[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD. EVERYONE WE WANT TO CALL THIS, UM REGULAR MEETING TOGETHER. OCTOBER 17TH 2000.
OCTOBER 17TH 2023 IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER KAREL COMMISSIONER PIECE. YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN HAM. YES MA'AM, UM THIS MORNING OR INDICATION, B B, LED BY PASTOR JEREMY PRISON. AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BE WILL BE MR MIKE BUTLER. ARE YOU STAYING? LET US PRAY. OH, MY GOD . WE PAUSE THIS MORNING TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR A NEW DAY. DAY THAT'S NEVER BEFORE BEING A DAY THAT WILL NEVER BE AGAIN. THEY FILLED WITH PROMISE THAT THEY FILLED WITH OPPORTUNITY. AND EVEN AS WE GATHER HERE TO PRAY FOR THIS COMMISSION AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE THAT WILL IMPACT THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND CALLED BAY COUNTY HOME. WE DO SO MINDFUL OF THE UNREST THAT WE'RE WATCHING, TAKING PLACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN THE UKRAINE AND AH, ACROSS THIS WORLD THAT IS CAUSING ANXIETY FOR SO MANY, PARTICULARLY OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE PRAY FOR PEACE. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR WORLD LEADERS CHARGED WITH ACTS OF DIPLOMACY EVEN AS WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LIVES AND WHO ARE AH! ANXIOUS AND WORRIED WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURY WHO FIND THEIR WORLD HAVING TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN RECENT DAYS? AND LORD MUCH CLOSER TO HOME. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AS A COMMUNITY STAYS AFTER THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MICHAEL , WE CONTINUE TO FIND SOUND FOOTING TO REBUILD, RECOVER TO LOOK TO A FUTURE FILLED WITH PROMISE AND HOPE. AND SO MADE THE DECISIONS MADE HERE, CONTINUE TO LEAD AND GUIDE AND DIRECT US IN WAYS THAT WE WOULD BE THAT PREFERRED COMMUNITY FOR ALL WHO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF YOUR CREATION. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN CHRIST, HOLY NAME. I'M OUT. MY PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS SAYING ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. A. CONDITIONS OR DELETIONS THIS MORNING. NOTHING FROM STAFF, MR CHAIRMAN, ANYTHING. OKAY CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? QUESTION
[E. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
SECOND. ALRIGHT MOTION OF MULTIPLE SECONDS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER PIECE.YES, MA'AM. CAROL YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN HAN, MA'AM. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS. UM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS LIMITED ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY KNOW? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL CLOSE THE FLOOR. UM AND GO INTO CONSENT. MR MICHAEL? YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN
[I. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
AND COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER THE CLERK'S OFFICE ITEM, ONE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE REPORTS. UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ADAM TO FY 2024 FEES AND FINES, AMENDMENTS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AMEND APPROVED AMENDING THE FY 2024 FEES AND FINES SCHEDULE AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION. UNDER COUNTY ATTORNEY ADAM THREE. FIRST AMENDMENT TO GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR CENTRAL MALONEY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE AMENDED LEASE AGREEMENT AND THE AMENDED GRANT AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN OF SCIENCE. SAME UNDER COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE ITEM. 4 2024 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ADOPTED MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR AND APPROVED THE 2024 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE. ITEM.FIVE RATIFY LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INSPIRED PROJECT APPLICATIONS DISTRICT AND ATIONS. THE BOARD RATIFIED THE LETTERS SUPPORT TO ACCOMPANY FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY'S APPLICATION. FOR THE INSPIRED PROJECT. UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN ASSIGNED THE STATE FY 23 24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST THAT SCOPE OF WORK. UNDER PUBLIC WORKS ITEM SEVEN FOUNTAIN COMMUNITY NORTHERN REGION, RESILIENCY CENTER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BOARD AUTHORIZED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT. WITH FLORIDA ARCHITECTS INC AND IF ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT CANNOT BE REACHED, WITH THE TOP RANK FIRM AUTHORIZED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THE SECOND RANKED FIRM, ESTO, A ARCHITECTS. ITEM EIGHT OFF SYSTEM PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH DUT FOR COUNTY ROAD 3 89 PAVED SHOULDER PROJECT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE OFF SYSTEM PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH F D U T FOR THE
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CONSTRUCTION OF PAVED SHOULDERS ON COUNTY ROUTE 3 89 FROM STATE ROUTE. 3 92 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT. RESOLUTION AND ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ADAM DUNN, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY FOR THE WIDENING OF COUNTY ROAD. 23 21 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE COUNTY ROAD 23 21 WIDENING PROJECT. THE WIDENING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PD AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THE RESOLUTION AND ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ITEM 10 RATIFICATION OF STAR AVENUE RESILIENCY GRANT AGREEMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BOARD RATIFIED THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR BAY COUNTY STAR AVENUE WATER RESILIENCY PROJECT. UNDER THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. ITEM. 11 AMENDED.AMENDS SOUTHEASTERN OUTDOORS ANNUAL CONTRACT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 18-34 TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON THOMAS DRIVE AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT. MR CHAIRMAN, THAT IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOST TO PROVE MOTION. MULTIPLE SECONDS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. MR CARROLL . YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE. YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER PIECE? YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN HAM? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. REAL MAIN NOTICED. I HAVE A BAND AID AND PARTIAL BLACK GUY. THIS IS A ONE MYSTERY AT THE END DOWN THERE WHEN YOU DON'T DO WHAT SHE TELLS YOU TO DO. THIS IS THE RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENS. I KNOW THEY ALL TOLD ME THEY TOLD ME NO , ACTUALLY, MY DERMATOLOGIST GOT AHOLD OF ME. IT WASN'T SHARED. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO INTO REGULAR
[12. Parks & Recreation Master Plan]
AGENDA. NUMBER 12 PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN. JASON JOWERS, PLEASE COME DOWN, SIR. MORNING.OKAY SO THE PARSON REX TRA VISION WITH THE SYSTEMS OF RAY GREER, WHO'S WITHSTAND TECH CONSULTANTS AT THE TIME. AS PREPARED A FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARSON RECREATION DIVISION, WHICH WILL GIVE US A ROAD MAP AND DIRECTION FOR OUR PARTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO INCLUDE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES LEVEL OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM PROJECTS.
SO THE LAST, UH PARSON REX PLAN MASTER PLAN WAS 2011. WE HAD A DRAFT COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 18 2018. OF COURSE. UH THAT GOT PUT ON HOLD FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REVISIT THIS PLAN, AND WE BROUGHT IN RAY AGAIN TO DO THAT LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.
POSSIBLE POPULATION SHIFTS. UH WERE YOU KNOW WHERE WE WERE HEADED IN THE COUNTY AFTER THAT? STORM SO ANYWAY, RAISED HERE TODAY AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT WENT INTO DEVELOPING THIS MASTER PLAN. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE AFTER THAT, SO THANKS. GOOD MORNING. I'M RAY GREER. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS NOW, SINCE WE HAD ORIGINALLY STARTED IT, JASON SAID. JUST KIND OF, UM, STRANGE THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT IT ON THIS MEETING. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FIVE YEARS AGO, SO THIS WAS SCHEDULED ON OCTOBER 16TH 2018 TO COME TO THIS BOARD THE 2018 PLAN. SO THERE'S A WE'RE ONE DAY AND FIVE YEARS LATER. SO WHAT WE DID IS JASON HAD MENTIONED WE DID THE PLAN AND 17 18 HAD IT READY TO GO AND 18. AND WE DID YOU KNOW A WHOLE SERIES OF WORKSHOPS. TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT. AND IN 18, AND THEN HURRICANE MICHAEL HIT CHANGED. EVERYTHING TOUCHED EVERY PART IN THIS COUNTY AND WE WAITED A COUPLE OF YEARS AND JASON GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID, IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET BACK ON. WE WANT TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PLAN. WE WANT TO SEE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED? WE WANT TO UPDATE THE PLAN. WE WANT TO GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE BEGAN ON THIS PROCESS. UM TO SEE AGAIN? WE DID ANOTHER ANALYSIS.
