[A.  CALL TO ORDER]
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          GET. MORNING, EVERYONE WE'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED. MEETING TO ORDER IT'S OCTOBER. THE 3RD 2023 AT THE TIME IS 9 A.M. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MA'AM COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER KAREL YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER, PIECE CHAIRMAN. 
          HAM MA'AM, UH, TODAY THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KIP. MCKENZIE. FOUR WINS ASSEMBLY. GOD ALL RIGHT. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. REBAR COMMISSIONER KAREL. I'D LIKE TO START BY READING SECOND CORINTHIANS 7 14 SAYS, IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS. THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND I WILL HEAR HEAL THEIR LAND. LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT RULERS LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN THE COMMISSION SEATS OF BAY COUNTY. FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU FOR FORGIVENESS OF ANY SIN THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM YOUR BLESSINGS AND PROTECTION THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL SIN TO THE CENTER AND DRAW THEM INTO REPENTANCE. GRANT THIS COMMISSION GREAT WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, ALLOWING THEM TO RULE AND CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS OF MAKING COUNTY WITH JUSTICE, INTEGRITY, AND IN A WAY THAT IS PLEASING TO YOU, AND THAT GUARDS THEIR REPUTATION. DID THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE PEOPLE'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND THAT THEY WOULD HANDLE THE COUNTY'S COFFERS WITH GREAT CARE SO THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WOULD RESPECT THEIR DECISIONS MADE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AS LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR EACH OF THESE LEADERS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS STAND BOLDLY AGAINST EVILDOERS AND FIRMLY IN THE GAP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES. LORD WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION ON ALL OF OUR COUNTY WORKERS ARE FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WE STRIVE TO DO OUR VERY BEST FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT COUNTY. WE ASKED THIS LORD THAT YOU SHOULD RECEIVE ALL THE GLORY AND HONOR FOR EVERY SUCCESS AND EVERY VICTORY AND JESUS PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. COME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS . ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FROM. OKAY ANY LILLIPUTIANS? NOTHING FROM STAFF . MR CHAIRMAN. OKAY ANYBODY 
          [E.  APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
ELSE? NOPE. OKAY CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA APPROVED SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER KAREL COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZER. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PIECE CHAIRMAN HAM. UM WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE MOVING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS LIMITED ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE SOMETHING FOR AT THE END. YES. UM IF ANYBODY IF THERE'S ANYBODY WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR. OKAY. SEE YOU. NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR AND MOVE 
          [I.  APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
INTO CONSENT. MR MARCO? YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS . GOOD MORNING ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY UNDER THE CLERK'S OFFICE ITEM ONE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES RECOMMENDATION BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE REPORTS. 100 GENERAL SERVICES ITEM TO A COUNTY COURTHOUSE. 
          SWITCHBOARD REPLACEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT 23-38 BAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE SWITCHBOARD REPLACEMENT. TCS ELECTRICAL COMPANY AND THE AMOUNT OF $431,755 AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. UNDER SOLID WASTE ITEM. 3 23-41 STEEL FIELD ROAD LANDFILL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGN CONTRACTS, DASH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED STAFF AND NEGOTIATE A PHASED CONTRACT WITH THE TOP RANKED FIRM, GEO CENTRIC CONSULTANTS INC IN THE EVENT OF AGREEMENT CANNOT BE MADE AUTHORIZED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE SECOND RANKED FIRM, HDR ENGINEERING INC. UNDER THE TDC ITEM. FOUR VISIT PANAMA CITY BEACH IRONMAN GULF COAST ROUTE AUTHORIZATION STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BOARD AUTHORIZED THE USE OF COUNTY ROAD RIGHTS OF WAY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH 2023 FOR THE VISIT PANAMA CITY BEACH IRONMAN GULF COAST TRIATHLON. AND UTILITY SERVICES . ITEM FIVE. WATER TREATMENT PLANT 23 DRESS 57 HAD HAD ROOF FLORAL SILIC ACID. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BORDER WORK CONTRACT 23-57. FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO UNIVERSE SOLUTIONS USA INC AND THE AMOUNT OF 30 CENTS PER POUND DELIVERED AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS. AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR CHAIRMAN THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO 
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APPROVE OCEAN IN THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER DOZER YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER PEACE COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER KAREL YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN HAM? 
          [6.  FY24 Panama City Beach CVB, Mexico Beach & Panama City CDC Contracts]
YES MA'AM. NEXT WE GO INTO REGULAR AGENDA NUMBER SIX. FY 24, PANAMA CITY BEACH. CBB MEXICO BEACH AND PANAMA CITY. C D. C YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN IS MR ROSE APPROACHING ITEM SIX IS THE 24. PANAMA CITY BEACH. CVB. MEXICO BEACH IN PANAMA CITY CDC CONTRACTS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS . THE BOARD APPROVED THE FY 2024 CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, INC BUDGET AND PROGRAM OF WORK. 
          THE FY 2024, MEXICO BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND BUDGET AND PROGRAM OF WORK AND THE FY 2024 PANAMA CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING , BUDGET AND PROGRAM OF WORK AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THE FY 2024 AGREEMENTS. FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL SERVICES, WHICH INCORPORATE THE RESPECTIVE BUDGETS AND PROGRAMS OF WORK. OKAY? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. IT IS MR CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS . IT'S UH, AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AS COMMISSIONER DOZER AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE THE MEETING YEARS AGO. IN THE PREVIOUS GENERATION. I WAS UP HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME. A TDC ISSUE CAME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BECAUSE TWO OF OUR FAVORITE COMMISSIONERS, UM ALWAYS HAD FUN ON THE T V. C S BEHALF, BUT TODAY IS A IS A MUCH HAPPIER OCCASION. UM WE ARE. YOU SHOULD BE PLEASED AND PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE T V. C AND THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS DO ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND BAY COUNTY AS WE LOOK TO STRIVE TO INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OR ARE RESIDENTS AND TO PROMOTE BAY COUNTY IS A TOURIST DESTINATION SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE AND VISIT AND THEN GO HOME. BUT LEAVE THEIR MONEY BEHIND AS WE YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLACES ON THE PLANET. UM, IN THIS MORNING. WE WILL. IF THE CLICKER WORKS. ALRIGHT SO THE CLICKER DOESN'T WORK, SO I HAVE 44 SLIDES. YOU'VE ALL SEEN THOSE 44 SLIDES IN ADVANCE. UM THAT REALLY GO INTO THE HEART AND THE DETAIL OF WHAT THE TDC THE MEXICO BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DESTINATION . PANAMA CITY DO DAY IN DAY OUT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS. THE CLICKER WORKS. MEXICO BEACH. 
