[CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING TO ORDER IT'S APRIL THE 2ND 2024 THE NIGHT TIME IS 9 A.M. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, COMMISSIONER DOZIER? YES MA'AM. MR. CARROLL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN HAM. YES, MA'AM. THIS MORNING. OUR INVOCATION TO BE LED BY PASTOR JEREMY PRION OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, OUR FIRST UNITED METHODIST OF PANAMA CITY. EXCUSE ME AND THE PLEDGE TO BE LED BY COMMISSIONER MOORE, YOU PLEASE STAND WHAT YOU JOIN WITH ME IN PRAYER. OH, GOD, AS WE CONTINUE TO GLORY IN THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE RENEWING OF YOUR CREATION. AS WE SEE THE WORLD AWAKENING FROM ITS WINTER SLUMBER. SOUNDS OF BIRDS CHIRPING AND NEW GROWTH SPRINGING FORTH. WE'RE REMINDED THAT IN YOUR POWER, THE UM WAY THAT YOU WORK TO MAKE ALL THINGS NEW PERMEATES OUR ENTIRE LIVES. AND THAT IN RESURRECTION, THE WORST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ARE NEVERTHELESS THINGS. AS WE CONTINUE TO REBUILD AND RECOVER AS A COMMUNITY, WE SEE NEW LIFE SPRINGING FORTH ALL AROUND US. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WAYS THAT YOU ARE RENEWING LIFE FOR ALL OF US HERE IN BAY COUNTY. WE PRAY FOR THIS COMMISSION AS THEY UNDERTAKE THE BUSINESS BEFORE THEM TODAY. THAT THEY WILL BE GUIDED BY YOUR WISDOM AS THEY EXERCISE OVERSIGHT AND LEADERSHIP OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR BLESSINGS WITH THE ASSURANCE OF YOUR PRESENCE IN ALL TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WITH THE HOPE THAT ALL IS IN YOUR HANDS, AND THAT ALL WILL BE WELL, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. AMEN. SHOW ME IN THE PLEDGE. THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION.
UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA THIS MORNING? NOTHING FROM STAFF, MR CHAIRMAN. RIGHT? OK CAN I GET APPROVAL OR
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions or Deletions)]
OR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION IN THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE? YES, MA'AM.DOZIER, COMMISSIONER. PEACE MA'AM CHAIRMAN HAM, MA'AM. UM, WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION. SO WE TAKE US IN THE PRAIA. AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OK SO YOU'RE NOT WE'LL CALL FOUR AND GO INTO
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT. A JUST, UH, MR OR MR CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS GOOD MORNING ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER THE CLERK OF COURTS, ITEM ONE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND INVENTORY DELETIONS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE OR C, A REPORTS. AND REMOVE AND APPROVE INVENTORY DELETIONS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ITEM TWO UNDER THE OAKS PARK MENT DASH RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD OF PROVEN TO THE CITY OF PARKER FOR WATER AND SEWER LINES ALONG THE UNDER THE OAKS PARK AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE SAME. UNDER COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE ITEM. THREE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD APPOINTMENT 2024 RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD REAPPOINT WILL KRAMER TO THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD. COUNTY SEAT SET TO SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30 2028 UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES ITEM FOUR. HOMELAND SECURITY AGREEMENT. R 0 8 9 2 DASH RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE CHAIRMAN TO APPROVE AND SIGN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT AGREEMENT. R 0892 UNDER GENERAL SERVICES ITEM FIVE BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION OFFICE SUITE CONSTRUCTION STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT 24-20 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICE, SUITE CONSTRUCTION D AND B BUILDERS INC FOR $417,102.51 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS. AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY UNDER IT AND GIS. DEPARTMENT ITEM. SIX GULF COAST ELECTRIC COOPER INC. ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE MENT STAFFS RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE ATTACHED EASEMENT WITH GULF COAST ELECTRIC COOPER INC AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN UNDER PUBLIC WORKS ITEM. SEVEN PASSPORT LABS INC.CONTRACT MODIFICATION APPROVAL STATUS RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD RATIFY CONTRACT MODIFICATION WITH PASSPORT LABS INC FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING CITIZEN BILLING, NOTIFICATION AND PHOTO ENFORCEMENT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ANY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM. EIGHT RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR ORMOND AVENUE MULTI USE PASS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE DESIGN OF A MULTI USE PASS ALONG ORMAN AVENUE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ON UTILITY SERVICES ITEM. NINE WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESILIENCY PROJECT ADDITIONAL FILTERS. TA RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT, 24-06. WATER. TREATMENT PLANT RESILIENCY PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,479,500 TO BARGE DESIGN SOLUTIONS INC AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT
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TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS. AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR CHAIRMAN , THAT IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER DOZIER, COMMISSIONER. PEACE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN[Public Works]
HAM? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'RE GOING ON THE REGULAR AGENDA NUMBER 10. TITUS ROAD IN COUNTY ROAD, 2321. ROUNDABOUT GRANT AGREEMENT. YES SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN IT IS, UH JOSE SEAR IS COMING FORWARD TITUS RUDD AND COUNTY ROAD 2321 ROUNDABOUT GRANT AGREEMENT STAFFS RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE COUNTY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR COUNTY ROAD, 2321 AND COUNTY ROAD, 2293 TITUS ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THE RESOLUTION AND ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.MISS JOSIE, GO AHEAD. SO THE COUNTY IS, UH, PART OF OUR IMPROVEMENT OF THAT CORRIDOR HAS APPLIED FOR A F DOT COUNTY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR A ROUNDABOUT AT TITUS ROAD IN 2321 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT GRANT. UM $2.2 MILLION WITH, UH, 50% SHARE WITH THE, UM STATE ON THAT PROJECT. QUESTIONS. OK? MOTION TO APPROVE LIKE MOTION IN THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER DOZIER. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PEACE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN HAM. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL GO INTO NUMBER 11. SUB RECIPIENT FOR AGREEMENT. AS PART OF OUR, UM NORTH BAY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SEPTIC TO SEWER. UM THE COUNTY HAS A SECURED $6.5 MILLION OF GOLF CONSORTIUM. UH FUNDS TOWARDS THAT PROJECT WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILLION COMING FROM? ADDITIONALLY COMING FROM COUNTY, UM, COFFERS. THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTION OF SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR THE DEER POINT PROTECTION ZONE. UM BEING OUR DRINKING WATER SOURCES TO HELP PREVENT NUTRIENTS FROM ENTERING THE WATER BODY. SO WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CONSORTIUM SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. UM BETWEEN BAY COUNTY AND GULF CONSORTIUM AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATION AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS ONE QUESTION ON THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE. UM CLARIFICATION. THIS LINE IS GOING TO RUN FROM 77 DOWN. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ROAD OUT THERE BY THE SOD. FARM EDWARDS EDWARDS ROAD, EDWARDS ROAD, UH, TO THE END OF EDWARDS ROAD AND THEN, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE STEP ONE IS THAT CORRECT? PHASE ONE. AND BOBBY IS HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO FROM BRAZIL TO BEACH ROAD AND TAKE IN SOME OF HUCKLEBERRY LANE THAT AREA AND THEN HEAD DOWN EDWARDS ROAD TO THE PLANT. OK, THAT'LL BE PHASE ONE. SO WE HAVE MORE PHASES TO COME AS WE GO UP ROSETTA BEACH SOME SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE? YES SIR. AS BONDS BECOME AVAILABLE, WE WILL HAVE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT PHASE FOUR. SO UH, THE ENGINEERING IS DONE ON THOSE TWO PHASES. UH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT YET. OK, GREAT. IT'S GREAT TO GET, UH, THE SEWER OUT THERE AND GET THE SET OF TANKS. UH YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY MOVE SET TANKS ALONG AND, UH, HAVE PEOPLE HOOKING UP. PURSUE IT. THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR WHOLE AREA OUT THERE? YES, THANK YOU. BOBBY MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IS WHILE THIS LINE WILL RUN, IT'S NOT GONNA REQUIRE PEOPLE TO AUTOMATICALLY HOOK TO IT. IT'S JUST IF THERE'S IF AND WHEN THERE'S SEPTIC FAILS, AND IT'S THERE THEN THEY WOULD BE CONNECTING AT THAT POINT IN TIME . THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS GONNA PROVIDE US WITH A MASTER LIFT STATION AND THE TRUNK LINE AVAILABLE TO HAVE IT THERE FOR WHEN PEOPLE ARE READY TO TIE INTO IT. WERE WE ABLE TO EVER FIND ANY FUNDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE OLD SEPTIC TANKS? I THINK THERE WERE SOME GRANTS OUT THERE , DID WE? NOT AT THIS TIME? WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT NOTHING'S AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I'M GOOD. IT'S GREAT. UH, GLAD IT'S MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAD AN IDEA OF MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. I GOING SEPTIC TO SEWER AND, UM IT'S JUST IT'S NOW COMING AROUND. SO THAT'S UM I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GREAT. UH PROTECTING, UM, YOUR POINT WATERSHED. UM EVERYTHING. WE HAVE ALL THE MANUFACTURING. NONE OF IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WATER. UM SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY. UM OKAY. ALRIGHT. GONNA GET A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION IN A SECOND TO COMMISSIONER
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DOZIER. YES COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PEACE.YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. YES, MA'AM. OUR NUMBER. NEXT WILL BE GOING TO NUMBER 12 LATITUDE ORDER. SOUND AREA ONE PHASE EIGHT PLAT APPROVAL. WELL, MR CHAIRMAN BEFORE SHE STARTS. MY FIRM HAS, UH, GOT A CONTRACT WITH THE APPLICATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN. OK, ALL RIGHT. SO ROBERT'S GOING TO, UM SIT THIS ONE OUT. OK, MISS JOSIE FOR YOURS. MR BRIAN CALE. UH, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE PLAT OF LATITUDE AT WATER. SOUND AREA ONE. PHASE EIGHT. THE SUBDIVISION IS 200 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND 100 1.22 MILES OF PRIVATE ROADWAY, UH, THE UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY. UM THE DEVELOPMENT WAS REVIEWED, UH, AND APPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING ON NOVEMBER 29TH 2003 AND MEETS, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 177. THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A, UH 10.5 MILLION PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE ROADS, DRAINAGE, WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE REQUEST THE BOARD APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT FOR LATITUDE UH AT WATER SOUND AREA. ONE FACE EIGHT IN AUTHORIZED STAFF TO RECORD THE PERFORMANCE BOND WITH THE CLERK. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. NO. OK ALL RIGHT. GOOD UH, IF YOU GET A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION MOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MOORE COMMISSIONER. PEACE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER DOZIER YES, CHAIRMAN, HAM AND COMMISSIONER CAROLS. UH, ON OUR AGENDA IS NUMBER 13. START UP ANY WATER RESILIENCY, MR. BOBBY GIBBS.
[Utility Services]
MORNING, SIR. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACT.2419 STAR AVENUE WATER RESILIENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 4,747,470 TO CW. ROBERTS CONTRACTING, INCORPORATED AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN. TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. UH, THIS LINE IS GOING TO BE ON, UH, NORTH STAR AVENUE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN 22 HIGHWAY, 22 AND 231 EVENTUALLY, SO WE WILL HAVE A 16 INCH WATER LINE THAT WILL PROVIDE US WITH RESILIENCY. UH, AND REDUNDANCY AND FIRE PROTECTION IN THE AREA THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY SO.
