Jul 07, 2020 Board of County Commissioners

[Call to Order]

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>> THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT BY TELEPHONE BY WATCHING THE MEETING VIA GTV.

THERE IS ALSO A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL TO CALL INTO THE MEETING.

EVEN IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DO NOT PROVIDE COMMENT PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED PEOPLE MAY BE LISTENING WHO DO NOT PROVIDE COMMENT AND THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THOSE OF YOU COMING INTO COMMENT IF YOU RECEIVE A BUSY SIGNAL PLEASE CALL BACK.

CONTINUE TO WATCH GTV WHILE YOU ARE COMMENTING BECAUSE THE THREE MINUTE COMMENT TIME AND WILL BE VISIBLE TO YOU. PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO COMMENT.

PLEASE BE AWARE THERE MAY BE A 5 TO 9 SECOND DELAY IN THE VISUAL PRESENTATIONS AND IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE MAY RECESS TO RESOLVE THEM AND RESUME THE MEETING. MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER AGENDA AND MINUTES AND ONCE YOU FIND THE MEETING AGENDA YOU CAN CLICK ON THE ITEM TO ACCESS THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS AND TODAY WE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PRESENT HENCE ALL OF THE VOTING WILL BE DONE VIA ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, ARE YOU

ON THE PHONE? >> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER: I AM, GOOD MORNING.

SPEECH OF COMMISSIONER WALDRON, ARE YOUTHERE AS WELL? >> COMMISSIONER WALDRON: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I AM HERE. SPEECH IS GLAD TO HAVE A PEERS WITH NO FURTHER DELAY ADAM CLAUDE, PLEASE CALL THE WORLD.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KELLY KEMP IS GOING TO OFFER THE INVOCATION. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

>> AS WE JUST FINISHED CELEBRATING OUR INDEPENDENCE ON THE FOURTH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PSALMS 127. LORD OF THE HOUSE THEY LABOR IN VAIN, THEY BUILD IT.

KEEP US SITTING IN VAIN. IN DIRECTLY IN 1787, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHO IS NOT A KNOWN RELIGIOUS PERSON APPROACHED GEORGE WASHINGTON AND SAID WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AT OUR MEETINGS. THERE IS LOTS OF FLARED TEMPERS AND ARGUMENTS AMONGST THE 13 COLONIES. HE SAID I ENCOURAGE [INDISCERNIBLE] PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION AND COUNSELING FELLOW DELEGATES TO BESEECH THE AID OF ALMIGHTY GOD BEFORE THEY PROCEED FURTHER. AND SAID LORD, THAT THE HOUSE BE LABOR IN VAIN TO BUILD IT.

LORD KEEP THE CITY TO WATCH AND WAIT IN VAIN. THIS IS HIS EXACT WORDS.

I HAVE LIVED A LONG TIME AND THE LONGER I LIVE THE MORE CONVINCED THAT PRECISELY THE TRUTH THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN AND IF A SPARROW CANNOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT HIS NOTICE, IT IS PROBABLE THE EMPIRE CANNOT Ã CAN RISE WITHOUT HIS AID.

WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED IN THE SACRED WRITINGS THAT THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE THAT LABOR IN VAIN TO BUILD IT. PI FIRMLY LEAVE US AND I BELIEV WITHOUT HIS CONCURRING AID, WE SHALL SUCCEED IN THIS POLITICAL BUILDING NO BETTER THAN THE BUILDER OF BABEL.

WE SHALL BE DIVIDED BY OUR PARTIAL LOCAL INTERESTS, OUR PROJECTS WILL BE CONFOUNDED AND WE SHALL BECOME OUR APPROACH AND BY WORD DOWN TO FUTURE AGES AND WHAT IS WORSE, MANKIND SHALL HEREAFTER LEAVE IT TO CHANCE FOR A CONQUEST. THEREFORE, I BEG LEAD TO MOVE PHENCEFORTH PRAYERS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF HEAVEN AND HIS BLESSINGS ON DAILY ASPIRATIONS BE HELD AND THAT ONE OR MORE ENCOURAGE THE CITY BE REQUESTED TO VITIATE IN THAT SERVICE.T SOUNDS KIND OF FAMILIAR. GOD ANSWERED PRAYERS WITH THE FATHERS AS ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1787 THE DRAFTING OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE GREATEST POLITICAL DOCUMENT EVER WRITTEN FRANKLIN'S WORD REMAIN TRUE FOREVER POLITICAL MORAL AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES WE SHALL FAIL IN THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT OF LIBERTY UNLESS WE SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF HEAVEN.

LET'S DO THAT NOW. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE THANK YOU

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WE PRAY AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES WE DON'T AGREE THAT WE ALL TAKE THE SAME POSITION UPON OUR NEEDS BEFORE YOU. WE PRAY THAT OUR NATIONS INTERNAL AND WE PRAY THAT WE KNOW YOUR WORD SAYS WHERE THE SPIRIT IS THERE IS LIBERTY AND WE PRAY OUR STREETS AND OUR NATION HAS TURNED YOU AWAY AND PUSHED YOU OUT OF OUR COUNTRY AND WE PRAY THAT WE INVITE YOU BACK. AND THE APPLICATION WE PRAY YOU FILL THE STREETS WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND PEOPLE COME TO KNOW CHRIST AND WE PRAY AND THANK YOU LORD THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IS THERE LIBERTY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AND WE PRAY TO BE ONE NATION TOGETHER UNDER GOD.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR WISDOM WE PRAY FOR THIS RIGHT NOW IN JESUS CHRIST'S PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN.

>> WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE OF 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.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

[Public Comment]

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNS: AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON A REGULAR AGENDA. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SHALL COME TO THE PODIUM 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 AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER MAY NOT INCLUDE A DEMAND FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD.

THE PERSON ADDRESSED THE BOARD WITH PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BOISTEROUS BEHAVIOR. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL REFRAIN FROM ANY DISRUPTIVE DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS AND I WOULD ASK THAT A SPEAKER REPRESENTS ANY MATERIAL PLEASE PRESENT THE MATERIAL TO THE STAFF AND THE CLERK OF COURT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN AND IF YOU WILL COME TO THE MICROPHONES.>> COMMISSIONER DEAN: I WAS GOING TO REQUEST ITEM TO BE MOVED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

IF THAT IS GRANTED, THEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THAT ITEM.

I ASSUME IT WILL TAKE IT UP WITH THE AGENDA ITEM. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

I WOULD REQUEST TO MOVE AND I FELT COMPELLED TO MENTION THAT NOW.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO WILL BE MOVED TO REGULAR TWO.

>> MY NAME IS PAM LINDA AND A NURSE PRACTITIONER AND I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1980 AND I WAS A REGISTERED NURSE IN 1980 AND THAT 40 YEARS AGO AND CERTIFIED ÃNATIONALLY CERTIFIED FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND I HEAR TODAY BECAUSE YOU ALL WALKED AWAY FROM THE MASKING ORDINANCE LAST WEEK. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THIS WEEK THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK. WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE DIE IN THIS COUNTY, AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ÃNO ONE IS TOTALLY FOR MASKS. AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS AS A COUNTY THROUGH STEWARDSHIP BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE WHAT YOUR JOB IS IS TO PROTECT AND SERVE AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT IS HERE IN THIS COUNTY.

WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST COUNTIES EXPONENTIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE RISE OF COEVID.

SO I WANT YOU TO PULL THAT OUT RIGHT NOW AND VOTE FOR IT. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PUBLIC POLL WORKER, BUT INSIDE A BUILDING SUCH AS THIS, SOCIAL DISTANCING DOES NOT WORK.

THAT WORKS OUTSIDE. IT DOESN'T WORK INSIDE. MY MASK PROTECTS YOU.

WHEN YOU DO NOT WEAR A MASK, YOUR DISRESPECTING ME AND YOU ARE NOT PROTECTING ME.

INSIDE A BUILDING. AS A POLL WORKER, YOUR COWORKERS ARE ALL GOING TO GET COVID IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MASK ORDINANCE, AND IT IS THAT IMPORTANT.

SO PLEASE GET OUT THE ORDINANCE AND VOTE ON IT TODAY. I WANT TOBE ALIVE ÃI WANT TO BE ALIVE NEXT YEAR, AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE GRAVE. AND THAT'S WHY I AM HERE BECAUSE OF ME AND MY CHILDREN AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.

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THANK YOU. >> AS PART OF OUR STANDARD PROTOCOL IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR ADDRESS, FOR THE RECORD. > 11 PINE ST.. BEEN THERE SINCE 1981.

THANK YOU. >> WITH COMMISSIONER DEAN'S REQUEST TO MAKE THE MASK I SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. RELATED TO MASKS AT A LATER TIME DURING THE MEETING TODAY. SO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, I KNOW THAT CAN BE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY SAID ONE THING AND HOW WE ARE DOING ANOTHER WILL BE FOR ANY ITEM NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA AND MASKS WILL BE A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NOW. THANK YOU.

THE MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. TOM REYNOLDS, 50 BRIGANTINE CT.

. COMMISSIONERS, I REVIEWED THE CONSTITUTIONAL ELECTED OFFICERS PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET. I TOUCHED BASE ON THIS BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO TOUCH BASE ON IT AGAIN. IT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. COMMISSIONERS, THIS WORLD IS CRAZY. COMMISSIONERS, MAINTAIN A POSITIVE IMAGE HIT SAVE ALL FUNDS AND OTHER TOPICS OF THE COUNTY. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID TO THE UNDERSHERIFF HE NEVER DID A PRESENTATION. IN ALL THE YEARS WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETAILED. AND ALSO, COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHY IT HAPPENED.

WHY IT HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THE SHERIFF WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT A PROJECT HE HIRED A $550 IN OUR LAW FIRM. AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT THE SHERIFF HAS DISRESPECTED THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO NAMES, BUT WE HAVE TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE TRAINED IN AN INVESTIGATION. EXCELLENCE ATTORNEYS.

WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HENRY DEAN LET OUTCOMES THE OTHER SHERIFF AND OUR TRAINED INVESTIGATORS NEVER ASK A QUESTION. SAY, THEY ARE COMPLACENT WITH THE SHERIFF. ANYBODY WHO KNOWS $700,000 EMBEZZLEMENT, ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ÃI DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT MURDER ABOUT MICHELLE CONNOR. THAT WAS A BIASED HUNDRED AND 52 PAGE REPORT ROBIN HARDWICK WAS WORKING AND HE SAID WHEN HE WAS INVESTIGATED HE SAID IT'S BIASED. WE ARE ALL TAINTED. HOW IS THE SHERIFF NOT HERE TALKING ABOUT BODY CAMS AND TRYING TO GET FUNDING? HOW IS THE SHERIFF NOT HERE TRYING TO GET HIS DEPUTIES PAID WHAT THEY DESERVE. HOW WAS THE SHERIFF NOT HERE ASKING FOR HAZMAT PAY. BECAUSE THE SHERIFF IS DERELICT IN HIS DUTIES.

AND I AM CALLING ON THE TWO ATTORNEYS, HENRY DEAN AND JEREMIAH BLOCKER, TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE NEED A COMPLETE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE SHERIFF IN

THE OFFICES OF THE COURT KNOW IT. >> MR. REYNOLDS, FOR YOUR

NOTES, CAN WE GET A COPY OF THAT? >> I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY

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MY SON WENT TO STADIUM ON JUNE 28 TO GET A COVID TEST BECAUSE HE WAS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE AND IT'S BEEN NINE DAYS AND HE STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED AS RESULT AND HE IS STILL QUARANTINE. WHERE A FAMILY OF FOUR AND WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT OUR INTERACTION WITH HIM TO DO RIGHT BY OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE ARE MAKING THIS EFFORT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S POSITIVE.

I ASKED HIM TO DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND PASS A MANDATE FOR MASKS IN PUBLIC.

MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE LITERALLY OUR ONLY DEFENSE AGAINST THIS VIRUS.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT THE SHERIFF DISCOURAGE THEM FROM PASSING THE MANDATE BECAUSE HE SAID HE COULD NOT ENFORCE IT. I BELIEVE THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE MASKS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE A SHERIFF PATROLLING THE STREET AND OF THE MANDATE ONLY GETS ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON TO WEAR A MASK, THAT'S ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON WE ARE AHEAD OF AND STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS. WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND BEING CONSIDERATE TO OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO PASSING A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR MASKS. YOU ARE NOT ELECTED TO DO WHAT WAS EASY OR TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU WERE ELECTED TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FACTUAL INFORMATION AND EXPERT ADVICE. FAILURE TO MANDATE MASK IN PUBLIC IS AN ABANDONMENT OF THIS DUTIES AND PARTICULARLY AN ABANDONMENT OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> LARRY FARNSWORTH. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE ÃMANY INMATES FIT THE PROFILE OF SOMEONE LIKELY TO GET THE COVID-19 AND WE ONLY KEEP SEEING THREE CASES DAY AFTER DAY WITH THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE.

IF THERE'S A SUCCESS STORY THERE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

SECOND, YOU MUST PASS A MASK ORDINANCE WE NEED CONSISTENCY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

NOW, THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OWNS THIS ISSUE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. YOU HAVE MISHANDLED THIS ISSUE. THAT'S WHY THIS COUNTRY IS THAT LAST CONTAINING THIS VIRUS. YOU COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CLOSE EVERYTHING TOO LATE AND REOPENED TOO SOON. AND YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO MAKE A DECISION FOR YOU. TWO WEEKS AGO TWO COMMISSIONERS COULD NOT EVEN VOTE FOR STRONGLY RECOMMEND WEARING A MASK STATEMENT.

THIS VIRUS MOVES FAST YOU HAVE CONTINUALLY MOVED TO SLOW AND YOU HAVE NO PLANS TO GET THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL. THE RESIDENTS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY ARE ON THEIR OWN.

YOU HAVE BEEN NO HELP. YOU SEEM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING THIS COUNTY OPENS HER TRUNK AND GET REELECTED. THIS IS ALSO A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.

I WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT YOU. I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THE DISEASE.

I VALUE YOUR LIFE. WHY CAN'T ALL OF YOU JUST WEAR A MASK? BE CONSIDERATE AND NOT SELFISH. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPREAD THIS DISEASE TO OTHERS AND CAUSE FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THEM. COMMISSIONERS, THE REPUBLICAN MESSAGE HAS NOT WORKED. PEOPLE ARE STILL SPREADING THIS VIRUS.

STRONG MEASURES LIKE WEARING MASKS SHOULD BE TAKEN. IF YOU TAKE NO ACTION THIS VIRUS WILL MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOU. YOU HAVE TO GET THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL OR WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OPENING THE COUNTY OR THE STATE OR THE COUNTRY UNTIL THIS VIRUS IS CONTROLLED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NON-AGENDA ITEMS. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: WITH

[Consent Agenda]

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>> COMMISSIONER DEAN: NO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: COMMISSIONER BLOCKER?

>> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER: NO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: COMMISSIONER WALTER?

>> COMMISSIONER WALDRON: NO, SIR. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH:

COMMISSIONER JOHN? >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL CONSENT AGENDA

ITEM NUMBER 13 TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: WE HAVE AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER TO AND NUMBER 13 BEING PULLED IN HER ON A REGULAR AGENDA.

ADMINISTRATION, ANYTHING? >> NO, SIR. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: IT LEGAL? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2 TO NUMBER EIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13 WILL BE NUMBER NINE.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS

AMENDED. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

[Regular Agenda]

NEEDS TO BE EITHER ADDED OR DELETED? >> COMMISSIONER SMITH:

COMMISSIONER JOHNS? >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS: NONE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: ADMINISTRATION? LEGAL? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO

APPROVE THE REGULAR AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: MOVED TO APPROVE THE REGULAR AGENDA AS

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NUMBER ONE AND TWO TOGETHER. JOSEPH CEARLEY, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

FOR THE RECORD, JOSEPH CEARLEY, GROWTH MANAGEMENT. I AM GOING TO KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS. THIS HAS BEEN THE FOR THE BOARD SEVERAL TIMES.

THIS IS THE WORKFORCE HEALTH AND ZONING DISTRICT IS A CONFERENCE OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS THE ADOPTION HEARING. THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENT [INDISCERNIBLE] PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CREATES A NEW ZONING DESIGNATION AND PROVIDES FOR SPEC DESIGN STANDARDS. I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THESE REALLY QUICK. SOME OF THEM YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.

THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT SUMMARY ALLOWS ADDITIONAL DENSITY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL B [INDISCERNIBLE] ALSO ALLOWS THE CURRENT MAXIMUM DENSITY WITHIN RESIDENCY AND DMX USE DESIGNATIONS [INDISCERNIBLE] ALSO DEFINES WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE POLICIES AND AS MENTIONED [INDISCERNIBLE] LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IMPLEMENTS THESE MAXIMUMS WITHIN A CONFERENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENT. [INDISCERNIBLE] TO A MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES SUCH AS SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS [INDISCERNIBLE] AND MULTI FAMILY.

AND THE SITE DEVELOPMENT CENTER [INDISCERNIBLE] REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO DEDICATE 40 PERCENT OF THE UNITS AS WORKFORCE UNITS AND THESE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE OF 210,000 OR BELOW. MUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED AMONG THE INITIAL SALE TITLE AND REQUIRES LANDOWNERS [INDISCERNIBLE] OR REVERTS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ZONING. SO THE NEW ZONING STANDARDS THAT REDUCE LOT SIZES AND WEIGHTS TO REDUCE THE SETBACKS PERMITS MULTIPLE HOME TIES AS MENTIONED INCREASES LOT COVERAGE AND ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT FOR MULTIFAMILY AND PROVIDES FOR THE [INDISCERNIBLE] IN CONCLUSION, THE ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES A MINIMUM 40 PERCENT OF OVERALL UNITS AFTER HUNDRED 10,000 PRICE POINT I CAN ELABORATE ON THAT IF YOU WANT.

I THINK BACK TO THE CHARTS FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT INCENTIVIZES DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING FOR THOSE EARNING BETWEEN 80 AND 100 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.

SO THESE AMENDMENTS WERE [INDISCERNIBLE] CAME BEFORE THE PCA AND THE BOARD IN APRIL OR PRIOR TO APRIL AND THEY ARE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW AND THERE WERE NO COMMENTS SENT BACK TO THE STATE OF PLANNING AND ZONING AGENCY ON MAY 21 RECOMMEND APPROVAL

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MARKET CHANGES NEXT YEAR AS IT DOES ANNUALLY, IT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS THIS ONE HAS AND I ALSO REQUESTED A PERCENTAGE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING REQUIRED AND ASK FOR 50 PERCENT MOVE IT TO 40 PERCENT IN BUILDING COVERAGE TO ASK FOR REDUCE LOT SIZE ÃI'M SORRY Ã INCREASE THE BUILDING COVERAGE TO 50 PERCENT ÃOR MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AND LIMIT THE SMALLER HOME SIZES ON THESE SMALLER LOTS ÃTHESE SMALLER LOTS AND WITH A MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE OF 50 PERCENT YOU'RE LIMITING THAT WITH A GARAGE AND EVERY TWO CAR GARAGE, YOU ARE LIMITING THE HOME TO 1300 TO 1350 SQUARE FEET.

