[1. Constitutional Officers’ Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentations - St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller & St. Johns County Sheriff. Presentation of the Constitutional Officer’s tentative budgets for Fiscal Year 2023. Under F.S. 129.03(2), on or before June 1 of each year, Constitutional Officers shall submit to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) a tentative budget for their respective offices for the ensuing fiscal year. Since the Tax Collector is fee-based, it is not required for the Tax Collector's budget to be submitted to the BCC at this time. Each Constitutional Officer will make a brief oral presentation to the BCC relative to their respective tentative budget. The tentative presentation order will be: 1) Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Brandon J. Patty 2) Sheriff Robert A. Hardwick. The Property Appraiser and the Supervisor of Elections have been scheduled to make their respective presentations to the BCC on June 21, 2022.]

0. >> AND WE ARE READY TO TAKE UP THE REGULAR AGENDA, AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS THIS MORNING IS THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS BY DARBY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMEONE OTHER THAN JESSE. I WILL RECOGNIZE JESSE.

>> THANK YOU, I AM JUST HOSTING, THIS MORNING, IF YOU WILL. JESSE DUNN DIRECT TORE FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. THIS MORNING, WE WILL HEAR TWO BUDGET PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER AND THIS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THEN ON THE 21, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS AND PROPERTY APPRAISER. ALL PART OF OUR ONGOING BUDGET PROCESS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, MAY 23, 24, 25, WE HAD OUR WORKSHOP.

WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS AT THAT TIME, JUST TO KIND OF PROVIDE AN UPDATE, OUR TAXABLE VALUES AT THAT TIME WERE 14.39 PERCENT ON JUNE 1ST WE RECEIVED THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S INITIAL VALUES. THE WE WILL RECEIVE THE FINAL VALUATION ON JULY 1ST.

THEY'VE INCREASED TO ABOUT 15.3 PERCENT. WHICH WILL TRANSLATE CERTAINLY TO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE WILL PROGRAM INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU IN JULY. BUT WITH THAT, WE FORKING TO TRANSITION INTO AGAIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER BUDGETS TODAY. THERE ARE NO- THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED. THIS IS, AGAIN, PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 129032, AND WHICH THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1ST, THEIR BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO -- THE ORDER HAS BEEN SET IN THE AGENDA ITEM, SO FIRST OF UP, WILL BE THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT AND COMBO BRANDON PATTY.

THANK YOU, JESSE, CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR FY23 COUNTY BUDGET, WE ARE REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN OUR MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT THIS WILL HELP MEET INCREASE FOR OUR PENDING, AND ADDRESS PERSONAL GAPS THAT IF NOT ADDRESSED COULD INCREASEV VULNERA VULNERABILITIES, AND FRAUD RISK.

IT ALSO INCLUDES A COURT SUBSIDY INCREASE, FOR COURT OPERATIONS. OUR DIRECT ADD BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR COURT OPERATIONS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FLAT AND IT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OUR HIGH STANDARD OF SERVICE TO FULFILL OTHER PRIMARY FUNCTIONS, AND MEET OUR CRITICAL MISSIONS.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING OUR SHARED GOAL OF PROVIDING STAUSZ'S PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND WHILE PROTECTING OUR GOVERNMENT. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION, PENDING ANY QUESTIONS.

SHERIFF, ARE YOU PRESENTING THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET? WELL, WISH I COULD START OFF AND

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BE AS QUICK AS BRANDON PATTY IS, MINE WILL BE MORE LENGTHY. >> I WANT TO START OFF WITH MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME AND MY ENTIRE COMMAND STAFF TO GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET. NEXT I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR JESSE DUNN IN THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STANZAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH TRANSPARENCY, WORKING HAND IN HAND TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH OUR ARE BUDGET BEING A PARTNERSHIP AS OPOSED TO ADVERSARY.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT MY STAFF IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE LARGE BUDGETS BUT PATROL BEING $75 M $75 MILLION AND OUR CORRECTIONS UNDER OUR DIRECTOR BEING AROUND $26 MILLION. THOSE ARE LARGE BITES OF THE OFFICE, AND AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR.

TRYING TO ADJUST AND MANAGE AS WE CONTINUE WITH GROWTH IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WE WILL TELL YOU THIS AS A SHERIFF WE ARE PROUD TO TELL THAT YOU WE HAD A DECREASE IN CRIME LAST YEAR IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. IF YOU GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES. WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN CRIME AS WE CURRENTLY SIT HERE, IS IT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CRIME, OUR RATE WILL INCREASE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY THIS YEAR.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU AND OUR CITIZENS BEHIND US, WITH THE FBI'S TRANSITION OF THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT IT WAS A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ADJUST THE NEW REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR WHICH WE ARE DOING THAN BEING SAID IT WILL TAKE A GOOD 1224 MONTHS TO SEE WHAT THE CRIME IS GOING TO BE BUT WE DO TRACK REAL CRIME HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

THE THIS IS NOTHING NEW, WE POLICE OVER 800 SQUARE FILES OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY WITH LAND AND WATER. WE DID THAT WITH PRIDE BY THE WAY.

WE CAN SAY THAT, I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS KNOW THAT THAT NUMBER IS MUCH IN EXCESS NOW FARCE WHO VISITS I ST. JOHNS COUNTY. USE SAY CERTAIN MILLION, WE ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO MAKE THIS THE BEST COUNTY TO WORK PLAY, AND EVENTUALLY RAISE A FAMILY HERE YOU WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE WE ARE OVER 400,000 WE STARTED CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY OF SAT. AUGUSTINE, AND BE E WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CALLS FOR SERVICE AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET A FULL YEAR WITH THE ST. AUGUSTINE'S POLICE DEPARTMENT. THESE ARE 911 CALLS WHICH IS 115,000 AND ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE CALLS WHERE PEOPLE ARE CALLING ON THE NONEMERGENCY NUMBERS WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE HAD 3700 ARRESTS LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS TIMES WE AT THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE COMMITTED AND DOING BIG THINGS WITH OUR REOFFENDER PROGRAM MAKING OUR PEOPLE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY CAME IN WE LISTED SOME OF OUR MAJOR SEIZE SEWERS WE HAVE AN OPIOD AND OVERDOSE PROBLEM HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WITH OUR NONFOR PROFIT AGENCIES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR TRAFFIC CRASHES CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUST TEEN, AND THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL.

WE DO HANDLE A MAJORITY. ALMOST 92 PERCENT OF THE TRAFFIC CRASHES HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND WITH MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE RED LIGHTS AND MORE NEIGHBORHOODS COMES MORE CRASHES WITH THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE A ROBUST TEMP OF AGGRESSIVE DRIVING A TEAM THAT HANDLES AGGRESSIVE PATROL TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS DUI, TECHNIQUES, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF REDUCING DUI BY OVER 377 PERCENT LAST YEAR. AS WE GET INTO OUR BUDGET I WILL DISCUSS A FEW THINGS, ME AS A SHERIFF HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY PRIORITIZE AND SAID TO OUR COMMISSION THESE ARE THE THREE PRIORITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY COMPENSATION BENEFITS IS NUMBER ONE I WILL TELL YOU THIS IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL WHICH IS AN $8.8 MILLION INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET WHICH PUTS US SLIGHTLY OVER $100 MILLION BUDGET FOR OUR JAIL WE INCREASED OUR STARTING PAY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO $50,000. IT IS NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE TO THE GOVERNOR PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILL WHICH MEANS THAT FISCAL I CONSTRAINED COUNTIES ARE GETTING FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA GET THE STARTING PAY UP TO EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE STATE OF $45,000. HIM WE ARE AT WHERE THE FISCAL I

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CONSTRAINED COUNTIES THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE PAY I WANT TO RETAIN AND KEEP OUR DEPUTY SHERIFF'S I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT GOES TO 525. WE NORTH THERE.

IT COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION PRICE TAG TO INCREASE OUR STARTING PAY OF SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO 55. IT IS THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND BELOW IT IS NOT INCREASING MY DIRECTOR'S CAPTAIN'S PAY. I MANIEN BEAR ASKED TO TELL YOU THAT THE LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS $32,000 THIS YEAR WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET I MANY TRYING TO GET THAT PAY UP TO $35,000 THEY CAN STILL AFFORD TO LIVE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

THE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAY INCREASES FOR THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY WE TALK ABOUT $2 MILLION IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE PAY TO 525 WHICH IS NOT IN MY PROPOSED BUDGET IT'S AN INCREASE IN FRS, BY 27 PERCENT, AND FICA, SIX PERCENT, AND MEDICARE, 1.5, WORK MAN'S COMP 1.5 PERCENT, UNEMPLOYMENT 2.5 PERCENT IT ADDS UP IN THE BENEFITS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE AT THE

INCRETIONED PAY OF 525. >> THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION HAS BECOME PERSONAL TO ME IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE HAVE TAKEN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN RECRUITING RETENTION. SIMILAR TECHNIQUES. WE HAD A LOT OF SHORTAGES IN OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEE POSITIONS BEFORE I TOOK OVER AS YOUR SHERIFF AND THAT WAS NO FALL OF THE PREVIOUS SHERIFF. BRINGING A NEW LEADERSHIP STYLE OF RECRUITING AND WE FOLLOWED ALMOST EVE FHR TL, POSITION, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT. HERE'S THE GOAL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU AND OUR CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF. HOW DO WE KEEP THOSE EMPLOYEES HERE? I WILL READ YOU A SHORT PIECE OF AN EXCERPT FROM A LETTER WE HAD FOUR EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR OTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAST MONTH. THIS PARTICULAR DEPUTY SHERIFF WRITES A LETTER TO ME, THE ONLY REASON I MANY MANY LEAVING ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS DUE TO THE I'M FOR THE RECORDABILITY TO LIVE AND OWN A HOUSE IN THIS COUNTY. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE MADE A DECISION TO GO TO ARKANSAS.

WE LONG HIM, AND WE LOST ONE OF OUR TASK FORCE OFFICERS, MARK JAMES WORKS IN OUR CORRECTIONS AGENCY FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO ANOTHER AGENCY WE LOST DEPUTY CARLOS LOPEZ WHO IS GOING TO LEAVE. AND I WANT TO SIMPLISHIRE WITH YOU WE AT THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAFEST PLACE TO LIVE WORK AND RETIRE.

WE WILL MAXIMIZE THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE STANZAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE 1.2 DEPUTY SHERIFFSFER 1,000. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER IS 1.80 TELL YOU THAT TODAY I DON'T NEED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS. I NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY. I WILL NOT GET UP HERE IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION AND TELL THAT YOU I NEED 60 MORE DEPUTY SHERIFFS USING OUR REAL TIME CENTER, TO MAXIMIZE SOLVING CRIMES. WE HAVE AMAN MATNTRA, WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER ST. JOHNS COUNTY YOUR JOURNEY ENDS HERE IN YOU ARE A CRIMINAL I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT.

MY THIRD INITIATIVE IS ADDING DEPUTY SHERIFFS TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WE ARE ADDING 11 POSITION, TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS ONE WILL GO TO THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE A BRAND NEW CONTRACTUAL SERVICE AND THAT DEPUTY SHERIFF WILL BE ASSIGNED BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEY WILL BE PAID. AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY THE ST.

JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE HAVE 373 FULL TIME EMPLOYED CAN IT DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

133, CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, AND 264 FULL TIME CIVILIAN STAFF. WE HAVE OUR FULL CROSSING GUARDS AND OUR PSA'S, WHICH ARE ARE PART TIME, AND OUR RESERVE GPTS RS2015 - DPPTS, 908, BOTH FULL TIME AND PART TIME. I WANT TO DISCUSS SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR AGENCY BEFORE WE PRESENT IT TODAY. IN THE BUDGET WHICH YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE WHICH IS OVER 650 PAGES, I AM NOT GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PAGES.

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I WILL SHOW YOU FOUR QUICK SLIDES. THERE'S NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE 81 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET AS YOU KNOW GOES TO PERSONNEL SERVICES.

WITH THAT ONLY 15 PERCENT IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR OPERATIONS, WE MANAGE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND I THINK THAT WE PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HERE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THREE PERCENT GOES TO DEBT REDUCTION OR SERVICES ONE PERCENT GOES TO OUR IMPROVEMENT AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, WE TAKE THAT $8.8 MILLION INCREASE, WITH THE STARTING PAY OF 50,000, NOT 525, AND $2 MILLION IS THE NEW AJ ADJUSTMENT IS 2.8 FOR FRS.

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER $5,000 IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, WE HAD A HUNDRED 665,000 MEDICAL INCREASE FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE IN OUR ST. JOHNS COUNTY JAIL.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER CARE. WE HAD A $479,000 INCREASE IN FUEL COSTS AND I AM SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T DO THE PARK THE CAR SERVICE AND WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN WE NEED YOU. OUR RESIDENTS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY KNOW THAT VISIBILITY AND PRESENCE IS IMPORTANT. LAST OUT OF OUR MAJOR INCREASE IS A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE IN JUST AMMUNITION ALONE. WE WILL TRAIN MORE HARDER MORE DILIGENTLY THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEWS A CROSS THE NATION WE ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM CRIME IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM A, AND THE OF VIOLENCE, A MASS SHOOTING. WE ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM ANY OF THAT.

ALL WE CAN DO IS POLICE ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO THAT BY THE WAY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. >> AS YOU SEE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. IT'S JUST UNDER $75 MILLION.

AGAIN, 81 PERCENT OF THAT OF COURSE IS OUR CAP PERSONNEL SERVICES.

OUR OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I WILL TELL THAT YOU WE HAVE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME TESTIMONY EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS AND TRAINING THAN ANY OTHER AGENCY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE JUST RECRUITED AN INDIVIDUAL FROM NEW MEXICO. OUR PARTNERING COUNTIES PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND BE A PART OF THIS AGENCY AND THE THE PAY IS ANOTHER BENEFIT WHEN THEY COME HERE.

BUT THEY SEE THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT WE SHARE TODAY AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT COMES WITH A PARTNERSHIP, WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH ST. JOHNS COUNTY FIRE FIRE AND RESCUE, AND THE COMMISSIONERS. MY OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTER ACROSS THE STATE DON'T HAVE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP THAT I SHARE WITH YOU. AND BY THE WAY I MANY ABLE TO TAKE THE HARD NOSE I AM OKAY WITH THAT. I AM PRESENTING THE BUDGET TO YOU TODAY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE THIS COUNTY, WE LIVE WORK AND PLAY HERE. IN THE BOTTOM BUDGET YOU WILL SEE THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION.

