[A.  CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] 1ST 2022 REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER, THOMAS, NINE AM BROKE COMPLEX COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH COMMISSIONER. HAM? YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. DRIVES INDICATION WILL BE LED BY DR CARL FONDREN WITH HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WILL PLEASE STAND. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THIS MORNING THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND FATHER JUST GATHER HERE IN THIS PLACE AND FATHER WE CAN GATHER HERE WITHOUT FEAR WOULD PREFER FOLLOWERS SO THANKFUL FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN AND FATHER. WE CAN STILL STAY HERE AND FREEDOM. THAT FATHER WE TRUST YOU. AND RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WANT TO JUST CALL UPON YOU BY THE YEAR THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS AND FIND YOUR REDEEMER. AND WE THANK YOU FOR SALVATION. AND RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS JUST PRAY FOR THEM. I JUST PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES, FATHER AS THEY JUST GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS, FATHERS THEY SERVICE AND SO, FATHER SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM, AND I THANK YOU FOR THESE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE. I JUST PRAY FOR YOU TO BE WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FATHER. WE JUST WANNA PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR PROTECTION FOR THEM, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU JUST PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM AND FATHER EVEN AS WE STAND IN THIS ROOM, WE THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE. WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT US. SO, FATHER TODAY WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE IN THIS COUNTY AND FATHER TO LIVE HERE. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT ALREADY BEING THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT FOLLOW ABLE TO SERVE IN AND WE JUST DON'T GIVE THIS ALL TO YOU. FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOU GET THE HONOR AND THAT YOU GET THE GLORY TODAY. FIRST IN CHRIST NAME, I PRAY AMEN. IN THE PLACE. TWO. THE WITCHES HANDS. ONE NATION. DELIVERY. THE TURNAROUND. CAN I [E.  APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA] GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE GENOTYPE MOTION MOTION? SECOND ROLE? CALM PLACE, COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOES YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER BRIEFEST. COMMISSIONER HAND? [G.  PRESENTATIONS] YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN CAROL. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY ABOUT DERELICT VESSELS. MR SCOTT JACKSON. GOOD MORNING. MORNING AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER DERELICT VESSELS AND MORE. WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE ARTIFICIAL REEF PROGRAM TO AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW COASTAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR AND JUST A LITTLE BIT UNTIL GOODING AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO SAY HELLO TO OUR GUESTS. IT MIGHT BE JOINING US, YOU KNOW, LATER ON TODAY OR HERE LIVE AS WE PRESENT JUST FOR REFERENCE. MY NAME IS SCOTT JACKSON. I WORK AS THE COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR HERE IN BAY COUNTY WITH UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA OFFICE AND ALSO FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT HELP WITH GARDENING, ALSO WITH FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE, BUT AND ALSO WITH OUR FOUR H AND USE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS AT HOME HERE IN BAY COUNTY AND HELP WHERE WE CAN, WITH BOTH BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARTIFICIAL REPROGRAM TO START WITH AND DIDN'T GO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DERELICT VESSELS MEET SHINTO AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE END. MM. I HAVE THIS LITTLE DUDE, DID YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY THIS FIGURE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER. IT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ARTIFICIAL REEFS ARE IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. REPORTING ON MILLION DOLLARS AND PERSONAL INCOME OR RESEARCHED AND ATTRIBUTED TO BAKE COUNTIES ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN 2015 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA. THAT'S WHAT EQUALLY AMONGST THE DIVING AND FISHING INDUSTRY WHICH SUPPORTS ABOUT 1600 JOBS OF LATE 100 IN EACH SECTOR, SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE TOGETHER, BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY. SO LET'S GO BACK. ABOUT A YEAR AGO. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE COMPLETED THE NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE HAD IN SIDE STATE WATERS THAT STARTED WITH FUNDING FROM THE OR THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL. YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET ALL OF OUR PERMITS TOGETHER, AND SO WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE TRUSTEES TO PUT THESE IN STATE WATERS AND WE WERE ALSO TIED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT WE HAD TO USE BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAD OVER $900,000 TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. WE STARTED OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN 2000 AND 19 WITH SOME PORTION OF THE PROJECT. EAST OF THE PAST ABOUT THE SAME [00:05:06] DISTANCE AWAY. AND THEN WE MOVED FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER LAST YEAR TO FINISH UP THAT THOSE REEFS SITES THAT ARE OUT THERE 205 MODULES TOTAL WE'RE LOOKING AT. UPWARDS OF 26 REEFS THAT WEIGHED 18 TONS. SO WE HAD A VARIETY FROM BIG TO SMALL. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY THAT WERE NOTIFIED. THIS PAST YEAR IN 2021 THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING SIMILAR FUNDING ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA, UM AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL. THE NICE THING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TIED TO JUST PUTTING RECENT STATE WATERS UNLESS WE JUST WANT TO. BUT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEM INTO LARGE A AND LARGE BE WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THE PERMIT. SO THAT SHOULD SPEED UP OUR DEPLOYMENT PROCESS AND BE LESS WORK FOR ANYONE. YOU KNOW, AS WE SET THE STAGE, WE'RE GETTING PERMITS IN THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING IN HAND AND BE READY TO GO. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH CHANTERELLES HELP WILL BE ENGAGING THOSE MARINE INDUSTRY FOLKS AND THE RECREATIONAL PEOPLE TO HELP US DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST. TYPE OF MODULES TO USE AND WHERE WE WANT TO PUT THOSE IN THE UPCOMING PROJECT. I SUSPECT THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE STARTED TO HAVE PLANS THIS YEAR AND THEN LOOK FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 2024 OR 2025. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE GOOD THING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO RESTORE PROJECT WHICH IS COMING UP THAT WILL BE WORKING ON IN CONCENTRATING ON ON THIS YEAR. UM ARTIFICIAL REEFS COME TO US AND DIFFERENT. UM WAY. SOMETIMES THEY COME IN NIRTA WITH ENGINEERED CONCRETE LIKE YOU SEE HERE AND IN THIS ABOUT THIS IN THE UPPER CORNER OF THE PICTURE, AND THEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE MATERIALS OF OPPORTUNITY. AND SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REELS TO REEF PROGRAM AND THE MATERIALS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME TO US THROUGH. OCEAN ENGINEERING AND HOW THAT HOW THAT WORKS. SO THIS IS FOOTAGE THAT WAS TAKEN BY CHRIS HERMAN'S WHO'S WITH THE PRODUCER WOULD CHASING THE SUN AND THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. AND SO HE CAUGHT THIS ONE JUST RIGHT. HE HAD JUST GOT THE DRONE UP AND WAS SENDING IT OFF THE END OF THE BARGE. THESE REEFS OUT, GIVE YOU A LOCATION AND MAP AND EVERYTHING IF YOU GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WE'RE TAKING, UH, SOME QUESTION AND ANSWER. YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT AND OR IF YOU ABLE TO COME BACK, MAYBE AND WATCH THE RECORDING LATER ON HER COLLAR OFFICE AT 85784. 