[1. Resolution altering the voting precincts in St. Johns County pursuant to Section 101.001(1), Florida Statutes, based upon the recommendation and approval of the Supervisor of Elections, as a result of redistricting. ]

I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. VOTE ON THE REGULAR AS WELL AS THE CONSENT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR PROCEDURES.

NOW I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE THE SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. I'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE, BUT I PROMISE I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE

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STARTED, IN APRIL OF 2020, THAT BEGAN WITH 2020 CENSUS. THERE WERE A LOT OF EFFECTS OF THOSE CENSUS AND THOSE NEW NUMBERS. AND THEN FOLLOWING THE CENSUS, EVERY TEN YEARS PROMPTS REDISTRICTING AND REAPPORTIONMENT.

AND THAT BEGINS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

AS WE KNOW, FLORIDA, BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH, RECEIVED ONE ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. THE WHOLE IDEA OF REDISTRICTING IS TO HAVE EQUAL DISTRICTS, WHERE ONE PERSON AND ONE VOTE ARE THE SAME. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S MYSELF, A VOTER IN TENNESSEE, A VOTER IN NEW YORK AND TEXAS, ON THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL, OUR VOTES CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT. THAT IS TRUE ALSO ON A STATE LEVEL.

OUR STATE LEGISLATURE IS TASKED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REDRAWING OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, OUR STATE HOUSE AND STATE SENATE DISTRICTS, WHICH HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE BOARD LOCALLY BACK LAST YEAR, IN DECEMBER OF ADOPTING YOUR NEW PRECINCT LINES, BASED ON OUR CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND ALL OF THAT HAS TO START US ON A PATH FOR NEW DISTRICTS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE IN PLACE FOR OUR 2022 ELECTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

SO REDISTRICTING HAS HAD SOME EFFECTS ON ST. JOHNS COUNTY. BEGINNING AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL, WE HAVE SOME NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. WE HAVE NEW FLORIDA HOUSE AND SENATE DISTRICTS. YOU ADOPTED NEW BOARD LINES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER SO WE CAN CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO SHARE THE SAME COUNTY COMMISSION AND SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT LINES.

SO SINCE MY PRECINCT LINES ARE BASED ON COUNTY COMMISSION SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT LINES, THEY HAVE TO BE CHANGED TO ALIGN WITH YOUR NEW DISTRICTS FOR THE NEW ELECTIONS.

SO WE'VE MADE CHANGES IN THOSE PRECINCT LINES. WE'VE GONE FROM 48 TO 53 PRECINCTS, WHICH IS AN ADDITION OF FIVE OVERALL. AND WE'RE INCREASING OUR POLLING PLACES FROM 39 TO 41. OKAY. I WANT TO START WITH JUST THE VISUAL MAPS, JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REDISTRICTING EFFECTS.

SO THE FIRST TWO MAPS ARE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT LINES. THE MAPS ON THE LEFT ARE GOING TO BE THE OLD DISTRICTS. THE MAPS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

NOW, REGARDING THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, HOWEVER, THERE ARE LEGAL CHALLENGES TO THIS.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD TO SEE WHAT THE COURTS ARE GOING TO DECIDE.

THERE WILL BECOME A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

YOU CAN SEE WITH THE LINES, ST. JOHNS COUNTY HAS BEEN AFFECTED. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LINES, NOT A LOT, BUT SOME. SO WE HAVE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. OUR FLORIDA SENATE DISTRICTS, WE ARE IN ONE DISTRICT BEFORE, SENATE SEVEN, THAT REMAINS THE SAME. ENTIRE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT HAS MOVED TO THE WEST SOMEWHAT, ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS ENTIRELY IN SENATE DISTRICT 7.

NOW, OUR HOUSE DISTRICT, BIG CHANGES FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WE'VE FROM TWO FLORIDA HOUSE DISTRICTS TO THREE. OUR NEW DISTRICTS ARE 18 TO THE NORTH, WHICH WAS OUR OLD DISTRICT 17. AND TO THE SOUTH, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE NOW IN TWO FLORIDA HOUSE DISTRICTS, 19 AND 20. SO AFFECTS THERE. AND WITH OUR -- YOUR BOARD LINES, WE CAN TELL THE DISTRICTS HAVE CHANGED, OLD DISTRICTS ON THE LEFT, NEW DISTRICTS ON THE RIGHT. THAT GIVES US A BASIS FOR CHANGING AND ALTERING OUR

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PRECINCT LINES. SO WHERE DO WE START? WE START WITH THE OLD PRECINCTS AND OLD POLLING PLACES. AND I HAVE TO TAKE A MINUTE AND BRAG ON MY STAFF A LITTLE BIT.

OUR ELECTIONS TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, JOE WHO IS MY GIS EXTRAORDINARE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE YOU ALL ADOPTED YOUR BOARD LINES.

PART OF MY STAFF HAVE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR POLLING PLACES. WHILE POLLING PLACES ARE NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, THAT IS COMPLETELY MY RESPONSIBILITY, THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE LINES OF THE POLLING PLACES. THEY KIND OF WALK TOGETHER.

WITH CHANGING PRECINCT LINES, AS IN YOUR DISTRICT LINES, WE NOW HAVE TO USE CENSUS BLOCK BOUNDARIES. WOW. THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE.

BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE HAD LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. AS WITH YOUR BOARD LINES, IT'S ALL CENSUS BLOCK DATA. WE HAVE TO CONFORM TO CENSUS BLOCKS.

SO WE HAD TO MAKE A FEW LINE CHANGES, SIMPLY BASED ON CENSUS BLOCK BOUNDARIES.

CONSIDERATIONS, AREAS OF GROWTH IN THE COUNTY. NOT JUST CURRENT GROWTH, PROJECTED GROWTH AS WELL. VOTING PATTERNS. OUR VOTING PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED GREATLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THE BEST USE OF COUNTY RESOURCES. I HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND GET APPROVAL OF MY BUDGET EVERY YEAR. PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES COST MONEY. SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND HOW CAN WE MAKE BEST USE OF OUR COUNTY RESOURCES. SO THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, ON THE LEFT, THIS IS POPULATION DENSITY BY CENSUS BLOCK, 2010 ON THE LEFT, 2020 ON THE RIGHT.

OUR PRECINCT LINES ARE NOW TEN YEARS OLD. THIS IS NOT A GOOD VISUAL OF HOW THE COUNTY HAS CHANGED IN TEN YEARS. AND THIS IS TWO YEARS OLD NOW.

IT'S TWO YEARS OLD. SO WE HAVE TO PLAN NOT ONLY FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE MAKING UP IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT WHAT IS AHEAD. WE HAVE TO BE VISIONARIES AND PLAN FOR THE GROWTH THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS OR SO.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE ALONG. NOW, HERE IS A REAL EYE OPENER FOR YOU, VOTING TRENDS ARE CHANGING. AND MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE CHANGE PRECINCT LINES AND POLLING PLACES.

THE GRAPH BEFORE YOU IS A VERY EYE-OPENING DEPICTIONS ON HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, VOTING PATTERNS OF OUR VOTERS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

LOOK HOW MANY VOTERS ARE NOW TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VOTING EARLY.

OR VOTING BY MAIL. AND THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION, WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT ON ELECTION DAY, WHEN WE HAD AN 85 PERCENT VOTER TURN-OUT IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, THIRD HIGHEST IN THE STATE, BY THE WAY, OUR COUNTY IS USUALLY AMONG THE TOP FIVE WITH VOTER TURN-OUT IN THE STATE, WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT ONLY 15 PERCENT OF OUR VOTERS AND AN 85 PERCENT VOTER TURN-OUT WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY. 15 PERCENT. NOW, SOME OF THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AS A RESULT OF COVID. BUT LOOK AT 18, LOOK AT THE VOTERS CHANGING PATTERNS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND WHAT THIS TELLS ME, THIS TELLS ME THAT OUR VOTERS DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO ON A SPECIFIC DAY. DURING SPECIFIC HOURS, TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION TO VOTE. NOW, WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONALISTS THAT THEY'RE

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GOING TO GO TO THEIR POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY. BUT WHAT THIS ALSO TELLS ME IS PEOPLE, IT'S ALL ABOUT CONVENIENCE. PEOPLE WANT TO VOTE WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM. SO THIS IS VERY VERY HEAVY-WEIGHTED WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CHANGING PRECINCT LINES AND POLLING PLACES. WE CAN GO FOR LARGER AREAS NOW. SO WE DO HAVE SOME POLLING PLACE CHANGES AND WE HAVE PRECINCT LINE CHANGES. BUT THE GREAT NEWS IS WE START WITH OUR EXISTING PRECINCTS AND POLLING LOCATIONS. MOVING AHEAD, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE 33 OF OUR 39 POLLING PLACES THAT WERE USED DURING THE 2022 ELECTIONS.

DON'T LOOK NOW, OUR POLLING PLACES CHANGE EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.

BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE PLACES THAT COME AHEAD. THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD TO MOVE TWO POLLING PLACES TO THE UNITY CHURCH AND THE PONTE VEDRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HAS SAID YOU CAN'T USE OUR PLACES ANYMORE. WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO RELOCATE YOUR POLLING PLACE. IT HAPPENS WITH EVERY ELECTION. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO START WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MANAGERS. AND KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND SAY HEY, YOU HAVE A GREAT FACILITY HERE. IS IT OKAY IF WE USE IT FOR THE VOTERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AS A POLLING PLACE. VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

OCCASIONALLY, WE GO TO A POLLING PLACE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WHEN WE WENT TO MOVE PONTE VEDRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREAT LOCATION, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, THE PONTE VEDRA COMMUNITY CENTER ON CANAL ROAD. GREAT LOCATION. PROBLEM, PARKING.

I CAN'T PUT A 5,000 PERSON POTENTIAL VOTER, SEND THEM TO A LOCATION WHERE I HAVE FIVE SPACES. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN MOVING A POLLING PLACE. CAPACITY OF THE ROOM.

PARKING. ADA COMPLIANCE. FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGE OF POLLING PLACES. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SOME OF OUR -- THE DIACESE CAME TO US AND SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO START GETTING OUT OF THE POLLING PLACES.

WE DECIDED TO MAKE USE OF THE OLD CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

USING IT FOR THE 2018 AND 2020 ELECTION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUILDING. IT'S NOT IN GOOD CONDITION.

AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION, MY WORKERS SAID WE'RE NOT GOING BACK THERE ANYMORE.

WE HAVE TO SPEND ELECTION DAYS, A LONG DAY, WE SPEND 14 HOURS THERE.

IT'S AN OLD BUILDING. EVEN WITH CLEANING, IT'S JUST REALLY DETERIORATED, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK THERE TO WORK. WHEN YOUR WORKERS COME TO YOU AND SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING THERE, YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM. I REACHED OUT TO COUNTY FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE UPGRADING THE BUILDING, WHAT IS PLANNED? THEY SAID NOTHING. THERE ARE NO PLANS. I SAID OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN USE? THEY SAID NO. THERE IS NOTHING AIR CONDITIONED, SECURABLE.

