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WITH MY PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. SO GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN TRUMBULL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM DOCTOR DARRYL CRITTENDON, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASCENT PROGRAM. TODAY I WILL SHOW YOU HOW ASCENT HAS BEEN BUILDING THE REGION'S TECH WORKFORCE. WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IN K-12 TEACHER TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. AND WHAT'S COMING NEXT. SO HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS, BECAUSE THAT'S COMING TOWARDS THE END. THROUGHOUT THIS, I NEED YOU TO THINK ABOUT OUTCOMES PLUS STORIES, NOT JUST NUMBERS. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THE. CRUMBLE WHILE HE'S DOING THAT. MR. RIGDON IS HERE AS WELL. I DID NOT CALL HIS NAME. HE IS PRESENT. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, ASCENT IS A TEN YEAR, $23 MILLION REGIONAL WORKFORCE INITIATIVE EXPANDED WITH SUPPORT FROM TRIUMPH GULF COAST TO GROW TALENT IN CYBERSECURITY, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE EIGHT COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. WE DO THAT BY BLENDING K-12 STEM PIPELINES, ADULT UPSKILLING, UPSKILLING, INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS, AND NEW ACADEMIC PATHWAYS AT FSU PANAMA CITY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS ACCESS PLUS CREDENTIALS, PLUS LOCAL OPPORTUNITY. OUR MOVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS AS I GO THROUGH, AS I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. YOUTH STEM KEY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, WORKFORCE CERTIFICATIONS, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. AS YOU LISTEN, PLEASE KNOW WHERE ANY ORGANIZATIONS COULD PLUG IN AS THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST FLORIDA THAT SOME WE'VE HAD CONTACT WITH, SOME WE HAVE NOT. SO IF THERE ARE ANY THAT YOU MAY KNOW OF AS I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF THEM. OUR CAMPS AND CLUBS TURN CURIOSITY INTO CAPABILITY. STUDENTS DIDN'T JUST ATTEND THESE CAMPS. THEY BUILT, CODED, TESTED AND PRESENTED. THE WIN HERE ISN'T ONLY EXCITEMENT, IT'S CONFIDENCE. PLUS EARLY EXPOSURE TO REAL TECH SKILLS. IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A STUDENT LIGHT UP AFTER LAUNCHING A ROCKET OR DEBUGGING A CODE, THAT'S THE MOMENT WE ARE ENGINEERING EVERY DAY. OUR TECH EXPO THIS SPRING, OUR TECH EXPO BROUGHT ROUGHLY 400 VISITORS AND MORE THAN 60 VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS OUR ECOSYSTEM OF ENGINEERING, ESPORTS, THE CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER, THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, AND OUR INTEGRATED TECH CLUBS THAT ARE EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT EACH DISTRICT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM BOTTLE ROCKETS AND ROBOTS TO MINECRAFT SCAVENGER HUNTS. THIS HIGH TOUCH, HIGH FUN AND HIGH SIGNAL FAMILIES SAW TANGIBLE PATHWAYS INTO STEM. OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING FOCUSED ON HANDS ON BUILDS, TEAMWORK AND CAREER EXPLORATION. STUDENTS INTERACTED WITH PROFESSIONALS AND LINKED PROJECTS TO REAL WORLD PROBLEMS. MANY EARNED ENTRY LEVEL DIGITAL DIGITAL CREDENTIALS. SMALL BADGES THAT OPEN BIGGER DOORS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. WE WORKED WITH THE KAKUA INSTITUTE OPERATING OUT OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, AND 20 STUDENTS TRAINED IN GOOGLE DOCS AND DIGITAL COMPETENCIES, AND THEY EARNED CERTIFICATIONS. AND THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE RESUME, RESUME VALUE AND CLASSROOM UTILITY. IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE MOVING EDUCATION INSTITUTE WE FUZED MOVEMENT AND MINDFULNESS WITH TECH AND LITERACY. TEN STUDENTS EARNED GOOGLE SLIDE CERTIFICATIONS USING DIGITAL TOOLS TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND PRESENT IDEAS WITH CONFIDENCE. IN WALTON. IN WALTON COUNTY, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS BUILT SOLAR OVENS, DESIGNED ROCKETS, AND TACKLED ENGINEERING CHALLENGES. EVEN WHEN THE CAMP DOESN'T ISSUE CREDENTIALS, IT STILL BUILDS A PIPELINE. 18 STUDENTS LEFT WITH STRONGER STEM IDENTITIES AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. THE SHIFT WE SAW FROM I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING OR I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS TO I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. THAT SELF-EFFICACY MAKES THE NEXT CLASS, CLUB OR CREDENTIAL THAT MUCH EASIER TO PURSUE. IN TEACHER CAPACITY. I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT TEACHER CAPACITY IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. WE TRAIN 38 GOLF TEACHERS EARNING 127 CERTIFICATIONS, AND SUPPORTED BAY COUNTY TEACHERS WITH 88 ADDITIONAL CERTS.
TOPICS RANGE FROM GOOGLE WORKSPACE TO DIGITAL COMPETENCY TO PYTHON AND WORDPRESS. EVERY TRAINED TEACHER TOUCHES HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS IS JUST A SLIDE TO SHOW SOME OF OUR OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON MAY 24TH, WE HAD THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXHIBITION HOSTED ON CAMPUS, AND WE HAD A BIG PART IN HELPING COORDINATE THAT. WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR TRIO CAMP AND WE PROVIDED A TRIO ROCKET, A ROCKET CAMP FOR 36 OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE TRIO PROGRAM. THESE EVENTS CONNECT LEARNERS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS TO A BROADER TALENT
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PIPELINE. SO HERE'S OUR CERTIFICATION REPORT. NOW REMEMBER, CERTIFICATIONS ARE NOT TROPHIES. THEY'RE TICKETS TO THE NEXT STEP. THIS CYCLE 127 IN GOLF, 113 IN BAY, 20 IN ESCAMBIA, TEN IN FRANKLIN. WALTON'S CAMP WAS SKILLED SKILLS RICH WITHOUT SEARCH THIS ROUND, BUT WE WALKED AWAY WITH 18 STUDENTS PRIMED FOR THE NEXT CREDENTIAL OPPORTUNITY. MY HOPE IS THAT NEXT YEAR WE HAVE ALL EIGHT COUNTIES UP THERE AND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE MAXED OUT.WE'RE USING THIS DISTRIBUTION TO TARGET OUTREACH AND CLOSE ANY GAPS THAT MAY BE SEEN.
THESE ARE THE TYPE OF CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT OUT THIS YEAR. WE STACKED CREDENTIALS THAT MATTER PYTHON, CYBER CITIZEN, MICROSOFT WORD, TOSA, DIGITAL TOOLS, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, AND WORDPRESS. THAT MIX ALONE BUILDS BOTH FOUNDATIONAL DIGITAL FLUENCY AND EARLY, EARLY TECHNICAL SPECIALIZATION. THINK EMPLOYABLE SKILLS NOW PATHWAYS TO DEEPER STUDY LATER. SO NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ELEVATE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. OPAL IS OUR OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING. IT'S REALLY A CERTIFICATION ENGINE. WE'RE DELIVERING JOB READY MICRO-CREDENTIALS LIKE PYTHON, TOSA, ADOBE AND I HAVE A PMP COURSE GOING ON CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK BACK ON CAMPUS WITH ROADMAP TO CONVERT NONCREDIT LEARNING INTO FOUR CREDIT PATHWAYS TO FEED NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS. IT'S SHORT CYCLE TRAINING TODAY, BUT STACKABLE PATHWAYS TOMORROW.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT AT WALTON COUNTY AT WALTON COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WELCOMED ITS INAUGURAL COHORT, WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR CORRECTIONAL EXCELLENCE. FIVE GRADUATES EARNED AN ESB CERTIFICATION WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS RECOGNIZED. THIS IS WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND DIGNITY AFFIRMING REENTRY SKILLS THAT TRANSLATE INTO POST-RELEASE OPPORTUNITIES.
MOST OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT OUR HOMESCHOOL INITIATIVES AND OUR HOMESCHOOL PROJECTS. WE'VE TURNED THAT OUR NEW HOMESCHOOL OUR HOMESCHOOL INITIATIVE, IS STILL THE SAME.
HOWEVER, WE'VE TRANSFORMED IT INTO WHAT WE NOW CALL A SKILLS ACADEMY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS MORE THAN JUST THOSE THAT WERE IN HOMESCHOOL, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE PARENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HOMESCHOOLERS. THE ACADEMY BRIDGES THE UNSURE PHASE BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND CAREER TRANSITIONS. WE PAIR THEMED MENTORSHIPS. WE PAIR THEMED MENTORSHIPS WITH INTENSIVE SKILL LABS SERVING HIGH SCHOOLERS, RECENT GRADS, AND ADULTS EXPLORING PIVOTS. IT'S FLEXIBLE, NON SUBSCRIPTION BASED, AND TARGETED TO LIFE'S REAL DECISION POINTS. AND AS I GET READY TO CLOSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEDICATED STAFF THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. AND THOSE THAT WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE ASCENT IS ABLE TO EXECUTE ITS OBJECTIVES. MUCH OF YOUR STAFF, MUCH OF YOUR STAFF HAS WORKED EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH DOCTOR RAMIREZ IN ENSURING THAT ASCENT IS ABLE TO FUNCTION WITHOUT BARRIER, WHICH ALLOWS FOLKS LIKE BRIANNE BIDDLE AND HOLLY RATIGAN TO TAKE THESE PROGRAMS TO THE YOUTH WITHIN THE EIGHT COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. OUR DEPTH IS WHY WE CAN GROW QUICKLY WITHOUT LOSING ANY QUALITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAND BEFORE YOU. I STAND BY FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. JUST A REALLY NICE JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF NONE, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO CARRIE. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M CARRIE MYERS. I'M CO-DIRECTOR OF STEM OUTREACH FOR LEARNING SYSTEMS INSTITUTE AND FSU INSPIRE, AND THE ENTIRE INSPIRE TEAM IS BACK THERE AS WELL. SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT BEFORE WE BEGIN. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF OUR FIRST FULL YEAR, OF OUR INSPIRE PROJECT, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH YOU IS THAT OUR FOCUS IS ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FSU DOES BEST IN AEROSPACE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. AND ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT OUR INSPIRE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION COURSES MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE IN IS THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS AT EVERY LEVEL, FROM CONCEPTION OF THE COURSE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE COURSE. AND EVERY ONE OF OUR COURSES ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPLY AI SKILLS FOR THE TEACHERS. SO HERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT LAST SUMMER. WE STARTED A COUPLE PILOT PROGRAMS LAST SUMMER, BUT WE REALLY EXPANDED THIS SUMMER. THIS SUMMER WE REACHED ALL EIGHT PARTNER COUNTIES, HOWEVER ESCAMBIA, OKALOOSA BAY, AND GULF COUNTY SCHOOLS. WE GAVE THEM A THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US AT DURING OUR PRESENTATIONS AND OUR COURSES THIS SUMMER. ALL EIGHT COUNTIES WERE INVITED TO ATTEND, AND WE WERE JUST SHY OF
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200 TEACHERS ATTENDING THIS SUMMER, SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE OFFERED EIGHT DIFFERENT WELL, WE OFFERED EIGHT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSES ACROSS THE SUMMER. THERE WERE THREE MAIN ONES THAT HAPPENED. WE DID TWO ENGAGING SECONDARY STUDENTS USING AI POWERED INSTRUCTION. WE ALSO DID FOUR COHORTS OF ENGAGING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING AI POWERED STORYTELLING. WE ALSO RAN OUR FIRST ROBOTICS IN THE CLASSROOM THIS SUMMER FOR TEACHERS. THAT WAS A PILOT FOR US TO DO, AND WE HAD SOME REALLY NICE RESULTS. AND THEN EARLY ON THIS YEAR, WE RAN A FOLLOW UP COURSE, A COURSE TWO, IN OUR PATHWAY FOR AI CALLED I ENGINEERING. IT WAS LEVERAGING AI AND ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY FOR THE TEACHERS. THAT COURSE IS GETTING TRANSFERRED OVER TO FULLY ONLINE AND DIGITAL FOR THIS COMING SEMESTER. THE OTHER POINTS WE WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT ONE OF OUR APPROACHES IS TO CREATE INSPIRED SCHOOLS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT. AND ONE OF OUR FIRST SCHOOLS THAT SIGNED ON WAS RISING LEADERS ACADEMY, THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN BAY COUNTY, AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. THEY HOSTED US THIS SUMMER AS WELL AS SENDING THEIR TEACHERS. AND THEN OUR TEAM WILL BE GOING BACK AND WORKING WITH THEM MORE DIRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH THE IDEAS AND THE CONCEPTS THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE CLASSROOM AS WELL. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST ONE, AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MORE OF THOSE SCHOOLS UNDERNEATH FSU INSPIRE AS WELL. WE ALSO HAD SOME RETURNING FACILITATORS THAT EMBODIED THE INSPIRED SPIRIT. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TAKEN UP TO THREE COURSES WITH US NOW. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ACTUALLY APPLYING THEIR LEARNING, AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY HELPED OUR TEAM FACILITATE THIS YEAR EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE. AND MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY WENT CROSS COUNTY. SO WE HAD SOME TEACHERS FROM SANTA ROSA THAT HELPED OUT IN ESCAMBIA AND BAY COUNTY, AND WE HAD SOME FROM GULF COUNTY THAT HELPED OUT IN THE OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL. SO WE'RE HAVING THAT CROSS COUNTY CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IS FOR INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC AND HIGHER ED PARTNERS AS WELL AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT, MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S A PERFECT, PERFECT, I GUESS, MELDING OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE HERE AT FSU AND LEARNING SYSTEMS INSTITUTE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IS ROOTED IN RESEARCH BASED BEST PRACTICES, FROM STEM PEDAGOGY TO HOW PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS BEST USED ACROSS ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION AND GLOBALLY, FROM FROM OUR EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS MODERNIZE THE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO BRING IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE A COURSE YOU'RE COMING FOR A COURSE. WE DID 35 HOURS THIS SUMMER. THEY HAVE TO SHOW NOT JUST THEIR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE GETTING, BUT SHOW THAT THEY HAVE COMPETENCY TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO ACTUALLY MAKE. AND THEN THAT'S ANOTHER APPROACH USING THE INSPIRE SCHOOLS AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THESE INSPIRED SCHOOLS THAT ARE EMBODYING THE SPIRIT, WE CAN GO AND DIRECTLY HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ALONG THE ENTIRE PATHWAY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE KNOW IS THAT TEACHERS, JUST LIKE EVERY HUMAN, COMES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING TEACHER SUCCESS AND FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING FOR THEM. