[CALL TO ORDER]
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          JOINING US FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING. IT'S FEBRUARY THE 18TH. IT'S 9 A.M. MISS MARTE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CROSBY? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. THE INVOCATION WILL BE. YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. SORRY. 
          ALL GOOD. SKIP ME AND THEN CAME BACK TO ME. OKAY. NO SKIPPING. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. 
          INVOCATION BY PASTOR GAY, HIGH PRAISE WORSHIP CENTER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY ANTHONY WORTMAN AT VETERANS SERVICE. PASTOR. GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US IN BAY COUNTY. I JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM TODAY AS WE HAVE THIS MEETING, THAT YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION WILL BE ON OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF, LORD, THAT YOU'LL GUIDE US TO SERVE YOU AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF T STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions or Deletions)]
DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I'VE HAD A REQUEST TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER SIX FROM CONSENT TO REGULAR. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MR. MARK, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. CARROLL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER BRADFORD. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, 
          [PRESENTATIONS]
MA'AM. UNDER PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE FOUR SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTED TODAY. THE FIRST ONE BY THE FIRST ONE IS JERRY WALDEN FROM ENGINEERING WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE 20 YEAR SERVICE AWARD FROM MR. MICAH. JUST REMEMBER YOU ASKED FOR THIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SO JERRY AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY. SO JERRY WALDEN IS WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. HE'S PROUDLY SERVED BAY COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS AND CURRENTLY WORKS AS AN ENGINEERING INSPECTOR. TWO IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. HE PROVIDES INSPECTION SERVICES ON A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS INCLUDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE WORK, DREDGING AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, ENSURING EACH PROJECT MEETS STATE AND LOCAL STANDARDS. 
          JERRY IS PART OF A TEAM THAT ACTIVATED FOLLOWING THE DEEPWATER HORIZON INCIDENT, WHERE HIS WORK HELPED ENSURE OIL BOOM CONSTRUCTION MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. OUTSIDE OF WORK, JERRY ENJOYS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH INTEREST RANGING FROM PHOTOGRAPHY AND OBSTACLE COURSE RACING. THAT'S HOW JERRY AND I GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL. WE BOTH HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SPARTAN OBSTACLE COURSE RACES AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AND HOPE YOU HAVE 20 MORE IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE HERE. AND WE WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS GO ARMY BEAT OR GO NAVY BEAT ARMY. ARMY. SO THANK YOU, MR. BELL. SHE'S GOING TO GET A PICTURE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE EVIDENCE. 
          EVIDENCE? I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CARROLL PRESENTING THREE SERVICE AWARDS. 20 YEAR SERVICE AWARD TO KEVIN SHAW WITH FIRE RESCUE, 25 YEAR SERVICE AWARD TO WAYNE COMO. TRAFFIC CONTROL 30 YEAR SERVICE AWARD TO STEVE SOLINSKY FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. PLEASE COME UP. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. IT'S A GREAT DAY. GREAT DAY. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS WE GET TO DO IS WE GET TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO BAY COUNTY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH MISTER KEVIN SHAW, FIREFIGHTER KEVIN SHAW IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH BAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 2006 AS A FIREFIGHTER. HE OBTAINED HIS EMT CERTIFICATION IN 2009. OVER THE YEARS, KEVIN HAS EXPANDED HIS EDUCATION AND OBTAINED SEVERAL CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDING HAZMAT, TECH, FIRE INSPECTOR ONE, AND PUMP OPS. THERE ARE MANY TASKS AND FUNCTIONS IN THE FIELD OF FIREFIGHTING AND EMS, AND KEVIN EXCELS AT MANY OF THOSE. HE IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE 
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HYDRANT MAN. WHETHER IT IS CLEARING, EXCUSE ME, CLEANING, PAINTING, TESTING, OR RECORD KEEPING, KEVIN ENJOYS BOTH DOING AND TEACHING PROPER HYDRANT MAINTENANCE. HIS COMPASSION AND KNOWLEDGE MAKE HIM A RESPECTED AND VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE CONGRATULATE. WE WANT TO THANK FIREFIGHTER SHAW FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND ANSWERING COUNTLESS MEDICAL AND FIRE CALLS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF BAY COUNTY. WE THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT, ONE OF MY FAVORITES, TRAFFIC CONTROL. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TODAY WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING MISTER WAYNE COMO FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO BAY COUNTY. WAYNE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY WITH US ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2001, WHEN HE FIRST JOINED BAY COUNTY AS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN. OVER THE YEARS, THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, HE ADVANCED TO HIS CURRENT ROLE AS OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT. IN HIS CAPACITY, WAYNE OVERSEES A TEAM OF 14 DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS, MANAGES ROUND THE CLOCK REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT ROLE IS. NOT ONLY IS WAYNE A CERTIFIED IMC TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN LEVEL THREE, BUT HE ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, VENDORS AND VARIOUS AGENCIES TO KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RUNNING SMOOTHLY. TODAY, AS WE CELEBRATE WAYNE'S QUARTER CENTURY OF SERVICE, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WAYNE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKABLE SERVICE, AND IT'S OUR HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. WE THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. NOW, THE HARDEST ONE TO PRONOUNCE. WE HAVE STEVE SHUSHINSKI. NICE. I'VE BEEN WORRIED ALL MORNING. I WAS GOING TO MISPRONOUNCE THAT THIS IS A BIG DAY. CELEBRATE 30 YEARS AND I MESS HIS NAME UP. WOULD NOT BE GOOD. STEVE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH BAY COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 1996 AS A TRADE WORKER FOR THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DIVISION. HE REMAINED IN THIS POSITION UNTIL 1999, WHEN AN ACCIDENT FORCED HIM INTO LIGHT DUTY POSITION FOR SIX MONTHS. DURING LIGHT DUTY, STEVE WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK AS A DISPATCHER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND HE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH HE TOOK A FULL TIME DISPATCHER POSITION AND REMAINED THERE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNTIL 2004, WHEN STEVE TRANSFERRED BACK TO FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AS A TRADES WORKER. IN 2009, STEVE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION OF CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR FOR THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, WHERE HE AND HIS STAFF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF CONTRACTED WORK ROOM PREPARATION FOR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AND MINOR MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS WITHIN BOTH THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND LIBRARY FACILITIES. THROUGHOUT HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, STEVE HAS PROVEN TO BE A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE BAY COUNTY BOCC AND ITS CUSTOMERS. STEVE, WE VALUE YOU AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. 
          GREAT JOB GUYS. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS OPEN TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA UNLESS IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THIS IS FOR SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TIME TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR ALL ITEMS. YES, SIR. COME ON DOWN. HELLO AGAIN. I'M JEREMY FROM PINNACLE PORT. I KNOW JEREMY FUQUAY. 2322223 FRONT BEACH ROAD. WE HAD THE BEFORE WE WERE ON THE. WE SPOKE ABOUT MOVING OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PARKING AND I KNOW TODAY I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT THAT IT GOT MOVED REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT PART. AND I THINK I KNOW WHY. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THE HANDICAPPED AREA. WE SWAPPED THE TEN SPOTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OFFICIALLY CHANGED OVER. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL TEN SPOTS, THEY NEVER HAD A HANDICAPPED SPOT. THEY DIDN'T DO THE RIGHT ONE. THAT WAS YEARS BEFORE MY TIME. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK, BEFORE YOU GUYS DENY IT AS WE SPEAK, I HAVE A ADA SPOT GOING IN THIS VERY SECOND BEING PAINTED. SO WHEN YOU GUYS DO COME TO THAT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND THE SPOT CLOSEST TO THE TENNIS COURT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR THIS. WHEN YOU GUYS DECIDE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
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THE CONSENT AGENDA. BOB. MICA? YES, MADAM CHAIR. AND CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER THE CLERK OF COURTS. ITEM ONE, REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE REPORT UNDER BUDGET OFFICE ITEM TWO, FY 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ADOPT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET UNDER COLLABORATIVE SERVICES ITEM THREE FY 26 FDOT COMMUTER ASSISTANCE GRANT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AND EXECUTE THE FY 26 COMMUTER ASSISTANCE GRANT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE AMOUNT OF $274,473 UNDER COUNTY ATTORNEY ITEM FOUR SUFFICIENCY BONDS FOR COUNTY OFFICERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD, REVIEW AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUFFICIENCY OF BONDS FOR COUNTY OFFICERS. ITEM FIVE RENEWAL THE CLERK'S COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE RENEWAL OF THE CLERK'S COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 1100 WEST 26TH STREET FOR ANOTHER ONE YEAR TERM, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN SAME ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE RELOCATION OF PINNACLE PORT BEACH ACCESS PARKING EASEMENT THAT'S BEEN MOVED TO REGULAR AGENDA UNDER COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE. ITEM SEVEN AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT HOLLY MELZER TO THE COUNTY SEAT ON THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD, WITH A TERM SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2020. ITEM EIGHT TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL BOARD APPOINTMENTS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS OF THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WITH VARYING EXPIRING TERMS UNDER OUTSIDE AGENCIES. 
          ITEM NINE CAREERSOURCE GULF COAST WORKFORCE, LOCAL AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE PLAN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE CAREERSOURCE GULF COAST WORKFORCE, LOCAL AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE PLAN UNDER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT UNDER PUBLIC WORKS ITEM TEN, FY 26 ANNUAL RESURFACING PHASE ONE CONTRACT AWARD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT 262615 FY 26 ANNUAL RESURFACING PHASE ONE PROJECT TO CW ROBERTS CONTRACTING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,622,632.70 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS UNDER UTILITY SERVICES. ITEM 11 FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT EASEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD APPROVED GRANTING AN EASEMENT TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT OR, I'M SORRY, THE EASEMENT INSTRUMENT. ITEM 12 WATER TREATMENT PLANT FILTER UNDERDRAIN REPLACEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT 2612 FILTER UNDERDRAIN REPLACEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,682,000 TO NLMK, LLC AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING, AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. 
          YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. 
          [County Attorney]
PEACE. YES, MA'AM. TO REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM SIX HAS BEEN MOVED THERE. SO RELOCATION OF PINNACLE PORT BEACH ACCESS PARKING EASEMENT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND WE CAN NOW DISCUSS THAT CHAIRMAN, BOARD. IN 2011, THE PINNACLE PORT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION GRANTED BAY COUNTY A BEACH ACCESS DESIGNATED 98, WHICH INCLUDED SOME PARKING SPACES, AS WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FUNDING OF THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM. PINNACLE PORT NOW DESIRES TO RELOCATE THE PARKING SPACES. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WHO CAN SPEAK TO WHY THEY WANT TO RELOCATE IT. THE RELOCATED AREA IS SHOWN ON THIS MAP THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW. IT'S ABOUT 700FT FURTHER FROM THE BEACH ACCESS. WE DID CHECK WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND THE RELOCATED PARKING AREA DOES MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LOCATION OF THE PARKING VIS A VIS THE THE BEACH ACCESS AREA. AND SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO MODIFY THE EASEMENT LOCATION FOR THE PARKING SPACES AS REQUESTED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN TO US WHY. I MEAN, THIS WAS PART OF THE PERMIT. IT WAS REQUIRED THE ACCEPTED PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE RENOURISHMENT ON WHY THE SPACES SHOULD BE RELOCATED. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING IT TO THE BACK OF THE BUS AND I JUST IN OUR PACKET, THERE WAS NO MAPS. THERE WAS REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DESCRIPTION. SO I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY, WENT OUT TO THE SITE, DROVE IT. I'VE PASSED, I PASSED THAT, I WAS PRESENTED, THE SPACES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVED WITHOUT PERMISSION. SO I JUST I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC IS ON THE RELOCATION OF THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR. SO THE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I'M SO 
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SORRY. JEREMY FUQUAY ADDRESS IS 23223 FRONT BEACH ROAD, PINNACLE PORT. INITIALLY WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN WE ACTUALLY MOVED THIS WE WENT THE WHOLE NINE YARDS OF REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY COUNTY EMPLOYEES. I GAVE MR. LEEBRICK THE MILE LONG THING OF ALL THE PEOPLE WE CONTACTED. AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, YEAH, YOU SEEM TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, ARE THE AGREEMENT, RIGHT? SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED IT. AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN WE TALKED TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS AN EMAIL TRAIL OF ALL THIS THAT HE DOES HAVE, BAY COUNTY. WE TALKED TO EVERYBODY. RIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THE ONES WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, WHICH IS YOU. AND THAT'S THAT'S A MISTAKE. WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE DIDN'T GET REDIRECTED THAT WAY. SO WE TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THE THE SPOT WHERE THAT'S AT. 
