Morning, Semino County. >> Not as good as when the kids from the elementary school are here for something, but you guys rallied for me. Welcome to the board of county commissioners meeting, Tuesday, April 28th. If you would please silence all of
your electronic devices. I have uh neglected to say that until now in my term as chairman. So I know Commissioner Zimbau is proud of me for that and usually I'm the one that leaves it on. So if you would turn them off that would be fabulous. >> Does that include Lee Constantine? >> It does include Commissioner
Constantine. Yes. Uh this morning we will start with an invocation uh by Megan Killingsworth from the First United Methodist Church of Sanford. And before you start, pastor, I would like to say that in Semino County, we do
thank God for organizations like yours. You are a cold weather shelter for us. And as you know, this year we had more cold weather than we could count and you housed more people than we could have possibly asked for. We are eternally grateful to you and your organization.
With that, please take it away. Oh God, our creator and redeemer and sustainer, the source of all that is good, right, and holy, we thank you for the opportunity to gather this morning and to do the work that it is to care well for our community and for our neighbor.
We pray that in all the places in the corners of this county that you have called these public servants, that you might equip them, that you might encourage them, and that you might give them the energy to continue the good work that you have called them to do. On the most difficult days, we pray that
you would hold up their arms when they are tired. That you might help them to know there are many people who not only count on their work, but who benefit from all of the choices that they make. And God, remind us on the best days and
the worst that your measurement of the impact of our lives will not be the highest heights to which we ascended, but the lowest depths to which we kneel to care for our most vulnerable neighbor. All this we ask in your name.
Amen. >> Amen. >> Thank you. And now we'll have our own Steven Learner lead us in the pledge from our emergency management team. >> Thank you. 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. >> Thank you, pastor, and thank you, Stephen. Uh, county manager, deputy county manager. We're happy to have you here today, Trisha. Today is Darren's birthday. I'm going to withhold
on asking you all to sing happy birthday to him because I'm not sure that will go as well as we may expect. But happy birthday, Darren. Uh, are there any additions or deletions from the agenda? Yes. Two items, item number six and item number 10 have been pulled from today's
agenda for further evaluation. They will be put on a future agenda. >> Thank you commissioners. >> Six and 10. >> Six and 10. >> Commissioners, anything you wish to pull? >> Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion. >> I'll move to approve item number five
through nine. >> Oh, hold on a minute. >> Straight to consent. proclamations. >> Well, we that's no, we so hold on. We'll we'll wait on consent.
>> That is that is the order on which it's on the agenda. Uh let's do awards and presentations. Uh are the dudes here? >> I don't believe they have arrived. We >> they're a few minutes out yet. >> Okay. Thank you. So, we'll start with the first one and then we may go back to
consent and we'll come back. So, uh, we have a proclamation being read by Commissioner Constantine proclaiming May 3rd through 9th as public service recognition week in Semino County. >> And for the 1600 members of our team,
um, congratulations. Thank you very much and for the honor to make a motion to approve the proclamation of the Semino County Board of County Commissioners proclaiming May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 as public service
recognition week in Semino County, Florida. Whereas public service recognition week has been nationally celebrated during the first week of May since 1985 to honor the dedicated individuals who serve communities at the federal, state,
and local levels. And whereas the week of May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 has been designated across the nation as public service recognition week to recognize the important contributions of public servants and their essential role
in supporting and strengthening communities. And whereas Semino County is home to more than 1600 hard-working, missiondriven public servants who provide essential service that protect and enhance the quality of life for
residents, businesses, and visitors each day. And whereas county employees serve in diverse and highly skilled professions, maintaining infrastructure, supporting public safety, managing
resources, promoting economic opportunity, protecting natural lands, and delivering responsive consumer service that sustain the well-being of our community.
And whereas in times of crisis, public service employees stand on the front lines, often at personal risk, responding to emergencies, safeguarding the public, and helping public and helping Semino County recover from
natural disasters and unforeseen challenges. And whereas Semino Countyy's public servants demonstrate professionalism, integrity, and steadfast commitment to their duties, reflecting the best public service and contributing significantly
to the strength, security, and resilience of our community. And whereas the dedication and continued service of these employees exemplify the noble calling of public service without which the delivery of vital government
functions would be impossible. Now therefore be it proclaimed by we the board of county commissioners seminal county Florida do hereby proclaim May 3rd through May 9th 2026 as public service recognition week. >> Second >> first a motion and a second. All those
in favor I >> hearing none opposed passes unanimously. Thank you to our team. >> Madam chair. >> Yes. Okay. Um I'm not sure who's here um on behalf of all of our 1600 employees to accept this proclamation, but I just
want to say thank you for the incredible work that you do every single day. Um having been a county employee for many years prior to deciding to do this. Um I don't know what I was thinking. Um I I know full well the job that you do and
how hard it is and I I commend you and I am grateful for you every single day. um the the people of this county um see the five of us, but we are here to just help the county manager make decisions and and it's the county manager and his
team's job to help um make the work that you do be meaningful for our citizens every single day. So, thank you. A proclamation is is just not enough. Appreciate you, >> Madam Chair. >> Yes, Commissioner Constantine. >> Thank you. Um and as Commissioner
Lockheart said, she and I both have shared a long a lot of time in public service. Um both the employee level as well as an elected level. All three of my fellow colleagues in addition have all served in public service for a
considerable amount of time. I just want you to know that um I started in my early 20s at the University of Central Florida and al although I've always maintained um another income job, you know, in my
my personal business, the fact of the matter is is that public service is a calling, one that is and should be well respected and one that I I I as I said, it's it's a calling that is so
meaningful. People many times just don't understand how important the job that you all do is. And just know that when you get up every single day and go out and do your job, it's so meaningful whether they know it or not, it is so
meaningful to the people that we serve. Thank you very much, >> Commissioner Zimbau. I want to thank many of you who allowed me to come out and work side by side with you a couple years uh doing my dirty jobs tour. Uh
and I think that if people were able to see what each and every one of you do in the extra mile many of you go on behalf of our citizens, uh we always hear the concerns and the complaints from residents and we don't always hear the the good things
and the out of boys and a girl. um things that we probably should, but I will tell you that uh I'm very grateful for the work that each and every one of you do on behalf of the citizens of this county. We often see negativity and in government uh and statements about
government workers that are not in the best light, but I would assure our public that our staff is working 24/7 in the right direction. Our citizens are getting the best bang for their buck. Trust me. So, we appreciate everything you do to make us
all look good. Thank you, >> Commissioner Delari. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not going to repeat the what my fellow commissioners said, but I'd like to take it in a different direction. Many times for you to do your job, your family has
to sacrifice. There are many times that you have to work not only late, but on the weekends, you have to miss birthdays and celebratory events or holidays. Uh there's many times that you have to tell your family that
even though you need something to do at home, you have to do something at work or you have to do something for the community. So from that perspective, not only want to say thank you to you all, I want to say thank you to your families. And it's not just your spouses, it's
your extended families for missing all those times that you were expected to be there, but you had other duties to do because you have a calling of public service. So, thank you for your hard work, your dedication, and loyalty to
the citizens of this county. Thank you. >> Thank you. And I do think uh Christina Brandoliti the leader of our HR department will be in the picture with you but is not going to give us any words from the microphone. From uh my perspective, I would tell you that this
is a this appreciating you is a 365 day a year event. And we are intended to be servant leaders on this board and that often becomes very difficult in the role
that we serve because it's an odd role. This running for office and doing this role is the craziest thing most people will ever do. But I would encourage our teams that if there are ways that we can be better servant leaders, you should let us know.
Um, and with that, I see members of the Duda family in the audience, and we will move on to the next item, item number two, which is a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of a Duda and Sons Incorporated.
Commissioner Zen Bower will be reading this. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, as we reflect upon this, it's it's not lost on me as a as a businessman that we don't often see businesses that uh especially small business survive a 100red years,
nonetheless 10, 20, 50, but 100 years. So, it is uh my great pleasure to introduce this resolution to Semino County Board of County Commissioners celebrating the 100th anniversary of Aduden Sons Incorporated. Whereas Aduda and Sons Incorporated, Duda was founded
in 1926 by Andrew Duda, a Slavic immigrant who established a celery farm in central Florida. That same year, Andrew and his three sons, John, Andrew Jr., and Ferdinand, harvested their first cash crop of celery and formally established Aduda and Sons, launching
what would become a significant agriculture enterprise rooted in the rich farmlands of Ovido in Semino County. And whereas Semino County once known as a celery capital of the world provided the fertile foundation for Duda's early growth and the company played an integral role in shaping the
region's agricultural heritage and economic development. And whereas Duda's long-standing presence in and around Lake Jessup and the surrounding rural communities helped define the character and growth of southeastern Semino County, contributing to its farming legacy and long-term commitment to
responsible land stewardship. And whereas over the past century, Duda has grown from a small family farm into a nationally recognized diversified company, all while maintaining deep ties to Semino County and upholding the family values and principles that guided
its founding generations. And whereas Duda's dedication to responsible land management, environmental stewardship, and thoughtful development reflects its enduring respect for the natural resources and the quality of life that define Semino County. And whereas for
five generations, the Duda family has demonstrated leadership, innovation, sustainability, and community engagement, carrying forward a legacy that began in Semino County, and continues to positively influence the region today. Now therefore, be it resolved that we, the board of county
commissioners of Semino County, Florida, do hereby recognize and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Adudent Suns incorporated, and extends our sincere appreciation for the company's historic and ongoing contributions to not only the agricultural heritage, economic vitality, environmental stewardship of
Semino County adopted this 28th day, April 2026. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Commissioners, all those in favor? I I >> hearing none opposed. It passes unanimously. Congratulations on the wonderful success. >> We would welcome you to come up and say
a few words, please. And do introduce yourselves for the record. >> Sure. Thank you. I'm Tracy Duda Chapman. I'm a fourth generation family member and our senior vice president and chief legal and administrative officer. We really thank you for this uh
proclamation. Um it's an exciting time in the company's history. Uh we've been celebrating uh with our employees who are who really make us great. So it's kind of interesting that you had the pro proclamation uh recognizing the seminal
county employees because we all know without great employees, you don't survive for a hundred years. So, uh, we're really thankful and I I thank you all on behalf of the Duda family and the Duda company. And you know, our purpose as a company is to multiply and share
God's blessings and we try to do that every day in the communities where we operate and Simol County is obviously an important part of our company history and our headquarters is here and I don't see it moving uh anytime soon. So, thank
you so much again. >> Thank you as well. Thank you. We would love to welcome you to come down and take pictures, please. Uh we'll come down to the floor. We'll take yours first. And I would
All right. Well, I feel like we're going from fun and frolic to the audit presentation, which may not be the best setup for our uh Mr. Joel Knob, CPA and audit partner, and Jenny Spencer to present.
