May 02, 2023 Board of County Commissioners

[Call to Order by Chair]

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GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE SPEAK OF THE MEETING OF THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MATERIALS FOR THIS MEETING OR AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER AGENDAS AND. ONCE YOU FIND THE MEANING AGENDA YOU CAN CLICK ON THE AGENDA ITEM TO ACCESS ALL OF THE SUPPORTING MATERIAL THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO COME LAND -- PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTE. AS THE PRESENTER HAS ANY EXHIBITS A PHOTOGRAPH PLEASE PROVIDE THE MATERIALS TO THE COURT. FOR INCLUSION INTO THE RECORD.

THE COURT PLEASE CALLS THE ROLE. >> CHAIR COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN

WHITE HURST. >> PRESIDENT. >> LAST YEAR THEY ARE ON.

OLD >>. PRESIDENT >> COMMISSIONER ROY ALAIMO.

>> PRESIDENT. >> COMMISSIONER CHRISTA JOSEPH --

>> PRESIDENT. >> COMMISSIONER HENRY DEAN. >> PRESIDENT.

ALL RIGHT. >> WE ARE ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

ENJOYING A BREAKFAST. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME AND I INVITE PASTOR

JEFF GALLON AND LEADING PASTOR. >> GOOD MORNING. LET US PRAY.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THINK FOR THE DAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AND WE THANK YOU WHERE WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE FREE OPENLY TO PRAY WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS RIGHT. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEM.

AND FIRST RESPONDERS WE THANK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU FOR THE THING COUNTS COUNTY.

AND WE PRAY FOR EACH OF THESE COMMISSIONERS. EACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ALSO TAKEN AN OUT. WE WOULD PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS.

MEANING BE ALL THAT THEY SAY AND DO BEFORE YOUR GLORY. WE CLEAR OUR MINDS AND HEARTS THAT WE CAN DO WHAT IS BEST. GOD, WE LOVE YOU. YOU LOVE THIS FOR US.

WE ASKED THE THINGS IN JESUS NAME, A MAN. >> THANK, YOU.

PASTOR >> NOW TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TYLER BARNES.

U.S. NAVY. TYLER MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT THIS MORNING.

MISSION ARNOLD, BUT YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION

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

[Proclamation Recognizing National Drug Court Month]

CHRISTA JOSEPH. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IN THIS COUNTY, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE JUDGE ALEXANDER CHRISTINE, SURELY OLSON, ANGELIQUE REED. MICHELLE DEL KENNEDY, MEGAN WALL.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE? AND THIS IS THE NEW COUNTY

DRUNK OR. THEY HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU MOVING US UP ON THE AGENDA, THE CHAIR BECAUSE I HAVE A TRIAL STARTING I APPRECIATE THE. FIRST, MR. COMER BATCH OF THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

HE IS HERE WITH ME, AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE COMMISSION.

ST. JOHN'S COUNTY HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF DRUG COURT. I DON'T KNOW THE DECOR SIDE RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA IN 1989 DOWN IN MIAMI AS AN EXPERIMENT FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT SPREAD ALL OVER FLORIDA. AND IT'S NOT SPREAD ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. REALLY, ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY ARE IMITATING WHAT WE DO IN THE DRUG COURT. THANK YOU FOR COMING WITH US, AS WELL.

THE SUCCESS OF DRUG COURTS IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY COMING UP NOW, THIS YEAR, 20 YEARS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON THE 19TH AT 3:00 OVER AT THE COURTHOUSE IN A. I INVITE YOU ALL TO SHOW UP.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS HAD MANY ATTEMPTS AT REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND SO FORTH.

DRUG COURTS ARE RECOGNIZED NOT JUST IN FLORIDA BUT NOW, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVENTION PROGRAM IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.

THE EARLY SUPPORT OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AND LEADING US THROUGH THIS 20 YEARS WAS INSTRUMENTAL.

THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE TAKE FELONY OFFENDERS, HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED HIGHLY ADDICTED

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WHEN WE GET THEM WE BRING THEM INTO DRUG COURT BECAUSE OF THE DRUG RELATED CRIMES.

WOULD REDO THE HIGHLY SUPERVISED BY MYSELF, PROBATION OFFICERS, PUBLIC DEFENDERS, PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND, PERHAPS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS. THESE FOLKS ARE DRAWN INTO DRUG CORPS.

THEY COME INTO MY COURT WEEKLY. REPORT TO ME. WE REVIEW HOW THEY ARE DOING.

THEY GET FREQUENT RANDOM DRUG ANALYSIS. URINANALYSIS.

THEY GO TO INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, GROUP COUNSELING. A, AND A.

ALL OF THEM GET A JOB. A REAL JOB WHERE THEY PAY TAXES.

THEY PAYBACK THEIR VICTIMS THEY PAY THEIR COURT COSTS WE DO ALL OF THIS FOR HALF THE COST THAT IT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE RESULT, INSTEAD OF AN 80% -- NEARLY 80% RECIDIVISM RATE, IF THEY HAD GONE TO THE APARTMENT OF THE CORRECTIONS. NORMALLY, TO PRISON. WHERE MOST OF THE FOLKS WERE HEADED. WE HAVE ABOUT A 17% RECIDIVISM RATE.

AN AMAZING TURNAROUND. THESE FOLKS ARE NOT JUST SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY AND SAVING FOSTER HOME MONEY AND -- THESE FOLKS, AND THIS PROGRAM, ARE LITERALLY SAVING LIVES.

ESPECIALLY IN THIS SERIOUS TIME OF ADDICTON THE DEATHS THAT WE HAVE GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES WITH FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS. THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. THEY ARE NOT JUST -- THOUSANDS OF BABIES ARE BORN ON ADDICTED. PARENTS ARE GETTING BACK THEIR CHILDREN. GETTING JOBS BEING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

FOLKS WHO WERE HOMELESS HELPING CREATE FEEDING PROGRAMS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. FOLKS WHO ARE HEADED TO PRISON BECAUSE THE BURGLARIZED OR -- ONE PERSON, THE VICTIM WAS A BUSINESS IN TOWN. THE PERSON IS NOW MANAGING THAT BUSINESS. OPERATING THE CASH DRAWER AND HELPING TO MANAGE THE BUSINESS.

A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL.

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. THANK, YOU VERY MUCH. >> WONDERFUL.

>> -- >> I CAN READ IT IN MADRID COURT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SHE'S GONNA READ IT FOR YOU SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

>> VERY GOOD. >> 2023 MARKS THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF TREATMENT COURTS IN THE NATION, OF WHICH MIAMI-DADE DRUG COURT WAS THE FIRST QUARTER THAT SPARKED A NATIONAL REVOLUTION WHICH CHANGED THE FACE OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WHEREAS DRUG COURTS ARE NOW RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVENTION IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, AND, WHEREAS 75% OF TREATMENT COURT GRADUATES WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER PAIR OF HANDCUFFS AND AN AVERAGE OF $6,000 EVERY INDIVIDUAL SERVED.

WHEREAS TREATMENT COURTS IMPROVE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT HOUSING FINANCIAL STABILITY.

FOR MOAN REUNIFICATION. SUPPORT FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS. SUPPORT MOTHERS DELIVERING BABIES FULLY DRUG FREE. WHEREAS THERE ARE NOW THAN 4000 TREATMENT COURTS NATIONWIDE AND DRUG COURTS DEMONSTRATE THAT WHEN ONE PERSON RISES OUT OF DRUGS AND CRIME WE ALL RISE WHEREAS SAINT COUNTY DRUG COURT HAS COMPASSIONATELY SERVED ITS COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS LOOKING TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM CARE FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT ENTERING ITS PROGRAM.

THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY FLORIDA THAT MAY 2023 BE DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DRUG COURT MONTH [APPLAUSE]

[Presentation of Risk Management Regional Award]

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD WE WILL HAVE MIKE MORAN AND CHELSEA BLOOM BROKER.

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ARE YOU HERE? WELCOME. >> WHEN I WAS LIKE MONITOR.

RECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES WITH THE PUBLIC RISK UNDERWRITER. ON THE PUBLIC TRUST.

WE INSURANCE CARRIER HERE IN FLORIDA. OUR CAPACITY WORKS IS COMPENSATIONS TERRENCE FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. ONCE A YEAR WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WITHIN OUR MEMBERSHIP TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WHAT THEY DO.

THIS YEAR I NOMINATED ST. JOHN'S CAN ON THE SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THIS ANNUAL AWARD. THE NARRATIVE THAT I SENT TO ELECTION COMMITTEE I SAID LORD ODD AND -- OVERSEE THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT FOR THE COUNTY THE EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION FACTOR IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE CLAIMS OF THE COUNTY IT IS CURRENTLY 0.7 TO.

-- BELOW ONE IS GOOD TO EXCELLENT. THE MOB IN FROM THE COUNTY HAS BEEN BELOW ONE FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING PROCESSES AND INSTITUTING CHANGES THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL HELP AS THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCCESS. THE VALUE REVOLVES AROUND COMPASSION, INNOVATION, AND TRUST. THE DATA POINTS THAT I SPOKE TO HIM IF YOU REVOLVER ON PREMIUM SEEDINGS THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ST. JOHN'S COUNTY IS A REALLY SAFE PLACE TO WORK. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE AWARD TO

THE DEPARTMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT, COMMISSIONER ON A LOW

[Proclamation Recognizing National Foster Care Month]

>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WOULD IT CHRIS IN RIGGLEMAN, ALONG WITH A FAMILY IN A FOSTER CARE ORGANIZATIONS PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE. SO THE, AND COULD YOU READ THE

PROCLAMATION WHILE THEY ARE COMING UP? >> THE PROCLAMATION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, FLORIDA, WHEREAS THE FAMILY IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVES AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF LOVE, IDENTITY, SELF ESTEEM, AND SUPPORT. WHEREAS, ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE NEED A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO A CARING ADULTS WHO BECOMES A SUPPORTIVE AND LASTING PRESENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

ST. JOHN'S COUNTY HAD MANY COMPASSIONATE FOSTER FAMILIES THAT PROVIDE CHILDREN, AND YOUTH, WITH SAFE, SECURE, AND STABLE HOMES. WHEREAS FOSTER KINSHIP AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES WHO OPENED THEIR HOMES AND HEARTS AND SUPPORT CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES ARE CRISIS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES, HE'LL AND RECONNECT.

THEREBY LAUNCHING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD. AND, WHEREAS, THERE ARE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN. AND IN THE EVENING FOSTER CARE, AS WELL AS THE ENDURING, INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OF FOSTER PARENTS, AND, WHEREAS, COMMUNITY BASED SUPPORT STRUCTURES PROVIDE INVALUABLE SERVICE TO YOU IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AND, WHEREAS, FOSTER CARE MONTH PROVIDES A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE RULE THAT FOSTER CARE PLAYS IN THE LIVES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT MAY 2023 BE DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH. PAST ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY FLORIDA. THE SECOND DAY OF MAY, 2023.

>> I'M CHRIS. THIS IS MY WIFE. WE HAVE BEEN FOSTERING NOW FOR A FEW YEARS. WE'VE HAD TEN DIFFERENT PLACEMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR OWN BIOLOGICAL. TWO, A FOUR-YEAR-OLD AND A 12 YEAR OLD.

WE HAVE FOSTERED AND ADOPTED TOO. WE HAVE OUR SON WHEN HE WAS FIVE. HE'S NOW ALMOST A. THIS IS EDISON.

SHE CAME TO US WHEN SHE WAS 15. SHE'S ABOUT TO TURN 18. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO FOSTERS

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SHE IS ACTUALLY TURNING 18 NEXT WEEK. WE ARE JOINING THE INDEPENDENT FOSTER -- INDEPENDENT EXTENDED FOSTER CARE.

WE ARE GONNA BE JOINING THEM, AS WELL. >> WE NEED MORE HOMES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF TEENS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HOMES TO HELP THEM. WE REALLY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WE DO IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF, LITERALLY, EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. WE NEED MORE SUPPORT. AS AN AGENCY EVERYBODY NEEDS MORE HOMES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A FOSTER PARENT TO SUPPORT FOSTER CHILDREN OR FOSTER PARENTS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO.

TELL A FRIEND. IT IS REALLY AS EASY AS MAKING ONE PHONE CALL.

ANSWERED.E PHONE CALL, JERRY& FROM THERE AS WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS EASY, WELCOMING. ONCE YOU SEE CERTAIN THINGS, YOU CAN'T UNSEE.

IT JUST BECOMES PART OF YOUR LIFE. TELL A FRIEND.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT BE OPEN TO IT. YOU CAN CONTACT ME.

I'M ON SOCIAL MEDIA. RAY COMMON, YOU CAN FIND ME. SHOOT ME A MESSAGE.

ANYBODY. CALL ANYBODY AT FDIC. ANYBODY CAN DO IT, REALLY.

-- >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND.

WE ARE EXPANDING TO BE EXPANDED FOSTER CARE WITH THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS

TO OUR HOUSE, OUR YARD. >> WE HAVE FUNDRAISING, ACTUALLY.

TO ADD ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE BACK FOR EXTENDED FOSTER CARE TEENS.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF THE FDIC MEMBERS HAVE SHARED -- SO, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF KIDS THERE. A LOT OF THEM.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

[Proclamation Recognizing Correctional Officers and Employees Week]

>> THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS MORNING WE RECOGNIZE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK. THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB. THEY ARE PUT INTO VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AT TIMES VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS BUT THEY PLAY A VITAL ROLE. AN INVALUABLE ROLE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEIR ALL THAT THEY DO.

CHEF HARD WHIP DIRECTOR CABIN CAPTAIN COLSON CAPTAIN NORTH AND CAPTAIN ADAMS PLEASE COME

FORWARD. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ON BEHALF OF THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS THE BIG WEEK FOR. US I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMANDER RICH WONDER FROM THE ST. AUGUSTINE DEPARTMENT. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP.

ON BEHALF OF THE 140 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ALREADY DEEPLY SHARES WORK IN THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY JAIL AND ADDITIONAL 70 PERSONNEL, -- WE AVERAGE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 450 INMATES PER DAY. THIS IS WHERE OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL RECIDIVISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY YOU HAVE STATES AS WELL AS SOUTH CAROLINA THAT ARE AT 21. PRESENT SOME STATES AS HIGH AS ALASKA 60% RECIDIVISM.

THE STATE OF ALASKA AVERAGES AROUND 28% RECIDIVISM. THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS TEAM OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN JAIL IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AS DEPUTY CORRECTIONAL SHERIFFS. WE HAVE REDUCED RECIDIVISM AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY BY THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH MOST EMBLETON. WE WENT FROM 25%, AGAIN THE FLORIDA AVERAGE TO JUST OVER 15%. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.

THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE THE SAME COUNTY -- WE HAVE A REENTERED PROGRAM.

WE ARE HELPING THEN WE GET BACK ON STREETS, TO GET JOBS, GET THEIR EDUCATION.

WE HAVE THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE THAT WE KNOW A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTATION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A STOP STATION IN OUR AGENCY WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE GETTING RELEASED CAN GET THEIR I.D. BACK. THE DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK.