WE HAVE NOTHING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT YOU CAN USE AS A POLLING PLACE.

I HAD TO ELIMINATE THAT POLLING PLACE. WE'VE SPLIT THE PRECINCT.

THE HASTINGS LIBRARY, HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. BUT IN THE DISCUSSION, REMEMBER THE FIGURES YOU'LL SEE IN THE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, THAT WAS A SMALL PRECINCT. 1600 VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY, LESS THAN 400 VOTERS WENT TO THAT PRECINCT. SO WE HAVE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, CONSOLIDATING, MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR RESOURCES, WHEN WE HAVE TO ADD POLLING PLACES, DO WE HAVE SMALL PRECINCTS THAT WE

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CONSOLIDATE IN THIS PROCESS? YES, WE DO. ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION BUILDING IS ANOTHER PERFECT EXAMPLE. PRECINCT WITH 1800 VOTERS, LESS THAN 400 WENT THERE ON ELECTION DAY. CAN WE TAKE THAT PRECINCT AND SEND THEM TO ANOTHER PLACE THAT IS NEARBY? YES, WE CAN.

THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY SMALL PRECINCTS THERE.

LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS, DAYS IN, LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE ON ELECTION DAY GOING THERE.

CAN WE MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR RESOURCES BY CONSOLIDATING PRECINCTS, MAKING GEOGRAPHICAL.

YES, WE CAN. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THESE BECAUSE TRENDS ARE CHANGING.

BECAUSE HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE, OUR COUNTY IS GROWING. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ADD POLLING PLACES. WHAT DOES IT COST TO ADD ONE ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACE AND WHY DO WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE AND TRY TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF OUR RESOURCES? BECAUSE IT COST ABOUT $30,000 TO ADD A NEW POLLING PLACE. I HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT.

I HAVE TO BUY BALLOTS. I HAVE TO HIRE AND TRAIN POLL WORKERS.

I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PLACE. I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT. SO HOW DO WE MAKE BEST USE OF OUR RESOURCES? COMMON SENSE. SOME GOOD COMMON SENSE. SO HERE IS OLD PRECINCTS ON THE LEFT. ON THE RIGHT, THE PRECINCT LINES TODAY, THAT I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU ADOPT. LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE VERY VISIBLY WHERE NEW LINES ARE.

LOOK AT THE CARVING OUT THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE WELL AFFECTED BY GROWTH. YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A NUMBER OF NEW PRECINCT LINES IN THE WORLD GOLF VILLAGE AREA, 210 AREA. DISTRICT 3 CHANGES AROUND THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, WHERE WE'VE DONE PRECINCT CONSOLIDATION AND SPLIT PRECINCTS OUT.

SO THIS IS WHAT OUR NEW LINES ARE. THEY'RE BASED ON NOT ONLY THE GROWTH OF THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT LOOKING AHEAD. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE CARVED OUT SILVER LEAF TO MAKE IT ITS OWN PRECINCT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO VOTE WITH OVER AT SHEERWATER, THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE A POLLING PLACE FOR A WHILE.

BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS IN THERE NOW.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A NEW PRECINCT. THESE DAYS, I LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN 5 AND 8,000 VOTERS. THAT IS A NICE SIZED PRECINCT. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT PERCENTAGE-WISE, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE VOTING EARLY OR CHOOSING TO VOTE BY MAIL.

SO WE DID HAVE TO ADD SOME NEW PRECINCTS. BUT WITH CONSOLIDATION.

SOME OF OUR NEWEST POLLING PLACES THAT WE'VE HAD TO ADD SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH, IS BEACON LAKES, WE ALL KNOW THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS BEACHWALK AREA, UP ON 210.

THE RIVERHOUSE, RIVERTOWN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLLING PLACE NOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN SO ARGE. WORLD GOLF VILLAGE AREA.

CITY IS GROWING SOME TOO UP ON THE NORTH END, WHERE THERE IS A BRAND NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX.

ADDS 500, 750 VOTERS LIKE THAT TO A PRECINCT. GOT TO HAVE PLACES FOR THEM TO VOTE. SO I HAVE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM TO ROLL OUT OUR NEW PLAN AND NEW PRECINCT LINES AND POLLING PLACES IN ADVANCE OF OUR 2022 ELECTIONS.

PART OF THAT INCLUDES A MEDIA CAMPAIGN, NEWSLETTERS, SOME OF YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER MY PUBLICATION THAT I DO PRIOR TO EVERY ELECTION, ST. JOHNS COUNTY CITIZENS GUIDE TO REGISTERING AND VOTING. IT GOES TO EVERY RESIDENT IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

THIS IS GOING OUT TEN DAYS BEFORE EVERY VOTER IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY WILL BE MAILED A NEW

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VOTER CARD. SO WE HAVE A PROCESS. EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE NOTIFIED. NOW, SOME CHANGES MIGHT SIMPLY BE A NEW PRECINCT NUMBER.

IT MIGHT SIMPLY BE. 78 PERCENT OF OUR VOTERS ARE GOING TO BE VOTING AT THE SAME POLLING LOCATION. ABOUT 11 PERCENT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR POLLING LOCATION NOW THAN THEY WERE BEFORE. BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE NEW PRECINCTS. WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST TO GET EVERYBODY AS CLOSE AS WE COULD.

BUT AND I KNOW THERE'S RURAL AREAS OF OUR COUNTY. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A POLLING PLACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WE TRIED OUR BEST.

I KNOW THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO 100 PERCENT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

BUT WE DID OUR BEST. I HAVE A TIMELINE. TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO APPROVE MY NEW PRECINCT LINE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE MOVING AHEAD. RIGHT NOW IT'S SIMPLY A MAP IN OUR GIS SYSTEM. IT'S A MAP LAYER. COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM OUR VOTER SYSTEM. WHAT IS NEXT IS I'M KIND OF ON HOLD WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW. IF THE COURTS DO NOT RULE BY MAY 20TH, THAT IS MY DROP-DEAD DATE. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE. I HAVE TO NOTIFY VOTERS.

WE HAVE CANDIDATE QUALIFYING GOING UP. VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS GO IN THE MAIL FOR AUGUST 23RD ELECTION ON JULY 9TH. I GOT WORK TO DO AND WE CAN'T PUT IT OFF. MY DROP DEAD DATE IS MAY 20TH. WE SHOULD BY THE END OF THE WEEK, OR FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK RECEIVE THOSE NEW CONGRESSIONAL LINES TO BE ABLE TO ADD INTO OUR MAP LAYER IN OUR GIS SYSTEM, THAT WILL COMPLETE ALL OF OUR NEW DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THEM OVER INTO OUR VOTER DATABASE, RECREATE OUR NEW STREET TABLES, BASED ON OUR NEW PRECINCT LINES AND DISTRICT LINES.

WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO THEN BE ABLE TO PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE VOTERS AND MAIL EVERYONE NEW VOTER INFORMATION CARDS, TO LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT THEIR NEW PRECINCT AND POLLING PLACES WILL BE IN THEIR NEW DISTRICTS. AND THEN THERE IS CANDIDATE QUALIFYING. WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES. SO WITH THAT, CHAIR, I WILL BE

HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. >> OKAY.

QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MRS. OAKES. APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK, THIS REPRESENTS MANY MONTHS OF HARD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE PUT INTO IT. JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS WELL.

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR NEW REGISTERED VOTERS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

>> FOR AUGUST ELECTION, IT'S JULY 25TH. PART OF OUR MESSAGE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW PRECINCT LINES AHEAD OF MAILING NEW CARDS, IS TO ASK VOTERS IF YOU'VE UPDATED YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW RIGHT AWAY SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING YOU NEW CARDS SO YOU'LL GET THE NEW CORRECT INFORMATION.

>> WILL YOU OCCASIONALLY GET E-MAILS ASKING THESE DATES. I USUALLY DIRECT PEOPLE TO YOUR

WEBSITE. >> YES. FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE

LAST DATE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS OCTOBER 11TH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL LINES THAT MAKE SENSE TO ME AND SOMETHING I CAN SUPPORT WORKING WITH YOU ON THE CANVASSING BOARD, YOUR ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS, ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ME. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE MY SUPERVISOR.

BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION, MR. CHAIR. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

>> OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THERE IS NO CERTAINTY THAT THE COURTS WILL MAKE A FINAL RULING. THERE'S ALWAYS THE APPEAL PROCESS. SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, SO WE COME TO MAY 20TH AND LET'S ASSUME WHATEVER ONGOING LITIGATION, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND WILL BE, IS STILL IN THE APPELLATE PROCESS OR WHATEVER, I'M TALKING CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS NOW, WHAT DOES ONE DO AS SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IF THAT HAPPENS? OR IS THAT NOT A GOOD QUESTION

THIS MORNING TO ASK >> THAT IS A VERY VALID GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER DEAN.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH PAST ELECTIONS AND MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME THIS,

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BECAUSE THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME WITH BEING INVOLVED WITH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN MY 34 YEARS AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. WHAT WE SAW IN 2012, THERE WERE LEGAL CHALLENGES.

THE COURTS SAID MOVE AHEAD WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE ADOPTED. WE WILL ALLOW THE APPELLATE PROCESS TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS.

AND IF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, THE COURTS REDREW THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT LINES AND WE CHANGED THOSE DISTRICT LINES IN 2016, BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY IN MARCH AND THE AUGUST ELECTION. TOOK FOUR YEARS TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. AND 2002, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED, TOOK IT FIVE YEARS TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. SO MY BEST GUESS, AND A LOT OF SUPERVISORS ARE MOVING AHEAD ON THIS, OUR BEST GUESS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, THE COURTS SAY IS YOU MUST -- WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE DISTRICTS ADOPTED.

THIS WILL ALLOW THE APPELLATE PROCESS TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS MY BEST GUESS. >> OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022-144 ALTERING THE VOTING PRECINCTS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 101.001, BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, AS A RESULT OF REDISTRICTING.

>> SECOND. >> OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> DO WE NEED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I WANTED TO GET A MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 1, PRECINCT ADOPTION?

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 1. >> SEEING NONE, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

[2. Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2021-17 Cypress Lakes Village. ]

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. ALWAYS FASCINATING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 2.

EX PARTE, SO QUASI JUDICIAL. WE'LL START WITH NUMBER 2. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, ANY EX

PARTE ON ITEM 2? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD OF ANY MEETINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THIS. I DON'T BELIEVE I RECEIVED

E-MAILS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. >> NOR HAVE I.

>> NONE, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> NONE MR. CHAIRMAN. >> NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO.

WHO IS HERE TO PRESENT ITEM 2? NICE YOUNG MAN. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS CHRIS SHE, I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY MAJOR MOD, 2021-17, CYPRESS LAKES VILLAGE. WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY FROM MOOSE TRACKS, LLC.

IT WAS A WEIRD NAME, SO WE KEPT IT. MY ATTORNEY MADE ME PUT A PICTURE OF A MOOSE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT. HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT GROUP IS ACTUALLY THE COMPANY THAT OWNS AND MANAGES HGD MOOSE TRACKS. THAT IS A COMPANY FOR WHICH I OWN. I'M A FIFTH GENERATION FLORIDIAN, MOVED TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN 2002, WHEN THIS COUNTY WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. OWNED SEVERAL BUSINESSES.