61 OH, FIVE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE RESOURCES WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT THE REELS WE HAD. THREE DIFFERENT TRIPS. WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT REELS. THEY WERE DEPLOYED AND LARS A 11 TO 12, NAUTICAL MILES TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE PAST. AND. WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THOSE OUT IN THIS THIS PAST YEAR FROM JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AH THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE HERE OF ONE OF THE LAST DEPLOYMENT, SO I THINK COMMISSION DOES. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THAT DIFFERENT THAT WE JUST SAW, AND THIS ONE WAS ONE THAT I WAS ON. AND SO I'LL LET IT ROLL. AND YOU'VE GOT SOME SOUND BECAUSE WITH THIS. SLOW ROLL IN A BIG SPLASH AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS ARE THAT WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN BY JEFF WRENCHING WHEN HE WENT DOWN WITH F W C ACTUALLY TOOK 3 60 CAMERA THAT WE HAVE, AND SO WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT PUT IT ON YOUTUBE SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY , UM, WATCH ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE AND MOVE AROUND AND SEE ALL DIRECTIONS. YOU COULD IF YOU WANT TO GO AS FAR AS TO PUT ON SOME BROUGHT TO REALITY GOGGLES AND MOVE AROUND WITH THE MASK ON. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE DIVING . I COULDN'T DO THAT TODAY, SO I CAN, BUT WE CAN OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO YOU LATER ON. BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALSO THE TDC FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE REALLY RECEIVED SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND CREATED A NETWORK OF JUST I THINK I COUNTED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE THAT TOUCHED THIS PROJECT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND WE HAD SOME KEY CONTRACTORS THAT HELPED US OUT WITH MARKET TOWING TEAM WORKS WELDING, AND THEN WE HAD PORTER, PANAMA CITY THAT PROVIDED US WITH CRANES AND CREWS AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE [00:10:01] NOT CHEAP. I MEAN, THOSE. THE DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED WERE MINIMAL COMPARED TO WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUE BY TONNAGE WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO CONCRETE WAS AND SO JUST TO. YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE ACTUAL COST WAS THE NETWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED SO THAT WE CAN DO TYPES OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, AND I THINK WE MAY LOOK BACK ONE DAY TO THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY. STEPPING STONES TO GETTING US TO OUR OWN IDENTITY AND OUR OWN PROGRAM THAT WE CAN DO NOW WE APPRECIATE YOU KNOW ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM, YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT REEF ASSOCIATIONS THAT MEXICO BEACH REEF ASSOCIATION AND THEY CAN BE ARTIFICIALLY ASSOCIATION . BUT TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORKING HOUSE IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY MM VALUE AND APPRECIATE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH. SO I'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF THE DERELICT VESSEL PART REAL QUICK AND THE VESSEL REMOVAL IS KIND OF COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALONGSIDE OF HIS AS WE DO A LOT OF OUR OUR WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE BORDER. WITH THE BORDER COUNTY COMMISSION DEPARTMENTS. PUBLIC WORKS AS INVOLVED WITH LIGHT VESSEL REMOVAL AND SO IS PLANNING AND ZONING AND THERE ARE MANAGING OUR NEW GRANT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED. FOR 2022 TO REMOVE 11 MORE VESSELS HERE, WHICH WAS $110,000. WE EXPECT A NOTICE TO PROCEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. MM TODAY AS WE'RE TALKING OVER, UM IN, UM AT PIER 98, WE'VE GOT TWO MORE OF OUR HURRICANE MICHAEL VESSELS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GO. OF THOSE SIX THAT ARE REMAINING. UM WE'VE GOT TWO OF THEM THERE THAT SHOULD BE BEING TAKEN OUT AND REMOVED TODAY. MM MM. WE PASSED A MILESTONE RECENTLY WHERE WE HAVE REMOVED OVER £1.5 MILLION OF DEBRIS, INCLUDING THE VESSELS UNDER THE HURRICANE MICHAEL GRANT. SO IT'S MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FROM NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION AND ALSO FROM DOHA TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER FUNDING FROM FW. SEE THAT? IT'S TAUGHT. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THEM THAT WE ARE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF PROCESS THINGS AS WE GO . I'VE ALREADY GOT SIX MORE BOATS THAT HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THAT ARE READY FOR THE NEXT. F WC DERELICT VESSEL REMOVAL PROJECT COMING UP SO. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS AS THE BOATS ARE PROCESSED LEGALLY. THEN WE'LL BE READY TO, UM, WITH THE MONEY THAT'S PROVIDED FROM THE STATE AND WE USE VOTING IMPROVEMENT FUNDS TO KIND OF HELP US. FRONT THE PROJECT AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED BY THE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT. SOMEONE IN TRADITION, TOO, AND SHE'S GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF AND THEN WHEN WE GET THROUGH WITH THAT WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. MY NAME IS SHANTIA GOODING. AND I AM A NATIVE TO FLORIDA. MY FAMILY IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF THE STATES FROM THE SEVENTH GENERATION. WHICH MEANS I'M HIGHLY INVESTED IN KEEPING OUR COASTLINE BEAUTIFUL. WITH MY BACKGROUND. I ACTUALLY STARTED IN THE SAME AREA SO TAMPA BAY WATCH IS A PROGRAM THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE GROWING UP. VERY HANDS ON THE SEA GRASSES PROGRAM MOVED ONTO ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM WORKED WITH SOME LEGISLATORS WORKING ON SENATE BILL 3 18 TO CLEAN UP THE CLEAN WATER ACT. AND THEN I LIVED IN BURMA FOR A WHILE, BECAME AN EDUCATOR WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND THEN CAME BACK LAST YEAR, SO I'VE BEEN BACK IN THE STATES A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE AIR. AND MY GOAL WAS EDUCATION, SO THAT ROLLS RIGHT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. I AM ALSO DIVE PROFESSIONAL. SO I'M WORKING ON BECOMING A TECHNICAL DIVER SO I CAN FURTHER KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR REEFS. THAT WAY WE CAN. DO SOME REPORTING DOWN THE ROAD. AND THEN OTHERWISE, I'M WORKING WITH SCOTT HERE ON THE RESTORE FUNDS AS WELL AS THE NARRATIVE FUND. SO THAT WAY WE CAN DEVELOP SOME SNORKEL REEFS. HERE IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS ON THE TABLE. AND MAYBE START WITH 10 AND THEN MOVE ON FROM THERE. IN OTHER WORDS, I'M VERY EXCITED , AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AGAIN HERE IN THE FUTURE. FANTASTIC WELCOME. SO WITH THAT WE'D TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IF WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT. WE HAPPY TO LEAVE THIS SHOT UP JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE A QUICK PICTURE AND KNOW WHERE THE REELS ARE AND GIVE YOU SOME IDEA WHERE THE LOCATION IS , AND THEN WE HAVE A WEBSITE THERE. WHETHER SHORT LENGTH WILL GET YOU TO ALL THE REEFS THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S OUR RGS STORY MAP THAT CHRIS MADE FOR US A WHILE BACK, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE. QUESTIONS COMMENTS. I'VE GOT ONE, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, SCOTT FOR THE REPORT ON THE BOATS. OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE [00:15:03] THE HURRICANE. WHAT? I DON'T WANT US TO BE KNOWN AS IS THE COUNTY. THE DUMP SITE. BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PICK HIM UP. SO HOW DO WE. RECTIFY THAT ABOUT PEOPLE FROM BRINGING THEIR BOATS FROM, SAY, OTHER COUNTIES PARKING THEM IN WATSON BY YOU AND THEN WE START OUR PROCESS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND GET REIMBURSED. HOW DO WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED. OR IS THERE A WAY TO MONITOR THAT WITH NEW VESSELS IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OR WELL, I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING WITH F W C AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM THERE ARE SOME NEW TOOLS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT THEY'RE READY TO ROLL OUT. MAYBE LATER ON THIS SUMMER WHERE WE CAN BE MORE PREEMPTIVE IN WHAT GOES ON THERE. BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THAT IF THEY COME FROM OUT OF STATE OR OTHER PLACES, SO THERE'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, MAYBE THROUGH SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW LOCAL ORDINANCES AND THEN ALSO JUST RAISING THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS TO F W C, UM THEIR LEADERSHIP. I WOULD MEAN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE HERE WITH FWC'S YOUR HAVE BEEN REALLY KEY AND GETTING US FORWARD TO THIS POINT. THEY CARE NOW ABOUT WHAT GOES ON, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY TALKING TO THE LEADERS THAT F W C AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW SOME LEGAL HELP. AND FEAR HELP TO TRY TO TALK TO THEM AT THE LEGAL LEVEL TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION. THAT'S KIND OF YEAH, SOMEWHERE AWARE OF, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE. WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK. WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE BAY THERE, IT'S SO NEEDED. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE CLEANING UP EVERYBODY'S TRACK. THE NICE THING IS WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE COMPLEMENTARY. THEY WILL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE, SO WE WILL HAVE TO TOOLS AND TO ADDRESS BOATS IN THE AREA AND SO THEIR SAFETY NET WOULD BE STILL THE DV FUNDS FROM THE FROM THE STATE. THE MORE THAT WE GET OUT OF THE WAY WE'VE LEARNED UNLESS WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEHIND DRIES IF WE HAD ANOTHER HURRICANE, OKAY? THANK YOU, SCOTT. MR CHRIS. I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN DIRECTOR SINCE 19 SINCE 2000 AND 19. AND WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATED JOB YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB EXTENSION OFFICE AND PARTNERING WITH WITH US. AND YOU JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY. SO MANY OTHER WORK THAT YOU DO THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK EXTENSIVELY AND ARTIFICIAL REEFS, BUT ALSO HURRICANE MICHAEL DEBRIS REMOVAL. DERELICT VESSELS, WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING BASED SCHOLARSHIPS. AND ALSO YOU'VE BEEN INTRICATE IN THE BEACH LIGHTING HELPING FUNDING WITH PEOPLE WERE GETTING THE BEACH SLIDING. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD JOB THAT YOU DO IN THE EXTENSION OFFICE ALL OF YOUR STAFF DOES FOR THE COUNTY. AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, IT GOES UNNOTICED BY THE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE EXTENSION OFFICE. BUT WE RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK YOU DO FOR BY COUNT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. ROCKY. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH JUST SOME COMMENTS. KIND OF ECHOING WHAT HE SAID. TO YOUR IDEA WITH THE SNORKEL. REEFS IS NICE AS A PERFECT TOUCH FOR OUR AREA. MM KEEPING THESE, UM IN THE SARS OR THE EDGE OF THE LARS. THESE NAUTICAL MILES WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM THE PAST. YOU KNOW TO ME, IT'S LIKE THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE WITH SMALLER BOATS THAN BIG BOATS. SO THERE'S THIS GOOD. THIS IS GONNA PLEASE THE MASSES, SO TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW. FOR THE LOCALS, BUT NOT ONLY TOURISTS TO TOURISTS, YOU KNOW THEY CAN TRAILER ABOUT BIG ENOUGH TO GO NOW. 10 MILES OFFSHORE. IF THE WEATHER'S RIGHT , OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS KEY. I THINK TO AS WE KNOW, OFFSHORE FISHING IS A HUGE , HUGE INDUSTRY IN FLORIDA, NOT JUST FOR OUR AREA, BUT FOR THE WHOLE STATE. BUT YOU KNOW, KEEPING THESE THINGS WITHIN REACH, SO TO SPEAK. YOU KNOW, WITH WITH. MID SIZED BOAT AND YOU WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOME 60 FOOTER TO BE ABLE TO GO 70 MILES OFFSHORE TO HIT AND WHEN I THINK IT IS VERY IS GOOD . AND WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. YOU GUYS JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SCOTT. ESPECIALLY LIKE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT YOUR QUOTE. SLOW ROLL AND BIG SPLASH . I THOUGHT FIRST GETTING I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN. I THINK THE GUYS ARE MARCATO. YEAH I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BIG THOSE REELS WERE UNTIL YOU SEE THE PICTURE LIKE THAT, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HIM GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE SITTING WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE. BUT WHEN YOU GET UP CLOSE TO ONE, THEN THINGS ARE MASSIVE. REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE OUT WITH THOSE REELS WHEN THEY WERE BEING DEPLOYED. THE THOUGHT WAS AND EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT ON THE BOOK. IS IT EVER GOING TO START ROLLING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST KEPT SITTING THERE AND KEPT SITTING THERE SO AS AS A TIP THAT THE BARGE IT STARTED ROLLING, AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. THEY HAVE BALANCED IN THERE, SO THEY HAD AT LAST LAND TO IT, AND THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY DID WHAT THEY DO. [00:20:02] I WATCHED MANY OF IT DISCUSSION ON BOARD BEFORE WE GOT OUT THERE AS TO WHAT TO DO, AND THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD PLAN. THEY WORK REALLY WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [H.  PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED ONLY TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA)] THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE. WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE FIRST ONE IS LIMITED TO ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY INTO THE MEETING THAT YOU CAN BRING UP ANYTHING THAT THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE COUNTY AUTHORITY OVER BUT RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA OPEN UP POLITEST PATIENT. THIS IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MARCH LIMITED THREE MINUTES COME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BACK, ASSERT . THE LAST TIME I STEPPED UP HERE ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA YOU HAD TOLD ME IN YOUR DAD ASKED ME TO SIT DOWN. IF YOU DON'T MIND. COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ON YOUR GAVEL AND TELL ME THAT IT'S NOT WORTHY THAT WE BRING TO THE AGENDA AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM? THE FACTS OF THE I'LL LET THE REGULAR STATE ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTS EXPLAINED THIS TO YOU. SO NOW YOU HAVEN'T HAVE NOTHING TO ME. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD YOU. ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS YOUR NAME AND YOUR GAVEL. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT DISSIPATE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART FIRST ONE IS OPEN TO ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. I UNDERSTAND. EMERGENCY IS ON THE AGENDA, SIR, YOU HAVE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN YOU HAVE REGULAR AGENDA AND THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THOSE AS WELL. NO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S ON HERE, AND IT'S LIMITED TO THAT. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE AGENDA. THERE ARE NO MORE ITEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ITEMS ON THE EMERGENCY ITEMS TO BE AT IT. YOU CAN'T ADD AN ITEM. ONLY THE PEOPLE UP HERE CAN ADD AN ITEM. SO THERE IS NO US PUBLIC SERVICE TELLING YOU SHOULD BRING AN EMERGENCY ITEM BECAUSE IT'S A 10 YEAR OLD THAT CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET MUST LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO ME, SIR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES NOW YOU'RE DOWN UNDER ONE MINUTE AND 48 SECONDS TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, PLEASE TALK ABOUT THOSE. THAT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, OKAY? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ITEMS WHEN YOGA ADD EMERGENCY ITEMS NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM. YOU MAY HAVE YOUR SEAT AND THEN WHEN IT'S OPEN TO ANY ITEM THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AUTHORITY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BACK. BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO TELL YOU OKAY, CAN I GET YOUR NAME? YOU KNOW MY NAME, SIR? NO SIR. COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE? FOR THE RECORD? DO YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING? I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO CATCH AROUND. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A MAN WITH A GUN AND SHIELD ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY, SIR. YOU MAY HAVE IT. I'M SORRY. SIT DOWN. THANK YOU. IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU WON'T HARM YOUR NAME FOR YOU. SIR. I'VE MENTIONED MY NAME. YOU KNOW WHO I AM? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA? ANYONE ELSE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME SPEAK. ALL [I.  APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA] RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE ABOVE DISSIPATION, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA, MR. MICHAEL? YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS. MORNING ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY UNDER THE CLERK'S OFFICE ITEM, ONE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES, DO THE REPORTS. UNDER THE BUDGET OFFICER HAVING TO FY 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENTS. DEATH RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 22 BUDGET ITEM. THREE SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUNDS DASH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE SHERIFF'S REQUEST FOR EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FROM THE SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND. UNDER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ISLAND FOUR BAY COUNTY LAW LIBRARY BOARD APPOINTMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD REAPPOINT BEN BOLLINGER, LEE MACARTHUR, SCOTT. OH AND MAX W. MCCORD TO NEW FOUR YEAR TERMS ON THE LAW LIBRARY BOARD. ON THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE ITEM. FIVE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPOINT FRANK CALL FOR THE CITIZEN MEMBER SEAT TO THE BAY COUNTY VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD TO SERVE UNTIL JANUARY. 2023 1 OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD REAPPOINTMENTS DASH RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD REAPPOINT HOLLY MILLS TO THE COUNTY SEAT ON THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD FOR THE TERMS SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30 2026. AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ITEMS. SEVEN HOMELAND SECURITY AGREEMENT ARE 0463 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN OF PROVEN SIGNED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGREEMENT. THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT SUSTAINMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICES HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM. UNDER PUBLIC WORKS ITEM. EIGHT RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR COUNTY ROAD, 23, 21 SCOTT AND NOBODY. BOULEVARD CONNECTOR TRIP GRANT APPLICATION STASH RECOMMENDATIONS AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT TO APPLY FOR A SMALL COUNTY OUTREACH PROGRAM GRANT. AND TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM, GRANT. ANOTHER PURCHASING OFFICE OUT OF NINE FIRST REMEMBER THE CONTRACT 21-13 JANITORIAL SERVICES STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 21-13 JANITORIAL SERVICES WITH EXECUTIVE CLEANING INC AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT. ITEM 11TH AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 19-93 STRIPING OF VARIOUS ROADWAYS AND COUNTY PARKING LOTS. STASH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 19-93 STRIPING OF VARIOUS ROADWAYS AND COUNTY PARKING LOTS OF THE EMERALD COAST STRIPING LLC AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT. UNDER TRANSIT ITEM 11 AFTER YOU PRP GRANT FY 2022 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ABOARD, ADOPT THE AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION AND ALLOW THE CHAIRMAN THE SON AND EXECUTE THE [00:25:01] FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE FY 2022 THERAPY GRANT. THE TOTAL GRANT AWARD IS $300,000. UNDER ITEM 12 F BOT CARISA GRANT FY 2022 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ADOPT THE AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION AND ALLOW THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AND EXECUTE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE FY 2022 CHRISTA GRANT, AND THE TOTAL GRANT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $626,899 MR CHAIRMAN AS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING. AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A MOTION FOR MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. PROMOTION TO SECOND ROLL CALL PLACE COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER. HAM YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM, LIVING UNDER A REGULAR AGENDA [13.  Skate Park Contract Award] ITEM. 13 SKATEPARK CONTRACT AWARD, MR MURRAY. WHAT? GOOD MORNING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO BUILD A FIRST CLASS GATE PART FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE HAVE A GREAT DESIGN PACKAGE FOR A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT. PART OF MY TEAM PAINTED PAINT HANDLE ENGINEERING. JASON AND THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS. JASON AND HIS STAFF WORKED WITH TEAM PAIN AND THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD TO HOLD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR INPUT. SO THIS WASN'T JUST DESIGNED BY TEAM PAIN. IT WAS REALLY THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS. HELPED PICK OUT THE YOU KNOW THE EXTRAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S A 20,000. SQUARE FOOT SKATE PARK DESIGNED BY BAY COUNTY FOR BAY COUNTY. WE ADVERTISE THE PROJECT TWO TIMES . BOTH TIMES WE GOT ONE BED AND BOTH WERE OVER BUDGET. BUT THE NUMBERS OUT ABOUT 2.5 YEARS AGO. WE PUT THE NUMBERS AT ABOUT 2.5 YEARS AGO AND OVER THE LAST 2.5 YEARS, INFLATION HAS BEEN PRETTY CRAZY. SO WE RAN THIS BY RCMP DIVISION FOR TO SEE IF IT WAS IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT PRICE AND THEY PRIZE. AND COULD POSSIBLY GO UP AND GET WORSE. THE MEMO. THE MEMO IDENTIFIED A POSSIBLE GRANT FUNDING. TDC RECEIVED NOTIFICATION YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS DENIED SO IT WASN'T PART OF THE INITIAL FUNDING ANYWAYS, SO BUT IT WOULD HAVE HELPED BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, BUT IT WAS DENIED. SO IT'S NOT PART OF THIS ANYMORE. THE MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO EITHER WANT TO PROVE THE BIDS AND LET US PROGRESS TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. AND OR REJECTED BIDS. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL TRY MY BEST QUESTIONS ARE COMING. NO I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARK OUT THERE AND SO CONCEPT LOOKS GREAT. I KNOW THE YOUTH OF OUR AREA WHICH WILL WILL USE IT UP AND WE SEE THE ONE HERE IN THE CITY. UM, IT SEEMS TO HAVE KIDS AROUND IT ALL THE TIME. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FOR TOURNAMENTS. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY AS WE BUILD THIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO EVEN GO A LITTLE FURTHER END UP WORKING TOWARDS MAYBE PUTTING SOME SEATING OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS BATHROOMS. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS LIKE ART BOARDS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT AT TOURNAMENTS. IT'S PERFECT SIZE FOR A TOURNAMENT SO FAR. IT'S A GREAT FIT FOR THE SPORTS FACILITY OUT THERE AND THE TDC TO PARTNER WITH. LONG TIME COMING. AS YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH USE EVEN THE PEAT EDWARDS FIELD PARK. IT'S AFTER ARNIE WATKINS DONATED HIS TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND REPAIR IT, AND HE'S BEEN PHENOMENAL ENOUGH ABOUT ERNEST WATKINS IN THE SKATE COMMUNITY TRYING TO HELP US OUT THERE TRYING TO KEEP THAT THING BARELY ALIVE, BUT HE'S HE'S. HE'S A GOOD GUY, AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, I APPLAUD YOU FOR FAMILY PULLING THIS OFF. THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. NO. IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT FACILITY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME USE IT. THOSE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE IT AND ALSO PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN TO USE THIS FACILITY. IN TERMINATE IN A TOURNAMENT STYLE COMPETITION. AND BUT ALSO BE OPEN TO THE LOCALS, AND I THINK IT'S LOOKS GREAT. IT'S A GREAT DESIGN, AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. WE APPRECIATE THAT CONCURRED VERY NICELY DONE. DESPERATELY NEEDED OUT THERE, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT STAFF ARE GOING TO THE RESTROOM FACILITIES SEPARATELY, BECAUSE THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE NEEDED. ESPECIALLY IF MOM WAS HERE WAITING ON LITTLE JOHNNY TO RIDE OUT THERE THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA NEED A RESTROOM FACILITIES, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE TO WALK TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX FROM THAT SIDE. SO WE'RE LOOKING ADDITION LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THIS. LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS IN THE GROUND FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN BUILD SO YOU HAVE MUCH MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN MULTIPLE SECONDS BROKE UP WITH THIS. GRIFFITH YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOES COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED. WE GET THESE DOUBLE MOTIONS. EVERYONE'S [00:30:02] TRYING TO GET IN THERE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE [14.  