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COMMISSIONERS APRIL 21, 2020 8:30. BEFORE I GO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL CALL OF THE ROLE I WOULD LIKE TO READ A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT ÃHOW WE ARE GOING THIS MORNING. BEFORE WE GET SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IN REGARD TO A REMOTE MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE COMMISSIONER DEAN ARE YOU ONLINE?
>> SPEAKER: YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, ARE YOU ONLINE?
>> GOOD MORNING. YES SIR. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU AS WELL.
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.N ORDER TO MITIGATE THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND REDUCE THE RISK OF COVID-19 ILLNESS, THE GOVERNOR HAS SUSPENDED THE REQUIREMENT OF A PHYSICAL FORUM AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO CONDUCT REMOTE PRECIPITATE FOR DISSIPATION. SO THE PUBLIC AS A MEANS TO COMMENT WITHOUT PHYSICALLY ATTENDING. ALONG WITH PRIOR COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING EMAIL THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT BY TELEPHONE WHILE WATCHING THE MEETING BY STREAMING POSTED ON THE COUNTIES WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE ALSO PROVIDES A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO USE IT TO CALL INTO THE MEETING. EVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DO NOT PROVIDE COMIC, PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED PEOPLE MAY BE LISTENING WHO DO NOT PROVIDE COMMENT.
THOSE PERSONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU CALLING INTO, IF YOU RECEIVE A BUSY SIGNAL, PLEASE CALL BACK.
IN ADDITION, CONTINUE TO WATCH IGTV BECAUSE OF THREE-MINUTE COMMENT TIMER SHOULD BE VISIBLE TO YOU. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE WAITING TO COMMENT AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE A DELAY 5 TO 9 SECONDS THE VISUAL PRESENTATION YOU EXPERIENCE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND WE WILL RECESS BRIEFLY WHILE THE RESULT.
THOSE PROBLEMS AND RESUMED THE MEETING. MEETING MATERIALS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENDA PORTION ÃAGENDA AND MINUTES PORTION OF THE WEBSITE.
YOU CAN FIND IT THERE AND ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD PARTICIPATING REMOTELY WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. WITH THAT BEING SAID MAN I HAVE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
PASTOR JORDAN FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND.
ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? PASTOR JORDAN IS NOT. KEVIN IS.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD TIMING. I LEFT MY CLASSES IN THE CAR.
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. THE BIBLE SAYS THIS.
THERE'VE BEEN NO RAIN. IF I SEND PEASANTS AMONG MY PEOPLE, IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE CALLED MY NAME SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND DETERMINE THEIR WICKED WAYS AND I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND WILL HEAR THEIR LAND.
LET US PRAY. LORD HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE HERE IN THIS PLACE AND WE PRAY YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM.
YOUR WORD SAYS IF WE WANT WISDOM TO ASK OF YOU AND YOU WILL NOT HOLD IT BACK FROM US, DEAR LORD. WE PRAY THERE IS A PESTILENCE IN THIS LAND AND WE PRAY THAT YOU CASTED OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND PRAY THAT YOU BLESS ALL THOSE WHO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY TO BRING HEALING TO THESE PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET.
WE PRAY YOU USE THEM IN A MIGHTY WAY TO FIND THE CURE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS INVISIBLE DISEASE, THIS INVISIBLE ENEMY. WE PRAY YOU CRUSH IT AND CAST IT OUT OF OUR LAND AND WE PRAY
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WE LISTEN TO YOUR COMMANDMENT AND TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS, DEAR LORD.IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS CHAOS, OUR FAMILIES HAVE COME CLOSER TOGETHER TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS. THROUGH THIS CHAOS, WE FOUND OUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL FOR. WE FIND OUT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY DAY. WE DIDN'T SEE THAT UNTIL IT WAS TAKEN AWAY. WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU AND WE THANK YOU.
WE LOVE YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MILITARY WHO IS WORKING HARD AGAINST THIS VIRUS AND OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND RESCUE COME IN CONTACT WITH DAILY YOU ARE THE PPE AND THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE WITH OUR HEART. WE LOVE YOU AND PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM GIVEN THROUGH THIS COMMISSION TODAY. IN JESUS'S MOST PRECIOUS NAME,
AMEN. >> WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
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WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR, MR. HUNTER CONRAD.GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.OOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. I WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BOARD FOR YOU IN REGARD TO TESTING AND CASES IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHERE ARE WE ON OUR CASES AND WHAT DOES OUR TREND LOOK LIKE.
YOU WILL RECALL LAST WEEK I TOLD YOU OUR TREND WAS BEGINNING TO FLATLINE A LITTLE BIT. AS YOU WILL SEE WITH ANOTHER WEEK IN YOU CAN SEE THIS GRAPH HERE, THIS BOTTOM NUMBER IS ONE CASE YESTERDAY, THREE CASES ON SUNDAY, ZERO ON SUNDAY.
WE HAVE A SPIKE ON FRIDAY OF FIVE AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO GO DOWN FROM THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CASES WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 192 IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN SIX OF THOSE ARE NONRESIDENTS. THIS INFORMATION IS PULLED OFF OF THE FLORIDA DASHBOARD.
ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION I'M SURE MOST DOING PUBLIC AND LISTENING PUBLIC IS AWARE OF.
THERE IS A DASHBOARD WHERE THEY CAN PULL ALL OF THIS INFORMATION UP AND IT'S THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GETTING IN REAL TIME THAT WE MAKE OUR POLICY DECISIONS ON RELATED TO THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY.IT'S HOW WE DO EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND THE REASON I MENTIONED TODAY THAT ONE REASON I WENT TO PUT THIS PHOTO APPEARED AND ANOTHER ONE IS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE DOCTOR BROOKS WAS PART OF RESIDENT TRANSFER RECOVERY TEAM AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AS PART OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM ADVISING SPECIFICALLY THEY SAID FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY THAT SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY. THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS IF ANYONE GOES ON TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE AND GOES TO THIS DASHBOARD IS NOT JUST THIS GRAPH YOU CONTRACT AN AGE GROUP AND ALL OF THIS BUT IT ALSO NOW CAN BE TESTED ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE YOU CAN VIEW DOWN TO THE ZIP CODE WHERE THE HOTSPOTS ARE IN THE COUNTY.
I WANTED TO PUT THAT INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY LISTENING PUBLIC AND ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON OUR CASES. WE HAD A REPEAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I THINK THAT'S TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO NOW. HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS DOWNWARD TREND AND FLATLINE OF CASES. ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL SEE APPEARED PUTTING UP BEFORE YOU, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH ARE WE TESTING? HOW MANY TESTS HAVE WE DONE. THIS IS NOT INFORMATION. SAME PLACE, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COEVID DASHBOARD YOU CAN SEE WE TESTED OVER 4000 PEOPLE 192 NEGATIVE WITH A 4.8 PERCENT POSITIVE RATE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS AROUND 10 PERCENT TESTING POSITIVE AND THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO Ã PEACE I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE HAVE TESTED MORE THAN ABOUT SIX COUNTIES THAT ARE LARGER THAN OURS.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE RECEIVING EMAILS AND THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW ARE WE TESTING ENOUGH AND THE ANSWER IS YES. AND WE STILL HAVE MORE TESTING AVAILABLE. ALL OF THOSE TESTING PROVIDERS WHICH CONTINUE TO BE THE REGIONAL SITE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLAGLER HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS COME ONLINE LEAD ONE URGENT CARE. WE HAVE FIVE TESTING SITES AND NONE OF THEM HAVE A LACK OF TESTING ABILITY. IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, WE ARE CURRENTLY SITUATED VERY WELL FROM A TESTING CAPACITY. OR COLLECTION CAPACITY.
FROM A COLLECTION CAPACITY STANDPOINT. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AND PROVIDE THE TWO THINGS FOR YOU. ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO MENTION, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE RECOVERY PIECE OF THIS.