          I'M SORRY. IT HAS A PLAYGROUND. I DID BRING MY VICE PRESIDENT WITH ME. THE SPOT THAT WE DO HAVE IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BEING REDONE AS WELL. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES. FIRST OF ALL, THESE TEN SPOTS WERE MADE FOR THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT. SO WHEN THE THE WATER, YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ONE WHERE THE SAND WASHES AWAY, WE GET OUR SAND BACK. WHEN THEY INITIALLY PUT THESE SPOTS IN, THEY KIND OF THE LAST TWO BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH AREAS FOR THEIR PARKING. WHEN YOU COME OUT OVER THERE AND THEN ON TOP OF THIS, IT'S PARKED RIGHT WHERE THE WHERE IT'S AT GIVES THEM ACCESS TO A LOT OF THINGS WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE INSURED FOR. WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE INSURED FOR THE BEACH. WE ARE FOR THE PLAYGROUND, THE GRILL AND ALL THIS. AND AND A LOT OF TIMES WE RUN INTO THINGS WHERE KIDS ARE, ARE RUNNING FROM RIGHT HERE, BACK TO THE BEACH, AND THERE'S NO MONITOR OF THEM. AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COVER THESE PEOPLE DOING THIS ON PROPERTY, OTHER THAN THE STANDARD CLAIMS THAT MOST CONDOMINIUMS HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHEN SOMEBODY HAS AN ACCIDENT. THE PLACES OVER HERE WHICH IS WITHIN THAT WAS THE THIRD MILE OR QUARTER MILE, JUST LIKE CAROLINE BEACH WAS HOOKED UP TO US, HAS THEIRS THE SAME DISTANCE, AND IT ALSO HAS A STRAIGHT LINE CAMERA SHOT WHERE WE GO DOWN FROM THE AREA AND IT'S WITHIN THE GUIDELINES ON ON WHAT WE HAVE OVER THERE. 
          SO WE HAVE A COUPLE ISSUES OF THERE'S NO PARK, NOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR OUR OWNERSHIP OVER THERE IN THOSE TWO BUILDINGS, NOWHERE NEAR THAT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE MONITORED, MONITORED TO BE DONE PROPERLY. WHEN WE MOVED THIS, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN, I DID EXPLAIN THIS TO MR. MOORE, MISS PEASE AND MR. LEEBRICK LAST TIME I WAS HERE WHEN WE MOVED THIS, AND I GOT A LETTER FROM MR. LEEBRICK. IT WAS, IT WAS. I WENT PANIC MODE. ALL MY STAFF WAS GONE. I READ IT AT LIKE 7:00. I WENT OVER AND STARTED DIGGING THE HOLES TO PUT THE SIGNS BACK. AND I BUSTED A WATER LINE AND EVERYTHING. SO WHEN I CAME BACK IN HERE, THE AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, I'M LIKE, LISTEN, I MOVED IT OVER THERE, BUT WE'RE LETTING ANYBODY WHO WANTS IN TO GO AND PARK OVER THERE. AND I WANTED TO WORK THIS OUT. SO WE KIND OF KNEW THAT I HAD IT OVER THERE. BUT WE'VE BEEN ALLOWING IF YOU HAD 20 PEOPLE COME IN FOR THIS TIME FRAME UNTIL WE CAN GET IT APPROVED, THEY CAN PARK THERE AND PARK THE OTHER ONE. WE TELL THEM HERE UNTIL IT FILLS UP AND THEN WE TELL THEM THE BACK AREA. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE FAIR WITH THAT. THAT'S OUR REASON THAT OUR REASONS THAT WE WANT TO MOVE THIS. AND AS YOU NOTICE IN THE RED WHERE THAT CIRCLED, WHERE THE OLD SPOTS WERE, THE HANDICAPPED SPOT ON, THIS IS NOT EVEN CIRCLED. HOWEVER, THE PRINTS FROM THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEER, I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT IT HAS A HANDICAPPED SPOT, WHICH, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR TEN YEARS, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE WHEN WE MOVED IT. SO THAT PART'S BEING FIXED RIGHT NOW. IF THAT IS A CONCERN TO ANYBODY. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HANDICAPPED PERSON, BUT ALSO WHEN ANYBODY DOES COME ON PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE A HANDICAPPED PLACARD OR A TAG, WE DON'T CONFINE THEM TO THOSE SPOTS ANYWAYS BECAUSE WE GOT HANDICAPPED PARKING AND WE DON'T WE'RE NOT PLEASED WE DON'T REGULATE THE HANDICAP AREAS, SO WE LET THEM PARK WHEREVER THEY WANT. BUT THIS IS OUR REASONING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD TO THIS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED OUT ON? WELL, WHEN IT CAME DOWN, I'M SORRY. ROBERT ELLIS AND I LIVE ON SITE AT 23223 FRONT BEACH ROAD THERE AT PINNACLE PORT. AND YEAH, MATTER OF FACT, THE ANYBODY HANDICAP OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE ROVING SECURITY ON GOLF CARTS THAT RIDE AROUND AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THEM TO THE BEACH ACCESS. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY MORE ACCOMMODATING THAN ANY OTHER BEACH ACCESS ON THIS ENTIRE BEACH. AND WHERE WE MOVED THEM TO, IT MAKES IT WHERE WE'VE GOT SECURITY CAMERAS IN PLACE. AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR THE C THREE AND B THREE BUILDINGS OVER THERE AS IT IS. AND THEN ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP WHERE THE OLD SPOTS WERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GRILL AREA, A PLAYGROUND, SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS, A BASKETBALL COURT, AND ALL OF, YOU KNOW, A GOOD BIT OF THE AMENITIES THAT ACTUALLY ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED FOR OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THERE TO IT. AND WHERE WE MOVED THEM TO IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE BEACH THAN CAROLINE. YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SIT HERE AND BE TELLING ON OTHERS, BUT I GUESS THE THING IS, SINCE WE'RE PUT ON THE SPOT, CAROLINE ONLY HAS NINE PLACES AND TWO OF THEM ARE HANDICAPPED, SO THEY REALLY ONLY HAVE SEVEN. ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOSTLY USED AND WE ARE CLOSER TO THE BEACH THAN THEM. AND THEN, I MEAN, YOU GO UP AND DOWN THIS BEACH, YOU'VE GOT SPLASH, WHICH THERE'S THERE ACROSS THE STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FRONT BEACH ROAD. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY MORE ACCOMMODATING THAN ANY OTHER 
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COMPLEX OR ANY OTHER BEACH ACCESS ON THIS BEACH WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING ROVING SECURITY, ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AFTER THEM ALSO. AND LIKE WE WERE SAYING, WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO ANY KIND OF HANDICAPPED PERSON, THEY WERE RIDE THEM IN THE GOLF CART TO THE BEACH ACCESS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE PERMISSIONS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS THIS LAST LITTLE HICCUP. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE EXISTING ONES ARE. YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE BLOCKING THE GRILL AREA? SO IS YOUR INTENT TO REMOVE THOSE PARKING SPACES? THERE'LL BE NO PARKING THERE. NO. IT'S SO THAT OWNERS CAN ACTUALLY USE THE AMENITIES THAT THEY PAY FOR. SO IT'LL STILL BE USED AS PARKING. YES. OKAY. SO I, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE HEARTBURN. I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT IS TO HAVE PUBLIC PARKING AND WE'RE MOVING IT LITERALLY IF YOU, IF YOU TRACE IT BECAUSE I WALKED IT YESTERDAY, IT'S AN EXTRA 700FT. 
          THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS. SO IF IT'S DANGEROUS NOW, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE WALKING THROUGH THE ROADWAY BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCESS POINT TO GET THERE. I JUST FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE SPONSOR THERE AND IT WORKED OUT BECAUSE Y'ALL DID RECEIVE A HUGE BENEFIT BY HAVING THEIR BEACH RENOURISHMENT I JUST WE'RE LOSING BEACH ACCESS POINTS. WE WERE FORTUNATE WE BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO SOME PARKING AT SURF DRIVE SUNNYSIDE. THERE'S BEEN A BIG BATTLE WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT PUT UP GATES, BLOCKING PEOPLE OUT, NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE BEACH, AND BY US PUTTING IT TO THE BACK HERE, IT JUST IT ALMOST LIKE, WHAT IS THE PUBLIC BENEFIT? ARE WE GAINING MORE SPOTS OR WE'RE JUST INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT MUCH MORE? THAT'S WHAT I WORRY ABOUT. I WENT OUT THERE YESTERDAY AND I COULD FEEL SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING ME IN A GOLF CART TO SEE WHAT I WAS DOING OUT THERE. SO THE WHOLE POINT IS NOT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC FEEL UNWELCOME. SO IF THEY'RE BEING FOLLOWED, IF WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE BACK CORNER, I JUST I GOT A HEARTBURN WITH IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IF WE'RE IF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU 20 OR I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST AS THE PUBLIC AS AS ALL THE RESIDENTS OF BAY COUNTY, THEY HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO GO TO THE BEACH RIGHT NOW. AND BY MOVING THEM THERE, IT'S IT'S A LOT MORE OF A HAZARD PUTTING THEM 700FT FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY ARE. I JUST DON'T ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND I JUST YOU TALK ABOUT BEING DANGEROUS WHERE THEY ARE. IT'S A LOT WORSE. UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SHUTTLES, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU SHUTTLE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT PARKS THERE. I ONLY SAW ONE GOLF CART. SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SHUTTLE ALL TEN PARKING SPACES. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USED, BUT I WENT THERE YESTERDAY AND BROUGHT MY LUNCH. I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST IT'S ONE OF THE MOST USED ON THIS ENTIRE BEACH, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH BEACH. AND THEN IT REALLY KIND OF GIVES EVERYBODY ACCESS TO CAMP HELEN STATE PARK, WHICH I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT THEY JUST DON'T GO RIGHT ACROSS THAT SHORT LITTLE BRIDGE. YOU GO OVER THERE TO CAMP HELEN STATE PARK, AND INSTEAD OF COMING HOME, IF IT'S THE MOST USED, WHY WOULD WE MOVE IT? WHY WOULD WE MAKE IT MORE INCONVENIENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH? WELL, WE HAVE AN ISSUE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY THE TEN SPOTS. BUT THEN YOU SEE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US. I KNOW IT WAS JUST THEY CAROLINE GOT LAWYERS AND HAD IT TAKEN DOWN, BUT THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY ADVERTISES IS THE BEACH ACCESS. SO NOW WE'VE GOT A LINE OF DENYING. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. LIEBREICH NOW HE CAME TO OUR PROPERTY, IT WAS EASY FOR HIM TO GET TO OURS. NOT SO EASY TO GET TO THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS IS PINNACLE PORT. SO NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TURNING AROUND EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE ARE. WE HIT TEN SPOTS, NOT THIS VERY SECOND WHILE WE'RE OPEN TO THIS. BUT AFTER WE HIT TEN SPOTS, WHICH IS THE FIRST HOUR OF THE DAY, WE'RE TURNING AROUND 70 PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG. AND THEN YOU GUYS GET REPORTS, JUST LIKE HE TOLD ME, THAT YOU'RE TURNING THEM AROUND WHERE WE ARE, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING ADVERTISED ON THE ENTIRE GULF COAST AS THE BEST BEACH ACCESS. WELL, THAT'S NICE, BUT NOW WE'RE TURNING AROUND 70 PEOPLE A DAY, AND THAT'S NOT AN OVEREXAGGERATION. THAT'S A REAL THING THAT WE'RE TURNING AROUND THAT MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE THE MOST CONVENIENT. AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY SENDS THEIR PEOPLE. SO WE ARE THE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS, THOUGH WE ARE A PRIVATE RESORT, AND WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, OUR HONOR, OUR WE GOT THE TEN SPOTS. LIKE I SAID, HE CAN BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THIS. IT WAS VERY EASY TO GET TO OUR SPOTS. AND YOU CAME THERE THE OTHER DAY. WAS WAS IT A HASSLE? BUT IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. YEAH. TRY THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORS. IT'S IT'S NOT THAT EASY. AND THERE'S A CODES THING AND EVERYTHING AND YOU GOTTA WALK FURTHER THAN THIS. SO WE ARE THE CLOSEST ONES ON THE GULF COAST THAT I, THAT I KNOW ABOUT. AND I'VE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE RESORTS OUT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I DO, IS I MANAGE THESE RESORTS. SO WE'RE THE MOST CONVENIENT. WE ARE THE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR EVERYTHING. THE PROBLEM IS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL PROBLEM IS THAT SWIMMING POOLS NOW THE PUBLIC POOL OF SOME PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW, THEIR KIDS GO IN THERE, THEY DO THEIR THING UNLESS I SIT A SECURITY GUARD TO SIT THERE AND WATCH IT THE ENTIRE TIME. WE. THIS RIGHT HERE PUTS A STRAIGHT LINE VIEW ALL THE WAY TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR THESE THINGS. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF REASONS. THERE'S SELFISH REASONS. WE NEED PARKING SPOTS IN THAT AREA. BUT THEN THERE'S REAL REASONS LIKE LIKE THE WE CAN'T MONITOR THESE PEOPLE. THEY GET HURT ON PROPERTY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN THESE CONDOMINIUMS, EVERY CONDOMINIUM IN THE GULF COAST HAS GOT SOME TYPE OF LAWSUIT, 
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SOME TYPE OF IT ALWAYS ENDS UP GETTING SETTLED INSTEAD OF US FIGHTING IT. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS. I'VE MANAGED A COUPLE OF THESE CONDOMINIUMS, SO THIS IS TAKING AWAY A LOT OF THAT. WHAT I WANT TO DO ONCE THIS ACTUALLY, IF IT EVER DOES GET APPROVED, WE HAVE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE THING WHERE WE'RE DOING BLUE FOOTPRINTS ALL THE WAY TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. AND WE WANT TO, LIKE I SAID, PROVIDE FOR THE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, GIVE THEM THE RIDE. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE SELFISH REASONS. AND THERE'S ALSO, LIKE, LEGITIMATE, VIABLE REASONS. 
