THAT COMMON PROPERTY.
>> OH, YEAH. SO HAVE YOU CLICKED ON, LIKE, THE CCPAO. THE CLAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE, TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS WHO OWNS IT?
>> NO, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? >> IT'S CCPAO DOT COME OR DOT GOV OR SOMETHING. JUST CLICK ON THAT AND SEE WHO OWNS IT. THAT COULD HELP YOU.
MR. SIMMONS HAS TRIED, I KNOW, TO GET THIS VACATED FOR A WHILE,
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AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY INTHERE. >> IT WAS JUST KIND OF SURPRISING NOT ONLY TO MYSELF AND ALSO JONATHAN SIMMONS THAT YOU BOUGHT IT OR YOU OWN THAT LAND?
>> SO, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM YOUR HOUSE? , LIKE, THERE'S AN ISLAND.
>> THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> IT SAYS RICHARD AND GAL INA METZ.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED WHEN ORIGINALLY IT WAS ALL COMMON PROPERTY, AND NOBODY INFORMED ME, AND I'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW -- JOHNATHAN AND I WERE TWO OF THE ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS THERE.
AND STILL LIVING AND OWN THE SAME --
>> DO YOU FORESEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE WITH THIS?
, IF WE VACATE THIS? >> I DO NOT.
YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF HIM. >> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT JONATHAN AND OUTTA CONCERN OF -- THERE'S ONLY FIVE HOMES ON HIDEAWAY
>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU OPEN THAT SECTION UP AND CONNECT IT TO CL LANE. I HAVE GUESS THE OTHER WAY I HAVE IS DOES OUR STREET NAME CHANGE?
>> WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING OPENING IT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT.
IT WOULD BE A -- IT WOULD BE A BIG CONCERN OF MINE WITH THE EXTRA TRAFFIC, AND MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THERE.
>> JUST SO YOU KNOW. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY ACROSS FROM THE ISLAND, THE METZ OWN -- YOUR NEIGHBORS TWO TO THE RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.
THEY HAVE THEIR HOUSE, BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A VERY LONG 2.7 ACRES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THOSE. WHAT YOU REFERRED TO AS THE COMMON AREA. ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S SITE, THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
>> WELL, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE ASKING SOMEBODY IF I WAS PAYING
TAXES ON SOMETHING -- >> YOU KNOW, MY TAXES DIDN'T GO DOWN, AND IF I HAVE TO, I'LL COME BACK, BUT I'LL ADDRESS -- I DON'T KNOW WHO I WOULD SHOW MY ORIGINAL PLOT, OF THE PAPERWORK.
>> YEAH, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE WOULD BE A GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU.
>> I'D DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM, JUST TO BE SURE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF -- IT'S KIND OF ODD.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUPPORT --
NO, I DIDN'T CLOSE IT. ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD. >> MADAM CHAIR, IF I UNDERSTOOD OR I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE PROPERTY OWNER, WE COULDN'T FIND THEM. THEY WOULDN'T SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT?
>> THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST IS THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING
TO. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY, THAT WE'RE OKAY PROCEEDING?
>> YES, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, THAT THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DID SIGN THE CONSENT, THEY ALSO WILL HAVE INTEREST IN THIS.
SO, BY YOU VACATING IT, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY DOES NOT GO TO MR. SIMMONS. BY LAW, IT'S SPLIT IN HALF.
SO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. JUST MAKE SURE MR. SIMMONS
KNOWS THAT. >> YOU'RE AWARE? SIGNED THE PETITION THAT I WAS GIVEN ABOUT THAT PIECE OF LAND.
MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH IT -- WITH THEM BEING INFORMED THAT, OKAY, WE OWN THIS PROPERTY NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLITTING UP, BUT NOW THEY'RE BEING BOMBARDED WITH A NEW PROPERTY TAX THAT'S GONNA BE HIGH FOR THEM.
I DON'T KNOW -- AND ME LOOKING AT WHAT A PRESCRIPTED EASEMENT IS, IN MY UNDERSTANDING. I'VE MAINTAINED IT FOR 24 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO WE TELL SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEIR PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO GO UP NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE GONNA SPLIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE, WHEN I'VE AGREED TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING.
>> THEY WOULD ALWAYS SIGN A QUICK CLAIM DEED OVER TO YOU.
>> WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN?
>> NOT THIS PROCESS, NO. >> ACCORDING TO --
>> AS COMMISSIONER CONDON SAID, THEY CAN QUICK CLAIM DEED OVER TO YOU THEIR PART THAT'S TRANSFERRED TO THEM, BUT THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN YOU AND THE NEIGHBORS.
>> THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.
>> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR
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COURTNEY. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THECOUNTY WOULD HAVE RETAINED THIS? >> SO, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE IT'S -- THE PART THAT'S THE -- THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT YOU LIVE ON WAS NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAT. AND SO IT CAME BACK IN AND WAS ADDED. BUT IT WAS DEEDED TO -- NOT NEED DEEDED. IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAT. THERE'S JUST THIS REMAINDER PART. PROBABLY FOR CONNECTIVITY IF THE
OTHER WAS EVER TO BE DEVELOPED. >> BUT WE DON'T FORESEE THAT
OTHER AREA EVER BEING DEVELOPED. >> NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> AND THE FACT IS IT WOULD GO RIGHT THROUGH ESTABLISHED YARDS.
LIKE, THIS IS NOT A BRAND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION, IF THERE'S
NO MORE QUESTIONS. >> MADAM CHAIR, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, AND I PERSONALLY DON'A NEED FOR THE COUNTY TO -- IT'S G SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL PIECE, AND AS MR. SIMMONS SAID, IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIGHT NOW, IT'S OPERATING AS A SIDE YARD. SO, BUT THAT BEING SAID, MY ONLY TREPIDATION IS FOR TH FOR THE OO RESIDENTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, AND HAVING A NEIGHBOR HERE IN SUPPORT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD THING, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE
>> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "YEA." ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU, SIR.
[32. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Long Bay SUN Trail, more particularly described as portions of Tax Parcel Nos. 36-04-24-005920-000-42, 36-04-24-005920-000-33 and 36-04-24-005920-000-03, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (C. Risinger/R. Smith)]
NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PULP OF CONSIDERING THE ENTRY INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE COUNTY OF REAL PROPERTY NECESSARY FOR THE LONG BAY SUN TRAIL. CALEB AGAIN.>> THE LINDA LAKES HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LONG BAY ROAD NEEDED FOR THE SUN TRAIL.
THE TRAIL WILL EXTEND FROM THE RECENTLY COMPLETED SECTION ALONG LIVE OAK LANE AND SOUTH ALONG LONG BAY ROAD.
WITH A PURCHASE PRI PRICE. THIS PORTION FOREL TRAIL.
>> HAD TO BECOME UP WITH A PRICE ?
>> LOOKING UP SALES FOR THAT AREA IN THEN OF COURSE IN
NEGOTIATION WITH THE OWNER. >> WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH THAT PROPERTY IF WE DIDN'T BUY IT? BASED ON WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT
IS. >> AND NO IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, IT'S JUST IRRITATING TO ME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A PROPERTY OWNER THE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY I UNDERSTAND THE HOA PROBABLY PAY TAXES. DO THEY?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DO. >> SO THEY DON'T PAY TAXES ON I BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM FOR IT?
>> I WILL CONFIRM THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY DO.
IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, I EYELIDS CONSIDERATE AND MANAGE EACH OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE. THEY HAD TO GIVE THE MAJORITY O THE OWNERS OF THE ASSOCIATION T AGREE FOR IT.
TO GO FORWARD WITH THE SALE. >> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DON'
BUY IT? >> DAVID WITH ISRAEL IN GOVERNMENT BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE COURSE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO THE ROAD WOULD BE MY GUESS, BUT AN ENGINEERING TEAM WOULD BE BETTE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO STAY IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY VERSUS TAKING
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THE SPIRIT. >> CALEB, THIS IS THE PIECE THE LAND O LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD, CORRECT? WITH THAT CROSSING THERE, FOR BROAD BRANCH, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BRIDGE, IT'S A BRIDGE THAT WE PUT IT ON PINE AVENUE AND PUT THE BRIDGE IN. WE NEEDED THIS PROPERTY FOR THE APPROACH COMING INTO A. IT IS REALLY JUST LIKE HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS IT? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NEARLY AS BIG AS TO HOUSE FOOTPRINTS IN THE EDGE OF THE CREEK. WE AREN'T ABLE TO MOVE THE BRIDGE ANY CLOSER TO THE ROAD. SO WE KIND OF NEED IT.
BUT IT IS NOT IN AN AREA THAT COULD TURN INTO PLAYGROUND OR ANYTHING GREAT IT'S NOT BUILDABLE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY
. >> ARE THEY WILLING TO GIVE IT
TO US? >> I WENT TO THE FIRST HOA MEETING, AND THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN, WHERE THE TRAIL WILL BE A VERY GOOD AMENITY, IT'S A PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD, PRIVATE STEEP STREETS, PRIVATE AND GATED, AND THEY ARE THIS WILL MINIATURIZE THE WHOLE AREA. THERE WASN'T ANY OFFERING.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. >> MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A CALEB OR RICHARD, BUT THE SENTELLE PROJECT, THE FUNDS JUST TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S A STAGE APPROPRIATION. THERE IS PART OF THAT, BUT AS A
WHOLE BREAKDOWN? >> IT'S A $17 MILLION GRANT THA WAS RECEIVED TO IN A HALF YEARS AGO.
IT IS TO CONSTRUCT THE TRAIL IN NEW BRIDGES, WE CAN'T USE ANY PORTION OF THAT GRANT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION.
>> CAN OR CANNOT? >> IT IS NOT AVAILABLE, SO WE'V GOT ABOUT A LOT OF PLACES, WE HAVE A LOT ENOUGH RIGHT-OF-WAY TO MOVE IT CLOSER TO THE ROAD O THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AS W GO FARTHER SOUTH, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CC YOU A EASEMENT THAT HAS PIPES AND ITS COMMITMENT OF HER ABLE TO BRING SOME OTHER PURCHASES THEY ARE FROM PROPERT OWNERS ALREADY BEEN COMPENSATED FOR THE USE OF THAT PROPERT. DOT REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO OWN THE PROPERTY THAT THEIR FUNDING GOES ON, SO WE CAN'T EVEN EDIT UNTIL WE GET IT CERTIFIED. UNTIL WE OWN THE PROPERTY.
I HAVE TO PROVIDE A CERTIFICATION LETTER SAYING ALL THE PROPERTY FOR THE TRAIL IS OWNED BY CLAY COUNTY AT THIS
TIME. >> IS THIS THE LAST RIGHT-OF-WA ACQUISITION? DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK OF HOW MANY MORE? IT'S FIVE PORTIONS I THINK IT'S FOR OWNERS THEY GO DOWN THE WES SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SUNRIS
FARMS. >> AND THAT IS THE CASE WHERE W ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN ALREADY CLEARED AREA, WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT ANY TREES DOWN OLLI HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE TRAIL ON THE EXISTING CLEAR CLEARED EASEMENT THAT THEY PURCHASED.
THEY DID NOT PURCHASE THE LAND, JUST THE USE OF THE LAND.
>> SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL REAL ESTATE PRICE THAT YOU THINK
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE? >> I'M STILL NEGOTIATING WITH SOME OF THEM, BUT IT SHOULD RUN UNDER 120 TOGETHER FOR THE
PIECES PER. >> AND WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING
FROM? >> IT IS COMING FROM KAREN'S ASLAN CIP? AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GO PAST SUNRISE FARMS? TO BE THEN HAVE TO BUY MORE
RIGHT-OF-WAY? >> KNOW, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THEY ARE, THAT PART OF THE TRAIL THA SCOOTS OVER CLOSER TO THE EDGE
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OF EXISTING LONG DAY IN WE ARE ABLE TO FIT THE TRAIL IN THERE WITHOUT PUTTING IN PIPING AND WITHOUT ANY BRIDGES DOWN TO THE PULLING GUARD RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S WHERE IT STOPS.>> MAY HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION ON WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE YET?
