Aug 20, 2024 Board of County Commissioners

[Call to Order by Chair]

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>> GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE ST.

JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER MEETING EVENTS. ONCE YOU FIND THE AGENDA, YOU CAN CLICK ON AGENDA ITEMS TO ACCESS ALL OF THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS. THE COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. SHOULD THE REASON TO HAVE ANY EXHIBITS OR PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE PROVIDE THESE FOR THE BOARD FOR INCLUSION. PLEASE CALL ROLE.

>> CHAIR COMMISSION OCR SARAH ARNOLD.

>> COMMISSIONER HENRY DEAN. >> PRESENT.

>> COMMISSIONER KRISTA JOSEPH FEARED

>> PRESENT. >> OKAY. NOW WE WILL HEAR EIGHT INVOCATION FOR MY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE FROM ANASTASIA BAPTIST

CHURCH. >> GOOD MORNING. LET US PRAY TOGETHER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE STAY OF THE PEOPLE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THIS COMMISSION MEETING TODAY AND LET IT BE GREASED WITH PEACE AND CIVILITY. THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE . I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EACH OF THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. BLESS AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES AND MADE A NOTE THAT THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. WE GIVE YOU THINGS AS WELL FOR JOY AND THE STAFF , TO THOSE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE OUR COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WHERE OUR SHERIFF AND POLICE, FIRE CHIEF, AND THOSE WHO SERVE IN FIRE RESCUE . TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MILITARY, OUR VETERANS. TO THOSE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THE MANY NONPROFITS WHO DO SUCH GOODENOW COUNTY, WE OFFER OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE. ON THIS ELECTION DAY, WE THINK YOU, GOD, THAT WE LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY WITH THE RIGHT TO VOTE, THE RIGHTS TO LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD. AND NOW, LORD, WE SALUTE YOU. WE REAFFIRM IN GOD WE TRUST. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NOW MORE THAN EVER ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL THIS WE PLAY ON AUGUST 20TH, 2024 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD. AMEN.

>> AMEN. >> NOW, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AMOUNT JOHN LET'S SEE . GOOD MORNING, SIR.

>> MORNING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THINK YOU, SIR. AND THAT

[Public Safety Update]

>> GOOD MORNING. RUSS MARTIN. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OUR 911 SECTION NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH JUST COMMUNICATIONS BUT THE SERVICE THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES MANAGED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NUMBER ONE, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BACK SHOP. SO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW IMPORTANT SUBJECTS . IT CAN GO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMISSION BOTH CURRENT AND PAST WHETHER IT BE TRANSFER OR FUND REQUESTS . YOU GUYS SEE THAT QUITE OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ASK FOR A GRANT OPERATIONS APPLICATIONS. YOU GUYS PROPOSE THAT AND GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO AND SPECIFIC FOCUS IS ON HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE THAT WE NEED TO STAY WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL STANDARD. SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, CURRENT AND PAST COMMISSIONERS HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR NONE ON ONE SECTION AND THE SERVICE IT PROVIDES OUR CITIZENS. THE FUND REQUESTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND OUR BANDWIDTH, INCREASED CAPACITY, WHICH PROVIDES FOR GREATER REDUNDANCY. WE HAVE CREATED A MAPPING SYSTEM FOR OUR 911 SYSTEM WHICH RECENTLY , ALL OF OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING EVERY SCHOOL , WE HAVE A MAP OVERLAY SYSTEM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE -- MORE MAPS, MORE SOFTWARE. WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES THEM FLOOR PLANS, LABELS DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, SHOWS WHERE AEDS ARE, ALL OF YOUR ACCESS AND INGRESS POINTS. WHAT THAT DOES FOR US AS FAR AS FIRE RESCUE IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS PROVIDE THE EXACT LOCATION SHOULD AN EVENT HAPPEN. FOCUS IS ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO THE EXACT LOCATIONS. SO IT IS REALLY HELPED US BE A LOT MORE

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>> NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SHERIFF MARTIN.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. >> MORNING.

>> MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. FIRE RESCUE.

PRESIDING NEWS. AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN AND HEARD, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO OPENING FIRE STATION 11 . AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT IS GREAT DUE TO THIS BOARD DUE TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION. LEADING A FIRE STATION IS A BIG DEAL . THERE IS A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED GETTING IT TO THIS POINT. THE TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET US HERE. AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE ON OUR SIDE, OF COURSE, AND PUBLIC WORKS TEAM UPPING US GET TO THE FINISH LINE. THE PLAN AS IT STANDS NOW IS A LOOP I CALL A SOFT OPENING ON THE 26TH. WE WILL START TO HAVE STAFF OPERATING OUT OF THERE. THAT FIRST WEEK OR SO IS JUST FIGURING IT OUT WHERE OUR THERE ARE THINGS WE KNOW WE NEED ARE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO INVITING THE COMMUNITY , OBVIOUSLY ANYONE FROM THE COUNTY AS WELL AS YOURSELVES, ON SEPTEMBER 7TH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING AND COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE. THAT WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICIALLY DEDICATE THE FIRE STATION, DO SOME TRADITIONAL ITEMS WE WOULD DO IN THE FIRE SERVICE AND ALSO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND TO THE FIRE STATION, SEE THE TRUCKS, THE STAFF, AND KIND OF GET TO KNOW THOSE WHO WILL BE PROTECTING OUR COUNTY. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED. AGAIN, A LOT OF WORK ON US TO THIS POINT.

THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. LOOK FORWARD TO THE BENEFIT THAT THESE NEW FIRE STATIONS CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE UNLESS THERE ARE ANY

QUESTIONS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

MR. DEAN. >> I HAVE A QUESTION AND I BROUGHT IT UP. WHEN THEY OPEN A NEW FIRE STATION , I'M GUESSING OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T PUT 10 OR 15 OR HOWEVER MANY STAFF -- FIREMEN OR BRAND-NEW ROOKIES OFF THE STREET BUT SELECTIVELY PRESENT FROM DIFFERENT STATIONS. TO SORT OF START THE INITIAL WORK AND THEN ADD AS YOU GET SOME OUT OF TRAINING.

NEW ROOKIES OUT OF TRAINING. BUT I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA BECAUSE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU START WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

>> YES, SIR. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE BOARD APPROVED 27 FTES BROUGHT TO THAT STATION. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PULL OF THE 27 NEW FIREFIGHTERS GO THROUGH TRAINING. THESE ARE ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL WORK AT STATION 11 AND ARE SELECTED THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS. OUR STAFF WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY MAYBE I WAS AT STATION 17 BUT I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT STATION

11 WHEN IT OPENS. >> GOLF PLAYERS.

>> A LOT OF THE ONES WHO LIKE TO LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE THERE. BUT, YES, SIR. THERE WLL BE TENURED INDIVIDUALS WERE THERE . NOT JUST ALL A BRAND-NEW ONES.

>> I TRY TO JOIN THEM. NOT AT THE FIRE STATION.

[Clerk of Court's Report]

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>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. CURRENTLY A KEY PROCESS UNDERWAY IS THE ANNUAL VALUE ADJUSTMENT WORK FILING PERIOD WHICH BEGAN ON AUGUST 16TH AND CONTINUES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH. THIS PAST FRIDAY, TRIM NOTICES WENT OUT TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS . THESE NOTICES OUTLINE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING ANY APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS. PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DISAGREE WITH THEIR PROPERTY'S ASSESSED VALUE , CLASSIFICATION, OR EXEMPTION STATUS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FILE A PETITION. AS THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, OUR OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO FILE PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS, TINNITUS EXEMPTIONS . PORTABILITY POSITIONS AND CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL. IN 2023, OUR MINUTES AND DIVISIONS FILED 505 POSITIONS WITH THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD AS WELL AS PROVIDED ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MEETING AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IN PERSON POSITIONS ARE DUE BY 5:00 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH WHILE ONLINE PETITIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED UNTIL 11:59 P.M. ON THE SAME DAY. FOR MORE DETAILS, AND RESOURCES ON FILING YOUR PETITION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT ST. JOHN'S CLERK.COM . THIS

[Service Delivery Update]

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY UPDATE. GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I AM DEBORAH GIBSON. THE DIRECTOR FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. I HAVE STAFF HERE WITH ME THIS MORNING TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE RECENT BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT IN THE HASTINGS BRANCH LIBRARY. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BRING THIS FORWARD THIS MORNING. YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THE HASTINGS LIBRARY IS THE TRANSITION PERIOD . THE DAY OF THE EVENT WAS ALSO THE DATE WE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC TEMPORARILY WHILE WE MOVE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. WE ARE REOPENING TO THE PUBLIC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER THE THIRD.

THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING TRULY IS A REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES, BUT CERTAINLY, THE CONCEPT THAT THE LIBRARY IS THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY AND TRULY A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EXAMPLE TO REPRESENT THAT THAN THE HASTINGS LOCATION. OUR CURRENT LOCATION IS ALREADY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND FEET EACH HS. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE COUNCIL ON AGING AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IN A MINUTE PULLING TOGETHER FOR THE CITIZENS ASSISTANCE IN ANY MANNER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE RESIDENTS OF THAT HASTINGS LIBRARY. THIS MORNING, I HAVE EMILY FOX. SHE IS THE COORDINATING FOR THE HASTINGS LIBRARY AND A MEMBER OF THE TEAM UP WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND PARKS AND RECREATION. IT WAS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER MINUTE SO WE COULD PROVIDE SOME MORE EFFICIENCY SERVICES WITHOUT DEDICATION OR EFFORT I AM PLEASED TO SAY IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THIS PROGRAM AND THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME FORTH TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF HASTINGS HAS FORGED ENORMOUSLY. WE COULD NOT DO THAT EVENT WITHOUT THE CONFIRMATION OF ANY ONE OF

THESE MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM. >> MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS EMILY FOX AS SHE SAID. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF LOOK BACK ON THE HISTORY OF THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT IN HASTINGS. SO, IN 2010, WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY MOVE.

SHE WAS MOVE FOR PROVIDING THINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS SOUTHWEST ST. JOHNS COUNTY. SHE APPROACHED OUR HASTINGS FRIENDS AT LIBRARY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING A SCHOOL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION AND THEY SAID YES.

THEY WOULD BE. SO, FOR THAT FIRST YEAR, HAD A VERY SIMPLE SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION OF PAPERS, PENS, AND PENCILS THAT WERE STACKED UP. KIDS CAN COME THROUGH AND GRAB WHAT THEY NEEDED. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL LISTS HAVE EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY. SO, FOR THOSE FEW YEARS, WE

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JOHNS COUNTY WITH RESOURCES AND SERVICES. SO THEY JOINED OUR GRANT PARTY AND THAT 2016 EVENT, WHICH WAS MERELY A SCHOOLED APPLY DISTRIBUTION BECAME COMMUNITY FOCUSED BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT IN HASTINGS. SO WE WERE PROVIDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ACCESS TO SCHOOLS , BACK-TO-SCHOOL PHYSICALS, IMMUNIZATIONS, -- WAS A VITAL EVENT WE HAD CLOSE TO PROBABLY BE FIVE PARTICIPANTS. WE ALSO SERVED 375 KIDS ON AVERAGE THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR TO COMING UP TO COVID. SO WE HAD 15 YEARS WITH ONE MISS, WHICH WAS OF COURSE THE SUMMER OF 2020. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. OUR LAST EVENT WAS JUST ON AUGUST 3RD. WE PROVIDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO 240 CHILDREN US IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A STORM APPROACHING SO THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THE EVENT, WHICH WE DID. WE HAD 35 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING BETWEEN LIBRARY AND WALKING PARK. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE LUNCH THROUGH OUR LOCAL FOOD BANK, HAD A CLASSIC HORSE SHOW FROM THE CITY CRUISERS AND EIGHT TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT WHICH ALSO INCLUDED MANY OF THE COUNTY VEHICLES, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED PRIMARILY BY THE PARKS AND REC. IT WAS AN EVENT. IT WAS VERY HARD HOT AND WE HAD LOTS OF COOLING STATIONS AND IT CAME OUT WELL. PROBABLY OVER 600 PEOPLE ATTENDED ON AUGUST 3RD AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, MISS FOX. IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT AND IT IS NICE FOR ME TO SEE THE COLLABORATIONS THAT MADE IT

[Deletions to Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DELETIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH?

>> I WASN'T SURE IF JOY WAS GOING TO PULL 13.

>> YES, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD ASK TO TABLE CONSENT ITEM

NUMBER 13. >> OKAY. SO MOVE. 13. ANYTHING

ELSE? >> NO.

>> NO, MA'AM. >> VICE CHAIR ALAIMO?

>> I HAVE NONE, MADAM CHAIR. >> COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST. I HAVE NONE, MADAM CHAIR. COMMISSIONER DEAN ?

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NUMBER TWO. >> OKAY. WE WILL BE TABLING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND 13.

>> ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT HEAR TO COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYONE WHO WOULD'VE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> GOOD MORNING. CHARLIE HUNT. MIDDLE CREEK ESTATES. YUP. JUST SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO PULL OFF ITEM NUMBER 13, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION OR TELL PEOPLE WHY IT IS GETTING PULLED. THE THREE LAW FIRMS THAT WERE PICKED FOR THAT CONTRACT , TWO OF THEM DO STATE WHERE THEY WORK, THE SET

LAW FORM -- >>

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SPEAKERS ] >> I WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING ON ANY ISSUE ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM THAT WE JUST PULLED AND ARE GOING TO TAKE A PROBABLY AT THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION MEETING. SO, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE TO BE SPEAKING ON AN ITEM WHICH IS POSTPONED BECAUSE I WOULD PREFER TO DISCUSS THIS WHEN THE NOMINEES ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN RESPONSE TO ANY COMMENTS MADE. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO POSTPONE IT SO I -- THAT IS A QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE, CHARLIE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING IT RIGHT.

>> YOU ARE CORRECT. IT IS NO LONGER PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS.

>> THANK YOU. YOU WILL GET A CHANCE NEXT MONTH.

>> WELL. >>

>> I WAS TRYING TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW. THAT IS JUST A GOOD WAY OF LETTING ME KNOW THAT I CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW.

>> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?