          WE'RE THE MOST USED PEOPLE OUT HERE. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS. WE'RE ONE OF THE OLDEST CONDOMINIUMS ON THIS GULF COAST, AND NOW WE'RE LIKE THE PARTY HAVEN AND THE BAD GUYS AT THE GATE BECAUSE WE TURNED DOWN 70 A DAY. BECAUSE WE'RE THE CONVENIENT ONES. THAT DOES HELP US A LITTLE BIT WITH NOT BEING THE MOST CONVENIENT. BUT IS THAT THE GOAL TO MAKE IT INCONVENIENT? NO, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY THAT, BECAUSE WE COULD ACTUALLY IF ACCORDING TO THE THE THING THAT THEY HAD ON THERE, THERE WAS LIKE WE COULD ACTUALLY GO FURTHER IF IT WAS APPROVED THAN THAT. BUT THIS PUTS US RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE SIZE, THE CAMERAS EYES, AND IT GIVES THEM A DIRECT THING. HOWEVER, IF YOU GO BY THE ACTUAL MAP, THE SPOT, TECHNICALLY THE SPOT, NOT TECHNICALLY THE DISTANCE IT GIVES US IN IN THAT AGREEMENT, IT CAN GO EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT. BUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS THE MOST ONE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT FROM THE THING, BECAUSE THEY GOT SOME PEOPLE GOT TO GET A RENEWED PASS FROM THE FRONT. THEY CAN GET IT FROM THE THE GATE HOUSE RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S GOT A STRAIGHT LINE WITH THE CAMERA. SO THIS IS FULL SECURITY ON THIS ENTIRE ISSUE. AND IT IS THERE IS SOME CONVENIENCE. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. THERE'S CONVENIENCE ABOUT THIS TOO FOR OWNERSHIP AND GUESTS THAT COME IN HERE. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR PARKING LOTS IN AUGUST, WE GOT PEOPLE PULLING UP ON THE CURB, PARKING IN OUR GRASS AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPOTS. AND NOW WE GOT THEM WALKING FROM C3 ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING TO COME OUT HERE NOW. THEY'RE WALKING 900FT JUST TO GET TO THEIR UNIT BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING SPOTS. SO I THINK IT'D BE FAIR TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE PAYING AND HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE LIVING THERE, THE SPOTS TO THEIR ACTUAL PARKING LOT. AND I HOPE I DON'T SEEM LIKE I'M BEING AGGRESSIVE. I GET EXCITED, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR YOUR OWNERS. WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR ALL 200,000 RESIDENTS OF BAY COUNTY, AND EVEN IF THEY'RE YOUNGSTOWN FOUNTAIN, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH. 
          AND THEY KNOW THIS IS AN ACCESS. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GREAT WAY TO GO TO THE BEACH. AND THIS WAS A PERMIT CONDITION FOR YOU TO GET RENOURISHMENT YOU ACCEPTED FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PROTECT YOUR BEACH, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. I LOVE PINNACLE PORT. THERE WAS A MOVIE MADE IN THE 70S OUT THERE. I HAD A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS THE THE FIREMAN IN THE MOVIE WHEN A HURRICANE WAS COMING THROUGH. SO SEVERAL TIMES. LOTS OF HISTORY THERE. 
          BIG, BIG FAN. BUT I JUST IF IF THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT INCONVENIENT RIGHT NOW YOU PARK WAY AT THE BEACH ACCESS, YOU LITERALLY JUST WALK STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH. YOU'RE NOT TEMPTED TO PARK BY THE POOL NOW IF WE PARK THEM ON THAT WAY FAR SIDE, WHICH ON THE MAP WOULD BE THIS FURTHEST ONE TO THE RIGHT? NOW I'M WALKING BY THE TENNIS COURTS, BY THE POOL, BY THE PLAYGROUND, BY THE PICKLEBALL. I'M WALKING BY ALL THOSE. SO TO ME IT'S MORE TEMPTATION. 
          BECAUSE NOW I SEE ALL THIS AS I'M WALKING BY. BUT IT JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, MERELY ONE VOTE, AND I'M JUST MERELY STATING A POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE PUBLIC, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC? CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A PARKING LOT THAT YOU WALK STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH. NOW WE'RE TELLING THE PUBLIC, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE BETTER IF YOU WALKED 700 MORE FEET THROUGH A ROADWAY WITH NO SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR WHICH CREATES MORE LIABILITY ON YOUR PART, I THINK WALKING THROUGH ROADWAYS. BUT I'M REALLY ONE PERSON. ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAVE A QUESTION FOR THAT? I WAS STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE BENEFIT FROM THE PUBLIC. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO TELL US. YOUR SPOTS ARE STILL THERE. THEY'RE STILL THERE. YOU HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE BEACH THING RIGHT THERE. 
          IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT ON THE BEACH. BUT YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BEACH ACCESS THERE. AND IT'S. 
          AND IF YOU GO DOWN THE GULF COAST, NOT THAT I'M SAYING ANYBODY'S BETTER OR LESSER, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN AS GULF COAST, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME DISTANCE, JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE OTHER PLACE. NOW WE ALL SHARE THE SAME CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE BEACH. IT'S STILL FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN COME HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT THERE. THEY WALK THROUGH THE THING, THEY SET UP ALL THEIR FISHING POLES, DO THEIR THING. WE DON'T BOTHER NOBODY. WE LET THEM DO THEIR THING. NOW THEY JUST GOT TO WALK A COUPLE EXTRA FEET. IT'S THE SAME ON ENTIRE GULF COAST. I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN ALL THESE OTHER PLACES. WE'RE JUST THE MOST CONVENIENT. AND WE ALL GOT THE SAME DEAL. EACH ONE OF US GOT THE SAME RENOURISHMENT DEAL. 
          I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S ENTIRELY INCONVENIENT. YOU STILL GOT YOUR BEACH ACCESS. THERE'S BEACH ACCESSES UP AND DOWN. NOW. YOU'RE JUST SIMILAR TO EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE DOCUMENTS WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE BEACH THAN WHAT WE'RE EVEN REQUIRED TO BE AS A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM. EXCUSE ME, BUT WHY WAS IN 2011 WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED? WHY WASN'T IT? IF IT WAS PUT THERE, THEN, I MEAN, I WASN'T HERE THAT EITHER. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING 15 YEARS. IT'S BEEN THIS WAY. PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO IT. 
          THEY'RE USED TO IT. AGAIN, I RESPECT WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO. YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR OWNERS AND YOUR ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, WE HAVE 200,000 PEOPLE TO ANSWER TO. 
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AND WHAT IS THE PUBLIC BENEFIT? THAT'S WHAT'S THE TRADE IN VALUE. YOU WANT SOMETHING. WELL WHAT WHAT DOES THE CITIZENS TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT. WHAT IS THE PUBLIC VALUE. 
          I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO SIT HERE AND NEGOTIATE WITH YOU. I'M NOT TRYING TO HARASS YOU. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY YOU OWE US THIS. IT JUST THIS WAS ALL AGREED UPON 15 YEARS AGO. THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC IS USED TO HAVING. YOU EVEN SAID IT. IT'S A VERY POPULAR PLACE. PEOPLE KNOW OF THIS. I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT BEACH ACCESS. 
          AND WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE I SAID, JUST DOWN THE STREET, SUNNYSIDE, THERE'S BEEN A HUGE BATTLE OF PEOPLE CLOSING THE BEACHES AND LOCKING GATES. AND IT'S HARD TO TELL ANYONE HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE, SORRY, GUYS, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL WELCOME HERE BECAUSE NOW A GOLF CART IS CHASING YOU AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING FOLLOWED. 
          I JUST THAT'S MY CONCERN. WELL, THE SPOTS ARE STILL THERE, AND I MEAN, IT'S NOT. WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE JUST OKAY. WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE ACCESS. IT'S STILL THERE. AND WE HAVEN'T PUT UP THE GATES YET EITHER. AND ACTUALLY THIS SITUATION, LIKE I WAS SAYING, THIS SITUATION IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER BEACH ACCESS AROUND, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE ALL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. WELL, THERE'S NO PARKING AT THOSE AT ALL. ANYONE ELSE UP HERE HAVE A QUESTION? I HAD JUST A COUPLE, IF I MAY. DO YOU GUYS USE THE PARKING PASS FOR YOUR OWNERS OR A WRISTBAND SYSTEM AT ALL, SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY SEE IF SOMEBODY IS PARKED IN THE WRONG SPOT, OR Y'ALL ARE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AS FAR AS THE WRISTBAND, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE BEST WAY TO DO IT ON THE GULF COAST. OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT SOME OF THE OLD GUARD THAT DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MONITOR. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION. 