ADDITIONALLY PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN. WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THERE'S NO OPEN SPACE [INDISCERNIBLE] FIRST-RATE ZONINGS AND THE FLEXIBILITY WAS BROUGHT UP AND I SUGGESTED SPECIFIC AREAS FOR A TRIAL. RATHER THAN APPLICABLE TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. I PROVIDED PROMOTIONS HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND STAFF IS

HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE WE WILL MOVE ON TO PPUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONER JOHNS?

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNS: AT THIS TIME, WE WILL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.

PLEASE COME FORWARD. ÃNUMBER TWO. AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND

TWO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. BOB PORTER, 4220 RACETRACK RD. WE HAVE BEEN OVER MOST OF THIS STUFF A NUMBER OF TIMES SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE SUM OF THE SUGGESTION CHANGES PICK ONE WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY IT'S ONLY 40 PERCENT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WAS PART OF THE GROUP AND WITH COMMISSIONER WALTER AND STAFF STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO.

COMMISSIONER WALDRON HAD ASKED FOR 50 PERCENT AND I ASKED FOR 20 PERCENT, WHICH IS WHAT IS IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE 5040 WAS BASICALLY JUST A COMPROMISE. IT'S NOT A MAGIC NUMBER, BUT WE TRIED TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANY SORT OF SUBSIDIES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD WORK. THE QUESTION ABOUT RECREATION COMES UP ALL THE TIME AND IF WE ARE DOING THE STANDARD ZONING, NONE OF THE STANDARD ZONING CATEGORIES WE HAVE NOW CALLED FOR THE RECREATIONAL SPACE. IT'S ONLY IN A PUD AND WE DON'T INTEND TO DO PUD'S.

BASICALLY, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH TRYING TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING IS WE KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE STUFF INTO OUR ROLES. YOU CAN'T DO A 10 ACRE SITE WITHOUT DOING A PUD. YOU JUST CAN'T GET TO THE DENSITY.

SOME OF THE CHANGES WERE GREAT. WE GET THE CONSENSUS REPORT INITIALLY WE HAD PUT IN THERE WE WOULD MEASURE SETBACKS TO THE WALL OF THE HOUSE RATHER THAN THE EAVES WHICH IS THE SAME WAY THAT SETBACKS ARE MEASURED IN CLAY, DEVOL, NASSAU EVERY COUNTRY I'M WORKING ON.

IF WE ADD THREE FEET IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT MUCH BUT IF WE ARE DOING TYPICALLY A 50 FOOT LOT IS A SIX PERCENT INCREASE, SIX PERCENT MORE LAND, MORE STREETS, WARM WATER, MORE SEWER AND SIX PERCENT FOR COST WHICH IS SOMETHING OVER $3000. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THE 60 PERCENT INSTEAD OF 50 PERCENT IS IMPORTANT AND THAT GETS US AWAY FROM THE 1350 SQUARE HOUSE. AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE RULES SO IT'S TWO MEETINGS INSTEAD OF FOUR AND WE NEED TO CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW IS THAT EVERY TIME A CLEARANCE SHEET IS PULLED WE WOULD CHECK TO SEE THAT WE HAD AT LEAST 40 PERCENT.

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT INITIALLY AND IS STILL IN HERE AS WE WOULD RESTRICT ÃDID RESTRICT SOME OF THE LOTS SO IT HAD ÃI ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT I DO HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD OF THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST TIME WAS NOT HAVING ANY SINGLE-FAMILY ONE-STORY PLANS. WE ARE WORKING ON A DESIGN.

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ANYONE ELSE PUBLIC COMMENT >> GOOD MORNING. I AM TOM INGRAM, 233 E. BAY ST., JACKSONVILLE SUITE 1113. 'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING ANY PARTICULAR CLIENT.

I WORK WITH DEVELOPERS AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND HAVE DONE SO FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN MY EXPERIENCE I HAVE SEEN CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT RELATIVELY HIGH AND PROJECTS TRYING TO MAKE LOWER AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS THAT WORK IN THIS COUNTY AND IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT NOT ONLY ARE THE REGULATIONS TOSSED BUT APPLYING FOR REZONING AND REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME AND THE FEARS LIVING NEXT TO HOMES THAT ARE LESS VALUABLE AND SOMEHOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LESS VALUABLE HOMES OR DON'T MAKE AS MUCH MONEY IS SOMEHOW BAD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL MAKING EFFORT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AND I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD YOU CAN HELP RAISE SOME OF THE STIGMA AND OUR CHARACTER IS NOT MEASURED BY HOW EXPENSIVE OUR HOME IS. OR HOW FANCY OUR CLOTHES ARE OR WHAT KIND OF CAR WE DRIVE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT. SO APPRECIATE THIS. AND IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICS, THE 40 PERCENT MINIMUM, I AM CONCERNED ENDS UP BEING A POISON PILL TO MAKE THIS WORK.

THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF WORKFORCE HOUSING. THE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE Ã THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME INCENTIVE FOR THE MARKET TO WORK, FOR THE PRO FORMA TO WORK FOR THE DEVELOPER AND I DO AGREE WITH MR. PORTER, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 20.

TO REALLY MAKE IT GO AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF PROMOTING WORKFORCE HOUSING RATHER THAN RESTRICTING IT. FINALLY, ON A $210,000 MINIMUM, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT IN AN INFLATION ÃAN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT, AT LEAST IN THE COMP PLAN SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOUR HEARINGS IN A YEAR OR TWO TO ADJUST THAT MINIMUM PRICE AND THANKS AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE WITH BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH

MR. CEARLEY AND HER STAFF AND PROVIDE INPUT. >> IF YOU WOULD STAY WHERE YOU ARE. IF I MAY, AS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR, I DID WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW AND I THINK THE PUBLIC KNOW, MR. INGRAM AND I HAVE BEEN ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A LOT OF ISSUES, AND LOT OF LITIGATION AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT ON THE TOPIC OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, BUT ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MR. INGRAM WITH ALL OF HIS BIG FIRM EXPERIENCE, ETC., BASICALLY DOES PRO BONO VOLUNTEER IN JACKSONVILLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS A FLORIDA BAR, A PRACTICING OF THE FLORIDA BAR MEMBER DO THAT TYPE OF PRO BONO WORK.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE GALLERY? IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. >> WITH PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSE WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD WITH ANY COMMENTS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS

WELL. COMMISSIONER DEAN? >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: BEFORE I WOULD WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS VERY GOOD ITEM, I WANT TO JUST PUT A COMMENT IN FOR THE RECORD. I HAVE FOLLOWED THIS ISSUE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST THREE YEARS OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY IT'S FOLLOWED ME. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE COME AND SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT IT, MR. WALDRON HAD MORE INVOLVEMENT THAN ME SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE ON OUR BEHALF.

THE ISSUE, THOUGH, THAT I BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WAS THE RENTAL ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US HAVE RECEIVED A MEMO FROM DOUG BURNETT REGARDING THE ISSUE.

IN MY POSITION HAS BEEN AND STILL IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COME IN THE FUTURE, IF NOT TODAY, FIND A WAY PROCEDURALLY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS AND INCLUDE RENTAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS

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I WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. I WANT TO RESEARCH AND PUSH I JUST WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD. WE SHOULD PURSUE THE RENTAL AS AN ISSUE BUT I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO ÃIT'S A LITTLE TOO COMPLICATED FOR MY MIND TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AT TODAY'S MEETING AND TRY TO ADD LANGUAGE AND DEBATE LANGUAGE

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DEAN. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT

TO ADD? >> I THINK KIND OF FOLLOWING ON COMMISSIONER DEAN'S COMMENTS.

AS YOUR COUNSEL, I AGREE WITH THE APPROACH. I WOULD ADVISE THE APPROACH DESCRIBED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. I DID ALSO WANT TO NOTE, NOT FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES BUT I THINK FOR COMMISSIONER DEAN'S COMMENTS FOR THE FUTURE VIEW BY THE BOARD, THERE WAS A BILL PASSED THIS YEAR THAT JUST BECAME EFFECTIVE IN JUNE, 1339, WHICH GOES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH YOUR AGENDA ITEMS TODAY BUT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT DOES CHANGE SOME OF THE STATUTORY ASPECTS PERTAINING TO THAT AND INCLUDING RENTAL HOUSING. SO I THINK AS THIS NEW BILL IS COMING INTO THE BOOKS AND PEOPLE REALLY START GOING DOWN INTO IT, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE DIRECTION COMMISSIONER DEAN DESCRIBED.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD?

SEEING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I WILL NOT LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION. ONE THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WEAR A MASK IS YOUR GLASSES FOGGED UP. IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AND ENACT THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BASED ON THE AMENDMENT NOT MET

>> SACCA. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

>> COMMISSIONER DEAN: I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO AN ACT ORDINANCE 2020 Ã32 TO ADOPT THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT 20 Ã01 BASED ON THREE FINDINGS OF FACT.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: I HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSONER JOHNS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

>> THAT PASSES 5 TO 0 AND BOTH WON AND TWO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE MOVE ALONG IN THE AGENDA. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: VERY BRIEFLY, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND AND THINK COMMISSIONER WALDRON AND ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS 4 AT LEAST 2 TO 3 YEARS AND PUT IN A LOT OF PRO BONO WORK. ALL OF THE CITIZENS IN THAT

MODERATE INCOME LEVEL AND TAKE THIS TO WORK EVERY DAY. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: WE WILL

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GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. TOM INGRAM.

233 E. BAY ST., SUITE 1113, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WITH ME AS MY PARTNER ANDY.

THIS IS A PROPOSED ROAD VACATION THAT IS BEING REQUESTED BY MY CLIENT.

ONE JOINED BY EVERY LANDOWNER WHO ACCESSES CE WILSON ROAD NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 210.

