[Call to Order by Chair]
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>> THE CHAIR: GOOD MORNING. AND WE WILL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER, AND ASK THE MADAM CLERK OR SIR CLERK TO CALL
THE ROLL PLEASE. >> CLERK: CHAIR, COMMISSIONER
>> CLERK: VICE-CHAIR. >> PRESENT GLIRS COMMISSIONER
>> CLERK: COMMISSIONER SARAH ARNOLD.
>> PRESENT. >> CLERK: COMMISSIONER
CHRISTIAN WHITEHURST. >> PRESENT.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME AND STANDING FOR OUR INVOCATION FROM OUR PASTOR FOLLOWED BY JEREMY WOODWARD.
FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. I THANK MY GOD.
ALWAYS IN EVERY PRAYER OF MINE FOR YOU, ALL MAKING MY PRAYER WITH JOY. BECAUSE OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE GOSPEL FROM THE FIRST DAY UNTIL NOW.
ANDI'M SURE OF THIS THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BRING IT TO COMPLETION AT THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.
LET'S PRAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. WE ASK YOU THAT BLESS THIS MEETING. HEAVENLY FATHER WE KNOW THAT YOU SEE ALL THINGS. WE ASK FOR WISDOM, GUIDANCE, AND GOD WE PRAY A BLESSING OVER OUR COUNTY, AND WE THANK YOU LORD THAT YOU ARE WORKING IN ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME,
>> COMMISSIONERS PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGANCE 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.
THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION BY
[Proclamation Recognizing 125th Anniversary of Knights of Columbus First Florida Council 611 of St. Augustine]
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME AND CALL UP SCOTT WALTERS AND THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FIRST FLORIDA COUNCIL 6/11 HAS FAITHFULLY SHERVED THE COMMUNITY OF ST.
AUGUSTINE AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY FOR 125 YEARS THROUGH CHARITABLE WORKS. VOLUNTEER SERVICE, CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL FAMILIES AND PARISHES SINCE 1901, AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FIRST FLORIDA COUNCIL 611 HAVE DEMONSTRATE AND DURING COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, UNITY, FROM A TERN ITD AND PATRIOTISM THROUGH OUTREACH TO THE POOR, ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS. SUPPORT FOR SEMINARIANS AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES. AND WHEREAS THE COUNCIL LONG-STANDING DEDICATION HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED COUNTLESS RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND STRENGTHENED THE CIVIC AND SPIRITUAL FABRICS OF THE NATION'S OLDEST CITY, AND WHEREAS THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FIRST FLORIDA COUNCIL 611 IS A FITTING OCCASION TO HONOUR THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENDURING LEGACY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY FLORIDA THAT OCTOBER 2026 BE RECOGNIZED AS THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FIRST FLORIDA COUNCIL 611. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF THE ST. JOHN'S ST. THIS SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. [APPLAUSE]
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 125 YEARS SUPPORTING THE COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] >> THE CHAIR: GOOD MORNING.
[Proclamation Recognizing National 4-H Week]
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PLEASE COME UP. GOOD MORNING.>> A PROCLAMATION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST.
JOHNS COUNTY FLORIDA WHEREAS 4H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND IS IN EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTING 6 MILLION YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE BECOME ENGAGED SUCCESSFUL AND INDEPENDENT.
AND WHERED AS 4H CORRECT YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES PREPARING THEM FOR WORK AND LIFE THROUGH INQUIRIY-BASED LEARNING WHILE PROVIDING EMERGING RESEARCH FOR POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS EXPANDING FROM ITS STRONG AND AGRICULTURAL ROOTS, 4H HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND GROW INTO PRODUCTIVE ADULTS.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL 4H WEEK THEME BEYOND READY REMINDS US THAT 4H IS BUILDING A READY GENERATION IN A WORLD OF CHANGE AND EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SKILLS FOR FUTURE.
WHILE MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHNS FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2026 ADDS NATIONAL 4H WEEK ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT ST. JOHNS COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE 4H FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IT HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE BY EMPOWERING YOUTH WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO LEAD FOR A LIFETIME. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SIXTH
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JULIA
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO PRODUCE OUR-- HE IS GOING TO SAY A FEW
WORDS FOR US. >> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS JASON. I'M THE 4H WERE THE OF THE ST. JOHNS TEAM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
TO SPEAK YOU TO ABOUT AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN.
BEFORE I BEGAN I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS AND CONTINUED SUPPORT OF FLORIDA 4H AT ST. JOHNS COUTY. YOUR SUPPORT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME THE OPPORTUNITY DISCOVER PASSIONS AND ALLOW THEM TO CARRYING ON WITH THEIR FUTURE EDUCATION IN CAREERS AND COMMUNITIES. BY JOURNEY ACTUALLY STARTED IN GEORGIA WHERE 4H CAME IN MY SCHOOL ONCE A MONTH TO TEACH US ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND OTHER TOPICS.
I ATTENDED MY FIRST 4H CAMP THERE AND THAT IS WHERE MY LOVE FOR 4H BEGAN. WHEN I MOVED BACK TO FLORIDA I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A 4H PROGRAM RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO NATURALLY I DECIDED TO JOIN. WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE CLUB LIST, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY OPTIONS THERE WERE.
AGRICULTURE TO LEADERSHIP AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AT THE TIME I HONESTLY THOUGHT 4H WAS ONLY AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS. I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT I WAS MISTAKEN. 4H HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.
THE FIRST CLUB I JOINED WAS THE-- THE CLUB LEADERS WITHIN THAT CLUB WERE SO WELCOMING THAT IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH 4H. THE NEXT YEAR I WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED. I JOINED FORESTRY.
BEGAN PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING AND JOINED THE TEAM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE I WAS NOT CONFIDENT AT PUBLIC SPEAKING AT ALL.
IN FACT I WAS THE KID WHO BARELY SPOKE ABOVE A WHISPER PVMENT I WASN'T VERY TALKATIVE. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD BE ONE DAY BE STANDING IN FRONT OF A ROOM OF COMMISSIONERS AND AUDIENCE LIKE THIS, BUT MY CLUB LEADERS, MY AGENTS, AND EVEN 4H MEMBERS WHO I LOOKED UP TO FORCED ME TO STEP OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE. ONE OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES I HAD-- I GOT TO SEE YOUNG LEADERS PLANNING AND PREPPING EVENTS ACROSS THE STATE. THAT EXPERIENCE INTRODUCE IMMEDIATE TO OPPORTUNITIES I NEVER KNEW EXISTED AND ALLOWED ME TO MEET SO MANY NEW PEOPLE AND NOW FRIENDS.
SINCE THEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND EVENTS LIKE VOICE UNIVERSITY AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, AND MY FAVOURITE EVENT-- TALLAHASSEE. WE STAYED AT THE FLORIDA STATE
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UNIVERSITY AND PARTICIPATE IN A MOCK EVENT AT THE STATE CAPITAL.I EVEN HAD THE HONOUR OF RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LOBBYIST WHICH IS AN AWARD VOTED ON BY FELLOW 4H MEMBERS. ANOTHER EVENT THAT I REALLY ENJOYED IS THE STAY AT THE CAPITAL.
AT THIS EVENT, 4H OF ALL AGE GOT TO GO WITH THEIR COUNTY TO THE CAPITAL AND MEET THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND EVEN COUNTY-- THEIR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
ST. JOHNS ST. TALENTED AND PASSIONATE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS AND INTEREST.
I OFTEN CALL ST. JOHNS COUNTY THE LEADERSHIP COUNTY BECAUSE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD A MEMBER OF OUR COUNTY SERVE ON THE FLORIDA 4H OFFICERS TEAM INCLUDING ONE PERSON WHO SERVED AS THE STATE PRESIDENT. THAT IS WHAT MAKES VOICE WHO SPECIAL TO ME. IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO GROW IN FIELDS LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING, TEAM LEADERSHIP AND MY OWN CONFIDENCE. WHEN COMPARING MYSELF FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, I SEE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE HONOUR OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF MY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL TO ORGANIZE COUNTY EVENTS AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT VOYAGE AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIOR SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR PASSION INTO TRADE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MOST IMPORTANTLY MY FAVOURITE THING ABOUT H 4 IS THE CLICHE THAT 4H IS A FAMILY. BECAUSE IT REALLY.
IS THAT IS WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL. I'VE GROWN UP IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS 4H AND GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SPARK AND RUN WITH IT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM 4H. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A 4HER.
[Acceptance of Proclamations]
>> THE CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. A MOTION FOR PROCLAMATIONS.
>> SO MOVED. >> THE CHAIR: WE HAVE A
>> THE CHAIR: ALL IN FAVOUR SAY AYE.
[Deletions to Consent Agenda]
DELETIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD DO YOU HAVE ANY DELETIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA?>> I HAVE NONE. >> THE CHAIR: OKAY.
COMMISSIONER JOSEPH? >> I HAVE NONE.
>> THE CHAIR: COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST.
>> I HAVE NONE. >> THE CHAIR: VICE-CHAIR
[Approval of Consent Agenda]
TAYLOR. >> THE CHAIR: I HAVE NONE.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AENDA.
>> SO MOVED. >> THE CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THE CHAIR: DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> THE CHAIR: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE AGENDA FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> 32084. I WANT TO COMMENT ON CONSENT AGENDA NUMBER 16. I WANT TO REMIND YOU FOLKS, IT'S THE MOTION FOR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS ADVERTISING. PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE SCRUTINIZED THAT, AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU WHO RUNS OUR BUSES.
THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION A.K.A. COUNCIL AND AGING, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WHY WOULD YOU CALL AT THAT CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION? DO YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING, FO FOLKS. JOE BOWLS WAS THE CHAIRMAN ON COUNCIL AND AGENT. HE ROBBED DEAD PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILY FOR YEARS. I HAVE NO FAITH WHATSOEVER IN
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THE COUNCIL AND AGENT RUNNING OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT YOU FOLKS WILL ACTUALLY GET US A REAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.IN FACT, PLEASE COME DOWN TO ALL THE BUSES MEET THEN YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ADS ON THE BUSES, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO SEEI SEE SOMETG THAT NOBODY ELSE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS.
ALL OF OUR BUSES PULL IN ON A ONE-WAY STREET GOING THE WRONG WAY. IT'S SO SPECIAL.
BUT IT'S A REPRESENTATION OF YOU.
THAT IS WHO IT IS. IT'S GONE ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. WE HAVE THE WORST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND WE GOT MONEY.
WE'RE A WELL TO DO COUNTY. SO ANYWAYS, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON IT. I GOT TO TELL YOU I'M NEVER EVER GOING TO RESPECT THE COUNCIL AND AGENT STATE ATTORNEY FOR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND MOST OF ALL THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GUESS HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS THEY DID ON JOE BOWLS? ZERO.
SECOND DEGREE FELONY CARRIES 15 TO 25 YEARS.
NEVER HAD AN INVESTIGATION, AND HE ROBBED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE. THANKS.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COME ON UP.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, THE WIND SWEPT ACRES, SUBDIVISION THERE. THANKS FOR GOING DOWN THERE AND CHECKING IT OUT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CAN. >> CLERK: THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE COMMENTS ON THE CONCONSENT AGENDA. SEEING NONE.
WE WILL CLOSE. >> THE CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR SAY AYE. >> TOGETHER: AYE.
[Additions/Deletions to Regular Agenda]
>> THE CHAIR: THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
MOVE ON. DELETIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.
>> I HAVE NONE. >> I HAVE NONE.
>> I HAVE NONE. >> THE CHAIR: AND VICE-CHAIR
[Approval of Regular Agenda]
>> THE CHAIR: I HAVE NONE EITHER.
I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR AGENDA.
>> SO MOVED. >> THE CHAIR: ALL THOSE IN
FAVOUR SAY AYE. >> TOGETHER: AYE.
[Public Comment]
>> THE CHAIR: THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
RIGHT TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> CLERK: AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR GENERAL COMMENTS.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE COME TO THE THREE PODIUMS. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. EACH PERSON WILL BE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE ASK YOU THAT SPEAK DIRECTIONALLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. SPEAKERS WILL COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. FINALLY ANY SPEAKER THAT WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MATERIALS. PLEASE UTILIZE THE CENTER PODIUM. PAPER MATERIALS CAN BE PLACED ON THE X ON THE OVERHEAD CAMERAS FOR DISPLAY.
AFTER PRESENTING, PLEASE PROVIDE THE MATERIALS TO THE STAFF OF THE CLERK OF COURT TO BE ENTERED INTO PUBLIC RECORD.
>> GOOD MORNING. KAILEY MASTERS.
ST. JOHN'S ST. . I APOLOGIZE IF I'M A LITTLE SLOW TODAY. I JUST HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY ON AN EMERGENCY MATTER REGARDING OUR RESIDENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
I'M REQUESTING THAT A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION MAKE AN OFFAGENDA MOTION TO AMEND TODAY'S AGENDA TO ADDRESS THE ACTIVE PERMITS AND USE OF FLOCK CAMERAS.
THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE IMAGINE DUE TO A LANDMARK FEDERAL COURT DECISION ISSUED JUST DAYS AGO. OCTOBER 1, 2026 IN THE CASE OF UNITED STATES VERSUS KYLE. FEDERAL JUDGE SARAH HILL RULED THAT WARRANTLESS SEARCH OF LOCATION DATA USING FLOCK SAFETY NETWORK CONSTITUTES INDISCRIMINATE MASS SURVEILLANCE, AND AS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. THE COURT HAS NOW MADE IT CLEAR TRACKING CITIZENS THROUGH THIS NETWORK WITHOUT A WARRANT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. BECAUSE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CURRENTLY PERMITS AND UTILIZES FLOCK OUR COUNTY IS ACTIVE I EXPOSING ITSELF TO SEVERE LEGAL LIABILITY AND OPERATING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW.
ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL JUICIARY LAST WEEK.
WE CANNOT WAIT 13 DAYS FOR THE STANDARD AGENDA PIPELINE.
THEREFORE, I'M FORMERLY REQUESTING THAT A COMMISSIONER
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STEP FORWARD TODAY, AMEND THE AGENDA AND CALL FOR A VOTE TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: WITHDRAW ALL ACTIVE COUNTY MERMT PERMITS FOR FLOCK SAFETY OR ANY OTHER AUTOMATIC LICENCE PLATE READERS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.ORDER THAT ALL EXISTING CAMERAS IMMEDIATELY BE COVERED TO-- AND BEGIN THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF THESE COUNTY SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS FROM THE COUNTY RIOT OF WAYS.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU SWORE AN OATH TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION.
I ASK THAT ONE OF YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO AENDTODAY'S AGENDA SO THIS BOARD CAN PROTECT TO PROTECT ST. JOHNS COUNTY CITIZENS. THANK YOU.
>> CLERK: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
DEBRA CAMP BEM. I'M HERE TODAY WELL I ASKED FOR MY OWN LICENCE PLATE RECORDS, AND WHAT FLOCK HAD CAPTURED FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS. IT DID TAKE ME A BIT TO GET THESE RECORDS BACK. I HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED THEM WELL OVER A MONTH AGO, BUT THE POLICIES HAVE CHANGED WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SO THEY FINALLY GOT IT BACK TO ME, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS WHAT I LEARNED ON THESE RECORDS.
IT SHOULD WORRY EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM.
I BARELY LEAVE MY HOUSE. I MAYBE LEAVE MY HOUSE TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. I'M A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
I DON'T LIKE TO LOAD UP ALL THREE KIDS AND GO ANYWHERE.
I ONLY LEAVE THE HOUSE WHEN I NEED TO.
BUT IN JUST 30 DAYS, CAMERAS ON THE ROADS, 154 SEPARATE TIMES, OKAY. ON ONE SINGLE AFTERNOON WHEN I JUST DROVE TO A FAMILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THE SYSTEM LOGGED MY PLATE 23 TIMES.
OKAY. I GOT BACK 119 ACTUAL PHOTOS OF MY CAR. NOW I DO WANT TO THANK SHERIFF AND THE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE LISTENED TO US A BIT AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH THOUGH. JUST DAYS AGO, ON OCTOBER 1ST AS KAILEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT THE-- THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE JUDGE THREW OUT THE EVIDENCE AND CALLED THE TECHNOLOGY MASS SURVEILLANCE. A FEDERAL COURT SAYS THIS TRACK SOMETHING WRONG, WHY ARE WE DOING IT TO OUR OWN CITIZENS.
MY 154 SCAN COUNT IS A HUGE UNDERCUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CAMERAS HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN OFF OF US ONE AND THAT IS THE MAIN ROUTE THAT I DRIVE ON. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HIGHER NUMBER. BUT LET'S SEE.
THE WORST THOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY MAKES A LOT OF MISTAKES.
11 CARS WERE NOT MINE. BUT CAPTURED MY LICENCE PLATE AS THOSE CARS. OKAY.
11. 7.1% ERROR RATE! IF YOU GO ACROSS ALL THE CITIZENS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, THAT IS A MUCH HIGHER ERROR RATE.
SO THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE. BUT PUTS REGULAR PEOPLE AT RISK FOR BEING STOPPED FOR NO REASON. WE DO NOT CONTROL OUR OWN DATA.
WHILE THE SHERIFF OFFICE DELETES THE RECORDS AFTER 30 DAYS.
PRIVATE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE CAMERAS, FLOCK KEEPS THE RIGHTS OF THAT TRACKING INFORMATION FOREVER.
PRIVATE COMPANIES BUILDING A PERMIT INVENTORY DATABASE OF OUR DAILY LIVES ON PUBLIC ROADS. WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? OVER 1,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED MY PETITION.