NOT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES, DIRECTOR, BROUGHT IN AN EXPERT.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT MY PREVIOUS DIRECTORS OF THE UNST. JOHNS COUNTY JAIL, AND SHE HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND SHE IS DOING IT BY THE WAY.

THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE TWO OF THE, JESSE DUNN, DIRECTOR DUNN CAN BREAK THESE DOWN WHY THEY ARE SEPARATED. IT COMES FROM THE CLERK OF THE COURTS OFFICE, AND IT COMES FROM OUR STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THERE ARE HANDS IN THE POT THAT PROVIDE THE BAIL SERVICE THROUGH THE JUDICIAL JUDGES TOO AS WELL. MULTISOURCES COMING IN TO THE 911 SYSTEM SO THOSE ARE BUDGETS THAT ARE MAINTAINED A STATUS QUO INCREASED AS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO ADDED TO THAT I JUST WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOME RESEARCH LAST NIGHT WITH OUR PROPERTY APPRAISER AND NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION SINCE 2016 ON THE FINAL REPORTING PERIOD TO 2022 TO THE FIRST REPORTING PERIOD 25,000 STRUCTURES RESIDENTIAL HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

OVER 25,000 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE ADDED TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WE'VE CONTINUED TO KEEP CRIME LOW IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, AND AS YOUR SHERIFF WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP CRIME HERE. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THAT I AM 0 TOLERANCE, AND BE MY STAFF IS BROUGHT INTO OUR LEADERSHIP STYLE, IT'S UNIQUE, HANDS ON, I LEAD FROM THE TOP, AND LEAD BY WALKING AS YOU'RE ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER THAT'S WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO WITH THAT TOO WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. 42 MILES OF BEACHES, 99,000 CARS YESTERDAY ON INTERSTATE 95 IN AN OVER 24 HOUR PERIOD. THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, STARTING AT WORLD GOLFVILLE AND HEADING NORTH UP TO NINE B INTO DUVAL COUNTY IT WILL BE TEN LANES THE

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NEW EXPRESSWAY WILL START CONSTRUCTION ON JANUARY 1ST THERE'S NOTHING THAT I AM TELLING YOU THAT YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW. THEY ARE EXPECTING 75,000 CARS ADDITIONALLY PER DAY ONCE THE BYPASS IS CONNECTED TO NOTICER STATE 95 BETWEEN 210 AND IGP.

MORE TRAFFIC COMES MORE PEOPLE. WHO DOESN'T WANT TO STOOP IN OUR CITY, WHO DOESN'T DO THE RESEARCH IN OUR CITY AND SAY IT'S THE BEST SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SAFEST PLACE, CHEAPEST PLACE FOR VACATION IN 42 MILES OF BEACHES. NATION'S OLDEST CITY, OLDEST COUNTY, 1821. THE TRUE THING IS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE THE BEST SCHOOLS. THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE BEST FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL AND GO ON AND ON, AND THIS IS MY BUDGET. MANY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I HAVE ALL FIVE OF MY DIRECTORS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME, DIRECTOR PERRY HAGAMAN, AND TARA, WEISS, AND DIRECTOR SKIP COLE IS OVER OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, AND YOU MET DIRECTOR RUSS MARTIN OVER OPERATIONS WITH THAT SAID DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS?

>> COMMISSIONER BLOCKE >> LET ME ASK YOU, CAN YOU GO OVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

YOU MENTIONED GOVERNMENT YOU HAVE UP TO 52,500 TO STAY COMPETITIVE.

WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED, I HAVE DOWN $50,000 FOR OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, I SIMPLY WE HAVE DONE THE MATH FOR BASICALLY EVERY $2,500 UP TO $60,000 WE DO THAT UP TO A LONG TERM PLANNING.

ASSAL OF THE ACTUAL DATA SITS TODAY IT IS AROUND $2 MILLION. THAT COMES FROM THE INCREASE IN FICA, CAN MEDICARE, AND WORK MAN'S COMPENSATION, SO IT'S RIGHT AT $2 MILLION, SIR

>> THAT WOULD BE, 2 MILLION WOULD BE ABLE TO GET CORPORAL OR BELOW UP TO 52,500?

>> 52,500 SIR. >> AND WHAT THAT ALSO DOES TOO AS WELL IN THAT EXACT AMOUNT WHICH IS TEAM LEADERS WHICH IS OUR CIVILIAN SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND BELOW GIVES THEM AN ADDITIONAL $1,500 FOR THE SAME CIVILIAN STAFF THAT WORK LIKE IN OUR COM CENTER, IN OUR 911, AND

CORRECTION CONTROL OPERATORS >> I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING THIS GO AROUND, AND WE HAVE SELL OSOME FLEXIBILITY AS THE POLICYMAKERS, LISTENING TO YOU, READING YOUR E-MAILS, YOU ARE NOTING THAT YOU ARE LOSING OFFICERS AND TRAINING SOME THAT ARE GOING TO OTHER AREAS A, THAT IS CONCERNING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT CAN SEE YOU CAN KEEP PEOPLE HERE AND RETAIN THEM.

>> COMMISSIONER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE WORK SO HARD WITH DIRECTOR DUNN, AND COMMISSIONER HUNTER CONRAD THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO -- -- WE ARE COMPETING WITH THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE NOT LOSING OFFICERS TO JSO, WE ARE GAINING THEM BACK BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR COMMISSION.

BUT WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF GAS, AND MILKING AND EGGS, WE CAN'T DO IT.

EVEN THE GOVERNOR IS DISCUSSING THE FISCAL I CONSTRAINED THAT THEY AGREED ABOUT ON 45,000, WHICH HURTS US, AND THE AGENCY OF THE BEST COUNTY TO COME WORK IN.

SO WE SIMPLY CONTINUE TO ADD THAT $2,500 IN THERE. THAT'S OUR GOAL AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE PAY, NOT OF US BUT THE DEPUTY I SHERIFFSES THAT WORK ON

THE STREET, IN THE JAIL, >> I AM JUST ONE COMMISSIONER, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ADDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE SO WE CAN GET YOU GUYS UP TO A COMPETITIVE LEVEL THERE.

SO THANK YOU >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SHERIFF, I THINK THAT COVERS IT PRETTY WELL. I AM GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE REQUIRED ON NONACTION ITEMS TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE AND USE MY DISCRETION, AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE TWO ITEMS? ED, SLAVIN. I SUPPORT RAISING THE PAY OF OUR DEPUTIES, AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

I APPRECIATE THE SHERIFF PRESENTING HIS BUDGET EARLY THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO PREDECESSORS, I WOULD SUGGEST UNDER 1293 WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AS JESSE SAYS THAT WE CAN SO THAT EACH OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SHERIFFS, SUBMIT THEIR BUDGETS SO WE CAN INTELLIGENTLY DISCUSS THOSE BUDGETS AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP EACH MAY AND THAT IT BE IN PUBLIC IN THIS ROOM.

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A COUPLE OF THING ON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE AT THE CLERK OF COURTS

>> SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB ARE, SHE HELPED SAVE A CAREER FOR SOMEONE TARGET TODAY ABUSE, WHO HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WAS SELLING PRODUCT TO THE COUNTY. THAT PERSON WAS FIRED BY CONRAD, AND THAT PERSON'S CREDENGINE ARE INFLAMMATION WERE USED TO BE SIGNED ONTO THE SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FOR THE IG'S OFFICE, AND WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, IN THE SHERIFF SEA BUDGET CAN BE YOU ADD WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS, I THINK THAT IT'S A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR EVERY SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS FOR EVERY SINGLE SHERIFF'S VEHICLE, AND AFTER THE DEREK SHOULDCHAUVIN, WE KNOW THAT THERE AE SOME ROTTEN APPLES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY, AND WITHOUT DASHBOARD CAMERAS, WE ARE LOOKING PRETTYIC, WE NEED TO GET UP TO DATE WITH TECHNOLOGY LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID, AND WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO EQUIP EVERY SINGLE DEPUTY AND EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE WITH BODY WORN CAMERAS AND VEHICLE DASHBOARD CAMERAS. IT PROTECTS OUR OFFICERS MOST IMPORTANTLY.

IF SOMEONE IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF POLICE BRUTALITY, THEY WIN SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FEDERAL COURT RIGHT AWAY. ALL THEY HAVE TO SAY IS PLAY THE TAPE, LIKE THE SPORTSCASTER WOULD SAY, GO TO THE TAPE. AND IF ONE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IS ABUSING SOMEBODY, AND THEY NEED TO BE INDICTED WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO GO TO THE GRAND JURY, CAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY, HERER THE TAPE. IT PROTECTED US FROM LIABILITY.

IT WILL HELP US GET LOWER INSURANCE RATES, AND MANY BY THE WAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN, AS I SAID IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. OUR EMR, RATING FROM THE NATIONAL COMPENSATION INSURANCE NCCI, IS .78 WHICH IS ATTRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE IN RISK MANAGEMENT DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE NEED TO WORK SAFELY, BUT WE WORK SAFEST WHEN WE WORK WITH

MORE PEOPLE IN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE AND BODY CAMERA >> WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO

MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD >> JOHNNY COUNTS, 9470, BARREL ROAD CRACKER SWAMP. THIS IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT, FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE, AND TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY AND OUR FAMILIES SAFE I THINK THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GIVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITHIN REASON, THERE'S ALWAYS NEEDS, WE ARE NEVER WITHOUT A NEED.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE LAID OUT HERE, AND 23 KNOW WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH OURSELVES, IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE SHERIFF TALKS ABOUT, HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE RAISES IS THE SAME THING EVERY SMALL BUSINESS HAS TO DEAL WITH. ANYTIME YOU TRY TO HIRE SOMEBODY, ALL THAT EXTRA THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUR FICA, YOUR OTHER REQUIRED TAXATION THAT'S BEEN PUT ON US. AND NOW FUEL CONCERNS EVERYTHING. WE ARE AT A CRUNCH TIME. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN A TIMELY FASHION, AND I THINK THAT GOES WITH WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY LAST TIME ABOUT THE ENDER PRICE COMPUTER SYSTEM.

TRYING TO GET THE COUNTY ON ONE SYSTEM, BUT WE CAN SEE WHAT EVERY AGENCY NEEDS.

WE CAN PULL THE NUMBERS, OR YOU CAN GET SOME DATA FAST, AND ACCURATE, AND BE ABLE TO EVEN MAYBE EVEN DO LINE ITEM SOME THINGS A LITTLE BIT FINER. GOING WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WHAT THE CHEREDSHERIFF HAS. I THINK THAT WE OUT TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP OUT THOSE WHO ARE HERE, AND WATCH OUT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PROPERTY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, IT'S A TOUGH JOB. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JOHNNY HOWARD.

I RISE ALSO SUPPORT TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO DO A FANTASTIC JOB IN THIS COUNTY.

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ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. >> THE FUNDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE AT 71 PERCENT, PERHAPS WE SHOULD LOWER THAT, MOVE THE FUNDS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND INCREASE THE FUNDS OR DECREASE THE FUNDS FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAN NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH HEALTH INSURANCE. ABOUT THAT'S PART OF OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY OPERATION OR NOT. BUT HEALTH INSURANCE IS CERTAINLY VERY EXPENSIVE, AND SO I WOULD ALSO ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THERE ARE SEPARATE NEGOTIATIONS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC

COMMENT ON THE BUDGETS FOR FISCAL 23. >> THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES NO VOTE. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK MR. PATTY, TO COME AND SPEAK TO US, SHERIFF HARDWICK, AND DEPUTY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. ITEM

[2. Presentation on North Florida TPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) FY 2022/2023 - 2026/2027. The TIP identifies all publicly funded highway, transit and aviation projects within the North Florida TPO area. This area includes all of Duval County and significant portions of Clay, St. Johns and Nassau Counties. This report will cover projects significant to St. Johns County.]

ONE. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS A NONACTION ITEM, AND IT IS IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT ROADS.

>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH DE JESUS I AM A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE TTPO, IT SERVING CLAY, CAN NASSAU, CAN AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRISTIAN WHITEHURST, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE TPO, I WITH A LIKE TO SHARE WHICH THE TIP PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS, 2022, 2023, TO 20206, 27. THE TIP IS A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT INCLUDES HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, AND MULTIMODAL PROJECTS.

THE TIP IS DEVELOPED ANNUALLY, AND IT IS A SUBSET OF THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 20 PRESENTATIONS TO THE REGION THAT INCLUDED A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING LAST WEEK BEFORE THE TIP FINAL APPROVAL WHICH IS THIS THURSDAY JUNE 9TH AT 10:00 A.M., WE ARE LOCATED IN 980 NORTH JEFFERSON STREET JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.

>> FROM POPE ROAD TO RED COX DRIVE. THIS IS A WEEK PATH PROJECT, AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY FROM I 95 TO EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 16, THIS IS A NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AND THE DESIGNED BUILD IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023, AND 2025. I 95 FROM THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY INTERCHANGE TO THE DUVALL COUNTY LINE. THIS IS A PROJECT TO ADD LANES AND RECONSTRUCT AND THE DESIGN

BUILD IS SCHEDULED FOR 20205. >> I 95 FROM SOUTH OF INTERNATIONAL GULF OF PARKWAY,

TO SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 23. >> THIS PROJECT WILL ADD LANES, AND RECONSTRUCT AND DESIGN BUILD AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. I 95 ST. JOHNS NORTHBOUND REST AREA.

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 206, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED FOR 2024, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2026 .

. >> PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED FOR 20205, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2027 .

IT IS SHOWING IS THE PROJECT AT PONCE DE LEON, BUT IT'S KING STREET.

OVER THE SAN SEBASTIAN BRIDGE, AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2024. STATE ROAD 15 FROM WEST OF TOMS ROAD, AND WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 208. THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023, AND CONSTRUCTION FOR 2026. STATE ROAD AT MATANZA, WATERWAY,

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CRESCENT BAY BRIDGE. THIS PROJECT IS TO REPAIR THE BRIDGE.

AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. STATE ROAD 206, FROM STATE ROAD 207 TO I 95. THIS RESURFACING PROJECT, AND CONSTRUCTION PROMPT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. STATE ROAD 207 FROM I 95 TO STATE ROAD 312, ALSO A RESURFACING PROJECT, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023.