[Approval of Consent Agenda]

>> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

[Additions/Deletions to Regular Agenda]

>> SO MOVE. >> COMMOTION IN A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES, 5-0. OKAY. TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE REGULAR

AGENDA? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> VICE CHAIR ALAIMO? >> I HAVE NONE, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST? >> I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS --

>> OKAY. DO WE MAKE THE MOTION RIGHT NOW?

>> LET ME ADD TO THAT. BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME OPTION BUT COMMISSION WILL TAKE, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO DECLARE AN A MOTION EMERGENCY THAT MAY AFFECT THE DECISION.

>> SO MOVE. >> OKAY.

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

SECOND. LEESVILLE. >> PASSES 5-1. WE WILL TAKE IT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA. ANY FURTHER DELETIONS

[Approval of Regular Agenda]

OR ADDITIONS? >> NONE FURTHER. OKAY. WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE UP THE EMERGENCY ITEM.

>> SORRY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR AGENDA AS AMENDED.

[FCC Environmental Emergency Item]

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> LESS VOTE. THAT PASSES. 5-0. WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE EMERGENCY MOTION TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT. MR. COBLE, GOOD

MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRS.

COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, I WISH I WAS ON BETTER TERMS BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE FCC CONTRACT AND WHERE WE STAND. SO, TO DATE, THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED OVER 7000 CALLS SINCE AUGUST 1ST REGARDING MISS PICKUP OR OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THIS CONTRACT. WE HAVE ALSO HAD OVER 3000 REPORTS THROUGH OUR FCC APP OR SCC APP WILL RECYCLE COACH AT. 6000 SERVICE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE SYSTEM WITH OVER 13,000 INSPECTIONS FROM OUR COUNTY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEING PROJECTS DELIVERY BEING COMPLETED. WE ARE MONITORING THEIR TRUCKS DAILY WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY. WE DO HAVE THE REVISED SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE TRUCKS CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE COUNTY. OUR ROAD AND BRIDGE STAFF IS STILL AVAILABLE TO HELP US AND THEY ARE HELPING MORE ON THE WEEKENDS. WE NEED TO PULL THEM BACK AND GET THEM BACK ON THEIR ROUTINE REGULAR SCHEDULE MILLING, DRAINAGE, ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT BEHIND IN OUR RESPONSE ABILITIES SO THEY ARE HELPING OUT WHEN THEY CAN BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THEIR ROOM OF OPERATION. WE ARE COLLECTING ALL COSTS. ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING, IS BEING COLLECTED IN OUR SYSTEM SO WE WILL TRACK THAT. WE HAVE OVER 22 HOURS JUST WITH ROAD AND BRIDGE RIGHT NOW AND ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION AND THAT WILL TRACK THROUGH FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE CONTRACT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OTA LOOKING AT ALL LEGAL OPTIONS WITHIN THE CONTRACT REGARDING LIQUIDATING DAMAGES, FAILURE TO MEET STRUCTURAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE IT IS ALL CORRECTED, DOCUMENTED, AND THE PROPERTY IS READY TO GO.

AND THEN, LASTLY, WE HAVE INITIATED A INTO RANDOM SUPPLEMENTAL RMT LAST NIGHT . TWO OF THEM WERE PLEASED WITH

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THAT IS A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE. I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE DO HAVE COUNTY STAFF HERE AS WELL AS FCC STAFF IN THE

AUDIENCE. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER

WHITEHURST? >> THANK YOU. MR. COBLE, HOW QUICKLY DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS SUPPLEMENT TO RULING TO FILL IN

THE GAPS FOR THE SERVICE? >> RIGHT NOW, THE RFP IS ADVERTISED AND IT IS COMING BACK IN ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IS WHEN WE WOULD RECEIVE THE PROPOSALS BACK AND COME BACK

FROM THE BOARD. >> MS. ANDREWS?

>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT. I MET WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE LEADERSHIP. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OFFICER AND DEPUTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK AND THEY GRACIOUSLY OFFERED ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE A PIGGYBACK OPTION/ , I GUESS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT OPTION UNDER THEIR AGREEMENTS WHICH THEY HAVE CURRENTLY TWO AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT PROVIDERS. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON SATURDAY, I MET WITH MOURADIAN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOUR PROVIDERS FOR THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. WITH THEIR CEO AND COO AND THEY SUBSEQUENTLY, ON MONDAY -- YESTERDAY -- DIVIDED US WITH A PROPOSAL AND I BELIEVE GREG AND LEGAL TEAM MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MOURADIAN SO I BELIEVE THEY HAVE MADE A PROPOSAL ON SPECIFICALLY YARD RACED AND HOUSEHOLD TRASH PICKUP AND THEY HAVE MADE A COMMENT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM.

I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY BUT I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK THE LEGAL TO GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS ON IF AT THIS POINT IF WE HAVE RECEIVED PROPOSALS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE LEGALLY ADVISABLE FOR US TO ABANDON RFP AND GO STRAIGHT TO A PIGGYBACK, WHICH WOULD BE MORE EXPEDITIOUS THAN THE RP PROCESS WOULD YOU SUGGEST ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF BRINGING CONTRACTORS

THAT IS QUICKER? THANK YOU. >> THREW THE CHAIR TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S. FOR SUPPLEMENT SERVICES, YOU CAN USE THE PIGGYBACK PROCESS AS WELL AS KEEPING THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION RUNNING ON THE TRACKS SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE

ADMISSION TO MAKE A DECISION. >> THANK YOU.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I SEE THAT THE CEO OF S.E.C IS HERE AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS FOR HIM AS WELL. PLEASE, COME TO THE

PODIUM. I APPRECIATE IT. >>

SPEAKERS ] >> ME TWO. THERE IS A LIST.

>> WELL, HE MIGHT WANT TO RESPOND TO MY QUESTION OR MY CONCERN. YOU HAVE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS. I HAVE GOT SOME TWO.

>> I DO TWO. >> AND MAY THINK YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS. I DON'T THINK HE IS

GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DAN BRAZEAU. CEO OF SERVICES.

FIRST OFF, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TODAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO PROVIDE YOUR BOARD AND APOLOGY ON HOW THIS ALL STARTED. MORE SO THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THIS HAS BEEN A LARGE TRANSITION. WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND MET WITH THE CHAIR YESTERDAY AND HAD SOME MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ON CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND I WILL BE MORE THAN OPEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL HAVE.

THIS IS A LARGE TRANSITION. THERE IS ROUGHLY 112,000 HOUSEHOLDS GOING IN BUT VERY MUCH A LARGE PIECE OF WORK WE DO MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FROM THE STATE A VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE AND OTHER STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THE SERVICE POINTS HERE ARE ROUGHLY 350,000 PAGES A WEEK BETWEEN YARD WASTE, RECYCLING, AND TRASH. SIGNIFICANT LOGISTICAL PIECE .

ALL OF OUR OTHER CONTRACTS FROM THE U.S. AND SPECIFICALLY FLORIDA, WE HAVE SUCCEEDED AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LET OURSELVES BE HERE LEADING FROM THE TOP TO DRY CHANGE IN OUR PERFORMANCE AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT YOU EXPECT HIRING US AND MORE IMPORTANTLY RESIDENCE ON THEIR DAILY COLLECTIONS. YOUR STAFF, I WOULD GIVE KUDOS TO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS. IT WAS VERY RIGOROUS AND EXTENSIVE RFP PROCESS. THERE WAS A LOT OF REFERENCE CHECKS PERFORMED AND

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CALL IT AN EXTRA LIFT TO GET AHEAD AND GET CAUGHT UP AND PROVIDE DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY WORKS PIECE AND THE OPEN TICKET ITEMS THAT MR. CALDWELL JUST REFERENCED. WE ALSO INCREASED OUR TRUCK COME BY 36% SINCE STARTING THIS CONTRACT. WE ARE UP TO 99 TRUCKS ON SITE NOW. MUCH MORE THAN I WOULD SAY THIS CONTRACT CALLS FOR BUT WE ARE BRINGING IN ALL THE RESOURCES WE CAN, SPENDING THE MONEY ON TRUCKS AND PUSHING OUR PROVIDERS TO BRING SO MANY ASPECTS WE DON'T HAVE. WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED OUR STAFFING BY 17% SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIRE. WE HAVE HAD SOME TURNOVER FOR VARIOUS REASONS. I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS BUT WE CONTINUE TO HIRE , CONTINUE TO STAFF UP KNOWING WE NEED TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE HAVE ALSO CONSISTENTLY BROUGHT RESOURCES FROM OTHER LOCATIONS, INCLUDING OTHER STATES. WE HAVE THREE DRIVERS FROM NEBRASKA. 6 TO 7 OTHER DRIVERS FROM FLORIDA. MANAGERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND OF ITS OPERATIONS ASSISTING AND GETTING US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AS OF THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SERVICE, SO AS AGAIN, MR. CALDWELL MENTIONED A NUMBER.

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, WE PROVIDED 700 700,000 PERFORMANCES BETWEEN ALL OF THE HOUSEHOLDS, DAYS WE PROVIDED TRASH , YARD, WASTE AND RECYCLING. AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, WE HAD 4526 REPORTED MISSES. NOW I DON'T LIKE THAT NUMBER. I KNOW NOBODY LIKES THAT NUMBER. THAT IS A POINT -- .57% COMPARED TO THE SERVICES WE HAVE. AGAIN, NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE BUT WE STILL ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES AND INCREASING THAT DAILY WITH A TREND FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE FACED A FEW CHALLENGES HERE . THAT IS CLEAR. I WILL TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A LOT OF THOSE. SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT I WOULD FEEL REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHARE IS THERE IS A VERY SPECIALIZED TRUCK THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS CONTRACT IN THE RFP. IT IS A RECYCLING TRUCK. WE DID ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE OUT OF THAT STYLE AND RATHER THAN A REGULAR THAT IS COMMON IN THE INDUSTRY. WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL ON THAT. STILL PUSHED FORWARD AND MULTIPLE MONTHS AGO REALIZED THROUGH THE VENDORS AND MANUFACTURERS, WE WERE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE TRUCKS AND TIME. WHEN WE STARTED THE CONTRACT WE HAD FIVE. NOW WE ARE AT NINE OF 19. WE HAVE RENTED TRUCKS AND HAVE FIVE MORE COMING FROM A RENTAL COMPANY IN THE MIDWEST NOW BUT WE HAVE ALSO RENTED 14 ADDITIONAL TO COVER THAT WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE TRUCKS. THAT HAS BEEN A HURDLE FOR US. IT IS A KNOWN HURDLE BUT A HURDLE. WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME SIGNIFICANT MAP CHANGES , IN OUR OPINION, WITH 2700 NEW CUSTOMERS GETTING ADDED THE WEEK PRIOR. THE COUNTY IS DRAWLING AT A PHENOMENAL RATE BUT UNTIL WE HAD THAT DATA, WE DON'T KNOW .

WE DID A MASSIVE MAP CHANGE WITH THE QUESTION OF ONLY EIGHT MONTHS TO GET READY. HOW DID HE NOT HAVE THE MAP SET EVERYTHING ON DAY ONE. THAT WAS OUR CHALLENGE. WE HAD A LOT OF IT SET AND SHARED WITH OUR DRIVER TO THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE AND IT HAD A CHANGE IN ADVANCE WITH THE 2700 NEW CEOS ULTIMATELY ADDED A ROW BUT REBOUND DURING ALL THE ROUTES . MAYBE THE ROUTES DIDN'T CHANGE FULLY BUT IT SHIFTED BY 10 TO 20% ULTIMATELY CAUSING A BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE. ULTIMATELY, THIS CONTRACT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY. I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY WITH ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS. THERE HAS CLEARLY BEEN A CHALLENGING START HERE AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. MY COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE COMMUNIY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT AND WE HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT THIRD PARTIES AND TO HELP US AND ONLY RFP HAS BEEN RELEASED. I HEAR THE COMMENTARY ON THE PIGGYBACK SITUATION. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR COMPETITORS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED TODAY AND HAVE BACKUP SUPPORT. BUT WE ARE WORKING EVERY ANGLE WE POSSIBLY CAN BUT FOR ME, THESE TRANSITIONS ARE CHALLENGING. WE ARE ABOUT TWO AND HALF WEEKS AND AND AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR THE START WE HAVE HAD THAT WE ARE TAKING EVERY STEP WE CAN TO MITIGATE IT AND BE SUCCESSFUL HERE AND IT IS ULTIMATELY MY GOAL AS CL BUT FOR OUR COMPANY AND THE RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. MY COMMITMENT IS WE ARE TIRELESSLY FOCUS ON FIXING THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT TWO MORE

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>> MR. BRAZEAU, IT IS THE FCC'S DECISION THAT I HEARD THIS WAS DATED FOR CLAY COUNTY THAT FCC'S PICKING UP MONEY

AND PERCENT OF OBLIGATION? >> YES. WE ARE USING THE REPORTED MIST DATA WHICH IS A DATA SOFTWARE OF THE COUNTY AND THE SERVICE POINTS I SHARED EARLIER. THROUGH LAST WEEK HAD 784,800 SERVICES. THE REPORTED MIST RATE WAS 157% FOR MOST

NUMBERS. >> OKAY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP SAYING THAT THERE IS A 0% CHANCE THAT YOU'RE PICKING 99% OF YOUR OBLIGATION HERE INCH ST. JOHNS COUNTY . NOT ONLY ARE YOU MISSING YARD WASTE, RECYCLING AND TRASH ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHAT IS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IS THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, I'M GETTING PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND HAVING CORRESPONDENCE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TOLD BY YOUR COMPANY THAT THEY WILL BE OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY TO PICK UP AND THEN YOU ARE BREAKING THAT OBLIGATION TWO.

SO I AM CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE PICKING UP 91% OF THE TRASH RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY . THERE IS ZERO CHANCE THAT IS POSSIBLE AND SO I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE STREET OR MAYBE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STRAIN YOU HAVE PUT ON OUR STAFF AND THE WAY THAT QUALITY-OF-LIFE HAS BEEN DIMINISHED AND THE WAY THAT THE TRUST IN BASIC GOVERNMENT SERVICE HAS BEEN DIMINISHED BY OUR RESIDENCE. SO WE ARE UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF STRAIN AND UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE TO FIX THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE CAN RELY ON WORD OF A COMPANY WHO BELIEVES THEY ARE PICKING UP 99% OF THE TRASH, RECYCLING, AND YARD WASTE. SO I JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD TELL YOU

HOW I FEEL. >> YEAH. COMMISSIONER, I THINK IT IS A FAIR COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. I WILL GO A STEP FURTHER, RIGHT? YES, THAT IS A REPORTED MIST RATE.