>> EVENTUALLY IT GOES TO THE TRAILHEAD AT GOLD HEAD BRANCH VERY THAT SECTION THROUGH MIDDLEBURG, I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING WITH JACOBS, THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE TPO TO DO THAT STUDY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS GOING ON IN THERE, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE I URBAN TRAIL, JUST WHERE THE SIDEWALK AS THEY ARE THERE GOIN TO GO OFF COURSE AND GET INTO MAY BE GET INTO THE MIDDLEBURG OLD DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE EVEN HAVE ONE OR WE HAVE ONE OPTION IF I DON'T KNOW THEIR OW ENTERTAINMENT SERIOUSLY OR NOT, IT WILL TAKE IT DOWN ASKED HER AND GET ASKED OR PAVED AN TRADE-OFF FOR A TRAIL ON IT
WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE. >> THAT'S OVER BY THE MIDDLEBUR
THAT WOULD BE A NICE TRAILHEAD TWO.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. >> THANK YOU, RICHARD.
WE ARE BACK AT THE BOARD FOR A MOTION.
>> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >> I WILL SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> PERRY ENTHUSIASTIC.
>> WAIT UNTIL THEY CALL US FOR FAVOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.
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IT PASSES 5-0 B ARE GOING BACK THE CONSENT AGENDA.>> ITEM STAFFORD REQUEST ITEM NUMBER 19 BE PULLED AND MOVED T A LATER AGENDA. IT SHOULD BE THE STATE-FUNDED GRANT AGREEMENT. NUMBER 19.
>> ANYONE ELSE? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION WE PULL NUMBER 18. I THINK WE HAVE TWO.
CAN REDO MOTION FOR EVERYTHING? >> EVERYTHING BUT 19.
>> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. >> A MOTION AND AS I CAN.
FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR 19. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[25. Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)]
IT WILL BE WE WILL TALK ABOUT 1 AT ANOTHER DATE.NEXT WE ARE ON TO DISCUSSION UPDATES AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM.
>> GOOD EVENING. TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MINISTRIES OR. HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE LAST MONTH. FOR COUNTY RIGHT TO 18 FOR MASTERS PIT, THE COUNTY'S TEAM IN CONTINUED OUR BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING. THE INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, BASE MATERIALS, CURBS, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONTINUED MAKING REPAIRS TO THE LINE PROJECT NUMBER TWO, TO 09 FROM U.S. 172 PETERS BRIDGE FOR THE COMPANY'S TEAM IN SUPERIOR HELD ITS LATEST BIMONTHLY STATU MEETING GREAT SUPERIOR COMPLETE ALL PUNCHLIST ITEMS. THIS PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE WITH 95 PERCENT PAID OUT AND 88 PERCENT OF THE TIME USED PROJECT NUMBER FIVE, THE TEAM CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND PURSUIT OF RELATED. OUR RESPONSES TO THE CORE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AND ARE NOW BEING REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
PROJECT SIX A, 315. 15 CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO ENSURE ALL MITIGATION CREDITS
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BEING USED ARE PROPER TYPE. AND NOW PROJECTS ARE ALL COMPLETE CREDIT SUPPORT OF ALL THIS WORK, WE CONTINUE TO ONLY PICK OUT THE PRINT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICE.THAT INCLUDES THE BOMB TRANSPORTATION PROJECT UPDATE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I AM NOT AWARE OF PROPER TYPE OF WETLAND CREDIT . I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ALL TH
THERE IS RAPACIOUS AND AND THEN THERE'S VARIOUS DIFFERENT BASIN THOSE TWO HAVE TO FALL IN DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PROJECT IS AT. ON THIS ONE, THE ACTUAL LINE OF BASINS IS THE CENTERLINE ROAD S IF YOU SHIFT THE POND AROUND A LITTLE BIT, IT COULD CHANGE BASINS AND ALSO THE TYPE OF
>> YES, SIR. MOVING ON, WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OVER TO THE UPDATE REPORT ON CAPITAL PROJECTFROM THE SIX DIRECTORS TEDDY MYERS, TOURISM DIRECTOR. APPROXIMATE DIRECTOR.
ERIC POPE, PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
JEAN PRICE, FACILITY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
PROCEEDED TO MY RIGHT, RICHARD SMITH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AS WELL AS MYSELF IN THE CAPITA PROJECTS DIRECTOR.
PROJECT DATA WAS COMPLETED BY OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ESTIMATOR SPECIALIST. IN GENERAL TEAMS HERBAL CAPITAL PROJECTS LIST CONSISTED OF 262 PROJECTS THE TOTAL BUDGET PORTFOLIO AND WORKDAY TO HUNDRE 18 MILLION $981,916 IS OF SEPTEMBER 20 WITH THE SPEND RAT OF 168 MILLION, 645,000, $710.
THAT'S ACROSS 25 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE TOTAL BUDGET OF CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING 86 OF TH 157 PROJECTS ACROSS 13 DIFFEREN DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY 100,000,007 $336,647.
FOR THE OVERALL STATUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY POND SO FAR TODAY FOR COMPANY HAS BEEN 20.9 MILLION, ROUGHLY 43 PERCEN OF THE $65 MILLION IN BOND. FOR A QUICK RUNDOWN ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS FOR FIRE STATIONS, FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE CONSTRUCTION IS 91 PERCENT COMPLETE AND IT 74 PERCENT PAID OUT. THE FORECAST COMPLETION FOR LATER THIS FALL. FOR OUR FUTURE FIRE STATION 13 AND 21, THE DESIGN ARE 90 PERCENT COMPLETE, ALL FIRE STATIONS 15 AND FIRE STATION 16 THE DESIGN IS 100 PERCENT COMPLETE AND THREE JUDGMENT 4 PERCENT HAS BEEN PAID OUT.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK WAS AWARDED WHICH INCLUDED A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, SITE PREPARATION, WHILE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN TO START IN NOVEMBER. MEANWHILE AT STATION 16 IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BUILDING PERMI REVIEW STAGE WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE GROUNDBREAKING DATE.
FORECAST COMPLETIONS FOR FALL O 2027 FOR STATION 15 AND WINTER OF 2274 STATION 16. FIRE STATION 22, CONSTRUCTION I 90 TO PERCENT COMPLETE AND 88 PERCENT PAID OUTRIGHT THE MEDIAN BREAK ON COUNTY ROAD TO ACCESS THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WA COMPLETED AND THE FORECAST COMPLETION IS LATER THIS FALL.
FIRE STATION 24, CONSTRUCTION I 18 PERCENT COMPLETE OUT AND WIT THE EXTERIOR BUILDING WALLS WER REPLACED AND ARE PROXIMALLY 95 PERCENT COMPLETE WITH ONE TRUST INSTALLATION APPROACHING COMPLETION. STORM DRAINAGE IN UPCOMING MONT THE INSTALLATION OF THE APPARATUS BAY TRUST AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERIOR WALLS.
FORECAST COMPLETION FOR FIRE STATION 24 IN THE SPRING OF 2027 . THE DESIGN IS 100 PERCENT COMPLETE. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK WAS AWARDED TO INCLUDE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED TO START IN NOVEMBER AND FORECAST COMPLETION IN DECEMBER OF 2027. THE RADAR TOWER AT SLEEPY HOLLO IS NOT 100 PERCENT COMPLETE 100 PERCENT PAID.
FOR THE UPCOMING VERTICAL PROJECTS, THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE CHARTER FREEDOM, THE FOUNDATION FOR INC. GENEROUSLY DONATED STAINLESS STILL REPLICA OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE SILVER RIGHTS ACT. WORKING WITH CARLTON CONSTRUCTION, THE TEAM COMPLETE THE INITIAL PHASE THIS DISPLAY
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WAS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE COUNTRY 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA FOR THE EVENT THAT IS T BE HELD TOMORROW, OCTOBER 14.PLANNING FOR THE PERMITTED DISPLAY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THERE HAS BEEN GREAT PROGRESS O THE PART BUT, WITH ELEVATED BOARDWALK THROUGH THE SLICK AMOUNT LOCATED AT 4393 RIGHT ENDPOINT, CLEMENT ISLAND, X FIXED APPROXIMATELY 600 LINEAR FEET OF THE BOARDWALK HAS BEEN INSTALLED DOWN TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS REGRADING THREE BASEBALL FIELDS. AN IMPROVED SPECTATOR TRACTABILITY WITHIN THE COMPLEX LOCATED AT 317 SOUTHWEST STREET.
DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IS 90 PERCENT COMPLETE.
THEN THERE IS REMODELING OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO ACCOMMODAT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RECOVERY CENTER.
THE DESIGN IS 30 PERCENT COMPLETE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND RISK CONTRACTOR AWARDED THE WAS UNPORTED AND IS FORECASTED TO CONSTRUCTION IS FORECASTED TO TAKE BETWEEN THRE AND SIX MONTHS. THE DRAINAGE FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND STORM REPAIR PROJECTS, COUNTYWIDE COMMITMENT REFLECTS 100 PERCENT OF THE ALLOTTED 1.6 MILLION OF THE 20252026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET HAS BEEN EXPENDED ACROSS 22 PROJECTS OF THE 20 TO FIVE TOTAL IN-KIND IN-KIND REPLACEMENTS AND 17 WE'RE PIPELINE PROJECTS FOR THE PURPOSE COMPLETED IN PAPER FOR ALL OF THE 22 PROJECTS RATE TODAY WE COMPLETED THE FOX RIDG ROAD ALONG WITH THE PENZANCE PARKWAY SPILLWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE FURTHER ROADWAY TRAILS IN THE F DOT PROJECTS.
>> COUNTY ROAD 224 LANE PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FLORID DOT DISTRICT TO COME, THEY WERE SUPER HELPFUL IN FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT, CONTRACTORS BUILT THE BRIDGE, CURBING DEVELOPMENT AT THE WORK AT THE INTERSECTION AND OUR DESIGNER, THE CI WAS TH FORMER G.I. CONSULTANT.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS OUT THER EVERY DAY COMING HE GOT THIS DONE THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND 517 DAYS FROM JANUARY 19TH AT 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25TH OF 26.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PATIENT RESIDENCY WAITED THROUG THIS THIS WAS JUST A TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.
FOR DOT IS OVER THE MOON WITH EXCITEMENT ON HOW IT CAME OUT BUDGET, UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE AND IN THE TIME THAT I GOT DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
THAT DETOUR IS GOING TO BE WORT IT.
>> MAKE SURE YOU ALRIGHT ALL RIGHT OVER IT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
IT SO NICE. >> RADAR ROAD IS THE NEW ROAD O U.S. 17 WITH THE ROAD TIGHT INT THE BOULEVARD NEARING COMPLETION . IF YOU WRITE OUT THEIR EVIL SEE SEE THE GUTTER IS IN PLACE THE TRAFFIC SHIFT HAS BEEN SET BY THE CONTRACTOR TO BE DECEMBER 1 WEATHER PERMITTING.
AT THAT POINT, THE ROAD WILL BASICALLY BE THE CHURCH AND THE APARTMENTS WILL BE ACCESSED BY THE LIBRARY THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT WITH NO ACCESS TO 17 UNTIL THAT NORTHERN EASTERN PAR OF THE ROAD IS COMPLETE. DECEMBER 1 AS OUR DATES ON THAT TENTATIVELY, WEATHER PERMITTING BREAK ANOTHER WEEK LIKE LAST WEEK TODAY IT COULD BE A DECEMBER 1.
KEYSTONE LAKE VIEW STREET AND NEAR KEYSTONE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE'VE GOT THE PAVING COMPLETE O HILLTOP, THE GRADING IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE DIRT ROAD PAVING ON LAKEVIEW STREETS THE RAIN DID GET THEM. WE DID FIND OUT THAT WITH THAT HEAVY RAIN, IT WAS HEAVY, ON MONDAY THE FIFTH, OCTOBER 5TH, THAT AREA OF KEYSTONE THE GOT RIGHT AT FIVE-POINT TO INCHES O RAIN AND ABOUT A 90 MINUTE PERIOD.
AND IT HELD UP SO WE WERE ABLE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THAT
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ALL THE ROCK HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE LOWER END.WE HAVE TO KEEP IT THERE FOR RAINFALLS LIKE THAT.