Welcome to the podium. >> Good morning, commissioners. Um, first I'd like to start off by thanking all of you and the clerk for the confidence that you have you have in me as a director of the controllers's office. And I'd like to acknowledge county staff. We couldn't have done this
without their cooperation, oftentimes within short notice that they have to respond and provide support. Um, with that, I'd like to turn it over to Joel N, the audit partner, who will present the audit results. And if there are specific questions related to the audit, I'm more versed in it, so I'll answer
those questions. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Thank you, Jenny. Madame Chair, Commissioner, pleasure to be here and present the highlights of the audit for fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. Uh just a few slides
to briefly cover. Um we provided a required communication letter to the board which goes through our required elements under professional standards. Um if there were um potential issues and how the audit went, if we didn't get full cooperation, we communicate those
matters. But fortunately, it was a smooth audit. we got full cooperation and as Jenny mentioned um it really is a team effort from both county staff and and clerk finance. So um another key element here there were no audit adjustments identified in our audit. So
that is also a very important element as it indicates there's good internal controls over the financial reporting. All adjustments were appropriately made um before we um receive the trial balance for audit. Um our report you'll find throughout the document the primary
report on the financial statements is on pages 1 through three. We issued an unmodified opinion which is a clean opinion that the numbers are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. And then in towards the back of the document there's a number of compliance related reports.
One under government audit standards which we look at internal controls over financial reporting and compliance significant to the financial statements. Um that was a clean report as well. No significant deficiencies or material weaknesses noted. Uh we also look at
investment compliance as well as um expenditures of E911 fees. This is required by the auditor general. This was also a clean report. No compliance findings. Uh next report is a management letter also required by the auditor general. Uh
we did have one recommendation related to reporting and specific to uh grants in particular. Uh we did not deem it to be a significant finding. Um it wasn't a significant reporting requirement but it was something that is required. So we um
we made a recommendation there that there be an improvement over policies and procedures there and that was once identified and immediately corrected issue. So um no no concerns there going forward from our perspective. Uh the last report there is on the major
federal grants and major state grants. Um again this would is significant work involved here. There were four federal grants, three state grants that we tested in in great detail. Um and there were no compliance findings and no control findings over compliance. So
clean reports there. Just a few uh financial statement highlights uh to point out. Um, if you look at the front of the financial statement, you'll find a countywide analysis. So, this is focused on full acrual accounting. Um, this includes all
the long-term uh liabilities of the county, including pensions and oped as well as the all the capital assets that the county um invests in. So, um, if you look at this statement, the unrestricted net position is negative for governmental activities. Again, that's
due to the long-term pension liabilities. This is uh consistent with many counties across the state. Um and you'll see significant investment in capital assets there of almost a billion dollars um at the end of the year. The
general fund as the main operating fund of the county um certainly a focus uh for financial stability. The unassigned fund balance was 82 million at the end of 25. uh that represented 19.7% of total expenditures and transfers out. Um
so it's still a healthy number. It was a decrease of um in total for the general fund of 28 million. Um but u that was not to be I'm sorry I think 23 million. My eyes are um >> 28. Okay. Thank you. Um that was
budgeted decrease. So um nothing to be you know concerned about there. And I think the county's already, you know, made um adjustments going into fiscal year 26. So we don't expect that to uh continue. Um on the budget side, um county was in
compliance with budgets, so no concerns to note there. And then business type activities, the primary operating or primary business type activity of course is the water and sewer fund. Solid waste is also presented here. There's some um non- major enterprise funds including
the golf course that aren't included here, but just to keep an eye on here is the operating income and loss, which was positive for water and sewer. Um important to make sure the rates are covering the activities. So overall, a healthy change in net position of 24
million for the water and sewer fund. Um, beyond that, those were kind of the prepared slides, but be glad to answer any questions and and, uh, again, really appreciate all the cooperation we received from the county and clerk's office. So, thank you. >> Thank you for the work that you do and
the concise presentation. Commissioners, are there any questions? >> I do have Yes, >> I do have a series of questions. Um, one of them I'll forgo. You've already answered the $28 million question. And I think we we all lived through that last
year. Um I know to to the extent you didn't go down to every line item through this, but did you during your course of review as the auditor find any waste of any sorts that you have a concern
with? >> Well, yeah, the focus of our audit is is not on fraud waste, but if it comes to our attention, we would point it out. But no, that was not nothing that we came across that was significant in that manner.
>> In your full review, it appears we're adhering to accepted government accounting practices as we should be. >> That's correct. Yeah. And I I did fail to mention there was a new accounting pronouncement that was implemented by the county this year. was a pretty
significant lift related to compensated absences, but at the end of the day, the calculation was basically a a a net zero impact on the financials and and no restatement was required. >> Great. Thank you. That's all I have, Madam Chair. >> Thank you. Any other further discussion?
Commissioners hearing none. Thank you for your report. Thank you, Jenny, for the work that you do. We appreciate you as well. >> Thank you. >> We'll move on to item number four, county investment advisor report. Mr. McIntyre, >> we need to take action on that,
>> don't we? >> It's a presentation. >> My packet says request board approval. >> I don't see that either. >> Oh, there's my copy >> you're talking about in the
presentation. present. >> Yes, >> it's in the back of the for the record, it is in back of the CPA's presentation, not the county presentation. How about in an abundance of caution, we take a vote on it? No. >> It absolutely can't hurt to take a vote
on it. >> So, moved approval. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Hearing none opposed, it passes unanimously. Uh, county investment advisor report. Mr. McIntyre, you're up. >> Thank you. and I will I will keep it
concise. I know that you've got uh time constraints today and you just had another numbers presentation and I'm going to focus for the events and mentioned that what's going on in the Middle East right now is coloring everything. So really it's taken everything from the uh the economic
growth to the uh employment to inflation and colored it. We're not really sure where things are going at this point in time. Uh there's a lot of uncertainty and and what that's going to do is it's going to keep the Fed on hold for the foreseeable future, which is something that we would have anticipated when the
year started. The Fed meets this week, they will not move. We don't expect the Fed is going to move until at the earliest September at this point, which affords us the luxury of allowing for liquidity at no additional cost. And that's kind of what we're going to be focusing on going forward here. Um this
is the bar graph basically is non-farm payrolls. You can see it's been very very uneven. If you look back in the last 80 years, you've never had five months of uh within the last nine of negative payroll growth. It hasn't resulted in recession. But nobody really expects that we are going to see
recession within the next year, which is it's kind of unusual. And if anything else, it indicates the idea that um this is an unusual time that you really can't rely on history going forward. in terms of jobs is as businessmen, I think you
understand that uh the easiest person to to let go is the one that you haven't hired yet. So businesses are being extremely cautious right now. Um which they should be and I think that the the county is going to be doing the same thing going forward. This is this is inflation. This is the reason that the
Fed would not be cutting rates. Growth seems to be slowing. Job growth seems to be somewhat anemic for now. That's no indication of what's going to happen in the future. But one of the reasons the Fed is not going to move. The primary reason is that as of March, um there was
a great big increase in energy related inflation that hasn't bled through to the core yet, but all eyes are on that. And of course, the longer this goes on, the more that is a possibility. So, we'll keep an eye on it. Uh the Fed's keeping an eye on it. Economists are all
keeping an eye on it. That mostly keeps us in a holding pattern. been a lot of movement in terms of the market. This is the two-year going back 12 months. I show it to you guys uh regularly. Um and again, this is the market not really understanding. So, there's a lot
of volatility. The one of the things to focus on here is so the sixth month yield right now in the six month Treasury bill is about uh 368 369. The one-year is about 365. Kind of keep that in mind. Those are the investment options. Overnights because
the Fed is on hold have pretty much stayed true. The uh Florida Prime which is managed by Federated where the majority of your liquid money is is earning uh above 380 right now close to 385. So, you know, the question is, do you
take what little additional liquidity you may have and step it out on the curve in an uncertain environment, or do you allow that to stay in in the state pool for the time being? Um, which given the spending patterns and the maturity
patterns, that's going to make sense. So this is even though I'm not going to recommend that you're buying securities, the the fact that I'm recommending that you add additional liquidity as an investment decision that's based on where the market is and where expectations are.