MY FACEBOOK PAGE HAS OVER 6.4000 FOLLOWERS NOW.
IN LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS. THAT SHOULD SPEAK SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS TO YOU GUYS. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET THAT MANY FOLLOWERS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME THAT ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ME.
SO I URGE YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT MY ORDINANCE.
LOOK AT IT. PUT A VOTE ON IT AND LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS.
THANK YOU. >> CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DEBRA I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT ERROR RATE, CAN YOU CLARIFY, DID IT SHOW A PICTURE OF YOUR LICENCE PLATE.
>> SO THE LOG THAT I WAS GIVEN, THE 154 SCANS, IT WAS IN LIKE JUST A TYPED UP LOG, RIGHT. THAT IS HOW MANY TIMES MY LICENCE PLATE WAS CAPTURED, AND THEN IT WILL GIVE YOU IDENTIFYING FACTORS. ONE THE STICKER ON THE BACK OF MY WINDSHIELD WAS THE MOST IDENTIFYING THING ON MY CAR, BUT I HAVE FOR SAFETY REASONS, I HAVE A WHITE VEHICLE.
OKAY. IT CAPTURED A GREEN BUICK WITH MY LICENCE PLATE. A HUMMER WITH MY LICENCE PLATE.
A TOYOTA CAR WITH MY LICENCE PLATE.
I WOULD BE FEEL FREE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION YOU TO GUYS PERSONALLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GOING TO DISPLAY THAT FOR PUBLIC RECORD, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS A REAL ISSUE.
11 CARS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT. THANK YOU.
COME ON UP, GOOD MORNING. >> BILL.
5461 FOURTH STREET. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.
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WIND SWEPT ACRES. SUBDIVISION AREA.YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BEFORE I CAME HERE, I WAS LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER'S CALENDAR. I GOT TO GET CLOSE NOW TOO.
SO THE LITTLE SAYING ONE WHO BEIEVES IN HIMSELF HAS NO NEED TO CONVINCE OTHERS. AND AS YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONC RECONCILIATION. WE'LL GET THERE ONE DAY MAYBE.
SO YOU WENT DOWN AND TOOK THE PICTURES.
I WILL GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS TOO.
SINCE THAT RAMP, YOU HAVE 70 FEET OF RADIUS, AND OF COURSE THE HOMEOWNERS. THEY THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO ABOUT 20 FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF IT.
AND YOU SAW. THAT THEY STILL HADN'T MOVED THAT CRAPPER THAT THE CONSTRUCTION USED.
IT'S STILL THERE. A PILE OF DIRT IS STILL THERE.
THOSE PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST SO DECEITFUL AND EVIL BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THAT LAND, AND THEY ARE NOT.
IF YOU GO SOUTH TO THE OTHER BOAT RAMP, IT STARTS AT 26 FEET WIDE. YOU GET DOWN TO THOSE CULVERTS WHERE YOU MAKE THE TURN TO GO INTO THE BOAT RAMP.
IT'S 15 FEET WIDE. 10-FOOT DROP.
I'M TELLING YOU ALL PUT A SIGN THAT SAYS WARNING ROAD NARROWS.
THIS IS FOUR YEARS AGO. NOTHING.
NOT A THING. YOU GO BACK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING LAND FROM US, BUT WON'T DO ANYTHING WHERE YOU ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GO IN THAT DITCH AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY DIES BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GO IN THAT DITCH.
YOU WILL HAVE A 23-FOOTPATH-- YOU ARE GOING TO BE UPSIDE DOWN.
IF I'M DOWN THERE WALKING MY DOG, I MIGHT SAVE ONE OR TWO OF YOU. BUT IF IT'S A CARLOAD.
I WILL BE WORE OUT. BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU ALL THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. YOU GO TO THE GREEN ROAD BOAT RAMP AND ALL OF THE RADIUS IS THERE.
THEY MADE TO PEOPLE BUILD A WALL.
PUT GATES UP. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
SEEVERYBODY IS TWIDDLING THEIR THUMB.
COME TO MY HOUSE ABOUT SIX TIMES CHARGING ME WITH TRESPASSING WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO SICKED THEM ON MEAN ARE TELLING HIM HE IS NOT TRESPASSING. HE IS ON COUNTY RIO RIGHT-OF-WA.
ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING? WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET TOGETHER.
GO DOWN THERE AND MAKE A STAND. I DON'T WANT TO START A PROTEST.
I GOT PEOPLE NOW WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES, NEWS PAPERS AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO A PODCAST. I'M DIGGING THE OUT OF IT.
WHERE IS THAT OTHER DEPUTY. I GOT HIM A SPECIAL T-SHIRT.
HIS VERY OWN. HE PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE ONCE
OR TWICE. >> CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IS HE COMING BACK NEXT TIME? >> THE CHAIR: WE HOPE SO.
>> WILL YOU GIVE IT TO HIM. >> CLERK: YEAH.
WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF
JACKSONVILLE CITY RESOLUTION. 8356 BASKIN ROAD.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOUR, NORTHEAST REGIONAL COUNCIL IS THERE.
WELL YOU KNOW, I WAS COMING IN, AND MY THING GOT JUST BUSTED UP.
BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING 4H.
I GOT SOME SMOKED CHICKEN. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I HAD AN ORCHARD. 50 CITRUS TREES, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS, BUT AMENDMENT 3, TOWN HALL. I'M SUBMITTING THAT RIGHT NOW.
THIS WAS YESTERDAY AT THE RULES COMMITTEE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS RIGHT THERE.
I'M CPAC. LOOK AT ALL THOSE NO SHOWS.
HERE IS THE MAYOR'S DISABILITY COUNCIL.
I WILL BE GOING TO THAT LATER TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, HERE IS THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. RIGHT HERE.
TOURISM. IT'S A STATE OF FLORIDA.
HERE IS A SPEAKER CARD. BUT HERE IS-- THIS IS THE ONE RIGHT HERE. NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL. SEVEN COUNTIES.
RIGHT, THERE AMENDMENT THREE. AND WHAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I'M DOWN TO A 1 MINUTE 29.
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IF IT HAPPENS, AND LET ME JUST GET BACK WITH 4H.YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO THE TREE COMMISSION IN DUVALL COUNTY.
THEY SAY, WE DON'T SAVE TREES. WE PLANT TREES.
27 MILLION PUCKS. JUST LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE AN INSTANT CITRUS ORCHARD.
RIGHT NOW TODAY, YOU ARE ALL BE UP PROBABLY TRY TO GO TO A MEETING WITH THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY, UP IN MAY PORT UP AT 5:30 AFTER TRYING TO GO TO THE DISABILITY MEETING.
OUR PLACE HITS EVERY BOX THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DREAM OF.
IT IS A CASH COW. YOU WILL BE MAKING REVENUE FROM DAY 1, AND RIGHT NOW. ST. JOHNS, THE REASON I'M HERE.
YOU ARE THE NEIGHBOUR. CLAY COUNTY.
THEIR 4H, YOU JUST HAD 4H. JUST WITH THE CITRUS.
I BROUGHT THIS ONCE BEFORE. MADE UP A BUNCH.
I GOT SOME-- BO RAN BILLIE. I CAN'T RATE FOR HIM TO TAKE ME FISHING. ANYWAY DOWN TO 16 SECONDS.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT FOR NOT ONLY ST. JOHNS ST. BUT DUVALL COUNTY AND A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WILL BE UNMATCHED ANYWHERE ELSE. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY GENERAL NUISANCE.
THAT IS NOVEMBER ECHO WHISKY SYRIA ECHO NOVEMBER ECHO NEW SENSE. SOME OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS THE OTHER KIND OF NUISANCE. IT'S STILL A FREE COUNTRY SO I CAN THINK WHAT YOU LIKE. MY BADGE NUMBER IS HOTEL ALPHA HOTEL ALPHA OSCAR LIMA. I'M HERE TODAY WITH CAPTAIN CUP TAKE AND SERGEANT SILLY GOOSE REPRESENTING THE REBEL CLOWN ARMY AND APPROACHING YOU ON BEHALF OF GENERAL PRIVACY.
GENERAL JUSTICE, GENERAL PROTECTING INNOCENCE, GENERAL DUTY AND MORAL OBLIGATION. GENERAL DO THE RIGHT THING.
THE MINISTER OF PROPER IMANDER AND MANY PRIVATE CITIZENS AND OUR PURPOSE HERE TODAY IS NICE ENCOURAGEMENT OFFICER.
NATIONAL INSURGENCE CLOWN ENCOURAGEMENT NICE UNSERGE YENLT ENCOURAGEMENT OFFICERS TO ISSUE SOME NICE CITATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. I WILL BEGIN WITH A PRAYER WHO PROTECTS ALL WHO ARE SOMETIMES STUPID NAMELY ALL OF US.
OH, HOLY ST. STUPID PLEASE HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, AND HELP US CORRECT THEM IN A SPIRIT OF DUTY AND RECONCILIATION. NOW FOR NICE CITATIONS.
COMMISSIONER ARNOLD THANK YOU LAST TIME.
SHE IS NOT HERE. I WANTED TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ARNOLD FOR THE FLOCK BRINGING UP HER OBVIOUS CONCERN ON THE ISSUE. COMMISSIONERS JOSEPH AND MURPHY FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE SHERIFF AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I STAND WITH YOU ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR YOU HAD SUCH INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS LAST TIME ON THE FLOCK ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COMMISSIONER WHITE HOWRS, YOU ARE A LINE OF THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR STRONG STANDS ON PUTTING THE A.I. TECH TO BED WHILE WE FIGURE OUT ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS, AND SPEAKING OF DEBRA CAMPBELL HAS TALKED ABOUT HER ORDINANCE.
I HOPE YOU WILL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS I BROUGHT FOR YOU TODAY, AND EXCERPT FROM JOHN ADAMS 1770 DEFENCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN THE BOSS MASSACRE. ADAMS TALKS ABOUT TRUE JUSTICE BEING SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS THE INNOCENT FROM PERSECUTION.
CRIME IS SO FREQUENT WE CAN'T PUN TISSUE ALL.
RATHER WE MUST ERR ON THE SIDE OF INNOCENCE.
INNOCENCE ARE TREATED AS GUILTY. SOCIETY LOSES ALL SECURITY AND NO ONE HAS ANY REASON TO BEHAVE. THIS TECH, THE A.I. SURVEILLANCE IT TREATS INNOCENT PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE GUILTY AND MAKES THEM VULNERABLE TO PERSECUTION AND IS FUNDAMENTALLY AT THE ODDS WITH OUR NATIONS IDEAL. ALSO I'M INCLUDING AN EXCERPT FROM THE U.S. FEDERAL RULING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
JUDGE HILL SAYS THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION TO NOT BEEN SEEN ON A ROADWAY. ONE DOES HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT SUCH A SITING WON'T BE ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOIC EVIDENCE OF ONE'S MOVEMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN THIS CASE, A METHTRAFFICKIC WAS SET FREE MEANING THIS IS A LIABILITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAVE ETCH.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL GIVE THESE TO KAILEY.
THEY HAVE YOUR NICE CITATIONS AND ALSO FREE TICKETS JUST BECAUSE I LIKE YOU GUYS. I WANT YOU TO HAVE SOME FREE
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ICTS. >> CLERK: ALL RIGHT, NEXT.
COME ON UP. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.
WILL THERE BE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 1? THERE WILL NOT. OKAY.
I WILL MAKE THESE COMMENTS NOW. GOOD MORNING.
COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS VICKI PEPPER.
HARVEST CIRCLE. IN ST. AUGUSTINE I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
SERVE BLACK AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY IDENTIFYING RESOURCES INCLUDING FUNDING SOURCES AND LINKING THEM WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS.
IN OUR EFFORTS TO FURTHER BELOVED COMMUNITY IN ST. JOHNS SAINT. ONE UNDERSERVED ADVOCATES OUR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. YOU MAY RECALL THAT ADVOCATED FOR A-- WE WERE SORELY DISAPPOINTED THAT AS A BOARD YOU DID THE PUBLIC A GRAVE DISSERVICE BY ABANDONNG THIS PROJECT. NOT ONLY BY ELIMINATING APPROVED ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC PARKLAND IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY BUT ALSO BY FAILING TO ADDRESS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN ONE OF THE COUNTY'S LARGEST NEIGHBOURHOODS.
WE MUST BE BETTER THAN THIS AND AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU NEED TO DO BETTER TO SERVE ALL OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT SAID ON THE AGENDA TODAY IN ITEM 1, WE SEE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PARTNERING WITH WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT TO GET EARLY INPUT ON BUILDING BETTER TRAILS FOR ADAPTIVE CYCLISTS IS A GREAT IDEA AND ONE THAT CARE SUPPORTS.
BUT WHY STOP WITH BETTER TRAILS FOR ADAPT CYCLISTS.
CARE BELIEVES THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PERHAPS PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERS WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY WITH THE BOARD HAD A PANEL OF-- EXPERIENCED A RANGE OF DISABILITY ISSUES THAT IT COULD CONSULT AND WAS CONSULTING EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF VARIOUS COUNTY PROJECTS.
WE NOTE GENERALLY IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER AND LESS COSTLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF ACCESSIBILITY, ADAPTABILITIES AND FUNCTIONING AND UTILITY WHILE A PROJECT IS BEING PLANNED THAN IT IS TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BY RETROFITTING AFTER THE FACT. CARE HAS IDEAS ON HOW SUCH A PANEL MIGHT BE CREATED AND USED AND ALSO HOW TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE. WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR IDEAS WITH YOU AND/OR COUNTY STAFF.
BUT WE'RE FLEXIBLE. FOR NOW WE ONLY ASK THAT THE COMMISSION DIRECT THE STAFF TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL FOR A DISABILITY ISSUES ADVISORY PANEL THAT WILL BROUGHT BACK TO THE B.O.C.C. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IDENTIFYING A PANEL OF EXPERTS AND CONSULTING THEM OCCASIONALLY SHOULD NOT BE COMPLICATED OR COSTLY.
THIS IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF BUILDING DISABILITY EXPERTISE INTO YOUR PLANNING PROCESSES SO THAT YOU AND THE STAFF WILL HAVE BROADER PERSPECTIVE AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ENABLE BETTER DECISIONS. YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO HEAR MORE FROM CARE ON THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. >> CLERK: THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. ADJUVA.JUANITA YATES.
I'M STILL TRYING TO GET SOME ATTENTION MADE FOR A U-TURN THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN WHEN FOUR LANED THAT AREA, AND FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAD-- SOMEBODY-- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COUNTY OR THE-- SOMEBODY HAS PUT IN TREES AND IRRIGATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. IT LOOKED PRETTY BAD BEFORE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BETTER.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THE ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE GOT IS THE GOLF CLUB HAS A NICE AREA FOR THE GOLF COURTS TO GO OVER WHEN THEY CROSS OVER THE SHORES THERE, AND THAT IS IN BETWEEN WHERE OUR AREA IS THAT THEY SAY IS TOO CLOSE TO THE CUT-THROUGH. THEY'RE ABOUT HALFWAY IN BETWEEN THAT. SO THEY'RE GOING ACROSS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'RE DRIVING OVER THE MEDIUM STRIP IS WHAT IT IS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE I THINK IF Y'ALL WOULD COME IN AND AT LEAST CLEAN IT UP, CLEAN UP THAT AND PUT SOME NICE GRAVEL DOWN, WE WOULD BE HAPPY.
JUST TELL THE POLICE THAT WE'RE LEGAL BUT, YOU KNOW.
IT'S GETTING TO BE A REAL MESS THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE AREN'T ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT.
JUST CLEAN IT UP AND GIVE US SOME GRAVEL SO WE DON'T END UP IN A MUD PILE WHICH WHEN WE DO GET RAIN WHICH WE FORTUNATE I WILL HAVE LATELY, IT TURNS INTO MUD.
SO WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE HELP ON THAT.
THE U-TURN THAT WE'VE GOT I BELIEVE WAS PUT IN WITHOUT ANY
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THOUGHT OF WHO IS USING IT AND HOW IT WAS BEING USED.FPL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO MAKE THAT U-TURN IF YOU HAVE GOT A GOOD SIZED CAR.
THE BACK END OF IT IS HANGING OUT IN THE OTHER LANE SO YOU ARE BLOCKING A LANE WHILE YOU ARE TRYING TO WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC TO COME THROUGH SO YOU COULD MAKE YOUR U-TURN.
IT IS NOT A SAFE AREA TO BE MAKING A U-TURN.
AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME HELP THERE.
SO ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL CAN DO TO HELP US, WE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M NANCY MURPHY.
I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ST. AUGUSTINE, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CARE IN SUPPORT OF VICKY'S COMMENTS THAT SHE JUST MADE EARLIER. I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF COMPASSIONATE ST. AUGUSTINE AND I GET TO SERVE AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN COMPASSIONIATE ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR COMPASSION, AND REFERENCE TO VICKY'S COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE ONE LINE WITH YOU FROM THE CHARTER FOR COMPASSION THAT REALLY RESONATES AROUND THIS, AND IT IS COMPASSIONATE COMPELS US TO WORK T TIRELESSLYO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF OUR FELLOW CREATURES.
TO DETHRONE OURSELF FROM THE CENTER OF OUR UNIVERSE AND TO PUT ANOTHER PERSON THERE. AND TO HONOUR THE SANCTITY OF EVERY SINGLE HUMAN, TREATING EVERYONE WITH ABSOLUTE DIGNITY, JUSTICE, AND RESPECT. SO THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT AS AND OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU THAT IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING IN MY OPINION IF ST. JOHNS COUNTY WOULD CHOOSE TO BE AN INTENTIONAL COMPASSIONATE COUNTY.
