[CALL TO ORDER]
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          CALL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH TO ORDER. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. MR. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. HERE. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD. WE HAVE THE INVOCATION. PASTOR MATTHEW MORGAN WITH PALO ALTO CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH MISTER JOHN. DEACONS FROM VETERANS SERVICES. 
          IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE SOVEREIGN, THAT YOU ALONE ARE SOVEREIGN, AND THAT ANY PLATFORM OR INFLUENCE OR AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US BY YOU, SO THAT WE MIGHT PARTNER WITH YOU IN BRINGING ABOUT YOUR JUSTICE AND YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. WORK AND SERVE AND LEAD HUMBLY, SEEKING YOUR BLESSING. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FOR EACH PERSON IN THIS ROOM, FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS, LEADERS, AND CITIZENS. GRANT THEM CLARITY OF THOUGHT, COMPASSION IN THEIR DECISION MAKING, AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST. HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT THE WORK DONE HERE IMPACTS LIVES BEYOND THESE WALLS. MAY FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY AND UNITY SHAPE EVERY DECISION AND DISCUSSION. BLESS THIS COUNTY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. MAY PEACE DWELL IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND MAY WE ALWAYS SEEK THE COMMON GOOD IN ALL THAT WE DO. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONS OR 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions or Deletions)]
DELETIONS ON THE AGENDA? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'VE HAD A REQUEST TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM CONSENT TO REGULAR FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. 
          YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. 
          WE'VE GOT NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. SO NEXT WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS NOT PART OF A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. IF THE ITEM IS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEN. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. CONSENT AGENDA. COUNTY MANAGER. YES, 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING. ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE. ITEM ONE, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND INVENTORY, DELETIONS, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE REPORTS AND APPROVE INVENTORY DELETIONS UNDER THE BUDGET OFFICE. ITEM TWO CRIME PREVENTION FUNDS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE SHERIFF'S REQUEST FOR EXPENDITURES OF MONIES FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION FUND. ITEM THREE FY 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2425 BUDGET UNDER COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM FOUR COUNTYWIDE ASPHALT RECONSTRUCTION LOCKBOX RESOLUTION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION REGARDING CREATION OF A RESTRICTED ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL GRANT LIABILITY RELATED TO FEMA PROJECT 886284399 FL AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE SAME ITEM. FIVE ACCEPTANCE OF DEED FROM MINTO, LLC TO BAY COUNTY. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED TO REGULAR UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES ITEM SIX NEXT GENERATION CORE SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVE A TWO YEAR PIGGYBACK PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT WITH FIVE ONE YEAR RENEWALS WITH INDIGITAL, INC. TO PROVIDE NEXT GENERATION CORE SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM SEVEN NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AND EXECUTE THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY AND BAY COUNTY. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TDC. ITEM EIGHT THE 2025 SEA TURTLE AND WILDLIFE MONITORING AND SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACTS WITH THE PANAMA CITY BEACH TURTLE WATCH, INC. FOR THE 2025 SEA TURTLE AND LEAVE NO TRACE WILDLIFE MONITORING ON PANAMA CITY BEACH, AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE CONTRACTS UNDER UTILITY SERVICES. ITEM NINE DUPONT BRIDGE SUBAQUEOUS WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND 
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INSPECTION SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARDED CONTRACT 2521 CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR SUBAQUEOUS WATER MAIN INSTALLATION AT DUPONT BRIDGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $697,110 TO DEWBERRY ENGINEERS, INC, AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM TEN NORTH BAY COUNTY PHASE ONE A SEPTIC TO SEWER CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACT 2523 CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTH BAY COUNTY. PHASE ONE A SEPTIC TO SEWER PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $512,060 TO INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, INC. ES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM 11 NORTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY INJECTION WELL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. CONTRACT AWARD. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARDED CONTRACT 2522 CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. INJECTION WELLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,225,000 TO ASR USA, LLC, AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND 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. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION. AND SECOND, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. CAROL. YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. 
          [Tourist Development Council]
YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT REGULAR AGENDA ON FIRST ITEM 12, TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, VISIT PANAMA CITY BEACH. IRONMAN GULF COAST 70.3 ROUTE AUTHORIZATION. MR. DAN ROWE. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS FOR THE IRONMAN, THE VISIT PANAMA CITY BEACH, GULF COAST IRONMAN 70.3, WHICH WILL BE RUN ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. AND THIS IS THE HALF THE DISTANCE OF THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IN THE FALL. AND THE IMPACTS TO THE COUNTY ARE USE OF IN THE RIDE PORTION OF THE RACE, WHERE THEY WILL GO FROM FRONT BEACH ROAD THROUGH PIER PARK, GRIFFITH PARKWAY, UP HIGHWAY 79 TO PINE LOG, THEN COME BACK DOWN 79. GO ACROSS GAYLE'S TRAILS TO REACH BACK BEACH ROAD. AND THERE'S THE TURNAROUND AT CAMP KEMP, CAMP HELEN, AND THEN THEY'LL FINISH THE RACE BY GOING DOWN FRONT BEACH ROAD. THE SWIM AND THE RUN PORTIONS ARE ALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO APPROVING THE USE OF THEIR RIGHT OF WAYS. AND SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AND SO WE CAN RUN THIS RACE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SO IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMING INTO PANAMA CITY BEACH. AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS FOR DIANE. NO QUESTIONS FROM ME. JUST COMMENT ON APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO AND RELATES TO THIS. I ACTUALLY GET TO SEE SOME OLD COLLEGE ROOMMATES WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO DO THESE TYPES OF EVENTS AS I JOKE WITH THEM, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THIS OUT EARLY. AND IF YOU WOULD WORK WITH KEITH AND HIS CREW AND GET THOSE VEST VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARDS OUT EARLY SO LOCALS WILL KNOW IT'S COMING. 
          YEAH, AND WE DO EVERY YEAR WE WORK ON THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TELL PEOPLE THAT IT IS THERE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. AND GIVEN THAT IT IS A HALF, IT RUNS A LOT QUICKER THAN THE FULL IRONMAN IN THE FALL. SO THE IMPACT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY MINOR. BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. 
          CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. 
          [5. Acceptance of Deed from Minto LMWS, LLC, to Bay County]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER FIVE REAL QUICK. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CARROLL FOR REMINDING ME. ACCEPTANCE OF DEED FROM MINTO LLC TO BAY COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY. MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS FOR THE CROSSING OF WEST BAY PARKWAY UNDER A FPL RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT THAT ROADWAY WE EXPECT WILL GET TURNED OVER TO FDOT AT SOME POINT. AND FDOT HAS SOME ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO RESOLVE REGARDING THE EASEMENT CROSSING. AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING Y'ALL TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, SUBJECT TO THAT ISSUE BEING RESOLVED. AND WE'LL JUST 
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HOLD THE DEED PENDING THAT RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, SIR, COULD I GET A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, 
          [Utility Services]
MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, NOW BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 13. FILTER UNDER DRAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT. MR. BOBBY GIBBS. LOOKING DAPPER, AS ALWAYS, MR. BOBBY. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING, THE REQUEST FOR THE BOARD IS TO AWARD CONTRACT 2526. 
          FILTER UNDER DRAIN REPLACEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,552,000 TO NC EMC, LLC, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REHAB FOR FILTER UNDERDRAIN SYSTEMS AT THE WATER PLANT AND THE MEDIA. SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE IN ALMOST 20 YEARS, SO I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. I'M SORRY. BOBBY, THESE ARE THE FILTERS THAT YOU SHOWED US DURING OUR TOUR AND YOU WERE EXPLAINING, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, 20 YEARS OLD. THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE. THE COUNTY'S REALLY GOT THEIR USAGE OUT OF THOSE. YES, SIR. THEY HAVE. 
          OKAY. AND IT'S TIME FOR SURE. IT IS. IT'S TIME WE HAD LAST YEAR. THE COMMISSION REMEMBERS WE HAD THREE FILTERS THAT FAILED ON US, AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE UNDERDRAINS ON THOSE THREE FILTERS. AND SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A PROJECT TO REPLACE ALL THE REMAINING EIGHT FILTERS. 
          UNDERDRAIN SYSTEMS. THIS SYSTEM THAT WE ORIGINALLY WENT BACK WITH COST A LOT MORE. THIS REPLACEMENT NOW IS A STAINLESS STEEL TRILATERAL SYSTEM. IT'S GOING TO COST US ABOUT HALF AS MUCH, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE REMAINING EIGHT FILTERS DONE. WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR NOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU SIR. THIS WON'T AFFECT ANY OPERATIONS OR IT WILL NOT. WE'LL HAVE TO DO THIS DURING THE LOW FLOW TIME OF THE YEAR. SO WE'LL DO THIS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WHEN THE FLOWS ARE DOWN WE'LL TAKE ONE FILTER OFFLINE, REPAIR IT, REPLACE IT, AND THEN DO THE OTHER THREE AS WE COMPLETE THE ONES. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO DO? ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT 4 TO 6 WEEKS FOR SUBMITTALS TO GET DONE AFTER WE DO THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, AND THEN ANOTHER 14 TO 16 WEEKS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF THE EQUIPMENT. AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR INSTALLATION OF EACH FILTER. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY START AS SOON AS WE GET THE NOTICE TO PROCEED THAT PROCESS. AND THEN THE INSTALLATION WILL START PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, FINISHED BY MARCH. SO ALL FOUR OF THEM DONE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. BOBBY, JUST I KNOW WHEN WE MET LAST WEEK AND KIND OF WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE RESEARCH Y'ALL DID BECAUSE YOU JUST MENTIONED REDUCING THE COST AND EVERYTHING. JUST WHAT WHAT Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE AND WHAT LENGTH OF LIFE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE COST, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. OKAY. AGAIN, THE UNDERDRAIN SYSTEM WAS PUT IN 20 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S A WHAT'S CALLED A MULTI BLOCK SYSTEM. AND IT IS BEDDED IN IN CEMENT. AND THAT CEMENT DELAMINATED OR SEPARATED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FILTERS. AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF THAT AND IT WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE, AROUND $750,000 PER FILTER. SO WE LOOKED AT THE ENGINEERS AND SAID, HEY, IS THERE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OUT THERE? SO WE LOOKED AT EVALUATING SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. SO WE FOUND A STAINLESS STEEL SYSTEM. IT'S A TRILATERAL SYSTEM. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS IF YOU DO LOSE A SECTION OF THIS FILTER, YOU CAN TAKE OUT JUST THE DAMAGED SECTION, WHEREAS THE CURRENT SYSTEM REQUIRES YOU TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNDERDRAIN SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT LED TO A LOT OF THE COST. SO WE WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE IF IT DOES FAIL, WE CAN REPLACE IT, JUST THE FAILURE SECTION OF THAT FILTER. SO THIS WAS STILL LESS TO REPLACE THAN THE OTHER ONE. AND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND COST IS GOING TO BE EVEN LESS FOR THE COUNTY GOING FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. INSTALLATION IS GOING TO BE CHEAPER OF THIS PRODUCT. IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO REPAIR IT IF NEEDED, WHEN IT'S DAMAGED, AND IT'S GOING TO LAST A LOT LONGER. LIFE EXPECTANCY IS LONGER. YES, SIR. AND THIS IS THIS SYSTEM WE'RE GOING WITH IS OVER 4000 INSTALLATIONS IN SIX DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. SO IT'S A TRIED AND TRUE FOR OVER 50 YEARS IT'S BEEN IN SERVICE. SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE WITH THIS THIS UNDERDRAIN SYSTEM. KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THE DIGGING AND LOOKING AND TRYING TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND PROVIDE IMPROVED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION, MOTION, MOTION AND A SECOND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. CAROL. YES, MA'AM. 