          YEAH THIS IS THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE MICHAEL AND I HAVE VERY PROUD TO SAY MEXICO BEACHES BACK, AND THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WORK THAT KIMBERLY SHAW FROM HER BOARD HAS DONE DAY IN DAY OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT MEXICO BEACH YOU NEVER LOST SIGHT. OF YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY AND THE REALLY INTERESTING ASPECTS OF MEXICO BEACH, THE CBB IN THE TDC WERE SUPPORTIVE. YOU KNOW, AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAD THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRIDGE THE GAP UNTIL THE TIME THAT THEY WERE BACK, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR UM, THAT IN KIMBERLEY SHOW IS EVEN MORE PLEASED TO SAY THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE CVB IS NOT INVESTING IN MEXICO BEACH BECAUSE SHE HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO IT AND TO REALLY GET BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE TELLING THEIR STORY, AND IT IS AN REMARKABLE REMARKABLE STORY IN AND OF ITSELF. STORY OF RESILIENCY AND A FOCUS AND OF THE FUTURE AND ALSO OF ENTHUSIASM. UM ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS ALL THREE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS YOUR INVESTED IN SPECIAL EVENTS, GIVING PEOPLE AN EXCUSE TO COME BACK TIME IN AND TIME OUT FOR TO VISIT BAY COUNTY BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. KIMBERLY IS ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A BEACH FOR NOURISHMENT PROGRAM, USING DOLLARS FROM THE STATE AND DOLLARS WE HOPE TO GET APPROPRIATED FROM THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RE NOURISH ALL OF MEXICO BEACH. BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY. HER BUDGET THIS YEAR IS 861,000. YOU KNOW SHE HAS CARRIED $200,000 FORWARD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT HER COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR ARE STAGGERING COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MICHAEL, SO MEXICO BEACH IS BACK IN PANAMA CITY, JENNIFER VIGIL AND HER TEAM DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. OF CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE IN PANAMA CITY THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN BE PROUD OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JENNIFER IS REALLY FOCUSED ON IS PLACE MAKING AND STORYTELLING. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PANAMA CITY STORY? AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY TELL IT SHE HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE ST ANDREWS SCHOOL? AND THIS YEAR SHE'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE REDEVELOPING REPURPOSING THAT SCHOOL TO BE A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN GO AND REALLY 
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GET THAT FEELING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN BAY COUNTY. UM SHE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TELLING HER STORY AND NOT JUST RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF THE BEACH BUT REALLY CREATING A PATH FOR PANAMA CITY AS A TOURIST DESTINATION. IN HER BUDGET IS ABOUT $4.4 MILLION. YOU KNOW, AND SHE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2014 AND WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW PANAMA CITY GROW YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOTEL, INDIGO AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN AND ON THE MARINA, YOU KNOW HER BEST DAYS. PANAMA CITY'S BEST DAYS ARE DEFINITELY IN FRONT OF US, AND SHE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF TELLING THAT STORY. NOW FOR THE CVB. YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE LARGEST BUDGET OF THE THREE AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT MY STAFF HAS REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE TELL OUR STORY? HOW DO WE FOCUS AND MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD? AND THIS YEAR WE WENT THROUGH A, UM, THAT REDEVELOPING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOCUSED BOTH ON OUR VISITORS ON OUR RESIDENTS ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY THAT PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER. UM AND THEN OUR POSITIONING. YEAH, WE'RE REAL FUN BEACH. YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE HOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, BUT PANAMA CITY BEACH IS FUN. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT ARE OUR OUR CLAIM TO FAME IS AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON. HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THAT? NOW ARE YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. AND WITH A $54 MILLION BUDGET, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE COMFORT THAT WE ARE DOING THOSE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL RUN THROUGH. UM OUR BUDGET FAIRLY QUICKLY, JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE. YOU'LL SEE $33 MILLION IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. THE BIGGEST LINE ITEM AND THOSE ARE DOLLARS WE'VE CARRIED FORWARD FROM THE PAST THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE PRODUCT, THE TOURISM PRODUCT ON PANAMA CITY BEACH FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VISITORS, OUR RESIDENTS ALL THE ABOVE. OPERATIONS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PRIDE OURSELF IS RUNNING A VERY CLEAN SHOP. YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE AUDITORS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GET, UM CLEAN AUDIT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENCY. WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THEY WERE HOLDING THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC. WE REALLY DO TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. UM. AND THEN MARKETING. I MEAN, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY A MARKETING ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE GROW VISITATION 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A DESTINATION THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY. YOU KNOW, ARE REAL EMPHASIS . ONE IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE, UM ECONOMIC SPANS DURING THE SUMMERTIME BECAUSE THAT PAYS A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND THAT EMPLOYS A LOT OF FOLKS. BUT IT'S A YEAR ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. THERE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TRULY SETS US APART, AND OUR MARKETING IS REALLY FOCUSED ON IT. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE ALSO FOCUSED ON IS COMMUNITY SAFETY. YOU KNOW WHEN THERE ARE DOUBLE RED FLAGS, IN ADDITION TO THE YOU KNOW THE 10% OF FUND 1, 25 AND 1 28 THAT WE DEDICATE THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY WERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DOING CAMPAIGN AFTER CAMPAIGN JUST TO HELP VISITORS NOW TO BE SAFE, AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER PIECE THIS SPRING BACK IN JUNE. 
          YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAD THAT ANOMALY OF THAT WEATHER SYSTEM THAT JUST KEPT PUMPING ALL OF THOSE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF TELLING OUR VISITORS TO STAY OUT OF THE GULF. TO BE SAFE, YOU KNOW, LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE TELL THE REST OF THE STORY THAT IS JUST BEYOND BEACH . BUT YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, IN OUR MARKETING BUDGET. MOST OF IT IS SPENT ON ADVERTISING, AND THE SECOND LARGEST LINE ITEM IS ADVERTISING SUPPORT FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET WILL DO MARKETING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS WHERE THEY ARE OUT. SPENDING YOUR MARKETING THEIR EVENT THAT WILL HELP COVER THOSE COSTS AS LONG AS THOSE EVENTS ARE EXTENDING OUR BRAND, HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR MISSION AND REFLECT POSITIVELY ON BAY COUNTY IN PANAMA CITY BEACH IS A TOURIST DESTINATION. WE HAVE GREAT AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH. AND WE WERE. THE TDC IS RECOMMENDING . WE RENEW ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES FOR ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO HELP US EXTEND WHAT WE DO. SPECIAL EVENTS. AS YOU CAN 
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SEE FROM UM YOU KNOW, THE BEACH BALL DROPS SLIDE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING BUSINESS OUTSIDE THE SUMMER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. UM THE TDC IS TAKING OVER THE BEACH BALL DROP THIS YEAR FROM PIER PARK. YOU KNOW, SIMON GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IS A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY IN THE MALL BUSINESS, THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN EVENT LIKE THE BEACH BALL DROP. RICHARD SANDERS, WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK OF IT . THE AUDIENCE TODAY IS THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT. AND SO THE TDC FEELS VERY STRONGLY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS CHANGED THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR PANAMA CITY BEACH. 
