Aug 17, 2023 Bay County Triumph Gulf Coast

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AND WE THOUGHT GOT IT. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE TRIUMPH. GULF COAST MEETING

[Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. on August 17, 2023. ]

MISS SKELTON. WAS THIS MEETING PROPERLY ADVERTISED. ALL RIGHT. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CHAIR BAIR HERE. MR CORE HENDERSON. HERE MR HUMPHRIES. HERE MR MERRILL, MR. TRUMBULL HERE WISE HERE. FOREIGN PRESIDENT. MR CHAIRMAN. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A QUORUM. LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER IT IS 11 02. THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 22ND. BOARD MEETING MINUTES. UM THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND REVIEW THEM. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. DOT WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. WHO GAVE THE MOTION. MR MERRILL, AND THE SECOND WAS MR HENDERSON. WE HAVE EMOTIONS SECOND. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HAVING NO OBJECTIONS.

POLICE SHOW THOSE ADOPTED. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS F SUS SENT AND COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE. DR HANNAH IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME ON DOWN. WELCOME THANK YOU FOR HAVING US OVER HERE IN PANAMA CITY. AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR HOSTING US HERE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE IN PANAMA CITY AND WELCOME YOU BACK IN TIME. UM . I'M RANDI HANNAH ON THE DEAN HERE AT FLORIDA STATE AND FLORIDA CITY UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA CITY. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUMP. OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD THREE PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH TRIBE GULF COAST, THE FIRST PROJECT BEING THE APPLE MAGICAL MOISTURE PROJECT. THE SECOND PROJECT BEING SENT THE ASCENT PROJECT, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR CYBERSECURITY, CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION, ALL ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA. AND THE THIRD PROJECT IS A COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE JUST OPENED ON AUGUST. THE 10TH. AND THEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE TODAY DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES DR FAROOQ ALVI, IT'S GOING TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE PLAN TO SUBMIT IN THE FUTURE.

UM, WITH ME TODAY. UM IS DR LARRY DID THIS DOCTOR SUZANNE OR MEADE'S WHO WILL TALK ABOUT A CENT? AND DR ELIZABETH GROW AND DEBBIE WHITTAKER. DEBBIE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL AND THEY KNOW TO KEEP IT SHORT. GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE HAD SO FAR WITH THE ASSENT GRANT . IT IS A $23 MILLION.11 A HALF $11.5 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM TRIUMPH. GULF COAST MATCH REQUIREMENTS ON OUR SIDE, WHICH WE HAVE MATCHED UP TO CLOSELY $2 MILLION TO DATE. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE YOU SEE IN YOUR SIDES BEFORE YOU WE HAVE SECURED A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS OR TEAMING AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL AREAS. BAY COUNTY, FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER AS WELL AS DESTINED HIGH SCHOOL. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER EXCITING ONES IS THAT WE HAVE ALSO TEAMED AND PARTNERED WITH GULF COAST STATE COLLEGE TO ASSIST THEM AND, UM, ACCOMPLISHING AND ACHIEVING THEIR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. UM BEYOND THAT WE ALSO HAVE SOME HOMESCHOOL COMPONENTS. WE HAVE REACHED OUT WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. SO WE'VE OUR OUTREACH IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS BEEN PRETTY EXPANSIVE. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WE STARTED LAST SUMMER WITH OUR FIRST INITIATIVES, WHICH WAS WHAT WE CALL THE T THREE ACADEMY. IT'S A PAID PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALLED TEACHING. TEACHING TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER FROM THAT LAST YEAR. WE HAD 20 TEACHERS FAST FORWARD TO THIS PAST SUMMER, WE DOUBLED THAT TO 40. FROM THAT INITIATIVE . WE ALSO CREATED WHAT WE CALL AN INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CLUB.

WE HAVE 20 CLUBS AND 12. EXCUSE ME, 15 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM BAY AND WALTON COUNTY AND FROM THE COMBINATION OF THOSE EFFORTS, WE HAVE EARNED 145 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS OVER THIS SUMMER. UM HIGHLIGHTING ON THAT THIS PAST SUMMER, SOME EVEN BIGGER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAD WITH OUR SMALL, SMALL GROUP. WE HAD SEVEN OUTREACH INITIATIVES, UM, FROM APPALACHIA, COLA TO ESCAMBIA, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THE MAP ON YOUR CHART RIGHT THERE. WE ALSO HAD OUR

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BUT THEN ONE OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE VERY, VERY PROUD OF IS THE INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE HOMESCHOOL COALITION. WE HAD SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME FROM A U. S. F GRANT THAT HELPED US TO DO FIVE OF THESE EXTRA INITIATIVES ON TOP OF THE T THREE AND INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CLUB. THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER. UM AND FROM THAT WE DID A 90 DAY HOME SCHOOL INITIATIVE THAT IS ACTUALLY STILL IN PROGRESS TODAY WILL END AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE. I CAN'T REMEMBER.

LARRY, IS THAT THE ONE? I WILL LET YOU GONNA LET LARRY TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL FUNDING? YEAH SO ONE OF ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THIS GRANT IS TO FIND THE $11.5 MILLION MATCHING.

WE GOT SOME FROM FLORIDA STATE. INITIALLY. WE'VE BEEN, UH DEVELOPED VOTING EFFORT OF PERSONNEL TO THAT, BUT ALSO WRITING MORE GRANTS, AND SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES GOING AFTER THEM AND GETTING THEM. SOME OF THOSE YOU SEE LISTED HERE THAT WE WERE AWARDED SOME WE WEREN'T AWARDED . WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE UNDER REVIEW. THERE'S THE LARGE ONE REALLY IS THIS NSF? NEXUS GRANT. PROBABLY A LOW PROBABILITY THAT WE GET THAT, BUT BUT THAT WOULD START OUT FOR TWO YEARS AT $700,000 A YEAR IT EVENTUALLY WOULD GO TO A 10 YEAR PROGRAM WORTH PROBABLY ABOUT $20 MILLION TO THE ASCENT EFFORT AND HELP US BRING THAT FORWARD. UM WE ALSO LOOKING AT FOUNDATIONS TALKING AGAIN TO UM ST JOE FOUNDATION AND TO THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, UH, FOUNDATION AND WE KNOW FROM SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE DIDN'T GET THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE APPLY AND GET SOME OF THAT MONEY. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT THAT THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS WITH BRINGING FINDING THAT EXTERNAL MONEY AND BRINGING INTO THE AREA FOR THIS PROJECT. I THINK WHEN YOU YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY THE END OF OUR FIRST OFFICIAL YEAR, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KEY GOALS COMING UP. WE FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A SMALL TEAM AT FLORIDA STATE. OUR GOAL IS TO USE THE COMMUNITY TO TEACH A LOT OF THESE. THESE CYBER SECURITY AND I T COURSES AND SO WE STARTED WITH TRAINING TEACHERS SO THAT THEY COULD GO BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS. THEY COULD START CLUBS OR SUMMER CAMPS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LIBRARIES AGAIN AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. A LOT OF THAT IS FOCUSED NOW ON HOMESCHOOLERS AND ADULT EDUCATION, UM AND AGAIN PARTNERING WITH CAREER SOURCE OR A LOT OF THINGS. CAREER SOURCE DOES, BUT THEY HAVE SOME GAPS IN THEIR FUNDING THAT WE CAN HELP FILL AND EXPAND AND GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. AS I SAID, WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR MORE, UM MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE UM.

REALLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WE'VE GOT TO STRENGTHEN AND SORT OF BUILD STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR OUR INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CAMPS ARE T THREE ACADEMIES ARE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CAMPS AND THE TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE IN STARTING AGAIN WITH THE TECHNOLOGY INVITATIONAL. UH WE'RE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS WITH OUR OUTREACH TO THE MILITARY. THAT REALLY IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY AMOUNT TO CERTIFICATION TRAINING FOR CONTRACTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY. OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. AH AND THEN FINALLY WORKING ON THIS YEAR, FINALLY EXPANDING THE ICT DEGREE THAT WE HAVE IN TALLAHASSEE TO PANAMA CITY. UM AND THAT IS WAITING ON ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORS. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT. HEY THERE. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CHROME, AN ASSISTANT DEAN AT PANAMA CITY. AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY DEBBIE WHITAKER, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. WE'RE PLEASED TO GIVE YOU A VERY RECENT UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS. UM THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OPENED JUST IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 10TH OF THIS YEAR WITH 100 STUDENTS. UM OUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN MET WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT.

FROM STUDENTS AND PARENTS HERE IN THE LOCAL AREA, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT CONTINUES, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE MILITARY STUDENTS MOVING IN, SO THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, AS YOU KNOW, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A TRIUMPH GRANT IN 2022 WITH THE PURPOSE OF SERVING THE MILITARY POPULATIONS THAT WOULD BE MOVING TO OUR AREA AND PROVIDING, UH, ADVANCED COURSE WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND CTE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES EARLY AND OFTEN IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THAT HAS GONE WELL. WE ARE OWN DISTRICT, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS AWARDED US OUR OWN DISTRICTS OR DISTRICT 82. IT'S CALLED F S U BAY IF YOU EVER GET INTERESTED AND WANT TO GOOGLE IT AND FIND IT ONLINE, BUT WE'RE THERE'S ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN THAT DISTRICT AND THAT'S US. BUT WE ARE

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AND IT S YOU WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THE FIELDS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE SERVING THE MILITARY POPULATION. MILITARY STUDENTS CAN ENROLL YEAR ROUND. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON A SEAT OR WAIT FOR THE LOTTERY TO OPEN AGAIN. IN ORDER TO JOIN THE SCHOOL YOU CAN SEE ON I DON'T KNOW WHICH PAGE YOU'RE ON. BUT MAYBE IT'S PAGE SIX. THERE'S A PROJECTED GROWTH SHOWING THAT WE START WITH 109TH GRADERS THIS YEAR, ADDING 100 TO 125 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR. LEAVING SPACE FOR THOSE MILITARY STUDENTS WHO COME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND UM, ADDING A GRADE EACH YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WERE AWARDED. THE GRANT WAS A PLANNING YEAR TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND GOING AND BECOME OUR OWN DISTRICT. AND UH, SET UP THE SCHOOL THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE. SO AS I SAID STUDENTS WILL BE IN TWO LOCATIONS THEY'LL BE AT THE TCS LOCATION, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF 23RD STREET AND 3 90 OR ST ANDREWS BOULEVARD IN THE NORTH STAR COMPLEX. UM THERE THERE THERE FOR FOUR DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK IN NINTH GRADE, AND THEN ON FRIDAYS, THEY'LL BE AT FSG PANAMA CITY AND WILL BE HAVING A GRAND OPENING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AND YOU ALL WILL BE GETTING INVITES. WE HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO COME AND SEE THE LOCATION AND EVERYTHING THAT'S OFFERED THERE. SO STARTING IN NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IF THEY MEET QUALIFICATIONS CAN DUAL ENROLL AND CLASSES IN BOTH FALL AND SPRING. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL IS ENROLLED IN A CT COURSE, AND WE'LL BE TAKING CT EXAMS IN NINTH GRADE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE IN MULTIPLE COURSES BECAUSE THEY CAME IN WITH HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEY HAVE MORE ROOM IN THEIR SCHEDULED TO SUPPORT THAT. SO EVERY YEAR THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES WITH CTE BEING A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS EVERY YEAR. ALSO STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DUAL ENROLL, AND THOSE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH 10TH AND 11TH AND 12TH GRADE BY 11TH GRADE. STUDENTS WOULD BE SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME AND F S U OR AT GULF COAST OR AT HANEY DOING WHICHEVER PATHWAY THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. UM AND THAT WILL LEAVE ROOM FOR NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS TO BE GETTING THEIR CORE ACADEMICS COMPLETED AT THE TCS LOCATION. SO THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY OFFERED HONORS. AP CLASSES DOOR RAHMAN FOR NINTH GRADE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WE DID A SURVEY AND A FOCUS GROUP WITH OUR STUDENTS EARLY ON BEFORE THE SCHOOL OPENED BACK IN MARCH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN BIOMEDICAL. UM SCIENCES CAME UP AS ONE OF THE KEY INTEREST OF EIGHTH GRADERS IN OUR AREA, WHICH IS GREAT. WE NEED PEOPLE IN THAT FIELD. UM BUT ALSO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE. THOSE ARE THE THREE PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE STARTING IN NINTH GRADE, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO ADD ENGINEERING NEXT NEXT YEAR AS WELL SO THAT WE'LL HAVE A DIVERSE ARRAY OF CTE OPTIONS FOR THEM TO CHOOSE FROM. EVERY STUDENT IS IN A LEADERSHIP CLASS , LEARNING THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR SCHOOL AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO IN A RESEARCH CLASS, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF HOW, UM THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD WORKS AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO DO RESEARCH IN ANY OF THEIR CORE SUBJECTS IN AREAS WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T DO THINGS LIKE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES AND HONOR SOCIETIES. ALL OF THAT'S PART OF THE PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS, EVEN IN NINTH GRADE. UM AND THEN LAST , BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF . SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT TEACHERS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUALITY OF OUR TEACHERS IS GOING TO GREATLY IMPACT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SCHOOL. WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY ASSEMBLED A GREAT TEAM OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE, UH, ALL GOOD THINGS TO SAY . IN OUR FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN VERY SMOOTH. SO YEP. UH HUH. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DON'T GET TO SEE IS WHAT I GET TO SEE EVERY DAY. THE KIDS WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THEIR CARS ARE OFF THE MOTORCYCLES THAT MOM OR DAD OR BRINGING THEM ON. YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE MONIES THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN NECESSARILY . BUT I'M NOT ONLY GET TO SEE THE GIVERS, WHICH IS THIS GROUP, BUT I ALSO GET TO SEE THE RECEIVERS AND THE SMILES AND THE PRIDE AND THE HONOR THAT THESE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE. AND COMING TO A SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN SO HEAVILY SUPPORTED BY YOU , UM, IS GREATLY REWARDING FOR ME. AND SO IF I COULD TELL YOU ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR NOW, BUT THE CHANGE THAT YOU ARE MAKING IN THE TRAJECTORY OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR NOT ONLY THEIR LIVES BUT THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES, SO THANK