There are a tremendous amount tremendous is a is a probably a word I shouldn't necessarily use, but from June through September, you've got about a quarter of the investment portfolio maturing. Uh there were not a whole lot of maturities coming into that. there's not a
tremendous amount of maturities coming in May. So there will be investment choices that have to be made this summer. Um and then I finally want to show you again the the one year is trading at about 365 right now. The portfolio at
the end of March was just about 4%. Portfolio at the end of April is going to be right about 4%. Um and and frankly uh if we were to buy securities out the curve, it might be a little bit lower than that. I think we
can we can ride until those big maturities come and uh the portfolio is doing well relative to its benchmarks. Um and we're going to accumulate some liquidity. Just kind of let you know at the end of March 12% of the portfolio
was liquid. I I would I think the clerk's office is in agreement. I've worked closely with them on their cash flow needs and um and we feel like 12% is probably frankly a little bit low. So by the time we get to April it'll be a bit higher than that and then we'll make
decisions the summer. So uh although I would love to present some robust uh portfolio decisions for you to consider at this point we're going to hold steady and I do need a motion on that and if somebody will help me with that. >> Thank you Mr. McIntyre. Yes, Commissioner Delari.
>> Thank you madam chair. Thank you Scott. Motion to approve and implement the recommendations of our financial advisor based on the report submitted today and recommend the clerk implement the board's recommendation. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I.
>> Any opposed? Hearing none. It passes unanimously. Thank you for the work you do for us. >> Thank you all very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Well, now we are going to move on to the consent agenda. >> Madam Chair, I'm prepared to make a motion.
Yeah, I wasn't prepared for the motion either. So, uh, we do have a public comment. There's a speaker form that's been submitted. It's for a later item, but if you would, um, county attorney, please give us the directions for public participation. Sure. Thank you, Madam Chair. Florida law provides that members
of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on propositions before the board of county commissioners except when the board is acting in an emergency or ministerial capacity or conducting a meeting exempt from the requirements of the sunshine law. Individuals shall be permitted
three minutes each for public comment or six minutes when the individual is an official representative of a formal association or group. The chairman may modify the maximum time for public comment at her sole discretion when appropriate. Public comments on quasi judicial or other public hearing items
will occur during the board's consider consideration of those items. Public comments on pending procurement matters or on non-aggenda items shall not be permitted at this time. Members of the public desiring to make public comment must fill out a speaker form and present the form to staff. Forms are available
in the lobby. Madam Chair, thank you very much. Miss Drager, do you have any public comment for the consent agenda? >> No, ma'am. >> All right. Hearing none, we previously pulled items six and 10. And Commissioner Zenau, you were ready to make a motion?
>> Yes. I will move approval of constitutional officers item number five. County managers consent 7 8 9 and 11. >> We have a motion and a second. Is there
any discussion? Seeing no hands. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. It passes unanimously. Thank you very much. That takes us to regular agenda item number 12. And for
this item, this is not an item that we're going to vote on. This isformational only. It is a program update. It will be presented by our uh Rick Durr, our parks and recreation director. Welcome to the podium, Mr. Durr. >> Thank you. Good morning, commissioners.
Again, for the record, Rick Durr, parks recreation department director. Um, six months ago, we were before you to talk about um the rankings that we had of the many applications that the uh the application review committee had reviewed, and we're now back to give you
an update on where all of those applications stand. So, again, back on November the 18th, we were able to show you exactly where we were going with all of these particular properties, and we gave you a a ranking that had been done by our ARC committee and and their particular work. Um the properties that
will be highlighted are the top five that were on that list and presented to you back in November. Those were ones that were recommended for uh moving forward with some degree of purchase or at least evaluation for purchase and we'll talk about that as we get into this. Plus two others that were below
the below the line but presented some unique opportunities at that particular time for further evaluation. Um and we'll discuss those as well. So again these were the top five. Hy Oaks, Lee Ranch, Buoltz, and I I'm sure I'm not saying that correctly. Dearos and
Lassard, and we'll get into those uh in detail in just a moment. The other two which were sort of below that line were the Parker property and the Lawler property, both of which uh we were directed at that particular time to at least address and then look at other funding sources u to do that. Um at this
particular point, we're including that with this update as a as a followup in the future. of those will be coming in separately as they are not part of the seminal forever program. So let's start with the top two that were on the list. Both of those back in November were slated for Florida forever
applications. So High Oaks Ranch had just been submitted. It has been received by the state. There have been a series of presentations both um virtual as well as one in Lakeland back in February. staff, our ARC, a number of folks um throughout the county also
participated and were able to share their um support for the measure. There has been um a ranking done by the Florida Forever ARC that was done on uh April the 10th. And at this particular point, High Oaks Ranch was added to the 2027 Florida Forever priority list. That
would mean essentially it would be up uh eligible for acquisition starting in the new fiscal year, which for the state starts in July 2027. Um, there'll be another final ranking and final vote to occur late this year, but good news there. It has made the list and was
approved by the Florida Forever Arc, and we'll continue to track that as it proceeds forward. Lee Ranch was number two on the list. At that particular time, a direction was given to go ahead and work with the uh the land owner to put together a Florida Forever application. We beat the application
date by over a month. Um, got it in before the submittal deadline. And the day after the submittal deadline, um, county staff was informed by Florida Forever Program staff that this particular property had been evaluated at a at a uh another application in our
distant past. Uh, I want to go back to prior to 2010 is what we we were told. At that particular time, staff recommended that they actually u move forward directly to the state real estate office and forwarded that and said there'd be no reason to go through
the process all over again. They already had done their due diligence from the state side and went directly to the state real estate office. Last week, our staff u contacted state real estate and offered again if they would like us to go ahead and have appraisals run based on the stat based on the state's
requirements such as what we did for the Florida Forever application for Yarborough, we'd be happy to do so. Um, state real estate said we appreciate it. At the moment, we're on pause and it's just a question of when they have a budget approved by the legislature. So, at this particular moment, it is in
state real estate office and when they're ready to go, they'll be letting us know and then we'll update you as that proceeds forward. So, those were the two the top two items on the list, both of which were Florida forever applications. Now, we'll get into the uh the other three that were listed under
seminal forever application. The first one here is Dearcos just just to um refresh everyone's memory. That's about just over 200 acres on the shores of Lake Monroe. Um at that particular time we had a asking price of about a half a million dollars or roughly uh $2,451
an acre. Um they've that particular asking price has been confirmed uh subsequent to that. Our real estate office has run some comps and said that this is well within our a good deal if you will to put it in layman's terms. Um and during that time we are also
coordinating with the St. John's River Water Management District on their property and property management as well as potential areas for them to to acquire that they had um uh priorities on. Um when we were able to brief them on this, they made a very generous offer that should the county pursue this and
acquire the Darco's property, they would be very happy to manage it for us uh going forward in perpetuity. It's directly across the channel um for across from Lake Monroe from properties that they already maintain and they see a lot of uh similarities and how they can continue to maintain that. They just
asked that if we were to take them up on that offer that there's 20 acre piece that they own that's directly next to the Black Bear Wilderness Area, which we manage, that they would be happy to exchange, if you will, management responsibilities for each of the properties. So, that was a very um very
generous offer on on behalf of St. John's they've have since followed up with a uh written correspondence to that effect to the county manager's office and we received that at the end of last week for further evaluation. So at this particular point uh after having gone
through some due diligence, we'd love to be able to put together an acquisition agreement and bring that to you in the future. So that is uh one particular item that we'll be moving forward and bringing to you uh at a future date. This is just a graphic to show you that the uh the locations of these different
parcels. Darcos is a large one in red across the channel you see in blue. That's an area that's currently maintained by the St. John's River Water Management District. That's in Valuchia County. And then it's also located in blue next to Black Bear Wilderness Area on the left part of the screen. That 20
acres. Item number four on the list for Seminal Forever was the Lassard property. Again, that's about 85 acres directly adjacent to Mullet Lake Park. The U property owner has come down in their asking price at this particular time after we've gone through some review within
our county real estate office. Um, they would like to be able to go ahead and have an appraisal done at this particular time. We're willing to move that forward and then the owner continues to to state that they are willing to negotiate uh as we proceed into the future. So, at this particular
point, just as an update, u we'll be happy to go ahead and run an appraisal on the property and should we come back with some recommendations that we'll be bringing that to you on a future agenda as well. The next item is, again, I'm sure I'm I'm not pronouncing this correctly, the
Buolds property. Um, it did receive favorable rankings again by the by the Seminal Forever Arc. It's 32 acres right off of State Road, excuse me, County Road 419 and Snow Hill Road. Or if you go by um Landmarks, it's right across from the public shopping plaza that's
right there on on County Road 419. One of the questions that came up, however, during our presentation last November was quite honestly, what could we do with the property? Could you show us what could be done there and why we would be interested in entertaining this for acquisition? So during that time
since November, we've gone ahead and worked with our consultants GI to take a look at what possibly could be done on that property. Again, our ARC committee had done a wonderful job at documenting all of the uniqueness about that property. We wanted to take a look and take the next step and say, "All right,
how would this fit within our our offerings that we have both within our natural lands program as well as our parks and recreation program and what could be used for the property going forward?" So this is just a a uh a zoomed in map if you will of the uh southeast corner of the of the county.
Chiliot is almost right dead right in the center of the of the property, excuse me, of the map. And then you see in the dash line that is the rural charter boundary. So this particular property is located pretty much right on the doorstep of the rural area as
defined uh in that part of the county. Couple other properties to to note that are around that location. Uh probably the largest one is the Flaggler Trail. It runs north south right through the middle of the screen. We're about two blocks uh to the west of that. Another thing that will show up on another map
that we'll show is it's very close uh proximity to Walker Elementary School uh where we just uh public works department had put in a pedest signalized pedestrian crossing. Um so we're starting to see a lot more activity in that particular area in terms of walking
and trails use. Probably more importantly, however, it is really close to where we've got along the Flaggler Trail where we've designated that as a potential Lake to Lake Regional Trail. So, it's really close proximity to that. Again, right on the doorstep of the rural boundary.