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'RE CREATING PATHWAYS THAT THE TEACHERS WILL TAKE FROM COURSE ONE ALL THE WAY TO COURSE THREE THAT BUILD THEIR SKILLS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THAT THEY COME BACK, THEY LEARN A LITTLE BIT, THEY GO IMPLEMENT IT. THEY HAVE THAT FOUNDATION SO WE CAN MOVE THEM ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LAUGH ABOUT MY PARENTS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITIES. WELL, EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENCES IN THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITIES. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE SET A FOUNDATION THAT ALL THE TEACHERS HAVE AND BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD, AND THAT COMES IN STEM CONTENT KNOWLEDGE THAT COMES IN AI FOUNDATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING, AND THAT EVEN COMES IN LITERACY. AND THAT BUILDS TO THE NEXT KEY POINT HERE IS THAT OUR PROCESS IS TO INTEGRATE ACROSS SUBJECT AREAS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STANDARDS ALIGNED, SO THAT NO ADMINISTRATOR COMES INTO THE CLASSROOM AND SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE WHERE WAS THIS? THIS IS NOT IN THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING FOR THE STATE. WE HELP THEM SEE WHERE IT IS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS ARE REALLY JUST TO SHOWCASE AND, AND, AND GIVE THE BADGING TO THE TEACHERS SO THAT THEY FEEL CONFIDENT AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO TURN AROUND AND TO DO THAT IN THE CLASSROOM. IF EVERY TEACHER THAT COMES TO OUR PROGRAM TURNS AROUND AND DOES AT LEAST 1 OR 2 ACTIVITIES WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOM, THAT'S GOING TO MULTIPLY VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND SCALE VERY EFFICIENTLY ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AREA. THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS, IS THAT WORKFORCE IS EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEACHERS. WHEN THEY COME, WE START TALKING IMMEDIATELY ABOUT DURABLE AND SOFT SKILLS PEDAGOGY. WE HAVE GUEST EXPERTS FROM INDUSTRY THAT COME IN. WE HAVE FIELD EXPERIENCES THAT THE TEACHERS CAN GO TO TO SEE THE AWESOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES, THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, RESEARCHERS THAT COME IN, ENGINEERS THAT COME IN. WE'VE HAD TEACHERS THAT HAVE NEVER MET AN ENGINEER BEFORE. IF THEY HAVEN'T MET AN ENGINEER, HOW CAN THEY INSPIRE THEIR KIDS TO POSSIBLY GO THROUGH THAT PATHWAY? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OF[00:15:01]
THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN ALL OF OUR COURSES IS WE MAKE SURE THERE'S THAT K-20 WORKFORCE PIPELINE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR IN ALL THE COURSES THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'RE LEVERAGING INDUSTRY. AND WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE BRING ALL THE PLAYERS TOGETHER, TOGETHER, BREAK DOWN THE SILOS THAT TYPICALLY EXIST AND MAKE SURE TEACHERS ARE SEEING THIS? AND SO WE HAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERS CAME IN. WE HAD TECH AND STATE COLLEGE LEADERS THAT CAME IN. WE TOOK THE TEACHERS TO FORT WALTON MACHINING, WHICH IS A GREAT PARTNER. WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH MICROSOFT AND EDU AND CYPRESS THAT ARE HELPING US FORM OUR PATHWAYS. SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE AI POWERED INSTRUCTION COURSES THAT WE HAD. AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS EVERYBODY'S INTO AI RIGHT NOW. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT IT. EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYBODY TO USE IT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS ARE USING IT IN A REALLY APPROPRIATE WAY FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE CALL IT CO-DESIGNING WITH AI, SO WE LEVERAGE AI. WE TALK ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS. WE TALK ABOUT NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS. SO WHEN THE TEACHERS GO TO TEACH IT TO THEIR KIDS OR START USING IT, THEY ALREADY KNOW SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS, THE DOWNFALLS, WHY IT MIGHT BE HALLUCINATING, WHY ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PEDAGOGY IS ALIGNED TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE COURSES THE TEACHERS COME IN, IN THE SECONDARY COURSES, THEY COME IN AND THEY MAKE GRAPHIC NOVELS, THEY CO-DESIGN GRAPHIC NOVELS, THEY GET THEIR POWERPOINT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENGAGE THE KIDS IN THINGS AROUND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THEY'RE MAKING E-READERS. IF YOU GO OUT RIGHT NOW, YOU CANNOT FIND A BOOK THAT'S ON THE AWESOME THINGS THAT FLORIDA IS DOING.YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY FIND A BOOK ON THE ARTEMIS ROCKET THAT'S GOING OFF. YOU CAN'T FIND A BOOK ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND HOW ROBOTS ARE REALLY COOL. WE TEACH THE TEACHERS HOW TO CO-DESIGN WITH AI TO CREATE THOSE FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS, LEVELED AT THE GRADE LEVEL THAT THEY'RE AT. AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE SOME SUCCESSES WITH YOU BECAUSE THIS THIS IS BECAUSE OF YOUR FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THIS COME, COME TO LIFE. FSU INSPIRE HAS BEEN ON THE NEWS, LOCAL NEWS, SEVERAL PLACES, AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY HAVE TAKEN ON THEIR OWN TO CALL OUT TO THE NEWS, TO THE NEWS REPORTERS AND GET ON THE NEWS.
BUT THE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE IT WAS INTENSE LEARNING AND AGAIN, MODERNIZING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE TEACHERS, BUT ALSO TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO BECOME CRITICAL CONSUMERS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT WAS A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS. SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD REPORTED. THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE HAPPY DANCES THAT I DID. THE INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS COURSES REALLY MELD IS A VERY HANDS ON COURSE. IT'S LEVERAGING ROBOTICS THROUGH ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. IT HAS HANDS ON EXPERIMENTATION, ENGINEERING, DESIGN PROCESS, THE DURABLE SKILLS. IT'S REALLY A PRE-ENGINEERING COURSE, TO BE QUITE HONEST. IT'S A PRE-ENGINEERING COURSE. THERE'S ALSO ALWAYS LITERACY CONNECTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT LITERACY. AND HOW DO WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR READING SCORES STAY TOP NOTCH.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES CODING. SO HERE ARE SOME SUCCESSES THAT ARE REALLY EXCITING TO US. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS THE PRE-ENGINEERING SKILLS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GROW BEYOND EXPECTATIONS TO ANTICIPATE THEIR STUDENTS NEEDS. IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THEM HAD TRIED OTHER ROBOTICS THINGS, AND NOW FULLY UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT. YOUNGEST KIDS. WE HAD KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS THERE THAT WERE READY AND EXCITED TO DO SOME ROBOTICS IN THEIR CLASSROOM. THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT IN A GEN ED CLASS. IT'S TYPICALLY SAVED FOR CTE COURSES. AND THEN THE TOP QUOTE I REALLY WANTED TO BRING HERE BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE FACILITATORS THAT CAME BACK HELPING TO SPARK A MOVEMENT, I MEAN, THAT THAT TO ME WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT FSU INSPIRE IS GOING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE RETHINK AND IMPROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE VITAL INDUSTRIES? I HAVE A VIDEO REALLY QUICK TO SHOW YOU AND THEN I'LL END IT.
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I JUST WANTED TO END WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE PLANNING OUR NEXT COURSES ONLINE AND IN PERSON, SO THAT THE LEARNING CAN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR K-20 PLUS PATHWAYS WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS. MILITARY FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES IS NEXT ON OUR LIST AND WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING THAT WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUPPORTING THOSE INSPIRED SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SIGNED ON TO WANT TO CONTINUE THE LEARNING AND TO TO EMBODY THE INSPIRED SPIRIT. AND THEN WE OUR TEAM WILL ALSO BE AT A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. COMING UP, PENSACOLA AIRSHOW.WE'RE EXCITED TO BE THERE. SANTA ROSA, WE'RE HELPING THEM PUT A PANEL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURERS ON OCTOBER 21ST FOR THEIR STEAM NIGHT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE LOTS OF AWESOME THINGS COMING UP FOR OCTOBER ADVANCED MANUFACTURING MONTH, SO I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER ON. AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SUPPORT, AND IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE OF THE ATTENDEES CROSS SECTION ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEMENTARY. HOWEVER IT WAS I WOULD SAY IT'S 60. IT WAS 6040. IT WAS DEFINITELY 6040 A SCAM, A SCAM. WE DID A GREAT SHOW UP FOR SECONDARY. WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE ESCAMBIA TEACHERS THERE FOR SECONDARY.
THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE VERY EAGER TO TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO DO THE AI, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I THINK. I THINK THE WORD OF MOUTH ON THAT COURSE GOT OUT QUITE A BIT, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD OPENED TWO EXTRA SECTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN TO OPEN FOR THAT. SO. HEY, THANK YOU. IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE FUNDING THAT WE USE REALLY TO BE PUT TO WORK. I APPRECIATE BOTH OF Y'ALL'S ENERGY AND WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO. DO YOU WANT TO CLAP CLAP. THAT WAS AWESOME.
THAT WAS AWESOME. OKAY. WE'LL GET INTO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 13TH. AND IF SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? MOTION PASSES.
I'M GOING TO PASS THIS NOW TO LESLIE WEISS, OUR TREASURER, FOR OUR TREASURER'S REPORT.
OKAY. WELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MISS DAVIDSON AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT ALONG TO HER.
THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH JUNE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ON PAGE ONE OF JUNE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S 677 MILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS. ON PAGE FOUR, YOU'LL SEE YOUR STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. WE DISBURSED GRANT FUNDS OF ABOUT $15 MILLION IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. ON PAGE EIGHT, YOU'LL SEE YOUR BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE WERE OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT $100. SUSAN ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE WERE OVER BUDGET IN JUNE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME THING IN JULY AS WELL. SO IN JUNE WE PAID RANDY LEWIS, OUR CONSTRUCTION EXPERT. WE PAID HIM FOR THE FIRST QUARTER'S WORTH OF SERVICES IN JULY. WE PAID HIM FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WORTH OF SERVICES. SO OVERALL, WE'RE UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. BUT IN THOSE TWO MONTHS, BECAUSE OF TIMING OF DISBURSEMENTS, WE'RE OVER BUDGET. THAT IT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON JUNE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE JUNE 2025 REPORT? SO MOVED. SECOND.
SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? MOTION PASSES. JENNIFER, CAN YOU DO THE JULY? YES, SIR. SO FOR JULY ON PAGE ONE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT'S 678 MILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS. ON PAGE FOUR, YOUR STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY BY COUNTY. FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WE DISBURSED 1.6 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS. ON PAGE FIVE, IS YOUR YEAR TO DATE ENDING JULY 31ST? FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS YOU'LL SEE WE DISBURSED 22.7 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. PAGE EIGHT IS YOUR BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, OF WHICH WE WERE OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT $1,000. PAGE NINE IS YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE, WHICH SHOWS ADMINISTRATIVE COST UNDER BUDGET BY ABOUT 46,000. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON JULY. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIDSON. WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT REPORT. IS THERE ONE SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND.
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ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. JENNIFER. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION? YES. YOU'LL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TWO COPIES OF THE SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION DOCUMENT. THERE'S ONE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY. AND THEN THERE'S A CLEAN COPY. ALL OF THE CHANGES BEING MADE TODAY. YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AT BOARD MEETINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR. THIS IS JUST TO GET OUR DOCUMENT UPDATED. SO TO TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES WE'RE DOCUMENTING THAT CONTRACT LABOR CAN BE PAID VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT.THAT'S BEEN A PROCESS WE'VE BEEN USING. BUT IT WASN'T CLEARLY DEFINED IN OUR PROCESS.