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YEAH, I JUST WANT TO COME IN. IF ANYBODY KNOWS HIGHER EDUCATION, IT'S UH, REALLY HERE HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SEEING YOU FROM BEFORE AND CLOSE. HE DID SOME UTOPIAS STINT FOR A WHILE, BUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE APPRECIATE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. TWICE UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW I'M ON THE EFFORTS, YOU CIVIL ENGINEERING BOARD, OKAY. AND SO ONE OF OUR HEARD THAT ENGINEERING MAYBE ONE OF THE UPCOMING ONES. I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. UM NOW, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, AND I'M GUESSING I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT, UM, WHAT COLOR COUNTY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE MILITARY BASES OR IT'S BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY. FIRST YOU JUST TO DRIVE TO WALK AWAY FROM WAKULLA HERE EVERY DAY WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE STUDENTS FROM WATERCOLOR IF THEY WANT TO COME IF THEY HAD A PLACE TO SAY. UM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO IT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING AS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR CAMPUS HERE , BOTH CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER. UM MECHANICAL, AND WE RUN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM AND SYSTEMS ENGINEER E. FROM PANAMA CITY. SO IT WILL CLEARLY BE PART OF THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY? SO WITH THE CTE PROGRAMS ONCE YOU GET YOUR CERTIFICATION AND ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS THEN DOES THAT TRANSFER AS A AS A COLLEGE CREDIT OR YOU'RE LEAVING WITH JUST THE CERTIFICATION TO DO THAT? IN THE FUTURE. OR HOW DOES THAT WITH THE C T E S WITH SOME OF THE STATE COLLEGES? AND WITH THE VOCATIONAL. COLLEGE IS THE TECHNICAL COLLEGES IT WILL TRANSFER TO CREDIT FOR AN A S DEGREE OR FIRST YOUR TIPS ARE FOR A CERTAIN APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE THIS MORNING. IT WOULD TRANSFER FOR CERTIFICATE OR FOR AN A S DEGREE. HE WILL NOT TRANSFER FOR A DEGREE OR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT ROUTE. WITH THE CT.

IT'S BENEFICIAL EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TRANSFER. UM FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND JUST KIND OF ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SAYING. GREAT JOB TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING HERE. LARRY DENNIS FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION, AND HE RETIRED. AND I SAID, I'VE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR WHERE WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE TREASURER'S REPORT. MR HENDERSON . THE OTHER FLOOR, MR CHAIR. UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT BEFORE TURNING OVER TO MS DAVIDSON THAT WE'VE FINALLY STARTED COLLECTING THE INTEREST.

THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GENEROUSLY. UM LET US RECEIVE AND CONTINUE WITH GOOD PROJECTS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE AND THE LEGISLATORS THAT DID THIS THAT THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. FOR OUR REGION , SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MISS DAVIS. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL WE REVIEW JUNE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ON PAGE ONE. YOU SEE OUR STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION SHOWS ABOUT 613 MILLION. IN THE BANK ACCOUNTS. TWO SHOWS IN JUNE OF 2023. WE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT $2.4 MILLION. PAGE A IS YOUR BUDGET BUDGET TO ACTUAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE WERE OVER BUDGET BY 18,000. BUT THAT WAS DUE TO SOME OF THE TIMING IN THE GRANTS EVALUATION COST IN THE PURCHASE OF THE SOFTWARE. YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT THE YEAR TO DATE FOR THE BUDGET OR UNDER BUDGET BY 20,000. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO POINT OUT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THAT THE JUNE FINANCIAL REPORT. NO WELL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE JUNE FINANCIAL REPORT IS PRESENTED. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND BECAUSE THAT'S WHO PLEASE. WHO WHO MOVED AND SECONDED. MR HENDERSON MOVED TO MR TROUBLE. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DEBATE OR DISCUSSION? NOT PLEASE SHOW IT ADOPTED. WE'LL MOVE TO JULY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO OVER JULY, WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXCITING. IN JULY, THEY CASH IN THE BANK IS ABOUT 613,000,002 POINT OUT OUR INTEREST PAYABLE LINE, WHICH IS ZERO AND WILL REMAIN ZERO FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ON PAGE TWO. YOU'LL SEE OUR INTEREST INCOME FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 2.8 MILLION. PAGE A IS YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL, WHICH SHOWS US UNDER BUDGET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY BY 18,000. PAGE NINE. IS YOUR BUDGET ACTUAL FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDED JULY 31ST , WHICH SHOWS US UNDER BUDGET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BY 38,000 AND SHOWS THE 11.6 MILLION IN FUNDS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT YESTERDAY YOU WIRED OUT 10.9 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS. THEY CONCLUDE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR MERRILL WAS THEIR 2ND 2ND. MR HENDERSON SECONDS. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMENTS. QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE PLEASED SHOW THEM ADOPTED. UPDATES TO SYSTEMS DOCUMENTS. YOU ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOUR

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ADD ANY ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE COST TO THAT ALLOCATION EACH MONTH.

UM AT YOUR DISCRETION. AND THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES TO YOUR SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION FORM. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? RELATED TO THE CHANGES. I GOT ONE. YES, SIR. SO WE'RE BACK UP.

THE. YOU SAID THE INTEREST IS GOING TO BE KEPT IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT. UNTIL IT'S DESIGNATED WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT ON IS THAT NOT A SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT A SEPARATE LINE ITEM ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE. EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE INTEREST SEPARATELY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT THAT MONEY TO BE SPENT ON IF IT'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT. IF IT'S ADMIN, YOU CAN DESIGNATE IT WITHIN OUR STATUTE. HOWEVER, YOU I WOULD LIKE SO ARE. PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAD TO REALLY REVENUE SOURCES. WE HAVE THE FUNDING THAT WAS COMING TO US OUR APPROPRIATION THROUGH THE STATUTE. AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE A FEW YEARS AGO GAVE US AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION THAT WAS RESTRICTED. FOR ADMINISTRATION. THIS PAST YEAR WHEN THE LEGISLATURE AMENDED UH, WELL, THEY DIDN'T AMEND ANYTHING. THEY ALLOWED US TO RETAIN THE INTEREST INCOME THAT WE EARNED FOR THE YEAR. IT WAS TO BE USED FOR PROGRAM, SUPPORT AND OR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE DO SO IT'S UNRESTRICTED FINE. AND SO RATHER THAN DUMPING IT INTO ONE OF THE OTHER TWO. RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHICH THE 5 MILLION OR IN THE OTHER INCOME. UH, WE'RE KEEPINGSEPARATE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO AS A BOARD HAVE TO DECIDE. HOW WILL WE BE SPENDING THIS? THESE FUNDS WHERE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING IT EXCLUSIVELY ON ADMINISTRATION AND OVERHEAD FOR COMPLIANCE REASONS AND OR WOULD WE PORTION IT OUT. PIECE OF IT GO TO, UH, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS SUPPORT SO FOR NOW, WE'RE KEEPING IT AS A SEPARATE ITEM. IN THE P AND L. AND IF AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT DO WE WANT? HOW DO WE WANT TO CATEGORIZE IT ON THE BALLOT SHEET? AND SO THAT'S THANK YOU COMMENTS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY YES, MA'AM. LIMITATIONS AT THE LEGISLATURE PUT ON THE FUNDS

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THE NET. RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING THE ACCOUNTED FOR ON THEIR BALANCE SHEET AND CASH. CORRECT A SEPARATE LINE ITEM ON OUR P AND L YES, IT'S SITTING IN OUR WILL SIT IN OUR FLORIDA PRIME ACCOUNT. THE MAJORITY OF IT IS EARNED IN THE FLORIDA PRIME ACCOUNT OF SMALL PIECES EARNED IN CENTENNIAL, AND IT WILL STAY IN CENTENNIAL. YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR MERRILL. SAYING DO WE GET INTERESTS OUR INTERESTS? NOW THAT WE ENTER ACCOUNT? THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE'VE GONE 50 TIMES WHAT WE'RE MAKING TWO YEARS AGO. 10 BASIS POINTS TO 500 BASIS POINTS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. GOOD JOB, MR ANDERSON. NO CREDIT. HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY THE INTEREST RATE IS RIGHT NOW? THE INTEREST RATE 5.39% WAS WHAT IT WAS IN JULY WITH EXTENDER, PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN THE ACCOUNT.

UM WE SHOULD BE EARNING PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF INTEREST THIS YEAR. THIS HIGH RATE I BELIEVE WE NEED. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE, UH, THESE CHANGES . IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? APPROVAL WE HAVE A MISSION FOR MR MERRILL AND A SECOND FROM MR HENDERSON. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? NOT UH PLEASE SHOW IT UP. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR. YES, MA'AM. JUST AND JENNIFER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW. POINT TO THIS ON THE SCHEDULE OF FUNDING. THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD, AS REFLECTED IN THE IN THE SCHEDULE OF FUNDING IN THAT THE INTEREST IS SHOWN AS BEING EXPENDED IN THE OUT YEARS. BUT THERE'S A FOOTNOTE THAT SAYS THAT THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD CAN ENTER. YES SO IT'S THE LINE RIGHT ABOVE THE HIGHLIGHTED LINE THAT SAYS AVAILABLE FOR ADMIN OR GRANTS. THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT INTERESTS SHOW UP ON YOUR SCHEDULE OF FUNDING EACH MONTH. UNTIL YOU MAKE A DECISION AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO SEE THAT SPENT AND THEN WE'LL ALLOCATE APPROPRIATELY. SO YOU'LL JUST KEEP IT THERE AT THE UNTIL WE DECIDE. THE NUMBER OF ABOVE IS THE PIECE THAT IS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR ADMIN IN THE PIECE UNDERNEATH. THE HIGHLIGHTED PIECE IS SPECIFIC FOR GRANTS. SO THEN YOU SEE THAT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S FOR EITHER OR THAT'S TWICE YOUR QUESTION. SO DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING NEXT TIME OR AN ITEM ON OUR MEETING NEXT TIME TO DISCUSS WHERE THE INTEREST FUNDING WILL GO TO SOME POINT WE DO WE COULD WE COULD HAVE IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA WILL EFFECTIVELY JUST LET IT BUILD UP UNTIL THE OTHER MONEY RUNS OUT. AND THEN YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, BUT YEAH. 2.8 MILLION A MONTH. IT'LL TURN INTO REAL MONEY. BEST. LIKE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT. YES, PLEASE MAKE NOTE. PLEASE ASSUME JUST GOES INTO THE POT, RIGHT? BACKWARD. THE SEPARATE. TWO SEPARATE LINE I'VE HAD SEPARATE USES REALLY MORE LESS RESTRICTIVE AND OVERALL AND WE'VE RECEIVED MANAL SO. SO I THINK THE POINT IF WE WANT TO PUT A PUT AN IDEA OR A POLICY IN PLACE, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING. I THINK THAT PROBABLY WORKS. HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOARD. LIKE WHAT? LIKE I'M WITH HER. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT ANY OTHER HOME? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REPORT. SIR THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR HENDERSON. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR? I DO NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT AND THE UPDATES TO THE SYSTEM DOCUMENTS . UM NOW STAFF REPORTS SUSAN YES, SIR. UM GOOD MORNING. I THINK IT'S STILL MORNING. UM FIRST I'D LIKE TO BRING UP TO DATE ON OUR AUDITOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK WITH OTHER GENERAL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. AND WE'RE, UM I'M HONORED THIS MORNING TO HAVE OUR AUDIT TEAM. YOU'RE WITH US THERE SITTING ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK. YOUR WAVES. EVERYBODY CAN SEE AND, UM, THEY WERE. UM ACCOMMODATING ENOUGH TO COME OVER HERE TODAY TO DO THE REQUIRED ANNUAL FRAUD, INTERVIEWS WITH THE BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL SOMEWHERE TO MEET WITH THEM. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT COURTESY THAT THEY OFFER TO US

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CHAIR TURN THAT BACK OVER TO YOU SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE WAY MY CONTRACT IS WRITTEN.