So, heading forward, taking a look at the overall property, there's a there's a few uh existing trails that have already been cut on the property. Again, this is a zoomed in uh shot of the the 30 plus acres, a fraction of which is on the east part of uh and split by Snow
Hill Road, the remainder of the property being off to the west. One of the things that makes this property pretty remarkable, however, is and we saw this within the ARCs evaluation and report is our staff went out on site with our folks from GI uh
and took a look and we've got an interesting really interesting site going on there where there are literally eight different ecological communities that have been identified on the 30 acres alone. uh everything from on the left hand of of the screen is Zurich Oak
going into depression marsh that's not a a state of mind it's the depression marsh if you will uh to Bay Swamp down to Pinelands and pine and pine regeneration so eight different unique e ecological communities on this one property alone
really shows a really interesting uh opportunity that we have in this location you talk about landmarks in the area if you peek right in the upper upper middle of the screen. That's that lookout tower. It is not on this property. It's on adjacent property next to us owned by the state, but that's one
of their old lookout towers that were on there and it is visible. This is from the Bull's property and being able to to establish and see it there. If anyone drives up and down 419, if the Publix isn't the queue, then this one probably is for where where the the property is
positioned. So again, being out on site and taking a look at the various ecological communities, just some wonderful examples of the uniqueness of this property in its particular location. There is this is the house that is on site. We've taken a look at what that looks like. Um it could use a
little bit of TLC. Uh but it's not too different from what we what we program into some of our natural lands areas with a caretakaker's residence. There's an opportunity there if that's the direction we would like to go for further evaluation. So, what can we possibly do with those
eight distinct ecological communities out on the site and the various trails that are there? And the concept that was put together essentially said this would be a fantastic example of a place where kids and kids of all ages could explore, learn, and play on these 30 acres.
really interesting idea that says we're at the gateway of the rural the rural area and at that particular location you could possibly drive to this location, park and really experience all of the things that are really fascinating and interesting and makes the rural area
special on this one particular site alone without having to go miles into the wilder wilderness if you will whether you're on state property or county property. So let's talk about what some of those things might look like. So, the idea of being able to explore, again, being able to open up some of the
natural trails that are on there. There may be opportunities for shell paths and boardwalks. Uh, either way, we could make those all ADA compliant. Um, learning, the opportunity to learn. Again, it's close proximity to Walker Elementary School. may the potential for
maybe some outdoor learning classrooms, if you will, some exhibits, the types of things that we do out on our natural lands program, as well as the possibility of even putting together wildlife or bird viewing blinds. Um, that's sort of on the the upper second column there from the left. Um, one
example of what a a bird blind might look like. Then all the way on the right side of the screen, the idea of blending the idea of play and natural areas together could provide a really unique experience in this particular area. Whether you're on a mountain bike or you're at a playground, that could be
potential nature themed with natural types of uh uh experiences for the kids. So being able to blend passive recreation and a wonderfully natural area at this particular uh location in the county could be a real interesting opportunity for us to develop on the
eastern part. So this is uh just east of Snow Hill Road. That area has already seen a lot of impacts for mountain bike uh use. Um if you're if you remember out at the Markhamm Woods trail head um about a year and a half ago, we did a grand opening of the county's first
what's called a pump track. Um that's basically a demonstration area for folks to be able to uh use their their mountain bikes going through the various terrains that they'll encounter on various properties. This could be another opportunity to develop maybe our second pump track at this point east in
the east part of the county whereas Markham is all the way on the west part of the county. So that's the kind of features that you could possibly find there in that particular location. Um this would not be anything I could experience going that horizontal. Um, I'm sure I would be
eating dirt at that particular point, but other folks would would really enjoy the experience, I'm sure. So, to take a look at the property, and this is something that um, again, when I saw this photograph, this is the uh, a depression marsh that's right in the
center of the property. Um, those those two little figures there, those are full grown adults that are walking through that particular area. I had to make sure that I understand the scale of what I'm looking at. um the ability to bring folks out at at this particular location
right on the edge of the rural boundary and experience wildlife. All of these species have been found on site. As a matter of fact, our designers from uh GI were out on property and of course just when they went to take a picture of the white-tailed deer, the deer took off. Um
so, but we had to at least show one represented there on property. So, there is a a variety of wildlife on property. So again, taking something that looks like this today on that 30 acres and maybe turning it into something with some bird blinds and some wildlife
blinds and some ecological types of exhibitory could really open up that experience for all the eastern part of the county without having to go way into the wilderness and really experience all the special things about 7 county. So those are some of the ideas that we've
had for for the bulk property. Again, we're not looking for a decision on this right now. It's just more of a here's what we could do there. If you think that it's something that you'd like us to pursue in greater detail, we can continue on with the um the acquisition due diligence and at least
be able to nail some of those details down. And then at that time, we'd also be working on what could be the capital budget for potential improvements of the property and what the some of those options may be and bring that to you in the future for further consideration. So, those were the top five on the
Seminal Forever um list. Uh the other two, as I'd said, the Parker property and the Lawler property, those fell below the recommended line. Uh both of these are currently within our real estate division. Parker property, they're continuing to do due diligence on. This was something that we looked at that could be an asset for public works
for the long-term maintenance of the Lockhart Canal. And then the Lawler property is a part of and came to us originally as for the Orange Avenue expansion project uh in the need for additional rideway along that that front edge. and staff continues to be in negotiation uh for that entire piece
moving that forward as well. Both of these would come back to you at a future date for any types of approvals that would be required. But it's at this particular time I'm sort of saying to both of those properties in terms of seminal forever as you you' stated you you uh were not looking to spend any seminal forever dollars on these and
we've established at least some potential funding sources for each one of these outside of the seminal forever program. So to summarize this particular point, High Oaks and Lee Ranch will continue to work with the state via the Florida Forever program. If there's any action
required by the board, we'll be bringing those back to you in the future for future um consideration. The AROS is one that we feel really comfortable with and being able to put together potential um acquisition um uh contract at this particular point and then continuing to
u negotiate along with the water management district for the future management of the property as well and again bring those back to you for for future decision and action by the board. Lassard, we'd like to move forward with an appraisal and again be able to negotiate and bring that forward to you
at a future date. And then again with BU Colts, if this is something you'd like us to continue forward on, we'd be happy to continue to both negotiate on behalf of the current land owner as well as establishing a potential capital budget and bring those back to you for future consideration as well.
>> So that is the extent of my summary report at the six-month mark, and I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. >> Thank you, Rick. Um, so I I'll kick off the conversation by saying I agree with all of the recommendations and and I would just pursue it. I do want to get on the
record that the blinds that are proposed for the Buts property are simply blinds to observe from and not to do anything else from seeing those precious deer out there. >> Let's just establish that right now.
Commissioners, any comments? Go ahead. >> Um, I just want to say thank you so much for the work that went into this and and the staff for having the vision, especially on that beautiful culpit property. Um, as soon as you started going through that with me, I was getting all excited and having visions of a little
>> I don't know, my school board self came back and I got all excited. So, I'm um thrilled. And could you imagine being able to like go to Publix and then >> walk across the street? Yeah. I mean, how how awesome. I just um that's the kind of project that I think we
envisioned with this program. Um thank you Commissioner Constantine for your vision and um dragging a couple of us over the line on it because truly these funds are from our general fund. While they are non-advalum dollars, they are
funds from our general fund that could be spent on anything any of the other number of hundreds of needs in this county. and the commitment of this board and the dedication and the support of this community to pursue projects like this I think is what one of the things
that makes our county so special and thank you staff for bringing this forward. >> Commissioner Zenbower, >> thank you. Um I'll echo Commissioner Lockhart's sentiment. Uh good work, great great presentation. I think we are hitting the marks as we move forward uh
with our ARC uh committee as well as staff and we'd be remiss not to thank those folks on the ARC committee for the time they take away from their families and jobs and so forth to to help us here uh understand the vision and and what these properties may or may not be able
to do. Uh the one a couple things as we move forward on the buck holes property. I'd like to see exactly as you stated a capital improvement cost uh for that parcel. Um and then some of the species
that have been found on that property. Do any of those do we know or have we even checked preempt any development on that property as it currently stands with the entitlements in place? >> Yeah. would be something I would be curious to have a understanding. I think
at this point my understanding is it can be developed. >> Yes. >> Um at one unit per five acres >> and based on the wetlands I I like the idea of the trail connection going through there. Uh,
I will however say as a fan of wildlife, I don't know how long wildlife would stay on that property once you bring the humans into it because literally you have massive development to the to the
east of that that was there before the rural boundary was in place. Immediately to the west, you have the city of Ovido which has heavy development coming pretty much slap up against it. Then three or four years ago, we approved a
project right on one of the edges of this property, which is a high density improved or development for attainable housing. Um, so those all things that although I like the vision,
I'm not so sure. And add the the shooting range that's right down the street with the gunshots going off all the time. I don't know how long some of this wildlife would stay there once you introduce the human element of of people coming and going. So, but I would like to see,
you know, that that cost to improve that property as we move forward. So, very good. Thank you, >> Commissioner Constantine. >> Thank you very much. And Madam Chair, I appreciate your comments related to Commissioner Zimbau because I saw his eyes light up when when they talked
about white-tailed deer. Um, so >> they're too small. They're like little dogs in Florida. you got to go out west or up north >> then I I'm thankful that we won't be down in the Keys and look at those deer.