SO WE'RE ADDING THAT THERE. WE ARE ADDING THE MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF INTEREST COSTS, LANGUAGE, AND INCREASING THE CREDIT CARD LIMIT TO $7,000 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE. ALSO JUST DOCUMENTING IT HERE. THE FUND BALANCE POLICY, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING YOU RECENTLY ADOPTED. IT IS THE FUND BALANCE POLICY GUIDELINES WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES. AND THIS IS PREVIOUSLY BEEN LAID OUT IN OUR AUDITS EVERY YEAR. WE JUST WANTED IT IN THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION RECENTLY. SO WE WANTED IT ALL IN ONE PLACE. AND THEN THERE'S THREE ADDITIONAL REPORTS LISTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT REVIEW. THOSE ARE REPORTS THAT I PROVIDE TO LESLIE TO REVIEW EVERY MONTH THAT WEREN'T THEY JUST WEREN'T LISTED ON THE THINGS THAT SHE'S REVIEWING. SO WE ADDED THOSE TO SO THAT EVERYONE WOULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT REPORT SHE'S REVIEWING EVERY MONTH. AND THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES TO THAT SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION DOCUMENT. YES, MA'AM. THESE ARE THESE DOCUMENTS ARE THINGS THAT WE SHARE WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL, AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO ROADMAP WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING THIS PROCESS DOCUMENTATION UP TO DATE. GOT IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS DAVIDSON? WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT. I THINK WE DO. I HATE TO MAKE YOU DO THIS, BUT WOULD YOU SPEND JUST A MINUTE ON THE FUND BALANCE? JUST EXPLAINING THE THREE BUCKETS. JUST. SURE. SO THE RESTRICTED FUNDS PIECE IS AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION HAS DICTATED HOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT. IN TRIUMPH'S CASE, THAT'S THE STATE, THE LEGISLATOR, THE STATUTES. SO THAT'S THE ORIGINAL SPENDING OF THE FUNDS. THAT'S THE SET ASIDE FOR THE COUNTIES, AND THAT'S THE 5 MILLION THAT THE STATE PROVIDED WITH TRIUMPH TO BE SPENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, COMMITTED OR DESIGNATED FUNDS. THAT'S A BOARD LEVEL DECISION. SO THAT'S ANYTHING THAT TAKES BOARD ACTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID. THIS IS HOW WE WANT. WE INTEND TO SPEND THIS. THOSE FUNDS THAT INCLUDES THE 2 MILLION THAT YOU'VE SET ASIDE IN INTEREST. AND THAT INCLUDES WHEN THE BOARD MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE A TERM SHEET. AT THAT POINT, YOU'VE COMMITTED THOSE FUNDS TO THAT COUNTY, AND THEN UNASSIGNED IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S MONEY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT HAVEN'T DESIGNATED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. RIGHT NOW.
ALL OF THAT MONEY IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR GRANTS. AND, MR. CHAIR, THAT INCLUDES THE MONEY THAT WE GET ANNUALLY FROM THE SETTLEMENT AND THE INTEREST MONEY THAT COMES IN ALL OF THE INTEREST EXCEPT FOR THE 2 MILLION RESTRICTED. CLEAR QUESTIONS. SHE'S HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME BEFORE. AND THAT'S I THINK SHE'S VERY PATIENT WITH EACH TIME. OKAY. THIS IS WHERE THIS BUCKET GOES. AND WELL, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK TALKING TO YOU, YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT TO EVERYBODY. YEAH. THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY IN A WAY THAT THE STATE WANTS US TO SPEND IT, AND THE BOARD WANTS US TO SPEND IT AND TRACKING THOSE SEPARATELY. AND THE RESTRICTED FUNDS AGAIN, EACH COUNTY, THE EIGHT COUNTIES GET THEIR ALLOTMENT EACH YEAR. AND THAT'S WE CAN'T TOUCH THAT. IF THERE'S A HUGE PROJECT THAT COMES IN THERE, MONEY IS STILL PROTECTED. EACH. CORRECT. YOU HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON THE RESTRICTED FUNDS, ONLY THE COMMITTED OR DESIGNATED GREAT GREAT EXPLANATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SYSTEM'S DOCUMENTATION. DRAFT MOVED THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND? ANY OPPOSED? PASSES? WHAT? I THINK I PROBABLY NEED TO CALL THE ROLL ON THAT ONE. OKAY. CALL ROLL I SEE THAT. SORRY. POOR. YES, MR. HUMPHREYS. COULD YOU SAID YES, MR. RIGDON? YES. MR. TRUMBULL? YES. MRS. WISE. YES. DID YOU HEAR FROM HUMPHREYS, COREY? YES. NOW, I'VE GOT THE VOLUME UP.
DAVID, CAN YOU SAY YES AGAIN? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. 5 TO 0. YOU'RE WELCOME. MOTION PASSES
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NEXT. WE'VE GOT OUR STAFF REPORT, AND I'LL ASK SUSAN SKELTON TO DO THAT. YES, SIR.TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL VISIT FROM THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. AND EACH OF YOU HAVE PERFORMED YOUR INTERVIEWS THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME IN AND DO THAT. WE HAVE THE AUDIT TEAM TODAY. WITH US IS CHRISTY ALEXANDER AND HER TEAM OF CHRIS RANDALL AND JOSH. JOSH IS THE ALUMNI. CHRIS AND RANDALL ARE ACTIVELY PART OF OUR AUDIT TEAM, AND JOSH FILLS IN JUST BECAUSE HE LIKES TO COME TO PANAMA CITY EVERY YEAR FOR THE AUDIT. SO LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THE SESSION STARTS JANUARY THE 13TH THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE THE EARLY START DATE, WHICH MEANS THAT COMMITTEE MEETINGS WILL BE CRANKING UP HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO WE'LL BE DOING OUR NORMAL MONITORING OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES AND KEEP YOU POSTED ON ANYTHING OF INTEREST THERE. PERSONNEL UPDATES YOU ALL HAD AUTHORIZED US TO FILL TWO GRANT COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST POSITIONS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HIRED TWO PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. AND THEY WILL START WITH US ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, AND THEY'LL BE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TERESA BAKER, WHO'S OUR COMPLIANCE MANAGER.
MISS COURTNEY SWASEY OF PORT SAINT JOE, AND MISS JULIAN SOLBERG OF CRAWFORDVILLE WILL BE JOINING US IN OUR ON OUR COMPLIANCE TEAM, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ABOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. AND I DID WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR A MID-CYCLE PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR TERESA BAKER, OUR GRANTS COMPLIANCE MANAGER. HER WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY ONCE WE PASS THAT 18 MONTH THING THAT WE DID AND INFLUX OF PAPERWORK, THE PAPERWORK HAS EXPLODED. AND TERESA'S JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE INCREASED WITH HER MANAGEMENT ROLE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE HER ANNUAL PAY FROM 60 TO $70,000 PER YEAR. AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AND WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION IN A ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPROVE THAT. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTED TO ENTERTAIN. GOING BACK TO THE TWO NEW PEOPLE, ONE IS A BACKFILL, ISN'T IT? REPLACING? CORRECT. SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD MISS HITCHCOCK THAT WAS ON OUR STAFF. SHE'S RETURNED TO TEACHING. AND IN FACT, I THINK SHE'S MY GRANDSON'S TEACHER. I WAS GOING TO SAY THRILLED TO HAVE HER, TOO. SO SHE'S HAPPILY BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WE'RE HAPPY FOR HER, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO FIND THESE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE REALLY ADDING ONE EMPLOYEE. YES. CORRECT. THESE WERE THE TWO THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED. WE HAD FILLED ONE BEFORE WITH MISS HITCHCOCK, AND NOW WE'RE REPLACING HER AND FILLING THE OTHER POSITION THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US. OKAY. SO AND WE'RE COMING IN UNDER THE WE'RE COMING IN UNDER THE APPROVED RATE THAT YOU ALL HAD GIVEN US FOR THOSE POSITIONS, PART TIME POSITION OR IS THAT FULL TIME? THESE ARE 30 UP TO 30 HOURS A WEEK. SO BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE RATE THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED ON THOSE. SO WHAT I WOULD NEED FOR DISCUSSION AND IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD VOTE TO APPROVE THE INCREASE FOR MISS BAKER. SO THE INCREASE WE NEED A VOTE FOR THAT. CORRECT. SAYING, OKAY, SO THE FOR MISS BAKER, AN INCREASE FROM 60,000 TO 70,000. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT. SO MOVED SECOND SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM HUMPHREYS. CAN I DO THAT. YES. PLEASE. MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE HE'S A PART OF IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. A THIRD FROM HIS WIFE. ARE YOU CALLING THE ROLL? YES, SIR.
OKAY. MR. YES. MR. HUMPHREYS? YES, MR. REGAN. YES. MR. TRUMBULL. YES. MRS. WISE? YES.
5 TO 0. OKAY. AND NEXT, I THINK, MR. CHAIR, IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE NAMED SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START OUR WORK. AND IF YOU ALL WILL RECALL, THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW IS TECHNICALLY FOR MY CONTRACT. AND IN MY CONTRACT, IT REQUIRES THAT WHOMEVER SERVES ON THE COMMITTEE HAS TO HAVE WORKED WITH ME FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
SO, MR. CHAIR, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, SIR? I THINK BY DEFAULT IT HAS TO BE MR. HUMPHREYS, MISS WISE AND MR. KERR AND ME. RIGHT. AND THEN IF MR. RIGDON COULD ATTEND, HE NEEDS TO GET TRAINED UP. DO YOU ALL AGREE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE? SURE. OKAY. THANK
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YOU. WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT. OR ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT OUR PERFORMANCE REVIEW. THE NEXT THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I WHEN Y'ALL PASSED THE 18 MONTH IN ARREARS REGULATION THAT SAID THAT YOU CAN'T GET PAID IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOURSELF IN ORDER WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF THE TIME THAT YOU'VE MADE AN EXPENDITURE, EITHER MATCH OR FOR REIMBURSEMENT. WHAT WE HAD WAS A DELUGE OF DATA THAT DIFFERENT ENTITIES HAVE BEEN HOLDING ON TO, AND SO WE ARE FINDING THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES IN ORDER AND TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES IN COMPLIANCE. BUT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SO FAR IN ARREARS THAT THEY NEED SOME HELP IN GETTING THEMSELVES CAUGHT UP IN THE TIME FRAME, AND WHAT WE, WHAT STAFF HAD THOUGHT ABOUT. AND WE AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THIS, IS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW A GRACE PERIOD FOR SOME OF THESE. AND SO WE RECOMMEND A SIX MONTH EXTENSION ON THE DEADLINE TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 18 MONTH RULE. IT'S A LITTLE A LITTLE CONFUSING. NO, SIR. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT OFFICIALLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST MAKING. AND WHAT I'M THE REASON I'M EXPLAINING IT IS THAT YOU WILL SEE TWO AMENDMENTS ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT INCLUDE THE SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD, AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT, YOU CAN ASK TO HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS TAKEN OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT WE NEEDED TO SORT OF A CHICKEN AND THE EGG THING. WE NEEDED TO GET THE AMENDMENTS WRITTEN. AND SO THAT'S WHY I SPOKE WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, WE HAD STAFF GO AHEAD AND BUILD THOSE AMENDMENTS IN THAT WAY. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT OR SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL THOSE AMENDMENTS OFF, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT. IT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NUMBER 265 FOR THE FSU COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. AND. MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE TO THE I DON'T KNOW, BUT. TWO 3333 OKAY. OH, THEY'RE NOT ON IT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT, BUT THERE WILL BE A COUPLE MORE THAT COME IN LATER MEETINGS ONCE WE GET THEIR AMENDMENTS PROPERLY DRAFTED. BUT FOR TODAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I DID FROM A STAFF POSITION, TO HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS DRAFTED WITH THE GRACE PERIOD IN THOSE AMENDMENTS, YOU CERTAINLY MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.THAT'S AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. OKAY. WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. CORRECT. I THINK WE DO NEED IF SOMEONE HAS AN OBJECTION, WE CAN PULL THEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUT THEM AT THE END OF THE REGULAR AGENDA. THERE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A MOTION. I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED. WHY THE WHY THE SIX MONTHS LANGUAGE IS IN THE AMENDMENTS. WHEN WE GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE MOTION. SO 233 IS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOUGH IT'S ON THE REGULAR. CORRECT? I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THAT ONE AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION RIGHT NOW OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT COREY HENDERSON. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD SUMMER AND GOT SOME VACATION TIME IN AND SOME RELAXATION BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA IS STILL VERY HOT. THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS TO VISUALIZE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND I USUALLY TALK ABOUT IT AS A SWOOSH. BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO USE THE SIMPLE IMAGE OF A HOUSE. WHEN TRIUMPH BEGAN AWARDING GRANTS IN 2018, THE BOARD PRIMARILY AWARDED GRANTS THAT POURED INTO THE FOUNDATION AND WALLS OF THE REGION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS. A LOT OF THESE GRANTS INVOLVE CREATING WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS REFER TO AS PRODUCT OR THE FOUNDATION, SUCH AS THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT OF PANAMA CITY'S EASTERN TERMINAL, WATER AND SEWER LINES TO THE SHOAL RIVER RANCH SITE SITE READINESS AT WHITING AVIATION PARK, AND HANGAR CONSTRUCTION AT THE PENSACOLA AIRPORT FOR STREET ENGINEERING. THE EARLY GRANTS ALSO SUPPORTED THE WALLS, THE REGION'S WORKFORCE, PEOPLE THE NECESSARY PILLARS BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE ROOF, INCREASED HOUSEHOLD INCOME REQUIRES INCREASED WORKFORCE SKILLS TRIUMPHS. VERY EARLY WORKFORCE GRANTS INVESTED IN DIGITAL TOOLS FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS IN WAKULLA AND FRANKLIN.