IT SHOULD BE IF WE GET SOME DAY LIKE TODAY, THEY SHOULD HAVE IT PAVED IN THE ROAD COULD BE COMPLETED AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK SO THAT IS GOING VERY WELL. RESEARCHING PROJECT UPDATE WE COMPLETED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FOX MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN THE LATER PART OF SEPTEMBER AND PONTE STREET WAS A LONG WINDING STREET THERE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN COMPLETED ALSO. THOSE ARE THE FINAL TWO PROJECT AND THE 25-26 BUDGET. SO WE ARE SHIFTING NOW, WE ARE STARTING THE 26TH-27 BUDGET CYCLE RESURFACING AND WE'RE SHIFTING BACK IN THE FOX MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION. WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT, THERE IS A PRETTY BIG LATE SHOW I SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF ON COTTONWOOD, WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHEN WE CAN GET STARTED THE CONTRACTOR IS WAITING SO WE HAV TO GET THE WORK INTERNALLY WE HAVE TO GET THE BIDS IN IN THE PAPERWORK IN PLACE.
IF WE CAN GET THAT IN PLACE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL D THAT BEFORE THANKSGIVING GREAT IF NOT IT MAY PUSH BACK UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TANGLEWOOD WIT THE FOX METAL FOLKS TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
WE GOT UPDATES ON U.S. 17, THE CONTRACTORS WORKING ON LOOPS AN SIGNALS, THAT IS AS YOU PULL UP OUR NEW DRIVEWAYS AND WILD BIRD THOSE THEY ARE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE, THEY WILL THAN BEGIN THE ASPHALT, THE FINAL ASPHALT FRICTION COURSE O THE ROAD IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TW WE WERE TOLD. CONCRETE WORK FROM DOWNTOWN TO HOUSTON IS CONTINUING AND THE PERMIT SIGNED THIS LEASE IS GOING ON MOST OF THIS WORK IS DONE AT NIGHT, BUT THE SIGNS WILL BE THEY ARE RESERVING THAT FOR A DAYTIME WORK SO THERE MAY BE SO IMPARTIAL LANE CLOSURES PUTTING ALONG 17 BETWEEN SOUTH OF 16 TO TO 09. ON STATE ROAD 16 GOING WEST TO CAMP LANDING AREA, THE PROJECT GOES TO THE STATE ROAD 21 INTERSECTION THEY ARE LOOKING A CURRENT DATE OF JANUARY 15TH OF 27. IT IS COMPLETES, IT LOOKS PRETT MUCH 100 PERCENT COMPLETE FROM TO 18 WEST.
THAT WORK FROM WHERE THEY ARE A NOW TO WINGO SPRINGS COMMITTED DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO BEAT NETWORK MOSTLY MOSTLY, SO THEY WILL THERE STILL COULD BE SOME PRETTY GOOD DELAYS.
WELLS ROADS, WE HAVE AN INTERESTED YOUNG MAN THAT WANTS TO STUDY WELLS ROAD, I WILL BE TALKING TO HIM TOMORROW.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU FIRST BECAUSE WE DID GET AN UPDATE.
WE SPOKE WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER YESTERDAY AND SHE IS SAYING THAT THE CURRENT COMPLETION RATE IS JANUARY 27.
THEY ARE FINISHING SEVEN MEDIAN CURB WORK.
IT IS NEAR, SHE ADMITTED THAT EVEN SHE, WHO KNEW THE PROJECT, NEAR THE PLANS, IT WAS OUT THER ON A REGULAR BASIS KIND OF GOT LITTLE FRIGHTENED AS SHE MADE THE FIRST NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN FROM LANDING TO WELLS ROAD. YOU JUST GOT TO DO IT RIGHT WHE SHE DO IT YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE MEAN.
IT WILL BE VERY VERY GOOD IMPROVEMENT FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, AND THAT PARTICULAR MOVE, IT IS STILL FEELS A LITTL CHANCY, BUT TRY IT. THAT IS THE FINAL TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION YOU SEE NOW AND W DID FIND OUT, THEY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHEN WE CAN PU THAT WELCOME TO CLAY COUNTY SIGNED BACK UP SO THEY THINK THEY ARE FINISHED IN THAT AREA SO WE MAY HAVE THE SIGN CREW OU THERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS REASSEMBLING OUR ASSIGNED.
LOOKING AHEAD, WE HAVE GOT THE ROAD RESURFACING WE TALKED ABOU THE SOUTH PORTION OF FOX MEADOWS .
WE HAD A PRECONSTRUCTION MEETIN TODAY WHERE WE ARE BUILDING A SIDEWALK. WE STARTED THE SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WILL CONNECT MIMOSA AVENUE AT THE CIRCLE K TO COSMOS.
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THE UTILITY LOCATES ARE GOING O NOW AND YOU SHOULD SEE SOME TRUCKS. COMMENTS AT THE WELLS ROAD.LESS THAN COMPLEMENTARY, BUT NO NEARLY AS MANY AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GET. I TAKE THAT AS A GOOD SIGN.
YOU DIDN'T MENTION ELDRIDGE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THAT IS TH
GETTING THEIR STUFF OUT. >> BOB BARRICADES THE OWNER OF ALL THE FOBS SIGNS AND BARRELS BARREL SPIRIT.
>> THERE IS A COUPLE WE HAVE HA TO KIND OF GET TOUGH WITH, LEVO TAKE THE SIGNS LAKE ON TO 09 COMMITTED THERE WE'RE SIGNS THA WERE THERE FOR THE EXPRESSWAY FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS THAT WE'RE NOT NEEDED. WE JUST TOOK THOSE DOWN.
CAN KEEP THERE'S OF THEM. >> THEY USED TO BE IN MY DISTRICT, NOW THERE IN YOUR SPIRIT.
>> THEY'RE STORING THEM. IT'S NOT A STORY CHARRED.
>> NO, IT'S NOT. WE WILL CALL MR. ANDERSON.
>> THE OTHER THING, TO 20 BRIDGE , I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT IT WAS WORTH IT WAITS.
THEY LIKE THE WORK THAT WAS DON THERE.
>> THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB. WHEN THING I DIDN'T MENTION, THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WERE VERY SAFE IT WAS A VERY EFFICIENT PROJECT.
A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE BRIDGE OF. YOU HAVE REPORTERS OUT THERE PREDICTING THIS, PREDICTING THAT .
STEVE WANTED TO DO IT ON ANNIVERSARY, SO WE DID.
STEVE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANNIVERSARY UNTIL I TOLD HIM WHICH WAS THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER. IT IS 2600 FEET OF BOARDWALK BOARDWALK, WE HAVE INSTALLED 650 .
I REMEMBER THIS IS THROUGH AN APPROPRIATION, AS ALL OF THE 2600 FUNDED OR ARE WE ONLY FUNDED UP TO A CERTAIN POINT?
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT.
>> SO IS THE PLAN JUST TO CONTINUE FROM 650 ALL THE WAY T 2690? THERE OUT THERE WORKING
CONTINUOUSLY. >> DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED, WHA
IS THE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE? >> I LOOK AT THAT DATE FOR YOU.
GOT IT. I JUST ASKED BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARDWALK ON 17 TOOK QUITE A WHILE.
THEY GO ONE PLANK AT A TIME, BU I GET THAT.
ANIMAL SERVICES, ARE WE STILL TRACKING LATE NOVEMBER OPENING UP THAT? THERE IS A CONTRACT COMPLETION AS FAR AS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE THE EXISTING ANIMAL SHELTER AND MOVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS ANIMALS, S THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES ON THE CHESSBOARD FOR THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. MAKE SURE THAT'S AN EASY TRANSITION FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS ALL OF THE SERVICES AND MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT TRANSITIO LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN STATION 22 WAS 85 PERCENT I THINK AT THIS POINT .
>> WE ARE HIGHER THAN THAT I THINK.
>> IT LOOKS DONE. FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS READY TO GO. THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE
FINISHING MILLWORK. >> RICHARD, ON THE RADAR ROAD FREE ROUTE, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS .
NUMBER ONE, TEST STAFF HAVE A PLAN OF NOTIFYING THE APARTMENT
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OF THE TRAFFIC SHIFT AND THAT CHURCH?>> ABSOLUTELY. STAFF AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL B GOING THROUGH THE TWO MR. MC DONALD WITH THE CHURCH IN THEN THE APARTMENTS THAT WIL BE, THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD TO WORK
WITH ALSO. >> SO WE LET THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY KNOW OR SOMETHING SO TH RESIDENTS DON'T WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND CAN GET IN. PHIL WAKE UP ONE MORNING HAVE T GO THE OTHER WAY, BUT THEY'LL B AWARE OF IT.
>> WE ALSO WORKED OUT SOME DETAILS FENCING AND GATES AND SOME OF THAT. I KIND OF READ BY IT OVER THE WEEKEND. THE REASON DOT IN THE TPO ARE, THEY WEREN'T EXCITED ENOUGH TO GIVE US MONEY, BUT THEY DIDN'T APPROVE OF OF THIS AND IT WAS T GET SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OFF OF 17. IT WILL BE UNTIL THE END OF THE PROJECT WHICH IS SLATED FOR JUNE , SO THEY WILL HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF GOING THAT ROUTE TO.
AGAIN THAT ROUTE SHOULD BE UNENCUMBERED OTHER THAN THE FAC THAT YOUR PARISHIONERS WILL BE COMING DOWN THE ONES THAT ARE WEST ON TO 20, THAT WILL BE THEIR NORMAL WAY TO GET THERE.
WE HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DRIVE AROUND AROUND ABOUT.
>> I GAVE IT, IF YOU WORK SOUTH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THE PLANTATION EITHER WAY.
>> COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH GRADE THERE IS THAT ROUNDABOUT THOSE ARE EFFECTIVE FOR THE SCHOOL THAT IS THERE.
IT WILL BE A FULL IS ROUNDABOUT NOW AND IT WILL TREAT IT AS A
BUMP IN THE ROAD. >> THAT'S ALL WE GOT.
THANK YOU. >> WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER, I GOT A SPAM E-MAIL I DELETED IT AND THEN I RECALL IT SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT SIDING ON THE RIVERS IS THERE ANY CONFLICT
>> I NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, TH PANELS THAT HE CALLED US ABOUT.
>> WHAT HE CALLED ME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN YOU SAID SIDING AND THINKING OUTSIDE SIDING.
SO THE INTERIOR THERE IS REINFORCED PANELS THEY ARE CALLED AND THEY'RE NOT ON ALL THE WALLS, BUT THEY ARE ON SOME OF THE INTERIOR WALLS, BUT YOU HAVE THESE FIBERGLASS REINFORCE PANELS FIBERGLASS PANELS WENT IN , WAS FINE.
AS HE STARTED WALKING THROUGH THE BUILDING, IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS WENT OVER YOUR.
THE PANELS WERE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL PHASE AND THE PRIMARY COLORS ARE ALMOST 3030 AND YOU SEE AND HEAR AND THEN THESE SOME OF THE PANELS AGAIN SELECTIVELY WE'RE TRANSITIONING ALMOST TO SOMETHING OFF OF THAT TOWN, SO THE CONTRACTOR SAW THI OUR INSPECTOR SAW THIS, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT PICTURES WHE THEY WERE INSTALLED THE CORRECT COLOR, THEY BROUGHT IN THE FACTORY REPS FROM TENNESSEE, AL THEIR FANCY MACHINES AND TEST I IT. THE PANELS ARE FINE, BUT THROUG THE MIXING OF MAKING THIS PANELS , THEY'RE ALL THE SAME LOT AND THE SUM DID TRANSITION TO A DIFFERENT COLOR.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTOR TO AN ARCHITECT, AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY EVEN LONGER , WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT A CREDIT FOR THE COUNTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAY $10,000 FOR KEEPING THE ONES THAT TURNED GREEN, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS COMING BACK IN AND PAINTING THE PANELS THE RIGHT COLOR WITH THE RIGHT MATERIAL AND IT'S OKAY TO PATE THESE PANELS, WE GOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OUT OF IT, TE YEARS AS WELL AS FOR THE ONES THAT ARE PAINTING AND THE ONES THAT THEY CAN REMOVE WHERE IT DOESN'T DISRUPT THE EXISTING MILLWORK, THE COUNTERTOPS, THEY COULDN'T REMOVE A LOT OF THOSE PANELS WITHOUT DAMAGING.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THEY'RE GOIN TO PAINT.