          THE BEACH BALL DROP HAS LED US INTO ALSO BEING ABLE TO PUT BOOKS SPORTING EVENTS DURING THE HOLIDAY BREAK. YOU KNOW, THE BEACH BALL DROP WAS THE FIRST BIG THING THAT WE DID TO HELP GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER EXCUSE TO COME BACK TO PANAMA CITY BEACH AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. YOU KNOW THAT GIVING THEM A REASON TO COME BACK IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IS THE BUSIEST WEEK WE'RE GOING TO SEE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IT COINCIDES WITH FALL BREAK, BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS WE HAVE OUR PIRATES FESTIVAL IN RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL AND INVESTMENT PARK THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE PARADE THROUGH PIER PARK. IT'S ONE OF THOSE ANNUAL TRADITIONS THAT FAMILIES FROM THE MIDWEST AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. COME HERE WE ARE THEIR BEACH OF CHOICE BECAUSE OF THE FUN THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE EVENTS AND AGAIN, IT'S GIVING THOSE PEOPLE THAT EXCUSE TO COME BACK. WHEN WE STARTED BEACH HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH REALLY FOCUSED ON THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, YOU KNOW, THANKSGIVING IS THE SINGLE BUSIEST TRAVEL. UM, TIME OF THE YEAR. EVERYBODY'S GOING HOME. FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT OF LET'S INVITE FAMILIES TO CREATE NEW FAMILY TRADITIONS HERE. THE FIRST YEAR AFTER WE DID BEACH HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE SAW OUR NOVEMBER BUSINESS GO UP BY 30. NOW THAT WE'RE IN OUR EIGHTH OR NINTH YEAR, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NEVER COME DOWN. YOU KNOW, FAMILIES ARE FLOCKING HERE DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE INVITED THEM. AND THAT'S AGAIN PART OF WHAT THE TDC DOES DAY IN DAY OUT TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT. PANAMA CITY BEACH SUPPORT BAY COUNTY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE AIR FORCE AND THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH ON THE AIR SHOW, WHICH TYPICALLY WAS AT TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, BUT SINCE THEY'RE REBUILDING, THEY WANTED TO MOVE IT TO THE BEACH AND WE HAVE DOLLARS INVESTED IN THAT TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM OUR INVESTMENT IN THE PUBLIC SPORTS PARK SPORTS MARKETING IS A VERY BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. UM AND SPORTS MARKETING WAS ONE OF THOSE BRIDGES THAT DURING DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL THAT ALLOWED US TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE FROM EVERY OTHER BEACH ALONG THE GULF COAST. YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER OF 2010, OUR CLOSEST COMPETITOR, THEIR LOSSES THAT SUMMER ABOUT 30% LOSSES AT SUMMER ABOUT 15% AND PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE THE TOURISM SPORTS TOURISM THE TEAMS KEPT COMING. AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN SPORTS TOURISM TO DRIVE BUSINESS ON A YEAR ROUND BASIS. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LARGE, UH, BASEBALL AND FAST PITCH TOURNAMENT OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN EARLY NOVEMBER. WE HAVE A SNAP SOCCER TOURNAMENT THAT REALLY HELPS GIVE THAT BOOST DURING THE OFF SEASON, WHERE BUSINESSES ON THE BEACH CAN FEEL IT. SPORTS MARKETING IS REALLY PART OF WHAT WE DO. AND AS WE GET INTO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUR SPORTS MARKETING, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE GO OUT AND WE HELP PEOPLE BRING THEIR EVENTS TO US SO THAT YOU KNOW WE FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEM TO COME INTO THE MARKET, AND THEN THEY SPEND THEIR PARK AND THEN AS WET INTO, UM YOU KNOW, FUTURE LOOKING AT AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTER. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. THE PUBLIC SPORTS PARK IS IN IS ENTERING ITS. WE OPENED IT. UM RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. AND YOU KNOW TYPICALLY, WHAT WE DO WITH THE SPORTS PARK IS YEAH, WE END UP, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE, WHERE ALL THE REVENUES FLOW INTO THE COUNTY, AND THEN THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED BACK OUT TO THE SPORTS PARK IN 12TH INCREMENTS. WE'RE NOT MAKING PROFIT YET AT THE SPORTS PARK AND SO THAT THE, UH TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX DOES SUBSIDIZE THE SPORTS PARK. THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET IN ADDITION TO OUR NET SUBSIDY, WHICH IS JUST THE OPERATIONS WE ENDED UP HAVING ADDING $120,000 A CONTINGENCY SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK, AND IF SOMETHING BREAKS AT THE SPORTS 
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PARK THAT WE DID NOT INTEND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ACTION OF THE TDC AND THEN AN ACTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT. THAT WITH HAVING THAT CONTINGENCY OUT THERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND THE CVB BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAN APPROVE IT. GET IT DONE GET IT PAID FOR AND MOVE FORWARD. UM AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW OUR OPERATION AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH IT. AND THEN, UM, YOU MAY KNOW THIS ABOUT COMMISSIONER PS, BUT SHE IS VERY FOCUSED ON THE VISUAL AESTHETIC OF MAY COUNTY. 
          AND SHE AND, UM GARY, WALTZING HAM WERE, YOU KNOW, REALLY A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND COUPLE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING ON PANAMA CITY BEACH SPECIFICALLY ON THOMAS DRIVE AND THEN ON CHIP SEAL PARKWAY. IF YOU HAVE NOT DRIVEN UP CHIP SEAL PARKWAY RECENTLY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WITH THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR. I MEAN, IT IS REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, ROAD IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE SPORTS PARK TO THE WALSINGHAM ACADEMY ENDED PURE PARK EAST. OUR SALES EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND TELL OUR STORY. AND OUR SALES TEAM IS VERY FOCUSED ON TELLING OUR STORY NOW AND THEN INTO THE FUTURE. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ENERGY THAT WE HAVE BEHIND SALES BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S ATTRACTING A NEW MARKET SEGMENT TO PANAMA CITY BEACH. THAT'S NOT JUST FAMILIES COMING HERE TO HANG OUT ON THE BEACH. UH IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL BUDGET FOR US, BUT THEY'RE FOCUSED. THEY ARE DOING THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE AND BRING PEOPLE HERE AND THEN, AS WE DEVELOPED INTO THE FUTURE WILL START HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEETING PLANNERS. AS WE GROW, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GROW WITH US. OUR VISITOR SERVICES TEAM ARE DEDICATED GROUP OF FOLKS THAT DO A DAY JOB OF WELCOMING PEOPLE DAY IN DAY OUT, AND THEY ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE WINTER DURING OUR WINTER RESIDENTS. ONE YEARS AGO. WE USED TO TRY TO COMPETE FROM MARKETING, YOU KNOW, GETTING VISITORS SNOWBIRDS HERE BY ADVERTISING. AND IT DIDN'T IT WASN'T REALLY WORKING UNTIL WE DECIDED WE NEED TO FOCUS ON MAKING IT FUN. WE NEED TO DO EVENTS FOR OUR SNOWBIRDS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS TELL THEIR FAMILIES SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA , AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE SENIOR PROM AND THE MYSTERY CHALLENGE AND ALL THESE MADE UP EVENTS THAT ARE SNOWBIRDS REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH AND AS YOU LOOK AT IT, AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE SNOW BIRDS EVERY