STATE ROAD A1 A, FROM SAN MARCO, TO THE BUTLER COUNTY PARK ENTRANCE, THIS IS A BIKING PATH PROJECT. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED FOR 2024.

U.S. 1 FROM 206, TO MULTICREEK, RESURFACING PROJECT, AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023.

RACETRACK ROAD AT U.S. ONE, THIS IS AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY IS SCHEDULED OR 2023. STATE ROAD A1 A, TO FORT MATANZAS, PROJECT IS SCHEDULED UNTIL 2027, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ST. JOHNS PROJECTS.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ON THE PRESENTATION OR THE HANDOUT.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? CHRISTIAN?

>> IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT MS. DE JESUS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE TTP. BEING A MEMBER OF THE TPO, I SEE AS YOU ZOOM OUT, IT'S NOT JUST ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT HAS NEEDS THE ENTIRE REGION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA HAS MANY MANY NEEDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE STAFF AT TPO IS EVIDENT IN

THE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED US TODAY. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON

THIS ITEM AT THIS POINT? >> THE I NEVER WANT TO PASS THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE CAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ROADS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO EXPRESS MY KEEN INTEREST IN GETTING STATE ROAD 16 FROM THE OUTLET MALL TO IGP, THE FOUR-LANED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I REMAINED STUNNED THAT THE LAST FIGURE I HEARD WAS SEVEN YEARS OUT.

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO. OF IT IS MIND BLOWING, THAT IS A LITTLEBU LITTLEBU

LITTLE, BUCOLIC, ROAD. I WON'T PASS THAT UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAVE A

GREAT DAY. >> WE DON'T HAVE A 12 HOUR MEETING TODAY HOPEFULLY.

WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NONACTION COMMENTS. >> ED SLAVIN.

ENTIRELY TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON ROADS AND NOT ENOUGH ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

I GET IT THERE'S ALONE I OUT THERE THAT OIL AND PETTROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY THE ASPHALT INDUSTRY THE ROAD BUILDING INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRY IN TALLAHASSEE. SANDRA PARKS WHO IS STETSON KENNEDY'S WIDOW.

SHE SAYS THAT TRANSPORTATION IS A MORALE ISSUE. AND WE NEED LOCAL TRANSPORTATION TO GET US FROM HERE TO THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE OUR OWN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T DRIVE CAN BE GET AROUND TO WORK AND SCHOOL. AND OUR BUS SYSTEM IS ENTIRELY INADEQUATE. ONLY FIVE BUSSES PASS A FEW LOCATIONS FOR A SMALL PART OF THE COUNTY EVERY DAY. NO BUS SERVICE ON SUNDAYS OR THE EVENING.

IT'S A REALLY BAD BUS SYSTEM. PLUS A COUP SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A 4-1 VOTE IN THE BCC,

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TO DOUBLE THE DAILY AFFAIRS. WE NEED TO MAKE THE TRANSIT FARES FREE.

IF YOU GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RIDE TRANSIT YOU MAKE IT FREE, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN GET WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT.

ALSO, WE NEED TO -- I AM ALL FOR THE BIKE TRAILS. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH OF THESE ROAD PROJECTS WITH A GENRE T, EYE, WEEKS NEED TO ASK GOOD QUESTIONS, AS THE JUDGE TOLD ME TO ASK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC POLICI, THE ROAD BUILDERS BEN BENEFIT. IF YOU KEEP ADDING ROADS AND ROADS, PRETTY SOON YOU WILL PAVE OVER ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE BOONDOGGLES, AND I WILL CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO 313. WE SHOULD NOT BUILD THE NORTHERN REACH OF 313 WHICH WOULD DAMAGE THEEE COME J. I HAVE THE 12 MILE SWAMP AREA, WHICH OUR CHAIRMAN, AND JOHN HENRY HANG INSON JUNIOR'S CAFARD FOR THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT YEARS AGO AND IT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED.

IT DOESN'T NEED 313 IN THE NORTHERN REACHES. I WOULD NOT URGE YOU TO DO THAT, NEXT TIME FDOT, COMES HERE, ASK THEM TO MAKE A PRESENTATION WITH DATA.

WE HAVE A GRAB BAG LIST OF A CHRISTMAS TREE OF PROJECTS FOR THE ROAD BUILDING INDUSTRY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WHO'S THIS GOING TO HELP? STOCKHOLDERS AND INVESTORS IN ROAD BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET AROUND. IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE CLOGGED HIGHWAYS, WITH BAD PLANNING, AND LACK OF DATA. UTTER LACK OF DATA.

HERE'S A BUNCH OF PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR YEARS. >> THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME FOR

FORWARD. >> OF GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LISA MCGLINN, I LIVE AT SELF 03 PINEHURST PLACE, AND I AM THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATION FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA PLANNING ORGANIZATION THAT YOU APPOINTED. THANK YOUEE LIST A BETH FOR COMING HERE TODAY.

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I THINK THAT THERE'S A FAIR ALLOCATION OF THE MONEY BETWEEN ALL OF THE COUNTIES AT THE TPO, I THINK THAT THEY ALL NEED TO BE BUILT, I DO THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THE VISIONING FOR THE COUNTY WE LOOK AT GROWTH, AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, WE DO NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MOVING PEOPLE NOT MOVING CARS. BECAUSE AS WE GROW.

AS WE PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR ALL OF OUR WORKERS, WE NEED TO THINK OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE TO THEIR JOBS. SOME OF OUR WORKERS WHEN THEY TO THEIR JOBS HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GET TO WORK. MY LAST THING IS MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY TO GET THE MOBILITY FEE PROPOSAL IN PLACE. OF GIVES YOU ALL OF THE FLEXIBILITY TO VISION DIFFERENT THINGS, INSTEAD OF JUST ROADS, AND IT HELPS MR. CHAIRMAN IT HELPS YOU GET THINGS LIKE 16 DONE SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM SEEING NONE, BE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3. Borland Groover Economic Development Incentive Request. The St. Johns County Economic Development Agency (Agency) has received an application from Borland Groover (Applicant), for economic development incentives to develop a 35,000 square foot building located at the corner of Longleaf Pine Parkway and St. Johns Parkway in the Durbin Crossing area. The Applicant, which provides gastrointestinal healthcare services and outpatient ambulatory surgical services, will construct a new two-story building that will have an ambulatory surgical center on the first floor and medical offices and clinic on the second floor. The project will provide patients with easier access to digestive health specialists as well as the most advanced technology and procedures available. The project scored 7.5 points under the new industry category of the County’s Business Incentive Program, which makes it eligible for expedited permitting and an economic development grant of up to 100% of fees paid to the County by the Applicant (impact fees), four years ad valorem taxes paid by the Applicant (general County portion) on capital improvements and four years tangible personal property taxes paid by the Applicant (general County portion). The project is located outside of the County’s utility service area, so no connection fees are included in this incentive proposal. Completion of the project is anticipated by April 2024. With this schedule, the first annual grant payment would be anticipated during FY26. The total estimated value of the incentive is $669,555. In accordance with Program requirements, the Agency is required to review the application and make a written report to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff recommends support of this incentive application.]

THANKS, CHRISTIAN THAT ITEM ALSO WAS JUST FOR PRESENTATION. NOW WE ARE READY FOR ITEM THREE.

JENNIFER. JENNIFER, ZUBERER, PROJECT MANAGER.

TODAY WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREES FOR BORLAND, GROOVER, HOPES TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH EASIER ACCESS TO DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS AND PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY, BORELAND GROOVER . AND WHAT WILL WAGE BEING MORE

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THAN 125 PERCENT OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY'S ANNUAL WAGE. CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATE TODAY BE COMPLETE BY APRIL OF 2024, AND THE PROJECT WILL BRING IN INVESTMENT TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION. HERE'S A MAP OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION AT THE CORNER OF ST.

JOHNS PARK WAY, AND LONG LEAF PARKWAY. THE PROJECT SCORED 7.5 POINTS UNDER THE NEW INDUSTRY CATEGORY OF THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

INCENTIVE PROGRAM BASED ON IT BEING A TARGET INDUSTRY. THE FACILITY SIDE SIZE, ARE THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS, THE WAGES OF THOSE JOBS, AND ALSO RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL POINT FOR BEING IN AN AREA DEEMED DEFICIENT IN A MAJORITY SCHOOL CAPACITY. THEREFORE, UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE ORDINANCE, THE PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT OF 100 PERCENT OF IMPACT FEES PAID. FOUR YEARS OF GENERAL COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES PAID ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FOUR YEARS OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAXES PAID FOR THE BUSINESS, AS WELL AS EXPEDITED PERMITTING. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED INCENTIVE IS $6,965,555 WITH THE FIRST ANNUAL GRANT PAYMENT ANTICIPATED IN FISCAL YEAR 26, AND INCLUDED IN YOUR COST ELM, IF APPROVED, IT WILL BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA, AND AS WITH ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS, GRANT PAINTS WILL NOT BE PAID UNTIL PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE MET WITH THE BORLAND GROOVER, IS JACKIE KENNEDY, AND MECIK H ALA, DUPOW

REE,. >> WILL QUESTIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR BORLAND GROOVER. ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. I WILL MOVE TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A GRANT, TO ONE INSTRUCT, 34,002 STORY BUILDING A MANY ABU LABORATORY SURGICAL CENTER, IN PLACE OF THE PROPOSED GRANT AGREEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY

THE BOARD, AT A LATER REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. >> MANY SECOND.

[4. Public Hearing * PUD21-09 Bacon Storage (Brinkhoff Rd). Request to rezone approximately 4.9 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow for up to 16,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial uses and a RV/Boat Storage facility. The Planning and Zoning Agency previously recommended denial with a vote of 6-0.The Board of County Commissioners remanded this item back to the Planning and Zoning Agency and required the Applicant to hold a community meeting on the project. This application subsequently received a recommendation for denial with a vote of 7-0 at the March 17, 2022 Planning and Zoning Agency hearing.]

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. >> AND THAT'S APPROVED 5-0.

OKAY. NOW, WE WILL GO TO ITEM FOUR, AND NUMBER FOUR IS IN FACT A QUASI JUDICIAL ITEM, SO WE NEED TO REPORT ANY EX PARTE. SO I WILL BEGIN.

COMMISSIONER BLOCKER ANY REPORTS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NONE TO

REPORT. MR. WALDRON? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I DID HAVE A PHONE CALL FROM MR. 'PAPPAZOO, AND HE SAID THAT -- HE'S HEAD OF THE HOA, THERE, TO WORK ON ANY CHANGES. THAT'S ALL THERE, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE TO RECUSE

MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE. SO. >> OKAY.

CHRISTIAN >> JUST E-MAILS AGAINST THE PROJECT.

I'VE RECEIVED E-MAILS LIKE PROBABLY EVERY COMMISSIONER HAS, I'VE HAD NO PHONE CALLS.

>> I'VE HAD SEVERAL E-MAILS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT. >> AND LIKEWISE, I'VE HAD NO RECENT MEETINGS, AND I REPORTED THE OTHER MEETINGS WHEN THEY THIS ITEM WAS UP FIVE OR SIX MONTHS AGO, AND I RECEIVED FIVE OR SIX O MALES IN OPPOSITION, THEY ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S MY EX PARTE. SO WE ARE PREPARED NOW TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, ITEM FOUR. ONE I AM BACK AND FORTH ON THIS PROJECT.

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I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A RED FOLDER IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE MOST RECENT CHANGES.

SO I WILL GO THROUGH SOME, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, TO GO

THROUGH SOME OF WHAT THE CHANGES ARE IN SOME OF THE ITEMS. >> MR. BACON IS THE OWNER, HE OWNS BACON STORE BE A WHICH HAS ANOTHER FACILITY, AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND INTO THIS SITE.

THE PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL C, WHICH THROUGH A PUD DOES ALLOW COMMERCIAL PROSACCORDING TO YOUR POLICY A 11:11, IF IT WAS DEVELOPED, SIX UNITS PER ACRE. CURRENT ZONING IS OR, IT'S KIND OF AN OUTPARCEL, TO THE PUD, AND SO IT'S BETWEEN 207 AND WILDWOOD R ROAD. IT IS A 4.9 ACRE POLICY THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE, THE MAJOR CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS IS TO TAKE OUT ANY COMMERCIAL, AND JUST GO TO RV, BOAT STORAGE, AND IN PHASE ONE, THERE WOULD BE SOME OPEN PARKING AND IN PHASE TWO, THERE WILL BE A CLIMB ARIME AN ADVE CLIMATIZED BUILDING, IT'S 68,000 SQUARE FEET. PHASE ONE, WOULD HAVE THE NONCLIMB AN ADVERTISED BUILDINGS AND PHASE TWO WOULD HAVE THE 48,000 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE FACILITY IN PHASE TWO WOULD NOT BE OVER 40 FEET HIGH SO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE YOU KNOW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES HAVE A 35 FOOT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT. THERE WILL BE A NEW ACCESS FOR THE RV, BOAT STORAGE ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS CLOSE HE IS TO THE RETENTION POND, AND IT WOULD REMAIN THROUGH PHASE ONE UNTIL THEY BUILD THE STORAGE FACILITY ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THAT ACCESS WOULD BE CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE ACCESS AS YOU GET THAT MOVED OUT ON THE PROJECT. SO.

THERE WOULD BE THE BUFFERS AROUND THE PROJECT, OR EXISTING BUFFERS AROUND THE RV STORAGE FIT ON THE SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE BASICALLY PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER.

THE BUILDING WOULD OPEN TO THE STORAGE FACILITY, AND NOT TO THE NEIGHBORS.

AS I MENTIONED ABOUT THE ACCESS, THERE WILL BE BE EVENTUALLY ONLY ONE, WE HAVE SO -- THERE'S A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT IN THE TEXT, BECAUSE IT STARTS OUT WITH TWO, BUT IT WILL BE ONE.

STORM WATER MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED, AND IT'S ONE OF THE FEW SITES IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WETLANDS. IT'S COULD BE CYST TEN WITH A CAMP PLAN.

IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL STORAGE FOR RV, FOR CLIMATIZED YOU AND NONCLIMATIZED FACILITIES IN THE AREA. THE ENTRANCES ARE -- THE ENTRANCE TO THIS IS EITHER 600 OR A THOUSAND FEET TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. TREATY OAKS.