IT'S A VERY GOOD PROJECT AND SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. I THINK ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. HAVE WE GOT ONE? OH THIS IS ALSO GONNA CONNECT INTO WHAT WE PURCHASED THE CALLOWAY TANKS. YES, SIR. IT IS ALL RIGHT. YES SIR. THIS WILL TIE INTO THE CALLAWAY TANK. WE JUST PURCHASED AND HELP US SUPPLY WATER UP THAT NORTH STAR AVENUE UP TO, UH THE LIBERTY AREA AND ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN THAT THAT AREA AND FIRE HYDRANTS FOR FIRE PROTECTION. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HAD A WILDFIRE THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO THIS WILL HELP GIVE US SOME FIRE SUPPRESSION IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SIR. I'M LYING ABOUT UH, ONCE WE GET A NOTION TO PERCEIVE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 180 DAYS FOR COMPLETION. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, THIS IS AWESOME. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST PART OF TRYING TO KEEP IT WITH THE GROWTH. ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IT GOING ON. YES, WE DO. THANK YOU, UM WITH THAT, COULD WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE MUCH TO PROVE SECOND ALL RIGHT MOTION OF MULTIPLE SECONDS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER CARROLL COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZIER? YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER PEACE. YES, MA'AM. AND YES, MA'AM. UM WE HAVE NOTHING FOR PUBLIC HEARING THIS MORNING, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. MR CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD, UM THERE'S ACTUALLY A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION MISSING OFF THE MISSING AGAIN. OK? HAVE TO EXCUSE US, FOLKS. WE'VE GOT NEW SOFTWARE, AND IT'S DELETING THINGS OUT THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED. OK THANKS. THANKS BOB. ALL
[PUBLIC COMMENT (Open to any issue)]
RIGHT, SO NEXT, WE'RE GOING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THERE'S A YES THIS WILL BE OPEN TO ANY ITEM, UM, THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT THINK THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY OF SO IF YOU WANT TO, YES, JUST COME OVER. WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST. THERE JUST PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR. I'M AARON AND I LIVE AT 3518 TREASURE CIRCLE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. UH, IN UNINCORPORATED BAY COUNTY DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH COMMISSIONER PEAS IS OVER? I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST ACTION BE TAKEN AGAINST THE NEIGHBOR WHO IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 3516[00:15:05]
TREASURE CIRCLE IN A NUISANCE PROPERTY AS WELL AS A LIABILITY TO THE COUNTY. I HAVE RESEARCHED ALL THE COUNTY ORDINANCE UNDER SECTION 17. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK BACK AT THIS. AS THEY VIOLATED NEARLY EVERY TENET OF IT. IN APRIL. 2023 I PROVIDED COMMISSIONER PEACE. A 16 PAGE TIMELINE WITH OVER 30 VIDEO CLIPS, DEMONSTRATING THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AS A NUISANCE. UH, IF COMMISSIONER P STILL DOES NOT HAVE THAT I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO ANYONE ELSE. WHY I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO DEMONSTRATE THE TRUE IMPACT OF THIS NUISANCE PROPERTY HAS HAD ON MY WIFE AND I SINCE THE FALL OF 2022, AS WELL AS THE OTHER NEIGHBORS DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE TIMELINE. AND WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FAILURES BOTH BY THE POLICE AND THE COUNTY. THE PROPERTY HISTORICALLY AND ACTIVELY CAUSES NEAR WEEKLY INTERRUPTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY'S LIVES, AS WELL AS VIOLATING PRIVACY BY TAKING AND PUBLIC PUBLICIZING DRONE FOOTAGE OF AREAS OF REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. EVERYONE'S BACKYARDS FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT. THE UNDERAGE DRINKING DRUG USE NOISE ISSUES FIGHTING POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERNS OVER OCCUPANCY AND VOMITING INTO THE POOL BY GUESTS WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN SOMEONE BECOMING SERIOUSLY INJURED, ILL OR EVEN POTENTIALLY A FATAL OUTCOME. THE MENTAL ACT OF WAKING UP JUST SCREAMING OF RACIAL SLURS. HATE SPEECH, VOMITING. FIGHTING HAS CAUSED THE VA TO PUT ME BOTH ON ANXIETY AND SLEEP MEDICATION. WE HAVE HAD TO RELOCATE OUR BEDROOM TO ANOTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE DUE TO THIS THE CARING IS KNOWINGLY ALLOWED THE SHORT TERM RENTAL COMPANY TO OPERATE UNLICENSED IN THE WRITTEN PROMISES MADE BY COMMISSIONER PEACE TO COME TO THE HOUSE PRIOR TO CALLING THE POLICE TO ENSURE THE LAWS IN ENFORCED HAVE NEVER BEEN ANSWERED. FURTHERMORE THE POLICE FAILED TO WRITE REPORTS ON THEIR FINDINGS, WHICH WAS ALSO PROMISED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER P I'M GONNA PLAY A COUPLE OF SNIPPETS FOR YOU. BUT AFTER THIS EXAMPLE CONCLUDES, I ASKED THE COUNTY COMMISSION OFFICE PROVIDE A PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF THIS RECURRING ISSUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AND ASK WHO WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE NOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WHAT BEHAVIORS ARE BEING INCENTIVIZED BY ALLOWING THIS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE TAKE. REALLY? IT'S YEAH. I ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. CAN I EXPECT TO HEAR RESOLUTION OF THIS? YES YES. IF YOU LIKE TO HANG OUT AFTER THE MEETING THAT I TALK WITH YOU, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UM YES, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS DONNICA FARNHAM. I REPRESENT THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE. UH, I RESIDE IN PINELLAS COUNTY. SO I AM NOT A LOCAL RESIDENT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I WORK, FEDERALLY. I WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF OUR PRESENCE ON THE GROUND IN YOUR COUNTY. UH, WE ARE OFFERING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS AND RENTERS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE PHYSICAL DISASTER THAT HIT HERE. UH, IN JANUARY AT THE AT THE OF JANUARY. UM WE WILL BE IN THE LOCAL LIBRARY. UM UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, INFORMATION POSTED WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL AS I WORK WITH LOCAL, UM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT. UM WE ARE HOPEFUL TO HELP AS MANY HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESSES AND RENTERS. UH AS HAVE DAMAGE SUSTAINED, UM, IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. UH, THERE'S A PHENOMENON THAT WE SEE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERMATH OF PHYSICAL DISASTER. WHERE IN SMALL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR, UH, INCUR HEAVY FINANCIAL LOSSES, WHICH CAN THEN HAVE A NEGATIVE, CASCADING EFFECTS ON LOCAL ECONOMIES. UM WE ARE HERE IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THAT AND PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING BY PROVIDING OPERATIONAL CAPITAL TO THOSE BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM WEATHER ANY ECONOMIC INJURY THAT MIGHT STEM FROM THIS DISASTER. UM I. I WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE LIBRARY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR AN APPROXIMATE MONTH. UM WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE OF, UM MAY 28TH FOR HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS TO APPLY AND OF OCTOBER 28TH FOR BUSINESSES. UM, I ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM. UH, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S JACKIE BARKER. I RESIDE AT 103 GRAND LAGOON SHORES DRIVE, UH,