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OUR MEN AND WOMEN HELP THEM GET BACK HOME ACROSS COUNTRY. GETTING BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. AGAIN WE ARE DOING THINGS IN OUR AGENCY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME IS OUR COMMAND STAFF. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. COMMISSIONER, CHAIRMAN, ALSO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL. THANK. YOU [APPLAUSE]

. >> NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED ON MAY 5TH 1984 BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WHEN HE SIGNED A PROCLAMATION 51878 RECOGNIZING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN JAILS, PRISONS, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHO'S PROFESSIONALISM, HARD WORK, DEDICATION, SERVE TO PROTECT THOSE IN THEIR CUSTODY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND, WHEREAS, ST. JOHN'S COUNTY HAS 206 SWORN AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING AT OUR COUNTY JAIL WHO COLLECTIVELY BOOKED AND RELEASED OVER 6657 DETAINEES DURING 2022. HELP KEEPING THE FACILITY OPERATIONAL DURING HURRICANE IAN A TROPICAL STORM NICOLE. CONTINUALLY WORK HARD TO KEEP THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY CORRECTIONS DIVISION ACCREDITED WHEREAS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING INMATE CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR WHILE STRIVING TO MAINTAIN A SAFE WORKING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. FROM A POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, ATTITUDES, AND SKILLS WITHIN THE INMATE POPULATION IN ORDER TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND TO PROMOTE SUCCESSFUL RE-ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WORKING IN THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY CORRECTION DIVISION CONTINUALLY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE PERFORMING DIFFICULT TASKS THEY CAN BE TRYING DANGEROUS AND EMOTIONALLY TAXING REMAIN DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, FLORIDA. MAY 7TH THROUGH 13TH 2023 BE RECOGNIZED AS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK HAS PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BORDER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY 2023.

[Acceptance of Proclamations]

[Public Safety Update]

>> SO. MOVED MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

THAT PASSES. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE.

>> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.

-- TO ME ROTHSCHILD IN TERMS. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE, SOME NEWS STORIES AS WELL SOME FACEBOOK STUFF THIS MORNING.

BRUSH FIRE LAST NIGHT. WE ARE GETTING INTO THAT TIME A SEASON WHERE WE COULD SEE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF THIS HAPPENING. FORTUNATELY FIRE RESCUE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRE SERVICE OF FLORIDA. THEY PROVIDE GREAT SUPPORT TO US IN THESE TYPES OF INSTANCES. A JOB IS PRIMARILY STRUCTURAL PROTECTION, PEOPLE PROTECTION.

THEY FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL CONTAINMENT OF THESE FIRES. WITH OUR LAST NIGHT WAS ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF ACRES. IT WAS CONTAINED QUICKLY. NO HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

NO MAJOR CONCERNS RELATED TO IT. FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT IT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE INCIDENT. LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE, VERY VISIBLE.

YOU COULD SEE SOME RESIDUAL SMOKE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY TODAY.

RELATED TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. THE SECOND THING, QUICKLY APRIL 30TH VIRUS YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE -- CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE DEPARTMENT ON HIS LAST DAY WITH THIS PAST FRIDAY. CHIEF MYSTIC IS NOT ONE FANFARE. WE COULD NOT CONVINCE HIM TO COME FOR ANY OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. WHAT HE WAS KNOWN FOR THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WAS BEING A STAUNCH FITNESS INDIVIDUAL, HE LOVED TO WORK OUT AND PUSH PEOPLE REALLY HARD.

ON HIS WAY OUT, HE HOSTED A FINAL WORKOUT AT STATION 17. CHIEF WILLARD, AS WELL AND MANY OF DEPARTMENT MEMBERS SHOWED UP. WE DID ONE FINAL WORKOUT WITH

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I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF MUSIC. A GREAT SERVANT TO THIS

COMMUNITY. ME WISH HIM THE VERY BEST IN HIS SOCIETY >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF RUSSIAN? THANK, YOU CHIEF. SOMEONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER. DIRECTOR COMMAND IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. THE FIRST THINGS FIRST, WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE SHERIFF HAS THE FULL SUPPORT AND SOLICITATION OF RUNWAY ORDINANCE.

WE WANTED TO THANK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR A HANDLING IN DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THAT. WE GOT THE END OF SCALIA WRAPPING UP.

OUR YOUTH AND RESOURCE DEPUTIES WILL BE DIVIDED UP TO HELP OUT WITH PROPERTY CRIMES.

BEACHES. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN TOURISM.

OUR JAIL POPULATION RIGHT NOW IS RUNNING ABOUT 465 AS OF THIS MORNING.

STILL SOME ROOM. WE EXPECT TO GO OVER 500, AGAIN, OVER THE SUMMER.

THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENED EVERY YEAR. WE CAN HANDLE THAT.

. THE OTHER THING IS, I'M SURE EVERYONE IS HEARD ABOUT THE WALK OFF FROM LAST SUNDAY. A WEEK AGO SUNDAY. THAT GUY WAS CAPTURED WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF. OUR DEPUTY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

GAVE GOOD DIRECTION FOR TRAVEL. GAVE GOOD TIPS TO THE PUBLIC. WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH, OUR PATROL UNITS HEARD THE CALL IMMEDIATELY. SET A GOOD PERIMETER.

CAUGHT THE GUY WITHIN AN HOUR OR 15 MINUTES. BY THE QUICK CASE WE EVER CAUGHT SOMEBODY. WE HAVEN'T HAPPENED IN 2013. A RARE OCCURRENCE, PROBABLY

[Clerk of Court's Report]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? >> QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. >> NOW, TO OUR COURT REPORTS. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.

COMMISSIONERS. LOOKING INTO REPORTS THIS MORNING.

FIRST, GREAT TO SEE THE NATIONAL DRUG COURT MONTH PROCLAMATION.

IT IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. MY OFFICE TAKES OUR SUPPORT VERY SERIOUSLY. THE CRIMINAL DIVISION IS ESPECIALLY INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL COURT PROCESS FROM ARRESTS TO DEPOSITIONS. IF THE DEFENDANT ACCEPTED AND DRUG HOROWITZ PROVIDES CONTINUED SUPPORT AND TAKING ACCURATE RECORDS OF THE PROCEEDINGS. FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT OUR OFFICE IS THRILLED FROM GOING FROM POTENTIALLY THE LOWEST PART OF THEIR LIFE TO THE SALVATORE POINT OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION AND GRADUATING FROM DRUG COURT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE DRUG COURT TEAM FOR THEIR GRADUATION IN 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION LATER THIS MONTH.

OUR SECOND REPORT WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS, OUR THANKS, TO COUNTY ADMIN, COUNTY STAFF.

RECENTLY PLEADING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT THE COURTHOUSE WHERE WE TOOK THE OUTER RAIN, PREVIOUSLY COBBLESTONE, HATING OVER. IT PROVIDING A SAFE WALKWAY FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE STONES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE

[Deletions to Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, ANY ADDITIONS OR DELUSIONS, COMMISSIONER JOSEPH?

>> NO, SIR. >> ARNOLD?

>> NONE. >> I HAVE NOT.

>> COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> NONE.

>> COMMISSIONER LAME? OH >> NONE.

>> LET'S HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL

HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. >> [INAUDIBLE].

I'M CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CASH REQUIREMENT REPORT.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE IN OUR POCKET.

LOOKING BACK SEVERAL YEARS, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE IN ANY OF OUR POCKETS. IT'S INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO SOME OFFICE TO SEE IT.

WHY CAN'T WE PUT THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR POCKET INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE PAGE REPORTS FROM THE STAFF THAT ARE INCOMPLETE AND DON'T HAVE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO READ.

YOU GO TO ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, THEY HAVE A PRINT OUT FOR YOU, RIGHT THERE IN THE MEETINGS, AND THIS IS BEEN FOUR YEARS, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, EVERY SINGLE CHECK THAT'S WRITTEN, THERE'S A LIST, LET'S DO THAT. THE CAST REQUIREMENT REPORT NEEDS TO BE IN OUR POCKET. ALSO, ITEM EIGHT, THERE IS AN ITEM THERE ON BUS ADVERTISING REVENUE, I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING SOME ADVERTISING REVENUE FROM THE BUSES, THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT SUNSHINE BUS COMPANY CONTRACT AND WE NEED TO AUDIT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY LEFT CONTRACTS FOR ADVERTISING.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ADD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, EITHER THIS ONE OR IN THE FUTURE, TO LEADING THE $12 MILLION FOR PERMIT SUMTER THAT WAS ON A PRIOR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE DON'T NEED ONE, WE DON'T NEED A PERMIT CENTER, WE NEED A PERMIT CENTER LIKE MOVES NEEDS A HOT ROCK.

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HE WAS FIRED BY GOVERNOR CLAUDE CLERK, ANNA VOTED 44 DETAIL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE OF THE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY SHERIFF, IT SAYS THAT YELLOW DAVIS WAS EXONERATED BY THE FLORIDA STATES ON IT. WE, AND THE REALITY, FACED COMMUNITY WITH INVOKED BY THE WAY OF ANALOGY, THE QUALITY ACT, AND ASKING TO SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AND SEE IF OR NOT TELLING SOME LIES.

THAT IS A BIG LIE. L O DAVIS WAS A RACIST SHERIFF WHO SERVED FROM 1949 TO 1971. OUR PUBLICAN GOVERNOR FIRED HIM.

THE FLORIDA STATE SENATE REMOVED HIM.

I HAVE REPEATEDLY WRITTEN EVERY SHERIFF EVER SINCE 2013, ASKING THEM TO CORRECT THAT. I WROTE ON THE DAY ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KING'S I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH, NEVER GOT A RESPONSE FROM EITHER SHARE SHORT OR SHERIFF -- L O DAVIS WAS NOT EXONERATED. THE TRUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN, AS -- SAID ON ELECTION NIGHT IN 1970.

WE NEED TO CORRECT THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. [INAUDIBLE] I'M HERE TO COMMENT

ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> COULD YOU PLEASE RAISE THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THE OVERHEAD IS ON? I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, FIRST OF ALL. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT MONEY THERE, 75,000. I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN THE COUNTY FOUGHT ADVERTISING ON OUR BUSSES FOR YEARS IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION.

LITERALLY, THE COUNTY LEFT MILLIONS ON THE TABLE.

SO, IT WAS NICE TO SEE THIS 75,000.

AS YOU PROBABLY DO KNOW, THE SUNSHINE BUS COMPANY IS RUN BY THE COUNCIL. I DO AGREE WITH MR. SULLIVAN'S GAME THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO OUT FOR A BIT.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, DO YOU KNOW WHO RUNS THE BUS COMPANY? THE GUY WHO USED TO WASH THE BUS STOPS. NEVER DROVE A BUS, NEVER WAS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN HIS LIFE.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE COUNCIL, I WANT YOU TO ALWAYS REMEMBER, BECKY DONNIE RAN A CD HOTEL, HAS ZERO EXPERIENCE IN THE ELDERLY, SHE WAS LOCKED IN THE DOOR BY KATHY BROWN. KATHY BROWN IS DECEASED.

SHE SAID, HERE IS MY REPLACEMENT.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT BECKY ON ME ON THE COUNCIL.

ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO COLLEGE FOUR YEARS, GET THEIR MASTERS, THEIR PH.D., WHO ARE NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY TO APPLY FOR THAT DIRECTORS POSITION.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHY? THE MAN WHO IS SUSPENDED FROM THE BAR FOR 90 DAYS, JOSEPH BOWLES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING WANTED A PUPPET THERE WAS.

WHY? I THINK HIS SUSPENSION SAYS IT ALL. IF THERE'S ANY LACK OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THAT SITUATION, SHAME ON LAW

[Approval of Consent Agenda]

ENFORCEMENT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'M SAYING THEN. WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND.

[Additions/Deletions to Regular Agenda]

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>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.

PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASS IS 50.

ANY ADDITIONS OR DILUTION TO THE REGULAR JUNTA?

>> NONE. >> I'M SORRY, NONE.

>> COMMISSIONER? DEAN >> NONE.

I HAVE NONE. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD?

>> NONE. >> COMMISSIONER JOSEPH?

>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO DELETE ITEM ONE AND TWO BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OR TABLED UNTIL WE SEE WHAT THIS LIVE LOCAL ACTS BY OUR GOVERNOR DESANTIS JUST APPROVED LESS, WELL, TWO WEEKS AGO.

AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE SO, WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THAT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT.

WE ALL, AS A GROUP, SAID THAT WE REALLY WANT SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. HERE, IT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO READINGS. THE FIRST READING AND NOW THE SECOND READING OF THIS AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING SUBSIDIZED HOUSING BILL. WHEN I READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS REGARDING GOVERNOR DESANTIS'S BILL, A LOT OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT ON HERE, LAND USE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, STATE HOUSING STRATEGY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO HAVE A SECOND READING TODAY, NOT TO SAY YOU HAVE 180 DAYS FOR THE SECOND READING, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE IN A RUSH. I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST EXPLORE WITH THE BILL WAS FOR DESANTIS, LITERALLY TWO WEEKS AGO, AND INBETWEEN THE TWO FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? CAN I MAKE A MOTION ON THAT?

>> YES, MA'AM, YOU CAN. COMMISSIONER JANE, I BELIEVE --

>> I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT IDEA FOR AN ADDITIONAL REASON.

SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ITEMS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, WE CAN ONLY DO IT HERE. -- WE'RE ALWAYS CONSTRAINED IN EXPRESSING, I'LL CALL IT THOUGHTS THAT HAVE REALLY CAME TO ME OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IN MY BRIEFING MONDAY, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS LAST WEEK, I DON'T GET A BRIEFING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON, YESTERDAY.

I WAS REVISITING, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION ON AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR SOME TIME.

I GUESS I SHOULD START WITH AN APOLOGY, IT REALLY DIDN'T DAWN ON ME UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, MAYBE IN THE EVENING, THAT THERE ARE TWO KEY AREAS THAT I THINK WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT, I HAVE BEEN REMISS IN NOT BRINGING THEM FORWARD TO DISCUSS. ONE IS, I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF TIME PERIOD ON BOTH SALES AND RENTALS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEFORE THEY CAN BE FLIPPED.

I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION WORTHY OF SOME MORE THOUGHTS AND FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.

THAT'S THE FIRST REASON I SUGGEST IT MIGHT BE WELL, FOR MY SON, POINT TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS. VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, I THINK, BUT I RECEIVED ONLY YESTERDAY.

WE RECEIVED ALL THE SAME LETTER --

>> I JUST RECEIVED A. >> I REALLY DO AGREE.

THIS CAME IN THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING, SO, I WAS STUCK WITH THE DILEMMA, WHETHER TO RAISE THAT OR NOT.

I WAS GOING TO RAISE A, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE GONE FORWARD OR STILL MAY GO FORWARD. IN ANY EVENT, THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR THOSE WORKERS THAT WE WANT TO HELP, RIGHT? THAT'S, FOR ME, THE KEY ISSUE. I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME REFERENCE TO YOUR DEFINITION OF WHAT IS AFFORDABLE AND BILL HAS SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 30% OR MORE OF THOSE WHO, 30% MORE OF THEIR GROSS MONTHLY INCOME GOES FOR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS I WAS SORT OF TOSSING AROUND LAST NAME. AND I THOUGHT, BRINGING THOSE UP, MY SUGGESTION IS I WOULD SUPPORT MR. JOSEPH AND POSTPONING NOT ONLY THE LOCAL LEGISLATION, BUT THE REASONS I SUGGEST. -- ANY MOTION OF CONSENSUS THAT WE REACH.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I FRAMED THAT THE WAY I

WANTED TO. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

CAMERON JOSEPH, ARE YOU READY? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> GO AHEAD.

>> WE HAVE HER AND TO REASONS TO CONSIDER TABLING THIS ARE POSTPONING IT.

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TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES. HOW WILL THE LOOKALIKE IMPACT

HOUSING ZONING IN ST. JOHN COUNTY? >> IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ZONING CLASSIFICATION. THE 40% REDEMPTION BLAST TO AREAS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR MIXED-USE. THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. IT WOULDN'T FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX TO ADDRESS

AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES. >> OKAY. OKAY.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THE BILL WILL NOT IMPACT THE HOUSING, COMMISSIONER DEAN CONCERNS MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE HAD RECENTLY WE WANT TO HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER.