          [Community Development]
COMMISSIONER. PEACE. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'RE MOVING INTO PUBLIC 
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HEARING. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. IAN CROWLEY, THIS IS PO, BPA 2025 0033 AND PL ZC 2025 003 FOR SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE. 6721 JESSUP ROAD. THIS INVOLVES A QUASI JUDICIAL, QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, SO YOU'LL BE SWORN IN. ANYBODY PLAYING ON SPEAKING ON THIS? CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DO. ANY DISCLOSURES TO REPORT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY YOU SPOKE TO STAFF, MAYOR OF THE PROPERTY, SPOKEN WITH STAFF, MAYOR OF THE PROPERTY. AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE APPLICANT. FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. NO ONE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I APOLOGIZE, MR. CHAIRMAN. THERE WAS CONCERN. WE'VE HAD THAT ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE, AND THERE WERE THERE. NOT HERE. THERE WAS HERE. YEAH. PERFECT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. AS YOU STATED, THIS IS A SMALL SCALE AND A ZONE CHANGE TO. 
          AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE COUNTY ZONING MAP. MARCH 18TH, 2025, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM APPLICANT STEVE COOKE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF ACRES YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY FROM R2 SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX DWELLINGS TO C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AS YOU STATED EARLIER, IT'S LOCATED AT 6721 JESSIE ROAD IN THE BAYOU GEORGE AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FOUR ZERO, WITH ONE COMMISSIONER ABSENT TO FIND THE PROPOSED LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTH OF A PARCEL THAT FRONTS ON HIGHWAY 231 THAT CURRENTLY ALREADY HAS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL FUTURE. LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION. THIS PARTIAL DOES NOT HAVE EXISTING FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY 231 AND IS SURROUNDED ON THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND THE WEST BY RESIDENTIAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT FRONTS HIGHWAY 231, THE REMAINDER OF JESSORE ROAD, AND THEN OF COURSE UP INTO COE ROAD, YOU'VE GOT A PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL AREA. PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS VACANT. THE REQUEST DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A LOGICAL AND CONSISTENT EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT USES. STAFF FOUND THAT THE REQUESTED LAND USE AND ZONE CHANGE COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONE CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF DID NOT AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, DENY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AND NOT ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCES. I KNOW STAFF IS HERE. I KNOW THE REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS AND THE APPLICANT ARE HERE TO HELP GIVE A PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO DO THE SAME. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO FORWARD. 
          I DO, MR. CHAIRMAN. YEP. WITH THIS PROPERTY BEING A SEPARATE PARCEL, I UNDERSTAND THAT BEING A STANDALONE PIECE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY A REASON FOR WHY STAFF WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT IF IT WERE COMBINED WITH THE PIECE OUT FRONT AND MAYBE LIMITED ACCESS TO WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DOES THAT HELP THE SITUATION OR MAKE THE STAFF FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE? YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT WOULD IF IT WAS COMBINED WITH THE PIECE TO THE SOUTH THAT CURRENTLY HAS THE ACCESS, AND YOU SAID THE ACCESS WOULD STAY ON 231 NOT NOT ACCESS OFF OF JESSUP, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THE COMMERCIAL SECTION, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL SECTION, A MINIMUM SEPARATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE FROM INTERSECTIONS. SURE. JUST IF IT'S AS CLOSE TO THE COMMERCIAL, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DOES THAT MAKE STAFF MORE COMFORTABLE? THAT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE IT MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE TO WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL. YES. THE USES I THINK STORAGE. AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FENCED ANYWAY. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. OKAY. CHAIR WILL ANSWER MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK. THANKS. 
          COMMISSIONERS. MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MIKE FERGUSON. I'M HERE REPRESENTING BASE STORAGE AND THE OWNER, STEVE COOKE, OF BOTH PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AT 6721 JESSA ROAD. SO, AS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY ON THE HIGHWAY IS ALREADY PROPERLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL IN THE PROPERTY THAT MR. COOKE ALSO OWNS IN THE REAR IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL. WE WANT TO ZONE THE REAR PIECE OF THE PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL AND AS 
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WAS JUST MENTIONED, WE INTEND TO BRING THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY. SO ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, THE REASON FOR OUR REQUEST IS CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 50% ALONG. 50% OF BOTH PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY DELINEATED AS WETLANDS AND UNUSABLE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. WHETHER WE HAVE A REZONED OR NOT. SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR OUR REQUEST, SO THAT THE PROPERTIES CAN BE COMBINED, THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY CAN BE MOVED CLOSER TO 231, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE REMAINING 50% THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY DELINEATED AS WETLANDS. AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, IT'S NOT. IT IS A COMMERCIAL REZONING, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC. GOING FORWARD, MOST OF THE USERS OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BRINGING THEIR BOATS TO AND FROM. SO GIVEN THAT IMPORTANT CONTEXT, JUST WANT TO GO OVER A FEW NOTES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS A MASSIVE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR IMPROVEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS ALREADY LARGELY COMMERCIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP BEHIND YOU, IF YOU JUST DRAW A RED LINE FROM THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL PARCELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE JUST THE ROAD, WE BELIEVE IT DOES MAKE LOGICAL SENSE TO PROPERLY ZONE THIS WITH THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY ON. 231 WITH REGARDS TO HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ON ALL SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, AS WE MENTIONED DURING THE LAST MEETING, WE INTEND TO PUT 6 TO 8 FOOT BRICK AND FENCED AND SCREENED BARRICADE ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY. AND AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE WETLANDS ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE TREES THAT PROVIDE VISUAL, SOUND, ALL KINDS OF BARRIERS TO THE COMMUNITY SHOULD IT DEVELOP ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          SO UNLIKE RETAIL OR HIGH TRAFFIC BUSINESSES, STORAGE FACILITIES AND IN OUR CASE, BOAT AND RV STORAGE FACILITIES ARE A 10TH OF THE TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING, AS YOU WOULD SEE IN AN OTHERWISE COMMERCIAL USE. AND IN FACT, IF ANYTHING, IT'S A BUFFER TO THE COMMUNITY BEHIND US. ONCE WE GET OUR BRICK WALLS UP, ONCE LANDSCAPING IS DONE, AND SO FORTH, IT'S A BUFFER TO SOUND TRAFFIC AND NOISE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE BACKGROUND. SO AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, THERE ARE OVER 15,000 REGISTERED BOAT OWNERS IN BAY COUNTY, MANY OF WHICH MONTHLY ARE SEEING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE THEY CAN PARK THEIR BOATS, EITHER FROM HOA OR FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES. SO THIS IS SERVING A CRITICAL NEED TO THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO DRIVING TOURISM. FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT LIVE IN BAY COUNTY, BUT WANT A CONVENIENT PLACE TO PARK THEIR BOAT AND HAVE A REASON TO COME MORE FREQUENTLY. SO GIVEN THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM EITHER YOURSELVES OR FROM THE ATTENDEES, A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT TRIP. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY, IS IT SOLELY BOAT STORAGE OR IS IT GOING TO BE IT'S BOAT AND RV THOUGH WE INTEND, AND WE THINK 90% OF OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE BOATS. SO WHEN I BROUGHT UP EARLIER TO DIRECTOR OF PLANNING WAS. HAVING SOLID PHASE FENCE, WHICH YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION TO. SOUNDS FINE RIGHT. WOULD BE ENCLOSED, OF COURSE, COMBINING THE PARCELS THAT WAY IT CAN'T BE SPLIT OFF. AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF USE IN THE REAR RIGHT. AND AS FAR AS ACCESS GOES, LIMITING THE ACCESS TO BEING AS CLOSE TO 231 AS POSSIBLE AND NOT BEING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ABSOLUTELY. OBJECTIONS. AS FAR AS THE WETLAND GOES, YOU'RE YOU SAID IT'S UNUSABLE. I MEAN, YOU COULD GET A DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT, COULD YOU NOT? WE COULD AT THIS POINT, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO GET THE PROPERTY REZONED, COMBINE IT. AND BUT FOR NOW, IT IS UNUSABLE AND LARGELY FILLED WITH TALL TREES. LANDSCAPE BUFFERS. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY. I GUESS IN THE REAR THERE WOULD HAVE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL. SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 2020 FIVE FOOT BUFFER. IT LOOKS LIKE FROM FROM THAT VISUAL THERE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE WETLANDS TO THE NORTH PORTION. THAT WOULD BE CHANGING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. SO THERE PROBABLY ARE PROBABLY. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION? ANYONE FROM PUBLIC? 
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ANYBODY STEP UP? ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR DISCUSSION? I THINK STAFF ANSWERED IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE ON THERE, I THINK STAFF FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE AND OKAY. IAN, I DO HAVE ONE KIND OF CLARIFICATION TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I MEAN, WITH THE WETLANDS AND EVERYTHING, IF THEY DO A FILL PERMIT AND THEY DO THOSE THINGS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT INSIDE OF THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BUFFERS AND EVERYTHING? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NATURALS BUT KEEPING. YEAH. SO ANY ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY TRY AND PROPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY GET A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR THAT. WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHEREVER THAT IS WE REVIEW THAT AND MAKE SURE IT MEETS ALL OF OUR STANDARDS. IF IT ABUTS RESIDENTIAL AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROPOSED BUFFERS, THEN THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO PUT THOSE IN. THERE. SEEING NOTHING ELSE, ENTERTAIN THE BOARD. I MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. 
          YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE PLD, PA 2025 0040, LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT 1011, HIGHWAY 386. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES, ALL LARGE SCALE LIMITS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST BE HEARD TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE TRANSMITTAL UP TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR REVIEW. ON MARCH 18TH, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM SAMUEL AND BARBARA HARMON TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 136 ACRES YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP BEFORE YOU, FROM AGRICULTURAL TIMBERLAND TO A MIXED USE. THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FOUR ZERO, WITH ONE COMMISSIONER ABSENT TO FIND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND RECOMMEND TRANSMITTAL UP TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE MEXICO BEACH CITY JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS AND WEST OF THE GULF COUNTY BORDER LINE. THE CITY OF MEXICO BEACH IS THE UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE AREA. THE APPLICANT HAS DISCUSSED ANNEXATION INTO MEXICO BEACH, AS WELL AS UTILITY SERVICES WITH CITY OFFICIALS. STAFF HAS ALSO REACHED OUT AND SPOKEN WITH THE CITY MANAGER FOR MEXICO BEACH. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS AND UNDERSTAND ITS ITS IMPLICATIONS. THE MASTER PLAN SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION PROPOSES APPROXIMATELY 368 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AS WELL AS AREAS DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, BETWEEN 40,000 AND 60,000FT■!S. THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY PERMITTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS 25 UNITS PER ACRE. IN THIS MIXED USE ZONE, PROPERTY IS LOCATED INSIDE THE URBAN SERVICE AREA, IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE LIMITED CLOSE RANGE ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL USES, SUCH AS SUPERMARKETS. PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 386, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTO BAY AND GULF COUNTIES, AND THOSE NEARBY COMMUNITIES. STAFF AGREES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE TO TRANSMIT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT UP TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS. HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I DO KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES, APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT ARE ALSO HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? JUST ONE. IAN, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT THEY'VE HAD TALKS WITH THE CITY ABOUT ANNEXATION. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. YES. AND THIS DOESN'T AFFECT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. NO OKAY. NO THANK YOU SIR. 
          YEP. ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. MIKE BURKE 16215 PANAMA CITY BEACH PARKWAY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HARMONS AND NICKEL CREEK DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS APPLICATION. AND I THINK I SHOOK THAT COP COMING OVER THE BRIDGE ABOUT BECK AVENUE. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T CATCH ME HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME AND GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF TARDINESS. AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MR. KRAELING, YOU HAVE THE PACKAGE IN YOUR IN YOUR AGENDA THERE THAT RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT EXISTS IN GULF COUNTY. SO THERE'S A BIT OF A DECISION TO BE MADE BETWEEN GULF COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MEXICO BEACH ABOUT THE PROVISION OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG QUESTION FOR US. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS. 
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AND AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF MEXICO BEACH, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE DECIDED ON THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT. ONCE WE HAVE THE APPROVALS FROM THIS BOARD AND FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, DO YOU HAVE I'M HERE MAP MY CLIENT NICKEL CREEK DEVELOPMENT IS HERE. AND ALSO BONNIE BLUE, THE LAND PLANNER FOR BURKE BLUE IS HERE. AND THE APPLICANT TRIP. QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT. I THINK I'VE EXPRESSED ENOUGH TIMES UP HERE HOW MUCH I LOVE MEXICO BEACH. SO MEXICO BEACH IS GROWING. IT IS NOT THE QUIET TOWN THAT IT USED TO BE. SO. AND THE HARMON'S BEEN HOLDING OUT ON THIS PROPERTY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND I GUESS IT'S THE TIME HAS COME. SO. CONTINUED GROWTH. 
          SO. YEP. YEAH. BEING FROM GULF COUNTY, I'VE WATCHED THE HARMON'S DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY FOR YEARS, AND WE'VE ALL KIND OF BEEN ANTICIPATING ON ON THE GROWTH COMING. SEE THE NUMBER 368 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. YOU KNOW ONE HAS TO ASK THEMSELVES MY GOODNESS. YEAH. GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S INEVITABLE. YEAH. TO YOUR POINT, WATER AND SEWAGE AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE DOWN THE ROAD COMING. BUT YEAH. AND AS FAR AS THAT GOES, IF YOU NOTICE THAT THE HARMON'S HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP THEIR HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT COMING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. BEING A PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. NO, SECOND MOTION IS SECOND. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. 
          RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 16. PLEASE. A 2020 500 28 ZONE CHANGE. 2913 BRADENTON AVENUE. 
          THERE'S ANYBODY'S PLAN ON SPEAKING ON THIS. CAN YOU PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES, MAYOR? WITH THE PROPERTIES, I'VE SPOKEN TO, STAFF MET WITH THE PROPERTY. I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. AND I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF CITIZENS ABOUT A PLAYER. SO MANY WERE THE PROPERTY OF THE PERSON WAS NO LONGER FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY, SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT. MR. CROWLEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ON MARCH 18TH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT, HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY TO R-2 SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX DWELLINGS. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2913 BRADENTON AVENUE IN THE UNINCORPORATED HIGHLAND PARK AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING, AND AFTER CONSIDERING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THREE ONE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE CONDITION OF LIMITING THE DEVELOPMENT TO ONE DWELLING UNIT. THE REQUEST INVOLVES A PLUS OR MINUS ONE ACRE PARCEL AND AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. R-2 ZONING CURRENTLY EXISTS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF FEELS THAT THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF AGREES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. WITH THAT STATED CONDITION OF LIMITATION OF JUST ONE DWELLING UNIT AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE. I DO KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, MR. CHAIRMAN? I'VE GOT ONE. YES, SIR. WITH THIS, WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE JUST MOVING THE STRUCTURE BASICALLY TO THIS PARCEL. COULD THIS HAVE ALSO BEEN ACHIEVED BY A CONDITIONAL USE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE PAST. YES. YEAH. SO THERE WAS THERE IS ANOTHER MECHANISM. IF THIS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER WOULDN'T BE APPROVED OR. YEAH, CONDITIONAL USE IS STILL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. THANK YOU IAN WITH THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. BILL DOZIER 1604 CALHOUN AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 32405 I'M HERE TO REPRESENT HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST 
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CHURCH IN THE ZONE. REQUEST CHANGE AT 2913 BRADENTON AVENUE. WE'RE ASKING FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM R1 TO R2. WE OWN THE CHURCH, OWNS A TRAILER AT THE CORNER OF BALDWIN ROAD AND EAST AVENUE, WHERE IT SITS IN ABOUT 100 150FT OFF OF EAST AVENUE. AND WE'RE WANTING TO MOVE THAT TRAILER. IT'S A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER, A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME TO THREE BLOCKS OVER TO BRADENTON AVENUE. AND WE'RE WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. FIRST OFF, WE KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT AREA WILL BE IMPROVED, THAT INTERSECTION WILL BE IMPROVED, AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF ANY IMPROVEMENT THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THAT AREA, TO THAT INTERSECTION. AND THEN BUT MOSTLY WE WANT TO USE THAT AREA FOR THAT PROPERTY FOR PARKING. SO AS THE CHURCH GROWS, WE THE NEED FOR PARKING GROWS. AND SO ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR OPTIONS IS TO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE MOBILE HOME TO THIS NEW LOCATION, WE'LL USE THAT AREA FOR PARKING. IF NOT, THE OTHER OPTION IS TO PARK OR PARK ON BRADENTON AVENUE AND HAVE TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH TO THE CHURCH THROUGH GOLF CART. WE'D RATHER NOT DO THAT. WE'D RATHER MOVE THE MOBILE HOME. IT HOUSES OUR STAFF FOR THE CHURCH, AND THEY WOULD LIVE IN THAT MOBILE HOME. AND JUST LIKE THEY'RE LIVING THERE NOW, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AND CONCERNS THAT CAME UP IN THE PAST WAS THAT DO WE HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO A DUPLEX? AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT OUR DESIRE. OUR DESIRE IS JUST TO MOVE THE MOBILE HOME OVER FOR STAFF TO LIVE THERE, THAT THAT'S WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUT A CONDITION ON THIS, THAT IT WILL BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ONLY, AND THAT IS OUR REQUEST. AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. ARE YOU ALL IS THIS IS THIS GOES THROUGH YOU ALL LOOKING TO PUT A FENCE AROUND THIS PROPERTY, A WAY TO KIND OF OR ANY KIND OF BARRIER? WE DO HAVE A RIGHT AS IT EXISTS. WE HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE MOBILE HOME RIGHT NOW AND WE WE'LL PROBABLY YES, WE WILL PUT A IF NEED BE. 
          WE WILL CERTAINLY PUT ANOTHER PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE MOBILE HOME WHEN WE WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NEW LOCATION. THERE'S NOT WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN ABOUT THAT. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT. ANOTHER QUESTION I'VE HEARD, AND IT CAN'T BE DONE IF IT GOES TO R2, A MOBILE HOME PARK, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE CONCERNED THAT THE CHURCH MIGHT PUT A MOBILE HOME PARK THERE AND, YOU KNOW, DISPEL THAT RUMOR FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING OR HERE TODAY. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO DO A MOBILE HOME PARK THERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE MAP THAT'S BEFORE US AND YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, BRADENTON FIVE OUT OF SIX OF THE LOTS ARE ALREADY R-2. SO THEY IT'S R-2. WE'RE WE'RE JUST ASKING TO BE COMPATIBLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE OTHER R-2 ZONING REQUEST. ZONING IS ALREADY THERE. THERE ARE OTHER R-2 LOCATIONS IN THE AREA YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THERE. THERE ARE 3 OR 4 OF THEM ALSO, BESIDES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, 3 OR 4 OTHER LOCATIONS, LOTS THAT ARE R-2. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN MOVE THIS MOBILE, MOBILE HOME TO THAT LOCATION SO WE CAN HOUSE OUR STAFF THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THERE'S AND JUST TO POINT OUT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET A LITTLE BIT CATTY CORNERED, I BELIEVE IT'S AT 2918. THERE IS A MOBILE HOME EXISTING THERE RIGHT NOW. SO. YEAH, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. MR. DOZIER. DO YOU OWN THE PROPERTIES AROUND THIS, AROUND THE AROUND WE OWN 2913. JUST YOU DON'T OWN THE PARCELS AROUND IT? NO, SIR. OKAY. IS THERE YOU STATE THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE ONE. WOULD THAT BE A DEED RESTRICTION TO LIMIT IT TO ONE UNIT, OR IS THAT JUST A CONDITION THAT WE HAVE. IT'S JUST A CONDITION THAT THE ZONING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUT ON THIS REQUEST. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT'LL CERTAINLY BE UP TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. BUT WE'VE WE'RE CERTAINLY GOOD WITH THAT. IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. OUR DESIRE IS ONLY JUST TO PUT THIS MOBILE HOME THERE AND TO HOUSE THE STAFF. AND SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT THIS SAY YOU WOULD DO THIS, BUT IT COULD BE DONE? COULD THE PARCEL BE 
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SPLIT? TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IT COULD. YES. IF IT GOT SPLIT THEN HOW DO YOU LIMIT THE ONE? THEN THE OTHER PIECE WOULD BE DEEMED USELESS. OR THEN IT COULD ALSO HOUSE ONE. SURE. SO WE PROBABLY AGAIN, SINCE WE CODE THAT INTO OUR ZONING WHEN THEY COME IN TO TRY AND SPLIT IT IF THEY WERE TO, THAT'S WHEN THAT WOULD GET TO THAT. IT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LOT SPLIT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. YEAH. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE CHECKED EVERYTHING ON THIS. SURE. AND YOU STATED THAT IF THIS WERE NOT APPROVED, THAT YOU ALL WOULD USE THIS AS A PARKING LOT AND SHUTTLE PEOPLE IN. CAN WE DO PARKING LOTS IN OUR ONE? MOST LIKELY NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND R2 TO R1 WOULD NOT REQUIRE A ANY KIND OF BUFFER BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL THERE'S NO BUFFER REQUIRED. THERE'S NO FENCING REQUIRED OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE WHO STOOD AND I'M ASSUMING OPPOSITION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS DONALD TAYLOR. I LIVE AT 2910 BRADENTON AVENUE, THE PARCEL DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OR THE ZONING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO MOVE ONE TRAILER TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY ALREADY OWN. 