THE STEMS ARE EASY THERE. IS NO COST INVOLVED AND SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT WHAT VICKY HAS SUGGESTED.
THAT COULD BE YOUR INTENTION YALAKOM PASSIONATE ACTION THAT LEADS YOU TO BEING A RECOGNIZED COMPACOMPASSIONATE COUNTY.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE HAS BEEN A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 13 YEARS.
WE CELEBRATED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THAT ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY AT GRACE MEMORIAL. I HAVE AN INVITATION TO EXTEND TO ALL OF YOU. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
ONE OF OUR NEWEST CONNECTIONS IN OUR COMPASSIONATE WORLD IS ACTUALLY COMING DOWN FROM THE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF US, AND SHE WILL BE SPEAKING TO US ON A TOP THAT I CAN IS NEAR AND DEAR TO HER HEART. SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED RETHREADED, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING ISSUES THAT OCCUR IN OUR STATE, IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR CITY. SO I ASK THAT YOU JOIN US IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. RETHREADED HAS TALENTED WOMEN WHO MAKE BEAUTIFUL ITEMS, LEATHER ITEMS, FABRIC, AND FOOD, REALLY GOOD TOFFEE. WE WILL BE THERE WITH THEIR POP-UP SHOP. I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.
I WILL LEAVE THE INVITATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CLERK: DID YOU PUT SOMETHING UP ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T COME UP: I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THERE IT IS. >> CLERK: THERE WE GO.
>> ALSO I JUST REMEMBERED COMMISSIONER MURPHY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY RESONATED FOR ME. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS, AND IT'S TRUE.
WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AGREE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LETTER THAT IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATING BAYVIEW. I WANT TO THANK VICKY PEPPER AND ON JULY 20, 2021 THIS BOARD APPROVED A CONTRACT, AND ILLEGAL LEASE, 60-YEAR ILLEGAL LEASE. ALLOWING A NONPROFIT LEASING COUNTY LAND TO LEASE THAT LAND TO A PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY.
PLEASE SEE CHAPTER 4 IN THE BOOK BLUNDER, PRIVATE EQUITIES PLAN TO PILLAGE AMERICA. WE HAVE A FORMERLY NONPROFIT SKILLED NURSING FACILITY NOW THAT IS NOW CONTROLLED BY PRIVATE EQUITY MAKING 20% PROFITS, AND THE BOOK CONFIRMS THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE DEATH RATE GOES UP 10%.
VICKY PEPPER AND B.J. WERE THE ONLY CITIZENS WHO SAW THROUGH
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THIS SCHEME JULY 20TH, OF 2021.ONLY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO APPROVED THAT SCHEME IS STILL ON THE BOARD, AND I HOPE COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST WILL TALK TO ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'VE LEFT HIM A MESSAGE OR TWO OR THREE, AND I HOPE WE TAKE UP A MOTION TO REVISE AND EXTEND AND AMEND THAT MOTION. AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTY-OWNED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY BECAUSE WE OWN THE LAND.
IT'S OURS. AND THAT VOTE WAS WRONG, AND I TALKED TO MY FRIEND HENRY DEAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
BASICALLY THE COMMISSIONERS AT THAT TIME WERE SCARED.
THEY THOUGHT THE THING WAS GOING TO GO BANKRUPT.
IT WAS UNDER DURESS. 60-YEAR CONTRACT.
AND SO RECENTLY YESTERDAY SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHY DO YOU GO TO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS. THAT IS WHY BECAUSE THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION, AND THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION, AND I THINK THE COUNTY COMMISSION NEEDS TO CANCEL THAT CONTRACT AND REBID IT AND ALLOW THE BAPTISTS, THE CATHOLICS, ANYBODY, ANY NONPROFIT TO BID TO TAKE OVER BAYVIEW, AND TAKE IT OUT FROM THE HANDS OF THIS GREEDY ORGANIZATION OF BILLIONAIRES.
I'M A CANDIDATE FOR-- SEAT 2. THE ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 3RD. 41% COST OVERRUNS ON THE MOSQUITO MUSEUM. FOUR OR 5 MILLION MOSQUITO MUSEUM. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
THE MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
I BECAME INTERESTED IN WHEN MY LATE FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE DEFICIENCY AT THE HAD A BOUGHT A 1.8 MILLION HELICOPTER INCAPABLE OF SKILLING A SKEETER. WE WASN'T BACK MEETING AFTER MEETING FOR 10 MONTHS AND FINALLY WE GOT A FULL REFUND OF YOUR 10% DEPOSIT. BUT I WOULD BE HONOURED TO HAVE YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CHRIS WITH THE SAINT JOHN RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. I PROVIDE THE ADDRESS IF YOU LIKE. OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AGAIN MY NAME IS CHRIS KINZEL. A PLANNER WITH THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC MEETING THAT THE DISTRICT IS HAVING FOR THE 10-YEAR MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE 12-MILE SWAMP CONSERVATION AREA. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19TH FROM 5:00 TO 6:45 P.M. AT THE BRANCH-- MAIN BRANCH LIBRARY IN THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. THE CONSERVATION AREA CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES AND IS HOME TO A LONG LIST OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS. IT IS OVER 21,000 ACRES, AND IT PROVIDES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BENEFITS FOR THE CITIZENS OF ST.
JOHNS COUNTY AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
THE LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING ESTABLISHES GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO INVITE REVIEW AND COMMENT FROM THE LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
ONCE AGAIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH FROM 5:00 TO 6:45 P.M. AT THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
COMMENTS CAN BE PRESENTED ORALLY THERE OR IN WRITING AT THE HEARING AS WELL AS THEY CAN BE E-MAILED TO ME OR THE DISTRICT.
A COPY OF THE PLAN, THE DRAFT PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT ACE WEB SITE ON OCTOBE. AND THEN ALSO THE DETAILS THAT I MENTIONED FOR THE MEETING ITSELF WILL BE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEB SITE TOO UNDER MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AGAIN THE DISTRICT INVITES THE COUNTY AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND PROVIDE INPUT.
THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT, ANYONE ELSE? GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS VICTORIA WEBBER.
YOU MAY KNOW ME AS VICKY. I LIVE HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN ST. AUGUSTINE, PRIOR TO MOVING HERE, I OWNED AND OPERATED A 220-FOOT COMMERCIAL FERRY BOAT IN THE NEW YORK HARBOUR. WHEN YOU RUN A VESSEL OF THAT SCALE YOU LEARN THREE QUICK FACTS.
HEAT DISSIPATION IS EVERYTHING, MARINE ENGINEER SOMETHING HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND OFFSHORE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY. I WANT YOU TO BRING YOUR
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ATTENTION TO AN EMERGING TREND REPORTED BY WORK BOOK MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2026 EDITION. JUST RECENTLY THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING, THE PREMIER CLASSIFICATION ORGANIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPS ISSUED AND APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE TO FOR A 60-MEGAWATT FLOATING DATA CENTER.OVER THE LAST YEAR ALONE, ABS HAS ASSESSED FLOATING DATA CENTER CONCEPTS RANGING FROM 50 TO 200 MEGAWATTS AS WELL AS OFFSHORE NUCLEAR POWERED OPTIONS.
WHY IS THIS IN OUR CONVERSATION HERE.
PRESERVING LAND FOR FURTHER STRATEGIC USE.
ST. JOHNS ST. IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE STATE. GROUND BASE DATA CENTERS REQUIRE IMMENSE FOOT PRINTS. HEAVY INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MASSIVE LAND COMMITMENTS. UTILIZING WATER-BASED OR OFFSHORE CONCEPTS KEEPS VALUABLE REAL ESTATE OPEN FOR COMMERCIAL HUBS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, OR CONSERVATION.
DIVERSIFYING THE TAX BASE WITHOUT LOCAL STRENGTH.
CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES CARRY ROUGHLY 87% OF OUR COUNTY TAX BURDEN. WE NEED HIGH VALUE COMMERCIAL TECH TAX REVENUES BUT TRADITIONAL DATA CENTERS PLACE SEVERE DEMANDS ON OUR LOCAL POWER GRID AND MUNICIPAL COOLING WATER RESERVES. FLOATING UNITES LEVERAGE NATURAL WATER COOLING, RADICALLY CUTTING LOCAL RESOURCE CONSUMPTION.
ALIGNING COMMERCIAL AND CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FLORIDA DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN PAVED OVER OPEN SPACE OR ENDLESS REZONING. SUPPORTING OR INCENTIVIZING OFF A GRID AND MARINE BASED DECK OPTIONS ALLOWS LOCAL LEADERSHIP TO PROMOTE HI-TECH ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE PROTECTING LOCAL LAND RIGHT AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY CONCERNS OVER SPRAWL.
AS YOU EVALUATE AGENDA ITEMS REGARDING DATA CENTER ZONING OR FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT TECH INFRASTRUCTURE IS NO LONGER STRICTLY LOCKED TO DRYLAND.
THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IS ALREADY SOLVING THE POWER, LAND, AND WATER BOTTLENECKS THAT MAKE LAND BASED FACILITIES SO CONTROVERSIAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY, AND IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION ON MASS TRANSIT REGARDING FERRY BOAT, YOU CAN CONTACT ME.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OM REYNOLD, 1240, FOUR MILE.
32084. CAN YOU GET THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, I AM PARTIALLY PRO FLOCK.
IN FACT I ACTUALLY WANT. >> CLERK: ARE YOU TRYING TO
SHOW SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN? >> YEAH.
>> CLERK: I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SCREEN IS NOT--
>> ANYWAY, SO I'M ACTUALLY PRO FLOCK VIDEO BECAUSE SEE I'M SOMEBODY THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, I'M AN EXPERT IN POLICE MISCONDUCT. AN EXPERT, AND THERE IS A SWITCH CALLED OFF AND ON AND DURING SCHOOL HOURS, I WOULD LIKE FLOCK VIDEOS BECAUSE FLORIDA AS WE ALL KNOW IS THE PET PEDOPHILE CAPITF THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE A PED PEDOPHILE AT MAR-A-LAGO. WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS FOR CENTIMETRE REASON THE STATE OF FLORIDA PROTECTS PEDOPHILES.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME. FOLKS, WHEN YOU SIT IN THIS MEETING, YOU HEAR A LOT OF GOOD PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BUT ONE THAT BAFFLED ME TODAY THOUGH IS COMPASSION ST.
AUGUSTINE. WHAT IS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT WHEN A MAN IS ROBBING DEAD PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES? WHERE IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS. YOU COULD SWITCH ME UP OVER HERE. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OVERLY RESTRAINS SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE 2017/2018 YEARS, 2019.
AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE. WAS THERE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION? NO! I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T RESPECT CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY, BUT WE NEED TO.
I PARTIALLY AGREE WITH THOSE LADIES KEEPING THAT INFORMATION IS NOT GOOD. HOWEVER, I AM ABSOLUTELY 100% FOR THE TIME SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST BUS START-UP FOR THE TIME THE LAST BUS SHOUTS OFF. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALOS.
IF SOME LITTLE KID COMES UP MISSING, I WANT THAT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO GO, WHAT STREET, BOOM AND GET ALL THE VIDEOS RIGHT THERE, AND I DID HAVE A THIRD THING TODAY.
WATER. YOU KNOW, THE LAST MEETING, THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT SPOKE ON WATER, THAT IS PRETTY SERIOUS
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BUSINESS. AND I THINK THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO ADVANCE AND FIND HOW MUCH DOES A DESALINATION PLANT COST. I DO KNOW HOW MUCH BECAUSE I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH. IT'S REALLY CRAZY SO WE MIGHT WANT TO GET ON THOSE THINGS, BUT WE AREN'T A COMPASSIONATE ST.AUGUSTINE. NANCY MURPHY IS A LITTLE OFF.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. KIM HARRISON.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING TODAY SO I WILL MAKE IT REAL QUICK.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH CARE AND COMPASSION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOBODY IN OUR COUNTY SPEAKING FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A VOLUNTARY ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE THE SCHOOL OF DEAF AND BLIND RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE BROOKS REHAB, ONE OF THE LARGEST REHAB HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND BRAIN INJURIES, BUT NO REPRESENTATION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SPEAK UP AND PEOPLE WANT TO HELP. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ME NOW.
A LOT OF TIME THIS IS NOT SPEAKING.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK OUT OR CAN'T GET HERE.
SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS BRINGING UP.
WE SHOULD ALL BE SPEAKING FOR US.
SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THE COMMISSIONERS STARTING A VOLUNTARILY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH THEIR INPUT. HOW CAN ANYONE APPEAR WHO IS NOT VISIONALLY IMPAIRED MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PARK BECAUSE THE BOOK SAYS TO DO IT THIS WAY.
THE BOOK ISN'T ALWAYS RIGHT. IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL.
I COULD LIST OFF MANY THINGS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US.
GIVE US SOME REPRESENTATION AND WE CAN BRING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THANK YOU.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE? GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> CHUCK LEV NOFSKI. I MIGHT AS WELL GET ON THE FLOCK BANDWAGON AS WELL. I'M GLAD THEY TOOK THE FLOCK OFF OF 95. AND ALL THE STATE ROADS.
THAT GIVES FREE ACCESS TO THE DRUG DEALERS AND ALSO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. I LOVE IT.
I THINK THEY OUGHT TO TAKE THEM OFF ALL THE ROADS.
I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SAY THAT TRUTHFULLY.
I SUPPORT SHERIFF HARDWICK IN REGARDS TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
IF YOU LISTEN TO LIZ RYAN'S NEWS COMMENT THIS MORNING, SOMEONE STOLE THE BOAT OUT OF A GUY'S FRONT YARD.
HE IS HOPING THAT THE FLOCK CAMERAS WILL PICK IT UP AND THEY'RE ABLE TO CATCH THE PEOPLE THAT STOLE HIS SON'S BOAT.
I'M SORRY. IF I HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE I JUST GOT A NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM TOLLBOOTH, MY VEHICLE DOWN IN MIAMI WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
IT WAS AN ISSUE-- I DRIVE A JEEP.
SO THE CAMERAS AREN'T ALWAYS 100%.
THERE ARE ERRORS. LIKE EVERY HUMAN.
WE HAVE ERRORS. SO TO GET ON AND TRY TO DO AWAY WITH IT, I'M SORRY. I HAVE TO SUPPORT SHERIFF HARDWICK I'M SURE HE IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING TO GUARD THE INFORMATION, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO FLOCK IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE LENGTH OF TIME, OR RESTRICT IT TO WHERE IT'S SP.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I SUPPORT FLOCK.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. THAT WAS GOOD.
JUDY SPIEGEL. I LIVE AT 101 GREENWOOD LANE.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT JESUS. I START ABOUT JESUS.
EVEN THOUGH THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
I'M THANKFUL FOR GOD I'M THANKFUL FOR LOVE.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE COME UP AND THEY TALK AND THEY ACTUALLY RESEARCHED THE POINTS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING UP. WHETHER THE RESEARCH IS ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, I GUESS THAT IS WHERE WE GO, RIGHT.
I WANTED TO HUMBLY SHARE A MISTAKE THAT I MADE IN MY LIFE.
I BOUGHT A CAR ONCE. IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE PAPER, AND I WENT TO THIS PLACE, IT WAS A HOME, AND I LOOKED AT THE CAR, AND THE GUY SAID YOU SHOULD TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC AND HAVE HIM LOOK AT IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT YOU KNOW ME AND MY WISDOM.
24 OR 25 YEARS OLD, WHATEVER. YEAH.
OKAY. I TOOK THE CAR AND I WENT TO A DESERTED ROAD AND I CRAWLED AROUND UNDER IT AND LOOKED.
I DIDN'T TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC LIKE THE GUY SUGGESTED.
I TOOK IT BACK. I BOUGHT THE CAR.
MONTHS LATER, I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, AND I TOOK IT TO INTO A SHOP AND THE GUY SAYS TO ME.
MA'AM, DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS CAR WAS DROPPED FROM A CRANE ONTO THE GROUND AND IT HAS CRACKS IN THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF
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THE VEHICLE? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND OUT IF I WOULD HAVE GONE AND HAD IT LOOKED UP.I DID NOT. I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE OF AMENDMENT 3. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO SCARE YOU OUT OF VOTING FOR THIS AMENDMENT 3.
I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
DON'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY DON'T LISTEN TO THEM.
LOOK AT BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THERE IS MAYBE UPSIDES TO HAVING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES REDUCED, BUT THERE ARE DOWN SIDES TO THIS AS WELL. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING TO BE HIT. RENTAL PRICES ARE GOING TO GO UP, AND OUR COUNT YEEPS PROVISION FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HOLD DEAR IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
YOU WILL END UP PAYING A COST WHETHER IT'S THE SAVINGS YOU GET IN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES OR TAXES WILL GO UP ELSEWHERE OR YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE HAVE COME ACCUSTOMED TO AND YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL CHANGE.
I'M NOT SAYING VOTE AMENDMENT 3. VOTE YES OR VOTE NO.
I'M SAYING BE A GOOD CITIZEN. BE SMART.
DO YOUR RESEARCH. MY BRILLIANT HANDSOME HUSBAND WHO HASN'T BEEN HERE LATELY SAYS FROM SOME YOUTUBE SHOW HE WATCHES, SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
DONE WITH THE VERY BEST OF INTENTIONS.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? LET'S LOOK AT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG BEFORE WE CAST OUR VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> CLERK: GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. SHERRY BADGER, 2725 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE. BEFORE WHEN I WAS HERE, I MENTIONED A CHARTER, AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY NEEDS TO FORM A CHARTER. THIS WILL HELP ACCOUNTABLE COMMISSIONERS WHO GO OFF THE RIM.