PZ 21-169 (LPA 21-05) Bay Point DRI Amendment - 3900 Marriot Dr] TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS ADAM 14 PZ 21-169. THEY POINT DIARIO AMENDMENT 3900. MARRIOTT DRIVE, MR WAYNE PORTER. WELL. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. ON SEPTEMBER 21ST 2021, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO AMEND THE BAY POINT YOUR APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ORDER AND MAP THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY TO FIND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN. AND RECOMMENDED TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. FOR THEIR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS ON OCTOBER 1920 21 . THIS BOARD CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTED TO TRANSMIT THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO D O. THE D O REVIEW CONCLUDED THAT THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS ARE CONCERNED. UNDER THE CURRENT DRED DEVELOPMENT ORDER, IT SPECIFIES AREA ONE. BAYTOWN IS A MIXED USE SITE TO INCLUDE A TOTAL OF 30 CONDOMINIUM UNITS. AND APPROXIMATELY 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE. UNITED STATES POST OFFICE WAS ALSO ONCE LOCATED ON THIS SITE. AND I DON'T WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE POST OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THERE IS A PLAN TO REDEVELOP THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ARTERY ALREADY RECEIVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION, AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER RADIO. SO THEY PROPOSED AMENDMENT. REMOVES THE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS REQUIRE FOR AREAS ONE AND 14 FOUND IN THE APPROVED YOUR EYE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. THE AMENDMENT ALSO UPDATES MAP H AND ITS ACCOMPANYING TABLES TO SHOW THE REPLACEMENT. UH SURE, THE REPLACEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROSE BY PROPOSED BY THE AMENDMENTS, THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DENSITY TABLE OF MAP PAGES A MINUTE TO SHOW AREA ONE. AS ALLOWING UP TO 60 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 76 FT. THE NON RESIDENTIAL LAND USE INTENSITY TABLE. OF MET. 14 IS A MINUTE TO ALLOW UP TO 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF NON RESIDENTIAL USE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING FIND A PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS STUFF? HAS FUN. THANK YOU SUPPORT THE AFRICAN HERE LIKE THAT ANYTHING. I'M SLOAN IN THE PANHANDLE. ENGINEERING. 600, OHIO AVENUE, WHEN DAVID OH, I JUST SAY THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD THING COMING. I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT WAYNE AND HIS STAFF AND HERE ON THEIR EFFORTS . THIS IS A UNUSUAL PROPERTY THAT HAS THIS OVERLAY OF D, R E AND ALL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US THREAD THROUGH IT. WE APPRECIATE ■THEM, ALLOWING THE FREESTANDING POST OFFICE APPLICATION TO BE PROCESSED AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY FACILITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING UP AND RUNNING. AND THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION FOR THAT. SEE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE OF ME MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ANYONE ANYWAY. ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR EMOTION MOST TO APPROVE SECOND OF EMOTION. THE SECOND ROBOT, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DOES YES, MADAM. COMMISSIONER HAM? YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH? YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT? I DON'T 15 PZ 21-192 ZONING CHANGE 3900 [15.  PZ 21-192 Zone Change - 3900 Marriott Dr] MARRIOTT DRAMA. THIS IS A QUADRANT, JUDICIAL. MR PORTER. YOU SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES? JUST THIS HEARING, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE ME THE TRUTH? THE WHOLE TRUTH? NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH BEGAN. THE EX PARTY DISCLOSURES ON THIS SEEING THE PROPERTY SPOKEN TO NO. ONE. SAME PROPERTY SPOKEN I HAVE NONE. SEEING THE PROPERTY SPOKEN AT HOME. SEEING THE PROPERTY SPEAKING, THANK YOU. CLOSURE. THANK MR CHAIRMAN. THIS IS THE ASSOCIATED ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY. WE JUST WE JUST DISCUSSED AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 21ST 2021. THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST. TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION. OF 4.3 ACRES FROM S R ONE SEASONAL RESORT RESIDENTIAL TO A SEASONAL RESORT. MIXED USE. PROBABLY LOOK AT IT. 1300 MARY I DRIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED PANAMA CITY BEACH AREA AND CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE PROPOSAL ZONE CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE SEASONAL RESORT. MIXED USE ON ZONE DESIGNATION ALLOWS THE SAME RESIDENTIAL USES AS PERMITTED BY THE SEASONAL REVOKED THE CURRENT SEASONAL RESORT RESIDENTIAL ZONE , WHILE ALSO ALLOWING THE COMMERCIAL USE IS ALLOWED AND THE C ONE AND C TWO ZONE DISTRICTS. THE ALLOWED MAKES USE IS PROVIDED TO ENCOURAGE [00:35:01] INTERACTION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPONENTS OF DEVELOPMENT. S R ONE. A SHARES THE SAME DENSITY. WITH US ARE ONE AND IT DOES ALLOW DSR ONE A ZONING DOES ALLOW HIGHER, IMPERVIOUS RATIO AT 75% INSTEAD OF 60. IT ALSO ALLOWS A 100 FT MAXIMUM HEIGHT. WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT ALLOWED 60 FT. HIDE ALLOWANCE. STAFF, HOWEVER, IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE. AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR BUILDINGS WE LIMITED TO 76 FT. AS THAT IS WHAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER HAS PROPOSED. HIS OWN CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH TABLE 3.1 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND THAT THE S R WANNA IMPLEMENTS THE SEASONAL RESORT LAND USE CATEGORY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF FINDS OF THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT CONSTANT SPOT ZONING AND PROPOSES A LOGICAL, LOGICAL AND CONSISTENT LOCATION FOR THE S R ONE A ZONE DESIGNATION, GIVEN THE SIMILARITIES WITH THE S R ONE'S OWN PARCELS IN THE AREA. MAKES YOU NATURE OF THE S R ONE. A IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL NATURE AND GOALS OF THE BAY POINT DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT. DEVELOPMENT ORDER STAFF AGREES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH CONDITION AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE. I'M GONNA ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS STUFF? WHEN HOLDING UP ONE QUESTION. YOU JUST MENTIONED THE 76 FT HEIGHT. WITH THE J. LOOSE FROM THE NAVY BASES ARE THE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS THAT AFFECT THAT AT ALL. THE 65 OR YOU KNOW THE RANGE THAT WE HAVE. IT WOULD BE IN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT WHERE THE NAVY BASE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, REVIEW IT. WE CAN LOOK AND SEE. IN THE IN THE OTHER TOWER, JUST DOWN AT THE 0.120 FT OR SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPROVING SOMETHING THAT THERE'S EXPECTATIONS AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. I SAY HE IN WAVING AT YOU FROM THE BACK. IT'S AUGUST. THANK YOU TO THUMBS UP. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT ALREADY. IT'S ON IT. AND I'M SURE THAT MR CELLINI CAN ALSO ADDRESS THAT. FROM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AFRICAN ELECTORATE. IN FACT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARINGS THERE, KNOWING THE AUDIENCE THAT LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS APPLICATION. SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION. ANY DISCUSSIONS , EMOTIONS. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD. THE DEVELOPER STEPHEN AND YOU GUYS FOR TAKING A PARCEL THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM THE STORM AND REVITALIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS A FORMER RESIDENT THERE, AND MY MOTHER STILL LIVES THERE, AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT POST OFFICES THAT IS A HUGE TOP OF YOUR CONVERSATION OUT THERE. AMONGST THOSE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THE PRICE. BUT I THINK. FINAL PRODUCT IS WILL BE NOTHING, BUT IT DID. DOGS. THAT WAS A THUNDERSTORM OR SOMETHING. ALRIGHT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND ROLL CALL PLACE. YES MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. MR. MOORE? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE HAVE PZ 21-281 ZONING CHANGE [16.  PZ21-281 Zone Change - 3919 A Oceanview Dr.] 3919 A OCEAN VIEW DRUGS. THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL SO. THROUGH OUR WINDOW. THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. ALL THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. IS WHERE AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE ME THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. ANY EX PARTY ON THIS ONE. I HAVE NONE. I HAVE NONE. FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. REMEMBER THE PROPERTY SPOKEN. THANK YOU SUPPORT THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. ON DECEMBER 21ST 2021, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOU CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 0.15 ACRES FROM OUR ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO OUR THREE DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUARTER PLEX. THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3 39 19, A OCEAN VIEW DRIVE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THE PLANNING MISSION BUT AT 50 TO FIND PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE PROPOSED ARE THREE ZONE ALLOWS FOR DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUADRUPLETS DWELLINGS. IN ADDITION TO THOSE USES A LEVEL IN THE R ONE AND R TWO ZONES. IF ALLOWED, THE EARTHY, THE R THREE ZONE DISTRICT WOULD INCREASE THE DENSITY ON THIS PARCEL FROM EIGHT DWELLING UNITS TO 15 TRILLION, IT'S PER ACRE. THE [00:40:05] EXISTING ZONING. IN THE AREA IS A MIXTURE OF R ONE AND R THREE. WHICH IS THE DESIRED REQUEST ARTERIES OWNING THIS APPLICATION. AH IS IN RESPONSE TO THE OWNER WANTING TO BUILD A ADDITIONAL DWELLING IN AND ON THE PROPERTY. UM. ALLOWING THE ARTERY ZONING IN THIS AREA WOULD INCREASE THE DENSITY AND THE OWNER WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THIS ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT. IF CHANGED. IF IT IS PERMITTED, THE ARTERY ZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT. PROPERTY, CURRENTLY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON IT. AH GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, EVEN WITH THE. DENSITY INCREASE, IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW ONE ADDITIONAL DWELLING IN UM GIVEN THE R THREE. ZONING THAT EXISTS IN THE NEARBY AREA STAFF AGREES WITH PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD IN A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDNANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DO. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED? YES, WE DID RECEIVE SOME EMAILS. THEY SHOULD BE. HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU, UM WE HAD SOME OPPOSITION. SOME OF THOSE ADDRESSED BUT THAT THEY. I THINK THE TITLE OF THE ZONING CATEGORY CAUSE SOME CONFUSION. EVEN THOUGH THE WORD TRIPLEX AND QUADRA PLAQUES ARE WITHIN THE TITLE AGAIN THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD AND WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPED. TWO DWELLING UNITS, SO WHILE THEY'RE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, OR A DUPLEX. A SINGLE DUPLEX WOULD BE PERMITTED HERE. THERE WERE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT BECOMING A YOU VACATION RENTAL AS WELL. SO MOST OF THE CONCERNS HAD TO DO WITH PARKING IN THE QUESTION WOULD BE SO. IF THIS IS APPROVED THERE A LOT ABOUT ANOTHER UNIT, WHETHER IT'S A MOTHER QUARTER OR ANOTHER UNIT. PERENT FOR SALE. I GUESS THEY COULDN'T SELL IT. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. PROBABLY. THEY'RE PROBABLY CREATE TWO PROPERTIES. BUT WHAT KIND OF PARKING IS GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR THAT SECOND STRUCTURE? OR AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. IT WOULD BE ANOTHER TWO. ENOUGH ROOM FOR TWO PARKING SPACES, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THAT ON A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION ON THEIR SIDE PLAN. WHEN SOMEBODY FOR THE APPLICATION WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE PERMANENT WITHOUT THEM KILLING BUT THAT PART. SETBACKS ARE NOT GAINING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO JUST ALLOWS THEM THAT ADDITIONAL UNIT THAT'S CORRECT. HAVE TO RUN THE PARKING FOR THAT. THAT'S CORRECT OTHER THAN THE DENSITY, ALL THE BULK REGULATIONS FROM INSANE CAN YOU PULL UP A SATELLITE? SO THEY'RE PLAYING US TO JUST PUT IN THE BACKYARD AGAIN. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE. THE PERSONAL LINES ON THE ES, OR THEY'RE SCARED REALLY OFF. ESPECIALLY THIS AREA. UM THE EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. THIS PARTIAL LINES. IF YOU LOOK AT AN ACTUAL SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THERE'S ROOM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. TO PLACE AN ADDITIONAL HOME. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE HOME. THE PROPERTY COULD NEVER BE SUBDIVIDE. IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE SPLIT IT WOULD YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE 50 FT FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS, AND I DON'T THINK THIS PROPERTY HAS AS AN APPRENTICE TO DO THAT, CURRENTLY , YOU NEED 35. FT. MEMPHIS NEW ONES GOTTA GO TO 50 FT. SO THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 100 FLAT, PROBABLY 100 FT. FRONT SPLIT. YEAH. THE SECOND DWELLING UNIT IS STILL BECAUSE OF THAT BOOK STANDARD, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPLIT OFF INTO TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES. EXACTLY. YEAH, IT WOULDN'T MEET. COULD YOU ZOOM IN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? IN FRONT OF PREVIOUS MAP. THERE'S OUR THREE KIND OF ALL AROUND WHOLE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALL AROUND. CORRECT THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE AS HEY, YOU FIT THAT ON THERE, WHICH IS NOT OUR BURDEN. GET RIGHT. THEY SUBMITTED A THE SITE PLAN. AGAIN WE THE SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO BUILD THE SECOND DWELLING HERE. THEY'RE CALLING IT AN IN LAW AND IN LAW MOTHER IN LAST WEEK. AH! THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKAGE. IF YOU SAW THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE EMAILS. THE PARKING WAS THE MAJOR COMPLAINT AND CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A ADDRESSED EARLY AND OFTEN, AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE R [00:45:02] THREE WITH ALL THE RENTAL UNITS NEARBY. THERE'S PROBABLY PARKING IS YES, BUT IF YOU ZOOM OUT, YOU'LL SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THERE'S ARE THREE ON THE OTHER SIDE. I USED TO LIVE OVER IN THIS AREA AND WHERE WALKED ALL THE TIME, SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT ON NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD YOU HAVE . IT'S OUR THREE ZONING, BUT THE USES ARE ALSO ARE THREE. ON THE MAP SHOWED THAT AREA TWO BUCKS OFF THOMAS YEAH. UNLESS THEY DID A TEAR DOWN. WHICH THIS LOOKS TO BE A NEWER HOUSE. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ZAP CAN HEAR LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ADAM. EASY TO 1-2 81. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM. SORRY. SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC IN ANY COMMENTS, MOTIONS. SCUSI INS, MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. MOVING ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES. ADAM 17 [17.  