          THEY OWN THE TRAILER. THEY OWN THE PROPERTY. WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE ZONING? THEY'VE ALREADY USED THE LOT FOR PARKING OVERFLOW PARKING FROM THE CHURCH BEFORE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE WRONG WAY TO GO. I MEAN, WE'RE SINGLE FAMILY ALL DOWN THE WHOLE BLOCK. EVERYTHING. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR DOING SOMETHING ELSE DOWN THE ROAD. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M SAYING THAT THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO JUST IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A TRAILER THERE, MOVE A TRAILER THERE FOR THAT AND NOTHING ELSE GOING TO BE PUT ON THAT PROPERTY. BUT DON'T CHANGE THE ZONING JUST TO DO THAT. THAT'S MY CONCERN. IS THAT CHANGING TO R-2 OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT. LIKE I SAID, I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM IT. 
          SO THERE USED TO BE A TRAILER ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, A DOUBLE WIDE AT THE BACKSIDE OF THAT PROPERTY. AT ONE TIME THERE USED TO BE TWO TRAILERS ON THAT PROPERTY. AT ONE TIME, A SMALLER TRAILER IN THE FRONT. THEY CLEARED IT OUT, MADE IT NICE, NICE BIG OPEN LOT, WHICH IS FINE. I HAVE NOT I'VE NOT GOT A PROBLEM WITH MOVING THAT ONE TRAILER ONTO THAT PROPERTY, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON IT. I JUST DON'T SEE THE REASON FOR CHANGING THE ZONING TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THANK YOU. JUST ONE SECOND. YES. 
          MR. EGAN, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU, HE'S MAKING A STATEMENT THAT USED TO BE TRAILERS ON THAT PROPERTY. AND CAN WE EXPLAIN TO HIM WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AND HOW WE GOT THERE? THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING. AND I THINK THAT DEMANDS AN ANSWER FROM HIM. AND ALSO, TOO, I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU, CAN'T PUT A MOBILE HOME ON IT UNLESS IT'S REZONED TO R2, R1 JUST SIMPLY AS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD ONE ON IT BEFORE. NOW IT'S ZONED R1, BUT TO PUT THE MOBILE HOME, WHICH WOULD ALSO GET ALL THE RIGHTS OF R1, R2 NOW GIVES YOU A DUPLEX AND A MOBILE HOME TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BENEFITS OF R1. BUT THE APPLICANT IS NOT WANTING TO DO A DUPLEX. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. I HEAR YOU RIGHT AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT. AS LONG AS THEY DON'T PUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MOBILE HOME. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IS THAT R2 GOING TO CHANGE? WE'VE GOT PROPERTY THAT'S OPEN FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OTHER TO THE END OF THAT BLOCK THERE. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT BEING SOMETHING DONE TO IT, YOU KNOW. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU GOT R2 THERE, THEN IT MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO THE DOOR IS ALREADY OPEN FOR THESE OTHER PLACES TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE OTHER PROPERTIES TO DO THE SAME THING. YES, SIR. AND THE ARGUMENT TO YOUR POINT IS, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE APPLICANT IS ALREADY ZONED R2. WELL, I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ARGUMENT AND HE'S WANTING TO PUT A MOBILE HOME AND I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION BECAUSE. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND SO I'M, I'M GLAD WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE I'M, I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. SO IT DOES IT DOES AFFECT ME, YOU KNOW. 
          YES, SIR. I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OBJECTION TO THE ONE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTIONS EARLIER. I'M MAKING SURE MY FIRM, WE WORK FOR DEVELOPERS. SO THERE'S ALWAYS LOOPHOLES AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE NO LOOPHOLES. AND IF WE CONDITION IT WHERE IT'S LIMITED 
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TO ONE AND THAT WOULD ONLY PERTAIN TO THAT ONE ACRE PROPERTY, IT'S NOT GOING TO PERTAIN. CORRECT. THEY'VE GOT IF THEY DO SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD DOWN THERE ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER END, THAT MEANS THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK AND DESIGNATE THEM PROPERTIES SEPARATELY. YES. 
          CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. THIS IS JUST FOR THIS ONE PARTICULAR PARCEL BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS OPEN TO THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HEY, THEY GOT R2 RIGHT HERE. WE NEED IT RIGHT HERE. WE NEED IT RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU HAD AN R1 ZONING AND HAD A TRAILER AND YOU PULLED THAT TRAILER OFF, NOW YOU CAN'T BRING A TRAILER BACK WITHOUT AN R2 ZONING DESIGNATION. OKAY, SO THE TRAILER THAT WAS ON IT BEFORE DIDN'T MAKE IT. ONCE IT LEFT, THAT WAS IT. YES. YES, THAT'S GRANDFATHERED IS CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING USES. YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. THAT'S. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND ASKING QUESTIONS. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I'M JERRY JIMERSON. 536 EAST FOURTH STREET, PANAMA CITY 32401 I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA. I. I SHARE HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE REZONING. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A GREAT EFFORT TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATE LOCATIONS WHERE I'M TOLD THAT YOU HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE ZONED R2, R2 ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CHURCH HAS EVEN CONSIDERED LOOKING FOR OTHER AREAS SINCE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY. I JUST THINK THE CHURCH HAS BEEN A POSITIVE FORCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF IMPROVING IT OVER TIME. BUT I THINK THIS THIS MOVE IS THE WRONG MOVE AND SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS AND THAT WOULD BE A VOTE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL THAT IS ADJOINS THIS PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'D BE BETTER TO KEEP THE ZONING R-1 AND NOT APPROVE IT TO R2 JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THE BAPTIST CHURCH. THAT'S MY FEELINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. HELLO. I'M. I'M CARL FONDREN, 3224 NAUTICAL DRIVE. 32409. I'M ACTUALLY THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT HIGHLAND PARK. AND I THINK I'M THE ONE THAT KIND OF CAUSED THIS BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION. SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST KIND OF SHARE HOW WE GOT HERE. WHEN I WAS APPROACHED ABOUT PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY A WHILE BACK, I WENT DOWN TO THE PROPERTY, LOOKED AT IT, AND THE TWO THINGS STOOD OUT TO ME. ONE IS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS THE WEEDS WERE, YOU KNOW, SHOULDER HIGH. THERE'S DEBRIS ALL OVER THE PLACE. OTHER THINGS LOOKED LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE AS WELL, BUT IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKING, AS YOU CAN TELL, OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AS WELL. SO THAT DEFINITELY CAUGHT OUR EYE AND SO PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY. BUT AS LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ZONE THAT TO PARKING, WE SAW AND I SAW THE R2 THAT WAS ACROSS THE ROAD ON BRADENTON. I SAW THAT 11 OF THE 13 LOTS THAT'S IN THAT BLOCK AREA WAS ORDER TWO. ALSO SAW ACROSS FROM ORLANDO FROM OUR PROPERTY THAT 13 OF THE 14 LOTS WERE R2. AND SO SEEING THAT R2 MEANT YOU COULD HAVE A MANUFACTURED HOME THERE AS WELL. THEN THE QUESTION CAME TO ABOUT OUR MANUFACTURED HOME THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF HEADLAND AND BALDWIN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF JUST MOVING THAT TO THAT PROPERTY INSTEAD OF HAVING PARKING THERE, HAVING OUR PARKING THAT WE COULD USE IN THAT AREA THERE. IT JUST MADE SENSE TO US TO DO THAT, SINCE THERE WAS ALREADY AN R2 AND THERE WAS A MOBILE HOME ACROSS THE ROAD FROM IT, AND THERE'S THREE IF YOU NOTICED A THREE LOTS DOWN ON BRADENTON, ACROSS FROM ORLANDO, THERE'S AA2 OR THREE MOBILE HOMES THERE AS WELL. AND SO YOU KNOW, SO WE NOTICED THAT. AND SO THAT'S HOW IT JUST MADE SENSE FOR US TO MAKE THAT MOVE. INSTEAD OF GOING THE ROUTE OF TRYING TO ZONE THAT TO PARKING AND SO I TOOK THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, CAME TO THE BOARD THEY SHARED WITH US TO GET THAT DONE. IT WAS TO BE R2. WE SENT THE CERTIFIED LETTER OUT AS REQUESTED TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND SO WE DID THAT. AND SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY. AND REALLY JUST TO ASSURE EVERYBODY, ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MOVE THAT MANUFACTURED HOUSE OR THAT DOUBLE WIDE TO THAT PROPERTY. NOW WE HAVE PUT A FENCE UP AROUND OUR PROPERTIES, BUT WE 
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DON'T DO THAT UNTIL WE TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE NEIGHBORS ON OUR OTHER SIDE. 
          IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH PUTTING THAT FENCE UP, WE'RE 100% BECAUSE IT KIND OF HELPS IF OUR WE'VE GOT SOME YOUNG STAFF THAT WE PUT IN THOSE TRAILERS AND WITH THEIR KIDS, WE LIKE TO KEEP THEM INSIDE A ENCLOSED AREA, BUT WE WON'T PUT A FENCE UP UNTIL THE NEIGHBORS AGREE TO THAT. BUT WE'RE 100% FOR THAT. AND SO AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND OUR NEIGHBOR HERE IN AGREEMENT. IT'S COSTING US TO MAKE THIS R-2. I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO PUT THE TRAILER ON THE WAY IT IS AT R1, BUT WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING IT NEEDS TO BE R2 FOR US TO GET THAT, THAT DOUBLE WIDE OVER THERE. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THERE. I JUST THOUGHT I'D JUST KIND OF CLEAR UP HOW WE GOT TO THIS POSITION. FROM OUR POINT, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING THAT WE HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY RIGHTS AS THE REST OF THOSE PROPERTIES AROUND US. AGAIN, JUST TO MOVE THAT ONE SINGLE MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHATEVER IT TAKES, IF WE NEED TO PUT INTO THE GUIDELINES OR THE AGREEMENT THAT THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S DONE, WE'RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE FUTURE OF SPLITTING THAT PROPERTY OR PUTTING ANYTHING ELSE ON IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO DO ON THAT. SO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THAT, TO ASSURE OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS, AND WE WANT TO ASSURE OUR NEIGHBORS THAT NOTHING WILL BE DONE EXCEPT FOR THIS SPECIFIC ACTION ON THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. AFTER HEARING THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE OPPOSITION AND EVERYTHING, THERE'S I'M SORRY MA'AM. COME ON FORWARD I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT I'D DONE IT LONG ENOUGH. PAUSE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. CAMILA MEYERSON AND I LIVE ON 536 EAST FOURTH STREET, PANAMA CITY 32401. I'M MARRIED TO JERRY JIMERSON. THE REASON I'M HERE IS JUST AS AN OBSERVER, IT SEEMS TO ME THE GOAL OF HIGHLAND PARK SHOULD BE TO BECOME A BETTER, STRONGER COMMUNITY. AND THE TREND IS GOING QUITE NICELY TOWARDS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEING BUILT, BRAND NEW HOMES BEING BUILT IN THAT AREA AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THERE ARE, BUT IF YOU DRIVE AROUND YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE ARE INVESTING IN HIGHLAND PARK AND BEFORE THE HURRICANE THINGS WERE GETTING A LITTLE DREARY. SO THERE'S A REAL POSITIVE FORCE. AND THAT WOULD MEAN BRINGING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FROM DRIVING 50 MINUTES TO GET HOME AT NIGHT. THEY START LOOKING AT THE AREAS IN TOWN AND SAYING IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THEM TO STAY AND GET IN CLOSER INTO TOWN. AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS IN HIGHLAND PARK, AS OPPOSED TO D.R. HORTON, HOMES THAT GIVE NO, NO PROPERTY AROUND THEM. YOU HAVE THESE OLDER HOMES THAT HAVE LARGE LOTS. AND SO OF COURSE DEVELOPERS LOOK AT THAT AND GO, WOW, WE CAN GET THAT ONE HOUSE AND WE CAN PUT FIVE HOUSES ON IT. AND THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY BETTERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK HIGHLAND PARK HAS A BIG STAR ON ITS FACE BECAUSE IT'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL, LONG TERM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY IN THIS AREA. NOW, PUTTING IN MOBILE HOMES, IN MY OPINION, DOES NOT INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME. AND IF YOU HAVE A MOBILE HOME NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE THEY'RE NOT SUCH PERMANENT PLACES, THEY'RE NOT BUILT TO LAST THROUGH HURRICANES AND WHATEVER. SO IT SEEMS TO ME, HAVING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS QUITE A POSITIVE. AND THIS TREND OF TURNING MORE AND MORE PROPERTY INTO R-2 PUTS THE DANGER THAT YOU MIGHT END UP PUTTING APARTMENTS OR MORE HOMES IN THERE, AND THAT'S NOT A PLUS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS FUNCTIONING PRETTY WELL, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERCROWDED TERRIBLY. BUT I THINK IF YOU START CHANGING THE WHOLE COMPLEXION BY PUTTING IN MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY MORE HOMES, IT WILL CHANGE IT. IT'S AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND ESTABLISHED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I KNOW MY HUSBAND GREW UP THERE, SO I'M FROM ATLANTA AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN ATLANTA. PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T STAND IT ANYMORE. SOME WERE TAKING TWO HOURS TO GET HOME AND THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, MIDTOWN AND DOWNTOWN BECAME POPULAR AGAIN. AND I JUST I JUST THINK IT'S ABOUT THE TIDE IS ABOUT TO TURN RIGHT NOW, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY REMAIN. R-1. THANK YOU. HOLD ON. BEFORE YOU GO, MR. IAN, WE ARE LOOKING TO PUTTING ONE UNIT ON THIS ONE ACRE. CORRECT. THAT'S THE CONDITION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD PLACED ON THIS. AND STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK. ARE WE CLOSE? BUT WE'RE HERE. OH. AS A REPRESENTATIVE, I JUST WANTED TO TIE IT UP AND DO A LITTLE 
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REBUTTAL IF POSSIBLE. I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT AT 2913, AS IT SITS WITH THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, HOW MANY UNITS COULD GO ON IT AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW? SO I BELIEVE THE DENSITIES ON R-1 IS EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE. EXCUSE ME, EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE IS THE DENSITY RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE EXACT SIZE OF IT, BUT APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHT. SO EIGHT UNITS COULD GO THERE IF, IF WE IF WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD JUST AS IT IS, EIGHT UNITS COULD GO THERE. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR ONE. WE'RE ASKING THAT. WE'RE JUST SAYING IT. OUR DESIRE IS TO PUT ONE UNIT THERE AND THAT'LL MINIMIZE THE TRAFFIC. IT'LL IT'LL IT'LL SERVE THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING THE STAFF THAT WE NEED. AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT, ACCORDING TO STAFF, WE COULD PUT EIGHT UNITS THERE AS IT SITS. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAROLINA, YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. BILL MUST HAVE GOT A GLIMPSE OF MY ZONING REGULATIONS HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO HAVE FOR STAFF TO PUT ON RECORD. AND THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ONE. WE'VE DONE LOTS OF REZONINGS OVER THE YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY IN HERE WHEN YOU'VE GOT COMPATIBLE ZONING, WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO DENSITY REDUCTIONS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS DRASTIC I MEAN, THIS THAT'S A BIG DENSITY REDUCTION. AND IF THE CURRENT USE OF THE PROPERTY IS AN OVERFLOW PARKING LOT, I'M SURE ON SUNDAYS THAT'S A LOT OF IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORS, THEIR CARS GOING BACK AND FORTH SHUTTLES. AND BY GOING TO ONE SINGLE FAMILY UNIT THAT THAT SHOULD REDUCE THE IMPACT THAT'S THERE, REDUCE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT, LIMITING IT TO ONE UNIT. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG DOWNGRADE IN MY OPINION. AND IN REGARDS TO A MANUFACTURED HOME MOBILE HOME, WE HAVE CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT THERE'S A YOU CAN'T TAKE ONE FROM THE 70S OR 60 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MEET CURRENT STANDARDS AND MOVE IT ANYWAY. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WHAT IS REQUIRED OR WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED? WHAT TYPE OF MOBILE HOME WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED THERE? I MEAN, THERE IS A CERTAIN STANDARD OF A HOME. SURE. SO I THINK WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO REQUIRING INSPECTIONS OF CERTAIN AGED MOBILE HOMES BEFORE THEY EITHER COME INTO THE COUNTY OR OR ARE PERMITTED TO COME INTO THE COUNTY. SO OF COURSE, ANY, ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT OR NEW PERMIT FOR MOVING THIS HOUSE THAT WOULD APPLY TO AS WELL. SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CURRENT MANUFACTURED HOME COMPLIES WITH THE BUILDING CODE. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A 2019 MODEL MOBILE HOME. AND ESTHETICALLY IT'S IN TOP SHAPE. 
          I RODE BY TODAY AND LOOKED AT IT ACTUALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND OTHER PROPERTIES. SO IT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. CALL THE QUESTION MOTION. I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING. YES, SIR. PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER CARROLL SAID. THEY REALLY ARE GOING DOWN. I MEAN, THEY COULD PUT EIGHT UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY. THEY'RE REALLY CUTTING THE PROPERTY'S VALUE BY PUTTING A SINGLE UNIT ON IT AND STICKING AND ADHERING TO THAT. I KNOW THAT IF I LIVED ON THAT STREET, I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE. I'VE TALKED TO YOU IN DETAIL, MR. JAMISON. I WOULDN'T WANT THE TRAFFIC. THAT THING OFFERED AS A PARKING LOT COMING BY MY HOUSE. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, SIR. IF I LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, I WOULD BE JUST AS CONCERNED AS YOU. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE. I THINK IT'S A MIDPOINT. I THINK BOTH PARTIES WALK AWAY AGGRAVATED. BUT YOU BOTH WIN. 
          THEY TAKE A HIT ON WHAT THEY CAN DO, AND YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE TRAFFIC. AND EIGHT POTENTIAL UNITS ON ONE ACRE. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION. WITH CONDITIONS. THE CONDITIONS THAT THAT WON'T BE A DUPLEX, BUT JUST JUST ONE UNIT. SINGLE RESIDENT UNIT. CORRECT. AND POTENTIAL FENCE. IF THE NEIGHBORS AGREE TO IT AND THE CHURCH HAS AGREED THAT THEY'LL DO IT, IF THE NEIGHBORS WILL BE NEIGHBORLY. THOSE CONDITIONS. I TAKE A MOTION. MOTION IS TO APPROVE LIMITING IT TO ONE UNIT. YES, SIR. OKAY, 
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I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. 
          YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO COUNTY 
          [County Attorney]
ATTORNEY REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 3.5 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. ALICIA. GOOD MORNING. I BELIEVE YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATED ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU. I BELIEVE SO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 3.5 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH IS THE CHAPTER THAT COVERS AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS THAT BEING SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AND ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESSES, THE MODIFICATIONS ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE AND MERELY PROPOSED TO CLEAN UP LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE CHAPTER. AND I WANT TO RUN THROUGH SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. SO FIRST, THIS ORDINANCE SERVES TO REMOVE OUTDATED LANGUAGE FROM THE CHAPTER MANY YEARS AGO, ORDINANCES 96 DASH 26 AND 96 DASH 27 WERE SUPERSEDED BY 9918 AND 0007, RESPECTIVELY. 