UNMANNED SYSTEMS TRAINING IN GULF, FRANKLIN, AND WAKULLA, FAA AMP TRAINING AT NORTHWEST
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FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE IN CRESTVIEW, AND WELDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES ACROSS THE REGION. OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, YOU AS A BOARD, HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO AWARD GRANTS FOR COMPETITIVE JOB CREATION. PROJECT WINS THE ROOF, MANY OF WHICH CAN BE TIED BACK TO THE EARLY TRIUMPH GRANTS. THE ORIGINAL CLASS OF FIFTH GRADERS IN WAKULLA DIGITAL TOOLS PROGRAM ARE SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AND THEY MIGHT BECOME SOME OF POINT BLANK ENTERPRISES PROJECT SAFETY'S VERY FIRST EMPLOYEES. THE AMP STUDENTS FROM NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE'S CRESTVIEW PROGRAM MIGHT BE THE APPLICANTS FOR JOBS AT LEONARDO HELICOPTERS, WHO IS CELEBRATING THEIR RIBBON CUTTING AT THE WHITING AVIATION PARK NEXT MONTH. PROJECT OPAL WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL'S $1 BILLION INVESTMENT AT SHOAL RIVER RANCH LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE OCCURRED IF TRIUMPH HADN'T PARTNERED WITH OKALOOSA ON INITIAL SITE READINESS NEEDS, NOT TO MENTION THE WORKFORCE WILLIAMS IS LOOKING TO HIRE WILL IN PART BE TRAINED THROUGH TRIUMPHS GRANTS, INCLUDING AT OKALOOSA TECH COLLEGE NORTH AND POTENTIAL FUTURE ENGINEERS COMING OUT OF SEA COAST HIGH SCHOOL IN WALTON, WHOSE RIBBON CUTTING IS TOMORROW. WHEN WE LOOK AT TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA, IT TOO HAS ROOTS IN THE VERY EARLY TRIUMPH GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECT CLEAR GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCTS WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT FROM A RENOVATED BAY COUNTY FACILITY, BUT ALSO FROM THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT OF PANAMA CITY. ALL OF THIS TO SAY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A LONG GAME. IT TAKES PATIENCE AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE TRIUMPH STAFF RECOMMENDING GRANTS THAT BUILD THE REGION'S FOUNDATION AND WALLS SO THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CAN CONTINUE TO WIN THE HIGH WAGE TARGET SECTOR JOB CREATION PROJECTS. WITH THAT, LET'S SEE. SORRY, I HAVE TOO MANY PAPERS. MY FORMAL REPORT THAT SOMEHOW I'M MISSING. I APOLOGIZE. OH, THERE IT IS.OKAY, SO AS OF LAST WEEK, YOU HAD RECEIVED OVER $3 BILLION IN PRE-APPLICATION REQUESTS.
PRE-APPLICATION 360 AND 362 ARE RECOMMENDED AS STATUTORILY ELIGIBLE. AND APPLICATION 361 STAFF NEEDS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AS OF LAST WEEK, YOU HAD RECEIVED OVER $1.5 BILLION IN ACTUAL APPLICATION REQUESTS. YOU RECEIVED TWO NEW APPLICATIONS SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING FOR THE GULF COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FRANKLIN COUNTY'S HANEY AVIATION ACADEMY AMP PROGRAM, AND YOU'LL SEE BOTH OF THOSE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. ALSO ON THIS AGENDA IS A STATUS UPDATE OF EACH PROJECT. YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION REPORT FROM OUR TWO CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY, BECAUSE YOU'LL NOTICE LATER ON THIS REPORT HOW MANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY, NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THOSE THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN. AND IT'S THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN CONSTRUCTION IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.
I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT STAFF APPROVED A VERY SMALL $13,000 BUDGET MODIFICATION FOR FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE, WITH DOCTOR FULLER'S INPUT, APPROVED A MODIFICATION OF THE NURSING PROGRAM TO AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE TO ALLOW THEM TO INCLUDE EKG TECHNICIANS.
AND THERE'S A DELEGATION OF $2.1 MILLION FROM PROJECT BOOMER. THE COMPANY SELECTED A LOCATION NOT IN WAKULLA, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH THAT HOPEFULLY ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL STILL HAVE THEIR JOBS. AND THEN WE DO NEED A FORMAL REPORT OR A FORMAL VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION REPORT. REVIEWS. RANDY AND HAROLD HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THE GRANTS LISTED BELOW FROM A CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE, AND THEY SAID THAT EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THEIR CURRENT TIMELINES THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO. OH, I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM SO YOU WILL NOT SEE THE WORKFORCE REPORTS ON THIS ONE. DOCTOR FULLER, JULIET AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING A WAY TO REPORT TO YOU ON THE STATUS OF DIFFERENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IT'S EASY. EITHER THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE OR THEY'RE NOT, BUT WORKFORCE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBJECTIVE. AND SO DOCTOR FULLER FELT THAT AT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT IN SOME SORT OF BENCHMARK SO THAT WE'RE NOT USING OUR OWN PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT A PROJECT, POTENTIALLY, OR WHAT WE OR THAT SOMEBODY LOST THEIR INSTRUCTOR OR ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO IT TO LET YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE ON TRACK.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO GOING FORWARD IS TO TELL YOU THEY'RE ON TRACK. IF THEY IF THEY'RE AT AT LEAST 75% OF WHERE THEY ANTICIPATED THEY WOULD BE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE USING GOING FORWARD FOR EDUCATION REPORT STATUS UPDATES. WE'LL CONSIDER 75% ON TRACK.
UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THEY WOULD LIKE US TO USE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY
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REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HENDERSON. A LOT GOING ON. ISN'T THERE A LOT GOING ON? I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. GREAT. ON ON THE CONSTRUCTION REPORT, PROJECT 243. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS LACKING A LOT OF PROPER DOCUMENTATION IN TERMS OF THE HIRING OF THE ARCHITECT AND THE PROJECT MANAGER. AND YES, WE ARE STILL IN CONVERSATIONS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION FUNDED BY TRIUMPH AT THIS TIME, UNTIL THEY CAN PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS. AND SO THAT IS HOW WE RESPOND. IF OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM DOESN'T HAVE THE DOCUMENTS THEY THINK MEET THE STATUTE OR THE AGREEMENT, WE TELL A GRANTEE THEY CAN SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY, IT CAN BE MATCHED, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE REIMBURSED BY TRIUMPH UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED.THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. YES, SIR. PLEASE PARDON? YES, SIR. YEAH. I'M ASKING. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? NO. LET'S SEE. WITHOUT OBJECTION. ANY OBJECTION? MOTION PASSES. NEXT, WE'VE GOT OUR ECONOMIC ADVISERS REPORT. DOCTOR RICK HARPER. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. OUR FIRST PROJECT TODAY IS NUMBER 323. THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA IS REQUESTING $32.515120 IN FUNDING FROM TRIUMPH TO SUPPORT ITS RESEARCH FOR TOMORROW PROPOSAL. THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND AND ENHANCE USF'S INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICS AND INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT, THE CENTER FOR CYBER SECURITY, AND ESTABLISHED THE NEW CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. TRIUMPH FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO UF'S RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS HIRING OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, DATA ANALYSTS, SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES AND RELATED STAFF. USF'S EXPANDED RESEARCH CAPACITY WILL POSITION THE UNIVERSITY AND THE REGION AS A COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION HUB, ATTRACTING NEW FEDERAL, STATE, AND INDUSTRY GRANT FUNDING THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE COME TO NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS IS TRULY A CHANGE IN THE PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THE PROJECTS ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONALLY TARGETED INDUSTRIES INCLUDING CYBERSECURITY, AI, ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND COMPUTER COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES, IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE ROBUST INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS, FOSTER INNOVATION, AND ENHANCE WORKFORCE READINESS. IT WILL GROW AND STRENGTHEN RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS IN THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY OVER THE PROJECT'S FIRST TEN YEARS. UF COMMITS TO THE CREATION OF 101 NET NEW HIGH SKILL SUSTAINABLE JOBS, SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF THE REGION'S RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE. THE TRIUMPH FUNDING WILL TAPER OVER TIME, BUT BASED ON USCF'S PROJECTIONS AND STAFF ANALYSIS, THE INITIATIVE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL ONGOING INCREASES IN REGIONAL PERSONAL INCOME, WITH AN ROI OF APPROXIMATELY $12.8 IN ADDED PERSONAL INCOME PER DOLLAR OF TRIUMPH SPENDING. THE TRANSFORMATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE AND LASTING IMPACT OF THE NEW UWF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOCUS WILL BE TO POSITION THE REGION AS A COMPETITIVE HUB FOR ADVANCED ANALYTICS, CYBERSECURITY, AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES. FOR THESE REASONS, TRIUMPH STAFF RATE THE PROJECT AS AN A. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HARPER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR HARPER? I HAVE ONE THE 21 MILLION THAT'S USED TO EXPAND THE BUILDING.
HOW BIG WILL THE BUILDING BE OR HOW MUCH OF AN ADDITION? I WOULD CALL ON OUR UWF COLLEAGUES. WE GOT JEREMY COLE. HI. WHERE'S MANNY? MANNY HAD OTHER, OTHER MEETINGS TO ATTEND TO. THANK YOU FOR BEING BUSY RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO SO THE BUILDING IS IS GOING TO BE 55,000FTā !S AND COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY WILL OCCUPY A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THAT 2626 SO IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING YOU'RE EXPANDING OR IS IT A NO.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING. OKAY. THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING. YEP. GO AHEAD PLEASE.