AND WE FEEL THAT IT HAS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH SOME OF THE OR, USE THAT IS COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR. THE SIDEWALKS, WILL PROVIDE THE INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENTS, OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS THERE IS NO INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OF RETENTION PONDS AND ACTUALLY YOU DON'T WANT MANIEN ENTRANCES TO A STORAGE FACILITY. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY WHICH I AM SURE THAT YOU KEEP GETTING IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE MOST OF THE PD'S, AND HOA'S RESTRICT RVS, AND PEOPLE THEN DOWN SIZE THERE'S A NEED FOR STORAGE FACILITIES THEY LIKE TO BE WITHIN 2 TO 5 MILES OF THEIR RESIDENCE SO THAT'S WHY THIS SITE BECAME A SOMETHING OF DESIRABLE OF MR. BACON. HE HAS A FACILITY AT 1700 WILDWOOD ROAD OPENED IN JULY OF 2020. IT'S AT CAPACITY.

HE HAS A WAITING LIST OF SOME OF THE BOATS AND RV STORE >> AND ON THAT SITE THAT WOULD

GO TO THIS WOULD BE. >> HE CAN'T EXPAND THAT SITE, HE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ON THE CREEK. WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING COMMISSIONER WALDRON AS WELL AS PLANNING STAFF CAME. WE TRIED TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.

MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE -- WE ANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND WE PROVIDED A SITE PLAN AND

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EVERYTHING NOT MUCH COMMENT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN IN OPPOSITION I KNOW ARE HERE TODAY THEY DID NOT ATTEND FOR WHATEVER REASON I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT.

BUT ANYWAY, WE ORIGINALLY JUST MOVED FORWARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CHANGE THANKS BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WE CHANGED IT WHICH IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU THAT SO YOU KNOW SOME OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORS IS TRAFFIC WHICH NOW WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE COMMERCIAL WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT'S RV BOAT STORAGE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS TRIPS THAN WOULD BE IN COMMERCIAL OR EVEN RESIDENTIAL. AND.

WE HAVE THE BUFFERS SURROUNDING IT WITH FENCING. AND THESE ARE WHAT THE FACILITIES LOOK LIKE FROM, FROM WHAT WOULD BE PROVIDED THE BUFFERS TO THE NEIGHBORS AFTER THE, THE UNDISTURBED BUFFER, 10 OR 20 FEET. THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHTS THAT ARE CREATED BY IN THIS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEE DEE PARK WHICH WOULD NOT BE FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE YOU FROM WHERE ARE YOU ARE AND HOPEFULLY GET YOUR SUPPORT AND MR. BACON IS HERE ALSO AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE NEIGHBOR OPPOSITIONS LAN RESPOND

AFTERWARDS. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT AT

THIS POINT? >> PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS POINT, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC ITEM ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. YOU CAN USE EITHER ONE OF THE TWO PODIUMS. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW ON THE OVERHEAD YOU CAN USE THE CENTER PODIUM. PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER. >> PHILIP, MUSTARD PHIL COURT IN

ORCHARD PARK. >> WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO REPRESENT THIS

COMMUNITY, AND ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED. >> AND AS YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOOK AT THIS BEFORE, AND YOUR FINDINGS IN THE PREVIOUS FINDINGS AND THE FINDINGS OF THE BZA, HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS OF THE SIX INDIVIDUAL PLUS HOMEOWNERS, YOU'RE HOW LONG A PUD FOR BOAT AND RV STORAGE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO THE PROPERTIES, THE FIVE ACRES, BUT NO MORE SO THAN EACH ONE OF US HAS SPENT ON OUR INDIVIDUAL HOMES.

FOR MOST OF US, IT'S THE MOST INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN OUR LIFE. THE PLANS PRESENTED HERE TODAY HAVE NOT CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE, AND AGAIN WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE HOME OWNER'S REQUEST TO EITHER CONTINUE WITH OPEN OR RURAL, OR TO ALLOW HOMES OF SIMILAR STRUCTURE AND VALUES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE INVESTED IN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> WOULD NIP ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD

>> NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS DEB ARE QUINN, I LIVE AT 41 TUMBLE STONE WAY ST. AUGUSTINE.

I AM TREE OAKS, HOA SECRETARY. I THOUGHT THAT TODAY AFTER EIGHT MONTHS WE WOULD STILL BE IN THE SAME PLACE. BE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES. SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE STILL HAVE IS THE FACT THAT NOW THEY WANT TO PUT ON A 40 FOOT BUILDING ON WHAT WE CONSIDER A CONNECT OR ROAD SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHICH WERE WELL ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO MR. BACON'S PURCHASE OF THE PARCELS ON BRINKHOFF, AND STILL OUR AREA.TES INCOMPATIBILITY TO- WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AS WELL AS LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE FOR THAT YEAR. WE ARE CONCERNED IF THE PARCEL IS CHANGED TO THIS MODIFIED PUD IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE FUTURE CHANGES AND THERE WOULD BE NO LONGER AN OPEN FORUM TO VOICE OUR FUTURE CONCERNS REGARDING THIS PARCEL. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS PLAN, IF APPROVED WOULD BREAK THE SEAL ON OTHER OPEN RURAL PARCELS ON BRINKHOFF ROAD TO BE REZONED TO PUD. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MR. BACON THREATENING LEGAL ACTION TO ALL OPPONENTS. FOR THE REASONS THAT I HAVE STATED ABOVE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE RESPONSIBLY, AND DENY THE 2019-09 BACON APPLICATION, HOWEVER IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION, WE WOULD ASK FOR A POSTPONEMENT IN THE FACT THAT THE HOA HAS THE

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CAPABILITY TO SURVEY OUR HOMEOWNERS TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISSEMINATE THIS NEW INFORMATIONING TO THEM, AND GET THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD CONSENSUS, REGARDING THIS BACON PUD, AND I WOULD THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME ON THIS TODAY.

>> THANK YOU, CAN MA'AM.. WE HAVE A FOOT RACE HERE. THIS GENTLEMAN, AND THEN MR.

SLA SLAVIN, YOU WILL BE NEXT >> RON HOWARD.

11 OPAL, WAY, I RISE IN OUR HOME OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, TREE OAKS HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE LETTER FROM TIM POMPAS, IS VERY DETAILED AND TRUE. BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED, PAGE TWO TALKS ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO TRY TO MEET WITH MR. BACON. MR. BACON, AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE HAVE NOT MET WITH THE HOME OWNER'S ASSOCIATION. SINCE THEY WERE FORMED IN MARCH.

AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, I ASKED FOR A REFERRAL UNTIL JUNE, MR. BACON SAID TO EACH ONE OF YOU THAT I NEED A DECISION QUICKLY BECAUSE I HAVE POINTS, AND I NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. YET HE COMES BEFORE YOU, TWICE, AND ASKS FOR A DID HEFERRAL.

EVIDENTLY SOMETHING WAS NOT CORRECT. HE SEA MADE SEVERAL INCORRECT STATEMENTS TO THE PZA, THEY HAVE DENIED THAT REQUEST AS BEING INCOMPATIBLE TWICE.

THE HOA BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE ON OUR HOA BOARD.

AND I SUPPORT. THE INCOMPATIBILITY DECISION OF THIS PROJECT.

MR. BACON, HAS THREATENED THE PZA. HE'S THREATENED INDIVIDUALS, HE'S THREATENED OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS. THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS.

TALKS ABOUT HIS FENCE BEING A DISNEY GREEN, AND A DISNEY BROWN.

I THINK THAT OUR GOVERNOR WOULD DETERMINE THAT THAT IS A DISDAINFUL DISNEY COLOR, AND IT'S AN EYESORE WITH A BROKEN CHAINLINK FENCE, AND HE HAS A TENANT ON IN A TRAILER RIGHT NOW, AND HE HAS A SINE THAT SAYS SELF-CAMPING COMING SOON, AS A HOMELESS CAMP SITE.

THAT'S HIS THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEREFORE, I URGE YOU TO DO 1 OF 2 THINGS, TO DENY THE APPLICATION TODAY, LET HIM COME BACK TO THE PZA, AND LET HIM NEGOTIATE WITH THE PZA, OR REFER THAT BACK, AND IMPLORE HIM TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND

THE HOA, HERETOFORE, HE IS DONE NEITHER. >> THANK YOU, SIR, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN IN WHAT WAS ON THE OVERHEAD TO OUR STAFF, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

MR. SLAVIN. I AGREE WITH THE PEACE AND QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROPOSED TO BE VIOLATED BY THIS APPLICANT. THE PZA VOTED IT DOWN 7 TO 0. WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE PZA IN THE PACKET, AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S OPEN RURAL, IT SHOULD REMAIN OPEN RURAL, AND I DON'T THINK EVER AGAIN, WE WOULD TRANSITION FROM AN OPEN RURAL TO ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON THAT. AND FURTHERMORE, IF AN APPLICANT HAS COME TOGETHER YOU AND THREATENED NEIGHBORS WITH FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION, A SLAP LAWSUIT.

STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ARE CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY AND ILLEGAL IN FLORIDA. AND IF YOU WERE TO SUE THESE NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE, AND THEY WOULD END UP OWING THEM MONEY, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BOOK, CALLED SLAPS, GETTING SUED FOR SPEAKING OUT. WE SHOULD NEVER TOLERATE APPLICANTS THREATENING OUR PEOPLE, AND APPARENTLY THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

MY LATE FRIEND DIANE MILLS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY HAVE

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TOLD ME ABOUT THE LETTERS THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM DEVELOPERS THREATENING THEM WITH LITIGATION TO SHUT THEM UP, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A BADGE OF FLUID WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES IN HERE AND HAS THREATENED NEIGHBORS, AND WANTS YOUR VOTES.

VOTE THEM DOWN. PZA VOTED THIS DOWN UNANIMOUSLY 12 TO NOTHING, AND I HAVE HEARD NO REASON, WHO WROTE THE COMP PLAN, SHEEN WORKS BOTH SIDES OF THE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, YOU'VE HEARD NO REASON FOR WHY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THIS PROPOSAL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

THESE DEVELOPERS THINK THAT IT'S CUTE TO HAVE YOU SHOOT AT A MOVING TARGET AND MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES. WE'VE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORS HAPPY.

YOU JUST HEARD FROM THEM UNANIMOUSLY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON FROM THE.

SOMEBODY HAS A SUBLIME RESPECT FOR THE UGLY. AS THEY SAID, SOME AMERICANS, HAVE A POSITIVE BELY LIBIDO, FOR THIS ARE YOULY, AND THIS IS OPEN RURAL, THIS IS PART OF THE REASONS WE LOOK ST. JAMES, AND HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR THE LUCHER, OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

THANK YOU, MR. SLAVIN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS GEORGE WRIGHT, 176 ONYX, COURT, YOU RECEIVED A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT, TIM, AND HE WROTE UP THE 30TH OF MAY. BECAUSE OF TIME RESTRAINTS, I CONDENSED THAT LETTER, AND IT READS AS SUCH. MR. BACON ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR REZONING, THAT HAS TWICE BEEN DENIED. THE PZA VOTED 6-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME RECOMMENDING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DENIED THE APPLICATION FOR INCOME PARTICULAR,.

>> IN THE SECOND PASCARELLO, THEY A SUBMITTED THE SAME PUD APPLICATION AGAIN KNOWING THAT THERE WAS OPPOSITION IN HIS PLANS, AND BE A 6-0 PASCARELLO VOTE.

DURING THIS MEETING. MR. BACON DISDAINFULLY AUDITED OVER 200 SIGNATURES OF THE TREATY OAK, OF ORCHARD PARK, AND HIS THREATS THAT HE WASN'T GRANTEDED APPROVAL THAT HE WOULD INVITE LOCAL HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, AND ADDITIONALLY, HE FURTHER THREATENED THE PASCARELLO BOARD WITH LITIGATION IF HIS APPLICATION WAS DENIED UNDER THE PENDING STATE OF OF FLORIDA LEGISLATION. HE HAS FURTHER MADE IT ABU ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THAT HE HAS NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING INSPECTION OF HIS PROPERTY.

IN SHORT, HIS OUTRAGE AND ANGER WAS EXPRESSED TO SHOW THAT HIS ONLY CONSIDERATION IS HIS RIGHTS AND NONE OF THOSE OF HIS NEI NEIGHBORINGORS.

SAID IT WAS A HIS INTENT TO BID A THREE STORY RESTAURANT ON HIS CURRENT LOCATION.

OUR CONCERN IS THE DOORS THAT IT WOULD OPEN TO FURTHER UNIMAGINABLE DEVELOPMENTS.

SECTION F OF THE PUD, HAS ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT USES THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED.

WE THE OWNERS OF TREATY OAKS, WANT SMART AND CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT ADS VALUE, AND ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVES THE IMMEDIATE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND

NOT OUTSIDERS. >> WE FEEL THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB IN THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENT OF OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES TO THIS AREA AND PROPERTY.

>> THE EXISTING ZONING OF LAND USE AND FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN KEEPING WITH A MASTER PLAN AS RESIDENTIAL USES, WE IMPLORE YOU TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHARACTER WITH DENIAL OF THE PUD 29 -- NAMED BACON STORAGE, BRINKHOFF ROAD AND CONFIRM THE PZA'S UNANIMOUS VOTE WHICH WAS TO DENY THIS APPLICATION, AS WELL.

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WE WANT TO BE TREND SETTERS AND LEADERS OF OUR COUNTY >> THANK YOU SIR.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS DOUGLAS QUINN, 41 TUMBLESTONE WAY, ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR PUD FOR A REASON.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS NOT COMPATIBLE, AND SHOULD NOT BE REZONED.

WE BEING HOMEOWNERS OF TREATY OAKS ENCLAVE AND/OR OFFARD PARK WOULD LIKE IT TO STAY THAT WAY.

ENOUGH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS EN ROUTE 2077 AND BRINKHOFF ROADS, PUBLIX WITH SOME 90,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SPACE PLANNED AND BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK.

TRAFFIC STUDY HAS CONCLUDE THAT HAD BRINKHOFF ROAD WILL NOT SUSTORNADO THE CURRENT -- IS YOUR CONTAIN THE INCREASE OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON BRINKHOFF ROAD. THIS ROAD WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED FOR THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC.