>> But um you know I I I do want to comment on what Commissioner Zimbau said. You know this is a vision. It's a great parks and Rex guy vision and I I respect that. But you know maybe but it's not
saying that that is to the extent we can make it much smaller imprint and footprint if we will to make sure that we maintain that wildlife cuz we don't want to be the cause of them having to move out and they have such little
habitat in that area now because we continue to encroach as Commissioner Zimbau said um we have to be very careful of that but yes um as Commissioner Lockheart indicated, you know, this this this is a vision for all
of us. Um, it makes what it partly what makes Semino County so special. And I will just tell you that last week I was in Valuchia County talking about home rule. But
conservation came up in the discussion and I will tell you that all of them are many areas and this was a fivecountwide league of women voters are jealous of the way that we have put this together
because we have the infrastructure designed to ensure that we get the best bang for the buck. um we didn't just put something on the ballot and say we're going to get money without any of the
real meat to how we then you know implement this program and many others just have money sitting in a bank without any direction as to how to buy things into the fact that I saw that one county was thinking about buying sand to
put on beach okay with their conservation >> which may be needed in that county >> but you understand that's not conservation per se and as all of us have said not only do we thank the staff for doing a great job but the the ark I
think is the unique perspective of this they with all of with the appointments that all of you made and they were great appointments really have a perspective of what is important from an environmental and a conservation standoint point to protect our natural
resources and they've done a phenomenal job. So, as as Commissioner Hurst said, I I support all the recommendations and moving forward. Um and um I I look forward to the next proposal and purchase because that's one thing I'm
really excited about getting something on, you know, you know, in our portfolio. And just as a reminder at the Waka Commission meeting, um, DOT still has some valuable property that
they no longer need for the Waka Parkway that I think we should put in the first right of refusal. Um, uh, because it's on the Wakiva and some other areas or near the Wakiva. And um you know
obviously it's if it if they become um if they push it to be surplus we can get it at the very good price of zero. >> So >> thank you Commissioner Constantine for your suggestion. Commissioner Delari. >> Thank you Madam Chair and I'll make this quick. I'm not going to repeat what the
other commissioners said because they're all spot on. But I would repeat thank you and please thank the art committee as well as anyone associated with this project. Uh I know a lot of time and hours goes into this. Fully support all the projects and all the piece of
property you're looking at. I would like to see more information about not just uh uh what would happen to the property but how we maintain it and if there's a capital uh improvement how do we maintain that improvement. Uh I would like to see if there's some areas around these cities if the cities are willing
to participate because a lot of their residents there are all our residents uh they may want to participate as well. Uh so we should reach out to any city that's close to any proximity to these locations. Uh I love the idea about working with St. John's. They've always
been great partners. They approve it one more time. And I think the idea that you told us about by them maintaining one piece and we maintaining one of theirs is a great idea. It's how we get best bang for the buck and how we do what's right for the environment and for the
citizens. I would also like to echo uh developing some of these pieces of property. We're actually going to be changing it. Uh I'd be hesitant in doing that without more information. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Thank you, Mr. Dur. Do you have everything you need?
>> Yes, we do. Thank you very much. >> All right. I'm sorry. Yes, >> that's okay. Um I do have a question about the ordinance. >> Um so, and maybe this is just the wording and I'll ask the attorney to to maybe get back to us on this question. Um but in section 190.213 213 of the
ordinance that we adopted. Um there's a postacquisition management and property improvement plan um that's described. But it's interesting because the way it's worded is a management plan must be completed not only pre-acquisition
but also postacquisition and must include and of course all of the things that we've talked about with capital improvements and costs for maint maintenance and what have you. I'm curious what the timeline is and how far in advance that pre-acquisition plan has to be presented and marinated in before
we decide what we're going to do. And then that postacquisition plan, I'm just I'm looking at the timeline and I'm like how far pre and how far post. I'm just want to get a feel for what the what we're supposed to be looking for with that. And I don't expect you to have an answer now. That may be a go back and
chat about it kind of thing, but it struck me. >> Very good. And we and we'll do that. Thank you. >> Thank you. I do believe we have a public comment on this item. Am I correct? >> Only written comment, chairman. >> Only written comment. I thought we did
have a public comment. All right. Well, I think that uh concludes that presentation. You have everything you need. You have some follow-up items for us. We appreciate you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We will move on to item 13, third generation 1 cent infrastructure sales
tax update and American public works association accreditation presentation. >> And we have Tanya, public work, public works director. Good morning um madame chair, members of this commission. Um it's truly my honor to be here today um
to talk about um our accomplishments uh with the third gen as well as our overall public works accomplishments as well as um talk about our APWA accreditation. U before I begin I just want to thank you all for your comments um with the
staff earlier. I think that um all of your comments were so spoton and I just feel like a a proud mother hen up here um sort of tooting the horn of public works staff because I just have the honor of giving this presentation but we
have a lot of our public works staff out here who really does the work every day. Um so with that I just want to um take you back to October when John Slatt and I were here. was my first presentation to this commission. Um and we were
giving you an update on the third gen. At that time in October we had 60 remaining projects. Um public works had completed 13 in the previous fiscal year. And what we told you is we are going to continue as we moved into the
new fiscal year. We were going to continue with our cap capital maintenance program with our reservicing our sidewalks our bridge repair. We're also going to look to rightsize our work program um and actively pursue other
funding to leverage the dollars that Semino County has for public works projects. So, six or um so months later, we are down to 45 projects. Um we have recently completed five projects and have seven
more in the stages of completion. So, a lot of those construction projects are getting completed as well as our basing studies, um, which Joe Lefasa was here earlier this year presenting to you. Um, in terms of where we were in October
and what we have accomplished, I'm just going to walk through a lot of those accomplishments for you. Um, since October, we started our 2050 mobility and transportation plan. Um and we look to present to you in June our draft
priority projects. We also started our mobility fee study. We've completed two stakeholder meetings and we'll come back to this commission uh to talk about our findings in the fall of this year. um our storm water master plan. As you
are aware, we presented about three or four basin studies earlier this year and we've been working on our storm water master plan which is almost complete and we'll be back in June to present that to you. In terms of our design plan uh projects,
I am happy to tell you that we have been awarded $3.4 $4 million from the FDOT for our North Street corridor improvements phase two. Those are improvements along uh Raymond Street which again is leveraging seminal county
dollars. Um so that is in DOT's work program in FY30. We also began the last widening of 419 426. We are working on our 30% plans uh now
um for our um Milton NRCS Milton project which includes the Lockheart Smith Canal. Um this was about a $10 million grant that we are awarded yesterday. We were told that we are to proceed into construction. >> Nice. >> So that's another construction projects
that will be moving forward. The staff has worked really hard to get the design complete on that. our Orange Boulevard project. We have completed all the design. We are finishing up the rightway and we have submitted a build grant. So, we should find that out in June if we
were awarded that. Um, as you know, you all approved the interlocal agreement with DOT. That took a lot of effort from our staff to stay on DOT, get that in place, and I want to thank Arturo Perez for that. He continually uh followed up
with DOT. I'm happy to report it was advertised and it should be awarded in Bay. So that construction will start as well. And then uh for our Old Lake Mary uh road sidewalks, we completed the design. We um talked about this project
in October. We did make it into the finalists for metrop plan and we're looking to see if we get funding for that. So again, leveraging those dollars. In terms of construction, uh we have a US 1792 pedestrian overpass. We are um
in jeopardy of losing about a million dollars from DOT. I'm proud to say that we have um updated the design and it it is out for construction and DOT is extremely happy with us. So that is another project that we have advertised
in the last six months. Our Hillview drive drainage study that was sort of dormant for about a year. We are doing some rightway um that is under construction now in this past six months and I'm happy to say Mar through Marie Lackey uh the extra money that we needed
for right away and construction was awarded to us from the federal government again leveraging dollars. Um we are a support cast to Rick Durr on the rolling hills. Um we um attended the April 11th groundbreaking ceremony and
we also attended the precon. So we have assigned a project manager uh to help with that construction for the north street improvements. The Wakiva Springs and uh Sabel uh point intersection. We're waiting for for school to get out
and we'll um erect those traffic lights. And we're about 50% complete with our Oxford drainage and sidewalks. I do also have three focal construction projects I want to give you an update on. Our midway drainage improvement project which was such a nice groundbreaking as
well. Uh 1 A, 1B, and 2B are now very actively under construction. Um actually where that uh picture was taken, we're digging ponds out. Um so that construction is going well. We are finding a few pipes that have been
abandoned that we are taking out of the ground, but I don't think that's a surprise for the construction and and and out there. >> Um our Dillion Street um you would recognize this, Commissioner Zimbau. >> Yes. >> Um >> I hear about it daily.