THAT IS THAT IT IS THAT I HAVE FROM WHO WAS CALLED IN AND REPORTED A MESS. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS OUR PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION WHICH ARE TWO DIFFERENT METRICS. WE START ALL COMPLETE BE CHALLENGING AND THE LOW TO MID 80S FROM A ROUTE COMPLETION STANDPOINT SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE ARE MISSING 15% OF THE COMMUNITY, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUNDRED THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS. THROUGH LAST WEEK, WHERE GETTING THE COMPLETION RATE THROUGH 98% AND YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR BEST YEAR YET . WE ARE CONTINUING TO TREND AND A FAIR ASSESSMENT AND I WILL OWN THE DELIVERY OF THAT BUT THAT IS TWO DIFFERENT DATA POINTS AND I FEAR YOU APPRECIATE THAT POINTING OUT. THERE HAS NOT BEEN 99% PICKED UP AND WE ARE TRENDING RAPIDLY TOWARDS THAT AND OBVIOUSLY, OUR FULL INTENTION AND DESIRE HERE FOR THE MOST PART IS OBVIOUSLY TO SURFACE THE RESIDENCE HERE PROPERLY.

>> YESTERDAY WAS MY WAS YOUR BEST DAY YET. MY OWN TRASH WASN'T PICKED UP. I HAD THREE BUCKETS OUT. YOU'LL PICK UP ONE. THAT I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.

>> OKAY. SO, I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU CAME UP YOU TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR. I WILL JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE TRASH WILL BE PICKED UP BY SUNDAY FOR EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY.

ESPECIALLY THEIR YARD WASTE. BUT YOU ARE SUPPOSEDLY ABOUT TO BE ON TRACK BUT YOU'RE NOT ON TRACK BECAUSE YOU ARE USING ALL OF THESE OTHER RESOURCES, INCLUDING OUR STAFF TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD. I VOTED AGAINST YOU IN THE BEGINNING AND I WAS TOLD, OH, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVE YOU WRONG AND YOU ARE NOT. I AM SHOCKED HOW BAD IT IS THAT WE SHOULD'VE KEPT TWO PROVIDERS ONE IN THE NORTH AND ONE IN THE SOUTH TO COVER IF THIS KIND OF THING WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF WE HAD A BIG STORM. SO CAN I JUST SWITCH OVER TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR TO LET HER -- CAN WE DO A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO GET ALL THE YARD WASTE PICKED UP BY SUNDAY BECAUSE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IS A HEALTH CRISIS. THERE IS RATS IN IT.

THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING ON FOR THREE WEEKS AND IT IS IN THEIR WAY OF CARS. PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH STREETS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE WOULD DO IN A HURRICANE INTO A STATE OF EMERGENCY, IMMEDIATELY GET ALL THE YARD WASTE. I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE OTHER TWO SERVICES AND THEY CAN PROBABLY KEEP DOING THAT BUT WE HAVE GOT TO GET OFF THE STREETS TODAY BY SUNDAY. I MEAN, THERE HAS GOT

TO BE A WAY. >> COMMISSIONER, MADAM CHAIR , MADAM CHAIR , COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, TO THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE WILLING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT IS LEGALLY AMOUNT AND ANY TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO TO THAT, I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE

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>> WE HAVE OUR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE AND YOU CAN PROBABLY JUSTIFY THE FACT THAT THERE IS A HORRIBLE DISASTER

FOR HEALTH. SIR. >> TO THE CHAIR OR COMMISSIONER JOSEPH. YES, YOU CAN MAKE FINDINGS AND DECLARE A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE ACTUALLY HOW THE COUNTY WILL

HANDLE A SIMILAR SITUATION. >> COULD WE DO THAT? TO GET THIS PICKED UP BY SUNDAY FROM EVERYBODY'S HOME, THEIR YARD

WASTE? >> THIS WOULD BE A POSITIVE DECISION BY THE BOARD. AGAIN, WE WILL VOTE FOR ANY TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED AS

QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE YARD WASTE TO BE PICKED UP BEFORE THE WEEKEND

WAS THROUGH SUNDAY. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE NEED TO HEAR PUBLIC

COMMENT. >> WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM THIS IS ONE A.

>> MADAM CHAIR , COMMISSIONERS , I AM DAN HOLLAND. I LIVE AT 551 DRIVE. I AM CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BEACH SERVICE COMMUNITIES AND I HAVE WORKED -- I OVERSEE THE SANITATION CONTRACT AND I WAS ON THE BOARD BACK IN 2003 WHEN WE DID THE CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC. WE HAVE HAD THEM FOR 21 YEARS. AND I HAVE RECEIVED A SLEW OF COMPLAINTS SINCE AUGUST 1ST AND PEOPLE -- THEY SAY -- ONE GENTLEMAN CAME ON. HE SAID, THE NEW SERVICE IS AWFUL. THE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE HASN'T BEEN PICKED UP BY THE MONK US MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH. THIS IS MONDAY AUGUST 14TH. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED YARD WASTE PICKUP FOR THREE WEEKS NOW. FELLOW NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES. ANOTHER ONE. YARD WASTE, I TRIED CALLING S.E.C SEVERAL TIMES. JUST GOES TO VOICEMAIL AFTER SOME TIME ON HOLD. THE DEBRIS IS STARTING TO PILE UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BLOW AROUND THE STREETS, CLOGGING WATER DRAINS AND GOING INTO LAGOONS, CAUSING FURTHER PROBLEMS. I THINK YOU HAVE GOT A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE. ONE, CERTAINLY THOSE GROUNDS ARE TERMINATING THE CONTRACT IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT. I HAVE GOT A COPY OF THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. SECTION 47 RECALLS FOR TERMINATION. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF FACTS TO SUPPORT THAT. ALTERNATIVELY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CARVE OUT A SECTION OF THE COUNTY AND HAVE A RFP SO THAT WE CAN GET A PROVIDER THAT WOULD SERVE THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS. I ASKED FOR REPUBLIC BACK BEFORE THIS CONTRACT WENT INTO EFFECT, I TRIED TO GET THEM TO DO OUR HOUSEHOLD TRASH. THEY SAID WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH HOMES. I CONTACTED ANOTHER PROVIDER AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING. YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOMES IN THE MSD. AND I HAVE TALKED WITH GREG COLE. GREG IS DOING THE BEST HE CAN AND I WOULD URGE THAT THE BOARD DO AN RFP FOR STARTING IN IGUANA. RUN UP A 1A, GO UP TO BOULEVARD TO THE COUNTY LINE, GO OVER TO U.S. ONE, COME DOWN SOUTH AND YOU TAKEN MARKETING, ROSCOE BOULEVARD , IS ALL GRASS AND ALL OF THIS AND WE CAN HAVE A PROVIDER DO ALL OF THIS IN ONE TIME AND DOES WANT TO HAVE SUBMENTAL SERVICE CAN PAY FOR IT. THOSE THAT WHAT ONE DAY PER WEEK CAN DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE GOT A REAL PROBLEM. WE HAVE GOT TO SOLVE IT BECAUSE IT IS EVERY DAY. LAST THURSDAY, I TOLD GREG I WOULD GO AROUND --

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> APPRECIATE IT. >> MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> I TOLD YOU SO. HARKENING BACK TO THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 19TH , I MADE COMMENTS , WHICH WERE NOT TRANSCRIBED AND NOT INCLUDED AND NO LONGER DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES WHERE THERE IS A LINK TO CLICK TO SEE THE VIDEO. WELL, WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, I FOUND. IT USED TO BE EASY. WE USED TO BE ABLE TO CLICK ON A LINK IN ANY DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT GARBAGE WHENEVER THE SUBJECT WAS AND EVEN IF IT IS JUST A SENTENCE, HOW TO FIND IT. WELL,

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JOHNS COUNTY PRODUCING POLICY -- I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS BEFORE AND OTHER MEETINGS. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A LOOK -- SERIOUSLY, IF YOU HAD AN WOODY'S YOU COULD DO SO BUT HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A LOOK AT THE PROTEST PROCEDURES? THERE WERE COMPETITORS WHO SPOKE AND THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH THIS CONTRACT WAS AWARDED. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME A VENDOR OR CONTRACTOR WILL RESPECTIVE BIDDER HAS AN ST.

JOHNS COUNTY TO FILE A TEST? ANYBODY EVER CHECK? EVER? THREE DAYS. NOT INCLUDING NIGHTS, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. SO HERE THIS DECISION WAS MADE ON DECEMBER 19TH AND YOU EXPECTED BUSINESSMEN WHO WERE IN COMPETITION WITH THIS EUROPEAN-BASED OLIGARCHY FCC. DID YOU KNOW THIS IS A EUROPEAN COMPANY AND DOES BUSINESS IN 29 OR 30 EUROPEAN COMPANIES? DID DELL HAVE ANY KIND OF VETTING DONE AT ALL WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS TO HIGH THIS COMPANY PERFORMS? NO, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A VERY CRUMMY STAFF AND YOUR STAFF IS DOES THEIR JOB AND YOU DON'T SEE TO IT THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THAT WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FARMING ANOTHER OLIGOPOLISTIC TO DO THEIR JOB. WHEN WE HAVE COUNTY AND ROSE DO IT? CITY OF ST.

AUGUSTINE. IT IS A CORE GOVERNMENT FUNCTION. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE PROFITEERS OR OLIGOPOLISTIC OR WASTE MANAGEMENT OR EUROPEAN COMPANY OR ANY OF THAT MESS. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PICKING UP THE GARBAGE. THAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD RATHER CONTRACT OUT BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO CALL FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, LOVE FROM CONTRACTORS. WHY ARE WE SO RELIANT ON CONTRACTORS TO DO THE TOTAL BUSINESS , THE TOTAL PACKAGE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY? IT IS WRONG. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS WRONG? ONE PARTY RULE IS WRONG. EVERY SINGLE VOTE ON THIS MATTER WAS MADE BY REPUBLICANS. ONLY ONE, KRISTA JOSEPH, VOTED NOT TO DO THIS CONTRACT. LET'S ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION AS ADULTS. LET'S HAVE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DO THIS LIKE ELSEWHERE IN THE CITIES. THANK YOU. ST. AUGUSTINE. ST.

AUGUSTINE BEACH. THANK YOU. >> DJ KHALED. WEST CITY AUGUSTINE. IT STARTED AT 9:00 A.M. AND IS 9:42 A.M. AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THIS -- WHEN YOU DO IT, IT IS FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, NOT JUST THE NORTH. COMMISSIONER JOSEPHSON HAD IT BEEN BY SUNDAY AND YOU TOLD THEM THEY HAD SEVEN DAYS . THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE 16TH. WE SHOULD START TODAY. I AM NOT A LAWYER. WE SHOULD START TODAY AND PUT OUT THE RFP AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY TO DO THEIR THING AND IF IT TAKES THEM LONGER, THEY CAN BE OUT THERE WORKING AND PUT THEM ON NOTICE THAT THEY ARE DOING THE RFP IF IT IS A LEGAL THING TO DO RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO GET IT DONE NOW INSTEAD OF KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS THING BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE CALLING INTO BOTH THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT. I LIVE IN THE CITY BUT I KNOW FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THE COUNTY. SO DO THE RFP. AGAIN TODAY. WARN ABOUT FCC. THEY CAN COME UP AND SAY I'M SORRY FROM NOW UNTIL DOOMSDAY. IT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO IF IT IS LEGAL, GET THAT DONE AND GO ALONG WITH DOING IT SUNDAY . THEIR TIME IS UP. SO THEY CAN HIRE THE WHOLE WORLD TO FINISH BY SUNDAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME YOU VOTE ON THIS, YOU WILL VOTE FOR SOMEBODY INVESTMENT IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY EITHER WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH, IT IS THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS NOT ONLY DO THIS BUT OTHER THINGS FOR THE COUNTY. SO IT IS BASICALLY TWO THINGS. YOU'VE GOT UNTIL SUNDAY, FCC, AND YOU'VE GOT TODAY TO GIVE THE STAFF AUTHORITY TO START THEIR RFP IF YOU ALREADY HAVEN'T AND GIVE THAT CLEAR OFF TIME IS BASICALLY WHAT YOUR INTERIM LAWYER SAYS YOU CAN DO. SO LET'S NOT JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. IT'S GET TO THE FACTS AND GET IT DONE AND THINKING THAT WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.

>> YES. GOOD MORNING. CHARLIE HUNT. MIDDLE CREEK ESTATES.

THIS IS THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE TITANIC. IT WAS GREAT,

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ACCELERATION.

UNTIL IT ACTUALLY GOT GOING. OKAY? THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS COUNTY IS IN A VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR IT. TWO REASONS. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT THAT IS NOT IN IT BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO THIS IS A VERY BAD SITUATION TO BE IN AND REALLY I WOULD SAY I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A GLOBAL ORGANIZATION UNTIL IT ACTUALLY GOT TO LOOKING INTO IT WHEN THE COMPLAINTS CAME UP. I AM THINKING, WOW. THIS IS BIG.