SO AGAIN, WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS WITH THE ARCHITECT AGAIN , THE SUPPLIER OF THE MATERIALS, THE BOTTOM LINE IS W GET IN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR TE YEARS WE GET A TEN PLUS THOUSAN
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DOLLAR CREDIT AND ALL THE WALLS LOOK AT THE SAME COLOR.>> SO IT WASN'T A SPAM E-MAIL. >> NO.
ANYONE ELSE? >> I WANT TO CLOSE WITH ONE THING. I ALSO WANT TWO ON THE 220 ISSUE , I WANT TO THINK THAT SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THEIR HEL IN OPENING THE BRIDGE. THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AND BE OUT THERE ON CONTRACT TROLL.
BRISTOL RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER YOU CAN'T TURN RIGHT FROM THE FAST LANE, FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY. IT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE MOVE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE NICE ENOUGH NOT TO GIVE YOU A TICKET HE WON'T WIN WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
YOU NO LONGER CAN MAKE DUAL RIGHT TURNS FROM TO 20 ON TONIGHT FOX GREAT IF YOU WANT T GO TONIGHT FOX ROAD AND GO TO THE ENDING, GET IN THE RIGHT LANE.
DO NOT DO IT FROM THE LEFT LANE. JUST BECAUSE YOU DID IT, WOULD YOU JUMP OFF THE CLIFF IF YOU'R PRINTED IT? NO, YOU CANNOT TURN FROM THAT LANE.
WE STILL HAVE THAT 13, 19 DAYS AFTER IT OPENED, WE HAVE TO
DRIVE BETTER THAN THAT. >> THANK YOU.
>> LIEFF ACTIVE AND UPCOMING FORMALIZATION'S WITH JESSICA.
[26. Active & Upcoming Formal Solicitations (J. Loos)]
>> GOOD EVENING. PURCHASING MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY. FOR OUR ACTIVE SOLICITATIONS, W HAVE BID NUMBER 25, 26 DASH 106 WHICH IS THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BOX RESTORATION, SEVEN BIDS WER RECEIVED FOR THAT ONE AND IT IS ESTIMATED TO COME TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 27TH.
WE HAVE BID NUMBER 25, 26 DASH 115 THE PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT.
I WANTED TO NOTE THAT PREVIOUSL WE HAD SAID THIS WAS GOING TO B AN RFP, BUT AFTER EVALUATING IT WE HAD TO DO AN RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS IN WE HAD TO REISSUE THE BID SO THAT WHEN TH BIDS WILL OPEN ON OCTOBER 16TH AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO COME BACK ON THE NOVEMBER 10TH BOARD MEETING.
WE HAVE BID NUMBER 25, 26 DASH 104 THE ANNUAL ROADWAY STRIKING OF PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES. THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THAT ONE AND IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON THE OCTOBER 27TH BOARD MEETING. WE RFP TO LISA COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AT 4225 IN ORANGE PARK. BIDS WILL OPEN ON NOVEMBER 13TH AND THAT ONE WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
I HAVE FOUND THAT NOVEMBER 24TH BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE DECEMBE.
WE HAVE BID NUMBER 26, 27 DASHE TO THE JAIL RECREATION YARD WATERPROOFING BIDS WILL OPEN NOVEMBER 13TH AND THAT IS ESTIMATED TO COME BACK AT THE DECEMBER 8TH FOR IT MEETING.
WE HAVE RFP 26-27 DASH WHEN THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO MAINTAIN THE CLAY COUNTY REGIONAL COMPLEX EXPANSION.
THAT IS ESTIMATED TO COME BACK AT THE DECEMBER 8TH BOARD MEETING. WAS NOT ON THE LIST, BUT BASED ON THE WORKSHOP EARLIER, WE DO STILL HAVE THE RFP 25-26 THAT I FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX THAT ONE IS STILL ACTIVE.
UPCOMING IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBE IN NO CERTAIN ORDER, WE HAVE TH FAIR GROUNDS FOR OTHER APPOINTMENTS FOR RESURFACING OF COUNTY ROAD 220, RESURFACING OF THE ORANGE PARK NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27 DIRT ROAD PAVING OF ANGORA STREET FISCAL YEAR 26-27 SIDEWALKS, THIS WILL BE FOR HANDICAP RAMPS IN ADA RAMPS ONLY. PIPELINING FOR JEFFERSON AVENUE AND COLLEGE DRIVE AND RENEE AVENUE PER EIGHT THE STORM DRAI REPLACEMENT OF LAKESHORE DRIVE FELISE OF COUNTY PROPERTY FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, THE CONTINUING GENERAL ARCHITECTURA ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
DECEASED PERSONS TRANSPORT, CLA COUNTY JAIL HEATER REPLACEMENT, APPLIANCES FOR THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL, THE EEOC HVAC DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT REBID AND I DID HAVE ANOTHER BID THAT WAS REQUESTED TO PROCURE THE X-RAY MACHINE FOR ANIMAL SHELTER.
WE HAVE A DONATION FOR THIS AND IT EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD SO WE
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HAVE TO GO OUT AND BID FOR THAT. QUESTIONS?>> WHO IS A DONATION FROM? >> FOR FRIENDS OF CLAY COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. MOVING ONTO OLD BUSINESS.
[27. RFP No. 25/26-085, Public Private Partnership (P3) to Design, Build and Finance a Public Safety Complex in Clay County (J. Loos)Staff request a continuation of this item.Presentations from all four firms for RFP No. 25/26-085, Public Private Partnership (P3) to Design, Build and Finance a Public Safety Complex in Clay County are scheduled for an October 13, 2026 Workshop. The firms are: - Balfour Beatty Developments, Inc. - E2L Real Estate Solutions, LLC - Florida Development Solutions, LLC - VanTrust Real Estate, LLC dba VTRE Development, LLCIt is being requested that based upon the firms’ presentations, the Board rank the firms. Staff will negotiate a Phase 1 Interim Agreement with the highest-ranked firm for Board consideration and approval for pre-construction activities which will include spatial needs assessment, site planning and financing.]
RFP NUMBER 25-26805 TO BUILD AN DESIGN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX . SAFFORD REQUEST THE CONTINUATIOOF THIS ITEM. >> ADAM CHAIR, I HAVE MOVED
APPROVAL. >> AS SECOND MOTION PAIR.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND .
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO LETTERS
[33. Acceptance of Resignations Historic Preservation BoardShawn Atwell and Barbara Bujak have submitted their resignations from the Historic Preservation Board.]
FOR ACTION. ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD FOR THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIRRESIGNATIONS. >> WE BID TO ACCEPT THE
RESIGNATION. >> I WILL SECOND.
>> MOVEMENT AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATIONS.
[34. Discussion of Re-Appointment to the OakLeaf Branan-Ridge Citizens Advisory CommitteeAn application for re-appointment was received from Bonnie Vande Velde.]
PASSES 5-SURREAL. DISCUSSION EVERY APPOINTMENT, A APPLICATION FROM REAPPOINTMENT WAS RECEIVED.>> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.
>> PASSES 5-0 AND THANK YOU VER MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[35. Discussion of Appointment to the Fleming Island Citizens Advisory CommitteeJoshua Johnson submitted an application for appointment.]
THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SMITH AN APPLICATION FORAPPOINTMENT. >> I SPOKE WITH MISTER MIKE JOHNSON AND HE IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
AND I AM MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[36. Bid Opening Tabulation for September 29, 2026 (J. Loos):A. Bid No. 25/26-106, Washington Avenue Box Culvert RestorationB. Bid No. 25/26-099, Continuing Services for Sidewalk, Driveway & Concrete Improvements]
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. S FOR DOCUMENTATION FOR BID OPENING TABULATION FOR SEPTEMBE WASHINGTON AVENUE HERBERT RESTORATION IN CONTINUNG SERVICES FOR CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS. I WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THEIR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND[COUNTY ATTORNEY]
GO ON TO COUNTY ATTORNEY. >> I READ LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTION THAT I HAVE REPORTED ON PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST THE COUNTY AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER COUNTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OUR ORDINANC RELATED TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS. FOR COUNTY PLAINTIFF IN THAT CASE FILED A MOTION OR AN AMENDED COMPLAINT IN ADDED ACCOUNTS ON ASSERTING A CLAIM O CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE DIFFEREN COUNTIES AND THE FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE COURT ALSO IN THAT CASE ENTERED A CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER SETTING THE TRIAL OF THAT MATTE FOR NOVEMBER OF 2027 AS THE CAS PROGRESSES AND DEVELOPS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE.
>> MADAM CHAIR. >> THAT LAWSUIT IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCES OUR TOO STRICT?
>> CORRECT. >> COUNTY MANAGER.
[COUNTY MANAGER]
>> GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THIS ON ITEM FOR THE BOARD, TOMORROW CEREMONY FOR FREEDOM 250, THE SHOW RUNS FROM 9-5 AND THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY BEGINS A TO 50:00 P.M. AT 9:00 O'CLOCK I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT THERE FOR THAT MOVIE HAVE PAYCHECKS FROM OFFENDERS, CLAY ICICLE HAS THEI DEMONSTRATION IN THEIR BRASS ENSEMBLE THAT WILL BE OUT THERE THAT IS BETWEEN 930 AND 11.
AT 11:00 O'CLOCK, THERE IS A PATRIOTIC STORYTIME AND CRAFTS PUT ON BY THE LIBRARY IN THEN THE 12:00 O'CLOCK THERE'S A BREAK THERE FOR TRUE FOOD TRUCK THAT ARE ON-SITE, SO THE FOOD I AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. WHEN 30:00 P.M. IS ONE OF TWO PLAYERS THAT HAD COME A VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER DON WAS VERY COMPLEMENTARY ABOUT THAT AND VERY WILLING TO MOVE THE TIMES. WE'VE HAD A FEW MOVEMENTS OF TH TIMES FOR THAT. WE REALLY WANTED TO THANK THEM ON THAT. THE COMMUNITY READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SOPHIA FLEMING CHAPTER, THAT WILL FOLLOW THE FLYOVER THERE ON THE MAIN STAGE AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE IN ALL OF THIS HAPPENS IN THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE AND THE CEREMONY OUTSIDE THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE IN THEN INSIDE LATER ON THE MAIN STAGE AGAIN IS THERE , WE DID GET, I REALLY WANT
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TO CALL OUTS, 2:50 P.M. IS OUR SECOND FLYOVER.WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR MANY MONTHS AGO CARRIED IT TOOK REALLY SOME PHONE CALLS AND TALK INTO BOTH THE REGIONAL ADMIRAL, THE BASE COMMANDER, AND EP 30 SKIPPER.
I WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY AND WE HAVE A PA POSEIDON THAT WILL FLY OVER AT TO 50:00 P.M. PER GENE HAS BEEN LEADING THAT EFFORT AND I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND HIM FOR THAT ACROSS-THE-BOARD AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE HALF HAVE, THIS IS BIG NEWS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, PRIVATES TRAVEL, HE WAS GOING T GO OUT OF TOWN IN HE IS HERE WITH US ON THE MAIN STAGE AT TO 52:00 P.M.
AND THEN RIGHT AT EXCUSE ME, AT TO 55, WE HAVE THE COMMEMORATIV CEREMONY BEGINNING ON THE MAIN STAGE AND WE WILL FILE UPSTAIRS INTO THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE AN HAVE A CEREMONIAL SIGNING ON A PRINTED OUT AND IT'S THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WEDNESDAY HAS REALLY SUPPORTED US ON THE IT SIDE, WE WILL HAVE VIDEO MONITO SCREENS OUTSIDE, SO THEY CAN SE THE SIGNING UPSTAIRS, IT WILL BROADCAST A VIDEO THAT MAKES SMITH OUR IT GUY, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE, THAT WILL BE PART OF IT.
GOING TO HOOK UP THE SOUND WITH THE PA SYSTEM.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUE WITH PEOPLE HEARING THAT.
COME OUT TO HAVE SOME FUN, IT SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. THERE IS PARKING AVAILABLE IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE GOT A GOLF CART AVAILABLE FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE, SO THANK YOU RICK, AND PEACE PLEASE PASS THAT ON.
THANK YOU SHERRIFF FOR PROVIDIN SECURITY AND OVERSIGHT ON THAT IN THE AREA ALSO. THIS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT ACROSS-THE-BOARD WITH ALL THE CONSTITUTIONAL'S AND REALLY ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WILL BE THERE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN THIS HISTORIC PROCLAMATION.