          SOME THINGS LIKE THIS WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER ON US PUTTING GATES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE HAVEN'T DONE. THAT MIGHT BE A WAY. DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS HERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO AND JUST PUT THE GATES WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET THE CODE AND DO ALL THAT STUFF. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE PAST YEAR, AND I'VE GOTTEN THEM ALL THE INFORMATION, EVEN A TEMPORARY GUARD SHACK TOO. SO LIKE A SECONDARY ENTRANCE. BUT THESE ARE ALL UP IN THE AIR. SO YOU HAVEN'T YOU DON'T HAVE A PARKING PASS PROGRAM NOW, OR WE HAVE A PASS PROGRAM FOR THE GUEST BEACH. PEOPLE GET A CERTAIN PASS GUEST THAT ARE THAT ARE PAYING FOR THEIR VISIT. YOU KNOW, THEY GET A DIFFERENT PASS, A COLOR CODED EVERY MONTH. WE EXPIRE IT AND THE OWNERS GET A RFID THAT JUST ALLOWS THEM TO GO INSIDE THE OTHER SIDE. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN RFID ON THAT CAR, WE JUST GET WRITE THEM A PASS. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE BEACH ACCESS PASS FOR THOSE PARKING SPOTS, THEN WE END UP PUTTING A MAP ON IT. WE DIDN'T EVEN SPECIFICALLY SAYING, WELL, THAT WAS THE BEACH ACCESS. AND YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S THE PARKING SPOTS AND ALL. THAT IS WHAT I GOT YESTERDAY. THERE'S NO YEAH, WE'RE REDOING THE BACKSIDE OF IT. HAD A MAP. I THOUGHT WE'RE REDESIGNING IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE. THE OLD ONE ACTUALLY DOES HAVE THAT AND IT HAS A DIRECTION TO IT. SO ONCE THIS GET APPROVED GETS APPROVED WE'LL HAVE DIRECTIONS DIRECTLY TO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. IF IT DOES GET APPROVED I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL ON OUR PROPERTY. AND SO I'VE HEARD YOU SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES YOU WERE ABOUT A GATE. ARE YOU PLANNING TO GATE THE GATE THE PROPERTY OFF? I'M CONFUSED. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE GATE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT. HOW CAN WE MONITOR WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR PROPERTY? WE LEGIT HAVE ZERO TO NO SECURITY. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO ENHANCE. WE HAVE SECURITY PATROL OFFICERS, BUT WE GOT 11 POINTS OF ACCESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WHEREVER THEY COME FROM, AND IT'S A PRETTY HARD THING TO DO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING AND WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING IN. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS LIMIT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND HOW THEY TRAVEL THERE, NOT JUST THE BEACH, NOURISHMENT, THE GUESTS AND EVERYTHING. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S ON PROPERTY. NOT THAT WE'RE GESTAPO, BUT IT'S THE BEST WAY TO STAY SAFE, ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS AND ALL THAT. AND WE KNOW EVERYBODY THAT'S ON OUR PROPERTY. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO'S ON YOUR PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY DURING SPRING BREAK AND ALL OF THAT. BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE BRACELET SYSTEM IN THE PARKING, PARKING TAGS SEEM TO WORK VERY GOOD AT ALL THE OTHER CONDOMINIUMS. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY THAT. I'VE BEEN PREACHING THAT FOR A WHILE. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUYS'S TIME. AND HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T SEEM AGITATED UP HERE. JUST NERVOUS. NOT AT ALL. ALL THESE PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. NONE OF THIS IS PERSONAL, I ASSURE YOU. IT SURE ISN'T. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM SO WE CAN. OH, AGAIN, I JUST THERE'S A GREAT PARKING SPOT NOW. IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR, FOR ANYONE TO GO TO FOR THE PUBLIC. IT'S ONLY TEN SPACES BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 40, 50 PEOPLE THAT CAN PACK IN A CAR AND GET TO GO AND UTILIZE THE BEACH. I JUST WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF SIDEWALKS AND ACCESS. AND IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY IS MAKING IT UNINVITING. I THINK IT WAS A PERMIT CONDITION. IT WAS APPROVED. I JUST I HAD A HARD TIME WITH THIS. SOMEONE LIKE TO 
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MAKE A MOTION, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO DENY MOTION SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MA'AM? COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. 
          YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. 
          YES, MA'AM. WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING NEXT. WELL, WE'RE THROUGH WITH WITH THROUGH 
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WITH THAT PORTION NUMBER SIX. SO PUBLIC HEARING NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THAT ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS, WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS HERE. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN? ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING ON THESE THREE ITEMS? YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, I THINK. SO THIS IS OPEN. THESE ARE GOING TO BE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MR. PORTER, CAN YOU COME UP AND SPEAK ON THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS SPELLED PA2025022 AND PLS CA20250216. 
          THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO START WITH. THE COMMISSIONER MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY SPOKEN WITH NO ONE FROM THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN TO ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN TO NO ONE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL AND CONSERVATION HABITATION TO INDUSTRIAL, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM CONSERVATION HABITATION TO IND TO INDUSTRIAL. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 13,500 ALLENTON ROAD IN THE SANDY CREEK AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE PROPOSED LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RECOMMENDED TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OR FTC FOR ANALYSIS AND TO FIND THE ZONE CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025, THE BOARD VOTED TO TRANSMIT THE LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE FTC FOR THEIR ANALYSIS. THE FTC HAS COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW AND HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR CONCERNS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST OF TWO PARCELS, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 126 ACRES, THAT HAS THE INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE IND TWO ZONING AS WELL. THE REQUEST IS BEING PROPOSED AS AN EXTENSION OF THIS EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USE. 
          THE APPLICANT STATES THAT SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED AND SPARSELY POPULATED AREA, WHERE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS LIMITED TO TWO DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR LESS. FOR THIS REASON, THE REQUEST DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NOR DOES IT CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE. STAFF AGREES WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCES. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM EXCEPT FOR AN ISSUE WITH THE APPLICATION PROVIDING THE WRONG ADDRESS FOR ONE OF THE PARCELS, WHICH WAS CORRECTED HERE, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. YES, SIR. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? JUST ONE MOMENT, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO LET THE SPEAKER UP SO I CAN HEAR. I CAN'T HEAR, UNDERSTAND NOTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, REACH INTO YOUR MIC. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. WILLIAM HARRISON, 101 HARRISON AVENUE. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP. THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REQUEST. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THIS COMMISSION, AND ONES IN YEARS PAST IN SUPPORT OF EASTERN. THIS IS A COMMERCIAL YARD THAT IS IMPORTANT. ONE OF THREE THAT EASTERN HAS TWO IN BAY COUNTY, ONE IN GULF COUNTY AND PORT SAINT JOE. THIS IS OUR COMMERCIAL YARD. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 1400 EMPLOYEES AND A LOT OF THOSE. I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE, BUT IT IS 
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A SITE THAT HAS BEEN USED BY EASTERN FOR A NUMBER OF DECADES FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS A AN INLAND BASIN THAT WAS CREATED WHERE WE DO OUR SIDE LAUNCHES FOR A VARIETY OF VESSELS AND THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED THERE AT THAT AT THE ALLENTOWN YARD. THOSE ARE THEN OUTFITTED EITHER IN THE CITY OF PORT SAINT JOE, OR THEY'RE BROUGHT DOWNTOWN TO NELSON STREET. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE DEPTH OF THAT BASIN AND THE WIDTH OF THE MOUTH THAT ALLOWS US TO GET OUT TO THE INTRACOASTAL. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE BRIDGE THAT GOES TO TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH LARGER VESSELS AND THAT WE THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE INCREASED AT THE BRIDGE THERE AT DUPONT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURES AFTER THEY'RE LAUNCHED ON THE BACK DECK TO GET THEM UNDER THE BRIDGE, TO THEN GET THEM TO NELSON TO BE ATTACHED. SO THAT WILL HOPEFULLY, WE BELIEVE, ALLOW US TO. TO HAVE LARGER VESSELS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED AT THIS PARTICULAR YARD, AND WE NEED MORE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO TO DO THE WORK AND TO BE ABLE TO STAGE THE SECTIONS OF THE VESSELS AS THEY ARE CREATED BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY WELDED TOGETHER AND PUT IN THE LAUNCH POSITION. THERE'S PLENTY OF UTILITIES OUT THERE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ACCESS DOWN OLD ALLENTOWN ROAD. THE BRIDGE WAS REPLACED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THERE AT CALLAWAY BIO. THAT ALLOWS US TO GET HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THE STEEL SHIPMENTS AND SO FORTH DOWN ALLENTOWN ROAD. SO WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S SUPPORT ON THAT. AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY DO WELL AT THAT SITE FOR DECADES TO COME. IN THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, IT IS A YARD THAT IF IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE OR IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, IT IS KIND OF A STAGING AND WORK AREA FOR SUPPORT OF ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS ON THE GRAY PARCEL THAT IS TO THE WEST OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THIS REQUEST. WELL, FROM THE BOARD. HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO WHAT IS THE DEPTH THAT YOU ARE PURSUING IN THE WATER, THE DREDGE, THE WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE IT BY ABOUT 3 TO 5FT. IT IS. WE DID A LOT OF REGULATORY WORK WITH EPA. THERE IS A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT GOES AROUND ALL OF THAT PROPERTY. AND SO PART OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE EPA ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO LIMITED WHAT WE COULD DO THERE IN THE IN THAT BASIN. AND WITH THE WIDTH OF THE BASIN GOING INTO THE INTERCOASTAL, WE HAVE MET ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT IS PERPETUAL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING THAT. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT COMPLIANCE, IT WILL ALLOW US TO TO WIDEN THE, THE, THE MOUTH OF THAT BASIN AND THEN PROBABLY ADD MAYBE 3 TO 5FT OF DEPTH. THE DIFFICULTY IS WHEN THE THE LARGER VESSELS ARE SIDE LAUNCHED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMBERS THAT KEEP THEM IN THE LAUNCH POSITION BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED. THOSE GO INTO THE WATER WITH THE VESSEL AND WITH THE THE WATER DEPTH BEING AS SHALLOW AS IT IS SOMETIMES THOSE 12 BY 12 BEAMS JAM UP AGAINST THE THE HULL AS IT IS LAUNCHED, WHICH REQUIRES US TO TO DO SOME REPAIR WORK AND AND REPLACEMENT WHERE THAT OCCURS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID WHEN WE LAUNCH THE LARGER VESSELS. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? WANT TO SEE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTY MCILROY, PORT SAINT JOE. EASTERN SHIPBUILDING. LAID OFF OVER 200 PEOPLE BEFORE 