DO YOU HAVE A WINDOW UNDER WHICH YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT? ANOTHER 60 DAYS?

90 DAYS? >> NOT REALLY. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO RUSH THROUGH TODAY. I THOUGHT I HATE SURPRISES. I DIDN'T WANT TO FOCUS OUT ON THIS MORNING. EVERYONE SUGGESTED THIS TYPE OF BILL.

I JUST SLIPPED MY MIND, FRANKLY. WHETHER IT IS A FULL AGENDA ON THE 16TH. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD GO TO THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING IN JUNE, NO EARLIER. MAYBE LATER. CERTAINLY, LEAH ALREADY PRETTY

STACKED ON THE 16TH, I THINK. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN SUGGESTION LAST THAT WE HEARD THIS NOT ON THE 16TH BUT THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE, AS OPPOSED TO TODAY OR ON THE 16TH.

COMMISSIONER JOSEPH? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM ONE AND TWO TO THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. AS CHAIRMAN SEES FIT.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND!

>> WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INTO THE FIRST MEETING OF JUNE HAS PASSED 50. MR. MACON, ANYTHING ELSE THAT

WE NEED TO DO? >> ON THOSE TWO ITEMS, WE WILL RE-ADVERTISE THEM.

STAFF WILL RE-ADVERTISE THEM. NOTHING ELSE ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. THE BOARD STILL NEEDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND IMPROVE THE REGULAR GENDER BEFORE WE GO INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

>> IF MEMORY SERVES WE HAVE FOR COMMISSIONERS DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES.

[Approval of Regular Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE REGULAR AGENDA? >> NO, SIR.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR AGENDA AS AMENDED.

WE HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE. SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

>> THE REGULAR AGENDA IS APPROVED AS AMENDED WITH ITEMS ONE AND TWO MOVED TO THE FIRST MEETING OF JUNE. SO, WITH THAT, APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO CAME HERE TO ATTEND ITEMS ONE AND TWO. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE HERE TO

[3. Second Reading of Ordinance Relating to Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety within Public Road and Rights-of-Way.]

AGAIN, I EXTEND MY APOLOGIES TO YOU. I CERTAINLY DID NOT SEE THIS COMING. BUT, HERE WE ARE. WE ARE ON TO WHAT WAS FORMALLY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE WILL HEAR TODAY AS AGENDA NUMBER ONE.

MR. BULTHUIS? >> THE NUMBERING STAYS THE SAME, IF I MAY.

THIS IS STILL AND AND ITEM NUMBER THREE. ONE INTO YOUR UNEXPECTEDLY PULLED IT MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR MR. BULTHUIS TO GE THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING US A LITTLE BIT OF RACE WHILE MR. BULTHUIS SPRINTED ON THE STAIRS TO PRESENT ITEM NUMBER THREE.

>> BRADLEY BULTHUIS WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE. I HAVE CAUGHT MY BREATH, I'M READY TO GO. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY IN PUBLIC ROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY.

THE BOARD HEARD THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON APRIL 4TH.

AND SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS OR CALLS OR QUESTIONS FROM A PUBLIC INQUIRING OR RECOMMENDING OR

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IN SUMMARY, THIS COURT IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE HAD PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, INCLUDING IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

IN PARTICULAR, PEDESTRIANS REMAINING IN RIGHTS OF WAY TO PRESENT A RISK. YOU HEARD DURING THE FIRST READING TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ABOUT HOW THAT CAN PRESENT A DESTRUCTION AND CONFUSION FOR DRIVERS.

PARTICULARLY, PEDESTRIANS ARE LOCATED IN RIGHTS OF WAY WERE YOU NOT EXPECT THEM TO BE TOO CAUSED DRIVERS TO TAKE BASIC MANEUVERS. OR DRIVING AWAY THAT CAN UPSET TRAFFIC AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND CRASHES.

ALSO, WHEN WE HAVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PERSONS AND PEDESTRIANS WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF WAY, OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES, THAT CAN ALSO IMPEDE TRAFFIC FLOW, AND RISK TRAFFIC SAFETY.

SO, HENCE THIS ORDINANCE. THE KEY PROVISIONS RELATING TO APPLICABILITY AND USES WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF WAY, AND THE MECHANISMS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I WILL BRIEFLY REVIEW BECAUSE I KNOW -- MEETINGS AGO. BUT WE ARE TALKING ONLY ABOUT THE ROADWAYS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COUNTY OWNED ROADS WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES.

FOR INSTANCE, A ONE -- AND ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH.

IT'S A COUNTY ON ROAD. BUT THIS IS A POLICE POWER TYPE OF REGULATION IN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE SPEECH.

IT HAS JURISDICTION FOR ENFORCING TRAFFIC CODES AND THE LIKE WITHIN THIS JURISDICTION. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN DESIGNATED ROADS WHICH ARE OF A PARTICULAR CONCERN IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. THOSE WOULD BE A HIGHER SPEED, HIGHER TRAFFIC ROADS. INTERSTATES, INCLUDING THE EXCHANGES OF RAMPS, ARTERIAL ROADS, COLLECTIVE ROADS.

AND THE APPROACHES TO THOSE ROADS ON LOCAL ROADS.

ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVEL LANES AND THEN OUTSIDE THE SHOULDER AND CURB.

SO, THAT'S THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITY. THE GENERAL PROHIBITION IS AGAINST ANY'S OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY IN A MANNER THAT INTERFERES WITH THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM PLACE TO PLACE ON A PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY. SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT THOSE PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND THE OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE TRANSFER OF PRODUCTS, MATERIALS, OR MONEY, WHILE THAT VEHICLE IS LOCATED ON THE TRAVEL PORTION OF THE DESIGNATED ROADWAY AND NOT LEGALLY PARKED.

THE SECOND SPECIFIC PROHIBITION WILL BE STOPPING, STANDING, OR OTHERWISE OCCUPYING REMAINING -- AFTER YOU'VE HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SAFELY AND LEGALLY CLEAR THE MEDIAN. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, OF COURSE. I THINK THESE ARE UNDERSTANDABLE AND FAIRLY COMMON SENSE.

WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT STOP SOMEBODY INSIDE THE ROAD, HAS TO INTERACT WITH THAT VEHICLE OCCUPANT, THAT IS GONNA BE ACCEPTED IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION WORK ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF, INCLUDING THE MEDIAN, THOSE FOLKS WOULD BE ACCEPTED, AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, YOUR VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN, YOU HAVE TO PULL INTO THE MEDIAN, THERE'S A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, IF THE PLAN TO THE MEDIAN, AGAIN, THAT'S AN EXCEPTION, BUSES, PUBLIC TRANSIT STOPPING ALONG THE ROADWAY TO PICK UP PASSENGERS, THAT'S AN EXCEPTION.

IF THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT IN THE ROADWAY, PERMITTED BY THE COUNTY, FOLKS, PEDESTRIANS WILL BE ABLE TO BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AT THAT EVENT. IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, THE FIRST VIOLATION IS CIVIL INFRACTION OF UP TO $500, AND SECOND, ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH COULD INCLUDE A 500 DOLLAR FINE AND UP TO 60 DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT. BECAUSE THIS CAN BE A REPETITIVE VIOLATION, IF THE VIOLATION OCCURS MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AFTER'S BEEN CORRECTED, THAT CAN BE A SECOND VIOLATION.

VEHICLE OCCUPANTS CAN ALSO BE VIOLATED TO AIDING AND ABETTING IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. THERE IS A PROVISION WHERE THE SHERIFF WOULD ISSUE WARNINGS FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTED, AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, AS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORNAMENTS. I WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE HERE TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT AS WELL ABOUT THIS WE, THE INFORMATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

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AS I SAID, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC SUGGESTING ANY CHANGES OR ANY CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY IN A MOMENT. IF THE BOARD IS SO INCLINED, WE DO HAVE A MOTION PROPOSED TO ENACT THE ORDINANCE.

THAT IS IT, UNLESS THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

>> MR. BULTHUIS, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, TO RECAP FROM LAST TIME. THIS WILL INTERFERE WITH FOLKS STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK, ADVERTISING FOR BUSINESS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> RIGHT, THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT.

SO, THE SIDEWALK, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? FOLKS EXPECT TO SEE PEDESTRIANS ON SIDEWALKS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNATED FOR. DRIVERS OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT. SO, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY RISKS ABOUT THAT. THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT FOLKS ACTING DISTRACTEDLY.

THIS DOESN'T FOCUS ON THAT. THERE ALSO IS A QUESTION, I BELIEVE, LAST TIME, ABOUT AN INTERVIEW WITH COMMISSIONER JOSEPH MENTIONED SOMEBODY DRIVING A BIKE IN THE BIKE LANE WITH A SIGN THAT, WELL, AGAIN, LIKE PEDESTRIANS ON SIDEWALKS, WE EXPECT BICYCLISTS TO BE IN THE BICYCLE LANE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THEREFORE. DRIVERS DRIVE ACCORDINGLY.

THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BULTHUIS. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, MADAM VICE CHAIR,

LET'S HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA NIGHT THREE.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CAN STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS, EACH PERSON WILL BE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHAW COMPLY WITH THE BOARDS RULES OF DECORUM, COMMENT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD IS A HOLE AND NOT ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, MAY NOT INCLUDE A DEMAND FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD.

NO ONE MAY ADDRESS WITH PERSONAL, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BOISTEROUS BEHAVIOR. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ANY DISRUPTIVE DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY KIND. FINALLY, I WOULD ASK THAT ANY SPEAKER THAT PRESENTS OVERHEAD MATERIAL, LET'S PRESENT THAT MATERIAL TO THE STAFF FOR THE COURT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK, YOU TOM REYNOLDS, -- SOUTH CITY, THREE TO 080.

I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A WHYK THE LAW ON THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEMS AND NOT DO PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE FOR, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU DID NOT OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT, THE STATE LAW IS CLEAR, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ALL OF ITEMS YOU VOTE, ON THE NEED TO OPEN IT UP. IS THERE ANY REASON YOU DIDN'T DO THAT? IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THIS COMMISSION DECIDED TO BREAK THE LAW ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT

SUBJECT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? >> IF WE BROKE THE LAW, I'D LIKE TO CORRECT IT. [INAUDIBLE].

[INAUDIBLE]. >> SHARE, PUBLIC COMMENT NEEDS TO OCCUR BEFORE VOTERS TAKEN ON THE MATTER.

SO, A SUBSTANTIVE VOTE IS TAKEN ON THE MATTER, THIS MATTER HAS NOT BEEN VOTED ON YET. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO.

YOU WILL NEED TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE YOU VOTE.

SO, IF THIS MATTER COMES BACK ON JUNE 6TH, WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON JUNE 6TH, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW.

>> WE HAVE SHAPE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WERE TAKING ACTION ON THE

ITEM, NONE TABLING? >> CORRECT, PUBLIC COMMENT, ON A PROCEDURAL ASPECT, SUCH AS THAT, NOT REQUIRED UNDER

FLORIDA LAW. >> SO, AT THE RISK OF BEATING A DEAD OR, INSTEAD WE ARE DOING NOT BREAK THE LAW?

>> WE DID NOT BREAK THE LAW. >> DID NOT BREAK THE LAW.

>> DID NOT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER PUBLIC ITEM OR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JUDY SPIEGEL, I LIVE AT 101 -- AND ST. AUGUSTINE. FIRST OF ALL, I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED THAT I DID NOT GET BACK TO THE YOUNG MAN WHO JUST OF THE PRESENTATION, I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, IT HAPPENED SO FAST, IT FLEW RIGHT OUT OF ME, SO, I'LL JUST SAY, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND WITH THIS IN MIND AND OBSERVATIONS ARE IF THAT LAW WAS ENACTED, THIS WOULD BE BETTER, THAT WOULD BE BETTER, THIS WOULD BE BETTER, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE NOTICE WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AT THE TIME, NOT FOR ANY PERSONAL A MEANT ON ANYBODY'S EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE A LIVING OR WHATEVER.

BUT FOR SAFETY AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

THE CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE ALSO ARE LIABLE AND SO, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I CAN GET WITH HIM AFTERWARD, HOW IT CAN BE HELPFUL IN GETTING THE WORD OUT AND LETTING PEOPLE

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THANK YOU, MISS SPIEGEL. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> MISTER CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULDN'T MIND RESPONDING TO IN THE SPIEGEL.

I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER ON HER FIRST QUESTION TO SPEAK WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLKS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE DRAFTING A MESSAGE FOR PRESS RELIEVE, POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS I SAID THE SHERIFF WILL BE ISSUING WARNINGS AND SPECIFIC WRITTEN OBLIGATIONS. HOPEFULLY, THIS SPIEGEL, IF ANY OF YOU ARE FACEBOOK RUNNING THING LIKE THAT FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE COUNTY THAN THAT WOULD HELP TO SPREAD AND SHARE THAT. LIKE. THAT SPREAD IT OUT TO GROUPS.

LATVIA VERY HELPFUL. IN TERMS OF PRIVATE SHOPPING CENTER ENTRANCES, IT DOES DEPEND ON WHERE THE PERSON IS LOCATED. IF THE PERSON IS WITHIN A MEDIAN, THAT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT WOULD NOT BE COVERED HERE.

THE PRIVATE SHOPPING CENTER WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ISSUE TRESPASSES AND ALIKE.

IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THEN, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SHOPPING CENTER ONE OF THE COUNTY HE'S ARTERIAL ROADS.

THEY WOULD BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT COULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO -- IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE SPECIFIC, PLANNING ON WHERE THE PERSON IS LOCATED.

THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A MEDIAN WITHIN THE APPROACH GIVEN THE RIGHT OF WAY -- LIVING IN AN ARTERIAL DOESN'T MIDWAY, AS. WELL THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO

CITATION OR A VIOLATION. >> THANK YOU MR. WHITEHURST. COMMISSIONER ALAIMO?

>> I WANTED TO THINK BRAD ENOUGH STAFF ARE PUTTING ON THIS OR NOT TO PUTTING IT TOGETHER. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS A NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

I THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL IMPROVE THE OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY.

I WOULD OFFER A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2023 RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN ROADS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.

>> SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALAIMO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

I WOULD WANT TO THANK THE ST. JOHN'S KHAMENEI COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I CANNOT CREATE A LAW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENFORCE. THEY REALLY STEPPED UP AND IT'S PART OF.

AND I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. SUPPORTING THIS IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS INTENDED. THANK. YEAR WITH NO OTHER COMMENTS,

[4. St. Johns County Brand Development Project.]

BULTHUIS >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. >> THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

WHICH IS OUR BRAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ANNE TERA MEEKS, GOOD MORNING.

WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING. TERA MEEKS, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. I'M HERE THIS MONEY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR NEW ST. JOHN'S COUNTY BRAND. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.

IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE TOOK ON BECAUSE WE KNOW A QUALITY BRAND CAN HELP OUR COUNTY BUILD AN IDENTITY AND HELP US CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS AND STRENGTHS THAT WE, THE COUNTY, HOW TO OFFER BOTH POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND RESIDENTS. BECAUSE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY IS ALREADY GROWING VERY QUICKLY, AND WE HAVE MANY NEW RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE WHO MOVED HERE EACH DAY, THE INTENT AND FOCUS OF DEVELOPING THIS NEW BRAND WAS FOR IMPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING AND HELP BUILD A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AS A NO, THIS NEW BRAND WILL NOT OF REPLACE OUR OFFICIAL COUNTY SEAL. THE COUNTY WILL MAINTAIN THAT SEAL.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL IT ON, BUT I WILL, CALL OFFICIAL ACCOUNTING BUSINESS.