I'M VERY PROUD THAT THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTY.

WE'VE WON MANY AWARDS THROUGH VARIOUS COMPANIES. ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF WITH ALL OF OUR COMPANIES IS THE GIVING THAT WE DO.

I PUT IN THERE, ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING, ALWAYS. THAT IS A MOTTO THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE BY, THAT I LIVE BY PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.

I PUT THAT IN HERE BECAUSE WHEN WE DO PRESENT PROJECTS, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION AND THE USES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE THE RIGHT USES. THE PROJECT TEAM THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KINLY HORN, WHO IS A NATIONAL ENGINEER, WE USE ALL LOCAL CONSULTANTS.

VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE BEING LOCAL, THEY'RE IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITY, SO THE

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COLLABORATION OF OUR MINDS AND TEAM WORK I THINK ENDS UP PRODUCING A MUCH BETTER PROJECT. SO THIS IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF CYPRESS LAKES, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, JUST WEST OF 95 ON 207, WHERE THE COUNTY'S GOLF COURSE IS LOCATED. YOU CAN SEE THE LAND THERE IS SPLIT WITH CYPRESS LAKES BOULEVARD. THIS IS ALL ONE PARCEL. THE LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ENTRY ROAD IS PREDOMINANTLY WETLAND. ACTUALLY A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MATURE WETLAND. YOU WILL SEE THAT WE PLAN ON LEAVING THAT.

ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ENTRY BOULEVARD IS WHERE THE PROJECT WILL LIE.

THERE YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL AND WETLAND THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ENTRY ROAD.

FUTURE LAND USE IS MIXED USE DISTRICT. SO IT ALLOWS FOR A MIXTURE OF USES. AND THE PUD, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE, CONTEMPLATED MIXED USE. HAVING TRUE MIXED USE BEING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES. RIGHT NOW IT HAS RECREATION BEING THE GOLF COURSE AND O IT'S MIXING THAT PART OF TRUE MIXED USE.

RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE ZONING FOR THIS IS PUD. SO THIS WAS PART OR STILL IS PART OF THE PUD FOR THE CYPRESS LAKES GOLF COURSE. AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS RESURRECTING THE ZONING THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE PUD FOR CYPRESS LAKES. THIS IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL.

LAND IS LOCATED HALF MILE WEST OF 95. VERY VISIBLE FROM THE INTERCHANGE. COUNTY-OWNED GOLF COURSE IS LOCATED, 523 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS RIGHT NOW ON ABOUT 339 ACRES. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 240,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL GEN GENIUS USES, THE TRUE DEVELOPMENT PART IS ABOUT 22 ACRES. PHASE 2-5 IS ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY, AGAIN, WHERE THE ENTRANCE MEETS 207. SO THERE IS TWO CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS MAJOR MODIFICATION. FIRST EXTEND PHASE 2-5, ORIGINALLY ENTITLED FOR 240,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT NEVER COMMENCED. AND HAS SINCE EXPIRED. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE SINGLE TEN-YEAR PHASE. AND THEN THE PHASE 2-5 MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP IN TEXT APPROVAL, WHICH OF COURSE HAS SITE PLAN DETAILS. THOSE DETAILS ARE SHOWN RIGHT HERE. AGAIN, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ENTRY ROAD IS ALL PRESERVED WETLANDS. THE WEST SIDE OF THE ENTRY ROAD IS WHERE THE COMMERCIAL WILL TAKE PLACE. AND REALLY WHAT IT IS SHOWING IS OUR EGRESS POINTS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT ON 207. UP TO THREE ACCESS POINTS ALONG CYPRESS LAKES BOULEVARD. ALLOWABLE USES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL, GENERAL BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THERE ARE WAIVERS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED AS WELL.

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE TENANTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY SIGNS WE'RE GOING TO NEED. IT COULD BE ONE BIG USER, OR MULTIPLE USERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. THE SIGN DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED AS WE DO THE MDP MAPS AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS. THE OTHER IS TO ALLOW EACH COMMERCIAL SUB-PARCEL TO HAVE ONE ON PREMISE SIGN. AND SO IN THE EVENT THERE ARE FOUR OR SIX BUSINESSES THERE, THEY COULD EACH HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL SIGNS.

TWO SIGNS FOR THE PARCELS DIRECTLY FRONTING 207 AND THEN WE'VE ASKED FOR 1.5 SQUARE FEET PER LINEAL FOOT OF ROADWAY FOR EACH BUSINESS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE HAVE TWO SIDES OF ROADS, WE HAVE 207 AS WELL AS CYPRESS LAKES BOULEVARD.

SO WE WANT TO ALLOW THE MAXIMUM VISIBILITY. PROJECT BENEFITS, EXPIRED NON-RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. MIXED USE DISTRICT. ALREADY DETERMINED TO BE COMPATIBLE. AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A GOLF COURSE WHICH IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL HERE SOON. AND SINGLE FAMILY. SO WE NEED COMMERCIAL.

IT'S INFILL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES WEST OF 95, WHICH WE

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ALSO ARE IN NEED OF. PROMOTES THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

NEW JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS. MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, WEST OF 95, BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY NONE RIGHT NOW. COMPLIMENTS EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS ALONG STATE ROAD 207 AND ANOTHER PICTURE MY ATTORNEY MADE ME PUT AND I'M

NOT GOING TO MAKE THE NOISE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.

ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NONE. MR. LUBONOWSKI. YES, SIR.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE -- FIX THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU.

>> I BROUGHT THE CONCERN AT THE LAST COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S MEETING OF THAT INTERSECTION, YOU APPROVED A WAREHOUSE ON THE NORTH END OF THIS INTERSECTION HERE.

THERE IS NO LIGHT THERE OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THAT NORTH END IS BAD. A LOT OF TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC.

AND NOW WE'RE ADDING MORE TRAFFIC INTO IT. I KNOW THE STATE HAS TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT ON 207. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING IS FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO DO DAMAGE TO THAT INTERSECTION AND PEOPLE TRYING TO COME IN AND OUT, NOT ONLY FOR THE NORTH END, INDUSTRIAL AREA, BUT ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHERN END.

I NEED YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> I'M A SORT OF FREQUENT VISITOR TO THIS INTERSECTION AND THAT NORTH SIDE IS VERY VERY ACTIVE, LET'S SAY. THE ROAD COMING IN FROM THE NORTH.

I THINK THAT IS NEASE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. ARE THERE ANY PLANS, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE, IF ANY FROM DOT WITH RESPECT TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT? JUST FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION, AS ONE WHO SEES THIS INTERSECTION. PAUL IS FAMILIAR, BUT HE AIN'T HERE. I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ISSUE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE PLANS OR DO WE NEED TO PUSH PLANS FOR A STUDY THERE OR NOT.

>> YES, SIR. CHIEF ENGINEER OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

CURRENTLY THE SIGNAL IS NOT WARRANTED. WE DID GET A TRAFFIC STUDY PREVIOUSLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, THAT SHOWS WHEN THAT REACHES ITS FULL BUILD-OUT, IT WILL BE WARRANTED AT THAT TIME. THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE PUD TEXT TO PAY INTO THE SIGNALIZATION FOR THIS INTERSECTION.

>> OKAY. SHERI. >> GOOD MORNING.

SHERI BADGER, 2772 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE, ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.

Y'ALL, PLEASE, THESE DEVELOPERS, QUIT GIVING THESE DEVELOPERS CONCESSIONS, MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE ROADS, MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE LIGHTS LIKE THEY USED TO DO.

I GUESS OR EVERYONE UP THERE IS NEW HERE RIGHT NOW. HASN'T LIVED IN THE COUNTY FOREVER. BUT PLEASE DON'T BOTTLENECK 207 LIKE YOU HAVE 16.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE DAVE COME BACK. YOU GUYS ARE LIKE BACK ROW CATHOLICS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL, THERE WAS FUNDING FROM

THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR THE SIGNALS, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, SIR.

>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. DO WE HAVE A TIMING ON WHEN -- IT'S UP TO THE STATE, BUT WHEN THE WARRANTS, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE?

>> WE JUST KNOW THAT BASED OFF OF THE BUILD-OUT OF THE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY TO THE NORTH THAT WAS RECENTLY THROUGH HERE, THAT BUILD-OUT SHOULD TRIGGER THE WARRANTS BASED OFF OF THEIR ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE AT THAT TIME. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT BUILD OUT WOULD OCCUR. IT WOULD BE WHENEVER THAT DEVELOPMENT FINISHES OUT.

>> DO WE HAVE A ROUGH TIMELINE OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS, IN THE DEVELOPMENT

ORDER? >> THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I THINK IT'S WHENEVER WE GET TO

THE BUILD-OUT OF THIS FACILITY. >> THIS DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED.

>> THIS DEVELOPER HAS A SEPARATE COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

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>> THIS IS ANECDOTAL ON MY PART. I'M THERE ONCE A WEEK AND ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, A HUGE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC IS COMING FROM THE NORTH ON TO 207, NOT FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE LARGE TRUCKS AND THE OTHER VEHICLES, THAT IS COMING OFF THE NORTH END, ON TO 207, IS A TRICKY LEFT TURN TO GET TO THE INTERSTATE. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW AND I THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THE ISSUE OF PAYMENT. SO WITH THAT SAID, DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SAY ANYTHING OR ARE WE READY TO HAVE A MOTION?

>> JUST TO FURTHER REITERATE, WE DO HAVE IN THE PUD TEXT THAT WE'LL PAY OUR FAIR SHARE FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE BUSY BEE PUD, WHICH IS NORTH AND JUST EAST OF US, HAS IN THEIR PUD, IT'S ACTUALLY INSTALL A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THEY DEVELOP. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THERE IS OWNERSHIP CHANGE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH THAT PIECE OF LAND. WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPOSED NEW OWNER.

AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THE SAME. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ACCESS.

SO WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AND AS YOU STATED, THIS IS A STATE ROAD.

SO YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY CAN'T MANDATE IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTY, BUT A LOT OF THOSE ARE DICTATED BY THE STATE.

LONG STORY SHORT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PAYING WHAT WE NEED TO FOR THE SIGNALIZATION.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I KNOW THIS IS IN DISTRICT THREE, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. MOVE TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2022-34 MAJOR MODIFICATION, 2021-17, CYPRESS LAKES VILLAGE, BASED UPON SIX FINDINGS OF FACT.

[3. Public Hearing * REZ 2022-04 5900 US 1 South.]

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

THAT PASSES 4-0. ITEM 3 IS ALSO A QUASI JUDICIAL.

SO I'LL CALL THE ROLL ON EX PARTE ON ITEM THREE. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO RECORD OF MEETINGS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

I DON'T RECALL ANY E-MAILS EITHER THAT WOULD BE DISCLOSED. THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE NONE. COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST >> I HAVE NONE.

>> COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. >> NONE, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN TO THE

APPLICANT. >> GOOD MORNING, KAREN TAYLOR, WITH ME IS WILL RUSSELL, HE IS A PURCHASER FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THIS IS 5900 US-1 SOUTH.

I GOT CREATIVE WITH THE NAME. AND IT'S A REQUEST TO REZONE 2.21 ACRES FROM OPEN RURAL TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL. JUST A BROAD LOOK AT U.S. 1 SOUTH, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS AT WATSON ROAD. SO KIND OF GET THAT ALSO. AND THEN WE HAVE DATTLE PEPPER DOWN HERE. ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. 1. GETTING CLOSER, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AGAIN, THE LOCATION, THE RESIDENTIAL THAT IS AROUND IT. AND ALSO THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE IN THE MIXED USE AREA. THE FUTURE LAND USE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS QUITE A VARIETY OF LAND USES SURROUNDING IT FROM ANYTHING FROM DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL TO PUBLIC TO INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND RECREATION AND EVEN RURAL OVER ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK.

THE ZONING IN THE AREA IS PRIMARILY PUD. WE RIGHT NOW ARE OPEN RURAL.

KIND OF IN THIS LITTLE AREA. BUT THERE IS A PLANNED SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT OVER ACROSS AND ANOTHER PUD AND SOME RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME. THIS GETS YOU RIGHT INTO IT, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THERE IS THE DIFFERENT THINGS, PUD THAT IS HERE IS AN EQUIPMENT COMPANY. HYDRO PUD OVER HERE. RMH ZONING TO THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY. AND THERE IS A MOBILE HOME PARK HERE.

BUT IT'S IN OR BECAUSE IT'S VESTED LANDSCAPE BUSINESS. IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH IS A CHURCH. THAT PILGRIM CHURCH THAT IS THERE, KIND OF SHOWS UP KIND OF BURIED IN HERE, WHATEVER. THERE IS ALSO A DOG RETREAT THERE.

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SO YOU DEFINITELY, THERE IS PUD THAT IS APPROVED ON THE OTHER PSD FOR SIMILAR COMMERCIAL TYPES OF USES, TO THE SOUTH, WE'VE GOT THE LANDSCAPE BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT, AS WELL AS THE MOBILE HOME PARK. ACROSS IS SUMMER BREEZE APARTMENTS, SUMMER SET VILLAG APARTMENTS AS WELL. AND JUST A CLOSE-UP LOOK, THERE IS THAT EASEMENT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT GOES ALONG THE TOP OF THIS.

THIS IS AN RECORDED EASEMENT ALONG THAT NORTH BOUNDARY. IT APPEARS TO SERVE THIS PARCEL, WHICH I CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT HOW THAT HAPPENED. BUT THERE IS NO WRITTEN EASEMENT. SO THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO RESERVE THAT AREA FOR AN EASEMENT AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE SITE PLAN. AND YOU CAN AGAIN, KIND OF SEE THE CHURCH, WHICH KIND OF BACKS UP TO IT. ALL THEIR PARKING IS TO THIS WAY. THAT LANDSCAPE BUSINESS. THIS IS OUR KIND OF TENTATIVE SITE PLAN. WE'RE NOT BOUND BY THIS NECESSARILY.

BUT WE ARE SHOWING AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT HE'LL ESTABLISH THAT 30-FOOT EASEMENT THAT WITHIN A DEED SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS.

AND THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH IT. HE DOESN'T PLAN ON USING THAT AREA EITHER. SO THAT WOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER OR WHATEVER. SO THERE WILL BE A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE AND BASICALLY JUST A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW IT COULD BE DEVELOPED.

JUST SOME PICTURES, LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE SITE FROM U.S. 1, KIND OF JUST IMMEDIATELY ACROSS TO THAT SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES.

THAT IS THE LANDSCAPE BUSINESS AND THE MOBILE HOME PARK TO THE SOUTH.

COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH LOOKING TO THE NORTH. PEPPER ROAD INTERSECTION IS IN HERE WITH THE CHURCH, CATHOLIC CHURCH. SITE LOOKING SOUTH.

THAT IS THAT EXISTING EASEMENT AND THAT IS THE EASEMENT THAT GOES BACK TO THOSE HOMES.

OR I SHOULD SAY THE ACCESS. IT'S NOT A DESCRIBED EASEMENT. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT AND YOU CAN SEE THE BACK OF THE CHURCH RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. PROPERTIES ACROSS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SUMMER BREEZE APARTMENTS AND SUMMERSET VILLAGE. THAT ARMORED GROUP AND ON THE MOVE TO THE NORTH. AND SO WE'RE FEELING THAT THIS IS A REZONING TO THE 2.21 ACRES, OR TO CG IS APPROPRIATE TO THE AREA. COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREA.

AND IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME RETAIL SERVICE AND OFFICE USES, WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN THOSE WITH THE LARGE SHOPPING CENTERS AND BIG BOX RETAILERS.

EVERYTHING, ALL THE CONDITIONS OF THE LLC WILL BE MET AND CO-EXIST WELL.

HE DOES PLAN ON DOING THE EASEMENT TO THAT AS WELL. LIKE I SAID, VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, WE DO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM ONE OF THE ADJACENT OWNERS AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE PZA.

CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL

TODAY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS?

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3. PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 3. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> THIS ALSO IS IN DISTRICT 3. COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST, WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2022-25, REZONING, U.S. 1 SOUTH, BASED ON FOUR FINDINGS

OF FACT PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

[4. FEMA Dune Enhancement Project Update.]

SECOND ON ITEM 3. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES 4-0.

THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR ITEM 4. JOE, ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS? I GUESS SO. YOU'RE WALKING UP TO THE PODIUM.

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS. BOARD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE FEMA DUNE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. MY UPDATE IS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL, THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT

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WITH THE COUNTY TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT TO OCTOBER 31ST, WHICH HAD A COST REDUCTION OF ABOUT $117,000. SO CRESCENT BEACH IS THE FIRST AREA I'LL TALK ABOUT, WORKING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. IT WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, AROUND 4,000 FEET OF SAND WAS PLACED, OR WAS COVERED. ABOUT 26,000 CUBIC YARDS. 90,000 SEA OATS WERE PLANTED.

ONCE WE COMPLETED THE PROJECT, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NOR'EASTER COME IN.

THE DUNE HELD UP PRETTY WELL, BUT IT DID ITS JOB. THE DUNE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB HOLDING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO, PROTECTING THE PROPERTIES BEHIND THE DUNE.

SOUTH PONTE VEDRA WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, AROUND 9,000 FEET, 56,000 CUBIC YARDS AND ABOUT ALMOST 300,000 SEA OATS WERE PLANTED. I DON'T GET OUT IN THE FIELD VERY MUCH ON MY CURRENT CODITION. ON FRIDAY, I DID GO OUT AND TOUR THE SOUTH PONTE VEDRA AREA. THE SEA OATS ARE DOING VERY WELL, DOUBLED, IF NOT TRIPLED SOME AREAS IN SIZE. THE DUNE IS HOLDING VERY NICELY. ONCE WE GET THE SAND ON THE BEACH, IT'S DOING A VERY GOOD O PONTE VEDRA IS SPLIT IN T FOR US, WE HAVE PV 1 AND PV 2, ANYTHING NORTH OF THE PARK UP TO THE DUVAL LINE. PV1, WE SEPARATED FROM DUVAL TO SAWGRASS BEACH CLUB, 50 PERCENT COMPLETED. WE HAVE STARTED WORKING UP THERE MORE, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER RIGHT NOW. ESTIMATED COMPLETED SOMETIME IN JULY, HOWEVER, DUE TO ACCESS CHANGES, IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW.

PV2, OR PONTE VEDRA BEACH 2, SOUTH OF THE SAWGRASS BEACH CLUB, ABOUT 50 PERCENT COMPLETED. ESTIMATED TO BE DONE IN OCTOBER.

YOU ASKED WHY THE DIFFERENCE, YOU GO OUT OF MICKLERS, WENT RIGHT AND WORKED OUR WAY NORTH.

SO THAT IS WHY PV1 GETS DONE BEFORE 2. ACCESS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR US.

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'RE HERE. OUR CONTRACT WITH CHC, OUR CONTRACTOR FOR THE BEACH DUNE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, PART OF THE PROJECT IS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SECURE ACCESS POINTS, OPERATE THEM SAFELY, FIX ANY DAMAGE THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE PROJECT, CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CHC. CHC HAS BEEN WORKING PRIMARILY OUT OF TWO ACCESS POINTS IN PONTE VEDRA 1 AND 2 AREA, WHICH IS MICKLERS AND 965, 965 IS A PROJECT CONTRACT WITH CHC AND HOMEOWNER. MICKLERS ACCESS, WE OPENED UP TO THE CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO GET THE PROJECT DONE FASTER. WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE ACCESS POINTS. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE MICKLERS BEING USED FOR CHC UP UNTIL MAY 17TH OF THIS YEAR. A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF MICKLERS. CHC IS SUPPOSED TO REPAIR ANY DAMAGE AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE COUNTY THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN RIGHT NOW. SO MICKLERS, THE LAST TWO BULLETS ARE MOOT RIGHT NOW. THE COUNTY OWNS OBVIOUSLY THE 12 FOOT BEACH ACCESS, 25 FOOT BEACH ACCESS OWNED BY THE PLANTATION. WE HAVE AN EASEMENT WITH THE PLANTATION FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE USE AND PEDESTRIAN. WHEN WE FOUND THAT THE PLANTATION WAS BASICALLY HOLDING OR TELLING US THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE PROJECT TO GO THROUGH UNLESS THEY HAD CERTAIN AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, WE WORKED WITH CHC AND DIRECTED THEM TO WORK WITH THE PLANTATION. THEY DID, THEY WOUND UP GETTING AN EASEMENT TO ALLOW WORK TO BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THAT PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT OF THAT PROPERTY FOR A WEEK OR SO. 965 IS THE OTHER ACCESS POINT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING.

AS PART OF THE OVERALL CONTRACTS, CHC WAS TO PROVIDE VIBRATION MONITORS UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. WE HAVE A VIBRATION PLAN THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO MONITOR AND TRACK YOU KNOW, LEVELS OF VIBRATION AND IF CERTAIN VIBRATIONS GET TO CERTAIN LEVELS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO THEN STOP THE PROJECT AND LOOK AT THOSE AND ACCESS THOSE DAMAGES. IN THAT VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONTRACT WITH THEM, WE HAVE

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A CLAUSE IN THERE IF THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO ALLEGED DAMAGE, THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO US BASED ON WHAT THEY FOUND IN THE SEISMIC MONITORING. CHC HAS A SEISMIC CONSULTANT THAT WENT OUT AND PROVIDED A WRITTEN OPINION TO US ON THE VIBRATIONS.

CHC, OR THE SEISMIC REPORT, I'LL BOIL THIS DOWN, BASICALLY SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN LEVELS OF VIBRATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGES.

THEY SAY THAT PEOPLE WILL FEEL THE VIBRATION BUT IT'S NOT TO THE LEVEL OF DAMAGING OF STRUCTURES. SO THAT IS THE GIST OF THAT REPORT.