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CHRISTMAS. EASTERN SHIPBUILDING HAS COME TO GULF COUNTY, AS WELL AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF PORT SAINT JOE. WE CAN'T HARDLY GET IN AND OUT OF OUR GROCERY STORE AT CERTAIN TIMES. BASED OFF OF EASTERN SHIPBUILDING. HEADING BACK Y'ALL'S WAY, THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION YESTERDAY IN OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE'VE ASKED EASTERN SHIPBUILDING ON COUNTLESS TIMES TO PLEASE RESPECT THE CITIZENS OF PORT SAINT JOE AND OUR MOVEMENT. A LOT HAS BEEN DONE FOR EASTERN SHIPBUILDING. I'M KIND OF SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING OUR TAX DOLLARS SUPPORT THEM WHEN I DON'T FEEL FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF BEING HERE ALL THESE YEARS THAT THEY SUPPORT US. YOU JUST HAD THE SITUATION WITH THIS PINNACLE PORT. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR STANDING UP FOR THE PUBLIC. WE ARE BEING OVERRUN BY CORPORATIONS THAT GET A LOT OF PAYMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES BY UTILIZING MUNICIPALITIES AND THE TAX DOLLARS THEY CAN GET AND THE GRANTS THEY CAN GO OUT FOR. RIGHT NOW, OUR COUNTY IS TRYING TO PUT IN A FLOATING DRY DOCK. HUGE. SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN DO NOT WANT THIS RIGHT ON OUR WATERWAY. IT'S TIME FOR INDUSTRY TO STOP TRYING TO ENCROACH UPON US AND WE TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO DO THE RIGHT THING? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 4 OR 500 EMPLOYEES IN PORT SAINT JOE. WE ARE THERE AT THE FORMER MILL SITE THERE IN SAINT JOE, WHERE WE DO A LOT OF OUTFITTING. Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE STATEN ISLAND FERRIES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTFITTED THERE, AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. AS FAR AS THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THAT WORK THERE, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT INDUSTRIAL WORK LIKE THIS, THE THE MULTIPLIER FOR DIRECT JOBS TO INDIRECT JOBS IS ABOUT 2.7 INDIRECT JOBS THAT ARE CREATED FOR EVERY DIRECT JOB THAT IS CREATED. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WITH, LET'S SAY, 1500 EMPLOYEES OVERALL THAT ARE DIRECTLY PAID BY EASTERN, THERE'S 2.7 OTHER JOBS MULTIPLIED BY THE 1514 OR 1500 THAT THAT ACTUALLY WORK IN THESE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO TO HAVE EMPLOYEES IN GULF COUNTY. WE HAVE HAD JOB FAIRS THERE TO THE EXTENT LISA BARNES, MAYBE THE Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER HER WORKED THERE FULL TIME FOR A LONG TIME TRYING TO TO GET EMPLOYEES IN GULF COUNTY TO WORK AT THOSE AT THE YARD THERE. THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT WHEN THE MILL SHUT DOWN, SHIPFITTERS, WELDERS, CARPENTERS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS FOR THE MOST PART MOVED OUT OF GULF COUNTY. AND SO WHEN WE WENT THERE TO HIRE PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE IN THE YARD THERE, THEY WEREN'T THERE TO BE FOUND. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOLS THERE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 60 STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN GULF COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE THE WELDING CLASS, WHICH IS A GOOD PIPELINE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TO GET EMPLOYEES NOT ONLY FOR, FOR PORT SAINT JOE, BUT FOR ALLENTOWN AND, AND NELSON STREET. AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THAT TO OCCUR. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE APOLOGIZED TO THEM FOR THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING THERE TO WORK EVERY DAY. BUT BUT CERTAINLY, UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS INCONVENIENT FOR HER. BUT IT IS CERTAINLY GOOD FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES THERE THAT THAT ENJOY, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS THAT THEY, THEY GET EVERY DAY FROM THOSE EMPLOYEES. SOME OF THOSE COME BACK TO BAY COUNTY, BUT WE ATTRACT EMPLOYEES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTIES THAT TRAVEL TO OUR THREE YARDS. SO SOME NUMBER OF THOSE GO TO GULF COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 
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OF THOSE COME FROM HERE IN BAY COUNTY. SO YES, IT IS A BIG FOOTPRINT AND THERE IS A LOT OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITIES. WE ARE REGULATED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. ALL OF THE RULES THAT APPLY TO EVERYONE ELSE APPLY TO US AND WE COMPLY WITH THOSE RULES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, WILLIAM. YES. SPECIFICALLY THIS PROJECT ITSELF. YOU SAID WITH THE DEEPENING OF THE CHANNEL, WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY MOVE SOME OF THOSE JOBS TO ALLENTOWN, OR IS THAT A POTENTIAL THING? LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SPACE, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT SUPERSTRUCTURES ON OVER THERE ANYMORE IF YOU GET THE BRIDGE HIGHER. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS? WELL, REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH LARGER VESSELS, BECAUSE THE DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE FROM A COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL PROSPECTS FOR WHAT WE BUILD WITH LIKE LARGER VESSELS. AND SO WE DO THE SIDE LAUNCHES THERE, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN SAINT JOE. WE DO THAT AT NELSON STREET. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE LAUNCHES, BUT WE NEED THE ABILITY TO TO LAUNCH LARGER COMMERCIAL VESSELS, WHICH IS THE PLAN FOR ALLENTOWN. OUR GOAL IS MOSTLY TO DO OUTFITTING, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AT SAINT JOE, AND IT IS A LONG TERM LEASE THAT WE HAVE FROM THE SAINT JOE COMPANY THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR PROBABLY 15 OR 18 YEARS. AND IT GOES, YOU KNOW, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OF INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE THERE FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT JOBS AND TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMY IN, IN GULF COUNTY, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN AIR OF CRITICAL ECONOMIC CONCERN. AND AND I CERTAINLY RESPECT THE FACT THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, A FISHING VILLAGE AND SO FORTH. WE RUN INTO THE SAME KIND OF THING HERE. ONCE PEOPLE GET HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO ROLL UP THE BRIDGE AND AND THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO COME IN. SO SO WE DEAL WITH THAT AS BEST WE CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE TYNDALL GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, TOURISM GROWING, EASTERN GROWING, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SIGN OF OF A VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS CITIZENS. AND SO WE'RE TAKING ALL THE RISK TO DO THAT. AND CERTAINLY NOT EVERYONE APPRECIATES THAT RISK AND THAT REWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER THAT HASN'T SPOKEN? MA'AM, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU JUST GET YOU ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK TWICE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. YES, MA'AM. BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 57 YEARS. I GREW UP IN THIS TOWN. EXCUSE ME. JUST ONE MINUTE. HE IS ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT THE PUBLIC ASKED, AND. AND I. AND I WANT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION. PLEASE. 
          JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY. CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION? NO, MA'AM. MA'AM, PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE MEETING JUST LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. RUN. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NO REMAINING SPEAKERS. 
          SO WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ITEM DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER CARROLL? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. MR. CROSBY YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. PLD20250273. TEXT AMENDMENTS TO LDR CHAPTER 17 AND 18, MR. PORTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUESTS TO REVISE CHAPTER 17 AND 18 OF THE BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE RECOMMENDED TEXT AMENDMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE REVISIONS INCLUDE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS. CHAPTER 17 THE DEVELOPMENT CODE ADMINISTRATION 
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PROPOSES TO AMEND SECTION 1702 AND SECTION 1703 TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE THAT DEFINES LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS AND EXEMPTS THEM FROM DEVELOPMENT ORDER REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN. CHAPTER 18 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, REVISES SECTION 1805 AND RETITLES THE SECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE REVISIONS IS TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROPOSE NO NEW STRUCTURES AND MINIMAL ADDITIONS OF IMPERVIOUS PAVING MATERIALS. STAFF AGREES WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM. HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM FROM THE BOARD? WOULD THE APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT IS HERE. STAFF? NO. JUST STAFF. STAFF. SO ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DELIBERATION FROM THE BOARD? ANY DISCUSSION? COULD I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MA'AM? COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. NUMBER 15 PL 20250274. TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE LDR, CHAPTER 29. MR. PORTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIRMAN. AGAIN ON JANUARY 20TH 20TH, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST FROM STAFF TO REVISE CHAPTER 29 OF THE BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE RECOMMENDED TEXT AMENDMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE REVISIONS INCLUDE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 29 SUBDIVISIONS. PROPOSES TO AMEND SECTION 2905, WHICH IS ON SITE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS THE PLACEMENT OF CLUSTER MAILBOX UNITS IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE REVISION IS TO PROVIDE REGULATION FOR THE LOCATION OF CLUSTER MAILBOX UNITS AND AREAS THAT WILL NOT RESULT IN UNSAFE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS, PROPOSES ALSO AMEND SECTION 2918, WHICH IS LOT SPLITS AND LOT SHIFTS, TO REVISE LANGUAGE REGARDING LOT SPLITS AND LOT SHIFTS WITHIN PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR LOT LINE SHIFTS WHEN THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TOTAL LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, STAFF AGREES WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE. AGAIN, STAFF RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM. 
          HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM THE BOARD? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE ONE. YES, SIR. WAYNE, ON THE. JUST CURIOUS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT ON THE LOT SPLITS, NOT WITHIN A PLATTED SUBDIVISION. YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT PROCESS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO DO A PLAT AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD THEN TAKE EVERYBODY WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION TO AGREE TO THAT AMENDMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? IT COULD INVOLVE REPLATTING AND COULD INVOLVE ALSO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER REQUIREMENT FOR THAT REPLAT. SO THERE IS A PROCESS. IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT PROHIBITING IT, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T GO DO A SIMPLE LOT. CORRECT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE DENSITY. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TWO ACRE PIECE DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO SPLIT IT IN PLATTED SUBDIVISION. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD GET A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION. AND A SECOND IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. CAROL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. YES, MA'AM. 
          COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN PIECE. YES, MA'AM. OUR 
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NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO ANY ISSUE THAT YOU THINK THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HI, MY NAME IS SHANIKA BIGBY HOWARD. I'M A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE BAGBY BIGBEE FAMILY. WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE JAMESTOWN, 1623. I STAND HERE TODAY AS A RESIDENT OF BAY COUNTY, AND I WAS 
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BRUTALLY ATTACKED BY DOGS. 12 I'M ASKING FOR HELP TO REFORM AND CHANGE THE LAW OVER SQUATTER. AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, MY LEGS FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK ARE MESSED UP FROM DOGS. THE SYSTEM. THERE'S A LOOPHOLE IN THE SYSTEM. MY FRIEND HAD BOUGHT A LAND WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE LAND. THEY DID NOT TELL HER THAT THERE WAS SQUATTERS ON THIS LAND, NOR DID THEY TELL HER THAT THE SQUATTERS HAD MULTIPLE DOGS. WE WENT AND WE TOOK AND WE. AFTER I GOT ATTACKED BY THE DOGS, WE ASKED THE JUDGE. WE WENT BACK TO THE JUDGE. I GOT ATTACKED ON A SUNDAY. WE WENT TO THE JUDGE ON A MONDAY AND ASKED. THEY GAVE HIM THE GRACE PERIOD TIME TO LET THE LADY STAY THERE EVEN AFTER I WAS ATTACKED. MY FRIEND THAT BOUGHT THE LAND WHICH IS THE NEW LANDOWNER, SHE ATTACKED AND DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO TO SAVE ME, AND THE BAY COUNTY WOULDN'T APPROVE IT TO GET THE SQUATTER OFF THE LAND. 