I'M ONLY A LAYMAN. I'VE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES HERE THAT. WHY WEREN'T THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE SUNSHINE LAW? THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
IT'S WHO YOU ARE THAT THE LAW APPLIES TO YOU.
THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS PLAINLY VIOLATED THE SUNSHIE LAW.
AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. AND YES THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, BUT IN UNINSTANCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, A GIRL SPENT 13 DAYS IN JAIL, A FLOCK CAMERA CAUGHT HER CAR-- IT WAS NOT HER CAR! TWO DAYS AGO, A GRANDMOTHER WATCHING HER FOUR CHILDREN WERE ARRESTED FOR BANK ROBBERY BECAUSE THE FLOCK CAMERAS SAID IT WAS HER VEHICLE.
SO, YES, THIS DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED SOMEHOW.
YES, WE DO NEED SAFETY. BUT AND IT IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, BUT BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE DEMOLITION MAN ALL OVER. GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> CLERK: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE WRAP UP.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
NOT POSTING ALL MUG SHOTS OF THOSE ARRESTED IN ST. JOHNS CONTINUES TO JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND DOES NOT AFFECT-- AND DOES NOT AFFECT ANYONE'S PRIVACY. IF ONE REMEMBERS, THE SHERIFF WAS UPSET ABOUT COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST WHO JUST WALKED OUT, NOT RESPONDING TO HIS TEXT E-MAIL IMPLYING THE COMMISSIONER HAD ALREADY MADE UP HIS MIND ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS.
A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR THE E-MAIL TEXT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
T.R.A.N.S.P.A.R.E.N.C.Y. TRANSPARENCY.
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ON THE WAYING FOR THAT E-MAIL.
WHEN ONE CALLS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOW, AND AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IS THAT AKKAI ANSWERS. THE PREVIOUS RECORDING DID THE JOB. HOW MUCH IS A.A. COSTING TAXPAYERS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRORE DEUCE THE TAX BURDEN AND KEEP MORE OF YOUR INCOME, PLEASE VOTE YES ON THREE FOR PROPERTY TAX REFORM.
CLAPPING AT THE PUBLIC-- OH, YEAH.
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THAT IS TRUE. YOU DID THAT TOO.CLAPPING BY THE PUBLIC WHO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE RESPECTED BY COMMISSIONERS. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY I CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO NOVEMBER.
THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKS BEFORE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP HERE OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO VOTE. YOU'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS ABOUT TELLING HOW TO VOTE ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.
SO I'M VERY PLAIN ABOUT WHERE I STAND ON THIS AND I WANT FLOCK CAMERAS TO-- THERE IS A JEOPARDY IN EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON BUT YOU SEE, I THINK THE PRIVACY ISSUE IS MORE IMPORTANT AND THERE ARE WAYS TO FIND MISSING CHILDREN WHICH WAS DONE RECENTLY AND IT WAS BY THE PUBLIC NOT THE SHERIFF WHO MADE A BIG THING WITH THE MEDIA AFTER THIS YOUNG MAN WAS FOUND, VOTE YES ON THREE. THANK YOU: I LIKE THE CLOWNS.
I LIKED THE CLOWNS. DID YOU LIKE THE CLOWNS.
>> CLERK: ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1.
PRESENTER FOR NUMBER 1 DO CONNOT BE HERE TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> POINT OF ORDER. >> THE CHAIR: YES.
>> YES. BECAUSE THAT ITEM WAS NOT ELIMINATED. WE WAITED TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
WE SPOKEN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT HAD WE KNOWN YOU WERE NOT GOING
TO. >> THE CHAIR: I THOUGHT WE WERE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE WE STARTED.
SOMEONE CAME UP AND ASKED IF WE WOULD BE ALLOWED PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBER 1. SO THEY'VE SPOKEN ALREADY ABOUT THIS. YEAH.
>> WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT. WE WERE WAITING TO SPEAK.
>> THE CHAIR: WERE YOU HERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS MORNING.
>> YES, SIR. >> THE CHAIR: BECAUSE WE DID COVER THAT. THE PRESENTER IS NOT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD SPEAK ABOUT IF THE PRESENTER IS NOT
HERE. >> WELL WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD REALLY ANSWER FOR US.
>> THE CHAIR: OKAY. WE DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE. I WOULD BE MORE HAPPY TO SET UP A MEETING AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN DO THAT THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU WANT.
TO RIGWANT TO, RIGHT AFTER THEM. THANK YOU.
[2. Economic Development Incentive Request. The St. Johns County Economic Development Agency (Agency) has received an economic development incentive application for Platform Real Estate Group, LLC which proposes to develop a total of 246,480 square feet of speculative industrial/warehouse space located at parcel number 0875500080, within St. Johns County, Florida. The project scored 6 points under the speculative space category of the County’s Business Incentive Program, which makes it eligible for expedited permitting and an economic development incentive reimbursement of up to 100% of fees paid to the County by the Applicant (impact fees and water/sewer connection fees) and four (4) years ad valorem taxes paid by the Applicant (general County portion) on capital improvements. Completion of the project is anticipated by the first quarter of 2028. With this schedule, the first annual incentive payment would be anticipated during FY29. The total estimated value of the incentive is $969,205.66. The Return on Investment (ROI) to the County is approximately 193% based on all taxes and fees paid to the County over a 20-year period. In accordance with Program requirements, the Agency is required to review the application and make a written report to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff recommends support of this incentive application. ]
LET'S GO AROUND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER.>> GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINE VALLIERE, DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERGOVERN MENTAL AFFAIRS, I'M HERE FOR A REQUEST FROM PLATFORM REAL ESTATE GROUP.
OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
APPROXIMATELY 247,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPECULATIVE FLEX WAREHOUSE SPACE TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL/WAREHOUSE. THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT IS BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2028 AND THE ANTICIPATED CAPITAL 26 MILLION. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE UNDER 18 ACRES. THIS IS A PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
IT SHOWS TWO MAIN BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED PARKING AND STORM WATER FACILITIES. THIS PROJECT ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS INCENTIVE ORDINANCE MATRIX SCORES 4 POINTS FOR SIZE AND TWO POINTS FOR THE TYPE OF FACILITY.
TOTAL OF SIX POINTS UNDER OUR ORDINANCE PROVIDES REBATE OF 100% IMPACT FEES AND WATER SEWER CONNECTION FEES PAID TO THE COUNTEDY PLUS FOUR TAX REBATE PAID TO THE APPLICANT THAT IS THE GENERAL COUNTY PORTION ONLY AS WELL AS EXPEDITED PERMITTING.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS INCENTIVE PACKAGE IS 969,205.66.
LOOKING AT THIS AS AN INVESTMENT INTO IMPROVING COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD, THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO REALIZE A RETURN OF 193%. SO FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY IS A MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN AGREEMENT WITH PLATFORM REAL ESTATE GROUP FORMALIZING THE INCENTIVE REQUEST, AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
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SO THAT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AT A LATER DATE I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
YES, MA'AM. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE POINTS THAT
>> SO THAT IS SIX POINTS, BUT WHAT IS AT-- HOW MANY POINTS COULD YOU GET. SIX OUT OF WHAT?
>> IT'S NOT VIEWED THAT WAY. IT'S A MATRIX OF LEVELS OF REBATE. THE MAXIMUM YOU COULD GET NO MATTER WHAT POINTS YOU SCORE UNDER THIS MATRIX IS FOUR YEARS OF TAX REBATE AND 100% REBATE ON YOUR IMPACT FEES AND UTILITY
CONNECTION FEES. >> HOW MANY POINTS-- I'M JUST CURIOUS. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT INTO
POINTS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> IS THAT SIX.
>> IT'S NOT A RANKING. IT'S NOT A RANKING OUT OF 10 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A RANKING THAT CORE RESPONDS TO THE REBATES THAT YOU CAN REQUEST.
>> DOES EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE US GET THE SCORE.
>> SO IT DEPENDS ON THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THEIR PROJECT AND FOR
INDUSTRIAL THE TIME OF FACILITY. >> WELL MAYBE I CAN HELP.
WAS THERE A WAY FOR THIS PROJECT TO SCORE HIGHER THAN SIX?
>> OKAY. >> DO WE KNOW WHO IS LOOKING AT IT AND DID THEY LOOK IN OTHER COUNTIES?
>> THEY DID LOOK AT DUVALL COUNTY.
SPACE NEAR THE AIRPORT AND ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE.
SPECULATIVE. SO THEY HAVEN'T-- THEY AREN'T AT POINT WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPED AND MARKING THE PROPERTY FOR TENANTS. THEY'VE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO MANUFACTURING BUT THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
>> THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR: ANYTHING ELSE? UM LET ME KIND OF INTERRUPT HERE FOR A SECOND.
AS ED CRIPS UP HERE. HANG ON A SECOND.
I THINK WE CAN FIND A WAY TO FIND SOME TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 2. >> WELL THAT WILL IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY EVER SAID I CREEPED UP HERE.
BOSOX 3084 ED SLAVIN.COM. PLEASE REJECT THIS.
WHO IS AUTHO THORTON CAPITOL? APPARENTLY THE LLC IS OWNED BY A COMPANY CALLED THORTON CAPITAL. IS THAT CORRECT? WHO IS THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE LLC? WHO BENEFITS? WHO ARE THE INVESTORS WHO BENEFIT? IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT, WE CAN'T APPROVE IT BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY OR WHO OWNS THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN'T COMPLY WITH FLORIDA ETHICS LAW AND THIS IS IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL, AND ONCE AGAIN WE'RE CHOOSING WINNERS AND LOSERS. IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHY? IT'S ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. 969,205.66.
IT'S OUR MONEY. IT'S A TAX HOLIDAY FOR THE THORTON FAMILY OF KENTUCKY. I CALLED THE GENTLEMEN THIS MORNING WHO IS LISTED AS THE CONTACT, IN ATLANTA FOR THIS PROJECT. HE HASN'T RETURNED THE CALLS.
IS HE HERE? WHERE IS THE PERSON FROM THIS LLC? THORTON CAPITAL WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS? ARE THEY PREPARED TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ANSWER QUESTIONS? WELL AS WHY DOES BALONEY REJECT THE GRINDER? IT'S OUR MONEY.
THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
WE'RE SPENDING MONEY SUBSIDIZING CORPORATIONS WITHOUT A GOOD CAUSE. LET ME SAY I HAVE NO CRITICISM OF CHRISTINE. SHE SHOULD BE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. IF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY WAS A JUST GOVERNMENT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY INSTEAD OF HIRING THIS GUY. SHE WAS THE BRAINS OF THE COUNTY OFFICE. SHE WAS BRILLIANT.
I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT HER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HER. IT'S ABOUT THEM.
IT'S ABOUT THORNTON CAPITAL. IT'S ABOUT YOU NOT EXPECTING HIGHER QUALITY STAFF WORK BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HER PORTFOLIO NOW INCLUDES NOT ONLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THE OTHER ISSUES.
BUT PLEASE DON'T PASS THIS. GET MORE INFORMATION.
DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. WOULD YOU AND YOUR BARBECUE
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BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, GO AND BLOW A MILLION DOLLARS WITH SUCH SHALLOW RESEARCH? THORTON CAPITAL, THEY'RE RICH GIESSMENTS THEY'RE BILLIONAIRES IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. RIGHT.DON'T DO THIS. IT'S BENEATH THE DIGNITY OF THE FREE PEOPLE. THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JUSTIN-- I DON'T HAVE AN FUN ON THIS AT ALL. OPINION ON THIS AT ALL.
OTHER THAN I WITNESSED-- SCORING METHODOLOGY AND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR SCORING AND WHAT WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR SCOG.
WE CREATED A NEW WEB SITE. IT'S CALLED THE 1565.COM.
ANYBODY TODAY COULD HAVE GONE THERE AND COULD HAVE CLICKED ON THAT AGENDA ITEM, AND IT WOULD HAVE PULLED UP THE EXACT COUNTY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE USED BY COUNTY STAFF DOCUMENT FOR DOCUMENT FOR DOCUMENT. IT WOULD HAVE RECONSTRUCTED THE ENTIRE ELEMENT OF THIS STORY. IT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FACTS, THINGS THAT CAN BE TIED DIRECTLY BACK TO COUNTY RECORDS THROUGH THIS SUNSHINE LAW, AND IT WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY NEW COVERAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ON THE TOPIC.
AND IT WOULD HAVE TOLD EVERYBODY WHAT THE SCORING METHODOLOGY IS.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN LESS.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A MAXIMUM.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS POLITICAL. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT SYSTEM IS LIVE TODAY. EVERYBODY CAN GO ON THERE EVERY SINGLE MEETING WILL BE ON THERE. TODAY IS ON THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO ALL OF THIS.
IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON. ITS TOOLS ARE SO POWERFUL.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS OUT THERE.
AND ONCE YOU SYNTHESIZE THAT INFORMATION.
HOW POWERFUL IT IS. JUST AS A WORD OF CAUTION HAVING WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HAVING WORKED FOR THIS GOVERNMENT. I KNOW THAT THE BIG ISSUE WITH GOVERNMENTS IS THEY DRLTED INFORMATION ACROSS PLATFORMS WHICH MEANS ONE PLATFORM WORKS FOR PURCHASING, ONE PLATFORMS FOR THE OCA. ONE PLATFORM WORKS FOR STAFF.
UNFORTUNATELY EVERYBODY USING A.I. ISN'T CONFINE BID.
THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION COLLECTIVELY BACK TO WHENEVER INFORMATION STARTED IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR FREE FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. THERE WILL BE AGENDA PACTS WHERE YOU CAN PRESS A BUTTON AND GET A PRINTOUT.
IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION. QR CODE.
PULL THE DOCUMENT STRAIGHT FROM THE COUNTY WEB SITE.
SO NOBODY UP HERE IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS HAS EVER OFFERED SOLUTIONS ON LIKE HOW WE GET BETTER OVERSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON, AND THAT IS GOING TO EXCITE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT IS GOOD. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2. COME ON UP.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THE CHAIR: BACK TO THE BOARD. YES, MA'AM.
TOM IS WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU TURN HER MIC ON FOR ME.
TURN THEM ALL ON FOR ME IF YOU CAN.
DO YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE. >> OKAY.
CHRISTINE, COULD YOU COME BACK UP.
THANK YOU. THIS IS-- WE AREN'T APPROVING
THIS DEAL TODAY, CORRECT. >> CORRECT.
YOU ARE JUST MOVING IT FORWARD TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
SO IT'S NOT A FINAL APPROVAL TODAY.
>> WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE GROUP AND THE COMPANY AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS, SENATE BILL 264 WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MAYBE A FEW YEARS AGO BY THE GOVERNOR PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE DOES PROHIBIT SOME OF OUR FOREIGN ADVERSARIES LIKE CHINA, RUSSIAN, IRAN. GENEVA AND SYRIA FROM HAVING OWNERSHIP AND PROPERTY HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THIS BOARD WROTE A LETTER TO SUPPORT THAT LAW.
GOVERNMENTS FROM AR AROUND THE WORLD THAT DON'T HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND. THAT DOES COVER SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK MR. SLAVIN WAS RAISING.
JUST TO SIMPLIFY THIS AGENDA ITEM AT LEAST IN MY MIND, WE ARE
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OFFERING A REBATE OF JUST UNDER 1 MILLION-DOLLARS IN ORDER TO EARN $2.3 MILLION. SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOODDEAL FROM WHERE I'M SITTING. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO
MUCH. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I COULD ADDRESS COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST'S COMMENTS.
THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE INCENTIVE APPLICATION THAT DOES ASK ABOUT FOREIGN INVESTMENT. BECAUSE YOU WERE REFERENCING THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS NO. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY VERIFY
THAT. >> BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CHRISTINE, I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS HE MADE.
YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IS IT REQUIRED TO DIVULGE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION ON AN
APPLICATION. >> NOT TYPICALLY OTHER THAN TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD. ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR PLATFORM REAL ESTATE GROUP FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD ON A FUTURE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AGENDA.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> THE CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. LET'S VOTE.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD THAT IS
[1. Wounded Warrior Project: Partnering Early to Build Better Trails for Adaptive Cyclists. The Wounded Warrior Project currently uses St. Johns County's multi-use trails for adaptive cycling training rides and recreational programs. While some of the County's current trail projects may already be well into the design process, St. Johns County plans to continue expanding its trail network over the next 10–20 years. The Wounded Warrior Project would like to establish an ongoing partnership with County planners and engineers so adaptive cycling leaders can provide practical input early in the design process. Often, small design considerations made before construction can significantly improve accessibility, safety, and the overall experience for wounded veterans and all trail users. If there is still an opportunity to incorporate minor enhancements into the County's current plans for the trail connecting Matanzas to the St. Augustine–Palatka Trail, we would be pleased to offer a few practical suggestions based on our experience. The best trails are created through collaboration. Involving the people who use these facilities every day, including adaptive cyclists, helps planners and engineers identify simple, cost-effective improvements before construction begins, resulting in trails that better serve everyone.]
UNANIMOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PRIVILEGE IF YOU WILL AND ALLOW DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY NOW-- THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT ABOUT THE SUN TRAIL.SO IF YOU ARE COMING UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUN TRAIL.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE SUN TRAIL. THIS IS ABOUT THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECTS WANTING TO PARTNER ON TRAILS IN FUTURE, AND IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PATH OF THE SUN TRAIL.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PATH OF THE SUN TRAIL.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME TO ANOTHER MEETING.
IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU THREE
MINUTES TO DISCUSS THAT. >> WELL MR. CHAIRMAN, BILL JONES, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH CITIZENS FOR SAFETY.
I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW MORE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 AND WHY WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.
THE PRESENTER CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
THE PRESENTER CHOSE NOT TO COME. AND THE COMMISSION IS AWARE AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT THESE SLIDES THAT WERE GOING TO BE SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING SHOWED AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT FOR DEBT SIGN OF THE SUN TRAIL IN ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH.
THOSE ORIGINAL SLIDES DID NO SUCH THING.
THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT IS ALL FOR ANYTHING GOOD FOR OUR VETERANS, TRAILS, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXERCISE, BUT THEY DO NOT ENDORSE PROJECTS. AND SOMEONE SUBMITTED MATERIALS TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND IT LANDED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE SLIDE THAT WERE PART OF THAT PRESENTATION WERE ALTERED WITHOUT PERMISSION, AND IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE-- THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
SO, YES, IT IS ABOUT THE SUN TRAIL BECAUSE SOMEONE IS GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS WHO USES OUR WOUNDED VETERANS TO TRY AND WIN A BATTLE ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS DESIGN OR THIS DESIGN. IT'S SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR AND THE PUBLIC NEEDED TO KNOW THAT TODAY, AND SIMPLY SAYING GOSH, PRESENTER COULDN'T BE HERE IS A POLITE COURTESY I THINK TO THE PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED THAT MATERIAL WHEN THE TRUTH IS THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT WAS READY TO COME UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEIR MATERIALS HAD BEEN ALTERED UP WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION WITHOUT THEIR BLESSING AND THEY CHOSE TO WALK AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONERS INDULGING ME IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET HIM PEEK ABOUT THAT.
[3. Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2026-03 IGP Commerce Center PUD. Request for a Major Modification to the IGP Commerce Center PUD (ORD. 2019-69, as amended) to remove 0.26 acres from the PUD, create an additional lot, revise wetland totals and wetland impacts, and permit a second monument sign. This request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Agency at their regularly scheduled public hearing on Thursday, August 20th, and was recommended for approval by a vote of 4-2 (Dissenting Members were Labanowski & Olson, Member Perkins was Absent). There was some discussion regarding the already completed work on proposed Lot 18, wetland impacts, and an increase to entrance signage. ]
LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.QUAWS JUDICIAL AND I WOULD START WITH COMMISSIONER ARNOLD FOR
YOUR EXPERTISE. >> COME BACK TO ME IF YOU DON'T
MIND. >> THE CHAIR: I DON'T MIND AT ALL. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.
>> NO E-MAILLESS BUT MEETING WITH MATT LAHTI AND THE TEAM.
>> I HAVE NO RECORD OF-- I DO HAVE A RECORD OF A MEETING WITH MR. LAHTI YESTERDAY WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE SITE LOCATION, THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND WHAT HE WAS PROPOSING TODAY.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
>> YES. I HAD TWO PLUS E-MAILS ON THIS AND I HAD A MEETING WITH MR. LAHTI AND STAFF.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAD NO E-MAILS AND HAD A MEETING WITH MATT LAHTI THE APPLICANT AND STAFF, AND COMMISSIONER ARNOLD ARE YOU
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MR. CHAIR. I HAVE NO E-MAILS AND I DID A HAVE MEETING YESTERDAY WITH MR. LAHTI.>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. >> THANK YOU.
MR. CHAIR. FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, MATT LAHTI. HERE TO PRESENT A MAJOR MOD TO THE COMMERCE CENTER PUD. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE IGP COMMERCE CENTER PUD. SAME LANDOWNER AND APPLICANT OF THE PREVIOUS PUD. THIS BLUE TRIANGLE HERE SHOWS THE SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION TODAY, THE ENTIRETY OF THE LAND OWNED BY THIS APPLICANT IS 59.4 ACRES.
MOST OF THAT IS REMAINING WETLAND.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE OF LOT 18 THAT IS THE MAJOR MOD 2.3 GROSS ACRES. THIS IS A SITE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED BOAT AND RV STORAGE. THIS ROAD THAT YOU SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER THERE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND BEING EXTENDED TOWARDS OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
SITE CURRENT FEATURE LAND USE IS INDUSTRIAL.
THE ENTIRETY OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES AROUND HERE IS ALL INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE. SOILS MAP, THE EXISTING ZONING.
FLOOD ZONE AS X. EXISTING ZONE SOMETHING PUD.
SO AS YOU SEE HERE THIS IS THE THOMAS INDUSTRIAL CENTER WAY.
THE BLACK LINE YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN WAS APPROVED UNDER THE ORIGINAL PU D-BACK IN 2020 OR 2021.
YOU SEE THAT WHITE GAP BETWEEN THE CUL DE SAC AND THE GREEN ON THE AERIAL HERE, THAT WAS A TRAIL ROAD THAT WAS USED BY NORTH OF-- WAS NOT SAVED. ULTIMATELY NO ACCESS TO THIS LAND WHEN THE ORIGINAL PUD WAS CONTEMPLATED.
SINCE THEN NORTH OF VERMEER HAS COME IN AND PURCHASED THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. THOMAS INDUSTRIAL CENTER WAY HAS BEEN EXTENDED, AND THE TERMINUS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE THERE IS ULTIMATELY ON OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE SITE. THIS WILL BE THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
IT WILL BE A GREAT FACILITY FOR US.
THIS IS A MAJOR MOD TO REMOVE .26 ACRES OF LAND THAT IS PART OF THE PUD. IT'S ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY. TOTAL WETLANDS AND WETLAND IMPACTS CREATE THE ADDITIONAL LOT AND PERMIT A SECOND MONUMENT SIGN ABOUT THE ENTRANCE OF INTERNATIONAL GOLF PARKWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT REDDISH COLOR IS THE .26 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET THAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PUD.
AGAIN THERE IS A PORTION OF THE ROAD DESIGN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CUL DE SAC EXTENDING TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.
THIS WAS ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT POET NL WATER AND SANITARY SEWER WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO THIS PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF ORIGINAL APPROVAL OF THE PUD.
SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS RED EXTENSION TO CREATE ACCESS TO THIS TRACK OF LAND. ANOTHER COPY OF THE SITE PLAN THERE. AGAIN WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE WETLAND IMPACTS HERE.
THE MONUMENT SIGNS AS AND EXISTING SIGN.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW SIGN AND A SECOND SIGN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WITH THAT, WE'RE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.
>> I WATCHED AND I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THE FENCE. DID WE FIND OUT WHAT THE FENCE
I BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION LAY DOWN YARD THAT WAS OUT THERE. BUT ON OUR SITE PLAN, THAT FENCE WILL RUN ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES SO ANY FENCE THAT IS OUT THERE WILL BE RELOCATED AND RESTORED AS PART OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS CURRENT SET UP OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS UNDER REVIEW BY STAFF. SO THAT FENCE WILL BE RELOCATED.
>> WHAT WAS IT THERE FOR? >> I THINK IT WAS PART OF-- THERE WAS SOME LAYDOWN BEING USED IN THIS AREA.
THE CONTRACTOR WAS USING THIS TO STORE PIPE AND STORE SOME
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MATERIALS AS THEY BUILD THE REDWAY EXTENSION.I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART OF THEM JUST SECURING THEIR
MATERIALS. >> LIKE ON THE WETLAND THERE.
THE OTHER ONE WAS LEVANOSKI. THEY CAN'T PUT IT ON THE MAIN
SIGN AND JUST HAVE THE ONE. >> THE MAIN SIGN, IT'S ALREADY FULL. AND THE 17 LOTS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMERCE CENTER THERE HAVE TAKEN UP THERE ARE EIGHT AVAILABLE SPOTS ON THAT CURRENT SIGN.
>> WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER SIX LOTS THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
THERE'S FUTURE EXPANSION PROPOSED WITHIN THAT ST. MARKS
AREA. >> MAYBE THEY SHOULD COME BACK LATER. I WOULD APPROVE WITHOUT THE
SIGN. >> I THINK THE DIRECTIONAL SIGN IS GOOD, IT HELPS PEOPLE GET TO BUSINESSES SO I THINK THERE IS NO VISUAL OBSTRUCTION. IT'S OUT OF THE SIGHT DISTANCE TRIANGLES AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFER WHERE PEOPLE CAN SLOW DOWN AND BE ASSURED THAT BUSINESS IS IN THAT PARK.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT THOSE TREES BEING REMOVED FROM THAT AREA.
IS THERE A CORRESPONDING FEE FOR THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASSUME OR IS THERE A TREE FOR TREE SWAP?
>> 80 INCHES PER ACRE WOULD BE MET AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION LANDS. I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE LAY DOWN YARD CLEARING CONFUSION BY THE CONTRACTOR OUT THERE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A PRAC CASE.
>> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE OF THE UNPER MID CLEARING THERE'S A DOUBLE FEE FOR THE PERMITTING SO THAT WILL BE ASSESSED ON ANY FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AND ADDITIONALLY THIS WAS DISCOVERED THROUGH PRIDE CASES.
THERE WERE ACTIVE PRIDE COMPLAINTS.
THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY CLOSED OUT NOW, SO THEY'RE BRINGING THEMSELVES INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEY HAVE TO MEET THE 3 INCH
STANDARD IN THE CODE. >> THANKS SO MUCH.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE MOVE
FORWARD INTO THANK YOU. >> OKAY, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> PLACE DO. >> I MAKE MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 26-03 IGP COMMISSIONERS BASED UPON
FINDINGS OF FACT IN THE REPORT. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. LET'S VOTE.
>> OKAY, PASSES 4-1 CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU.
[4. Public Hearing * DEVAGREE 2026-01 Grand Oaks PUD (First Reading). Pulte Home Company, LLC (Owner) has proposed a Development Agreement to mitigate the transportation impacts for 512 residential units in the Grand Oaks PUD, as proposed to be modified from a total 999 residential units to 954 units in the companion PUD Major Modification (MAJMOD 2026-01), consisting of 442 existing platted lots and the proposed 512 units. The Grand Oaks PUD is located on State Road 16 between International Golf Parkway and the I-95 interchange. This Development Agreement proposes to pay $20,000,000.00 in total mitigation for the transportation impacts for the proposed development of the remaining 512 single-family units. This is the first of two required public hearings for consideration of a Development Agreement. The second public hearing is scheduled before the Board of County Commissioners on October 20, 2026, along with MAJMOD 2026-01. ]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4. ZACKRY MILLER, AND THIS IS AFIRST READING. >> RIPTD THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEERNGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE WERE AT PZA ON THE PUD MODIFICATION. WE UNDERSTAND THESE ARE INTERTWINED AND EVEN FOE THE PUD IS NOT UP TO DATE WE THINK THE BEST USE AT THIS TIME IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE PUD OR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE ARE
HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. >> FANTASTIC.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 3. >> OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4.
>> SORRY. >> OKAY, SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT INTO FANTASTIC.
LET'S GO BACK. WE NEED TO ANNOUNCE THE DATE OF THE SECOND REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE WILL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD OCTOBER
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20, AND 26. ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS WE NEED?>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. >> YES, MA'AM.
COME ON UP. >> ANYWAY WE CAN GET MORE MONEY THAN 20? BECAUSE THE VOTED A LOT MONEY.
>> THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COMMISSIONER JOSEPH TECHNICALLY YOU HAVE 25 MILLION BECAUSE 5 MILLION WAS ALREADY IN FOR THE
412 UNITS. >> SO TEN MORE MILLION, CAN WE ADD THAT TO IT TO MAKE IT A BETTER NUMBER.
>> RESPECTFULLY EVEN UNDER YOUR STAFF CALCULATION THE PROPORTION IS EXCEEDING BY OVER 7 MILLION WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER STATE
STATUTE AND YOUR CODE. >> IS DECK DOUZ HERE? I'M CONCERNED HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND WE HAVE WON THE HEARING ALL THE WAY UP THE LINE.
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY THAT ROAD WOULD COST TO BUILD?
>> DIK DESOUZA, THE 3.1 MILES IN THE EX-EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S BEEN NUMBERS BY DOT BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S THE 90 MILLION RANGE FOR THE 3.1 MILLION. DOT IS DESIGNING PORTION, SO THERE'S UNCERTAINTY WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PLANS BECAUSE THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CREEK CROSSING WITHIN THE BOUNDARY BUT 80-90 MILLION FOR
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN IT IF IT WERE 40 MILLION, JUST DOUBLE
IT. >> COMMISSIONER JOSEPH I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM THIS BUT UNDER STATE LAW AND CODE THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT WE HAVE TO CORRECT
EVERY DEFICIENCY. >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> WE WILL SEE YOU ON BACK ON OCTOBER THE 20TH.
[5. Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2026-09 Durbin Park. Request for a Major Modification to the Durbin Park Planned Unit Development (Ordinance 2020-20) to add a maximum 330 Single Family Residential units as an allowed use within Mixed-Use Parcel E (AKA East Parcel), located on the eastern side of Interstate 95, to modify residential setbacks within the East Parcel, and to reduce the maximum number of Multi-family Residential units allowed from 2,265 to 1,520. The Planning and Zoning Agency (PZA) heard this request at its September 17, 2026, public hearing. Discussion centered on the proposed Traditional Neighborhood Design elements and proposed layout of the East Parcel. One person spoke during public comments spoke to express concerns about drainage and the layout of the development. The Agency voted 5-1 to recommend approval. Support was made by Members Hilsenbeck, Speigel, Perkins, Olson, and Green with Labanowski dissenting and Matovina absent. ]
OKAY WILL LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 THAT IS QUASI-JUDICIAL, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD I'LL DO YOURS LAST.MISS JOSEPH. >> NO EMAILS FROM THE TEAM.
I DID SPEAK YESTERDAY TO >> OBJECTION MR. WATERS. -
>> I HAVE NO RECORDS OF ANY EMAILS, NO RECORD OF ANY MEETINGS BUT I DID HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH SMITH LAST YEAR WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE HISTORY OF THIS PUD AND THE TRIP COUNT EXCHANGE WE WERE DOING, IN THIS APPLICATION.
>> OKAY, THANK COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
>> I HAVE NO EMAILS FROM ANYONE AND ALSO NO MEET.
>> OKAY. I HAD NO EMAILS AND NO FROM STAFF, I DID HAVE ONE CALL WITH MR. SKIPPER THAT I MADE YESTERDAY. ABOUT DERBY PARK.
COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR I HAD NO RECORD I SMOKE WITH ELRY SMITH AS WELL AS MRS. SKIPPER.
>> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU.
ELLEN AVERY SMITH ROGERS TOWERS IN ST. AUGUSTINE, TO START OFF COMMISSIONER TAIL EARLY DID LEAVE A VOICEMAIL FOR YOU YESTERDAY AND I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED OUT SO MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT REAPING OUT A SECOND TIME. INLIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT PROJECTS BEFORE HAND IF AVAILABLE SO
>> CHOPPED LIVER? >> NO, RAID RAN IS A BETTER SPOKE S SPOKESPERSON. WE ARE GOING TO DO THURSDAY DURBAN CAREER NATIONAL WHICH IS ABOUT 1200 ACRES WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS PARTICULAR COMPLICATION AND TWO JAENLD ITEMS. FROM DURBAN ARE AND THEN SEAN, BLISS WHO AN TEXT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT EXPERT AND RASHA SCHINDLER WHO IS TRAFFIC EXPERT FROM MOBILITY CONSULTANTS.
JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE TO WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS APPLICATION UNLIKE THE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS IS ONLY FOCUSED ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN DURBAN PARK THAT IS LOCATED EAST OF--95 SO THIS PROPERTY IS SOUTH OF RACETRACK ROAD EAST OF I 95.
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THE FUTURE LAND USE IN THE YELLOW HIGH LIGHT IS INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL JUST FOR THAT EAST SIDE.AND THEN THE ZONING IS PUD, THIS BOARD APPROVED IN 2020 THE DURBAN PARK PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY BEING MODIFIED. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, AGAIN THIS PUD ONLY OR MODIFICATION APPLICATION ONLY APPLIES TO 295 ACRES LOCATED EAST OF I 95 SOUTH OF RACETRACK ROAD, LABELED ON THE MAPS AS THE EAST PARCEL AND CURRENTLY PERMITTED USES ON THAT PARCEL ARE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE, THE OWNER IS PROPOSING TO ADD ANOTHER LAND USE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGAIN ONLY ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THE 295 ACRES. IN EXCHANGE FOR 330 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS IN THE EAST PARCEL THE OWNER IS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WITHIN THE PUD BY 745 SO THAT NUMBER IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT GOES FROM265 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS TO 150 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WHICH IS REDUCTION OF 745 UNITS AND THAT'S BEING DONE BECAUSE IT DOES, IT IS UNDER THE PUD THERE'S A LAND USE EXCHANGE AND IT REDUCES THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ONLY THIS SEGMENT OF RACETRACK ROAD, EAST OF I95 AND MR. SCHINDLER'S ITEM IS IN, THE SINGLE FAMILY SUES MORE CAPABLE WITH THE STONE CREST COMMUNITY WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THE STONE CREST COMMUNITY DIDN'T EXIST SO DURBAN PARK WAS APPROVED WITH MULTI-FAMILY AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES ON EAST I 95 AND SOMEBODY CAME IN AND GOT AMEND TO CREATE STONE CREST WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE COMMUNITY SO THE PROPOSED USE IS MORE CAPABLE WITH STONE CREST THAN THE COMMERCIAL OFFENSE OFFICE OR MULTI-FAMILY USES THAT ARE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY TODAY. AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT STONE CREST IN JUST A MINUTE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IT CAN BE CONVENTIONAL OR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN SO BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE PERMITTED AGAIN ONLY IN THIS EAST PARCEL.