THEY ARE DOING IT DEFINITELY FOR THE MONEY TO CUT COSTS, BUT NOW IT IS NOT.AND I REALLY WOULD NOT -- I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS IN THAT MANY BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING. IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT DRIVING AROUND PICKING UP THE TRASH OR THE REFUSE OR TREES, IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS HOW EASY FOR THEM TO MAKE THE POINT AND SAY, YEP. WE GOT IT. WE WANT IT. 4-1 LET'S START GOING. ALL RIGHT? NICE BIG, WHITE TRAINEE TRUCKS. NEW GARBAGE BINS. LOOKS ALL GREAT BUT, YES. WHEN THE WHEELS STARTED TURNING, THAT WAS REALLY STARTING TO SHOW UP AND MIDDLE CREEK ESTATES, STRANGELY ENOUGH, OUT OF THE 40 RESIDENTS, PEOPLE WERE GETTING THEIR TRASH NOT PICKED UP. THAT IS PRETTY BAD BY STANDARDS. WE COULD DIG UP A BURN PIT IN THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY AND BURN IT RIGHT THERE BUT, NO. WE WANTED PICKED UP FOR THE SAFETY. BUT, YES. THIS HAS HAPPENED. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE POSING IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH THE ONES YOU GOT. JUST BECAUSE IT IS A GLOBAL ORGANIZATION WITH NICE NEW TRUCKS DOESN'T MEAN IT IS REALLY GOING TO WORK OUT UNTIL THE WHEELS START

LEARNING. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC

COMMENT? >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER BEEN HERE. I HAVE SEEN ALL OF YOUR FACES MAILED TO MY HOUSE EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

>> COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS?

>> NO, I AM SO SORRY. LEAH CATER AT 104 ELMWOOD DRIVE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. JUULING CREEK PLANTATION. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE SEEN MY FACE AND MY VOICE IS A LITTLE QUIVERY BECAUSE I AM UPSET. I AM NEXT TO IRATE. I'M A COLLEGE PROFESSOR . I HAVE STUDENTS THAT GIVE ME ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES . EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT. I HAVE HEARD STATISTIC AFTER STATISTIC THIS MORNING . IT IS NOT TRUE TO FACT. I TRIED TO CALL YESTERDAY. I WAS PUT ON HOLD . CALL NUMBER 13. AFTER 25 MINUTES ON HOLD, I WAS DOWN TO CALL NUMBER 10. I FINALLY HAD TO HANG UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE. THERE IS ONE PROBLEM THAT MY GARBAGE HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP ON TIME, MY RECYCLING HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP ON TIME, MY YARD TRASH IS NOT BEEN PICKED UP ON TIME INVESTMENT IF PICKED UP. THAT HAS UPSET ME BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME HERE. WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME HERE IS THE SLUDGE LEFT IN OUR STREETS.

AFTER THE GARBAGE TRUCK PASSES AT EACH STOP, THERE IS A HUGE PILE OF BROWN, GANDHI'S LEG LEFT. OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK THROUGH WERE RIGHT THERE BIKES THROUGH ON THE WAY TO THE BUS STOPS THAT THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO WALK THEIR ANIMALS THROUGH TO WALK THEM IN THE MORNING OR THE EVENINGS . OUR DOG HAS LONG HERE SO WE WILL COME IN THE EVENINGS AROUND 9:00 BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. THERE ARE ROACHES IN EACH PILE OF SLUDGE. I TRIED TO GET MY SON TO TAKE PICTURES OF IT LAST NIGHT BUT AS SOON AS YOU PUT THE FLASHLIGHT ON THEM, THEY SCATTER. THAT IS WHY I AM HERE. IT IS A HEALTH SAFETY MATTER. AND NO ONE HAS SPOKEN

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SO, HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED. I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.

ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF UPS UP TO ME UPSETS ME BUT NOT AS MUCH OF THE FILTH. IT IS ALMOST -- I WALK MY DOG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. IT NOT ONLY IS UNHEALTHY -- YOU CAN SMELL IT.

WHEN YOU WALK OUT MY FRONT DOOR, YOU CAN SMELL IT. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT ALL OF YOU ON YOUR PATIENTS PATIENCE . YOUR JOB IS VERY DIFFICULT, I KNOW.

>> THINK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD

MORNING. >> SUZANNE PLUTO. 109 LAUREL LANE UNIT 32086. WELL, I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS EMERGENCY WHATEVER TO GET SOMETHING ROLLING HERE BECAUSE FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, FCC JUST NEEDS TO GO. THEY JUST CAN'T CUT IT. AND I AM LOOKING AT THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO START ALL THIS AND CLAY COUNTY OCTOBER 1ST. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE MANPOWER? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE TRUCKS? I THINK THEY ARE IN OVER THEIR HEAD. I HEAR TRANSITIONS CAN BE CHALLENGING, THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING WHEN THEY ASKED THE CONTRACT. IF YOU WOULD TELL ME AHEAD OF TIME WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS TRANSITION AND THEN WE PRE-PLAN FOR THAT TRANSITION BUT NO PREPLANNING WAS DONE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS GOING TO BE GOOD TO GO. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN ALL OF THEIR TRUCKS IN THEIR HANDS THAT THEY NEED. AND NOW WE ARE SAYING THAT IF WE DO AN RFP, FOR THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE OR WHATEVER, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12TH? THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WE CAN'T DO THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PIGGYBACK THING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IF IT CAN HAPPEN -- BUT I JUST HEARD HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE AND YARD WASTE AND I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE RECYCLE . AND THE PHONE BANK THAT YOU HAVE GOT IS NOT GIVING YOU GOOD NUMBERS. YOU CAN ONLY CHECK THE NUMBER OF THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY GET THROUGH. PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP. THEY CALL. MAYBE THEY GET THROUGH AND LEAVE A MESSAGE BUT THEN NOTHING HAPPENS FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS. THEY DON'T CALL EVERY DAY. AND THEN, NOW THE CALLS ARE OVERWHELMING YOU. I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT YOU CAN NOW TRACK THE TRUCKS, WHICH WE ARE ON OUR SECOND WEEK/3RD WEEK. WE CAN FINALLY TRACK THE TRUCKS. WELL, IT DOESN'T TELL THEM WE ARE TRACKING THE TRUCKS. YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS, FOR DECADES, HAVE HAD SUPERIOR TRASH HAULERS. I MOVE HERE 25 YEARS AGO. I WAS AMAZED AT THE EFFICIENCY AND WHAT THEY WOULD TAKE AND NOW, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS ACCEPT THIS? NO WONDER EVERYBODY IS SCREAMING. WE ARE JUST NOT USED FOR THIS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME, IF THIS WAS JUST DONE TO REDUCE THE COSTS THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST US, WE ARE WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THE SERVICE. WE NEED THIS SERVICE. IT IS IMPORTANT. DO WHATEVER

YOU NEED TO DO TO FIX IT NOW. >> GOOD MORNING. SHERRY BADGER.

2717 TWO SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE. I GET IT. I GET THIS TIME IN THE STREET. TRASH TRUCKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STRIP MALL NEXT-DOOR LEAVE SLUDGE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY DAY, BUT YOU DON'T CARE. THIS IS GOING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BEFORE -- PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THIS COMPANY EVER TOOK OVER, THERE WERE COMPLAINTS MADE. THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT FOR BANKS. A FRIEND OF MINE TOOK THE TIME TO CALL ALL FOUR PHONE BANKS AND THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T ANSWER THEIR PHONE PHONE BANK WAS THE NORTH OF TOWN. ANYBODY ELSE GOT LEAVE A MESSAGE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT LOOKING AT

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HAVE A GREAT DAY. GOD BLESS. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC

COMMENT? >> MADAM CHAIR?

>> YES? >> JUST SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR.

THE MOTION MAY NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTION AUTHORIZES THE CHAIR TO SIGN A RESOLUTION DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND PRO-CLAIRE CLARIFICATION THAT A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY CAN ONLY BE FOR SEVEN DAYS UNLESS

EXTENDED. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> I WILL CALL YOU UP IN JUST A

SECOND. OKAY. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WERE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> BACK TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S VOTE. THAT PASSES 5-1. BACK TO THE SESSION. COMMISSIONER DEAN.

>> I THINK I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> MAKE ONE COMMENT . I USUALLY AGREE WITH MR.'S SLAVER 90% OF THE TIME BUT PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES DOING BUSINESS WITH US BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY OVER HALF THE VEHICLES OF THIS ARE MADE HERE OR OWNED BY FOREIGN COMPANIES AND ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY. GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY IN MY MIND BUT SECONDLY, I DO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH INCOMPETENCE. THAT IS MY PROBLEM. I CERTAINLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THIS TRASH ISSUE RESOLVED BY SUNDAY AND I WILL SUPPORT ANY ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE TO DO SO.

THAT IS POINT NUMBER ONE. I WOULD OFFER THIS , IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HAVING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND IT IS PROBABLY NOT EVEN POSSIBLE LEGALLY, BUT I WOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN DOING IN ABOLISHMENT AND GO BACK TO OUR OLD CARRIER FOR FUTURE AN INTERIM BASIS. WE CAN DO THAT. I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY SOLVE IT. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY SENT TRUCKS AND STAFFED OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE SO IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE LOGISTICALLY BUT EVEN DEALING WITH A LEGAL PROBLEM AND LOGISTICAL PROBLEM, WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO JUGGLE BUT I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST WE CAN DO THIS MORNING, I THINK WE ARE DOING. THAT IS GETTING THE TRASH PICKED UP BY SUNDAY. AND WE CAN DO THAT AND WE WILL FEEL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WILL BE A LONG-RANGE SOLUTION. BUT WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LAST COMMENT MADE ABOUT NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THE COUNTY , I LIVE IN THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY AND I HAVE TAKEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY AND GOTTEN GREG AND HIS STAFF THAT GET THOSE HOMES SERVED WITHIN ONE OR TWO DAYS SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE DONE ANY DISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY RELATIVE TO THE NORTH AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THIS MORNING.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DEAN. THE ISSUES ARE COUNTYWIDE. I THINK WE HAVE ALL BEEN INUNDATED WITH THE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND THAT IS CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT. I THINK IT IS BECOME VERY APPARENT AFTER OUR MEETING WITH THE CEO YESTERDAY THAT IT APPEARS TO ME THERE WAS A BREACH OF CONTRACT FROM DAY ONE. AND YOU LEFT US DURING A HURRICANE. YOU HAVE CREATED IN OUR COMMUNITY A PUBLIC SAFETY AND A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS . I PERSONALLY CAN SAY I HAVE LOST ALL TRUST IN FCC. I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL FEEL THE SAME WAY. I THINK THERE IS NO ARGUMENT TO BE HAD THAT YOU HAVE LIVED UP TO YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN. I THINK YOU QUITE FRANKLY FAILED OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS GOING TO BE MY PERSONAL POSITION THAT I THINK WE MOVE TO TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT BUT NOT UNTIL I AM SUFFICIENTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES IN PLACE SO I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE COME HERE TODAY SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER BRIAN, MR. HUNTINGTON BECAUSE WHILE MR. BRAZIL HAS SAID THAT HE REACHED OUT TO YOU AND THERE WAS NO SUPPORT I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE REACHED OUT TO US OFFERING THAT SUPPORT SO THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT EACH OF YOU HAVE TO

SAY. >> MADAM CHAIR, ARE WE SETTING

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THE CLOCK? >> KNOW WE ARE NOT.

>> CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER. MERIDIAN WASTE OF FLORIDA. 5200 SAN JOSE BOULEVARD JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. I AM HERE TO GIVE A LITTLE CLARITY TO THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. CURRENTLY, MERIDIAN WASTE COLLECTS TWO OF THE THREE PRIVATE CONTRACTS OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. WE COLLECT OVER 150,000 HOMES WEEKLY WITH THREE SERVICES , IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, 480,000 SERVICES A WEEK. WE ARE QUALIFIED TO HELP OUT ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WHEN WE HEARD THIS ISSUE, WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED ON FRIDAY, FIRST BY YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THEN BY YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WE GOT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. WE KNOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 45 TRUCKS THAT WE CAN BRING IN TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY WITHIN 10 DAYS. OKAY? THIS IS NOT A OVERNIGHT PROCESS. WITH THAT 45, -- WITH THOSE 45 TRUCKS, UPON A CONTRACT EXECUTION, AND CARVING OUT AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 45 CONTIGUOUS HOMES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FOLLOW OTHER TRUCKS, WE WANT TO COME IN AND HELP ON AN INTERIM BASIS. OUR INTERIM BASIS IS WITH THE GOAL THAT THERE IS AN RFP ISSUED IN THE MERIDIAN WASTE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON A FRANCHISE AGAIN WITH ST. JOHNS COUNTY. OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH YOUR CURRENT PROVIDER. IT IS FOR GARBAGE ONCE A WEEK, OR CYCLING ONCE A WEEK, AND WASTE ONCE A WEEK, WASTE, WHITE GOODS ON CALL. IT IS THE SAME EXACT SERVICE LEVEL AS WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING. IT WOULD BE OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE COUNTY FROM THE NINE-MONTH MINIMUM CONTRACT. WE CANNOT MOBILIZE ALL OF THESE TRUCKS, HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES FOR TWO WEEKS, THREE MONTHS. IT IS FOR NINE-MONTH PERIOD. IT ALSO, AS I STATED, WE CAN GET THE TRUCKS IN WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS. WE BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE IT STAFFED, PARTIALLY IN 10 BUSINESS DAYS BUT PREFERABLY IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET. IN THIS CASE IT WILL BE 40 EMPLOYEES. 40 DRIVERS AND 40 HELPERS BECAUSE OUR RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTING AND UTILIZING THE VEHICLES. THE AUTOMATIC SIDE LOADERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE PRODUCE, AND ESPECIALLY TO RENT ON INTERIM BASIS. JUST SO YOU KNOW, OUR PROPOSED RATES ARE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THERE IS NO PRICE GOUGING HERE. FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION AND APPROXIMATE 45,000 HOMES IN THE SOUTHERN HALF, IT IS THE SAME EXACT RATE AS WE BID OVER A YEAR AGO TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY. NOT ONE PENNY MORE EXCEPT FOR THE COST THAT IS GETTING CHARGED OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE HELPERS ON THE BACK OF THEIR REAR LOAD TRUCKS TO COLLECTIVE CYCLES. THAT IS IT. ALSO, OUR TRUCK RENTAL THAT WE HAVE HAD AND PROPOSED TO THE COUNTY OR A STRAIGHT PASS-THROUGH. THERE IS NO MARKUP ON THE TRUCK RENTALS. NO MARKUP ON DELIVERY. THIS IS OUR OFFER TO THE COUNTY TO SHOW THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IN GOODWILL IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON A CONTRACT A LONG-TERM FRANCHISE TO HELP YOU OUT TO GET THIS UP. AND THE REASON WE CAN DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WE KNOW WE HAVE SERVICED IT. OUR AREA PRESENT IS AN AUDIENCE DAVE SHEPPARD AS WAS OUR COO. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GARBAGE, YARD WASTE AND RECYCLING IS PICKED UP IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

WE WANT TO DO THAT FOR YOU. WE ARE NOT DOING IT FOR FREE. WE ARE DOING IT FOR A VERY HONEST PRICE. IF YOU RECALL WHEN I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO , WE WEREN'T THE LOW BID, WE WEREN'T THE HIGH BID, THIS RATE WE WERE OFFERING FOR THE 45 CONTIGUOUS HOMES IS WITH THE SECOND LOWEST BIG BID , OKAY? BUT IS A REALISTIC BID. WE KNOW WHAT THE LABOR COSTS ARE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME IN FLAGGER COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN CLAY COUNTY. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME ARE IN DUVAL COUNTY. WE ARE PREPARED TO SERVICE THE NORTHERN PORTION. IF THAT IS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS, WE WILL LOOK AT THE BID RATE THAT WE DID A YEAR AGO AND HONOR THE SAME PROPOSAL. OUR GOAL IS TO GET YOU ALL PICKED UP AND IF THE DECISION IS MADE BY THIS BOARD TO TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT WHILE OUR TIMELINE WON'T BE 10 DAYS, WE CAN GET STARTED IN 10 DAYS THE TRANSITION WILL TAKE LONGER BUT IF I UNDERSTAND IT, YOUR CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR YOUR CURRENT PROVIDER TO CONTINUE SERVICE EVEN AFTER THE CONTRACT IS TERMINATED FOR PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. DURING THAT PERIOD, WE

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. HUNTINGTON.