          THE SQUATTER HAD BEEN THERE SINCE 2019. SHE HAD BEEN A NUISANCE. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE POLICE REPORTS, ANIMAL CONTROL REPORTS. NOT ONLY DID I GET BIT BY MY BOYFRIEND, HE HELPED ME HEROICALLY HELP ME GET AWAY FROM THESE DOGS. I'M ASKING FOR HELP. THE SQUATTER DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. NO LIABILITY, NO RESPONSIBILITY, NO NOTHING. I JUST FOUND OUT TWO DAYS AGO THAT THE SAME SQUATTERS THAT THEIR DOGS ATTACKED ME WERE JUST GOT ARRESTED FOR BURGLARIES. ASIAN. THEY ARE STILL A NUISANCE TO THIS DAY. I'VE ASKED, HOW CAN I GET THEM ARRESTED? HOW CAN I DO THIS? HOW CAN I GET THEM TO WHATEVER? NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY. I AM MESSED UP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. MY NERVES. THE FACT THAT AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER ALSO GOT BIT BY THE SAME DOGS I GOT BIT OFF OF. I JUST NEED HELP. I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME TO CHANGE THIS LAW. I FEAR FOR SOMEONE'S DAD. I FEEL FOR SOMEONE'S KID. I FEEL FOR ANYBODY. AS LONG AS MY FAMILY HAS HELPED FLORIDA BEFORE IT EVER BECAME A STATE IN 1845, I'M ASKING, PLEASE HELP ME TO CHANGE THIS LAW. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE'S CHILD, ANYONE'S GRANDPARENT, ANYONE'S MOTHER, ANYONE'S FATHER IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AS ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 
          MONICA DOBLE AND I LIVE AT 5610 WHITFIELD ROAD, DISTRICT ONE. WE BUILT OUR HOME ON THIS QUIET ROAD AFTER OUR CALLOWAY HOME WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE MICHAEL. WE SPENT A YEAR IN SEVEN MONTHS DISPLACED AND WAITING FOR OUR NEW LAST HOME TO BECOME A REALITY. WE FOUND PEACE AND CONTENTMENT AFTER COMING THROUGH THAT TERRIBLE TIME. THE SUNSETS FROM OUR FRONT DOOR. THEY ARE BREATHTAKING. OUR FAMILY, INCLUDING TEN GRANDKIDS, ENJOY COMING TO VISIT, CELEBRATE AND PLAY IN OUR FRONT YARD FOR HOURS ON END. COUNTLESS BASEBALL, KICKBALL, AND SOCCER BALL GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED THERE AND MANY, MANY MEMORIES WERE MADE. I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH COMMISSIONER RAFFIELD ABOUT AFTER SEEING THE TREES COMING DOWN FROM ACROSS FROM OUR HOME, AND HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE FOR HIMSELF. HE SPOKE WITH MY SON AND EVEN THOUGH HE EXPLAINED THE WHAT, THERE WERE A LOT OF WHYS THAT CANNOT AND HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH A THOUSAND OR SO ACRES OF TIMBERLAND IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA, WHY DID THEY CHOOSE THE 7.5 ACRES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ROUGHLY 11 HOMES TO BUILD THIS SUBSTATION? IT ALSO DIRECTLY AFFECTS TWO HOMES ON TITUS ROAD. AT LEAST TWO. THE PLAN SHOW THE SUBSTATION WILL BE ENCLOSED WITH A FENCE, BUT THE RETENTION POND BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE FENCE WILL NOT BE. WHY WILL IT NOT BE ENCLOSED? THIS IS A RISK FOR THE CHILDREN THAT PLAY IN OUR YARDS. THERE WILL BE 25 FOOT LIGHT POLES ALL AROUND IT, ALONG WITH OTHER POLES RANGING FROM 60 TO 80FT, STRUNG WITH HEAVY LINES AND OBLITERATING OUR SUNSET VIEWS. THEY ARE COMPLETELY CLEARING ALL 7.5 ACRES WITHOUT LEAVING A BARRIER OF TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER, BUT WILL THEN PLANT SHRUBS AT THE ROAD AND POSSIBLY SOME TREES ON THE SITE. WITH ACRES OF TREES GONE, EVEN THE RETENTION POND WILL BE FLOODED AFTER HEAVY STORMS, WHEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT IS ZONED AS AGRICULTURAL OR RESIDENTIAL IS SOLD AND INDUSTRY MOVES IN, WHY AREN'T THEY REQUIRED TO REZONE? AND WHY WERE WE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PLANS? IS IT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OUTCRY FROM THIS SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD? OR WOULD WE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED? WHILE WHITFIELD ROAD HAS HAD SOME MINOR PATCHES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT STILL NEEDS 
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MAINTENANCE. HOW WILLING WILL THE COUNTY BE TO COME OUT AND PAVE OR PATCH AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION STOPS AND THE MACHINERY AND THE TRUCKS ARE GONE? I HESITATED TO COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT AND IT'S PROGRESS. BUT THEN I REMEMBER THAT AT EACH ELECTION TIME WE HEAR OUR OFFICIALS SAYING THAT EVERY VOTE COUNTS AND EVERY VOICE MATTERS. SO EVEN THOUGH MY VOICE IS NOT LOUD AND I'M ONLY ONE PERSON, I NEED EVERY ONE OF YOU TO PLEASE HEAR ME. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE MADE GOING FORWARD. ALL RETENTION PONDS AND A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD REQUIRE FENCING. RESIDENTS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS, THEIR WAY OF LIFE, THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. WE NEED TO HAVE A SAY IN A CHANCE TO VOICE AN OPINION BEFORE THE PLANS ARE FINALIZED. THIS COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY, THE PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED YOU ENOUGH TO PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION. SO DRIVE THROUGH YOUR DISTRICTS PERIODICALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN HUGE THINGS ARE BEING PLANNED. READ THE NEIGHBORHOODS, TALK WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT IS TO COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I'M BRYAN ASHBROOK AND I'M AT 5560 WHITFIELD ROAD, AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW. BUT AFTER HEARING MR. CARROLL SPEAK ABOUT HOW CONCERNED HE WAS WITH HIS 200,000 CONSTITUENTS, IT DOES FEEL AS THOUGH THAT THAT KIND OF FALLS FLAT WHEN I WAKE UP TO THE SAME THING THAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE WAKING UP TO AS WELL. I REALIZE WE CAN'T STOP PROGRESS. BUT YEAH, I SEE THE SEVEN ACRES FLATTENED IN THREE DAYS ACROSS FROM MY HOUSE, AND I HAD TO CLEAR PLENTY OF MY OWN ACREAGE AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL, WHICH WAS QUITE DEVASTATING. SO IT'S KIND OF HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE. BUT WHY THEY COULDN'T FIT A SUBSTATION ON THAT LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND LEAVE A NICE BARRIER OF TREES IS KIND OF BEYOND ME. I THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE THOUGHT PUT INTO THIS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE FOR US TO BE AWARE. A YEAR AGO ON MY PROPERTY, THERE WERE FOUR MEN THAT SHOWED UP WITHOUT KNOCKING ON MY DOOR DOING A SURVEY, AND I WORK FROM HOME SOME, AND I WALKED OUT FRONT AND I CALLED MY HUSBAND BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING. AND THEY WERE WITH SOME ELECTRICAL COMPANY DOING A SURVEY ON MY PROPERTY. WELL, I CALLED FPL, BUT I JUST LEARNED TODAY THIS WAS THE GULF COAST ELECTRIC CO-OP. I HAVE FPL IS MY SERVICE AT MY HOME. SO ANYWAY, SO IT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I, I WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 19 YEARS HERE IN BAY COUNTY. WE'VE NEVER MADE A LOT. AND THAT HOME, WE BUILT IT, WE STARTED IT RIGHT BEFORE THE STORM AND WE FINISHED IT OURSELVES AFTER THE HURRICANE. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR LIFE'S WORK. AND SO IT IS VERY HEARTBREAKING, YOU KNOW, IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOUR DOGGING ON THIS CONDOMINIUM AND THEIR RESIDENTS AND WHAT THEY NEED. 
          AND I FEEL THAT THE SAME THING HAS BEEN DONE TO US, EXCEPT THAT YOU ALL DON'T CARE. SO SO I JUST I KNOW NOTHING CAN BE DONE AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW THAT AT LEAST I CAN SAY MY PIECE AND THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS THOMAS SEYMOUR. I ENLISTED IN THE US NAVY RIGHT HERE IN PANAMA CITY 20 YEARS AGO, STARTED A FAMILY, TRAVELED THE WORLD SERVING THIS COUNTRY, CAME IN AND FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY LAND BACK IN THIS COUNTY, BROUGHT MY WIFE, BROUGHT MY KIDS. I BOUGHT 5625 WHITFIELD ROAD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE A RELATIVE OF CODY FIELDS OR NOT. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHEN WAS THIS PLANNED? BECAUSE I WATCHED $250,000. I SPENT REMODELING THAT HOUSE TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING, FIND ALL THE TREES ARE GONE, AND A SUBSTATION GOING RIGHT NEXT DOOR. WHEN MY NEIGHBORS HAVE CLEARLY STATED THERE'S THOUSANDS OF ACRES NEARBY. NOW, IT FEELS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING THE CITIZENS INTERESTS. WHEN YOU DECIMATE MY LIFE'S INVESTMENT IN THIS HOUSE, WHEN THERE'S THOUSANDS OF OTHER ACRES. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'M NOT AS ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN AS MY NEIGHBORS. I'M A BIT PASSIONATE AT TIMES, BUT IT REALLY STINKS WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE PROTECTING THE INVESTMENT 
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PROPERTY OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND SACRIFICING MY LIFE'S INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTY. NOW, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A COMMISSIONER THAT COULD ACTUALLY STAND UP FOR THE CITIZENS MORE THAN PARKING LOT SPACES AND ACTUALLY STAND UP TO THESE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND WANT TO PROTECT THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. IS THAT PROTECTED LAND OVER THERE? EPA SENSITIVE LAND? NO PLANS ON BEING DEVELOPED. NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA, NO CLUE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENTS BUILT ALL AROUND THERE. WHAT'S THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS? WHERE ARE THESE OTHER LINES GOING? BECAUSE I AM THE GUY THAT GOES OUT AND TALKS TO THE GUYS WORKING THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW OR NOT, BUT THERE'S PLANS TO RUN LINES TO THE WEST OF MY PROPERTY AND TO THE NORTH OF MY PROPERTY, FULLY ENCLOSING ME AND HIGH LINE WIRE. THAT MAKES IT FEEL REALLY INTENTIONAL THAT MY PROPERTY VALUE YOUR RELATIVES, THE LAND THAT HE SOLD TO ME, I'M CURIOUS, IS WHEN THIS STARTED GETTING PLANNED. WHEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE MADE. NOTHING. STICK AROUND. LATER WE'LL FIND OUT TOGETHER. I'LL HELP YOU FIND THOSE ANSWERS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT. I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHEN THIS WAS PLANNED, BECAUSE IT SEEMS REALLY CONVENIENT THAT I GOT A DECENT PRICE ON THAT PROPERTY, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE WORTHLESS NOW, PAYING A MORTGAGE. AND I'VE INVESTED MY LIFE SAVINGS $250,000 INTO THE VALUE OF THAT HOME TO WATCH YOU GUYS GO, YEAH, THAT'S JUST A RESIDENT. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT DEVELOPERS. THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CINDY WARNER 5437 WHITFIELD CIRCLE. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO THE WATERFORD NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE IN NOW. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AFTER WHAT I CALL AN ESCAPE FROM SAINT ANDREWS. WE WERE UNFORTUNATE, LOVED SAINT ANDREWS. WE LIVED IN MY HUSBAND'S CHILDHOOD HOME THERE UNTIL THE AREA BECAME KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE MINI BOURBON STREET FROM NEW ORLEANS. WE GOT BARS ALL ALL AROUND US AND IT JUST BECAME HORRIBLE. THE NOISE WAS TERRIBLE. WE WENT THROUGH LOTS OF ZONING ISSUES, AND THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A RECURRING NIGHTMARE, BUT THIS WAS SNUCK UP ON US COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING, SO IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO MOVE OUT OF A BAD SITUATION INTO WHAT SEEMS LIKE PARADISE AND THEN WAKE UP IN PARADISE HAS BEEN JUST MOWED DOWN, SO WE'RE DISAPPOINTED. WE'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO LATE. I LIKE TO THINK IT'S NOT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE COMMISSION CAN DO TO HELP US, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. I'M GLORIA COOK AND I LIVE AT 5517 WHITFIELD ROAD. 
          AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. I MAY BE OUT OF BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR AND I COULDN'T HEAR YOU AT ALL. 
          WHEN YOU SPEAK SO SOFTLY. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES THERE AT WHITFIELD ROAD. I'VE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS. I'VE ENJOYED BEING THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACREAGE BETWEEN ME AND DEER POINT LAKE THAT THE LIFT STATION COULD BE CLOSER TO THEM THAN RIGHT ON TOP OF ME, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN 200FT OF MY HOME. YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN THAT'S IN THAT AREA THAT GOES UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD AND RIDES THEIR TRICYCLES AND BICYCLES AND THE HUMMING. I'VE BEEN OVER TO STARR AVENUE, AND YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HUMMING AT NIGHT. 
          AND I WENT TO THE ONE IN CALLAWAY, AND THE ONE IN CALLAWAY DOES HAVE A BUFFER WALL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT. BUT WHAT ABOUT ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE LIGHTS UP AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LIT UP ON THAT ROAD EVERY NIGHT? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU, DANIEL, RAFAEL, YOU LEFT THIS ON MY GATE. SOMEBODY DID IT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT. YOU'RE MY COMMISSIONER FOR THAT AREA. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I'M 
          [01:15:08]
GLAD YOU CAME. YOU KNOW, I'M OLD, AND I INTEND TO STAY THERE THE REST OF MY LIFE. BUT I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A ELECTRICAL ENERGIZED SUBSTATION THAT COULD CAUSE FIRES. IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOUND TO IT. I LIVED ON LEAVITT STREET WHEN I GREW UP. THERE WAS ALWAYS POPPING WHEN THE STORMS COME BY. WE LIVE WITHIN THE 100 FOOT OF THE CENTER OF THE WIRE, AND I DON'T LIKE IT. AND THAT'S MY OPINION. AND I JUST THINK THAT IT COULD BE PUSHED FURTHER OUT IN THE WOODS THERE THAN RIGHT ON TOP OF ME. AND I AM A NATIVE BAY COUNTY AND I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL HERE, WENT TO COLLEGE HERE AT GULF COAST COLLEGE. I'VE HAD 4 OR 5 BUSINESSES HERE. WE'VE HAD A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE FOR PROBABLY 25 YEARS. AND I JUST THINK THAT WE WENT OUT THERE AND BOUGHT A PLACE THAT WAS NOT FLOODED. IT WAS ON A HILL. AND MY HOME INVESTMENT IS THERE, AND I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING TO MOVE. AND CAN YOU TELL ME THAT MY PROPERTY VALUE IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN ON A $385,000 HOUSE? I WANT TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COMING UP. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. CHRISTY MCELROY, PORT SAINT JOE AND TALLAHASSEE. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING BUTTER SAID WHEN HE WAS UP HERE. I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO CALL OUR CITY COMMISSION AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT DOESN'T COME OUT THE GATES OF EASTERN SHIPBUILDING AND HIT 98 BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO CUT THROUGH AND GET OUT AS QUICK AS THEY CAN. INSTEAD, THEY CUT THROUGH OUR PIGGLY WIGGLY GROCERY STORE, HAULING BEHIND, GOING VERY FAST. 