WITH REEXPECT TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, YOU SEE WHERE RACETRACK ROAD IS LOCATED. YOU SEE THE ENTRANCE ROAD THAT COMES SOUTH FROM RACETRACK ROAD AND YOU SEE THE STONE CREST COMMUNITY. DURING OUR PZA HEARING THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN HERE FROM STONE CREST WHO WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BUFF ERRING OF HIS COMMUNITY WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FROM WHAT COULD INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY ON THE SOUTHERN PARCEL, AND SO, WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR AND THIS GRAPHIC THAT UP ON RACETRACK ROAD WHICH CANNOT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY USES IT HAS TO BE MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE IN THAT ORANGE SHADED PARCEL UP TO THE LEFT.
BUT CAN YOU SEE THE LIGHTER ORANGE ROAD THAT COMES DOWN THAT IS THE PROPOSED WETLAND IMPACT ONLY FOR THE ENTRANCE ROAD.
THAT'S THE ONLY IMPACT THAT WILL BE MADE TO THAT WETLAND SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN GREEN TO THE WELLS OF THAT ROAD BETWEEN THE ENTRANCE ROAD AND I 95 WILL REMAIN AS PRESERVATION LAND.
IT WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED SO BETWEEN THE ENTRANCE ROAD AND THAT CONTIGUOUS WETLAND AND IF YOU SEE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STONE CREST THERE'S ANOTHER CONTIGUOUS WETLAND AREA THAT IS BEING PRESERVED NOT ONLY WITHIN STONE CREST BUT IN DURBAN MARK THAT PROVIDES BUFFING TO THE STONE CREST COMMUNITY AND WE WANTED THE STONE CREST RESIDENTS TO KNOW WE WERE ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS RAISED AT PZA AND YOU SEE THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY WITHIN THIS PROPERTY ONLY THE SOUTHERN PART, SO NOT THE PARCEL ALONG RACETRACK ROAD BUT THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL PART IS BUFFED BY WETLANDS CAN BE EITHER TND OR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY.
JUST MOVING FORWARD FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALL OF DURBAN PARK IS 1281 ACRES AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
HERE'S THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONING BEING VERY CLEAR THE PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF I 95 HAS A VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL DESCRIPTION SO YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT ONLY THAT PROPERTY WILL HAVE
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SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE REST OF DURBAN PARK ONLY ALLOWS MULTI-FAMILY SO THAT'S APARTMENTS WHICH ALREADY EXIST AND THEN TOWN HOMES AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT USES WITHIN DURBAN PARK IN A MINUTE. AGAIN GOING TO THIS PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY WITH ALL DURBAN PARK YOU SEE RACETRACK ROAD OR WITHIN TWO YEARS FINISHED EAST LANE PARKWAY, YOU SEE THE LOCATION OF THE UF HEALTH PROPERTY OFFICES AT DURBAN PARK AND I 95 AND STATE ROAD 90. AGAIN HERE'S ANOTHER PAGE OF THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT STARTS SHOWING YOU MISSIONED USE PARCEL D EAST OF I 95 BUT DOES NOT PERMIT SINGLE-FAMILY USES ONLY MISSIONED USE PARCEL E WILL HOW SINGLE-FAMILY USES TO INSUNSHINE EVERYBODY IS CLEAR WHERE THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY USES CAN GO. GOING TO THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THE DIRT WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ROAD IN THE NEXT JAENLD ITEM BUT TO BE SUNSHINE EVERYONE IS WEAR DURBAN HAS COMPLETED ITS WORK EARLY IN THIS PROBABLE, SO DEDICATED THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR STATE ROAD 90 APPROXIMATELY 19.7 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ROAD RIGHT OF WAY.IN 2024, THIS COMPANY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX LANE EAST PAYTON PARKWAY FROM 9-B TO RACETRACK ROAD THAT WAS 36.4 MILLION DOLLARS APPROXIMATE COST.
THERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTRIBUTION EAST PAYTON PARKWAY AND RACETRACK ROAD DEAD OCCASION OF RIGHT OF WAY AND THE PAWN PARCEL RELATED TO THE ROAD AND EAST PAYTON PARKWAY IS DESSICATED TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY. DURBAN CREEK NATIONAL HAS SPENT ABOUT 36.4 MILLION DOLLARS ON ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SO THAT BY EXPLANATION AND HISTORY, THIS PUD IS A COMPANION OR SISTER PUD IF YOU WILL TO DURBAN PARK PHASE 1-A WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT INCLUDES IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, THAT INCLUDES 700,000 SQUARE FOOT SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A DECADE OR SO. THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR PHASES 1-3 WHICH IS ALMOST 5 MILLION SQUARE FEET YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN CONSTRUCTED, SO YOU GOT THE 700,000 SQUARE FEET FOR DURBAN MEDICAL OFFICE 88,000 SQUARE FEET AND HOSPITAL THE U.S. F CAMPUS AND THE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WEST OF I 95 IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE ENTITLEMENTES THERE ARE A LOT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS BUT WE WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS $51 MILLION WITH IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE UP FRONT BEFORE ALL THREE ENTITLEMENTS WERE PUT ON THE GROUND SO REGARDING GOING BACK TO THE PUD APPLICATION THERE'S A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO I'M SORRY FRIDAY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITHIN IN PROPERTY REDUCES THE TRAFFIC ON RACETRACK ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF I 95 BY APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT SO YOU TALK ABOUT THE APPROVED TRAFFIC STUDY HAS 1606 EX-ETERNAL P.M.
PEAK HOUR TRIPS THE PROPOSED TRIPS ARE 805 SO THAT'S 8018 FEWER P.M. PEAK TRIPS ON RACETRACK THE ROAD WHICH BY ALL ACCOUNTING IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT REDUCTION.
ALSO JUST THE FACT TO KNOW THAT THE DOT IS WORKING ON PLANS TO WIDEN I 95 AND BRIDGE ON RACETRACK ROAD THE CONSTRUCTION IS FULLLY FUNDED AND SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN 2028.
AND THEN, REGARDING THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE BY THIS PROJECT DURING CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEW THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PEACE OF PROPERTY IN THE EAST PARCEL, THE TRAFFIC STUDY WILL INCLUDE THE ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT BARTRAM SPRINGS AND BERLT RAMP ROAD SO THERE MAYBE ADDITIONAL ROADWAY MITIGATION
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THAT IS REQUIRED. GOING BACK TO STONE CREST YOU'LL SEE IN INJURE AGENDA PACKAGE THERE WAS AN EMAIL FROM A GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES IN THE LOT THAT HAS A HOME ON IT NOW SO THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THERE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT A LARGE OAK TREE WHICH YOU CAN SEE OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THIS SLIDE.THE OAK TREE IS LOCATED ACTUALLY WITHIN THE COMMON AREA OF STONE CREST, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND THAT GENTLEMAN WANTED TO US MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREE WAS NOT IN ANY WAY HARMED AND SO CAN YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC THE CANOPY OF THE TREE IS NOT CIRCULAR BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE ENTIRE CANOPY OF THAT TREE WILL BE PROTECTED WITHIN STONE CREST AND THEN WITHIN THE BUFFING WITHIN DURBAN PARK SO WE WANTED THAT GENTLEMAN TO BE AWARE THAT WE ARE TAKING HIS CONCERN INTO ACCOUNT AND LETTING YOUR BOARD KNOW THAT AS WELL. SO, I RAISED MY DOT.
ANYWAY, WE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AGENCY AND THEY DID VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PUD MODIFICATION TO THIS BOARD AND SO WE HAVE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE MODIFICATION AND OUR WHOLE TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION. >> OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT.
STRAIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AGENDA ITEM 5.
>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5. COME ON UP.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY MAIN IS RICHARD PEPPER, I'M HERE ADDRESSING MYSELF AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR RACIAL EQUITY. THE ISSUE YOU PROBABLY HEAR AND MOSTLY CARE ABOUT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LACK OF IT IN ST.
JOHN'S DION WE ARE CONCERNED RISING COSTS MAKE IT SENIORS ON FIXED NEXT OR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN HOSPITALITY AND TEACHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT TO MENTION THE UNHOUSED AND PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING HOMES WHICH IS MADE WORSE, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL SO THE MORE OPTIONS WE HAVE WAYS TO INCREASE OUR HOUSING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE BETTER.
WE HAVE SPOKE ON SEVERAL OLD OCCASION TO OBTAIN AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU CAN GET FROM DEVELOPERS SEEKING VARIOUS APPROVALS, NO DOUBT THE BOCC HAS MAXIMUM LEVERAGE AT THE OUT SET OF A PROJECT BUFT ALLERGY WHENEVER A DEVELOP WEATHER PROOUFLD PROJECT SEEKS A PUD AND TODAY DEVELOPERS OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECT CALLED DURBAN PARK ARE REQUESTING CHANGES EXPECTLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF APPROVED MULTI-FAMILY AUTHORIZED BUT ADD 330 SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS. TRAFFIC IS ONLY ONE CONSIDERATION. THEY'LL ALSO NOT BE AUTHORED TO BUILD HOUSING FOR AND THEY WON'T BE BUILDING HOUSING FOR NEARLY AS MANY FAMILIES IF YOU PROVIDE THEM WITH THESE CHANGES.
YET OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR DURBAN PARK IS NOT REQUIRE TO BE AFFORDABLE. WHY NOT ASK THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE A PERCENTAGE SAY 25 PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNDER THE COUNTY NEW DEFINITION OF 80 PERCENT AMI OR BELOW WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THE AWARD DOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHO ARE IS A 15-20 PERCENT, AS LONG AS 20 PERCENT WERE AFFORDABLE, WE JUST WANT TO SEE MORE HOUSING STOCK AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT ST. JOHNS COUNTY AT A RANGE OF HOUSEHOLD NEXT AT 80 PERCENT, 50 PERCENT, AND IF FEASIBLE WITH SIGNIFICANT DOWN PAYMENT OR MORTGAGE RENTAL ASSISTANCE 30 PERCENT SO IF WE [INDISTINCT] THAT WILL PROVIDE NET IMPROVEMENT FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS. ITEMS 5, 6, 7 PROVIDE WITH YOU A CHANCE TO EMPLOY FOR WHICH CARE HAS BEEN ADVOCATING USING YOUR APPROVAL TO INCREASE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
ANYONE ELSE, PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 5.
SEEING NONE WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> BACK TO THE BOARD. NO COMMENT.
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MISS SMITH DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE IMPOSESENTENCE? >> THAT'S A LITTLE DAUNTING.
>> THAT WAS A JOKE. >> I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM STONE CREST WHO IN THE AUDIENCE GAVE ME A THUMBS UP SO APPARENTLY WE TOOK CARE OF THEIR COMMUNITY WELL TODAY SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I APPLAUD VICKY PEPPER FOR HER WORK FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN THIS PARTICULAR EAST PARCEL THIS THERE BEEN SINGLE-FAMILY MARKET RATE HOUSING LIKE STONE CREST NEXT DOOR BUT LIKE I SAID DURING THE PRESENTATION THERE WILL BE 1520 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF I 935 NEAR THE NEW UF HEALTH CAMPUS AT DURBAN PARK SO THERE BEEN WILL BE A VARIETY OF MULTI-HOUSING TYPES ON THAT SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE NEAR THAT JOB CENTER.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WAS WELL DONE.
YES, COMMISSIONER WATERS. >> MISS SMITH I WANTED COMMEND GATE ON DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT SOMEBODY WHO USES THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY REGULAR BASIS THIS IS HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPMENT DONE RIGHT SO I WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE FOLKS MADE THAT
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MY DISTRICT? IT IS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO BE
ENACT ORDINANCE 2026 . >> 330.
>> DASH 09 DURBAN PARK BASED ON FINDINGS OF FACT AS PROVIDED IN
>> WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND, VOTE.
MR. ARNOLD, YOUR VOICE VOTE. SO WE HAVE YES.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 6 THEN. >> MR. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU I'M GOING TO PRESENT 6 AND 7 TOGETHER.
>> THAT'S PREFERABLE YES. THANK YOU MA'AM.
YOU MAY PROCEED. >> OKAY THANK YOU.
WE HAVE AGAIN, THIS IS MODIFICATION NOT WHOM TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DURBAN PARK BUT THERE WAS ALSO A DOCUMENT THAT IS CALLED ROAD CAPACITY CHARGE ORDINANCE.
WE CAN GO INTO DETAILS BUT THOSE ITEMS ARE REQUESTED TO BE AMENDED IN ITEMS 6 AND 7. WE HAVE THE SAME TEED DURBAN CREEK MISS WITH ZIPPER AND UHAS AND BRAD DAVE HOIST IS A SENIOR ENGINEER AND OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF EAST PAYTON PARKWAY AND RAJA SINGULAR IN CASE WE NEED QUESTIONS FROM OUR EXPERTS. IN THESE AGENDA ITEMS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF DURBAN PARK SO 1281 ACRES EAST AND WEST OF I 95 SOUTH OF RACETRACK ROAD AND BACK A LONG TIME AGO, IN 2015 THERE WAS AN IDEA OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE PROPERTY HAD A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL BUT THERE WERE NO PLANS TO DEVELOP, SO WHAT WE DID WITH ST. JOHNS COUNTY THEY CAME ALONG AND SAID, WE REALLY WANT, WE HAVE FUNDS ABLE FROM DOT TO BUILD STATE ROAD 9-B BUT WE NEED RIGHT OF WAY FOR 9-B AND WEST PAYTON PARKWAY SO OUT OF THAT REQUEST FROM DOT AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY DURBAN CREEK NATIONAL AGREED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO DEDICATE THAT RIGHT OF WAY, AGAIN TO THE DOT, AND THEN ALSO, TO CONSTRUCT EVENTUALLY THE SIX LANE EAST PAYTON PARKWAY AND MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO RACETRACK ROAD AND THAT WAS IN EXCHANGE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF FINE ASKING REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS THROUGH TAX MECHANISM FINE HAPPENING INCREMENT AND CHARGES RELATED TO ROAD IMPACT FEES SO IT WAS A LONG DOCUMENT, TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY BUT WE DID AND THAT DOCUMENT AMENDED IN 2017 AND AGAIN FOR THE 1281 ACRES WERE APPROVED SO THOSE WERE DONE BY THE BOARD ON THE SAME DAY AS COMPANION APPLICATIONS SO TODAY WE ARE ASKING FOR A THIRD
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AMENDMENT BETWEEN WHERE 9-B AND WEST PAYTON PARKWAY AT COST OF APPROXIMATELY $34.6 MILLION. THIS THIRD AMENDMENT ADDS A NEW LAND USE BECAUSE AGAIN AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LABS AGENDA ITEM THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL PERMITTED IN DURBAN PARK IS MULTI-FAMILY SO WE ARE ADDING A NEW LAND USE OF SINGLE-FAMILY ONLY FOR THE EAST PARCEL AND THEN ALSO CHANGING TO 330 POTENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE 745 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS SO MAKING TRIP NEUTRAL OR BETTER IN THE CASE MAY BE. LOOKING AT THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON A MAP BECAUSE I LIKE MAPS WEST PAYTON PARKWAY AND ROAD 9-B WAS THE $9.7 MILLION IN THE THIRD AMENDMENT, YOU SEE THE LOCATION OF THAT ON THIS MAP AND RACETRACK ROAD SECTION PART OF THAT WAS COMPLETED BY THE FOUR LANING OF RACETRACK ROAD PART OF THAT WAS COMPLETED BY ANOTHER PROJEC AND DOT HAS FUNDED THE BRIDGE AND REMAINDER OF RACETRACK ROAD AND THAT'S THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE WILL START IN 2028.YOU SAW THIS SLIDE ON THE LAST PRESENTATION SO I WON'T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN EXCEPT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT ALL THESE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE UP FRONT BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS EVEN HALFWAY BUILT OUT. SO GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN.
WITH REEXPECT TO THE ROAD CAPACITY CHARGE ORDINANCE WE NEED TO ADD A USE CATEGORY OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND RELATED ROAD CAPACIY CHARGE WHICH IS AKIN TO ROAD IMPACT FEE SO THAT CHARGE GETS PAID INTO TO ROAD IMPACT FEE SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE THIRD DEVELOP OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE ROAD CAPACITY CHARGE ORDINANCE AND WE AR HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. PUBLIC COMMENT.
CAN WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON 5 AND 6 TOGETHER? 6 AND 7 TOGETHER. SORRY.
>> I AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS 6 AND 7. COME ONLY UP.
>> HI AGAIN COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS VICKY PEPPER, HARPER CIRCLE ST. AUGUSTINE, I'LL REPRESENTING MYSELF AND CARE COMMUNITY FOR RACIAL EQUITY YOU CANNOT TAKE MY REPRESENTS THE FIRST TIME AROUND THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE WE HAVE GOT IN THE DURBAN PARK DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHANGES THEY'RE REQUESTING TO TRY TO OBTAIN SOME SORT OF A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER APPARENTLY TO LOOK ON THE WEST SIDE OF I95 TO IF THEY CAN GIVE US SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF APPROVED MULTI-FAMILY UNITS SO AGAIN I URGE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 AND 7. OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT. >> JUST A MINUTE.
CAN'T TALK AND WRITE AT THE SAME TIME.