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I SPOKE YESTERDAY WITH JASON FROM FLAGLER HEALTH. HE WANTED US TO INDICATE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE ALSO MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THAT SHOULD THE GOVERNOR MODIFY OR LIFT HIS SABER AT HOME ORDER.THE BIG ISSUE YOU ARE AWARE OF WHERE THE BEACHES LAST WEEK I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU WE REOPENED FROM 6:00 A.M. TO NOON AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HERE TODAY FIRST RESPONDERS FIRE RESCUE THEY CAN GIVE YOU IN ON GROUND ANALYSIS. ULTIMATELY, IT WENT OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT. LAW ENFORCEMENT DID WELL FIRST RESPONDERS BY RESCUE DID WELL AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED WELL. THEY OBEYED HIS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE GUIDELINES AND SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WAS A SUCCESS AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIFTING FURTHER MEASURES IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU THIS MORNING IS THIS WEEKEND, THE STATE OF FLORIDA PUT OUT A REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, AND A LISTED WHICH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES HAD A POSITIVE CASE AND IT. IF ANY OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, WE DID HAVE A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT WAS STERLING OR NOT THAT HE COULD SPEND IN THE MEDIA ALREADY AND IT'S BEEN REPORTED ON.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THAT IS THAT WAS A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS NOT IN THE FACILITIES OR WORKING AT THE TIME. THEY HAVE ARTY RECOVERED AND ARE BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S THE ONLY LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. THE WAY THOSE ÃIT'S A POSITIVE
SIGN. >> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE POST COVID-19 RECOVERY.
AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE THE TWO TASKFORCES THAT ARE WORKING ON POST COVID-19 RECOVERY.
I WANT TO PROVIDE ONCE AGAIN LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE HOTLINE WE WERE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING. THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AND THEY STARTED ACCEPTING PHONE CALLS LAST WEEK. THERE WAS A PRESS RELEASE DONE AND IT WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE COMPUTER, THAT NUMBER FOR THE RESIDENTS ASSISTANCE HOTLINE IS 209, 1250. THAT'S 904, 209, 1250.
AND THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE HOTLINE IS 904-209-6050. 904-209-6050.
THOSE TWO HOTLINES OBVIOUSLY SEPARATE FROM OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION HOTLINE.
THOSE ARE PROVIDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THE ABILITY TO TRACK RESOURCES AND FIND OUT WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE AND HELP NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE HICCUPS GOING ON.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE PACKET AND I WENT TO HIT THIS POWERPOINT. THE FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM AND I WANT TO THANK JOE ANDREWS. ANOTHER TASK FORCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE WORKING ON THIS.
THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM. THIS IS UP FOR DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
WE DO WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU THIS MORNING I WILL OBVIOUSLY STANDBY FOR QUESTIONS. THE FIRST THING IS THE CARES ACT THAT WAS PASSED PROVIDED BY $5.4 BILLION DEVELOPMENT FUND UP TO $2 BILLION OF THAT AMOUNT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO GRANTEES THAT RECEIVED ALLOCATIONS BASED ON THE SAME FORMULA THAT WE GET IN OUR NORMAL GRANT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS THAT IS DIRECTED TO ALL STATES AND AREAS WITHIN 45 DAYS AND YOU CAN BASE ITS ROOT SEE ITS RISK: THE ECONOMIC AND HOUSING MARKET DISRUPTION JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE. THE GRANTEE WHOEVER IS THE RECIPIENT OF THOSE FUNDS DOES NOT HAVE TO HOLD THE STANDARD MEETING.
YOU PUT OUT NOTICE FOR REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH NO LESS THAN 5 TO 15 DAYS JUST TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.
YOU WILL SEE THE FINANCIAL SIDE AND THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW.
I TALKED ABOUT THE $2 BILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED THAT FIRST PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ÃTHAT'S WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE 585,000 $519 AND THAT'S PART OF THE CARES ACT AND SO THAT FUNDING, WE DON'T HAVE YET.
IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED, IT'S THERE FOR US TO RECEIVE.HAT'S HOW THAT MONEY WOULD BE USED.
AND THEN WE HAVE 744,212 LEFT FROM 2000 FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THEN WE HAVE NEARLY $800,000 BECOMES AVAILABLE LATER. WE CAN DO ANY FORM OR FASHION OF THE SPIRIT WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPEND ALL OF CBD G. THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR
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POSSIBLE USE AS PART OF A RECOVERY PROGRAM. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS BEEN ASKED IS IF WE WERE TO GO THIS DIRECTION, DO YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE STAFF TO DO THIS? AND THE ANSWER IS NO. WE WOULD USE CURRENT STAFF TO WORK THIS PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM AND OTHERS AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO USE YOUR COST UP TO 20 PERCENT INSIDE THAT FUNDING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE ANY ADDITIONAL FUND REVENUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO FUND STAFF TO HELP SUPPORT THIS. SO HERE IS WHAT'S KEY ABOUT HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO USE THE CDBG FUNDED REVENUES FOR SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM.IN ORDER FOR A BUSINESS TO BE ELIGIBLE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE LOW TO MODERATE JOB INCOME RETENTION MORE BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED WITHIN LOW TO MODERATE MODERATE INCOME AREAS OR URGENT NEED AS A RESULT OF COVID-19. THAT THIRD POINT, YOU CAN ONLY USE 30 PERCENT OF THOSE DOLLARS. THAT BASICALLY IS YOU CAN USE THESE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO COVID-19 BUSINESS CORRUPTION COUNTYWIDE. THE OTHER 70 PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS FROM THE CDBG DOLLARS HAVE TO MEET EITHER NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO IF WE WERE TO MOVE TOWARDS A BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM. ONE OR TWO OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LOW TO MODERATE FOR MODERATE JOB INCOME OR THE BUSINESS WOULD NEED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR NORMAL CDBG GRANTS BUT IT PROVIDES YOU AN EITHER OR FOR OTHERS.
AND THEN HERE IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROGRAM.
I WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF IT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE POWER POINTS THIS MORNING.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO LOOK AT IT, ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS I THINK IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THIS WOULD BE SMALL BUSINESSES. 51 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE WORKERS EARN LESS THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THE KEY THERE IS NO WAY FOR SOMEONE TO APPLY FOR THIS SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM UNDER THE CDBG FUND BEING USED WOULD REQUIRE THEIR BUSINESS HAVE 51 PERCENT OR MORE WORKERS THAT EARN LESS THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THESE ARE JUST IDEAS. NONE OF THIS IS IN STONE ANALOGOUS PROGRAM IS SET FOR THE POLICY HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON IT. YOU SEE WE HAVE UP TO $10,000 GRANT AND IF WE ADD $1 MILLION, THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR UP TO 200 BUSINESSES.
IF WE USE MORE OF THE FUNDS IT CAN BE STRUCTURED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL APPROACH TO SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
LET ME SWITCH TO THE NEXT PAGE. IT WOULD BE NINE DAYS WITHIN THE END OF THE GRANT AND THE JOBS RETAIN CARD ACCESS IS BEING DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANIES OR THE BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO RECOVER AND KEEP THEIR JOBS. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THE MATRIX WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE CDBG FUNDING. AND THEN THERE'S THE MONITORING AND THE MODIFIED PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER. THE MONITORING, THE PROGRAM, DETAILS OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE WORKED OUT WITH CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD OF THIS IS THE DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO GO. HERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR IT.
DETAILS ARE NOT DONNA MAE LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TODAY.
THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YO AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO I WILL LEAVE IT FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT RELATED TO THE CDBG FUND AND
SMALL RECOVERY PROGRAM. >> THIS IS COMMISSIONER BLOCKER.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE THIS BRIEFING. A LOT OF RECOVERY EFFORTS LOOKED UP AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. EXCELLENT WORK FOR YOU AND THE STAFF.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS ONCE THE RECOVERY EFFORT STARTED AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE STAFF ARE BEING PROACTIVE ON THAT.
YOUR LEADERSHIP. JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY THAT YOU THE FUNDING DOES NOT COME FROM ST. JOHNS COUNTY TAXPAYERS, IS THAT
CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. THE CDBG IS A FEDERAL GRANT TAX DOLLARS, BASED ON LOCAL TAX DOLLARS NOT ANY OF YOUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
WHEN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. UNDER THIS PROGRAM WE ARE PRESENTING FOR THE BOARD TODAY OR THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TIED TO THE CDBG GRANT.
>> TELLER COUNTY NEED TO BE TARGETED? >> NO, SIR.
>> AGAIN, GREAT WORK ON THIS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAMWORK AND HARD WORK ON THIS FOR STARTING THIS WEEKS AGO AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
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>> IS THAT ALL? >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE LEAD AND PURSUING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BUSINESSES STAY IN BUSINESS.
PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK. WE ARE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE DID 12 YEARS AGO WHERE THERE'S NOTHING TO GO BACK TO. PEOPLE WANT TO ENGAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS SO SHORT-TERM STOP GAP MEASURE IS CRITICAL. UNTIL WE CAN SET A DEFINITIVE DATE TO END SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GET BACK TO OUR LIVES AGAIN.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT. AVE YOU TALKED TO THE CHAMBER ABOUT WHAT OUR COUNTY NEEDS MAY LOOK LIKE? WHILE I WANT TO DO THIS, I DON'T WANT TO OVERPROMISE AND
UNDER DELIVER. >> I SPOKE WITH THE CHAMBER YESTERDAY I BRIEFED HER WE WOULD BE PRESENTING SOMETHING TODAY. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM IDEA WAS. SO WE DISCUSSED ONE OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS THE POLICY IS WHAT BUSINESS WORKS WELL. WE DISCUSSED WHAT WORKS BEST AND SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD BE AFFECTED THE MOST. KIND OF BASED ON OUR MARKET YESTERDAY CAME OUT OF PLAN FROM HIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT WHAT STATE LOOKS LIKE FROM AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS DIFFERENT. WE ARE MOST EFFECTIVE RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY TOURISM RETAIL AND AGRICULTURE AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT WAS 80 PERCENT OF OUR BUSINESS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY Ã THIS IS PROVIDED BY THE CHAMBER THEY BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER AND THEY WILL BE A PARTNER
>> OF WHO WOULD GO TO. 80 PERCENT HAVE 20 OR LESS EMPLOYEES.
WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LESS EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE TALKING WITH THEM AND WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. >> THIS FOCUSES ON A BASIS OF AMI. NOT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.SMALL BUSINESSES CAN MAKE WELL ABOVE THAT BUT BE OUT OF BUSINESS FOR 6 TO 8 WEEKS AND ARE EQUALLY AFFECTED DEPENDING ON THEIR CASH FLOW NEEDS AND THEIR BUSINESSES. DOES THIS ONLY APPLY TO BUSINESSES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT FIT UNDER THE 80 PERCENT PMI? WERE ALSO DO BUSINESSES BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES? >> TO BE CLEARED NONE OF IT IS SET YET.
THOSE WERE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS BUT TO ADD THE ADMINISTRATIVE RATIO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD HELP PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER TO SET SOME DETAILS IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAMBER AND THIS WAS VERY INITIALLY BUT THIS IS THE EMPLOYER. IT'S NOT THE EMPLOYEE. IT WOULD BE A PERCENTAGE.
WE NEED THE 80 PERCENT OF THE AMI. IT'S NOT THE EMPLOYER ITSELF.
IT IS DRIVEN BY THEIR EMPLOYEES WHICH EMPLOYERS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
THE DETAILS HAVE TO BE FLUSHED OUT WE ARE CONFIDENT WE COULD GET IT DONE IN A WEEK TO 2 WEEKS BUT WE NEED TO BRING IN OUR CONSULTANTS WITH THE CHAMBER SO THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME A DEBACLE WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET IT AND WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
THIS IS A KICKSTART AND WE HAVE TO FLESH OUT THE DETAILS >> AND I UNDERSTAND AND LIKE MANY SITUATIONS WHERE I WANT A CLEAR PATH TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL BEFORE DECIDING ON IMPROVING AT THIS IS NOT THE SAME SITUATION. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WE WANT TO PICK A NUMBER OF
THOUSAND BUSINESSES REPLYING BECAUSE THEY WERE FIRST IN LINE >> THAT IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH OF THOSE CDBG FUNDS WE ALLOCATE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LIMIT. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE FIRST IN LINE.
WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TRIED TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN OR THOSE WHO ARE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET AS TO HOW IT WOULD BE SELECTED. IT WOULD NOT JUST BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL BE LEFT OUT. EVERYBODY WILL NOT NECESSARILY ÃEVERYBODY ÃLET'S SAY 70 PERCENT ARE ELIGIBLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
70 PERCENT ARE ELIGIBLE BASED ON THE FUNDS. IT MAY ONLY BE 25 PERCENT ARE ABLE TO GET IT IF THEY NEED TO MEET THAT CRITERIA. I WANT TO BE CLEAR UP FRONT IT WILL BE FOR EVERYBODY. THERE ARE LIMITED FUNDS BASED ON HOW MUCH WE GO FORWARD WITH AS WE BEGAN TO WORK THROUGH THIS. WE WENT THERE TO BE FUNDS TO GO AROUND FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED. OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE. >> I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE IT TODAY BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME STATISTICS ON WHAT THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES OR EMPLOYEES LOOK LIKE BETWEEN CHAMBER SBC EDC TDC, THERE'S SOME VERY REAL CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY ÃABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY FOR BUSINESSES THEREFORE ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY
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COULD BE APPROXIMATED JUST ORDER OF MAGNITUDE NUMBERS. SO THAT WE CAN GET A CLOSER UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE DECISION WE MAKE AS TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO QUALIFY. NOT EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS THIS. SOME ARE VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW AND DON' NEED IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BASED THE QUALIFICATIONS BASED ON STATISTICAL NUMBERS BASED ON FINANCES OF THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES BUT ON WHETHER THE BUSINESS IS ALSO ACTUALLY NEEDED.E ARE HEARING STORIES OF COMPANIES WHO ACQUIRED PP E FUNDS WHO ARE BLOOMING AT THIS TIME AND REALLY DON'T NEED THE FUNDS.THAT'S ON THE INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S CHARACTER OF A PERSON OR BUSINESS AND A CULTURE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF QUALIFICATION. I AGREE WITH YOU.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY NO MATTER WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WE SET TO MEET EVERY NEED.
THE BEST WE CAN DO TO PREQUALIFY THOSE NEEDS WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND WHAT LEVEL, WHAT LIMITS, WHAT CRITERIA WE DO FINALLY DECIDE UPON.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT WE WILL DO IS COME BACK TO THIS AFTER WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOLIDIFY A DIRECTIVE FOR YOU, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG, COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> NOT AT THIS TIME.
I DO WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT TO MOVE THIS AHEAD.
>> WE WILL MOVE ALONG >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A FOLLOW-UP. THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FEE WAIVERS BY THE BOARD FOR NEXT WEEK WE WILL COME TO YOU TO PRESENT A FEE WAIVER OF RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS TO BUILDING SERVICES, PLANNING AND ZONING AND FIRE RESCUE AS WELL AS SELECT GROWTH MANAGEMENT FEES. THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR 90 DAYS. THE FIRST WEEK AUGUST 1 WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU TO THE BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT AND FOLLOW-UP. THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. I WILL COME UP AFTER THE QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CDBG PROGRAM AND I WILL TURN IT OVER AT THIS
POINT TO THE DOCTOR. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER BEING AFFECTED AND I SHARED THAT BEFORE I SHARED THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MAPPING VISUALS MAY NOT KNOW THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS WHO MAY BE TRANSMITTING THEM AND THEY ARE TRANSMITTING THEM ABOUT 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY BECOME SYMPTOMATIC. TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE WE HAVE A RECENT SHIFT IN THINKING ON SYMPTOMS AND TRANSMISSION OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND NOW WE ARE SEEING PRESYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC. IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC, BUT THAT THEY DEVELOP SYMPTOMS LATER AND START TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS 24 TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY DEVELOP SYMPTOMS. SOME STUDIES SUGGEST 6 TO 12 PERCENT OF TRANSMISSIONS OCCUR DURING THE PRESYMPTOMATIC PHASE. CONSEQUENTLY, WE JUST ADJUSTED OUR CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOLS TO INCLUDE A PERIOD OF 24 TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MINDSET.