THINGS ALONG WITH OUR ORDINANCES AND OUR RESOLUTIONS. OTHERWISE, THIS BRAND WILL BE MORE OF OUR OUTWARD FACING BRAND. WE WILL START TO SEE IT IN A LOT OF PLACES, WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM HERE IN THESE COMING SLIDES.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE -- ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PLAYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA OF PURSUING A BRAND IS THE BETTER PROMOTION AND MARKETING OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTY. TO HELP GROW THAT ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OF THE COUNTY. WE REACHED OUT TO I.D.E.A., THE

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THEM THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING THIS BRAND.

THEY AGREED TO ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND PROVIDE $250,000 OF FUNDING.

SOME OF THAT FUNDING WAS USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAND.

AND THEN SOME OF THAT FUNDING WILL ALSO BE USED TO TAKE THIS BRAND AND TO DEVELOP CONTENT AND START TO DO PROMOTIONS FOR IT. AGAIN, STARTING TO SOLICIT OURSELVES AS A GREAT PLACE TO COME AND DO THIS. SO.

WITH THAT, WE NOW KIND OF HAD OUR FOCUS. WE HAD OUR FUNDING.

WE STARTED ON THE RESEARCH ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS A BRAND THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE DID EXTENSIVELY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO TRY TO GET THEIR INPUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND DO BUSINESS HERE FEEL OUR STRENGTH, WEAKNESSES, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT IMPROBABLY THINGS WE SHOULDN'T SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. IN TOTALLY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM MORE THAN 2150 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

WE REACHED OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS. WE COORDINATED A SERIES OF FOCUS GROUPS THAT TARGETED DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF PROMINENT PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE DID ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS. WE HAD AN EXTERNAL SURVEY THAT WE ACTUALLY SENT TO OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. WE ASKED OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES, WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT US? WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT? US WHEN YOU SAY ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, WHAT COMES TO MIND? GOOD, BAD, OTHERWISE. WE DID AN INTERNAL COMMUNITY SURVEY. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT OUR INTERNAL COMMUNITY SURVEY IS THE COMPANY THAT HELPED US WITH THE RESEARCH COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT NOTED THAT FOR THE SIZE OF OUR COUNTY WE HAD ONE OF THE GREATEST RESPONSE RATES THAT THEY HAD EVER SEEN. THAT LETS US KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY DOES.

CARE THEY REALLY ARE INVOLVED. THEY DO WANT US TO HAVE A BRAND.

ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT. THEY UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF HAVING THE VALUE THAT BROUGHT THE BUSINESS COMPONENT HERE. AND TO HELP UNIFY OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL. IT'S MOSTLY ALL OF THE NEW ONES WHO ARE MOVING HERE.

SO, WITH ALL OF OUR RESEARCH IN HAND WE FOUND A COMPANY WHO WAS GOING TO HELP US ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THE BRAND. AND WE LANDED ON A COMPANY WHO WAS A LOCAL, HOMEGROWN, COMPANY, THEY ARE CALLED FUTURE FRIENDS. THEY ARE A LOCAL BUSINESS. THEY ALL RESIDE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY ALL ARE ALSO BLACK LEARN GRADUATES WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM. THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM. WE SHARE THE RESEARCH WITH THEM WE TALKED THROUGH THAT RESEARCH AND WHAT WE FELT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. THESE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT WE HAD COME ACROSS THROUGH THIS AT THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS. SOME IDEAS THAT WE HAD AND SOME IDEAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THEY WENT OFF THEY CAME BACK TO US AND THEY BROUGHT US A SERIES OF CONCEPTS. WE SELECTED THOSE. WE WORKED ON THEM TO DO MORE FOCUS GROUPS INTERNALLY WORKING WITH STAFF OVER THE COURSE OF QUITE A FEW MORE MONTHS BUT WE CAME UP WITH WAS AN ENTIRE SUITE OF LOGOS. AN ENTIRE BRAND THAT SUPPORTS THIS THIS ONE HERE WILL BE OUR PRIMARY LOGO THIS WILL BE THE LOGO THAT WE GO TO AS OUR FIRST CHOICE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT A LOG ON SOMETHING. WE WILL GO FOR THIS NICE CIRCULAR LOGO. IT HAS HERE, YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, ST. JOHN'S COUNTY.

WE ALSO, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, CAME UP WITH THE TAGLINE FOR OURSELVES.

FLORIDA AT FIRST SIGHT. IT IS BOTH A NOD TO OUR HISTORY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE. WE DO INCLUDE ON HERE OUR STAB LISHMAN DATE OF 1821. WE ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AND BE MINDFUL OF AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US. THE IDEA HERE WAS WE WOULD HAVE A COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE THINGS IN THE COUNTY THAT HELPED TO MAKE A SENIOR. THAT HELPED MAKE US A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES HERE.

BEACHES, WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PORCH. OF COURSE, PLENTY OF WATER HERE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. SINCE WE PUT OUR LOGO ON ALL SORTS OF THINGS FROM BUSINESS CARDS, LETTERHEAD, ENVELOPES, THE SITES VEHICLES. I KNOW COLIN HAS VISIONS OF PUTTING THIS ON THE SIDE OF A WATER TOWER. THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES WE PUT OUR LOGO. WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A FEW DIFFERENT LOOKS FOR THE SLOW GO. WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. WE CAN SEE HERE THAT THE NEXT TWO LOGOS, MORE OF A SHIELD SHAPE, INCLUDE JUST THE COUNTIES INITIALS SJC THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN THE SMALLER PRINT, STAYING LEGIBLE. WE HAVE A HORIZONTAL VERSION OF THE LOG HERE. WE HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED OTHER ICONS HERE.

WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT GIVES US AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL HISTORY AND THE

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IN ADDITION TO THIS SET OF LOGOS, FUTURE FRIENDS CREATED FOR US AN ENTIRE BRAND GUIDELINE. THESE GUIDELINES WILL LET US KNOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE BRANDS CAN BE USED. IT IS REALLY OUR TOOL BOX ... IT SETS OUT OUR FONTS, LOGOS, COLOR PALETTE. IT GIVES US INSIGHT INTO HOW WE CAN APPLY THIS TO UNIFORMS, VEHICLES, TO PHOTOS, MARKETING MATERIAL. WE HAVE, THAT IT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE WALL. IT IS ALSO BEING MADE AVAILABLE, READILY, TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, INCLUDING ALL DEPARTMENT STAFF,. WE TOOK OUR LOGOS A STEP FURTHER. WE APPLIED THEM, WE APPLIED THE DEPARTMENT NAMES TO THEM.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE CIRCLE LOGO AS WE HAVE REPLACED THAT FLORIDA AT FIRST SIGHT WITH THE NAME OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THE PREFERENCE WILL BE TO USE THAT OVERALL COUNTY LOGO, FIRST AND FOREMOST. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN DEPARTMENTS HAVE A NEED FOR SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS THEIR INDIVIDUALITY, AS WELL.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE CIRCLE LOGOS, WE HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED THEIR NAMES HERE WITH THESE ALTERNATIVE SHE'LL BASE LOGOS, AS WELL.

THE BRAND WILL SET OUT -- IT DOES SET OUT A SET OF COLORS THAT WE CAN USE.

THE IDEA HERE IS WE HAVE PRIMA COLOR, WHICH IS NAVY. A SET OF SECONDARY COLOR WHICH IT IS THE SAINT JOHN COUNTY YELLOW, THE RIVER BLUE AND FOLIAGE.

WE HAVE THESE ACCENT COLORS. THE NICE BRIGHT COLOR. THE TRUE BLUE, CITRUS, SEAWEED, AND SKY. THESE ARE COLORS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN OUR MARKETING MATERIALS GOING FORWARD. THE COLOR SCHEME THAT WILL USE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WHEN WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER MATERIALS THAT HAVE A COLOR SCHEME BEYOND JUST WHITE AND BLACK, THIS WILL BE THE COLOR SCHEME THAT WE PULL FROM. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOGO WILL LOOK LIKE APPLIED TO SHIRTS. OUR BRANDING GUIDELINES TO SET OUT A SET OF COLORS FOR SHIRTS SO WE KEEP THAT NICE COORDINATION.

WE HAVE A NICE PROFESSIONAL LOOK AND FEEL. WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FROM THE SHIELD IT CAN BE SHOWN IN THE NICE BRIGHT WHITE ON A DARKER COLORED SHIRT OR A UNIFORM COLOR OF THE DARK BLUE ON A LIGHTER COLOR LIKE A KHAKI SHIRT OR A WHITE SHIRT.

THAT GRAY SHIRT UP AT THE TOP, WE CAN ALSO DISPLAY IT AS A NICE FULL COLOR LOGO.

AGAIN, WE WILL BE PUTTING THIS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE SIDE OF VEHICLES. WE WILL EXPECT TO START TO SEE THIS AROUND LOGO SHOW UP ON THE SIDE OF NEW VEHICLES FIRST. AS WE GET THE NEW VEHICLES WE WILL START TO APPLY IT TO THOSE AS THEY COME IN. AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION WE WILL START TO REPLACE THE OLDER LOGOS ON EXISTING VEHICLES. SO, THIS WILL BE A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION. WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS BRAND TODAY.

SO, THE INITIAL, IMMEDIATE, IMPLEMENTATION WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION. SOCIAL MEDIA. EMAIL SIGNATURES.

THINGS THAT ARE EASILY UPDATED TODAY. POWERPOINT TEMPLATES.

WE ARE USING THAT VERSION HERE THIS MORNING. WE WILL ALSO START TO UPDATE LETTERHEAD AND BUSINESS CARDS. LETTERHEAD WILL BE, OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING THAT WE PRINT GOING FORWARD. BUSINESS CARDS WILL START TO INCORPORATE THIS AS WE DO NEW ORDERS FOR PEOPLE RUNNING LOW ON THEIR STOCK. UNIFORMS AND SIGNAGE, AGAIN, AS WE NEED TO ORDER THOSE GOING FORWARD THEY WILL START WITH THE NEW LOG ON THEM.

A NEW COLOR SCHEME. WE DO NOT INTEND TO GO BACK AND START TO ORDER STUFF THAT IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WILL BE A ROLE IN OVER, HONESTLY, PROBABLY SERIES OF YEARS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. WE WILL START OUT PRETTY IMMEDIATELY.

SHOWING UP IN A VARIETY OF PLACES. AN ONGOING PROJECT WILL BE THE VEHICLE DECALS THEY WILL SHOW FIRST ON THE NEW VEHICLES HAVE TO COME AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO PLACE WHERE WE ARE REPLACING THE DETAILS THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

EXISTING SIGNAGE A LOT OF TIME EXISTING SIGNAGE WILL BE REPLACED.

AS YOU GO TO REPLACE THAT SIGNAGE WE WILL UPDATE THINGS [LAUGHS] REDESIGN IT AND MAKE IT LOOK IN KEEPING WITH THE BRAND AND THE MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WE DEVELOP WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A SERIES OF NEW MARQUEE MATERIALS FOR THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSE ... THAT WILL BE FUNDED [LAUGHS] IN PART [LAUGHS] WITH THE I.D.E.A. PARTNERSHIP DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE ... LOOKING TO THE LONG TERM [LAUGHS] WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS BRAND EXPAND ACROSS SOME OF OUR SPECIALTY ITEMS [LAUGHS] WHETHER IT IS THE LARGER VEHICLES LIKE IT PURCHASED ...

SPECIALTY VEHICLES [LAUGHS] CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ... AND SOME DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC ITEMS ... THE ONES I THREW OUT EARLIER THAT I KNOW COLIN IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT

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THEY GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED US TO USE THEM [LAUGHS] AS WELL ... THIS IS OUR NEW BRAND ... LIKE I SAID [LAUGHS] THIS IS THE PRIMARY ONE ... I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ...

[INAUDIBLE] ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS MEEKS! [INAUDIBLE] I ... IT IS BEAUTIFUL [LAUGHS] I LIKE HOW YOU INCORPORATED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF FLORA IN AGRICULTURE ... THE OCEAN [LAUGHS] THE BIRDS.

I LOVE ... IT THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, THIS IS ALL BEFORE BEING APPROVED [LAUGHS] WHAT IS THE BUDGET? HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO DO ALL OF THIS?

>> SO, THE WHOLE LITTLE FUNDING PROVIDED BY I.D.E.A. WAS $250,000.

LIKE I SAID, THAT COVERED THE BULK OF THE ACTUAL BRAND DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WILL ALSO HELP DEVELOP ECONOMIC TO AMEND SPECIFIC MATERIALS.

AT THE START TO ROLL OUT THE NEW ECONOMIC MATERIALS, THESE WILL BE FUNDED BY IDEA FUNDING, HAS BEEN A TOTAL BUDGET OF 250. THINGS LIKE THE SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES UPDATES TO EMAIL SIGNATURES. THERE IS REALLY NO COST TO THAT, OTHER THAN THE TIME IT TAKES TAFT IMPLEMENTED. THAT IS LOW TO NO COST. ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS. UNIFORMS, BUSINESS CARDS, WE ARE REALLY GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT IS PART OF REGULAR BUSINESS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET AND WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYWAYS. BUT WHEN WE GO TO ORDER NEW ORDER FORMS IT WILL HAPPEN TO HAVE THE NEW COUNTY CRUST ... IT WILL HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COST, EITHER.

>> I'M SORRY, WHAT IS I.D.E.A.? [INAUDIBLE] INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

IT IS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT MEETS MONTHLY. COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST IS THE REPRESENTATIVE THERE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS ... THEY NEED MONTHLY.

THEY ASSIST WITH BOND FUNDING OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING TO THE COUNTY OR EXPANDING AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTY ... [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] ANYBODY ELSE! [INAUDIBLE] ALTHOUGH THIS IS A PRESENTATION [LAUGHS] WE DO NOT HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ... WE ONLY HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE VICE CHAIR [LAUGHS] PLEASE ... [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME THE HATE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM AGENDA

NUMBER FOUR. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD MORNING ... >> [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS GOVERNMENT WASTE AND IT WEARS ... A QUARTER OF 1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A BRAND? I THINK WE COULD'VE HAD ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY INTO A BETTER JOB FOR LESS MONEY. ALBERT MCKINLEY DIRECTS, IN THE SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER, ONCE SAID FAMOUSLY [LAUGHS] MY FATHER'S FAVORITE COMEDIAN [LAUGHS] A BILLION DOLLARS HERE A BILLION DOLLARS THERE.

PRECISION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REAL MONEY. THE ONLY THING ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE ON THIS MEETING, ON THIS AGENDA, IS 66 WORDS. NONE OF THESE MATERIALS WERE ON THE WEBSITE. PLEASE MOVE TO TABLE THIS. PLEASE MOVE TO DISCONTINUE ANY FUNDING FOR THE GRANTING EFFORT. PLEASE REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY INSPECTOR GENERAL DO AN AUDIT AND AN INVESTIGATION OF SPENDING OF A QUARTER OF 1 MILLION DOLLARS ON A COUNTY BRAND. WAS THERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR THIS CONTRACT? I HAVE SOME COSTUMES HERE, THEY NEED JOBS ... THIS IS SILLINESS. IT REMINDS ME OF LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, DURING THE BICENTENNIAL OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS CAME UP WITH A SLOGAN. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SLOGAN? 200 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE.