THE LAST THING MAY HAVE BEEN TH SPECIAL REPEALING OF A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WHICH WILL BE READ THER AND WE WILL PRESENT IT THEY ARE ALSO.
SO SUPER EXCITED ACROSS-THE-BOARD.
AND WANT TO ALSO WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE AND HOW IT IS DECORATED INSIDE AND OUT.
THIS WAS OUR WAY TO GIVE BACK T THE COMMUNITY, TO THE NATION, AND REALLY CELEBRATE OUR TO HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
THE TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
THANK YOU TO OTHER SPONSORS OUT THERE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE COMMEMORATIVE COINS, COMMEMORATIVE BUTTONS, THOSE AR ALL THREE DONATIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TOMORROW? YOU WILL HAVE A RUN-UP SHOW, IT'S VERY THICK, YOU CAN SEE HE PART YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AGAIN, GETTING OUT THERE NO LATER THAN 1:00 P.M. FOR THE PARKING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET UP CLOSE THERE, NO LATER THAN 1:00 P.M. ON THE PARKING.
[COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
THINK HE APPEARED THAT'S ALL I HAVE.>> YOU WANT TO START? >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS I HAD RECEIVED ON E-MAIL AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. ONE WAS FOR OUR ENTIRE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM THERE WAS A DEAD TRE IN A RIGHT-OF-WAY ON KEYSTONE HEIGHTS AND PRESIDENT CALLED ME A LITTLE WORRIED THAT IT WAS GOING TO FALL ON THEIR PROPERTY SO PUBLIC WORKS RESPONDED AND SHE SENT A VERY NICE E-MAIL BAC ABOUT HOW FROM THE ASSESSMENT T THE CLEANUP AND REMOVAL, THAT I WAS HANDLED VERY PROFESSIONALLY AND SHE APPRECIATED THAT SO ERI AND HIS TEAM GOT THAT SHOUT OUT AND THEN WE GOT A I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE E-MAIL, BUT WE GOT A SPECIFIC SHOUT OUT WHO IS IN THE BUILDIN AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND SHE HAS GOTTEN OTHER SHOUT OUTS BEFORE, BUT I MAY HAVE SHARED THIS WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF DID OR NOT, BUT WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE BECAUSE OF THE GIS CONFUSION WITH CLAY ELECTRIC , BASICALLY A PROPERTY OWNER BUILDING A BRAND-NEW HOME WHICH IS HIS RETIREMENT HOME, H WORKS FOR JDA, AND KEYSTONE HEIGHTS NATIVE, HE, HIS BANK WA
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GOING TO FORECLOSE ON HIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THE GIS CHANGE THE ADDRESS AND ROBYN STEPPED IN , NEGOTIATED BETWEEN CLAY ELECTRIC IN GIS TO GET HIS MAILING ADDRESS NOT CHANGED WHICH HAD BEEN THE CASE FOR TWO EARS BUT BECAUSE THE BANK WAS GOING TO CALL THE LOAN BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A PROPERTY AT THAT ADDRESS THAT THEY COULD I GUESS FINANCE.ANYWAY, ROBIN AS A GREAT EMPLOYEE IN WE APPRECIATE ALL HER WORK STRAIGHT THEN SHE HELD THAT THE VERY END WITH SOMETHIN THAT THE SEPTIC PERMIT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SO SHE JUST REALLY WALKED THIS CONSTITUENT THROUGH GETTING THROUGH SOME REALLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES, SO I APPRECIATE THAT . MY COMPUTER WENT AWFUL I WAS TALKING TO YOU, I WANTED TO TEL YOU ABOUT AN E-MAIL THAT WE GOT PROBABLY WHILE WE WERE IN YOUR. I WASN'T READING E-MAILS, BUT I HAPPEN TO SEE IT WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM AND THAT IS THAT WALMART IS HAVING A WELLNESS EVENT THIS COMING SATURDAY FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 2:00 P.M. THAT SAYS TO FIND A FREE EVENT NEAR YOU, GO TO WALMART.COM/WELLNESS OF AND THEY ARE DOING FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR GLUCOSE, CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE AND MORE, AFFORDABLE IMMUNIZATION IS , SOME OF THEM WOULD BE FREE WITH INSURANCE AND WELLNESS RESOURCES SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. WHEN TYLER WAS HERE I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE MORE TIME AWAY FRO FATS, BUT TYLER ALSO HEADS UP WITH REGIONAL COUNCIL, HE HEADS UP THE EARLY REGIONAL LEADERSHI ACADEMY AND THAT IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM AN IT STARTS AGAIN IN JANUARY. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL EMPLOYEES G THROUGH IT, I KNOW GINA WENT THROUGH IT, KAREN WENT THROUGH IT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COUNTY EMPLOYEES SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVE REGIONALLY IN THE GREATER JACKSONVILLE AREA, THE SEVEN COUNTY REGION, THAT IS OPEN AS WELL AS A WAR OF NOMINEES, IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT OR SOMETHING YOU CAN THINK OF THAT THE COUNT HAS DONE, STAFF HAS DONE THAT YOU WANT TO NOMINATE THEM, YOU CAN GET WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER AND IT'S ALL ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE, BUT SOME THINGS LIKE THAT TO 20 BRIDGE COMES TO MIND TO ME BECAUSE I FINISHING THREE MONTHS EARLY THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS, AND THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE TRAFFIC RELATED.
I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE CHAIR THUNDER, SO ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAIN THING? YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT WE LEARNED AT TPO LAST WEEK I GUES IT IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING, I GUESS THERE WAS SOME HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPE SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA ARE SOMETHING IN IT WAS DEFUNCT, SO THEY TOOK ALL THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DISPERSING IT OUT TO IMPROVE RAIL CROSSINGS AT ALL PASSENGER RAIL SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY AND CROSSINGS IN I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WHAT APPLY TO ALL FOUR OF OUR CROSSINGS ISN'T FOR THAT WE HAD CRACKS THEY SAID MOSTLY AROUND THE CSX, BUT THAT IS COMING IMMINENTLY AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE STARTING JUS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN AS WE KNOW WITH CSX BEFORE, THEY DIDN'T COORDINATE WITH ANYBODY IN I KNOW THE DOCTOR'S LAKE CROSSING AND ALL OF THOSE, IN YOUR DISTRICT, THE LAST THING YOU GUYS WANT IS ANOTHER RAIL CROSSING DETOUR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT, THE CHAIRMAN WAS MADLY TAKING NOTES AS THEY WERE I DID KNOW I YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT
TONIGHT. >> IT IS $350 MILLION AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT OUR REGION WAS GETTING THAT MUCH.
>> THE MONEY IS FOR REAL CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS?
>> THEY SAID SAFETY CROSSINGS, SIGNAGE, BETTER CROSS ARMS, LIK REALLY TRYING AND THEY SAID WE HAVE HAD, NOT IN CLAY COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF REAL DEATHS SO WE HAVE THE ONE RIGHT HERE IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS, SO MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN FOR THEM T HAVE. SO ANYWAY, THEY ARE FOCUSING ON THAT CSX LINE THAT AMTRAK TAKES THROUGH THE ACCOUNTING.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL AFFECT ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE OF TH COUNTY WHERE THAT RAIL GOES THROUGH OUT AT 301, THERE AREN' MANY CROSSINGS, I THINK MOSTLY JUST THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE PASSENGER. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE ON
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>> I DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS, I'M SURE YOU'R RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE TWO STOPS WANT TO SAY IT'S THE FOCUS STOPPED AND THE WEST PALM BEACH STOP, AND MAYBE EVEN THE VENTUR STOP WHERE IT'S A TWO MINUTE WAIT BEFORE IT TAKES OFF AGAIN PEOPLE ARE INGRESS EGRESS AS THIS IS HAPPENING SO EVERY TWO WEEKS IS NOT SURPRISING. I WOULD IMAGINE IT BEING MORE, THERE ARE ONLY FIVE STOPS FROM ORLANDO TO MIAMI AND IT'S REALL UNSAFE IF YOU ARE NOT JUST GOIN FROM ORLANDO TO MIAMI.
>> THEIR PITCHING BANKRUPTCY RIGHT NOW, AREN'T THEY?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH YOU I DON'T THINK I HAD ANYTHING ELSE. ADAM CHAIR, THINKING.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE MET BUT ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUDGE THE CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE PARAMEDIC DRIVING FORWARD CAR SHOW, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVEN WITH A GREAT TURNOUT.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT CARS FROM ANTIQUES TO DOMESTIC, AND EVERY CATEGORY SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THEY RAISED A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE DRIVING HOPE FORWARD PROGRAM THROUGH THE PAI OF MEDICINE, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE AWESOME I'VE BEEN GUARANTEED THAT SHE WILL LOCALLY BE READY FOR HER BEST RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM TOMORROW. I'M HER QUASI- AGENTS, SO SHE I AWESOME, SO AM EXCITED FOR THAT AND THEN STEPHEN, MAKE SURE IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN OLD GLORY, THAT'S A TREAT.
I GOT CHILLS, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL TODAY THAT HE WAS COMING AND THAT IS EVERY SINGLE TIME, IT JUST MAKES YOU SO PROUD TO B AN AMERICAN, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT AGAIN TOMORROW. THANK YOU TO STAFF, BACK IN EARLY SPRING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS YEAR WAS FOR CLAY COUNTY, STAFF HAD TWO CHOICES.
AS COMMISSIONERS, THEY COULD HAVE EASILY SAID IT'S A BIG DEA AND KINDA POND IT OFF, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS DRAFTED.
THEY WENT TO WORK AND FROM THE FREEDOM TRUCK TO THIS EVENT TOMORROW AND I JUST HOPE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE LEGWORK THAT STAFF PUTS IN BEHIND THE SCENES BECAUSE ALL O THE STUFF IS DONATED. IT'S NOT TAXPAYER-FUNDED SO THA IS EXCITING FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GETTING INVOLVED AND CELEBRATING TOGETHER. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR STAFF FOR THAT. VERY BUSY WEEKEND IN CLAY COUNT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT WILL BE FUN , THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE BEAUTIFUL, THE ORANGE PARK FALL FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND WHICH IS OUR SECOND-LARGEST TOURISM EVENT OF THE YEAR AND CLAY COUNTY. LAST YEAR JUST UNDER 30,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE FALL FESTIVA AND THIS YEAR WE ARE EXPECTING MORE WITH THE EVENTS GOING ON JUST A TAD NORTH, WHICH IS THE BLUE ANGELS IN THE THUNDERBIRDS I HAVE A FOUR -YEAR-OLD THAT IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT EVERY MORNING ON THE RIGHT TO WORK, LIKE FOUR DAYS, RIGHT DAD? SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED WE'RE GOING OUT THERE SATURDAY WHICH WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.
A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON NOTE, WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSION JUST BECAUSE OVER TH PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I HAVE HA A LOT OF INNER DISCUSSIONS I GUESS WITH MYSELF OF CONTEMPLATING THE FUTURE. AND HERE IS WHAT I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU DO REALLY GOOD JOB OF HAVING FORESIGHT FO THE FUTURE. THINK AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE COMMUNITY HOPES THAT WE AS THEY'RE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SEE FURTHER THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT IN PART OF THAT IS OUR BUDGETING PROCESS.
I COMMEND STAFF. WHEN WE GO DOWN TO THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION AND WE SEE HOW OTHE COUNTRIES DO IT, I AM ALWAYS SURPRISED AS TO HOW LATE PEOPLE WAIT TO DO THEIR BUDGET WHERE W ARE DOING THIS, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL IN I THINK THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LOVE FOR STAFF TO PRODUCE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF AMENDMENT
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THREE AND I SAY THAT NOT TO FEA MONGERING ANYONE, NOT TO SCARE ANYONE, BUT THIS BOARD WILL HAV VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAK IF IT PASSES AND ALSO IF IT FAILS AND I THINK THAT THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW TO STAR AS A COMMISSIONER ANALYZING THA DATA IN SEEING WHAT THAT IMPACT ACTUALLY WOULD BE.I GUESS I COULD LEAVE IT AT THAT , BUT PERSONALLY, I THINK WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS O LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE SHOULD IT PASS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND ME PERSONALLY AS ONE COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT IDEA SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO TO SPEAK SO WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PRODUCE THA FOR US AT THE SURFACE LEVEL HEY THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN YOUR ONE, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN YEAR TO AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF JUST SIT AND LET TH VOTERS VOTE. I THINK THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN MIXED BAG, SOME LEGISLATURES HAVE SAID THAT THE WANT VOTERS TO VOTE, BUT THEY DON'T LIKE THE IMPACTS OF IT THAN YOU'VE SEEN OTHERS THAT SA WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN WE FIGURE IT OUT. AS A VOTER, I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, BUT I WOUL PREFER WE SEE SOME SORT OF DATA FROM STAFF ON THAT IF WE CAN. THAT'S ALL IT GOT.