THEY REQUESTED ROAD VACATION IS FOR A DIRT ROAD AND CE WILSON ROAD THAT PORTION OF IT WHICH IS FROM COUNTY ROAD 210 NORTH TO ITS TERMINUS. THIS REQUEST IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWO REASONINGS THAT YOU RECENTLY APPROVED AND ONE IS FOR THE FOUNTAINS PROJECT AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE FOUNTAINS NORTH PROJECT. THERE IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CONTEMPLATED THERE AND AGAIN, EVERY OWNER AND EVERYONE WHO ACCESSES IT AS JOINT IN THIS REQUEST AND WE HAVE ALSO EXECUTED EASEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THAT ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY SINGLE OWNER THERE AND ALL THE OWNERS HAVE AGREED TO THE TERMS OF THOSE EASEMENTS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE I WOULD POINT OUT IN TERMS OF COUNTY BENEFIT IT DOES REDUCE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS FACILITATE JUST THE HIGHER AND BETTER USE

OF THE PROPERTIES THERE. THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONSFOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SPACE X WILL ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE FROM THE GALLERY, ARE THERE ANY ON THE PHONE? OKAY. BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: WE ARE BACK TO HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT NOW CLOSE WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD. ANY DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?

IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 Ã231. AUTHORIZING VACATION CE WILSON ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED EAST OF I-95 NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 210 W.. 2019 Ã03 CE WILSON ROAD.

>> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEAN.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

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ANYTHING YOU NEED TO BE DISCLOSED? COMMISSIONER DEAN?

>> COMMISSIONER DEAN: NO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: COMMISSIONER BLOCKER?

>> COMMISSIONER BLOCKER: NO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: COMMISSIONER WALDRON?

>> COMMISSIONER WALDRON: I SPOKE WITH PAUL AND JOHN LINEBACKER ABOUT THIS PROJECT MONTHS AGO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY FORMAL MEETINGS AND I JUST WANT TO LET THE RECORD

SHOW THAT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS? >> I DON'T HAVE A RECORD

>> I HAVE NONE AS WELL. PROCEED ON. THAT'S NOT KAREN TAYLOR.

THAT'S MS. AZEVEDO. >> SHARON ACEVEDO FOR THE RECORD.

7 WALDO ST. AND KAREN TAYLOR IS HERE AS WELL. REPRESENTING THIS ITEM.

AS WELL AS THE OWNERS OF AGENCY LAND MANAGEMENT. I WILL RUN THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER THOSE, BUT THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. WE DID GO THROUGH THE TRANSMITTAL HEARINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THIS WOULD BE THE ADOPTION HEARINGS FOR BOTH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND ALSO FOR THE REVERSION TO OPEN ROLL AND COMMERCIAL WORLD REZONING'S.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY APPRAISER MAP SHOWING THE PROPERTY FOR THE LAND USE AMENDMENT TO THE LAW COMMERCIAL AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS FACING SOUTHEAST FROM INTERNATIONAL GOLF PARKWAY AND THE MAIN WATER PORTION AREA OF THE SITE.

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IN TERMS OF ZONING, THE BLACK BOUNDARY IS THE CURRENT PLANNED ROVER DEVELOPMENT FOR ST.

MARK'S IT'S 1122 ACRES AND ALL THAT ABOUT 736 ACRES ARE WETLANDS.

THE MAJORITY OF 780 ACRES ARE WITHIN THE ST. MARK'S POND MITIGATION BANK MOSTLY VACANT BUT THERE IS A BORROW PIT IN WHICH SHIPPING FACILITY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE SITE. AND THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD BE TO REZONE THE AREA PLANNED FOR THE CAMPGROUND RESORT TO COMMERCIAL WORLD AND TO REVERT THE REMAINING AREA, THE 1048 ACRES TO OPEN RURAL. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT THE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL SUBDIVISION IS NOT A VIABLE OPTION AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRE-EXISTING MVP MAP, THE ACTUAL LOTS FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE SUBJECT TO THAT MITIGATION BANK PBOUNDARY AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, SO WE THINK THE CLEANEST OPTION IS TO REZONE IT TO OPEN RURAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AREA THAT'S AN YELLOW THAT WOULD BE PLAN FOR THE RV CAMPGROUND RESORT. THE CAMPGROUND RESORT WOULD HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE TWO LANE MAJOR COLLECTOR I GP AND THE SURROUNDING NATURAL WOULD PROVIDE AN AMENITY TO THE SITE. IN TERMS OF ANTI-SPRAWL AND COMPATIBILITY, THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO AN INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY IN BETWEEN WHERE THEY RURAL COMMERCIAL IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE INDUSTRIAL. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AS PART OF THAT SAME PARCEL ID. IT'S JUST THAT THAT PORTION IS SUBJECT TO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND WE DID NOT WANT TO ACTUALLY REZONE THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR ENCROACHING ON TO ANY OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR MITIGATION BANK LANDS. AND THAT IS PLANNED TO BE SOMEWHAT OF THE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT GIVEN THE EXISTED TOPOGRAPHY.

THE AREAS TO BE AMENDED FOR THE CURRENT COUNT IS ABOUT 74 ACRES THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA IS AN EXISTING POND AND THE DEVELOPMENTS TO BE ADDRESSED AROUND THE POND THE CAMPGROUND SITES WOULD GO AROUND THE LARGE POND AND THE ACTUAL FACILITIES AND AMENITIES WOULD BE FOCUSED TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL GOLF PARKWAY. MS IS ÃTHIS GIVES AN IDEA OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. THIS WOULD BE COMING INTO THE SITE FOR I GP.

THERE IS ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR WATER AND SEWER AND THEY WOULD HANDLE WASTE COLLECTION WE DID RUN FOR SERVICES OF IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE PUBLIC PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST WE DO THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SHARED TRIPS BETWEEN THE INTENDED RESTAURANT AND AMENITY CENTER TOWARDS THE FRONT AND THE ACTUAL VISITORS TO THE CAMPGROUND, ALTHOUGH 311 PEAK AVERAGE TRIP CALCULATION DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ANY OF THESE SHARED TRIPS SO WE THINK THIS IS SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE IN THE ANALYSIS. ADDING THE TRIPS INCREASES CAPACITY RATE FROM 84 PERCENT TO 91.6 PERCENT AT IDP BOULEVARD.

THIS JUST KIND OF GOES INTO A CLOSER VIEW OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER FOR THE AMENITY CENTER/RESTAURANT LOOKING AT A TWO-STORY BUILDING AND ESTIMATING ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE RESTAURANT AREA AT ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE CAMP FACILITY AREA AND WE HAVE PLANNED OUT CAR PARKING, RV PARKING FOR WHEN PEOPLE FIRST COME IN AND ARE CHECKING IN AND OUT AND ALSO FOR GOLF COAT DYCART PARKING. IN TERMS OF LAND USE COVERS, OF

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A PORTION SHOULD BE IMPACTED Ã NONE OF THOSE LANDS WOULD BE PART OF THE MITIGATION BANK OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THERE WERE NO LISTED SPECIES ON SITE AND ALSO NO SIGNIFICANT NATURAL COMMUNITIES. THE CLOSEST ANGLE IS 2.6 IN EAST OF THE SITE AND IN SUMMARY, WE FEEL THAT THIS LAND USE REQUEST AND REZONING REQUEST IS JUSTIFIABLE AND REZONING TO COMMERCIAL RURAL AND REVERTING THE REMAINING PURITY TO OPEN RURAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO WE REQUEST APPROVAL OF THIS CONFERENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING.

THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING ON, WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.

>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.

SEEING NONE FROM THE GALLERY, DO WE HAVE ANY ON THE PHONE? >> WE ARE BACK TO HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS OR WE WILL ENTERTAIN

A MOTION. >> I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION AND BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, MY NOTES DID NOT SHOW ANY MEETING BUT NOW THAT I THINK OF IT DIDN'T NEED ME ON THIS ITEM? I JUST NEED A YES OR NO. I THOUGHT WE MET ON THIS ITEM TURN I WAS JUST NOW REMEMBERING IT. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD

CONSIDER THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. >> COMMISSIONER WALDRON: A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2020 Ã1907 ST. MARK'S CAMPGROUND BASED ON THREE FINDINGS OF FACT.

SPEAK TO A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNS.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

DEAN? >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 2020 Ã34 REZONING 2019 Ã24 ST. MARK'S REZONING THE REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1122.4 ACRES OF LAND OF PLAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL MORAL AND OPEN RURAL BASED UPON FOUR FINDINGS OF

FACT PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> I HAVE A MOTION.

TO HAVE A SECOND? >> A MOTION BY DEAN AND THE COMMISSIONER BY JOHNS.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

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HEARING MR. RICHARD WELLS. GOOD MORNING. >> RICK WELCH WITH CONLEY WICKER 1006 SKINNER LAKE DOC DRIVE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING IS FOR THE TRANSMITTAL. WHAT'S DRIVING THIS REQUEST IS 14 ACRES, 90,000 SQUARE FEET HAS BEEN CONSIDERED RESTRICTIVE FROM MARKETING OF THE PROJECT

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SO AS STATED, WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE ALLOWED SQUARE FOOTAGE TO A MAXIMUM OF 170,000 SQUARE FEET. THERE IS A PUD THAT ADDS STORAGE COMPONENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR A TALLER BUILDING IF THEY GO FOR THAT STORAGE TYPE BUILDING IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED AND IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST SEGMENT.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S ONLY CURRENT LAND USE MAP IT WILL REMAIN P.D. GENERAL.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL ÃIF IT CHANGES IN APPROVED IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME YOU CAN SEE IS ZONED PUD ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NORTH IS A PUD THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT TO THE WEST IN MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE SOUTH IS PREDOMINANTLY AT LEAST ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT AS THEY BROKE IT. AS FAR AS IMPACTS, THE ENTIRE BUILDOUT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, IT COULD AT 173 ADDITIONAL [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT WOULD BE BASED ON ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS AT THAT TIME. CURRENTLY, RACETRACK ROAD IS 68 PERCENT CAPACITY.