YES, MA'AM. >> I JUST WANTED TO SHARE REGARDING DURBAN PARK IN GENERAL AND I COULD HAVE SAID THIS AT THE LAST AGENDA ITEM BUT I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS HOW GROWTH IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHOULD WORK. THIS AREA WAS DESIGNATED URBAN SERVICE AREA BY ORDINANCE AND THERE ABOUT $56 MILLION IN ROADS THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE THE HOMES.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THEM. WE NEED MUCH MORE OF THAT, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS AN URBAN SERVICE AREA WE KNOW EXACTLY YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS SO THANK YOU.
>> OKAY THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO KEEP RIGHT ON
SORRY. WHEN I THINK OF DURBAN I THINK
>> WHAT'S THAT. >> ME TOO MOTION TO APPROVE THE THEIR AMENDMENT TO THE DURBAN CREEK NATIONAL AGREEMENT.
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LET'S SEE. DEVELOPMENT DBAGRMOD 2026-01 FINDING THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE I 1 OFTHE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. LET'S VOTE.
I'LL TAKE YOUR VOICE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES.
4-0. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO YOUR SECOND
MOTION TO BE ENACT ORDINANCE 2026-
>> 34 AMENDING THE CHARGE ORDINANCE 2020 FINDING THE ORDINANCE CONSISTENT WITH THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CONFERENCE PLAN
AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. ARE YOU BACK WITH US?
>> WE DIDN'T RECORD YOUR VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6.
>> SO 5-0 UNANIMOUS SO NOW WE WILL VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 7 GIVE US THE VOTE AND IDLE TAKE YOUR VOICE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 7.
OKAY, WE HAVE YES. PASS IS UNANIMOUS 5-0.
[8. Public Hearing * Adoption Hearing: LDCA 2026-04 PVZDR Amendment – Lot Coverage Allowance for Swimming Pools. The Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board (PVZAB) requested changes to the Ponte Vedra Zoning District (PVZDR) at their regularly scheduled meeting on April 6th, 2026, regarding an additional Lot Coverage allowance for properties 8,000 square feet or less in area, exclusively for the addition of residential swimming pools. The proposed lot coverage change would increase the impervious area on Lots 8,000 square feet or less from forty (40) percent to forty-four (44) percent, with the additional allowance only to be used for swimming pools. At their regularly scheduled hearing on August 3, 2026, the Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board recommended approval of the proposed code amendment with a vote of 6-0. The BCC heard the first reading of this ordinance at its regularly scheduled hearing on September 15, 2026, and the board waived the 5:00 PM hearing requirement for the Adoption Hearing. ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVE ON TO CONGRATULATIONS, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8. THIS IS ALSO QUASI-JUDICIAL SO COMMISSIONER JOSEPH CAN I START WITH YOU.>> NO EMAILS FROM US, NO INTER STAFF MEETINGS I DID TALK TO
KITTY WITH MSD. >> COMMISSIONER WATERS.
>> NO RECORD OF MEETINGS EMAILS PHONE CALLS.
>> COMMISSIONER TAYLOR. >> SAME NO EMAILS FROM ANYONE NO
MEET. >> I HAVE NO EMAILS OR MEETINGS
MR. ARTICLE NOLD. >> I HAVE NO EMAILS OR MEET.
>> MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> JACOB SMITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT AGENDA ITEM 8 THE ADOPTION HEARING OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO INCREASE THE LOT COVERAGE YOU ALLOWANCE FOR SWIM POOLS ON SOME OF THE SMALLER LOTS IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THIS AMENDMENT COMES TO YOU FROM THE PONTA VIDRA VOTING AND ADJUSTMENT BOARD AND THEY RECOMMEND TO I BELIEVE CREASE THE 'EM PERSPECTIVE JUST ALLOWABLE AREA FOR SWIMMING POOLS FOR LOTS THAT ARE 8,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS AND I DID PROVIDE A SMALL LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION HERE, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ABOUT A 320 SQUARE FOOT AREA FOR POOL, AND IT AFFECTS ABOUT 177 LOTS.
AGAIN THIS IS THE ADOPTION HEARING SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THE BOARD HAS ANY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT.
HAVING NONE LET'S GO RIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 8.
SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> BACK TO THE BOARD FOR. >> MOTION.
>> WHAT DO WE NEED? >> MOTION TO ENACT ORND 2026-
>> 35 >> ADOPTING LOT COVERAGE ALLOWING FOR SWIM POOLS, AMENDING FOR SWIMMING POOLS ON
LOTS 8,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS. >> OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION. >> I'LL SECOND.
>> AND WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S VOTE.
>> YES. >> YES FROM COMMISSIONER ARNOLD,
UNANIMOUS 5-0 CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ELECTRONICS.
[9. Data Center Moratorium. On September 1, 2026, the Board of County Commissioners directed the Office of County Attorney to provide an Ordinance enacting a temporary planning moratorium regarding data centers for its consideration. ]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9. KEY WEST.>> STEELY WEST OFFICER COUNTY ATTORNEY THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TEMPORARY PLANNING MORATORIUM ON MEDIUM AND SMALL SCALE DATA CENTERS YOU GAVE OUR OFFICE TO COME BACK WITH ORDINANCE WE PROCEEDEDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE MATTER THE COUNTY CURRENT LID PLAN DOES NOT, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES NOT HAVE RULES POLICIES OBJECTIVES DIRECTLY RELATED TO OR EXPECT TO DATA CENTERS THE TEMPORARY PLANNING MORATORIUM WILL BE IN PLACE 12 MONTHS AND AFFECT ANY APPLICATION REGARDING DATA CENTERS TO ALLOW TIME TO EVALUATE NECESSARY CRITERIA AND REGULATIONS REVIEW THE STATE INITIATED INDEPENDENT DISCIPLINARY STUDY ADDRESSING POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.
AND THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY.
I WANT TO CORRECT THAT THIS WILL COME BACK ON NOVEMBER 3RD FOR
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FINAL ENACTMENT AND WITH REQUESTED EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 15 SO THIS WILL CARRY FROM NOVEMBER 15, 2026 THROUGH 2027 THIS IS REQUIRED BY YOUR BOARD RULES UNDER CHAPTER 5 WILL COME BACK FOR ENACTMENT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.>> YES, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT BECAUSE WE DO HEAR OFTEN FROM RESIDENTS THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT THE MOST WE CAN DO IS A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PERMANENT BAN IN OUR COUNTY.
>> IT'S FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO IMPLEMENT RULES.
WHEN THOSE RULES COME BACK AND THE CRITERIA YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AND AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT KNOWS IN LIGHT OF SENATE BILL 180 HAULS YOU'RE AWARE THAT MAKES US LIMITED IN OUR AMENDMENTS TO OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING ANYTHING MORE BURDENSOME OR RESTRICTIVE BUT YOU CAN'T DO ALL OUT MORATORIUM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ANY QUESTIONS, LETS GO TO
PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9.
>> MICHAEL MCDOWELL, I WAS DRIVING BY THOUGHT I WOULD COME VISIT YOU KIND FOLKS, I'M THINKING MORATORIUM WOULD BE DELIGHTFUL. WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND A DATA CENTER JUST BRINGS AMPLE WATTAGE WATER AMPLE ET CETERA USAGE WITH MINIMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US MAYBE ON TAX BASE SO I THINK A MORATORIUM WOULD BE GREAT. THERE IS OTHER COUNTIES CLAMORING FOR IT SUPPOSEDLY AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INITIATIVES THAT OUR NEW ELECTED GOVERNOR IS GOING TO TAKE IT I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART TO TRY TO PLACE SOMETHING IN PATH TO AT LEAST WHERE WE CAN DETER AN ALL OUT I'M SURE THERE'S POLICIES GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE SAME SCENARIO WE CAN'T FIGHT THEM BUT IF WE CAN PUT A MORATORIUM IN PLACE FOR THE TIME BEING THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE US BACKBONE AT THE MOMENT.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME ON JAENLD ITEM NUMBER 9? OKAY, SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MISS KEELEY WHAT WERE THE
DATES THIS WOULD BE IN EFFECT? >> SO IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ON NOVEMBER 3RD FOR ENACTMENT AND WE WERE REQUESTING EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 15, SEE NOVEMBER 152026 THROUGH NOVEMBER 152027. UNDER LEGISLATION THIS YEAR THE STATE REQUIRED A PAGA TO INITIATE A STUDY AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY SO WE'LL THAT FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEY'VE ALSO DIRECTED OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SO AS JERJ AND WATER TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER THAT POLICY.
THAT WILL HELP GUIDE US. >> OKAY AND IN OUR STAFF REPORT IT SAID WE COMMENCE OCTOBER 20TH.
DO WE NEED TO BE PUSH BACK THAT FAR?
>> WE HAVE A NOTICING ISSUE. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING ELSE REQUIRED ON THIS. >> NO, SIR.
[10. St. Johns County Community Redevelopment Agency - Notice to Dispose of Six Parcels. The West Augustine Community Redevelopment Plan, adopted by the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners under Resolution No. 2000-146, authorizes the Agency to undertake activities to reduce slum and blight in the West Augustine CRA and encourages the formation of private sector partnerships and private investor participation to achieve the stated objectives of the Redevelopment Plan. In implementing the plan, in 2022, the Agency set aside one hundred twenty (120) parcels for Affordable Housing, restricting the use for the development of singlefamily owner-occupied housing. The community has since identified additional needs such as affordable rental housing and infrastructure to support existing community amenities. The Agency is requested to amend CRA Resolution 2022-2 to allow for additional uses of the CRA-owned parcels and to approve a notice to dispose of six (6) parcels for the development of affordable rental housing for very low and low-income households and for the development of infrastructure to support established community amenities. ]
>> WE WILL ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE AS THE ST.
JOHNS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND ASK MR. TARA MEEKS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COME UP FOR AGENDA ITEM
I'M TARA MEEKS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE ASKING TO YOU CONVENE AS THE CRA TO TAKE UP CONSIDERATION THIS NOTICE TO DISPOSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES PARCELS WITHIN THE WEST AUGUSTINE SIERRA AREA. LITTLE BIT OF AREA.
THE WEST AUGUSTINE REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PLAN FORCE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CRA TO UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES TO TAKE ACTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PLAN.
SO, IN KEEPING WITH THAT PLAN, PSALMS COUNTY ACQUIRED PARCELS IN THE WEST AUGUSTINE AREA A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH INTENT OF TURNING THEM TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE CONTROLLING OWNERSHIP FOR THOSE PARCELS WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE COUNTY CRA, AND THE USE OF THE 10 PARCELS WAS RESTRICTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING BY RESOLUTION CRA RESOLUTION 2022-2
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SO SINCE THEN THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED A NEED FOR MORE DIVERSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LOOKING TO NOT HAVE SO MUCH OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING AND POTENTIALLY HAVE RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSING SO HOUSING FOR RENTERS AS WELL AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO HAVE INCREASED COMMUNITY AMENITIES TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE DEVELOPED AREAS SUCH AS THE WEST AUGUSTINE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. SO, IN RESPONSE TO THESE FROM THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE HAD IDENTIFIED A TOTAL SIX PARCELS FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS RENTAL HOUSING FOR THE VERY LOW AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AS WELL AS DISH NATURAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SIX PARCELS ARE LISTED HERE, SIX PARCELS DOES SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL ACHE RAMP IT'S JUST OVER ONE ACRES, IT'S 1.03 ACRES SO IT'S SIX SMALL LOTS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY AND HERE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE POINTER. IT DOESN'T WORK ON THE SCREEN.THANK YOU FOR THAT THE SO WE HAVE THE TWO LOTS AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE AND THE OTHER FOUR LOTS DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM BY KING
STREET. >> SO IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR USE OF THOSE SIX PARCELS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 63-1.80, THE COUNTY MUST PUBLISH A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR DISPOSITION OF THOSE PARCELS FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS INDICATING OUR INTENT TO DISPOSE OF THE PARCELS.
IF THE CRA DETERMINES THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC IN AUTHORIZING THE PUBLISHING OF THE NOTICES TO DISPOSE OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION THE STAFF WILL RETURN AFTER 30 DAY NOTICE PERIOD HAS CONCLUDED TO CONSIDER AWARD OF ONE OR MORE OF THE PROJECTS.
SO WE THOUGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AMEND RESOLUTION 202-TO ALLOW WHO IS THE PARCELS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING BEYOND OWNER AUTHORIZED HOUSING AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NOTICE OF OUR INTENT TO DISPOSE OF THOSE SIX PARCELS IN THE FUTURE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
SIX PROPERTIES, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER LOTS IN THIS, IN THE WEST AUGUST SFEEN -- AUGUSTINE TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL? IF WE IDENTIFY OTHER LOTS WILL WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN FOR KNOWS?
>> WELL, YES, SO THE IDEA IS SO THERE WAS AN IDEA AT THE TIME WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS PROGRAM WAS PROCEEDING IN A WAY THAT WAS IN THE INTERESTS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS EXPRESSING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN WHAT THEY REFER TO AS LEGACY HOUSING, BECAUSE HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD PRIVATE WEALTH SO THE IDEA WAS TO BUILD GOOD QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE HAPPY TO LIVE IN AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LIVING IN AND THAT HELP TO BOLSTER THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT THE THERE ARE A LOT CHALLENGES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS PARTICULARLY WITH FUNDING, BUT KIND OF THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD AND THERE IS SOME INTEREST IN WORKING WITH SOME ORGANIZES IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AREA ON POTENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY BUT THERE'S THAT TRYING TO BALANCE IT BETWEEN WANTING TO HAVE THAT RENTAL PROPERTY OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO WANT TO GO PROVIDE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP SO KIND OF THIS IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO PROPOSE AS I GUESS A TRIAL AND IF IT WORKS OUT LOOKING AGENT THE REST OF THE PARCELS AND COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING LARGER IF IT SEEMS
LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT THEN. >> OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
>> SORRY. I DID NOT MEAN TO COME UP HERE.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING BUT DO I THIS IN NORTH CAROLINA, I'M A DEVELOP EARLY, I WORK WITH PROJECTS, I USED TO BE A FEDERAL FUNDING OFFICER SO GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOUNDS GREAT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD NEW HOMES, THE PROBLEM IS OTHER REGULATIONS REQUIRE US TO BUILD HOMES THAT ARE SO FAR BEYOND OUR LOCAL STANDARDS AND REQUIRE SPECIFIC TYPES OF MATERIALS AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND OVERSIGHT IT BECOMES SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THAT HOUSING TAKE ON THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE OTHER THING WE DO IN NORTH CAROLINA IS OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PEOPLE AND WE DO THAT THROUGH MANUFACTURED HOMES. I WOULD EMPOWER ANYBODY HERE WHO IS IN REAL ESTATE WHO HAS OPERATED AROUND REAL ESTATE GO TO A MANUFACTURED HOME FACILITY TODAY, YOU'LL BE AMAZED.EVERYTHING THAT THEY BUILD ARE NORMAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, IT'S NOT LIKE THE PAST WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO A MOBILE HOME STORE TO BUY A PLASTIC DOOR. TODAY'S MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MODULAR OR STICK BUILT HOME BASICALLY THE STANDARDS WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS AND HERE IS ZONE 2 SO YOU CAN GET BETTER BUILD QUALITY WE BUY KNOWS HOMES STRAIGHT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR I'M TALKING FULL DRYWALL HOMES NICER KITCHENS AND PROBABLY MOST EVERYBODY HAS FOR ABOUT $65,000 DELIVERED TO THE SITE, TAKES US ABOUT $15-30,000 TO GET THEM SET UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LINES EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE A VIABLE PROJEC $13,000 FOR A THUNDER THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND IT DOESN'T INVOLVE SELLING LAND TO ME OR A DEVELOPER. IT I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS AND TALK WITH YOU HOW CAN YOU OPEN UP YOUR MINDS TO OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS TO INCLUDE MANUFACTURED FINES WHERE WE CAN GET YOU A HUNDRED HOMES AND THAT WOULD BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET. YOU ACTUALLY MADE MONEY TO DO THIS, EVEN MORE BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE US MANAGING IT, THE COUNTY MANAGING NOT JUST OUTSOURCING TO SOME OTHER PERSON TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE OPPORTUNITY.
COME ON UP. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN COMMISSIONERS. I'M STILL VICKY PEPPER ON HARBOR AND I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF AND CARE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
SINCE INCEPTION CARE HAS MADE MAINTAINED INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND WEST AUGUSTINE WHICH HISTORICALLY IS UNDER SERVED BLACK COMMUNITY. AND ADVOCATES WE HAD TRY TO SERVE INTERESTS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, AND AS YOU WERE REMINDED IN OUR COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS 5, 6, 7, ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR LOW AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MOTHER RAT AND LOW INCOME LEVELS. AS ISSUES CAME UP CARE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR EFFORTS AS THE WEST AUGUSTINE CRA TO USE 120 CRA OWNED PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES WE THINK DIFFICULTIES POST OF SIX WEST AUGUSTINE TO USE FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL PRODUCTS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE CRA AND COMMUNITY NEXT BUILT TO MEET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS IN WEST AUGUSTINE. THE NEED FOR HOUSING IN ST.
JOHNS COUNTY THAT WILL REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD SOCIAL SECURITY GREAT CARE IS MEMBER OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY CONTINUUM OF CARE, SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE HAD AGO AND EVENING DOETSZ OF FAMILIES FORCED OUT OF HOME WITH RISING RENTS INCLUDING A MOTHER WORKING THREE LOW PAY JOBS HAVING TO LIVE IN HER CAR AFTER RISING RENTS.
IT'S ONLY LIKELY TO GET WORSE IF AMENDMENT THREE PASSES ONE OF THE FEW WAYS ONLY LANDLORDS CAN [INDISTINCT] WE WILL SO TRANSFERRING THOSE SIX WEST AUGUSTINE TO OWNER WE WILL ENTER AGREEMENT WITH CRA TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE RENTAL PROPERTY AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WILL SERVE THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN WEST AUGUSTINE.