WELL GOOD MORNING, CHAIR TRUMBULL. BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD STAFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF OF UWF. I'M HERE TO JUST SAY JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL, HOW IT'S STRATEGIC, HOW IT'S HIGHLY TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND HOW IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH, BUT AN ENGINE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GROWTH AND AND ESTABLISHING NORTHWEST FLORIDA AS A TECHNOLOGY LEADER IN AREAS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING AND CYBERSECURITY. THIS
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PROPOSAL IS DRIVEN BY THE UWF'S INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICS AND INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT AND OUR CENTER FOR CYBER SECURITY. THESE ARE TWO UNITS, TWO CENTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE CAPACITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND EXTERNAL FUNDING SUCCESSES. WE ARE SEEKING TRIUMPH GULF COAST INVESTMENT TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE, HIRING KEY PERSONNEL, AND SCALING COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORTS ACROSS HIGH GROWTH SECTORS SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, CYBER SECURITY, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND ADVANCED COMPUTING. AND SO NORTHWEST FLORIDA IS IS RICH WITH OPPORTUNITY, HOME TO DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS LIKE IHMC, AND A GROWING BASE OF TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL TALENT. YET I THINK ONE THING WE CAN DO WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS, IS HAVE A CONSOLIDATED INNOVATION CLUSTER IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND CYBERSECURITY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO BUILD. WE WE INTEND TO TO BUILD UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE THAT ATTRACTS NEW FEDERAL, STATE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH DOLLARS, A COMMERCIALIZATION PIPELINE THROUGH OUR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND MODELING LAB, AND THEN A HIGH WAGE WORKFORCE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE OF DATA DEFENSE COMPUTING, CYBER SECURITY AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I DO THINK THIS WILL HELP MODERNIZE OUR REGION'S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE WHILE DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED COUNTIES, INCLUDING BAY, WALTON, ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA. THE PROPOSAL WILL WILL DEFINITELY BRING NEW DOLLARS INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA, NOT SHIFTING OR REPLACING EXISTING STATE OR REGIONAL FUNDS. WE HAVE SET AMBITIOUS, MEASURABLE GOALS 83 MILLION IN NEW CONTRACT AND GRANT REVENUE WITHIN TEN YEARS, 14.5 MILLION IN NON GRANT SPENDING TIED DIRECTLY TO RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION 101 NEW FULL TIME, HIGH WAGE POSITIONS CREATED BY YEAR TEN AND THEN A HUB FOR STARTUPS AND SPIN OFF COMPANIES BUILT AROUND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. AND THIS REALLY IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.IT'S JUST WITH THIS PROPOSAL, WE CAN TAKE IT TO A NEW LEVEL. SINCE 2018, THESE CENTERS HAVE SECURED OVER 26 MILLION IN GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THE CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY HAS 17 MILLION, AND OUR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND MODELING LAB IS DELIVERING COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS TO TO UNIVERSITIES. AND SO WE'RE GROWING. AND WITH TRIUMPH'S SUPPORT, WE THINK WE CAN SCALE THIS TO A LEVEL THAT'S COMPETITIVE NATIONALLY. THIS PROPOSAL IS BUILT TO STAND ON ITS OWN AFTER TRIUMPH SUPPORT. WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WE WILL BEGIN TRANSITIONING TO SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, COMMERCIALIZATION OF ANALYTICS TOOLS AND SOFTWARE, AND AND PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE KEY TO US, SUCH AS IHMC AND SOME OF OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF TRIUMPH'S INVESTMENT GOES BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESS OF THESE CENTERS. IT HELPS BUILD A REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM WITH LASTING ECONOMIC RIPPLES ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS. THIS POSITIONS NORTHWEST FLORIDA AS A HUB FOR CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION, AND AS AN EXAMPLE, THE REGION COULD ATTRACT NEW HIGH TECH BUSINESSES OFFERING HIGH WAGE JOBS. WHILE UWF CAN SERVE AS A TALENT PIPELINE TO MEET THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS. SO I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS THIS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL FOR US. THIS IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH AN INNOVATION CLUSTER RIGHT HERE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. WE CAN WE I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL ATTRACT NEW FEDERAL DEFENSE, HEALTHCARE, SCIENCE INVESTMENTS. WE WILL GROW A SKILLED HIGH WAGE WORKFORCE. WE WILL SUPPORT OUR MILITARY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE WILL POSITION OUR REGION AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN APPLIED CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS AND DATA SCIENCE SOLUTIONS. SO IN CLOSING, IN CONCLUSION, USF'S RESEARCH FOR TOMORROW IS NOT JUST A PROPOSAL. WE SEE IT AS A A LAUNCHING PAD FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN BUILD A FUTURE READY, INNOVATION DRIVEN ECONOMY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I HAVE A TEAM WITH ME FROM UWF THAT SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S ALREADY DOING WORK THAT THAT WE'VE MENTIONED HERE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY ANSWER THEM QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS IS A BIG ONE. WE WE WOULD THEN NEED
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A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE TO TERM SHEET NEGOTIATIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT. YES. PUBLIC COMMENT. OH EXCUSE ME. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NONE.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR GO TO THE TERM SHEET AND NEGOTIATIONS? SURE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. RIGDON. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, MR. CARR. YES. MR. HUMPHRIES? YES. RIGDON. YES. MR. TRUMBULL. YES. MRS. WISE? YES. 5 TO 0. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. HARPER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE NEXT PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS NUMBER THREE. 27. GULF DISTRICT SCHOOLS HAS SUBMITTED THE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CATALYST GRANT, SEEKING 6.886150 IN TRIUMPH GULF COAST DOLLARS TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL TOOLS INITIATIVE FROM 2026 TO 2034. THIS PROJECT, WITH TRIUMPH FUNDING AT 6.88 MILLION, WILL SUPPORT A GOAL OF 6000 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS OVER THE NINE YEAR PROJECT PERIOD AND THE COST PER TRIUMPHS PER CERTIFICATION AWARDED WOULD THEN BE $1,148. THIS COST IS AMONG THE MOST COMPETITIVE PROJECTS IN THE TRIUMPH PORTFOLIO. WHILE THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WAGES BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL NATURE OF DIGITAL TOOLS, USE OF THE STANDARD TRIUMPH SCORING RUBRIC SHOWS $73 IN ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME PER DOLLAR OF TRIUMPH SPEND. THE PROJECT IS ASSIGNED AN A SCORE FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT. REFLECTING THIS HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AMBITIOUS SCALE, AND POTENTIAL FOR LASTING BENEFITS TO A DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED RURAL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HARPER. I THINK WE HAVE MELISSA HANCOCK MAYBE HERE TO SPEAK. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR TREMBLE AND BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM GULF COUNTY BEING A PART OF THE FSU ASCENT AND INSPIRE PRESENTATIONS EARLIER. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL. WE ARE SEEKING THIS GRANT TO SUPPORT THE BRIDGING OF THE RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE AND PREPARE EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT, FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL, FOR SUCCESS IN A TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN ECONOMY. TWO YEARS AGO, WE EMBARKED ON A TECHNOLOGY SURVEY TO SEE WHAT OUR DISTRICT NEEDS WERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE FOUND WE HAD A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE WERE NOT UTILIZING IT TO ITS FULLEST. AND KNOWING THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EXPIRES BEFORE WE COULD USE IT, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO INVEST IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO GULF COUNTY STARTED APPLYING FOR GRANTS, AND WE EVEN WENT TO THE RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE DISTANCE GRANT TO GET AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF $1.1 MILLION TO HELP WITH THIS VENTURE. AS YOU KNOW, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ALSO REPORTS THAT FEWER THAN 10% OF OUR GRADUATES IN GULF DISTRICT SCHOOLS ACTUALLY GRADUATE WITH THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. THIS IS 18% LESS THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. SO WE KNEW WE HAD WORK TO DO. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE LAUNCHED THIS INITIATIVE. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT. WE'VE HIRED A CTE DIRECTOR TO HELP WITH TAKING OVER THESE RESPONSIBILITIES. AND BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IN A RURAL DISTRICT, ONE PERSON CAN WEAR MANY HATS. SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR CTE DIRECTOR WAS FULLY VESTED IN THIS POSITION AND ENSURING THAT THIS WOULD BE DONE WITH FIDELITY.
THIS INITIATIVE IS MUCH MORE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. IT'S ALSO ABOUT ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. AND WE'RE NOT JUST FOR TODAY'S JOBS PLANNING, WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE WANT TO OPEN THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY TO OUR GULF DISTRICT. RURAL STUDENTS WITH ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES. WE CAN EDUCATE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY AND THE TRAINING BY EMBEDDING IT IN
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THEIR CORE CURRICULUM CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF NEW COURSES.WE. WE'VE ALREADY EMBARKED ON SEVEN NEW COURSES THIS SEMESTER, AND IN TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DID OUR INVENTORY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAD ONE TEACHER IN OUR WHOLE DISTRICT OUT OF 140 TEACHERS, THAT WAS TEACHING TECHNOLOGY. THAT HAS CHANGED. AS YOU SAW, WE HAD ALMOST 40 TEACHERS TRAINED THIS SUMMER, AND NOW WE'RE EMBARKING ON A NEW ERA OF EMBEDDING TECHNOLOGY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU DO MORE? IT'S IT'S A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS AND TAKING TIME. THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY TWO YEARS AGO. AND THIS WILL BE A HUGE INVESTMENT AND HOW WE WILL ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES PAST THE FUNDING YEARS WILL BE THAT THOSE TEACHERS WILL HAVE BEEN EMPOWERED AND OUR STUDENTS WILL BE EMPOWERED AS WELL. WE FIND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT 15 OF OUR STUDENTS COMING BACK INTO EDUCATION EVERY YEAR. SO IF WE TRAIN THEM AS STUDENTS, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE'LL ALSO HAVE THEM AS EDUCATORS. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND ENSURING THAT THIS PROPOSAL MOVES FORWARD WOULD BE A GREAT ASSISTANCE. I JUST I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. GULF COUNTY IS ONE OF THE LOWER RURAL COUNTIES FOR ASKING FOR MONEY, AND I THINK IT'S A WELL NEEDED FUND FOR THIS. THANK YOU. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM, AND SO I THINK THAT EVEN SPARKS MY DESIRE MORE FOR I WANT MORE FOR THEM. WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A KEYBOARDING CLASS IN EITHER OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TWO YEARS AGO. SO NOW WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY TEACHER AT EACH SCHOOL AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WELL, THANK YOU, MISS HANCOCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. CHAIR. I HAD A CALL THIS MORNING FROM MR. TERRY. MATT TERRY, WHO'S A FORMER BOARD MEMBER WHO'S NOW A MEMBER OF THE GULF COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HE HAD AN EMERGENCY COME UP THIS MORNING.
HE HAD INTENDED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. HE SAID THIS IS A MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD FOR THE COUNTY, AND HE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT HIS SUPPORT. GREAT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? SEEING NONE THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE? PROPOSAL 327 GULF COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE TO A TERM SHEET. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. YES.
MR. HUMPHRIES. YES. MR. REGAN. YES. MR. TRUMBULL. YES. MRS. WISE? YES. 5 TO 0. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HARPER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE NEXT PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS NUMBER 353. PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE HAS REQUESTED 3.25 MILLION IN FUNDING TO ESTABLISH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CENTER ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
TRIUMPH IS BEARING 63.1% OF THE TOTAL COST, WITH THE COLLEGE BEARING 36.9% OF THAT COST. OUR FUNDING WILL BE INVESTED PRIMARILY IN THE RENOVATION OF BUILDING 21. THE 22,686 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY FORMERLY HOUSED THE ACADEMIC COMPUTING CENTER, AND IT WILL CREATE NEW CLASSROOM SHOP AREAS, TRAINING LABS AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR BOTH NONCREDIT AND CREDIT WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. THE CENTER INTENDS TO HAVE FLEXIBLE, EMPLOYER ALIGNED PROGRAMS RANGING FROM HVAC AND LOGISTICS TO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, IT AND HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY.
BASED ON THE APPLICATION, PSC PROJECTS AWARDING A TOTAL OF 970 INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTS OVER THE FUNDED PERIOD, WITH TRIUMPH'S CONTRIBUTION EQUATING TO A COST PER CERTIFICATE OF $3,351, YIELDING AN EXPECTED $24.9 IN ADDITIONAL LABOR INCOME PER DOLLAR OF TRIUMPH'S SPEND. THAT'S COMPETITIVE WITH PRIOR TRIUMPH WORKFORCE AWARDS, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE CAPITAL INTENSIVE NATURE OF THE FACILITY RENEWAL AND THE BREADTH OF THE INDUSTRY ALIGNED CERTS. FOR THESE REASONS, TRIUMPH STAFF SCORE THE PROJECT AS AN A. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HARPER. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE?
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YES, SIR. MR. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF, PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF 40, 43%. SO OUR FOR CREDIT, CLASSROOM SPACE AVAILABILITY FOR THE NONCREDIT SECTOR THAT WE INTEND TO USE THIS FACILITY FOR, IT'S TIMELY. AND TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THIS FACILITY IS WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS FUNDING PROJECT CALLED NEXT START, WHICH IS FOR MILITARY THAT ARE LEAVING THE MILITARY, THEIR DEPENDENTS, AS WELL AS VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS FOR SHORT WORKFORCE TRAINING. THIS IS 6 TO 8 WEEKS OF TRAINING TO GIVE THEM IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT. SO THIS KIND OF TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CENTER, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IN THE PAST, YOU FUNDED OR HELPED FUND THE CREATION OF OUR CYBERSECURITY CENTER AND OUR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND MATH CENTER. AND SO BECAUSE OF THOSE NEW FACILITIES, WE WERE ABLE TO VACATE THE ACADEMIC COMPUTER CENTER. SO THIS SPACE IS IDEAL FOR THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT WE WANT TO DO THERE. DOCTOR DUMA HAS WORKED WITH STAFF NOW FOR WELL OVER A YEAR ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE ALSO INTEND TO BECOME A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND CORPORATE TRAINING AND NONCREDIT TRAINING. AND WE'VE HIRED RUTHIE NOEL THERE TO OVERSEE NOT ONLY THE INDUSTRY TRAINING THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE THERE, BUT ALSO CONTINUING EDUCATION AND OUR NONPROFIT CENTER. SO, DOCTOR DUMA, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, SIR, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YES, SIR. DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR OR AGAINST? GREAT.
SO A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO FOR PROPOSAL 353 PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE TO TERM STREET NEGOTIATIONS. IS THERE A MOTION SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MISS SKELTON? YES, SIR. MR. YES. MR. HUMPHRIES. YES, MR. REGAN. YES. MR. TRUMBO. YES. MRS. WEISS YES.