>> GREG HUNTINGTON. WM SENIOR ACCOUNTING EXECUTIVE . MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. FIRST OFF, LET ME JUST SAY BY NO MEANS AM I HERE TO DISPARAGE FCC WHICH YOU WILL LEARN IS THAT YOU HAVE A MULTIPLICITY OF VENDORS AND EACH VENDOR IS GOING TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND NOT TO OTHERS. WE FIND OURSELVES IN A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE WE WERE YOUR TRUSTING SERVICE PROVIDER FOR 20 YEARS ORIGINALLY AS ADVANCED DISPOSAL AND BECAME WM. WE HAVE A LEASE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY EXITED OUT OF. WE HAVE REDEPLOYED ACCESS AND REALLY TRANSITION SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES PLUS WE ARE ENDING OUR CONTRACT IN CLAY COUNTY AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. I BELIEVE IS ANOTHER 75,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. I THINK BECAUSE OF THE BLACKOUT, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE SUPPLEMENTALS THAT ARE OUT THERE BUT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AN IDEA OF BACKING OFF EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT REMAIN AROUND THE STATE WHERE WE COULD COME IN, DO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF COLLECTION THAT MAKE SENSE FOR BOTH PARTIES. SO WE ARE VERY OPEN TO THAT IDEA. AS I STATED, WE WERE A PARTNER FOR 20 YEARS AND STILL HAVE OTHER PARTNER SHIPS WITH THE COUNTY AND EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROLE SINCE 2016, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST PARTNERSHIPS I HAVE HAD SO IF OUR COMPANY CAN FIND A WAY OR BOTH PARTIES TO BE IN AGREEMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND AN AREA WHERE WE CAN PARTNER AGAIN ON THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION SIDE OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. HUNTINGTON. COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO ACCEPT BLAME FOR THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN . I WANT TO ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T RESPONSE ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE WRONG, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO FIX IT. YOU START SAYING IT IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT THEN YOU'RE REALLY NOT IN CONTROL OF THE REMEDY TO A SITUATION AND I VOTED, YES, TO HIRE FCC . IF YOU ATTENDED THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING, YOU WILL SEE THAT I COMES EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT RELIABILITY. RELIABILITY WAS MY CONCERN AND I DO NOT TRUST MY GUT AND I HAVE GOT A LOT OF REGRETS ABOUT THAT. BUT IT IS MY FAULT. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MY STAFF AND NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT FCC. I AM UPSET WITH MYSELF FOR NOT TRUSTING MY GUT SO BECAUSE IT IS MY FAULT, I WANT TO OFFER A REMEDY AND IT IS WITH THAT MIND AND MAKE THIS MOTION. I WANT TO DIRECT COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO HIGHER IN WHATEVER WAY THEY SEE FIT THESE PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO US TODAY IN WHATEVER WAY YOU SEE FIT , WHATEVER WAY WILL BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND WANT TO MOVE TO TERMINATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FCC, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FROM MY DISCUSSION WITH MR. COMMANDO IS A PROCESS AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT I WANT TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS TODAY SO THAT IS MY MOTION.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. >> PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH FCC. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THESE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. WE WILL

GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN. DAN BRAZEAU. OBVIOUSLY, EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT. WE KNEW IT WAS ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE HEARD IT. OBVIOUSLY I HAVE HEARD THAT OUR COMPETITORS HAVE A BIG PIPELINE OF TRUCKS WHICH I GUESS IS GOOD FOR THEM. THE LAST PIECE I WOULD JUST SHARE BEFORE THIS WHICH I KNOW IS A LARGE VOTE AND WE HAVE A 12 MONTH SEGMENT OF OUR CONTRACT TO CONTINUE WORKING AND THERE'S A SUPPLEMENT A PIECE. OUR PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WORK

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>>, ASK HIM A QUESTION, A REAL QUICK?

>> REGARDING THE PEOPLE, OF COURSE I WORRY. I DO FEEL BAD ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH YOU CARED ABOUT THE PEOPLE SINCE I HEARD YOU DID NOT GIVE THEM

INSURANCE. >> YEAH. I HAVE HEARD WE HAVE NOT GIVE PEOPLE INSURANCE. I KNOW WE HAVE INDUSTRY-LEADING BENEFIT PACKAGE. OUR BENEFITS START DAY ONE. THE FIRST DAY AFTER -- THE FIRST DAY FOLLOWING EMPLOYMENT. THE 401(K), THAT IS DENTAL, VISION, HEALTH, LIFE INSURANCE, DISABILITY. THAT IS ALL BEEN OFFERED. WE HAVE HR ON SITE MULTIPLE TIMES. FOR SOMEONE NOT TO BE OFFERED THAT, THAT IS A SURPRISE TO ME. I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY OF OUR PEOPLE HAVING THE PROPER THINGS AND WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THEMSELVES. THAT IS NEW INFORMATION TO ME. HONESTLY IF THERE IS SOMEONE YOU CAN SHARE WITH ME IN PRIVATE OR THE A MESSAGE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT BUT THAT IS JUST NOT THE CASE.

THANK YOU. >>

>> THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION. I SUPPORT IT. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE MOTION AND THEN A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A FORENSIC IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY LEADING TO THIS PORTION OF THE CONTRACT. OUR CONTRACT AND PROCEDURES ARE IN HIGHEST AND WE NEED TO LEARN QUICKLY BETWEEN THE BETWEEN NOT JUST SUBSTITUTING ANOTHER OLIGOPOLISTIC FOR ANOTHER OLIGOPOLISTIC IN THE FUTURE. AND IF THE CHAIR WOULD REQUEST THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO PAY ATTENTION WHEN I'M SPEAKING.

THAT IS VERY RUDE. I'M SPEAKING. THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE SEEN IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS ON NOVEMBER 5TH. WE HAVE SEEN CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS OVER OUR GOVERNMENT. NOT JUST ZONING BUT CONJUGATE SEIZURES. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. ALL OF THESE SUBSIDIES , ALL OF THESE INCENTIVES. CORPORATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY MOVING HERE WERE ALREADY HERE. WE EVEN GAVE AN INCENTIVE FOR A LAW OFFICE FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE AND HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCE SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING DEEPER AND JUST CANCELING THE CONTRACT. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A FORENSIC AUDIT AND THE PROCEDURES NEED TO BE MORE. WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE CLERKS OFFICE TOOK AWAY OUR RIGHT TO READ MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS IN THOSE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER THE 19TH OMIT ANY MENTION OF ANY TOPICS BUT THE 12 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN PUBLIC COMMENT HAD TO SAY, THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL. IF I'M IN A MEETING ANYWHERE TO TESTIFY BEFORE , WHEN I SAY IT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD . IN FACT, WE KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MEETING THEN TOWN COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE IN 1873 WITH AIR MINUTES THAN WE DO FROM OUR MINUTES HERE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT IS CONCEALMENT. WE ARE CONCEALING HISTORY. WE ARE CHEATING THE PUBLIC THE RIGHT OF THE ACTUAL RIGHT TO GO ONLINE AND READ THE MINUTES AND I ASK YOU AT AUGUST THE SIXTH MEETING WOULD YOU PLEASE TRANSCRIBE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. I NOTICED LOOKUP LISTS WHEN I COME OUT HERE THEY ALWAYS HAVE UNLIMITED TIME BUT WE DON'T. WITH PEOPLE GET DISRESPECTED COLLECTED AND PICKED AT THE TEETH. AND INSULTED. SOMETIMES COMMISSIONERS EVEN INSULT US WHEN WE SPEAK. THINK OF IT. THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. THIS COUNTY GOVERNMENT , THIS ONE-PARTY RULE, THIS DYSFUNCTION NEEDS TO CHANGE. IT NEEDS TO CHANGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOT JUST OF THIS CONTRACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

. >> SUZANNE CLUE THOUGH. 102

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ADMITTING MISTAKES. >> CITY OF WEST AUGUSTINE. I DON'T THINK THIS COMES AS A SHOCK BUT I WANTED TO SAY AND WANT THIS WON'T BE RECORDED. I KNOW WITH THE BIG CHANGE DON'T WANT TO HEAR WITH US THAT IS FINE. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH I WILL JUST ADDRESS EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY CAN LISTEN. I JUST WANT TO SAY ON RECORD , I AM NOT ADDRESSING ANYBODY LOOKING DOWN AT THIS . LOOKING DOWN. OR LOOKING UP. BUT HERE WE ARE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU , COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, FOR VOTING AGAINST THIS CONTRACT ORIGINALLY.

>> ANYONE ELSE FROM PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> MORNING. MY NAME IS TERRY WOOD GREEN. I LIVE IN SAWGRASS PLAYERS CLUB. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TODAY BUT I CAME BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE LACE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THINK OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD. MR. DEAN, MISS JOSEPH, AND MR. CALDWELL FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ME FROM DAY ONE. AGAIN, I LIVE IN SAWGRASS PLAYERS CLUB AND THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF FOLKS WHO ARE REQUESTING INFORMATION. I HAD A MEETING WITH THE HLA PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMMUNICATING TIRELESSLY WITH ME . IT DEFINITELY HELPED AND IT HELPS ME BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT DAY-TO-DAY. I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT. HOPEFULLY WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD BUT WHY AM ASKING YOU IS I STAND HERE IS NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN TO GO FORWARD, IF WE COULD PLEASE COMMUNICATE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WEIGHT TO ALL OF OUR HOMEOWNERS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY MAYBE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEE YOUTUBE.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON DAY BY DAY. I HEAR FROM MY FOLKS STILL CONSTANTLY . I HAVEN'T HAD MY TRASH PICKED UP EITHER. BUT I SEE TRUCKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DON'T COME TO OUR STREETS. WHICH IS KIND OF CRAZY. SO ANYWAY, THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THE FOLKS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND HAVE A PLAN . AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WILL HELP BUT WE ALSO HAVE HOUSEHOLD TRASH AND RECYCLING TO ISSUANCE TWO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[1. Public Hearing * CPA(SS) 2024-01 Johnson Home at 8460 CR 13 S. Request for a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation of approximately 5.34 acres of land from Agriculture-Intensive(A-I) to Residential-A (RES-A) with a text amendment limiting the property to a maximum of one single family home. This request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency at their regularly scheduled public hearing on Thursday, June 20, 2024, and was recommended for approval with a 5-1 vote.]

>> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE BOARD. HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. CALDWELL.

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>>

>> VICE CHAIR ALAIMO. >> COMMISSIONER CHAIR, NO

EMAILS, NO MEETINGS. >> MYSELF HAVE NO RECORD OF

EMAILS OR MEETINGS. >> MYSELF NO RECORDS OF EMAILS

OR MEETINGS. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN.

>> NONE. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

>> HI. I AM KAYLYN JOHNSON. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT. MY REQUEST FOR BEING HERE TODAY IS WE ARE WANTING TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION 5.34 ACRES OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL AID TO RESIDENTIAL A. TO PLACE A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING HOME ON. I DID PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS WITH MAPS AND FURTHER INFORMATION AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT AS WELL. SO THIS IS MY NARRATIVE THAT I PUT TOGETHER.

WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE ON THE PARCEL I.D. STATE RENTAL WITH ADDRESS 4460 COUNTY ROAD SOUTH. THE HOUSE WILL BE USING ASEPTIC TANK AND A PRIVATE WELL FOR WATER. IT WILL BE PLACED ON ROUGHLY AN ACRE OF CLEARED LAND THAT IS NOT NEAR OR IMPACTING EXISTING WETLANDS ON THE PROPERTY. CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS VACANT AND IT HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR FAMILY FOR OVER 70 YEARS. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS AGRICULTURAL INTENSIVE. IT REQUIRES A LARGER TRACT OF LAND TO BUILD HOUSING ON WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE. IT IS A PROPOSED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. WITH SEPTIC AND PRIVATE WELL WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING COUNTY UTILITIES. SO, HERE IS A COUPLE OF MAPS PROVIDED. AN AERIAL MAP . HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW. YOU IS A LOCATION MAP DIVIDED . FUTURE LAND USE. ELEVATION MAP PROVIDED AS WELL. AND THIS WAS MY TAX AMENDMENT JUST PROPERLY STATING THAT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE. ON THIS PROPERTY. THESE ARE GOING TO BE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ALL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IN OUR AREA. SO THIS ONE WAS FROM JENNIFER ANDERSON ANDERSON FROM COUNTY ROAD 2418 SOTH. THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE FROM -- I WANT TO SAY GARY? GARY AT 8515 COUNTY ROAD 13 SOUTH. NOPE .