200 YEARS OF? EXCELLENCE IT INCLUDES THE PERIOD OF JIM CROW SEGREGATION.

IT INCLUDES THE PERIOD OF SLAVERY. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE 200 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY HISTORY. I THINK WE HAD A HISTORY OF WHITE SUPREMACY, MISMANAGEMENT, FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE. TO PARIS -- DAVIS, SEGREGATIONISTS THERE. 1000 DEMONSTRATED A RESTED AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, TRYING TO GET CIVIL RIGHTS HERE IN 1964 ... THIS IS SILLY ... THIS BRANDING [LAUGHS] IT IS A WASTE ... WHO WANTED! THIS WHO AUTHORIZED THIS! WAS THERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING! WHY ARE WE HERE BEING PATRONIZED ABOUT BRANDING FOR ST. JOHN'S! I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY POLLING FROM THE COUNTY .. I DON'T RECALL GETTING ANY EMAILS ... I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANYTHING ON THE COUNTIES WEBSITE ABOUT THIS EFFORT ...

WHEN YOU ARE TALKING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY [LAUGHS] I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR MEETINGS TELEVISED ... EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE AND FORWARD AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY NEEDS TO BE TELEVISED ... I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR DELIBERATION AS TO WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!

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YOU [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU ... GOOD MORNING ... [INAUDIBLE] GOOD MORNING [LAUGHS] COMMISSIONERS ... MONDAY'S DR. MICHELLE S PUBLICITY I RESIDE AT 109 KING SCORELINE ST.

AUGUSTINE BEACH [LAUGHS] FLORIDA ... ON A PROPOSAL SUCH AS THIS [LAUGHS] I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THIS EXPANDED INTO THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY ... WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS THAT COULD COME UP WITH SOME VERY CREATIVE REPRESENTATION FOR BRANDING ...

MY SUGGESTION IS YOU PUT THIS UP FOR OF ALL ... PUBLIC VOTE ... WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN COME UP WITH HERE ... OR, TURN BACK TO THE STARTING LINE AND GIVE THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES TO COME UP WITH IMAGINATIVE REPRESENTATIONS [LAUGHS] ARTISTICALLY [LAUGHS] FOR WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE AS A BRAND FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY ... THANK YOU VERY MUCH ... [INAUDIBLE] THANK [LAUGHS] YOU SIR ... ... LIPS THREE TO 780. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I LOVE THE SHIRTS. I LOVE THE LOGO. I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE COLLEGE STUDENTS DID IT LOCALLY. I THOUGHT IT WAS LONG OVERDUE.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S OLDEST COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO THE COMMISSION, AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE HAD A LOT OF OBSERVATIONS. EMPLOYEES ARE HERE.

I'VE ALWAYS FOUND MISS MEEKS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE EMPLOYEE. THE HARDEST WORKER.

SHE DEALS WITH THE MOST PEOPLE. DURING THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETINGS SHE HAS NUMEROUS PEOPLE ASKING HER QUESTIONS. HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUSINESSES. APPOINTED PEOPLE I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF THEY REALLY TRULY IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DECADE, IT WOULD BE MISS MEEKS. A VERY HARD WORKER.

I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE HERE IN ST. JOHN COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS DWIGHT MILLER.

I LIVE A 11 -- ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK THE LEGAULT -- KIND OF STAND THE CONCERNS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RAISED BUT I DO THINK IT IS A NICE LOGO. -- CARE, WHO I AM REPRESENTING TODAY, WE ARE PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THERE IS A NEW APPROACH TO TOURISM AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY.

MORE INCLUSIVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. AND HERITAGE THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE JUST WANT, HOWEVER, TO ADVOCATE THAT EFFORTS CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AND EMBRACE, EXPLICITLY, EXPLICITLY AND COOPERATIVE ALONG AND RICH BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ESPECIALLY OUR IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY, GOING FORWARD. WE HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND REALLY REINFORCE THAT IMPORTANT HISTORY.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

CHUCK LAB ANNOUNCED, B-17S 48 NORTH COMPARABLE. NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST US HERE LEE FOR THIS PROGRAM? I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PRICE WHATSOEVER. I KNOW WE HAVE A QUARTER MILLION ALREADY SPENT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, ALSO, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY ON SHIRTS?

THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER. I'M ELIZABETH -- PRESIDENT OF THE ST. JOHN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT 100 SOUTH BOULEVARD IN ST. AUGUSTINE.

I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU, AND THANK YOU, FOR THE RESEARCH THAT YOU HAVE DONE THAT HAS RESULTED IN THIS INTEGRAL BRAND FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. FIRST, AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE CONSULTANT'S A LOCAL BUSINESS. THEY ARE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

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TELLING YOU WHAT ST. JOHN'S COUNTY MEANS TO THEM. YOUR BRANDING CONSULTANT CAPTURED THE INPUT AND TURNED IT INTO A CRITICAL TOOL FOR PROMOTING ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AND COMMUNICATING WHO WE ARE THE BRAND ALLOWS US TO HAVE A STRONG AND MORE MODERN UNIFIED VOICE. THE BRAND IS WIDE ENOUGH TO BE USED ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF USES. IN, FACT IT ELEVATES OUR JOINT ECONOMIC IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AS WE PARTNER WITH THIS COMMISSION TO TELL THE BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. THIS EFFORT WILL HELP BRING IN MORE DESIRABLE TARGETED BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO SAINT JOHN COUNTY WHICH, IN RETURN, WILL REQUESTS, WILL BRING HOME MORE JOBS. AND FOR RESIDENTS INCREASE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

IN ADDITION THE NATURE AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS LOGO LEND THEMSELVES TO SHARE OUR TOURISM SUCCESS STORY, AS WELL. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BRANDING EFFORT IS MORE THAN A LOG OF. NOT ONLY IS IT A NECESSITY FOR TELLING THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE, TODAY. IT ALSO SERVES AS A LAUNCHING PAD IN GETTING FUTURE INITIATIVES AS WE CONTINUE TO STRATEGICALLY OR FIND WHO WE THANK YOU TO YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR A WELL EXECUTED NEWS ST. JOHN'S COUNTY BRAND.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY I CONCUR WITH MR. REYNOLDS FOR IGNORING THE COMMENT REFERRING TO TARA MEEKS.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JUDY SPIEGEL, I LIVE AT -- WILLOW GRAIN. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WISE TO SAY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME UP, BUT THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS LOGO AND THE VARIATIONS OF IT ARE THAT IT REALLY CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. THERE ARE NO HIGH-RISES AND NO GIANT BUILDINGS AND IT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT FUNDED, THIS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FLAVOR AND FEEL. AS MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND, JOSÉ SAYS, WHO HAS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, THIS IS AN AREA DEFINED BY THE BUILDINGS IT HAS.

WE ARE REALLY EMBRACING WHAT ST. JOHN'S COUNTY'S.

YOU ARE HERE TRYING TO PRESERVE THEM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I MAY SAY THE COLORS, I MAY HAVE GONE A LITTLE BRIGHTER, BUT THAT'S ME. I THINK IT'S VERY NICE AND I AGREE, MISS MEEKS DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH A PRESENTATION IN THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE.

SO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA 8 AM NUMBER FOUR? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

>> THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OUR, BOARD WERE NOT VOTING ON THIS. THIS IS ALREADY DONE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO ECHO MR. REYNOLDS IN TELLING TARA WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB SHE DOES. WE WORK TOGETHER NOW FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS AND SHE DOES OUTSTANDING WORK.

SHOULD BE COMPLEMENTED ON THIS BRANDING EFFORT.

NUMBER TWO, BASED ON MY BUDDY DOCTOR MICHELLE'S COMMENT, TARA, DO YOU -- YOU PARTICIPATED AT SOME LEVEL AS PART OF OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL DIRECTOR.

ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT EFFORT WAS GIVEN TO RECOGNIZING, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WONDERFUL MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE? TWO DIFFERENT JACKSONVILLE TV STATIONS LAST NIGHT HIGHLIGHTED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF TO TWO MINUTES OF THE SING AND LAND AND THE FACT THAT MOM 14 SONS ARE COMING BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER. IT PROBABLY WILL GENERATE 25,000 PEOPLE AND BRANCHES STILL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS IN THIS COUNTY. WHICH CHRISTINA MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, AND SHE WAS HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTED TO ELABORATE SINCE WE NOW HAVE ROUGHLY AN HOUR TO KILL BEFORE

PUBLIC COMMENTS. >> I'LL TRY NOT TO USE THAT WHOLE HOUR. SO, ONE OF THE REALLY NEAT THINGS ABOUT THIS BRAND IS THAT IT DOES HAVE THIS COMPILATION OF THESE DIFFERENT ICONS. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS PRIMARY, ONE WE TRIED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT MAKE US UNIQUE AND MAKE US A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. AND TO ENJOY ON A DAILY BASIS.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE ARE DOING OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND OUR STUDIES,

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IT'S HARD. WE DID, IT WAS HEARTFELT AND IT'S HARD TO CAPTURE THAT IN A LOGO.

IT'S HARD TO CAPTURE ALL THOSE COMPONENTS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS APPROACH VERY APPEALING TO THOSE OF US WORKING ON THE PROJECT.

AS I HAD SHOWED YOU, HERE THIS WILL BE OUR PRIMARY LOGO.

HERE IN THIS NEXT, SET WE DO HAVE THE SECONDARY LOGOS.

YOU DO INCLUDE SOME ALTERNATE, IMAGES WE DID INCORPORATED AMATEUR OF A PLANT THAT IS GROWING OUT OF A FIELD THAT HELPS TO REPRESENT THAT AGRICULTURAL COMPONENT.

ALSO SOMETHING THAT LENDS ITSELF MORE TOWARDS THAT RECREATIONAL COMPONENT WITH THE KAYAK.

WE LOOKED A LOT OF TRYING TO REPRESENT THE ART AND MUSIC COMPONENT AND IT IS CHALLENGING. BECAUSE THE IMAGERY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS HARD TO PUT INTO A LOGO.

HOWEVER, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IF IT BECOMES EVIDENT TO US THAT WE DO NEED TO EXPAND OUR BRAND FURTHER TO CAPTURE ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY GRAB HERE, WE CAN DO THAT WITH THIS BRAND. AS LONG AS WE KEEP THIS CONSISTENT LOOK AND FEEL AND COLOR SCHEME, WHICH I'M GOING TO KNOW TO THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN HERE, APPEAR, IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH IT ON TV YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE BLUES ARE A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER AND THE YELLOW IS BRIGHTER. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DARK IF YOU'RE LOOKING UP HERE ON THIS MAINSTREAM SCREEN.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT BRAND TO MEET THE NEEDS AS A COUNTRY GROWS AND SOME OF THE NEEDS BECOME EVIDENT.

BUT THIS IS OUR INAUGURAL BRAND, WE REALLY ARE STARTING WITH ESSENTIALLY NOTHING. WE ARE STARTING WITH A BLANK SLATE. WHEN YOU ARE AS AWESOME AS WE, ARE IT'S HARD TO GRAB ALL OF THAT.

THIS WILL LET US GROW THAT BRAND AND MODIFY THAT BRAND IN THE FUTURE TO MODIFY AND MEET OUR NEEDS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK, YOU MISS MEEKS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.

MISTER MEGHAN, PROCEDURALLY, I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING TIME FOR 1 PM. WOULD IT BE PROPER FIRST TO GO

INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW? >> YES, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SHARING IT.

BECAUSE THAT SHADE MEETING ALSO STARTS WITH A SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING, I WOULD RECOMMEND PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMISSIONER PORT, ADMINISTER ATTORNEY REPORT, RECESS AT THAT POINT,

[Public Comment]

THE SHAVE MEETING. >> I THINK WE WILL DO THAT.

MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE US AT THE GENERAL

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS POINT, THE BOARD WILL HEAR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

WELCOME BACK. >> THANK, YOU I'M HERE AGAIN.

MY NAME IS STILL GLENN MILLER AND I STILL LIVE AT 11:07 MCHENRY OH STRIVE AND ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO SPEAK UP ON THIS.

I'M CONFIDENT YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE TWO PENDING BILLS IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THAT HAVE PASSED, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER HISTORIC BUILDING IN COASTAL AREAS. SPECIFICALLY HAS BUILT 1317 AND A SENATE BILL I 1346. THEY PREEMPT START PRESERVATION BY PREVENTING OFFICIALS FROM BLOCKING THE DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS INCLUDING THOSE DESIGNATED AS DISTRICT AS IT WITH AND A HALF MILE OF THE COAST OR WITHIN AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF FLOOD ZONES DESIGNATED BY FEMA.

THESE BILLS GIVE PROPERTY OWNERS THE RIGHT TO DEMOLISH ANY BUILDING FOR ANY REASON IN THE DESIGNATED ZONES WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A PUBLIC HEARING. LAST FRIDAY'S MIAMI HERALD QUOTES ARE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, CINDY STEVENSON, AS SAYING EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COASTAL COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

IT SHOULD BE RAISING QUESTIONS. AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE WATER CONTROL SUPPLY AND TREATMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, SHE FEARS THAT THE BILL COULD ALSO STIMULATE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-RISES THAT DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE WATER TREATMENT AND SEWAGE FACILITIES, DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT WATER PRESSURE FOR RESIDENTS AND DO NOT HAVE SAFE EVACUATION OPPORTUNITIES IN HURRICANES. SENATOR BRIAN ABBVIE LOS, SENATOR THE BILLS ADDRESSING AUGUSTINE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BECAUSE IT IS ON A RIVER HALF A MILE FROM THE COAST.

BUT ST. AUGUSTINE MAYOR ON PULLED US IN A WEBINAR LAST WEEK THAT CITY OFFICIALS WILL CLOSELY EXAMINED FLOOD MAPS SINCE THE CITY SITS IN THE TARGET ZONE.

WHAT ABOUT OUR STATE'S HISTORY, SO MUCH OF WHICH IS PROTECTED

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CHAIR IS CONCERNED, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM SHOULD BE CONCERNED.

PHONING ON THESE BILLS MAY TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK.

I URGE YOU TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE LEGISLATION.

PLEASE USE WHATEVER IT MEANS YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE, SO IN WHICH CASE I THANK YOU.

>> THANK, YOU SIR. GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, FOLKS. JAMES HANDILY, OH COME ON COURT.

I DID A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST TO ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DAVID AM STRONG FROM PEG ASSISTS SINCE DECEMBER OF 2021.

AND WITH MARCH LANDING. I PUT IT IN THE BACK, HERE A WHOLE SECTION OF WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE DECEMBER OF 2021.

WITH MARSH LANDING. THEY HAD 15, 16 MONTHS.

WE HAD TWO VISITS WITH THEM. I WANT TO PUT THAT DRESS WITH THE SELECTMAN FORSMAN STUFF THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THE LAST TIME. HERE'S THE CONTRACT, IT'S RIGHT THERE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE 2021. THAT GIVES THEM 16 MONTHS TO TELL THEIR STORY, I THINK 60 MONTHS IT'S PRETTY GOOD COMPARED TO THE TWO VISITS THAT WE HAD.

JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ON APRIL 4TH, MR. RICH LINDA CAME FROM -- MANAGEMENT AND STATED THAT HE HAD ALL THE SURVEYS FOR MR. HAM STRONG. MR., TAYLOR SITTING RIGHT HERE, SENT ME THIS EMAIL. HE CONTACTED MR. RICH LYNN TWICE ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND TWO DAYS, LATER TO THIS DAY, NONE OF THOSE SURVEYS, THE 19 SURVEY SAID THEY HAD, HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER. CLEARLY, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

IT'S ONE FACT AFTER ANOTHER FACT AFTER ANOTHER FACT THAT JUST DOESN'T COME TO THE TABLE. WE BRING YOU GUYS FACTS ALL THE TIME, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING WE SAY WHEN WE COME HERE. WE HAVE TO PROVE IT WITH THE FACTS. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS COME UP HERE AND RATTLE THEM OFF AND THEY GET PEOPLES ATTENTION, I'M PERPLEXED WITH THAT BUT I GUESS THAT IS FREE SPEECH.

WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE AWAY THE FACT, FOLKS, THAT MARCH LANDING WAS NEVER BUILT CORRECTLY AND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WAS NEVER BUILT CORRECTLY.

WE CAN NEVER TAKE THAT AWAY, IT IS A FACT.

MISTER DEAN RAN THAT PLACE FOR 17, YEARS HE UNDERSTANDS THAT STUFF AS WELL AS I'M SURE BY ALL OF YOU NOW ARE NOW EXPERTS.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. LASTLY, BEFORE I SHOW OFF MY PICTURE, LET'S BE CLEAR. MARSH LANDING AS THE FOURTH RICHEST NEIGHBORHOOD AS FAR AS EARNING, SALARY WISE, THE UNITED STATES, FOLKS. WE CAN AFFORD TO FIX THE STUFF.

FOURTH RICHEST IN THE UNITED STATES AS FAR AS WAGES GO.

WE CAN AFFORD TO FIX THIS. FINE AFFORD TO PAY $3 MILLION FOR A GOLF COURSE THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN FESTIVALS PRICE OF 5.4 MILLION, WE PAID 3 MILLION AS RESIDENTS AND THE CONCERT GOLF PAID ONLY 2.4 AND WE GOT NOTHING BUT A DEED RESTRICTION.

THIS IS MY HOME WHEN IT RAINS FROM THE ROAD.

AND THIS IS A TROPICAL STORM. THIS ISN'T AN UNNAMED HURRICANE, THIS IS WHAT I LIVED WITH. I'M ASKING, PLEASE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, TO HELP US.

THANK YOU. >> THANK, YOU MR. HANDS LEE.

>> SORRY.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, KEITH CHANCELLOR, -- MARSH LANDING.

A PURPOSE OF MY TIMING. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU ARE, WHERE MR. HENSLEY RUNS A MARCH LANDING FACEBOOK PAGE, BASHING -- UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS. ALL WHILE PROFESSING THAT HE'S IN FAVOR OF FREE SPEECH, WHICH HE JUST SAID.

HOWEVER, HE ROUTINELY REMOVES PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH THIS NARRATIVE, WHICH IS BASICALLY 99% OF ALL MARCH LANDING.

I'VE NEVER KICKED OFF THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE SECOND TIME. HE CALLED, ME OUT AS HE DOES TOO, OTHERS THAT HE REMOVED SO THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO RESPOND. MY WIFE RESPONDED TO ME ON MY BEHALF. SHE'S, DAYS HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND, YOU KNOW THE FREE SPEECH THAT YOU ALWAYS PROFESS, WHICH YOU JUST SAID. BUT YOU BLOCKED HIM.

I BELIEVE SHE READ YOUR POST WORD FOR WORD TO THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT BULLYING AND I GUESS YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HEAR HOW BAD YOU MOCKED THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS.

WHY DON'T YOU POST TO THE VIDEOS THAT PEOPLE CAN DECIDE WHO IS A BULLY? HENSLEY THEN STATES, I DON'T KNOCK THEM AT ALL. I THINK THERE ARE GREAT PEOPLE.

SOUNDS KRISTA -- GOOGLE, WHY WOULD I MARK PEOPLE

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I STAND BEHIND THE FACT THAT MARCH LANDING IS TRYING TO BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO HIT 10,000 TIMES.

WHICH HE, BY THE WAY, HAS. YOU CANNOT THROW IT AN INDEPENDENT REPORT THAT IS LUDICROUS.

THE REPORT WILL NEVER CHANGE AND YOUR HUSBAND HAD THE MARSHLAND A MASTER BOARD NEED TO GET OVER IT.

MY WIFE RESPONDED, AFTER HEARING AND WATCHING THE VIDEO ON THE DESPICABLE WHAT YOU TREATED ENGINEERING, I FIGURED YOU WOULD DO THE SAME FOR ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH YOU.

I GOOGLED KRISTA JOSEPH AS HE SUGGESTED, TURNS OUT SHE'S A GOLD STAR, MOM ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR, TRACK AND FIELD COACH, VOLUNTEER I ASSUME, ALSO OUR NEIGHBOR IN MARCH LANDING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW BADLY YOU TRY TO SMEAR OTHERS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. SHAME ON YOU.

MR. HENSLEY STATES FREQUENTLY THAT I'M OBSESSED WITH HIM.

THAT IS THE WRONG WORD, I AM DISGUSTED IS IT BETTER OR FOR HOW I FEEL. DISGUSTED FOR HOW HE ROUTINELY ATTACKS HIS NEIGHBOR SOME VOLUNTEER.

IT'S DISGUSTED WITH THE FREQUENCY HE FILED LAWSUITS.

DISGUSTED WITH HIM TRYING TO USE CHILDREN AT THE EVERLY AS FRIVOLOUS CLAIMS TO MAKE MONEY. DISGUSTED WITH HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SPREAD LIES AND PANDERED OTHERS THROUGH HIS SCHEME. WE HAVE TO PAY RATES TO DESPICABLE PEOPLE LIKE HIM. DISGUSTED WHEN I HAVE TO PLAY LEGAL FEES AGAINST HIS LAWSUITS.

AND DISGUSTED WITH HOW HE TREATS YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS.

I'M BEGGING YOU TO STOP THIS NONSENSE, EVERYTHING HE JUST SAID IS NOT TRUE. WE JUST HAD A RECORD RAINSTORM A COUPLE DAYS AGO. I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY GETTING FLOODED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS FOR. MY GARAGE FLOODS IN THE LAST FOUR HURRICANES, NO WATER IN MY GARAGE.

MY YARD WAS FILLED WITH WATER BUT IT WORKED FINE.

IT DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

JUST STOP THIS, STOP IT, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. SIR? SIR? IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR MATERIALS TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS DAWN RUSSELL, SOME PEOPLE CALL ME DR. DONALD T CEO OR PROFESSOR. BUT JUST CALL ME DON.

I WAS EDUCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, DID MY PHD THERE. THEN BECAME THE SENIOR TECHNOLOGIST, SENIOR RESEARCHER FOR POSTS, PORTS, OCEANS AND RIVERS AND MISSISSIPPI FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

AFTER, WHILE I ENJOYED THAT BUT I WENT AND BECAME A PROFESSOR AT THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR A WHILE.

AND I WENT BACK AND TO THE CORE, BECAUSE THEY WANTED A SENIOR TECHNOLOGIST AND I WAS THE PERSON WHO INHERITED KATRINA.

THAT HAS LEFT A BIG MARK ON ME. IT TELLS ME THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY NOT ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED BUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

MARSH LANDING, WHERE I AM RETAINED BY THE LEGAL FIRM THAT IS REPRESENTING MARTIAL ENDING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. SAY THIS.

IT IS SOMETHING, THEY'VE NOT BEEN HIT BY A MAJOR HURRICANE.

MATTHEW WAS A BYPASSING STORM. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STATE. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY ARE HIT BY A SEVERE STORM? WELL, THAT IS WHAT FEMA WORKS TO FIGURE OUT. THAT IS WHY THEY SENT FLOOD LEVELS. THEY DO IT OBJECTIVELY.

THEY DON'T DO IT AS A PENALTY, THEY DON'T DO IT TO REWARD.

I'VE BEEN A CONSULTANT WITH FEMA, I DID THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, THE STATISTICS, ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA STATISTICS. ALL OF THESE ARE NUMBERS I DERIVED. I CAN TELL, YOU I HAD NO BIAS.

NO REASON TO. I CAN TELL, YOU I LIVE AT 1:40 KEPT EVEN DRIVE IN -- IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU AND IMPRESS UPON YOU THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY. THE NEED FOR COMPLIANCE TO FEMA. BECAUSE THEY DO IT OBJECTIVELY, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO SAY THIS PERSON IS WRONG, THIS PERSON'S RIGHT. THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS THE BEST TECHNOLOGY WE CAN GET, PAPER ENGINEERING, MODELING, STATISTICS. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SET FLOOD

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DR. -- AND I RESIDE UP 109 KINGS COREY LANE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, FLORIDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING THE SUBJECT UP YOUR ATTENTION. I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN LAS VEGAS, NEW ORLEANS OR WASHINGTON, D.C..

I DO BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH AND FREE ENTERPRISE.

IT IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.

IDENTIFIED IN PAST HEARINGS ON MAINTAINING FREE SPEECH AND ELIMINATING WITHIN THE COUNTY FREE SPEECH ZONES, YOU DID DO THAT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONERS THIS MORNING.

THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION IN ST. AUGUSTINE CALLED HOUSE OF PRISON. THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY AFFILIATED WITH THE CHURCH. ON MAY 27TH, FROM 12 NOON TO 4 PM, THEY ARE SPONSORING A DRAG MASTER CLASS WHICH IS OPEN FROM AGES 13 AND UP. UP UNTIL I BELIEVE IT WAS SUNDAY, THEY HAD ON THIS POSTER ADVERTISING AGES 13 AND UP ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT HAD SINCE BEEN CHANGED TO THIS, WITHOUT THAT AGE RECOMMENDATION OR SUPPORT.

BUT THERE IS GUIDANCE THAT THEY HAVE PUBLISHED ON THE INTERNET, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT SAYS THAT AGES 13 AND UP CAN PARTICIPATE WITH THE PERMISSION OF THEIR PARENT.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU DIRECT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE THE MEDIATELY, PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF TODAY SESSION, AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ON A PRIORITY BASIS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY COUNTY COMMISSION HAS ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MATTER. AND SHOULD REQUEST ELIMINATION OF THE EXPOSURE OF THE CHILDREN IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY TO THIS TYPE OF STAGECRAFT. WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY, COMMISSIONERS? AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'M A STRONG BELIEVER OF FREE SPEECH AND FREE ENTERPRISE. PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS AS NEEDED.

HOWEVER, YOU MAY NEED TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT FURTHER WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WHAT ARE OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND REGARD TO FAMILIES? DO WE NEED TO SHIELD CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 21 AND BELOW FROM THIS TYPE OF STAGECRAFT? I KNOW THERE IS SUCH AREAS AND SUCH PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> EXCUSE ME, SIR, IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR MATERIALS TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> HELLO. -- AND SLAVE AND.COM. I WANT TO REGULATE THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND BEN SASSE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S RECORD. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S GOING TO BE HIRING A NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

THEY FIRED THE INCUMBENT. THE GREAT WE HIRING A NEW PROVOST WITH A NATIONAL SEARCH. THAT IS A STANDARD OF CARE.

WE DON'T DO NATIONAL SEARCHES AROUND HERE.

OUR CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, HAVE REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO DO NATIONALLY SEARCHES TO HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY WE DON'T GET THE BEST PEOPLE HERE. WHEN WE, DO WE FIRE, THEM WE RUN THEM OFF. JUST LIKE MR. ROBERTSON DID TO -- Y'ALL MET WITH TREY ABSENT OR, THREE OF Y'ALL, HE IS WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

WHAT IS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATION GOING TO DO? WE KNOW THAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAS FIRED BY BRANDON JAY PATTY BEFORE HE HAD A CHANCE TO COMPLETE ANY INVESTIGATION AS TO THE FORCED RESIGNATION OF TREY ASNER.

THE COUNTY INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID OH, YOU SHOULD TALK TO HR.

H I, SAID WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION.

YOUR FORMER EMPLOYEE, THIS IS MALARKEY.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE.

OR IF, YOU DO AROUND THEM OFF. I THINK WE NEED A NATIONAL

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WE NEED TO GIVE MR. CONNOR AT HIS WALKING PAPERS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION SUPPOSEDLY NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF MR. CONNOR SINCLAIR CONTRAST CONTRACT.

AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OPINED THAT IT WAS NOT A SUNSHINE MEETING. OF, COURSE OUR PRIOR COUNTY ATTORNEY, SHAUN FRANCIS MCCORMACK, QUICKLY SAID IT WAS A SUNSHINE MEETING. THAT IF YOU DELEGATE AS THE BCUC TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS, NEGOTIATING SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE HIRED MR. COMRADE. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE HEARD MR. MIGUT. JUST LAST WEEK, AT THE ST.

AUGUSTINE COMMISSION MEETING, ISABELLE CHRISTINE LOPEZ, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT, LAW SHE HAD THE SAME OPINION I HAD. WHICH IS THAT THOSE WERE SUNSHINE MEETINGS. AND WHEN MR. WHITE HOUSE NEGOTIATED WITH MR. KHAN READ FOR HIS CONTRACT, THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN. MR. MIGUT WAS CONDESCENDING ABOUT IT. IT IS ENOUGH CONDESCENSION AROUND HERE. WE NEED GREATER INTEGRITY FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THEY NEED TO DO ACTUAL WRITTEN LEGAL OPINIONS. I DON'T SEE THAT MANY.

WHEN THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING AND YOU JUST SAY, OH, IS THAT LEGAL? AND HE SAID, YEAH, Y'ALL SOUND INAUTHENTIC. ARTIFICIAL, FOREST, UNINFORMED.

UNEDUCATED. AND YOU MAKE US LOOK BAD, JUST LIKE THAT LOGO FOR THE BRANDING.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

THE AJ -- WEST CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.

I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME. IF YOU CAN'T, RAISE YOUR HAND.

THIS IS AN UPDATE. ILLEGAL DRUGS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE HOUSE AT 12 NEWCOMERS STREET ON MARCH 24TH, 2023.

THIS INFORMATION CAN BE SEEN ON ST. AUGUSTINE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FACEBOOK PAGE. I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING THIS UP. UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOMEOWNER AT 12 NEW COME STREET, WHERE ILLEGAL DRUGS WERE FOUND.

THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY STILL BEING LOOKED INTO.

BUT I DON' THINK ANYONE SITTING IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW HAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS ON YOUR STREET.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. YOU YOU A WELL I T Y.

OF LIFE. QUALITY OF LIFE.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY I COME TO THESE MEETINGS. I'M GLAD YOU GOT A LOGO, BUT I'M SAYING, WE ARE NOT ALL THAT AWESOME.

I DON'T USE THAT WORD TOO OFTEN. BUT WE ARE NOT AWESOME.

YOU TRY YOUR, BEST BUT WE'VE GOT SOME REAL, REAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH. IAN IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, 365 DAYS A WEEK, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU LIVE IT THAT MANY DAYS. YOU KEEP ASKING FOR HELP AND YOU WAIT AND YOU WAIT AND YOU WAIT.

SO, I WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, SHERRY BADGER, 27 72 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S, FLORIDA.

THIS IS AN UPDATE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS RIGHT ITSELF, ST. COLLINS AVENUE, WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED IN 2019. THE HOMEOWNER HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO PUT UP A BRIM. THEY COUNTIES HAD THE SINCE 2019, IT'S BEEN KICKED DOWN THE CURB, KICK DOWN THE CURB.

THERE IS STILL NO RESOLUTION. THIS IS A COOL BERM THAT HE PUT UP TO KEEP THE WATER WHICH COMES FROM THE DEVELOPERS PARKING LOT INTO HIS YARD. I WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WOULD BE LOOKED INTO, BUT IT HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.

IT'S NOT LIKE THIS WAS DESIGNED BACK IN 1998.

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NOW, HOMEOWNERS ARE HAVING TO BUILD BERM IN THEIR YARD TO KEEP WATER THAT COMES OUT A COMPETITIVE DEVELOPERS PARKING LOT. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS, HAVE A

GOOD DAY. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M -- 1:38 ALICE THE -- BEACH.

PEOPLE COME HERE, INCLUDING ME, COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS.

I COME HERE TO ESSENTIALLY THANK ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

AND HELP THE RESIDENTS IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.