5 TO 0. MR. HARPER. DOCTOR. HARPER. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE NEXT PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS NUMBER 339. TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE IS REQUESTING $10 MILLION IN FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT ITS HEALTH CARE AND TEACHER PREPARATION EXPANSION INITIATIVE. THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $27.6 MILLION, WITH TRIUMPH FUNDS REPRESENTING 36.2% OF TOTAL COSTS. THE COLLEGE WILL CONTRIBUTE 1.6 MILLION IN ITS OWN GRANTEE FUNDS, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING AN EDA. US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL AWARD OF $16 MILLION. STAFF RECOMMEND THAT IF THE BOARD VOTES FAVORABLY ON THE PROPOSAL, TRIUMPH FUNDING MIGHT BE MADE CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE EDA AWARD AS DETAILED IN THE BUDGET TEMPLATE. THE PROJECT NARRATIVE HIGHLIGHTS ROBUST STUDENT TEACHING, TECH ENABLED FIELD EXPERIENCES, AND HANDS ON SIMULATION LABS TO ENSURE CAREER READINESS AND DURABLE WORKFORCE PIPELINES FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA. GIVEN THE POPULATION SIZE OF THE SEVERAL RURAL TRIUMPH COUNTIES THAT ARE THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC, ACHIEVING 6000 CERTIFICATIONS IMPLIES THAT EITHER A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WILL EARN MULTIPLE CREDENTIALS, OR THAT A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS EARN A CERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR. THE TRIUMPH INVESTMENT EQUATES TO A UNIT COST OF 2790 PER CERT, WHICH PLACES THIS PROPOSAL WITHIN THE TYPICAL RANGE OF HIGH IMPACT TRIUMPH SUPPORTED WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. STAFF RATE THIS PROJECT AN A FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT AND PROJECT AN INCREMENT TO LABOR INCOME OF $29.9 PER TRIUMPH DOLLAR EXPENDED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR HARPER? WE HAVE MISS SHELLEY BELL HERE TO SPEAK ON. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. ON BEHALF OF TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE, I
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WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE TRIUMPH GULF COAST BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CONSIDERING TSX'S APPLICATION. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO MISS HENDERSON, DOCTOR FULLER, AND DOCTOR HARPER FOR ALL OF THEIR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. TRIUMPH GULF COAST IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO CAPITALIZE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN WAKULLA COUNTY BY FUNDING TSC WAKULLA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FACILITY. THIS INITIATIVE DIRECTS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES TWO OF THE REGION'S MOST CRITICAL CHALLENGES THE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS. BY INVESTING IN THIS PROJECT, TRIUMPH WILL HELP BUILD A SUSTAINABLE TALENT PIPELINE FOR WAKULLA COUNTY AND, OF COURSE, NEIGHBORING FRANKLIN COUNTY. IN DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT, TSC COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH WAKULLA COUNTY, THE WAKULLA CHAMBER, THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WAKULLA EDC, WAKULLA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS INCLUDING TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE AND HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HEALTHCARE. THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS IT CAME TOGETHER, REALLY IS THE RESULT OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, BUT FORECASTING OUT COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, THE FACILITY WILL OFFER CUTTING EDGE HEALTHCARE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR PHLEBOTOMISTS, MEDICAL ASSISTING, PRACTICAL NURSING AND A NURSING BRIDGE PROGRAM RIGHT THERE IN WAKULLA COUNTY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO MEET URGENT LOCAL AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS AND WILL INCLUDE AR, VR SIMULATION LABS, INDUSTRY ALIGNED CERTIFICATIONS AND STUDENTS WILL GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND BE WELL PREPARED FOR HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE CAREERS IN THE WAKULLA COUNTY AREA. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE TEACHER PREP PROGRAM AND THIS ONE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AS I AM A TEACHER AT HEART, STARTING OUT RIGHT HERE AT CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BAY COUNTY. BUT THE TEACHER PREP PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN FUTURE EDUCATORS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND CAREER PATHWAYS, INCLUDING OFFERING BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN ELEMENTARY AND EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WAKULLA COUNTY WAKULLA HIGH SCHOOL TO DO A TWO PLUS TWO MODEL THERE, WITH STUDENTS GETTING THEIR A.A. WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN TRANSFERRING UP TO THE TO THE WW FACILITY TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. WE KNOW THAT THESE PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION WILL HELP FILL THE PERSISTENT VACANCIES IN THE WAKULLA SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ENSURE A QUALIFIED POOL OF EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE FACILITY WILL SERVE AS A REGIONAL HUB FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, OFFERING THE HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS IN HEALTH CARE AND TEACHER PREPARATION. THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION BY CREATING NEW CAREER PATHWAYS AND ATTRACTING INVESTMENT IN HIGH WAGE SECTORS. THE DUAL FOCUS STRATEGY IS TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR WAKULLA COUNTY. IT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES IMMEDIATE LABOR SHORTAGES, BUT ALSO BUILDS LONG TERM CAPACITY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. FUNDING. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH TRIUMPH GULF COAST MISSION TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, DIVERSIFICATION, AND ENHANCEMENT IN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED COUNTIES. THE W WD FACILITY WILL NOT ONLY ADDRESS IMMEDIATE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, BUT ALSO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR LONG TERM GROWTH, RESILIENCE AND PROSPERITY IN WAKULLA COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, MISS BILL.ANY QUESTIONS? $16 MILLION ADDITIONAL GRANT THAT A FEDERAL GRANT A STATE GRANT. YES. US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT. SO IF THEY DON'T GET THE 16 MILLION, THEN CAN THEY COME BACK TO TRIUMPH AND ASK US TO PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS? WELL, THE VIEW OF STAFF WOULD BE THAT TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE WOULD BE WELCOME TO COME BACK, WORK WITH STAFF, TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD, THAT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY. WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR TOWN DOES. SMALLER RURAL COUNTIES ARE WAY BELOW WHAT THEIR FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU DON'T GET THE GRANT TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH STAFF AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A COMMON GROUND TO HELP YOU ALL OUT. THANK YOU.
LIKELIHOOD YOU GET THE GRANT. WE FEEL FAIRLY GOOD. WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH GREG VERDE THIS WEEK. WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING ON IF WE GET APPROVAL TODAY, WE WILL LET HIM KNOW WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE IN WAKULLA COUNTY FOR A FAIRLY LARGE PROJECT, SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD. BUT IT'S THE FEDS, SO YOU NEVER KNOW. WORKING WITH DOCTOR DUNN'S OFFICE WITH DOCTOR WHO. CONGRESSMAN. YES. OKAY, MR. CHAIR. YES, MA'AM. WE'VE WORKED WITH MISS BELL IN
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HER CAPACITY BEFOREHAND WHEN SHE WAS WITH LIVELY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. AND SHE'S A GOOD FAITH PLAYER, AND WE FEEL SURE THAT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET THE GRANT. BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK. BUT WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS ON THE GRANT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. YES. SO YOU HAVE AWARDED TRIUMPH IS AWARDED OTHER GRANTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US WITH THE EDA. AND SO THEIR TEAM IS FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PROCESS. AND WE HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WILL SPEAK WELL TO THIS ONE. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE 6000 CERTIFICATIONS. ARE WE PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO TO STRIVE FOR? YEAH, WE A LOT IS BUILT INTO THE EDUCATION PIECE TO WORKING WITH THE DIGITAL TOOLS, THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT ONE WITH MULTIPLE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS. FOR THOSE THAT COME OUT OF OUR TEACHER PREP PROGRAM, I ACTUALLY CONSULTED WITH BRIANNE BIDDLE, WHO SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER FROM THE ASCENT PROGRAM, TO RUN THOSE NUMBERS WITH HER AS WELL. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF TSC IN THE COMMUNITY WITH WAKULLA, THE ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE AND WAKULLA COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE A SCHOOLS. AND I THINK IT'S A VERY NATURAL PIPELINE TO GO RIGHT TO TSC. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? SEEING NONE IS THERE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. SO THE MOTION IS FOR PROPOSAL 339 TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE, WAKULLA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR $10,008,326 TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE TO TERM SHEET NEGOTIATIONS. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR, MR. CARR? YES, MR. HUMPHRIES? YES, MR. REGAN. YES, MR. TRUMBO. YES.
MRS. WISE, YES. 5 TO 0. GREAT MOTION PASSES. WE HOPE THE THE EDA AWARD COMES IN FOR YOU GUYS.
FOR SURE. DOCTOR HARPER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE LAST PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY IS NUMBER 360 FRANKLIN COUNTY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HANEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR 250,000 IN TRIUMPH FUNDING TO ESTABLISH AN AVIATION MAINTENANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AT HANGAR FIVE, APALACHICOLA REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ANTICIPATED $265,000, WITH TRIUMPH PROVIDING WE HAVE A SCRIVENER'S ERROR HERE, TRIUMPH PROVIDING 94.3% OF THE REQUIRED FUNDS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMITTING 15,000 IN LOCAL MATCH, INCLUDING FUNDS FOR FACILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. HANEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH HIRING INSTRUCTORS AND SUPPLYING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, FURTHER ENHANCING THE PROJECT'S LEVERAGED IMPACT. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIED DOLLAR VALUE FOR THAT CONTRIBUTION FROM HANEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT THIS TIME.
TRIUMPH GULF COAST FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO ESSENTIAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE THE SITE IS SUITABLE FOR HIGH QUALITY TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THOSE RENOVATIONS INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF INTERIOR WALLS, REPLACING FLOORING, REPAINTING THE INTERIOR, UPGRADING BUILDING SYSTEMS SUCH AS HVAC WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTERIOR AS WELL. BASED ON THE PROJECT NARRATIVE, THE PROGRAM COMMITS TO CERTIFYING 25 NEW AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT A&P MECHANICS WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WITH TRIUMPH CONTRIBUTING 250,000. THE COST PER CERTIFICATION TO US IS $10,000. BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF SEAT HOURS NEEDED PER STUDENT AND THE ASSOCIATED INSTRUCTIONAL COST, AND THESE. THE A&P CERTIFICATE REQUIRES SEVERAL UNDERLYING CERTIFICATIONS TO HIT THIS CAPSTONE CERT, AND THE RELATIVELY HIGH WAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CREDENTIAL. THIS IS AN ATTRACTIVE COST PER CERT. THIS INVESTMENT IN EACH NEW CERTIFICATION ENABLES BOTH IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO HIGH WAGE CAREERS AND THE LONG TERM ECONOMIC RESILIENCE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE EXPECTED ROI OF $25.1 IN INCREASED LABOR INCOME PER TRIUMPH DOLLAR. FOR THESE REASONS, AND GIVEN THE
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PROJECT'S REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT, STAFF SCORE THIS PROGRAM AS AN A IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SIR, WE HAVE AIRPORT MANAGER STEVE KIRSCHENBAUM. THAT'S HOW I DID WITH THAT. MR. CHAIR, WHILE HE'S COMING UP, I WAS GOING TO JUST MENTION, TOO, THAT HANEY HAS FILLED ALL THEIR SEATS IN THEIR PANAMA CITY CAMPUS FOR THIS TRAINING PROGRAM. SO THIS PROVIDES THEM SOME RELIEF FROM SOME OF THEIR TRAINING SEATS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. STEVE KERSHENBAUM, AIRPORT MANAGER, APALACHICOLA, FRANKLIN COUNTY I HAVE WITH ME ANGELA REECE ADMINISTRATIVE, HANEY COLLEGE. AND I ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER OTIS AMOS IN HERE WITH ME. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR ENTERTAINING US TODAY. IT'S A PROUD MOMENT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH OUR SHARE OF HARDSHIPS.WITH THE FIVE YEAR CLOSURE AND HUNDREDS OF LOST JOBS, WILDFIRES, HURRICANE MICHAEL, COVID. IT'S JUST BACK TO BACK STUFF. AND THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT OUR AIRPORT AS THE NEW NUMBER TWO EMPLOYER FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. AND THE COMMISSION THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS INCREDIBLY PROACTIVE. MORE HAS HAPPENED AT THAT AIRPORT IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 80 YEARS. WE HAVE APPROACHES THAT ARE OPEN. WE HAVE RUNWAYS THAT ARE SPOTLESS, WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE ON SITE PEOPLE. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE WITH TRAINING AND PERSONNEL AT THE SITE. AND RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS ON OUR PLATE WHEN WE STARTED THIS WAS WE NEED A SKILLED WORKFORCE TO LURE COMPANIES TO THE SITE. I'VE BEEN TO MRO AMERICA TWICE WITH THE COUNTY'S BLESSING, AND THERE'S A TON OF COMPANIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME UP HERE IN A MINUTE. THE BIGGEST THING WAS THE SKILLED WORKFORCE. SO MY CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT BOARD, GEORGE WILKERSON, STARTED NEGOTIATIONS WITH HANEY. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, AND POTENTIALLY WE WILL HAVE A FACILITY SPILLING OUT THE SKILLED WORKFORCE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND THE COMPANIES TO BRING IN, AND I'LL BE BACK FOR RUNWAY EXTENSIONS AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS IN THE FUTURE. SO EXPECT THAT I HAVE ANGELA HERE THAT MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS YOU, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THIS EXPANSION WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY. WHEN GEORGE FIRST AND TRULY HE JUST WALKED THROUGH OUR FRONT DOOR AND SAID, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AVIATION. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION, AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OVER AND HAVE LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH COUNTY COMMISSION, WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS THE THE COMMUNITY. ACTUALLY, HANEY HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN STARTING UP WHAT WE CALL TANGO FLIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OVER THERE. THAT'S FOR 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS, AND THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY TEACHING THOSE 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD AN ENTIRE AIRPLANE FROM THE BOLTS ALL THE WAY TO AIRWORTHY.
THEY WILL AUCTION THAT PLANE OFF, AND THEN THEY'LL START AGAIN WITH THE NEXT GROUP. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM ACTUALLY WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT PATHWAY. SO THE STUDENTS THAT COMPLETE TANGO FLIGHT WILL THEN BE CREDITED WITH THEIR GENERALS AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR GENERAL CERTIFICATION SO THEY CAN ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR POWERPLANT PROGRAM. YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF HANEY. HANEY IS ABSORBING THAT, AND IT'S RIGHT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $450,000. THAT WILL INCLUDE INSTRUCTORS, EQUIPMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT AND ACCREDITATION. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, LAST YEAR, WE STARTED THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROCESS WITH BOTH GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO COME OVER TO HANEY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE OFFERINGS IN THOSE CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY. AREAS SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT AS WE ARE GETTING AVIATION OFF THE GROUND IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, THEN WE CAN ADD MARINE AND THEN SOME CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE THE OVERALL GOAL IS NOT JUST BAY COUNTY, NOT BAY AND GULF, NOT JUST THIS PART OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA, BUT ALL OF THIS REGION. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THESE FOLKS AND THRILLED TO SEE WHERE THIS TAKES US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SURE. MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF. OTTIS ANDERSON, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, FRANKLIN COUNTY I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO ECHO WHAT THEY'VE SAID RIGHT THERE, BUT JUST FROM A COMMISSION STANDPOINT, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING HERE. THE COMMUNITY IS BUZZING. AND JUST SO HAPPENS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE PRESS HAS KIND OF CAUGHT HOLD OF THIS. SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF IT NOW. AND THE PHONE CALLS AREN'T ABOUT CLEANING DITCHES. IT'S ABOUT WHEN THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO OPEN UP. BUT THE COMMUNITY
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IS EXCITED. WE'RE EXCITED. I THINK WE'VE GOT A BLANK CANVAS OUT THERE AT THAT AIRPORT. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET USED TO OUR FACES. I THINK YOU MIGHT SEE US A FEW MORE TIMES.WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY TURN INTO SOMETHING GREAT.