THE CURB ENTRY FROM 207 HAS ALREADY BEEN RECONSTRUCTED TWICE.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SINE NO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY MOVED, BUT OUR LANDSCAPE HAS ALSO BEEN DESTROYED WITH THIS TRAFFIC. RESIDENT SAFETI, FUEL, PROPANE STORAGE, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WILL ALSO IMPACT US GREATLY. NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR

PROPERTIES VALUED WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE AS WELL. >> AS YOU'VE HEARD PREVIOUSLY, OF THE STATEMENTS BY MR. BACON HAS NOT BEEN ACCURATE. WE WERE JUST ON SATURDAY RECEIVING THESE NEW PLANS. IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, EITHER TO DENY THIS, BECAUSE IT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ALLOW A CONTINUANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR TROOPS TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AS SOMETHING COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M STUCK IN A HARD PLAYS WITH SEEING THESE THREATS BEING MADE TO US.

ANYBODY WHO OPPOSES HIM, BECOMES PART OF, COULD BECOME PART OF A LITIGATION.

THREATENING THE PZA BOARD THAT IS TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR, AND THAT ALONE SHOULD MAKE IS YOUR VOTE NO. YOU. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE REALLY CONSIDER THIS AS IT SHOULD BE, AND SHOULD REMAIN IN ITS STANDING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOAT RV STORAGE PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, AND HAVE A 40 FOOT BUILDING ALSO CONSTRUCTED. GENTLEMAN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR

TIME AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.. >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON

ITEM NUMBER FOUR. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF

YOU WISH? . >> MY NAME IS JAY Z, I AM WITH THE AMERICAN NEWS ASSOCIATION, AND MY INFORMATION IS NOT IMPORTANT, BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE THEIR INFORMATION SO A BAD GUY CAN COME TOGETHER THEIR HOME.

>> YOU CAN START WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> I AM SITTING HERE WATCHING THIS. THEY ARE SAYING THAT BACON SUING THEM, THREATENING THEM.

>> THEY ARE THREATENING BACON TOO. >> I SAW A DRONE THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE, AN ILLEGAL DRONE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO TOOK THAT PICTURE, WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING ABOUT ALL OF THAT DRONE ISSUE WAS DONE WITH MR. BACON'S STORAGE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEIR RIGHTS TRUMP MR. BACON'S RIGHT. THIS IS MR. BACON'S PROPERTY.

THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY. THESE ARE SOME THINGS SINCE I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS, AND YOU WANT TO -- I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. IF ANY OF YOUS WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME AFTER THIS, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO TALK

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WITH US? BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE THAT. >> SO THIS IS NOT REALLY THE

FORUM FOR Q AND A. >> I KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO ME AND ALL OF THAT.

I AM JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ANYBODY FROM THIS COMMISSION, CONCERNING MR. BACON'S SITUATION, AND HAD HOA SITUATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF

QUESTIONS. >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME. I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THAT MR. BACON HAS RIGHTS, AND THEY HAVE GOT RIGHTS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR I'VE HEARD MR. BACON THREATENING THEM, AND THEN THREATENING MR. BACON.

THEY HAVE 200 SIGNATURES, AND MR. BACON HAS AT LEAST 80 WAITING FOR HIM.

SO THIS COULD GO ON FOREVER AND OF. AND IT'S TIME THAT THIS COUNTY COMES, TOGETHER, AND BETWEEN ALL NEED TO WORKING TOGETHER. THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY HAS TO GO ALONG WITH THE HOMES. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS. YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT ANOTHER. IF YOU PUT A HOUSE THIS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WALMART SOMEWHERE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHERE MR.

BACON HAS DECIDED THIS IS WHERE THIS SHOULD BE. >> AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD LOOK AT HIM, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE ILLEGAL ACTS THAT I AM AWARE OF OF THAT

HAPPENED HERE SHOULD BE ADDRESS BY THIS COUNTY. >> WHOEVER WAS FLYING THAT DRONE, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THAT PERSON ABOUT. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE DRONE FLYER FOR ME.

I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM. BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, SIR, I APPRECIATE IT. >> THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC

COMMENT, WE WILL NO NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, >>.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS, WE ORIGINALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT WITHDRAWING AT THE LAST COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING AND YOU DETERREDFERRED TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE OF ADVERTISEMENT AND NEIGHBORS WEREN'T AWARE AND MR. TIM HAD RESET CORRECTLY TO TERESA ABOUT A MEETING LAST WEEK OR WHATEVER BECAUSE HE WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN WE COULDN'T, WITH TIMING WE COULDN'T MAKE IT BEFORE THIS MEETING AND WE TOOK SOME OF HIS COMMENTS AND THAT'S WHAT THE REVISED PLAN IS AND THAT'S WHY WE MADE THESE CHANGES AND THAT'S WE WANT TO, UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT AND THAT'S WHY THERE WERE LAST MINUTE CHANGES BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING, WHERING THE HELP, AND I APPRECIATE MS. BISHOP'S ASSISTANCE IN TRYING TO WORK, TRYING TO CREATE A MEETING AND GET SOME COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS WE MADE THESE LAST MINUTE CHANGES, THAT'S WHAT'S

BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM..

>>. NOW BACK TO THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OF

THE COMMISSIONERS AT THIS POINT? IS THERE A MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

>> I MOVE TO DENY PUD 2021 -- 09, BACON STORE, PRINCE, BASED ON TEN FINDINGS OF FACT THAT I

FIND IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

[5. Public Hearing * NZVAR 2021-21 Indian Branch Farms. The applicant is requesting a non-zoning variance to Land Development Code Section 5.01.01.C for relief from Subdivision platting regulations for the division of two (2) or more Parcels of land to allow for the creation of six (6) residential lots and to proceed with roadway improvements meeting the requirements of LDC Section 6.04.07.B.2.]

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES 4-0, WITH COMMISSIONER WALDRON RECUSING HIMSELF. THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEM FOUR.

WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM FIVE. INDIAN BRANCH FARMS. >> I HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY

MEETINGS OR E-MAIL. >> COMMISSIONER WALDRON >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM MS. MELISSA STRATTON LAST NIGHT. I DID NOT SEE IT UNTIL EARLY MORNING. I HAVE NOT CONVERSED WITH HER AT ALL.

>> I RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SAME E-MAIL FROM MS. STRATTON, CHRISTIAN

>> I HAD E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MS. TAYLOR ABOUT 10 OR 14 DAYS AGO, ASKING IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I SAID NO. DID RECEIVE THE SAME E-MAIL WITH

MELISSA STRATTON WITH NINE RESIDENTS SIGNED AT THE BOTTOM. >> I RECEIVED THE SAME E-MAILS MAIL THAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS DID FOR MS. STRATTON.

>> THAT TAKES CARE OF EX PARTE. >> ITEM FIVE >> SHANNON ACEVEDO FOR THE RECORD WITH MATTHEWS DINE GROUP, AT SEVEN WHAT WILLED OH, STREET. THIS HEARING IS FOR INDIAN BRANCH FARMS, IT IS A NONZONING VARIANCE REQUEST. AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE CHUCK COBB, AND PEGGY FULLER COBB. THIS PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY A

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LAND USE AMENDMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW I THINK FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE AMENDED TO RESIDENTIAL A BUT WITH A TEXT AMENDMENT, AND THAT WAS TO I ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF SIX HOMES, AS RURAL LOTS. SITE CHARACTERISTICS ARE, IT'S ABOUT JUST OVER 33 ACRES OF LAND, TWO EXISTING PARCELS, AND ABOUT 1400 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD.

AND JUST FOR PROXIMITY SAKE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 7005050 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CHURCH ROAD. SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD. THIS WAS THE LAND USE AMENDMENT THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO REZ A WITH THAT TEXT AMENDMENT THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND IT JUST FOR MEMORY SAKE, AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE.

THE REASON FOR THAT TEXT AMENDMENT WAS TO ALLOW FOR SIX LOTS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY OF INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD. AND IT WAS TO HAVE A GROSS DENSITY OF 6.5 ACRES PER LOT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN KIND OF RURAL ESTHETIC, AND ALSO ALLOW SOMEONE TO OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S LESS THAN 33 ACRES. SO THAT GETS US TO TODAY'S REQUEST, AND THAT IS WE ARE SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE PLATTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE SEEKING RELIEF TO THE PLATTING REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THERE WAS A RECENT, IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS A CODE AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THESE RURAL PROPERTIES ALONG EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS THAT AREN'T UP TO THE TYPICAL PAVED ROADWAY STANDARD OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO ALLOW UP TO NINE HOMES TO BE ACCESSED OR SERVING BY A ROAD RIGHT OF WAY SO LONG AS IT MEETS THE TYPICAL EASEMENT STANDARDS WHICH IS 20 FEET WIDTH OF STABILIZED SURFACE AND WITH CA A CAVEAT WHEREVER IT INTERSECTS WITH THE COUNTY OWNED RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE FIRST HUNDRED FEET ARE PAVED. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THAT SITUATION IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CODE REQUIREMENT THAT SEEMS TO BE INSPIRED BY MAINTAINING RURAL DEVELOPMENTS. HOWEVER, THE ONE CAVEAT TO THIS CODE PROVISION, YOU CAN SEE IN BOLD, THAT'S FOR UNPLATTED HOMES, AND WITH THE STRICT LETTER OF THE CODE ANY DIVISION OVER TWO LOTS WOULD REQUIRE A PLAT. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S MOTIVATING THIS REQUEST TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT STABILIZATION, AND FIRST 100

FEET OF PAVEMENT MANY STANDARD AND REMAIN UNPLATTED. >> JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE ROAD SERVICES TODAY. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT DOTTED LINE IS. ANYTHING THAT IS EAST OF OF WHERE THE YELLOW -- LINE IS THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT ARE SERVED BY OTHER MEANS, CHURCH ROAD OR EAST OF OF THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN BRANCH AND CHURCH ROAD. SO THE IDEA IS THAT THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY OF UP TO SIX LOTS COULD MAINTAIN AND BE WITHIN THAT MAXIMUM NINE UNIT FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVISION TO ALLOW THAT ACCESS EASEMENT WILL STANDARD.

ALONG WITH, THERE ARE TWO OTHER LOTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS FROM INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD AS WELL. FROM THAT WESTERLY SIDE OF CHURCH ROAD.

THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN. THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, WE HAVE STARTED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S PROPOSED HERE. WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO PAVE THE FIRST 100 FEET FROM CHURCH ROAD, AND THEN AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, A STABILIZED SURFACE MEETING THE COUNTY ACCESS EASEMENT. STANDARDS FOR THE REMAINING WESTERLY PORTION OF INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD WITH A CUL DU SAC AT THE END THAT WOULD MEET

INJURY SERVICE STANDARDS. >> IT GIVES YOU A LOOK AT WHAT THESE SECTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT DETAILED. IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCE, AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY. IT IS AT THE VERY END OF A LONG EXISTING NONCONFORMING EASEMENT,

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INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD. IT SERVES A SMALL NUMBER OF RURAL PROPERTIES, AS MENTIONED EARLIER. IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO DEVELOP THIS ROAD TO A TYPICAL LOCAL ROAD STANDARD WITH PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE.

THE PROVISION IS TO ALLOW UP TO NINE HOMES, AND THIS WOULD MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO MENTION. IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AREA, IN MAINTAINING A LOW IMPACT RURAL FEEL MANIED WE THINK THAT WITH THIS ACCESS EASEMENT THE, WE CAN HAVE MINIMAL I AM PER VEUS IMPACT TO THE AREA, AND BE I BELIEVE ABLE TO BUILD A PLAN THAT WOULD BOTH SERVICE THE INTO, MAINTAIN DRAINAGE, AND NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING AREA. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM THE PLATTING REQUIREMENT. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM ANY OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVISIONS REGARDING SUBDIVISION, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AND THIS SUBDIVISION, WOULD MEET ALL OF THE OPEN RURAL, EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE. WITH THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE NONZONING

REQUEST. >> AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUSH LURK COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. YOU CAN USE EITHER OF THE PODIUMS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MY NAME IS COLLY, STOLE, 518 DEL RIO, 33128.

MY CONCERN TODAY IS THE MAINTENANCE OF SAID ROAD. MY DRIVEWAY ACTUALLY IS STABILIZED FROM CHURCH ROAD FROM THE FIRST 500 FEET OF THE SECTION OF INDIAN BRANCH BRANCH, MY PORTION, AND MEL HE'S PORTION IS STABILIZED THE PART GOING FROM THERE BACK TO WHERE THE CUL DU SAC WILL ULTIMATELY BE IS WHERE ALL OF THE WORK WILL BE NEEDED.

IN GENERAL, I AM FOR THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE RESPONSIBLIBILITIES OF MYSELF MAINTENANCE OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ROAD.

FOR CHUCK'S DEVELOPMENT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON PUBLIC RECORD.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WISDOM, AND WHAT YOUR JOBS ARE, AND SO THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

FIVE. >> SHANNON WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND AT ALL.

L MR. STOLL, AND I DISCUSSED THE ISSUE, AND WE DRAFTED SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE ALONG WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ALONG WITH INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD. IT IS A PREEXISTING ROAD THAT I THINK THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADE NOW. AND THERE IS AN EXISTING EASEMENT, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS FAR AS DETAILS ON MAINTENANCE MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT MY CLIENT, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS ON A PROOF I HAVE AT MATTER AS FAR AS FUNDING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ANY KIND OF FUTURE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY. MR. WHITEHURST, AND COMMISSIONER WALDRON.

>> I THINK THAT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS -- IS THIS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ROAD?

>> IT IS A PRIVATE ROAD, AND THERE IS A NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN PLACE, BUT JUST NOT ANY

SPECIFIC LANGUAGE REGARDING MAINTENANCE >> I SHARE THE CONCERNS, THE DETAILS ARE SOMETIMES IMPORTANT. SO IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THOSE, IT'S NOT REALLY A NONSTARTER FOR ME, AS LONG AS THERE'S BUY IN FROM RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL

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WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO HASH THIS OUT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> MR. WALDRON. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, IF WE DO VOTE FOR IT CONTINGENT UPON A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. I THINK THAT ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE WITH THAT. BUT BACK TO YOUR ENGINEERING, IN THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING YOU STATED THAT THE ENGINEERING WOULD BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAME BACK HERE ON THE ROAD WHERE I THINK THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION OF FAILED CULVERTS, DOWN TOWARDS WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS, WHERE

BRANCH CROSS IS. ANY OF THAT WORK BEEN DONE YET? >> WE STARTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WE DO HAVE THE WETLANDS SURVEYED OUT FOR THE PORTION OF INDIAN BRANCH RANCH ROAD THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME MITIGATION. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THOSE DRAWINGS YET. WE WERE WAITING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NONZONING VARIANCE BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE WILL BE DIFFERENT IF WE HAVE TO PAVE THE FULL LENGTH, AND MEET ROADWAY STANDARDS VERSUS JUST THE FIRST 100 FEET, AND THEN STABILIZING THE REST.