THAT ONE IS GARY. THIS ONE IS 8400 COUNTY ROAD SOUTH IN HASTINGS. CAN I CALL GRANDMA? THIS IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM MISS ALLEN THIS IS GRANDMA. THIS IS WHO WE ARE GETTING THE PROPERTY FROM. MAY I?

>> OF COURSE. >> MISS JOHNSON IS MY MOTHER IN LAW AND SHE PARTED HER 45 ACRES APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES AT LEAST AND IT WAS HER HOPE AND HER DREAM THAT HER FAMILY, HER DESCENDENTS WOULD LIVE ON THAT PROPERTY AND KEEP IT IN THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY SINCE -- WAIT A MINUTE. I HAVE BEEN THERE 24 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN IN THE FAMILY 71 YEARS. SO, ALMOST ALL OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FUTURE FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE PROPERTIES THAT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A HOME. SO I WILL BE BACK UP HERE ON THIS

PROPERTY CHAINS FROM -- >>

>> SO WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR THIS TO HAVE THE CHANGE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> SO, THIS WAS HER LETTER OF SUPPORT PROVIDED TO ME AND MY

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IT IS ALSO THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE DEED THAT GRANDMA SALLY PROVIDED US , WHICH WILL BE COMING UP HERE. THIS WAS IN THE DEED AND THIS WAS WRITTEN UP YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO JUST STATING WHAT HER HOPES AND DREAMS ARE FOR THESE PARCELS OF PROPERTY. AND I WANT TO SAY THERE ARE FOUR PAGES IN THE AGREEMENT OF THE DEED .

NOW, I DID PUT THIS TOGETHER. THIS WILL GIVE YOU MORE OF A VIEW OF OUR SURROUNDINGS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN BLUE, HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE HOME OF ME AND MY HUSBAND. TO THE DIRECT RIGHT OF US IS GOING TO BE OUR COUSIN JENNIFER. TO THE LEFT OF US , THERE IS A PARCEL THERE AND THEN, TO THE FOLLOWING LEFT IS GOING TO BE OUR AUNT JESSE, JESSE JOHNSON. DIRECTLY BEHIND US IS GOING TO BE OUR MOTHER AND FATHER IN LAW MARTIN AND CASSIDY JOHNSON AND THEN, THE FOLLOWING TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR GRAND MAL 8350 AND 8400 COUNTY ROAD 13 SOUTH. I DID PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE ON JUNE 20TH 2024 THE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SECOND BY MISS -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WRONG. SPIEGEL. MOTION PASSED 5-1. SO, IT IS MY GREATEST HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR FAMILY HOME ON PROPERTY 8460 COUNTY

ROAD 13 SOUTH. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?

PUBLIC COMMENT? >> NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. SEEING NONE, WE

WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AND WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2024 - 37 APPROVING AMENDMENT SMALL-SCALE 2024 - ONE JOHNSON HOME AT COUNTY ROAD 6013 SOUTH AS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF

REPORT. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. >> YES, COMMISSIONER DEAN?

[2. Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2024-01 St. Augustine Premium Outlets. Request for a Major Modification to the St. Augustine Outlet Center PUD (Ordinance 1989-51, as amended) to add temporary Outdoor Sales and Display, and the on-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages as allowed uses. This request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency at their regularly scheduled public hearing on Thursday, July 18, 2024, and was recommended for approval, 6-0.]

>> DO YOU INTEND IT ALL TO CLEAR-CUT THE PROPERTY?

>> NO, MA'AM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> A MOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. MR. LESTER.

ALSO, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. ALSO QUASIJUDICIAL.

COMMISSIONER JOSEPH? >> NO MEETINGS. NO EMAILS.

>> COMMISSIONER ALAIMO? >> I HAD NO MEETINGS AND NO EMAILS BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION JUST TO DISCUSS

THE OVERALL PROJECT WITH HIM. >> YES. I ALSO HAD NOTE EMAILS OR MONO MEETINGS BUT HAD A CALL WITH BRAD LESTER YESTERDAY.

>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. LESTER.

>> INDEPENDENT DRIVE. SUITE 1200 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.

THANK YOU. BRAD LESTER REPRESENTATIVE THE MASTER YEAR.

THIS IS A MAJOR MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING ED ZONING OUT THERE. CIRCLE ORDINANCE1989 - 1951 AND THIS IS FOR THE ST.

AUGUSTINE PREMIUM OUTLET MALLS. MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF THE OUTLET MALL THERE. THERE IS A LOCATION MAP OF THE BOUNDARY. THERE IS AN AERIAL MAP IF WE NEED TO COME BACK TO PULL TOO. IT CURRENTLY HAS A MIXED-USE LAND-USE AND PUD ZONING SURROUNDING IT IS NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY TOWARDS THEM, COMMERCIAL,, DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS, DOESN'T THESE INTENSITIES.

THEY ARE VERY INDICATIVE OF THE CHANGE THEREFORE THE HIGHWAY.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MAJOR MODIFICATION TO ALLOW TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SALES DISPLAY AND PROMOTION STORAGE , AND SALE OF ALCOHOL AT BEVERAGES ON THE PREMISES FOR CONSUMPTION. THIS EXPANDS PREVIOUSLY TEMPORARY USE AND WILL REMAIN IN THE EXISTING AREA ON THE CUSTOMARY UP TO MARY BASIS. NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES ARE ALLOWED. CONTEMPORARY USE IS FOR EVENTS AND NO SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WILL BE ALLOWED. THIS DOES ALLOW ADMIN STAFF REVIEW ON ITEMS AND I WILL GO INTO THAT. THE PREVIOUS ALLOWANCES ARE SHOWED ON THE SCREEN.

PREVIOUSLY EVERY YEAR GENERALLY, THE CLIENT WOULD HAVE TO COME IN FOR TEMPORARY USE IS FOR CHRISTMAS TREE SALES, PUMPKIN PATCH, SPA SALES AND THE LIKE. WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS ACTUALLY PUT THAT PERMANENTLY IN THE PUD AND ALLOW ADMISSION OF STAFF TO REVIEW THAT ON SPECIFIC ITEMS

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THIS IS THE MOST RECENT ONE IN 2022 AND 2023 OR VARIOUS USES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY MIX OF SEASONAL USES AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL USES TO ACTIVATE THE DIFFERENT PARKING LOT AREAS. THIS IS DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH STAFF.

VARIOUS VARMINTS IN STAFF FOR OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT TO HONE IN WITH THE CLIENT ON DIFFERENT DAYS OF PERMISSIBILITY FOR TEMPORARY USES. FOR INSTANCE, CHRISTMAS TREES, 45 THEY CAN'T TIME FRAMES. SPAS, HOT TUBS, ALSO FOOD TRUCKS. AUTO RV SALES OVERFLOW PARKING, ANY CARNIVAL FAIR. I WILL NOTE, WE HAVE MODIFIED 180 DAYS DOWN TO 90 DAYS FOR OVERFLOW PARKING AND THAT WAS A PREFERENCE AND CONCERN FROM STAFF THAT WE OBLIGED& APPROVED AT PZA APPROVED SIX TO NOTHING. THESE OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS OUTLINED. THIS REALLY BECOMES THE BASE OF THE EXHIBIT C WITH THE SITE PLAN. IT IS IN ALL EXISTING ENVIRONMENT. WE WILL ACTIVATE THE VARIOUS USE PARKING AREAS FOR THESE DIFFERENT USES AND YOU CAN SEE IN MY LINE THERE.

THIS REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS FOR THE TEMPORARY USE AND EVENTS.

ONE OF THEM IS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. THE OTHER IS TEMPORARY NONPROFIT CARNIVAL FARES AND CIRCUSES, OUTDOOR SEASONAL SALES AND OUTDOOR DISPLAY AND VENDORS OF TEMPORARY VEHICLE SALES. AND WE DID HAVE OUR NORTHWEST SECTOR PLANNING PARTICIPATION MEETING . BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST SECTOR SO WE DID THE PROPER PUBLIC NOTICES THAT WAS INTENDED BY MYSELF, MY PARALEGAL, MY CLIENT WITH SIGN IN AND THEN STAFF. WE WAITED ALMOST 30 MINUTES AND NOBODY ELSE SHOWED UP AT THAT MEETING. AND THEN, SINCE THEN, THE OTHER NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT ACCORDINGLY ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR PZA AND THE SUMMARY IS THE PUD PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED OUTDOOR SIDEWALK AND PARKING LOT PROMOTIONAL SALES EVENTS PER RESOLUTION 94 - 08 BUT WAS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO THE NEW OWNERSHIP. THE ASSIGNMENT IS THE CURRENT NEW OWNER AND REQUEST IS CUSTOMARY FOR MALLS AND OUTLET CENTERS TO ACTIVATE PARKING LOTS FOR TEMPORARY EVENTS AND USES TO PROMOTE AND USE SUSTAINED RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LARGE PARKING SPACES WITH MANY UNDERUTILIZED BASED ON SEASONAL VARIATION. BASICALLY, MALL PARKING LOTS ARE BUILT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. INKS GIVEN, BLACK FRIDAY, AND THE LIKE SO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS ENTER IT INTO MANY MILES IS ACTIVATE CERTAIN PARKING AREAS FOR SEASONAL AND TEMPORAL PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. THOSE WOULD BE RELATED BY STAFF. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INTENSITY OR THE PERMANENT USES OR SQUARE FOOTAGE AT ALL.

THE LOCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR PROMOTING TEMPORARY USES . THE PREVIOUS TEMPORARY EVENTS AND USES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF USE APPROVALS AND RUNNING WITHOUT ANY OPPOSITION OR CONCERNS. THERE IS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS GRANT REQUEST OR INQUIRIES TO DATE AND THE PZA PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL, 6-0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THE OWNER IS HERE AS WELL IF

NEEDED. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?

OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT? >> WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. SEEING NONE, WE

WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE BOARD AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2024-38 PROVING MAJOR MODIFICATION 2024-01 TWO ST.

[3. Public Hearing * REZ 2023-21 Ohana Breeze. Request to rezone approximately 0.21 acres of land, located along the eastern side of AIA South, north of Treasure Beach Road, from Commercial Neighborhood (CN) to Residential, Manufactured/Mobile Home or Single Family [RMH(S)] to allow for one (1) single family residence. This request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency at their regularly scheduled public hearing on Thursday, July 18, 2024, and was recommended for approval, 6-0.]

PROVIDED BY THE STAFF. >> SECOND. MOTION IN A SECOND.

LET'S VOTE. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>> ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEMS. MR. BURNETT. ALSO QUASIJUDICIAL. MISSION OR JOSEPH?

>> NO EMAILS. NO MEETINGS. >> COMMISSIONER ALAIMO.

>> MADAM CHAIR, NO EMAILS. NO MEETINGS.

>> I MYSELF HAVE NONE. COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST?

>> NO EMAILS. NO MEETINGS. >> I SEE SOME THINNER FOLKS AND SOME GOOD TENDS IN THE BUILDING FROM DOING SOME WALKING.

ANYWAYS. SHORT STORY ON THIS ONE. IT IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY

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OBVIOUSLY HEAVY RESIDENTIAL CONTEXT THERE AND COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO RGH TO FIT TREASURE BEACH. THE MOST DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY CAN HAVE A LOT OF THE TIMES A PARKING UNIT OR LIVING UNIT ABOVE RETAIL IN THOSE CATEGORIES AND SO IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE I WILL JUST POINT YOU TO WHERE THE CANAL IS, YOU CAN SEE ONE PORTION OF THE CANAL. ANOTHER PORTION OF T■HE CANAL TO LOOK AT AN AERIAL, YOU CAN SEE THE CANALS AND TREASURE EACH IN THIS AREA. AND WE HAVE SOME LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE STAFF ON THE 40 MINUTE LONG PRESENTATION BUT I'M SURE YOU ARE CONSIDERING SO FAR THIS MORNING TO BE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IN RG ONE, ACROSS, YOU CAN SEE THESE LIVE WORK UNITS TO THE RIGHT BUT THEN, YOU CAN SEE NICE NEW CUSTOM HOMES TO THE LEFT .

ANOTHER OFFICE IN THE AREA AND IF WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK TO THE SOUTH, WE CAN SEE A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND. ACTUALLY IN TREASURE BEACH.

IMAGINE YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE HOMES BACK TO THE SITE, YOU PROBABLY DO NOT WANT A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR BACKYARD. MORE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE TO HAVE IT BEHIND YOU. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SO MY CLIENT CAN BUILD ON THIS LOT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STOP

TALKING. TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> WE WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.

>> OKAY. WILL GET BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER ALAIMO. >> I OFFER A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2024-39 . AS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

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

[4. Public Hearing * REZ 2024-10 1974 State Road 16. Request to rezone approximately 4.4 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) and Commercial Intensive (CI) to Commercial Intensive (CI) to provide for the same zoning over the entirety of the site, and allow for the use of Boat Sales, Service, and Storage. This request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency at their regularly scheduled public hearing on Thursday, July 18, 2024, and was recommended for approval with a 6-0 vote.]

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>> THANK YOU, MR. BURNETT. OKAY. IS OUR FINAL ITEM. ALSO QUITE THAT YOU DO SO. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.

>> WE SEE ONE EMAIL AND NO MEETINGS.

>> COMMISSIONER ALAIMO. >> YES. I RECEIVED ONE EMAIL NO MEETINGS. AN I HAD THE SAME NO EMAIL WHEN EVENING.

COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST. >> WE RECEIVE THE SAME ONE

EMAIL NO MEETINGS. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN.