AND IF I CAN TWIST MISS REESE'S ARM, IT MIGHT EXPAND MORE FROM JUST AVIATION INTO OTHER VOCATIONAL ASPECTS AS WELL. BUT ON BEHALF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINING THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IF Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT WE WE HAD A GROUP MEETING WITH YOU GUYS PREVIOUSLY GETTING TO SEE SOME OF YOUR IDEAS ON THE EXPANSION OF THE RUNWAY. AND THEN WE WENT TO OUT TO THE AIR SHOW. AND IT'S A IT'S A HIDDEN GEM OUT THERE, AND I CAN SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL OUT THERE. AND THIS IS A GOOD START TO IT. THANK YOU LESLIE. OH, AND BY THE WAY, WE MADE HER PAY FOR HER LOW COUNTRY BOIL WHEN SHE CAME TO THE AIRPORT. ACTUALLY, I MADE HER PAY FOR IT, BUT THE OTHER HAT THAT MR. COMMISSIONER EMERSON WEARS THAT HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, BUT HE'S REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IS THE OYSTER INDUSTRY RENEWAL AND RENOVATION OR REFRESHMENT THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN A PART OF, AS WELL AS TRIUMPH AND HIS WORK AND HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY WELL NOTED AND HAS LED US TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING CLOSER TO GETTING THAT BAY BACK OPEN AGAIN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YEAH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR OR AGAINST? I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GULF, FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA COUNTY. FINALLY. IT'S REALLY GREAT. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION. IF SOMEONE HAS A MOTION MOVED MOTION FROM MISS WEISS, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM MR. COR? ANY DISCUSSION? OH, WAS HE TRYING TO SECOND. YEAH. WE'LL LET HIM DO IT NEXT TIME. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE SKELETON? SURE. MR. CORA. YES. MR. HUMPHRIES? YES, MR. RIGDON. YES. MR. TRUMBULL. YES. MRS. WISE. YES. 5 TO 0. MOTION PASSES. YES. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR.
YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT, SUSAN, ISN'T THERE A STATUTORY SUNSET FOR THIS BOARD, LIKE WHEN THIS BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DISSOLVE OR END OR. NO. NO, SIR. OKAY.
WE'RE WE'RE ON THE BOOKS. OKAY. NO, I THOUGHT THERE WAS. I WAS JUST THINKING WE'RE WE'RE APPROVING THESE TEN YEAR PROJECTS, AND I'M THINKING IF THERE'S A SUNSET OUT THERE SOMEWHERE WHERE THE FUNDING ENDS IN 2033. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S NO CLOSURE DATE FOR THE BOARD AS IT EXISTS. THAT'S THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS. SO THEY HAVE NOT TO. G. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HARPER. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA NEXT. AND IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAS ANY CHANGES OR HAVE ANY THING THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD HERE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA? AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS FRYE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS A PROPOSED FOURTH AMENDMENT TO GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT NUMBER 209, GRANTEE BEING SANTA ROSA COUNTY FOR THE I-10 INDUSTRIAL PARK. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE BEING REQUESTED IN THIS AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT IS TO CONFORM BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DEADLINE AND GRANT COMPLETION DEADLINE TO CONFORM WITH PREVIOUS BUDGET AMENDMENTS APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
SECONDLY, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT NUMBER 251, ALSO SANTA ROSA COUNTY AS GRANTEE. LIKEWISE, NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND EXTENSION OF PROJECT COMPLETION DEADLINE.
EXCUSE ME, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION DEADLINE AND GRANT COMPLETION DEADLINE TO CONFORM WITH PREVIOUS BUDGET AMENDMENTS APPROVED BY THIS BOARD. WE CONSIDER BOTH OF THESE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CONFORM TO PRIOR BOARD ACTION. FINALLY, PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT NUMBER 265 GRANT GRANTEE BEING FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE FSU COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEING REQUESTED IN THIS AMENDMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS TO UPDATE BUDGET CATEGORIES, TIMING OF GRANT AND MATCH EXPENDITURES, AND ALSO TO REQUEST A ONE TIME, SIX MONTH WAIVER FOR THE 18 MONTH
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EXPENDITURE SUBMISSION DEADLINE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, SUSAN. OKAY. IS DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED THE MOTION.AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? YES, SIR.
MR. CARTER? YES, MR. HUMPHRIES. YES, MR. RIGDON. YES. MR. TRUMBULL. YES. MRS. WISE, YES.
5 TO 0. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO YOU.
YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST, FOR CONSIDERATION AS THE PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE, 44, GRANT RECIPIENT, BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS FOR PROJECT CLEAR. THE THE GRANT AWARD IS UP TO AN AMOUNT OF $3,750,000. THE PURPOSE BEING RENOVATION OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCTS. THE PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TERM SHEET. THANK YOU, MISS FRY. WE HAVE MISS HARDEN AND TEAM MAYBE HERE. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO BECCA FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DID TO HELP US WITH THE FLORIDA TREND PHOTOGRAPH SESSION. YEAH. MY PLEASURE, MY PLEASURE. ANYTIME. WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU SHOWCASED BAY COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M BECCA HARDEN I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BAY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO PRESENT GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCTS TO YOU ALL. THIS IS A COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES HURRICANE RESISTANT WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION HERE IN BAY COUNTY TO LEASE THE FORMER INCINERATOR PROPERTY THAT'S IN THE ORIGINAL INDUSTRIAL PARK OFF OF HIGHWAY 231. THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE THE GULF COAST MONIES TO HELP RETROFIT THAT BUILDING. AND AND THEN THEY THEY WILL USE THEIR MONEY TO EXPAND THE BUILDING AND MAKE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY. 150 NEW JOBS FOR BAY COUNTY AND A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $14.5 MILLION. THERE ARE OTHER ADVANTAGES FOR THIS COMPANY COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, IN THAT THEY ALREADY UTILIZE PORT PANAMA CITY TO IMPORT GLASS THROUGH OUR PORT, AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS IN MERIDA IN THE YUCATAN, MILET GLASS, AND THEY WILL BE IMPORTING MORE GLASS TO MANUFACTURE THEIR WINDOWS HERE IN BAY COUNTY. A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AS 1:00 TODAY WE'RE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THEIR TEAMS TO FINALIZE THE LEASE ON THE BUILDING. THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY HIRED AN ARCHITECT TO FINISH THE DESIGN. THE ARCHITECT WAS HERE EARLIER, AND THEY'VE HIRED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO MANAGE THE BID PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE STAFF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, MISS HARDEN. ANY QUESTIONS? DAVID. ALL GOOD.
THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. GREAT. IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON PROJECT CLEAR FOR OR AGAINST. NO. WOULD THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD? I THINK A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT PROPOSAL 344, PROJECT CLEAR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO. APPROVE PROPOSAL THREE 3344 PROJECT CLEAR, BAY COUNTY. GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION A SECOND? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MISS KELTON, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR.
MR. CHAIR, MR. HUMPHRIES WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THIS VOTE. HE'S A BUSINESS TENANT OF THE PORT. SO HE'S NOT VOTING ON THIS. MR. YES. MR. RIGDON. YES. MR. TRUMBO. YES. MRS. WISE? YES.
4 TO 0, WITH HUMPHREYS ABSTAINING. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT FOR CONSIDERATION IS PROPOSED. GRANT. AWARD AGREEMENT FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 355. THE GRANTEE IS FLORIDA'S GREAT NORTHWEST PROPOSED GRANT AWARD, BEING AN AMOUNT UP TO $4,770,000. THE PURPOSE TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND MARKETING PLAN TARGETED AT ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION WITHIN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES. THE PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TERM SHEET. GREAT. THANK YOU, MISS FRY. WE HAVE JENNIFER CONNELLY HERE. SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA GREAT NORTHWEST. THANK YOU FOR
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BEING HERE. THANK YOU, CHAIR TREMBLE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. GRANT UNITED FORWARD BEFORE YOU TODAY. GOING BACK TO COREY'S SCENARIO, THOUGH ABOUT THE HOUSE, WHEN YOU THINK OF THAT, I THINK OF FLORIDA'S GREAT NORTHWEST AS THE REALTORS THAT ARE DOING OPEN HOUSES ON NORTHWEST FLORIDA, TRYING TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THOSE COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES HERE TO THE REGION FOR CONTINUED DIVERSIFICATION. WE'RE CURRENTLY WRAPPING UP OUR MARKETING AND RESEARCH GRANT THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU ALL.THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH DOCTOR HARPER AND COREY ON FINALIZING SOME SOME MORE MARKETING ITEMS FOR OUR TRIUMPH GULF COAST SUCCESS STORIES, AS WELL AS SOME RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS OF THE INVESTMENTS YOU ALL HAVE MADE AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND DEGREES FOR THE REGION. AND OUR NEW GRANT, UNITED FORWARD WILL BE THE MOST EXTENSIVE, STRATEGICALLY FOCUSED MARKETING EFFORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING TO BUILD THE BUSINESS BRAND AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA, AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR GREAT LOCAL PARTNERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN ADDITION, THE OTHER PIECE OF THE GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO ANSWER YOUR BOARD'S REQUEST TO UPDATE OUR REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION CALLED NORTHWEST FLORIDA FORWARD. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND TAKE THIS PROGRAM OUT TO THE END OF 2030 WITH YOUR SUPPORT. SO APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS CONLEY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER SEEING NONE. THEN I THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO BEING DONE HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION POSSIBLY TO FOR PROPOSAL. 355 FLORIDA'S GREAT NORTHWEST FOR 4,777,000 TO APPROVE THE GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. GREAT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MISS KELTON, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR. MR. CARTER? YES, MR. HUMPHRIES? YES, MR. REGAN. YES, MR. TRUMBO. YES, MRS. WISE. YES.
5 TO 0. MOTION PASSES. MISS FRYE. THANK YOU. YES, MR. CHAIR. SO, FINAL ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION. A PROPOSED FIFTH AMENDMENT TO GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT. NUMBER 233, THE GRANTEE IS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION, CENTER FOR HUMAN HEALTHSPAN RESILIENCE AND PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEING REQUESTED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NEW TO TRIUMPH USE OF FUNDS FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF RESEARCH THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE IN THE AMENDMENT. IN THIS AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDES A ONE TIME SIX MONTH WAIVER FROM THE 18 MONTH EXPENDITURE SUBMISSION DEADLINE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. TILLEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD AND STAFF. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CREATION OF A CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY, WHICH WILL ALLOW FLEXIBILITY TO USE THE PORTION OF EXISTING TRIUMPH GRANTS FUNDING TO ENGAGE CONSULTANTS WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN COMMERCIALIZATION. WHILE HMCS TRIUMPH FUNDED PROJECTS HAVE GENERATED SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVANCES, SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING THESE OUTCOMES INTO REAL WORLD PRODUCTS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT REQUIRES SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND MARKET ANALYSIS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY, AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT. AS ALWAYS, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT OF TRIUMPH BOARD AND STAFF, AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. GREAT. I'M SORRY. SORRY. SO WHAT KIND OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE IS THIS CATEGORY. IT SAYS COMMERCIALIZATION I DON'TN KNOW WHAT. YEAH IT'S LOOKING AT BASICALLY TECH TRANSFER. SO AS WE DEVELOP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGH THE RESEARCH BEING DEVELOPED, IT'S LOOKING AT TAKING THIS INTO THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. AND IT'S A SKILL SET THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE WITHIN THE INSTITUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THAT WOULD WHEN YOU DEVELOP IT AND SELL THAT PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY OUT INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR, DOES THE UNIVERSITY OR YOU GUYS GET A ROYALTY GOING? CORRECT? CORRECT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT WOULD GO BACK INTO FUNDING. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY. YEP.
THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS SEEING NONE WE WOULD I WOULD WE
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COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT. 233 TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED MOTION FOR MR. RIGDON. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FOR MR. CORE? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MR. YES. MR. HUMPHRIES. YES. MR. DUNN. YES.MR. TRUMBO. YES. MRS. WISE YES. 5 TO 0. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? ADDRESS. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS NOW. GIVE EACH BOARD MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, MR. RIGDON. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE DID SOME GOOD WORK HERE TODAY. IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE SMALLER AFFECTED COUNTIES.
FUNDING. I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BALANCES OF THE FUNDS THAT'S AVAILABLE IN ESPECIALLY, I BELIEVE, GULF, FRANKLIN, WAKULLA COUNTY, THEY THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF FUNDING. I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE COUNTY BUDGETS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN EDC.