HMM YOU HAVE TO HAVE WORKED WITH ME FOR A YEAR BEFORE YOU CAN SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ARE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU, OKAY. SPEAKING OF SPENDING MONEY. YEAH WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUMP UP AGAINST THE TOP THRESHOLD OF OURS WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, MR REESE, A BAKER. UM AND SHE IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF ASSISTING NOT ONLY OUR PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, BUT SHE'S ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM AND HELPING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TOUCHES ON A PROJECT. WHEN IT GETS TO THE ACCOUNTING SIDE. AND WE ARE FINDING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADD NEW PROJECTS AND THE VOLUME OF WORK INCREASES, WE CONTINUE TO HIT THE LIMIT WITH THERESA. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FIRST THIS MORNING. IS THAT YOU ALL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO INCREASE TERESA'S WORKLOAD. TO WHAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE 30 HOURS A WEEK. BUT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY WE NEED WITH SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT IN THE FORM OF INCREASING HER. UM WORKLOAD APPROVAL 220 HOURS PER MONTH, AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME POINT TO BE ABLE TO HELP HER. DO SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASK WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN COORDINATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AT CLARK PARTY TONIGHT AS WELL. CHEKHOV'S AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING TIMELY. HOW MANY HOURS DO WE DO? WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HER NOW. CURRENTLY CAPPED AT 20 HOURS A WEEK. WHICH IS 80 HOURS A MONTH. UM, AND WE'RE HITTING THAT EVERY WEEK WITH HER. AND YOU WANT TO GO TO WANNA CREASE THAT ABOUT 50% SO BASICALLY 120 HOURS NOW, THIRD GO FROM 20 HOURS A WEEK TO 30 EFFECTIVELY 30 HOURS A WEEK, BUT WE'RE ASKING IT IN THE FORM OF 120 HOURS A MONTH. THERE'S A 50% INCREASE. UM THAT. I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. AND THE EXTRA YOU WERE SAYING EXTRA ADMINISTRATIVE HELP WITH CLARK PARTINGTON. WELL WHAT WE NEED IS JUST COORDINATION WITH THE LAW FIRM AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THIS, THE REVIEWS THAT THE ATTORNEYS ARE REQUIRED TO DO IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO UM, HAVE HER HELP US HELP COREY WOULD MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING? THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE EMOTION. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? IT'S TOO SLOW, MR GORE. THANKS THANK YOU, MISS WIFE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR HUMPHRIES? SO, UM IN THE PAST, WE HAD SOME CONSTRAINTS ON STAFF FUNDING. UM, I GUESS OR IS ALL OF THAT SORT OF OVER NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS INSURANCE SORRY. INTEREST WINDFALL, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT SHE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT THING THAT YOU ARE, OKAY? THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT SHE WILL BE DOING WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE, AND SO IT WILL QUALIFY TO COME OUT ABOUT $5 MILLION OR POTENTIALLY OUT OF THE TO THE INTEREST RATE AT A LATER POINT IN TIME. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO RUN THE CONCURRENCY OF THE $0.75 WITH THE $5 MILLION AND NOW WITH THE

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WITH COMPLIANCE. 10 YEARS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UP TO 10 YEARS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN EXPENDED, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND STAFFING NEED. FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THE FUNDING WILL COME IN, SO THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO EXIST FOR MANY, MANY MORE YEARS, AND SO THE INTEREST IS DEFINITELY HELPFUL, BUT AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO GET MORE AND MORE FUND MORE AND MORE APPLICATIONS MORE PROGRAMS. THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE COMPLIANCE. THERE'S ALL THE NEW CTS THAT HAVE TO BE VERIFIED AND UM, BUT ALL OF THE COMPLIANCE IS FALLING ON ALL THE STAFFS BACK AND IT'S JUST BECOMING OVERWHELMING. I BELIEVE WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, AND SO AND HOPEFULLY WITH. UM TERESA'S WORK THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING CAN OFFSET SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ON THIS DAVIDSON STATEMENTS AND COSTS WAY MORE. SHE'S SUPER EXPENSIVE

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CONFIDENCE NUMBERS THAT I THINK I THINK MIGHT HELP MR HUMPHRIES QUESTION SO ON THE ALLOCATION.

WE GET EACH YEAR ALREADY WHERE YOU GET ABOUT $600,000 OUT OF OUR ALLOTMENT THAT CAN BE USED ON ADMIN ADMIN BUDGET CURRENTLY IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THE GRANTS EVALUATION LINE IS ABOUT 250,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW, IT WILL INCREASE A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS. ASK BUT THAT 250 WILL COME EACH YEAR OUT OF THAT IT WILL REDUCE THAT 5 MILLION. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU SOME NUMBERS OF WHERE WE'RE AT. GIVES BREATHING ROOM ON THE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS. THE STATUTORY LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS 0.75. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THEN MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE HOURS FOR YOU JUST NEED SORRY.

WE DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION THAN, UM DEBATE OR DISCUSSION AND PLEASE SHOWED ADOPTED. THANK YOU. OKAY UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE FOLLOW ON TO THE FIRST ITEM.

AND THAT IS IN ORDER TO ALLOW MISS BAKER TO MAXIMIZE HER TIME WORKING ON THE COMPLIANCE COMPONENT. WE WOULD LIKE. TO ADD AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION. AT 40 HOURS A MONTH.

THIS WOULD ONLY BE 10 HOURS A WEEK. UM, THIS WOULD BE TO HELP WITH TRULY THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AND ASSISTING. MAY WITH THE MINUTES AND ANY INTAKE OF PRE APPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS GETTING THEM PREPARED FOR THE STAFF REVIEWS. SO IT'S STRICTLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT AT A RANGE OF 18 TO 22 HOURS. NOT TO EXCEED 40 HOURS A MONTH AT THIS POINT AND IF WE FIND THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE, AND WE CAN NEED TO COME BACK ON THAT WE WOULD DO THAT. BUT FOR NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE STATUE REQUEST. THE OTHER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M JUST SURPRISED YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. WORK 40 HOURS A MONTH. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BE A SECOND JOB FOR THEM OR SOMEONE WHO'S RETIRED. AND, UM, LIKE EVERYTHING EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WAS RETIRED FROM A LAW FIRM OR SOMEWHERE AND JUST WANTED TO PICK UP SOME POCKET CHANGE. FIND THEM AND THAT'S GREAT. YOU CAN SAY SO. I JUST GOT CONTACTED BY L. A HIGH SCHOOL FOR O J T ON JOB TRAINING AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT CAN DO 10 HOURS A WEEK BECAUSE THAT WOULD THE REST OF TIME THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE IS THAT CONNECTION TYPICALLY ASKED FOR TODAY.

THAT'S THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. NOT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR C SUITE TYPE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD COME TO WORK FOR TRIUMPH. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO'S EITHER. RETIRED. UM NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY, OR AS MS WISE IS TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE AT THE O. J T LEVEL THAT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE THAT TRAINING. EMOTIONAL APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR MARILYN, A SECOND FROM MS WISE ZERO, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DEBATE. BEING DONE, PLEASE SHOW AND APPROVED. THANK

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MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE LEGAL REPORT. MANNING, MR MANNING. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE LEGAL REPORT THAT'S UP FOR APPROVAL IS THE PROPOSED GRAND AWARD AGREEMENT. FOR PROJECT NUMBER 3 15. THIS IS THE CITY OF PENSACOLA AMERICAN MAGIC PROJECT. THE PROPOSED GRANT AMOUNT IS $8,500,000. FOR THE PROJECT AT THE COURT OF PENSACOLA, THE GRAND AWARD AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU IS, UH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TERM SHEET THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU AND. I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE EMOTIONS AND THE SECOND MR HENDERSON. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR GOLD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WELL, I JUST, OF COURSE, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT THAT WILL LITERALLY TRANSFORMED THE PENSACOLA WATERFRONTS WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. WE WERE AWARDED OUR FINAL PIECE OF THE FUNDING PUZZLE, AND THAT IS AN AWARD FOR THE DOCK AND THE BOAT RAMP THAT WAS FROM THE NF STEAD AWARD RELATED TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE, SO ALL OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE IN PLACE WITH TRIUMPH AND GOVERNOR'S JOB GROWTH GRANT FUND. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT OUR NEW FACILITY IS READY TO ACCOMMODATE THE TEAM WHEN THEY RETURN FROM BARCELONA, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALSO I JUST LIKE TO SHARE THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE OBVIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE ON NORTHWEST FLORIDA I CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THE BUZZ IN THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. I WORKED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, THERE ARE ALWAYS NAYSAYERS OUT THERE AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE CITY OF PENSACOLA THAT IS NOT THRILLED TO DEATH WITH THIS PROJECT. ANY TIME WE DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOTHING BUT QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ABOUT AMERICAN MAGIC. TYPICALLY WHEN AM I GOING TO SEE THEM PRACTICE MORE? WHEN CAN I SEE THEM ON THE WATER? WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING IN PENSACOLA. SO THANK YOU FOR CREATING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THAT SENSE OF IDENTITY FOR PENSACOLA OR VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU. THANK YOU QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FIRST YES , SIR. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MATCHING FUNDS THAT AMERICAN MAGIC IS GOING TO BRING SURE, ABSOLUTELY SURE. SO THEY HAVE COMMITTED $40 MILLION IN MATCHING FUNDS, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THEIR SAILING VESSELS. IN ADDITION TO THE CHASE BOATS, UM, THAT CONTAINED THE CREW AND THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND THE SAFETY TEAMS THAT MONITOR THE WATERS AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NOT ANY CONFLICTS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN THE BOAT IS MOVING THAT QUICKLY THROUGH THE WATER, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ESSENTIALLY NOTHING GETS IN THE WAY. UM THE BULK OF THE REMAINING EQUIPMENT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT SO EXCITING IS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING THEIR MANUFACTURING FROM THE NORTHEAST TO PENSACOLA. SO THERE'S AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A LOT OF ACTUALLY COMPUTER AND TECH EQUIPMENT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THEY DO. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HEARD THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A COMPUTER CODER ON THE CHASE BOAT WHO ACTUALLY PROGRAMS THE BOAT AS IT'S SAILING THROUGH THE WATER, SO THIS IS A VERY HIGH TECH ENDEAVOR AND THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF THAT $40 MILLION MATCH. $40 MILLION. HOW MUCH IS BOATS THAT CAN FLOAT AWAY VERSUS FACTORY EQUIVALENT TO THE FLOOR. UM I BELIEVE, UM, I THINK ABOUT A THIRD OF IT IS RELATED TO THE SAILING VESSEL. AND OF COURSE I CAN. I CAN RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO YOU? I CAN. YES AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN OUR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THE LEAST AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN MAGIC. RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE VERY WELL AWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AUDITOR APPROVED DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR EXPENSES. UM I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECT AUDITS, SO I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS , AND WHAT LEVEL OF DOCUMENTATION IS NEEDED RELATED TO MATCHING FUNDS, SO I'VE CERTAINLY REALLY THAT TO THE COMPANY. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

SO I DIDN'T. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE A EMOTION. IS THERE ANY OTHER? THERE'S NO DEBATE OR DISCUSSION. AT THIS POINT, WE WILL CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? FOR OR AGAINST. OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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YES CORE. YES MR HENDERSON? YES MR HUMPHRIES? YES, MR MERRILL. YES MR TRUMBULL? YES, WISE? YES.

NOTHING UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU, MR MANNING. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM UP FOR APPROVAL IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR PROJECT NUMBER 1 20 THE PENSACOLA AIRPORT ROST ENGINEERING PROJECT. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS BEING REQUESTED AND NO CHANGES TO THE JOB PERFORMANCE METRICS. THE AMENDMENTS RELATE TO REVISING THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION TO GIVE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY INTO THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE DESIGN BUILT BUILT CONTRACT BY ONE YEAR, EXTENDING THE COMPLETION DATE DEADLINE BY ONE YEAR AND REVISING SOME OF THE FUNDING PROCEDURES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING INTO ON THE GROUND AND THEN REVISING AND UPDATING THE BUDGET. AND UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MR MANNING. HEARD, UM. THE AMENDMENT UPDATE IS THERE, UH, EMOTION OR WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR A MINUTE? SORRY. HELLO GAMES.

EMOTION IN A SECOND. UM. MATT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MR KAUFMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, PLEASE COME ON UP. I TOLD MATT I WOULD SPEAK FIRST. UM NO, THANK YOU. I HAD AN UPDATE PREPARED, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2019. AND WHILE TRAMP STAFF WAS CERTAINLY A PART OF THAT THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW BOARD, SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO TOUR THE TWO EXISTING HANGARS . UM AT THE AIRPORT IF YOU HAVE NOT TOWARD THE HANGERS, PLEASE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MYSELF. WHERE TO MATT COUGHLIN OR AIRPORT DIRECTOR WILL SET THAT UP FOR YOU. THEY'RE MAGNIFICENT , AND THAT THE SCALE OF WHAT THEY DO IN THESE FACILITIES IS INCREDIBLE. ALSO JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PENSACOLA IS WORKING WITH S T TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER, INCREASING THE TRAINING PIPELINE AND GETTING THOSE PENSACOLA YOUTH INTO S T JOBS AND WITH S T CERTIFICATIONS SO THEY CAN MAKE THOSE HIGH WAGES AND BRING THOSE HIGH WAGES BACK TO PENSACOLA. SO WE ARE SPEAKING REGULARLY ON THIS AND STS ACTUALLY, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND LAST. BUT NOT LEAST , I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT SCOTT LUTH DID ON THIS PROJECT. I KNOW IT WAS MANY YEARS EFFORT TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO PENSACOLA, SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OF THE HARD WORK THAT HE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. AND ALTERNATE OVER TO MATT. MR COOPER. CHAIRMAN BAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE PROJECT REGARDING PROJECT TITAN THE TRAIN IS CERTAINLY LEFT THE STATION. UH ELEMENT ONE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST HANGER IS COMPLETELY OCCUPIED. AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK OVER THERE TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. THERE'S TWO MAJOR COMPANIES WORKING OUT OF THE HANGAR CURRENTLY, UH, S T IS HAS AGREEMENTS WITH, UM WE DID RUN INTO A DELAY AND THAT WAS DUE TO GOING OUT WITH THE RFP FOR ELEMENT TO WHICH IS HANGERS THREE AND FOUR, AND I THINK THE TURMOIL IN THE MARKETPLACE PLAYED INTO THAT. THE BIDS THAT CAME BACK TO BUILD THOSE HANGERS CAME IN ABOUT 20% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. HOWEVER WHAT WE DID WE RE ATTACKED IT AND, UH, WE REASSESS THE DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGE WHERE WE SPLIT THE PROJECT UP A LITTLE MORE ALONG THE LINE OF SPECIALTIES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SITE THE SITE PREPARATION WORK WAS DESIGNED BY THE CITY THAT'S GOING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. WE EXPECTED TO PASS NO PROBLEM. AH FOR THE RAMP AND TAXIWAYS WOULD WORRY. WE HAVE THE FINAL SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT THIS COMING WEEK . SO WE'RE WELL ON THE PATH THERE AND THEN, FINALLY, FOR THE RFP FOR THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES . THE HANGERS. WE EXPECT TO GO OUT IN THE STREET. THIS COMING MY THE END OF THIS MONTH WITH THAT, SO WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY.