>> You do. We do too. Um so um that project actually since October uh the design was finished. It was advertised for construction. You can see that construction is well underway for those improvements for the drainage. And
finally, I know this project has been around for a long time, but the good news is it's under construction and we are 10% ahead of schedule on that. So, um, in terms of resurfacing projects, um, so this is part of our third gen,
uh, money as well. Um, in the past six months, we have resurfaced 28 roads and 26 miles. That's a lot of resurfacing and I know that um our residents really love to see those new beautiful black
asphalt. Um in terms of traffic engineering, you know, this is under uh Charlie Wetszel. He you know your traffic engineering and I think you are all aware is probably the best in the region. I would say not probably it is. A lot of um counties and
cities look to this county as what to do. Um and so Charlie is really a leader in the region and I really um am thankful to be able to work with him. Um they have completed a signal cabinet upgrade. They're also in the middle of
we've got about 66 old signals that we need to upgrade. So they're in the process of upgrading those. There's a little bullet here and I want to talk about it a little bit more is called wet one network platform because this is really going to be impactful to our residents and the people traveling
through our county. This was a partners project with our IT group and our communications. And what this um software does is we can put in the software where we have road closures or we have issues associated
with uh utility work and that pushes it out to ways to Apple Maps to Google maps and things and so that really really helps with moving people around our county. We are now working with it and the communications to integrate that
into our website. So I really think that's a really good positive using a lot of this technology for the good. U because it's not just putting lanes, putting turn lanes, it's really utilizing everything at our um resources
uh at our disposal. our roads and storm water and engineering folks also. Marie Lackey, she's our new uh division head and I tell you what, she has um she had big shoes to fill, but she's filled them already and she's done made such a big
impact out there. But these guys in in 6 months had 1,200 work orders they that were open. They've closed a thousand. That is so much. I mean, our citizens, I'm always seeing emails from our citizens thanking our road crews out
there because they do such a great job as well as working on our sidewalks, um replacing ADA ramps, doing our pipelining. So, these folks really work so hard day in day out to make sure that um all our infrastructure is in good
order. Another initiative that we've spoken to you about, this um was started before me, um but we were able to push it out just recently in the last couple weeks, is our dashboard. So, the difference between the 50 and the 45 is
that the 50 includes those projects we just completed. Those are those five projects. And this is such a good tool to our residents and our citizens as well because for every project we're working on, it gives the name of the project manager, where it is in the project development process, what the
budget is for the project. And so this has really been a partners project with it and communications as well. And I know chairman how you love dashboards. Finally, this is our sort of drop the mic slide. Um so um this was started
before me with John Slott um was doing the accreditation for the American Public Works Association. In March we were awarded the accreditation and this is really hard to get. There's we're only one of 10 counties in the state to get this accreditation. Um, we would not
have been able to do this without our other departments, human resources, risk management, office of communications, emergency management, real estate and development services. Um, and we also had two people within our group that really, really made this possible, and
that's Arturo Perez and Bria Brown. I really want to give them a very special thank you. They're in the audience today. I also um am proud to say that the regional director of APWA is here, Mr. Larry Ingram from Birmingham,
Alabama, and he likes those white um deer things, too. Yeah, >> he'll have to come visit me in lower Alabama. >> Yeah, he's got things on his wall that you would probably like. Um but he is so
busy. I'm so impressed with him. APWA is just like a a volunteer organization for him. He is into Boy Scouts. He does APWA. He works full-time and his son is in soccer. Um so without that with that,
I'd love to invite him up to say a few words and uh provide the public works with the accreditation. >> Absolutely. And after that, I think this is a picture opportunity. >> Yes. Let me give me just a second here. >> Let me start by saying thank you for
being here. >> Oh, absolutely. Thank you all for having me. Um I'm fighting this thing. I had to fight a printer before I left and couldn't get the paper copy to print. So, I'm my poor vision is trying to read it off my phone. So, um >> you can you could make it up if you wanted to. We're
>> Well, I'm probably going most of it. Um >> but no, my name is Larry Ingram. serve as the region 4 director for the American Public Works Association. In that role, that puts me on the national board of directors. Um, I oversee the
chapters in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Um, and this is actually one of the the best parts of the job is I get to come do accreditation presentations. So, we've just gotten a great presentation
on what this department does. But for anybody not familiar with public works, I always get asked the question, what is public works? And I say, we do all the things and take care of the things you take for granted. If we're doing our
jobs right, you don't think about us. It's when our stuff is screwed up that you think about us. It's when the water doesn't flow and the sewers are overflowing or the roads are blocked. That's when you think about us, not when you go to work and you never slow down.
Um, but this department does a great job with roughly 180 plus folks to maintain everything that they maintain through the engineering department, roads and
storm water, and the traffic department. And most importantly, the thing most people forget about is public works employees are first responders. After hurricanes, natural disasters,
public works tends to be the first one in because somebody's got to get the roads open for everybody else to get there and they're the last ones out because they've got to put everything back together when it's all said and done. Um, it's so kind of a little little story for me
is I took over a public works department back in 2011 and 3 weeks in our sister city across the river from us was hit with an F5 tornado. And so that was a trial by fire for me and it was it opened my eyes into
the the first responder aspects of public works. And so I can't say enough about what departments do with regards to that. And being located down here in Florida, hurricanes are real prevalent. Um, we had I lived in the panhandle for
quite a few years and we had a lot of them when I was there. But accreditation is I I can't say enough about the achievement. Um, departments
typically don't write things down. They just do things the way they've always done them because that's what they've always done. Accreditation forces you to evaluate that and actually write it down. And so it recognizes the
policies, procedures, practices that your department utilizes and the fact that they are in line with international norms. And if I remember correctly, it evaluates 205
total practices, some of which don't apply to every department. Um, don't imagine there's a very thick section on snow management in Simol County's public works manual. Um, but the process is very labor intensive and the staff has done a great
job because it starts with a self-evaluation of all the existing policies and procedures and how they stack up against those standard practices and then you revise, you refine, you work with within your staff,
within your county, and you create those practices to where they meet those norms. And then all of that gets evaluated by a group of thirdparty reviewers from APWA and they come down, they meet with
staff, they go through everything. They may find a small tweak here or there. They may say, "Hey, go back and punt, redo this process." And so as they go through that process, they get evaluated.
and this department was found to be 100% in compliance with all applicable practices related to what they do. Um, as a matter of fact, two of the practices were deemed to be model practices to be
used as examples by other departments across the public works spectrum. And to put that in perspective, APWA represents about 32,000 people, but we have chapters across the US and across
Canada. So, we're it's it's a broad organization. But those two practices specifically were the emergency management plan and the local mitigation and resiliency strategy. And again, accreditation is an achievement. And to kind of put that in
perspective, across North America, there are roughly 23,000 municipalities and jurisdictions. There's 228 accredited agencies. >> That puts Simol County in the 99th percentile of agencies in the US and
Canada. Not to mention I have 41 accredited agencies in the state of Florida and now Simino County is one of those. Um, and so like I said, I can't say enough about what this department does.
I can't thank the commission enough for supporting them in this because it is a timeconsuming endeavor, but it will do nothing but benefit the county and the citizens moving forward. And so on behalf of the American public works board of directors, I would like to
recognize the public semol county public works department for this outstanding achievement. Thank you and congratulations. Commissioners, let's meet down on the floor for a picture. See that?
Oh, yeah. >> All right, commissioners. We're going to keep this moving. Congratulations to public works and Tonyie, the entire department, county manager's office, all of the support that it took to have that happen. I know it wasn't just the one department because doing an
accreditation is a huge lift. Uh, but congratulations. It's wonderful to be announced in the 99th percentile of anything. >> That's right. >> Uh, with that, is there any public comment? >> No, ma'am. All right. There is not. That
moves us to I'm assuming this is the end the end of the agenda. >> It is not. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I I just had something to say whenever y'all get done. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry, >> Madam Chair. >> Yes. >> I just want to recognize the
presentation we just saw and thank you >> all of our staff. We got close and tell you how thrilled I am after arriving here seven years ago and see how stuck in the mud we were about getting projects cranked out and how fast we're now getting them cranked out is
fantastic. So, good work. Thank you all very much. >> Thank you. Is uh do you have a form from the gentleman who wishes to speak? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. All right. Good deal. County attorney's report. >> I have no report today, Madam Chair.
>> County manager's report. I have no report today, Madam Chair. We have two board appointments. And before we start this, I want to say thank you to Commissioner Lockheart and Commissioner Zimbau for working through this. Not together. I don't mean to say that that you worked through this
together, but I know both of you individually put in work with the county manager's office. And I know a thank you is in order for Trisha with regard to getting the process fixed. We'll hear more about that in the future, but for now, I would like a nomination on item
14 for an appointment of one individual to the Metro Plan Orlando Community Advisory Board. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And the nomination is for Jose Morales. We have a first and a second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion
carries unanimously. The next item is item number 15, discussion and consideration of the appointment of one individual to the board of adjustment. This is Katherine Clifford. >> Motion to approve. Katherine Clifford. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> oppose. Hearing none. Passes
unanimously. Thank you. So, we're going to move on to district reports. I want to be mindful of the fact that we do already have the court reporter here. If we could keep these to the essential items only, that would be fabulous. So, we'll start with Commissioner Lockhart
and you'll kick off our pace. >> All right. Well, then I'm going to go ahead and give uh Miss Allori a heads up that I'm going to ask her to um chime in with me on the update for Sunreil and links if that's okay. Give for a little um the uh Lake Mary State of the City.
It was is was just a fabulous event. It's hosted by the the Semino County Chamber and obviously the city of Lake Mary, but the creativity that was involved in putting that event on, they did a whole theme based on TV and and it was LMTV, like MTV, but Lake Mary TV. It
was just priceless. I think Evoke advertising had um a lot to do with putting together the um the videos and they just did a tremendous job of highlighting their staff and really talking about what municipal government is all about and serving citizens. And so shout out to them for really an
amazing event. It was a packed house. Um their fire marshall I think was there but kind of looking the other way because it was crazy packed. Um the update that I want to share with you about the um the lynx board meeting in
particular. There were discussions about um the removal of the um shelters and how those were going to be funded. And um in a briefing with um Miss Allori and me, Miss Hawkins, who is the CEO of Lynx, said that they were
going to be using their 5307 funds to remove those structures. I think that's important for us to recognize. Um they are talking about um redoing the calculation for the cost
share. they are are definitely going to be bringing back a conversation about um including the paratransit administrative overhead to be distributed among all of the counties for that calculation as well. And Miss
Lori, if you want to provide any sort of context, additional context to that and what that means to Seminal County. It essentially incre it increases our overall cost to links as we had kind of predicted that that might be their their intent. Um
but there's just they're moving levers. So if you don't mind. >> Yeah. Oh, of course. No. Um so they presented a number of options on reallocating dollars associated with uh because Semino County
uh reduce their fixed guideway. Um sort of the option they settled on is as Commissioner Lockhart said would be to add in um the overhead for parat transit in as well as fixed uh guideway which
brings um the seminal county portion up to about an additional $1.5 million a year. However, uh the district secretary for DOT, uh John Tyler was really adamant and insistent that that not be
charged that we looked into a tiered approach for that. That links lessening that impact. There was also an increase to Ocola County too. Really the only decrease was for Orange County. Ocola County was about I think it was like
687,000 close to 700,000 definitely more for Seinal. So the what they were look going to look at and bring back to the finance and audit committee was utilizing FTA 5307 funds, freezing
positions and utilizing those dollars to help lessen impacts as well as some of the stabilization funds as well. And so those options were going to be looked at with staff and then brought back to the finance and audit committee um I presume
at their next meeting. So, >> thank you. And one of the things that I and and I'm so glad you mentioned Secretary Tyler by name because um FDOT it's typically in in these meetings is doesn't take a real prominent role,
right? They're a team member, but they're they're typically not leading the charge on something. And it was very nice to have um another partner say, you know, there is an option with Lynx's budget where we we could look at costs
saving measures. That is an option. Um it's not always more more more. And so um in preparation for our budget discussions and we know that the links team will be here in the coming months to present their budget. I wanted to
make sure that you all are kept up to date on how how things are moving, which buckets they are moving from and two and uh one of our funding partners said, "Well, but Semol County just had their overall cost decrease, did they not?"