YEAR AGAIN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ON A YEAR ROUND BASIS AND THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. THIS IS A BUDGET WHERE WE DO PROJECTS . UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CHASING THE SUN TELEVISION PROGRAM IN HERE. WE ALSO HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES YOU APPROVED LAST YEAR. PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH A DISTRICT SCHOOLS WITH FS , YOU GULF COAST. A COLLEGE WE'RE MAKING CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO ERIC BESSON PARK BECAUSE THAT IS OUR PRIMARY PUBLIC VENUE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS . CELEBRATION TOWERS FOR THE BEACH BALL DROP. YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING THE $9.9 MILLION.09 POINT. $0 MILLION YOU SEE FOR PLANNING , ARTIFICIAL REEFS AND WALKOVERS . UM WE'RE SPENDING $250,000 SINKING THE DEEP STEM THREE, WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST BOAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SUNK OFF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE'RE DOING THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WALTON AND OKALOOSA COUNTY'S. IT'LL BE SECOND TO THE RISK ANY AND THAT BOAT WILL GO DOWN IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. BUT WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE WALKOVERS. YOU KNOW THE WALKOVERS WE HAVE 100 PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS ALONG PANAMA CITY BEACH, AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM. WHEN YOU TURN 39 WE WILL SEE MORE PEOPLE TAKING THEIR PHOTO. AT BEACH ACCESS 39 CELEBRATING THEIR THEIR BIRTHDAY. WELL OUR BEACH ACCESS POINTS ARE IN NEED OF A LOT OF WORK. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DAG ARCHITECTS AND THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH TO COME UP WITH A NEW DESIGN FOR IT AS WELL AS A GATEWAY INTO THE BEACH. UM AND SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT. BUT THE MOST OF THOSE DOLLARS WELL OVER $8 MILLION HAVE BEEN UNALLOCATED. THE TDC. THE CVB DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THOSE MONIES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IF THE WESTERN REGION RESILIENCY CENTER AND THE SABER CENTER IS OUR NUMBER ONE PROJECT YOU KNOW WE ARE GETTING I LEARNED LAST WEEK ABOUT $15 MILLION FROM FEMA TO HELP FUND THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING WITH TRIUMPH GULF COAST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND WE HAVE $20 MILLION SET ASIDE IN OUR BUDGET TODAY FOR THAT PROJECT. BUT THIS THE TDC FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY OTHER COMMITMENTS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRICES FOR SABER HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET OF 
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OPM OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU TO MAKE STRATEGIC DECISIONS TO GET THAT FACILITY BUILT. SO AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WILL BE BACK. GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO EXPAND THOSE OTHER $8 MILLION IN THERE IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND THAT IT CAN RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW AGAIN, GATEWAY SIGNAGE IN CAN ARRANGE TO, YOU KNOW, SETTING MONEY ASIDE FOR FUTURE TURF REPLACEMENT AT PUBLIC SPORTS PARK. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE OUT THERE. BUT NO, THE TDC IS BEING VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET SABER IN THE WESTERN REGION RESILIENCY CENTER BUILT BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO, UM, A COUNTY TO PANAMA CITY BEACH. 
          COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS HOW WE WORK WITH OTHERS. YOU KNOW, IT'S COMMISSIONER. PS ALSO REALLY WAS FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE LEVERAGE AGAIN? OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY TO SUPPORT OUR PARKS. AND SO WE HAVE FUNDING IN THAT. UM YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING IN TRANSPORTATION IN THE BAY WAY TROLLEY SERVICE, AND SINCE WE FIRST STARTED BACK IN MAY YOU KNOW THE TROLLEY RIDERSHIP ON SUNDAYS HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ABOUT 60% 65% OF THE SATURDAY RIDERSHIP, WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR US GETTING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW TO WORK ON THE BEACH ON SUNDAYS AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT BAY COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE BEACH ROUTES THAT ARE OPERATING, IT'S THE WHOLE SYSTEM. AND WE WILL GET INFORMATION BACK FROM LAMAR AND BAY WAY YOU KNOW IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. AND THEN THE TDC WILL MAKE, UM, CONFIRM COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE THIS SUPPORT, BUT BASED ON THE INITIAL ESTIMATES, INITIAL NUMBERS I'VE SEEN, I BELIEVE WE I WILL RECOMMEND TO THE TDC THAT WE EXPAND THAT $125,000. BECAUSE IT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES. AND UM, MR CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONERS THAT WRAPS UP MY COMMENTS. I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND I SUPPORT MR MICHA WHEN HE SAID THAT STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUTUBE, UM, APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE BUDGETS AND PROGRAMS WORK AS THEY WERE PRESENTED. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I NOTICED JANA IN THE AUDIENCE THERE, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD REMEMBER ALL OF THE AWARDS THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN JUST THIS YEAR. AND IF YOU CAN'T I DON'T KNOW IF THE GERMAN WOULD ALLOW HARD TO COME UP, BUT I THINK IT UM IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THE T V C HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO UH, I CAN I KNOW WE WANT TO HENRY'S, WHICH ARE THE TOP AWARDS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT YOU'RE COMING UP. UM BECAUSE JANA WILL GO IN TO THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP. PART OF INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP IS WINNING AWARDS, BUT IT'S ALSO BEING MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. I JUST ROLLED OFF THE VISIT FLORIDA BORDER DIRECTORS I WAS THE CHAIRMAN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. BUT JANA IS NOW ON THE BOARD OF DESTINATIONS FLORIDA AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST TOURISM SOCIETY, AND CHRIS O'BRIEN, WHO LEADS UP OUR SPORTS MARKETING TEAM. NOW HE IS ON THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR SPORTS E T. A WE ARE OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THAT PANAMA CITY BEACH BAY COUNTY IS BEING PRESENTED. INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT AND SO ARE WINNING AWARDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WERE VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE IN OUR OFFICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETING AND GETS THE OTHER DESTINATIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO THIS YEAR AT THE GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE, WE WERE THRILLED TO WIN THE HENRYS, WHICH WERE ARE THOSE THE TOP STATE AWARDS SO HE WON IN THE RADIO CATEGORY FOR OUR PIRATES OF THE HIGH SEAS RADIO SPOT, AND WE ALSO WON IN THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN CATEGORY. FOR OUR CHICAGO CAMPAIGN. GET TO THE REAL FUN BEACH ROLL FAST, WHICH WAS OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR DIRECT FLIGHT TO CHICAGO. SO WE WERE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO, UM FOR THE FLORIDA FESTIVALS AND EVENTS. WE WON FIVE TOP AWARDS, BUT THREE FIRST PLACE AWARDS. FOR THOSE EVENTS, SO IT WAS. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND SO WE WERE COMPETING AGAINST ALL THE OTHER EVENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO WE WERE THRILLED AND WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST I DIDN'T DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR DAN. I HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERY LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET WITH DAN AND STAFF. TO THE POINT OF CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE AND HOW TO REPAIR THOSE, SO I KNOW THEY'RE EXHAUSTED WITH MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND, UH SO I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER FURTHER BUDGET YOU WANT ALSO TALK ONE MORE THING ABOUT JANA. UM IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MICHAEL JANA WON AN AWARD THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE HOSPITAL TALLIT E SALES AND MARKETING 