BUT WE HAVE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER THOSE DRAFT PLANS AND ANALYZE WHAT KIND OF MITIGATION AND DRAINAGE WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN ALONG THAT ROAD, A LOT OF IT WILL BE SWALES.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE EXISTING EASEMENT IS ACTUALLY WILL A FULL 60 FEET OF WIDTH.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME ROOM TO PLAY WITH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PLANS FINALIZED JUST YET.

>> OKAY, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF IT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THIS VARIANCE, WAS TO HAVE THOSE PLANS DONE. THAT'S WHAT THE STATEMENTS WERE IN THAT MEETING THAT THE ENGINEERING WOULD BE COMPLETED OR MORE THAN LOOKED AT. BUT SO THERE'S REALLY NO -- THERE'S A DITCH NO YOU THAT RUNS DOWN THE ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CORRECT?

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO REVIEW BEFOREHAND.

>> I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORS DESERVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, PLUS TIMING.

WHEN IS THE WORK GOING TO HAPPEN. IF YOU BUILD ONE HOUSE IS THE ROAD GOING TO GET STABILIZED CORRECTLY, THE CULVERTS REPAIRED.

IT IS PRIVATE SO WHAT TIMING WILL YOU ALL HAVE ON THOSE REPAIRS.

STABILIZATION AND ALL OF THAT >> THERE WILL BE A CONSTRUCTION PLAN SAY PROVAL THAT WOULD HAPPEN COLLECTIVELY FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CUL DU SAC MITIGATION, AND DRAINAGE THAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE ANY INDIVIDUAL HOMES ARE BUILT, MUCH THE WAY THAT A

SUBDIVISION PLAN WOULD BE PERMITTED BEFORE. >> I'M CONCERNED BACK IN AUGUST OF 2021, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT WHEN IT CAME BACK FOR VARIANCE, AND AND WE

DON'T HAVE IT >> NO, WE DON'T HAVE A DRAFT ENGINEERING PLAN FOR YOU TO

REVIEW. >> WE STARTED THAT, BUT I DID NOT SUBMIT THAT AS PART OF THE

PACKAGE. >> HOW FAR ARE YOU ON IT? >> I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE PROBABLY 80 PERCENT THERE FOR SUBMITTAL TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY. AGAIN, MAYBE THAT WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION ON MY PART, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO FINALIZE AND TURN SOMETHING IN AHEAD OF THIS

MORNING. >> I BELIEVE YOU. >> I AM HAPPY TO GO OVER THE

DRAFT. >> THE DRAWINGS OF WHAT YOU HAVE ARE IN HERE.

THE DRAFT CONSTRUCTION PLANS, I MEAN. >> IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEM ON THE RECORD TOO. THAT'S MUCH BETTER. WE INTERPRET WHEN HEY, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, WE WANT TO SEE THE FOLLOWUP, OR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION ON THAT. >> THE SENIOR ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME INFORMATION ON THE CONDITION REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. THAT IS INCLUDED BY REFERENCE IN THE DRAFT ORDER ALREADY ARE, IT'S A CONDITION REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT FOR

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ANY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES. >> REQUIREMENTS IS TO PROVIDE A RECORDED MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, AND THERE WILL BE PROVIDED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST BUILDING PERMIT.

>> THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. >> I WASN'T HERE FOR THE AUGUST

MEETING. >> I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPR, AND THE THE RESIDENTS ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. BUT I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NONZONING VARIANCE, 2021-21, HIND FOR NONZONING VARIANCE, TO 65.01, POINT C, TO REQUEST RELIEF FROM SUBDIVISION PLATTING REGULATIONS BASED ON SIX FINDINGSES AND SUBJECT TO FIVE CONDITIONS AS

LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND

[6. Public Hearing * CPA(SS)21-26 Wade's Creek. Request for a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation of approximately 19.22 acres of land from Agricultural-Intensive (A-I) to Residential-C (Res-C) to accommodate a maximum 115 residential dwelling units. This request is a companion application to PUD21-24 Wade's Creek PUD. The project is located at the northwest corner of SR 16 and CR 16A. The Planning and Zoning Agency recommended approval with a vote of 4-2 at their regularly scheduled hearing on May 5, 2022.]

[7. Public Hearing * PUD 21-24 Wade's Creek PUD. Request to rezone approximately 19.22 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to accommodate a maximum 115 residential dwelling units. This request is a companion application to CPA(SS)21-26 Wade's Creek. The project is located at the northwest corner of SR 16 and CR 16A. The Planning and Zoning Agency recommended approval with a vote of 4-2 at their regularly scheduled hearing on May 5, 2022.]

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. >>, AND THAT PASSES, 50.

[8. Public Hearing * REZ 2022-01 North Orange Place. Request to rezone approximately .92 acres of land from Residential, Single-Family (RS-3) to Workforce Housing (WH). The subject parcel is located at 781 N. Orange Street. This application was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency (PZA) at a regularly scheduled meeting on April 21, 2022, where the PZA recommended approval with a vote of 7-0.]

THANK YOU. NOW 6 AND 7 ARE WITHDRAWN FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AND THAT TAKES US TO NORTH ORANGE PLACE, AND THAT TAKES US TO KAREN TAYLOR.

>> THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL, SO WE NEED THIS EX PARTE. >> EIGHT, LET'S START WITH

COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I RECEIVED THE E-MAIL I BELIEVE IT

WAS ON FRIDAY, THIS PAST FRIDAY FROM MS. TAYLOR. >> THAT WAS A BANNER ELK

>> MY MINUTES ARE WRONG. >> SO THE PRELIMINARY DISCLOSURE ON THAT

>> ARE I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT SEND ONE ON THIS >> NO WORRIES, OTHERWISE, THAN I

HAVE NO COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGSING >> NONE FOR ME, CHAIRMAN.

>> NONE MS. TAYLOR, NUMBER EIGHT >> GOOD MORNING, KAREN TAYLOR, 77, SARAGOSA, STREET.

UNFORTUNATELY MYCLINED AREN'T ABLE TO BE WITH ME BILLY AND BRIAN.

I HAVE A FULL AUTHORITY TO REPRESENT THEM AT THIS POINT. THIS IS A SMALL PROJECT, THIS IS

THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT >> IT'S IN WEST AGUSTIN, NORTH OF VOLUSIA STREET.

>> YOU CAN BE KIND OF GET A GENERAL IDEA WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER SCHOOL, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT, BE IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JESUS EYE A STREET, AND EAST OF VOLUSIA STREET, AND YOU CAN BE SEE THAT IT DOES HAVE ACCESS TO VOLUSIA STREET WHICH OF COURSE AS WE GO ON WITH A LITTLE FARTHER, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHERE THAT GOES. THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THE HABITAT SITE THAT WE REZONED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THAT WAS RIGHT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF VOLUSIA STREET.

SAME KIND OF IDEA, IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE HAD THERE. WE HAD THOSE LARGE LOTS.

THIS IS ONE LARGE LOT THAT'S HERE. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST IS TO MAKE THAT INTO SMALLER LOTS. IT'S A SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE CLEARLY WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL D, THAT ALLOWS THAT 13 UNITS PER ACRE.

AND MOST OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS RESIDENTIAL D OR C WITH THE PUBLIC, WHICH ARE THE SCHOOLS AND SOME COMMERCIAL. THE ZONING IS RS-3, AND THAT'S ALSO THE SAME AS THE OTHER ONE FOR HABITAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY MUCH THAT AREA WITH SOME SCATTERED COMMERCIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME, JUST A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING ALONG WITH IT. SO THIS IS A JOINT VENTURE BY THESE GENTLEMAN TO DO A SMALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SEVEN LOTS.

FOUR WOULD BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THREE WOULD BE DUPLEX LOTS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSE.

WE WOULD MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COST PRICES SET BY THE COMMISSION, AND IT WOULD BE INTENDED THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. THOSE WOULD BE INDIVIDUALLY SOLD IT WILL WILL BE THE 35 FOOT MINUTE UP LOT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE LARGER THAN THAT, AND THE DUPLEX HOMES MEET THE SAME AS THE TOWN HOUSE THAT IS YOU SAW. THEY GO ON A LOT SO THE LOT IS ACTUALLY 52 FEET WIDE, BUT THE UNIT FOR WHERE THAT IS, AND THERE'S A CERTAIN SIZE FOR THAT

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AS WELL. >> THESE ARE FOR SALE PROJECTS. SCHOOL CONCURRENCY NUMBERS AREN'T AVAILABLE. BUT THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 25 RESIDENTS WOULD BE EXPECTED.

THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT STUDENTS. AND THERE'S THE MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE WEBSTER OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL EVENE CITY SCSCHOOCITY SCHOOL EVEN WI PLAN ON USING JOSIAH STREET FOR THEIR LOTS, MEETING ALL OF THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SITE FROM THE CORNER OF NORTH MORNING STREET AND JOSIAH. THAT'S LOOKING SOUTH THERE ARE NEW HOMES BEING BUILT ON THE SOUTH OF THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS HERE. SO IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO IT RIGHT NOW. EXCEPT THEY ARE NOT FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THIS IS NORTH GOING IN THE INTERSECTION. IT SHOWS YOU KIND OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SAME THING OF THE THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY OF BUILDING HOMES IN THIS AREA. THIS IS JOSIAH STREET, AND THIS'S LOOKING TOWARDS WHERE THE ACCESS IS WITH ROLL USUALLY MATERIAL THE REZONING IS TO BASICALLY PROVIDE FOR SOME INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE SAME TYPE OF CRITERIA FOR THE AREA.

THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE PROVIDES CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER, THEY DON'T NEED DENSITY I BONUS, BECAUSE OF THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION, AND I PUT IN THE MINIMUM 40 PERCENT, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE THOSE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. IT IS A LITTLE HARDER FOR THESE TO BUILD THEM ALL IN AN AFFORDABLE RATE WHEN YOUR TRYING TO BALL THE DEVELOPMENT MANY COST. CERTAINLY IF IT'S AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THE DUPLEXES, THEY WOULD BE. BUT GENERALLY THOSE WOULD BE PROBABLY SOLD TO SOMEBODY THAT WOULD DEVELOP THOSE AND POSSIBLY EVEN RENT THOSE. SO THERE'S JUST NUMEROUS PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS. VOLUSIA STREET GETS TO YOU STATE ROAD 16, AND KING STREET AS WELL AS TO 95. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FUTURE 3/13 COMING THROUGH THERE AS WELL. THIS IS THE COMPATIBLE BE WITH THE AREA, AND SIMILAR DENSE TEASE TO THE AREA, AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN, AND IT WILL MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE DID GET A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THE PASCARELLO, AND ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

>> ANY QUESTIONS OF KAREN AT THIS POINT? PUBLIC COMMENT ON EIGHT?

>> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA EYE IT TELL.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2022 -- 39 RESOAK, 2022, NORTH ORANGE PLACE, BASED ON THE FINDING YOU HAVE FACTS

[9. Public Hearing * REZ 2022-02 Banner Elk. Request to rezone approximately 3.39 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) to Commercial Warehouse (CW) to allow for commercial and light industrial uses. This application was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency (PZA) at a regularly scheduled meeting on April 21, 2022, where the PZA recommended approval with a vote of 7-0.]

PROVIDE YOU HAD IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> MOTION.

>> AND SECOND >> THAT PASSES 5-0. ITEM NINE IS ALSO EX PARTE. ITEM NINE, BANNER

ELK. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, HOPEFULLY I HAVE THE RIGHT E-MAIL, I HAD AN E-MAIL FROM MS. KAREN TAYLOR THIS PAST FRIDAY, OUTLINED THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, ASKED IF I HAD ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

>> IT WAS NOT. I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. PAUL, SAME E-MAIL FOR ME. >> AND CHRISTIAN.

>> I WAS MISTAKEN WHEN I SAID IT WAS FOR HIND. IT WAS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND THAT WAS THE E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE AS WELL

>> MS. ARNOLD. >> SAME RESPONSE. >> KAREN TAYLOR, 77, SARAH GOSSETT STREET, AND MY CLIENTS ARE THIS WITH ME, WITH HENRY GREEN, AND STEVE BINNINGER, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A PROJECT THAT WAS APP GUYS NOT T LONG AGO. SO BANNER ELK REZONING. THIS IS OFF OF NORTH WOOD DRIVE WITH -- SOUTH OF THE NORTHWOOD

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PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT A LITTLE CLOSER THAT THEY OWN.

WE HAVE HOLMES BOULEVARD. YOU'VE GOT 214. AND THIS IS A GENERALLY -- THERE'S THE DAVISON INDUSTRIAL PARK TO THE WEST OF IT. IT'S OVER IN HERE TYPE THING.

SO YOU'VE GOT AN INDUSTRIAL AREA BASICALLY ALONG HERE. A LITTLE CLOSER IN SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT, AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE DAVIS INDUSTRIAL PARK, THE INDUSTRIAL THAT GOES ALONG THAT NORTHWOOD DRIVE. THESE ARE GETTING A LITTLE OLD NOW. THEY ARE 2019. SO THEY ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON A LOT OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IS LEFT THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR REZONING FOR. IT IS IN A MIXED USE YOU AREA.

SAME AS THE INDUSTRIAL NEXT TO IT, BUT IT DOES YOU BORDER ON A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESIDENTIAL

KRMENT OF, THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT. >> THIS IS THE ZONING, THE PART THAT IS ZONED WC, IS THEIR NORTHWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.