          THAT ISN'T RIGHT. AND AS FAR AS HER, I'VE BEEN IN BAY COUNTY AND GULF COUNTY AND LEON COUNTY FOR 57 YEARS. OKAY, I HAVE A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. SO FOR HIM TO TELL ME WHAT ONE JOB REPRESENTS, I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT IN GULF COUNTY. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2007 AND HAD MY HOUSE. ALL OF THESE PROMISES FROM EASTERN SHIPBUILDING HAVE NOT COME TO FRUITION AT ALL. AND WHETHER EASTERN SHIPBUILDING LIKES IT OR NOT, WE'RE NOT SOME PAMPERED POODLES. WE ALSO, JUST LIKE THESE GOOD FOLKS, INVESTED OUR MONEY. I PAID $250,000 FOR AN 800 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE IN THE OLD PART OF PORT SAINT JOE. IT WAS. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1943. 
          I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT HOUSE, AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE WORKED FOR THE MILL. BUT WE'RE NOT AN INDUSTRIAL SITE. WE HAVE CHANGED AND CHANGE IS GOOD. AND YOU FIND OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU CHANGE. YOU DIDN'T ALLOW ME, CHAIRMAN, TO COME BACK UP HERE AND SPEAK, AND I STILL HAD A MINUTE OF MY TIME. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR YOU TO STEP AWAY AS CHAIRMAN OF ALL THREE OF YOUR CHAIRMAN POSITIONS, BASED OFF THE LAWSUIT AS IT PERTAINS TO LAKETOWN WHARF RESORT. IT'S A DISTRACTION, MADAM. AND FOR THE TDC, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WORKS BEST FOR FINANCIALLY. AND THIS IS A BIG FINANCIAL LAWSUIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. JERRY PARKER, BEACON OF BAY COUNTY. I WANT TO MIMIC SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT THAT CHRISTIE ALSO SAID. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WHAT SHE SAID IN REFERENCE TO REMOVAL OF SITUATIONS. ALSO WITH THE TDC, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY 
          [01:20:03]
WANT TO BRING UP IS WAS THERE AN AUDIT IN 2020 FOR FOR AARON LEE? WAS THERE AN AUDIT IN 2025 FOR AARON LEE FOR 20 MONTHS? HE DID WHAT? WHAT DID HE DO? LOOK AT ALL THE MONEY THAT HE SPENT. 
          AND THIS BOARD OF THE TDC IGNORED IT 100%. AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH RONNIE YANNI, PETRONAS, THE TREASURER? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THE TREASURER DID NOT TAKE NOTE OF EVERYTHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EVERY SINGLE YEAR? THIS IS ABSURD. PEOPLE AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE PRAISED MISS PEASE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING. WHAT? THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS HIDING. AND Y'ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? I WASN'T, I'M GLORIA DIANE WORTHINGTON. I LIVE AT FIVE, SIX, TWO FIVE WHITFIELD ROAD, AND I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK AT ALL TODAY. I, I DON'T DO WELL AT THIS, BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS WE LIVE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE CLEARED AREA. I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT'S GOING TO GO IN THERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A WASTEWATER POND THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND A SUBSTATION. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUBSTATION, SEEING THAT I HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN, THAT I LIVE IN THE HOUSE WITH THOMAS SEYMOUR, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE CANCER. THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH DONE THAT SHOWS THAT THESE KIND OF ELECTRIC FIELDS CAN CAUSE CANCER IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS, BUT MORE SO IN CHILDREN. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S TWO BOYS, TWO, TWO GRAND, TWO GRANDSONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GO ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THEIR BIKES AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT ALL OVER THE WHEN THERE WERE A FEW TREES LEFT. NOW THERE'S NO TREES LEFT THERE, BUT IT COMES RIGHT TO THE FENCE IN OUR BACKYARD. AND I'M THE THE SOUND IS DIFFERENT. THERE'S LIGHTS THAT I SEE NOW AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO BE SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY WOODS AND NOW THERE'S. IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE OUR HOUSE WHEN YOU COME DOWN OUR ROAD. I DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT ANYMORE. ANYWAY, I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE AND THE SUBSTATION CAN BE. I DON'T MIND THE WASTEWATER, BUT THE SUBSTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO BE PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHERE? IT'S NOT IN BETWEEN AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOUSES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? HELLO. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? MY NAME IS DEBORAH HOLZER. I LIVE AT 5325 TITUS ROAD. I SPOKE WITH YOU, MR. CARROLL. I BELIEVE ON MONDAY. NOT ONLY HAVE THE THE ELECTRIC COMPANY COME IN AND TAKEN DOWN ALL THE TREES, THEY ACTUALLY WERE ON OUR PROPERTY AND TOOK DOWN SOME OF OUR TREES THAT ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH HURRICANE MICHAEL. WE HAVE LIVED IN THAT HOME FROM 2013 WITH A SMALL STINT IN AFTER OUR HOUSE HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL, WE DID REBUILD. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DID SUCH AN ELOQUENT JOB IN SPEAKING TO YOU ALL REGARDING THE SUBSTATION THAT'S GOING IN, JUST DOING A LITTLE GOOGLE INVESTIGATION THERE. THEY HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE SUBSTATIONS BE AT LEAST 450 FOOT AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTS. 
          THE ILLNESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PROVED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UNPROVED AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY KIND IF WE HAD HAD SOME TYPE OF INPUT FOREKNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBSTATION COMING IN. PEOPLE. D.R. HORTON HAS COME IN AND BUILT TONS AND TONS OF HOMES. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. AND IF THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD MORE HOMES IN THE IN THE SAINT JOE PROPERTY, THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES THAT'S BEHIND US, I THINK THEY SHOULD BEAR THE EYESORE THEY SHOULD BEAR THE HEALTH RISKS. PEOPLE THAT. NO. OH LOOK, 
          [01:25:01]
THERE'S A SUBSTATION THERE, BUT OH, I'M GOING TO GET A DISCOUNT ON MY HOUSE IF I BUY THERE. 
          THAT SHOULD BE THEIR OPTION. BUT TO OWN A HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS AND THEN JUST THIS JUST BE SPRUNG ON YOU, THAT'S HEARTBREAKING. YOU KNOW, OUR HOMES, AT LEAST 10% POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE A LOT OF MONEY FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO LOSE ON THE SALE OF OUR HOME. SO I WOULD JUST I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE IF THESE HOMES COULD BE THIS COULD BE MOVED AGAIN. THEY'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF ACRES. WE'VE GOT ALL OF 20, 23, 21. THAT WOULD BE A LOVELY PLACE FOR A SUBSTATION. AT LEAST GIVE PEOPLE WARNING AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YEAH, HEY, I DON'T MIND LIVING NEXT TO THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SORRY. YEAH, MY NAME IS TOBY BRADLEY. I LIVE AT TWO 1718 JENNY ROAD. I'M ON BEHALF OF MY LADY. WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE 12 PITBULLS ATTACKED HER, BEAT HER UP PRETTY BAD. SHE'S GOT HOSPITAL BILLS. THE LADY AND THE MAN THAT WERE THE DOG OWNERS, THEY DONE NOTHING TO THEM. THE BILLS ARE STILL ROLLING IN. YOU KNOW I'M NOT RICH. SHE'S NOT RICH. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE NOT RICH. WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT THE LAND WAS CHANGED OVER, THEY DID NOTHING. THE SAME INCIDENT. THERE WERE TWO OF THE. 
          WHAT DO THEY CALL THE ANIMAL CONTROL PEOPLE. THEY WERE BIT BY THE SAME DOGS AND WE HAD TO WE HAD TO ACTUALLY COME TO COURT TO GET THEM TO PUT THE DOGS TO SLEEP, BECAUSE ONCE A DOG BITES SOMEBODY, IT'S DONE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT TASTE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER RAISED DOGS. ME PERSONALLY, I'VE, I USED TO RAISE ROTTWEILERS SO I KNOW WHAT DOGS DO, BUT FOR SOME REASON NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT THIS. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET BIT. I HAD TO FIGHT THEM OFF TO KEEP FROM GETTING BIT. THANK GOD FOR COWBOY BOOTS. BUT NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT THAT. THE PEOPLE THAT OWNED THE DOGS, THEY DID NOTHING TO THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY MORE OR LESS TOLD US, HEY, THAT'S THAT'S Y'ALL'S PROBLEM. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL THAT'S FAIR. YOU KNOW, I PAY TAXES. I, YOU KNOW, I DO WHAT I DO TO HELP MY COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE. BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. WE GOT NOTHING IN RETURN, YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY FEEL THAT IT WAS UNFAIR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS IN THAT SAME AREA THAT EVEN SHOT AND KILLED SOME OF THEIR DOGS BECAUSE THEY THEY TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOCKING THEM DOWN. WE WERE THERE WORKING ON A HOUSE. I, I'M AN ELECTRICIAN. I WAS WIRING UP A GUY'S HOUSE AND WE SEEN THREE OF THE DOGS. 
          AND THEN THE GUY THAT OWNED THE DOGS LET THE REST OF THEM OUT. AND THAT'S HOW MY LADY GOT BIT. 
          I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO FIGHT THEM OFF, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST FEEL IT'S NOT FAIR. AND I FEEL THAT THAT BAY COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE OUR BACK, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WORKS OUT HERE. YOU CAN HIRE ME TO WIRE UP YOUR HOUSE. I GOT YOUR BACK. I'M MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS ON POINT AND WORK FOR YOU, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR US. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. SIR. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. WELL, I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE NERVOUS, BUT I AM. I'VE BEEN A BAY COUNTY RESIDENT. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? SORRY. DONALD COOPER, 4131 WEST 20TH COURT. I WENT TO COVENANT CHRISTIAN. I WENT TO MOSLEY HIGH SCHOOL. MR. HUSFELT KNOWS ME PRETTY WELL. I WORKED FOR ED SHEFFIELD WHEN I WAS YOUNG. IT KEPT ME OUT OF A LOT OF TROUBLE. AND AND THEN I WORKED ON THE BEACH AND I'VE, I'VE WORKED IN TOURISM EVER SINCE THEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE KNOW ME. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING OUT THERE. 