          THE AFFECTED SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 3.5 ARE SUBDIVISION ONE OF DIVISION TWO, SUBDIVISION THREE OF DIVISION TWO AND SECTION 20 1-2. THE REMOVAL OF THIS LANGUAGE WILL SERVE TO CLARIFY THE CHAPTER ITSELF AND MINIMIZE CONFUSION, AS THE INCLUSION OF OUTDATED LANGUAGE WITH NO LEGAL EFFECT ONLY SERVES TO LENGTHEN THE CHAPTER UNNECESSARILY. THE DEFINITION OF TOURISM CORRIDOR IS ALSO BROUGHT HOME UNDER CHAPTER 3.5 WITH THIS CHANGE, AS IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CHAPTER 21. HOWEVER, THE PHRASE TOURISM CORRIDOR IS ONLY DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 3.5, SO IT'S MORE APPROPRIATELY HOUSED IN THIS CHAPTER, SPECIFICALLY. 3.5 DASH 62. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DEFINITION OF TOURISM CORRIDOR IS NOT CHANGING. A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IS MADE IN 3.5 DASH 82, WHICH ADDS IN A NEW REFERENCE TO 3.5 62. AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU HAVE AN UPDATED COPY OF THE ORDINANCE. SO SORT OF IN THAT SAME VEIN RELATED TO TOURISM CORRIDOR, WE'RE ALSO ALSO PROPOSING INCLUDING NAVY BOULEVARD IN THE LIST OF ROADS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE OF THE DEFINITION. THIS ADDITION ONLY REFLECTS THE NAME CHANGE OF THAT PORTION OF THOMAS DRIVE THAT WENT TO NAVY BOULEVARD, AND THOMAS DRIVE IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION. SO IT JUST MAKES THAT A SMALL ADDITION. SOME REPETITIVE DEFINITIONS ARE ALSO BEING CHANGED. THE DEFINITION THAT WAS FOUND IN 3.5 DASH 63, WHICH IS LONG, WAS REPEATED IN CHAPTER 3.5, AND SO THIS CHANGE ALLOWS A REFERENCE TO THE ONE DEFINITION WITHOUT RESTATING IT MULTIPLE TIMES, AND AGAIN UNNECESSARILY LENGTHENING THE CHAPTER, WHICH RESULTS IN AN AMENDED 3.5 77, AND THEN FINALLY IN 3.5 DASH 63 AND THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC PARK. THE FOLLOWING FOUR PARKS ARE IDENTIFIED. SAINT ANDREW STATE PARK, CAMP HELEN PARK, THOMAS DRIVE BEACH ACCESS PARK, AND HARDER. APOSTROPHE S PARK. HOWEVER, ALL THESE NAMES ARE INCORRECT, SO THE CORRECT NAMES ARE SAINT ANDREWS STATE PARK, CAMP HELEN STATE PARK, S RICHARD SELTZER, THOMAS DRIVE, BEACH ACCESS PARK, AND H.G. HARTER'S WITH NO APOSTROPHE RECREATIONAL COMPLEX, RESPECTIVELY. SO WE WOULD ASK THE BOARD IF IT'S WILLING TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE IN ITS MOTION THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. AS I'VE STATED HERE, AND AS REFLECTED IN THE UPDATED ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE CHANGES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALICIA, SIR? THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD. YES, MA'AM. CASEY KID 431 HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE, PALM PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 I'M JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING TIME. 
          POSSIBLY LATER ON IN THE AGENDA WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRESENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING. START AGENDA ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE COASTAL PALM SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT. THE BRIDGE KEPT MYSELF AND A NUMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORS FROM BEING HERE AT 9:00 TO SUBMIT A REQUEST. TIME TO SPEAK. JUST 
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REQUESTING A REVIEW TIME AT THE END OF THE MEETING TODAY TO DO THAT. YES, I DO, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO ASK NOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD. NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRIAN LEE CHAMBERS, 104 HERITAGE CIRCLE. I HAVE A HOPEFULLY A BUSINESS AT 7724 BACK BEACH ROAD. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CHAPTER 3.5 THE SEXUALLY. SEXUAL ORIENTED BUSINESSES AND HOW TATTOO SHOPS ARE CATEGORIZED IN THAT WE WE'RE A TATTOO ARTIST. WE MAKE TATTOOS FOR EVERYBODY, FOR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO NURSES, YOU NAME IT, ACROSS THE BOARD. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BE CATEGORIZED IN THAT. THIS IS THIS ORDINANCE IS STOPPING MY TATTOO SHOP FROM OPENING UP, AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME KIND OF CHANGE TO IT, TO WHERE WE'RE NOT CATEGORIZED WITH STRIP BARS AND SEX STORES. YEAH. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY KIND OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. I DON'T FEEL HOW I SEE HOW WE'RE CATEGORIZED IN THAT. I MEAN, I'M A 25 YEAR PROFESSIONAL TATTOO ARTIST. AND I'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE. YOU KNOW, ALSO IN THE SAME AREA, WE HAVE MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, WE HAVE BONG SHOPS, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO BE 21 TO GO IN. AND OUR CLIENTS, WE HAVE A VERY NICE LIST OF CLIENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE WHERE I CAN OPEN MY BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME HAPPINESS TO THE COMMUNITY. YOUR BUSINESS. IS YOUR BUSINESS CURRENTLY OPEN? NO, SIR. IT'S NOT. NO, SIR. OKAY. WE IT'S BEEN SITTING SINCE ALMOST A YEAR NOW. WE HAD A WE HAD GO FROM I'VE GOT PERMITS FROM BIOHAZARD. I HAVE ALL THAT THEY SOLD ME AND THEN WHEN I WENT FOR MY FINAL INSPECTION THEY WERE LIKE NO, YOU CAN'T OPEN. YOU'RE IN A TOURIST CORRIDOR IN 1000FT FROM A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS MY BACKYARD, RONNIE FROM RONNIE'S AUTOMOTIVE TO COME IN AND SAID THAT THE 1000FT YOU HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE STREET, GO DOWN AND TURN INTO HERITAGE VILLAGE TO GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHICH I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA. THERE IT'S. AND YOU, THERE'S A SIX FOOT FENCE THAT SEPARATES THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE SHOP. AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE RONNIE'S IS AT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M RIGHT NEXT TO THE GARAGE, YOU KNOW, SO AND IT'S IN THE COUNTY. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A MUCH OF A SPEECH PREPARED TODAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION WE WERE GOING TO GO. AND PLUS WE YEAH, THERE WAS A BIG FIRE ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE WHEN I GOT HERE. THE TRUCK ON FIRE. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION AND I'D APPRECIATE I WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. LIKE I SAID, I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF MY DAD FOR FOUR YEARS. I'VE BEEN THIS CAREGIVER 24 HOURS A DAY. THE REASON WHY WE OPENED THE SHOP THERE IS SO I CAN LITERALLY WALK TO THE SHOP, WORK, GO TAKE CARE OF HIM, GIVE HIM HIS INSULIN, WHATEVER HE NEEDS, AND THEN GO BACK TO WORK. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR FOUR YEARS NOW BECAUSE OF THIS, SO AND TAKING CARE OF HIM IS CRUCIAL. SO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HI, MY NAME IS SARAH SORENSEN. I LIVE AT 116 NORTH SHORELINE DRIVE IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 32404I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BRIAN AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS HUGE NAME ON SECTION 3.5 THAT KIND OF HINDERS WHAT WE DO. AND COMING FROM A BACKGROUND IN HEALTH CARE, I WAS A CNA FOR MANY YEARS, HEAD CNA, AND WHEN IT COMES TO TATTOO PARLORS, THERE ARE STRICT GUIDELINES AND HEALTH CARE PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYBODY THAT WALKS IN THAT DOOR. SO THAT'S HUGE. AND I JUST THE TABOO AND THE STIGMA OF TATTOOS IS, I FEEL IS LONG GONE. THERE ARE MANY CITY OFFICIALS. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY, I'M WAITING ON DOING TATTOOS FOR HIS SERGEANT SMITH, AND HE'S CURRENTLY RETIRED AND HE WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS WIFE HAD A HUGE EVENT. BUT LONG STORY SHORT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TODAY AND ALL FORMS OF WALKS OF LIFE THAT HAVE TATTOOS. AND I JUST I WANT TO SEE BRIAN'S WORK SO HARD FOR THIS. AND THIS IS MY DREAM, AND I'M ROOTING VERY HARD FOR HIM. AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE DO, ARTISTIC FREEDOM AND BEING ABLE 
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TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR PEOPLE IN PANAMA CITY, WOULD JUST OPEN UP NEW DOORS AND NEW HORIZONS FOR EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY BIG FOR OUR VETERANS. I SPOKE HERE BEFORE. EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL VETERANS. I JUST LOST A VETERAN. AND MY MOTHER IN LAW IS ACTUALLY WANTING TO GET A MEMORIAL PIECE DONE. LIKE MOM CROSS HER FINGERS FOR US. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SHOP OPEN. SO ANYTHING TO KIND OF PUSH US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. OPENED UP TO THE COMMISSION. COUNTY ATTORNEY. IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING. 
          I THINK THE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY IS JUST CLEANING UP SOME VERBIAGE, SOME OUTDATED VERBIAGE. RIGHT. WE WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FORUM OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT THIS WAS TO JUST CLEAN UP SOME OLD LANGUAGE AND UPDATE ROAD NAMES. PARKS, JUST NOT TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. CORRECT? THAT WAS AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND I MET THE OTHER DAY. THAT WAS HOW IT WAS CONVEYED TO ME. COUNTY MANAGER I WOULD JUST SAY, MR. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THAT SECTION. THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION. THAT LANGUAGE HASN'T BEEN ADVERTISED AND ISN'T PART OF THAT. RIGHT. 