>> I THE SAME ONE EMAIL. NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE SAME BUT I

HAD IT. >> IT WAS ALL THE SAME EMAILS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TODAY. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING SITE. I WILL GO THROUGH SOME QUICK SLIDES AND THEN OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO THE SITE HERE IS ON STATE ROAD 16 DIRECTLY EAST OF THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE , THIS IS THE EXISTING LOCATION. IT IS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SALES. WHAT WE REALLY TOUCHED ON HERE IS THAT WE ARE REZONING A PORTION OF THIS PARCEL TO MATCH THE REMAINDER. SO WE HAD OPEN RURAL AND HAVE A COMMERCIAL PORTION AS WELL. THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS CURRENTLY USED FOR OFF-ROAD SALES AND STORAGE AND WHAT WE TOUCHED ON WITH THE PLANNING ORDINANCE IS THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ACCESS OF SAFETY OF THE DRIVEWAY ON STATE ROUTE 16 AND HAS A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ACROSS THE SITE. WE ARE DOING A GENERAL REZONING BUT WE DO HAVE A WHO WAS UNDER CONTRACT. THEY HAVE THECURRENT LOCATION AND SAY ON ECKSTEIN ST. AUGUSTINE. THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 30. THERE OTHER BUSINESS ISN'T ONCE COUNTY. THE PLANNING BOARD ASKED FOR A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING FACILITY. THIS IS THEIR CURRENT FACILITY TO SHOW THE CALIPER AND THE QUALITY OF THE DESIGN ELEMENT OF THE SALES

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ANY QUESTIONS. >> YES, COMMISSIONER JOSEPH HAS

A QUESTION. >> ARE THERE WETLANDS ON THE

PIECE? >> THERE IS A SMALL SLIVER OF WETLANDS. THAT WILL GO THROUGH OUR ST. JOHN'S PERMITTING.

>> ARE YOU LOOKING AT CLEARCUTTING THE WHOLE PROPERTY OR CAN YOU KEEP SOME NATURAL BUFFER?

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT KEEPING SOME NATURAL BUFFER AS WE GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN. THE KEY WHEN WE ARE TALKING WITH THE PLANNING BOARD IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREE SURVEY COMPLETE NOW, WE CAN WORK AROUND THE DESIGN IN TERMS OF PRESERVING THOSE. MOST OF THE SPECIMEN TREES ON THE WEST BUFFER AREA

SO WE HAVE LAID THAT OUT. >> THE PICTURE OF THE MARINE STORE HAD NOTHING. SO I'M HOPING TO HAVE MORE BUFFER THAN

THAT. >> THEY HAVE TREES IN THE REAR THERE BUT THAT IS MORE FRONTAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> IF THERE IS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SEEING NONE WE

WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN?

>> AND MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2024-

>> 40. >> INCLUDING 1979 STATE ROUTE

[Public Comment]

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

LET'S VOTE . >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. I GUESS WE ARE A LITTLE EARLY SO WE WILL GO INTO

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD GO INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAID HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS. EACH PERSONALLY BROUGHT FOR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AND NOT TO ANY VISUAL COMMISSIONER , NOT INCLUDE DEMANDING A RESPONSE. YOU MAY NOT PERSONALLY ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH PERSONAL REMARKS WERE BOISTEROUS BEHAVIOR.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO REFRAIN FROM ANY DISRUPTIVE DEMONSTRATION OR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY COMMENTS AND FINALLY ASKED ANY SPEAKER THAT PRESENTS ANY OVERHEAD MATERIAL PLEASE PRESENT THE MATERIAL TO STAFF TO BE ENTERED INTO THE

PUBLIC RECORD. GOOD MORNING. >> MORNING. I AM HERE IN MY CAPACITY AS THE COORDINATOR AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. WITH ME TODAY IS BREADWINNER, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS VICE PRESIDENT WHO WILL BE SPEAKING A COMBINATION ABOUT HIS VISION . APOLOGIES. SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE VAULT PARADE. SURELY YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LIGHTS, A SIMILAR ENDEAVOR AND COMMUNITY-BASED CELEBRATION. CELEBRATING 42 YEARS. OUR EVENT HAS A HUMBLE BEGINNING BACK TO THE EARLY 80S, WHICH A COLLECTION OF LOCAL NEIGHBORS DECIDED TO GET TOGETHER AND SALUTE THE HOLIDAY SEASON BY THEIR PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AND TRAVELING THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY. I WOULD FIRST NOTE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR EXTENDED EVENT HISTORY, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE ZERO SAFETY INCIDENTS AND WISH TO CONTINUE THAT SPOTLESS RECORD. WE HOLD THE EVENT ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF DECEMBER AT THE FALLS TRADITIONALY ON THE SATURDAY ON THE REBEL OF LIGHTS RECALL OF LIGHTS. TO GROW THEIR SENSE OF COMMUNITY. WILL NOTE THAT IT IS AMONG IF NOT THE ONLY ANNUAL COMMUNITY LED EVENT IN THE BEACH AREA. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, -- AS ONE OF OUR FEW GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC PROGRAMMING EVENTS. WE ARE LACKING IN THE AREA. SO WE

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THE EVENT IS ENTIRELY PROMOTED, PLANNED, PRODUCED AND HOSTED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS . PASSIONATE GROUP OF FOLKS , INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

FURTHER, THE EVENT IS FULLY OFFENDED BY THE DAY NATIONS DONATIONS WITH THE LARGEST MY FACTOR BEING THE. I WILL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PARADE . FIRST HOMES FIRST NORTH OF WANTING IGUANA. THAT PASSES BOAT RAMPS, RESTAURANTS, AND PRIVATE HOMES. THE PROCESSION TAKES ANYWHERE FROM TWO HOURS AND 50 MINUTES TO TWO AND HALF HOURS SO THAT SPECTATOR CAN EXPECT ROUGHLY 25 MINUTES OF BASKING TIME.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> AS BEST

>> SIR, NAME AND ADDRESS. I'M SORRY. TOO OF COURSE. REG LEONARD. 2027 PAUL MENARD SIDE 32082. THANK YOU. AS HE SAID, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT EVEN AS A LITERALLY ORGANIC COMMITTEE LED EVENT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS EVENT 42 YEARS IN A ROW WITH NO ACCIDENTS. NO ISSUES OF ANY KIND AND WE HAVE DELIGHTED OUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT.

>> AS IT NOTES HERE, SOME OF THAT SUCCESS IS BECAUSE OF THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE HAD WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH FIRE AND RESCUE WITH LOUD FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND WE DO HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE COAST GUARD UNIT AS WELL. THE PICTURE IN THE UPPER LEFT IS THE MEETING THAT IS HELD ANNUALLY WITH ALL OF THE CAPTAINS PRIOR TO THE EVENTS SO THAT THERE IS CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE FOLLOWED. IT IS A ONE-WAY POSITION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

EVERYTHING IS COMFORTABLY SPACED BETWEEN THE BOATS .

THERE ARE ESCORTS THAT MENARDS ANY . IT IS THE SINGULAR BIGGEST PARTY NOT IN PALM VALLEY. VERY POPULAR FOR PARTIES NOT JUST AT THE RESTAURANTS BUT MANY OF THE HOUSES . THERE ARE HOMES THAT BRING IN TENTS AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT FACTORS THAT ARE A PART OF IT. WE AVERAGE CURRENTLY 25 TO 30 BROGUES PER YEAR AND TYPICALLY DRAWN FROM EITHER THE JACKSONVILLE EVENT, WHICH HAPPENS A WEEK EARLIER THAN OURS , OR THE ST. AUGUSTINE EVENT, WHICH ROLLS AND AFTERWARDS . BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE TO DECORATE YOUR BOAT, IT MAKES SENSE TO USE THEM AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE 1600 PLUS ACTIVE FACEBOOK MEMBERS. THERE IS A PUBLIC VOTING COMPONENT THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THE BILLS THAT THEY THINK ARE BEST AND THERE ARE AWARDS GIVEN AND WE PRODUCE COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRTS EVERY YEAR THAT ARE TIED INTO THIS. IT IS VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY EVENT WE ARE VERY

PROUD OF. >> JANE EVANS. 104 DAHLIA COURT PONTE VEDRA BEACH. 32082 . WELL, IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD EIGHT HOLIDAY PARTY, YOU KNOW THEY ARE FUN AND ARE A CHALLENGE. IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE CHALLENGED TO HOST A PARTY WHERE SOME OF YOUR FEATURED GUESTS ARE CRUISING BY AND JUST WAVING AND MAYBE SHOUTING OUT A LINE OR TWO. THAT IS A CHALLENGE, BUT EVERYONE HAS A GOOD TIME. OUR REAL CHALLENGES ARE BECAUSE THERE IS LIMITED ACCESS. EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO COME TO THIS PARTY AND WE ARE ALLEGED TO SAY LOTS OF PEOPLE BUT WE DO HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY. THE RESIDENCE RESTAURANTS ARE GREAT. THEY DON'T TURNTABLES THAT NIGHT.

THEY ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO CREATE A GREAT EXPERIENCE BUT THERE IS ONLY FOUR OF THEM. THE BOAT RAMPS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE THE REALLY ONLY OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A HOUSE ALONG THE INTERCOASTAL. THERE ARE CURRENT LIMITED PERMANENT STRUCTURE. WE HAVE A LACK OF PARKING, LIGHTING AND SOME OF THE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS ARE NOT PAVED. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILITIES. SO NOW YOU WANT TO GET YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER TO GO. IT IS GETTING DARK. THE FESTIVE THINGS ARE GOING TO BEGIN BUT THEY ONLY LAST 20 TO 25 MINUTES. FOR MANY FAMILIES, THE HOUSEHOLD BECOMES NOT WORTH THE EFFORT, BUT NOW WE HAVE A RAPID POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALIZING THERE IS A BOAT PARADE IN THEIR

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>> ANYONE ELSE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON DOWN.

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. SUZANNE CLULO . WELL, HASN'T THIS MORNING BEEN REFRESHING? HOPEFULLY FROM HERE ON OUT, WE WILL USE THIS PODIUM FOR WHAT IS INTENDED TO.

AND EVERYBODY WILL GET TO GO TO LUNCH AND I WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE DINNER GO BY . JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. A LADY CAME UP AND SAID SHE WISHES THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD CONTACT ALL OF THE RESIDENCE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME AND SOCIAL MEDIA WASN'T MAKING IT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I'M SURE IF THERE IS A WAY, YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT. LACK OF A NEWSPAPER, LACK OF OUR OWN TV STATION -- NOBODY LISTENS TO RADIO ANYMORE. ONLY PEOPLE GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UNFORTUNATELY, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A GREAT PLACE, BUT I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION. WHEN ST. JOHNS COUNTY PUTS OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE POSTS , IS THERE A WAY -- IT MAY NOT BE LEGAL, I DON'T KNOW -- THAT YOU CAN JUST TURN OFF THE COMMENTING? THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A COMMENT WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOUR POSTS ARE GETTING HIJACKED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE OTHER MOTIVES , LET'S SAY. AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, IT IS JUST FUZZY UP THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE SENDING OUT. YOU CAN SEND OUT POSTS THAT ASK FOR PEOPLE'S OPINIONS AND GET LOTS OF OPINIONS, PUTTING SOMETHING OUT TO GIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE YOUR GARBAGE WON'T BE PICKED UP TODAY, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE COMMENTS FOR THAT. JUST A SUGGESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT OR NOT. AND ALSO, I THINK THE BOCC HAVE ASKED STAFF BEFORE IF THEY WOULD COME UP WITH A REALISTIC NUMBER FOR THE NUMBER OF ENTITLEMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND FOR ENTITLEMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY UNITS. THAT ARE REALISTIC . THE NUMBERS THAT ARE STILL GOING OUT FROM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25,000, 50,000 AND IT HAS BEEN SAID HERE BEFORE THAT MANY OF THOSE CANNOT REALISTICALLY EVEN BE DEVELOPED ANYMORE. THEY WERE PLATED SO LONG AGO WERE NOW THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A REAL NUMBER SO THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING REALISTICALLY. AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT ELECTION DAY. THANK YOU.

>> AGENDA, RIGHT? JUST REGULAR? OKAY. THANKS. GOOD MORNING.

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MANY MORE VIOLATIONS CAN BE REPORTED. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HOMEOWNERS THAT RUN THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN VIOLATION, MANY OF WHICH HAVE RECEIVED A VIOLATION ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY INSTRUCTS THOSE HOMEOWNERS TO NOT TO WORRY OR REMOVE THEIR PAYROLL. A HOMEOWNER IN MY COMMUNITY AND ALSO MY HUSBAND CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY BOTH EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD PAVERS WITHIN THREE THE OF THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE WAS NOT WORRY. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS AND DO NOT REMOVE ANY PAVERS. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING WHILE WE ARE BEING FIND $50 A DAY FROM THE COUNTY WHILE THEY WANT US TO REMOVE OUR PAVERS TO MEET THE CURRENT CODE. ONE COUNTY ATTORNEY TOLD HOMEOWNERS AND MADE TO NOT REMOVE THEIR PAVERS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY.

WITHIN DAYS OF THAT MEETING, THE REPORTS HAVE NEARLY 20 VARIATIONS FOR VARIOUS COUNTY EMPLOYEES STATING THAT THE CASES WERE PUT IN MORATORIUM AND THAT ANOTHER COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID THAT WAS AN ERROR AND THAT WOULD BE CORRECTING THAT VOTE. IT IS NOT A MISTAKE. THE COMMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR MANY MONTHS EXCEPT ON US. WE DO NOT REPORT 59 STANSBERRY LANE. THEY HAD A PLAN FOR NON-ZONING APPLICATIONS AND THE COUNTY PUT A MORATORIUM AND PAUSE ON THEM. WHY SHOULD THEY GET SPECIAL TREATMENT WHEN WE ARE GETTING FIND? 35 VOTES ARRIVE AS REPORTED BY THEIR NEIGHBOR AS THE SAME CODE VIOLATION ACCESS.

THEY APPLIED WITH A NON-ZONING VARIANCE APPLIED FOR A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. THE REPORT DOES NOT STATE THEY ARE IN MORATORIUM BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR MANY MONTHS AND ONLY SAYS ANYTHING TO MONITOR. 101 ROSE DO DRIVE WAS ALSO REPORTED BY THEIR NEIGHBOR. THEY HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR ANY VARIANCE. NO MORATORIUM OMENS WERE PUT ON THEIR REPORT AND NO FURTHER ENFORCEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE. THE LAST COMMENT FROM THE COUNTY WAS MARCH 1ST. SAYING THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE CASE. IS THE COUNTY CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS? WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO PAY TO REAPPLY WITH NO OTHER HOMEOWNERS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE? WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ONE DAY OF FINES WHEN ALL OF THE OTHER HOMEOWNERS DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AND THE COUNTY ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THEM? SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT IS PROHIBITED IN FLORIDA. OUR PRIDE REPORT SAYS WE ARE IN MORATORIUM YET WE MET WITH THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND STARTED GETTING DAILY FINES SINCE JUNE 12TH. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE THE SAME TREATMENT THAT OTHER HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING. WE WOULD LIKE AN OFFICIAL MORATORIUM. STOP OUR FINES AND ERASE OUR FINES. WE ARE HOPEFUL YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO GIVE THIS YOUR PROPER ATTENTION AND WE EXPECT EQUAL TREATMENT WHILE THE COUNTY IS CONSIDERING REVISING THE CODE. THANK YOU.