WITH ALL THIS BEING SAID, CHC HAS REQUESTED THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO USE MICKLERS UNTIL THE END OF THE CONTRACT, THAT IS OCTOBER 31ST, THAT IS KIND OF WHY WE'RE HERE NOW, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS. SO THAT IS REALLY THE BASICS OF MY REPORT.

CHC IS HERE FOR COMMENTS AS WELL AS STAFF FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, JOE. WOULD CHC LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, OFFER ANY COMMENTS? YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING.

>> >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PATRICK, CHC PROJECT MANAGER. I DON'T HAVE ANY PREPARED COMMENTS, OTHER THAN TO SAY WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP, THE IDEA WAS TO GO THROUGH PRIVATE ACCESS EXCLUSIVELY. I THINK ONE OF THE BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD HAD SAID LET'S USE MICKLERS BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC ACCESS POINT. WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH THE PROCESS IS THAT BECAUSE OF A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE BEYOND ANYBODY'S CONTROL, MEANING TRUCKING SHORTAGE NATIONALLY, HIGHER GAS PRICES, THE WHOLE DEAL, THE PROJECT HAS HAD TO SHIFT TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE BIT, A LOT, EXTENDED. THE OTHER THING THAT ORIGINALLY MICKLERS WAS GOING TO BE THE MAIN HUB, 965, SEPARATE JUST SAND TRANSFER OPERATION, TO BE CLOSER TO PLACEMENT AREAS. SO REALLY CARRIED ABOUT 30, 35 PERCENT OF THE LOAD.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE CONTRACT HAS SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT, WE'RE NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE BY GIVING MICKLERS BACK, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE 965 THE PRIMARY OPERATIONS FOR PONTE VEDRA. WHAT THAT DOES, CREATES A CONDITION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, BY MY ESTIMATE, ABOUT 40,000 ONE-WAY TRIPS UP AND DOWN PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD, OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS, THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. SECONDARY TO THAT, WE HAVE TO DOUBLE HANDLE THE SAND, MEANING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BETWEEN 120 AND 160 LOADS A DAY GOING INTO CORNERSTONE PARK. I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE. CORNERSTONE IN THE SUMMER IS BASICALLY FROM 8 IN THE MORNING UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN WITH KIDS AND CAMPS, PEOPLE IN AND OUT ALL DAY EVERY DAY. IT'S CLOSER TO MY HEART. I DON'T LIVE ON PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD, BUT I DO HAVE CHILDREN THAT USE CORNERSTONE. THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN PVB, AND CORNER STONE CREATE A BIG SAFETY CONCERN. LESS EFFICIENT, DOUBLE HANDLING MATERIAL. CIRCLE BACK TO THE THIRD SAFETY ISSUE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO PEOPLE ON PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD, IN ORDER TO GET OUR EQUIPMENT OFF THE BEACH, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE DUNE AT 965, STARTING ELEVATION AT 35 FEET, DOWN TO PLUS 7. EXPORT ABOUT 4,000 YARDS OF MATERIAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO CORNERSTONE PARK. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP IT CLOSE TO US IN THE EVENT THE HURRICANE COMES, WE GOT TO PLUG THE HOLE UP. VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN ALONG PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD. SO IT'S THIRD. LESS MAJOR BUT MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. HIGHLY UNLIKELY WE'RE GOING TO GET THE CAT 4 THAT COMES AND FLOODS OUT PVB, BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. SECOND TO THAT IS EFFICIENCY.

WE ARE CONSIDERABLY LESS EFFICIENT, DOUBLE AND TRIPLE HANDLING MATERIAL.

THE DRIVE TIME FOR THE HOURLY TRUCKS GOES UP. SO WE NEED MORE OF THEM.

WHICH KIND OF LEAVES TO THE THIRD THING, WHICH IS COST. GOING TO BE -- GOING TO COST BETWEEN 1 AND A HALF AND $2 MILLION TO WORK EXCLUSIVELY OUT OF 965, NOT ACCOUNTED FOR

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IN ANY BUDGET. AND IS GOING TO YOU KNOW, TURN INTO CHANGE ORDERS AND LAWYERS AND LETTERS BACK AND FORTH. SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP MY UNPREPARED STATEMENTS, SAFETY NUMBER ONE. EFFICIENCY NUMBER TWO. AND THEN COST WOULD BE NUMBER THREE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.

I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THEM. >> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, PUBLIC COMMENT.

AREN'T ANY COMMENTS. >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.

YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE OVERHEAD RIGHT IN THE CENTER ON THE CIRCLE.

PLACE IT RIGHT IN THE CIRCLE. YES, MA'AM. JUST PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YES, PLEASE.

>> (INAUDIBLE) THE BOARD TWO MONTHS AGO ON MARCH 1ST, TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY USE MICKLERS PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE FEMA DUNE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. UP UNTIL THAT POINT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PAYING TO LEASE THE PRIVATE LOT AT 965, INSTEAD OF USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC ACCESS.

TO CREATE MORE COSTLY AND MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD. INSTEAD OF TRUCKING THE SAND FROM CORNERSTONE PARK, THE COUNTY IS TRUCKING THE SAND DOWN A NARROW TWO-LANE BEACHFRONT ROAD, FULL OF PEDESTRIANS, JOGGERS AND CYCLISTS. I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE LOT, EVERY DAY THAT THE PROJECT IS OPERATED OUT OF 965, 250 PLUS TRUCKS STOP AND UNLOAD SAND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO MY HOME AND THE HOMES OF MY NEIGHBORS. SINCE THE PROJECT STARTED, MY FLOORS, WALLS, CEILINGS HAVE CRACKED. ON EITHER SIDE OF ME, HOMES HAVE HAD WATER PIPES BURST. SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE 15 PLUS YEARS THAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE LIVED THERE. COINCIDENCE? MY HOME VIBRATES WHEN THE EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH MOVES. I WATCH MY FURNITURE MOVE.

ITEMS ON MY SHELF SHIFT AND THIS IS THE SAME FOR THE OTHER HOMES AROUND ME.

I HAVE FOUR DOGS, TWO ARE OLD AND BLIND. THEY ARE ANXIOUS, LOSING HAIR AND BARK CONSTANTLY. THE NOISE FROM THE SITE IS INTOLERABLE, I CANNOT BE OUTSIDE MY HOME DURING THE DAY. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A THREE-MONTH PROJECT THAT HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO MAKING IT A 15-MONTH PROJECT. AT THE MEETING BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2021, IT WAS PROMISED THAT NO RESIDENT WOULD BE DISTURBED FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS. IT HAS BEEN 300 PLUS, OR WILL BE BY THE TIME THE PROJECT IS OVER. I HAVE AN AUTO IMMUNE DISORDER THAT I'VE HAD SINCE I WAS 13.

AND STRESS IS A KEY FACTOR THAT SETS OFF CHRONIC ACUTE HIVES. I HAVE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL TWICE. PICTURES ARE EMBARRASSING, PERSONAL, BUT MY HEALTH IS DETERIORATING. DIRECT RESULT OF THE STRESS CAUSED BY THIS PROJECT.

WHICH THEN CAUSES THE FLARES. NO ONE IN COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WILL SPEAK WITH ME.

NOR WILL THE COUNTY ATTORNEY RETURN MY CALLS. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS. THE COUNTY IS KNOWINGLY ALLOWING THE DAMAGE TO THESE HOMES TO CONTINUE. MY LIFE, MY HEALTH, MY HOME IS A FRISBEE NOW BEING TOSSED ABOUT BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE COUNTY.

HOT POTATO, NOT MY PROBLEM. I HAVE ONE HOME. AND THE PROJECT IS NOT ONLY DAMAGING IT, BUT IT'S MAKING MY LIFE UNBEARABLE. I DROVE HERE TODAY, I PASSED MICKLERS, I DROVE THREE MORE MILES. IT TOOK FIVE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU MS. ROBINS. >> THANK YOU >> MY NAME IS SHERI BADGER, 2772, SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE. HERE WE GO AGAIN, GENTLEMEN. THE GUY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT Y'ALL WERE PAYING $70,000 A MONTH TO THE DEVELOPER, WHERE THEY COULD GO THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY. WELL, IN FOUR MONTHS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A QUARTE MILLION. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO -- THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING IT.

WHY AREN'T WE PUMPING BEACH SAND FROM THE BEACH? WHY ARE WE BRINGING SAND ALL THE WAY FROM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN DO. I'M SORRY THAT EXPEDIA PUTS NEGATIVE IMPRESSIONS ON THE

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THING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE WHITE SUGAR SAND. WELL, MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE DID THEIR HOMEWORK OR HISTORY. VILANO BEACH IS MADE FROM COAQINA.

I'M SORRY, Y'ALL SHOULD BE PUMPING SAND FROM IN THE OCEAN AND NOT TRANSPORTING IT DOWN.

CAUSING THE TAX PAYERS UNDUE STRESS AND THE MONEYS. WHERE ARE THE MONEYS? Y'ALL ACT LIKE Y'ALL SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, THE GOVERNMENT.

MONEYS ARE MONEYS. TAXPAYERS MONEYS ARE STILL BEING SPENT FOR THIS.

EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL ACT LIKE IT'S NOT COMING FROM ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. THANK YOU. >> FOR THE RECORD, WE DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL PERMIT TO DO AN OFFSHORE SOURCE AT THIS POINT. IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO GET ONE FOR THIS PROJECT. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC

COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. >> OKAY. JEREMIAH, DID YOU HAVE ANY

COMMENTS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO BEACH RENOURISHMENT? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION. WE SPENT MONTHS VETTING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

IF WE HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY FOUR OR THREE HURRICANE, THIS COUNTY WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING EROSIONS. SO WE HAVE FOR YEARS NOW TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS OUR BEACH ISSUES. WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS LEADS TO THESE SITUATIONS. I FEEL BAD FOR MS. ROBBINS, I HOPE WE CAN AND THE CONTRACTOR CAN HELP FIND A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.

BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO BEACH SEASON. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT USE MICKLER BEACH. THAT HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT FOR YEARS NOW. I LITERALLY RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS ON NOT CLOSING MICKLERS BEACH. WE HAVE TO ASSESS THE INFORMATION, MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE. RELY ON OUR STAFF TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR OTHERS, IMPACTS HEALTH, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOLUTIONS FOR THAT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THAT IS IN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HANDLE AND ADVISE US. I'M ONE COMMISSIONER. I DON'T GET TO DIRECT COUNTY RESOURCES, BUT THIS SPECIFIC AREA IS WHERE I LIVE. AND WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ANTICIPATING USING MICKLER. WHAT IS BEING ASKED US OF, ESSENTIALLY SHUTTING DOWN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BEACH ISSUE. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE GOT TO THIS POINT WAS SAFETY ISSUES. SAFETY ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS. EFFICIENCY, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. BUT WE SPENT I WENT TO MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS. SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. SOME OF THESE ISSUES RAISED TODAY, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE NEW ISSUES THAT MAYBE WERE NOT ANTICIPATED.

BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED BEFOREHAND. WE'RE STUCK IN A DIFFICULT POSITION HERE. I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF CLOSING MICKLER BEACH.

THERE MAY BE A POINT IN THE WINTER, BUT WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF BEACH SEASON.

THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES WITH USING MICKLER. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, MR.

CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? AND I WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY, MS. ROBBINS, I APOLOGIZE IF I FAILED TO RETURN ANY OF YOUR CALLS. MY RECOLLECTION IS I CALLED YOU BACK EVERY TIME YOU CALLED ME. WITH THAT SAID, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THAT COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION ON ITEM FOUR. WE ARE READY TO MOVE TO ITEM 5.

>> BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM 5, I NOTICED THAT SEVERAL OF OUR OCEANFRONT HOMEOWNERS FROM PONTE VEDRA ARE HERE. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING BEACH RENOURISHMENT.

I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO MAKE THIS TRIP AND I OVERLOOK YOU. SO I'LL AT LEAST WAVE TO YOU.

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>> GOOD MORNING. I'M A LITTLE SICK. EXCUSE MY VOICE.

>> MS. MOFFETT, NAME AND ADDRESS. >> LORI MOFFETT, PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD, OBVIOUSLY OUR COASTLINE HAS BEEN HAMMERED THROUGH A SERIES OF POWERFUL NOR'EASTERS AND HURRICANES OVER THE YEARS. IT MUST BE RESTORED.

I THINK THERE IS CONSENSUS ON THE COMMISSION TO PROCEED WITH RESTORING OUR COASTLINE.

THE REAL PROJECT HERE AT HAND IS GOING TO BE THE DREDGING PROJECT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT FUNDED. OBVIOUSLY TOURISM IS EXTREMELY STRONG RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN PARTICULAR. AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMISSION FOR PROVIDING FUNDING TOWARD AN EVENTUAL RENOURISHMENT IN PONTE VEDRA BEACH. AT THE MOMENT, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A SURPLUS OF $1.4 MILLION IN CATEGORY FIVE FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT IN THE TDD FUNDS.

WE COULD ASK FOR THE COMMISSION TO PLEASE ALLOCATE A SIZEABLE PORTION OF THAT MONEY TOWARD PONTE VEDRA BEACH. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDS IN SOUTH PONTE VEDRA AND WE WANT THEIR BEACH TO BE BEAUTIFUL, JUST LIKE WE WANT OURS TO BE BEAUTIFUL. SO WE ASK THAT WE HAVE SOME SLIGHT DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT ALLOCATING THE SURPLUS TOWARD NORTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MS. MOFFETT SAID. I DO THINK, I SUPPORT OUR BOARD HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS POINT, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ARMY CORPS PROJECT, OUTSTANDING NEWS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS PROTECTION AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FOR NORTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE TOURISM GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TRANSFERS WE CAN LOOK AT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO WE CAN START PREPARING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ON

THE BEACH. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

DJ, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? ALTHOUGH I HAD CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE WE INVITED SOMEONE ELSE TO SPEAK, I CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU IF YOU WANTED TO JOIN US NOW.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. DEAN. BJ, CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. THAT CONCERNED ME A GREAT DEAL.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY DURING THESE MEETINGS.

BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS TO SOME OF US, IT SEEMS LIKE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT MY CONCERN IS WHY WE DIDN'T VOTE ON WHAT MR. JOE G PRESENTED AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT THE OTHER GENTLEMAN GOT UP AND TALKED ABOUT.

IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING IT AT MICKLERS UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST, I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW THIS. IF YOU CAN MAKE IT PLAIN TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE HERE, THAT COULDN'T GET HERE. I APPRECIATE MRS. MOFFETT, BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS WAITING FOR GENERAL COMMENT. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL

THE END OF THE MEETING. >> I'LL TRY TO CLARIFY THE POINT THAT YOU RAISED.

THIS ITEM WAS A FOR INFORMATION ONLY, A REPORT, A STATUS REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. IF THERE WERE A MOTION BY A BOARD MEMBER, WE POSSIBLY WOULD HAVE HAD A VOTE. BUT THIS WAS JUST A REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER BLOCKER BASICALLY MADE THE POINT THAT AS OF NOW, THE AGREEMENT WITH CHC HEAVY CONSTRUCTION IS THAT THEY WILL TERMINATE THEIR USE OF MICKLERS LANDING ON MAY 17TH AND SHIFT THEIR OPERATION TO 965 PONTE VEDRA BOULEVARD AND WE AS A COMMISSION, I FOR ONE AND I WOULD ECHO COMMISSIONER BLOCKER'S COMMENTS, WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTIONS TO THIS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ISSUE OF WHERE WE HAVE ACCESS, WHAT DAMAGES IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CAUSING. AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IF AND WHEN IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO RECONSIDER SHIFTING BACK TO MICKLERS, DEPENDING ON CERTAIN

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CONSTRAINTS THAT WE FACE WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINES ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS NOW. AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS

[5. Consider appointments to the Tourist Development Council.]

FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY. I THINK THAT COMPLETES PUBLIC

COMMENT AGAIN. I'VE DONE IT TWICE. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

>> NO. WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR ITEM 5.

IS ANYONE PRESENTING? ARE YOU PRESENTING ITEM 5, MELISSA?

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. ITEM 5 BEFORE YOU IS TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THIS COUNCIL.

THEY ARE DUE TO THE EXPIRED TERMS OF NANCY SIKES AND MICHAEL GORDON.

THOSE POSITIONS ARE FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE MOST POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY, CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, AND OTHER IS OWNER OPERATOR OF A TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THIS BOARD.

BOTH VACANCIES WERE ADVERTISED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2021 FOR A FOUR-WEEK SPAN.

WE DID RECEIVE EIGHT APPLICATIONS. YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE REGARDING THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN THEIR PACKET AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT MS. SIKES-KLEIN MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND IF SHE IS APPOINTED TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM, IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON HER CONTINUED ROLE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. MR. GORDON IS THE ONLY APPLICANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED DURING THE ADVERTISED PERIOD THAT MEETS THAT OWNER OPERATOR OF A TOURIST ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE BED TAX. SO YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR RECOMMENDED MOTIONS I DID FILL IN THE BLANKS, WHICH I USUALLY DO NOT DO, TO APPOINT MS. SIKES-KLEIN AND MR. MICHAEL GORDON. THAT IS THE CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5. ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM

5. >> OKAY. SINCE THIS IS THE TDC, AND SINCE PAUL WALDRON IS THE LIAISON TO THE TDC, I'M HIS COUSIN, I'LL MI DO VDC, I'LL MOVE TO APPOINT MS. NANCY SI SIKES-KLEIN.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES 4-0. NEXT I MOVE TO APPOINT MR. MICHAEL GORDON TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR A FULL FOUR-YEAR TERM SCHEDULED TO

EXPIRE MAY 3RD, 2026. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

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PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES 4-0. AND THAT COMPLETES THE REGULAR AGENDA. I DO BELIEVE. SO NOW WE WILL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE WILL BEGIN -- YES, SIR.

IT'S STILL MORNING, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS JOHNNY COUNTS, 9470 BARREL FACTORY ROAD, HASTINGS. I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS HURRICANE SEASON COMING UP. AND YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HERE WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THIS 2022 YEAR. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE BOARD'S ATTENTION BACK TO DEEP CREEK CHANNEL PROJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE AREA DOWN THERE. NOT ONLY IN FLAGLER ESTATES, BUT ALSO TO THE FARMS IN HASTINGS. EVERYTHING EAST OF HASTINGS BOULEVARD DRAINS INTO DEEP CREEK. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT THE FLAGLER DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN HERE VOICING THEIR CONCERN. THIS IS SOMETHING, A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DONE FOR A LONG TIME. AFTER WE'VE HAD THOSE HURRICANES A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WAS A PLAN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO DREDGE AND MAINTAIN, START MAINTAINING THAT VITAL DRAINAGE AREA. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING IN OUR AREA DOWN THERE NOW IS EVEN GREATER. AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT ON YOUR MIND TOO, AS MUCH AS EVERYONE LIKES BEACH SAND, WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR

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DITCHES A LITTLE BIT CLEANER TOO. SO WE'LL SWAP YOU SOME GOOD SOIL THERE. YOU CAN GROW SOME TOMATOES THIS.

WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THE SAND TO PUT IN THERE AND HELP WITH THE DRAINAGE.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS WITH THIS COMING UP HURRICANE SEASON.

WE HAVEN'T NEVER BEEN HIT WITH ONE DIRECTLY HARD. WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH JUST A NOR'EASTER AND JUST A BRUSH BY WITH ONE. HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THAT AREA. AND HOW MUCH WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE OUR CROPS OR OUR HOMES DAMAGED DOWN THERE. IT'S JUST, THE PRICES ARE GETTING EXPONENTIAL ON WHAT IT COSTS NOW TO DO THINGS. I HOPE THE BOARD TAKES THEIR ATTENTION AND GOES BACK AND LOOKS AT THE PROJECT AND PLANS THAT THEY WERE DRAWING UP. AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DRAINAGE OUT THAT WAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MA'AM. RACE TO THE PODIUM.

MR. FISHER, YOU WILL BE NEXT, I PROMISE. >> GOOD MORNING.

KIM, 53 BENTLY COURT, ST. AUGUSTINE, I'M HERE TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY TWO PREVIOUS APPEARANCES WITH THIS BODY, ONCE ON APRIL 20, 2021, AND JANUARY 25, 2022, REGARDING THE SAFETY ISSUES ON INTERNATIONAL GOLF PARKWAY BETWEEN NORTH FRANCIS ROAD AND U.S. 1.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN WAS ALREADY IN PLACE SO NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE.

THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE SAFETY OF THIS COUNTY. THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IS A REASON, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN REASONS. WE'RE INTERESTED IN RESULTS. THERE HAS BEEN A RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT IN PLACE SINCE 2017, JULY 21ST, 2017, TO MITIGATE THE SEVERITY OF THAT CURVE ALONG WITH A LOT OF MONEY, $3 MILLION, IS WHAT I HEARD THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR THE PROJECT. THE MONEY WAS SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY AND NOTHING WAS DONE. THEN YOU ALL EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER WALDRON, VOTE TO PUT A 15 PERCENT SALES TAX INCREASE ON THE BALLOT TO TAKE CARE OF A LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE COUNTY. AND WHAT IS FASCINATING TO ME IS THIS PROJECT IS NOT ON THAT LIST. IT'S CLEARLY NOT A PRIORITY.

BUT IT NEEDS TO BE. AND HERE IS WHY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2021, 7:30 A.M.

THERE WAS A WHITE DUMPSTER TRUCK TRAVELLING EASTBOUND, GOING THROUGH THAT CURVE, HE DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT. HE WAS GOING A LITTLE FAST. HERE HE IS.

AND HE HIT HEAD-ON A TOYOTA RAV-4, COMING WESTBOUND. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE TOYOTA CANNOT MAKE THAT SAME CLAIM.

SHE WAS TRANSPORTED VIA EMS TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE DIED OF HER INJURIES TEN DAYS LATER ON DECEMBER 26TH. WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.