THANK YOU. >> I HAVE JUST THREE THINGS.
AND REALLY THEY ARE JUST HIGHLIGHTING POSTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TONIGHT FOR ONE, I KNOW IT WAS A ROUGH SEVERAL DAYS, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN, AND ESPECIALLY TH IMPACT IT HAD IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TH DROUGHTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY THIS YEAR STARTED AND THE SEVERITY OF THE DROUGHTS. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT RICHARD BROUGHT THIS UP AND IT WAS A SLIGHT HEAD NOD SO I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE NOT HAVING ANY INJURIES DURING A PROJECT THAT LASTED HOW LONG?
>> 517 DAYS. WITH THAT TO 20 BRIDGE IS COMMENDABLE, THERE SHOULD BE IN A WORD THAT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HEARD OF VERY TAKE IT FROM ME AND MY OTHER PROFESSIONAL LIFE DO INJURY WORK, THIS IS VERY COMMENDABLE, EVERYBODY INVOLVED REALLY HATS OFF, TRIXIE, WHATEVER IT LOOKS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING SAFETY STANDARDS IN THEN THE LAST THING , I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT TOMORROW.
ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AMERICA, I AM DOWN FOR THE COUN SO COME OUT, EVERYBODY, COME ON OUT ANYTIME BETWEEN NINE AND FIVE, LET'S CELEBRATE TOGETHER. ITS IT'S ALL LIFE GOT.
>> THANK YOU. >> THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS ALONG COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO ITEM WITH BUDGETS.
OF WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO AUGUST 25TH AND I AM BRINGING THIS UP IN LIGHT OF BUDGETARY ISSUES OF OUR NEIGHBORS UP TO THE NORTH. ON AUGUST 25TH WE TALKED ABOUT TRIGGER TO INFORM THE COMMISSIO WHEN WE ARE DIGGING INTO OUR RESERVE ACCOUNTS AND WHEN THEY GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, BUT WE NEVER CAME TO A DECISION POINT, SO I ASKED OUR BUDGETING PEOPLE TO COME ON UP HERE AND SHE HAS PROPOSAL FOR US.
HOW CAN WE AVOID GETTING INTO THE FRONT LINE OF THE NEWSPAPER IS MICHAEL JUST SO THAT WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE REACH INTO THAT RESERVE ACCOUNT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.
GIVE US SOME OPTIONS. >> OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT IN BUDGET, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE IS AS WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS OR TO RELAPSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE PRESENT THE DATA COME OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE BUDGET AND THE FORM OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT, HOWEVER ONE PIECE WE COULD INCLUDE TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BOARD IS WHEN WE DIP INTO THOSE RESERVES OR ARE USING RESERVES TO OFFSET SOMETHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE CAN GIV THAT PERCENTAGE OF WHERE WE ARE AT IN RESERVE FOR THE GENERAL FUNDS WILL BE START THE YEAR AT 16.7 IS A BEST PRACTICE SO AS W CONTINUE TO AMEND THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD, WE CAN ALSO GIVE THAT PERCENTAGE OF IF IT'S GOING UP, IF WE'RE ADDING TO RESERVES OR IF WE ARE DIPPIN INTO RESERVES PRAY TO GIVE YOU
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BETTER IDEA OF HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ALSO WHAT YOUR COMFORT LEVE IS AS WE GO TO CONTINUE TO KEEPYOU INFORMED. >> THAT IS THE PROPOSAL I WOULD RECOMMEND, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE A POLICY STATEMENT FOR PURCHASING OR BUDGETING, BUT, I YOU FOLLOW NEWS, THE BOARD OF THAT ORGANIZATION OF NORTH, THE WERE BRIEFED ON ONE THING, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU PROBABLY WASN'T TRUE IN THEN THREE MONTH LATER IT WAS POSITIVE BRIEF AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER THEY WERE GIVEN VERY NEGATIVE BRIEFED , SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER POINT THAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE VISIBLE TO US WHERE WE STAND WHERE WE APPROVE SOMETHING. MAY HAVE TO DIG AND RESERVES.
OF REMAKE THAT THE PROCEDURE. >> , BRING IT BACK.
>> CURRENTLY WITH EACH BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE DO GIVE THE VALUE OF WHAT IS IN RESERVES AS A NUMBER THIS A FEW MORE BRINGING IT FORWARD AS A PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE COULD CONTINUE WITH THAT NUMBER AS THE BOARD DIRECTS .
>> SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK I GUESS.
>> SEPTEMBER 30TH I ATTEND OLD THE OUTSTANDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND, WHEN THE CHIEF JUSTICE KICKED OFF TH CEREMONY IN HE SPOKE TO WHO DANIEL E WATTS WAS, HE WAS A DEPUTY I THINK IT SPEECH WHO DIED OF COVID.
I THOUGHT WHY WOULD YOU, AND HE OPINED THAT IN FIRST RESPONDERS WE TOOK SHELTER, WE WERE RELEGATED TO THE SHELTER AND TH FIRST RESPONDERS DIDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
SO HE HAD TO ENGAGE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHETHER HE CONTACTED COVID DURING ONE OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS ARE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT NONETHELESS, THAT TO THIS AWARD WAS MADE FOR, THERE WERE 12 AWARDS AND I WANT TO BRING TO MENTION THE SERVICE AWARD WAS AWARDED TO TWO CLAY COUNTY DEPUTIES THAT WERE INVOLVED, THEY WERE UNDERCOVER AND INVOLVED WITH DRUGS ENTERIN THE JAIL AND HOW THEY UNCOVERED HOW THEY ENTERED THE JAIL, SO M HATS OFF TO THEM AND THEY SHERRIFF, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AT THEIR CEREMONY IN I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THIS THURSDAY, 8:30 P.M. IS A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR FLEMING ISLAND.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IT'S A 200 -YEAR-OLD COMPANY THAT STARTED OUT MANUFACTURING AND THEN THEY BROUGHT A FARM AN MILK AND IT ALL OCCURRED KIND O AND PENNSYLVANIA.
I THINK IT WAS DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
SO GROWING UP IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT WAS THE PLACE TO GO FOR COFFEE, THEY HAVE GREAT COFFEE. IN FACT IT WAS SO WELL-KNOWN THAT WHEN MY DAUGHTER MOVED TO ST. PETERSBURG, SHE HAD A FRIEN THAT ALSO HAD EXPERIENCED IT AN SHE PETITIONED THEM TO COME DOW TO SAINT PETE, SO THEY ARE DOWN THERE.
ANYWAY THEY ARE OPENING A STORE ON FLEMING ISLAND AND THE FIRST THAT'S GOING TO OPEN AT 8:00 P.M. WITH THE CEREMONY AT, BUT THE FIRST 100 CUSTOMERS GET A FREE T-SHIRT AND THERE'S GOIN TO BE FREE COFFEE UNTIL SUNDAY OCTOBER 18TH.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SAMPLE THE WARES, THIS WEEK IS THE TIME TO DO IT. WE MENTIONED THE BLUE IN JEWELL AIRSHOW, THE FALL FESTIVAL, AND WHAT THAT BRINGS TO MIND FOR ME IS TRAFFIC. 17 IS GOING TO BE CHOCKABLOCK S IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO COME TO EITHER EVENT, DO SO EARLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CLOSE THE GATE SO 300,000 PEOPL WILL NORMALLY ATTEND AND THIS I BLUE ANGEL AND THE THUNDERBIRDS.
LASTLY, THE ORANGE PARK GUILD HAS A GALA ON THE 24TH SO IF YO WANT SOMETHING TO DO, IT'S ALIC IN WONDERLAND THEME IN I KNOW
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WHERE YOU CAN GET TICKETS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS YEAR. I WANTED TO THANK JEREMY JOHNSO FOR COMING TO THE LAST MEETING TO SPEAK TO ABOUT NIAGARA AND DIFFERENT THINGS. I GUESS HE SENT A LETTER SAYING HE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN SO HE WROTE U A LETTER ALSO ABOUT IT AND I WANTED TO TELL HIM HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS TRANSPARENCY IN WILLING TO LET OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THE FACTS REGARDING NIAGARA AND ARE WATER USAGE. DID YOU RECEIVE THE E-MAIL FROM CARL ANDERSON? I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF TO COME UP AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ART, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT HE WANTED TO LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION AND SO I GUESS WHERE THINKING OF DOING A GENERAL LETTER FOR ALL THE HOSPICE ORGANIZATIONS, SO IF YO
COULD SPEAK TO THAT? >> YES, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU WERE GIVEN A SOLICITED REQUEST FOR A RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR HOSPICE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS GOING TO PUT IN FOR WHAT WOULD BE CALLED AN OPEN CERTIFICATE OF NEED WHICH IS PU OUT BY THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCAR ADMINISTRATION. A BOOK THAT THE STATE UP INTO DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE A PROCESS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOURS ARE RELATIVE TO AMBULANCE SERVICES WHEN THEY GO TO PUT ON INITIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS AREA INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE OPENED UP FOR APPLICATIONS. LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY RECEIVED 11 APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE BEEN SOLICITED BY ONE FORMALLY AND MAYBE ANOTHER ONE.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND BASICALLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD GO. YOU COULD DISREGARD THAT LETTER YOU COULD GIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION, BUT TOO OBVIOUSLY THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND THE INCREASED SERVICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT SHE DEVELOPED SOME VERBIAGE FOR THAT . WE DID ALSO REACH OUT TO HAVEN AND THE REASON WE REACHED OUT T THEM AS THEY HAVE THE ONLY INPATIENT CENTER IN THE COUNTY WHICH IS 18 BEDS THE ORGANIZATION DID REACH OUT TO YOU, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT HAVING AN INPATIENT TYPE OF SITUATION OUT OF THE FACILITIES OR EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES OUR IN THEIR HOME, SO WE ASKED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT VOLUME.
THEY INDICATED THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A VOLUME PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT REALLY IS FOR THEM AS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AFFECTING THE DIFFERENT STABILITY IN THOS TYPES OF THINGS, THEY WILL BET THOSE AND THEY HAVE ULTIMATE
AUTHORITY OVER THAT APPROVAL. >> I KNOW IT WAS DUE BEFORE OCTOBER 15TH, SO WE ARE GOOD WITH THIS LANGUAGE PROBABLY?
THE ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY TEL YOU WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION
WOULD BE. >> I REVIEWED THE PROPOSED RESPONSE, IS NOT SUPPORTED ANY PARTICULAR ONE.
>> IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? >> ASSISTANT CHIEF, IS THAT A
FEDERAL ORGANIZATION? >> IT'S FLORIDA.
>> SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS OTHER THAN THE E-MAIL FROM THE ONE GUY, I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE O OTHER ONE OFFS FROM DIFFERENT, WAS THIS SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WITH LETTERS OF SUPPORT YOU GET
FUNDING? >> KNOW IT WOULD BE COMMON MUCH LIKE WHEN YOU DO, THE SAME THIN WITH OURS, WE ACTUALLY SOLICIT FOR OUR CO PC WE SOLICITED THE AREA MUNICIPALITIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THAT CASE, THEY KNOW FULL WELL WHO THE SERVICES ARE IN WHETHER THEY WANT TO HAVE THEM OR NOT.
AND THIS CASE YOUR, THAT'S WHAT THESE COMPANIES WOULD DO AND IN SPEAKING WITH HAVEN, THEY HAVE DONE A SIMILAR TYPE OF THING SOMETIMES THEY GET IT AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T AND THEY RECOGNIZE IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WEATHER THE COUNTIES WHERE THE MUNICIPALITIES ACTUALLY KNO OR HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH THAT ORGANIZATION BEFORE. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CAPACITY TO BUILD IT BACK UP.