Project Lightning Strike Ordinance] PROJECT LIGHTNING STRIKE ORDINANCE BECCA HEART. COME ON DOWN. YOU'RE OFF TO A GREAT YEAR THIS YEAR. DEFINITELY VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS BECCA HARDEN AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE. WE BRING BEFORE YOU TODAY PROJECT LIGHTNING STRIKE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THIS ADVANCED MANUFACTURER INTO BAY COUNTY. THEY WILL BE GOING INTO AN EXISTING FACILITY IN WHICH A CROSSINGS BUSINESS PARK AND CREATING 200 NEW JOBS FOR US CITIZENS IF THEY COUNTY WILL BE INVESTING OVER $20 MILLION IN THIS PROJECT. THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED IN PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS. THEY WILL KEEP THE OPERATION IN ARKANSAS AND THIS WILL BE AN EXPANSION OF THEIR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS. THEY MANUFACTURED TRANSFORMERS FOR ALL POWER COMPANIES IN FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT. IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CUSTOMERS IN THERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEIR ESTABLISHMENT HERE AND GROWING AND BAY COUNTY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU. WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. UH BOB MICHEL CAN MANAGER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INVOLVED AS WELL AS YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPOINTEE BUILD OUT DON BANKS AND BRIAN LEE BYRNE HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN A LOT OF HOURS TO HELP US PUSH THIS PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION MY COLLEAGUES BEEN MORMON. WHO'S HERE WITH ME. TODAY IT TAKES A TEAM EFFORT TO WIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WE JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR BAY COUNTY AND BRINGING THESE GREAT JOBS TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE. SO WITH THAT WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVED THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT IN THE INCENTIVE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE OFFERED THIS COMPANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS. JUST COMMENT ALSO WANTED TO SAY BECCA AND BEND BOTH OF Y'ALL DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS PROJECT , BUT NOT ONLY THIS PROJECT, BUT MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH BY COUNTY. AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE EXPERTISE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT GEL BRING TO THE TABLE, AND IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT OUR AREA. AND THEN WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME BIG WINS LATELY. BUT THE BIG WINDS COME WITH SO MANY SO MUCH EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THIS BEHIND THE SCENES, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE TO COME. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, COMING IN OUR DIRECTION. AND JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING I DO. AND. READY TO MAKE THE MOTION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS PROBABLY PUBLIC HERE IS UNDER PUBLIC. BEC I JUST WANT TO STAY . TYPICALLY YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WOULD RELAX A LITTLE BIT . YOU KEEP HITTING HOME RUNS, WHICH YOU JUST KEEP GETTING IN THERE AND HITTING THEM. AND IT WOULD JUST BE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE MEDIA AND YOUR STAFF ON THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THIS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE PRESIDENT. LAST WEEK. AND WHAT A PHENOMENAL GUY UM, GREAT MOTTO. GREAT FAMILY GUN IN THE JOBS THAT HE HEARS THAT HE'S BRINGING HERE. THE PAY IS EXCEPTIONAL. SO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO GO TO COLLEGE ROUTE WHICH IS PERFECTLY FINE. UM THERE IS A GREAT PLACE. I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THERE. YES. JUST KIND OF ECHO. SEND SAME THING BACK THAT WE WERE. YEAH I GUESS IT'S LIKE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. I GUESS ALL OF US UP HERE LIKE MINDED IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, WE NEED TO PROVIDE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. AND. YOU'RE THE PART THAT GO TO FIND THE BUSINESS SO IT WORKS HAND IN HAND AND CONGRATS. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TIME TO BE IN BAY COUNTY. MORE GREAT THINGS TO COME WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON [00:50:02] THIS PROJECT. ALRIGHT, SEEING NOTHING CLOSE. I'LL HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE 2ND 2ND EMOTIONAL MULTIPLE SECONDS HERE WAS EXCITED. BROKE CONFERENCE. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS OPEN TO [L.  PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED TO ITEMS WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY)] ANY ISSUE RELATED COUNTY COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. BACK. MR. WE CAN ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO SPEAK IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR PHONE SET. WHAT'S WRONG? THEY'RE NOT IMMUNE TO DISCUSS MUCH ABOUT. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BACK. I LIVE AT 26. OH, ONE BEACH STREET . I WOULD LIKE TO Y'ALL TO LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT HERE. HE SAID. I'M A DEAD MAN. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD 10 YEARS AGO. NOW THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ANOTHER THREAT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST ME. TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I GET THESE THREATS PROBABLY AGAINST ME THAT DAY. I JUST WENT IN FRONT OF A JUDGE TRYING TO GET RELIEF. WITH MY FEDERAL CASE, TRYING TO GET RELIEF WITH ALL THIS STUFF FROM WHERE THEY TOLD MY DOG OKAY, THE SAME QUASI JUDICIAL SYSTEM THE SAME PEOPLE CUT THEIR WAY ON MY PROPERTY YET AGAIN. AND THEY TOOK MY ANIMAL. THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THEY TRIED TO TAKE MY ANIMAL. FINALLY THEY SUCCEEDED NOW FIND MYSELF IN FRONT OF A QUASI JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THIS ATTEMPTING TO OVERRIDE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS YET AGAIN. MY DOG IS THE LAST THING I GOT LEFT ON THIS PLANET. ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY DOG PEOPLE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING ME UNDER THE CONDITIONS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DOG. AND I MEAN THAT MY DOG IS THE LAST THING I GOT. DURING THE MEANTIME , THE SAME PEOPLE THAT PLACE BOOBY TRAPS INSIDE OF MY HOUSE THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME. THESE SAME PEOPLE PLACED BOOBY TRAPS ON MY PROPERTY THAT ONE OF MY FRIENDS FELL VICTIM TO AND THESE ARE THE SAME SADISTIC PEOPLE FROM THE START THAT PRIDE THEMSELVES. NOW I FIND MYSELF THEY'VE TAKEN AND JUMPED IN FRONT OF MY JUDGE, AND THEY PUT ME BACK IN FRONT OF A QUASI JUDICIAL WHICH IS OH, YEAH. DOMINATING ME WITH PAPERS AND STATUTES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR WITH PEOPLE HAVE NO RECOURSE BECAUSE Y'ALL DOMINATE THEM WITH STATUTES DOMINATE THEM. WITH A FREAKING LAWYER. NOW I'M GOT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAWYER. THE LAWYER HERE IS PREPARING A CASE AGAINST MY DOG. WHEN I COULD SHOW YOU WHERE THEY CUT THERE'S WEIGHT ONTO MY PROPERTY AND TOOK MY STUFF. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY CUT AWAY ON MY PROPERTY? I CAN SHOW YOU THE FIRST TIME WITH JOHN DEERE TRACTOR THE SECOND TIME WITH SCISSORS AND A KNIFE. THANK YOU FOR COMING, MR BECK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING ANYTHING BEFORE US? YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE WRECK. WANT TO SERVE MY NAME'S BRUNO WORTMANN. I LIVE ON A PEARSON DRIVE UP IN THE COLLEGE POINT AREA OF THAN HERE. I GUESS BAY COUNTY OUTSIDE THE NORTH SIDE, ELIN HAVEN 3 90 THERE. UM I JUST WANTED TO APPEAL THE ALL AS A TAXPAYER. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. THREE YEARS AFTER THE HURRICANE. NOW WE'RE STILL TRYING TO REBUILD SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. AND MR JASON SHOWER HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT ANY EXTRA FUNDS THAT YOU CAN GO I KNOW THAT WE JUST PASSED $2 MILLION TO THAT SKATE PARK DOWN ON THE BEACH SIDE UP IN TOWN. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO REBUILD. WE STILL GOT BROKEN TREES, ALL THIS OTHER SORT OF STUFF. AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT CAN GO OVER TOWARDS MR JASON. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED SO WE CAN GET THOSE PARKS REBUILT. FACTORY COLORS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? THE ARGUMENTS. SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TRUST PATIENTS CAN INTERNAL REPORT NO [00:55:03] IMPORTANCE. GERMANY KIND OF MARRIAGE REPORT. CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. LET'S [O.  CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS] START WITH COMMISSIONER MORE. THANK YOU, SIR. AH JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BOTTOM MONTH OR SO AGO, I SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER AND ASKED ABOUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH PANAMA CITY? AND THEIR ENGINEERING SCHOOL TO DO A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE ON THE WATER TABLE AND KIND OF WHAT ALL WE'RE DEALING WITH THEM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, OUR STAFF HAD A MEETING WITH UM, THE STAFF OVER AT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT AND HE STARTED WORKING ON THIS AND IT'S GOING TO BE WORKING IN THIS GOTTEN THAT APPOINTS, AND THEY'RE GETTING A GOOD FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT 120 DAYS. WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT? ACTUALLY THE LOSS OF THE TREES AND EVERYTHING HAS DONE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WHERE THE WATER TABLE IS, AND WE ACTUALLY CAN USE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IN OUR DECISION MAKING AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS AS THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY DO SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT PART, UM TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE SKATE PARKS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MENTION AS WELL BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT PARK IS MORE TDC MONEY IS WHY IT'S THERE. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS OF, UM AND STAFF CAN PROBABLY GET WITH YOU ON THIS, AS RELATES TO THE SKATE PARK, AT LEAST THAT THERE WERE OTHER LOCATIONS AND DECISIONS. I JUST LIKE FOR JASON AND THE PARKS AND RECS. ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GET TOGETHER AND LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER PLACES. THOSE OTHER OPTIONS. WHAT COULD BE DONE WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE. AND THEN FINALLY, UM HIGHWAY 77. WAS ON THAT QUITE A BIT THIS WEEKEND , GOING UP TO MY IN LAWS HOUSE TO DO SOME WORK, AND THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF TRASH AND NO SPOKEN WITH STAFF ABOUT THIS AGAIN. BUT JUST, UH JUST TO PUBLIC APPEAL TO CITIZENS. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY HAULING TRASH, AND THEY'RE NOT COVERING IT LIKE THEY SHOULD PLEASE CALL AND REPORT IT TO FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING TO ONE OF THEM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CAN WRITE THE TICKETS AND DO SOMETHING ON THAT. AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANKS. MISS DODGER? YES JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM ALSO, I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN IN MY NOTES. I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE SKATE PARK. ESCAPE PARK IS A PROJECT THAT WE REALLY PUSHED FORWARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD DISCUSSION ON IT, AND WE MET WITH THE PARTIAL RENT BOARD AND HAD COMMUNITY INPUT. BACK WHEN WE WERE THE PARK THAT'S OVER BY THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THE EXISTING PARK THAT PEOPLE ARE SKATING ON NOW, THAT WAS JUST IN DISARRAY AND WE DECIDED WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO WAS SOME CREATE A PROFESSIONAL FOR CONCRETE PARK. AND SO THAT'S THIS WHOLE EFFORT HAS BEEN FOR THAT, AND IT'S FINALLY COMING TO AN END OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND AS COMMISSIONER MORE POINTED OUT THE LOCATION. ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT. WE LOOKED AT MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT WE CITED ON A LOCATION WHERE IT IS AT THE SPORTS PART. PRIMARILY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INPUT OF THE TDC MONEY. THIS WAS A $2 MILLION PROJECT, AND THIS IS PART OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE PAID BY PARK IMPACT FEES A SMALLER PORTION BY PARK IMPACT VIS A LARGER PORTION BY BY THE TOURISTS THAT COME TO BAY COUNTY , SO WE'RE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT USED TDC MONEY PARTNER WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE A BIG HELP TO THIS, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE WHERE WE CHOSE TO LOCATE THE PART. IS GOING TO BE A GOOD FACILITY. LOCAL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT AND USE IT AT THEIR LEISURE. UM AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. ALSO JUST WANTED UPDATE PEOPLE THAT WE MET ONE MORE TIME. HAD A MEDIAN ON 3 88, AND HE CAN FIND A CREEK. WE'VE BEEN WORKING, TOO. MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT LOCATION, MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ENDING THEIR CANOE TRIP DOWN DOWN. THEY CAN FIND A CREEK AND SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MAKE THAT A SAFER AREA FOR THE OUT TAKE AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SWIMMING AREA. THEY'RE ALL WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INDIAN, THEIR NUTRIENT. AND GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PARK THEIR CARS OFF THE ROAD OR GIVE THEM A PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE CREEK. SO JUST AN UPDATE THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. UM AND, UH AS AS THAT MOVES FORWARD, IT WILL. I'LL GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S ALL BUT A HALF. THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSION GRIFFIN'S THANK YOU. UM I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING AT THE ARC OF THE BAY THIS PAST WEEKEND. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ARC OF THE BAY IS IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS ADULTS [01:00:03] WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. THEY HAVE A REALLY SPECTACULAR PROGRAM WHERE THEY PUT THESE ADULTS THROUGH THE CULINARY INSTITUTE AT GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE. AND THEY ALSO HAVE A CAFE THERE, SO THESE FOLKS HAVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT INCLUSION WITH THESE ADULTS. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE IT AND PARTICIPATE. IF YOU CAN RUN, SHARPEN HIS TEAM, DO AN AMAZING JOB OVER THERE FOR THOSE FOLKS ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SKATEPARK , DON WE? THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT AND APOLOGY FOR FINALLY GETTING INTO THE FINISH LINE. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS. IT'S NOT EASY TO GET FOLKS TO RAISE THEIR HAND UP. VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP THEIR COUNTIES WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO DO FOR HIM. JUST COUPLE OF THINGS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HANG OUT AFTER THE MEETING, WE'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH, UM, WE HAVE SOME MASTER DESIGNED FOR THE FOR THE PARKS IN COLLEGE POINT. UM THAT BEING THAT'S MY DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WITH JASON MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC ON EISENBERG AND THE OTHER ONE AROUND THERE IN THE BAG. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME CONCEPTUAL PLAN TO LIKE TO SHOW. SO THERE'S TWO YOU FEEL JUST HANGING OUT. OKAY? THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN'S READING MY NOTES OVER HERE. UM, FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UM THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS ONE COMMUNITY. IT TAKES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AND GIVE THEIR TIME. WE'RE GRATEFUL. WE THANK YOU. WE MADE SOME APPOINTMENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND WE THANK YOU. WE URGE EVERYONE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY TAKES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN REGARD TO THE PARKS, YOU KNOW THEY'VE EVOLVED FROM JUST STANDARD PARTS FROM BEFORE . NOW WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY DOG PARKS, WHICH WE PROBABLY NEED SOME MORE. WE'VE EVOLVED. WE NOW HAVE DISC GOLF. WE'RE GETTING THIS GREAT SKATE PARK. UM AND THE NEWEST ONE THAT EVERYONE IS PUSHING FORWARD TO ADVANCEMENT PICKLEBALL. SO PICKLEBALL IS GOING TO BE COMING WILL BE YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RECS. THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT, AND THE BOARD IS SO I THINK WORKS ALL EXCITED TO HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT PLAYED. I PROBABLY SHOULD. SO UM AND THEN LASTLY JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF YOUR UPCOMING VALENTINE'S DAY. YOU NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OR YOUR FLOWERS. NO EXCUSES. I HAVE PUT THE MESSAGE OUT THERE. SO GO WATER YOUR FLOWERS AND TELL THAT SPECIAL ONE HOW M * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.