OTHER COMMITTED PROJECTS LIKE TO GET 90 PERCENT. AS STATED BEFORE, IT WOULD BE EVALUATED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION.

WE HAVE AN UPDATED LETTER FROM JA SOLID WASTE. AS FAR AS DISCOURAGING SPRAWL THIS PROJECT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RECENTLY APPROVED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE WEST ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE TO THE EAST ÃI'M SORRY Ã TO THE EAST.

IT'S REALLY AND A GREAT SPOT. THE ANTICIPATED THIS WILL BE ONE PART OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IT WILL SERVE THE RESIDENTIAL AROUND THE AREA. THE PROJECT WILL PRESERVE THE WETLANDS THAT ARE AT THE EASTERN TIP OF THE PROPERTY AND NO IMPACTS PROPOSED AND IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE LACKING SERVICES AT THIS POINT.

THEY ARE STARTING TO FILL UP AND IN THE ROADWAY ADJACENT TO 9B IN ST. JOHNS PARKWAY.

AS FAR AS COMPATIBILITY TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST PARCELS TO AND THREE ARE MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ACROSS THE STREET IS A LARGE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND TO THE SOUTH IS A BORROW PIT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. AND THIS IS JUST TABULATING THOSE SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY STARTED THE PROCESS LAST MONTH AND IN MAY OR A FEW MONTHS AGO. MAY 21 PCA VOTED SEVEN AND 02 RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR TRANSMITTAL. SO [INDISCERNIBLE] WE DID ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING ON MAY 5. THERE IS NO OPPOSITION AT ALL. THERE HAVE BEEN NO

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COMMUNICATIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?

SEEING NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE ON THE PHONE? NOBODY ON THE PHONE. BACK TO THE BOARD.

>> WITH PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSE WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE STRAINING BUT MR. WELCH CAN PROBABLY ANSWER IT BEFORE WE DO THAT.

IN THE ORDINANCE THAT RECOGNIZES 14.3 ACRES AND ANOTHER PART OF THIS DOCUMENT I SEE 14.32 AND I DON'T WANT TO BE STRAINIG AND ASKING THIS, BUT IS NOT A CONCERN?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S OBVIOUSLY WITHIN ROUNDING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S ON THE SURVEY AND I SAY THAT SOMEWHAT FREQUENTLY IT'S WHAT WE WOULD SEE ON THE TAX ASSESSORS MAP IT

WOULD BE WITH A LAND SURVEY COMES UP WITH. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: AS LONG

AS YOU HAVE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, I DON'T EITHER. >> I WILL LOOK WHEN I GET BACK.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: THANK YOU. >> WITH YOUR PERMISSION? THE SQURE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, IT SAYS CONSERVATION AND I KNOW THESE CAN CHANGE

OVER TIME. CAN YOU DESCRIBE Ã >> WHEN THEY SUBDIVIDED THE PROPERTY, THE DEA BOUGHT THE RIGHT AWAY AND IT WAS BISECTED, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL.

>> I AM NOT A PLANNER BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTIVITY AND AS THIS AREA BUILDS OUT, I'M LOOKING PRACTICALLY AT SOMEONE TO ACCESS THIS PROPERTY IF THEY WERE WANTING TO GO TO SOMETHING IN THE AREA APPROACHING ST. JOHNS PARKWAY WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO OUT RACETRACK ROAD AND

COME BACK? >> HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE PRACTICAL WITH THE MIXED-USE PROPERTY THAT WOULD INVOLVE NOT JUST THE PROPERTY BUT I THINK

THAT IS 15 FEET WIDE. >> NOT BEING DIRECTIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

QUALIFY THE POTENTIAL FOR CONNECTIVITY AND IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WE WILL TALK WITH STAFF AND THE CLIENT AND CLARIFY THAT >> NOT ENCOURAGING IT JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE. I KNOW THIS WILL COME BACK AFTER TRANSMITTAL AND I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND I TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT WHAT'S THROWING HERE. WE CAN TALK IN 30 DAYS. PROS AND CONS.

NOT BEING DIRECTIVE BUT DO WANT IT TO BE A PART OF THE FUTURE CONVERSATION.

>> UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TRANSMIT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 2020 Ã04 4560 RACETRACK RD. TRANSMITTAL BASED

ON FOUR FINDINGS OF FACT. >> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

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MR. DUNN? RECOMMENDED BUDGET PRESENTATION OF THIS BUDGET TODAY?

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN SMITH. JESSE DUNN.

TODAY, JUST I WILL OPEN IT UP. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MOTION TODAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFORMATION PRESENTED. EMOTIONS ARE BOARD ACTIONS CERTAINLY THE BOARD CAN TAKE

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TODAY IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. AS YOU KNOW, WE INITIATED THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY. WE HAD THE OND ADMINISTRATION BUDGET GUIDELINES IN MAY WE HAD THE ADMINISTRATOR'S BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND THERE WERE THREE DAYS THAT WERE FAIRLY RIGOROUS DISCUSSION FROM EVERYTHING FROM PERSONNEL NEEDS TO VEHICLE WE REALLY REVIEWED AT ALL, .- EVERY LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET. JUNE 25, HER PER STATUTE WITH THE TRIM PROCESS THE PROPERTY APPRAISER PROVIDED THE CERTIFIED VALUES THAT IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO JULY 1 AT WHICH TIME WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR BUDGET AND PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ÃI WILL HEAR THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY BUT THE NEXT ROW WILL BE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES AUGUST 4 WITH TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. I AM GOING TO EMPHASIZE THIS YEAR PLENTY OF TIME STILL LEFT IN THE PROCESS AND PLENTY OF TIME NEEDED AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE REVENUES WE ARE SEEING CHANGE. AT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET RIGHT NOW, IT IS 904,000,004 93 Ã 493,579. THE ADOPTED BUDGET THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD IN SEPTEMBER WILL ULTIMATELY INCLUDE CARRYFORWARDS AND THOSE ARE DEFINED AS EITHER GRANT OR CAPITAL MULTIYEAR PROJECTS. AND AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING, THOSE APPROPRIATIONS ARE CARRIED FORWARD ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. I ANTICIPATE WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING IN ON 421 CLOSE TO $1 BILLION WITH CARRYFORWARDS AND AGAIN, MANY OF THE GRANT APPROPRIATIONS WE ARE SEEING RELATED TO FEMA AS WELL AS COVID-19.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR.

I'M GOING TO REFER A LOT TO MY NOTES THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO BACK AND COMMENT ON THE EARLY YEARS AND A PRE-PROPERTY TAX REFORM CERTAINLY WE HAD A RECESSION IN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013. IN THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ÃHAS HAD THE BENEFIT OF INCREASED OR APPROVED TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH FROM YEAR TO YEAR OVER THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS NOW.

WITH THIS YEAR BEING THE HIGHEST TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH RATE IN THIS LAST 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME AT 11.13 PERCENT TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH FOR 21. OVER FY 20.

THAT 11.13 PERCENT IN PROPERTY TAX RESULTS IN 21 1/2 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS BROKEN DOWN HERE. THIS IS THE INCREMENTAL AND THIS IS WHAT ÃTHIS IS AT 95 PERCENT STATUTORY BUDGETING REQUIREMENT. THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL FUND ÃAND THIS IS TAKING OUT THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING RELATED TO THE CRA'S WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $14.4 MILLION GOING DOWN TRANSPORTATION TRUST WOULD BE 2.7. FIRE DISTRICT AT $4.1 MILLION. CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS ON THE PROPERTY TAX SITE FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, I WANT TO BRING THIS OUT AND I THINK THE ANALOGY I HAVE BEEN USING I HAVE TWO KIDS AT HOME AND A LOT OF TIME AT HOME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. A LOT OF TATTLETALE AND GOING ON FOR THE FIVE AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD. I GUESS THEY GET BORED WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO I HAVE BEEN TEACHING THEM ABOUT THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF.

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THIS IS LARGELY RELATED TO COVID-19 AND WE ARE SEEING SALES TAX AND REVENUE SHARING REVENUES. CERTAINLY, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE ACCOUNTING SHOWS WE WERE AT OR ABOUT LAST YEAR. IN FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE AVERAGED ABOUT 110 PERCENT FOR 20 OF WHAT 19 WAS. AND THEN IN THIS ACCOUNTING PERIOD, IT'S LIKE THE LARGE TIMEFRAME WE START SEEING REDUCTIONS IN OUR SALES TAX AT ABOUT 81 PERCENT.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD ABOUT 65 PERCENT REVENUES. THESE REVENUES ARE OMITTED BY THE STATES AND WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THEREAFTER EVERY MONTH THE ASSOCIATED REVENUE.

CERTAINLY, AT SOME LEVEL, WE ARE SEEING A DROP OFF HERE. A STRONG BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND A DROP OFF. I ANTICIPATE AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH AND THIS WOULD BE I BELIEVE, THE MAY REVENUES. I ANTICIPATE UP THROUGH ÃCLOSE TO MEMORIAL DAY.

A REDUCTION, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY MY PROJECTION AT THIS POINT.

AND SO WE ARE SEEING AGAIN A LEVEL OF CARE IN 19 WE HAD ACTUALLY RECEIVED ABOUT $27 MILLION. I AM PROJECTING THIS YEAR IT WILL COME IN ABOUT $22.6 MILLION AND THEN FOR PROJECTNG FOR NEXT YEAR, THIS IS WHERE AGAIN, THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THESE REVENUES AND AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH MONTH WHEN WE CAPTURE THESE REVENUES WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO UPDATE WHAT OUR REVENUES LOOK LIKE. AND MORE RELATED TO, IF YOU WILL, WHAT A RECESSION LOOKS LIKE PER CAPITA. WE WENT BACK TO OUR LAST RECESSION ERA AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS, CERTAINLY WE ARE IN A RECESSION.