>> IS THIS PART OF CREDENTIALIN OR NO?
>> NO, IT JUST HELPS THEM WITH THEIR GENERAL APPLICATION PROCESS. THEY ARE STILL GOING TO GO AND DETERMINED THAT NEED. IT MAY NOT EVEN MEAN THAT THEY ARE BASED YEAR OUT OF OUR COUNT IT JUST MEANS THEY CAN DO WORK
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INSIDE OF THAT AREA WHICH IS FIVE COUNTIES, WHERE THEY CAN DHOSPICE WORK IN THOSE AREAS. >> I REACHED OUT TO MS. SCOTT A PENNY FARMS AND SHE DID SOME RESEARCH AND THEY HAD A GOOD REPUTATION THEY WERE ASKED FOR LETTER OF SUPPORT AS WELCOME AS SHE THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY THREE APPLICANTS,.
>> THERE WAS 11 WHEN I LOOKED O THE WEBSITE.
>> I THINK WE ARE OKAY WITH THI COMPANY, BUT I WOULDN'T PERSONALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM MY ENDORSEMENT, I THINK WE NEED TH SERVICE, BUT LET THE COMPETITIO BEGIN.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I ALSO REACHED OUT, I HAVE A FELLOW ROTARIAN I MY ROTARY CLUB WHO WORKS FOR COMMUNITY HOSPICE, SHE DOES NOT SERVE CLAY COUNTY AND I ASKED HER BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN TO REQUEST, I'VE GOTTEN THIS ONE AND THEN THE ONE FROM CORNERSTONE MS. SMITH I THINK THAT'S HER NAME AND I SAID SO WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. SHE SAID WELL, IT'S ABOUT GETTING BUSINESS. SO NOT A YEAR AGO, IN DECEMBER IT WILL BE A YEAR IN THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS SHARING WITH THE CHIEF EARLIER, THIS BOTHERS ME QUITE A BIT BECAUSE IT IS WHEN A FAMILY IS IN NEED, WHETHER IT'S AT HOME OR AT A FACILITY OR LIKE PENNY FARMS OR THE HOSPITAL OR ONE OF THE OTHERS, AND PEOPLE STARTED PARADING IN AND INTRODUCING THEMSELVES AND THEY ALL SAY I'M WITH HOSPICE IN THEY ALL ARE, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME ONE AN THEY'RE HANDING YOU BROCHURES I YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS HERE. I GUESS IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAK A CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY, BUT IT SEEMS A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS TO ME. AND THEN THE ONE LETTER WE GOT FROM THE ONE GENTLEMAN, I FELT WAS VERY FORCEFUL, THE LETTER WAS PUTTING WORDS AND MY MOUTH, HAD WRITTEN THE LETTER IN A JUS WANTED ME TO SIGN THE NAME. I RESPONDED BACK TO HIM AND SAI THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE GIVIN HIM THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT AND THE OTHER LADY IT WAS NICER ABOUT IT, I JUST FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN I TALK TO MY FRIEND WHO WORKS FOR COMMUNITY SHE SAID THERE ARE ALREADY THRE OR FOUR HOSPICE COUNTIES COMPANIES. WHAT I SAID TO THIS GENTLEMAN WAS, WHEN THEY COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT AN AMBULANCE SERVICE, THEY BRING US A NEED, RIGHT, THERE IS NUMBERS, THEY BRING NUMBERS TO TELL US THESE ARE TH REASONS WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY NUMBERS TO SAY THERE I A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOSPICE SERVICES IN OUR COUNTY WHICH AR SUPPOSEDLY NONPROFIT, BUT NONPROFITS JUST MEAN THEY CAN'T SHOW A PROFIT, SO OFTENTIMES THEIR TOP PEOPLE ARE VERY HIGHL COMPENSATED. I FELT JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WHOLE THING. I HAVE DECIDED I DON'T WANT TO
BE A PART OF ANY OF THIS. >> THE PROPOSED IS ON BEHALF.
LITERALLY DOING? >> I'M IN FAVOR OF SENDING IT.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> THEY HAVE 11.
>> THE GENERAL LETTER. THERE IS A NEED, I THINK THERE IS A NEED. WE REVIEW THIS, IT'S NOT FOR ANYONE IN PARTICULAR AT ALL IT' FOR SAYING THAT YOU SUPPORT ONE AND HOSPICE CARE IN THE COUNTY. WE CAN TO THAT, CAN'T WAIT?
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY BUTTIFANT, THEY WOULD WANT TO SUBMIT IT AS
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PART OF THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS.THANK YOU. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN THE LETTER.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD CLARIFY ON THIS, WHERE NOT GIVING ANY ONE PARTICULAR GROUP THIS LETTER .
WE'RE NOT SENDING IT TO THAT GENTLEMAN WHO WROTE TO US OR TH
INDIVIDUAL WHO REACHED OUT. >> I WILL E-MAIL HIM AND LET HI
KNOW. >> MIGHT LAST THING IS PERTAINING TO WHAT IS SAID, WHERE I ALSO HAD THIS ON MY MIN AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS IT WITH ALL OF YOU AND I'M SORRY I'M GOING TO HAVE TO READ IT BECAUS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING. DO WE HAVE A HANDOUT?
>> TROY HAS SOME PRINTOUTS, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR THAT EAC ONE OF YOU RECEIVED INDIVIDUALL FROM TROY OVER THE WEEKEND.
OF IT HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM. THIS YEAR IS JUST ANOTHER WAY T LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF AMENDMENT THREE YEAR ONE, YOU'RE TOO.
TRULY WILL HAVE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS ON IT.
>> G HAS THE OTHER ONE TO? AND YOU GAVE THEM BOTH OF THEM? THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I THINK I GOT IT.
>> WE HAVE TO REALIZE THE MAIL IN BALLOTS ARE ALREADY OUT THERE . WE'VE BEEN ADAMANT THAT OUR IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THAT THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THIS AND TAKING THE TIME TO.
THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT AMENDMENT THREE MEANS TO OUR COUNTY WHETHER IT PASSES OR NOT WE KNO CERTAIN FACTS AND THAT'S WHAT W HAVE SEEN IT ALL EVERYWHERE. THIS, THAT, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID, AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACTS.
NUMBER ONE FOR A FACT, WE ARE THE SECOND MOST NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IN THE STATE. WE ALSO KNOW WE ARE THE 25TH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE, SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE TOP THIRD , PLEASE STAY CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM ATTACKS.
THESE ARE ALL FACTS, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE LOVE CLAY COUNTY, GOOD SCHOOLS, SAFE COMMUNITY. WE MAY DIFFER SOMETIMES ON HOW MUCH IS SPENT, BUT WE DON'T WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, ANY CUT TO OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WIL CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE LEAN SERVICES WE PROVIDE. AGAIN THESE ARE THE FACTS.
BEFORE WEIGHT RIP THE BAND-AID OFF THE PRUDENT THING IP WOULD BE WITH THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTE BE.
AS WELL AS OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ON HOW EACH WOULD BE IMPACTED IF AMENDMENT THREE PASSES AND WHEN YOU'RE COMING I YEAR ONE AT 15 PERCENT CUT AND THEN YEAR TO, 30 PERCENT CUTS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR LIBRARIES, PARKS, ANIMAL SERVICES AND VETERAN SERVICES ALL OF WHICH WE ALREADY HAD TO MAKE CUTS IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND ALL OF WHICH IS THEY REPORT TO THE STATE.
I'VE ALSO SPOKE TO SUPERVISOR O ELECTIONS IN HE IS WILLING TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING. I'M ONLY ASKING FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR OUR CONSTITUENT I FEEL IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LET OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW TH FACTS.
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IT'S NOT TO TELL ANYONE HOW TO VOTE, IT'S THE SIMPLE REASON THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR PART TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE OF CLAY COUNTY THE BEST WE CAN. WHEN I FIRST THAT THE TEXAS COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING IN MARCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS IS THAT IS HOW OFTEN IN SPEAKING THIS SENATOR BRIERLEY, SHE SAYS IT SEEMS INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT TAX REFORM IS NEEDED.I THINK WE CAN EXPECT THE WILL TEST FOR COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PLEASE CONSIDER MY REQUEST AND THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALREADY ASKED FOR THAT, SO I AM HOPING TO GET A CONSISTENT CONSENSUS. SHERRIFF, YOU WOULD BE READY TO
BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOMETHING? >> I FEEL THOSE THINGS ARE GIVING FACTS BEFORE THAT MAIL-I BALLOT GOES OUT.
ANYWAY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
>> MADAM CHAIR, WE WILL PUT AN ITEM ON THE FLOOR UNDER PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS AND THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE HERE IN THAN OBVIOUSLY THE CONSTITUTIONAL'S, THE TWO FARMS THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU, THEY AR ALL ON ONE PAGE, YEAR ONE IS ON YOUR ONE AND YOUR TO IS ON THE BACK PAGE.
THE ONE THAT WAS GIVEN OUT SHOW THE IMPACT OF $40 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR. TROY HAS BRIEFLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT SEEING THIS THAT ARE ONLINE OR OUR WATCHING, THERE ARE THREE SCENARIOS IN THOSE THREE SCENARIOS INDICATE WHAT FUND THOSE MONIES WOULD BE IMPACTING FOR THE LACK OF REVENUE SO IT WOULD COME FROM THE REMAINING GENERAL FUND SERVICES, BASICALLY THE BOARD O COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AREA AND A SCENARIO TO IT WOULD BE AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, OTHER COMMITMENTS WHICH INCLUDES CONSTITUTIONAL'S AND REMAINING GENERAL FUND SERVICES. THOSE WOULD BE YOUR ONE, YOU'RE TWO. WHICH RAKE A PUBESCENT IMPACT AND HE'S USING THE RULE OF THUM OF $100,000 PER FTE PER EMPLOYE THAT IS OUT THERE AND HE ALSO HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDS TO SEE HOW MUCH THE FUND IS BURDENED WITH PERSONNEL IN HE HAS VARYING AMOUNTS AT TH TOP OF THAT, SO FOR INSTANCE UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S MORE LIKE 80 PERCENT IS PERSONNEL AN THE REST ARE OPERATIONAL COSTS AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS ARE VERY ACROSS-THE-BOARD, IF I MAY I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THAT OVER BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PORTION OF IT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING GRADE.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT SAYS PERSONNEL, IT BREAKS DOWN WHAT YOUR COST IS FOR PERSONNEL IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS IN PUBLI SAFETY. THE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE ABOUT 8 AND A HALF PERCENT. WE TOOK THAT RATIO IN APPLIED I TO THE CUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO B MADE TO THOSE, IF THEY ARE CUTTING GENERAL FUND SERVICES, THE ENTIRE 40 MILLION COMES AGAINST THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN YOU HAVE TO CUT ABOUT 17.1 MILLION IN PERSONNEL. IF YOU AVERAGE THAT SAME PERCENTAGE THAT'S 170-POINT POSITION THAT IS HOW YOU READ THAT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS. THAT IS HOW WE WERE ESTIMATING IT. HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS WE ARE ASSUMING THE CUP WOULD B IMPLIED NOW WE KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY NOT TRUE BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, WE DON'T CONTROL ELECTRIC RATES, WE DON'T CONTRO OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE DO THIS QUICK ANALYSIS WITH STRANGERS T SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ON AVERAGE WOULD BE CUTTING FROM EACH AREA DEPENDING ON HOW YOU APPLY THE 40 MILLION. IT IS CUTTING WITH CONSTITUTIONAL'S, AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SO COURSE THAT'S MORE HEAVILY WEIGHTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
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THAT'S WHERE IT GOES CURRENTLY. THAT'S AN OPTION VERY THAT SHOW WITH THAT EFFECT WOULD BE IN THEN ON THE BACKSIDE IS YEAR TWWHEN YOU GO TO FULL, 20,050,000. >> SO JUST TO THROW THAT NUMBERS , EVEN DISTRIBUTION 227 POSITIONS, 227 POSITIONS AFFECTED AND THEN THE NEXT WOUL BE IN A 30 POSITIONS ONLY IN YEAR ONE AND THEN YEAR TWO WOUL BE A TOTAL OF 398 POSITIONS AND 577 POSITIONS IF WE DO ALL FROM PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> BASED ON EVENLY APPLYING IT. >> I'M SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WHEN WE READ THESE CHARTS, IT'S AN AGGREGATE, SO I I'M LOOKING AT THE FIRST SCENARIO, AND IT'S 171 POSITION AFFECTED THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL 228.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE EFFECT IN YEAR YOUR TWO.