JASON STAFF EVALUATED EVERY PARK . OF COURSE, ALL THE PARKS WERE EVALUATED AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL AND THEN CHANGES THAT OCCURRED. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PARKS HAVE GONE AWAY. THAT WE'RE EXISTING IN THE 2018 PLAN. SOME OF THE PARKS ARE COMING ARE GETTING READY TO GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION LIKE THE SOUTHPORT BALL FIELD, SO I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO JASON STAFF WENT BACK THROUGH ALL THE PARKS AGAIN AND DID ANOTHER INVENTORY WITH DEVELOPED LIST AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF AND THIS MASTER PLAN IS AVAILABLE. ITS MASTER PLAN IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA TODAY, SO IF
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ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT IT BY THE WAY, IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND UH, BE GLAD TO EMAIL ANYBODY THAT WANTS IT, THEY'LL COPY. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DID ALSO WAS EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AGAIN AND LEVEL SERVICE STANDARDS. AND I'VE GOT US ACTUALLY GOT A SLIDE ON IT GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THEN LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM. WE WERE AT THE END OF THE CENSUS PERIOD. SO IN 2020 WITH THE NEW CENSUS DATA, COME OUT, SO WE UPDATED FOR THE THIS NEW PLAN. WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE 2020 CENSUS DATA. AND EVALUATE IT FROM NOT ONLY THE DEMOGRAPHICS BUT ALSO EVALUATE TO THE FUTURE AND DO PROJECTIONS TWO INTO 2035, SO WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT WE PROJECT WILL CHANGE AND HOW THE PARK SYSTEM CAN ADAPT TO THAT. AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION, AND WE DID THIS IN THE 2018 PLAN, WE NEED A BENCHMARK SURVEY. SO THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION THEY DEVELOP A PROCESS AND THEY EVALUATING YOUR OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR PARKS. AND THEN THEY'LL LOOK LOOK AT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THE SAME SIZE GROUP THEM BASED ON POPULATION AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THEY HAVE. AND YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. AND WHEN YOU DO LOOK AT THE NATIONAL PARKS, RECREATION ASSOCIATIONS NUMBERS, THE COUNTY BAY COUNTY ACTUALLY OPERATES ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGES NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AROUND 61 EMPLOYEES FOR OUR COUNTY, THE SIDES OF BAY COUNTY. AND, OF COURSE, JASON OPERATES ON A LOT SMALLER STAFF THAN THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK IT DOWN SOME TWO AND LOOKED AT THE STATE. SO WE LOOKED AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SOME OTHER COUNTIES THAT WERE IN THE COMPARABLE SIZE TO BAY COUNTY TO SEE WHERE BAY COUNTY WOULD FALL IN THERE, TOO. AND BAKED COUNTY DOES, YOU KNOW FALL BELOW MOST OF THE AVERAGE? IT ISN'T THE LOWEST. WE DID FIND ANOTHER COUNTY. HIGHLAND COUNTY, WHICH IS ALSO VERY SOMEWHAT RAW, GETTING LARGER AREAS OF RURAL AREAS. OPERATES ON LITTLE BIT SMALLER STAFF, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE COUNTY DOES OPERATE ON PRETTY SLIM STUFF. AND I KNOW ALL Y'ALL KNOW NO, BUT IT IS INTERESTING ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHO ACTUALLY WORK. IT STACKS AMONG, UH, THE NATIONAL RANKINGS. THEN IN ADDITION TO IT, WE DID CITIZEN SURVEY. WE ALSO DID ONE IN 2018. WE CHANGED UP ALL GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON IT ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED IN THE LAST 21 22 SURVEY THAT WE DID, AND THEN WE DID ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING AND WE HAD AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAD NOT GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S KIND OF A DYNAMIC SHIFT OF WHO CAME IN 18, WHO CAME IN 22 TO THE MEETINGS. BUT THE LIBERALS SERVICE AS I MENTIONED CHAPTER 1 63 FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRES THAT EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AT LEVEL SERVICES AND THEY LIST AND IT'S YOU KNOW, WATER SEWER. TRAFFIC PARKS THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL LEVEL SERVICE. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICE NOT ONLY TODAY BUT ALSO INTO THE FUTURE AND YOU'RE THROUGH. YOU'RE PLANNING HORIZON . AND SO WE EVALUATED BAY COUNTY NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT ALSO THE 2035, YOU KNOW, PARK WISE POPULATION PROJECTION AND CURRENT POPULATION. THE COUNTY'S GOOD COUNTY HAS ADEQUATE PART. YOU KNOW ACREAGES TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE NEEDS IS THEIR NEEDS IN THOSE PARKS. SURE THERE IS AND IS THERE AS TIME GOES ON AS 2035 , THE NEED FOR RECREATION MIGHT COMPLETELY SHIFT. THAT'S WHY THIS PLAN IS A LEAVE A LIVING DOCUMENT. LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND IT CAN BE CHANGED. AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UM UPDATE. THE PLAN IS AS THINGS GO ALONG. I KNOW JASON, HIS STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY LOOK AT. WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING. YOU'RE LIKE A FIVE YEAR BUDGET FOR THIS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IS SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR INTO THE FUTURE AND WITH SOME OF THESE PARKS LIKE HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS NEVER ANTICIPATED. NEVER THOUGHT OF AND IT DEFINITELY CHANGED THE PARKS AND THE COUNTY FOREVER. AND SO IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE DID. WE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT, AND IN 2018 WAS INTERESTING. WE HAD A KIND OF A DIFFERENT SHIFT OF PEOPLE. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE BEACH ACTUALLY COME IN 18. AND, UM KIND OF DROVE THE CONSERVE THE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION. ONE WAY AND THEN AND 2022. WE HAD KIND OF A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE COME AND WE HAD. I THINK A LOT BROADER PEOPLE. WE HAD PEOPLE FROM CALLAWAY HOLLOWAY UP TO YOUNGSTOWN FOUNTAIN COME, SO I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT BETTER IN 2022. WE GOT A GOOD CROWD IN. WE HAD A SURVEY AND WE HAD IT AT THAT MEETING, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD IT ONLINE.AND WE HAD OVER 700. PEOPLE COMPLETE THAT SURVEY AND AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO DID THE SURVEY IN 2018 WE HAD ABOUT 500 PEOPLE COMPLETED THEN, AND WE CHANGED THE QUESTIONS FOR 2022.
WE TARGETED KIND OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF WHAT WE WANTED. WE HAD THE DATA FROM 18. SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. TO UNDERSTAND, AND THAT SURVEY
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ASKED CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT. YOU KNOW? WHAT IS IT IN THE PARKS? WHAT'S THERE IN THE PARKS? WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE? AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE MISSING? AND WHAT KIND OF PARKS ARE THEY UTILIZING, SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF PARKS THAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS DATA AND THIS SURVEY LISTED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND THEY COULD CIRCLE THE ANSWER. CHECK THE ANSWER THAT THAT THEY WANTED , OR THEY COULD LIST ONE AND THE VERY LAST QUESTION THAT WE HAD WAS A WRITING QUESTION SO THEY ACTUALLY COULD COMPLETE WHATEVER THEY WANTED. AND SO IN ALL THAT'S DOCUMENTED INSIDE THE STUDY. THEIR ACTUAL RESPONSES OR IN THAT SURVEY IS ALL IN THE STUDY ITSELF. AND THE RESPONSES WAS INTERESTED BECAUSE WHAT WE SAW IN THE RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY WAS VERY MUCH WHAT WE SAW. A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS YOU WAS ACTUALLY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES AND SOME OF THEM. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MORT MAINTENANCE OR THEY WANTED TO SEE THE BATHROOMS OR, YOU KNOW, STUFF CHANGED, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE SET FOR THAT MEETING WENT ON ALMOST TWO HOURS AND WHAT WE DID. WE DID A PRESENTATION IN THE BEGINNING OF IT, AND THEN WE TOOK PUBLIC INPUT FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. AND IT INCLUDED. JASON HAD ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR PROBABLY 30 TO 40 MINUTES, AND IT WAS QUESTIONS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED, TOO, WAS THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BAY COUNTY THAT YOU KNOW THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THIS MEETING, AND YOU CAN TELL THEY HAD QUESTIONS. THEY WANTED TO ANSWER THE ASK AND GET THE ANSWERS FOR BUT WE ALSO SAW WHERE MAYBE THERE NEEDED TO BE BETTER COMMUNICATION, SO WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT FROM THIS SURVEY WILL DEVELOP THE INPUT THAT WE GOT AND ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO AN OVERALL STRATEGY THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS FIVE YEAR. MASTER PLAN PARKS FOR THE PARKS.BUT ONE OF THE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE HARD PARTS OF TAKING EVERYTHING TAKING ALL OF OUR DATA WE GATHERED, TAKING ALL THE INPUT THAT WE GOT THAT WE HAD TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER, AND JASON AND HIS STAFF HAD TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT IT REALLY HARD OF HOW YOU TAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. YOU TAKE THE FACILITIES THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND THEN WE HAD COMMENTS AND INPUT ON WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE ADDED TO THESE PARKS OR WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE AND NEW PARKS. AND SO JASON TRIED TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD AND LAY IT OUT INTO A FIVE YEAR BUDGET. AND THIS BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. TOTALS OVER $6 MILLION WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT A MILLION MILLION HALF. A YEAR. AND. THESE ARE YOU KNOW ITEMS THAT HE'S IDENTIFIED. THE PARK SERVICE HAS IDENTIFIED AND THAT THE PUBLIC HAS IDENTIFIED AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT STRUCTURED IN THERE. ADDITION TO IT, BUT WE ALSO DID WAS DEVELOPED AN OVERALL STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND YOU SEE NUMBER ONE DOES IT INCREASE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. WE HEARD THAT A LOT DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING. WE GOT A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT. AND UM, JASON, YOU WANTED TO DEVELOP A WEIGHTED TO ADDRESS THIS INTO THE FUTURE, SO WE HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WHICH ARE GOALS THAT ARE SET UP IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THIS ALSO, WHILE THIS IS BEING DONE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING FACILITIES. AND THIS GOAL IS REALLY TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY WHAT'S THERE BUT ALSO TO EVALUATE HOW CAN WE ADD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS WANTED TO SEE? ADDED TO THE PARKS IS THEIR PLACES IN THESE PARKS THAT WE CAN ADD THIS? AND SO THAT WE ESTABLISHED THAT WORKING COMMITTEE AND THIS GOES BACK TO SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED IN 18 AND ACTUALLY GOT IT SOLIDIFIED. AND THE 22 PLAN. IS ESTABLISHING A WORKING COMMITTEE. NOW THIS WORKING COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF ALL THE CITIES. SO IT'S THE COUNTY AND THE PUBLIC OR THE PARK'S DIRECTORS FROM ALL THE CITIES SO THEY ENABLES THEM TO COME TOGETHER, MEET, DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEN THE COUNTY ALSO CAN DISCUSS AND LOOKED AT WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC PARKS AT A MUCH OF YOU BETTER WAY OF DOING THINGS AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE NOT MEETING NOT DISCUSSING AND BUILDING THE SAME FACILITIES. SO THIS COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY HAS MET.