Well, yes, the answer is yes. Um because we needed to cut costs and eliminate underperforming routes. Well, if if it decreased, well, now it's just, you know, it's going up just a small amount now. it like so it's sort of just the the mindset is very different than what
our boards would be in looking at an overall um budgeting process. So I just want you all to have all of the updates and Miss Lauri has just been a wonderful um addition um to that um oversight committee to to help represent
Seminal County and truly to be a partner because I these are the same organizations that we're partnering with with Sunreil as well. So, it's the same organizations essentially. We're all in the same bucket together. We want to we want to do most of us want to do things as efficiently and cost-effectively as
possible. Um, so that's important. Um we are talking about um and with the help of um NaB worker who is the new um staff attorney uh she's not a staff she's a she's the deputy attorney serving as the
staff member representing us on the links on the um Sunrail in place of Bes and so there's a lot of you know handing over of information there the um local funding agreement is you know we're going back in time a
little bit, getting everybody caught up. The process that we used last year for developing the budget, again, shout out to DOT. They did a phenomenal job of helping to ma maintain that Sunreil um cost impact to the local governments at basically, you know, flat. Um and so now
looking at the budgeting process for this coming year, making sure that we're implementing the same strategies or improving on those strategies even with some new players in the game. So, um, anything that you'd like to add to that, Miss Lori? Be happy to have you. >> Uh, yeah. The only other thing that I
would add is that the CFCRC, um, attorney, which has been contracted, um, through Semino County, um, they presented at the meeting, uh, sort of they were asked to present an organizational going forward. So, they
presented that, but there was really no discussion within the board on that. But I think that will be something that we'll have discussions over the next year of as we move forward with the transition now that the locals are paying for it, but now really taking the
operations over. So that's sort of on deck for us to all figure out through the next year. So we'll keep everybody updated on those discussions as well. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. >> Of course. >> All right. That's all I have. >> Thank you, Commissioner Delari. >> Thank you, Madam Chairman. Two quick
items. Uh first, uh Tonnie, can you stay there for a moment, please? >> Big day. >> It's a big day. Last evening uh myself, the county manager, Tonnie, and CSX. Uh we presented to the city of Avido about
the issue regarding the uh gas tax and uh I believe they're city of Avito is not going to move forward. Uh they don't really want to continue the conversation. Is that your take that you got on it, Tonnie?
>> Yes, sir. They really >> they asked a bunch of questions and they seem to have they seem to have enough information >> and they uh did not instruct their city manager to move forward with at this time. >> Correct. >> I also want to compliment uh Tonnie
because yesterday uh after hours Tonnie went to city of Veto with us and it was her birthday. Birthday. >> What a birthday. >> But see, I'm not like Darren. He loves his birthday. I try to forget mine. >> I just I wanted to bring that
throwing the boss under the bus. That's fantastic. So, thank you, Tony. Thank you, Tony, for your dedication and your hard work and just want to keep everybody up to date what happened last night. >> Tori. >> Yes, ma'am. >> If I may. So, I watched that um live. Um
>> it was a very interesting conversation. Um, and I appreciated so much um, everybody being there. Michelle Micah of course did a fantastic job. Darren as well. >> Um, my my sense is that there is some confusion.
>> Well, I don't want to use the word confusion because I was going to say, how are you going to >> I know. I know. So, I I agree with you. At the end of the day, there may have been the it was not my impression having watched it, >> okay, >> was that
they weren't really sure what to do. They there was some mis >> and that's and that's why I said at this time they're not moving forward. That's what I said. they're not wanting to put an put the item on their agenda, but I think there's still there were a couple
of comm council members who still had questions and wanted to better understand and I I I think a couple of of opportunities maybe moving forward if if if I don't know my thought process counts for anything
as we look at all of our seven cities that we want to partner with with this with these gas tax funds that of course we imple implemented on their behalf. Granted, they didn't ask for it, but this is a mana from heaven scenario for
them. Um, are there other pro we, you know, we sent we a letter went to these four cities saying, "We think this is a great project for you. You should want to partner with us." Rather than asking them, are there projects that the county
is doing that you think would be impactful that you would want to partner with us? And so I'm wondering if allowing for a, as Christian Swenson would say, a Chinese menu of options might be a better way to engage our cities and invite them to participate in
the things that they see most valuable as opposed because clearly OVO does not they the ability of bringing in that 417 connector to them with the idea of having a hotel. I would have been excited had I been one of those council members. They were like, whoa, whoa, whoa. you're going to bring in a hotel
in traffic. Like that's going to bring traffic. I don't know that we want that. And so it like our mindset is, wow, economic growth. This is a fabulous thing. What I saw was that what they want for their city is is different perhaps. And so for us to project onto
them what their priorities might be, maybe maybe that was a misstep. Um, so I I would like to drop back and punt if we could um in our in our opportunities of collaborating with our city partners. >> I may have some comments for that when
you're ready. >> Uh I'm going to weigh in here because the letter was referenced. So the letter was not sent as the first piece of communication. The letter was sent after conversations had taken place CEO to CEO
of the organization. So from our county manager to their city managers, each of the city managers were briefed. All of their city council members were asked if they wanted briefings with CFX as well as our county management team. Some of
them took us up on that. The city of Sanford certain took us up on that. Some of them did not take us up on that. So there was collaboration that happened in advance of the letter. I just want to be clear that the letter was sent as a method to establish fact as these
conversations all started happening because we were already starting to hear things that were not fact coming back as it always happens when there's conversations. >> Right. I guess I'm I don't recall and this is my this could very well be my own moving into senioritis moment. Um
not like senior year but senior >> Hey, it doesn't get any better. >> Yeah, that's what I'm hearing. Um, I don't recall our board really having a public conversation and saying that we wanted to ask these four cities to participate in that particular project
with those gas tax funds. I thought we were just I I didn't think we had gotten that far in our board direction. Um, so it it it caught me a little offguard when I got the letter in my in my inbox. >> I was I was under the impression that
each one of you were briefed and in agreement. So with that, I'll turn it over to Commissioner Zimbau. >> So thank you, Madam Chair. So yes, I was briefed. We talked about it during the retreat. We gave direction to then county manager, still county manager
>> to start the dialogue and conversations with the cities. Um, as chair last year when our action took place, we had the conversation with our counterparts and the other cities to
ensure that they knew this was on the radar that this discussion would start happening. Um, and we have collaborated um, and I would say, and many of us know this already, as as we serve on regional
and state boards and so forth, Semino County probably collaborates with its seven cities better than probably any county in this state. Uh, sometimes maybe to our own peril. Um, but they are taxpayers of this county. But with the 1
cent sales tax, there was all kinds of collaboration with all the projects that would make sense that maybe the city would want that the county could help with or let the city do it instead of the county at their contracted rates and so forth. I think we've got a pretty good
track record of collaboration and I think it's more of maybe an ideology thought process of individual decision makers just like every one of us. um find benefits in some things we can collaborate and no benefit in others
that we don't collaborate. But I think we and they as well often soon forget historically what we've done for each other. >> You know, it's like the 419 widening project that was discussed phase three.
This county purposely took $20 million away from one of our projects to give to the city of Ovido to cure that congestion issue over there on 419. >> That happened 15 years ago. >> Um
I wasn't here then. I only know about it because I was involved in that corridor. But many of those folks weren't here at that time to understand >> that give and take. >> Some of them were >> No, understood. I I realize you were sitting on the council. >> Summon prior to that, but uh
best I can tell our staff's been pretty engaging. I can't speak down to the in degree of how much engagement with each elected officials occurred, but >> that's Yeah. And I think so what I observed watching the interaction last
night was that their city had their and I'm not saying that it didn't happen. it because I was told that this the city managers exactly what you said that our it was administrator to administrator these conversations were happening and then when when I saw the dynamic of the
administrators the with his city council last night it was as though those conversations had never occurred. It was it was fascinating to me. That's my going to be my word of the day. Um because if those brief if the ca if their city manager
had briefed them in the way that I think all of that information would have been relayed, it would have been a much different conversation. Not necessarily that the outcome would have been different because I do think there are some significant significant ideological you know differences which is fine. We
can all, you know, agree to disagree, but it caught me off guard at how disconnected all of that conversation seemed to be. And I don't know other than Commissioner Delari, I don't know who else has actually, you know, seen it firsthand. You watched it also. Okay. I don't know
if you had the same impression. It was just >> Well, so let me give my impression of it and then I'm going to turn it back to you to get back to your report. Um I think different boards operate
differently. Different organizations operate differently and uh I think there's dynamics in every group of humans that work together. I think we just saw a dynamic. Um I think it will be different. This was the first one. I
think it will be different in a different board. you'll see a different dynamic when we've taken the same steps everywhere. This is an unusual process and request. Um I also think each community looks at themselves very differently. I think what the in the
most interesting thing to me is that we have an airport that's ripe for economic development that's looking for job creating organizations to be there. And it would certainly be of interest to me if I sat on that council to make sure that my citizens could get to their job as easy as they possibly could. Exactly.