WE ARE SEEING INDICATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME SOME MONIES THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THE FIRST TIME AROUND. SO WITH THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING OUT WITH THE PROJECT AND, UH, EXCITING TIMES AHEAD, NOT ONLY FOR THE AIRPORT ITSELF, BUT THE CITY OF PENSACOLA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

COMING. JUST WANTED TO UM. AND ESPECIALLY, MS ANDERSON CAME IN TO PHYSICAL AIRPORT. UH, JUST

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JUST GET CENTRAL MELANIE TO GET UP AND RUNNING OVER THERE IN OKALOOSA COUNTY. WE CAN GET THOSE PANELS READY, AVAILABLE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT FOR THE PROPOSAL. 1 21ST CITY OF PENSACOLA TOMORROW. UH THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME WE'LL CALL ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK. TWO OR AGAINST. THIS IS THIS AMENDMENT. UM, ANY NEW INFORMATION? YEP SAYING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CHEER BEAR . YES CORE. YES HENDERSON? YES HUMPHRIES? YES, MR MERRILL. YES MR TRUMBO? YES WISE? YES. 7 TO 0 . RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE SHOW IT ADOPTED. SIGN THEM COMMAND. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN OF THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING GRAND AWARD AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR PROJECT NUMBER 209, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLING PROJECT LIONHEART. THE APPLICANT OR THE GRANTEE IS THE SANTA ROSA COUNTY. THIS AMENDMENT INVOLVES AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST OF 1,917,009. IN ADDITION TO THAT INCREASED GRANT. THE AMENDMENT ALSO CALLS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION IN MATCHING FUNDS, SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS BEING INCREASED BY 5,917,900. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ALSO INCREASES THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED JOBS UNDER THE PERFORMANCE METRICS BY 74, TAKING IT FROM 100 JOBS TO 174 JOBS. THE AMENDMENT ALSO EXTENDS THE COMPLETION DEADLINE. FOR THE PROJECT, AND BY TWO YEARS TO DECEMBER, 31. 2025. AH REVISES AND UPDATES THE BUDGET. AND, UH,

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UM THERE'S A TECHNICAL CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THERE WAS A $400,000 LINE ITEM FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ON THE GRANTEE SIDE INSTEAD OF FROM THE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS, AND SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE MOTION INCLUDE THAT THE BUDGET BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT THE PROPER LINE ITEM FOR THAT MONEY. MR MANNING EMOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED BY MR MANNING WITHIN THAT ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? SOMEBODY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. RUMBLES MOST MADE THE MOTION, MR MERRILL SECOND UM, IS THERE ANY DEBATE OR DISCUSSION? BEING NONE. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MY SORRY , MR OGLETREE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.

COMMISSIONER RIGHT HOLDING UP HERE. I APOLOGIZE. APOLOGIZE TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE. QUICK GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL DO SOMETHING POLITICIANS DON'T NORMALLY DO IN THIS, BUT I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. OKAY UM, I'M COMMISSIONER COLTON, RIGHT FROM SENATORS ACCOUNT AND CHAIRMAN OF OUR BOARD AND JUST WANNA THANK THE TRIUMPH BOARD FOR YOUR, UH GENEROUS SUPPORT OF SENATORS ACCOUNTING AND OUR PROJECTS IN THE IN THE PAST, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. UM CENTERS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN VERY JUDICIOUS WITH THE TRIUMPH FUNDS OVER THE YEARS AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN OUR ATTEMPTS THAT MUCH. THANK YOU TO SHANE OGLETREE AND OUR ATTEMPTS TO CONTINUED TO DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, A COUNTY YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT OF INVENTORY . WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LANDS FOR ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU YOU ALL UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF CENTERS, A COUNTY AND OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN IF ALLOWED ME, I PASS AMOUNT ABOUT PLEASE, TO, UH. THE I JUST WANT TO SHOW THEM OUT OF, UH, YES, SIR. ENJOY THAT, DON'T YOU? JUST A MAP OF THE 13 ACRES. THANK YOU THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING AND THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. THAT IS SURROUNDING IT, AND I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH. BUT A FEW MORE, BUT IT JUST KIND OF OUTLINES HELP. IT IS. WE GOTTA OKAY. ANOTHER LIKE TO MAKE THINGS COMPLICATED. AND SLOW. NO SO ACQUIRE ACQUISITION OF THIS 13 ACRES AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, UH, DAMIEN'S HERSHEY'S LEVEL BUFFALO ROCK, THEY'RE ALL MOVING TO THE ITEM INDUSTRIAL PARK AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE INITIAL GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT, NONE OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LANDED THIS SITE. AND, UH, WHAT THE INITIAL FUNDING WAS FOR WAS TO COMPLETE THE STORM TO BUILD A SOMEWHAT OF ATTENTION THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT AND THE NUTS LIGHT BLUE LINE TO BUILD THE ROAD, SO THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIRED THE PROPERTY BUILT EXTRA ROADS, AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT. JUST NORTH OF THERE, WHERE THE MILTON INTERCHANGE PARK IS. THERE'S ANOTHER TRIUMPH GRANT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND A COMPANY CALLED PROJECT RUNNER IS STILL COMMITTED TO THE SITE WHERE YOU ARE BASICALLY 90% DESIGN OF THE PARK AND HOPEFULLY BY I WOULD SAY INTO THIS CALENDAR YEAR CONTRACTS WILL BE GOING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS SITE. AND THEN JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, MR MERRILL SPOKE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR LEONARDO HELICOPTERS. UH THAT WAS ANOTHER , A ONE OF THE FIRST TRIUMPH GRANTS THAT WAS AWARDED TO ANYONE IN THEIR TERRITORY. SO AS $8.5 MILLION GRANT, AND I, ERIC AND I, SHE'S WITH US AT THE TIME. UH, WHEN WE WORKED ON IT.

THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THIS PROJECT COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IF IT WASN'T FOR DR AGAIN. 18.8 $0.5 MILLION ASK LEONARDO HELICOPTERS IS BUILDING 130,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY

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ALSO FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WORKSHOP, DR HARPER AND I HOSTED A SMALL CONFERENCE CALL WITH A FEW OF YOUR RURAL URBAN AND UTILITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO TALK THROUGH THE BONES OF A POSSIBLE TRIUMPH FUNDED SPEC BUILDING PROGRAM. DUKE ENERGY AND POWER SOUTH HAVE EXPERIENCE AND FUNDS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS AND RESEARCH WITH THE COAL GOAL OF BRINGING YOU A SPEC BUILDING PROGRAM OUTLINED FOR FEEDBACK. AND WHAT COLOR COUNTY WE HAVE STAYED IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH LEADERSHIP AS THEY HAVE BEEN EVALUATING COST SAVING OPTIONS FOR THE NEW EMERGENCY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM YOU RECENTLY FUNDED AND EARLIER THIS SUMMER, LESLIE SUSAN, RICK AND I TRAVELED TO APPALACHIA COLA FOR A MEETING WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY AND BOTH CITIES TO BRAINSTORM FUTURE TRIUMPH PROPOSALS. SUSAN AND DR FULLER ALSO MET WITH THE CORE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE FORGOTTEN COAST IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. IT'S A PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE U. S. AMERICA AND THE CONSERVATION CORPS, AND THEY ARE NOW DEVELOPING A TRIUMPH APPLICATION. DR HARPER AND I RECENTLY LAST WEEK SPOKE WITH A NEW APALACHICOLA AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH TRIUMPH AT THE AIRPORT. AND IN WALTON COUNTY. WE PARTICIPATED IN A CALL WITH SEACOAST HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE FUTURE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL THERE AND WE, UM WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM THE WORK. THAT ISSUE HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED WITH COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLS. DR FULLER HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE WALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THEIR NEW CTE PROPOSAL AND STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE PHOENIX SPRINGS ON THEIR REQUEST FOR A GRANT FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE REGION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS. AND THEIR GRANTS POINT PROJECT POINTS OF CONTACT AND ARE RURAL

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NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ECONOMIC ADVISERS REPORT AND BEFORE I CALL ON MR HARPER TO BEGIN, DR HARPER, EXCUSE ME. HE'S EARNED THAT, UH I WILL CALL ON MR HUMPHRIES. UM. MR CHAIR. IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXCUSE ME. I'VE RECUSED MYSELF FROM THIS UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. THE EXCUSE. I GUESS IT'S A FORMAL WAY TO SAY IT. AND THEY CAN I PLEASE LEAVE YAHOO! DR HARPER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY, A REQUEST FROM STAFF. DIRECTING. UH, ASKING THE BOARD TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE TO A TERM SHEET NEGOTIATION WITH THE BAY COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SOMETIMES BETTER KNOWN AS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. UH THEY HAVE WORKED TO RECRUIT A MAJOR AVIATION AND AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING COMPANY . WE'VE REFERRED TO THAT AS PROJECT STAMPER. THE NAME OF THE COMPANY INVOLVED HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICLY REVEALED AT THIS POINT AND STAFF WOULD ASK THAT BOARD MEMBERS ADHERE TO THAT PROTOCOL OF REFERRING TO THIS AS PROJECT STAMPER, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE UM , TRIUMPH FUNDS ARE PROPOSED TO HELP CONSTRUCT A 600,000 SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY WITH ACCESS TO THE RUNWAY. THE PROJECT WILL GUARANTEE TO CREATE 818 124 NET NEW JOBS AND HAVE TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 407.5. MILLION ESTABLISHING BAY COUNTY AND PROJECT STAMPER AS LEADERS IN THE MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT. TRIUMPHS STAFF ANALYSIS IS BASED ON THE PROPOSED GRANT. AWARD AMOUNT OF $90 MILLION TO FUND THE MAJORITY OF THE $95 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITH COMPANIES THE COMPANIES SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL 300, PLUS MILLION ON EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED AT THE FACILITY. FINANCING IS TO BE PROVIDED BY SPACE FLORIDA THAT PROPOSED TRIUMPH INVESTMENT WOULD REPRESENT 22.1% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT. COST OF $407.5 MILLION . THE AIRPORT AND SPACE FLORIDA WILL BUILD THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND LEASE IT TO PROJECT STAMPER. THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED FOR COMPLETION WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE TRIUMPH AWARD APPROVAL. WITH JOB RAMP UP OF MANAGERIAL AND SENIOR STAFF TO COMMENCE PRIOR TO COMPLETION.

THE COMPANY INTENDS TO HAVE HIRED 367 FTE STAFF WITHIN TWO YEARS OF COMMENCING HIRING AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 1824 BY THE END OF THE RAMP UP PERIOD. THESE JOBS WILL BE AT THE AVERAGE WAGE RATE OF $68,705 OR MORE, WHICH EXCEEDS THE PANAMA CITY M S A WAGE RATE. BY 27% AS PER THE APPLICATION SPACE, FLORIDA WILL OBTAIN CONDUIT FINANCING OF THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE HANGAR AND ACQUISITION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND WILL THEN LEASE TO THE COMPANY.

AT THE END OF THE LEASE THE BUILDING AND ITS FIXED IMPROVEMENTS WILL REVERT TO THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY. UM. FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE IMPACT SCORE. WE USED THE COMPANY'S ESTIMATED WAGE BILL AS PRESENTED TO STAFF FOR THE GUARANTEED NUMBER OF JOBS AND AWARD AMOUNT. THE COST TO TRIUMPH FOR DIRECT JOB IS 49,342. DOLLARS PER JOB THAT'S AT THE HIGHER END OF COST PER JOBS. BUT THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT WILL BE THE CORNERSTONE IN THE KEY AVIATION MANUFACTURING BUSINESS SECTOR AND WILL CERTAINLY ATTRACT OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN R EXPECTED THAT THE INCREMENT TO PERSONAL INCOME IN THE REGION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 2.1 BILLION OVER A 10 YEAR JOB MAINTENANCE PERIOD FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND RAMP UP THIS REPRESENTS $22.20 TO 20 CENTS AN ADDITIONAL PERSONAL INCOME PER CHILD. GULF COAST DOLLAR REQUESTED FOR THESE REASONS. STAFF SCORE THE PROGRAM AS AN A THANK YOU. DR HARPER. MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT UH, IN ORDER TO DIRECT STAFF AND COUNCIL TO PROCEED TO A TERM SHEET NEGOTIATIONS. SECOND WE HAVE EMOTION. AND THE

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WE HAD A CALL WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM. LAST THURSDAY. THE CEO IS TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO THEY'LL REGROUP AND HOPEFULLY MAKE A DECISION GOING INTO THE 1ST 2ND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. YES, MR COURT. UM. WE COULD WALK. SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH THIS WALK THROUGH THE TIMING OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, HOW THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE EXPENDED. WITH THE RIGHT UP, SAYS THE ANOTHER TRIUMPH. MONEY WILL BE USED TO SPEND 90 MILLION OF THE 95 MILLION FOR THE BUILDING. BUT THEN IT SAYS THAT SPACE FLORIDA IS GONNA DO CONDUCT PLANS FOR PROJECT SO MY QUESTION IS THE BUILDING GETS FINISHED. AND THIS COMPANY GOES UNDER. THE NEXT DAY. WHAT'S GOING WHAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT UP TO THAT POINT? JUST BE

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AND THEY WILL, UM, PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROOF OF PAYMENT AND INVOICE IS THAT WE GET FROM ALL OF OUR PROJECT PARTNERS ALONG THE WAY THAT THEY ARE INVESTING IN THEIR EQUIPMENT AND SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS AND, UM I BELIEVE THAT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE FOLDS DETAILS OF THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY YOU REQUIRE MATCHING FUNDS TO BE SPENT. YOU KNOW, AS WE GO IN THIS CASE, OUR MONEY IS GOING TO BE OUT FRONT CORRECT, SPENT AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ORDERING LONG LEAD TIME EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING. IS THAT OKAY? AND THEN THE FINANCING WILL BE USED FOR THE EQUIPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT, OKAY? SO THE REALITY IS THE TRIUMPH. MONEY WILL BE USED FOR BOTH AS WELL. GO UM AND MR REMINGTON REMINGTON CAN ADDRESS THIS TRIUMPH FUNDS WILL ONLY BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION. THEY WILL NOT BE USED FOR EQUIPMENT. BUT THE AIRPORT IS GOING TO OWN THE HANGAR. AT THE END OF THE LEASE , LEASE IT TO THIS COMPANY, RIGHT? SPACE. FLORIDA WILL OWN THE ASSETS SO THAT THEY CAN REAP THE TAX ADVANTAGE. FROM THE BUILDING AND ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT. AND THEY'LL ENTER INTO LIKE A 30 YEAR LEASE WITH THE COMPANY. AND TO HELP ADDRESS YOUR EQUIPMENT QUESTION. WE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE SHOWN THE COMPANY AND EXISTING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING THAT IS AVAILABLE, AND, UM, IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THEY WILL LEASE THAT ON A SHORT TERM BASIS AND GO AHEAD AND BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT TO THE AREA WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GET SOME OF THOSE LINES UP AND RUNNING IN TRANSITION EASILY INTO THE NEW BUILDING. WHERE IS THAT BUILDING? I DIDN'T UM, IT'S IN BAY COUNTY. SORRY I'M SORRY.

THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MR VERIFY, MIGHT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE EQUIPMENT IS THE LEAD TIME. IT'S ALL IT'S REALLY TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, SO IT'S GOT A VERY BIG LEAD TIME.

THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW, WHICH IS WHAT THE PART THAT BECCA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. BUT THERE'S A LEAD TIME ON DEVELOPED ON THE BUILDING OF SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THAT WHOLE HOW HOW DO WE FIGURED OUT THE FUNDING? BUT AS AS COREY SAID. THIS IS KIND OF A PARTICIPATORY EFFORT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO THAT, UM IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. BUT THERE'S ALSO A PRETTY BIG DEMAND FOR HANGERS, SO THERE'S KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE ALL WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT. AT THE BIG PICTURE.

YEAH, I'VE NOTICED THAT DEMAND FOR HANGERS. SO WHICH SIDE OF THE RUNWAYS THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT? IT'S GOING TO BE IN WHAT WE CALL THE INFIELD. UM THAT AREA BETWEEN JOHNNY RIVER ROAD, THE F B, O S AND THE WEST BAY PARKWAY , THAT AREA THAT GREEN SPACE THAT JUST HAD SOME DIRT IN IT.

UM I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THERE. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THAT, UH, THAT WILL BE ALMOST THAT ENTIRE INFIELD WILL BE WHERE THIS PROJECT SITE IS. LET'S GO, PING I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BLANKET OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THIS PROJECT AND THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT THAT WE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPANY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT. WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT CONFIDENTIALITY AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD. AND WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE COME INTO THE REGION.

AND I I'VE ECHO THAT AND ALSO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT FOR THE HARD WORK. AND THE COMPANY WHO'S SHOWN INTEREST IN OUR AREA. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL. UH AND I MEAN ECONOMICALLY, IT'S A HUGE HUGE IMPACT, CREATING MANY, MANY JOBS AND SO KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED, BUT WE'RE VERY GLAD TO BE PART OF IT AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP MAKE SOMETHING THIS TRANSFORMATION WILL HAPPEN SO UM , WITH THAT WE HAVE. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BEING WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING. THIS IS GOING TO BE IT. THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. AND THEY HAVE ALL WORKED VERY HARD AND YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED HARD SO MUSIC WHEN YOU WORK HARD ON SOMETHING GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. SURE. THANK YOU. YES. THEY'RE WATCHING SO FINGERS CROSSED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. NOT WILL CALL, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

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YES, MA'AM, THIS WAY. SO UM, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE TALKED THAT WAS ON HERE WAS ABOUT TOURISM. AND I KNOW THAT. LIKE WHAT COLOR COUNTY WE DON'T HAVE. AH THE AIRPORT. WE DON'T HAVE MILITARY BASES, SO TOURISM IS A IMPORTANT PART OF IT. BUT WAS THAT LIMITED BY THE STATUTES OR ARE THE GUIDELINES FROM TRIUMPH THAT WE COULD NOT USE TOURISM? THE FUNDING FOR TOURISM PROJECT.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES AND THE STATUTE IS FOR TOURISM. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. IT MUST GO THROUGH. ULTIMATELY VISIT FLORIDA BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NAMES THAT THROUGH CREATION AND THE STATUTE UH, BUT THOSE AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE APPLICATION AND RIGHT NOW, BUT AND WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE PROJECT THAT IN TOURISM THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST. AT THIS POINT, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY TOURISM PROJECTS APPROVED. THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE RECIPIENT OF A TOURISM PROJECT IS VISIT FLORIDA. IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNTY PROJECTS FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO VISIT FLORIDA AND COREY CAN SPEAK TO THIS HAS REACHED OUT AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY FORMULATED WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF IT. UM AN APPLICATION FOR TOURISM MARKETING. AND WE'RE EXPLORING THAT WITH THEM AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT WOULD COVER ALL OF THE COUNTY ALL EIGHT COUNTIES. UM WE'VE ALSO HAD OUTREACH FROM AT LEAST ONE COUNTY SAYING, WHAT IS THIS? SO THERE'S STILL SOME FOOTWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT ALL THE COUNTIES UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO AND IF THEY HAVE ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OR IF THERE'S FLORIDA IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS AND JUST GIVE THIS TO THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES IN THE REGION? BUT IT HAS IT CAN'T INCLUDE JUST ONE COUNTY. IN OTHER WORDS, IT COULDN'T JUST BE A VISIT. FLORIDA SLASH WALL COLA COUNTY. THE STATUTE SAYS IT HAS TO BE A VISIT FLORIDA REGIONAL MARKETING PROJECT. SO THAT'S THE LIMITATION AND STATUTE. AND PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS. ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THREE LEGS OF OUR ECONOMY AND NORTHWEST

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THEY DIDN'T WANT TRIBE DOLLARS GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE THE BORDER . I WOULD CAUTION THE BOARD IF IT WANTS TO GET INTO FUNDING TOURISM PROJECTS. IT'S GONNA NEED SOME MORE GUIDANCE FROM THE LEGISLATURE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AN AREA THEY WON'T TRY TO DELVE INTO. THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THERE'S THREE THAT THAT REALLY ARE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? FOR THAT? WE DO WANT TO DO THEM OR NOT. AND THEN THERE'S THESE THAT I'M SORRY. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR SORRY. I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE TO BE LEANING BACK. SORRY.

THERE'S THESE. THERE'S THE FOUR WHICH WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON TODAY. THEN THERE'S. THERE'S THESE OTHERS THAT ARE THAT ARE DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS TO ME WAS, YOU KNOW SEE HOW THE LEGISLATURE WOULD WOULD VIEW THIS AND I THINK THAT'S THE ASKED THE LEGISLATORS, INVESTORS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT. I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS IS MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS ANYWAY, SO YES, AND I THINK I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS YOU WANT TO EAT THE BOARD'S TEMPERATURE, AND THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. DISCUSS THESE MATTERS AS A GROUP OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOURISM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO MAKE A PRIORITY, SOME SORT OF SPENDING YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL WE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT SOMETHING THE MORE INTERESTED IN DOING? SECONDLY, IS THERE A STATUTORY WAY TO DO IT? AND THIRD IF THERE IS OR THERE ISN'T WHAT'S A LEGISLATIVE TEMPERATURE ON THAT ? THAT MAKES SENSE, AND THE MARKETING IS SPECIFIC IN THE STATUTE, AND SO WE KNOW WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE ON THAT ALLEGED LATER SPELL THAT OUT FOR US IN THE STATUTE, AND THAT'S THE REGIONAL MARKETING AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTY MARKETING, AND THAT'S THE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE PENDING NOW. WAS STAFF ON THAT VISIT FLORIDA HAS ACTUALLY PUT IN AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME VISIT, FLORIDA HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS RELATES TO REGIONAL MARKETING IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. AND, UM, I SAT THROUGH A MEETING OF THEIR. UM RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THE OTHER DAY, UM, THE VISIT FLORIDA COUNCIL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION AND WORKING WITH THE REGIONS AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR MARKETING.

SO THIS IS SORT OF A NEW THING FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND A NEW THING FOR VISIT FLORIDA TO PARTNER AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HEARING MORE ABOUT IT. AND IF I MAY? I THINK WHAT STUDENTS SAYING IS CORRECT. WE HAVE VERY GOOD GUIDANCE. ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH VISIT FOR FLORIDA. I THINK YOU'RE THE SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ITEM WAS EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALITY PROJECTS . CORRECT. THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A BIG NEED IN MANY OF THESE COUNTIES FOR QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO SERVE IN. POSITIONS WHICH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT DR HARPER THERE ABOVE WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT AS OTHERS AREAS WHERE THEY MAY BE BELOW MEDIAN THERE ABOVE. SO THESE JOBS ANNUAL PAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DISCUSSION. IS IT? IS IT SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITH

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IT IS ONE AREA AND I THINK COMING AFTER THE HURRICANE AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID. IT IS ONE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE STARTED AT F S. U P C. THERE'S STILL NEEDS SOME WORK. AND WHICH WERE PLANNING TO DO RIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY FIGURED OUT A CURRICULUM AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY DEMAND. IT'S THE IS THE SAME CURRICULUM. AS THE DEDMAN SCHOOL. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS AT LAST BOARD MEETING. UM THAT WE HAD. TOURISM SALAD IS TRYING TO GET TOGETHER. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WHICH IS GREAT. SO YOU KNOW, ANSWER LESLIE'S QUESTION. WE ARE HOPEFULLY ABOUT TO DO A BIG TOURISM THING. WE TOLD THE GUY TO GO BIGGER THAN HE WAS GOING. AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR LITTLE SILOS. THE EIGHT COUNTIES TRYING TO PROTECT IT.

SO THIS WILL THEY'LL STILL PREDICTED ALL SALADS, BUT IF WE GET TO THIS LEVEL TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE WHOLE PANHANDLE AND WORKING WITH VISIT FLORIDA TEAM TO PUT TOGETHER THE COALITION OF THE EIGHT COUNTIES. GREAT LITTLE BIT MORE FOOTWORK LIKE I SAID THAT IT'S STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE SOME OF THE COUNTY'S WON'T LOOPED IN YET. WELL MEDIA LINCOLN. YOU KNOW THE SO THAT TOURISM PART IS THERE ON MR REYNOLDS? UH, MR HENDERSON'S THING. I MEAN, FIGHT THAT AND THAT SIDE OF MY BUSINESS TO THE PROBLEM IS TRYING TO GET USED TO, YOU KNOW, YOU PROMOTE FROM WITHIN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT DR HANNA SAID. SOME OF IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET A GUY OFF THE BAR, MAKING 100 GRAND AND BRINGING BEN AND STARDOM AT 60 AS A MANAGER. YEAH LIKE MAKING THOSE TIPS A LOT MORE. AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOTEL YEARS, THAT COULD BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT

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PRODUCING MORE OF THOSE ON THAT SIDE WOULD HELP IN THE RESTAURANT SIDE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOTELIERS WILL BE GOOD FOR, OR YOU KNOW, KIND OF MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S DEGREES. YOU CAN GET THAT AS WELL. AND I'M SURE THE DEADMAN HOSPITALITY SCHOOL WHICH IS A GREAT ONE, IF I SHOULD PUT YOU OUT PEOPLE GETTING THAT AND MOVING ON WITH THEIR CAREER, SO . SURE I GUESS WE'RE MISSING AN APPLICATION TO CONSIDER. IF WE. MADE THE FIRST CHANGE THAT REYNOLDS MENTIONED HAVING 100 AND 20 DAY DEADLINE. TO PRESENT SOMETHING MIGHT. MIGHT GET US APPLICATIONS TO DISCUSS AT LEAST THAT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THE STAFF PROCESS. BUT MY QUESTION REYNOLDS IS WHEN DO YOU START 128 O'CLOCK? I THINK WHEN YOU PRE APPLICATION DOESN'T APPLY. I THINK IT'D BE APPLICATIONS APPLICATION 228 O'CLOCK WOULD START. SO I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINK WE'RE STRUGGLING WHERE THERE'S I MEAN. I SUPPORT TOURISM, TOO, BUT I DON'T LOOK I HAVEN'T HEARD OF A PROJECT THAT REALLY KIND OF FITS. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE THAT WE NEVER SEE. I GUESS THE REASON I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON HERE. IT'S JUST BECAUSE I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY IN MIND. BUT I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING OH, YOU CAN'T DO IT. TOURISM PROJECT THROUGH TRYING AND I'M SAYING IF WE FOUND OUT LEGISLATURE WAS OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE TOURISM MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING IN THAT I'VE HEARD ANYBODY. I'M READY TO GO PUT IN AN APP. IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, BUT IF WE'VE SAID YOU CAN WE WILL LOOK AT THESE. INSTEAD OF NO. WE ABSOLUTELY WANT THE LAST BOARD ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT. AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING MORE APPLICATION. LIKE BROWN SAYS TO SAY YES OR NO, YOU KNOW AGAIN. I'M FINE SAYING NO, IT'S A BAD APPLICATION. AND AGAIN THAT GOES BACK TO AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS GOOD CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT TWO PRIOR BOARDS WHO WE'RE VERY CLEAR TO STAFF. THAT THE HIGH WAGE THE ISSUE IS THE. TOP PRIORITY TO BRING IN THE HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT WILL REPLACE EARTH. HELPS STABILIZE THE ECONOMY IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER HURRICANE MICHAEL OR HURRICANE SALLY, WHERE THE TOURISM GOES AWAY. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TRIUMPH WAS TO BUILD THAT RESILIENT, STABLE ECONOMY ACROSS THE BOARD. UM THAT DIDN'T JUST DEPEND ON THE TWO LEGS OF THE ECONOMY, TOURISM AND MILITARY. BUT THERE WAS NEVER DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS EVER DOWN ON TOURISM . IT WAS JUST THAT IT DIDN'T MEET WHAT THE PURPOSE OF TRIUMPH WAS. AND SO THAT WAS THE THINKING OF THE PRIOR BOARDS. AND AS HISTORIAN. THAT'S WHAT I'LL SAY. AND THEN IT'S UP TO THIS BOARD TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO WHAT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION MEANS. I THINK I THINK THE ISSUE IS FOR SOME COUNTIES. GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A DIVERSE BACK . ESCAMBIA BAY, SANTA ROSA. OKALOOSA. DIVERSIFY THE HECK OUT OF WHAT COLOR GOLF. FRANKLIN WALTON. SMALL COUNTIES. IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S HARD TO ENTICE.