          COMMISSIONER CARROLL'S. SO IF THERE'S A DESIRE FROM THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THAT SECTION, GO BACK AND REVISIT IT. WE NEED. TO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT QUESTION BEFORE US IS CLEANING UP THIS ORDINANCE. SO CAN I GET A MOTION AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AS IT RELATES TO. UPDATING THE ORDINANCE MOTION TO APPROVE THE. ALL RIGHT, I GOT A MOTION, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT (Open to any issue)]
YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. MOORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE ARE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ISSUE. WHICH CITIZEN THINKS THE COUNTY MAY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER. MA'AM, THIS IS WHERE YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK. IN NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. CASEY KIDD 431 HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408. THERE'S A NUMBER OF US, I THINK, HERE TODAY THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BEHIND OUR PROPERTY ON HIDDEN ISLAND. THIS IS THE COASTAL PALM SUBDIVISION. I THINK IT'S REFERRED TO AS PC 23-223. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT THROUGH EMAIL OR TRYING TO CONTACT THE DEVELOPER DIRECTLY, AS WELL AS BEEN IN EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH CLAIRE PEASE. MR. CRAWLING AS WELL. TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN DEVELOPMENT BEGAN AT THIS PROPERTY, WE SUFFERED DAMAGE OF OUR HOUSE, POOL AND OTHER STRUCTURES AT OUR HOME DUE TO CONSTRUCTION VIBRATION DAMAGE. WE BROUGHT EVIDENCE TO THIS, TO OUR INSURANCE AND OUR INSURANCE, AND UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND IN OUR FAVOR FOR CONSTRUCTION VIBRATION DAMAGE. WE ALERTED BAY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPER, HIS LAWYER, AND HIS ENGINEER AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS OCCURRING, THEY WERE UNRESPONSIVE. ON APRIL 2ND, DEVELOPMENT RESUMED AT THIS PROPERTY, AGAIN WITH HEAVY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL INCLUDES INCREASED DENSITY OVER THAT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAVE CONCERNS GOING FORWARD THAT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT TAKING ANY PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO MITIGATE CONSTRUCTION VIBRATION DAMAGE. FLORIDA STATUTE 55 2.30 INFORMS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND THE COUNTY AND STATE AS THEY DEVELOP ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO OBSERVE MINIMUM VIBRATION 
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MEASURES. AND WE'VE ASKED THAT THE COUNTY KEEP THIS DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE FOR EITHER IMPLEMENTING THIRD PARTY VIBRATION MONITORING COMPANY AND OR TO MITIGATE VIBRATION DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY. THERE ARE 14 HOMES SUBJECT TO THIS OUR HOME. WE FILED A CLAIM, I COLLECTED EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS OCCURRING AND FILED A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM. OUR INSURER TOLD US IN AUGUST OF 23 THAT THEY WOULD BE SEGREGATING THE CLAIM AGAINST THE DEVELOPER. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS IN THE PROCESS AT THIS TIME. THEY ALSO INFORMED, I BELIEVE IT WAS WAYNE PORTER AT THE TIME, AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, THAT WE INFORMED THE COUNTY THAT THIS WAS OCCURRING AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSE OTHER THAN THAT WE SHOULD TAKE IT UP WITH OUR INSURANCE. I'VE COMMUNICATED, EXCUSE ME, IN THE LAST WEEKS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM HIM. ALL WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING IS WHAT HIS PLANS ARE TO EITHER PROVIDE FOR VIBRATION MONITORING OR TO PROVIDE MITIGATION. THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS HAPPENING LOOKS TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN 30 YARDS OFF OUR BACK PROPERTY. WE'RE CONCERNED FOR SOIL COMPACTING AT EACH BUILD SITE. 
          THESE ARE ROW HOMES OF TOWNHOMES. TOWNHOMES. WE'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE ROADS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING FOR ACCESS TO THESE BUILDINGS. AND IN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY THEY ARE TO OUR OUR PROPERTY LINE. LAST DAY AFTER THE MEETING. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? SIR? NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI, I AM ZACHARY HARTLEY, 437 HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32408I AM ONE OF CASEY'S NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE NOT PUT AS MUCH WORK INTO INVESTIGATING THIS CASEY, BUT CASEY AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE INFORMED THE REST OF US WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF THE ISSUES. AND I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED WHAT I BELIEVE IS SOME CONSTRUCTION VIBRATION DAMAGE. I HAVE NOT YET FILED WITH MY INSURANCE, SO I DON'T HAVE THE PROOF SHE HAS, BUT I HAVE SEEN DAMAGE TO MY HOME AND PROPERTY THAT I BELIEVE IS ALSO SOURCED FROM THE SAME THING. AND ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS POINTED OUT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE AREA THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DEVELOPING ON, THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, THREE SPRINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING OVER. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON DRAINAGE AND OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M JUST HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT WITH MY NEIGHBORS OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. THOMAS SAN ANGELO, 503 HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE. I'M IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORS WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO THAT SPOKE HERE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE QUITE A LIST OF CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BEHIND HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE. I WILL TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO GO OVER A FEW OF THEM CONCERNING SAFETY CONSTRUCTION. WE WORK VERY HARD, ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL SOME OF THE OTHER FAMILIES DO, BUT I KNOW I WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MY FAMILY WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE TO HAVE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BAY COUNTY. WE SPENT SEVEN YEARS OUT OF STATE IN THE SERVICE. MY WIFE AND I BOTH, AND WE CAME HOME AND WE SETTLED ON A PLACE THAT WE COULD AFFORD. WE SETTLED ON A PLACE THAT WE COULD RAISE A FAMILY. WELL, NONE OF THIS WAS ADVERTISED TO US. APPARENTLY THE PERMITS WERE PUT IN SOMEWHERE AROUND 2015. NONE OF IT WAS TOLD TO US WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOMES AND SUDDENLY SURPRISED WE WERE RIGHT HERE. 
          WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, THE SPRINGS. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WILDLIFE. I KNOW I WENT THROUGH GREAT DEAL OF STRESS TO TRY TO RESCUE AND SCOOT ACROSS THE STREET AS MANY BOX, TORTOISE OR BOX TURTLES, WATER TURTLES. WE HAVE CONSTANT WILDLIFE ISSUES. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE. I'VE SPOKEN PERSONALLY TO DOCTOR HORTON ABOUT POSSIBLY TRYING TO BUY SOME OF THE PROPERTIES TO DAMPEN THE IMPACT TO MY FAMILY'S LIVING. WE KNOW NOW THAT THERE ARE TWO STORY, SEVEN PLEXES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT IN THIS AREA WHERE WE WERE TOLD BEFORE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES. I'M CONFUSED AS TO HOW THAT WENT FROM WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES TO THESE MULTIPLEXES WITH JUST BLINK OF AN EYE AND VERY LITTLE NOTICE. THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN. I HAVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THESE MULTIPLEXES WE'RE LOOKING AT. 1015 WINDOWS STARING DIRECTLY DOWN TO OUR BACK WINDOWS AND OUR BEDROOM WINDOWS. AND THIS IS THIS IS VERY SUDDEN AND IT CAUSES A LOT OF EMOTIONS 
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AND A LOT OF FAMILIES AND IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TOO MANY THINGS WRITTEN DOWN ON THIS PAGE. I KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING US. AND IF YOU JUST IF WE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE HEARING, THEN I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT DEFINITELY MEANS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO US. I THINK, MR. GARFIELD, YOU SAID IT EARLIER, NEIGHBORS WILL BE NEIGHBORLY, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF PART OF WHAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS THAT THIS DEVELOPER AND THE OWNER BEFORE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VERY NEIGHBORLY TO OUR TO OUR HOMES. THESE THESE HOMES ARE SOMETIMES HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES. AND WE HAVE A SEVEN PLEX WHERE ONE OF THESE LITTLE TINY RESIDENCES IS GOING TO BE LIKE TWO 7280 IN THAT BALLPARK. AND THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DIALOG ON THIS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO COMMISSIONERS, I'M SONYA SMITH. I LIVE AT 309 ALANA CIRCLE, PANAMA CITY PANAMA CITY BEACH, SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS THESE FOLKS HERE. AND IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE FLOODING ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE THIS WILL CAUSE. MY HOUSE IS THE DRAINAGE POINT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OPENS UP TO A. WOODED, I GUESS, WATER RETENTION DRAINAGE AREA THAT THEN ENDS AND DOESN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OUT TO BECAUSE OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE IS NO LONGER AN EASEMENT BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES FOR DRAINAGE AND THAT THEY WILL BE BUILDING OVER SPRINGS, WHICH ISN'T GOOD FOR DRAINAGE, ISN'T GOOD FOR THE BUILDING IT'S ON, AND ISN'T GOOD FOR PROPERTY VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORING AREA. I BOUGHT THE HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I MOVED HERE TO WORK FOR THE NAVY, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND FOUR MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, IT FLOODED. THE ENTIRE HOME WAS FLOODED. I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CLAIMED INSURANCE AND CLOSED THAT OUT, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE BOTTLENECK FOR THE DRAINAGE. 
          FOUND OUT THAT WHEN THE REALTOR SOLD IT TO US, SHE KNEW THAT THE PROPERTY HAD FLOODED TWICE BEFORE. THAT WAS THE REASON THAT THEY WERE SELLING IT, BUT THAT WASN'T LEGAL TO JUST LIKE, LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE AT THE TIME THAT I BOUGHT IT IN 2021. AND SO I'M AFRAID THAT EVEN AFTER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DRAINAGE I PUT INTO MY YARD, IT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A FLOOD ZONE, IMPACTING MY DECISION TO WORK FOR THE NAVY HERE. SINCE I JUST HAD AN OUT YESTERDAY AND DID NOT TAKE THAT, I DECIDED TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE NAVY BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT MISSION. BUT IF MY HOUSE ISN'T SECURE FROM FLOODING, I'M GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THAT. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FLOODS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALANA CIRCLE IS OFTEN COMPLETELY UNDERWATER, WITH THE OTHER HOUSES RAISED A BIT ABOVE THE WATER. MINE WAS JUST THE LOWEST ONE THAT THE WATER GOT INTO, SO I THINK ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FLOODING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DRAINAGE GOING FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUT TO, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEWHERE. AND I THINK THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO IMPACT THAT. FOR TREASURE ISLAND, HIDDEN PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DANA TOMASINI. I LIVE AT THE END OF HIDDEN ISLAND DRIVE. I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE FLOODING AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE WILDLIFE, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CONCERN ABOUT THAT. THEY JUST CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL AND JUST TOOK EVERYTHING OUT. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE AND TODAY WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. I LEFT MY HOUSE AT 830 TO GET HERE. I DIDN'T GET HERE TILL 930 BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE. WHEN I WALK EVERY MORNING AT THE SAINT ANDREWS STATE PARK AND I COME HOME AND I HAVE TO MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN ON THE LAIRD STREET, I CAN'T EVEN GET IN THE TURNING LANE TO TURN SOMETIMES. AND THEY WERE. WE WERE TOLD A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS GOING TO BE CONDUCTED, AND IT HASN'T. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING. I MEAN, ONE ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE CLOGGED UP ALL THE ARTERIES TODAY. I WENT AND TURNED RIGHT ONTO LAIRD STREET, AND THEN I TURNED AROUND, WENT LEFT ON LAIRD STREET AND HAD TO GO UP TOWARD LOWRIE AND 
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EVERYTHING WAS BACKED UP. AND NO ONE. YOU GUYS KEEP PUTTING IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S YOU, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CONCERN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. I MEAN, IT'S MAJOR AROUND HERE AND MY HUSBAND'S RETIRED NAVY DIVER, SO HE WORKED OUT OF THE NAVY BASE, AND THEN HE WAS A CONTRACTOR ON THE NAVY BASE. AND JUST SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. I MEAN, IT'S THERE'S NO STOPPING THIS. AND TO PUT IN ALL THESE TOWNHOMES, THEY'RE TALKING I THOUGHT IT'S LIKE 150 TO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, BUT I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE SINGLE STORY HOMES AND IN A HIGHER END NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COBBLESTONE DRIVEWAYS. AND NOW WE'VE GONE TO TOWNHOMES. AND IT IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME BECAUSE I'M AT THE END AND THEY CAN'T BUILD BEHIND MY HOUSE. BUT THE FLOODING AND THE PICTURES OF THE WILDLIFE I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS. I MEAN, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. AND I JUST, I MEAN, I HAD A BEAR IN MY BACKYARD TWO, TWO MONTHS AGO. WE HAD A DEER COME INTO THE CUL DE SAC. THEY'VE GOT NO PLACE TO GO. 