CARE IS CONCERNED THIS STEP IS NOT ENOUGH AS THE OTHER 1 14 WEST CRA PROPERTIES REMAIN RESTRICTED TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES, WE MAY THINK TO THAT WILL SERVE THE NEEDS
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WEST AUGUSTINE. BUT TODAY, BEFORE CARE HAS HAD TIME TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH WEST AUGUSTINE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND COUNTY STAFF WE WILL MAKE FOR FURTHER RECOMMENDATION IN THIS REGARD. PLEASE APPROVE THE NOTICE TO DISPOSE OF THE SIX PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES AS PROPOSED TODAY AND THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. >> MICHAEL MCDONALD.
I'M CONCERNED WITH THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN TOWN TO BUILD AND SELL THEM ELT SET A. I'M NOT SURE HE WOULD INSURE THE LONGEVITY INVESTMENT FOR THAT PERSON.
WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND PRIVATE CITIZENS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO MONOPOLIZ THIS OPPORTUNITY? HOW WHAT ARE THE ENFORCEMENT POLICIES? I HOPE NEXT TIME YOU BRING US BACK THERE'S CLEAR INDICATIONS OF WHAT HOW ALL THIS IS GOING TO TRANSPIRE, WHO IS GOING TO OCCUPY IT, CAN AN ENTITY ALL OF THESE, CAN ENTITY OWN FIVE OF THEM? IS THIS GOING TO BE A WAY FOR ALL THESE REMAINING LOTS TO BE SIPHONED OFF VERY EFFECTIVELY OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT SEE FIT WORKS FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE WE ADOPT THIS RENTAL PROGRAM? BECAUSE YOU KNOW I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SAFEGUARD LIKE YOU SAID TO SEE HOW THE PROGRAM MATURES.
WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING NOWHERE.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD LET THEM MATURE FOR SURE.
I JUST HOPE THERE'S CLEAR GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THERE'S ALL THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORLD FOR INVESTOR PROFIT OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT YOU KNOW HAS ITS PROFITS AND LOSSES, THEY START TO BUILD AND MAIN A TON SUBPAR, ET CETERA, SO THAT'S A TRICKY BALLGAME I THINK SIX IS A PERFECT NUMBER BUT I HOPE THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ONE ENTITY THAT OWNS ALL OF THESE AND I HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO DECIDES THE SIX PROPERTIES WHO GETS TO BE THE OWN TORE RENT THESE.
THAT GOING TO BE A LOTTERY? IS THE BUILDER GOING TO BE A LOTTERY? OBVIOUSLY I GUESS YOU GOT TO BE THROUGH THE R.P. REQUEST FOR THAT BUT THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT TO JUST DISPOSE OF SIX PROPERTIES TO CRA WE COULD DO THAT OURSELVES THE COUNTY HAS PORT STORM AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO MAKE SURE WHEN WE ADJOURN ALL THE BASES ARE COVERED BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IS IT GOING TO BE A LOTTERY WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE SIX PARCEL OWNERS.
YEAH I'M ALL ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SURE, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, BUT THAT'S LIVING UNDERTHE ROOF OF A LANDLORD. THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT
JUST BE COGNISANT OF THAT. >> THANK YOU.
[INDISTINCT] ANY INCREMENTAL THING WE CAN DO TO HELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GREAT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENTMENT AGENCY. I LOVE THE IDEA THEY GET TO LOOK AT THEIR SPECIFIC AREA AND DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO GO AND WE WILL TRY IT THIS WAY. THEY'LL SAY LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING, A COUPLE OF GOOD QUESTIONS WERE RAISED ABOUT OVERSIGHT.
I THINK THE IDEA THAT COUNTY TAKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS PROBABLY A NON-STARTER, BUT WE DO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE PASSAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RNH FLORIDA STATUTE IN JANUARY 2027 WITH MANUFACTURED HOMES WILL BE ALLOWED ON ANY RESIDENTIAL LOT. SO, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING AND THEY ARE BEING MADE FOR STURDY AND RESILIENT THAN THE PAST SO THE PROPERTY OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PROBLEM, SEPTIC AND SEWER ARE A PROBLEM, AND MANY LANDS ARE NOT BUILD BECAUSE OF DITCHES SO THE IDEA OF 120 PLACES FOR HOUSING IS PROBABLY NOT ACCURATE. I DON'T THINK ANY STEP THAT WE
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CAN MAKE IS A GOOD STEP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THISCOUNTY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> B.J. MCCLAIN CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.
THIS SOUNDS GOOD AND THERE'S QUESTIONS BEING BROUGHT UP IN THIS NARRATIVE. A DEVELOPER CAN GO GET A GRANT FROM WHO, THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEN TAKE THAT MONEY THAT THEY GET TO BUY THE PROPERTY FROM THE COUNTY, AND THEN, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, YOU THROW WORDS AROUND, AFFORDABLE THIS AND AFFORDABLE THAT, THE RENT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM JUST LIKE PURCHASING A HOME.
HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT THAT RENT WILL BE NOT INCREASED BUT WILL BE STABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND HOW CAN YOU DO THAT REALLY IF A DEVELOPER CAN GO AND GET THIS MONEY FOR GRANT MONEY TO DO IT? WHY CAN'T THE CITY, I MEAN EXCUSE ME THE COUNTY WITH THIS WEST CITY CRA GO GET THE MONEY YOURSELVES FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE HAVE THEER WHO ONE IS AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THE RENTAL FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO COME INTO THE AREA, AND MANUFACTURED HOMES, WE HEAR THAT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRAILER PARK. MANUFACTURED TO ME IS SOMETHING THAT IS STABLE FOR SOMEBODY TO LIVE IN.
SO THAT KIND OF CONCERNS ME. BUT THE BASIC THING IS YES, IT'S A GOOD THING TO TRY TO DO RENTAL AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY I WISH PEOPLE HERE COULD SAY THAT THEY KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE AND I ASSUME THERE ARE, OKAY.
THAT'S WHY NO ONE IS GOING INTO THE AFFORDABLE, YOU TO USE THE WORD, AFFORDABLE NOW FOREVER BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO LIVE IN PONTA, YOU CAN'T LIVE THERE.
I'M GLAD THIS IS BEING BROUGHT UP BECAUSE WE IN THE CITY LIMITS FOUND OUT WE HAVE NO PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO THIS IS GOOD FOR HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND JUST TAKE THE PHASE INTO CONSIDERATION WHENEVER YOU GO FORWARD ON.
THIS I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
ANYONE ELSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OKAY, BACK TO THE BOARD.
ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM.
>> YES, FIRST OFF THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M THE BOARD LIAISON TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE JUSTIN WHAT YOU SHARED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THAT COMMITTEE, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE AND I'VE MENTIONED THE MANUFACTURED HOME OPTION FOR QUITE? TIME AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE AND I WELCOME YOU WE ACTUALLY MEET ONCE A MONTH CERTAINLY OPEN I WELCOME TO YOU TENDAI A MEETING BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES COME UP OFTEN WITH MFRPD HOMES IS NOT WHOM DO YOU HAVE THE OWN THE LAND THAT IT'S ON, BUT THE FINANCING IS A CHALLENGE SO FINANCING IS A CHALLENGE. JUST KNOW THAT'S A HURDLE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES SO JUST KNOW WHO THE LENDERS ARE AND ALL THAT IS A CHALLENGE AND ALSO MS. MEEKS IF YOU YOU WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THE AMOUNT FOR RENT AND ALL THAT.
>> SURE. SO AS WAS MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE SLIDES THESE WOULD BE RENTAL HOMES THAT ARE GEARED IN ORDER LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS HOUSEHOLDS AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF BROAD TERMS, BUT THERE'S A DEFINITION BEHIND THEM, AND SO WHATEVER THE MECHANISM IS THAT'S PUT IN PLACE, SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP, WHAT THE THIS ALLOWS IF THIS IS APPROVED TO BE BY THE CRA WHAT THIS ALLOWS STAFF TO DO IS IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BASICALLY A SOLICITATION TO THE WORLD WE ARE GOING TO DO A NOTICE FOR DISPOSAL AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK AND SO THOSE PROPOSALS WILL COME BACK AND STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE WILL LOOK AT HOW THOSE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO, WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER THE MECHANISM USEED TO CONVEY THESE PROPERTIES OVER TO WHOEVER IS GOING TO GET THEM IT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE USES. SO THERE WILL BE SOME RESTRICTIONS IN THE LANGUAGE. THERE'S ALSO SOME SORT OF MECHANISM TO WHAT WE CALL CLOTHING, IF IT DOESN'T GO THERE
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WILL BE LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT LOW INCOME AND VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOW LONG THAT IS IN PLACE AND WHAT THAT MEANS SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP AND THIS IS A FIRST PROJECT OF THIS KIND FOR THE WEST AUGUSTINE AREA SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON VETTING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DETAILS BUT IT'S EXPECTLY LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME HOWELLS SO IT WON'T BE RENTED OUT TO VACATION RENTAL PEOPLE. IT'S FOR EXPECT USAGE.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COMMISSIONER ARNOLD DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS?
>> GO AHEAD SIR. >> MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-2 TO AMEND TO REMOVE SIX PARCELS FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIST AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNSEL COMMISSIONER TO DESIGNATE TO DIFFICULTIES FOES SIX PROPERTIES OWNED BY ST.
JOHNS COUNTY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR DEVELOP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> THAT PASSES 5-0.
THANKS SO MUCH. WE WILL ADJOURN AS ST. JOHNS REDEVELOPMENT AND PLACE US INTO COMMISSIONER REPORTS.
MISS ARNOLD YOUR REPORT. >> NOTHING TO REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JOSEPH.
>> YES, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MURPHY I HEARD YOU WERE AT AT GUANA THERE WAS A LARGE FISH KILL THERE AND I TALKED TO JOY BEFORE SHE LEFT I WOULD LIKE THE STAFF GO THROUGH PUTTING TOGETHER THERE IS A RESOLUTION I DID RECEIVE FROM THE AUDUBON BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FDEP, JEN AND THE MANAGEMENT AND TEAM TO GET TOGETHER TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT WAY CAN MEN WITH THE WATER GUANA AND BRING IT BACK TO US AND SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE ON IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY AS WELL AS WORKING WITH ALL THE WAY UP THE RIVER DID I WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MR. PAYTON YESTERDAY I MENTIONED TALKING TO HIM ALSO BECAUSE THE WATER COMES ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM HIS PROPERTIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GUANA LAKE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT FOR PONTA VIDRA BEACH TO GET
TOGETHER FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. >> GREAT IDEA.
I WAS CONTACTED BY THEM WHEN I DID A SITE VISITS AND I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A CONSORTIUM WITH PEOPLE FROM THE GUANA AND I WOULD LOVE TO REMAIN THE LIAISON IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO GET CONSENSUS TO ALLOW ME TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP TO TRY
TO PUT TOGETHER. >> I MENTION THAT OYSTERS THAT ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE MAKING MONEY.
>> THERE'S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE WITH THE QUALITY OF WATER AND SO I WOULDN'T ASK FOR CONSENSUS IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE
THAT. >> CAN YOU KEEP UPDATING US?
>> MR. WATERS. MR. CANE DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO PRESENT TO THIS BOARD OR SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO CALL YOU UP TO PRESENT? I KNOW WE DISCUSSED SOMETHING YESTERDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE
WAITING ON ME. >> I ONE WAITING ON YOU.
I CAN DO IT NOW IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE INFORMATION.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT? IT'S UPDATE ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. REALLY DOESN'T.
RYAN CANE YOUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION UPDATE ON A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO OUT ON SCHEDULE FOR AS THE BOAT RAMP DREDGING AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE TO CLOSE DOWN ACCESS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION AND IF WE DO WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD SURPRISED BY THAT SO WE WANT TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
THAT PROJECT WILL REQUIRE THE BOAT RAMP BEING CLOSED DOWN FOR SIX WEEKS PERIOD, WE DID SCHEDULE THAT ARE FOR SNAPPER PERIOD, SO OCTOBER 22 NLD WE WILL GO IN TO START TO GET READY AND COMPLETE BY DECEMBER 6 BUT THAT PROJECT WILL CLOSE OFF ACCESS FOR THAT BOAT RAMP. WE WILL HAVE THE LANO AND MOULTRIE DOWN THE STREET AND OTHER BOAT RAMPS ACCESSIBLE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD OUR INTENTIONS IS ALWAYS TO TO HAVE THAT RECREATION
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ACCESSIBLE AND AS THEY'RE GOING TO DREDGE THAT VESSELS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET BY WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE DREDGING SO IT WILLHAVE TO BE CLOSE TO THAT PERIOD. >> CAN YOU CONFIRM WHICH BOAT
>> ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH NORTH. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SIR. >> THANK YOU MR. CANE.
MR. BRADLEY DIDN'T MEAN TO STEP ON TOES.
JUST WANT HIM TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
ON SEPTEMBER 15 THIS BOARD AGREED IN SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE WE WOULD HAVE AROUND TABLE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DISCUSS BLOCK CAMERAS, THAT MEETING NEVER MATERIALIZED SO I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO HAVE AGENDA I'M TELL OCTOBER 20TH GIVE THE PUMP OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR FEELINGS AND THIS BOARD TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT PERMITTING FLOCK CAMERAS ON THE COUNTY'S
RIGHT OF WAYS. >> I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
IDEA. >> SEE CAN HAVE AGENDA ITEM ON THE OCTOBER 20TH MEETING. THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> COMMISSIONER TANNER.
>> YES, PLEASE. I ACTUALLY GOT A PHOTO THAT GOES WITH THIS WASN'T I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I ATTENDED A WONDERFUL SPECIAL EVENT YESTERDAY AT NORTHROP GRUMMOND AND IT'S ACTUALLY NATIONAL MANUFACTURING WEEK SO WE CELEBRATED THAT, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE NORTHROP GRUMMOND ETD HAWKEYE IS ONE FINAL PRODUCTS IN THE STATE COMPETITION BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THERE WERE AROUND 125 PRODUCT THROUGHOUT FLORIDA THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS CONTEST, AND IT'S SUPER EXCITING ST. JOHNS COUNTY WE ARE ONE.
FINAL TWO SO I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
IT'S ALSO INTERESTING FLORIDA IS ACTUAL WIN OF THE TOP 5 IN THE STATES FOR MANUFACTURING JOBS SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO BE PROUD OF AND AGAIN WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THE VOTING WILL GO THROUGH OCTOBER 23 R. THERE'S A QR CODE ON THE SCREEN, GO TO THE WEB SITE COOLEST THING MADE IN FLORIDA.COM AND EVERYBODY CAN VOTE ONCE PER DAY THROUGH OCTOBER 23RD SO I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN RECOGNIZE ST. JOHNS COUNTY AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR. THIS SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE
>> THANK YOU ALSO I WANTED TO SHARE AN UPDATE REGARDING EPI-CARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN ST. OUGHT SEEN, I DID WANT TO SHOW THAT SINCE 2018 THEY HAVE RESCUED AND DISTRIBUTED MORE 50 MILLION POUNDS OF THEY DISTRIBUTE BETWEEN 1.2-1.4 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD PER MONTH DONE BY VOLUNTEERS SO IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
THEIR CURRENT FACILITY IS ROUGHLY 2,000 SQUARE FEET WITH VERY LIMITED REFRIGERATION SPACE AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDST OF BUILDING A NEW FACILITY THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 11,000 SQUARE FEET SO VERY EXCITING. THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN RUTHERFORD FOR COMMUNITY FUNDING AND I WOULD LOVE TO ASK FOR CONSENSUS FROM OUR BOARD FOR A LETERED OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR BUILDING PROJECT SO THEY CAN HELP WITHOUT
>> YOU HAVE CONSENSUS. >> RIGHT AND THAT WILL DO IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I JUST HAVE HAD ONE QUESTION ON YOUR COMMENTS, WAYNE IF YOU DON'T MIND FOR A SECOND THAT, SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED WITH EQD AND THE QR CODE IS THAT ON RG TV? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN PUT ON OUR PLATFORM? HELP HIM OUT, TOM.
OR WE CAN USE YOURS. >> YES, SIR, WE GOT THAT BACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT YESTERDAY ABOUT IN OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IN PLACE INCLUDING MEDIA RELEASE TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO DO CTA CALL TO ACTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR COMMISSIONER REPORT.
I WOULD TURN TO YOU MR. BRADLEY AND SAY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING. THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT RAIN RELATED, GREG SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER IF YOU CAN REFER TO THAT ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN ABOUT THE CURRENT RAIN EVENT AND ALL THE WORK IT'S TAKING PATELY THERE HAVE BEEN
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PHONE CALLS AND WE ARE GETTING THAT UNDER CONTROL.ALSO, GREG, MR. CALDWELL AND THE FIRE CHIEF ARE GOING OUT TO FIRE STATION 212 OPENING THIS SATURDAY BUT DO TO THE RAIN THEY'RE ASSESSING THE SITUATION TO SAY SEE IF THAT EVENT IS
GOING TO TAKE PLACE. >> YES SIR, KEEP US POSTED.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ARE YOU GOING TO POST RAIN
INFORMATION? >> YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
>> TYLER IS SAYING YES NODDING HIS HEAD.
THANK YOU ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT'S IT.
>> MR. [INDISTINCT] NOTHING THANK YOU.
>> FOR STAFF THERE IS LUNCH AVAILABLE THAT WOULD BE READY AS NOON. JUST AS A PUBLIC SERVICE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.