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DISTRICT FIVE COMMISSIONER PIECES JURISDICTION. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT YOU WITH A DOCUMENT A PETITION IN OPPOSITION, UH, OF THE GRAND LAGOON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PLANNED, UH, INCLUDES TWO HOTELS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, AND A WATER PARK AND ADJOINING WATER PARK, AND THIS IS TO BE LOCATED AT NORTH LAGOON AND THOMAS DRIVE. SO YESTERDAY I SENT AN A LETTER. UH, SIGNED BY MYSELF. UM AND I IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THIS PETITION THAT I PRESENT TO YOU TODAY HAS OVER 380 SIGNATURES AND I CLOSED THE PETITION. WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE. UM BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE PETITION TO YOU IN TIME FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UM, WE CITE IN MY LETTER. UM SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO TODAY IS TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A CONVERSATION. LET'S USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN FOR GRAND LAGOON. I HAD CALLED COUNTY OFFICIALS AND I ASKED FOR THIS DOCUMENT AND DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. NO ONE COULD PRODUCE ONE. SO IF A GRAND LAGOON MARKETING UM SORRY MASTER PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY PLAN AND MANAGE GROWTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR COASTAL COMMUNITY THAT SO CHERISH. UM IF IT DOESN'T EXIST, I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION TO PARTNER WITH US.HOW CAN I PARTNER WITH YOU AND HELP YOU TO DEVELOP THIS? BECAUSE WE WANT IT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAN AND CONTROL THE GROWTH HAPPENING IN OUR BACKYARDS. THERE'S LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A LONG, UM, LARGE RESORT AND IT IS, UH, RIGHT NOW CALLED A RESORT CURRENTLY IN THE PLANS THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE FOYER, UH, THROUGH A FOIA REQUEST. IT DID NOT INDICATE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE OF HOTEL. UH, THE CAPACITY SO ONE, THE TOWN PLACE RESORT SHOWS, UM OVER 200. IS THAT RIGHT? 200 DWELLINGS, UH, ROOMS AND THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS ELEMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY REFERENCE TO IT, IT SAYS, SEE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE NOT PROVIDED. SO WE'RE CURIOUS. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND WE JUST WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO BE ADVERSARIAL ABOUT IT. BUT WE HAVE GREAT CONCERNS TO INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENT. UH, FIRE EMS CAPACITIES. UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHT NOISE, UH, POLLUTION SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. I HAVE, UM, MEETINGS WITH, UH UH, COMMISSIONER, PEACE AND COMMISSION. CAROL TOMORROW, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU MORE ABOUT THIS. AND, UM I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UM, ANYBODY ELSE? OK, ALL RIGHT. THE AND NOW WE WILL GO INTO COUNTY ATTORNEYS. REPORT. OK COUNTY
[CHAIRMAN & COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
MANAGERS FOR NOTHING FROM STAFF, MR CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONER COMMENT, SO I GUESS WE'LL START WITH, UH MR P. UM, WE'RE REALLY BUSY AT THE BEACH. BREAK IN FULL SWING. SO JUST, UH, BEWARE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND OUT THERE GOT A LOT OF A LOT OF KIDS ON THE BEACH. YES, SIR. JUST A FEW THINGS. UH, YESTERDAY MARKED THE 2/1000 DAY SINCE HURRICANE MICHAEL. HARD TO BELIEVE. YES, IT DOES. LOTS OF PROGRESS BEEN MADE, BUT UH, STILL LOTS OF PROGRESS TO GO. TODAY THE RESIDENTS ON CALLAWAY HEIGHTS, THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE PAVED I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PAVING CONTRACT WILL BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON. GOT LOTS OF CALLS ABOUT THE PAVING OUT THERE. UH SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT 3 TO 4 DAYS, THEY'LL BE COMPLETE OUT THERE. THAT'D BE GREAT. UH, REMIND EVERYONE, UH, IF YOU LIVE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY OR CITY, YOU GOT ELECTIONS COMING UP, UH, EARLY VOTING WOULD BE NEXT WEEK, AND THE REGULAR ELECTIONS ARE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.MISTER MOORE. UH, WELL, THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA MENTION WAS LOCAL ELECTIONS. AND SINCE ROBERT HAS COVERED THAT I'LL JUST SAY DITTO AND THANK YOU. OK, UM UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE EITHER. MYSELF UM, OTHER THAN I HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYS THE REST OF YOUR WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE A JUNK.
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