PEOPLE THAT COME WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS STUFF, SO I'M JUST SAYING SOME ARE NATURAL FITS AND SOME ARE NOT NATURAL FITS AND SO I JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING MORE AVENUES FOR PEOPLE TO GO DOWN IN THE EVENT SOMEBODY WANTS TO APPLY. THEY DON'T APPLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER. BOTH GOING ALONG WITH THAT, UM TRAIN OF THOUGHT, UM, IF THEY DON'T APPLY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GO ABOUT ENCOURAGING MORE APPLICATIONS AND YOU HAD MENTIONED MAYBE DOING QUARTERLY MEETINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITH THE

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CAMPERS. TWO. I GUESS. IS THIS A LIKE A MARKETING PUSH, OR IS THIS A STATUTE? DOUBLE CHECK. I MEAN, ARE WE ARE WE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE OR IS IT OR IS IT THAT WE NEED TO RESEARCH A WEEKEND? DO THINGS BEFORE WE GET THE WORD OUT. MY UNDERSTANDING, MR ELLINGTON. YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE ONLY ONE THAT MIGHT BE TOWING THE LIVES THAT MICROPHONE, PLEASE. SORRY. I GET TOO CLOSE AND STARTS. HUMMING SO OKAY? SO . MR REMINGTON. TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE ONLY ONE I THINK THAT REMAIN NEED CLARIFICATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE, UM, EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALITY PROJECTS, BUT ALL THE OTHERS WOULD WOULD BE MORE LIKE MR HUMPHRIES IS SEEING MORE OF A MARKETING OR JUST MAN SET. THAT WE'RE GOING POLICY ARE STAMPED.

THIS BOARD'S STAMP IS WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION. CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE TOP ONES BELIEVE HOSPITALITY OFFICE HAS DONE A DIFFERENT RABBIT HOLE, BUT SO THE FIRST ONE GO THROUGH WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET WITH THAT.

ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE BASICALLY YOU JUST YOU JUST RECOGNIZING THAT IF IT'S IN AN OPPORTUNITIES ON WHICH IS A IMPOVERISHED AREA THAT FEDERAL THROUGH THE 2017 TAX LEGISLATION THAT CREATED 8700. I THINK OPPORTUNITY ZONES FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOME SAYING, IF YOU RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE MORE PEOPLE WILL COME WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THINGS WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX RADIO IS A RADIO OR ROW. HOW YOU SAY IT THE SAME THING RURAL AREA OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S A FAST TRACK PERMITTING PROCESS FROM THE STATE. SO AS A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE NOT DOING THAT GOOD, GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER, AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF MY VIEW OF THIS. IS WE CAN IMPACT SOME OF THESE AREAS.

THE NORTHERN SECTORS THAT DON'T HAVE THE COASTS DEPEND ON THE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THE MILITARY THAT ARE STRAIGHT. THAT'S IN THEIR BACKYARD THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THOSE AREAS AND BUILD OURSELVES AS A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT THIS WILL BE DESCRIBED IN THE SCORE SHEET.

JUST MENTIONED, SO DR HARPER WOULD JUST BASICALLY SAY IN THE SCORE SHEET AND ACT SAY IT WHEN HE SAYS THIS IS LOCATED IN THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THIS IS LOCATED. WE USED TO DO THAT. BUT THE MEMBERS ALL NEW WERE THE RADIOS WERE SO WE PUT THEM IN THERE, BUT WE CAN PUT THEM BACK IN THERE. IF THAT'S WHAT'S REQUESTED. THE AIR OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY INDIVIDUAL CENSUS TRACTS WITHIN A COUNTY. AND I PROVIDED A LIST OF THE CENSUS TRACTS IN YOUR PACKET SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME COUNTIES THAT HAVE MORE THEY AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY BUT GENERALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE APPLICANT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM IF THEY'RE IN THE CENSUS TRACT, BUT SINCE HIS TRACKS ARE REALLY, UM OBSCURE, AND THERE'S A MAP ON THE FLORIDA COMMERCE WEBSITE THAT SHOWS THEM AND WE WOULD ASK APPLICANTS IF THEY WERE WITHIN THAT IN THAT OPPORTUNITY ZONE, AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING WE COULD ADD. BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR US TO DO. SO ARE THE ARE THE COUNTIES AWARE OF WHERE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS IN THE COUNTIES ARE ALL VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE AND WHERE THE RADIOS ARE. MR CHAIRMAN.

POINT IS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS A LITTLE MORE PEOPLE START RECOGNIZING IT A LITTLE MORE AND PEOPLE START DOING MORE STUFF IN THERE INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STAY OUT OF THEIR THIS CHALLENGE. SHANNON STAR OVER HERE LOOKS GREAT WHEN IF WE CAN REDEVELOP THOSE AREAS. WE'RE HELPING OUT THE LATTER PART OF PENSACOLA, THE BLADDER, PART OF

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YES, WE ALREADY, UM. REALLY BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO TRY AND PLACE PROJECTS IN THE RURAL COUNTIES.

WE CERTAINLY ARE RECEPTIVE TO ANY AND ALL CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD ABOUT POSSIBLE PROJECTS AND THE RURAL COUNTIES AND WE RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE DISADVANTAGE THAT THE RURAL COUNTIES HAVE IN TERMS OF LACK OF ASSETS THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGED BUSINESSES TO LOCATE, SUCH AS DISTANCE FROM MARKETS DISTANCE FROM TRANSPORTATION ASSETS. LACK OF AVAILABLE LABOR POOL AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND SO, UH , WE STAFF ARE CONSTANTLY DISCUSSING WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN , UM KIND OF GREASE THE SKIDS SO THAT PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR RURAL COUNTIES CAN COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW.

THE SPEC BUILDING PROGRAM, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES. IT MAY WORK FOR. WALTON OR GULF. IT MAY NOT WORK FOR FRANKLIN OR WAKULLA, WHO KNOWS, BUT STILL TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. I MEAN, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR EVERY COUNTY. THERE'S GONNA BE BETTER. I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING WRONG, BUT SOME PEOPLE TAKE AN EXTRA PUSH. YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT PLACE KILLED. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO APPLY FOR TRIUMPH. HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? APPLY OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, THEY GOT TO SIGN IT. THEY GOT IT, BUT I MEAN, HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? TO HELP THEMSELVES. WELL THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.

AND IF THEY CALL AND SAY WE HAVE AN IDEA, WE'RE ON THE ROAD, HEADED DOWN TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE IDEA AS SOON AS THEY CALL US. UM WE CAN'T FORCE FEED MONEY, TOO. TELL ME, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH DAVID EDWARDS FROM WAKULLA COUNTY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RADIO PROJECT. AND HE SAID, HEY, WE'RE REALLY SORT OF INTERESTED IN YOU. RESPECT BUILDING PROGRAM. WOULD THAT WE HEARD YOU ALL TALK ABOUT AND WE TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD A TEAM WORKING TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE HEAR THE INTERESTS WHEN WE HEAR A SPARK OF ENTHUSIASM, WE HEAR ANYTHING THAT COULD IGNITE A FIRE IN A COUNTY. WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON IT, UM YOU KNOW, AND PARTICULARLY WALTON COUNTY.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF IDEAS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH. AND MR QRS VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO WORK. WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON COMING UP WITH APPLICATION THAT MAKES SENSE AS IT RELATES TO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT COUNTY UM THE WALTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY'VE GOT AN IDEA FOR A CTE TRAINING FACILITY THAT WERE THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING WITH THEM. I THINK THEY HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM NEXT WEEK ON THAT SO ANY TIME WE HAVE ANY OUTREACH FROM A COUNTY THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS. WE TAKE THEM UP ON THAT.

WHEN WE WENT TO FRANKLIN COUNTY. IT WAS AT THE, UM THE INVITATION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR.

BUT WE WENT THERE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. LAYOUT OUR

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IF SOMEBODY'S TURNING AN APPLICANT IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED, WE'RE GETTING IF THEY'RE FROM ONE OF THESE COUNTIES WERE GETTING THEM. TOP BUT I THINK WE ALREADY DOING THAT YOU'RE TALKING, BUT NOW YOU'RE GIVING IT MORE OF AN OUTREACH PROGRAM. YES, I WENT THROUGH. THAT'S ALL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING INTEREST SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECEIVED THE PRE APPLICATION ON SUNDAY. WE COULD GO SUNDAY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND NEXT TUESDAY. WE HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH ONCE THEY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS AFTER FULL OR DID THE OUTRAGE. THIS IS THE PRIORITY ONE, SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. YEAH I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THE ONE ABOUT THE ONE IF THEY SUBMIT, WHICH I THINK WE'RE DOING. IT'S SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THESE COUNTIES. THAT ARE YOUR UNDERSERVED RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT THE STATUTORY AMOUNT. THEY ARE PRIORITIZED. YOU'RE THERE? YEAH, QUESTIONS LIKE OKAY. SO PRIME EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE THIS IS YOU GET DEANIAC AIRPORT. THING IT'S BEEN SITTING ON HERE FOR THE TIME PERIOD NOW. AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE REJECTED, I GUESS TO REJECT IT. KICK IT OUT AND LET THEM COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE WOULD BE WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THIS STUFF AND WAS INSTEAD OF SEEING THESE THINGS JUST SIT ON HERE. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE THE MONEY GET OUT TO THESE SMALL COUNTIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO EVERYBODY'S AT LEAST AT THAT STATUTORY. AMOUNT, SIR. WE CAN WE CAN. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE I'M TAKING A SPECIAL INTEREST IN DEFEATING JACK AIRPORT TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AS SOON AS THEY'RE QUALIFIED THEIR PRIORITY AND THEY'RE REALLY A PRIORITY TO TRY TO GET QUALIFIED. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET, YOU KNOW AN APPLICATION THAT'S TURNED IN IF IT'S NOT QUALIFIED. STAFF WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET IT QUALIFIED TO GET IT TO A POSITIVE VOTE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN THINGS DOWN. RATHER SEE, I'D RATHER HAVE STAFF SAFE. THIS APPLICATION IS UNQUALIFIED IN A IN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, SO YOU KNOW THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING SOMETHING THERE, MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, JUST HANGING AROUND MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE DON'T TRY TO EMBARRASS OR APPLICANTS WHO POSSIBLY HAVE APPLIED AND CAN'T GET TO THE QUALIFIED YET, AND IT'S TO TRY TO GROW OUR STAFF TO WORK WITH THESE APPLICATIONS.

THESE APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO GET THEM TO QUALIFIED SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO US AND WE CAN PASS THEM THROUGH FOR FUNDING SO WE CAN GET THE MONEY OUT. BUT IT DEPENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEPENDENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT DISCUSSION IS BRINGING US ITEMS THAT WOULD BE QUALIFIED THAT MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT HAVE THE MEASURABLE RESULTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT. SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MONEY OUT. AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 120 DAY ITEM. I THINK THAT APPLIES TO THAT AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DEFEATING JACK AIRPORT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY APPLIED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT THEY'VE HAD MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS TO TRY TO GET THEM TO A QUALIFIED APPLICATION. TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR US, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THERE AND I EVEN UNDERSTAND AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE PUT AN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF THEM. UH, SORT OF HELP THEM. THEY WANTED TO DO AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND PUT IT ON PAPER FOR THEM. AND THEN THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND AND WENT BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO IT'S CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG STAFF BUT THAT THEY'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH AND WE JUST CAN'T GET THEM ON THE QUALIFIED LIST YET. WELL ANOTHER ONE. I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IT'S THE BRADDOCK GOLF PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN ON HERE. SINCE I'VE JOINED THE BOARD HAS JOINED THE BOARD, TOO. SO WE'RE ALL LOOKING THE SAME TIME. YOU SEE THAT? THE GULF COUNTY. THERE'S A DRY DARK ONE. VOTING DRIVER. THAT'S THE ONLY UM, WE CHECK IN WITH MR MCKNIGHT REGULARLY ON THAT PROJECT, AND AT THIS TIME THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT ON THE LIST THERE DISCUSSING PUTTING IT ON HOLD, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE IT LEFT IN THE POSTURE THAT IT IS. SO THIS IS MY POINT ABOUT THE 1 20. IS THAT'S ON. THAT LIST HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR WE'RE GONNA VOTE WITHIN 2120 DAYS. YES OR NO. NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE. THEY'RE GONE FOREVER. MAYBE THEY REDO IT IN A WAY THAT COMES BACK AND GET

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BUT THEY HAVE NOT ASKED US TO TAKE ANY ACTION. SO THE PRIOR. WHY THAT WE WOULD APPROACH THAT IS WHEN THE COUNTY DECIDES THAT THEY WANT US TO TAKE ACTION. WE WILL TAKE ACTION. BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO FORCE PROJECTS FORWARD IN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND SCORE THEM AND TELL YOU THAT THE PROJECT DOESN'T SCORE OUT OR WHATEVER. THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT'S SORT OF VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE FORMER BOARD HAS DONE BECAUSE THE FORMER BOARD DID NOT WANT TO PUT APPLICANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE COLLABORATIVE WITH. IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY COMMENT ON THAT, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE NEGATIVE OR ROOT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET ALONG WITH OUR BUSINESS SO WE CAN DEPLOY THIS MONEY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG TASK AHEAD OF US AND A LOT OF MONEY. THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT. AND SO I'M NOT RUNNING FOR POLITICS. I'M NEVER RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY'S SKILLS. AT THE SAME TIME. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE NO. TO GET TO A YES, THAT IS ADAPTED IN A WAY THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT. REMEMBER THAT? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE LIKE I SEE THE PRIDE THING THAT'S JUST GOT BACK ON IT. I MEAN THE PRIDE. IT'S ONE OF THE ADVOCATES. YOU KNOW, WE VOTED TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. I GUESS YOU ALL GO TO TERM SHEETS OR START WORKING WITH THEM. ON THE APPLICATION. JUST UNIONS WILL BE REACHING UP RIGHT? BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT OTHERS. MAYBE THERE'S JUST A LITTLE STATUS REPORT LIKE THE DRY DOCK THING. IF THEY'RE NOT MOVING IT FORWARD. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE BEFORE. ON THESE. SEVEN THAT ARE APPLICANTS. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY WORKING. ALL OF YOU GOTTA WORK PRIDE. MAYBE SOME OF THESE OTHERS THAT MAKE SENSE. JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS WHICH ONES. BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN STAFF SPOT FOR THE DRY DOCK. THEY'RE NOT HOLDING THAT UP. THEY'VE JUST BEEN TOLD TO SET. WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU THERE'S A LITTLE FOOT DOPE WHERE SOME OF THESE STAYING, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING WHERE THEY STAND. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW PRIDE'S BEEN COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO. BUT IT'S NOT. WE PROVED IT LAST MEETING, AND NOW YOU ARE GOING FORWARD, I GUESS NEXT BOARD MEETING OR SOMETHING.