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ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL OF ONE OF THE TOP 25 MOST BRILLIANT MARKETING LINES IN TOURISM, WHICH IS, UM SO YOU GOT SOME OF THE BEST WORKING FOR YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS? AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE ANOTHER AREA FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM OVERSEAS TO OUR DESTINATION WE HAVE WE HAVE READ JUST RELAUNCHED OUR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INITIATIVES , BOTH IN THE UK AND THEN GERMANY. WE STARTED LAST YEAR WITH THE UK AND HAVE ADDED WHAT WE STARTED WITH A SMALL, UM, EXPENDITURE IN LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE INCREASING THAT VISITATION. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GERMAN FAMILY TRIP THAT'S COMING INTO TOWN THIS WEEK. WHAT'S YOUR GERMAN TOUR OPERATORS AND GERMAN MEDIA JUST TO SEE PANAMA CITY BEACH IS A TOURIST DESTINATION AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA IS LEADING THE NATION IN TERMS OF INBOUND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRONG, BUT SINCE THE PANDEMIC OR EVEN IN A STRONGER PLACE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED FROM PRE PANDEMIC TO POST PANDEMIC THERE'S A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS IN THE PAST WOULD ONLY STAY IN BRANDED HOTELS WITH INTERIOR CORRIDORS. BUT NOW VACATION RENTALS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT. BOTH VACATION RENTAL HOMES AND CONDOMINIUMS. AND SO OUR PRODUCT NOW VERY CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, AND WE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE INVENTORY THAT IS BRANDED HOTELS WITH INTERIOR HALLWAY, SO WE'RE REALLY VERY WELL POSITIONED. FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROW IN THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES OF OUR BUDGET. IT'S RELATIVELY MINOR, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WERE OUT THERE, SOWING THE SEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS LONG TERM FOR LONG TERM BENEFIT BECAUSE IT'S FLORIDA CONTINUES TO LEAD THE NATION LEAD THE WORLD IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. WE NEED TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION SET. AND JANA FROM OUR MARKETING TEAM AND HELEN ADAMI FROM OUR SALES TEAM. THEY LEAD THOSE EFFORTS AND WE HAD A UK FAN TRIP IN JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY SELLING PANAMA CITY BEACH AND ALL OF OUR UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES AND YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND A LOT OF OTHER BEACHES. WE MAY THINK THAT WE ARE A VERY POPULATED, CONGESTED BEACH. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK COMPARED TO THE OTHER PLACES THAT PEOPLE GO, WE'RE STILL VERY SPREAD OUT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUT, LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AND ENJOY NATURE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE BOTH ON THE BEACH, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE BAY IN THE CREEK SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER THAT OTHERS DON'T AND THE REASON ORIGINALLY ASKED THAT WAS APPRECIATE THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS BECAUSE UM THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE. YOU KNOW, WE ENTERTAIN CERTAIN COMPANIES FROM FROM IN THE STATES AND OUT OF THE UNITED STATES TO COME TO BAY COUNTY AND SET UP SHOP HERE. AND WE FREQUENTLY GET QUESTIONS FROM COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT OF THE UNITED STATES. WHAT IS OUR TRAVEL LOOK LIKE HERE? WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL? WHAT KIND OF TOURISM DO HAVE AS FAR AS THE INTERNATIONAL SO JUST TO GET THAT REPORT? IT IS A LOT OF HELP, AND, UH AND IT SHOWS THE INTEREST FROM COMPANIES OUTSIDE. WANT TO KNOW. TOURISM NUMBERS THAT COME TO PANAMA CITY BEACH, AND IT'S GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BUDGET. UM YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FUNDER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE. YOU KNOW, WE SPEND $25,000 A YEAR IN MEMBERSHIP NEWS FOR THE E D A, UM, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE. BUT WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DO IS WE PARTNER DAY IN DAY OUT WITH BECCA AND HER TEAM, WHETHER THEY NEED INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE COMING IN, IF THEY NEED GIFTS TO GIVE YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE COMING IN, BUT WE'RE ALSO WE DO. WE PAID FOR THE VIDEO THAT THE E D A. DID YEARS AGO? UM YOU KNOW, REALLY SHOWCASING PANEL BAY COUNTY AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BECCA TO REDO THAT VIDEO WHERE YOU KNOW, THE WE'RE HELPING TO WILL UNDERWRITE MOST OF THE COST OF IT, BUT THE BENEFITS WILL REALLY COME TO THE OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT BECK AND HER TEAM ARE DOING. I'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO. THE COMMENTS THAT WE GET BACK ON THAT FROM DIFFERENT CLIENTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT OUR AREA OR ALWAYS POSITIVE. THEY REALLY LIKED THAT VIDEO AND THE ASPECT THAT IT SHOWS FROM MY COUNTY. ANYBODY ELSE? JUST FEW THINGS. UM SO I'VE GOT TWO DAUGHTERS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN IN COMPETITIVE SOCCER, SO WE'VE TRAVELED TO ALL THESE OTHER SPORTS DESTINATIONS. YOU KNOW FOLEY, THE FAIR HOPES DESTIN'S WE'VE GOT A TOURNAMENT COMING UP IN VALDOSTA, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LEARN FROM OTHER PLACES AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. AND YOU MEET OTHER PARENTS AND ANY TIME THAT YOU MEET ANOTHER PARENT, AND SOMETHING COMES ABOUT PANAMA CITY BEACH. THEY FIND OUT WHERE FROM HERE THEY ALWAYS THE REACTION IS WELL, YOU ALL HAVE GOT SUCH A GREAT SPORTS COMPLEX AND SO THE LANDSCAPE AND THAT JUST WENT IN THERE AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. UM IT'S ALMOST LIKE A NURSERY OF PLANTS AND TREES BECAUSE IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. UH SO KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT 
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IN. I MEAN, IT'S IT WAS ALREADY A GREAT PLACE, BUT NOW IT'S THE RIDE DOWN. THERE IS JUST EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE. SO GREAT JOB THERE. UM SECONDLY, YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF DAN , YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT TEAM. YOU'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JENNIFER AND KIMBERLY. I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ON THE CBB WARD. UM, CDC BOARD OVER THERE. ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND KIMBERLY IS JUST PHENOMENAL. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HER LEADING THAT CHARGE OVER THERE WERE EXCEEDING THE PRE MICHAEL NUMBERS. UM FASTER THAN WE ALL THOUGHT WE WOULD. 