          AND I WAS TOLD BEHIND MY HOUSE IT'S WETLANDS. ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD BEHIND MY HOUSE ONE DAY? I MEAN, IT'S JUST A REAL CONCERN. THERE'S NO STOPPING ALL THIS. AND I TALKED AT THE LAST MEETING AND NOTHING REALLY WAS DONE. WE MET WITH SOME PEOPLE AT THE PROPERTY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. 
          AND THE WHOLE MY WHOLE CUL DE SAC IS UNDERWATER. AND I. YOU COME UP TO MY HOUSE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YEAH, MY, MY, MY POOL'S HAD DAMAGE BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLOODING. AND I JUST THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION I'M NOT REALLY ONE THAT'S GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT IT'S JUST IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES, YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THEM RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT. JUST KEEP THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES. GOOD MORNING. MATTHEW MITCHELL 2206 WEST 27TH STREET. YOU GUYS, FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I GOT CALLS FROM MR. CROSBY, PROMISED ME THAT PAVING WAS STARTING NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK? PROMISED ME PAVING IS GOING TO START NEXT WEEK. TWO WEEKS, NO PAVING, NOT EVEN STARTED. MATTER OF FACT, THIS MORNING I GOT WOKE UP TO A GIANT STEAMROLLER VIBRATING MY WHOLE ENTIRE HOUSE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY AROUND US WAS LIKE, IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE, YOU GUYS, I WANT TO KNOW DURING THIS BID THAT YOU GUYS DID, WAS THERE A TIME, A START TIME AND A FINISH TIME? WAS THERE A PROJECT PLAN? WERE THERE DEADLINES? BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, I'M NOW STARTING TO BE THE PERSON THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE OFF AT BECAUSE DUST MITIGATION. WE GET A WATER TRUCK 2 OR 3 TIMES A DAY, BUT IT LASTS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. SO I'M STILL OUT THERE WITH MY SPRINKLER. I'M STILL WAITING DOWN THE YARD, THE ROAD, TRYING TO HOSE DOWN MY YARD SO THAT MY DOG CAN GO. BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM. NOBODY HAS STARTED THE PAVING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, YOU KNOW. PLEASE BRING UP THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO START AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO STOP, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH. I'D LOVE TO SEE IT BECAUSE PROMISES, GUYS, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT A USED CAR SALESMAN IS MORE TRUTHFUL THAN THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HERE. THAT'S SAYING A LOT. OKAY, SO I WANT TO KNOW WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET FINISHED, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET DONE? BECAUSE WAKING UP AT 715 IN THE MORNING TO AN EARTHQUAKE KIND OF THING, NOT EXACTLY SOMETHING I LIKE. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. 
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REPORT. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT. NOTHING FROM STAFF, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN 
          [CHAIRMAN & COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. CLARE, SEEING THAT YOU'RE ONLINE, I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. I HAVE NO COMMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY, I HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL, I USED TO BE A USED CAR SALESMAN, SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS A THUMBS UP. AND ANOTHER THING, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO A COMPACTION VIBRATORY ROLL ON THAT ROAD BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY ASPHALT. THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE IT FOUR TIMES. YES, SIR. AND GOOD FRIDAY IS COMING UP AND EASTER WILL BE SUNDAY. WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR AND I'M I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR KIDS. AND I'M EXCITED. EASTER BUNNY IS COMING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES SIR. A FEW THINGS. EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED. IF YOU'RE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES HOLDING ELECTIONS, PLEASE GET OUT. CAST YOUR VOTE AS WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. SPRING BREAK. THIS WAS A PROBLEM. IT IS JUST CONTINUING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. AND WE WERE. WE WERE ON AN INCLINE. WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT. BUT THIS THIS WAS A NOT A GOOD CROWD. I WANT TO THANK OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT THAT RISKED THEIR LIVES LITERALLY OUT THERE. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH AND MAYBE SOME UPDATED ORDINANCES, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THIS. OUR FAMILIES ARE SCARED TO GO. WE SHARED A LETTER FROM SOMEONE WHO'S WANTING TO COME TO FSU, AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. I MEAN, THAT JUST THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION, BUT ALSO MY GRATITUDE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE SERVING AND TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. LAST THING, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US HERE BRINGING UP AND ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT BEEN A LOT, BUT IT'S BEEN A HANDFUL. THE QUESTION ABOUT FLUORIDE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COUNTIES OR WATER. TREATMENT FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HAVE NOW STARTED TO BACK OFF OF USING FLUORIDE, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME THAT ARE ADDING FLUORIDE. SO IT'S WE'VE HAD UTAH THAT HAS BACKED OFF ON FLUORIDE. 
          I THINK IT'S A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DATA TO BACK THIS UP. I DON'T THINK WE JUST TURN IT OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE CONCERNED. I THINK IT'S A VALID CONCERN. I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT IT. SO MAYBE WE DO A LITTLE RESEARCH IN HISTORY AND JUST NOT NECESSARILY HISTORY. BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ADDING IT FOREVER. THERE'S OF COURSE A COST SAVINGS OR COST SAVINGS. YOU TURN ANY VALVE OFF, BUT IT'S PROBABLY WORTH HAVING THE CONVERSATION. I KNOW OUR LEGISLATURE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS OVERREACT, TURN IT OFF. AND NOW WE START HAVING A AN ISSUE WITH DENTAL DECAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO GET REAL RESEARCH DATA ON THIS. I PERSONALLY CALLED DEP SPOKEN TO THEM. IT'S NOT IN OUR OPERATING PERMIT. SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. IF WE WANT TO TURN IT OFF, WE CAN. IF WE DON'T WANT TO, THEN IT'S NO PROBLEM. THERE'S NO ONE OUT THERE DEMANDING THAT WE TURN IT OFF. 
          BUT MAYBE IT'S WORTH HAVING THE CONVERSATION. AND LET'S LOOK AT IT. LET'S LET'S SEE THE. THE SCIENCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE AN OPINION OR NOT. Y'ALL MAY SAY JUST BE QUIET. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION ON. I THINK WE NEED THAT CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL TAKE YOUR LAST ONE FIRST. I ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FORMER, NOT FORMER BUT ONE OF MY MENTORS IS A PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ACTUALLY, WHEN CHERNOBYL HAPPENED, HE WAS REQUESTED BY THE SOVIET UNION AT THE TIME TO BE THERE. SO HE UNDERSTANDS THE EFFECTS OF THESE THINGS. AND SO I'VE FORWARDED THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO HIM, AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM. AND ONCE I DO, I'D INTENDED TO DISSEMINATE THAT TO ALL OF Y'ALL FOR WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT HOW IT'S THE EFFECT ON THE BODY AND WHERE THE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING LIE. AND I'D SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF US AND TOLD THEM THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TRUST THESE STUDIES. I WILL TRUST THIS GENTLEMAN WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR 35 YEARS OF MY LIFE. 
          AND IF HE ADDRESSES IT FOR ME IN A CERTAIN WAY, THEN I'LL BE THERE. AND THEN, AS YOU SAID, I'VE ALSO TOLD THEM THE STATE'S TAKEN THIS UP AND ONE OF THE BILLS IS RUNNING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, AND IF THE STATE PASSES IT, THEN THE MATTER IS ADDRESSED FOR US AS WELL. SO I LIKE YOU. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO JUMP TO A REACTION. WE'LL JUST SEE HOW THINGS GO. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SHERIFF TOMMY FORD AND HIS TEAM. PANAMA CITY BEACH POLICE CHIEF TALAMANTEZ AND HIS TEAM BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SHERIFF FORD FOR A WHILE. I WILL SAY TO Y'ALL, IF 
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Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO ADDRESS, THE COUNTY MANAGER AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF LATER THIS WEEK. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED WITH THE SHERIFF IS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY MANAGER, SO THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR CONVERSATION. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN AND SEVERAL YEARS BACK WE MADE A CHANGE TO GET AWAY FROM WHAT SPRING BREAK WAS AND ADDRESSING AND DOING THINGS DIFFERENT IN A MORE OF A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. AND SO WITH THAT, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THIS. I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN LIKE ME AND HAVE HAD CITIZENS, HAD NEIGHBORS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT, ASKING QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? I WILL SAY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENFORCING WHATEVER ORDINANCES AND LAWS WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS. AND IF WE'RE NOT, LOOK AT INCORPORATING THOSE IN. BUT ALSO, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS, MY WIFE SHARED A COUPLE WITH ME LAST NIGHT THAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND ON FACEBOOK, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THEY'RE ILLEGAL. 
          WE CAN'T DO THEM. I APPRECIATE WHERE YOUR HEARTS COMING FROM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK THE LAW FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S BREAKING THE LAW. IT'S TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE THE RIGHT, BUT WE DO. AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THIS LAST TIME WITH THIS, SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT, WE DO NEED TO LEAN INTO AND ADDRESS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BEGINNING THAT PROCESS. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF THE PANAMA CITY BEACH COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL ABOUT THIS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THE SAME AND REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST BE COMPARING NOTES AND THINKING THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE WITH THE OVERLAY THAT WE HAVE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE GOT IS MATCHING UP AND IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ENFORCED BETWEEN BOTH SIDES, AND IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WORKS IN THAT WAY. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY MEDICINE. IT WASN'T A BET I HAD WITH MY WIFE, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL THAT KNOW ME, I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, AND MY WIFE IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. SO THIS TIE IS AN HONOR. AND MY LOVE OF MY WIFE WEARING THE ORANGE AND BLUE TODAY. SO I LOVE YOU, HONEY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GATOR FANS ON THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WITH THAT, THE
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