WE'LL HAVE A TERM SHEET, MAYBE. OR IS THAT RIGHT? COME BEFORE US. THE FIRST STEP. WE'RE PRIDE . ECONOMICS STAFF SUMMARY COMES FROM, BUT I MEAN THAT THAT'S MOVING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T MOVED. DRYDOCK OBVIOUSLY IS NOT MOVING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? SO JUST KIND OF FOOTNOTES AS WE GO, SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND NOT, I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AND MAYBE MAYBE THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING . BUT I DON'T THINK OUR STAFF IS TRYING TO HOLD UP ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. I THINK THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY HOLDING UP ANY PROJECT I'M SAYING THAT IF WE'RE SEEING THESE ON HERE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. WHY DON'T WE PUT THESE IN THE ARCHIVES ON THE WEBSITE THEIR ARCHIVES? DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EVEN SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON. I JUST WANT TO SAY, MAN, DO THINGS THAT I WANT TO SEE WHAT I'M TAKING ACTION. I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. TWO YEARS. AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO US THAT, LIKE THE SKELTON JUST SAID THEY'RE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN US KEEPING IT IN THE ACTIVE NOT IN THE ARCHIVE. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT JUST NOT RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT STAFF WERE WORKING WITH THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN MOVED TO THE QUALIFIED BECAUSE STAFF IS TRYING TO GET THEM TO QUALIFY, BUT THE NEGOTIATIONS JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN MR CHAIR. THAT'S MY POINT. THAT'S WHY I SAY 1 20 UP OR DOWN, BECAUSE IF YOU DO WANT 20 UP IF THEY GET A NO VOTE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE KILLED FOREVER. THEY CAN COME BACK AT ANY TIME AND DO A NEW APPLICATION. I DON'T MY PERSONAL OPINION. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET WE BRING IT TO THIS BOARD. THERE'S STILL AT A NO BECAUSE STAFF HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE TO GET THEM. QUALIFIED YET, SO THEY RECOMMEND THEY PUT THEM ON OUR AGENDA.

THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED YET. WE VOTE NO.

THEY'RE BACK OUT NEGOTIATING IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD IT NOT COME TO OUR BOARD SO FOR A NO VOTE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CHANGES BY FORCING THE 120 DAY. I THINK

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TO GO FORWARD AND THE POLICY THAT THE PRIME OR ADOPTED WAS THAT PROJECTS A GREAT OUT B OR BETTER COME TO THE BOARD FOR VOTE WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT PROJECTS THAT DON'T RATE OUT AT A B OR BETTER CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE. BY ANY BOARD MEMBER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE DIDN'T SCORE OUT. I WANT BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. LIKEWISE, ANY ADVOCATE CAN SAY SCORE ME SEND ME TO THE BOARD AND THEY'LL GET SCORED AND SENT TO THE BOARD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR GREATEST FOR VOTES. IN THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH AN APPLICANT, THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM IS NOT HEY. JUST GIVE ME A SCORE. LET ME GO PLEAD TO THE BOARD. IT'S HOW CAN I GET TO THE B? SO I HAVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND I KNOW IT'S A GOOD PROJECT, AND THAT PROCESS TAKES DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. QUALIFIED PROJECTS. DON'T NECESSARILY SCORE OUT. BUT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ADOPT UM, YOU KNOW, 120 DAY RULES ANY AFRICAN CAN SAY. SEND ME TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL SEND TO THE BOARD OR ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN SAY PICKED THIS ONE OUT OF THE PILE. AND WE WANT TO VOTE ON IT, REGARDLESS OF ITS GREAT WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE BATH.

PROJECTS HAVE BEEN VOTED ON. THAT DIDN'T GET A B BECAUSE THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID I WANT IT VOTED ON AND THEY PASSED. AND WHEN YOU SAY QUALIFIED, YOU MEAN MEANS STATUTORY EQUALITY THERE SMOKING ONE THING THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT, AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT WHOLE ARCHIVING PROCESS.

THE PRIOR BOARD INSTRUCTED STAFF THAT IF A PROJECT OF A PRE APPLICATION HAD BEEN ON THE LIST FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, AND THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN APPLICATION, THEN WE COULD MOVE THAT TO THE ARCHIVES. EIGHT OTHER WAYS THAT SOMETHING GETS TO THE ARCHIVES IS IF THE APPLICANT ASKED TO HAVE IT. WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION. IT GOES TO THE ARCHIVE. OR IF THE AFRICAN ASKED TO PUT THE PROJECT ON HOLD, SO WE HAVE THAT ONE YEAR THRESHOLD FOR PRE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN WITH NO APPLICATION AND FOLLOWING. IF WE GET TO A ONE YEAR MARK ON A PROJECT, YOU COULD DIRECT THE STAFF TO AUTOMATICALLY SCORE THAT PROJECT OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF DAYS AGO.

UM FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK 100 AND 20 DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE THE APPLICANT OF THE ABILITY TO MANEUVER THEMSELVES TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY GET TO THAT

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YOU GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPTIONS. DO YOU WANT TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD OR DO YOU WANT TO ARCHIVE? AND THAT WAY YOU'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE WE JUST WANT TO BE SCORED. NO MATTER WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN F AND IT'S GETTING TURNED DOWN OR WHATEVER, AT LEAST YOU GIVE RUN THE TRAPS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE THINGS APPROVED. IT'S NOT TO GET LESS THINGS APPROVED. IT'S JUST I PERSONALLY AS A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SEE. YOU KNOW ANOTHER? THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT STAFF. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I'M JUST SAYING. IF THERE'S A WAY WITH A POLICY THAT WE CAN PUSH THIS THING TO BE MORE EXPEDITIOUS AND LET PEOPLE CHANGE WHAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE. TO GET IT RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY, AND SOMETIMES ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. AND YOU'VE GOT 120 DAYS TO GIVE US THE MORE INFORMATION AND THEN THEY BRING US BACK THE INFORMATION AND THEN IT TOTALLY CHANGES THE COMPLEXION OF THE APPLICATION. THERE HAS TO BE TIME BUILT IN EVERY TIME THAT THEY MAKE IT THAT THE APPLICANT GIVES US INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T MATCH UP. SO TO SAY THAT A PROCESS COULD BE COMPLETED IN 120 DAYS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF KNOWS THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE KNOWS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. BUT WE'RE OPEN TO WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT US TO DO. BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU DO THOSE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE NOSE THAN YES IS BECAUSE THE TIME IS GOING TO RUN OUT. BEFORE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAVE THE TIME TO FINISH THE CONVERSATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE AIRPORT. UM MR REMINGTON CAN SPEAK TO THE BACK AND FORTH THAT'S GONE ON THERE. FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS , AND WE WERE TALKING TO DIFFERENT PARTIES FROM THE CITY. WE'VE GOT CONSULTANT AND THEN WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL TO GET TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD A PROJECT THAT SCORES AN A OR A B. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AS HARD AS WE CAN.

BUT AGAIN. INFORMATION CHANGES THE PROJECT. THE COMPLEXION OF THE PROJECT CHANGES AS WE GO ALONG, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME TO BUILD IN TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THE REVIEW TIME THAT

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WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S A QUALIFIED PROJECT. IT'S A QUALIFIED PROJECT MEETS STATUE.

AND THEY REQUEST TO GO FORWARD REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE. STAFF WILL PUSH IT FORWARD.

RIGHT? WE CAN DO THAT, AND IT'S ALREADY IT'S ALREADY A POLICY QUESTION IS RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THE NEXT QUESTION IS IF WE'RE WORKING WITH AN APPLICANT AND WE GET TO A TIME CRUNCH AND WE CAN'T FINISH THE PROCESS, AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE PROJECT TO BE SCORED AS AN F DOES THE BOARD WANT US TO SCORE THAT PROJECT AS AN F AND IF YOU DO DO YOU WANT US TO BRING THAT PROJECT TO YOU IN THAT FOR MORE? OR DO YOU OR DO WE DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WHICH IS OF A PROJECT SCORES LESS THAN A B. A BOARD MEMBER CAN BRING THE PROJECT FORWARD FOR A VOTE AT ITS AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD MEMBER TO BRING IT FORWARD. I LIKE THE IDEA OF GIVING THEM THE OPTION OF GUYS. WE DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE READY. BUT IF YOU ALL WANT TO BE SCORED WE'LL PUT IT BEFORE THE BOARD AND WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS. AND IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL PUT YOU IN THE ARCHIVE. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ARCHIVE, AND IT'S STILL KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE. THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT ON THIS LIST. HONESTLY I JUST DON'T STATUTE REQUIRES US TO SCORE EVERY PROJECT. I'M SAYING YOU'RE STILL SCORING IF IT SCORES AN APPLE SCORES, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IN THE ARCHIVE AS AN F SAYING YOU GIVE THEM THE OPTION. YOU CAN GO TO ARCHIVES. AND SIT THERE. OR YOU CAN COME BEFORE THE BOARD, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND ACTION IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT WHETHER IT'S 120 DAYS WITHIN SIX MONTHS. WHETHER IT'S A YEAR. HE TAKES SOME ACTION WITHIN SOME TIME PERIOD. SO THESE THINGS AREN'T FLOATING AROUND FOR YEARS. THAT'S ALL. WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR POLICY? WHAT IS OUR POLICY ON IF WE WERE TO SCORE IT C OR LOWER AN F AS AN EXAMPLE. AND WE DO NOT APPROVE MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD FOR FUNDING. WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT SCORES LESS THAN A B. THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF HAS NOW IS SCORED THE PROJECT. IF IT'S LESS THAN A B, IT GOES THROUGH THE ARCHIVES WITH THAT SCORE ATTACHED. AND ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN BRING A PROJECT FORWARD OUT OF THE ARCHIVES AT, UM SCORE OF LESS THAN A B AND ASK THAT IT BE HEARD AND FRIENDS OF THE BOARD. PRACTICE NOW IS TO NEGOTIATE TO TRY TO GET IT. IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO CONTINUE TO GET THEM TO A B OR BETTER BEFORE IT SCORED TWO BECAUSE OF THE FORMER BOARDS INTERESTED NOT TRYING TO EMBARRASS THEM WITH A LOWER B SCORE. THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. BUT IT'S SOME AND I THINK DR HARPER HAS A COMMENT. UM WE COULD ASK DEAN HANNAH FOR COMMENT ON THIS, BUT ONE WELL ESTABLISHED PRACTICE WOULD BE TO SCORE A PROJECT WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION AS AN EYE. I COULD SEE IT FRAMEWORK WHERE, AFTER 120 DAYS OF RECEIVING AN APPLICATION, THE BOARD WANTED INPUT AS TO WHERE THAT PROJECT IS, UH, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO BE SCORED AN A, B, C D OR AN F IT COULD BE SCORED AS AN EYE, MEANING IT NEEDS MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN, UH, THAT PROTOCOL COULD BE TO REPORT BACK ON THAT 120 DAYS LATER TO SEE IF IT WAS STILL AN EYE OR IF IT HAD PROGRESSED TO WHERE IT COULD BE SCORED IN A WAY THAT ASSESSES THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE PROJECT. LIKE THIS. I LIKE THE A GRADE. I THINK I GOT SEVERAL DAYS AND I WAS I WAS A KID SO BUT BUT IF WE GRADED OUT AS AN EYE AND THEN YOU YOU GUYS, TELL THEM WHAT THEY DID NOT THIS IS, UH, NEXT. THIS IS JUST NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION. YOU SPECIFY THAT. I LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEN IT'S LIKE AT LEAST EVERYBODY KNOWS LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, LIKE YOU CAN AMEND THIS OR YOU CAN GO ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE WE'RE KIND OF CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD. I JUST I JUST SOMETHING IN ME JUST WHEN I SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE HANGING OUT THEIR FATHERS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE POLICIES, AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING FOR 2.5 HOURS, SO WE NEED TO EVEN TAKE ACTION OR OR MOVE IT. BUT WHAT IS YOUR? I GUESS, MR HENDERSON. YOU BROUGHT THESE TO OUR ATTENTION. UM WHAT IS YOUR DESIRE? TODAY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MR CHAIR. IS. THIS IS IN THE NEXT BOARD BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. TALKED STAFF. AND COME UP WITH MORE REFINED. I WOULD LIKE TO GET TOWARDS APPROVING SOME POLICIES FOR THIS BOARD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ANY BOARD TO HAVE THEIR OWN POLICIES IN PLACE. BUT LET ME HAVE SOME TIME WITH STAFF TO TALK ABOUT.