SO HAVING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRESYMPTOMATIC OR A SYMPTOMATIC TRANSMITTERS MAKE EMBRACING OUR MITIGATION STRATEGY OF SOCIAL DISTANCING OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
SOCIAL DISTANCING PHYSICAL SEPARATION INCLUDING AN AVOIDANCE OF CONGREGATED
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SETTINGS APPEARS TO BE HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT SINCE WE ARE NOTING A DOWNTURN OR A PLATEAU IN OUR CASES. SO DOES COVID-19 RECOVERY GUARANTEE IMMUNITY? IS REINFECTION STILL POSSIBLE? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS WE DO NOT KNOW.THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING WHETHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET ARE IMMUNE TO THE VIRUS. AS IT IS BELIEVED THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE CRUCIAL TO ALLOWING ECONOMIES TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING BY ALLOWING SOME PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK. WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR BODY IS EXPOSED TO A VIRUS, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM MOVES INTO ACTION. WHITE BLOOD CELLS, ANTIBODIES AND OTHER RESPONSIVE WORK TOGETHER TO GET RID OF THIS INTRUDER. OUR BODY LEARNS HOW TO ATTACK THE INVADER LATER. HOWEVER, COVID-19 HAS EMERGED SO RECENTLY THAT LITTLE IS KNOWN AS TO IF AN INITIAL INFECTION TEACHES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST A FUTURE INFECTION. THERE'S BEEN A SMALL STUDY OUT OF SHANGHAI WHERE INFECTED INDIVIDUALS WITH NO ANTIBODIES WERE DETECTED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS LACK IMMUNITY? FURTHER, CURRENT EVIDENCE SUGGESTS PREVIOUSLY BEING AFFECTED MAY NOT BE A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WOULD NOT GET SICK AGAIN.
PERHAPS IN SOME INDIVIDUALS THE VIRUS DOES NOT ELICIT A STRONG ENOUGH RESPONSE TO IMPRINT IN EVERY OF THE CELLS OF THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM, THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS.
IN PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE AND HAS TO BE THAT OF EARLY CASE IDENTIFICATION, ISOLATION, AND CONTACT TRACING. ATTEMPTING TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SUCH AS THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN LONG-TERM FACILITIES AND GROUP HOMES AND RESIDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL CONDITIONS. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE STILL CONTINUES TO BE THAT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, ENSURING WE ARE SIX FEET APART, WASHING OUR HANDS AND SOAP AND WATER USING HAND SANITIZER THAT IS 60 PERCENT ALCOHOL AND COFFEE INTO OUR SLEEVES AND STAYING HOME IF WE ARE SICK. AS THIS PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR HEARTS CONTINUE TO BE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AS THEY STRUGGLE WITH ILLNESS AND GRIEF. THERE IS SO MUCH WE STILL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS VIRUS.
SCIENCE, HOWEVER, WILL GET US AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND THE CREATION OF A VACCINE.
JUST THE SCIENCE HAS ALLOWED US TO REDUCE OR DELAY INFECTIONS AND SAVE LIVES.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
DOCTOR? COMMISSIONER JOHNS? >> SPEAKER: YOU FOR YOUR CANDOR. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN A LONG TIME, GENERATIONS. SO I THANK YOU FOR TELLING US THAT YOU ARE ALSO LEARNING AS WE GO. CHANGING THE ACRONYMS, THE DESCRIPTIONS ASYMPTOMATIC, PRESYMPTOMATIC IS VERY HELPFUL TO OUR POPULATION. THEY RELY ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT THESE WERE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEONE CARRYING THIS FOR DAYS VERSUS A COUPLE OF DAYS AND NOT BEING SYMPTOMATIC IS A BIG CHANGE.
WE APPRECIATE UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES. BASED ON THE POSSIBILITY ÃI HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM 20 PERCENT TO 50 PERCENT COULD BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR PRESYMPTOMATIC.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE FREQUENTLY IN CONTACT WITH EMS, POLICE, OTHERS, BE TESTED AT ANY GIVEN INTERVAL TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FLAREUP OR A REBOUND OF THIS AS WE, OVER TIME, WILL GET BACK TO A SENSE OF NORMAL? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY NOT JUST I WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK BUT I FEEL SAFE IN DOING SO THAT I'M NOT GOING TO UNKNOWINGLY CARRY IT TO MY STAFF OR TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. NOT TRYING TO INSTILL FEAR, AND TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW.
WE DEFINITELY ARE GETTING A HANDLE ON THE NUMBER OF CASES AND WE ARE THANKFUL WE HAVE SUCH A LOW POSITIVE TEST RATE. IS THERE A VALUE TO TESTING MORE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE SYMPTOMATIC BUT ARE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE ON A FREQUENT BASIS DUE TO THEIR JOBS OR WHATEVER
IT MAY BE? >> I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL BEING STUDIED AT THIS MOMENT.
I AM AWARE OF THE STUDY OUT OF HARVARD THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CURRENT TESTING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BECOME SYMPTOMATIC.
AT THE SAME TIME, FROM PRIOR HISTORY AND FROM SCIENCE, WE TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS ANTIBODY TESTING. THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE THERE ARE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA BUT ON EMERGENCY MEASURES AND SO FAR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD ÃHAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF THOSE TESTS.
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ONCE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, IT WILL HELP US TO MORE SAFELY ASSURE GOING BACK TO WORK, AND WE ARE HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US AND THERE WILL BE A BLOOD TEST AND IT WILL BE QUICK AND WE WILL BE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON ANTIBODIES AND WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN.DOES IT REALLY MEAN WE ARE IMMUNE? AND HOW LONG.
WE KNOW THE SARS VACCINE ÃSARS INFECTION WHICH IS A CORONAVIRUS AS WELL, DOES ALLOW YOU ONCE YOU'VE BEEN INFECTED, YOU ARE IMMUNE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
OUR HOPE IS WE WILL SEE A SIMILAR TYPE OF PICTURE WITH COVID-19.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION. THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK AN EXPERT IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.
I'VE READ ABOUT COEVID MUTATING TO A LESS LEGAL VERSION OF ITSELF.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT STRAINS OF FLU AND DIFFERENT STRAINS OF OTHER VIRUSES.
I GUESS IT'S A TWO-PART QUESTION. DOES THE TEST IDENTIFY MULTIPLE STRAINS OF COVID-19 AS IT CHANGES AND IS THERE A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHICH STRAIN A PERSON
POSSIBLY HAS IF THEY ARE TESTING POSITIVE? >> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT IS NOT LIKE INFLUENZA VIRUS WHICH CHANGES. YOU HAVE VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS.
IT PROBABLY WILL BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT SARS LOOKS LIKE AS A CORONAVIRUS, AND THEREFORE PROBABLY WOULD NOT MUTATE IN THAT WAY TO GIVE US VARIOUS STRAINS OF IT.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE LIMITED INFORMATION I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. LET ME SEE. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I JUST WANT TO THANK DOCTOR ALCOTT FOR HER TEAM I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING WEEKS AND ARE TAKING THE LEAD ON US SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING YOUR TEAM IS DOING AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> SPEAKER: I KNOW DOCTOR IS BUSY SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR TAKING THE TIME EACH WEEK NOW TO COME AND BRIEF US.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> LINDA STOUGHTON YOUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 100 ADOC DRIVE. JUST A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM THE EEOC TODAY. WE CONTINUE TO WORK MISSIONS ON COVID-19 FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. WE HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN BETWEEN THE STATE ADOC AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SHIPMENTS AND RECEIVE ONE ON SUNDAY. SO CURRENTLY WE RECEIVED OVER 29,000 BOXES CONTAINERS AND BOTTLES OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND HAND SANITATION. THE MOST RECENT ONES COMING IN GLASS BOTTLES. SO THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF CHARACTER HANDLING THAT OUT TO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED A LITTLE MORE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL TAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT AS WE SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN WITH OUR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY FOOD OR IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR FOOD. SO WE HAVE DONATED SHELFSTABLE MEALS TO SOME ORGANIZATIONS TO PASS OUT WITH THE REGULAR MEALS. WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE OUR FOOD BANKS HAVE WHAT THEY EED. WE DID A SURVEY THIS WEEK TO CHECK ON THEM, AND WE HAD REALLY GOOD RESPONSE AND THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING VERY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE HAD AN UPTICK IN THEIR DEMANDS NOT ONLY FORBADE FOOD BUT ALSO THE MEALS THEY ARE SERVING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AS THE EEOC MOVES FORWARD. JUST ON SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, WE ARE WORKING ON PLANNING, FUTURE PLANNING, AND THE STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER HAS ALREADY STARTED ASKING FOR AFTER ACTION REPORTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENT. SO THAT HAS BECOME A COLLECTION POINT FOR THE EEOC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COLLECTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE COUNTIES RESPONSE. WITH THAT, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THE MISSION AND WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 8:00 UNTIL 6:00. IF ANY RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL US AT 824-5550. WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER?