          SO, UM I'M GRATEFUL TO GET TO WORK WITH KIMBERLY. SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S FOR KIMBERLY AND THAT'S GREAT. UM BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT GOD FOR YOU GUYS. UM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL THE BUDGET. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PATIENT AND SHARING ALL THE NUMBERS WITH ME. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PAGES BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO. IF WE WERE ON CONSENT, WHERE IT STARTED TO BE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. WE INVITE YOU TO COME MORE OFTEN AND SHARE THE JOY AND NEWS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PANAMA CITY. PANAMA CITY BEACH, MEXICO BEACH. IT'S NOT JUST THE BEACH. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK TDC IS JUST THE BEACH. ACROSS THE BRIDGE. IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD, BUT BUT IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COASTAL AREA, SO BUT KUDOS TO ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE, AND THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER DOZER WAS A UM, A PROPONENT OF PUTTING THE BAY COUNTY SPORT SKATE PARK, YOU KNOW, AT ON CHIP SEAL PARKWAY AT THE PANAMA CITY BEACH SPORTS COMPLEX. AND WE WERE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE A MAJOR FUNDER OF THAT. UM A SKATEPARK BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A GREAT AMENITY, AND WE WILL USE IT IN THE FUTURE FOR SKATING EVENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE GRAND OPENING TO GET OUT THERE AND START TO SKATE. I MEAN, AS SOON AS THE CONCRETE WAS DRY, THEY WERE OUT THERE. AND THEN RICHARD SANDERS, WHO'S BEEN WITH US, UM RICHARDS STARTED FULL TIME WITH, UM, THE CBB TWO WEEKS BEFORE I DID. THAT WAS 16 YEARS AGO, RICHARD HAS TRANSITIONED INTO A NEW ROLES AS OF YESTERDAY , WHERE HE'S NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SPORTS MARKETING AND SPECIAL EVENTS. YOU KNOW, HE IS, UM, WORKING ON OUR LIAISON WITH THIS PANAMA CITY BEACH SPORTS COMPLEX AND ALL OF ITS DEVELOPMENT, ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM SPORTS TOURISM. ASPECT HAS RICHARDS FINGERPRINTS ON IT , AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE HIS EXPERTISE AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT. MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LOSE FOCUS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX, INCLUDING THE SKATEPARK, THE PUBLIC SPORTS PARK IN THE YET TO BE DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, INDOOR EVENT CENTER. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I JUST I JUST HAVE ONE. I'M NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT BUT ANY ESTIMATION ON VISITORS HOW MANY VISITORS COME TO THE STATE WHAT STATE LEVEL THAN VERSUS THE VISITORS THAT COME TO BAY COUNTY. THE. THE STATE GENERATES ABOUT 130 MILLION OVERNIGHT VISITORS. UM AND WE GENERATE 18 MILLION VISITOR DAYS, WHICH IS ABOUT 5 MILLION INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL STAY AVERAGE OF THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND SO I MEAN, WE ARE NOT. WE'RE IN THE WE TYPICALLY ARE IN THE TOP 10 WHEN IT COMES TO VISITATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UM I MEAN, WHICH IS AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER IN AND OF ITSELF. UM WE ARE THE MOST VISITED COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. WALTON COUNTY GENERATES THE MOST LEVEL OF VISITORS. SPENDING IN PART OF IT IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCT THEY OFFER. YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE YOU'RE RUNNING A 14 BEDROOM HOUSE FOR $15,000 A DAY. UM BUT YOU KNOW, BUT WE COMPETE, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE OUT THERE DAY IN DAY OUT TELLING OUR STORY AND I ALWAYS TELL MY STAFF CONTINUED TO PUNCH UP, YOU KNOW, DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO FOCUS AND TO TELL OUR STORY BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL, BUT WE'RE ALSO IN SERIOUS COMPETITION WITH THE REST OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YEAH. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ANY UPDATED NUMBERS. BUT LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE WERE WE WERE GETTING SOMEWHERE AROUND 8 9% OF THE WHOLE STATE WAS COMING TO BAY COUNTY. IT IS PHENOMENAL. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT YOU KNOW, OUR LAST REAL YEAR WAS FY 18 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE BEGINNING OF 19 5 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, HURRICANE MICHAEL CAME TO KNOCK ON OUR DOOR, YOU KNOW IN THE BEACH HAD A FALSE ECONOMY FROM ALL THE DISPLACED RESIDENTS , BUT ALSO ALL THE YOU KNOW THE RESPONDERS. YES SO, 2018. IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE, WE WERE COLLECTING ABOUT $21 MILLION IN TOURIST ALBUM TAX COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR, WE'LL HIT YOU KNOW WELL EXCEED 35 LAST YEAR WE WERE , YOU KNOW IT 36 YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL BE ALMOST HIT. LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS WEREN'T QUITE GET THERE. 
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BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, AS THE WORLD HAS REOPENED AS CRUISE LINES IS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IS OTHER STATES HAVE REOPENED. WE HAVE KEPT 98% OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SHUT DOWN. WHICH MEANS A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HAVE FOUND US. AND THEY LOVE US AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO COME BACK, WHICH IS A GREAT NEWS STORY FOR US THE SECRET SOUTH BECAUSE THERE'S NO SECRET NO MORE. OKAY? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY ALRIGHT. GOT EMOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MORE COMMISSIONER PIECE. YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER DOZER. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER KAREL CHAIRMAN. HAM. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GOOD PRESENTATION. UM WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS MOVE INTO PUBLIC 
          [L.  PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED TO ITEMS WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY)]
PARTICIPATION. IT'S OPEN TO ANY US ANY ISSUE RELATED TO BAY COUNTY, WHETHER YOU THINK WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER IT OR NOT. YES. NOW WILL BE YOUR TIME, SIR. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS CLIFFORD READ. I AM LIVING AT 64 12. FLOWERS, ROAD AND YOUNGEST TOWN AND I'D LIKE TO BEG THE EXTREME INDULGENCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WOULD LET ME HAVE AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE MINUTES BESIDES MY OWN BECAUSE I HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES HERE WITH ME. I WOULD AND I MAY HAVE MORE. TO SAY, THAN THE THREE MINUTES WILL ALLOW. IF NOT, I'LL GO AS FAST AS I CAN, BUT I REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT EXTRA THREE MINUTES. IF POSSIBLE. WE JUST ELIMINATED THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, THE OTHER FOLKS MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND TAKE THE OTHER THING. THEY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THEM THAT I DO. SO I WILL. IF I CANNOT DO THAT, THEN I WILL. START SIMPLY BY SAYING. I WAS NOT SURE LAST WEEK OR LAST, UH, MEETING AND I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO VOICE MY OPINION ON THE BAY COUNTY. UM. HEALTH BILL OF RIGHTS THAT THE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. WAS REQUESTING TO GET ONTO THE AGENDA. UM. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MADE A PROCLAMATION THAT YOU SUPPORTED THE LAWS OF FLORIDA STATUTES. UH, FLORIDA STATUTE. I THINK IT'S 3 81.026, AND I COMMEND THAT. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT POWER DOES THAT GIVE US? I ASKED THAT RHETORICALLY AND I MAY ASK IT AGAIN DIRECTLY FROM YOU. WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT POWER DOES THAT GIVE US? WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE. A STATUTE. WHAT GOOD IS THE STATUTE? LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SAN FRANCISCO. LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHICAGO. LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK, WHERE THEY DEFENDED THE POLICE AND THEY'RE NOT ENFORCING LAWS. THEY'VE GONE COMPLETELY DOWN. THEY ARE HAVING REAL PROBLEMS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE. THE FLORIDA STATUTE. 3 81.026 THE BAY COUNTY. UH, HELP FREEDOM BILL OF RIGHTS. COMPLETELY SUPPORTS THAT. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SOME, UH WORRY ABOUT. WHEN THINGS WERE BEING AND A I'M SORRY. WHETHER THINGS WERE BEING A LIABILITY OR NOT, BUT IT'S A LIABILITY TO NOT SUPPORT OUR LAWS. UM, LET ME IF I HAVE TIME HERE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LAWS. THIS IS ARTICLE SIX. OF THE CONSTITUTION CLAUSE TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH SHALL BE MADE IN PURSUANCE THERE OF ARE THE SUPREME LAWS OF THIS LAND. THIS LAST. THREE YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN AND NOTHING HAS BEEN IN PURSUANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN IN PURSUANCE OF POWER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS, AND I THINK THIS WOULD HELP. PLEASE. PLEASE UH, YES, SIR. WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SOMEBODY ELSE. YES, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI MY NAME IS PATRICIA GUCCI, PATRICIA GUCCI. I LIVE AT 8 10. BALBOA AVENUE, PANAMA CITY. UM I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE HEALTH FREEDOM BILL OF RIGHTS. BUT SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT PERSONALLY TO ME. IS, UH INFORMED CONSENT. AND I ADDRESS THIS WITH YOU AT THE LAST MEETING. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. THAT WHEN FOR ME 
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PERSONALLY AT THE PHARMACY UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? YES FOR ME PERSONALLY AT THE PHARMACY WHEN THEY OFFERED THE COVID VACCINE. THERE WAS NO INFORMED CONSENT. MEANING? THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME THE LITTLE PAMPHLET FOR ME TO READ. SIDE EFFECTS. BASICALLY SIDE EFFECTS. IT WASN'T IN THERE , AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT. THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED CONSENT. 