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WHY DON'T WE START THERE? THANK YOU, UM IF YOU'LL DISCUSS THIS WITH THE STAFF AND SEE WHERE WE CAN, UH, YOU CAN GET THIS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING AND AT THE NEXT MEETING STAFF. YOU AND STAFF CAN REPORT THE STATUS OF THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S READY FOR ACTION. THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT ACTION THEN IF NOT, THEN WE'LL SEND IT TO COMMITTEE TO HELP. AND TRY TO MOVE IT ALONG. I AGREE. I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE TO HELP US GUIDE US. IN OUR ACTIONS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT FOR POLICY SAKE, BUT IT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL TO HAVE GUIDES. WITH MR CHAIR FOR THE RECORD STAFF LOVES THE I THREE. I OKAY? THAT'S A HUGE HELP IF WE COULD DO THAT, SOMETHING MORE GENERAL, RIGHT? WELL SO STAFF WILL WORK WITH MR HENDERSON TO WORK THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THAT, UH, ACTIVE DISCUSSION. I THINK IT WAS VERY HEALTHY AND THANK YOU FOR THE AUDIENCE FOR STICKING WITH US.

SO WITH THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT . UM, ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE COME ON DOWN. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. UH BECAUSE OF TIME AND WE'VE RUN OVER SO LONG, WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. SO YOU GOT TO SET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FARAH HARVEY. I AM THE ASSOCIATE PROVOST OF INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. FORMERLY I WAS SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND THE JOINT COLLEGE AT FAMILY OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING. THAT IS MY TRAINING MECHANICALLY AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. UM SO I'M FOLLOWING UP ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS ALLUDED TO BY DEAN HANNAH. I HOPE TO BE HERE, BUT WE HAD SOME CAR TROUBLE. WE'RE AFTER DUCT TAPE. THE FRONT OF MY CAR OFFENDER. SIX TIMES. BUT WE MADE IT HERE. SO ENGINEERING CAME IN CAME IN HANDY. IT WAS A STATE CAR. UM I WAS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY. UM SO WHAT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU? HOPEFULLY VERY SOON. IT WILL NOT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HANG ON THERE FOR VERY LONG. WE HOPE UM, IS A PROPOSAL TO SET UP A CENTER THAT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON APPLIED R AND D. UM, TESTING EVALUATION. WORKFORCE TRAINING. VERY COMPREHENSIVE CENTER OR INSTITUTE. UH IT'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE I'M GONNA READ MY NOTES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER TIME AND MISS ANYTHING.

IT'S REALLY GOING TO SERVE AS A MAGNET. TO ATTRACT INDUSTRY HERE. AND THE REASON IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS A MAGNET TO ATTRACT INDUSTRIES BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE CAPABILITIES IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND EXPERTISE THAT INDUSTRY NEEDS. UH AND COMPLEMENTING. THAT IS THE WORKFORCE TRAINING THAT WILL PROVIDE FROM K THROUGH 20. BECAUSE YOU ATTRACT THEM FROM REAL ESTATE TAX SO FORTH. THEY STAY HERE IF YOU MEET THEIR NEEDS IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL TECHNIQUE IN THESE CASES ARE GOING TO BE VERY TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY AND LEADING EDGE COMPANIES THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT. AND ALSO BECAUSE THEY CAN GET THE WORKFORCE TRAINING. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRE. FOR THESE KIND OF JOBS. THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE FROM A PREVIOUS JOB. WE STOOD UP SOME GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO COME AND PURSUE MASTER'S ADVANCED DEGREES IN CERTAIN AREAS. BUT THEY COULDN'T IF THEY HAD TO DRIVE TO TALLAHASSEE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO THIS IS GOING TO REALLY PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FROM K THROUGH 20 AS WELL. UM OUR INITIAL FOCUS IS GOING TO BE AN AEROSPACE AVIATION WITH THE FOCUS ON DEFENSE. BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH THE BASES ALREADY, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ENGLAND. I THINK I HEARD FROM SOMEONE IN MY COLLEAGUES. THEY'RE MORE EXCITED THAN WE ARE. PERHAPS WHICH IS GREAT. AND ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. WE PROPOSED TO, UH AND ADDITIVE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. THOSE ARE THE TWO INITIAL AREAS OF FOCUS, BUT WE'RE BUILDING FOR CAPACITY TO GROW. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ENVISION EVERYTHING TODAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GENERATIONAL CENTER EFFECT CENTER THAT WE'RE STANDING UP THAT'S GOING TO EXIST BEYOND OUR CAREERS AND HOPEFULLY OUR LIVES. UM BUT I ALSO SEE IMMEDIATELY THAT THERE'S TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH AND SUPPORT SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD APPROVE, SUCH AS AMERICAN MAGIC. UM WHAT WAS THE CODE NAME OF THE ONE THAT WAS JUST DISGUSTING STAMP STAMP ER VERY MUCH AVIATION AEROSPACE. MY TIME IS UP, AND IT IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH F SUS . UH FOCUS ON BETTER SERVING THE REGIONALS NEEDS AND EFFORTS YOUR HEALTH AND I'LL STOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THE

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WE'RE Y'ALL GONNA GET TOGETHER MUCH FOR GIVING ME EXTRA TIME. SO MEETING. HASN'T SHE? DOESN'T SHE CONTROLS THE CHAIR WHO CONTROLS THE MEETING? WE ARE PARTNERS, THE ONLY AUTHORITY TWO STATUS TO COMPETE FOR $160 MILLION ENGINES AWARD. WE WON THE PLANNING GRANT. AND WE ARE DOING A WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER, 2ND AND THIRD WITH RANDY HANNA HOSTING IT AT PANAMA CITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO THIS, BUT I'M TOLD THAT THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO ASK. TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT TRIUMPH GOLF COURSES DOING AT THIS FORUM BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING INDUSTRY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE STAFF ON THAT. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THERE IS. HOW HAPPY MEETING WITH. WITH THE STAFF. YEAH YES, YES, I DIDN'T. MY TIME IS UP THE TIME. OVER AND AGAIN. WE'RE MEETING WITH TRACK. WE'RE MEETING WITH TRIUMPH NEXT WEEK THERE TO SHOW THEM SOME OF THE SMALLER FACILITIES WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER HERE NOW. ANYTIME. THANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE, DAN? COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SIR. ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW, NO INTRODUCTION. UH MY NAME IS DAN ROMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BAY COUNTY TDC. UM AND COUPLE POINTS. ONE IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION . YOU JUST YOU GUYS HAD BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPED US FRAME AT LEAST OUR PROJECT. I THINK WE HAVE THE ONLY TOURISM PROJECT THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND WORKING WITH STAFF. AND TO REALLY HONE IT IN SO WE CAN START SHOWING THEM METRICS IN WAYS THAT YOU TYPICALLY WILL FUND PROJECTS. SO YOU KNOW, FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE, OUR PROJECT WOULD RETURN $25.13 OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD. FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT TRIUMPH INVEST. IT HAS A GREAT R O. I AND WE WERE HEADED DOWN THAT ROAD UNTIL HB FIVE CAME ALONG AND SO WE STOPPED THAT AND WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT IT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MILITARY READINESS BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO CREATE CLASSIFIED SPACE USING WHAT YOU DID AT THE CRESTVIEW BYPASS PROJECT ON HOW YOU EVALUATED THOSE NET NEW JOBS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NEW DIRECTOR AT THE TECHNICAL AND CAREER EDUCATION FOR A DISTRICT SCHOOLS. ABOUT PROVIDING CERTIFICATES FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A TOURISM PROJECT TO THE FINISH LINE USING YOUR ADDITIONAL CRITERIA OR YOUR EXISTING CRITERIA. UM, A COUPLE OTHER POINTS. UM ONE IS, UM. YOU KNOW, FROM A TOURISM MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVED WAS CORRECT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO TOURISM MARKETING INDUSTRY VISIT FLORIDA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA TOURISM COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR DECADES BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE BP OIL SPILL, AND WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING EVER SINCE. AND WE'RE FINALLY TO THE POINT WHERE VISIT FLORIDA, AND THE COUNCIL HAS FIGURED OUT A MARKETING PLAN THAT TRULY DOES ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES, SO I THINK YOU KNOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO MARKET ALL EIGHT COUNTIES IN A VERY COMPREHENSIVE WAY. SO I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE TRIUMPH STAFF NEXT TUESDAY TO GO THROUGH THAT, ALONG WITH VISIT FLORIDA. TO THE OTHER POINT ABOUT TOURISM PROJECTS IN GENERAL, NOT BEING ALLOWABLE. I WILL CHALLENGE THAT. BECAUSE THERE IS ONE LINE IN THE LEGISLATION THAT SAYS PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS AND SEE VBS. SO THERE IS THAT ONE LINE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A PRIORITY FOR TOURISM PROJECTS. HOW THAT HAS COME TO PASS HAS NEVER COME OUT. YOU KNOW, BUT IT DOES SAY THAT AND SO OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN IF WE'RE DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY TO MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT, MORE YEAR ROUND THAT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE ISSUES, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD OVER TIME IS NOT BEING ABLE TO CROSS THE RUBICON OF GETTING ABOVE 115. SO IT'S OUT THERE.

AND I THINK THAT IF THERE IS A TOURISM PROJECT THAT COMES TO YOU THAT IS ABLE TO PAY 100 AND 15% I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT THAT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S ALLOWED IN THE LEGISLATION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL GET MY REVISED INFORMATION TO DR FULLER. EXCUSE ME TO CORRIENTE RICK OR DR HARPER FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT ACROSS

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WE HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST IT, THAT'S ALL. NOT BE FUN FOR US. A LITTLE MORE PLEASANT FOR THE STAFF TO BLOCK THOSE. UH GOOD. LONG MEETING. UM I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED SOME STUFF ON BUT THEY CAN. I DIDN'T RELATE TO THE CAN REQUEST IF THEY WANTED TO. BUT I AGREE WITH MR CORE. HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD WALK THROUGH THOSE STEPS WITH STAFF TRYING TO HELP THEM, UM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEFORE THEY COME FORWARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. ANDERSON. I CERTAINLY THINK YOU KNOW. IN ANY OF THIS. WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS AT ALL TIMES, NOT GOALS NOT TO COME UP WITH A HATCHET. EVERYTHING UP. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S OUR JOB TO MY OPINION, TOO. AND WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH GETTING GOOD PROJECTS APPROVED TO DEPLOY MONEY INTO. ■IF BAD COUNTY PROJECT COMES UP IN OUR COUNTY, WE'RE JUST GONNA BRAND I MEAN, IT'S GOT A BOAT. NO I MEAN, IT'S JUST IS WHAT IT IS, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF VOTING ON SOMETHING.

AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. MAYBE 120 DAYS IS TOO QUICK. WHATEVER THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, I DO THINK GETTING THESE THINGS IN A POSITION WHERE EITHER PEOPLE GO BACK AND REVISE THEM. OR. THEY GET APPROVED IS GOING TO GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE FASTER. FIRST UM. SO I THINK THERE'S INTEREST RATES. GREAT UM , YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY NICE WE HAVE THIS EXTRA MONEY AVAILABLE SO THAT IF WE DO WANT TO GO OUT AND DO THIS KIND OF MARKETING PUSH, I GUESS WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO ADD. UM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND WHOMEVER ELSE. UM AS FAR AS THE. THE PROPOSED POLICIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE JUST GOING OVER. UM IT WAS INTERESTING. YOU MENTIONED THAT AFTER A YEAR THAN BOARD MEMBERS CAN THEN DO THE ASSESSMENT ON ON STAFF AND YOU KNOW, IT ONLY HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE HISTORY. BUT TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOARDS BEFORE ME IN THE WAY THAT THIS WAS ARRANGED. UM KIND OF HIT A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT WE BROUGHT UP AND JUST BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT UNDERSTANDING. YOU KNOW THAT THAT EVERY APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO GO AND SAY VOTE ON ME, YOU KNOW? BECAUSE EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS THE RIGHT TO PULL A POORLY GRADED, UM, PROPOSAL OUT FOR A VOTE. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THESE ITEMS . THESE ACTION ITEMS ARE ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY IN THE LAND AND IN THE POLICY. SOMETIMES ADDING RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, OR OR OR ADDING DEADLINES COULD DO THE OPPOSITE. YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE THROUGH, THEY MIGHT GET TO A POINT AFTER AFTER A CERTAIN DEADLINE. YOU HAVE TO STOP REAPPLY. THEY HAVE THIS SORT OF NOPE. RED RED MARK AGAINST THEM BY HAVING A FAILING GRADE OR OR YOU KNOW THE I WAS A GOOD IDEA. I THINK, UM, SO THAT

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THANK YOU, MR TRUMBULL. YEAH, IT'S GREAT MEETING. UM A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE THINGS MOVING FORWARD. I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE YOU. PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND I THINK THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE MONEY DEPLOYED. PROJECTS APPROVED. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE TIME INTO IT. UM WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON IF WE CAN BRING THEM IN FOR LAND. TRYING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN OR BE VERY BENEFICIAL. POLLARD COUNTIES. UM. SHOULD HAVE MET IN PENSACOLA. ALWAYS GO WITH THINGS , BUT I REALLY LOVE MEETING IN PANAMA CITY. GOTTA TELL YOU SECOND EMOTIONAL PENSACOLA. CREATE THAT ENOUGH. THAT CONCLUSION TONIGHT. I THAT CONCLUSION. YES SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE LIVELY DISCUSSION . MR HENDERSON. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE EFFORT INTO THOSE PRIORITIES THAT PROPOSED PRIORITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. LIKE I SAID EARLIER TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES AND APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT AND STAFF . THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A VERY BIG AGENDA TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND GETTING US HERE AND MISS DAVIDSON FOR ALL YOUR WORK. ALSO I WANT TO THANK UM THE FLORIDA CHANNEL FOR STICKING AROUND AND THE COUNTY BAY COUNTY FOR HELPING STICK AROUND AND BE HERE FOR US ALSO, AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. STAFF MEMBERS, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND YOUR PARTICIPATION AS WELL. SO WITH THAT UM DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS? NO WITH THAT WE WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURN

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