BUT I THINK WE'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS WITH BECCA AND AND NATHAN AND BAY AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES THAT IF THEY HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE SELLING THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY OR AREA, AND THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT AREA AND THE POSITIVES OF THAT AREA, THEY CAN DO IT AGGRESSIVELY. THEN, YOU KNOW, WE SEE RESULTS FROM THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE, AS TRIUMPH CAN, CAN GET WITH THOSE COUNTIES AND SAY, HEY, WE'LL FUND YOUR EDC DIRECTOR FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAND YOU A CHECK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO REVIEW WHO YOU HIRE, MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HIRING SOMEBODY'S COUSIN, BUT HIRING SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT'S AN EDC TRAINED PERSON. HAVE ALL THIS MONEY SITTING AROUND. THAT'S THE RESTRICTED MONEY FOR THOSE COUNTIES. AND IT'S IT'S PILING UP YEAR AFTER YEAR. OUR JOB IS TO IS TO HELP TO ME IS TO HELP THESE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, I'D LIKE STAFF TO COME BACK AND TELL US IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO, IF WE COULD FUND OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER MECHANISM OF HOW WE DO THAT. AND MAYBE IT'S THREE POSITIONS, MAYBE IT'S ONE POSITION, BUT WE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE SURE NEED TO GIVE THEM A, A HAND UP. I KNOW THAT, MR. CHAIR. YES, MA'AM. IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME WITH TRIUMPH, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE RECOGNIZED IT, BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE. EACH OF THE COUNTIES IS DIFFERENT. EACH OF THE COUNTIES HAS DIFFERENT CAPACITY. EACH OF THE COUNTIES HAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN PLACE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
AND THEY'VE SORT OF SELF STARTED WITH MR. AMUNDSEN AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE AIRPORT, AND THEY'VE SORT OF GOTTEN THEIR OWN ACT GOING. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES AND FACTORS INVOLVED WITH OUR SMALLER COUNTIES. SO THEY NOT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THE SAME THINGS THAT THE BIGGER COUNTIES WANT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE SEEING FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THIS YEAR. THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FILE A LOCAL BILL THAT WILL CONNECT THE INTERMODAL CAPACITY FOR GULF, FRANKLIN, LIBERTY AND GADSDEN. THOSE TWO COUNTIES ARE NOT IN OUR REGION, BUT THEY'RE PART OF THIS INTERLOCAL SYSTEM THAT COREY WORKED ON WITH EFI BEFORE SHE CAME TO TRIUMPH. THESE ARE NOT NEW PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS WITH THESE SMALL COUNTIES. IT'S NOT JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY. IT'S ALSO WHO WOULD COME TO THESE COUNTIES. WHAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY WOULD COME TO THE COUNTY BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THEIR INTERMODAL CAPACITY? BUT WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THESE SMALL COUNTIES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE OPPORTUNITY. FLORIDA, WHICH IS GRANT, AND THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS THAT DEAL WITH THE SMALLER COUNTIES. WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY AGAIN, BUT WE GO INTO THESE COUNTIES AND MEET WITH THEM ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS ON TRYING TO DO THE TYPES
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OF THINGS THAT MISS WISE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHERE WE DID THE ROUND TABLE FOR THE IDEA, SORT OF A BRAINSTORMING SESSION FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. IT'S A REAL STRUGGLE. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T TELL THEM WHO THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP. THEY HAVE TO TELL US. AND THAT SORT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HEAR FRANKLIN COUNTY COMING TO THE TABLE, BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE BREAKTHROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GULF COUNTY EDUCATION COMPONENT IS JUST MASSIVE. I MEAN, THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE GOLDEN CIRCLE OF EGLIN, I MEAN, OF TYNDALL. AND THEY CAN BRING THOSE TYPES OF JOBS THAT ARE DEFENSE RELATED INTO THE COMMUNITY IF THEY CHOOSE TO.BUT AGAIN, THE CHOICES HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE ACTUAL COUNTY STRUCTURE, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.
AND SO IT'S, AS I SAID, AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT AT EVERY STEP. AND WE CAN WE CAN RENEW THAT EFFORT AGAIN. BUT THERE MORE PIECES TO IT THAN JUST HIRING SOMEBODY AND HAVING THEM GO DOWN THERE AND TELL THE COUNTY WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS, AND THAT'S SORT OF A GAME. IT'S NOT A GAME. IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO CONTINUE TO BE HAD BETWEEN THE COUNTIES AND TRIUMPH. YOU KNOW, COACH BRYANT USED TO SAY YOU GOT TO SELL THEM ON THE CAMPUS BEFORE YOU CAN GET THEM INTO CLASS. SO SO WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO SELL THAT AREA. WELL IF THEY WANT TO BE SOLD, THAT'S THE OTHER THING. WE CAN'T FORCE ANYTHING ON COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THOSE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE HAD, BOTH AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND AT THE STAFF LEVEL. AND, YOU KNOW, MRS. WISE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THAT AREA AND REALLY SITTING AND LISTENING WITH OUR SMALL COUNTIES AND HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. AND I DON'T KNOW, LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL. YES. AND I HAD SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINES WITH MY CLOSING TOO. I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT. BUT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I PUT MYSELF OUT THERE THAT IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO MEET WITH ME, I WOULD MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND WE DID THAT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY, BUT THAT IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, I GUESS. WELL, YEAH. AND FRANKLIN COUNTY OR WAKULLA COUNTY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN POSITIONS WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE WAKULLA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PROACTIVE, TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE IN INTO THE AREA. AND WE HAVE A GREAT EDUCATION SYSTEM THERE THAT BRINGS THE GRANTS AVAILABILITY FOR THE GRANTS. FRANKLIN COUNTY. NOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. YES. THE THE AIRPORT IS ALSO WITHIN THAT, FRANKLIN COUNTY'S AIRPORT. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THAT THERE TOO.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO, TO TALK MORE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE SMALL COUNTIES TO COME, COME TO US. AND SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE HAD THREE OF THEM COME TODAY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT. THAT WAS A THAT WAS A MILESTONE THAT REALLY WAS. BUT IT IS A PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE. AND THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES. AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO SIT WITH US WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO. THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION HELPS, I THINK, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WHAT YOU CAME UP WITH. SO I GUESS THE THE TAKEAWAY IS WE NEED TO FIND WAYS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THOSE COUNTIES ENGAGED. BUT AGAIN, EACH OF THE COUNTIES HAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT. WAKULLA IS BY CONTRACT. GULF COUNTY HAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE TODAY. I THINK I SAW JIM EARLIER, JIM MCKNIGHT IS HERE, AND FRANKLIN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A DEDICATED COMPONENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR WHOLE REGION, OKAY. AND THEY NEVER HAVE. AND AND THEY HAVE CONTEMPLATED DOING IT. THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. THEY'VE NEVER CROSSED THE FINISH LINE WITH IT. OKAY. MR. CORE. SO THE IRONY OF THIS CONVERSATION, Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT FRANKLIN COUNTY GOT HIT HARDER BY THE OIL SPILL THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTIES IN TERMS OF THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE IRONY OF THE WHOLE THING. BUT SO WE FUNDED WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE.
RIGHT? WELL, I KNOW WE HAVE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE TO INDUSTRIAL SITES THAT WILL CREATE HIGH WAGE JOBS. OKAY. SO THE APALACHICOLA WATER SYSTEM
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THAT WE CAN'T HELP THEM UNLESS WE COULD TIE IT SOMEHOW TO JOB CREATION AND. THAT'S A WEIRD LOOKING FACE YOU'RE MAKING THAT HAS ALL OF ITS OWN WITH THE STATE. SO. RIGHT. WE'VE EVEN TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY WILL EXTEND THE WATER AND SEWER THAT THEY NEED OUT TO THE AIRPORT, THEN THEY CAN FLAG OFF THE SIDE OF IT. BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT. I MEAN, AGAIN, IT HAS TO COME FROM THEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REQUEST HAS TO COME FROM THEM, BUT HAVE HAS HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN APPROACHED BY THEM TO HELP THEM? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE SOME SITES NEAR THE AIRPORT THAT MAY HAVE INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY. THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY HAVE OTHER REASONS. THEY CAN'T BE USED BECAUSE THE LAND IS DESIGNATED IN WAYS THAT CAN'T BE CONVERTED TO INDUSTRIAL. BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED IN WALTON, IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THE WATER AND SEWER LINES OUT TO AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, WHATEVER HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY IS THE WATER AND SEWER NOW BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR OTHER USES, WHETHER THAT'S RESIDENTIAL OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THE TRIUMPH WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING THEM CONVERT SOLUTION IN APALACHICOLA IN PARTICULAR, IS THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.HEARINGS WERE LAST WEEK FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES, AND THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. REPRESENTATIVE SHOAF AND SENATOR SIMON INDICATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FILING A LOCAL BILL THAT WILL BASICALLY TAKE THE WATER SYSTEM AWAY FROM THE CITY OF APALACHICOLA AND GIVE IT TO THE EASTPOINT WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RUNNING WATER AND SEWER IN THAT REGION. AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD CREATE A NEW DISTRICT THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY EASTPOINT AND THE OUTLIERS FROM THERE, BUT ALSO SAINT GEORGE ISLAND AND APALACHICOLA INTO ONE WATER DISTRICT. AND SENATOR SIMON, SOME OF HIS COMMENTS WERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LET THE CITY DO THIS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY LOVE TO HAVE THE STATE STEP IN ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, THE STATE'S GOING TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SOLVING THAT PROBLEM THERE. AND IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE SUMMER IT TOOK DOWN THE TOURIST SEASON FOR APALACHICOLA COMPLETELY WIPED IT OUT. AND SO THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION HAS INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO STEP IN ON THAT ISSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION. I REALLY ENJOYED THE FSU ASCENT AND INSPIRE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS GREAT. REALLY GREAT JOB, GREAT ENERGY. I AM ALSO REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRANKLIN GULF AND WAKULLA COUNTY. THAT'S WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S A VERY EXCITING THING. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE.
IT'S A GREAT MEETING. WE GAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY AWAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OH, HAVE ONE MORE. YES PLEASE. SORRY I'M SORRY. AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO MENTION THIS. WE SUPPORT ALL THESE. I GRANTS THINGS LIKE THAT. CAN WE TALK ABOUT USING AI FOR COMPLIANCE? WE'VE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO BRING FORWARD. I WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO INSTEAD OF THE OF THE HUMAN FACTOR, HAVING TO GO THROUGH 5000 PAGES OF COMPLIANCE. IF WE CAN AUTOMATE THAT WITH AI, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO THAT. WE BEGAN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TESTING THIS SUMMER. WE'VE BEEN IN CONSULTING WITH JENNIFER DAVIDSON, WHO HAPPENED TO BE GOING TO A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER, AND SHE HEARD A SPEAKER WHO SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH, AND WE INTEND TO ENGAGE WITH HER AS SOON AS WE CAN AFTER WE GET THROUGH THIS MEETING TO BEGIN LOOKING AT WAYS THAT AI CAN BE EMPLOYED TO HELP US WITH OUR COMPLIANCE TESTING, WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE BOARD'S DIRECTIVE OF 100% REVIEW. SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO WORK. AND I THINK JENNIFER FELT GOOD AFTER HEARING THIS LADY SPEAK. WE DID HAVE OUR INTERN BEGIN SOME INVESTIGATIONS THIS SUMMER BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT HE WAS THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO THAT FOR US, AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OPTIONS THAT AGAIN, WE'LL STILL MAINTAIN YOUR LEVEL OF DESIRED REVIEW, BUT TAKE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AWAY FROM THE PERSONAL TOUCH. YEAH. THE NUMBER OF PAGES THAT I HEARD YOU HAD TO REVIEW WAS STAGGERING. LISTEN, I FORGOT TO ASK DAVID HUMPHREYS IF HE HAD ANY CLOSING REMARKS. YES. IS HE
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THERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY CLOSING REMARKS? SURE. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE THE FSU ASCENT AND INSPIRE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY INTERESTING AND GREAT TO FIND OUT MORE.IT'S IT'S ALSO GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE GULF COUNTY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE TEACHERS LEARN ABOUT AI SO THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE USING AI ON THEM. ALSO, I THINK WITH MR. ADKINS POINT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO MORE TO TO TO ENCOURAGE THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GIVE THESE LOCAL COUNTIES A LITTLE BIT MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HELP, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH FLORIDA'S GREAT NORTHWEST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BIG GRANT WE JUST AWARDED, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THEY CAN HELP FOCUS ON THOSE ON THOSE COUNTIES THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE, AS WE SAID, A BECCA HARDEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT THEY DO HAVE A JENNIFER CONNELLY. SO MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER WITH, WITH HER TO KIND OF PROMOTE AND LIFT UP THOSE, THOSE COUNTIES. SO YEAH. GOOD MEETING. SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE, BUT YOU DID FINE WITHOUT ME, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 22ND AT THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE NURSING PROGRAM THERE. GREAT. AND IT WILL BE 1030 IN THE MORNING. WHEN IS IT? OCTOBER WHAT? OCTOBER 22ND. SECOND. OKAY.
MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO
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