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR GREAT WORK AND EFFORTS ON THIS AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS
AND YOUR STAFF. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN, ANYTHING >> JUST QUICKLY.
THE PUBLIC PROBABLY IS NOT AWARE THERE'S NO REASON THEY SHOULD BE AWARE NECESSARILY THAT WE REALLY HAVE SUCH A TREMENDOUS TEAM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HUNTER AND LINDA ARE
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WORKING ALMOST 24/7 AT THE EEOC AND IN THE MEANTIME BRAD BRADLEY ARE BASICALLY RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE COUNTY AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF PARTICULARLYTHOSE FOUR. >> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT? I KNOW WE HAVE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CHIEF HARDWICK IS HERE.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON? VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE WILL COME BACK TO DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO THE CDBG FUNDING AND A DIRECTIVE FROM THIS BOARD BUT LET'S HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT I WANT TO BRING THAT BACK UP TO MAKE SURE THE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING WE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON TODAY. COMMISSIONER WALDRON, WE WILL OPEN IT UP.
>> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE, YOU CAN ASK US. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SHOULD COME TO THE PODIUM OR CALL IN AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS. EACH PERSON WILL BE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THE BOARD'S RULES OF DECORUM.
COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.
THEY MAY NOT INCLUDE A DEMAND FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD.
THAT PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH ANY PERSONAL OR PERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WITH BOISTEROUS BEHAVIOR. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE TO REFRAIN FROM ANY DISRUPTIVE, DEMONSTRATION OR OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY COMMENTS. I WOULD ASK THAT ANY SPEAKER THAT PRESENTS ANY OVERHEAD MATERIAL PLEASE PRESENT THAT MATERIAL TO STAFF RECORDS TO BE
ENTERED INTO PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONERS BEAR IN MIND ONCE AGAIN THAT THE NUMBERS YOU ARE SAYING ARE NOT ACCURATE NUMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW WELL, A LOT OF THE MAJOR NEWSPAPERS HAD TO THREATEN TO SUE AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO GET NUMBERS OUT OF THE STATE. IT'S ALL NICE THAT DOCTOR BURKS ONE OF THE ENABLERS AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE THROUGHOUT A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE FLORIDA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF SHE WAS ACTUALLY LEADING THE MIAMI HERALD AND THEN SHE WOULD KNOW LITTLE BIT MORE COMMISSIONERS, UPDATES. 12: I MEAN, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE JUST THAT ONCE UPDATES. IT COULDN'T BE. 250,000 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY? I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY HERE SPEAKING UP FOR THE HOMELESS. I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY GETTING REPORTS.HEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE MONEY. HOW ABOUT THE COUNSELOR ON AGING. YOU WANTTO KNOW WHAT GOING ON I WANT TO REMIND YOU, BECKY IS NOT QUALIFIED. SHE RUNS THE COUNCIL ON AGING THERE AGING.
NOT HERE. WHY ISN'T LEGAL AID HERE? WHY ARE THEY GETTING AN UPDATE? I WANT YOU TO KNOW PUTTING SOMETHING UP. ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH LANDLORDS, HAS ANYBODY KEPT TRACK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY UNEMPLOYED IN THE COUNTY? WOULD THAT BE TOO MUCH? NOBODY HERE SPEAKING UP FOR THEM. WHERE IS THE STATE REP, STEPHENSON, HUDSON AT ONE OF THESE MICROPHONES APOLOGIZING TO THE PEOPLE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT CAN'T GET THROUGH TO UNEMPLOYMENT.HAME ON THEM THREE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM? YOU KNOW, THE FEELINGS OF THE STATE ARE HUGE. HUGE.
THEY COULD BE WORSE. WE COULD HAVE HAD THE CRYSTAL METH DRUNKEN ANDREW GILLIAM THERE SO I ALWAYS GIVE THEM CREDIT. BUT IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING.
BUT I WANT TO REDO SOMETHING HERE. BY THE WAY, WHO IS ON OUR TASK LIST? WHO FROM THE COUNTY IS ON GOVERNOR DESANTIS'S TASK FORCE? HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE SPIT IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AGAIN, COULD HE? HAVING NOBODY FROM THE TASK FORCE HERE, NOT ONE OF YOU WERE IN TALLAHASSEE SPEAKING.
BUT HERE WE GO, FOLKS. DURING THE TASK FORCE FIRST MEETING HELD BY TELECONFERENCE, THE STATE EXPECTS TO RECEIVE A SHIPMENT OF 100,000 FEDERALLY APPROVED ANTIBODY TESTS.
PRODUCED IN CHINA. COMMISSIONERS, WHEN YOU MAKE DECISIONS REMEMBER ALL OF THESE THINGS. AS FAR AS THE BEACH, WE DO NEED AN UPDATE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY, THE SHERIFF ON THE BEACH. THE BEACH SHOULD JUST BE OPEN 24 HOURS. 24/7 OPENED IT BACK UP. THANK YOU.
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>> 880 OCEAN PALM WAY. I'M HERE TO REQUEST THE BEACHES BE OPEN 100 PERCENT.
POLICE VEHICLES RIDING UP AND DOWN THE BEACH AT 11:30. LIGHTS GLARING ADVISING PEOPLE THEY MUST LEAVE THE BEACH AT 12:00 IS OVER-POLICING AND UNNECESSARY.
RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED. OVER 9000 COUNTY RESIDENTS SIGNED THE OPEN THE BEACH PETITION. WHY WOULDN'T BOAT RAMPS ARE PARKED WITH 20 FOOT BOATS FOR PEOPLE ON THE NO POSSIBLE WAY OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GOLF COURSES REMAIN OPEN TO BE JUST STAY CLOSED. IT'S IRRATIONAL. WHY MUST RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE CRIMINALS AND THEY WANT TO TAKE A SUNSET WALK DOWN THE BEACH? IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD AND THE DECISIONS YOU ARE MAKING. FAMILIES ARE REELING FROM FINANCIAL DESTRUCTION.
TRYING TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND FOOD ON THE TABLE.
GOVERNMENT SAYS STAY-AT-HOME POLICIES FORCE THEM FROM THEIR JOBS TWO MONTHS WITHOUT INCOME, NO INDICATION WHEN THEY CAN RETURN TO WORK. LIVING ON CREDIT CARDS AT 28 PERCENT AND IS CAUSING AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY STRESS. YOU WERE TAKING AWAY THE ONE FREE ACTIVITY THAT THEY CAN DO. THE BEST THE BOARD CAN DO IS RESTRICT ACCESS? WHY? CONTROL A HEALTHY ACTIVITY THAT CONFORMS TO SOCIAL DISTANCING? WE ARE AT GREATER RISK GOING TO WALMART, PUBLIX OR HOME DEPOT. DOCTOR SAATCHI ARE LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL'S GUIDANCE PROJECTS U.S. DESK FROM COVID-19 AND HIS PROJECTIONS, 100,000 A WEEK, 250 THE NEXT. LAST MONDAY, HE UPDATED HIS STATISTICS TO 60,000.
HE WAS OFF BY A MINIMUM 45 PERCENT, 40 PERCENT. WHICH IF WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON HIS PROJECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE WOEFULLY INCORRECT. WE ARE TOLD IT'S A PANDEMIC.
WHEN IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NATIONALLY DIE FROM INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA IN 2017. IT'S A TERRIBLE DISEASE. PEOPLE OVER 65 WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, HEART, CANCER, DIABETES, RESPIRATORY, ASTHMA AND OBESITY NEED TO BE CONCERNED AND TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.HE CDC IN MARCH RELEASED A REPORT ON MORTALITY. 90 PERCENT OF THE PATIENTS PASSED AWAY AT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. IF SOME OF THE POPULATION IS FEARFUL OR IS HAVING PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS THEY SHOULD STAY AT HOME LIMITING BEACH ACCESS TO RESIDENTS WILL ONLY DESIRE TO EXERCISE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IS NOT THE ANSWER.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR HARD WORK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS
MORNING. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER.
>> GOOD MORNING. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OUR COMMUNITY.
