[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] ORDER. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING. IT'S SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, 2026. IT'S 9 A.M. MISS SMART, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER CROSBIE? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PASTOR TIM STEPHENS WITH CALLAWAY ASSEMBLY OF GOD. AND I WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WOULD YOU RISE, PLEASE? LET'S PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU SAY THAT IF ANYONE NEEDS WISDOM, ALL HE NEED TO DO IS ASK. AND HEAVENLY FATHER, THIS MORNING WE ASK. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU'LL GRANT WISDOM, LORD, FOR CHOICES AND DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND INSIGHT INTO SITUATIONS. FATHER THAT NO HUMAN BEING CAN HAVE ON THEIR OWN. BECAUSE FATHER, YOU KNOW THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE AT PLAY. FATHER, YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD THAT WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE SPIRITUAL REALM IS REAL. AND FATHER, THAT WE INTERACT WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS. AND GOD, I PRAY THAT THE CHOICES, THE DECISIONS, LORD, THE CONVERSATION HERE TODAY, LORD, WOULD TAKE ALL THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT. LORD OF WHO YOU ARE AND FATHER, THE WISDOM YOU DESIRE TO GIVE US. LORD, IF ONLY WE WOULD ASK. FATHER, GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION TODAY AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS NAME. AND EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY [APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions or Deletions)] ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS IN THE AGENDA? NONE FROM STAFF. ANYONE ELSE? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. [PRESENTATIONS] YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. OUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY WILL BE OUR BEACH SERVICE RECOGNITION. COULD ANYONE THAT WORKS THE BEACH, PANAMA CITY BEACH, PLEASE COME FORWARD? YUP. GOT ONE. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. Y'ALL JUST COME ON UP HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING. YEAH, JUST JUST STAND RIGHT THERE. AND I'M GOING TO JUST TRY TO BE RIGHT OVER HERE BY YOU. THANKS FOR COMING, GUYS. FIRST, LET ME JUST BRING UP A COUPLE OF FACTS THAT EVERYONE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. THE TOURISTS AND THE RESIDENTS MAY NOT KNOW WHAT A BIG ROLE THESE FOLKS PLAY IN THE SAFETY AND THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR BEACH. NOT ONLY DO THEY PICK UP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF GARBAGE FROM 1000 CANS ALL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY DO IT. PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALLY NOTICE THEY'RE THERE. THEY DO IT SO, SO QUIETLY AND SO PERFECTLY THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT NOTICED. THEY'RE NOTICED BY SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE UP IN THE CONDOS THAT ARE TAKING VIDEO OF THEM EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY ENJOY WATCHING HOW THEY JUST MARVEL AT HOW THEY GET ALL THIS DONE SO WELL. FOLKS SEE THE ATVS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. THEY SEE THE JET SKIS PULLING BANANA BOATS, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN THE THE WATER. THEY SEE PEOPLE SETTING UP BEACH CHAIRS AND HANGING OUT UNDER THE UMBRELLA. AND THEY SAY, WOW, WHAT A GREAT, EASY JOB THESE FOLKS HAVE. I'D LIKE TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE OFFICE EVERY DAY. WELL, I SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, NOT SO FAST. THESE PEOPLE WORKED SO HARD. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY PUT IN BETWEEN 12 AND 14,000 HOURS OF WORK FREE FOR BAY COUNTY. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ON THEIR JET SKIS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN DISTRESS. THEY'RE IN THEIR GARBAGE TRUCK, RIDING ON THE SIDE OF THEIR GARBAGE TRUCK, DOING A REALLY DANGEROUS JOB, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING IN THE WATER TO SEE IF YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE NEEDED. THE MOMENT A CHILD GOES [00:05:04] MISSING. THESE ARE THE FIRST GUYS, FIRST GUYS RIGHT ALONG BESIDE OUR BEACH SURF, BEACH SURF FOLKS. THEY'RE RIGHT ALONG THERE WITH THEIR SETS OF EYES. THERE'S ABOUT 200 OF THEM, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HAVING 200 EXTRA SETS OF EYES IF A CHILD GOES MISSING OR IF SOMETHING IF SOMEONE IS IN DISTRESS IN THE WATER, THEY'RE GOING TO THE WATER. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. I DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW THAT WORKS, BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE IN THE WATER IN DISTRESS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEM. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THESE BEACHES FOR YEARS, AND THEY WANT TO DO THAT. THEY WANT TO DO THAT JOB FOR US. DOUBLE RED FLAGS. SO THE MINUTE THE DOUBLE RED FLAG GOES UP OR THEY GET A NOTICE PROBABLY FROM ME AGGRAVATING THEM ON THE RADIO OR THE PHONE, THEY IMMEDIATELY TAKE THE DOUBLE RED FLAGS AND PUT THEM OUT TO THE SURF. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE CAME UP WITH THROUGH CHIEF MENDEZ OVER AT THE BEACH. HE HAD A FRIEND IN HAWAII THAT TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THIS DOUBLE DOUBLE FLAG SYSTEM AT THE SURF. WE PUT THE FLAGS TOGETHER, AND THESE GUYS, WITHOUT QUESTION EVERY YEAR, PUT THE FLAGS UP FOR US FOR FREE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM A HAND FOR THE SELFISH WORK THAT THEY DO AND JUST WANT TO THANK THEM TODAY. OKAY. PROCLAMATION. BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BEACH SERVICE, WHERE THE PRISTINE BEACHES OF BAY COUNTY SERVE AS A SANCTUARY OF NATURAL BEAUTY, RECREATION, AND JOY FOR RESIDENTS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE PEAK SEASON. AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE MEMBERS OF THE BEACH SERVICE CREWS HAVE WORKED EXTENDED HOURS UNDER CHALLENGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, MANAGING HEAVY CROWDS, MAINTAINING PUBLIC FACILITIES, ENSURING VISITOR SAFETY AND PRESERVING AND DEDICATE THE COASTAL ECOSYSTEM. AND WHEREAS CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THEIR LIFESAVING RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDES VIGILANT CONTINUOUS MONITORING, SURF CONDITIONS AND IMMEDIATE UPDATING OF THE BEACH SAFETY FLAGS DAILY AND OFTEN HOURLY TO PROVIDE REAL TIME, VITAL SAFETY COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC. AND WHEREAS THE SEAMLESS EXECUTION OF THESE OPERATIONS RELY ON A POWERFUL, UNIFIED COMMUNITY EFFORT BUILT UPON THE CLOSE DAILY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEACH SERVICE CREW, THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, DEDICATED LIFEGUARDS AND ESSENTIAL TRASH HAULERS. AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONALISM, RESILIENCE AND COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT EXHIBITED BY THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR TOURISM ECONOMY AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE CHERISHED BY OUR CITIZENS, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND OUR HIGHEST COMMENDATION TO THE BEACH SERVICE CREWS AND THEIR VITAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THE MONUMENTAL HARD WORK, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND UNWAVERING PROTECTION OF OUR COAST DURING EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY SEASON. ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A LUNCHEON FOR YOU GUYS WHEN THE SEASON IS CLOSING OUT ON OCTOBER THE 8TH AT 1130 AT THE COUNTY PIER. AND I HOPE YOU ALL CAN COME. AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT EVERYONE WITH WITH THEIR OWN PROCLAMATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COME ON. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. LA LA LA LA LA. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE UP. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE UP AT THE PIERS. OKAY. AT EACH PIER. YEP. I'M GONNA HOLD ON TO IT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE FOR EVERYBODY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [PUBLIC COMMENT] [00:10:02] ALL RIGHT. NEXT WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ITEM THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME. THIS IS ON CONSENT ITEMS ONLY. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BECK. I LIVE AT 2601 BEACH STREET. THE. THE ITEM I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS NUMBER FOUR FEES AND FINES. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THIS GOVERNMENT I'VE BEEN KEEPING UP SINCE 2010. HOW I CAN PROVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT, NOTHING BUT STRONG ARMED EXTORTION AGAINST THE PEOPLE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FROM WHERE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN TAKING PICTURES OVER PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, FENCES, GOING ON THEIR PROPERTIES, TAKING AND CHARGING THEM LARGE AMOUNTS OF FINES. I HAVE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS WALKED UP ON THE BACK SIDES OF THEIR PROPERTY, PUT A STICKER THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXIST, CHARGES ANYWHERE FROM 250 TO $1000 A DAY. RIGHT? TO MOST OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF TOWN, OR THE ELDERLY, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE STICKERS ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COME UP AND THEY CHARGE THEM THIS MONEY. AND IF THEY DON'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? REMEMBER WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, RICO, Y'ALL COME BACK AND YOU TAKE THEIR PROPERTY WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT. STRONG ARMED, YOU KNOW? AND WHENEVER I GO TO THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, WE'VE GOT THE COPS OVER THERE WHO WITNESSED IT FROM WHERE I WAS TELLING THEM, HEY, THIS IS NOT ACCURATE. THESE PICTURES ARE NOT RIGHT. YOU'VE TAKEN PICTURES OF MY PRIVACY FENCE. YOU'VE TAKEN PICTURES INSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW, JUST LIKE YOU'VE DONE MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE, WHICH COME AGAINST THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. WHAT DID SHE SAY? GET A LAWYER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THEY ABLE TO CARRY OUT CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST THE PEOPLE. GET A LAWYER. DURING THE MEANTIME, THEY USE THAT COP SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE TO COME IN AND TELL ME THAT I MIGHT BE CAUSING A DISTURBANCE, BECAUSE I'M TELLING THIS LADY SHE'S A DISGRACE TO EVERYTHING IS THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. AND WHAT GETS ME IS HOW MANY PROZACS, RIDDLES AND XANAX'S Y'ALL HAVE TO EAT TO PRETEND Y'ALL DON'T HEAR WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR HOW MANY YEARS? THAT'S ALL OF Y'ALL THAT KNOWS WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THIS TOWN. HOW Y'ALL BEEN BELITTLING ME, YOU KNOW? AND ALL I'M DOING IS LIVING UP TO MY OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH APPARENTLY IS SOMETHING Y'ALL DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST. Y'ALL SAY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE EVERY DAY, AND THEN YOU TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE TRUTH THAT I CAN PROVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, YOU KNOW? AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT CORPORAL CHANTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DARKEST STUFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SADOMASOCHISM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE, THE COPS AND ALL THE GUY THAT CAME OUT THERE AND STOOD BESIDE MY HOUSE AND THEY TOOK MY THE HAMMERS THAT MY DADDY GAVE ME. YOU WERE THERE, CLAIRE. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF I'D HAVE WENT VIOLENT ON THEM. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INTESTINAL FORTITUDE IT TOOK FOR ME TO DO EVERYTHING? ALL I COULD DO WAS CUSS EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. I MEANT EVERY WORD I SAY, YOU KNOW? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I. YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD HAVE LOST IT. Y'ALL PUSH PEOPLE TO SUCH AN EXTENT. BUT THAT'S RIGHT. Y'ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN TAKING IT FOR SO LONG. I'VE BEEN TO TOWN. TALK ABOUT FOR HOW LONG. AND Y'ALL PUMPED EVERY DADGUM LINE ON THE MAN ABOUT ME. AND Y'ALL KNOW IT'S TRUE. AND Y'ALL, Y'ALL GOING TO TALK ABOUT FINES TO FIND THE PEOPLE Y'ALL SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING THE PEOPLE. WHY DON'T YOU HELP THE PEOPLE? WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THESE CORNBREAD FED MEN THAT'S TAKING THE LITTLE OLD LADIES AND THROWING THEM IN A ROOM AND CHARGING THEM ALL THIS MONEY. WHY DON'T YOU LET THEM HELP THEM FIX THEIR PROPERTY? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, IS SERVE THE PEOPLE AND UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN BECK. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS MARTHA CHILES. CHILDS. I LIVE AT 4718 BILL'S CIRCLE IN BILL'S MANOR, PANAMA CITY, 32404. AND I HOPE I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR NUMBER 19. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. EXCUSE ME. THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THANK YOU. WE'LL WE'LL CALL IT OUT AND THEN WE'LL I'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE. SO YOU DON'T MISS IT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? [CONSENT AGENDA] ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR. SCHUBERT. GOOD MORNING. ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA UNDER CLERK OF COURTS, ITEM ONE. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND INVENTORY DELETIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE REPORTS AND APPROVE INVENTORY DELETIONS UNDER BUDGET OFFICE ITEM 226-47. ARBITRAGE, REBATE AND OPINION SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACT 2647 FOR ARBITRAGE, ARBITRAGE, REBATE AND OPINION SERVICES TO L. L S TAX SOLUTION INCORPORATED AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT. ITEM THREE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET AMENDMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET ITEM FOR 2027. FEES AND FINES. SCHEDULE STAFF'S [00:15:02] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO INSTITUTE THE 2027 FEES AND FINES SCHEDULE UNDER COUNTY ATTORNEY ITEM FIVE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND ASSESSMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, FOR THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND ASSESSMENTS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE LOS AND THE AMENDED LOS ONCE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS APPROVED AND THE FINAL AMOUNTS ARE SET. ITEM SIX EXTENSION OF 26 ASSESSMENT ROLES. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE 26 AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT ROLE UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES. ITEM SEVEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS AND ASSISTANCE GRANT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS AND ASSISTANCE GRANT AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUESTED SCOPE OF WORK UNDER GENERAL SERVICES. ITEM EIGHT CONTRACT 26-43 STEEL FIELD LANDFILL DAILY COVER SERVICES. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACT 26-43 STEEL FIELD LANDFILL DAILY COVER SERVICE TO ROBERTS AND ROBERTS INCORPORATED AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NINE COUNTY LINE ROAD PAVING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $756,991.40, AND ADD 180 CALENDAR DAYS TO THE CONTRACT WITH ANDERSON COLUMBIA INCORPORATED ITEM TEN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY FOR FUTURE ROADWAY TRANSFERS AND COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN RESURFACING DISCOVERY LOOP SOUTH UP TO $400,000. ITEM 11 TITUS ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 2321 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CHANGE ORDER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER AND THE AMOUNT OF $47,505 TO MOTT MACDONALD CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED FOR THE TITUS ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 2321 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UNDER UTILITY SERVICES. ITEM 1226-33 SOUTH PORT WATER TREATMENT PLANT FEASIBILITY STUDY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACT RFQ 26-33. SOUTHPORT WATER TREATMENT PLANT FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BLACK AND BEACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,458,636. ITEM THREE GULF COAST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION EASEMENT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE GULF COAST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INCORPORATED FOR THE NORTH BAY WASTEWATER LIFT STATION PROJECT. THAT IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING, AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION. AND SECOND, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. [14. PLDPA20260181 & PLZCA20260180 - Small Scale Amendment & Zone Change - 13636 & 13634 Highway 77] YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. NEXT IS REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE NOTHING ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TODAY, SO WE WILL MOVE ON INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS AN OPEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WERE ANYONE THAT IS CONSIDERING ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED ON ANY. ANY OF THESE ITEMS WOULD PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THE OPEN HEARING FOR QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS. SO, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE ON THE FIRST ITEM PLDPA20260181 AND PLZCA20260180. SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE 13, 636 AND 13634 HIGHWAY 77. MAYOR OF THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN TO NO ONE WITH THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. MAYOR WITH THE PROPERTY SPOKEN. NO ONE. I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION, SO I'LL BE ABSTAINING. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION NOW, PLEASE. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, ON AUGUST 18TH, 2026, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF ACRES FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM R2 SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX DWELLINGS TO C THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOW. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 13, SIX, 36 AND 13634 HIGHWAY 77 IN THE SANDHILLS AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE PROPOSED LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR [00:20:02] ALONG HIGHWAY 77, WHICH CONTAINS SEVERAL EXISTING GENERAL COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS. THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS HIGHWAY 77, HAS THE SAME GENERAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION AND C-3 ZONING DISTRICT. ADDITIONALLY, PROPERTIES LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALSO HAVE THE SAME COMMERCIAL, GENERAL, COMMERCIAL, LAND USE, AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS. HIGHWAY 77 IS IDENTIFIED AS AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY IN THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND SERVES AS A PRIMARY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR WITHIN THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETS THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OUTLINED IN LDR. TABLE 6.1 FOR THE C-3 ZONING DISTRICT STAFF AGREES WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCES. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THESE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM STAFF. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING WAIT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT IT'S HARD TO READ ON YOUR MAP HERE WHAT THE LANE IS. IS THAT A PRIVATE ROAD? THAT'S A PRIVATE ROAD. YES, SIR. DO THEY HAVE ACCESS FOR THIS PARCEL THROUGH THAT? I I'M NOT CERTAIN THE APPLICANT IS HERE. GOOD TO SPEAK TO THAT. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MY QUESTION WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? ZACH SANCHEZ, 1801 WARBLER STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF LARRY PERRY, THE APPLICANT. HE DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS. HE HAS HIS OWN DRIVEWAY. SO THAT PRIVATE ROADWAY IS FOR THE ADJOINING PARCEL, NOT FOR OUR PARCEL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO YOUR PRIMARY ACCESS WOULD BE ON 77? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NO REMAINING SPEAKERS. BOARD DISCUSSION. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION. AND SECOND, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. AND COMMISSIONER CROSBY ABSTAINS. 15 IS ALSO QUASI [15. PLDPA20260185 & PLZCA20260182 - Small Scale Amendment & Zone Change - Ten Acre Road] QUASI JUDICIARY HEARING. SO, COMMISSIONERS, COULD YOU DISCLOSE ANY EXPORTED COMMUNICATION? SENIOR PROPERTY SPOKEN TO NO ONE. SEEING THE PROPERTY SPOKEN WITH NO ONE SEEING THE PROPERTY SPOKEN. NO ONE SEEING THE PROPERTY SPOKEN TO NO ONE. ALL RIGHT. STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. AGAIN. ON AUGUST 18TH, 2026, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM R2 SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX DWELLINGS TO C-3, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOW. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST END OF TEN ACRE ROAD IN THE UNINCORPORATED SPRINGFIELD AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE AND LAND USE CONSISTENT WITH THE BAY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN AREA PRIMARILY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING DESIGNATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, TEN ACRE ROAD IS IDENTIFIED AS A LOCAL STREET IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. SECTION 606 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS STATES THAT THE C3A USES SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL ARTERIAL ROADWAYS. THE PROPOSED REQUEST WOULD REQUIRE GENERAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BE DIRECTED DOWN TEN ACRE ROAD WITH RESPECT TO THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT PROPERTY TO THE WEST, WHICH ALSO USES TEN ACRE ROAD. THIS IS AN ESTABLISHED USE PREDATING THE COUNTY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE CURRENT USE OF THE PROPERTY AS AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION GENERATES VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON TEN ACRE ROAD. THEREFORE, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE OR CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA. STAFF DISAGREES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, NOT APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. WE DID HAVE A LITTLE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING DRAINAGE ALONG ROAD. BUT THAT'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I'VE GOT ONE, MADAM CHAIR. WAYNE, IF THE ACCESS WAS LIMITED TO 231, WOULD STAFF HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION? CORRECT. IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ACCESS FROM HIGHWAY 231 STAFF WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. HOWEVER, THE THE [00:25:04] RAILROAD BEING THERE LIMITS THAT FOR THE APPLICANT. OR ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THERE. NONE OF THEM HAVE ACCESS TO THAT BECAUSE THE RAILROAD. CORRECT? NO, EXCEPT FOR EXCEPT FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE THE END OF THE STREET THERE. THE SUBSTATION. THEY DO HAVE A IT'S A IT'S A NOT A VERY DEVELOPED CROSSING, BUT THEY DO HAVE A CROSSING INTO THE SUBSTATION PROPERTY. THANK YOU SIR, FROM THE RAILROAD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SO MOST OF THIS TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET TO GET TO THE WAREHOUSE. CORRECT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THE APPLICANT. LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU. ADAM JOHNSON, 1990 NORTHSIDE DRIVE, REPRESENTING ALSO THE CONTRACTOR TO THE PROJECT, BUT REPRESENTING BOB WOLFINGTON WITH FLYING COLORS. SO I HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THIS, WITH STAFF TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT IT WAS. AND WAYNE SAID THAT EXACTLY. WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT WITH NOT HAVING ACCESS BECAUSE OF THE RAILWAY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF GETTING ONE. AND LIKE WAYNE SAID, THE ONE THAT'S TO THE SOUTH WHERE THE SUBSTATION IS, IT'S A HOMEMADE ENTRANCE. IT'S NOT A VIABLE ENTRANCE. IT'S JUST KIND OF FILLED WITH GRAVEL. AND THEY DON'T REALLY USE IT. SO IT IS USED BY THE SUBSTATION NOW AND DEAD ENDS DOWN THERE TO IT. WE APPROACHED THIS PROPERTY WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY ALL OF C3A ON THE NORTH, THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, AND REALLY WEIRDLY, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 231 IS C3A KIND OF ON BOTH SIDES EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE PROPERTY AND THE TWO THAT WERE ESTABLISHED OUT THERE AT GAME FARM ROAD, GAME FARM ROAD, BEING A ONE WAY ROAD, CREATED AN ISSUE. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE NORTH, WHICH WE STILL WILL EXPLORE TO KIND OF TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT'LL BE SMALL BUSINESS WAREHOUSE SPACE, ALL DIFFERENT SIZES, BETWEEN 8 AND 12,000 SQUARE FOOT. SO NO HUGE INDUSTRIAL, NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH STAFF OF WHO OWNS TEN ACRE ROAD. WE HAVE COUNTY UTILITIES DOWN IT, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH TITLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS THE ROAD. WE STILL HAVEN'T. WITH ALL OF US. WE HAVEN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION YET OF WHO ACTUALLY OWNS IT. BUT FOR OUR SPOT, THE OTHER GREAT ADVANTAGE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THE WATER DRAINAGE ISSUE. SO IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE TWO HUGE PIPES THAT GO UNDER 231 RIGHT THERE ON THE VERY NORTH CORNER, AND IT HAS CREATED JUST A MONSTER SWAMP. SO BY DOING THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE'D BE ABLE TO CONTAIN THAT WATER, BE ABLE TO CHANNEL IT DOWN AND, AND REALLY TAKE WHAT WOULD BE AN UNUSABLE PROPERTY AND MAKE IT USABLE. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THAT ON THERE, WAYNE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT. IT'S A CONCEPTUAL. WE JUST IT'S ABOUT 5 OR 6 SMALL 8 TO 12,000 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WOULD BE OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE. SO NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING HUGE INDUSTRIAL OR MANUFACTURING, JUST DESPERATELY NEEDED SMALL BUSINESS SPACE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY. SO ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. WHAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TEN ACRE ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY? WHICH ONE DIRECTOR WILL. YOUR PROPERTY IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF TEN ACRE WHERE YOUR PROPERTY ABUTS EMPTY WOODS. RIGHT THERE. WHAT IS IT? EMPTY WOODS RIGHT THERE. IT'S ALL VACANT PROPERTY. YES, SIR. OKAY. THERE IS ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT FIVE. THERE'S TWO MOBILE HOMES AND THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE ROAD. YES, SIR. ROUGHLY THREE. CHALLENGES. WE DON'T HAVE BUSINESS LICENSE. SO ONCE ONCE THEY GET ZONING, ANY USE CAN GO IN THERE. AFTER IT'S BUILT IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS SEE ONE ADOPTION. WELL, WE DISCUSSED THAT. WE CERTAINLY DID DISCUSS IT AND IT ONLY ALLOWED FOR RETAIL TYPE BUSINESSES. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING REALLY C3A WAS KIND OF THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION THAT ALL WAS SURROUNDED BY, BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T ALLOW WITH STAFF IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. IT WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR, SAY, A FLOORING BUSINESS TO GO IN AND JUST BE ABLE TO STORE FLOORING AND SUPPLY IT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, A SMALL TILE BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR IT. EVEN A GYMNASIUM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE OF HAVING AN ENCLOSED GYMNASIUM AREA. BUT C THREE, IT SEEMED TO WOULD BE THE ALLOWABLE ZONING FOR WHAT WE WANTED TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR. AND IT'LL ALL BE BUILT TO RENT. IT WON'T BE SOLD. IT'LL, IT'LL ALL BE, YOU KNOW, HELD IN ONE PROPERTY AND BUILT AROUND WON'T BE SOLD OFF INDIVIDUALLY. WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT CAN BE PUT ON THERE? TOTAL? I'M NOT SURE THE TOTAL. MR. CARROLL, I KNOW WE PROPOSED ABOUT BETWEEN ABOUT 70,000FT■!S TOTAL OVER THE 11 ACRES. IF WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE WETLANDS, THERE'S ABOUT TWO ACRES OF WETLANDS [00:30:01] THERE. WE CONCEPTUALLY, WE WERE DESIGNED FOR THE POND TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT WATER FLOW THAT'S THERE WITH WAREHOUSES. WE'RE EXPECTING TRACTOR TRAILERS AND NOT AS MUCH. NO, SIR. MAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE IS THOUGH. SO DELIVERIES MAYBE. YES SIR, BUT NOT CONTINUAL USE. THERE WON'T BE LOADING DOCKS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. SO MORE I WOULD KIN RELATE IT TO THE HOLLY CIRCLE OVER ON THE BEACH. YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES IN THERE AND THE CONCRETE SIDE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE IDEA OF THE DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THE RESIDENTIAL STREET IS MY CONCERN, SIR. THAT WAS STAFF'S CONCERN TOO, BEING THAT THERE'S NO EXIT AND ENTRY OFF OF 231. THERE NEVER WILL BE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE NEVER WILL BE. YES, SIR. CORRECT. THAT WAS THE BIGGER ISSUE. AND THE FACT THAT COMMERCIAL USE ACCESSES THE POWER PLANT. NOW, YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS OUR AND I THINK THAT WAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TO THE PROJECT, IS THAT IT IS USED FOR THAT NOW, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY C3A SO THAT AND AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR C3A IT WAS JUST THE ONLY ALLOWABLE USE FOR FOR THAT AREA. AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS ALL YOU KNOW, NOT TO REPEAT MYSELF BUT IT SURROUNDED BY. SURE. YEAH. THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. WE'VE GOT OTHER AREAS THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TENDS TO GO THROUGH THERE. AND NOW WE WOULD BE PROMOTING THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TO BE PUT INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I IN REALITY, THE, THE POWER, I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT THAT MANY CARS THAT GO DOWN THERE. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE EITHER. AND THE FACT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, TO TO YOUR POINT, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE, THERE'S C THREE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT A DEDICATED STREET JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL AND JUST BEING THREE HOMES. IT'S NOT A DEDICATED NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I THINK THERE'S AS MUCH ZONE C3A AS THERE IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL. SO I CERTAINLY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP BEHIND IT. MR. CARROLL THAT WAS RESIDENTIAL THAT WE MOVED OFF AND I FULLY AGREE. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S POINT OF APPROVING IT AS WELL, WAS THAT IF AS THE ZONING THAT'S THERE, THERE'S AS MUCH C3A SURROUNDING IT AS THERE IS R-2 SURROUNDING IT. SO I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE, COMMISSIONER RAFAEL, IF IT WAS DEDICATED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WAS TRACTOR TRAILERS COMING THROUGH THERE, I. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE. THERE'S THREE HOUSES AND THERE'S A TON OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN EAST AVENUE ALREADY. EAST AVENUE. I TOTALLY AGREE, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY. AND THAT BEING OUR ONLY ACCESS WAS JUST THIS, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY OFF OF TEN ACRE BEING THE ONLY ACCESS WE HAVE TO IT. SO SO ONCE THE USE IS APPROVED, YOU CAN PUT ANY ANYTHING YOU WANT IN THERE. WE WOULD PUT I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH CONDITIONS ON ALLOWABLES FOR IT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T ISSUE THE BUSINESS LICENSE LIKE YOU SAID, BUT ALLOWABLE USES BEING YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SHOOT FOR INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, WITH THE COMMERCIAL DESIGN, THERE'S NO BUILDING LARGER THAN 12,000FT■!S ON IT. SO THAT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TRACTOR TRAILERS IN AND OUT OF IT EVERY DAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE THE WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO AND IT'S NOT A LOT. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT SOME HUGE INDUSTRIAL PARK PUTTING IN THERE. I THINK IT'S TOTAL WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOW WITH THE WETLANDS IS ABOUT SIX BUILDINGS BETWEEN 6 AND 8. YOU DO AGREE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE INCREASING TRAFFIC ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD. WELL I THINK IT CERTAINLY I THINK IT WOULD. BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE FOR. AND I THINK I WOULD JUST BRING UP THE POINT THAT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE LOTS ON ON THAT ROAD ARE COMMERCIAL. AND FOR RESIDENTIAL. SO I THINK THAT THAT PART OF ME AND THE FACT THAT IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE C3A ON BOTH SIDES, I MEAN, EVERYTHING AROUND IT, THAT'S THE ONLY PARCEL THAT'S NOT C3A. YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS WITH THE RESIDENTIAL IN THIS SMALL SIZE OF THE ROAD. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LIMITED BECAUSE YOU'RE LANDLOCKED THERE PRETTY MUCH CORRECT. BUT NOW IF C ONE WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THAT AND AND STAFF SAID THEY WOULD RECOMMEND TALKING WITH STAFF, THEY SAID THEY WOULD APPROVE C ONE. SO IF THAT LIMITS OUR USE WITHIN C ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE. I MEAN I WOULD YOU KNOW I'M CERTAINLY AGREEING WITH YOUR POINT. IT'S A IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD ROAD. WE WOULD DO WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS. AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE ENTIRE ROAD FLOODS OUT BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUE. HE SAID HE LITERALLY TOOK HIS KAYAK ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND OUR DEVELOPMENT WOULD APPEASE THAT FLOODING. SO AND WHAT IT DOES RIGHT NOW, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TEN ACRE AND JUST SITS AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT ABUTS TO THE SUBSTATION AND JUST BUILDS UP LIKE THE WATER JUST BUILDS UP. SO WE WENT IN, DID ALL OUR GEOTECH TO DETERMINE WHERE WE COULD CHANNEL THAT WATER TO BE ABLE TO NOT DO THAT. SO BUT IF C ONE AND STAFF SAID THEY WOULD RECOMMEND C ONE, I JUST IN THE LIMITED USES OF C1I. YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN [00:35:03] USE IT FOR SMALL BUSINESS, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK OUR POINT IS WE WERE LIMITED TO C3A, BUT I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT THAT TYPE OF USE. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A BOARD DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO ASK WAYNE A QUESTION. WE KNOW ACCESS ON 231 IS IS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO GET A CUT THROUGH THERE. IF IF THEY WERE TO REQUEST A C ONE WITH STAFF, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH STAFF. THE STAFF LOOK AT THAT. ANY DIFFERENT C ONE VERSUS A THREE THREE. IT'S STILL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BASED ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. IT DISCUSSES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL ZONINGS. THE C TWO USES AND HIGHER SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL ROADWAYS. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES C ONE USES IS CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO BE ON LOCAL STREETS. SO WE DID ADVISE MR. JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS WHEN WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, THAT STAFF COULD RECOMMEND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE AND C ONE ZONING FOR APPROVAL BASED ON THAT AND THE TYPE OF USES HE'S DESCRIBED TO, YOU WOULD SEE ONE, THE THE TYPES OF USES THAT HE'S SHOWING IN A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN, WHICH IS WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE WOULD NOT BE AN ALLOWABLE USE IN C ONE. WE'VE HAD THIS BEFORE. WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS ONES THAT HAVE COME HERE BEFORE AND WE GET TO USE AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN IT GETS SOLD. AND ONCE ONCE THE ZONING IS THERE, THE ZONING IS THERE. I JUST, I, I KNOW YOU, MR. JOHNSON. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR WORD, BUT, BUT WE HAVE ECONOMY AT STAKE AND SOMETIMES PROPERTY COME UP FOR SALE THAT WEREN'T INTENDED TO BE FOR SALE. AND AGAIN, ONCE THE ZONING IS THERE, WE CAN'T GO BACK. WE DON'T DO BUSINESS LICENSES. ONE USE CAN SWAP FOR ANOTHER USE AS LONG AS IT HAS ADEQUATE ZONING. THAT'S THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I SEE WE GET I KNOW ALL OF OUR PHONES RING A LOT WHEN WE GET COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THAT ARE GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS NOT A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY IF YOU CAN GO TO 231. THIS IS A NO BRAINER, NO BRAINER. BUT WE KNOW THE RAILROAD THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE, I THINK DOT STRUGGLE SOMETIMES WITH JUST REDOING ACCESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE WORKING WITH RAILROAD. BUT ANYWAY, THIS WAS A CHALLENGE. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAD SOMEONE LIKE A MOTION MAKE A MOTION TO NOT APPROVE. SECOND IT A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. RAFFIELD YES, MR. CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT IS ALSO A [16. PLDPA20260188 & PLZCA20260189 - Small Scale Amendment & Zone Change - 1237 W. 30th Street] JUDICIAL HEARING. PLDPA20260188 AND PLZCA20260189. COMMISSIONERS, COULD YOU JUST PLEASE DISCLOSE. BEEN TO THE PROPERTY? SPOKEN TO NO ONE. I'VE BEEN TO THE PROPERTY, SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. SEEN THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN TO NO ONE. BEEN AT THE PROPERTY. SPOKEN TO NO ONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. ON AUGUST 18TH, 2026, THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 0.7 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY TO C THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOW SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1237 WEST 30TH STREET IN THE UNINCORPORATED PANAMA CITY AREA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. NUMBER ONE, THAT NO COMMERCIAL ACCESS FROM WEST 30TH STREET BE PERMITTED. THE APPLICANT MUST REVISE THE ADDRESS TO REFLECT AN AIRPORT DRIVE ADDRESS PRIOR TO ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL. THERE BE NO LIGHT TRESPASS ONTO THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AND [00:40:03] NUMBER FOUR, THE FRONT OF ANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING MUST FACE AIRPORT DRIVE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY REPRESENTS AN ENCLAVE OF RESIDENTIAL USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION WITHIN THE AIRPORT DRIVE CORRIDOR. THIS PROPERTY IS THE ONLY REMAINING PARCEL WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR HAVE EITHER THE COUNTY GENERAL, COMMERCIAL LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION OR THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY'S GENERAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS. PROPERTY MEETS THE REGULATIONS OF LDR. TABLE 6.1 FOR THE C THREE ZONING DESIGNATION, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND STAFF AGREES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WITH THOSE CONDITIONS, AND ADOPT THE ATTACHED ORDINANCES. WE DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THOSE CAME FROM PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG WEST WEST 30TH STREET, WHO OBVIOUSLY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC GOING DOWN THAT STREET. OF COURSE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT IF APPROVED, THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL WOULD BE THAT NO COMMERCIAL ACCESS WOULD BE PERMITTED FROM WEST 30TH STREET. THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE ACCESS FROM AIRPORT DRIVE. THERE'S EVEN AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY THERE FOR THE PROPERTY AS WELL. ANSWERING QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED READING THE SUMMARY HERE, BUT THERE IS A LIGHT RESTRICTION CORRECT? TO THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK. WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON LIGHTING POINTING TOWARDS OUR HOUSE AND. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL. BUT ALSO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WOULD RESTRICT THAT AS WELL. I'M ASKING PUBLICLY. SO SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THIS QUESTION AND BUFFER AND THE BUFFER. THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BUFFER WILL BE FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TO THE. SO ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT'S ADJACENT TO ANY RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES, THERE WOULD BE A 25 FOOT BUFFER REQUIREMENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU, WAYNE, FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T IN ONE MEETING MIGHT BE IN ANOTHER ON A SPECIFIC THING ABOUT THE SETBACKS AND THE LIGHTING, WHICH ARE TRAFFIC, OF COURSE, ARE THE BIG, BIG ISSUE. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, I AM ADAM JOHNSON, 1990 NORTHSIDE DRIVE. I WOULD KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE YOU JUST DENIED. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL ROAD WITH RESIDENTIAL THINGS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BUT THIS ONE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. JUST LIKE THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. IT WAS IDENTICAL TO THE SECOND ONE. SO THERE AGAIN, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ON THIS WAYNE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE ACCESS OFF AIRPORT ROAD. CURRENTLY IT IS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAPPILY AGREED WITH ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT THAT WE WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF IT. DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S WARRANTED. AND THEN OUR SITE PLAN SHOWED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED IN REGARDS TO LIGHTING AND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ACCESS ON AIRPORT, I ASSUME. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'D BE ABLE TO BLOCK THAT OFF THE GRADES. PRETTY. THANK YOU FOR ASKING A VALID QUESTION RATHER THAN JUST A CONCERN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THOSE CONDITIONS YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO AT ALL. THANK YOU, MR. CARROLL. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. WE'RE MOVING TO NUMBER 17. IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE. STAFF [17. Impact Fee Ordinance] RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN ORDINANCE ADDRESSING IMPACT FEES. OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS, THE COUNTY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING OUR IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE. AND TODAY, BEFORE YOU, WE'RE REQUESTING YOU TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR CODE CALLED IMPACT FEES, ADOPTING IMPACT FEES FOR FIRE RESCUE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONS, SOLID WASTE LIBRARIES, AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARKS. COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS AN EXISTING IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE. THIS WILL RENEW IMPACT FEES FOR THE FIRE RESCUE, FOR THE LIBRARIES AND THE REGIONAL PARKS. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS CREATING NEW ONES FOR SOLID WASTE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL PARKS AND CORRECTIONS. THIS FOLLOWS OUR [00:45:05] IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT WE'VE HAD UPDATED SINCE NEW HOUSE BILL WAS ADOPTED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND IT COMPORTS TO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW STAFF RECOMMENDS THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ADOPT ADOPTED ORDINANCE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE SAME. I'M HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PHASING? IT'S BROKEN UP INTO LEVELS OF PHASES ON IMPLEMENTATION. IS THAT YEARLY. HOW OFTEN ARE THOSE PHASES IMPLEMENTED? SO FOR THE FOR THE THREE EXISTING IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE STATUTORY STATUTORILY LIMITED TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO UP. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE IF THE STUDY SAYS IT SHOULD GO UP TO A CERTAIN NUMBER, IT'S ONLY ALLOWED TO GO UP 25% OF WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. SO THEY PHASE IT OVER FOUR YEARS SO THAT PHASING SCHEDULE IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THOSE THREE IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WILL GO UP TO THE NUMBER THAT THEIR STATUTE STATUTORILY ALLOWED TO GO TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH PHASE WAS YEARLY. SO IT'D BE JANUARY 1ST TYPE OF INVITATION. YES. THE STAFF ANTICIPATES THAT THESE IMPACT FEES. AND THEN OF COURSE, AS THEY AS THOSE THREE IMPACT FEES GO UP EACH YEAR, WOULD GO BEFORE THIS BOARD EACH YEAR IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE ADOPT OUR ANNUAL FEES AND FINES ORDINANCE LIKE WE DID EARLIER TODAY. AND THESE IMPACT FEES ARE ON NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW EXPANSION. IT'S NOT ON EXISTING HOMES. THAT'S CORRECT. IT DOESN'T GO TO TAX BILL. CORRECT. SO IF SOMEONE HAS AN EXISTING 10,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL ADDS 5000 TO IT, THEY'RE PAYING THE IMPACT ON THE 5000, NOT ON THE 15. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS NEW DEVELOPMENT PAYING FOR ITSELF TO HELP OFFSET COSTS THAT WE AND THOSE FEES ARE LIMITED TO ONLY BEING ABLE TO BE SPENT ON NEW THINGS TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS. SO IF WE HAVE A BACKLOG EXISTING IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY TO ADDRESS THAT BACKLOG. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT FOR NEW ISSUES. CORRECT. AND THE PARKS GOES IN THE PARKS BUCKET, FIRE GOES IN THE FIRE BUCKET. WE'RE NOT USING THAT TO EXPAND ROADWAYS AND OTHER. CORRECT. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON ITS INDIVIDUAL SILO. YES, IAN, THIS HAS BEEN HOW LONG Y'ALL START THIS PROCESS? OH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE ISSUES? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE NOW, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER RAFAEL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. [18. Annual Rate Assessment Resolutions for Street Lights, Oakenshaw RoadImprovements, West Twin Lake Vegetation Removal, and StormwaterManagement Program] PEACE. YES, MA'AM. COUNTY ATTORNEY BEVERLY BROWN, PLEASE. MA'AM. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. CHAIRMAN. CAN YOU PULL YOUR MIC DOWN? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED A NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENTS AT THE REQUEST OF CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON THE ANNUAL COST OF PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2627. THE ANNUAL COST TO PROVIDE STREETLIGHTS TO THE FOLLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE. ASHLAND, $57. A LOT PER LOT. MAGNOLIA HILLS $84 PER LOT. PRETTY WAY WILL BE $122 PER LOT. GRAND LAGOON SHORES WILL BE $25 PER LOT, BILLS MANOR WILL BE $97.30 PER LOT. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A NEW ONE. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. THE FINAL RESOLUTION FOR THAT NEXT. BUT THAT WILL BE THE RATE, THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 ANNUAL COST TO PROVIDE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR OCEAN SHORE ROAD IS $165.68 PER LOT. THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 ANNUAL COST TO PROVIDE VEGETATION REMOVAL IN THE TWIN LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE $116.80 PER LOT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER PEAS WAS LOOKING INTO THAT, AND WE HAVE STARTED WORKING ON THAT, AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT THE ASSESSMENT WILL NOT BE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE THREE OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE ESTABLISHED THE BAY COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZES A STORMWATER UTILITY FEE OF $40 PER YEAR. RESIDENTIALLY DEVELOPED PROPERTY ON RESIDENTIALLY DEVELOPED PROPERTY AND $200 PER YEAR FOR THE NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPED PROPERTY. STAFF [00:50:06] RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADOPT THE ANNUAL RATE RESOLUTIONS. FINAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION FOR STREET LIGHTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF ASHLAND, MAGNOLIA HILLS, PRETTY WAY, GRAND LAGOON SHORES, OAKENSHAW ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WEST TWIN LAKE, VEGETATION REMOVAL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE RESOLUTIONS. I WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? OH I'M SORRY, PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. NOT SEEING ANY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. AND SECOND, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. CROSBY YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAFAEL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. [19. Annual/Final Assessment Resolution for Property Abatement Special Assessments and Bylsma Lighting Assessments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ay County Animal Control Ordinance Revisions] 20, BAY COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE REVISION. BRIAN LIEBER. GOOD MORNING, MISTER CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS, THIS ORDINANCE WILL DO TWO THINGS. ONE WILL BE TO CLARIFY THE STANDARDS FOR TRAPS THAT PEOPLE MAY ELECT TO HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY, TO CAPTURE CATS. AND [01:00:03] SECOND, IT ADDRESSES CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOLLOWING COUNTY POLICY CAN RELEASE CATS AND COMPLY WITH OUR ORDINANCES. ON THE TRAPPING PART. THE NEW ORDINANCE. REINCORPORATE SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND ALSO HAS ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THE HOURS IN WHICH TRAPPING CAN OCCUR, AND IT HAS AN EXCEPTION FOR TRAPPING THAT IS BEING DONE PURSUANT TO A GOVERNMENT MANDATE. QUESTIONS. COULD YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH WHILE WE'RE CHANGING THE TIMES, AND WHAT WERE THE WHAT ARE THE CHANGES FOR? SO THE THE TIME RESTRICTIONS FOR TRAPPING WAS TO. WE HAD SOME UNFORTUNATE EVENTS WHERE. CATS WERE KILLED WHILE THEY WERE DIED, WHILE THEY WERE TRAPPED BY PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE PUTS SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THE HOURS IN WHICH CAT TRAPPING CAN OCCUR FROM 7 P.M. TO 7 A.M. TO AVOID IT HAPPENING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY REQUIRES PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN TRAPPING TO. TAKE CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. TAKE CARE OF ANY CATS THAT THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY TRAPPED BY TAKING THEM TO A VET CLINIC OR AN ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY. AND IT REITERATES THAT CATS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAPPED NEED TO HAVE WATER AND FOOD AND SHADE, AND SHELTER ALSO RESTRICTS. WIND TRAPPING CAN OCCUR BASED ON WEATHER ALERTS THAT MAY BE IN PLACE. QUESTIONS. SO GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THIS THIS ORDINANCE IS THIS NOT FOR CATS AND DOGS? WE DON'T HEAR A LOT OF ABOUT A DOG DOG TRAPPING, BUT RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT IT'S FOR BOTH, OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT? THE GENERAL RULES ABOUT TAKING CARE OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT ANIMALS ARE TREATED CORRECTLY WOULD APPLY TO BOTH. OH, INCLUDING FERRETS. I SAW FERRET ON FACEBOOK THE OTHER DAY. SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING FOR. SO IT'S GENERALLY JUST TO JUST A COMMON SENSE THING, KEEP THEM IN THE SHADE WATER AND, AND, AND FOOD UNTIL THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF AND NOT, NOT LEFT IN, IN ANY TYPE OF HEAT OR COLD SITUATION. SO. ONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE NEW CAPTURE TIMES ARE FROM 7 P.M. TO 7 A.M. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO. SO DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY OR DURING THE DAY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING IT. IT'S BASICALLY FROM 7 P.M. TO 7 A.M. THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO CATCH A CAT OR DOG OR FERRET OR HAMSTER OR, OR. YEAH. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS POSSUMS WE LOVE. YEAH. GOT ALL THAT RACCOONS. YEAH, I'VE GOT ALL THAT TOO. BUT ANYWAY, SO IN NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. CARROLL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. RAPHAEL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS EMERGENCY SERVICE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING ALSO. AND WE DID ASK ANYONE TO BE SWORN ALREADY TO STAND, SO. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY ANYTHING? NOTHING TO REPORT. NOTHING FOR ME. NOTHING FOR ME. NOTHING FOR ME. LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOU SWORN AGAIN? JUST MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S PLAYING ON SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM? CAN YOU PLEASE STAND? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? OH, YES. OKAY, GOOD MORNING. COMMISSION. I'M HERE [01:05:06] FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. RENEWAL FOR BAY COUNTY HOSPITAL OR CORRECTION BAY HOSPITAL INCORPORATED, WHICH IS A FLORIDA CORPORATION, DBA, HCA, FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL. SO MY REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS HEARING TO CONSIDER THE RENEWAL APPLICATION OF THE SAID CORPORATION. FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AND SIGN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE COPS CERTIFICATE. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THIS IS MISTER CHIP ROBERTS. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. THEY. THEY PROVIDE US A GREAT ASSET TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND KEEPS OUR AMBULANCES IN THE 911 SERVICE. THANK CHIP AND HIS GUYS AND CHIEF FOR THE JOBS YOU DO CONTINUE TO ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND. YES, SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT YOU DO FOR BAY COUNTY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT. I MEAN, WE OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD LOTS THAT COME THROUGH. AND IT'S IT'S ONE OF THESE THAT I CAN'T IMAGINE VOTING NO ON ANYONE THAT IS WILLING TO BE PART OF BAY COUNTY AND PART OF OUR SYSTEM AND HELP OUR PEOPLE. AND JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO AND FOR THE HARD WORK, BECAUSE IT'S A STRESSFUL JOB AND WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU GUYS. I AGREE. I'VE KNOWN MISTER ROBERTS FOR A LONG TIME, SO HE'S A VERY GREAT GUY. AND I'M I'M PROUD OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE FOR FOR US AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO REMAINING SPEAKERS, ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? OR CAN WE GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND COMMISSIONER RAFAEL? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CROSBY. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. PEACE. YES, MA'AM. WE ARE NOW IN PUBLIC [PUBLIC COMMENT (Open to any issue)] COMMENT. THIS IS OPEN TO THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BECK. I LIVE AT 2601 BEACH STREET. MR. KINSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, IF YOU COULD JUST. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE FACT THAT THE VACANT. OKAY, THE BAY COUNTY THE BAY COUNTY 14TH JUDICIAL IS CONDUCTING CRIMINAL ACTS. THERE ARE CERTAIN MEMBERS WITHIN YOUR COURT THAT ARE CONDUCTING CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE, WHICH IS SUCH AS FORGERY, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO ME. IF YOU GO AND CHECK WITH MISTER LIEBREICH THERE, I PUT A LIST IN AS BEST I COULD THE OTHER DAY, CONSIDERING MY DISABILITY OF OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TIMES THEY FORGED MY NAME, WHETHER IT BE SAYING I WANT TO BE A PRO SE OR THEY FORGED MY NAME ON THE QUICK SALE OF MY HOUSE. AND I ALSO HAVE EVIDENCE OF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN IN AND ALTERING PEOPLE'S TITLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ON THEIR PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO TAKE AND STEAL. THEY FORCED ME TO TAKE IN ALTER COURT DOCUMENTS THAT I WAS TRYING TO TURN INTO THE COURTS AND TOLD ME I HAD TO DO IT A CERTAIN WAY. THEN, LIKE I SAY, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TIMES, THEY FORGED MY NAME AND FILED IT INTO THE COURTS ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE COURT WAS SUPPOSED TO START, YOU KNOW, WHICH I CAN LINK DIRECTLY TO STRONG ARMED EXTORTION. AND MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY IT, I SADOMASOCHISM SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT GET OFF ON CONTROLLING THE PEOPLE TO SUCH AN EXTENT. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY I HAD A JOB ON A 65 FOOT VIKING, AND SOMEBODY TOLD THEM THAT I WAS A MENTALLY DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL AND I LOST MY JOB. AND JUST THE OTHER DAY, I GOT ANOTHER JOB AND SOMEBODY TOLD HIM I WAS A MENTALLY DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL. AND I LOST MY JOB AGAIN BECAUSE OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUSHING OUT OFOR ME BECAUSE OF THE FACT TH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN UPHOLDING MY OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS TO EXPOSE ALL THE HORRORS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, DURING THE MEANTIME, I'VE BEEN I'M 17 YEARS INTO IT, AND I'VE LOST EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EVER WORKED FOR BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND THEM TAKING MY SWEAT EQUITY OUT OF MY HOME THREE DIFFERENT TIMES FOR DIFFERENT TIMES. AND LIKE I SAY, THEY PULL UP AND THEY DESTROY EVERYTHING AND THERE'S NOBODY TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. GUESS WHAT? Y'ALL GUYS ARE TANGIBLE. YOU CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. YOU KNOW, WE, THE PUBLIC ARE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU DESECRATE THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS TO SUCH AN EXTENT, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE, WHAT WAS MR. DIZOGLIO? OH, YEAH. AND THE GIRL THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS KIDNAPED, HER NAME WAS SUMMER, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THE BULLET HOLE AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TIMES THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HASN'T SHOWED UP, WHETHER IT BE THE FELON WITH THE TWO PISTOLS AT MY UNCLE'S HOUSE, ALL THAT IS RELATED, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING IN FRONT OF THE THE LAWYER HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FRAME ME AGAIN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY LINKED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY USE THE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS FROM [01:10:02] WHERE I WASN'T ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF OR PRESENT EVIDENCE IN MY DEFENSE AGAINST ME AGAIN. AND PLEASE REMEMBER ALL, EVERYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW. WELL, THEY'VE DONE REPEATED THEMSELVES, AND THAT MAKES THE FEDERAL CASE THAT I FILED AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF THAT I FILED WITHIN HERE, WHICH I WISH Y'ALL GUYS TO ALREADY REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, IS STILL RELEVANT. YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL RELEVANT. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN BECK. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LINDA TAYLOR. I LIVE AT 3844 REDBUD WAY, PANAMA CITY. I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF SUNSET SLUSH, EMERALD COAST. WHILE LIVING IN NORTH OF LAKE NORMAN, NORTH CAROLINA, MY EXTENDED FAMILY WOULD DO YEARLY VACATIONS ON FATHER'S DAY AND WE WOULD GO TO OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE WE WERE INTRODUCED TO ITALIAN ICE SUNSET SLUSH, AND WE LOVED IT AND BECAME A FOND MEMORY OF OUR VACATION. WE WOULD FILL THESE COZY CUPS UP MAYBE 2 OR 3 TIMES A DAY, AND LIKE I SAID, IT BECAME A MEMORY OF US. IN 2022. MY DAUGHTER, WHO LIVES HERE IN PANAMA CITY, TALKED US INTO COMING DOWN, OPENING UP A SUNSET SLUSH COMPANY HERE, WHICH WE DID. WE GOT A CART AND DID FARMERS MARKETS, SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. IN 2025, WE OPENED UP A STORE ON HARRISON AVENUE IN PANAMA CITY AND GOT A BEACH CART. THIS FULFILLED MY DREAM OF HAVING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHAT WE DID IN OCEAN ISLE. PEOPLE WOULD CALL US AT THE STORE TO SEE IF WE WOULD BE OUT ON THE BEACH THE NEXT DAY AND HAVE SOME WOULD REQUEST SOME CERTAIN FLAVOR ON THE CART. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE VENDORS THAT WOULD ABUSE VACATIONERS WITH LOUD MUSIC, HIGH PRICES, AND GOING UP ON THE SAND. BUT THAT IS NOT US. WE STAYED ON THE WATERLINE. WE DO NOT PLAY MUSIC. THE VACATIONERS WOULD COME TO US. WE HAVE FAIR PRICES, WE PAY TAXES. WE EVEN TITHE. OUR CART ATTENDANTS, OUR CPR AND LIFEGUARD TRAINED. AND WE HAVE ALREADY USED THAT EXPERIENCE. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL GIVE VENDORS PERMITS TO BE OUT ON THE BEACH. PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US WHY WE ARE NOT BACK OUT ON THE BEACH, AND WE SADLY HAVE HAD TO TELL THEM THAT PANAMA CITY HAS NOT PERMITTED US TO BE OUT ON THERE, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE BACK OUT ON THE BEACH. PLEASE GIVE US PERMISSION TO BE BACK OUT ON THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING BEFORE THE REPORTS? I JUST WANTED TO. I WAS HOPING TO GET TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE THEY ALL LEFT US. ALL PARKS AND REC WERE HERE TODAY, BUT JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY AT PARKS AND REC, SPECIFICALLY OUT AT MAJETTE PARK. THIS IS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON AND WE HOSTED A MEET. MOSLEY WAS THE HOST FOR A MEET OUT THERE SEPTEMBER 5TH. AND FROM DON AND VINCE AND JASON AND JANIE AND CHRIS OUT THERE THAT THE PARK WAS IN, I MEAN, PERFECT SHAPE WENT OFF. WE PROBABLY HAD OVER 500 KIDS BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL IN THE THREE STATE AREA AND, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEY CUT THAT COURSE, MARKED IT. IT WAS CLEANED IT UP. I WOULD SAY WE STARTED AT 630. BY 10:00, YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL WE'D EVEN BEEN OUT THERE. AND THEY DO EVERY YEAR A PHENOMENAL JOB. JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT. NO REPORT, COUNTY MANAGER REPORT. NOTHING FURTHER FROM STAFF. CHAIRMAN. REPORT. CHAIRMAN [CHAIRMAN & COMMISSIONER COMMENTS] CARROLL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT MEETING TODAY. REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE HAVING OUR FIRST BUDGET HEARING TONIGHT AT 501 RIGHT HERE. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE A PACKED ROOM AND ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR OUR BAY COUNTY CITIZEN ACADEMY. IT STARTS NEXT MONDAY. IT'S A SIX WEEK PROGRAM AND IT IS ACTUALLY CLOSED. I WAS HOPING TO SAY THAT PLEASE SIGN UP, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVE EVERYBODY THAT IS TAKING EVERY SPOT. PANAMA CITY BEACH, I KNOW THEY DO THE SAME KIND OF PROGRAM AND THEY HAD THEIR GRADUATION LAST WEEK. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN CROSBY, I THANK YOU. [01:15:05] ROBERT COVERED MOST OF THE THINGS ON MY LIST. BUT I ALSO WILL REMIND EVERY DAY EVERYBODY TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. AND OUT FRONT TODAY FROM 11 TO 2, THE CLERK OF THE COURT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING HOT DOGS AND CHIPS OUT FRONT. SO AND IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. CHAIRMAN RAPHAEL. YES, I HAD THE HUMBLE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE NINE OVER 11 MEMORIAL IN PANAMA CITY LAST FRIDAY. IT WAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THERE AND HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE LOST DURING NINE OVER 11, ALSO TO HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO SAND HILLS, TO OUR NEW TRAINING DEPARTMENT, THE FIREHOUSE THERE, AND CHIEF ISAACSON, MAN, THAT GUY GOT ME MOTIVATED. I WAS THAT CLOSE TO GOING TO THE FIRE SERVICES. I'M TELLING YOU, IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, COMMISSIONERS, I REALLY RECOMMEND YOU GO. I KNOW JOEL, YOU WENT AND SAT IN THE ONE THE FOLLOWING DAY. AND DID YOU FEEL EMPOWERED AND FREE PUMP MAN? I WAS TOO, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO WISH GRACIE IN OUR OFFICE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO BE SURE TO TELL GRACIE HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US AT 501 FOR OUR BUDGET HEARING THIS EVENING. RIGHT HERE IN THE SAME OFFICE, IN THE SAME CHAMBERS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.