THEY MET, UM THIS YEAR 2023, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT OCCUR. THE NEXT THING WAS PUBLIC ENHANCED PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALIZED THE THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME STRATEGIES IN THERE OF HOW PEOPLE CAN KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED. WHAT THE EVENTS ARE WHAT THE PARKS ARE GOING ON IN THE PARKS. WHAT FACILITIES ARE WE'RE JUST TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THEY COUNTY OFFERS IN THEIR PARK SYSTEM. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS EXPLORE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PARKS AND SO INFORMATION THAT WE GATHERED FROM THE PUBLIC OR WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR PARKS AND THEN KNOWING WHERE GROWTH AREAS ARE. YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW PARKS TO DEVELOP ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS THAT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE LIES WITHIN THE NORTHWEST
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PORTION OF BAY COUNTY. WITHIN THE SECTOR PLAN. THE ST JOE COMPANY HAS 97,000 ACRES IN THE BAY WANT SECTOR PLAN IN BAY COUNTY AND PART OF THAT SECTOR PLAN IS IT GROWS WILL HAVE PARKS. AND THEY ESTABLISHED IN THE SECTOR PLAN. THERE'S SO MUCH RECREATIONAL PARK SPACE THAT WILL BE RIGHTED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR PLAN SO THEY WILL BE NEW PARKS THAT ARE DEVELOPED UP IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY. AS THAT AREA CONTINUES, THE SECTOR PLAN CONTINUES DEVELOP OVERALL. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DID LIST IN HERE? THERE'S A VARIETY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. UM WE LIST ALL THE FUNNY NOW OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE WE LIST WITH THE MATCHES WHAT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT IS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO GO AFTER EVERY YEAR, AND THEN YOU WILL SEEK FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT STUFF. THE OPPORTUNITIES HE'S VERY AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY TAILORED TO CERTAIN ITEMS THAT CAN BE A CAPTURED IN THE PARKS ARE EQUIPMENT. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ONGOING. IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO DO THE GRANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HAVE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE GRANTS. SO IT IS THAT YOU KNOW ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR THE PARK SERVICE OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY DO THAT, BUT IT IS A TOOL AND IT'S AT ALL THAT THEY'VE USED IN THE PAST. SOME WILL CONTINUE TO USE TO HELP INCREASE THE REVENUE OF THE PARK SERVICE. IN THE LAST I HAD MENTIONED THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS THE EVALUATE AGAIN, AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, EVALUATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT APPLIES TO LEVEL SERVICE FOR THE PARKS AND THEN ALSO EVALUATE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. BE CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE'RE GONNA UPDATE IT HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT RUNNING INCORPORATE INTO A DIRECT THE NEW UPDATE TO THE FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN, SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL UPDATES TO THE COMPLAINT THAT WE WANT TO ADD IN AS PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN AND PLAN ON DOING HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS THE COUNTY SCOTT PLAN IS UPDATED AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RIGHT? OKAY? PROBABLY YEAH, UM JUST LIKE. I WENT OUT.
I NOTICED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME PARSING RIGHT. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK WITH VERY FEW PEOPLE. AND I THINK YOU POINTED THAT OUT IN YOUR YOUR COMMENTS THAT, UH, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE ON STAFF AND THEY'RE SPREAD OUT OVER THE WHOLE COUNTY, AND THEY DO IT TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK JUST I CAN'T DRIVE AT HOME ENOUGH WHAT THEY DO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO. ALSO THE PARTS AND RENT BOARD. BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS THAT AND THEY MEET SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ONCE A MONTH AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME HELPING TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER AND MEETING WITH EVERYBODY AS WELL.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS UNDER THE OAKS PARK. I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR INFORMATION. THROUGH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC. AND, UH, YOU'D ASK THEM TO I THINK THERE'S ONE SPOT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE PARK AND RANK THE PARKS AND THEY PICKED UNDER THE OAKS PARK OVER AND PARKER. AND THAT IS A NICE PART. IT'S TREMENDOUS NOT REMEMBER THAT. BACK SOME YEARS AGO, WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUT TOGETHER, IT WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT. TO BUILD THAT PLAYGROUND AREA. THE COMMUNITY CAME IN, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NAMES ON THEIR LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON ALL OF IT. YOU KNOW DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WENT TOGETHER TO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, AND IT'S ONE OF THE, UM MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES TO GO AS FAR AS FOR THE KIDS ANYTIME, MY GRANDKIDS I ASKED HIM WHAT WHAT PART DO YOU WANT TO GO TO? THEY SAY LET'S GO TO UNDER THE OATH. LET'S GO TO THAT PARK WHERE WE CAN PLAY ON THAT PLAYGROUND, SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS PARK, AND IT GETS A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND HOPEFULLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE IN THE FUTURE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE, UH SINCE WE KNOW THAT'S THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PARKS DUPLICATE THAT IN THE OTHER PLACES OF THE COUNTIES, SO SOME PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO GO TO THAT PARTY WILL HAVE TO DRIVE SO FAR THEY HAVE THE SAME. EXPERIENCE AT THEIR LOCAL PARK WHERE THEY ARE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. I KNOW THIS HAS GONE FIVE YEARS AND, UH, I THINK YOU PUT IT VERY GOOD DOCUMENT TOGETHER LOT OF INFORMATION, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY ELSE. THINGS. YES, MA'AM. FROM FIRST OF ALL. GREAT, GREAT JOB ON THE DOCUMENTS. VERY THOROUGH WITH IT GOES INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. UM JASON AND HIS TEAM DO AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY DO DO WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH. WHEN I FIRST CAME, I WENT AND VISITED EVERY PARK EVERY BOAT LANDING. UH I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY WE
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HAVE. IT WAS IT WAS UNREAL, AND I DID WHAT I WHAT I DO WHEN I GO INTO BUILDING OR HOUSE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS, AND I DID A LITTLE PUNCH LIST AND PICTURES AND ALL WHICH I SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THAT. THEY THEY HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE UNDERTAKING. AFTER THE STORM. THESE PARKS DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE STORM AND THEY HAVE BEEN THEY HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE. AH OF JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE ONES THAT ARE VERY VISITED, YOU KNOW, IMPERFECT SHAPE, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE NOT VISITED SO MUCH. I THINK MAYBE SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF LOVE TO SEE US.GET A MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR THAT DOES NOTHING. BUT TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERY PARK.