WE NEVER THINK OUR PEOPLE, OUR RESIDENTS PAY NO HUMIDITY FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING, PATIENCE, AND COOPERATION DURING THIS CRISIS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WHO PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF US. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE CHIEF HARDWICK AND THE ENTIRE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE SITUATION. AND LASTLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, TO ALL OF YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS, THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR GUIDANCE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TAKING ACTION MAKING HARD CHOICES ESPECIALLY AS THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. YOUR DECISIONS HAVE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND IT IS DUE TO YOUR ACTIONS NOT ÃAND COOPERATION OF OUR RESIDENTS COUNTY HAS REMAINED WELL BELOW THE STATE AND NATION'S AVERAGE PERCENT OF POSITIVE CASES AND FOR THIS, WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FIND THE PATH TO RECOVERY.
THIS WILL BE A CRITICAL STEP FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY THE GRATITUDE OF THE MANY CITIZENS CONCERNING THE REOPENING, PARTIAL REOPENING OF THE BEACHES AND APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
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THE ONLY SENTIMENT THAT I HAVE HEARD ON THE BEACH AND OFF OF THE BEACH IS EXTENDING THE HOURS TO ADD LEAST 5:00 P.M. OR SUNSET, AND THIS WOULD HELP DISPERSE THE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE ON THE BEACH BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. AND NOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. IF WE CAN HAVE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> ART HEALY 1578 DRURY COURT IN ST. AUGUSTINE,
>> GO AHEAD, SIR. >> I AM JUST CALLING IN ÃI AM THE CEO AND OWNER OF RIVER CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS HERE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY FELLOW CITIZENS. WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND WE SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE BOARD THAT HAS OVER 100 COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO WERE LOOKING TO OPEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY BASED ON SOME OF THE EVIDENCE COMING OUT AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PANIC AND THEN WE HAVE VERY LOW RATE OF INFECTION IN OUR COUNTY. THE EQUIVALENT RISK OF DYING FROM COVID-19, SOME OF THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN BETWEEN DRIVING IN GERMANY OR BEING ALONG A TRUCK OR SOME OF THE EXTREMES IN NEW YORK. HOSPITALS ARE ONLY 56 PERCENT OCCUPIED AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE STARTING TO LET PEOPLE GO.
I'M HEARING STORIES FROM NURSES WHO ARE BEING FURLOUGHED SO WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE ONCE WE OPEN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OFF ELECTIVE TREATMENTS, BECAUSE OUR OUTPATIENT CLINICS ARE CLOSED. SO WHEN THEY OPEN UP ARE THEY GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED? YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A STORE OR OFFICE OR EVEN A CLASSROOM SO SOME OF THE PANIC AROUND BEING OUTSIDE IS JUST THE EVIDENCE IS NOT THERE YET BUT THAT'S JUSTIFIED. WE SHOULD ALL WORK TO PROTECT HIGH-RISK GROUPS OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY SENIOR HOMES. I THINK ALL IN ALL WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY FOR A GAUGE AND WE ARE NOT PANICKED BUT I WOULD ALSO ÃWE UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC DEVASTATION AND SOME OF THE MEDICAL DEVASTATION FOR NON-COEVID I DON'T I AM AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY AND LIKE I SAID WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BRAVELY SIGNED A PETITION AND IN THE MIDST OF A NATIONAL PANIC WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON LOCALLY AND MAY FIRST IS NOT A MAGIC DATE.
THE INFECTION IS NOT GOING AWAY. BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL READY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO OPEN UP AND WE JUST ASK ÃWE CAN'T WORK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.
WE CAN WORK AT A LOCAL LEVEL THAT THE BOARD WILL ADVOCATE WITH THE GOOD FROM OUR GOVERNOR
THAT ST. JOHNS COUNTY Ã >> IF YOU HOLD ON THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS. NOT HOLD ON BUT IF YOU CONTINUE WATCHING GTD.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. IF WE COULD GET YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> LUIS MIGUEL 175 GREAT HARBOR WAY.
IN PONTE VEDRE BEACH. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE RECEIVING MY CALL WANT TO ASK YOU ECHO YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THIS. THE PARTIAL REOPENING OF THE BEACHES LIKE MANY PEOPLE WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT OPEN COMPLETELY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LEVELHEADED APPROACH A RATIONAL APPROACH AND WE HAVE SEEN THE FRONT LINE.
THAT KIND OF PREEMPTIVELY WANT TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OTHER PLACES.
THEY ARE REPORTING IN PLACES LIKE NEW MEXICO AND OTHER STATES THAT ARE GOING OUT AND PURCHASING DRONES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. TO ENFORCE THESE LOCKDOWNS AND OTHER STAY-AT-HOME IN PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA CELL PHONE DATA FROM COMPANIES IN ORDER TO KEEP
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TRACK OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS SO THEY CAN SEE IF PEOPLE I THINK [INDISCERNIBLE] WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THOSE KINDS OF POLICIES AND RELATED ONES OUT OF HERE. TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM AT THIS TIME. KEEP THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO TRACK UPON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. ALSO, [INDISCERNIBLE] RESPONSE TO IT I THINK SOME OF IT GETS LOST A LOT OF TIMES THEY FOCUS ON HEALTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY, THOSE WHO ARE WEAK THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS ARE THOSE WHO HAVE WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. WHEN YOU CONTRACT THE VIRUS AND NOT EVERYBODY [INDISCERNIBLE] NOT EVERYBODY GETS SICK OR YOU MIGHT GET SICK BUT NOT SEVERELY. SOME PEOPLE HAVE WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. AND YOUR BODY'S OVER REACTION OR CONTAGION HAVE NO IMMUNE SYSTEMS BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE POOR DIETS PERHAPS YOU ARE IN POVERTY PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY THEY ARE THE ONES BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS NOT STRONG ARE THE ONES WE ARE FOCUSED ON AND WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ON HOW WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN GET OUR COUNTY IN A STABLE POSITION AGAIN. BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ÃTHE
AVERAGE PERSON HEALTH ISSUES ARE RELATIVELY YOUNG. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> OKAY. THANKS. >> IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE ON?
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS JOHN RIORDAN I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL. MY ADDRESS IS 3560 COUNTY RD.
214. AND JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE BEING SAFE. I WANTED TO BRING UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE LEADERS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND ALSO TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS THAT I WOULD LIKE US VERY STRONGLY TO CONSIDER FOLLOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GOVERNOR DESANTIS RIGHT NOW AND TO BE READY TO REOPEN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND ST. AUGUSTINE AND DOWNTOWN ST. AUGUSTINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE COMES TO A CLOSE.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE SEVERITY AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS THAT IT'S VERY PREVALENT IN THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND IT'S NOT AS DANGEROUS OR DEADLY AS THE MEDIA ÃAT AS A VERY HYSTERICAL MEDIA I WOULD LIKE US TO FALL ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE SEEING AND ALLOW US TO OPEN UP OUR ECONOMY LOCALLY AS SOON AS WE CAN. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK ARE GOING UNDERWATER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INCOME COMING IN. I WOULD LIKE THE COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A TASK FORCE BE THERE NOW. THAT YOU ALL ARE READY TO OPEN UP FOR BUSINESS AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND GUIDELINES TO PROTECT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SENIOR FACILITIES AND THE SENIOR POPULATION BUT FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPEN UP OUR ECONOMY. ALSO WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT I WALKED ON THE BEACH ON SUNDAY, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I WENT AROUND 10:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING AND THERE'S PLENTY OF DISTANCE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING. I WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE EXTENDED HOURS FOR THE BEACH
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AND RECREATION AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WE ADHERE TO MORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND RESPECT PEOPLE'S DISTANCE. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT I CALLED IN THIS MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS DOING A GREAT JOB THE SHARES DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GREAT JOB.I WOULD LIKE US TO BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND ROLLING, OPENING UP SO THE RESTAURANTS, PERHAPS FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TALLAHASSEE WHERE THERE'S MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN TABLES, MAYBE THERE'S MORE HAND SANITIZERS OUT. BUT OPENING UP ST. GEORGE STREET, DOWNTOWN AREAS, MANUFACTURING BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES NO SENSE WHEN WE CAN GO INTO WALMART IN THE BIG BOX STORES ARE OPEN BUT SMALL BUSINESSES CAN'T.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OWNERS. SO LET'S FALL ON THE SIDE OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND GET THINGS OPEN AND PLEASE HAVE A TASK FORCE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WALDRON? WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. REGARD OF THE CDBG AND ITS UTILIZATION OF THIS FINES OR OTHER FUNDS AS WELL 19 OR 20 TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES FOR. DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND IF SO HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO UTILIZE. DO YOU WANT TO DO A PORTION OF THOSE OR ALL OF THOSE BUT FIRST OF ALL DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? COMMISSIONER DEAN I KNEW YOU WANTED TO TALK TO THAT TO SPEAK TO IT.
>> WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN MATERIAL IN FRONT OF ME BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY BASED ON HUNTER'S PRESENTATION, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT [INDISCERNIBLE] PUT ME
IN THE YELLOW COLUMN. >> ANYBODY HERE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? RECOMMENDATIONS, MOVING FORWARD? DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO
THE AMOUNT SPENT REGARDS >> COMMISSIONER WALDRON >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO INITIATE THIS AND GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AT IT WOULD BE NICE TO USE THE ENTIRE FUND IF WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AS NEEDED. YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE CAN PROBABLY DECIDE TO DO IS CAN WE FRONT THE MONEY COMES IN NOVEMBER NOW?
IF WE WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER WILL BE A LOT HARDER. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE THERE'S A FEDERAL GRANT THERE'S LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE FROM A REIMBURSEMENT STANDPOINT >> COMMISSIONER JOHN SKYNET
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AS WELL, THE THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO WITH THE MONEY GO FURTHER IF WE WERE TO MAKE IT A ZERO INTEREST LOAN? SOME MONEY GOES BACK WE CAN LOAN IT AGAIN AND AGAIN EITHER FOR THESE PURPOSES OR OTHER PURPOSES? THE FUNDS WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE WE ARE UNDERSTANDABLY REPURCHASING IT FOR IMMEDIATE NEED TO KEEP BUSINESSES OPEN JUST AN IDEA THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY AND IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT IT'S STILL COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
IS THERE A WAY FOR THE FUNDING TO STRETCH TO BENEFIT EVEN MORE PEOPLE? NOT SO MUCH WHETHER IT'S A GRANT OR A LOAN I'M JUST LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, ANY COMMENTS? >> I DO.
I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. I THINK THE GREAT THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS OUR LOCAL TAXES COME FROM IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M CHRIS CATO.COM FROM OUR ST. JOHNS COUNTY TAXES WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE PROJECTS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THOSE STILL NEEDS WE HAVE TO MEET SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
I DON'T THINK COMPLICATED OR MAKE THIS MORE INVOLVED THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
I TRUST MR. CONRAD AND HIS COME UP WITH THE GREAT ÃHE AND HIS STAFF ARE A GREAT PROGRAM HERE.
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LET'S KIND OF CUT THE RED TAPE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.AND IF WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS WHERE WE CAN TWEAK THIS LATER AND COME BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING EARLY ANYWAY SO WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. LET'S CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH US. IT'S NOT GOING TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS CORRECT ME FROM WRONG MR. CONRAD BUT THIS IS COMING FROM A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, IS THAT CORRECT?> YES SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. WELL VERY HAPPY. SO MR. CHAIRMAN LET'S MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS. >> I JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL OF THE FUNDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS AND ESPECIALLY OF NOT DROPPING ANY ZEROS OR REMOVING COMMENTS AT 2.1 MILLION THAT WOULD BE 210 BUSINESSES I THINK WOULD BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED WITH A $10,000 GRANT. COMMISSIONER JOHN HAS ASKED A PERTINENT QUESTION CAN THAT BE DONE AND REALIZED I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED IF IT IS AVAILABLE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT AN EXTENSION OF NEED OF STAFF FOR THIS TO HANDLE IT. IT'S INTERNAL. THESE ARE GRANT FUNDS THAT TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID BUT THEY ARE COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY AND I THINK IT COULD BE UTILIZED IN A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE. THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE USED IN THE CDBG THAT WE CAN BE CONSIDERATE OF AS WELL SO FOLKS THAT UTILIZE THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BUT I DO BELIEVE WE COULD PROPERLY ADDRESS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THESE FUNDS TO BE UTILIZED FOR BUSINESS GRANTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT BUT I'M NOT SUMMARIZING IT CORRECTLY? COMMISSIONER DEAN? COMMISSIONER BLOCKER?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT PERFECTLY. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN?
>> YES. I CONCUR WITH THE POINTS YOU JUST COVERED.> A PICTURE ANYBODY ELSE? IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE DIRECTION.
>> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD RECOMMEND AN ACTUAL MOTION ON IT, AND IT COULD BE TOO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO IMPLEMENT A CDBG FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND FURTHER PDESCRIBED BY THE CHAIR.
AND I WOULD REMIND THE BOARD THAT UNDER THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, CLINICAL SUBDIVISIONS HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE PROCEDURES AND FORMALITIES OTHERWISE REQUIRED OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ALL THE WHILE PERTAINING TO A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT I WILL GO DOWN ENTERING CONTRACTS AND INCURRING OBLIGATIONS AND REALLY, ACTIONS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR >> THANK YOU. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
>> I MAKE A MOTION AS DESCRIBED BY MR. MCCORMICK FOR THE CDBG FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY
PROGRAM, COVID-19. >> I HAVE A MOTION. CAN WE TURN THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT? THAT'S DISRUPTIVE. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDRON.
>> ANYTHING ELSE PRESENTATION? >> IF I COULD ÃMR. HALEY I APPRECIATE YOUR EMAIL THAT YOU HAD SENT TO THE OFFICE AND YOU CALLING IN. THE COUNTY HAS NOT CLOSED ANY BUSINESSES. THAT'S ON A STATE LEVEL.O WE NEED GOVERNMENT ÃTHE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS WOULD HAVE TO RELAX THOSE SO WE COULD OPEN IT BACK UP.
BUT I ASSURE YOU WE ARE PLANNING TO GET BACK ROLLING AS SOON AS WE CAN.
IN A SAFE MANNER. THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE? ON THIS PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO NUMBER
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TWO NUMBER ON THE AGENDA WHICH WE EXTENSION OF THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.MR. MCCORMICK? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. VERY FIRST I'D LIKE TO ECHO ON WHAT COMMISSIONER WALDRON WAS SAYING. IT WAS THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020 Ã91 THE SAVIOR AT HOME ORDER WHICH IDENTIFIED ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES. AND THAT ORDER RUNS UNTIL APRIL 30 AND THE EXTENSIONS.
SO COMMISSIONER WALDRON DESCRIBED THAT CORRECTLY. THAT IS A STATE ORDER, NOT A
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COUNTY ORDER PERTAINING TO THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THE CLOSING OF BUSINESSES.THE VACATION RENTAL RESTRICTIONS ALSO CURRENTLY RUN UNTIL APRIL 30 AS WELL.
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A ÃA DRAFT EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, WHICH WOULD BE 2020- NINE PROCLAMATION EXTENDING THE DURELL COLLEY RATION STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 252 PART ONE OF FLORIDA STATUTES AND BY ST. JOHNS COUNTY ORDINANCE 2019 Ã40.
THIS WOULD BE A SEVEN DAY EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY.
AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR'S ÃHE HAS SEVERAL ORDERS, BUT THE SAVIOR AT HOME ORDER GOES AT LEAST UNTIL APRIL 30. YOU HAVE HEARD TODAY FROM YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PARTICULARLY DOCTOR ALAN CALL AND YOU HEARD FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE VICE MAYOR OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO MR. CHAIR, THIS IS OFFERED TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR A SEVEN DAY
PERIOD. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. >> WE WILL NOT PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> >> PLEASE EXTEND IT. BASED ON THE STATE LAW, STATE ROLES. HOWEVER, CAN YOU AMEND THAT TO OPEN THE BEACHES 24/7? OPEN THE BEACHES LIKE IT'S REGULAR ON THE EXTENSION. MAYBE YOU COULD AMEND THAT AND IF YOU CAN'T AMEND NUMBER THREE NUMBER JUST A REGULAR EXTENSION, HERE WE GO, NUMBER THREE NUMBER ANY OTHER BUSINESS. BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF INFORMATION HAS COME BY NOW ABOUT THE HEAT AND THE SUNSHINE AND DISTANCING THEMSELVES AND EVERYBODY IS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK IF THERE REALLY IS A GREAT SIDE OF THIS, IT IS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER ANYMORE.