COMMISSIONER ALAIMO CAME TO OUR COMMUNITY LAST WEEK AND SPENT THREE HOURS DRIVING ALONG WITH US TO SEE WHAT PROBLEMS THE LOW PONDER LEVELS HAVE CAUSED. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I HOPE SOMETHING GOOD WILL COME OUT OF THAT BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS THANK THE COMMISSIONER'S. BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE COME HERE AND COMPLAIN AND SAY THINGS WHICH ARE VERY UNPLEASANT.

IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF GETTING LIFTED, EVERY OTHER WEEK YOU SPEND LISTENING TO ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARDS NEW.

WHICH I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING GREAT SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE TAKEN TIME TO MEET WITH US. TO LISTEN TO OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR CONCERNS. FOR HALF AN, HOUR 45 MINUTES, A COUPLE OF TIMES. THREE TIMES.

ALL THAT I CAME HERE TO SAY IS THANK YOU, PLEASE KEEP UP DOING THE GOOD WORK AND I HOPE THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE.

IT IS AN AWESOME PLACE TO LIVE, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR NINE YEARS.

I MOVED HERE FROM THE NORTH, NORTHEAST.

ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I'VE LIVED.

ANYTHING NEGATIVE THAT IS SAID HERE IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICES TO US.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO BE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> SEAN REYNOLDS, -- SO THEN IN BETWEEN -- MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE ETHICAL COUNTY OFFICIAL. THE ETHICAL COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD PROPERLY ADMINISTER THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY.

PROMOTE DECISIONS WHICH ONLY BENEFIT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

ACTIVELY PROMOTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. PEEPS A FALL FUND IS ANOTHER PROPERTIES OF THE COUNTY. CONDUCT AND PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE A DILIGENTLY AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. GOING TO STAY OFF AFTER THIS NEXT ONE, MAINTAIN A POSITIVE IMAGE TO PASS CONSTANT PROMINENT PUBLIC SCRUTINY. WELL, YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT UPON PROPOSITION IS, AREN'T YOU? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL BE GIVEN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON A PROPOSITION BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSION.

THE PROPOSITION WAS BY JOSEPH, TO CONTINUE THE MEETING.

YOU VOTED ON IT. YOU DIDN'T OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT. LIKE SULLIVAN SKI SAYS, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO RUN TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU CAN FIRE HIM, HE'S YOUR BOSS.

YOU KNOW WHERE I GOT THESE RULES? I GOT THEM FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNTY ATTORNEY.

HE DISAGREES WITH MIGUT ON A LOT OF THINGS.

I DON'T THINK MIGUT IT'S A GOOD COUNTY ATTORNEY AT ALL, I THINK HE SHOULD BE FIRED. I BASED THAT ON, IT'S SIMPLE, ALWAYS CONSTANTLY AGREEING WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, WHEN HE WAS HERE BEFORE, HOW HE RAN AWAY AND HAD A BAD REPUTATION FROM THE LAST PLACE HE WORKED AT. ALSO TODAY, I'LL REMIND THIS COMMISSION, NEVER MIND THE RULES, ONE DAY WHEN YOU ALL STAND BEFORE THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, LIKE WE ALL DO, HE'S GOING TO SAY TO YOU, COMMISSIONER, I GAVE YOU EXTRA.

TELL ME WHAT YOU DID FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE.

IF THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU WAKE UP AND TELL HIM TOMORROW YOU DID THAT YOUR POSITION AS COMMISSIONER?

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YOU CAN CHANGE THAT TODAY. DEMAND JOE BOWLES RESIGNS FROM

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COURAGE. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> WELL, IT'S ON MY MIND, BECAUSE I MAY FORGET. I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO MR. REYNOLDS. TWO POINTS.

I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THIS BOARD THAT SERVED ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR A NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY.

ALONG WITH JEB SMITH AND HUNTER CONNOR ADD.

THE THREE MEMBER COMMITTEE. I COULD SAY WITHOUT ANY EQUIVOCATION THAT WE'VE ADDED MR. MIGUT DEEPLY AND THOROUGHLY. BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE TODAY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN MONROE COUNTY.

AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. HE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT MR. MIGUT CHOSE TO LEAVE BECAUSE HE IN FACT, THESE ARE MY WORDS, NOT HIS, HE WAS BASICALLY BEING HARASSED AND PROSECUTED, PERSECUTED I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE A PARTICULAR CITY COMMISSIONER A MARATHON DISAGREED WITH HIS OPINION.

THINK ABOUT THAT. NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, WHEN I POSED MY QUESTION EARLIER TO MR. MIGUT, I THOUGHT I WAS VERY CLEAR. TO BE OBJECTIVE.

I DON'T TELL HIM MY POSITION AND ASK HIM TO AGREE WITH IT.

I LAID IT OUT AS OBJECTIVELY AS I COULD AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. SO, I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE IN THE COUNTY SAYS ABOUT ME. BUT I DO CARE ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER WHO HAS PUBLICLY ATTACKED FOR EITHER INCOMPETENCE OR ANY KIND OF QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR. I KNOW THE STORY AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK OUT EVERY TIME, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT.

BLAME, IT DON'T BLAME THE STAFF IF WE MAKE BAD DECISIONS.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH?

>> I JUST STARTED IN NOVEMBER AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE HERE.

I STARTED WORKING WITH THIS TEAM AND I DON'T CARE WHAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THINK OR SAY, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD THESE PEOPLE WORK AND I HAVE FOUND SOME INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE PEOPLE HERE. INCLUDING MR. MIGUT AND THE TEAM, IT'S REALLY A TEAM. THE ONE SITTING HERE ARE THE ONES WORKING WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING ON THE WEEKEND.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND I ALWAYS GOOGLE JACKSON USED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON FROM WHEN I WAS SLEEPING THE NIGHT BEFORE.

THERE IS A LOT THIS WEEKEND. I'M SURE BETWEEN THE FIRE AND THE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND THE FLOODING THAT WE HAD AND THE TREE IS GOING DOWN, I THINK OUR STAFF, EXCUSE ME, OUR TEAM WAS SO BUSY. INCREDIBLY BUSY THIS WEEKEND AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF, THEM BECAUSE I GET TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING OVERNIGHT. I'LL BET SHERIFF HARD WHICH HARDLY SLEPT THIS WEEKEND. I'M NEW AND I'M REALLY SAYING

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THANK YOU. >> THANK, YOU COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO COMMISSIONER REPORTS.

I'LL START TO MY LEFT, Y'ALL'S RIGHTS.

COMMISSIONER ALAIMO. >> THANK, YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE ON THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES. AGAIN, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER DEAN AND COMMISSIONER JOSEPH SAID ABOUT THE STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL, I JUST CAME ON A DECEMBER MYSELF. THEY'VE BEEN TERRIFIC, DAVID MIGUT, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ME. I JUST WANTED TO STAY THAT ON THE RECORD AS WELL. AND TO MY COMMISSIONER REPORT, ON THE 25TH OF, APRIL WE HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY GREAT CEREMONIES. WE HAD THE FIRE STATION 11 INTO THE NEW SHERIFF SOUTHWEST OPERATION CENTER GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. IT'S A GREAT LOCATION, IT WILL IMPROVE THE OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY AND RESPONSE TIME FOR THAT AREA. WE ALSO HAD AN EVENT.

I SERVICE THE LIAISON FOR THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY AND

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THEY DID A CEREMONY FOR HER, SHE IS VERY ENERGIZED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I DID TAKE A VISIT TO MARCH LANDING, I GAVE THOSE FOLKS MY WORDS THAT I WOULD GO OUT THERE.

I DON'T GO OUT THERE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A, HAVE THREE HOURS, TORONTO NINE OR TEN DIFFERENT HOMES.

SAW THEIR CONCERNS, MET WITH THEM.

I'VE MET WITH COUNTY STAFF AS WELL REGARDING THOSE INTERACTIONS THAT I HAD. I WANTED TO THANK THEM AS WELL FOR SHOWING ME AROUND AND VOICING THEIR CONCERNS.

THAT'S MY REPORT, THANK YOU. >> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, ALAIMO. COMMISSIONER DEAN?

>> LET ME ASK HUNTER, HUNTER, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE US ANY KIND OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON THE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS? THAT'S ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT.

HE INDICATED HE IS GOING TO DO THAT UNDER HIS REPORT AND NOT MINE. HE DIDN'T TELL ME, YOU JUST MENTIONED. HE DID TRY TO CUT ME, OUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR. AFTER I JUST PRAISE THE STAFF, I DON'T WANT TO THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS.

BUT HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S ALL. >> OKAY, YES, SIR.

>> I GAVE MY'S BILL ALREADY. >> COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.

>> I HAVE A SLIDE I WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP.

BEING IN THIS POSITION, I GUESS BEING MY LIFE UNCLE THAT HAVE BEEN SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY, THE LAST DAY I TALKED TO MY SON.

WHO WAS KILLED SEVEN YEARS AGO TOMORROW.

THAT'S WHY WEARING MY T-SHIRT. MY DAUGHTER, ALI, IT'S WEARING THE T-SHIRT WITH CHARLIE ON THE BACK.

DON'T FORGET THE NAME OF MY SON, CHARLES KEATING IV.

A MOTHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS NOT ONLY THAT HE DIES AND A HORRIFIC WAY BUT HE ALSO IS FORGOTTEN.

I'M GOING TO USE MY PLATFORM TODAY TO JUST, HE WAS A GREAT GUY, JUST THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY NOW AND THEN.

HE IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO DIE FOR CONTRIBUTING.

HE DIED AND TELESCOPE, IRAQ. SAVED AND ATTIRE CHRISTIAN VILLAGE SO THEY COULD GO TO MASS EVERY DAY.

THEY HAVE A CHARLIE KEATING FREEDOM DELVE A RING FOR MASS TO REMEMBER HIM. HE SAVED QUITE A FEW SOULS THAT DAY AND I APPRECIATE YOU EVERY NOW AND THEN THINKING OF THE NAME CHARLIE. [APPLAUSE]

>> COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, LET ME JUST SAY.

THAT MOMENT I HEARD THE STORY ABOUT YOUR SON, AND TOUCHED MY HEART. HE'S AN AMERICAN HERO AND I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS NAME. SO, I APPRECIATE USING YOUR PLATFORM TODAY TO SHARE HIS MEMORY.

COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. >> NOTHING TODAY, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

I HAVE JUST ONE THING, AS EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND SOME WHO REGULARLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE DO UNDERSTAND, EVERY YEAR WE MOVE FORWARD OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTION PLAN TO A LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IN TALLAHASSEE TO HELP US MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE GROWING COUNTY. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS, IF EVER, PUT TOGETHER A FEDERAL ACTION PLAN.

I THINK IT MAKES SENSE AS WE ARE SEEKING FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AND ALL THE AREAS WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SCANTY THAT WE HAVE A FEDERAL ACTION PLAN OR FEDERAL ADVOCACY STATEMENT. I WANT TO THINK JULIE ANDREWS, WHO HEARD ME LOUD AND CLEAR. MR. KHAN READ HEARD ME LOUD AND CLEAR. HELP ME PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS EMAILED ALL FIVE OF US A FEW DAYS AGO.

THEY ARE ITEMS BUT WE ALL AGREED ON THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, ALL RATTLE THEM OFF QUICKLY.

I'D LIKE TO GET CONSENSUS FOR THE BOARD TO PASS THIS FEDERAL ADVOCATES STATEMENT BECAUSE IT HELPS US SEEK FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SAINT JOHN ROAD SERVICE PROJECT, SAFE STREETS FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY.

HASTINGS WORKFORCE TRAINING FACILITY.

LAND ACQUISITION FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION ITEM. THOSE ARE FIVE THINGS THAT AGAIN I'VE HEARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SPEAK IN FAVOR OF, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A FERAL ADVOCACY PLANTS WE CAN SEEK

MONEY FOR THOSE ITEMS. >> MISTER CHAIR, --

RATHER THAN CONSENSUS. >> BEFORE WE SEE IF THERE IS A MOTION, BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, WHY DON'T WE HEAR PUBLIC

COMMENT? >> AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CHAIRMAN WHITEHURST'S FEDERAL ADVOCACY

PLAN. >> FEDERAL ADVOCACY STATEMENT,

I WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> FEDERAL ADVOCACY STATEMENT.

>> -- PLEASE CONTINUE THIS TO ANOTHER AGENDA ON ANOTHER DAY. IT'S NOT A PACKAGE, NOT A RED

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TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE DOING THIS. IT'S SNEAKY.

ADELAIDE STEVENSON, UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR UNDER PRESIDENT KENNEDY SAID, AS SCARES AS TRUTH IS, SUPPLY SEEMS GREATER THAN THE DEMAND. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.

IF A RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT ON THIS AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. SO, PLEASE CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AS AGENDA ITEMS IN THE PAST. WE HAVE EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD SUPPORTED THE ITEMS AND THE DISCUSSIONS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING HERE THAT HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL OR HAS BEEN DESCEND FROM ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE VOTED ON.

AND HAVE BEEN AGENDA I TIMES BEFORE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT IS BOARDED UP THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY STATEMENT LISTING THOSE FIVE ITEMS.

A >> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST MADE A MOTION, I HEARD COMMISSIONER DEAN WITH THE SECOND.

[County Administrator’s Report]

THANK YOU GUYS, VERY, VERY MUCH, FOR SUPPORT ON THAT.

NEVER GOING TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.

>> THANK, YOU MISTER CHAIR. I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS THIS MORNING. COMMISSIONER DEAN, MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW IS THE LEGISLATIVE AWARD IF YOU WANT.

>> THAT IS GOING, FOR I WANT TO DO TO DO.

IT >> I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME.

LET ME START WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM THE SESSION. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WERE FINALIZED YESTERDAY.

IT WAS LATE ON THE TABLE, WHICH MEANS THEY GO INTO A 72-HOUR PERIOD OF COOLING OFF. WHICH THEN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WILL COME BACK AND VOTE.

IT'S A SEAM THAT AT LEAST FOR THE MOST PART IT WILL PASS ACROSS PARTY LINES. THERE ARE MAYBE EVEN SOME FROM THE OPPOSING PARTY THAT WOULD DEFLECT TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S INITIATIVES IN THERE FOR THEM AS WELL.

I WANT TO START WITH JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON HERE. BUT BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE ARE AT HISTORICAL LEVELS OF APPROPRIATION FROM OUR LEGISLATURE. SO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THANK SENATOR HUDSON, HIS WORK THAT HE'S DONE TO BRING MONEY HOME. SPEAKER RAN OR, AS WE ALL KNOW, HE IS SITUATED POSSIBLY OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ABLE TO PUSH THINGS FROM OTHER LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON AND REPRESENTATIVE PAYNE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON, FORMER COMMISSIONER, SHE HAS ZEALOUSLY BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A SENSORY TIME OF THE COMMISSION. NOW INTO THE LEGISLATURE.

THE WORK OF ALL OF THEM AS A TEAM, PUSHING THIS NOW TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, ASSUMING THAT IT PASSES, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE ON FRIDAY WHEN THE VOTE IS TAKEN.

IT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RECEIVING.

AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY, THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S VETO.

THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS MOVE THERE'S STILL A POSSIBILITY CERTAIN THINGS MAY GET CUT WITH IT.

AS WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH YOUR ADVOCACY.

I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AT LEAST ON ONE OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, TALKING TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND IT IMPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE UPON THEM. THIS BOARD IS DOING A LOT OF WORK. THIS IS ALMOST $60 MILLION THAT I'M GOING TO LAY IT SPECIFICALLY FROM COUNTY REQUESTS AND THEN I'M GOING TO BRING A COUPLE TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT I JUST FOUND OUT IT'S ANDREW SHARED WITH ME THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY BUT ARE NOT PART OF THE COUNTY REQUEST AS WELL. I'M JUST GOING TO READ THESE TO YOU ALL AND YOU ALL WERE GIVEN A QUICK BRIEF.