THOSE GUYS ARE SO BUSY TRYING. TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. DO THINGS LIKE PULLING THIS TOGETHER? THEY NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON NOTHING BUT MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE. AND I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW IF YOU THINK THAT WHEN SAINT JOE BUILD THESE PARKS. I'LL SEND THAT THEY TURN THOSE OVER TO BAY COUNTY. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN TALK WITH THEM ABOUT DOING A LONG TERM MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN THE PARKS ARE TURNED OVER TO US, WE'RE NOT JUST NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GOT ANOTHER PART TO MOW ANOTHER BATHROOM TO CLEAN ANOTHER SOMETHING TO KEEP UP WHEN WE LET'S FACE IT. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAN. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IT WHEN IT WHEN IT'S IN FULL BLOOM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS UNLESS THERE'S MONEY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ABOUT WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE IN. WE CAN. IT'S A GREAT THING TO WORK TOWARDS. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT SAINT JOE WOULD BE INTERESTED AT ALL IN DOING WHEN THEY TURN ONE OVER TO GIVE US SOME TYPE OF A HILL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR LONG TERM MAINTENANCE WERE WE'RE STARTING THE ADOPTIVE PART PROGRAM WHERE SAINT JOE SAID THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US, UM WITH CONTRIBUTIONS TO GET ALL OF THE PARKS DONE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD BUILD INTO THE PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING. WHAT DO YOU THOUGHTS ON THAT ROOM AND I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE. SAINT JOE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH, AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T PARTNER WITH YOU. SOMEHOW I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT IN THE MIX, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, GET A MEETING AND ASK THEM IF THERE WILL THAT WAY. WE KNOW WHEN WE TAKE ONE OVER THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF HELP WITH MAINTAINING THEM. SO THAT JASON AND THE GAZA ARE NOT JUST, UH DROWNING, UM EVERY DAY AND THEY WORKED SO HARD AND YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE THE PARKS WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THEY DO NOW, IF THEY HADN'T HAVE REALLY PUT DOWN EVERY BIT OF EFFORT. AND NOW THE GRANT WRITER. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET SOME HELP WITH OR DO WE HAVE THAT OR HOW? HOW DOES THAT WE GENERALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE GRANTS INTERNALLY. AND STAFF DOES THAT AND IF WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. BUT GENERALLY STAFFS VERY, VERY GOOD AT, UH, PULLING THOSE GRANTS DOWN. ONE OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALL THE LADIES IN BAY COUNTY. WE DO NOT LIKE PORTA POTTIES. NOT LIKE THEM. WE DON'T WANT TO USE THEM. I HAVE BEEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS ALL MY LIFE AND I'M KIND OF USED TO THEM. BUT UM, I FOUND THESE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THESE WITH WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. THEY'RE PREFAB BATHROOMS THERE AT OVER LIKE EUFAULA PUT THEM TOGETHER. SHOW THEM TO YOU. I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHO MANUFACTURERS THOSE. I THINK THEY'VE GOT CONCRETE ROOTS AND EVERYTHING SO THEY SHOULD MEET OUR WIND LOAD. AND TRY TO INSTEAD OF PAYING OUT. UH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BORDER PARTIES. WE CAN WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT IS INEXPENSIVE. AND, UH, SO I MENTIONED NOW. SHARE THIS WITH JASON I THOSE BATHROOMS THAT THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY DONE SOME OF THOSE TOO DEEP. HE HAS DONE SOME OF THOSE BATHROOMS. UH THERE ARE SOME THAT EXIST ON THE ST MARK'S TRAILER LOOKS IDENTICAL TO THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S OUR ANSWER. TOO LONG TERM TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THE COST THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM SUBCONTRACTORS TO BUILD THE BATHROOMS. IT'S JUST A LITTLE OUT THERE TO SAY THE LEAST. AND I'M NOT WILLING TO PAY THAT MUCH MONEY TO GET GET THAT BUILT WHEN WE CAN. WE CAN FIND AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN. AND THE LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT KEITH IS WORKING ON, UM THIS PARKING THING TO TRY TO TRY TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME MONEY IN FOR TO COVER THIS MILLION AND CHANGE THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS, SO IT'S KIND OF TOUGH FOR US TO SIT UP HERE AND ASK THEM TO KEEP THE PARKS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL WHEN WE KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE STAFF. BUT IF WE CAN GET THE INCOME IN OFF THE BEACH SERVICES, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, SOME PARKINSON THINGS THAT WE
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HAVE NEVER TRIED BEFORE, THEN I THINK IT IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TO COVERING, UM, THEIR SHORTFALL ON THE MONEY. NO, I AGREE. I MEAN, DEFINITELY NEED ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES.JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FROM, UM RIGHT. I NOTICED LOOKING AT THE MAP LISTED ITS MAP 2.1 LIST ALL THE PARTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. UM AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST HASN'T BEEN UPDATED BECAUSE WE ALL BRIDGES STARTED 18, BUT THE SKATEPARK NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ADDED ON THE MAP. AH THE PUBLIC'S SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH ARE GREAT PARTNERS AT THE TDC. THEY DO THE MAINTENANCE SO, BUT IT'S STILL ACCOUNTING ASSET, SO IT'S PROBABLY THAT THAT PART IS TREMENDOUS AND WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND EXCUSE ME THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT USE IT. AND THEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL BE ADDING THE NEW SOUTHWARD COMPLEX. THAT WILL HAVE TO BE OUT ON IT. BUT I GUESS WE'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTERWARDS. UM YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD OUR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORM AND MY FAMILY BETWEEN MY TWO GIRLS COACHING AND THEN PLAYING SPORTS. THEY PLAYED A BIT HARDER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, SO WE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME IT HARDER. WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF OF WHAT THEY DID, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STORM FOR THEM TO CLEAN THAT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BAY COUNTY YOUTH, UM SOCCER WE HAD, UM, EITHER PLAY THE FIELDS UP ORDERS. THEY ORDERED NEW GOALS. NEW NETS. WE ROLL UP THERE ON WEEKENDS. PUT THEM TOGETHER. STAFF WAS UP THERE WITH US. IT WAS REMARKABLE . BUT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT AFTER THAT STORM EVERYTHING THOSE KIDS THAT ENDURED FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BUT THE KIDS, WE NEEDED SOME REALITY, BUT FOR THEM TO GO BACK, AND TO PUT THAT COMPLEX BACK AND ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT IN THAT SPRING SEASON WAS REMARKABLE. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO ALL THE COUNTY STAFF ON THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID AND TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. SO, UH, GREAT JOB ON THIS DOCUMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO GET GROWING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS JEREMIAH, I GUESS LAST BEFORE YOU I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO JASON STAFF UP IN MY AREA. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE GREAT WORK WITH THE FOUNTAIN. YOUNGSTOWN HAD SOME MOMS UP THERE. ASK ABOUT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND GET THAT THEY'RE IN THE FRONT AREA WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WORK WITH THEM. UM THE SOUTHPORT PARK WITH WHAT'S COMING ALONG. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME AND YOU AND I WERE JOKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT NOW, AS YOU RIDE UP 77, YOU'LL SEE THE DIRT BEING MOVED. SO THAT'S WHERE THE SOUTHPORT NEW SOUTHPORT BALLPARK IS GOING TO BE. UM AND JUST LEANING INTO THAT, LIKE Y'ALL HAVE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WE'VE TAKEN WITH THAT. UM JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE. I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WHEN YOU WERE HOLDING THAT PUBLIC MEETING AND LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPY TO SAY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE VOTED ON WITH THE DESIGN PLANS TODAY WITH THE FOUNTAIN, YOUNGSTOWN PARK OF THE ARCHITECTURE WORKING ON THAT AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE. AH, AND JUST THE DIFFERENT THINGS. UM I AGREE WITH WHAT CLAIRE MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW , PRIORITIZING AND TRYING TO FIND MONEY AND TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES TO ASSIST. WHAT CAN WE DO A AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE THINGS THAT DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW TO BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF MEETING THOSE THINGS, AND ONE LAST THING , YOU KNOW, JASON UP IN THE BAYOU GEORGE AREA, REMEMBER CITIZENS ASKING AND YOU'RE GETTING UP THERE AND WORKING ON THOSE PARKS UP THERE AS WELL. TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS UP THERE. JUST I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. THANK YOU AND LEADER STAFF. NOW WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO ADDRESS WHAT CITIZENS HAVE ASKED ABOUT. IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS. COME ON THIS ON THIS THE SURVEYS WHEN YOU PUT THOSE UP THE SURVEY SHOWED A LOW INTEREST ON TRAIL USE, BUT A HIGH INTEREST ON TRAIL ONCE YES. SO, UM I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT A PRODUCT OF IF WE HAD MORE TRAILS. WE USE MORE TRAILS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT OUT OF IT. OKAY, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DRILLS TO BE USED, AND THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE MORE TRAILERS. OKAY ALRIGHT, WELL THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS KIND OF THINKING THAT THEY WERE INVERTED . AND, UM, IT WAS, UM I FIGURED THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. BUT, UM YEAH , AS ROBERT SAID, THE SPORTS CENTER SPORT SPORTS COMPLEX WE HAVE OUT THERE AT THE BEACH IS AMAZING. UM UM, THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY. THERE. WE NEED TO ADD TO OUR LITTLE ANOTHER FEATHER IN HER HAT FOR SURE. UM, PERSONALLY, I WILL. I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF PARKS, ESPECIALLY THE SPORTS PARKS. UM I'M A BIG BELIEVER OF YOUTH COMPETITION. I THINK THAT ALWAYS WILL CARRY WITH YOU THROUGHOUT LIFE. WHEN YOU START YOUNG, COMPETING, AND YOU GO TO GO FORWARD AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THERE'S AS YOU LOOK
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BACK AT THE TIME, YOU THOUGHT YOUR COACH WAS JUST BEING A BEING TOUGH ON YOU. BUT THERE WERE LIFELONG LIFE LESSONS THAT WERE BEING TAUGHT AT THE MOMENT. THAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SIDE THROWING UP BECAUSE HE RAN TOO MUCH. YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT ANYWAY, I APPLAUD YOU GUYS. FOR ALL THE WORK HE DID. IT WAS UM, IT'S VERY NEEDED. AND YEAH, WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT SETBACK WITH HURRICANE MICHAEL. BUT UM, WE'RE WE'RE BACK. WE'RE BACK ON THE RAILS, AND THEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. YES ONE MORE COMMISSION. DOZERS GOT MORE. ONE MORE COMMENT. I WANT TO MAKE AND CLAIRE TOUCHED ON THE VERY GOOD POINT THAT OUR LACK OF FUNDING UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE THIS PLAN. AND WERE WE KNOW WERE SHORT ON STAFF. BECAUSE THEY DO SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH WITH THE SMALL STAFF. THEY HAVE. BUT WE'RE ALSO SHORT ON FUNDING, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO UM, SEEING THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A STUDY OUT ON IMPACT. THESE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT COMES BACK TO US. IT WILL BE PART OF IT WILL ADDRESS PARTS OF RECREATION AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY. THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, WITH INFORMATION ON HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON ON IMPACT FEES, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE SOURCE IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY TO HELP OUT IN THE BUDGET FOR PARKS AND REC, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT INFORMATION COMING BACK TO US. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT JOB YOU TO YOU CAN GET. MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION SECOND MOST SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER KAREL YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOES COMMISSIONER PIECE CHAIRMAN HAM? YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE WILL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING. COASTAL CURE E M[13. Coastal Care EMS, Inc. Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application]
S APPLICATION FOR C O P. C. N, UM CHAMBERSBURG. GOOD MORNING. OKAY? YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, UM WE HAVE TODAY. ON THE AGENDA IS A APPLICATION OF COASTAL CARES. UH E. M S INCORPORATED PHRASES CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND ASSESS ITTY.THEY'RE APPLYING TO DO A LS 911 SERVICE, TRANSPORT SERVICE AND BLS TRANSPORT SERVICE. UM APPLICATION WAS EXPECTED TO BE IN PROPER FORM FOR, UH HEARING TODAY. DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS IN TALLAHASSEE REGARDING THE CORPORATE ENTITY IN ITS NAME. UM THOSE THINGS HAVEN'T CLEARED DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS YET UNDERSTAND THAT WERE FILED BACK AND EARLY PART OF SEPTEMBER. I THINK THE APPLICANTS GOING TO TRACK THAT DOWN TO FIND OUT WHY THAT'S NOT THERE, BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE DEFICIENCIES IN THE CORPORATE ENTITY AND ITS NAME, WE REALLY CAN'T PROCEED TO VOTE TODAY WE WILL BE REQUESTING TO JOE ARE RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL TO TABLE IT FOR TODAY AND RESCHEDULE IT FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING.
UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER. AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND ALSO AND GO AHEAD AND LET THOSE FOLKS SPEAK FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN WE WOULD KIND OF RECONVENE THIS THIS HEARING ON NOVEMBER 7TH FOR THE COMPLETION. OF THE HEARING AND THE BOAT AT THAT TIME. WE CONFIDENT THAT THE SEVENTH EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEARED UP BY THEN. WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE WAS CONFIDENT AS A THAT NOT NOT NOT TO POKE FUN AT THEM. BUT IN MY HISTORY WORK THAT HAD BEEN A LICENSED ATTORNEY FOR 30 YEARS OUR SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS ONE OF THE BEST EVER THERE'S A REASON WHY SOME OF THIS STUFF KIND OF GOTTEN SNAGGED UP. I'VE TALKED WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT. I THINK I THINK FOR CERTAIN WE CAN GET IT. GET IT FIXED AND HAVE YOU ALL GOT SOMETHING TO WORK WITH NEXT TIME. AND IN THE MEANTIME, BUT THROUGH THAT WE RECOMMEND PEOPLE WILL GO AHEAD AND LET FOLKS SPEAK TO IT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. ANYONE WHO WANT TO SPEAK. WE NEED TO BE SWORN IN. AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
BEGIN THIS IS MR MICHAEL MURPHY. HE'S A PRINCIPAL FOR THE APPETITE. THIS IS A QUASAR JUDICIAL. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY? YOU SEE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR RIGHT HAND, YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE ABOUT BEGIN WILL BE THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. IT'S PARTY PARTY ON HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY I HAVE DONE DONE DONE, RIGHT? YES SIR. WHAT WAS YOURS? SO JUST A
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LITTLE OVERVIEW OF MYSELF. MY NAME IS MICHAEL MURPHY. UM I'M A LOCAL PROVIDER WHO SERVED THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR OVER 10 YEARS AS A PARAMEDIC, LOCAL GRADUATE OF MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOL WENT TO THE GULF COAST FOR MY ASSOCIATES, MTM PARAMEDIC. I OBTAINED MY BACHELOR'S AND MASTER THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA AS A LOCAL PROVIDERS SEEING A HUGE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AS I'VE SEEN A HUGE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. UM FOR THE SERVICES OF PRE HOSPITAL IN A FACILITY CARE UM. IN MY YEARS OF VMS. I'VE WORKED EVERY POSITION FROM E M T PARAMEDIC. FDA FIELD TRAINING OFFICER SHIFT SUPERVISOR ALL THE WAY TO DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF LEAD TEAMS, THE SMALLEST 25 AS WELL AS 150. PLUS MY CURRENTLY OWN EMERALD COAST MEDICAL TRANSPORT, WHICH IS A NON EMERGENT MEDICAL TRANSPORT COMPANY. WE AVERAGED 25 TO 30 TRANSPORTS PER DAY IN BAY COUNTY. AND SOME DAYS WILL REACH OVER 45. WITH OPERATING THAT OPERATION. WE HAVE A CLOSE CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS, AND THAT'S SHOWN A HUGE NEED FOR A LESS AND BLS CENTER FACILITIES AS WELL AS I COULD SEE HOW LONG THE CRUISE AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE THE COUNTY'S HOLDING ON ONE CALL, SO THERE'S A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SOME 911 ASSISTANCE. MY GOAL IS NOT TO COME IN AND JUST TRYING TO TAKE OVER. IT'S JUST TO PUT ONE OR TWO TRUCKS JUST TO MEN, THE GAP OF WHAT THE NEED IS AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING WITH OUR CURRENT SERVICES WE HAVE TO PRIVATE SERVICES, AS WERE THREE PRIVATE SERVICES AND THEN THE COUNTY THAT'S RUNNING 91.THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A NEED THAN WHAT THAN WHAT'S OPERATED CURRENTLY. UM ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FIRST BIRTHDAY. YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OR EXCUSE ME? WELL WE'VE ALREADY YESTERDAY SOMEONE ELSE STOOD UP. SO. YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE? MISS CHILDREN? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I JUST THINK OF THIS TIME. I GUESS WE'D BE RECOMMENDING, UH MOTION FOR TABLING AND RESCHEDULING FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING TO CONCLUDE AND TAKE THE FINAL VOTE. MOTION TO TABLE 2 NOVEMBER SEVENTH. SECOND THAT YES. OKAY ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND. COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER PIECE. YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER KAREL YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN HAN? YES, MA'AM.
[L. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED TO ITEMS WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY)]
ALRIGHT NEXT. WE'RE RUNNING INTO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ANY ISSUES RELATED TO BAY COUNTY COMMISSIONS AUTHORITY. WHERE DO YOU THINK WE HAVE AUTHORITY? OVER IT OR NOT? YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND ADDRESS. YES, SIR. COMING TO SPEAK OR YOU LEAVING, OKAY? ALRIGHT. NO PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? YOU OKAY? YES, MA'AM. COME ON. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.MY NAME IS PATTY GUCCI. I LIVE AT 8 10. BALBOA AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. UM. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICE. I WONDERED IF THEIR CALLS HAVE INCREASED IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S ASKING FOR MORE. THAT WAS ONE QUESTION. UM I'M HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PUT BEFORE YOU. ON MEDICAL HEALTH RESOLUTION. I DO HAVE A FLYER. I HAVE A PAMPHLET. PAPERS. FOR ALL OF YOU. I'D LIKE TO HAND TO YOU. THAT'S OKAY. IS THAT, OKAY? AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO HIT SOME KEY POINTS. WE HAVE LAWS, RIGHT? AND THE LAWS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. AND SO. WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU. I THINK I GAVE. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT CERTAIN LAWS. AND THE LAWS ARE THE PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS. WHICH IS STATE STATUTE, 38102.
AND 456.1. I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THE NUREMBERG CODE. AND THE GENEVA CONVENTION. WITH THAT ? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START. AND THIS IS WHY WE BRING THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU. BECAUSE
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OUR LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED THROUGH THIS WHOLE THREE YEAR COVID. EPIDEMIC PLANNED EMMICK. SO THE REASON WHY WE BRING THIS TO YOU. IS FOR LOCAL PROTECTIONS. NOW I'VE LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE WORKED HARD UP AND DOWN THE CHAINS STATE OF FLORIDA, THE GOVERNMENT FOR THREE YEARS. WE GOT NOWHERE. AND NOW WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE SOMEWHERE YOU'LL SEE IN THE PAMPHLET THAT I HANDED YOU, BUT IT'S QUITE CLEAR TO ME AS A CITIZEN OF BAY COUNTY WHO'S BEEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. TO SEE THE INJUSTICES AND THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THE TYRANNY THAT HAS GONE ON. THAT FOR FUTURE REFERENCES. WE. WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THEM. THE MEDIA IS NOT COVERING THIS. I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE WE'RE NOT SEEING THE TRUTH IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. SO WE'VE HAD TO WORK HARD BEHIND AND MAKE ALTERNATE MEDIA'S SO MY TIME IS ALMOST UP LIKE YOU TO LOOK OVER THE PAMPHLET AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT FOR BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, SIR. COME ON.WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR CLIFFORD READ YOUNGEST TOWN IN FLORIDA. 6 64 12 CAMP FLOWERS ROAD. I THINK THAT YOU GUYS EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THIS ORDINANCE, SO I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. MAINLY FOR COMMISSIONER MORE. AND COMMISSIONER. PEACE COMMISSIONER MORE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY. WE CAN TALK AFTERWARDS. THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TALK. WE'VE TALKED BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER. THIS THIS SO YOU? YOU DECLINED TO ANSWER. AND YOU'RE AGAINST IT. THIS IS SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, NOT PUBLIC CONVERSATION. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, WE WILL DO THAT AFTER ME. WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS, HAVEN'T WE? UM, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND. WHY UH, YOU WOULD BE AGAINST THIS. IF THIS IS SUPPORTING OUR NATIONAL AND OUR STATE CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWS THAT ARE INTACT. AND SET BEFORE US THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWED THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND PEOPLE HAVE DIED. SO BEFORE WE TALK TO YOU AGAIN, WE WILL COME AND TALK TO YOU AGAIN. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY PROPER. UH HUH. THE REASON WHY YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THIS. AND COMMISSIONER PIECE. ALSO, I THINK THAT YOU RAISED SOME OBJECTIONS TO THIS. SO IF YOU WOULD DO THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AGAIN. I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT, BUT BUT WE NEED TO FIND OUT. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A REASON. THAT YOU WON'T SUPPORT THIS, THEN THAT KIND OF FORFEITS THE NEGATIVE VOTE. OTHERWISE, WE'RE ASSUMING THE. DICTATORIAL POWERS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN THINKS HE HAS. AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE NOBODY IS A DICTATOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
NOBODY. EVEN THAT GUY. SO I'LL CLOSE THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT'S ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY ALRIGHT, WELL, CLOSE THE FLOOR AND GO INTO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S
[N. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT]
REPORT. FORMER MANAGERS REPORT. YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN. I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE BOARD AN UPDATE THIS MORNING ON CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH STAFF AT THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH REGARDING THE COMMUNITY, THE FRONT REACH ROAD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. OKAY UM CITY AND COUNTY STAFF HAVE BEEN DIALOGUING OVER THE SUBJECT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AS YOU'RE AWARE IN 2020. THERE WAS A AN AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. UM THAT[00:50:02]
KIND OF OUTLINES. UM YOU KNOW HOW THE TIP IS COLLECTED AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM DIFFERENT CRITERIA. UM ONE PORTION OF THAT EXISTING AGREEMENT CALLS FOR IT TO BE REVIEWED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE.THE MODELING. IT WAS DONE ON PROJECT COSTS ON FUTURE GROWTH OF THE TIFF. VALUE PRODUCT, PROPERTY VALUES THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO THAT THAT OCCURS GENERALLY EVERY YEAR HAS OCCURRED GENERALLY EVERY YEAR HAS BEEN PART OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET PROCESS. WE LOOK AT THAT.