ARE YOU LISTENING NOW? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THAT CURVE? THE CURVE NEEDS TO BE FLATTENED. THE VISIBILITY NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. THERE NEEDS TO BE SHOULDERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER SIGNAGE. THERE IS NO REASON, NO VALID REASON THAT THIS IS NOT DONE RIGHT NOW. BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OTHER BAD RESULTS IF IT ISN'T.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. FISHER, AS PROMISED.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS WILLIAM FISHER, 10130 MCMAN AVENUE, FLAGLER ESTATES. I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE ON WHAT MR. COUNT SAID ABOUT THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE. FLAGLER ESTATES, THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE GOES TO THE NORTHWEST. AND IN OUR DISTRICT, OUR DITCHES ARE CLEANED, CONTINUALLY. HOWEVER, FROM THE BEND AT THE END OF WEST DEEP CREEK AND THE CANAL, THE DITCHES ARE MORE OR LESS IGNORED. THERE ARE DEAD TREES IN THEM, GRASS DOES NOT GET MOWED AND IT MAKES THE WATER BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND IT'S NOT FLAGLER ESTATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT. IT'S THE HASTINGS WATER

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MANAGEMENT PEOPLE AND THE U.S. ARMY DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERS ON DEEP CREEK.

BECAUSE NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 13, IT IS BLOCKED. YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE A CANOE UP THERE. THERE IS TREES DOWN ON IT. AND U.S. GOVERNMENT JUST

IGNORES US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.

WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MAKE GENERAL -- YES, SIR. >> CHUCK LUBONOWSKI, I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON DEAD MAN'S CURVE, THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT IT IS.

IT'S AN AREA THAT IS A SHARP TURN. UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW SHARP A TURN THAT IS. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS.

TIED UP IN THE TRAFFIC WITH MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AT THAT LOCATION.

YOU GO FROM A SHARP TURN AND THEN YOU GO INTO A GRADUAL TURN.

SO YOU'VE GOT TWO TURNS IN THERE, ONE IS A MAJOR ONE. WHY HAVE WE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THAT ISSUE. I'M GOING TO STEP ON TO ANOTHER ISSUE.

FLAGLER ESTATES, MY WIFE HAS A RELATIVE THAT OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN FLAGLER ESTATES, THEY CAN'T BUILD ON IT BECAUSE THE WATER BACKS UP IN THERE WHEN THERE IS A MAJOR STORM.

THE CREEK NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES, 210, LOOKING AT RACETRACK ROAD, LOOKING AT 16, 16A. WE KEEP DUMPING MORE HOMES IN THERE ON TOP OF THOSE ROADS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE FIXED FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS. WE CAN'T KEEP LOADING UP THESE ROADS AND EXPECT TRAFFIC TO MOVE. IT'S JUST -- IT CAN'T HAPPEN.

IN REGARDS TO THE 207, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A LIGHT IN THERE. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE LIGHT, WHY CAN'T WE PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO PUT THE LIGHT IN. I KNOW THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SURVEY. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN DO TO PUSH THE STATE ALONG TO FIX THESE INTERSECTIONS. AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS. BUT WE'VE GOT TO SLOW DOWN THE BUILDING SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN CATCH UP. IT'S NOT CATCHING UP. IT'S NOT GOING TO.

WE'VE GOT 61,000 HOMES GOING IN THAT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN BUILT YET.

61,000. YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES TWO AND A HALF, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE TRAFFIC ON THOSE TWO LANE ROADS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE -- MS. BADGER. WELCOME BACK.

>> SHERI BADGER, 2772 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE. I JUST WOULD LIKE YOU GENTLEMEN TO KNOW THAT THE TRUCKS ARE STILL COMING. YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD THAT DAY. BUT I'M GOING TO GO OFF ONCE AGAIN, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE COUNTY HAS RELEASED PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE 21-YEAR PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, BACK IN 1963, THE AIRPORT WAS AUTHORITY. THEY CANNOT EMINENT DOMAIN PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES ANYMORE. THEY CAN'T BLOCK PEOPLE FROM SELLING THEIR PROPERTY. BECAUSE THE PROPERTY VALUE IS TOO HIGH.

SO THIS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION NEEDS TO FIND A WAY. HOW MANY AIRPORTS HAVE THEIR OWN AUTHORITY BOARD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO A FIXED BASE OPERATION, LIKE YOU HAVE AT THE AMPHITHEATER, LIKE YOU HAVE AT THE CONCERT HALL IN PONTE VEDRA, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THIS AIRPORT AUTHORITY HAS DONE IS TAKEN 300 PROPERTIES OFF THE TAX ROLLS. EMINENT DOMAINED PEOPLE AND NOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR PROJECTS APPROVED. SO MAYBE THIS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION COULD COME UP WITH A WAY TO MAYBE ELIMINATE THEM AND GO BACK TO A FIXED BASE OPERATION.

>> ARE WE ALL WATCHING THE CLOCK? IT'S AMAZING WHAT IS GOING ON

THIS MORNING. >> BJ, WEST CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.

WHEN IS THIS BOARD GOING TO GIVE APPROVAL FOR UNITED WAY TO BEGIN WORKING WITH NON-PROFITS IN NEED OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TAX DOLLARS. SINCE AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO PRESENTERS AND NOT COUNTY STAFF, RESPECT DURING THESE MEETINGS HAS

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DECLINED. AT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, APRIL 26TH, DEVELOPERS WERE ALLOWED TO CLAP WHICH THEY KNOW IS PROHIBITED AT BCC MEETINGS.

MS. BREEDING, A DEVELOPER TOLD ME TO SHUT UP WHEN I SAID TO THE GROUP OF DEVELOPERS NO CLAPPING. WHEN SHE WAS TOLD ON THE WAY OUT SHE WAS RUDE, SHE CALLED ME A B-I-T BLANK BLANK. YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS. SO MUCH FOR DECORUM.

THE LOVE OF MONEY IS ROOT OF ALL EVIL. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN EXAMPLE OF DISRESPECT TO THE TAXPAYER. THE PUBLIC TO COME IN HERE AND SIT DURING THESE MEETINGS. IT BELONGS BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF AGENDA PRESENTATIONS. THESE PEOPLE SIT HERE AND WAIT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA TO PRESENT INFORMATION THAT IS CONCERNING THEIR FAMILIES AND THEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND MAYBE YOU GET A RESPONSE, USUALLY YOU DON'T. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE BEGINNIG. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO VOTE IN AUGUST AND NOVEMBER.

NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, VOTE NO SALES TAX INCREASE, FOLLOW THE MONEY.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS. THIS IS WHAT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT IN THIS BUILDING. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHEREVER HE IS, WE THE PUBLIC MISS MR. WALDRON AND HIS VOTES. SO WHEREVER YOU ARE, SIR, WHATEVER IS GOING ON, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU COME BACK SO YOU CAN GET YOUR VOTE ON.

YOU MAY BE IN THE MINORITY, A LOT OF US ARE, BUT AT LEAST WE PUT YOU UP THERE.

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AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU BACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> OKAY. I THINK THAT TAKES US TO THE COMMISSIONERS'S REPORTS.

I'M GOING TO START OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'M GOING TO HAVE A -- I NEED TO CALL OUT THE LIBERTY ACADEMY. BOYS GOLF TEAM IS IN A THREE-WAY TIE FOR NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTY. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE KIDS IN THE DRAMA PROGRAM.

THEY PUT ON A WONDERFUL PLAY. JUST HAVE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POSSIBLY BRING UP FOR US TO DISCUSS IS THE REALLY EXCITING NEWS OF THE ABILITY HOUSING PROJECT IN WEST AUGUSTINE. 90 PLUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED. I MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY, NOT YESTERDAY. LAST WEEK. THEY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WITH THE RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHORT.

SO I WANTED TO POSSIBLY TALK WITH YOU ALL, POSSIBLY LOOK AT STAFF FOR DIRECTION ON HOW WE COULD MAYBE HELP THEM BRIDGE THAT CONSTRUCTION GAP. BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SUCH A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THEM HELD UP.

>> I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER ARNOLD SAID. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR STAFF LOOK AND SEE HOW WE CAN STEP UP AS A BOARD AND HELP.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT. >> MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GIGANTIC IMPACT FEE, THAT IS SORT OF A WAY THAT THE COUNTY CAN HELP. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM APPLY TO THE GRANT PROCESS AND SEE IF THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE ARPA FUNDS, I THINK WE CARVED OUT ABOUT $6 MILLION THAT COULD BE APPLIED FOR. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS A GREATER NEED OR PUBLIC BENEFIT THAN BUILDING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NOT JUST APPROVING IT. BUT GETTING IT ACTIVATED. SO IF THEY COULD APPLY THROUGH THAT FUNDING SOURCE, AND GET THE FUNDING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

IF THEY DON'T GET THE FUNDING, I DO THINK, LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO HELP THEM. THE NEED FOR THIS HOUSING IS URGENT.

I'M COMPELLED TO HELP ANY WAY I CAN. >> I MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND BASICALLY SUGGESTED OR ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO JUST THAT, SEEK OUT UNITED WAY AND DISCUSS WITH THEM THE NEED AND KEEP US POSTED.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS ONE, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

[02:05:04]

I'VE SAID PUBLICLY A COUPLE OF TIMES, I SUPPORT FLATTENING THAT DEAD MAN'S CURVE.

I'VE SAID IT ON THE RECORD TWICE. I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE WONDER IF I TELL THEM SOMETHING PRIVATELY, WHETHER OR NOT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WILL MATCH UP. WITH ME IT ALWAYS DOES. I BROUGHT IT UP DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS, BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST YEAR. I THINK IT IS AN URGENT NEED.

I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS, WHEN I GET SOMETHING I FEEL IS AN URGENT NEEDS THAT COMES TO ME FROM THE COMMUNITY, I GO TO STAFF. I SAY WE GOT TO FUND THIS. PART OF THE REASON I VOTED YES TO PUT THE ONE PERCENT SALES INCREASE FROM 6 AND A HALF PERCENT TO 7 AND A HALF PERCENT ON THE BALLOT IS SO THE RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WORTH FUNDING THESE NEEDS MORE QUICKLY THAN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND THEM NOW.

AGAIN, I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT DONE. I WANT TO DEVELOP A GAME PLAN TO GET IT DONE SO THAT AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA AND DRIVE THIS ROAD ON A REGULAR BASIS HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT WHEN CAN WE FIND THE FUNDING FOR THIS.

WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO IT IN THIS BUDGET OR NOT, THE SAME THING GOES TO THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. I AGREE, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THEY TELL ME WE'VE GOT TO TRY AND GET THAT ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

THAT IS WHAT I GET BACK. I FIND MYSELF CONSTANTLY FRUSTRATED.

I'M WITH YOU. I AGREE. WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

JESSIE DUNN IS A FANTASTIC O&B DIRECTOR. HE HAS HELPED ME FIND MONEY, BUT HE CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY GROW ON TREES. I ASKED.

THE ANSWER IS NO EVERY TIME. WE'VE GOT TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.