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BEHAVIORS IN A RECESSION. WE ARE SEEING UNEMPLOYMENT, WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS, SOME HESITANCY OR GREAT HESITANCY DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS ON SOME PURCHASES. CERTAINLY, THERE IS A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE, AND WE WILL ADJUST THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER. I'M GOING TO SAY LUCKILY WE HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE THE SUMMER TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND I WILL HAPPILY ÃSIMILAR BEHAVIORS WE WERE AT 100 PERCENT DOWN TO I ANTICIPATE PAST TAXES WILL IMPROVE A WHOLE LOT AGAIN, I WANT TO QUANTIFY THE BEST I CAN AND WHEN I COME BACK IN AUGUST I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BRING THIS SAME SLIDE BACK WITH UPDATED FIGURES. TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT TAXES, WE JUST RECEIVED REMITTANCE AS OF YESTERDAY. AGAIN, A STRONG YEAR.

WE WERE OVER 100 PERCENT. WE SAW A 48 PERCENT IN THIS ACCOUNTING PERIOD.

DOWN TO 21 PERCENT AND AS OF YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL REMITTANCE FROM THE STATE WE ARE AT ABOUT 41 PPERCENT OF THESE SAME ACCOUNTING PERIODS FROM LAST YEAR. SO $12.1 MILLION IN 19 PROJECTION TO ABOUT $7.4 MILLION FOR THIS IS THE REVENUE ADJUSTMENT WITH A PROJECTION OF ABOUT $9.7 MILLION.

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WE ARE SEEING ABOUT A $7.2 MILLION REDUCTION AND THERE'S SOME OFTHE REVENUES WE WILL SEE AND THERE'S THE INCREMENTAL REVENUE THAT WE ARE SEEING AT THIS POINT FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS NOT THE PROPERTY TAX OF 14.4. IT'S CLOSER TO THIS INCREMENTAL REVENUE OFFSET OF ABOUT 7.3. STILL CERTAINLY POSITIVE NEWS BUT NOT AS POSITIVE AS IF WE

JUST LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY TAX BY ITSELF. >> HOLD YOUR THOUGHT A MINUTE.

COULD I GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? I AM HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE READING HORIZONTALLY ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PAGE. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT.

ON THE TAPS GO DOWN TO 41 PERCENT AND THEN YOU GO ACROSS, 2020 ÃLET'S START WITH THAT.

HE SAID 2019 AND AM READING THIS IS JULY. JULY 2019.

JUST OVER A MILLION AND THEN Ã WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT COLLECTED FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY

>> YES >> CAN YOU RUN THAT BY MAKING IT

>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUALIFIER THAT'S WHY I CALL THIS AN ACCOUNTING PERIOD.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, WHAT WE RECEIVE IN JULY IS WHAT WAS REMITTED TO THE STATE IN JUNE WHICH IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITIES IN MAY.

SO IF I WERE JULY, THAT'S A FULL ACCOUNTING ENTRY FOR JULY BUT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY

ACTIVITIES. >> I GOT IT THAT EXPLAINS IT. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT >> THAT'S OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PARTIAL COMPARISON OF JULY. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. THANK YOU.

SO AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREMENTAL REVENUES AND TRANSPORTATION USING AN OFFSET OF GAS TAX BILL WILL CERTAINLY PROPERTY TAXES POSITIVE, THE INCREMENTAL EFFECT AT THIS POINT IS SMALLER. AND THEN THERE IS NO PROPERTY TAX RELATED TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT SO WHATEVER THEY SEE AS A REDUCTION HERE WE ARE SEEING IS A REDUCTION OF OVERALL. JUST AS A VERY QUICK COMMENT RELATED TO ROLLBACK BECAUSE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ROLLBACK IN AUGUST WHEN WE ESTABLISH MILLAGE RATES AS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, LET'S SAY ON THE GENERAL FUND AS A FOR INSTANCE GOING TO THE ROLLBACK RATE, IF WE COUPLE THAT A COUPLE OF ITEMS WHAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE BUDGETS FOR 21 COUPLED WITH SOME OF THESE SHORTFALLS HERE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ÃWE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A BUDGET THAT IS NO LONGER REVENUES BALANCE TO EXPENSES WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT EITHER FOR THE ACTIONS THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT LOOKING TO DRAW DOWN IN RESERVES TO BALANCE 421.

AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, ALL OF THESE PROJECTED REVENUE LOSSES ARE NOT OFFSET THROUGH DRAWDOWN OF ANY RESERVES AT THIS POINT. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A PRETTY STRONG BUDGET MOVING FORWARD CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THE THEME OF RECURRING REVENUE TO

RECURRING EXPENSE. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET EXPENDITURES. WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE BY THE COMMISSION AT THE WORKSHOP.

REALLY, MARY DISCUSSION THIS YEAR BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE FOR THE PUBLIC MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND FOR THE FY 21 RECOMMENDED BUDGET CONTINUES TO ADHERE TO THE BUDGET GUIDELINES. CONTINUES INVESTMENT AND DEFERRED MAKE A THEME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REFLECTS A LOT OF NEW AND UP-TO-DATE COVERT FUNDING ACTIVITIES AND REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS AND WE JUST

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FY 20 THERE WERE BUDGET SUITES TO REDUCE SPENDING AND RESPONSE TO SOME REVENUE REDUCTIONS AND SINCE THE WORKSHOPS, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THEM, THEY ARE ALSO IN THE WORKBOOK AS WELL THERE IS A NEW WORKBOOK ONLINE. I SHOULD'VE REFERENCED THAT EARLIER.

WE HAVE MANY CUTBACKS DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND THOSE WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE WORKSHOP INCLUDING PERSONNEL, VEHICLES, COMPUTERS, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND WE REAPPROPRIATED A PORTION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO BUILDING SERVICES WHICH SAVED THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT $362,000.

THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT AND A PAINFUL COMMITMENT TO OVER THE YEARS HAS PANNED OUT.

THERE IS A REDUCTION OF CONTRIBUTION TO 0 FOR BOTH THE BOARD AS WELL AS ALL CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. AGAIN THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO HEALTHCARE AS WELL AS THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMMITTEE AND A TRANSITION TO A MORE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, IT'S CONTINUING TO REAP THE BENEFIT AND IN THAT THERE IS A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION ON THE HEALTHCARE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION SLATED FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE ARE GOING TO CERTAINLY CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WITH A HEALTH INSURANCE COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THIS YEAR WE ARE SEEING THE ADDITION OF SOME ÃTHERE IS NO 10. THERE IS COVID-19 RELATED GRANTS AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEW PAGES IN THE BOOK SINCE THE WORKSHOP ON PAGES 4-243 AND FOUR- 248.

SINCE THE WORKSHOP WHICH ÃIT GIVES SOME OF THE VARIANCES Ã THERE WAS AN INCLUSION OF UTILITY SERVICES REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FOR ALMOST 25 MILLION. THE BOARD HAS ALSO REFUSED A COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT. WHICH THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICES INCLUDED THAT WAS NOT IN THE WORKSHOP OF ABOUT ALMOST $500,000. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT UPDATING AND THEY ARE UPDATED AS WELL AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE REVENUE PROJECTIONS OR HALF CENT SALES TAX AND IMPACT FEES ARE UPDATED AS WELL AS TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES AND THIS YEAR RELATED TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL REVENUE AFFECT.

WE ESTABLISHED RESERVES THAT WERE CONTINGENT UPON RECOGNITION A REALIZED GROWTH.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE PROVIDED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT FUND IN THE EVENT THAT THE TOURISM COMES BACK. THE BOARD CAN CERTAINLY APPROPRIATE NEXT YEAR TO FACILITATE THAT. WE GET ONE TIME AT THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS FOR A YEAR IF THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE FROM THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF ON IT.

SO WE PROVIDED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE AND THEY ARE AT A LEVEL SIMILAR TO 19 WHICH WAS A STRONG YEAR AND THOSE RESERVES ARE ESTABLISHED TO RESPOND AS SUCH.

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THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE AND ONE I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT TO PRESERVE IS THIS VCC POLICY RESERVE AND OUR VCC POLICIES TO MAINTAIN TWO MONTHS, AT LEAST TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING TO RESPOND AND CERTAINLY IN YEARS PAST, I WOULD SAY PRIOR TO FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALWAYS WONDERED THAT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY LARGE RESERVE THERE BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAINLY HAD DISASTER RESPONSE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE FOUND OURSELVES CERTAINLY UTILIZING ESPECIALLY WITH BACK-TO-BACK STORMS THE ABILITY TO, IF YOU WILL, CASH FLOW AS WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO IT. CASH FLOW UPFRONT SOME OF THE RESPONSE.

AND THEN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY AND WE ARE IN THE MINORITY IN TERMS OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD TO FINANCE DISASTER RECOVERY. THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE BORROWED MONEY TO RESPOND TO DISASTERRECOVERY. SO KUDOS ON THE BOARD'S SIDE TO MAINTAINING STRONG RESERVES THERE. SO THAT IS THE OVERVIEW.

I JUST WANT TO FINISH TO YOUR CONSIDERATION WHAT WE WILL SEE THE TYPE OF DISCUSSION ON AUGUST 4. I MENTIONED IN AN EMAIL AND I KEEP SAYING THAT THE DATE, AUGUST 8 FOR SOME REASON BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AUGUST 4. AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA.

SO THE FY 21 BUDGET PROCESS LARGELY IS PREDICATED ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES.

NO ACTION TODAY BUT ON AUGUST 4, THE BCC WILL TAKE ACTION TO SET PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES.