UM AND SO THIS YEAR AS WE LOOKED AT THAT WE, UH AT THE STAFF LEVEL DEVELOPED NUMBER OF DIFFERENT. ITEMS WE WOULD WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY CONSIDER AMENDING IN THAT AGREEMENT. AND SO LAST WEDNESDAY ON THE 11TH. I SENT A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER.
ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE C R A TO TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. UM, SOME SOME AMENDMENTS TO THAT AGREEMENT WITH A REQUEST THAT THEY EITHER APPROVED OR APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. UM AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRIEFLY GO OVER. WHAT THE WHAT THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS WERE WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT IN PARAGRAPH SIX. WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY DELETE LANGUAGE THAT REFERENCES A $15 MILLION CAP. AND RETURN OF THE SUM OF EQUAL OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 20% OF THE DIFFERENCE TO THE COUNTY ANNUALLY. UM AND WE'VE ASKED TO HAVE THAT LANGUAGE REPLACED WITH LANGUAGE THAT WOULD SET AN ANNUAL TIFF CALCULATION RATE.
THAT A MILLAGE RATE NOT TO EXCEED 4.4362 MILLS, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WAS THE MILITARY RATE. THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S MILLAGE RATE. UM, PRIOR TO THIS YEAR'S INCREASE. AND THEN ANY OVER RIDGE. ABOVE THAT ANY TIFF FUNDS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE MILLERS RATE BEING ADJUSTED ABOVE THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNTY IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME ABOUT 10 OR 15 OF EACH APPLICABLE YEAR. WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR THE SAME PARAGRAPH TO BE AMENDED TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT WAS SET A MAXIMUM ANNUAL REVENUE CAP OF 30 MILLION. AND RETURNING ANY OVER RIDGE RESULTING FROM HIGHER ANNUAL TIFF. REVENUE TO THE COUNTY LESS AMOUNTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COVER AND EITHER FIXED OBLIGATIONS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH FOR BEING THE AGREEMENT. TWO EXAMPLES OF THAT WOULD BE ANY DEBT SERVICE THEY HAVE TO PAY OR ANY OF THEIR OPERATING COST. THE CURRENT AGREEMENT CURRENTLY CALLS FOR THOSE THOSE FEES TO CONTINUE TO FLOW TO THE CITY. UM WE ASKED FOR AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH FOUR B SUB PARENT I TO EXPAND AND MODIFY THE 3% ANNUAL INCREASE LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR THE ANNUAL INCREASE BEING TIED TO AN ANNUAL INDEX. SO THE OPERATING COSTS THAT'S ENVISIONED IN THE AGREEMENT IS WAS SET AT $500,000. AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT HAS A HARD 3% INCREASE ANNUALLY. UM WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THAT BE AMENDED AND THAT BE TIED TO AN ANNUAL INDEX, SUCH AS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OR THE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX, OR AN ANNUAL INFLATION RATE IS PUBLISHED BY THE FED. WHICHEVER OF THOSE NUMBERS IS HIGHER, SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT WOULD HAVE PLAYED OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AH! THAT OPERATING COST IS HAS BEEN HARD GROWTH RATE OF 3. IN TWO PREVIOUS CYCLES. MY RECOLLECTION IS THERE WAS A, UH. INFLATION RATE PUBLISHED BY THE FED IN ONE YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 8. ANOTHER YEAR. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NINE SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THAT THAT OPERATING COSTS TO GROW IN ACCORDANCE WITH INFLATION. HELP SUPPORT THE C R A TO CONTINUE COVERING THE OPERATING COSTS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST LET'S SAY THAT HARD 3% AND YOU THE RESPECTIVE YEARS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT COULD HAVE PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE SEA OF A C R A AND THE FORM OF FIVE OR 6% ANNUALLY. SO I THINK THAT'S A, UM CONSIDERABLE, CONSIDERABLE BENEFIT GOING FORWARD TO THE OPERATING COST. MODIFIER. UM WE'VE ALSO ASKED.
FOR PARAGRAPH FOUR SEED TO BE AMENDED BY DELETING THE FRONT BEACH ROAD SECTION FIVE PROJECT.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON OUR CONVERSATION TO BE SHARED WITH US. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE LEADING AND THEN ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE 2020 JUST TO CLEAN THE CLEAN THE PROJECT LIST UP. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR ANY OF THE ATTACHED UPDATES TO BE OR THE EXHIBITS TO BE THAT ARE REFERENCED TO BE UPDATED AS WELL. SO UM, JUST FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, WE PUT THIS, UH, IN AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER ON THE 11TH. I THINK THE YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT BEEN ADEQUATE TIME AT THIS POINT FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO TAKE THIS UP AND PUT IT ON AN AGENDA, SO MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER RECEIVED. WHAT IS THE INTENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION IN THE C R A. TO TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND THEN I WOULD COME BACK AND FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. UNDERST UPDATE YOU ON THE STATUS OF
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WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THE REQUEST. LEVEL AND I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER. LIKE TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IF WE COULD ON THIS UM. WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN THE BUDGET PROCESS, OF COURSE I WAS BRAND NEW AT GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET. I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY BUDGETS BUT KNEW IT GOING THROUGH A COUNTIES. AND I WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW THE HOW THE C R A TOTALLY WORKED. I HAVE TO ADMIT, UM AND SO I DUG INTO THAT PRETTY DEEPLY BECAUSE IT WAS A LARGE PART OF OUR BUDGET. SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PANAMA CITY OR COUNTY DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT THE C R A IS OR WHAT IT DOES OR HOW IT HOW IT STARTED. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL CORRECT ME. ANYBODY. IF I GET, UH, GET SOMETHING INCORRECT HERE, BUT THE CRE IS BASED ON CURING TRANSPORTATION BLIGHT. WITH ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THAT IS WHAT THAT IS WHAT IT WAS FOR. NOW THIS PARTICULAR CEO RAY STARTED IN 2021. AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END IN 2031. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT $112 MILLION OF REVENUE WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE C R A PROJECTS OVER THE 30 YEARS. IN 2019. THE CR EXTENDED THE PROGRAM TO 2049. THE C R A HAS RECEIVED 172 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY THROUGH 2023. SO WE'RE ALREADY 60 MILLION OVER WHAT THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS WERE. THE C R A WILL SEE 21.9 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY JUST THIS YEAR. THE C R A ESTIMATES 515 MILLION MORE. IS NEEDED FROM THE COUNTY TIP TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS. THIS IS THE FIRST MODEL FROM THE BEACH.IT'S NOW $403 MILLION OVER THE FIRST ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECT. THE C R A WILL RECEIVE 3.8 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THESE 49 YEARS OF NO CHANGES ARE MADE, SO WE WILL BE OVER THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION OF $3.7 BILLION OVER THE ORIGINAL START OF THE OF THE C R A ON AVERAGE, THE COUNT MOST COUNTIES CEO RAISE PAY 2% OF THEIR TOTAL ADVIL ARM TAXES. A COUNTY IS THE HIGHEST STATE THAT 18% 2% IF WE FOLLOWED WHAT? WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER COUNTIES DID? WOULD BE 100 AND 3500 AND 35 MILLION IS 2% OF OUR BUDGET WOULD BE 2.7 MILLION. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO GET THIS JOB DONE. OUR TAX BASE. OF THE C R A HAS GROWN 744% SINCE 2021 744% NO ONE COULD HAVE PROJECTED THIS WHEN THIS DOCUMENT WAS MADE. THAT'S 2000. TWO. YEAH, 2001 EXACTLY. SO THE OTHER UH, THING THAT I LEARNED IS 89 CENTS OF EVERY COUNTY DOLLAR COLLECTED FROM THE C R A IS RETURNED TO THE C R A SO THE COUNTY KEEPS 11 CENTS. OF EVERY DOLLAR. AND OF THAT WHAT WE DO WITH THAT 11 CENTS HAS THE JAILS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE COURT SYSTEM, TAX COLLECTOR, PROPERTY APPRAISER SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION ALL OF THAT IS DONE. WITH THE 11 CENTS. WE AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS THIS IS IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO SUCCEED. THERE'S NO WAY IT CAN SUCCEED. I'D LIKE TO ASK MIRANDA TO PUT UP. UM THE SPREADSHEETS. ON HOW WE GOT HERE WITH WITH WHAT BOB JUST WENT OVER. NOW. OH, I KNOW THAT THE BEACH AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY WANTS TO SAVE THE MONEY. THERE'S NO QUESTION WHEN WE GET THROUGH GOING THROUGH THIS. I JUST WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN. WHEN I FIRST STARTED DELVING INTO IT. I ASKED HER TO DO SOME DIFFERENT MODELS FOR US TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD BRING THIS ALL THE PROJECTS IN. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CUTTING ANY SEGMENTS OF THE ROAD EXCEPT THE SEGMENT THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. THAT THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. SO WHEN WE'RH THE NUMBERS, I'M TELLING YOU THAT I WANT EVERY SINGLE ROAD DONE FOR THE BEACH. I WANT THE BEACH TO BE THE SHINING STORE.