          I'VE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTEREST TO MANY OF YOU ABOUT THE TDC BOARD SEAT. I THINK I'D 
          [01:30:04]
BE GREAT FOR IT. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING I CAN PROVIDE OF QUALIFICATIONS. I STARTED ON THE BEACH WORKING IN BEACH CHAIR RENTALS, AND I DID THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND I THINK I SPOKE WITH OVER 100,000 TOURISTS BY THE TIME I WAS 21 OR 22 YEARS OLD. AND THEN I WORKED MYSELF INTO MARKETING, AND THAT'S WHAT I CONTINUE TO DO TODAY FOR A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. A LOT OF TOURISM OPERATORS, FROM PANHANDLE HELICOPTER TO HOWL AT SHRIMP CITY AND, AND A LOT OF CAM MANAGERS AND CONDO RENTALS IN BETWEEN. SO I'VE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION, YOU GUYS, AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT. NO REPORT. OKAY. COUNTY MANAGER 
          [COUNTY MANAGER REPORT]
REPORT. YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, LAST WEEK THE PORT OF PANAMA CITY EXTENDED TO ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK FOR THEM AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS YOU ARE ALSO AWARE, WE HAVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME HAD A TRANSITION PLAN HERE AT THE COUNTY, NOT JUST AT MY LEVEL, BUT ALSO WITH ALL OF OUR SENIOR DEPARTMENT HEADS. I WHOLLY EXPECT. SO. I GUESS THE THE NEXT STEP IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD AND THEIR ATTORNEY AND I HAVE COME TO A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT. I FULLY EXPECT THE BOARD, THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD WILL TAKE THAT ISSUE UP TOMORROW MORNING AT THEIR AT THEIR MEETING. AND I WHOLLY EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE RATIFIED AND ACCEPTED IN THE COURSE OF THAT. MY CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY HAS A 60 DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND AWARE OF THIS SINCE THE START. BUT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU THAT YOU WAIVE THAT 60 DAY REQUIREMENT IN LIEU OF ACCEPT A TWO WEEK NOTICE. IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD ACCEPTING THAT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TOMORROW. AND IF THAT DOES INDEED OCCUR, I WOULD SUBMIT MY FORMAL RESIGNATION TO THE CHAIR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT MY FIRST DAY AT THE PORT WITH THE 4TH OF MARCH, I BELIEVE. AND I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IN THAT TRANSITION, APPOINTING MR. SCHUBERT AS INTERIM COUNTY MANAGER AND THEN AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH HIM FOR THAT POSITION. AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN THE LONG TERM PLAN HERE AT THE COUNTY. AND THEN MR. SCHUBERT COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OTHER SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE MOVES THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'M AVAILABLE FOR THAT NEXT TWO WEEK PERIOD TO ASSIST WITH THE TRANSITION. AND THEN OF COURSE, AFTER THAT, BE ABLE TO WORK WITH WITH JOEL AT ANY TIME OR COUNTY STAFF AT ANY TIME AS NEEDED TO, TO ASSIST. SO THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION PASS. OKAY. CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE ABOUT YOUR MOTION SO THAT SHE CAN GET THAT IN THE MINUTES? IT'LL IF YOU DON'T MIND PLEASE. YEAH. YES. SO THE MOTION WOULD INCLUDE WAIVER OF THE 60 DAY REQUIREMENT PERIOD. APPOINTING MR. SCHULER AS THE INTERIM COUNTY MANAGER AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH JOEL. 
          OKAY. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S MY MOTION. IT IS. WE'VE GOT A MOTION. AND A SECOND. IF WE COULD CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER RAPHAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. 
          [CHAIRMAN & COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER. COMMENTS. WE WILL START WITH THE COMMISSIONER. 
          RAPHAEL. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME AT WHITFIELD HILL AND I DO SEE YOUR PROBLEM, AND I DO SEE YOUR CONCERNS. AND, WAYNE, IF YOU'LL STICK AROUND, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ENLIGHTEN ME THAT WHEN I DID SPEAK WITH WAYNE OR WHOEVER AT THE OFFICE LAST WEEK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO. I KNOW THE COUNTY DID PULL A DRIVEWAY PERMIT FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT WE'LL DIG IN DEEPER AND WE'LL GET YOU SOME MORE ANSWERS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I HAD ON MY LIST. I HAVE KEITH BRYANT HERE TODAY. HE'S GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE SHORTLY ABOUT THE ROAD PROJECT. WE HAD SOME SOME CONCERNS ON TITUS ROAD IN 2321 ABOUT SOME TRAFFIC INCIDENTS. I DO KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOT ABOUT FINDING A SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. IN THE INTERIM, WHILE WE ARE DOING THIS PROJECT, I KNOW IT IS BURDEN, A BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY. I FEEL YOU I'M DRIVING THAT TRAFFIC TOO, SO I UNDERSTAND I'M A SEVENTH GENERATION BAY COUNTY AND GULF 
          [01:35:06]
COUNTY, AND SO I I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH JUST LIKE YOU HAVE. AND IT IS CONCERNING. AND SO THAT DOESN'T FALL ON DEAF EARS. SO I HEAR YOU AND I'M GOING TO WORK WITH YOU. WE'LL WE'LL GET TO WORK. THAT'S ALL I REALLY GOTTA SAY, CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. CAROL. YES, MA'AM. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS. WE WE A LOT OF TIMES HAVE MEETINGS AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MA'AM? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP EARLIER ABOUT. WE HAVE 200,000 CITIZENS, AND THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT. WE HAVE FIVE SEPARATE DISTRICTS. WE ALL REPRESENT BASICALLY EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS. BASICALLY, THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. WE DO REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. THIS ITEM ABOUT THIS DID NOT COME BEFORE US. WE'VE NOT VOTED ON THIS. I'VE NOT SEEN THIS. WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS OCCURRING. AS YOU WERE NOT AWARE THAT THIS WAS OCCURRING. MONDAY I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION. IT WAS THE FIRST THAT I HAD HEARD OF THIS. 
          I ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. WE SET POLICY. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS SOMEONE TRYING TO BUILD SOME CONCRETE SILOS IN SOUTHPORT. IT WAS EXTREMELY HIGH, 200 PLUS FEET RIGHT NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS. WELL, AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE A CODE THAT WE COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. THEY DIDN'T BUILD IT. BUT GUESS WHAT? AS A BOARD, WE THEN WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS. WE CAME UP WITH THE POLICY AND SET A HEIGHT LIMIT OF 50FT. SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE THAT WAS NOT GOING TO OCCUR AGAIN. IF WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE TO BUILD A SUBSTATION OUT BUFFERS, THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OR COMP PLAN, WHICHEVER, TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP YOU IN THIS OCCURRENCE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAPPEN THIS AGAIN. 
          WE'RE ALL HERE TO WORK WITH YOU. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS EASY WHEN I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL. 
          OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S NOT MY DISTRICT. THAT'S RAFAEL'S DISTRICT. AND I COULD HAVE DEFLECTED THAT TO MR. RAFAEL. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE. WE ARE EACH HERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE UPSET, AND I RESPECT THAT, BUT WE ARE ALL HERE TO HELP YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS. FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, HOW WE GOT HERE. WHAT CAN WE DO? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PUT TREES BACK? I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE OF YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. FROM THAT, I WANT TO DEFLECT A LITTLE BIT TO MR. MICA. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION TO BAY COUNTY. YOU'VE SPENT YOUR ALMOST YOUR ENTIRE CAREER HERE. YOU HAD A SHORT LAPSE WHERE YOU WENT TO COCOA BEACH, BUT YOU ARE AN EXTREMELY DEDICATED PERSON. NO ONE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND YOUR CAREER. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND SERVICE THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND NO ONE HAD ANY OBJECTION TO REDUCING 60 TO YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. WE KNOW HOW TO FIND YOU. BUT JUST AS A FRIEND, AS I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH YOU, YOU AND I STARTED WORKING TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE IN BAY COUNTY. LEADERSHIP BAY, CLASS OF 99. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND I APPRECIATE IT. I THANK YOU FOR FRIENDSHIP AND I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. SO THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. TO FOLLOW WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER RAPHAEL AND COMMISSIONER CARROLL SAID, I ACTUALLY AM MY OTHER DAY JOB, I HAD A I HAD A CLIENT WHO RECEIVED AN EMINENT DOMAIN NOTICE FROM POWERSOUTH FOR A PORTION OF LAND THAT THEY OWN LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S THE FIRST I HEARD ABOUT IT. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SUBSTATION. ONE OF THESE THINGS WORKS AT THE STATE LEVEL JUST TO SHARE SOME OF THE LEGAL SIDE AS AS COMMISSIONER CARROLL SAID, WE DON'T HAVE POLICY OR POWER OVER WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE A PUBLIC UTILITY. POWERSOUTH OWNS GULF COAST ELECTRIC CO-OP, WHICH IS OUT OF ALABAMA. THEY, THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN AND OTHER THINGS, ARE KIND OF A QUASI GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND THEY PLACE ACCORDING TO THEIR THING. WE WILL BE TALKING TO THEM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          AND SO FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, MY CLIENT CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY LAST WEEK AND WAS GOING, WHAT? WHAT'S UP WITH THIS? I DON'T KNOW, IT'S THE FIRST I NOTICE OF IT. AND SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT POWERSOUTH IS GOING TO BE DOING IN THAT AREA. NOT 100% SURE WHAT IT IS IS COMMISSIONER CARROLL SAID. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO GET YOU THE ANSWERS OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. SOME HOPEFULLY YOU WILL LIKE, SOME PROBABLY YOU WON'T LIKE, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO HELP WORK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU ALL AND REPRESENT Y'ALL AS WE DEAL WITH POWERSOUTH AND TALK TO THEM IN GULF COAST ELECTRIC CO-OP TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THOSE THINGS. 
          BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TO US AND LETTING US KNOW OF YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR ISSUES AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED. AND THEN ALSO, BOB, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM WORKING WITH YOU, REALLY GETTING TO KNOW YOU IN 
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2018 AND WORKING FROM THAT POINT FORWARD THROUGH NOW. APPRECIATE YOUR HEART OF SERVICE, YOUR ABILITY TO CAST A VISION AND TO LOOK AT THINGS STRATEGICALLY. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CROSBY, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WITH THE LAST TWO COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 8:00, I GOT A TEXT FROM SOMEONE. THE FIRST I'D HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING GOING IN OVER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHITFIELD ROAD. SORRY THAT WE HAD TO HEAR ABOUT IT THIS WAY. I'M SORRY THAT Y'ALL HAD TO COME HERE TODAY AND US HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, WE WILL DIVE INTO THIS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO. NOT SURE THAT THERE IS, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY. AND THEN I'LL MOVE TO SOMETHING. BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVOR, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOES HAVE SOME OF THE SAME. WE WISH WE HAD KNOWN BEFORE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOU SOME ANSWERS BEFORE YOU HAD TO COME UP HERE LIKE THIS. IT HAD TO BE DEVASTATING TO WAKE UP, TO SEE IT CLEARED. THERE'S NO NO QUESTION ON THAT. THERE'S NO QUESTION. AND I KNOW IT'S HEARTBREAKING. AND IF YOU WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, LET US DIG INTO IT AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. AND IF IT IS, THEN I CAN ASSURE YOU, ALL OF US THINK ALIKE, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. THE OTHER THE OTHER COMMENT IS FOR BOB AND FOR JOEL AND BOB. I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT ME AND HOW YOU'VE LED ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LEARNING MY JOB HERE AND GUIDED ME AND KEPT ME STRAIGHT. AND SO FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T REALLY GET TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTEMPT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT AT THE PORT, AND I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RED RIGHT. RETURN SO THAT YOU'RE GOOD TO GO WHEN YOU GET OVER THERE. AND, JOEL, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB. YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY BOB ALL OF THE SECRETS OF HOW TO RUN THIS BAY COUNTY IN SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY THAT THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR HARD WORK, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN MONITORING EVERYTHING THAT BOB HAS DONE, AND I KNOW HE'S A PHONE CALL AWAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S TWO WEEKS OR 60 DAYS OR, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FROM NOW, I KNOW HE'LL HE'LL BE THERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU BOTH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE PORT AND WORKING WITH JOEL AS WE HAVE BEEN. SO THAT IS ALL I HAD. SO WITH THAT, OH, EXCUSE ME. CAN'T BE LEFT OUT. OH I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT WE HAD I WANT TO I WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK, BOB. THANK YOU. I GOT A PASSION A WHILE AGO ABOUT MY FOLKS AND THE POWER STATION. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. BUT I WANTED TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF YOU WHEN YOU GET NEW GUYS THAT COME ON THIS BOARD. AS YOU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED, IT'S FIVE PERSONALITIES ON TOP OF THE 600 PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT THAT WORK UNDERNEATH YOU. AND YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB. I KNOW FOR A COUNTRY BOY, WHEN I COME HERE, I WANTED TO TAKE ON THE WORLD. AND I HAD 500 THINGS GOING ON AND WALKING BOB'S OFFICE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND HIM HELP GUIDE AND AND TALK AND A GREAT LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE PORT IS GOING TO BE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT SIDE. AND, JOEL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS OUT OF YOU. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          AND BOB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR BAY COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.