I WILL CALCULATE L&D WILL CALCULATE THE ROLLBACK RATE WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF PART OF THAT PROCESS AND ESTABLISH THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, AGAIN, BY STATUTE, WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. WHO THEN BRINGS ÃPROVIDES THIS INFORMATION IN WHAT IS CALLED THE TREND NOTICE WHICH IS SHORT FOR TRUTH AND MILLAGE AND THIS IS KIND OF YOUR PRETAX BILL, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S MAILED TO EACH TAXPAYER. ONCE ESTABLISHED, PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE ÃIT SAYS CAN BE REDUCED BUT NOT INCREASED SO CERTAINLY, WE WANT TO THERE IS A LOT OF TIME LEFT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. WE SET THE CEILING FOR THE MILLAGE RATE AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR DISCUSSION OF THE BUDGET MOVING THROUGH DECEMBER.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4, WE HAVE A MOTION TO

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>> COMMISSIONER SMITH: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM

THE BOARD? LEGAL? >> MR. CHAIR, I WANTED TO MENTION COMMISSIONER WALDRON HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND I BELIEVE HE WILL BE AWAY FOR THE

REST OF THE MEETING. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN A

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. >> I MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

GOOD MORNING. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD?

>> NO TELEPHONES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH EXPLANATION. NOT BEING IN THE CPA WORLD I MIGHT HAVE AN OVERSIMPLIFIED QUESTION. WE HAVE A TAX INCREASE OF 11 PERCENT AND IT REPRESENTS ABOUT $21 MILLION. I APPRECIATE THE COMPARISON BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS 1920 AND PROJECTED 2021. THE PROJECTED REDUCTIONS IN TOTAL ARE LESS THAN THE PROJECTED INCREASE. IT WAS SALES TAX AND GAS TAX. I'M NOT SURE ÃARE YOU LOOKING

AT A SPECIFIC SLIDE I CAN GO BACK TO? >> NO, SIR.

I'M TAKING THE NUMBERS FOR MAYBE THE REDUCTION IN SALES TAX.

IF WE LOOK AT THE REDUCTION FROM WE WILL SAY 19 TO BE CONSERVATIVE VERSUS 21'S PROJECTION. REDUCE WHAT WE RECEIVED IN 19 VERSUS WHAT'S PROJECTED IN 2021, IF LESS. THE BIG PICTURE. IF WE TAKE THE REDUCTION SAY

THE 27 MILLION IN ROUND FIGURES FROM TAX REVENUE >> AND THEN TO THIS INCREMENTAL ÃRIGHT OVERALL REDUCTIONS IN ESTIMATED REVENUE FROM THESE TAXES APPEARS AND I MAY HAVE MY MATH WRONG ÃTO BE LESS THAN THE INCREASE PROJECTED BY THE AD VALOREM TAXES

>> THIS IS AN OVERVIEW THAT ALSO AFFECT DEBT SERVICE FUND AS WELL.

WHAT THIS NARROWS IT DOWN TO IS THE EFFECT ON THE GENERAL FUND ONLY.

THEY WON'T ÃTHERE IS A DEBT SERVICE SIGNED IS ALSO ADJUSTED THAT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THIS

PAGE THAT I REFLECT ON THE TOTAL REVENUES. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS MISSING A

NUMBER BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT >> IS IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

>> THAT HELPS ME. THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? >> THE ONSLAUGHT WILL BE AGAIN.

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FORTEO. >> I DID NOT NEED A LENGTHY FULL PRESENTATION.

I REQUESTED THIS BE PUT ON REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE LAST TUESDAY WHEN I WAS

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WAYS >> WE LOWER THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES IN THE COUNTY IS TO REQUIRE A MANDATORY MASS COORDINATES. AND I WOULD ÃLET ME JUST THROUGHOUT THE SWING FIGURE. IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS WE HAVE HAD FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN THIS COUNTY THAT WE HAD AND ALL OF MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY.

ROUGHLY THE NUMBERS WERE 250 BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND ROUGHLY 1300 AND SOMETHING.

DO THE MATH AND THAT'S FIVE TIMES IN FIVE WEEKS COMPARED TO MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.

I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER A MANDATORY MASS COORDINATES AND I KNOW IT'S INCONVENIENT AND I KNOW IT'S HOT AND ALSO MY GLASSES WHEN I TRY TO LEAD A MOTION.

BUT TO ME, PERSONALLY, THIS MASK IS A MINOR INCONVENIENCE LIMITED TO STORES OR DEPARTMENT STORES OR GROCERY STORES RELATIVE TO OR OPPOSED TO THE DANGER OF NOT WEARING A MASK AND SO I WANTED TO RAISE THAT THE OTHER DAY AND I ALSO HAVE Ã I THINK I UNDERSTAND ROBERT PRETTY WELL AND I KNOW I CAN'T MAKE THE SAME MOTION AGAIN. WHAT I CAN DO IS ENCOURAGE OR SUGGEST ONE OF MY FUR COMMISSIONERS TO SHARE THE DAIS WITH ME TO CONSIDER RECONSIDERING THE MOTION THAT FAILED LAST WEEK AND THAT'S ALL I CAN DO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED

TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROCEDURE AS WELL. ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM

THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? >> I AM SORRY.R. CHAIRMAN I WAS TRYING TO MOVE MY PHONE.

MAY I ASK STAFF A QUESTION PROCEDURALLY? >> WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING MORE ROBUST IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TAKING ACTION TO ENCOURAGE ÃSTRONGLY ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO ENFORCE A MASS COORDINATES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM TALKING TO DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMPLYING AND THAT THEY ARE HAVING THEIR EMPLOYEES WEAR A MASK, THAT THEY ARE ASKING CUSTOMERS TO COME IN. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CHANCE TO EVALUATE THAT WITH THE STAFF? I ASKED YOU SEVERAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT OR DISCUSS THAT WITH US?

>> I HAVE. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH STAFF AND CONFIRM THAT. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ST.

JOHNS WHICH IS THIS BOARD VOTED TWO OR THREE MEETINGS AGO ABOUT THE RECOMMENDING TO BUSINESSES REQUIRED TO THEIR CUSTOMERS TO COME IN. THERE'S BEEN OVER 240 BUSINESSES TO DATE THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO THE PLEDGE ST. JOHNS AND I'M FOLLOWING THROUGH

WITH THAT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD. >> THIS IS ÃWE HAD TALKED

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HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE DOCUMENT >> GAS.

AND FOLLOWING THROUGH THAT QUESTION AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, NEXT WEEK OUR INTENT IS TO BRING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR CARES ACT FUNDING APPROPRIATION AS THE CHAIR SIGNING AGREEMENT LAST WEEK. AS PART OF THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE A NUMBER OF THOSE CARES ACTIVE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT FURTHER MEASURES TO BOLSTER THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING PLEDGE ST. JOHNS MASK WEARING HAND SANITATION ANY OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN USE AND EXPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS OF THOSE

FUNDS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THAT CAMPAIGN. >> I ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY IF WE COULD GENERATE A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY. WE KINDLY NOTIFY CUSTOMERS THAT THE BOARD HAS VOTED TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE FACEMASKS IN PUBLIC PLACES.

I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT BATTERY TYPE OF LETTER WE COULD GENERATE BUSINESSES? WE COULD TRY TO HELP THEM AS THEY ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE THESE STANDARDS

>> THAT WOULITH THE MARKETING C PART OF PLEDGE ST. JOHNS SO MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TAKEN A PLEDGE GET A CIRCUIT AMOUNT OF MARKETING MATERIAL AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO BOLSTER THAT BY THE USE OF THE CARES ACT FUND WHICH WOULD

BRING BACK TO THE OARD NEXT WEEK. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

PI DID KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THAT UP. WE TRY TO BE MORE ROBUST IN OUR

EDUCATING AND COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM

THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY ON THIS POINT? >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: I WANT TO ADD ONE QUICK POINT, MAYBE TWO. WHEN WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, AS I RECALL FROM LISTENING FROM AFAR, THEY WERE VALID QUESTIONS AND ISSUES RAISED ABOUT NUMBER ONE ENFORCEMENT AND NUMBER TWO KINDS OF DIFFERENT MASKS AND WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE SAFE.

AND NOT HAVING A CHANCE TO DISCUSS MY MOTION, I REALLY WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT AND TELL YOU WHAT MY POSITION IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE GOOD CONCERNS.

MY POSITION IS THIS. I THINK IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, I THINK WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OVERALL AND PRESIDENTS OVERALL THAT I THINK ARE VERY GOOD LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, AND I THINK THAT IF WE AS A BOARD ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ANY ORDINANCE FOR THAT MATTER, I THINK THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY PROBABLY 75 PERCENT OUR FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTY WILL ABIDE BY THAT LAW. FRANKLY I RESPECT ÃI HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO WITH THE SHERIFF AND HE INFORMED ME THEN THAT THEY ARE BUSY FIGHTING CRIME AND IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT ANY RESOURCES TO MASS PATROL, LET'S CALL IT, AND I ACCEPT THAT. ALL OF YOU KNOW I RESPECT THE SHERIFF QUITE A BIT AND I CONSIDER HIM A DEAR FRIEND. I AM NOT ASKING FOR ANY MAJOR ENFORCEMENT EFFORT OR ANY CIVIL PENALTY. I JUST THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE MEET AND WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, I FIND THEM TO BE VERY LAW-ABIDING AND IF WE ADOPT A MASK LAW AND IT MAKES SENSE, I THINK IT WILL BE FOLLOWED. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF QUESTIONS RAISED NATIONALLY ABOUT OUR MASKS SAFE WHAT KIND OF MASKS.