THANK YOU. YOUR TWO TAKES INTO EFFECT IF YOUR ONE ALREADY. JUST TO BE CLEAR.
>> TO OTHER VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT TROY WENT INTO THIS THESE NUMBERS, YOU ARE TRYING T PREDICT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, SO WE LEFT IT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER THAT, WE HAVE LEFT IT THI YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THEN IN HIS SCENARIO WHEN HE HAS PERSONNEL. IT'S ONLY 17-POINT WHEN THEY ARE , DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT PART?
>> IN THAT SCENARIO ONE, THAT REMAINING AMOUNT WOULD HAVE TO
COME FROM. >> IT WOULD COME FROM OPERATING.
OF 42 PERCENT OF YOU ARE COST I PERSONNEL, WE ARE A PLANE THAT COST. THAT WOULD BE A BOARD DECISION TO LOOK AT, DO YOU CUT PARKS, D YOU CUT OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU OFFER. IF YOU'RE CUTTING 171 PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE OTHER SERVICE REDUCTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT.
>> WE WILL DISCUSS THAT MORE. >> I KNOW IF I COULD, YOU LISTE OFF SOME DEPARTMENTS, JUST FOR CLARITY FOR THE BUDGET OFFICE, ARE YOU WANTING US TO TAKE EVER ONE OF THOSE GENERAL FUND FUNDE DEPARTMENTS AND APPLY IT ACROSS-THE-BOARD PERCENTAGE DECREASE, YOU MENTIONS THE 15 AND 30 PERCENT, IS THAT WITH TH DESIRE OF THE BOARD IS TO SAVE DEPARTMENT X, YOU WILL LOSE 15 PERCENT OF YOUR BUDGET, HOW DOES THAT LOOK.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE WILL LOOK LIKE.
>> ACROSS ALL OF IT. >> WEEKEND THAT'S A POTENTIAL
IMPACT OR. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU WITH THE INTENT OF THE BOARD WAS.
WHERE DID 15 AND 30 PERCENT COM FROM PEER GLITCHES THAT EQUATE
TO? >> I CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE STARTED OUT AND IT'S KIND OF ON THE OTHER PAGE.
ROUGHLY, YOUR CUT IS A CUT OF 40 MILLION OUT OF 180 MILLION, SO THAT IS 20 TO PERCENT SO OUT OF YOUR OVERALL REVENUE, THAT YOU ARE CUTTING 40 OUT OF 2701, SO THAT IS ABOUT 15 PERCET IF I REMEMBER RIGHT WHEN I DID THE CLICK MATH GRADE NEXT YEAR YOU ARE CUTTING 70 MILLION OUT OF THE SAME 2701 SO THAT IS CLOSER TO 30 PERCENT. IT'S 40 MILLION OR 70 MILLION OUT OF YOUR 300 MILLION DISCRETIONARY BUDGET.
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>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A POT STIR AT ALL, BUT WHATEVER I'LL ASK THE QUESTION.
ON CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS COURTS INC. MEDICAID AND TRANSFERS, THE CHAIRMAN SAID TH CHAIRWOMAN SAID WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE TAX COLLECTOR OR PROPERTY APPRAISER BECAUSE THOS ARE BUDGETS APPROVED BY THE STATES AND KIND OF JUST PASSED US, BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A MISNOMER OUT THERE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK DEPARTMENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER WE ARE ONE PLAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK THERE IS A MISNOMER THA WE HAVE TO FUND THEM AND I GUES I WOULD SAY I'VE MADE NO SECRET ABOUT IT I THINK SEXUAL FORM IS NEEDED AND IF AMENDMENT THREE I THE WAY THE TAXPAYERS WANT US T DO JEWETT, SOVIET, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THANKS THAT.
ONE, I THINK THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO INCLUDE WHAT THE REST OF THE STORY COULD BE. I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE EDUCATION PROCESS AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT OUR FEES SO FOR INSTANCE, I WAS TALKING TO A FELLOW COMMISSIONER ABOUT HOW MARION COUNTY FUNDS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY THEIR UNION CONTRACT APPROPRIATELY TO HAVE THE CONTRACT THE EMPLOYEES WANT. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THE OTHER THING IS I THINK THERE AR THINGS THAT COME FROM THE STATE AS MANDATED UNFUNDED MANDATES, BUT THAT PHRASE GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO FUND, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND ANY MARK, THE TAX COLLECTOR CALLED ME TODAY AND WEAVER HAVE BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT SHE SHARED WITH US ABOUT SINCE 2010, AT THE AMOUNT THAT THEY GET FROM EACH DRIVER' LICENSE THEY PROCESS IS $6.25 AND IT HAS NOT GONE UP A TERROR HAS SHARED WITH US THE SAME WIT COURT SERVICES IT'S $40 AND IT' NOT CHANGED IN PROBABLY THE SAM TIMEFRAME SO, WHAT THE TAX COLLECTOR IN I HAD THE CONVERSATION OF IS IT'S INTERESTING HOW MUCH OF YOUR WORK IS SPENT ON PROPERTY TAXES WHICH THE COUNTY FUNDS.
WE THE TAXPAYERS OF CLAY COUNTY FUND SHE SAID OVERWHELMINGLY DRIVERS LICENSE SERVICES, DMV SERVICES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY THE AMOUNT OF THEIR WORK AND YET THAT IS FUNDED FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU GO WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE OF PUTTING THIS PICTURE TOGETHER TO SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDING AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMITTED TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY PRETENSES WITH ANY BIT OF THE PUBLIC I'M GOING TO CONTINU TO VOTE TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY A THE VERY LEAST WHERE WE HAVE THEM TODAY IF NOT MORE. I THINK THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. THAT FOR ME IS SO IMPORTANT.
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT TWO.
GOOD ROADS ARE PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
ANIMAL SERVICES ARE PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THAT IS NOT THE DEFINITION THEY GIVE US. THERE WAS THAT LIST OF THINGS SHE COULD FUND WITH PROPERTY TAXES THAT WERE PART OF THIS OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AND EVERYTHING, I THINK THERE IS A MISNOMER THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE FUNDED.
THEY DON'T, THEY ARE JUST SAYIN THAT IS WHAT WE CAN FUND WITH PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE HAVING THE FULL CONVERSATION TO SAY, WE ARE RESPONDING MILLION DOLLARS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THE CLAY COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARTS. I KNOW DIRECTOR HUFFMAN, SHE KNOWS IF THIS PASSES OR EVEN IF IT DOESN'T AND WE MOVE TOWARD TAX REFORM, THOSE DAYS ARE CHANGING.
I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, HAVE AN APPLE PICTURE IS IMPORTANT. IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE OPERATING THINGS COST IF YOU ARE CUTTING STAFF AND SEGA SAKE PARKS, LIGHT VIPERS, VETERANS SERVICES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONAL PART SO
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THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE TO WRITE I'M NOT TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THAT I THINK UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PICTURE IS IMPORTANT.AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. YOU WILL KNOW, IT'S NO SECRET I WORKING WITH TROY AND HOWARD FO WELL OVER A YEAR UNTRAINED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR SEEING SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD HAPPENING, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE MISNOMER OUT THERE THAT IN THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS PROPOSED, BUT NEVER PASSED, IT HAD PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING PROTECTIVE AT 26- 27 LEVELS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REA THE AMENDMENT IS 20 PAGES.
20 PAGES. >> PEOPLE ALSO THINK THIS IS TH CRAZINESS. THE AMENDMENT IS 20 PAGES.
WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT IS THE SUMMARY.
I JUST CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO GO READ THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT GIVES A LOT OF CONTROL BACK TO THE STATE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF TH PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND I'VE TRIED TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY THINK W JUST DON'T WANT IT TO PASS, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IN SMALLER GOVERNMENT, I ALSO BELIEVE THE BEST GOVERNMENT IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE. YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE DENTIST THEY WERE ASKING ME ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE, THOSE ARE GREA CONVERSATIONS, AND SHERRIFF IS ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION ARE STATE SENATOR, OUR PROPERTY APPRAISER, THOSE ARE GREAT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE IF WE GET A LOT OF CONTROL BACK TO THE STATE, YOU LOSE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I WILL END WITH THIS I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A CONSTITUENTS , I SAID I UNDERSTAND THAT LOCAL, THERE AR SOME PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE, THE DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF OUR SPENDING AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. SO THEIR INTENTION BY VOTING FO AMENDMENT THREE FOR SOME OF THEM , THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID TO ME PERSONALLY, THE WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO EXCUSE ME BUT SCREW LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN I SAID TO THIS PERSON, I SAID DO YOU THINK THE LEGISLATURE WANTS TO SCREW LOCAL GOVERNMENT? IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT NO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT T TAKE ON DECIDING WHETHER OR SHERRIFF CAN HIGHER-MARGIN BEAUTIES OR IF WE HAVE ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS ON THE STREET OR I WE SHOULD HAVE ONE LIBRARY OR SIX LIBRARIES IN CLAY COUNTY, WHICH IS A QUESTION.
DO THEY WANT TO CONTROL THAT? DO YOU WANT THEM TO? THOSE ARE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NOT ABOU PAYING LESS ON YOUR PROPERTY TA BILL BECAUSE YOU MAY SEE A DECREASE AT THE BEGINNING IS THIS WHERE YOU END YOU? I DON'T KNOW. JUST INTERESTING THINGS THAT I THINK CAN BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE IT
NEXT MEETING. >> I AM NOT HEARING FROM COMMISSIONER CONDON ALSO A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY THAT MAY NOT BE DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICAID, MEDICARE WHICH YOU SPENT A DOLLAR ON WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THOSE AREN'T DEPARTMENTAL. YOU HAVE THAT TO SAY TO YOUR POINT THESE ARE UNFUNDED. AND THEN TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER CONDON'S OTHER POINT JUST TO BE CLEAR, ONE, I THINK HAVING THE CLERK'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ARE GENERALLY FUNDED SO I THINK HAVING GREEN GO THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THE OTHER TWO BUDGETS. THEY ARE STATE BUDGETS BUT DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY THERE IS A 30-DAY WINDOW THAT YOU HAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THOSE TWO BUDGETS SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE WERE YOU GOING, ISN'T IT, THERE ARE OTHER BUDGETS DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUND YOU AT THAT
LEVEL? >> YEAH, AND THERE WILL BE YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S A SPECIAL SESSION OR THEY MOVE INTO JANUARY AND IMMEDIATELY ARE AT THE LEGISLATURE IF THIS PASSES IS IMMEDIATELY GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION, PASS AN IMPLEMENTATION BILL. AND THAT IS A QUESTION -- I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ARM OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WITH. SO THINGS LIKE -- TAX COLLECTOR-
>> UNFUNDED? >> YEAH, FOR INSTANCE THIS IS THE AMOUNT SHE SPENDS OF LOCAL TAX DOLLARS PAYING FOR DMD
SERVICES. >> OR A FLORIDA DRIVER'S
SO EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE THERE ARE 67 OF THOSE CONVERSATION THAT IS WOULD NEED TO BE HAD AND THEY COULD
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IMMEDIATELY FUND THAT, RIGHT? IF THEY HAVE THIS SURPLUS THEY COULD IMMEDIATELY BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE A LAW TO DO THAT.FOR INSTANCE AND I POINT TO THE SHERIFF, I AM NOT POINTING TO YOU SPECIFICALLY BUT IN FLORIDA IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN STATUTE THAT SHERIFFS'S DEPARTMENTS CAN ONLY BE FUNDED THROUGH [INDISCERNIBLE]. WELL, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES COULD BE POTENTIALLY USED TO FUND OUR SHERIFFS' DEPARTMENT BUT OUR HANDS ARE TIED
CURRENTLY. >>> DO YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY SAYS IN STATUTE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY, WE THE COUNTY COMMISSION, ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR INDIGENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND WE HAVE TO PAY OTHER COUNTIES IT.
IF OUR RESIDENTS GO TO A HOSPITAL FOR INDIGENT CARE IN JACKSONVILLE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
IT SAYS IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.