          SO I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT AND GIVE YOU TIME TO READ AND RESEARCH ON THAT. I. HAS THE PHARMACIST FOR THE INFORMED CONSENT. HE DIDN'T HAVE IT. HE SAID. I'D HAVE TO PRINT IT. SO I CAME BACK TWO DAYS LATER. AND IT WAS PROBABLY 10 PAGES. AND A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS, AND A LOT OF IT WAS LEFT OUT. SO I IMPLORE YOU. TO TAKE THE TIME. TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ASKED DR BRINKLEY. ANY QUESTION YOU HAVE. WE ARE SO BLESSED. TO HAVE DR BRINKLEY HERE IN OUR TOWN WHO WORKS. 
          NONSTOP. ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER . HE HAS THE STATISTICS. HE CAN HELP YOU. BUT PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK OVER THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? GOING ONCE NOBODY ELSE. 
          OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR. AND, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. JIM COUNTY MANAGERS 
          [O.  CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS]
REPORT NOTHING FROM STAFF MR CHAIRMAN. OKAY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE COMMISSIONER MORE. YES SIR. UM I'D LIKE TO ASK WITH THE IRONMAN ROUTE BEING APPROVED THAT IF WE WOULD ALONG 79, 3, 88 AND 77 AND 20. WHERE THE, UM THE BIKES ARE GOING TO BE IF WE CAN PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS EARLY, SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW WHAT WAS COMING. AND IF DON AND STAFF CAN WORK WITH THE LEAGUES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE REMINDED THAT THEY'VE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS COMING, SO THEY DON'T SCHEDULE SOMETHING TO COMPETE WITH IT THAT DAY. UM, ALSO AS UH, DAN MENTIONED THE POWER TO THE HOUSES. FESTIVALS THIS WEEKEND OUT OF PIER PARK COULD BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO GO. DO THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ALSO COMING UP SOON. WITH OUR PARKS AND REC. UM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH PUMPKIN PATCH FALL FESTIVAL THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD OUT AT HARDEST PARK. FROM FIVE PM TO 8:30 P.M. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, HALLOWEEN IS COMING. GET YOUR CANDY READY. THAT'S IT, SIR. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR DESERT. YES UM, THE FAIR STARTS TODAY. JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE FAIR. IT'S FINALLY BACK AFTER THE STORM. WE WENT A LONG TIME WITHOUT THE FERRET FAIRGROUNDS, AND SO THEY'RE GETTING SET BACK UP AND IT STARTS OPENS TODAY. UM. 
          HURRICANE MICHAEL AT THE LIBRARY , SO THERE'S A DISPLAY AT A COUNTY LIBRARY. THAT VALERIE SALE PUT ON, SHE SAID IT ALL TOGETHER AND UM, UH, ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WENT OVER AND SAW THE DISPLAY AND IT IT TAKES US FROM THE DAY AFTER THE STORM. TWO TODAY SHOWS US COMPARISON OF WHERE WE WERE THEN AND WHERE WE ARE. NOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT FEATURES A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND VISIT THAT IT'S JUST VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE, AND MY HAT'S OFF TO VALUE FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. REALLY, REALLY IS A GOOD JOB. UM ALSO OCTOBER, THE 10TH. WE HAVE A GAME DINNER. I HAD HOLLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH. IT'S A MEN'S GAME DONERSON ANNUAL EVENT AND, UH, EACH YEAR THIS IS ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 1000 TO 1400 MEN THAT COME AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH TO PROMOTE THIS AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS GOING ON. SO ANYBODY IN IN THE LISTENING AREA THAT WANTS TO COME TO THIS EVENT, PLEASE COME OCTOBER. THE 10TH. AND HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH GAME DINNER, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GREAT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PIECE. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM ONE. ACTUALLY MR ROWE HAD HELPED ME 
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GET THE ADOPTIVE PART PROGRAM. GOING WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, UM I GUESS OUR DOCUMENTS. TO GET OURSELVES. UH. PROPERLY STARTED OFF GOTTEN SEVERAL CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE READY TO GIVE DONATIONS FOR THAT, AND WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE. OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN THE IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE CALLED THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING PROJECTS FOR THE PARKS. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE KNOWS THAT DOVE INTO OUR BUDGET. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T PUT ANY EXTRA IN THE BUDGET FOR THE PARKS. AND WE, UH WE JUST GET BY KEEPING OUR PARTS UP. SO THE EXTRA MONEY THAT IS GOING TO COME FROM THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE A REAL BLESSING. AND UM, WITH THAT SAID THE WE DID A PILOT STUDY ON THE RICK SELTZER PART THIS YEAR WITH THE BEACH CHAIRS. AND AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE VENDOR, IT WENT OVER VERY WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US IF CHAIRMAN. I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW WE DO THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE GET STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND LET'S TRY TO GET THAT. 
          READY TO GO OUT FOR A BID. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BID COMES UP, BUT IF WE COULD ALSO ENTERTAINED THE IDEA OF GETTING SOME NUMBERS ON PUTTING FOOD AND BEVERAGE. AT THE PARK. I THINK WE CAN MAKE A GOOD BIT OF EXTRA MONEY. TO GO TOWARDS, UM RICK SELTZER OR JUST KEEPING IT IN THE PARK SYSTEM. I MEAN, RICK RICK SELTZER DEFINITELY NEEDS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL FACELIFTS OVER THERE AND TO KEEP IT GOING, PLUS A LOT OF OUR OTHER PARTS NEED, UM YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL MOWING OR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IF IT'S GOOD WITH EVERYBODY TO GET THEM TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND LET'S SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT COULD BRING IN THE BEACH SERVICE WITH THE CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS AND ALSO, UM HOW WE CAN GET FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKED INTO THAT PARK. UM THE SECOND PART OF THAT, UM WOULD BE, UM, WE HAVE SOME PARKING AREAS. LET'S JUST SAY AT THE CURVE, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE MISS NEWBIES WAS AT THE CURB. AND WHEN I GO BY THERE, I SEE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY PARKING THERE AND NOT REALLY PARKING THERE TO GO TO THE BEACH, WHICH I THINK WAS THE REASON THAT WE GOT THAT PROPERTY, BUT THEY'RE JUST, UM, PARKING, LIKE, HAVE A TRUCK THERE WITH FLAT TIRES OR DONE WORK OR WHATEVER. TO ME, UM . IF WE HAD PAID PARKING AND SOME OF THESE AREAS I FEEL CERTAIN WE COULD BRING IN 3 TO $400,000 MORE YEAR TOWARDS OUR PARKS, KEEPING IN MIND THAT MESSAGE GESTION IS TO KEEP THIS GOING TOWARDS THE PARTS WHERE WE ARE VERY SHORT ON FUNDS. THIS IS PART OF NOT ONLY, UM A COUNTY CITIZENS TO ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO TOURISM. 