>> ED SLAVEN, COME ON DOWN. >> GOOD MORNING. ED SLAVEN .THE REAL ONE. PUD. I WILL TAKE YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM 13 OF THE AGENDA. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE MATTER OF SELECTION OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE'S. COULD YOU PLEASE ASK THE COUNTIES LEFT TO GIVE US A REPORT ? THE BACKUP MATERIAL IS INCOMPLETE AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE DRAFTS AND ONE OF THOSE PROPOSED SPECIAL MAGISTRATES IS FROM A LAW FIRM THAT USED TO HAVE A FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER AS A MEMBER.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PROPOSED SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS A FELLOW WHO WAS A ONE TIME COUNCIL -- LONG TIME COUNCIL FOR A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE WATERWAY AND BEACH DISTRICT AND FOR 20 YEARS THE ST. AUGUSTINE COURT WATERWAY AND BEACH DISTRICT HAD A SHARE SHERIFF THAT WAS NOT ONLY NOT A RESIDENT BUT WASN'T A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. CINDY FLOWERS, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT AND THANKS TO VICKI --

>> ATTORNEY FOR THIS BLATANT VIOLATOR OF THE LAW IS THE COURT WATERWAY AND BEACH DISTRICT ATTORNEY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE COURT WATERWAY BEACH DISTRICT WAS REPRESENTING THE CHAIRMAN BARRY MARK BENJAMIN IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY AND REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF WATERWAY BEACH DISTRICT. FOR THAT REASON I WOULD LIKE A FORENSIC AUDIT AND ASK THE STAFF TO OBTAINING AUDIT OF SPECIAL MENTORING PROGRAM , HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE SPEND ON THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATES. THIS STUFF MATTERS BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO WALK INTO A GOVERNMENT OFFICE OR DEBTOR'S OFFICE OR ADMINISTERED OF LODGING AND KNOW THAT THAT PERSON WILL BE FAIR. THAT THAT

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THINK? >> BJ CLADIE . THIS ITEM IS TO HIRE THREE LAW FORMS THAT WOULD ACT AS SPECIAL MAGISTRATES AND TO APPROVE 270 TAX DOLLARS AS THE HOURLY RATE OF COMPENSATION. IN YOUR PACKET, A LETTER DATED JUNE 4TH 2024 FOR MR. BETTS LOW STAGED YOUR BILLING RATE IS 275 PER HOUR.

QUESTION. DO ALL THREE LAW FIRMS UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY RATE IS $270? THAT IS AN INCREASE OF $130 FROM THE ORIGINAL AND 2007 AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE RECORD WHETHER IT IS RECORDED OR NOT, THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY. WE COULD HAVE SPOKEN THIS EARLIER. QUESTION. HOW MANY MORE MONTHS BEFORE I COUNTY ATTORNEY IS HIRED? IT HAS BEEN OVER SIX MONTHS, WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. TODAY, AUGUST 20TH, MUCH OF THE LOCAL POLITICAL JUNK MAIL WILL STOP BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN TO NOVEMBER 2. QUESTION, ARE DEMOCRATS CHANGING THE REGISTRATION TO REPUBLICAN TO VOTE FOR MR. TRUMP? OR JUST FOR COUNTY CANDIDATES ? AS ALWAYS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT YOUR STAND ON IS ON ANYTHING, LISTEN TO 90.5 FM ONES LIFE CAN CHANGE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT IN HOW YOU CONDUCT THESE HEARINGS -- I MEAN THESE HEARINGS EVERY DAY THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE BCC. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I AM JUST READING THINGS WRONG THAT THERE IS AN ARROGANCE IN THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE HANDLED AND HOW PEOPLE ARE TREATED. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE RECORD WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS THERE BECAUSE IT IS VERY OBVIOUS IN YOUR DEMEANOR AND HOW YOU TALK WITH PEOPLE THAT COME UP TO THIS PODIUM AND JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY , DON'T BE SCARED WHEN YOU COME UP HERE. IT IS JUST LIKE TALKING TO A CHILD. IT IS EASY TO SPEAK WITH THEM. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED.

THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING US AND WE ARE PAYING FOR THEM TO SIT UP THERE. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING. CHARLIE HUNT.

MILLCREEK ESTATES. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13. THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT THE TWO THAT WERE LISTED AS LAW FIRMS, CHARLES T DOUGLAS WAS LISTED BY HIMSELF. NO LAW FIRM AND SO YOU START LOOKING INTO IT. THERE IS DOUGLAS LAW FIRM AND AS I CALLED UP AND WAS SPEAKING ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE BIDS WERE PUT IN OR THE ACTUAL BIDDERS WHO PUT IN FOR THE COUNTY, MEZZO WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT PUT IT IN FOR AN OPEN BID TO BE RECOGNIZED AND TO BE SEEN . THE OTHER TWO DIDN'T. THAT IS WHY I SAY THAT TRANSPARENCY IS ONLY USED WHEN NEEDED BUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR IT, SO, WHY CAN'T THEY BE SHOWN AS BEING BIDDERS FOR THAT ISSUE OR ANY BIDDERS AT ALL BEING PUBLICLY NOTICED

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GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT IS GETTING TWO BUILDINGS. OKAY? MAYBE I AM LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD OF US, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT. THERE IS NO GREAT LITTLE NOTIFICATIONS ON THE HOMEPAGE ABOUT IT HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW GROWTH AND CONTROL AND THAT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER BUILDING FOR GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT.

>> THE REAL REPUBLICAN PARTY STAND UP? WHO HAS ENDORSED TOO? WHY IS THIS A GHOST FIRE THAT COMES THROUGH THE MAIL? THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE NASTIEST ELECTIONS. WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE COME FROM? THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. I GUESS IT IS ALL THE GROWTH THAT IS GOING ON THAT CAN BRING THIS KIND OF ANIMOSITY. DON'T Y'ALL UNDERSTAND DOING THIS OR WHOEVER? WHY DON'T THE REAL PERSON STAND UP THAT DID IT? AND ONE OTHER THING, COMMISSIONER DEAN, I SAID PREVIOUS TRASH COMPANY. I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT COMPANY.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A BOTTLE TO EVERYTHING I SAY. BUT YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME TWICE NOW. JUST LIKE WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT THE WORLD GOLF HAD NOT PAID BACK THEIR BOND MONEY.

THE REASON YOU GOT SO OFFENDED THE COUNTY WAS ON ITS WAY TO GETTING IT, WHEN DID THE COUNTY BECOME A REAL ESTATE OFFICER?

[Commissioners’ Reports]

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

CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE BOARD. MISSION REPORTS. MISSION OR JOSEPH.

>> YES. SINCE WE HAD SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM THE PALM VALLEY BOAT PARADE I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE CONSENSUS FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THEIR PARADE IN THE

FUTURE. >> I THINK IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO BE IN A PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD AND ALSO INVOLVE THE PARKS FOUNDATION SO I WOULD BE SUPPORT OF EXPLORING THAT FURTHER. COMMISSIONER

WHITEHURST. >> DEFINITELY SUPPORT EXPLORING IT. I JUST WONDER WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST US IN DOLLARS AND RESOURCES, STAFF , BUT YES. I WANT TO SUPPORT EXPLORING IT AND IF IT IS A GOOD DEAL, THEN ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE WHAT WAS PROPOSED. I LOVE WHAT THEY DO TO SAY YES AND I SUPPORT YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER DEAN? I WAS GOING TO SAY I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS. THE MEMBERS WHO SPOKE TODAY, WE DO A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE THIS AS A COUNTY. I WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST BUT WE PARTICIPATE IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL EVENTS WHETHER IT IS ST. AUGUSTINE OR ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH OR POBLANO BEACH OR PALM VALLEY SO I THINK THAT THIS FALL IS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT ALL FIVE OF US SUPPORT. SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO GO FORWARD

[02:15:04]

>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS I WANTED TO CALL OUT TWO EMPLOYEES. PATENT LAW AND CHAD -- I'M SUPPOSED TO CALL HIM CHAD G HE GOES BY GUUKS . HERE IS WHEN THEY WERE REDOING THE LIBRARY AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY COMMENTS OF HOW THIS BUILDING WENT FROM BEING A KIND OF DILAPIDATED BUILDING TO JUST BEAUTIFUL AND ON THEIR OWN TIME AND OUR TIME, THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THAT DONE FOR THE LIBRARY AND THEN LASTLY, THE LITTLE LIBRARIES THAT GO IN THE COMMUNITIES, THESE KIDS ARE MAKING THEM AND THEY PUT ROOFING ON THEM AND PUT THEM IN SOME PLACES AROUND OUR COUNTIES, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ALAIMO.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THIS IS A VERY VIVID JOB AND WE MAKE A LOT OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND CAN BE STRESSFUL. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN VERY STRESSFUL WITH THE SITUATION WE DEALT WITH WITH FCC, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO STAFF, DIRECTOR CALDWELL , AND THE JOB THAT THEY DID TO TRY AND GET THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL . IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAPPENED AS A MISSIONARY WHITEHURST SAID, I ALSO TAKE PERSONAL POSSIBILITY FOR IT AS WELL AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET IT RIGHT, BUT AGAIN, COUNTY ATTORNEY KOMANDO, I SAW YOUR VIDEO. YOU WERE ON TOP OF THIS . CORRESPONDING TO TRANSPARENT WITH THE RESIN SO I JUST WANT TO THINK AGAIN THE STAFF ENJOY AS ALWAYS FOR GOING INTO THAT AND TRYING TO GET THIS SQUARED AWAY. THAT IS ONLY HAVE. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER

WHITEHURST. >> JUST A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALSO APPEARED THERE IS A BAD ACCIDENT THAT SHUT DOWN ALL PUBLIC LANDS WITHOUT BOUNDS SO OBVIOUSLY THE U.S. LANE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONGESTED TODAY JUST AS A HEADS UP.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DEAN?

>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MENTION TO EVERYONE, THE PUBLIC, THAT ON AUGUST 27TH, AT 3:00, AT THE FIRST COAST TECHNICAL COLLEGE THERE IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP FOR HEARING ON THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ANASTASIA STATE PARK AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF FOR SOME MAJOR CHANGES THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPORTING EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT THERE ALSO IS THE ISSUE OF THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY IN FLORIDA OF 175 STATE PARKS AND MOST OF THEM ARE BASED ON ACTUAL AREAS AND TRAILS AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD PREFER KEEPING IT MORE OF A NATURAL AREA SO I JUST WANTED TO ALERT THE PUBLIC BUT IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY EITHER WAY THAT YOU MAY WANT TO COME AND GIVE YOUR OPINION AS TO WHAT I THINK ANASTASIA STATE PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARK IN THE STATE AND HOW THAT IS MANAGED.

THEY DO THIS OVER FIVE YEARS AND GO THROUGH A MANAGEMENT LAND CHANGE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. SO THAT IS NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST AND WE CAN DO THIS BY CONSENSUS MAYBE, WHEN WE COME BACK TO THAT MAGISTRATE SELECTION PROCESS, I WOULD SUGGEST AND ASK THE STAFF THAT THEY COULD DO THIS ANYWAY EITHER WAY, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE STAFF THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED WITH THAT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON EACH OF THE SEPARATE MAGISTRATE PROPOSALS , NOT JUST

AS A BUNCH. >> AND I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT? SHOULD WE PUT THE RFP BACK OUT THERE WITH THE NEW $270 AN HOUR AMOUNT BECAUSE MAYBE I AM WE WILL GET MORE THAN ONE

RESPONSE. >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

IF IT IS A CONSENSUS BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT RATHER THAN VOTE UP OR DOWN I WOULD RATHER -- BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL FIRMS QUESTIONS HAS BEEN RAISED AND I WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY INDIVIDUALLY TO ÚRESPOND IF THEY CHOOSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND THAT IS HARD TO DO THAT AND IT IS HARD TO VOTE ON A GROUP IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. I THINK WE

[02:20:02]

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE ONLY GOT ONE THING ON MY LIST. I JUST WANTED TO LET THE RESIDENCE LOW AND THE

[County Administrator’s Report]

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. I HAVE A POINT OF LITIGATION RELATED TO MY AUTHORITY TO SIGN CONTRACTS DURING THE STATE EMERGENCY OR EVEN LEADING UP TO THE NEXT SEPTEMBER THIRD BOARD MEETING. AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM MERIDIAN WAYS TO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MOBILIZE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT OF NINE MONTHS FROM ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THE AUTHORITY AND LEGALITY WISE, IT IS ACTUALLY VETTED. THAT IS THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SIGN INTO ANY CONTRACT UP TO NINE MONTHS FOR A SUBMENTAL CONTRACTOR. OF COURSE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A RFP FOR A LONG-TERM ONE OR MORE PROVIDERS AND POTENTIALLY BRING BACK OPTIONS WITH SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME SERVICES. I THINK I HAVE HEARD THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF PROVIDING THE SERVCES THE BOARD WANTS TO SEE. WE WILL START TO SPEND TIME TO ALLOW VARIATIONS AND OPTIONS BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE A VERY DAUNTING TASK IN FRONT OF US AND I WANT TO MAKE

[County Attorney’s Report]

YOU. >> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

IS THAT CORRECT, COUNTY ATTORNEY KOMANDO?

>> CORRECT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME NUANCES AS A WALK

THROUGH THE CONTRACT. >> OKAY. MR. KOMANDO .

>> AS YOU KNOW, MANY MEN AND WOMEN GAVE THE ULTIMATE SYQUEST FLOWER PRIVILEGE AND ON OUR SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE, WE HAVE 17% OF OUR COUNTIES VOTE SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO AVAIL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.