THAT IS $6 MILLION A PORTION FOR A ONE A INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THERE ARE $6 MILLION HAD BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THE 2:10 INTERCHANGE RAILROAD MODIFICATION. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE.

THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE FEDERAL REQUESTS THAT WE ARE MAKING, THE 20 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. THE STATE APPROPRIATION OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET ANOTHER 20 MILLION.

THAT IS POTENTIALLY, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE FEDERAL GRANT, A $26 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY WON'T HAVE TO PAY.

TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY, INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION IMPOVEMENTS. 20 209, $58 MILLION FROM I GP ON UP. PONTE VEDRA BEACH RESTORATION, AS YOU'RE ALL ACUTELY AWARE, THIS IS BEEN AN ISSUE GOING BACK TO 2016 NOW. THERE WAS $25 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO HELP RESOLVE THAT ISSUE AND GOING FORWARD.

SUMMER, HAVEN'T WE TALKED ABOUT THE MANAGER, TRI-COMMISSIONER

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THERE'S BEEN $5 MILLION GOING TOWARDS, THAT AS WE ALSO GO TO OUR FEDERAL OBVIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT $5 MILLION TO HELP WITH THAT PROGRAM AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION WE FOUND OUT FOR THE PINE ISLAND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE, COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST, WE SPOKE EARLIER THIS MORNING, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE $3 MILLION TO THE WEST AUGUSTINE MEDICAL CENTER. AS YOU ALL, KNOW THIS BOARD APPROPRIATED $5 MILLION. THERE'S ANOTHER $3 MILLION ON IT. AND THEN AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, THIS BORDER APPROPRIATED TO AN HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP THEM WITH THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THAT IS $3 MILLION APPROPRIATED IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR ST. JOHN'S COUNTY HOMELESS VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT AT ITS AFFILIATED AND WILL BE POTENTIALLY RUN BY HOME AGAIN. SO, A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PRODUCTIVE, HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR IN TALLAHASSEE.

LED BY THE FIVE OF YOUR EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. SO, WE ARE SITTING ON $59 MILLION OF APPROPRIATED REQUESTS.

SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. I ALWAYS SAY THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH THE STATE MAKE URGING THE GOVERNOR TO PLEASE NOT VETO ANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WILL COME TO THE CHAIR FOR EACH OF YOU ALL THE VOTE ON.

WE SEND IT TO THE GOVERNOR AS WELL.

BUT BETWEEN LAST YEAR IN THIS YEAR, A BLOOPER AT ALMOST 100 AND $10 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. NOT INCLUDING SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIKE THE WEST AUGUSTINE MEDICAL CENTER AND THE HOMELESS VETERANS HASN'T PROJECT.

SO, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.

>> THERE WAS ONE OTHER THAT WE DID NOT MENTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT.

THE BARRIER ISLAND STATION REHAB --

>> YES, SIR. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT AS WELL AS PART OF A GRANT PROGRAM.

TO COMMISSIONER DEAN, THAT WAS ON MY LIST.

LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT ALSO.

APART FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT IS A GRANT AWARD.

I WANT TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET ASKED, WELL, WHAT DOES THE GRANT AND LEGISLATIVE DIVISION DO? WHAT ARE THEY WORKING ON? FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE INTERACTED WITH HIM AT THIS POINT, HE IS NOW KEEPING A SCORE CARD OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WERE HANDLED BY COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. I CAN'T LIST ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CRITICAL ON THIS, THIS WAS A $10 MILLION AWARD WHICH WAS CHAMPIONED BY THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP WITH THE GRANTS DIVISION. LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS. 10 MILLION OF $100 MILLION GO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE. ST. JOHN'S COUNTY GOT 10% OF THAT ENTIRE AWARD THROUGH THE HURRICANE STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE GRANT. THE SHORTHAND OF IT IS THAT THE PROJECT WILL REHABILITATE 27 LIFT STATIONS AND COLLECTION SYSTEMS TO CREATE MORE RESILIENT, BETTER ADAPTED UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASED COLLECTION SYSTEM CAPACITIES. ANOTHER $10 MILLION IN GRANT AWARDS THAT THE COUNTY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY HAD.

>> COMMISSIONER JOSEPH? >> IN YOUR OPINION, WHEN CHAIRMAN WHITEHURST HAD THE LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION

MEETING, DID THAT HELP? >> I DO BELIEVE IT HELPED.

I THINK IT WAS SIGNIFICANT. WHEN YOU ALL SPEAK, YOU RAISE AWARENESS TO ISSUES. WHEN YOU TELL OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, A, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US AS A BOARD, AS A CHAIRMAN, INDIVIDUALLY, TRANSPORTATION, RESILIENCY, THEY ARE LISTENING.

YOU ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHEN YOU SPEAK, THEY ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU ARE BEST SITUATED TO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY. YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. YES, I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIR WENT TO TALLAHASSEE. I THINK THAT WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO D.C.

IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.

I THINK IT IS HELPFUL THAT WE HAVE A STRONG LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION RIGHT NOW. OUR CURRENT CENTER HAS BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS.

OUR CURRENT SOUTHERN PART REPRESENTATIVE IS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON.

WE HAVE A VERY STRONG LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHICH IS VERY HARD AS WELL. I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLY

HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

MR. CONRAD, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL

NEWS FROM THIS WEBSITE? >> JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS FOR YOU THIS MORNING, MISTER CHAIR AND COMMISSION.

LET ME JUST SHED LIGHT QUICKLY ON THE PROCESS.

I WILL ASK THEM TO COME UP. MR. LARSSON IS SEEDED TEAR RIGHT. LET ME TALK ABOUT THE HIRING OF A DEPARTMENT HEADS. I THINK SOME OF YOU, POLICE COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST, AND COMMISSIONER DEAN, HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE HIRING.

THE PROCESS OF THAT IS SOMEONE RETIRES OR THEY LEAVE.

IT IS REQUIRED OF MYSELF AND THE TEAM TO GO OUT AND DO THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT IS POSTED.

IT'S PUBLICLY NOTED. PEOPLE ARE INTERVIEW.

THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. THEY GO THROUGH A LITANY OF

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THAT INCLUDES STAFF, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATORS, MYSELF, OUR PANELS THAT SIT ON THAT TO GIVE US SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AS PART OF THE PROCESS. WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT IT IS THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONFIRM OR DENY THE DIRECTORS AS THEY COME FORWARD TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. MR. BOWEN AND MR. TILLERSON ARE BEFORE YOU. I WILL START WITH MR. BOWEN.

IT IS NO DIFFERENT WHEN A CABINET MEMBER OR SECRETARY IS ADMITTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BY THE SENATE. YOU HAVE TO APPROVE ANY OF THOSE. LET ME START QUICKLY WITH MR. BOWEN. CORY HAS A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING FROM FLORIDA STATE AND A BACHELORS DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY FROM FLORIDA STATE.

HE STARTED WORKING FOR THE COUNTY AS A PLANNER AND GIS SPECIALIST ALMOST 26 YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN, COREY SERVED AS A GIS ANALYST, GIS COORDINATOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR LAND MANAGEMENT, AND HE HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE INTERIM ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF LAND MANAGEMENT SINCE MISS OLIVER'S RETIREMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I WILL ADD ONE PERSONAL THING TO IT. CORY IS ONE OF THE BEST, MOST ETHICAL, RESPONSIBLE, -- I AM VERY, VERY PROUD TO PRESENT HIM BEFORE YOU. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT EXTRA LITTLE PUSH WILL PUSH HIM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, NOT THAT THERE WAS ANY DOUBT. CORY, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP HERE IN CASE THE BOARD WANTS TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS.

MISTER CHAIR, YOU CAN CONFIRM HIM THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION. I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. I AM HERE TO SERVE THE COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. >> PLEASE.

>> IF I MAY. ASK A FELLOW ALUM, I THINK THIS

IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> I GUESS WE KNOW HOW ONE VOTE IS GOING TO GO.

COMMISSIONER JOSEPH? >> I WANT TO COMMENT THAT HE IS ALWAYS SMILING. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING WHEN I SEE HIM AT THE OFFICE. SOMEONE IS HAPPY.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

>> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, --

>> THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU'RE NOT, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONFIRM CORY BOWEN?

>> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. PLEASE VOTE.

LET'S DO THIS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MR. BOWEN, CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE SECOND ONE I HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING IS MR. LARSON.

HE IS A NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THIS MORNING -- THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO MR. LARSSON.

I WILL SHARE THIS. I HAVE NOT KNOWN HIM.

I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM.

LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MR. LARSON'S BACKGROUND REAL QUICK. I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME.

I THINK YOU WILL FIND OUT IT WILL STICK OUT TO YOU AS WELL AS YOU GET TO KNOW HIM IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.

WAYNE HAS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. HE WAS THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE PROVIDERS OF TEXAS. HE SERVED AS THE MEDIA SPOKESPERSON AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

HE SERVED AS THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. FIVE OF THOSE YEARS AS A DIRECTOR. HE WAS AN ADVISER TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. HE STARTED WITH HIS ROOTS HERE IN FLORIDA AS HIS CAREER STARTED ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO.

HE HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM UCF.

SOMETHING TO NOTE ABOUT WHEN, HE HAD HIS INTERVIEW, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON -- IT DOESN'T MATTER.

HE HAD ALREADY DONE A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS PRIOR TO THAT.

I BELIEVE HIS FLIGHT GOT IN SOMETIME AROUND 3:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER? THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

HE TOLD ME, WELL, BEFORE HE HAD DINNER, HE HAD GONE AND SPOKEN WITH THE VISITORS CONVENTION BUREAU.

HE HAD COME TO THE COUNTY AND VISITED THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. HE GOT ALL THE BROCHURES FROM THEM. HE HAD ATTENDED -- [INAUDIBLE] HE REGURGITATED BACK TO ME THE COMMENTS AND ITEMS PRESENTED THAT DAY.

YESTERDAY, HE STARTED. HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO TELL YOU THIS. IN THE SHORTER, HE IS TEMPORARY HOUSING. HE SHOWED UP TO WORK.

TODAY, HE WAS HERE TAKING PHOTOS, MOVE IN THE MICROPHONE, SEEING THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUS DIRECTORS DO.

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HE'S A GREAT COMMUNICATOR. HE IS ALWAYS VERY THOROUGHLY PREPARED. I WAS SHARING THIS WITH MISS ANDREWS YESTERDAY, THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN.

BOTH OF US SAID, WELL, THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO INTERVIEW, THIS IS A LESSON LEARNED FOR US. HE CAME AS PREPARED OR MORE PREPARED THAN ANY OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANDIDATES I HAVE INTERVIEWED IN THE PAST.

THAT IS THE GUY WHO IS GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE.

MR. LARSSON, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL LOOK BACK TO

-- >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. LARSEN?

>> I'VE GOT TO SAY, ON THIS APPLICATION, ON THIS CHOICE, TWO REASONS TO STRONGLY SUPPORTED HIM.

NUMBER ONE, HE COMES FROM TEXAS, MY HOME STATE.

NUMBER TWO, HE COMES TO US FROM WHAT AMOUNTS T A WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN TEXAS. I SPENT 20 YEARS RUNNING ONE HERE IN FLORIDA. WE CAN'T GO WRONG WITH HIM,

TAKE MY ADVICE. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE INITIATIVE YOU SHOWED THIS MORNING, BEING PROACTIVE AND STEPPING RIGHT INTO THE ROLE.

I COULD SEE WHY MR. KHAN ROD LIKES YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO CAN FIRM? >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

[County Attorney’s Report]

DEREGULATIONS, SIR, WELCOME ABOARD.

MR. KHAN ROD, ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, SIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY

REPORT. >> TWO ATTORNEYS REPORTS, MR.

MIGUT. >> ONE THING, AND COMMISSIONERS, AS YOUR WINNER, THERE'S A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD TO TUCK JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 THAT IS STILL TWO LANES AND IS EXPERIENCING TRAFFIC IMPACTS FROM DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.

WIDENING OF THE SECTION IS AN OBLIGATION OF THE TWINKIE CREEKS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. THEY'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF THE DIR I, -- AHEAD OF THE LLC AND OTHER ENTITIES. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THE TWIN CREEKS TR I.

WE HAD A RECENT MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESULT IN PROGRESS TOWARDS RESOLUTION.

WELL WE ARE STILL OPEN TO RESOLVING THE MATTER BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND TALKING TO, THEM TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN THIS MATTER DUE TO THE STATUS OF KATHY ROAD TO TEN.

THEREFORE, I'M SEEKING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE BOARD TO FILE SUIT AGAINST TWIN CREEKS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LLC AND REGARDING ENTITIES REGARDING THE LIGHTING OF KATHY WROTE TO TENDED OTHER -- DERIDE OTHER AGREEMENTS.

WELL WE'RE NOT FORECLOSING FOR THE DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. KINSEY, I MAKE THIS FOR PETS NOW RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A FUTURE BOARD MEETING TO PROVIDE ME WITH AUTHORIZATION TO FILE SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY IF AND WHEN I DETERMINED TO BE IN THE COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST. ACCORDINGLY, I WOULD HUMBLY REQUEST A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO FILE SUIT AGAINST TWIN CREEK DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES LLC AND RELATED ENTITIES TO ENFORCE THE TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE TWIN CREEKS TR I UNRELATED AGREEMENTS.

>> MR. MIGUT, BEFORE WE HEAR MOTION, WHY DON'T WE HEAR

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

PUBLIC COMMENT. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> IT'S DISTRICT FIVE, I WAS --

>> SORRY, I DRIVE-BY THERE ALL THE TIME.

I'LL SECOND YOU. >> IT'S ABOUT 75 MILES FROM MY HOUSE, BUT IT IS DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M GLAD TO CONVERSE WITH SO MANY OF THE FOLKS IN THAT AREA WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME.

BUT LET ME SAY THIS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM THAT DAVID OFFERED. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ROAD, NO PUN INTENDED, THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE. A SPOKEN WITH DAVID ABOUT THIS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THIS IS ROUGHLY ABOUT A HALF A MILE BUT IT'S CREATING A HUGE BOTTLENECK THERE NEXT TO I-95.

ALL I HAVE ASKED A DAVID AND THE OTHER STAFF IS TO DO WHAT'S FAIR AND REASONABLE, BOTH TO THE TAXPAYER AND THE DEVELOPER.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED OR USUALLY ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH PARTIES.

THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER. BUT BASED ON RECENT DISCUSSIONS, I CAN ONLY ENCOURAGE BOTH TO TRY TO WORK OUT SOMETHING FAIR AND REASONABLE. BUT WE NEED TO BE IN A POSITION TO ACT QUICKLY IF WE DO FEEL THAT WE ARE FORCED TO GO TO COURT. SO, I WAS PREPARED TO OFFER A

MOTION AT THIS POINT. >> YES, SIR.

>> I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT MR. MIGUT'S MOTION AS HE READ INTO

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SCHEDULE. >> SECOND.

>> NOW WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. IS THAT SUFFICIENT?

>> THAT IS SUFFICIENT, YES. >> I WOULD OFFER A BRIEF COMMENT, THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA THAT I TALKED, DO THEY WANT THIS DEVELOPER HEALTHY COUNTABLE.

I AGREE. >> THAT'S WHY I START WITH THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE IT TO ACCOUNT THE TAXPAYERS POSITION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? PLEASE VOTE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.