[Call meeting to order] [00:00:09] >> THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE COUNTY LAMP CONSERVATION BOARD, ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACQUISITION OF LANDS. THIS IS A PROPERLY NOTED PUBLIC MEETING HELD IN ACCORD DANCE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA LAW. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE THE BOARD AS THE ITEMS ARE ADDRESSED ON THE AGENDA. FOR PUBLIC MATTERS A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE PROVIDED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. EACH PERSON ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHOULD LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. PERSONS SHOULDN'T ADDRESS THE BOARD OR ANY BOARD MEMBER UNLESS SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON TO DO SO. ONCE RECOGNIZED, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, PUBLIC COMMENTS INTENDED FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ADD OPPORTUNITY TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE RESPONSES FROM THE BOARD OR MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS SHOULDN'T ENGAGE IN DIE HOG WITH PERSON MAKES PUBLIC DEPENDENT UNLESS DIRECTED THROUGH THE CHAIR, OR MADE WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY URGE EVERYONE TO TREAT EVERYBODY ELSE WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS, TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN. AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS ROLL CALL. >> STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> MEMBER LAHIRI PRESENT. >> IRENE KAUFF MAN PRESENT. >> Y.B. MILLER PRESENT. -- JQUAKE PRESENT. AND MR. GUTHRIE IS NOT PRESENT FOR THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION OF THE HAMILTON DOWDY TRUST PROPERTY, FIRST REVIEW OF THAT PROPERTY. SO WITH THAT, RYAN, WOULD YOU GIVE US A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON [Approval of meeting minutes: 6/9/2026] THIS PROPERTY? SORRY. LET'S FIRST CONSIDER THE MINUTES. WEPT PAST THAT. APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REMOVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 9TH MEETING? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> SECOND OF THE MOTION. >> HERE. >> I DIDN'T HEAR IT. SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? [Approval of current agenda] THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE AGENDA, WHICH I STARTED TO JUMP INTO WITHOUT GETTING YOUR APPROVAL FIRST. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO THEY PROVE THE AGENDA. >> OK. SECOND? >> SECOND. >> OK. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. OPPOSED? [1. LAMP 2026-03 1365 SR 206. 1365 SR 206, a 21-acre property submitted for LAMP Board Consideration and potential St. Johns County land acquisition less-than-fee via conservation easement for conservation purposes.] AND THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. NOW, WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST ITEM. WHICH IS THE HAMILTON DOWDY TRUST PROPERTY. GIVE BACKGROUND. >> FIRST 1365 STATE ROAD 206, HAMILTON DOUGHTY TRUST PROPERTY. RECEIVED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER PROPOSED ACQUISITION LESS THAN FEE AND THAT IS SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO OUT RIGHT BUY THE PROPERTY BUT THROUGH A CONSERVATION OR PROTECTIVE EASEMENT AND SO IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MARSHES. ON WESTERN END OF THE STATE ROAD 206 BRIDGE AND SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 206 IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED THERE. IT IS ACCESSIBLE VIA AN EXISTING UNPAVED AND PRIVATE MAINTAINED TRAIL ROAD. MOSTLY FORESTED. FINE FLATWOODS. EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS ALONG THE MARSHES OF THE RIVER. [00:05:06] SOME AT MARSH. A CUP OF MAN MADE PONDS ON SITE. THERE IS MINOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE SITE INCLUDING A SHED, TRAILER AND DOCK/BOAT HOUSE ON THE LARGER BOND AND THERE IS PHOTOS INCLUDED HERE. ADJACENT TO THE FOREST PROPERTY. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FLORIDA FOREVER NORTHEAST BLUE WAY CORRIDOR. SOME DEPARTMENTAL COMMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, ACCESS ROAD SUN PAVED AND MAY REQUIRE ON GOING MAINTENANCE COMPARABLE TO THE KAYAK LAUNCH PARK. THE PARCEL WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PASSIVE RECK, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ADJACENT TO THE FOREST, SO POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP AND RECREATIONAL CONNECTIVITY. FUTURE TRAIL CONSIDERATIONS COULD ENHANCE ACCESS AND ESTABLISH A LARGER INTERCONNECTED RECREATION NETWORK FOR STRESS DEPPS AND VISIT DOORS. ENGINEER REVIEWED ARE IT. THE ONLY LEGAL AND ACTUAL ACCESS IS THE PARTIAL THAT INCLUDES THAT 2000 FOOT LONG UNPAVED ROADWAY CONNECTION TO 206 THERE. AND THAT ROADWAY IS CURRENTLY UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE. AND THE COUNTY, IF ACQUIRED SUBJECT LAND, THEN THE PREVENT UNPAVED ROADWAY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRAFFIC. AND SO AGAIN THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE LESS THAN FEE SIMPLING A SUGGESTION SO MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME. SEE THE CORRIDOR HOUSES AN UNPAVED ROADWAY THAT PROVIDE LEGAL AND PHYSICAL ACCESS TO SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPED PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY. THE COUNTY WERE TO ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR, THEN IT WOULD LIKELY BE EXPECTED THAT THE COUNTY ABSORB ALL THAT MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY. THE TECHNICAL STAFF HASCONCERN H THE CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THE UNPAVED ROADWAY. IN THE PARCEL, CONTAINS FEMA DESIGNATED FLOOD ZONE, A.E., "X" AND "X" TRADED. THE PROPERTY OWNER STATED THEY DO NOT DESIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. NOR DESIRE THE COUNTY TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS ROAD, MORE BRING IT TO COUNTY STANDARDS SO WE ASKED THEM DIRECTLY. THAT WAS THE RESPONSE. I DID SEE INVASIVE SPECIES AND GIANT REED AND AIR POTATO VINE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS EXISTING STITCH OUT THERE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACQUISITION VIA PROTECTED EASEMAN AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED TO SELL A PROTECTIVE EASEMENT LIKE THE STATE RURAL AND FAMILY PROTECTION PROGRAM. ALLOWED USES TO INCLUDE TIMBERING UNDER AN EXISTING TIMBERLAND TAX CAS FIECATION, EXISTING ROADS AND FIRE LINES MAINTAIN. HUNTING IN HUNT CAMP WOULD BE ALLOWED. FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A BARN WOULD BE ALLOWED AND EXISTING STRUCTURES WILL BE ALLOWED AND BE MAINTAINED AS NECESSARY. NO PUBLIC ACCESS, NO RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND NO PROPERTY SUBDIVISIONS. THEY WOULD REQUEST ASSISTANCE WITH ANY INVASIVE TREATMENT, VIA STATE GRANTS AND THE COUNTY WILL HAVE NO OBLIGATION, THIS IS FROM THE APPLICANT, NO OBLIGATION TO EPP COUP THE ROAD, THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES IN THE INTEND TO LET THE ROAD BE UPGRADED TO COUNTY STANDARDS. THAT WOULD ALLOW INCREASES TO DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ROAD. ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS INCLUDING THE MARSH AREA, WETLAND AND BUFFER ALONG THAT MARSH AREA SHOULD BE PROTECTED WITH LARGE BUFFER ALONG THE MARSH. THAT IS JUST VERBALLY STATED BY THE APPLY CAPITAL. THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THAT ONE. OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> HOW IS THE OWNER LIE RUTS /* USING THE PROBLEM FROM REQUEST LIKE A SMALL CAMP AREA, GARDEN ON SITE, A TRAILER THERE. SO SOME MINOR TYPE ACTIVITIES THERE. [00:10:02] IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE BUT THERE IS TEMPORARY MEANS TO STAY ON THE SITE THERE. >> OK. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE INVASIVE REMOVAL, SO HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED? IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AS FAR AS -- >> IT WOULD BE TIED TO THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY. WE WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE TO ASSIST THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH STATED BEFORE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. THE F.W.C. HAS GOOD GRANT FOR INVASIVE EXOTIC TREATMENT AND REMOVAL FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS SO WE SHOULD WOULD ENSURE CHECKS AND AT THE SAME TIMES. >> SO THE CONCEPT, MANAGEMENT PLAN WOULD BE WHERE IT WAS ADDRESSED? >> THAT CORRECT. >> OK, THANK YOU. >> WITH REGARDS TO THE F.W.C. FUNDING FOR INVASIVES, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE -- WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE F.L.M.FLORIDA MANAGED AREAS BEFORE YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE GRANT? >> WHICH IS OK. SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THEY CAM ON THE F.L.M.A. LIST AND MAPS. BECAUSE IT IS SO SMALL.ORITY - THERE COULD BE FUNDING AVAILABLE. BIGGER PROJECTS ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP. WON'T BE AS EASY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT IN THE -- WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? THE DISCUSSION HOW THE C.E. WOULD BE WRITTEN, THAT IS ALL NEGOTIABLE. YOU CAN HAVE IT SO THE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. YOU WILL BE DOING YEARLY SITE VISITS AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN STAY ON TOP OF THEM. THAT IS ONE OPTION. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? FROM THE BOARD? . >> I HAD A QUESTION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE APPLY CAPITAL IS ASKING THE COUNTY TO PURCHASE PROPERTY FOR CONSERVATION BUT THEY DO IN THE WANT THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ANY ACCESS TO IT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OK. >> BUT IT WOULD ALSO -- THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WOULD BE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE 50, 60% OF THE APPRAISAL PRICE, WHICH IS NICE. SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE. DEPENDING ON THE USES AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU ARE SAYING, CAN YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON HOW EXTENSIVE THAT MIGHT BE OR THAT MIGHT BE NEGOTIATED, WHICH AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. >> SO THROUGH THE CARE, TO THE COMMITTEE, WE TALK ABOUT LESSSON FEE, THAT TAKES ON MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SOME INSTANCE, IT'S TO ALLOW THE EXISTING AGRICULTURE USES TO CONTINUE USING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SO THERE IS SOME SURETY THERE. NOT ALL ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. GENERALLY WE DO LIKE OUR STAFF WILL GO OUT THERE. THERE IS THAT, PURCHASING DEVELOPMENT OUT RIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR CONSERVATION EASEMENT, TALKING ABOUT. WHERE THERE IS NORMALLY ACCESS BECAUSE OF THAT. BECAUSE THERE IS AND LANDS WE LIKE TO GET PEOPLE OUT IN PASSIVE RECREATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- IT CAN FAKE ON MANY SHAPES FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS? THOUGHTS OR WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST REVIEW SO THE ACTION WOULD BE EITHER TO AGREE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH WOULD BE A FORMAL SCORING, OR TO NOT MOVE THE NEXT LEVEL. >> I WILL HAVE TO RECUSE IMM MYSELF BECAUSE I KNOW THE HAMILTON. >> OK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? [00:15:01] IS THERE A MOTION. >> I THINK BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PROPERTY BORDERS BOTH THE G.T.M.R. ANMCCANNS A STATE FORE, THOSE ARE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITIES ON THEIR OWN. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS BOARD TO THE NEXT REVIEW. >> YOU WOULD SECOND. >> WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. >> I'M IN ALIGNMENT. I THINK THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PROPERTY WITH WHAT IT BORDERS AND WHAT -- THE FLOOD PLAIN PROTECTION AND JUST KIND OF CONTINUING THE MCKANSAS STATE FOREST BORDER WARRENS A CLOSER LOOK. >>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK. THE MOTION IS TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR REVIEW. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? >> AYE. >> NO. >> CHAIR VOTES NO. MOTION PASSES. [2. Northeast Florida Regional Council Presentation on Resiliency Andrew Prokopiak, Sr. Resiliency Planner, Northeast Florida Regional Council] NOW AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. AND I WOULD ASK RYAN IF YOU WANTED TO INTRODUCE MR. PROKOPIAK FROM THE NORTH T FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL. >> WE HAVE ANDREW TO SPEAK. HE HAS A SUMMARY OF THE SET UP AND MORE INFORMATION ON RESILIENCY. >> ABSOLUTELY. IS THERE A WAY TO SLIDE FORWARD? >> WELCOME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> TO THE CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND RESILIENCY. >> THE CHAIR: WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO CHANGING THE SLIDES. >> PERFECT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS WILL BE A BRIEF ABOUT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, 101, AND A BIT MORE FOCUS ON SOME OF THE RESILIENCY PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. I'M ANDREW PROKOPIAK, THE SENIOR REGIONAL RESILIENCY PLANNER. AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL. SO THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL WE DO A LOT BUT RIGHT NOW, RESILIENCY IS A BIG PROGRAM AND WE DO WORK ACROSS THE REGION AS OPPOSED TO JUST TRULY LOCAL. OK. SO WHAT IS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL? THERE IS A NUMBER OF THEM HERE IN THE STATE. WE WERE FORMED HERE IN 1977 UNDER AN AGREEMENT THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTE, CREATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND WE CONVENE, COORDINATE AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO DO QUITE A BIT OF THINGS. MOST OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAYOR AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXOFFICIOUS YES MEMBERS. WE COVER BAKER, CLAY, DUE VALID, NASA AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY COUNTY SO ABOUT 140 MILES OF COASTLINE AND SEVERAL FIVE BARRIER ISLANDS. PART OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY RIVER PAY SIN HERE. WE INCOMPASS RURAL, COASTAL AND URBAN AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS COVERS THE ENTIRE GEOGRAPHY WE HAVE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AND THAT CONSISTS OF 26 MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL. SO WE ARE COVERING A LOT OF GROUNDING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PROJECTS. SO HOW DO WE WORK? WE LIKE TO COMMUNICATE, CONVENE PEOPLE, COLLABORATE. GOOD AT PUTTING PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHERS, WHO MIGHT NOT NORMALLY COMMUNICATE WITH UP WITH ANOTHER. SO WE ARE REALLY GOOD AS HERDED TO WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE HERDED TO. WE HAVE A LOT OF AND TUESDAY WITH DATA AND ANALYSIS AND EVERY REGIONAL COUNCIL IS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT. THERE ARE SOME IN THE STATE THAT FOCUS ON DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WHERE THEY HAVE PROGRESSIONNAL ENGINEERS ON STAFF. EVERYONE IS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT. KEEP GOING. SO WE HAVE FIVE KIND OF PILLARS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. WE DO QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO THESE SMALL MUNICIPALITIES LIKE BALDWIN AND HILLYARD AND REALLY JUST WHERE THE MAYOR IS ALSO THE JANITOR WHO IS THE [00:20:04] SUPERINTENDENT, WHO IS ALSO EVERYBODY ELSE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MASSIVE PLANNING BUDGETS AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO DO COMP PLAN REVIEW SZONING REVIEWS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THE CONSULTANT WORK. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DIRECT CONTRACT WITH THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH IS GREAT BOON FOR SOME OF THE SMALL COMMUNITY. WE DO A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE JUST GOT A GRANT FROM THE U.S.D.A. S TO DO A SHRIMP MARKETING AND BRANDING STUDY WHICH FOLLOWS UP ON OUR PREVIOUSLY DONE SHRIMP STUDY, WHICH IS KIND OF LOOKED AT THE VIABILITY OF THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. ONE OF OUR OTHER MAJOR, MAJOR PILLARS IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. WE DEAL A LOT WITH THE L.E.P.C., WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CONNECTING PEOPLE, WHO NEED TO BE CONNECTED WITH. WE TAKE A BIG PART IN A LOT OF TABLE TOP PLANNING EXERCISES AND BEYOND TABLE TOP PLANNING EXERCISES, THE J.A.A. AVIATION DISASTER PLAN WAS JUST TESTED THROUGH THAT. THEY DO IT EVERY THREE YEARS AND JUST HAD ONE SO WILL BE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT. ONE OF THE MAJOR MAJOR THING IS THE HEALTH CARE COALITION. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL MANAGES 18 COUNTIES HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA, BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. TO PURCHASE AND AACQUIRE EQUIPMENT FOR HOSPITALS AND CLINIC THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT -- THOSE DEVICES. BUT MY ROLE AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IS DEEP-SEATED IN RESILIENCY. I CAME ONTO THE COUNCIL ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO. WE EXPANDED OUR STAFF. WE JUST LOST A MEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR. TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL BUT WE HAD A THREE PERSON STAFF, SO IT WAS NICE TO HAVE EXTRA FOLKS AROUND BUT WE STARTED IN 2014 BECAUSE WE SAW THE NEED TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS BEYOND THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE JUST LOOKING AT THING. SO STORM WATER DOES NOT REFLECT MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES SO WHY SHOULD WE LOOK AT IT AS IF IT DOES AND THAT IS REALLY KIND OF THE CORE TENANT OF THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM. IS SOME OF THE CAUSES OF FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE ARE NOT GOING TO THWARTED SO WE HAVE TO BUILD AROUND THE KIND OF CONCERNS. SO WE CAN KEEP GOING. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WITHIN THE RESILIENCY. WE RUN THE RESILIENT FIRST COATES, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE. WE HAVE THE ACTION PLAN WHICH WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A STATE GRANT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE HAVE DONE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS, NAMELY BAKER COUNTY, FLAGLER AND WE ARE WORKING ON BALDWIN. WE ARE ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE MILITARY INSTALL HAITIAN REDTYENS REVIEW, LOOKING AT VULNERABILITIES INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND MAJOR PARTNER IN THE SALT MAR PSH INITIATIVE, FOCUSSING ON CONSERVATION OF SALT MARSH AND PROTECTION OF THE SALT MARSHALL CORRIDORS. AS SEA LEVELS RISE, THE MARSH WILL MOVE INLAND AND WE WILL HAVE MANGROVES. SO WE DO REGIONAL COORDINATION. WE DO ADAPTATION PLANNING. I WROTE IT LAST YEAR. IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE STATE. WE ARE GOOD AT FINDING MONEY TO DO THINGS IN THE REGION. SO WE ARE VERY GOOD AT FINDING GRANT FUNDING AND BEN YOU LOOK AT PROJECTS, AND IN A REGIONAL SCALE, IT'S EASIER TO BOND TOGETHER AND LOOP IN MORE AND MORE PARTNERS TO HAVE A GREATER YIELD ON THAT RESULT. SO WE LOOK AT A LOT OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTION. FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB HAS BEEN JUST PUT A SEA WALL IN. PUT MORE CONCRETE, NICE GREY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT NOW THE MORE PREVAILING THEORIES AND PLANNING [00:25:04] PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHT NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS WHICH ARE LIVING SHORELINES, HYBRID SHORELINES WHERE YOU HAVE BOTH GREY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. AND BEYOND THAT WE DO A LOT WITH G.I.S. WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY THROUGH G.I.S. WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA. IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT WE MAKE A LOT OF MAPS THAT HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF REALLY UNIQUE THINGS AND BECAUSE OF OUR SCOPE, BEING REGIONAL, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT A MAP BEYOND JUST WHAT THE G.I.S. SHOULD SHOW FOR MOST MUNICIPALITY. SO KEEP GOING. OK. WHAT HAPPEN. RESILIENT FIRST? IT IS THE REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE FORMED AS PART OF A STATE GRANT THROUGH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THIS IS AN ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AND NON--- I DON'T WANT TOP SAY LEGAL BUT A VOLUNTEER EFFORT AND IT HOUSES WE HAVE ACADEMIA, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THERE, WE HAVE FEDERAL PARTNERS. WE HAVE CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS AND THROUGH THAT WE DEVELOPED SUBCOMMITTEES AND PILLARS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO PUSH A REGIONAL RESILIENT FIRST COAST. SO WE PARTNER A LOT WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. THEY HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM AND WE WANTED TO HELP BUILD ON THAT. SO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE LIKE THE REGIONAL APPROACH BECAUSE YOU GET A MUCH STRONGER PUSH AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE MUNICIPALITY COMING FORWARD BRINGING A PROJECT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES AND MULTIPLE REGIONAL PROPERTIES TACKED ON. IT HOLDS A LOT MORE CREDENCE WHEN YOU APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SINGLE MUNICIPALITY. SO BEYOND THE COLLABORATIVE WHAT DID WE BUILD FROM THE COLLABORATIVE? WE BUILT THE REGIONAL RESILIENCY ACTION PLAN. AT THE CORE, IT'S A PLAN. IT WILL TAKE EFFORT AND TIME AND ENERGY TO IMPLEMENT. IT'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION ON THIS. SO THE INITIAL DRAFT WAS DONE IN 2024. WE BUILT OUT ACTIONS LAST YEAR AND NOW WE ARE WORKING THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION ON THIS. AND THIS IS A MASSIVE DOCUMENT. IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM HEAT TO FLOODING TO ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS A LIST OF ACTIONS AND SUB ACTIONS THAT MAKE THE FIRST COAST MORE RESILIENT. THIS LIVES ON LINE. ON OUR RESILIENT WEBSITE. WHICH I WILL HAVE A LINK TO HERE. BUT WE BUILT ALL. -- THIS AROUND ALL THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS IN THE REGION. TOOK THE DATA, ASSESSED WHAT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT THE MOST, FORMED SUBCOMMITTEES FROM ARE THE REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE AND MET SOMETIMES BIWEEKLY ON FOCUSSING ON OK, HOW DO WE MEASURE THIS? HOW DO WE APPLY THAT AND BUILT THIS DOCUMENT FROM THE GROUND UP. THE O' THING WE -- OTHER THING WE DO IS GOOD AT VULNERABLE ASSESSMENT. ANALYZING DATA AND BUILDING OUT HOW VULNERABLE SOMETHING IS. SO THAT MEANS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS WERE REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO BE DONE BY ALL COUNTIES. A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES CHOSE TO FOCUS MORE HEAVILY WITHIN THEIR MUNICIPALITIES AND APPLIED FOR THEIR OWN GRANTS BUT THE ENTIRE STATE IS COVERED BY VULNERABLE ASSESSMENTS NOW IDENTIFYING STRUCTURE. HAVING THIS DATA IS GREAT. BUT KNOWING HOW TO USE THIS DATA AND KNOWING THOUSAND READ THE DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE HAVE DONE THREE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND EACH DIFFERENT. WE DID A COASTAL COUNTY AND WE HAVE DONE BAKER COUNTRY, WHICH IS INLAND AND TOWN OF BALDWIN, TWO SQUARE MILES SO EACH ONE OF THEM REQUIRED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH BASED ON THE VULNERABILITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ASSESSMENT. YOU CAN'T -- YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT SPITELE INFLUENCE IN BAKER COUNTY. WE DID DO A TITLELY INFLUENCED STUDY TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO TITLE INFLUENCE DOWN THE ST. MARY'S RIVER. THAT WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM WE DID. WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WERE PROTECTED. AND WE ARE ABLE TO FACE THE FUTURE. [00:30:04] SO HOW DO WE GO FROM THIS? WE BASICALLY -- HOW DO YOU GET FROM THE DATA TO ACTION? SO ADAPTATION PLANNING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE THE DATA. YOU KNOW THE ASSETS. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? THAT IS WHERE ADAPTATION PLANNING COMES IN AND WHAT YOU DO IS BUILD A STRUCTURE OF IDEAS, PLANS, PROJECTS, BASED AROUND YOUR ASSET CATEGORY AND THAT CAN BE SOMETHING LIKE IF YOU WANT YOUR FOCUS TO BE ON BEACH MANAGEMENT YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF ACTIONS IN YOUR ADAPTATION PLAN FOCUSSING ON THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS OF YOUR BEACHES IF TRANSPORTATION IS A MAJOR CONCERN. YOU FIND ALL OF THE ROAD SEGMENTS THAT WILL BE THE MOST HEAVILY FLOODED AND BUILD OUT. ALL OF THE POSSIBLE PLANS YOU DO WITH THAT. WHICH HAS DONE A LOT WITH THE C.I.P.'S AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT HAVING IT IN YOUR ADAPTATION PLAN HOLDS A LOT MORE WEIGHT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING. THAT IS WHAT THIS AMS TO IS HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR PROJECT YOUR APPLICATION, STRONGER? WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THE GRANTS? AND LOOKING AT THINGS REGIONALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO LOOK AT. SO WE REALLY ARE GOOD AT FINDING MONEY. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR REGION BECOME MORE RESILIENT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF LATELY IS THE MILITARY INSTALLATION READINESS REVIEW. $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE D.O.D. OR D.O.W. NOW AND IT'S FROM OLD C.C., WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION. LIKE ALL PLANNERS, I LOVE ACRONYMS AND THAT JUST FUN. THIS INCLUDE JACKSONVILLE, MAY PORT, BLUNT ISLAND AND THE CAMP LANDING IN CLAY COUNTY. THIS LOOKED AT VULNERABILITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE. BECAUSE THE BASE IS NOT ITS OWN LITTLE ENAT THIS AT THISTY IT. AFFECTS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE LINE. I READ A REPORT THAT AT LEAST 25% OF JACKSONVILLE IS EMPLOYED BY EITHER THE D.O.D. OR ADJACENT ENTITIES THROUGH THAT. PE GOT TOGETHER WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS AND GOT WITH ALL THE BASE COMMANDER AND PUT TOGETHER TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, STEERING COMMITTEE AND REALLY HAMMERED THIS HOME. THIS WILL BE COMING OUT NEXT MONTH AND HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIES THAT WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE CHANGES FOR LIVING SHORELINES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER KIND OF MAJOR PROJECTS THAT THE BASES WANT TO DO JUST BECAUSE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE ARE A BONA FIDE THREAT TO SOME INSTALLATIONS, ESPECIALLY MAY PORT AND BLUNT ISLAND. THERE ARE SECTIONS NEAR MAY PORT WHICH GETS REALLY RAINY, ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE ANYMORE. THAT IS NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE FOR THOSE BASES. SO THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THOSE. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN IS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SOUTH MARSH INITIATIVE. THIS IS THE FOUR STATE COALITION TO PROJECT AND PRESERVE SALT MARSH. THIS COMES FROM THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM. IT HELPS IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND AREAS FOR SALT MARSH CONSERVATION AND REVIEW AND RENEWAL. SO WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A MAJOR THING. THE LAND TRUST IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTNERS IN THIS PROGRAM. TO HELP EITHER ACQUIRE LAMP TO PUT IN CONSERVATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SALT MAR PRESSURE AND WE PULLED A LOT OF CANDIDATE PROJECTS FROM THE MIR -- THAN DO SUPPORT THE S.A.S.M.I. INITIATIVE. TO CREATE A FAR MORE POWERFUL APPLICATION FOR A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE REGION. OUR RAMP. A READY MADE KIND OF BOILERPLATE LIKE OOH, I FEED SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO DO NATURE BASED SOLUTION OR ELECTRICAL HARDENING. ALL OF THE READY TO GO IDEAS AND ACTIONS THAT YOU CAN PLUG IN AND EXPAND ON YOU WANT TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN KIND OF LOCAL PLAN TO SUPPLEMENT REGIONAL PLANS. WE HOLD ALL OF THE VULNERABILITY [00:35:01] ASSESSMENTS IN THE REGION ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THE COUNTIES WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE COUNTY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, READ THROUGH THAT, HOUSE THE MAPS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECTS. WE DO HOUSE ALL OF THE G.I.S. DATA BUT THAT IS NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ON LINE BUT WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO GIVE IT OUT, SHOULD AN ENTITY WANT THAT G.I.S. DATA. I DEVELOPED A SUPPLEMENT TALL MANUEL WHICH HAS A LOT OF EXTRA INFORMATION BEYOND JUST WHAT THE STATE MANDATED FOR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN I DEVELOPED THE SUN POLICEMEN TA-- SUPPLEMENTAL ADAPTATION PLAN. I EXPANDED EXPANDED -- UPON THA. WE HAVE A REGIONAL RESILIENCE EXPOSURE TOOL THAT CAN KIND OF BASICALLY IDENTIFY HOW EXPOSED CERTAIN ASSETS ARE. AND WE ARE WORKING ON ROLLING THAT OUT. WE DIDN'T GET SOME OF THE FUNDING WE WERE HOPING FOR FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD TO KIND OF LIKE CHEAT BACK ON SOME OF OUR GRANDIOSE PLANS ON PUTTING A LOT OF THE STUFF ON LINE, BUT WE STILL HAVE ASPER RACINGS TO DO THAT -- ASPIRATIONALS TO DO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THROUGH THE BOARD? >> THANK YOU. PERHAPS I CAN ASK TO WHAT EXTENT HAS -- DOES THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE TOOLS THAT IT IS DEVELOPED AND THE DATA THAT IT DEVELOPED, CONTEMPLATE EITHER ASSESSMENT OF RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATIONS PRESERVATION? >> WE DID HELP WITH SOME OF THE GUIDELINES. ST. JOHN'S REACHED OUT TO US THROUGH ON MANAGER AND FORMER COLLEAGUE AND WE KIND OF GAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO ADD RESILIENCY TO YOUR SCORING RUBRICS FOR THAT. SO WE WERE DEFINITELY PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. AND ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME TO THE TABLE. >> OK. >> BOARD MEMBER, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. >> I HAVE A QUEBEC QUES-- QUICK QUESTION. YOUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ARE THEY PROJECT FORWARD OR CURRENTLY THIS IS WHAT WE PREDICT AND HOW YOU ARE VULNERABLE IN YOUR COUNTY? >> IT FORWARD -- THOSE ARE STATE MANDATED REQUIREMENTS SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT 105 YEAR FLOODING STORM SURGE, WHICH IS THE HURRICANE MODEL FOR HOW MUCH WATER IS GOING TO GET PUSHED ON AND LOOKING AT THOSE PROJECTIONS WITH SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTION. THERE IS PROJECTION HOW MUCH THE SEA LEVEL IS PROJECTED TO RISE BASED ON CERTAIN YEARS. WE DO INTERMEDIATE AND ENTIRE NEED WYATT LOW. A LOT OF PLACES JUST SIMPLY LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES BUT WE DO LOOK AT FUTURE CONDITIONS TO THAT END. >> OK. >> WHAT AFTERNOONS THE PLAN THAT YOU MENTION -- WHAT WAS THE PLAN YOU MENTIONED SO WE HAVE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, OBVIOUSLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAXPAYERS TO VOTE ON A MUNICIPAL -- ON A BOND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY WITH ACCUSATION OF CONSERVATION LANDS AND YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE PLANS THAT TALKED ABOUT MAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE? >> SO OUR WRAP IS SOMETHING YOU CAN PULL FROM. WE DO HAVE A CONSERVATION ELEMENT ACTION IN THERE AS FAR AS LAND CONSERVATION SO YOU CAN NOTE IT IS PART OF A REGIONAL ACTION PLAN TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO FINDING PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, WHICH AN ENTIRE SEPARATE THING. THE MORE LAYERS YOU CAN STACK ON THIS CONSERVATION AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE WHEN YOU GO TO APPLY FOR OTHER GRANTS, WHETHER IT IS FEDERALING STATE OR OTHER PHILANTHROPIC GRANTS. A LOT OF THE PLANS ARE KEYS IN THE DOOR. AND HOW EASY THAT KEY FITS IN THE DOOR DEPEND ON HOW STRONG [00:40:03] YOUR APPLICATION IS. >> THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO JUST RUN THEM THROUGH BRIEFLY? ACTION NUMBER FIVE, WHICH WE ARE AS A BOARD PARTNERED WITH DENY -- FOR THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN. >> IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I LOOKED AT ACTION FIVE. DO I HAVE THIS ON HERE? I THINK ACTION FIVE IT WAS THE CONSERVATION. SO THAT WAS KIND OF AS PART OF THAT -- THE ACTION PLAN IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TO SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING AND BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING ON THIS. AND SO THE CONSERVATION ELEMENT HAS SEVERAL SUB ACTIONS UNDER IT. AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE LAND TRUST ON A LOT OF THIS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH HOW THE LAND TRUST IS DOING BUSINESS HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AND AGAIN, IT IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY SO ANY TIME YOU WANT TO PULL OUT YOU CAN BUT WE WOULD LIKE YOU'RE NOT. WE ARE GOING TO START WORKING THROUGH OUR FULL COLLABORATIVE ON TRACKING A LOT OF THESE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS AS FAR AS LIKE KEEPING A DATA BASE OF LAND THAT HAS BEEN CONSERVED AND HAVING THAT ACCESSIBLE TO SHOW TRENDS IN THE REGION AS FAR AS OK, WE CAN LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT FROM THIS POINT AND SEE HOW MUCH LAND CONSERVATION WE HAVE AND COMPARE THAT ARE TO FUTURE SNAPSHOTS WHERE WE CAN SHOW WE ARE ACTIVELY CONSERVING THE AREA. I MEAN BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT METRIC AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THAT. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE. IT -- WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. I DON'T WANT IT TO SIT ON A SHELF ANYWHERE. >> THE CHAIR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON MR. PROKOPIAK'S PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO AND BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO PUS. >> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND IF THERE ANY WAY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CAN HELP THE LAMP BOARD IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. OUR RESILIENT FIRST COAST, I DON'T KNOW OUR MAILING LIST AND GET E-MAIL BLASTS, SEMI REGULARLY ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE DOING, OUR FUTURE MEETINGS THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THE CHAIR: BEFORE WE GO FURTHER I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER TAYLOR BEING WITH US. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, CLAY MURPHY IS WITH US TODAY. [3. Discussion on LAMP Board Property Evaluation Resiliency Categories. Recommended for discussion by Member Lahiri of adding a resiliency component to the LAMP property evaluation process, based on recent coordination with the Regional Resiliency Action Plan (RRAP), Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC)] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. MURPHY. NEXT, ITEM NUMBER THREER IS A DISCUSSION OF OUR CRITERIA AS IT RELATES TO RESILIENCY. THAT WAS KIND OF THE WIND UP TO THAT DISCUSSION. SO YOU WANT TO -- >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YES, SIR. JUST PIGGIE BACKING AND WE INTENDED FOR TWO AGENDA ITEMS TO OVER LAP A YEAR AGO. WE RAY AN GUY TOAD PARTNER WITH THE REGIONAL RESILIENCY ACTION PLAN, ACTION NUMBER FIVE. I DO HAVE IT PULLED UP HERE. ACTION NUMBER FIVE IS SPECIFICALLY SAYS THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ECOLOGICALLY NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS WHICH ALIGNS TO WHAT WE AS A BOARD SEEK TO DO IN PART. SO SINCE THEN I HAVE SAT THROUGH PROBABLY EIGHT TO TEN HOURS OF MEETING AND SO IT WAS EASIER TO HAVE ANDREW COME HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL A BIT. WHICH STILL IS NOT -- IT'S IN THE EXHAUSTIVE BUT A GOOD SUMMARY. HOW WE CAN FURTHER OUR INITIATIVE AS A LAMP BOARD AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. THEY ARE GOOD AT FINDING GRANT FUNDING AND LOOPING IN PARTNERS WITH THE INTENT TO HAVE A GREATER YIELD. OF COURSE WE ARE A WILLING PROGRAM. AS I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RRA, AND N.E.F.R.C. MY ATTEMPT WAS TO FIND OUT -- THEY HAVE FIVE ACTION ITEMS OUT OF I THINK 28 TOTAL. AND THE FIRST FIVE IN PRIORITY, ONE OF THEM BEING THE ONE WE ARE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON, ACTION NUMBER FIVE. SO THE QUESTION IS OK, SO BEYOND JUST PARTNERING, WHAT CAN WE GET OUT OF THIS AS A LAMP BOARD? FROM THERE I LOOPED IN O.I.A. AND HAD A MEET AT THE TIME AND NOW ANDREW IS OUR [00:45:03] CURRENT POINT OF CONTACT WHACKED THIS LOOKS LIKE FOR US AS A BOARD AND HOWIE WE CAN BENEFIT. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IF THERE APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AND O.I.A.TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONNECTED AND ALSO EXACTLY THE -- RYAN'S PULLED THAT UP FOR US. BUT WE HAVE OUR EXISTING EVALUATION MATRIX. SO TWO THOUGHT PROCESSES IS NUMBER ONE, SHOULD WE ADD RESILIENCY AS A SPECIFIC GOAL? MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE OR FOUR GOALS, THAT ALIGN WITH RESILIENCY BUT WE AS A BOARD WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT PROPERTIES, JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND BECAUSE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR GRANT FUNDING AS LONG AS WE ARE ENSURING THE PROPERTY ALIGNS WITH THE DEFINITION. SO THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN OPENING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE. WE COULD ADD RESILIENCY SPECIFICALLY BUT THEY HAVE RESILIENCY LEAN TO THEM. BEING CONFIDENT AS A BOARD WITNESS WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND INVOLVEMENT WITH PIT. RYAN YOU HAVE GOT THE SLIDE UP. I GUESS YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE AREAS WITHIN OUR EXISTING CRITERIA THAT ENCOMPASS AND ELEMENT OR SOME COMPONENT OF WHAT WE CONSIDER RECIVIL YEPSY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES ON YOUR EVALUATION MATRIX THAT YOU DO THE SCORING FOR EACH PROPERTY ON. THESE CATEGORIES ARE MOST RELATED TO THE GOALS WITHIN THAT MATRIX. SO I BASICALLY LISTED OUT THE SUGGESTED HIGHLIGHTS TOPICS OF RECIVIL YEPSY THAT WERE MENTIONED. AND SORT OF PUT THEM -- MATCH THEM UP WITH THE EXISTING CATEGORIES. THEY ARE MORE DETAILED. BUT JUST BASICALLY PULLING OUT WHICH AREAS OF THE MATRIX WE SORT OF MENTIONED THAT RESILIENCY YEN GENERAL TOP PINCH >> ANY THOUGHT OR IT WHICHE COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S LAND A ACQUISITION PROGRAM. WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR MATRIX FOR THE SAME DISCUSSIONS.GH A LOT O- THAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING. AND WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE RESILIENCY IS SO IMPORTANT. EVEN THOUGH YOU TOUCH ON RESILIENCY WHEN YOU SAY YEAH WE ARE SCORING BECAUSE OF HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE, HIGH WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE, WE GAVE THEM ITS OWN BOOST BY HAVING POINTS JUST FOR RESILIENCY. SO WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WAITING A BIT. WHICH IS OK. THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. IT CAN HAVE ITS OWN LITTLE GOAL AS RESILIENCY AND YOU CAN STILL SCORE IT FROM ZERO TO FIVE. IS THIS A -- WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. A HIGH RESILIENCY PROJECT. AND I THINK THAT COULD ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO REDO OUR MATRIX. THAT IS U.S. JESS -- I THINK IS A JUST A VOTE, ISN'T IT? >> WELL, LET'S HEAR SOME MORE COMMENT. I GO LIVE MY THOUGHT ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO. ANY OTHER THOUGHT OR COMMENTS? >> I LIKE HAVE THE SEPARATE CATEGORY, GIVING ITS OWN W-- WAITING SO I BELIEVE PUTTING INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WATERS IT DOWN A BIT AND YOU ARE NOT SEEING THE OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF RESILIENCY SO HAVING ITS OWN CATEGORY WOULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? MY THOUGHT WOULD BE AGAIN I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO HAVE IT CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY. BUT TO WHAT EXTENT IF WE DO THAT AND CREATE AN ABILITY FOR FIVE POINTS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE THEN DOUBLE SCORE THAT. BECAUSE IF IT ALREADY BEING CAPTURED IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES AND GETTING POINTS. POTENTIALLY YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY UNDER THE BONUS CATEGORY TO ADD POINTS FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC OR UNIQUE ABOUT IT WHICH MIGHT BE RESILIENCE. SOME PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTIC [00:50:02] THAT PROMOTES RESILIENCE. SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE WE WOULD NEED TO EITHER I GUESS PERHAPS WE CAN JUST SAY WE NOW CURRENTLY HAVE 20 CATEGORIESES THAT ADD UP TO 200 POINTS PLUS YOU CAN GET BONUS POINTS CATEGORY WHICH CAN BE ANOTHER FIVE POINTS, OR JUST -- WOULD THE DESIRE TO MAKE IT 105 PLUS POTENTIAL BONUS POINT? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE CAME UP. WITH THIS SCORING FORMAT TO EQUAL UP TO 100 AND THEN THE EXTRA FIVE FOR A BONUS. WE HAVE THAT MINIMUM THRESHOLD OF 50 POINTS SO WE WOULD NEED TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. JUST AS A GENERAL RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WE CAN KEEP THE CATEGORIES BUT THEN WE KE ADD SOME DETAILS IF WE WANT -- SAYING RESILIENCY, IN SOME OF THE CATEGORIES. >> MY THOUGHT WAS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND CALL OUT THESE THREE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE GOT LISTED HERE. PERHAPS THAT CAN BE A PART OF THE STAFFS EVALUATION AND PERHAPS IS CALL OUT MORE DISTINCTLY AND IN TERMS OF THE ATTRIBUTES. OF THE PROPERTY WHEN WE DO THE RANKING. >> THAT COULD HAPPEN. >> OK. >> I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO EMULATE FLORIDA FOREVER BUT WHAT FLORIDA FOREVER DOES IS THEY HAVE A RECISILIENCY CATEGORY. IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE CHOOSING PROJECTS THEY ARE CHOOSING PROJECTS FROM MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS NOT EASY. YOU KNOW WHAT LIST TO LOOK ON. JUST THAT IS THE WAY FLORIDA FOREVER DOES IT. >> OVER SIMPLIFIED. THE WAY I AM TELLING IT >> WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WITNESS YOU THINK ABOUT META DATA, SO IT'S EMBEDDED BEHIND THE SCENES OF CATEGORIES WE HAVE HERE BUT THOSE THAT ARE TIED TO RESILIENCY HAVE THIS EXTRA UNDER META DATA LAY THEIR CAN ACCOUNT FOR IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR COMBRGRANTS OR WHATEVER IT CODES TO THAT? ALL ABOUT TRACKING? >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS THOUGHTS? >> THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS WE HAVE SCORED PROPERTIES ALREADY USING IN EXISTING CRITERIA. AND TO WHAT EXTENT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RESTORE THOSE. THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE BEYOND THE 50 POINT THRESHOLD TO SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE MORE POINTS FOR HAVING A UNIQUE CATEGORY FOR RESILIENCE. THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL. ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION? AS FAR AS THIS TOPIC, THIS QUESTION. >> I WOULD JUST BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE MOTION, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT ABOUT STARTING THIS, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCORING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. IF WE DID WANT TO CHANGE THAT SCORING PERHAPS, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN 2027 ITERATION OF THE SCORING MATRIX SO WE HAVE A CUT OFF. WE PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING FOR THIS YEAR YOU CAN THEN MOVE ONTO A DIFFERENT SCORING MATRIX. >> SEE IF THEREFORE -- THERE IS A MOTION. >> THE OTHER THING WE CAN DO, TABLE THIS AND BRING IT BACK AT THE MEETING IN OCTOBER. NO, DECEMBER. THE YEAR GOES AWAY REAL QUICKLY. WHICH WOULD THEN A WAY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF IMPLEMENTING IT IN 2027 AS OPPOSED TO 2026. HOW DOES THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH. THERE IS ONE THING THAT IS LISTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO JUST MOVE THAT TO VIM TALL AND HAVE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY KIND OF SUBCATEGORY? THEN YOU ARE NOT ADDING. YOU ARE JUST MORE ALIGNING THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY-FOCUSED. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. I THINK THE IDEA OF TABLING IT DOES MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK A BIT MORE AT THE REGIONAL [00:55:01] RESILIENCY ACTION PLAN, BACK TO THE MEETING DIGEST MORE AND THEN WE KNOW WE CAN COME BACK IN DECEMBER AND THAT WOULD -- NOT AFFECT THE EXISTING RANKINGS FROM THIS YEAR. >> OK. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD ASK THE STAFF TO BRING IT BACK TO US ON THE DECEMBER MEETING. I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO GIVE PIT THOUGHT AND LOOK SPECIFICALLY AND MAYBE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT EITHER A CATEGORY TO ELIMINATE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IF WE WANT TO CREATE A UNIQUE CATEGORY AND GIVE IT POTENTIALLY FIVE POINTS THEN THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD FIT IN. AGAIN, SO WE ARE NOT DOUBLE SCORING IT BUT WE ARE ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZING IT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. OR LET ME BACK UP. THERE WAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? OK SEEING NONE. [4. LAMP 26-02 Jack Wright Island- Diamond Timberlands LLC, Second Review and Scoring. LAMP Board members review LAMP 26-02 and create a score for ranking on the 2026 LAMP Properties Recommendation list.] WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FOUR. AND THAT IS JACK WRIGHT ISLAND, DIAMOND TIMER WILLLAND L.L.C., SECOND REVIEW AND SCORING. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO CORE THAT. AND RYAN YOU WANT TO GIVE US JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY. >> SURE. SO IN IS AGAIN THE SECOND REVIEW IN SCORING. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE STAFF WITH A COMPLETED SCORING SHEET WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND ADD THOSE UP. IT IS AN 8.35 VACANT FORESTED PROPERTY. ENTIRELY COMPRISED OF MIXED AR WOOD WETLAND AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. AND IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BLUEWAY CORRIDOR. IT IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE COUNTY'S 262 ACRE CONSERVATION ACRE THERE WE CALL JACK WRIGHT ISLAND. UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. THAT PROPERTY IS IN AN ACT SUGGESTION BY THE COUNTY WOULD ADD TO THIS EXISTING CORRIDOR. THE PROPERTY HAS A MARKET VALUE OF 2000 DOLLARS PER THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE AND ACQUIRED THE CURRENT OWNER IN MAY -- THE OWNER IN MAY OF 2024 FOR $2500. REGARDING THE APPRAISED PROPERTY VALUES, STAFF CONTACTED APPLICANT DIRECTLY TO STATE THAT THE COUNTY TIP CLICK ONLY OFFERS APPRAISED VALUE FOR ACTION SIS. BECAUSE THERE WAS A LISTING HIGHER THAN THAT. ON THE APPLICATION. I CAN GO INTO THE DEPARTMENTAL COMMENTS BUT WE DID GO THROUGH THIS. IF NECESSARY. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF RYAN OR STAFF REGARDING THIS PARCEL? I WOULD ASK IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE JACK WRIGHT ISLAND DIAMOND TIMBERLAND. >> I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. I HAVE THE APPRAISAL HERE. AND THE APPRAISAL CAME BACK AT 5007 AT00,000 -- 579,000. I WILL GIVE YOU A COPY. BUT IT WAS A PRIVATE APPRAISAL THAT WAS COMPLETED. AND I'M NOT PRE-- I WANT THIS TE A WIN/WIN FOR ALL OF US YOU WERE I WOULD WANT A FAIR VALUE ON THE APPLICATION. SO I MEAN TO ME, IT'S STILL AT A 50% DISCOUNT FOR WHAT THE COME BACK AT APPRAISED VALUE. I'M HERE FOR CONSERVATION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH ON TERMS OF THIS PROCESS. THE -- YOU WILL GRADE IT TODAY BUT HOW DOES THAT GO IN TERMS OF FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD? >> WE PREPARE A LIST OF RECOMMENDED PROPERTIES WHERE WITH A 207 FIVE FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO CONSIDER. AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING. THAT WILL THEN BE PRESENTED TO THEM EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026. THE BOARD COUNTY -- COMMISSIONERS WILL THEN CONSIDER THAT AND EITHER APPROVE IT, THEY ARE MODIFY IT, BUT THEY WILL TAKE SOME ACTION, THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE A FINAL LIST [01:00:01] ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DONE, BASED ON FUNDING, AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH, OR APPRAISALS, EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND NEGOTIATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OVER POTENTIAL PURCHASE. >> WE ARE TALKING 2026 BEFORE A -- 2027 BEFORE ACTION? >> YES. >> ARE SCORING IN DECEMBER MAKING DECISION HOWIE RANK THEM AND HOW WE WILL RECOMMEND THAT RANKING TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. >> OK. AS YOU CAN SEEK THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT IS NOT IN COPSE EVACUATION IN THAT REGION. -- CONSERVATION IN THAT REGION. I WAS TRYING TO GIVE IT TO YOU GUY BEFORE WE OFFERED IT TO THE PUBLIC. >> OK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OK. NOW PROBABLY START DOWN SCORE. WE WILL COLLECT THE SHEETS AND PROVIDE THEM TO STAFF. >> 66. 59. 55, 53. >> SO DRUM ROLL BEGINS. RYAN, GOT HIS ADDING MACHINE GOING THERE. WE USED TO CALL IT AN ADDING MACHINE LONG AGO. >> OK. THE AVERAGE SCORE TURNS OUT TO BE 60. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT MAKES IT OVER THE [5. PREAPP SR 13 North/Jack Wright Island- Land Trust St. Johns. Pre-application for a 10.29-acre property submitted for LAMP Board Consideration.] THRESHOLD. >> OK. LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I ASSUME THIS IS INDICATED AS A PRE-APPLICATION. INITIAL REVIEW OF THIS PROPERTY? >> IT CAN BE BOTH. THE REASON WHY WE ARE CALLING PRE-APPLICATION, IT CAME IN LATE. COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE WE RELEASED THE AGENDA. AND FINALIZED IT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN HAVE THE FULL SCALE MAPS. THIS MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR. JUST NORTH OF THE PROPERTY WE JUST LOOKED AT. ONCE AGAIN IN THE JACK WRIGHT ISLAND CONSERVATION AREA. GOT AN AERIAL PROVIDED. OWNED BY AN ENTITY CALLED LAND TRUST ST. JOHNS. IT IS SURROUNDED BY ST. JOHN'S COUNTY OWN PROPERTY AGAIN. WHICH IS ALL WETLAND MITIGATION CONSERVATION AREA UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. THAT LIGHT GREY/BLUE AREA. THERE IS NO ACCESS AND IT IS CONSIDERED LANDLOCKED. LAND USE IS RURAL SUB AGRICULTURAL AND ZONING IS OPEN RURAL. IT IS VACANT AND 100% WET. WITHIN THAT VAST WETH WETLAND FORESTED MARSH AREA. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN AN ALREADY RECORDED CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND THAT LANGUAGE... TO THE LAMP BOARD, TO BE PURSUED AS IT IS ALREADY COVERED UNDER REGU REGULATORY CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHICH REQUIRES PRESERVATION IN A [01:05:01] NATURAL STATEMENT ALREADY. IT IS ALSO LOOK LOCATED WITH THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER BLUE WAY RIVER CORRIDOR. THAT COMPLETES MY NOTES. >> OK. ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF REGARDING THIS PROPERTY? OK. BEFORE I ASK FOR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? WHICH IS THE STATE 13 NORTH JACK ISLAND PROPERTY FOR FIRST REVIEW? SEEING NONE. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? >> I WOULD SAY FOR MY POINT OF VIEW, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS PROTECTED, IT IS 100% WET, EVEN IF IT WASN'T PROJECTED THE LIKELIHOOD IS SMALL. I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING WE NEED TO ACQUIRE. I GUESS. IS MY POINT OF VIEW. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? >> I WOULD AGREE THAT. SO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS CHANGE THE STATUS POTENTIALLY FROM CONSERVATION TO OWN -- OWNED TO COUNTY OWNED OUT RIGHT. THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THERE. IT IS ALREADY SERVING OUR GOALS ANY OTHER COMMENT. A MOTION. >> SO BASED ON -- >>NOBODY MAKES A MOTION THE ITEM DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD SO WE WILL TAKE THAT AS AN INTENT THE BOARD'S NON-ENTIRE TO PURSUE THIS TO SECOND REVIEW. ALL RIGHT. [Staff Report] WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE AT STAFF REPORTS. RYAN. >> OK. SO THE LAMP BUDGET BALANCE AS OF AUGUST '26, IS $3,982, 526, PLUS 1.5 MILLION RESERVED OUT OF THE TREE BANG FUND. SO THAT LEAVES US AT JUST SHY OF $5.5 MILLION THERE. STAFF HAS BEEN TOLD TO PAUSE ON FURTHER ACQUISITION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE UNTIL ADMINISTRATION HAS AXIESSED THE BUDGETARY STATE TABS RETAX -- T WE FORM INITIATIVE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE PAUSING ON ANY FURTHER DELL JAQ /* /* * -- DELL GENEVA CONVENTION. >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE. WE HAVE UPDATES ON THE PROPERTIES, IF NEED BE. THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY FURTHER UPDATES PER SE. SINCE WE LAST SPOKE ABOUT THE PROPERTIES ON THE 2025 LIST. BUT I HAVE IT IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. >> BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTYS? OK. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ANY THING YOU HAVE FOR US? >> SURE, JUST WANT TO REITERATE AT THE JULY MEETING WE APPROVED GOING FORWARD WITH THE BOND INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THE EXACT WORDING OF THAT. I KNOW LEGAL HAD CHANGES FOR THAT. SO WE DID EXPRESS CONCERN WITH THE AMENDMENT THREE ALSO BEING ON THE BALLOT AT THE SAME TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT BUT I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE CLEARLY AS A COMMISSIONER I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT WE CAN AND FORTUNATELY, 3500,000 A YEAR IS NOT BUYING /* NOT BUYING MUCH ON -- IS NOT BUYING MUCH IN THE COUNTY. JUST SHARE THE WORDS ON THE SCREEN SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT IT IS LOOK LIKE. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS MIKE -- WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR THE SCREEN. I CAN READ THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PASSED ON IN AUGUST. FRM THE RESOLUTION. I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT CHANGED. KEALEYLY LET YOU CORRECT ME. LANGUAGE FOR THE SUMMARY IS ST. JOHN COUNTY GENERAL ONLY RAGE BOND FOR LAND ASHEN EVACUATION TO -- TO ACQUIRE LANDS THAT PROTECT WATER QUALITY, CONSERVATIVE WILDLIFE HABITAT, NATURAL AREA, FARM AND FOREST, PROVIDE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND REDUCE FLOODING, [01:10:05] SHALL ST. JOHNS COUNTY ISSUE AGAIN OBLIGATION BOND IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT EXCEEDING 100 MILLION, MA CHAIRING WITHIN 20 YEARS OF EACH ISSUES AND, BASE BEARING -- PAYABLE FROM ADVER LORE REM PROPERTY TAX TO 0.15 MILLIONS PROVIDED FOR FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. SO THAT THE QUESTION. SHALL ST. JOHNS COUNTY ISSUE THE BONDS IN THOSE AMOUNT? >> SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. SO PLEASE TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, TELL THEM TO VOTE YES. ASK THEM TO VOTE YES. >> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD, IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, IT WAS ROUGHLY BETWEEN 40 AND 60 DOLLARS I BELIEVE WAS ROUGHLY, SO NOT A LOT OF MONEY. IF THEY CAN PAY THAT AMOUNT EVERY YEAR IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTY. WANTED TO SHARE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE, I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HEAR ABOUT THE SAVE OUR HOMES. IT'S A WEBSITE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CHEER. IT IS SAVE ALREADY/* -- SAVEOURHOMES.COM. IT IS NOT A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. WHEN THEY PUT THAT SITE UP THEY DID NOT LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE SO MANY -- SO MUCH OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES IS MANDATED. WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TOOK OUT THE SCHOOLS ALREADY. WELL THAT IS NOT ADJUSTED SO IF ANYBODY WERE TO GO TO THAT SITE AND PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS, IT IS GOING TO -- NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ACCURATE INFORMATION. IT IS GOING TO MAKE YOUR TAX SAVINGS LOOK MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THEY REALLY ARE. AND THEY HAVE NOT ADJUSTED THAT AT ALL. SO I JUST THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THEN THAT IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THAT WEBSITE, THEY ARE BASICALLY GOING TO BE VOTED ON FAKE NEWS. NOT ACCURATE. IT WILL BE FRACTION. SHOW, 5, 6, 7,000 IN SAVING, MIGHT BE 1 OR 2000 DOLLARS BUT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE IS JUST SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AND THAT IS FINE IF PEOPLE WANT IT BUT JUST BASE THAT DECISION ON ACCURATE INFORMATION. DON'T VOTE ON FAKE NEWS. SO WE JUST REALLY NEED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO PROTECT OUR LAND HERE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, JUST DO YOUR RESEARCH ON WHAT EXACTLY THIS AMENDMENT THREE IS ABOUT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO LANDPRESERVATION. [Board Member Report] THANK YOU. SO BOARD REPORTS? ANYTHING. >> NOTHING, MR. CHAIR. >> THE CHAIR: I KEEP STARTING ON THE RIGHT. I SHOULD BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH. >> I WILL BRING UP SAME THING, GREAT WE BALLOT. WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TAX LEVY FOR THE CONSERVATION LAND BASED ON TAXABLE VALUE AND AMENDMENT THREE REDUCES TAXABLE VALUE ON THE HOME. THE TWO WORK TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR OUR FUNDING. BUT AGAIN,E THE MONEY IS ONE PIECE. THE OTHER COMPONENT IS THE TIME LINE THAT IT TAKES TO GET SOMETHING APPROVED AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ONE OF OUR MAIN PIECES OF PROPERTY WE WANT -- THE NUMBER ONE FOR 2025, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY SCORED IN 2023. BUT IT TOOK TO 2025 TO GET IT IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. AND PA PRIVATE BUYER DOESN'T HAE TO WAIT THAT LONG. IF THEY HAVE AT CASH THEY WILL SCOOP THAT UP. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A BIANND PRIORITIZATION. SO WE DON'T LOSE OUT ON THE VALUABLE PROPERTIES. >> OK. J.B.? >> I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. BUT WE ARE ALSO PRETTY DISFUNCTIONAL OUR FIRST YEAR, TOO TAS A BOARD. HOPE I DON'T OFFEND ANYONE. WE WERE. WE HAD TROUBLES MOVING FORWARD ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND THAT CHANGED AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOLKS THAT ARE ON IT NOW BECAUSE IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE NOW IN TERMS OF HOW EVERYTHING WORKS. BUT GOVERNMENT DOES WORK SLOWLY ESPECIALLY WITH ACQUISITION. THAT IS FACT OF LIFE. >> I THINK THAT WE -- I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING IN JUNE BUT I KNOW THE DISCUSSION WAS AND IS STILL THE CASE THAT IF WE GET A PROPERTY THAT HAS [01:15:08] SUBSTANTIAL VALUE TO THIS BOARD WE CAN AMEND THE LIST. AND BRING IT FORWARD TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION, I THINK. AS WE -- IT IS OUR DESIRE TO DO SO. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT. >> THANK YOU. >> NO REPORT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK ON THE RESILIENCY AND THE QUESTION WE APPRECIATE THAT. DO VOW A MOTION -- DOTY HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MOTION. >> SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> SEE YOU ALL IN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.