DOCTOR FELT SHE SAID ONCE AGAIN YESTERDAY THE THREE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN THIS NATION THOSE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE THINGS. I HAVE TRIED TO COVER WHAT I THINK ARE TWO VERY VALID ISSUES AND CONCERNS, ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT KINDS OF MASKS ARE SAFE TO WEAR. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO INTO ANY DETAIL AND THOSE I

THINK COMPLETE ALL THE POINTS I WANTED TO RAISE THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> WE DO HAVE A CONSIDERATION TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IT WAS FORMERLY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO THE EXTENSION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WELL.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? SEEING THAT WE WILL OPENED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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>> COMMISSIONER JOHNS: AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> >> THE LADY AND PUBLICS WANTED A CHEAP FRUIT BOWL.

SHE TOUCHED SEVEN BOWLS OF FRUIT UNTIL SHE FOUND ONE. I RESPECT THE PEOPLE IN ST.

JOHNS COUNTY. BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN OTHER PLACES.

I KNOW FOR A FACT ST. JOHNS COUNTY I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS THE BEST COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND YOU DON'T GET HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID. YOU DON'T GET HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE A DUMMY.

YOU GET HERE BECAUSE YOU FIGURED OUT IT'S NICE. IT'S GOOD.

SO WHEN LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO OVERREACH AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO, I FEEL A LITTLE SHOOK UP BECAUSE I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS COMMISSION IT WAS THE LAWYERS WHO DID NOT ASK THE COMMISSIONERS ANYTHING ABOUT HIS BUDGET. THE VERY FIRST THING THE LAWYERS SHOULD BE RECOMMENDING IS A LETTER TO LENNY CURRY. I DON'T HEAR THAT FROM LAWYERS.

I HEAR THEM ÃWE HAVE TO TELL THIS AND THAT. DON'T OVERREACH INTO THE BUSINESS WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN DO YOUR JOB AS A GOVERNMENT. I GOT A LETTER FROM A LADY IN PONTE VEDRE. SHE TOLD ME THAT COMMISSIONER BLOCKER IS FURIOUS BECAUSE BOUNTIES WERE PUT ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS. TRUMP IGNORED IT.

WHERE IS BLOCKER OR WHERE IS DEAN ON WRITING A LETTER TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN? WE DON'T WANT ANY RUSSIAN LOVERS HERE. WE DON'T WANT ANY COVID-19 SPREAD. SPREAD THE COVID-19. SO THE LAWYER AND THE OTHER LAWYER SHOULD BE HERE WITH A LETTER SAYING I AM LOOKING FOR MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT MR. CURRY STOP THAT CRAZY CONVENTION. DON'T BRING LARGE CROWDS.

THEY ARE NOT GOING OUT TO EAT IN JACKSONVILLE. THEY'RE COMING HERE.

THEY WILL GET SHOT IN JACKSONVILLE. DON'T BRING THAT COVID HERE.

>> LAST CALL. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. >> WITH PUBLIC COMMENT) AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR LACK THEREOF FOR FURTHERING

PROMOTING EXTENDING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> I MAKE A MOTION FOR EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION NUMBER 2020-22 AND PROCLAMATION EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 252 PART ONE.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

WILL BAS AS WELL. >> WE ASK FOR THE SALES PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO SELL THE

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JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.

IT IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER WITH PARK GROUP WHEN THEY DEVELOP THE MARKETING COMMITTEE. IT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A RESULT, 10 ACRES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS CONVEYED TO ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND THAT'S WHY WE GAINED OWNERSHIP OF THOSE 10 ACRES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARCEL WITH NO AVAIL.

THE FUNDING AS A RESULT, THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE HIGHLY RANKED WITHIN THE ALLOCATION OF 2019 C BDG FUNDING. WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND CERTAINLY RESPONDING TO COVID WAS A MORE URGENT NEED AT THE TIME.

SO THEY STAFF KIND OF GOT TOGETHER AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT THINKING MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO STILL GET THE THREE PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PARK GROUP. SO THE PROPOSAL WAS MADE TO PARK GROUP TO ASK THEM TO CONSIDER IF WE COULD SELL THE PARCEL BACK BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTION ON THE PARCEL.

IT IS DEED RESTRICTED AND SUBJECT ÃIT IS NOT THE MOST IDEAL PARCEL FOR THE COUNTY TO OWN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMNT. SO WE ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER IF THEY WOULD PAY ABOUT $107,000 ABOVE THE APPRAISAL VALUE OF THE PARCEL WITH THE PROCEEDS AND THE CONTENT OF THE PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTS AND THOSE THREE PROJECTS ARE LARGELY MAIN ACQUISITION, EXPANSION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES MS. MARY HEPLER FROM ALPHA OMEGA AND MISS MELINDA EVERSON AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THOSE THREE PROJECTS.

IT WILL ALSO HAVE MR. GREG BARBER AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE

PARTNERSHIP OF THIS PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT. >> THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER JOHNS, ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. WE HAVE TALKED TODAY IN THE MEETINGS IN THE PAST ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE.

IT'S NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED PRICING. IT'S MARKET PRICE BUT IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOCUSED. THE 10 ACRES THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR SALE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE THREE PROGRAMS AND WE MENTIONED WAS ALPHA OMEGA.

WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE MET? DOES IT EQUATE TO 10 ACRES OR A NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WOULD EQUATE TO THE NUMBER OF HOMES

THAT WOULD FIT ON 10 ACRES? >> I CAN HAVE JOE FROM THE HOUSING MANAGER TO RESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM. LARGELY THEY ARE ACQUISITION FOR EXPANDING THEIR EXISTING AVAILABLE UNITS FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.

AND THEY ONLY MEET THE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, AND I THINK YOU OR STEPHANIE BE THE NUMBER OF WILL BE EXPANDED SPECIFIC TO FLEX TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AN ATHLETE OF HOMES AND WHAT

WAS 10 ACRES >> ABSOLUTELY. WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO COME UP?

>> YES, PLEASE. >> JOE PERRICONE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOP FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY UNDER THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UMBRELL. THE ALPHA TAU OMEGA PROJECT OR SPECIFIC TO THAT QUESTION IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER AND SEWER TO RUN ÃTHEY HAVE HAD A LARGER PROJECT THAT GOES ON DESK CURRENTLY GOING ON ON NORTH COLLINS.

I THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WAS FOR WATER AND SEWER TO ASSIST IN THE BUILDING OF THEIR CAMPUS PROJECT WHICH WILL IMMEDIATELY SERVE I THINK 22 HOUSEHOLDS IS HOW THEY FRAME

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AND YOU WOULD CONSIDER THEM ALL KIND OF WORK DEFINITELY ECONOMICALLY SUFFERING AND THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND MARY IS HERE FROM ALPHA OMEGA IF YOU WANT TO DO A MORE SPECIFIC ON THE LARGER PROJECT

WE ARE WORKING ON >> THE BIG PICTURE IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK TO MEET AFFORDABLE HOUSING

NEEDS IT HASN'T BEEN EVIDENT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS >> IF IREMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS ONE WILL SERVE 26 HOUSEHOLDS AND I THINK THE LARGER PROJECT IS UP TO 80

HOUSEHOLDS >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THREE PROJECTS?

>> OKAY THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC

COMMENT >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.

>> I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER JOHNS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT. I ALSO HAVE THE SAFEST TIME TO THANK THE FULL COMMISSION FOR REALLY LOOKING OUT THE LAST YEAR AND 1/2 TO 2 YEARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE WE ARE GETTING SOME OF THAT STUFF IN HERE AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK JENNY JOHNS FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE. ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE WORKER AND ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. MELINDA EVERSON.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ADDRESS 131 [INDISCERNIBLE] DRIVE TRILOGY THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROPOSAL. WHEN THE COVID FUNDS WERE WITH ÃTHE CDGB FUNDS WERE REDIRECTED TO COVID RESPONSE WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE LAND FOR OUR NEXT PROJECT. THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE ARE DOING. I KNOW COMMISSIONER JOHNS MET SOME HOMEOWNERS AND A LOT OF WORK IN PUBLIX AND THE JAIL AND THEY ARE VERY CENTRAL EMPLOYEES EVEN WENT COVID WAS NOT PRESENT AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BUILD IF WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS NEAR TRINITY OAKS. IT WILL ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND BUILD APPROXIMATELY 26 HOMES WHICH IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I CAN CONFIRM THERE'S NO COMMENTS COMING FROM THE PHONE LINES.

THANK YOU WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT >> WITH PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSE

BACK TO THE BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION >> I WILL MOVE THE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 Ã232 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY EVERY BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN ASSIGNMENT TO SELL THE RIGHTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SATISFACTION NOT MET SPECIAL CONDITION 28 AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR [INDISCERNIBLE] AND PROS THE SALE WITH 70

[INDISCERNIBLE] FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. >> HAVE A MOTION BY DEAN AND A VERY, EXPEDITED QUICK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING THAT WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

[Reports]

COMMISSIONER DEAN KAMEN >> COMMISSIONER DEAN: I WOULD JUST CONCLUDE TODAY BY WISHING

EVERYONE A HEALTHY FUTURE AND STAY SAFE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH: COMMISSIONER BLOCKER? THANK YOU I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMING OUT

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FAMILY >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE >> ME AS WELL. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS CAME

>> I WANT TO SAY I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WITH A FEW FRIENDS AND FAMILIES CELEBRATING SAFELY THE BIRTH OF OUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOMS WE ENJOY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERSE LIKE THIS OPENLY, PROFESSIONALLY. I THINK WE ARE A BETTER COUNTY BY BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY AND UNDERSTAND THE MANY FACETS OF AN EVER-CHANGING ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE AND WORK IN, AND IT WAS REALLY A JOY TO REFLECT BACK ON THE MANY YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS COUNTY LOOKING FORWARD HOPEFULLY ONE DAY ÃTHE WEEK CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND ACT IN A LEADERSHIP WAY RATIONALLY, RESPECTFULLY

AND >> ANYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION?

>> NO SIR >> LEGAL? >> I JUST WANT TO ADOPT ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THIS IS THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE AND IN

ANYWHERE. THANK YOU >>

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.