I URGE YOU TO YES, FOLLOW THE STATE, KEEPING IN MIND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO TO OPEN THE BEACHES UP 24/7 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. THERE'S PLENTY OF POLICE AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY ARE HARDLY NEEDED BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH ÃAND BY THE WAY, THERE'S ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THE BEACH, I WANT TO REMIND YOU. BACK IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY ON THE BEACH, THERE IS NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED. AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THAT BECAUSE ALCOHOL BELONGS IN BARS, RESTAURANTS, HOMES, BACKYARDS, NOT ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYBODY ELSE?
MR. CHAIRMAN SEEING NOBODY ELSE >> WITH PUBLIC COMMENT" ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY ÃI MAKE A MOTION TO FOR EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION NUMBER 2020 ÃNINE.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDRON.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER DEAN?
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER?YES. COMMISSIONER JOHNS?
>> IT PASSES 5 TO 0 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION 2020 ÃNINE PASSES 5 TO 0. ANYTHING ELSE THAT
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NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE SPORT? MR. MACCORMACK? >> MR. CHAIR, I THINK THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE AWARE OF A VERY RECENT I THINK REQUEST AND CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WOULD GO TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ANOTHER EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC THAT WOULD BE
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THE JEOPARDY TO ONE OR MORE STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES Ã FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN ST.JOHNS COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF 407 TO 431 PORPOISE POINTE DOCTOR, ST. AUGUSTINE.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH ONGOING OCEAN WAVE ACTION FROM RECENT Ã AND I QUOTE COASTAL STORM OR VERY HIGH SURF TYPE THINGS DUE TO WEATHER. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND YOUR COUNTY ENGINEER ARE HERE. BRIEF THIS MATTER TO THE BOARD
FOR ITS CONSIDERATION. >> RECENTLY, I WAS ASKED TO MAKE A SITE VISIT OUT TO CORPUS .2 ANALYZE SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE PORPOISE POINTE HAS ERODED SEVERELY AND THAT EROSION CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
ON HIGH TIDES THERE ARE AREAS PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF 407 AND 431 PORPOISE POINTE WHERE AT HIGH TIDE BEFORE AND AFTER WAVE ACTION IS IMPACTING HOMES AND PROPERTIES ALONG
PORPOISE POINTE. >> DO YOU HAVE AN AERIAL DEPICTION OF THE SUBJECT AREA?
>> PUT IT ONB&. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN OLDER AERIAL OF PORPOISE POINTE.
THE AREA THAT I'VE HATCHED THEIR THAT HIGH TIDE BEFORE AND AFTER HIGH TIDE THAT AREA IS Ã WATER IS UP AGAINST THE PROPERTIES ON PORPOISE POINTE IMPACTING THOSE PROPERTIES TO DATE. WHILE THE SEAS ARE RELATIVELY CALM THERE'S MINOR WAVE ACTION THAT LATER IN THE WEEK THERE WILL BE INCREASED WAVE ACTION AND I EXPECT PROPERTIES TO BE
IMPACTED. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS CONTACTED SATURDAY [INDISCERNIBLE]
CONNECTION] >> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL SO THE PERMIT FOR DEP IS ÃTELEPHONE CONNECTION] THEY WOULD JUST PROCEED UNDER THE NORMAL CONDITIONS TIMEWISE UNLESS THE COUNTY ADOPTS THIS EMERGENCY ORDER SO I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE TO ASSIST SAVING
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >> STAFF?
>> THANK YOU. MS. ANDREWS AND SOME MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WORKS DID GO OUT TO THE RESIDENCE YESTERDAY COMMISSIONER DEAN REFERENCED AND THERE ARE PHOTOS WE CAN PRESENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PHOTO OF THE RESIDENCE AND WHAT'S OCCURRING THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF KELSEY OR YOU ARE ABLE TO PULL THAT UP FOR US.
>> WHAT'S THE ADDRESS ON THIS? THIS IS FOR 13? >> YES, SIR.
THIS IS MORE TO THE WEST OF WHERE THE ENTRY IS. >> THAT IS CORRECT.
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>> SO MR. CANTON BASICALLY WE ARE GIVEN THE ORDER SO THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PLACE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND THOSE ARE KIND OF DEFINED FURTHER BY THE RULE. TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY SO THIS WOULD NOT BE A COUNTY PROJECT. THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR OWNERS PROTECTING THE PROPERTY SHOULD THE EROSION BECOME WORKS AND AFFECT THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY TYPE OF THING, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY 'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT BACK.
MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNTY ENGINEER SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO PUT INTO THE RECORD PERTAINING TO THIS. SO THE FLORIDA RULE 60 2B.30 3D0051 RELATED STRUCTURES DOES COMPARE FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION. IT DOES SAY UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF COASTAL STORM ÃCOASTAL STORM IS NOT DEFINED BY IT DOES BASICALLY I THINK, DESCRIBE WEATHER EVENTS THAT CAUSE WAVE ACTION OR SURGE THAT WOULD BE DAMAGING PROPERTY AND MR. COUNTY ENGINEER DO YOU BELIEVE OR IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THERE HAS BEEN SUCH IF NOT A NAMED STORM AT LEAST WHETHER WITH SOME PERIODS OF STORM -LIKE EVENT THAT HAVE CAUSED
WAVE ACTION THAT HAVE DAMAGED THIS AREA WITHIN 30 DAYS? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO THE RULE GIVES DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE STRUCTURES THAT MAY BE PROTECTED UNDER THIS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO READ THROUGH WHAT THOSE ARE FOR THE PURPOSE, BUT MR. COUNTY ENGINEER IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE ONE OR MORE NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES MAJOR NON-HABITABLE STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT EXPENDABLE POTENTIALLY SOME PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ARE THERE ANY OF THAT THAT ARE REASONABLY IN JEOPARDY ALONG THE VICINITY OF 407 TO 431 PORPOISE POINTE DOCTOR?
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT SETS THE PREDICATE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS
EMERGENCY PROPAGATE PROCLAMATION >> YOU DID ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THIS AND THOSE ADDRESSES ON PORPOISE POINTE DRIVE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON PORPOISE POINTE DRIVE? I SEE NONE. WE WILL BRING IT BACK AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT UP ON THE OVERHEAD SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN READ IT AND I CAN READ THE PUNCHLINE PORTION OF IT. I DO BELIEVE COMMISSIONER DEAN AND COMMISSIONER WALKER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THAT.OMMISSIONER DEAN COULD YOU CONFIRM YOU GOT A COPY AND IF NOT I WILL PUT IT UP ON THE OVERHEAD AND GO THROUGH > THIS IS DEAN.
I HAVE IT AT 9:20 I'VE READ IT AND I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> THIS IS BLOCKER. I RECEIVED THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU.
THIS IS WHAT THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION LOOKS LIKE. OUR CLERK WILL BE AN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION 2020 Ã10 AND SHE WILL DESCRIBE US. IT DOES SET SORT OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS I HAVE DISCUSSED AND KIND OF GONE THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER. AND THEN IT DOES PROVIDE THE AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING EFFECTIVE
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PROPERTY OWNER OR OWNERS OF ELIGIBLE STRUCTURES SUNDAY BE DESCRIBED AS WE TALKED ABOUT TOPROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AS PROVIDED. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN IF YOU
WOULD YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION >> OR IF ANYBODY ELSE
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT WE APPROVE 2020 Ã10 AND IT WOULD BE THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND IT'S A FORM OF A DECLARATION BUT IT'S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION 2020 Ã10.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING HIM WE WOULD YOUR
ROLLCALL AND DO A VOICE VOTE COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> COMMIS
>> THAT'S 5 TO 0 VOTE FOR EMERGENCY DECLARATION 2020 Ã 10.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD? >> YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT IN THE FACE OF THIS WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HORRIBLE BUT LIFE GOES ON, AND WE WILL ONLY KNOW BY AS RECENTLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS SEAWALL COLLAPSE AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MR. MCCORMICK AND OUR STAFF HUNTER BRAD OUT THERE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND I THINK THEY CALLED ME ABOUT 7:00 LAST NIGHT [INDISCERNIBLE] [INDISCERNIBLE] EVEN IN THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND THANKED THE STAFF TO TAKE GOOD CARE Ã THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS MAN'S HOUSE WAS REALLY AT RISK OF BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED AND EVEN COLLAPSING.
WHAT GREAT STAFF WE HAVE. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD IN THIS SPECIAL
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