          TOURISM TO BOOT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US START MOVING TOWARDS TRYING TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT DONE IN THE PAST TO TRY TO RAISE SOME MONEY TO KEEP THOSE GOING. IN ADDITION TO THE ADOPTED PARK, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE NAME OF IT, BUT IT'S EASY FOR ME TO REMEMBER. IT'S GOT ONE ANOTHER BIG, LONG NIGHTS SO AH, WITH THOSE TWO OF THINK WE COULD REALLY INCREASE REVENUE AND, UH , MAKE OUR PARKS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL ALL OVER BAKING COUNTY AS OUR BEACHES ARE. TO THAT, UM , I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THIS AS WELL. JUST YOUR FAULT. WOULD YOU LIKE A COUPLE OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS IN THE AREAS BE DESIGNATED? FOR LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO GET DECALS OR PAID PARKING FOR IF IT'S LOCALS VERSUS EXTRANEOUS, AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. BUT JUST SOMETHING I GUESS FOR ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT IS THERE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN DO A PARKING PASS FOR LOCALS? IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE TOURISTS AND COMING IN AS PART OF THAT, AS WELL. YES, AND I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE SAME. REQUEST FOR THE PIER FOR LOCALS THAT FISH AT THE PIER. NOW I DO HAVE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PIER THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BRING UP TONIGHT. 
          THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY MIND ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME MONEY AT THE PIER AND I'M A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR AT HEART, SO I'M CONSTANTLY DOING SMALL STARTUPS. AND THAT'S UM THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. SO I LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING IN BAY COUNTY AND LOOK TO TRY TO TURN THOSE INTO YOU KNOW A SMALL 
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POCKET OF MONEY TO KEEP THEM KEEP THEM BEAUTIFUL FOR THE CITIZENS WHEN WE CAN'T WE DON'T WANT TO ENLARGE THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE CAN'T GO UP ON THE MILLAGE FOR THESE SOME OF THESE SMALLER THINGS THAT I THINK WE COULD PRODUCE SOME MONEY ON OUR OWN. AND WE SHOULD GO TO, UH, YOU KNOW EVERY AVENUE BUT BEFORE WE STARTED GIVING IT AWAY, LET'S TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN MAKE. ON SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS. THEN IF IT WAS GOOD WITH Y'ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST TEST THE STAFF WITH MAYBE GETTING GETTING GOING FORWARD, TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. JUST I GUESS. START SOME RESEARCH ON IT AND WHATEVER. YEAH REGARDING REGARDING THE BEACH CHAIRS AND CONCESSIONS. I MEAN, I THINK THE QUESTION WILL HAVE TO GET RESOLVED. THERE IS CERTAINLY IT'S A SEPARATE SERVICE. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY UNDER THE EXISTING CONTRACT, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT OUT. PROBABLY. THE BID TO TAKE SOME BIDS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. LET YOU GUYS DECIDE, AND WE CAN HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT BE STRUCTURED. RIGHT REVENUE PERSPECTIVE AND THEN TO COMMISSIONER MORRIS POINT. I'VE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE WITH WITH PAID PARKING PROGRAMS, UM, SPECIFIC TO YOUR QUESTION. THERE IS A WAY TO DO WHAT TO DO PARKING PASSES, ANNUAL PARKING PASSES, AND THEN THE COMPONENT OF THAT YOU HAVE A REDUCED RATE FOR RESIDENTS SO ANYBODY COULD COME IN AND BUY AN ANNUAL PASS TO PARK. YOU CAN THEN HAVE A REDUCED AMOUNT FOR RESIDENTS AND THEN SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          MAYBE DOWNRANGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AT THE PERIOD YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER JUST INCLUDING A PARKING PASS WITH THE ANNUAL PASS THAT'S ALREADY PURCHASED BY FOLKS THAT FISH AT THE PIER, IT WOULD JUST BECOME A KIND OF AN ADDED BENEFITS OF THEIR BUYING. PASS THE FISH THERE. WE COULD JUST ADD THEM. YEAH NO COST AT APARTMENT PASS SO THEY CAN PARK THEIR WITH THEIR FRIENDSHIP SHIP, RIGHT? DOES THAT WITH THEIR YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AN ACTUALLY, I WAS SPEAKING WITH A COUPLE OF THE VENDORS THAT DO THE BEACH CHAIRS AND THEY'RE ALSO WILLING TO DO AN ANNUAL PASS FOR LOCALS. SO IF YOU COULD INCLUDED, THEN YOU WOULD SORT OF HAVE A BASE. UM WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL ON VACATION RENTAL BUSINESS. YOU HAVE A BASE TO START YOUR PROGRAM WITH EVERY YEAR THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO TORONTO. PUT IT TOGETHER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. YES, SIR. SO ONE OF MY NOTES CLEAR. MUST BE READING MY NOTES. I'M JOKING. M IS THE COUNTY PIER. UH THE I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOST OPPORTUNITY OF NOT HAVING PAID PARKING AT THE COUNTY. PIERRE YOU TRAVEL TO PENSACOLA. SAVANNAH UM, ANY ANY LARGER CITY DESTINATION? YOU PAID A PART? THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. I'VE DONE PARK SAVANNAH. PARKING APP AND PARK PENSACOLA PASS ON MY BONE, SO WHENEVER WE GO, IT'S JUST IT'S IMPLIED. YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE PARK AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S A LOST OPPORTUNITY NOT CHARGING FOR PARKING AT THE PIER, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WE CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. THEY'VE GOT THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THAT SAME ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT. WITH THE SAME THING OF DOING A LOCAL PASS. OR IT COMES WITH THE, UM MEMBERSHIP OF FISHING PIER SO, BUT. THAT'S I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THAT. I DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE THERE. THAT HELPS OFFSET THE COST THAT WE HAVE. LAST THING I HAVE. I JUST WANT TO THANK SENATOR TRUMBULL AND REPRESENTED GRIFFITHS FOR HOLDING THE LOCAL DELEGATION LAST NIGHT WAS GREAT CROWD. UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO ATTEND. I WAS OUT OF TOWN. BUT ANYWAY, JUST THANK THOSE GUYS FOR REPRESENTING US AND LISTENING AND TAKING THAT MESSAGE BACK TO TALLAHASSEE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM BUT LASTLY, I JUST HAVE ONE THING. WE HAD A BLOOD DRIVE LAST WEEK. UM CAME OUT TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS. FORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T ME THAT MADE IT A SUCCESS. I CHICKENED OUT. I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T GO SO THEY HAD A HUGE SUCCESS WITHOUT ME. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GREAT. UM THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF BLOOD AND THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES STEPPED UP AS LONG AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AND DONATED AND NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE IN A MORE COMFORTABLE POSITION WITH THEIR THEIR THEIR BLOOD SUPPLY. UM WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL THE WAY UP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR WEEK MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.