BUT IF WE CAN MAKE A MAJOR MOVE RIGHT NOW TO SPEED UP THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
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SAVE $586 MILLION AND CARVED 11 YEARS OFF OF THE PROJECT. NOW THIS THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE BEACH AND NO, THEY WANT TO SAVE THE MONEY AND BOB SUGGESTION OF TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT ON THEIR THEIR THEIR DOCKING OVER THERE TRYING TO GET THEIR AGENDA . EXCUSE ME TO TRY TO GET MAKES SOME SENSE OF IT AND SEE IF WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE THE MONEY. SO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE NOW OR THE DIFFERENT THE FIRST, UM, SEGMENTS, AND EXACTLY THESE THESE NUMBERS CAME FROM THE BEACH, SO THEY HAVE EITHER BID THE PROJECTS OUT. I THINK MAYBE THEY HAVE AT THIS POINT GOT A PRELIMINARY BID ON MOST OF THE PROJECTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THE SEGMENTS ARE IN HERE. HILLS ROAD, COLEMAN ALL THE STREETS, THE ADDITIONAL ONES. THE ESTIMATED COST 465,000,310 7 58. NOW THE PROJECTED FUNDING OF 21 9 87. THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS YET, BUT THEY HAVE WE FEEL BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS 21,000,009. FUNDED BY THE UTILITIES APARTMENT, 45,000,001 04. PROJECTED BALANCE OF THE 2020 BOND. THIS IS MONEY THAT THEY STILL HAVE THAT IT'S UNSPENT SINCE 2020 16,000,008 75. THE NEW BOND THAT THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN YET THAT THEY ARE GETTING READY TO APPLY FOR AND GET IS 40 MILLION. SO YOU SEE THE TOTAL THERE OF 341 3 44 TO 90, FOR THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED FROM THE TEAR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. WE CAN GO TO. AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON THAT? MIRANDA IF I COVERED THAT CORRECTLY? LET'S GO TO, UM THIS IS THE SHEET THAT WE DID TO TRY TO DETERMINE. IF WE WERE ABLE TO SPEED THE PROJECTS UP, HOW? HOW MUCH MONEY WE COULD SAVE. THE TAXABLE VALUE PERSONALLY ALREADY TIPPED THE TAXABLE VALUE. THIS IS THIS IS THE THIS IS THE VALUE IN IT'S DONE BY YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW. UM YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW ACROSS THERE WERE STARTING WITH 2024. AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH 2039 NOW. THE NEXT COLUMN. THE 2023 TIFF REVENUE IS PROJECTED AT 11.5% THIS IS THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN GROWTH PROJECTED, STARTING WITH 20 TO 20 02. IN 20 02. IT WAS 5. SHE'S GOT A PAGE THAT SHOWS HOW SHE CAME TO THESE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN WE CAN GO TO IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, WHEN WE DID THE AVERAGE OF THE INCREASE IN GROWTH YOU CAN SEE DOWN AT 2039 WHAT THE INCREASE IN GROWTH GROWTH WAS THE NEXT COLUMN IS THE BASE MILLAGE. THIS IS THE MILLAGE THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO STAY OUT NOW. TO KEEP THEY KEEP 100% OF THIS. WE'RE ASKING, UM NOT TO MOVE. WE'VE INCREASED THE MILLAGE 1% SO WE'RE GOING TO. WE USED TO HAVE AN 80 20 SPLIT. WE'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE 80 20 SPLIT ANYMORE. YOU KEEP 100% OF IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE COUNTY'S GONNA KEEP THE 1% THE ONE POINT MILLAGE THAT WE JUST INCREASE. THE NEXT PORTION. PCB PORTION THAT IS, UM , PAYING THE PCB BONDS FROM THEIR PC BEACH BONDS. EXCUSE ME. THE NEXT COLUMN. THE OPERATING IT, SPENCE, THIS HAS A 3% ACCELERATION PER YEAR, AND BOB JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT. AH I DO NOT WANT TO SEE US TIE ANYTHING. ON ANYTHING ON THIS AGAIN. WE HAVE THE REASON WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION. WHERE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TIED THIS TWO THINGS THAT WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE GROWTH WAS GOING TO BE. AND WHEN THE GROWTH EXPLODED. IT HAS GOT US INTO THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE IN NOW, SO I WOULD RATHER US DO THE GOOD MATH AND COME UP WITH A GOOD NUMBER THAT THEY CAN MAINTAIN THE ROADS BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THE 3% IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH IN TODAY'S TIMES. NOW THE NEXT THREE COLUMNS OR TOTALED AT THE DEBT SERVICE THERE, AND THIS IS WHAT THE BONDS TOTAL. SO THE LAST COLUMN IS GOING TO BE THE AMOUNT OF HEALTH FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO THE CASH AT THE END OF 2023 IS 36,000,004 75 4 28, AND YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO DOWN. AND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT COLUMN. YOU HAVE 337,000,001 4 CONSTRUCTION.UNDERNEATH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CASH AVAILABLE. THE TIFF, REVENUE FOR CONSTRUCTION
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AND AT THE END OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 32,000,318 LEFT OVER. THIS IS AFTER 15 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE BOND SO THE WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE BONDS UNTIL THEY'RE UNTIL THEY'RE PAID OFF. ALL OF THIS SAID, AND SOME OF IT IS, UM IT'S A MOUTHFUL FOR ME TO REPEAT IT TO YOU. AND I HOPE I'VE DONE UM, A JOB OF KIND OF JUST GETTING IT DOWN TO A LEVEL THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND. BUT IN THE NUMBERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE EXACT. THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE A LITTLE AND I KNOW, UM, THAT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE ROOM.THERE'S NOBODY AT THE BEACH. THERE'S NO ONE ON THE BEACH COUNCIL OR APPEAR THAT DOES NOT WANT TO SAY $580 MILLION ON A PROJECT. AND IF WE SPEED IT UP, 11 YEARS FASTER THIS NUMBER GIVE OR TAKE CAN BE SAVED. NOW WE HAVE I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN WITH SOME ROAD BUILDERS THAT SAY IT CAN BE DONE. AND BOB. MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK ON OUR STAFF. I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT WHETHER THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED AND, UM WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UM WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROAD WORK AND I THINK THEY ARE. I THINK THEY CAN SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT WE FEEL LIKE THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. I'VE BEEN AT THE BEACH WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNTY MANAGER ON SEVERAL MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. AND I HOPE THAT EITHER WE CAN GET THEM TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH TOGETHER WITH HOW TO GET SAVED THIS MONEY THEY COUNTY NEEDS THIS MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS, AND TO JUST DRAG THE PROJECT OUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DRAGGING IT OUT. IT JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO BRACKET UP. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW. THE NUMBERS AREN'T PALM THE SCAN NUMBERS THEY'RE REAL. AND SO I WOULD I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, UM LET'S SEE THE DUAL WORKSHOP TOGETHER WITH THE BEACH AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE CITIZENS NEXT YEAR WITH AN INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE AGAIN FOR THIS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE CAN, UM, DO SOMETHING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT US TO MOVE SWIFTLY AND GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. GOOD DEAL. GOOD PRESENTATION, CLAIRE. I GOT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE PICKED UP ON. THIS IS THEY'VE GOT $16,875,000. IN THE BANK THAT THEY BORROWED THREE YEARS AGO AND STILL HADN'T SPIN IT, BUT YET WANT TO GO BORROW ANOTHER 40 MILLION I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT UM. AND I'M WITH YOU. THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT BECAUSE OTHERWISE AND SHORT WHAT YOU SAID WAS HAVING MONEY WILL SPEND AND WE SHORTEN THIS. SHORT. IT'S LESS MONEY. TO SPEND. AND STILL ACCOMPLISH GOALS. SO, UM AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. UM WE DON'T WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO COME. THAT BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
WITH THE SAME ISSUE. WE HAVE THIS BUDGET YEAR OF HAMMOND. UM TO COVER THE C R A WITH THE MILLAGE INCREASE. YES, SIR. UM. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I LIKE THIS PLAN, HE PUT TOGETHER THAT YOU AND MIRANDA WORKED ON AND THAT YOU'VE SHOWED US TODAY. THE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT THE C R A AND ALL THAT'S ONE POINT OUT THE C R A IS A IS A PROJECT. SIARA IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR BLIGHTED AREAS. TO COME BACK, COLLECT THE TAX REVENUE COME BACK. TO A NICE AREA. UM. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER FOR A VARIETY OF PLACES. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM IN BAY COUNTY FROM DIFFERENT CITIES. BUT EACH CITY CHOOSES TO UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE C R. A TO HELP BRING THEIR THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHEN I DO A BOUNDARY TO BRING THAT PARTICULAR AREA BACK TO A VERY NICE LOCATION THAT COME TO BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS IT MAY HAVE GOTTEN BLINDED, GONE DOWNHILL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE C R A. THE FRONT BEACH ROAD. SHE ALL RIGHT? AND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. UM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE SINCE 01 2001. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT
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THE STATE ALLOWS THE CITIES TO PUT INTO PLACE. THIS IS SO IT'S ARRIVED AT THE STATE LEVEL THEY ALLOW THIS LOCAL CITIES TO PUT INTO PLACE. THE LEADERS OUT THERE AT THE BEACH HAVE IN THE PAST HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THIS PROGRAM INTO PLACE. TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO, UM. UM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIMARILY ARE THE NUMBERS AND SO AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOBODY PROJECTED THE FRONT BEACH ROAD TO GROW. AT THE RATE THAT HAS GROWN AND SO AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT UM, WE TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? AND MAKE IT TO WHERE THE REST OF THE COUNTY CAN NOT SUFFER FROM FROM THAT MONEY GOING TO ONE PLACE. UM AND THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE MADE IN THE PAST. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT IT'S NOT THE LEADERS AT PANAMA CITY BEACH THAT ARE TRYING TO HARM ANYTHING. THEY'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THEIR AREA.AND THERE TAKE. THEY'VE TAKEN A TOOL THAT THE STATE ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE, AND THEY'RE JUST USING IT. NOT KNOWING THAT THE GROWTH WAS GOING TO BE SO QUICK, SO HIGH. SO NO, NO FAULT ON THAT, UM THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR THEIR CITIZENS IN THAT LOCAL AREA. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF THE COUNTY. AND UM, FINANCIALLY. UM. WELL YOU CAN SEE THAT WE JUST HAD TO RAISE THE MILITARY RATE, UH, THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE. IN THE FUTURE AS THIS GROWS, AND IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT EXPONENTIAL GROWTH THAT IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE NEXT OVER THE YEARS.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UM AH, PARTNERING WITH PANAMA CITY BEACH. I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD PLAN THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH PANAMA CITY BEACH AND SAVE THE TAXPAYERS, 500. $86 MILLION THAT TOWARDS THE C R. A UM, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT DEAL. UM. AND THEN CUT 11 YEARS OFF OF THIS. I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD FOR AS A WIN WIN. AND SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND SHARING IT WITH US. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD. IF PANAMA CITY BEACH WITH PARTNER WITH US AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY ALL RIGHT, MR CHAIRMAN. I COULD YES, I WOULD SAY, JUST FROM FINANCIAL FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT THIS C R A OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN AND SUSTAINABLE AND THE PLAN. AGREED. ANYTHING WE CAN TO DO THAT THE ONE THING I WOULD THINK WOULD NEED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CRITERIA MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT IF YOU GO FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN C, R A AND HARD AND FAST BECAUSE IN 15 YEARS AND 2049, THIS BOARD WON'T BE THE SAME. THE BEACHES BOARD WON'T BE THE SAME AND THEN WE'LL ACCELERATE. THIS WILL SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN THEY WERE JUST RENEW IT. AND IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING CONCRETE ND MISS. HARD AND FAST ONCE AND FOR ALL AS PART OF THIS PLAN. BUT AS FAR AS ACCELERATING THIS AND HAVING SOMETHING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, UH WE ARE OFFICE. 100% AGREES WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE END AND PUT IT, YOU KNOW, TO BED ONCE AND FOR ALL. GOOD IDEA. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I GUESS WE KIND OF COVERED. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AS WELL ON THAT AREA AS TWO BIRDS ONE STONE UM, BUT WE'LL
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MOVE INTO THAT SECTION ANYWAY. IF THERE'S UM WE CAN START WITH THAT. SO YOU NEED TO COMMISSIONERS WANT TO HAVE ANY NON SCIARRA COMMENTS. PEOPLE ACT MORE CRE COMMENTS. GO RIGHT AHEAD. IT'S YOUR TURN. UM IF YOU CAN GO FIRST. YES, SIR. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE. THE WONDERFUL DISPLAY THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER OVER THE LIBRARY. UM ON HURRICANE MICHAEL. IT IS A GREAT DISPLAY, AND, UH, MY WIFE AND I WENT OVER THERE YESTERDAY AND LOOKED AT IT AND I ACTUALLY GOT HER IN THE WIND TUNNEL AND I VIDEOTAPED WHILE SHE WAS IN IT, BUT SO IT'S A GREAT DISPLAY, AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. UM IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY VALERIE SALE SHE DID AND SEVERAL OTHERS AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB SO THAT WILL END ON THE 19TH. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OVER THERE BEFORE THE 19TH TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UM LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. ALSO AMNESTY DAY THIS WEEKEND. UH SEMIANNUAL AMNESTY DAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY[01:15:03]
FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK IN 7 A.M. TO 4 30. AND IT WAS A TIME CLEANING OUT YOUR GARAGE, CLEAN OUT WHATEVER YOU NEED TO CLEAN OUT. JUST NO. NO EXPLOSIVES. DON'T BRING ANYTHING UP THERE THAT THAT HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLODING ANYTHING UNDER PRESSURE LIKE THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. PEOPLE ARE SOLID WASTE THEIR DEDICATED BUT NOT THAT, NOT THAT DEDICATED. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY COMMISSIONER MORE NO COMMENT, SIR. OKAY, MS PEAS. NO, THANK YOU, OKAY. YES SIR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS APPARENTLY BILLS READING MY NOTES BECAUSE I HAD AMNESTY AND HURRICANE EXHIBITS ON HERE, SO I WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.UM FOR ME. IT'S EXCITING THAT, UM ARE. ONLINE PERMITTING, HAS NOW GONE LIVE AS OF YESTERDAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO FILE A BUILDING PERMIT IF YOU WANT TO FILE ADDRESS, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ORDER ANY PERMIT THROUGH BAY COUNTY, YOU WILL GO TO THE WEBSITE. CREATE AN ACCOUNT UNDER CITY VIEW. AND SO NOW YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT . NO MORE HARD COPIES. UM SO THAT'S EXCITING. THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME. UM SO HOPEFULLY STAFF IS GEARED UP FOR IT, AND WE'RE ALREADY UM, SECONDLY, LYNN HAYMAN, THEY HAD THEIR CITY HALL OPENING LAST WEEK. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. THAT STAFF HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PATIENT WORKING IN TIGHT QUARTERS, AND THEY GOT THAT FACILITY OPEN, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND LAST WEEK I'D LIKE TO WISH MY WIFE BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 27 YEARS, BUT SHE'S STILL TURNING 25. I'M NOT SURE THAT MATH IS WORKING GIRL MATH. I THINK SO. BUT ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER. UM I JUST HAVE ONE THING. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT. UM PROBABLY HEAR US TALK ABOUT HOME RULE A LOT AND HOW WE THINK COUNTIES UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AS VERY GREAT ADVOCATE OF HOME RULE, AND TODAY ADJUSTED OUR FEES AND BANNED SCHEDULE IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF HOME RULE. UM WE DISCOVERED THROUGH WE HIRE, UM, THESE EXPERTS TO STUDY. UM, RATES AND GREAT STUDIES FOR WATER PERMITS FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT, UM, SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE MIX THERE, WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE ROOF AND PERMITS WERE WERE CAME OUT AT JORDAN LEE A LITTLE TOO MUCH SO TODAY WE PUT THOSE BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. SO WITHOUT HOME RULE WELL, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS. I MEAN, WE MEET UM TWICE A TWICE A MONTH. AND SO OTHERWISE. WE'VE BEEN STUCK TILL NEXT YEAR RECESSION WITH TALLAHASSEE DOING IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BRING THAT TO THE FRONT OF THE IMPORTANT HOME RULE IS NOT, UM, FOR NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR ALL COUNTIES SO THAT EVERY GOVERNMENT BEST EVERY GOVERNMENT IS CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE. UM WHAT? THAT THAT I HAVE NOTHING ELSE SO ENJOY. THE REST OF YOUR WEEK MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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