AGAIN, DAVIS INDUSTRIAL IS IW. WE'VE GOT QUITE A VARIETY OF AGE THEN THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH IS RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME. BY THE WAY THE COUNTY OWNS THE RETENTION AREA, AND BUILT THAT. SO IT GIVES YOU THIS OVERALL OF THE EXISTING PARK AND THIS IS GOIN TO BE THEIR ACCESS AS WELL. THEIR ACCESS WILL NOT BE FROM ANYTHING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ACCESS WILL BE DIRECTLY FROM NORTHWOOD DRIVE THAT GOES ACROSS

HERE. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, JUST TO SHOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 225 FEET THAT ON THE, THAT'S A BOUNDARY WITH THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT THEY ARE HER DEVELOPING, 470 FETA LONG THE DAVIS INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND THEN THERE'S THE COUNTY SITE ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH HERE THAT THERE'S TWO LOTS THAT BOUND ON THIS. JUST SOME PICTURES KIND OF COMING DOWN ALONG LOOKING EAST, THESE ARE WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR BUILDINGS, THIS IS LOOKING EAST AGAIN. SO THEY'VE STARTED A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THERE. IT IS A PORTION NOT DEVELOPED, BUT IT WILL BE THE ACCESS TO THIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE WHOLE PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND THEN THEY BOUGHT THIS, THERE HAD BEEN SO -- THEY HAD TO DO REMEDIATION TYPE THINGS. AND SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED, ALL OF THIS WAS CLEARED FOR THE OTHER AND ALL OF AFTER THE BAD STUFF REMOVED, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE THIS FROM THE ROAD. IF YOU WENT TO SEE IT, AGAIN, WE HAVE HR LINDALE ACRES, AND YOU GET TO IT VERY FAR SOUTH FROM HERE.

THAT'S BRYAN WAY, THAT'S RIGHT ALONG THE EDGE OF WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIX A FEW NEIGHBORHOOD PICTURES WOULD RE RELATE TO THAT AS WELL.

THIS ONE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT, THAT'S WELL ON THE WEST SIDE, THIS IS DOWN THE STREET.

ACTUALLY SOME GRANDFATHERED USE IN HERE. IT'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

THIS IS TO THE REST OF NORTHWOOD GOING TO DAVIS INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND JUST INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT'S EVEN SOME OF THEIR RETENTION. SO WE FEEL LEAK THIS IS A SIMILAR INTENSITY AGAIN. THAT CW, HYBRID ZONING REALLY WORKS FOR THEM, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE ASKING AS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT THEY ALREADY HAD.

IT WILL MEET ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. >> IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT'S NEXT TO IT, AND OBVIOUSLY THE POND AND THAT AND THE BUFFERING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS BEING NEXT TO THE TWO RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET THE 30 C STANDARD FOR THAT WHICH IS ACTUALLY A WALL AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING.

THEY ARE HOPING THAT MANY SOME OF THAT EXISTING LANDSCAPING THAT'S ALREADY THERE THOSE ARE EXISTING IT TREES WILL BE ABLE TO BE PRESERVE, AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITH THAT.

SO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES, AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN, THE PASCARELLO ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY AS WELL.

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AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AN I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >>

AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> TO ANSWER THEM. >> QUESTIONS. >> AT THIS TIME,ING WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE

PERIOD. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2022-40.

REZONING, 2022 -- 02, BANNER ELK, BASED UPON FOUR FINDINGS OF FACT.

[10. Public Hearing * REZ 2022-03 Cooksey Commercial. A request to rezone approximately 17.5 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) and Commercial Highway Tourism (CHT) to Commercial Highway Tourism (CHT) to provide for the same zoning district over the entirety of the site. This application was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency (PZA) at a regularly scheduled meeting on April 21, 2022, and the PZA recommended approval with a vote of 7-0.]

AS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON NINE. PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES 5-0, AND WE GO

TOE 10, COOKCOOKSEY, COMMERCIAL. >> THAT IS QUASI COOKSEY, COMM. >> THAT IS QUASI COOKSEY, COMM.

>> THAT IS QUASI COOKSEY, COMME. >> THAT IS QUASI COOKSEY, COMME. >> THAT COOKSEY, COMMERCIAL.

>> THAT IS QUASI OKSEY, COMMERC. >> THAT IS QUASI COOKSEY, COMME. >> THAT IS QUASI COMMERCIAL.

>> MR. WALDRON, CAN I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH MARK COOKSEY

>> I HAD NONE, COMMISSIONER, WHITEHURST. >> NONE.

>> AND ARNOLD >> NONE. >> MY NAME IS MAX GARCIA, 77 WALDO, STREET, MATTHEWS DINE GROUP. I DESIGN GROUP. WE REPRESENT THE CLIENT FOR REZONING.

CLIENT IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH ME, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPRESENT HIM, AND HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO. WE ARE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 16, ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF OF THE I 95 INTERCHANGE. ADJACENT TO THE LEFT SIDE, THIS ROAD HERE, THAT IS A PRIVATE LANE, ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE MYRTLE SUBDIVISION OF ABOUT 46 LOTS.

ABOUT LESS THAN A THIRD OF AN ACRE TO OUR EAST IS THE ST. JOHNS UTILITY DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS WEST BOUNDARY, THERE IS A SMALL PORTION OF RESIDENTIAL C ON CIRCLE DRIVE HERE.

HOWEVER, THE CHURCH AS LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY IS IN A MIXED USE DISTRICT.

AND THERE'S ARREST YES C DESIGNATION TO THE SOUTH. >> THE ZONING WHICH WE ARE

PREPARING FOR TODAY FOR THE PREPARED REZONING. >> WE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE A 17.5 ACRE PROPERTY WHICH IS OPEN RURAL AND COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY TOURISM.

THE PROPERTY THE REQUESTED REZONING WOULD BE FOR THESE OPEN RURAL PORTIONS HERE A SLIVER BACK HERE CREATE YOU HAD AS PART OF A 2005 REZONING AS WELL AS THE OPEN RURAL ZONED PROPERTIES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF STATE ROUTE 16 AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED ABOUT 14 AND A HALF OR SORRY THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 17.5 ACRES. ABOUT 14 AND A HALF OF THESE ACRES ARE ALREADY CHT, AND WE ARE LOOKING OF THREE ACRES OF OR, TO BE REZONED TO CHT, AS WELL. TO CREATE A UNIFIED LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

HERE'S THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE CONCEPT IS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR THE FRONTAGE.

>> IDLY, THEY WOULD MAKE A THREE COMMERCIAL PARCELS WITH A CENTRAL LICENSED ACCESS LANE.

TIS -- THE INTENT HERE IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ACCESS LANE THAT IS BRINGING THEM TO THE RV PARK OF PARK HERE. THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTRAL LICENSED LANE HERE IS ALSO TO BE MORE COMPLIANT WITH FDOT, REGULATION US. FOR LOTS THAT ARE LESS THAN 660 FEET OF FRONTAGE THEY REQUESTED THAT WE SENTRAL LICENSE THE LANE SAN OF THAT WOULD ALSO PROPOSE A CENTRALIZED USE OF THE OUTPARCELAS PROPOSED IT DOES HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE EXISTING ALREADY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO CIRCUMSTANCE SELL LANE HERE, AND A MERGED LANE PAST CIRCLE DRIVE TO MERGE BACK ON STATE ROUTE 16. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN AN X FLOOD ZONE AS WELL. SO IT WOULD GIVE YOU A MORE FOCUSED VIEW ON THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. AT THIS PROPERTY, AS WE ALREADY KNOW, CAN STATE ROUTE 16, IS A MATURE, VERY BUSY CORRIDOR THROUGH ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THE ROUTES, I'D LIKE TO

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HIGHLIGHT 93.1, AND 92, THEY ARE DEFICIENT, AS WELL AS CRITICAL, AS WELL AS 4 MILE ROAD WHICH IS ALSO A DEFICIENT CORRIDOR. AS I WAS MENTIONING PREVIOUSLY THIS PROPERTY HAS SOME NICE TRAFFIC AMENITIES ALREADY TO HELP THE SITE WITH ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH STACK IF YOU WERE TO ACCESS TO THE LOT. SO THEY HAVE THIS RIGHT TURN LANE HERE YOU CAN SEE IT AS WELL. THIS IS THE OR, ZONED PART OF THE PROPERTY ALREADY THAT WE

HAVE BEAN DISCUSSING. >> IT IS MOSTLY VACANT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW TREES, BUT IT'S MOSTLY AN EMPTY OPEN SPACE LOT. IT HAS A SIDEWALK ALREADY, AS WELL AS A BIKE LINE FOR MULTIMODAL TRAFFIC. AND THIS RIGHT TURN LANE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY THROUGH PAST THE PROPERTY HERE IS THE EXISTING ENTRANCE FOR THE STORAGE IT WOULD LIKELY SCOOT A LITTLE CLOSER WEST TO BE MORE CENTRAL FOR THE ENTIRE 17 ACRE PROPERTY. HERE IS THAT TURN LANE CONTINUING TO CIRCLE DRIVE HERE.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER PORTION OF CIRCLE LANE, PLEDGING, AND THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROPOSED PORTION OF THE STATE ROUTE 16. WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMPATIBLE WITH STATE ROUTE 15. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE MIXED USE DESIGNATION, AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING, AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE

COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> IS THER A MOTION ON ITEM TEN? >> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> I MOVE TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2022-41, REZONING 2022-03, COOKSEY COMMERCIAL BASED UPON

[11. Public Hearing * VACROA 2022-02 - Public Hearing vacating unopened alleys within Block 12 in the Rothchild Subdivision in Sunset Park between San Marco Street and Leo Street. The subject of this Resolution is to hear a request for the vacation of unopened alleys within Block 12 in the Rothchild Subdivision in Sunset Park between San Marco Street and Leo Street. Based on staff's review thus far, traffic patterns will not be negatively impacted, and no party will be unreasonably affected by the requested vacation.]

FOUR FINDINGS OF FACT, AS PROVIDE IF YOU HAD THE STAFF REPORT.

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

PASSES 5-0. OKAY. NUMBER 11 YES, SIR.

>>. ROBIN ARNOLD. >> 100 REASON A CODE DRIVE, AGUSTIN FLORIDA. AND I AM HERE TODAY TO REQUEST TO VACATE THE UNOPENED ALLEYS WITHIN BLOCK 12 IN THE ROTHCHILD SUBDIVISION IN SUNSET PARK BETWEEN SAN MARK BE OH, STREET

AND STREET. >> THE PROPOSED LOCATION DOES NOT AFFECT ACTUAL OR LEGAL ACCESS. ALL ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE JOINED THE PETITION. THE CORRIDOR DOES NOT HOUSE DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TRAILS, OR UTILITIES. AND IF APPROVED THE COUNTY WILL BE VACATING ALL PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT RIGHT AWAY. QUESTIONS? REQUEST QUESTIONS, PUBLIC

COMMENT? >> AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 11. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> IS THERE A MOTION. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. MESS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION, 2022-.

>>. 203. >> APPROVING VACATION OF RIGHT OF WAY, 2022-02, ROTH CHEWED

[12. International Golf Parkway Curve Analysis. At the May 3, 2022 Board of County Commissioners meeting consensus was given by the Board for staff to conduct an analysis on a segment of roadway on International Golf Parkway (IGP) known as "the curve", and bring back a presentation with the findings. "The Curve" is located on IGP approximately 1-mile east of the Bannon Lakes Blvd. / North Francis Rd. traffic signal. Staff will outline the existing conditions of "the curve" and will detail a conceptual improvement plan to the roadway for the Board's consideration.]

DIVI CROTHCHILD SUBDIVISION.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES 5-0. ITEM 12.

>> THANK YOU. DUANE, ARE YOU --IFY TRAM IS DUANE, YOUR COUNTY KNIFE, HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF PARKWTHE CURVE. THEY ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK

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AND PRESENT A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF AT THE CURVE OF ON IGP, AND BRING FORTH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS

A HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. >> THE COUNTY ENGAGED A DESIGN CONSULTANT TO HELP PROVIDE THIS ANALYSIS. THIS THEIR SCOPE WAS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURVE. INCLUDING INCREASING THE CURVE OF RADIUS, SOFTENING THAT CURVE OF OUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THERE. JUST REAL QUICK.

I AM PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS WE ARE EAST OF OF 95, ABOUT A MILE EAST OF OF BANNON LAKES. THE CURVE OF IS THERE JUST NORTH OF THE 12 MILE SWAMP CONVERSATION AREA. THE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE CURVE ITSELF IS POSTED AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THERE ARE CHEVRONS HELPING TO DELINEATE THE CURVE, ENCOURAGE THE DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN GOING THROUGH THAT AREA. YOU WILL NOTICE, IN EACH OF THESE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POLES. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. SO OUR DESIGN CONSULTANT TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN THIS AREA. IN 2017, THE DEVELOPERS OF BANNON LAKES PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THERE TO THE NORTH. THE EXTENT OF THAT IS KIND OF THAT BOLD YELLOW LINE, AND SO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, THERE CERTAINLY IS ABILITY TO FLATTEN THIS CURVE OF OUT, SOFTEN IT. DESIGN SPEED WOULD BE 50 MILES PER HOUR. WE WOULD CONSIDER POSTING THAT AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

ALSO AS I HAD MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO THE TRANSMISSION POLES, THEY AIR LONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY UNIVERSITY EXISTING IGP, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO CONTEND WITH.

THE CURRENT STATUS, STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT THE THIS.

COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST I MENTION THIS HAD SOME TIME AGO AND WE HAVE PROPOSED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET $300,000 FOR DESIGN AND PERMITTING, AND THEN FOLLOW ON IN THE NEXT YEAR,

ANOTHER $1.7 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION. >> RIGHT NOW, ADVANTAGES, CERTAINLY WE DO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, TO SOFT TEN THIS CURVE.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE THOSE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POLES. >> TALKING WITH F P AND L, GOT SOME NUMBERS LATE LAST WEEK. TALKING ABOUT PROXSLY A MILLION DOLLARS TO RELOCATE ALL FOUR YOU HAVE THOSE POLES. THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT BUDGET THAT I PRESENTED FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO CERTAINLY SOME CHALLENGES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING, WETLAND, DRAINAGE WITHIN THAT AREA, AND THEN CONSTRUCTABILITY. CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE TRYING TO KEEP EXISTING TRAFFIC ON A ROAD AND MOVING THREE THAT CONSTRUCTION.

NEXT STEP. AGAIN, THE BUDGET. WE'VE PROPOSED SOME FUNDING IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, SIMPLY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT BUDGET.

CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH THE UTILITIES COMPANIES ON RELOCATING THOSE TRANSMISSION POLES. AND THEN FINALLY, DEVELOPING PROJECT SCOPE FOR THE SELECTION OF A DESIGN CONSULTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT DESIGN CONSULTANT PART OF THAT SCOPE VERY MUCH WOULD BE THE A DETAILED STUDY OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS? HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? AND WITH THAT, I AM HERE FOR

QUESTIONS. >> QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. CHRISTIAN.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. KENT, DURING OUR BRIEFING YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT PART OF YOUR JOB IS STUDYING HUMAN BEHAVIOR. OBVIOUSLY YOU BUILD UP ROAD TO A STANDARD AND IT IS NOT BUILT FOR THOSE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED. WOULD YOU MIND SHARING PUBLIC

YOUR THOUGHTS IN THIS MEETING >> THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE I PHRASED IT TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING IS A LOT ABOUT THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE NUMBERS INVOLVED AND ALL, BUT IT'S HOW DO PEOPLE DRY DRIVE ON THE ROAD HE THAT ARE THERE, DO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE? AND A LOT OF THAT IMPACTS THE SPEED THAT THEY DRIVE AT. ROAD THAT MAILBOXES, TREES,

SOMETHING CLOSER INTO RHODEN DURING PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. >> MOST OF US WHEN WE GET ON A ROAD WAY, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT A SPEED LIMIT SIGN. WE ARE PROBABLY DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT. THAT'S A LOT OF THE HUMAN BEHAVIOR PORTION OF IT OF

>> THANK YOU, MR. KENT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING OF BECAUSE THE

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NOTION IS IF YOU RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT, FOLKS THAT ARE SPEEDING ON A 25 MILES PER HOUR CURVE OF WILL LIKELY SPEED ON A 40 MILES PER HOUR CURVE OF. WHILE THIS WILL BE SAFER IT DOESN'T PREVENT ACCIDENTS OR POTENTIAL FATAL ACCIDENTS FOR THOSE WHO WHO ARE WILL TO TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD. VAST MAJORITY OF THE ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WERE

>> MR. BLAS >> THANKS, DUANE, RIGHT NOW IS IT 50 MILES PER HOUR; IS THAT

CORRECT? >> IT'S POSTED AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

>> THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THAT ROADWAY, IS IT 50? >> IT IS 45.

A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST, AND I BELIEVE IT'S 45 THROUGH 12-MILE SWAMP.

>> I AM NOT PERFECT ON THAT. >> IS THERE A WAY TO REDUCE THAT A LITTLE BIT THAT OVERALL SPEED? UNDERSTANDING IT'S 25 ON THE CURVE WOULD THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT TO REDUCE IT?

>> PERSONAL THAT OPINION? I BELIEVE THAT CURVE OF PROBABLY GETS PEOPLE SLOWED DOWN, EVEN MORE. IF WE ARE TO SOFTEN THAT CURVE, POST IT AT 45 MILES PER HOUR, YOU HAVE A BOTH PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY MOVING FAST IN FRONT OF BANNON LAKES, NOT TOO VERY LONG AGO AT BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUT SOME RADAR THERE.

85 PERCENT OF THE DRIVERS ARE GOING LESS THAN 57 MILES PER HOUR.

SO PEOPLE ARE CASH -- THE AVERAGE SPEED DURING THAT RADAR TEST, WAS 51 MILES PER HOUR.

SO PEOPLE ALREADY ARE MOVING OVER SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA. AND I THAT I IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE CURVE, YOU FORKING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST CARRY THAT SPEED ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE. >> I'M SORRY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CLEAR.

IF YOU REDUCE THE SPEED THROUGHOUT THAT ROADWAY, TAKING IT DOWN TO 40, WOULD THAT HELP

REDUCE -- >> I THINK THAT HE WILL GO BACK TO KIND OF OF THE HUMAN BEHAVIOR PORTION OF IT. BY REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. THAT AREA MAY NOT LEND ITSELF TO SOME OF THOSE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT OR TO HELP

>> THANK YOU, DUANE. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WELCOME BACK. >> THANK YOU, FOR PRESENTING A SOLUTION.

>> KIM, 53 BENTLEY COURT ST. AUGUSTINE. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING SOLUTION THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THAT CURVE, AND IT APPEARS THAT IT WON'T BE A DETRIMENT TO THE PROTECTED CANOPY WHICH IS MAYBE A QUARTER MILE.

>> EARLY WILL STOP YOUR TIME. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SAYING IT INTO THE MICROPHONE SO HE THAT

WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD. >> AN ITEM OF CAN EARN THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THIS ROAD IS A SCHOOL BUS ROUTE. EVERY DAY TWICE A DAY SCHOOL BUS US TRANSPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THAT ROAD THROUGH THAT CURVE FROM THREE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. ONE. THEY TRANSPORT THEM TO ACETI, BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WEST IN THE MARABELLA, AREA, IT IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.

WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED THAT MORNING IN DECEMBER 16, 2021. THIS WOULD BE WITH SCHOOL BUS US. THAT'S A HEADLINE THAT NOBODY WANTS TO READ.

AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO OFFER THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, BUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WON'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AT THAT POINT WILL BE COMPLETELY MEANING LESS OF THE YOU I'VE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME BY

SUPPORTING PROJECT LIKE THIS. >> SO MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE HAVE YOU THAT YOU WILL CHANGE THE OUTCOME. THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. COUNTS. >> JOHNNY COUNTS, 9470 BARREL FACTORY ROAD IN CRACKER SWAMP. THAT ROAD HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

AND I THINK THAT RESURFACED IT ONE TYPE. BUT YEAH, IT'S A NICE PART OF WHAT'S LEFT OF GOOD OLD ST. JOHNS COUNTY. BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS FOR 34 YEARS, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO INVITE EACH ONE OF TO YOU TAKE A RIDE WITH ME, AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, AND WILL OFF THE NEW

TRAFFIC ON THERE. >> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CUTOFF FROM U.S. ONE, IT'S INDUSTRIAL,

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IT'S ALWAYS COMMERCIAL POWER. YOU CUT OVER FROM U.S. 1. I HADN'T BEEN OUT ON THAT ROAD PROBABLY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, MOVING ANY EQUIPMENT. AND AFTER THE LAST MEETING, I

WENT BACK OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT HAD CHANGED. >> OF COURSE, IT'S GROWN UP TREM TREMENDOUSLY, WHERE GOLF VILLAGE IS.

IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHEN WE GOT THE GOLF VILLAGE. WE'VE GOT HUMAN NATURE INVOLVED, AND WHEN YOU COME OFF OF AN INTERSTATE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'VE BEEN MOVING 70 MILES PER HOUR, WE WILL SAY, THEY STILL HAVE THAT FEELING WHENEVER THEY GET OFF ON TWOENCE LA. AND IT HAPPENS ON THE FOUR LANES TWO, LIKE ON 207. AT 45 OFF OF 95 WHEN GET TO THE VILLAGE, AND THIS'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHEN YOU COME OFF OF THE INTERSTATE.

>> MANY THANK YOU, MR. COUNTS. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?

SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

>> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, AND THEN COMMISSIONER WALDRON. >> EVERY I AS ONE COMMISSIONER LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS ON THE CIP, LIST, I THINK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF

OUTLINING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. >> THANK YOU, PAUL. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I UNDERSTAND THE CURVE BEING THERE AT 25, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR OF AT 25. TO ME, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT WE COULD SPEND $3 MILLION, AND THAT'S AN ESTIMATE TODAY, BY THE TIME THAT WE GET IT, IT WILL BE FOUR, IN ALL REALITY. MY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY MOVING TO THE EAST, BUT

MOVING TO THE WEST. >> YOU HAVE ALLOW OF CONGESTION STARTING UP TO THE WEST, PEOPLE WILL COME AROUND THAT CURVE, RUNNING 55, 60 MILES PER HOUR. IF IT'S A 45, 50 MILES PER HOUR ZONE THEN THEY WILL RUN INTO A CONGESTED AREA, LIKE YOU HAVE ON 210.

PEOPLE CARRY SPEED UP INTO THAT INTERSECTION, INTO 95, WHICH CAUSE AS LOT OF WRECKS.

>> AND WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

AND YOU HAVE A CURVE HERE, YOU HAVE A CURVE OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHAT USED TO BE 210.

THAT WAS THE SAME STYLE 25 MILES PER HOUR CURVE. THAT'S JUST -- I CAN'T SUPPORT SPENDING 3 OR $4 MILLION ON CHANGING A CURVE OF TRYING TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE SAFER A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY WRECKS.

95 IS A STRAIGHT ROAD, AND WE HAVE WRECKS OUT THERE EVERY DAY. SO MOST OF THE WRECKS IF YOU LOOK AT THE TECHNICAL DATA IS FROM LANE CHANGES. YOU AND I HEARD THAT AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN THAT PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS AT IT WAS 87 PERCE HIGH 80S, 94 PERCENT WAS ON LANE CHANGES NOT ON CURVES. SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS,

BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS,

CHRISTIAN? >> THAT YOU, MR. CHAIR. I ACTUALLY RESPECT VERY MUCH WHAT COMMISSIONER WALDRON IS SAYING, THAT'S WHY I HAD MR. KENT SHARE HIS THOUGHTS.

THIS IS NOT BY ANY MEANS A SILVER BULLET OR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO 100 PERCENT CURE ALL

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA, I AGREE THAT SOFTENING THE CURVE OF WILL MAKE IT EASIER, AND THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THEY WERE PROMISE THAT HAD, BECAUSE IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE SOMEBODY BROKE A PROMISE. THE DEVELOPER DID DONATE THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THIS IN MIND. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY NOW. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUDY AT $300,000, AND START PURSUING THE FUND IN THE COMING FISCAL YEARS TO MAKE IT A FLATTER CUR.

NOT THAT IT WILL PREVENT ANY AND ALL ACCIDENTS, AND FATAL ACCIDENTS, BUT IN MY VIEW IT

WILL BE SAFER. THAT'S WHERE I STAND. >> COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

>> I AM WITH COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST AND BLOCKER ON THIS ONE.

THE CURVE REMIND A LOT OF THE ONE ON 210 THAT'S PRETTY DEADLY. I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, I THINK IN PUBLIC SAFETY SOFTENING THIS CURVE OF IN THE FUTURE IS IMPORTANT IN THAT AREA.

>> LET ME JUST SAY THIS. - HAD YOU YOU AGREE WITH ARNOLD, WHITEHURST, AND BLOCKER.

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE SINCE 2000, 22 YEARS AGO WHEN I NEGOTIATED THE ACQUISITION OF THE 12-MILE SWAMP ON BEHALF OF OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

>> AND I'VE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT GROW, AND GROW INTO WHAT WAS ONCE JUST AS JOHNNY SAID, KIND OF OUT THERE IN THE WILDERNESS. IT WAS A HUNTING CAMP FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS, RIGHT, PAUL,ING THAT WHOLE AREA U IT AIN'T A HUNTING CAMP ANY MORE, AS MUCH AS IT IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN STARTING WITH THE STUDY, AND GO FORWARD. I CERTAINLY SHARE PAUL'S CONCERN ABOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, AND WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE, THAT RISES TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE STEPS. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK GREG OR DUANE OR DAVID. THIS ITEM SAYS NO ACTION NEEDED AND DUANE SAID THAT THERE WAS MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE STUDY.

SO I AM NOT SURE WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION UNLESS THE STAFF TELLS ME OTHERWISE

[13. Consider an appointment to the Land Acquisition Management Program (LAMP) Conservation Board. The LAMP Conservation Board was established by Ordinance 2021-38 and serves as an advisory board to the Board of County Commissioners on issues involving the acquisition, conservation and management of Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Archaeological Sites, recreational lands and Aquifer Recharge Areas. Currently, there is one vacancy due to the resignation of Kaley Adamson. Ms. Adamson was appointed by District 4 Commissioner Blocker during the initial formation of the LAMP Conservation Board. Her term is set to expire on November 16, 2025. This vacancy is for a regular member that will represent District 4 and serve for the remainder of Ms. Adamson's term. An advertisement for a District 4 vacancy was posted in March 2022, and ran for (30) days. After review of all qualified applications, Commissioner Blocker has recommended Irene Kaufman as the District 4 representative. . Please find attached for your review and consideration, (6) applications: Irene Kaufman- Dist. 4, J David Nardon- Dist. 4, Jeffrey Mason- Dist. 4, Sandra Bond- Dist. 4, Natalia Plyam- Dist. 4, Amber Reeder- Dist. 4.]

>> MR. CHAIR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY. IT'S ALREADY PLUGGED IN.

THE $300,000 FOR DINE DHE SOON. THE ONLY WAY YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACTION IS IF THE BOARD FELT DIFFERENTLY AND SAID WE DON'T NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUDY.

>> THAT THEN COMPLETES ITEM 12, WE CAN GO TO 13. 13 IS AN APPOINT.

TO THE LAND BOARD. >> JOANNE SPENCER, ASSISTANT TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS I AM HERE FOR THE LAMB CONVERSATION BOARD. >> THEY HAVE ONE VACANCY DUE TO A DISTRICT 4 MEMBER. SIX AMPLY OCCASIONS WERE RECEIVED AFTER A 30 DAY ADVERTISEMENT WAS PRESENTED ON THE WEBSITE. JEREMIAH DID RECOMMEND KAUFMAN.

IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LAMP APPOINTMENT, NUMBERTIRETY TEEN IS IRENE KAUFMAN TO THE ACQUISITION, LAND MANAGEMENT MANY BOARD. ANYONE HSEEING NONE, WE WILL

CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. >> IS THERE A MOTION?

>> THERE IS, MOTION TO APPOINT IRENE KAUFMAN TO THE LAMP CONCONSERVATION BOARD, TO EXPIRE

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DECEMBER 2, 0205. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >> PLEASE VOTE.

>> THAT PASSES 5-0. >> THANK YOU. DOES THAT COMPLETE, I BELIEVE THAT COMPLETES THE REGULAR AGENDA DAVID, ARE WE DONE ON THAT, ON THE EYE ENDAN ITEMS, THE REGULAR AGENDA, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ANY PERSON WISHING TO I AN ADDRESS THE BOARD SHOULD COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE HIS OR HER NAME, ADDRESS, AND EACH PERSON SHALL BE PROVIDED FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, AND NOT ANY PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER, AND NO PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH PERSONAL, I AM PERTINENT, OR VANED RUST