THAT IS ONE. THAT IS SOMETHING I FELT COMPELLED TO TALK ABOUT GIVEN THESE NEEDS BEING BROUGHT TO US. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. ON A LIGHTER NOTE. BUT WE WILL BE CELEBRATING ALL OF THE MOTHERS AND MY MOTHER AND WIFE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE THE FOCUS OF MY EFFORTS, THIS SUNDAY. HOPEFULLY I HIT A HOME RUN WITH BOTH OF THOSE LADIES.

SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS LAST YEAR DURING MOTHER'S DAY, TRISTAN BAILLY LOST HER LIFE, WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A HORRIFIC CRIME PERPETRATED BY ONE OF HER FELLOW STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP TRISTAN BAILEY'S FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.

AS WE'LL BE CELEBRATING MOTHERS, THEY WILL BE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER.

SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL AND LET'S KEEP THE BAILEY FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.

THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD HERE. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO SOMETHING COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST SAID, BRIEFLY, I APPRECIATE COMING IN AND RAISING THIS, I THINK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED ABOUT IT. I WISH THERE WAS A WAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS SPECIFIC ROADWAY HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY. I WISH THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE STAFF MAYBE DO A PRESENTATION ON THIS, WE AS A BOARD CAN BE FULLY INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. I UNDERSTAND IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO MONEY.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE FELT COMPELLED TO ADDRESS.

BUT I THINK THIS HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY. I THINK MS.CRINEHAS RAISED A FEW ISSUES. I THINK SHE REFERENCED SPECIFICALLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS SOURCE OF REVENUE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT IS NEW INFORMATION TO ME.

I THINK ALL OF US WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK THESE VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES, IT MIGHT BE WORTH -- I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T PUT EVERYTHING AS A DISCUSSION ITEM. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE WORTH HAVING A FULL DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN THE PAST. I KNOW IT'S COME UP FROM OTHER RESIDENTS. I UNDERSTAND IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO MONEY.

IT MIGHT BE WORTH -- I RAISE IT PURELY FOR A DISCUSSION POINT. >> LET ME RESPOND BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. IT IS DISTRICT FIVE AND I HAVE A PRETTY LONG HISTORY WITH THIS AREA. THE IG THROUGH THE 12-MILE SWAMP WHICH I NEGOTIATED IN 2000 ON BEHALF OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES, SO I'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND

[02:10:02]

IS WE HAVE A CONSENSUS, AMONG THE FOUR OF US THAT WE AGENDA THIS DISCUSSION FOR EITHER MAY 17TH OR JUNE 3RD, AT THE LATEST, TO GIVE STAFF TIME TO PREPARE A PRESENTATION SO WE GET THIS JOB DONE. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS CURVE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

WITH THE CONSENSUS THAT THE BOARD, AGENDAS ITEM EITHER MAY 17TH OR JUNE 3RD WITH A

STAFF PRESENTATION AND BOARD ACTION AS APPROPRIATE. >> YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY. >> ANY OTHER -- >> I CAN WAIT.

I JUST WANTED COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST BROUGHT IT UP. >> YES, SIR.

IF WE CAN HAVE JUNE 3RD, THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO DO A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE

REQUEST. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT NO LATER THAN JUNE 3RDRD.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS DANGEROS PROBLEM.

NOW WE'RE DONE. >> I JUST HAD ONE MORE THING, IF I COULD JUST RESPOND TO, IF THAT IS OKAY. THE OTHER ISSUE IS, THIS HAS COME UP NUMEROUS TIMES.

I UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS, THE DRAINAGE THAT IS GOING ON SPECIFICALLY OVER IN HASTINGS AND DEEP CREEK, I SPENT SOME TIME OUT THERE, WENT OUT THERE TO DEEP CREEK, OBSERVED IT.

CERTAINLY THERE IS SOME IMPORTANT CHALLENGES THERE. I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE WE AS A BOARD NEED TO LOOK AT. I THINK THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE. BUT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE, AS WE DEAL WITH MORE FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IMPACTING FLAGLER ESTATES.

I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW A DISCUSSION ON THIS, WHAT ACTION CAN WE AS A BOARD TAKE. I KNOW THERE IS A DRAINAGE DISTRICT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR AUTHORITY IS.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS THERE. I THINK THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT THAT, WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. WHAT OUR OVERSIGHT IS AS A COUNTY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. DURING FLOODING SEASON, SEEING HOW THIS FLOODS PROPERTY, PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR HOMES.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, MAYBE FURTHER DISCUSSION, UNDERSTANDING, SO WE CAN BE MORE INFORMED OF WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN ALWAYS JUST CHALK THESE UP TO HEY, THAT IS A FINANCIAL PROBLEM. THAT IS THE FEEDBACK WE GET.

WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM ALL OF THE TIME, BUT I THINK SOME OF THESE ARE DEEP ROOTED ISSUES THAT I THINK WE NEED TO START DEVELOPING A PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS THEM. I BRING THAT FOR DISCUSSION POINT.

>> IT'S LIKELY ALMOST BEFORE THE MEETING, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND TOO THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR EITHER THE 17TH OF MAY OR JUNE 3RD OR POSSIBLY THE FOLLOWING MEETING IN JUNE. FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T HERE, I CAN'T REMEMBER JEREMIAH, IF YOU WERE, THIS HAS A HISTORY FROM US AS A COMMISSION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO PROBABLY. THERE ARE TWO BIG ISSUES. WE'VE GOT THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS, IS IT THE CORPS, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IS IT THE COUNTY, 298 DISTRICT. WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS SORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTION. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS WHO PAYS.

SO THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE AND I WOULD LIKE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON, IS WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS HISTORICALLY THAT I'M AWARE OF. NATURAL FILLING IN OF SEDIMENT.

WE MAINTENANCE DREDGE. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE SNAGGING OF MAJOR LOGS AND BRANCHS THAT ACTUALLY CREATE A DAM, IF YOU WILL, LIKE A BEAVER DAM AND AT ONE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CORPS DOING SOMETHING. SO ALL THAT IS TO SAY, STAFF, IS THAT I WOULD LIKE -- WE AS A CONSENSUS, I THINK WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S YOUR CALL, WHEN YOU'RE READY, WHENEVER, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON DEEP CREEK HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUES THAT

HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE THIS MORNING. >> YES, SIR.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? I'M SORRY? ANYTHING ELSE?

I'M CALLING ON YOU FOR COMMISSIONER REPORTS. >> SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAD AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD AND MYSELF, AND WE GOT TO WATCH THE FIELD OF DREAMS. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER

[02:15:08]

WHITEHURST AND COMMISSIONER DEAN, I THINK SPENDING TIME THERE WATCHING THE JOY THEY HAD TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS, HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR TIME.

I HAD AT LEAST TWO PARENTS COME UP AND MENTION THAT THAT WAS A MAJOR REASON FOR THEM TO MOVE INTO THE AREA, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN THAT ARE FACING CHALLENGES. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HARD WORK. I KNOW I ENJOYED COMMISSIONER ARNOLD AND THE SHERIFF IN SEEING SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE THERE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO DOLPHIN COVE, THEY RECOGNIZED THREE NAVY VETERANS.

THE STORIES THEY TOLD WERE INCREDIBLE. ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN WAS A DEEP SEA DIVER IN THE NAVY. SOME OF IT WAS SO CLASSIFIED, SOVIET SUBMARINE HAD GONE DOWN IN THE WEST COAST, GO AND GET IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US DURING THE COLD WAR, ON THE WESTERN PART OF RUSSIA THERE THEY WERE ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE CABLE LINES THAT THE SOVIET UNION WAS USING. AND SO INCREDIBLE TO HAVE SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.

LIVING RIGHT HERE, QUIET LIVES, MOWING THEIR LAWN AND TRYING TO FIT INTO AN OLD UNIFORM AND COME TO A RECOGNITION CEREMONY. AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE MOMS ON STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, WANT A SPECIAL TO MY WIFE LAUREN, WHO IS INCREDIBLE MOTHER AND GOT ANOTHER ONE ON THE WAY. SO APPRECIATE HER HARD WORK.

ALSO MY MOTHER WHO RAISED FIVE BOYS AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ALL MOTHERS. AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> OKAY. A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND ASK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSED APPOINTMENT TO THE AMP ADVISORY BOARD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK ON MAY 17TH, HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON HOW WE GO FORWARD, SORT OF A CHARGE TO THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I SEE IS A LIMITED TIME WITH A LIMITED SCOPE. BUT NEVERTHELESS INPUT FROM US ON WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ON MAY 17TH.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, IN ADDITION TO VISITING THE NEW SHERIFF'S TRAINING FACILITY, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, I HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR WITH WES TUCKER, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATION. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T PLAY GOLF, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY, EVERYBODY KNOWS I PLAY GOLF.

BUT IN ADDITION TO JUST THE FACT THAT I CAN GO THERE AND PLAY GOLF, BEFORE IT CLOSED, IT HAD 60,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF LAST YEAR BEFORE IT CLOSED IN JANUARY.

THAT IS AN AMAZING NUMBER FOR OUR SMALL COUNTY. AND IT IS TO ME, JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR SOCCER FIELDS, OUR TENNIS COURTS, DARE I SAY OUR BEACHES, MAYBE NOT THE BEACHES. BUT THE POINT IS, THAT IT BASICALLY AS FAR AS OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, IT PAYS FOR ITSELF AND IT PROVIDES FRANKLY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GOLFERS WHO MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO JOIN A PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB, BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE, THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO GOLF, PROBABLY ONCE THIS RENOVATION IS DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOP NOTCH GOLF COURSE. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE A MAGNET FOR SOME NCAA TOURNAMENTS, BIG TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY REALLY NICE.

SO IF YOU DON'T -- IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE THIS SUMMER, IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT TO GIVE TIME TO TOUR IT. IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG GREATLY.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTY. SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY

[County Attorney’s Report]

BRIEF COMMENTS. I HOPE THEY'RE BRIEF. LET'S GO TO ADMIN.

BRAD, JOY. SARA, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? >> NOTHING.

>> OKAY. LEGAL. >> ONE MATTER I NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. UNDER OUR ANIMAL CONTROL CODE, THE BOARD APPOINTS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WHEN WE HAVE DANGEROUS DOG APPEALS. OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HAS RECENTLY EXPIRED AND STAFF IS PREPARING AN RFP FOR THE POSITION GOING FORWARD.

HOWEVER, WE DID RECEIVE AN APPEAL LAST WEEK AND DUE TO THE TIGHT TIMELINES IN THE ORDINANCE, FOR DANGEROUS DOG APPEALS, WE HAD TO BRING A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON FOR THAT HEARING. WE USED ATTORNEY JIM BEDSOL, WHO HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN

[02:20:05]

THAT AREA. AND BASED ON THIS OCCURRING IN THE INTERIM, WHILE THE NEW RFP IS BEING PREPARED, I NEED TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY AND APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. BEDSOL FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL APPEAL THAT

WAS HEARD. >> ANY QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT MR. BED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

May 03, 2022 Board of County Commissioners

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