Because it it it goes to lifestyle and these are going to be highpaying jobs based on the setup of the airport. So I I think there's a learning opportunity here as with anything. If anybody came in front of us and said we want money
that we just got for you, we would all react the same way too. So to impose upon them an expectation that it should have been sure it it's just I just think it's an iterative process. >> But then if that's what we expected
if we expected them to rebuff why did we approach it in that way if that was the expectation? >> Madam Chair, I've got one other thing to add. >> Bob's had his hand up. >> Bob goes Delari. >> Well, I was going to say a couple things if I would. Thank you, Madam Chairman. First of all, in talking to the county
manager, he did speak to all the city managers a number of times about this. And depending what city he spoke to, some of them wanted to wanted us to go to a work session like we did last night. Same thing with the city of Sanford. There are some other cities like the city of Lake Mary. He just
wants to he was he was told by their city manager just to put it on the agenda and come to a real formal meeting. So each city is acting totally different. >> They have the right to do that. And I also believe that, you know, it's a learning process. You know, even though
we did speak about, you know, why this connector is so important, economic development, transportation, uh there was a lot of different questions from different air areas. I'm sure you picked up on that in watching the meeting. I'm not going to get into all of them. Uh as I said, they didn't want to move forward
at this time. They may change their mind. Uh, I think they will. Uh, because I think there's some opportunities there that, uh, I plan on talking to the county manager about and you all, but I want to talk to the county manager first. Uh, not that I'm trying to circumvent you all, but I just wanted to
get his take on the meeting. Uh, because after that, we went home and I think it'd be advantageous for us to regroup. And as the cities unfold, as we all are sitting here, there's going to be a learning curve from our side as well as
the city side. And so I think it's advantageous as we have done in the past. This county works very well with all of our seven cities as uh Commissioner Zimbau spoke about and we have true partnerships at all levels and
I think this is just one little piece of the pie that we just have to go back and figure out how to educate people and if they don't want to move forward that's okay. Uh but you know I don't think it's we need more work. We just have to keep on continuing
>> more work to do. Commissioners inbower >> all I would say is just to clear a belief that is a stigmatism that has existed since this since this was all contemplated which is this is a road to the airport.
This is not a road to the airport. This is a road to relieve Lake Mary Boulevard congestion. As we all know, the development that's been approved along that corridor by us and the city of Sanford, it is a rapidly growing area that's going to be
just gridlocked if this road doesn't get put in. Yes, this will help the airport. This will help economic development, but it is the first step in relieving congestion long-term along that corridor as that development occurs. And what I saw these elected officials doing on
Facebook was asking the public to give them a polling of a road to the airport should be approved and paid for by the city of Ovido, which >> sort of takes that of context because that's not what it is, right? >> Um so I don't know that we can ever
change that >> part of it. Um but but I just want to make sure the clarity is this isn't a road to the airport. This this is a road to Lake Mary Boulevard to relieve the congestion in this corridor which helps by the way our neighbors in Valuchia
County as they go across the 415 in and out of Valuchia County to work in Sanford as well in Orlando. So >> well and it helps the citizens of the entire county in terms of their ability to traverse all of that. >> That's right. So, are we
So, my phrase that I used probably was not the best choice of words, but I'll rephrase it because I'll say it again because, you know, if it wasn't good the first time, say it again. Um, should we drop back and punt in the sense that we are acknowledging that maybe there are
other ways that the city of Ovido in particular or other cities may want to partner with with us in the use of th those gas tax funds. if this is something that they do not see the value in. Are we open to working with them on different projects that they might
consider? If this is something that they have put up the said no thank you. >> So I would tell you that I think the answer to that question is yes. But in all actuality I think the county manager needs to be here for the discussion. He
has led the charge with this from the beginning of it. In addition to Michelle Mikish, the CEO from CFX, I do think that this conversation needs to take place when he is here. My sense of all of it is is that we are always willing to be flexible. Um, and we are always
toi always willing to continue through an iterative learning process, which is what I think this is. >> So I don't think the immediate shift is to drop back and punt. It may be, I don't know. All things in consideration, that's where I think we are. So the answer is yes.
>> Okay. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I'd agree with your state. >> I think I think we've got a track record of that. >> Exactly. Commissioner Darli, were you >> Yeah, I got one more item. >> You got one more item. >> One more item and then I'll be done. Just wanted to uh compliment uh Commissioner Constantine uh I heard that
his talk at uh Earth Day at Wakaba Island uh was phenomenal. I heard a lot of the residents that were there uh approached me days after and I want to compliment you for your hard work. And uh one of the things that
I heard from them was that whoever was orchestrating or moderating that uh Earth Day uh debate, not debate, but uh commentary. They were able to have Commissioner Constantine be quiet for 20 minutes. A for and then after that he just let it
ripped. >> All right. >> Well done. End of my report. >> Commissioner Zimbau, bring it home. >> Oh my. Well, um FWC is is putting on a program called Wild Quest. It's an annual statewide
scavenger hunt taking place April 25th through May 3rd designed to explore Florida's wildlife management areas through the Goose Chase app which is available at the uh app store and uh players complete photo video missions to win prizes. So we encourage folks to get
out there the great outdoors and enjoy that. Um also veterans lunchon will be on 4:30 at 11:00 a.m. I think we'll see everybody there. The Golden Eagle dinner that I that I put together is the same evening. Hopefully those that are
available can make it >> lunch and dinner. >> And then that's right. And then uh being that it is National Global Pay It Forward Day, I will let the next commissioner do their report. Thank you very much, >> Commissioner Constantine. Thank you for that. >> Okay. Well, thank you very much. Um we
had Career Source uh open a celebration for um a new program in Altoont Springs at their public library. Commissioner uh Lockheart and I were there and um I think it's going to be an exciting opportunity for the citizens in that area of the county to have hands-on
opportunity for jobs and job training. Um I I did attend the um the environmental services and uh utilities and uh it was well represented. Of course, a lot of people always love to see those big trucks and various things.
Not so many want to see the pipes for sewer, but um that's okay. They I think there was a lot learned in that. I wanted to congratulate Seminal High on two things. First of all, they had a blue uh ribbon cutting ceremony for
their new volleyball facility, sand beach volleyball facility, eight courts. >> I'm sorry. Go NLES. Yes, it was. No, it they they mentioned and they are right that it's the best um volleyball uh
location in the in the county. >> I was just wondering why the Greyhound was congratulating the NLES. That's what threw me off there. >> Volleyball. >> Yes. And um No, but you're going to be interested in there. But yes, the eight courts. And I said, "Yes, it is until
maybe we have other courts coming in Semino County." Also, um, the Seino High women wanted won the state water polo and I hope we can have them in like we
have the others because that's one of our favorite days uh when we have folks from our high schools that have won various state uh championships. So with that um with those uh congratulations to yes
uh the NLES because it was you know as a line Greyhound it is difficult sometimes but no wonderful uh I I did speak at the junior league um in Winter Park and I was happy to to say that more than half of them that I talked to were from
Semino County. So that's great. Uh also, um we dedicated the and and by the way at the at the volleyball, Bob was also there, Commissioner Delorei was there. And uh as he was at the Katie's Landing Pavilion dedication, you all remember
that we waved the the uh the fees for that. They dedicated it and it was an incredibly wonderful ceremony. um the city of Longwood and uh Matt Morgan, Commissioner Morgan had his fourth annual autism awareness. I know a lot of
you attended uh uh it was a great event. Um and I just wanted to congratulate them. Also, rescue mission outreach mission had their rescued runway saw commissioner uh her and uh quite a nice
uh Havana outfit there. It was a very nice event. Um also uh the uh for uh uh on a sad note and I think all of us know the the contribution that he has made to this
community but I was at the u the celebration of life for Charlie Gray yesterday very well attended and was if anybody does not understand what that man has done for this community all you have to do is look at the editorial of the Orlando Sentinel today.
>> The list goes on and on. >> Yeah. >> And also um the UCF is give a fond farewell to Fred Kittinger this evening. He is retiring. And uh one thing I got to say, you know, Fred internally looks
youthful. Um but he would not be embarrassed to tell you that he is 67 years old, which is surprising. You know, when you look how youthful he does look. Tomorrow the leadership seminar is having lessons in leadership with uh uh
and a tribute to uh pastor John Murphy um which I be well attended. Also uh the uh Rotary of Lake Mary has taken over from the Semino County South Rotary. The the uh RAP program rising achievers which is always a wonderful thing and
scholarships that are given um out for those students that will be this Sunday. uh I believe or Sunday or uh yes on the 7th, excuse me. And um Commissioner Dory, thank you for for um being able to
be there for me on uh towno uh next next meeting. I did want to tell you a couple of other things. Number one, the >> essential only version. >> We were we were awarded >> $20,000 from the FWC for bear cans. Um
this is the second time and I think that uh looking forward to seeing what the department is going to do with that. We have had a very successful and we are known as and recognized as the county that started the urban bear ordinance.
So I'm looking forward to seeing what that program is going to be. And last thing, I think we all can take pride in the fact that the the Central Florida Zoo has decided to take the 13 remaining sloths.
Um, and uh there were over 30. >> The rest of them passed. The 13 that were given to the care of the zoo as of early this morning are still alive and they are more and more hopeful.
But it is taking a drain on their dollars that they use for the health of all of their animals. Uh, and uh, I would just suggest and um, I know many of you have given in the past uh, but uh, for those of you out in the
audience, the Central Florida Zoo right now needs all your help in making sure that they can um, help survive help maintain and survive these these sloths which were not planned but they have taken it on to do and with that I am
through. Thank you commissioner. Thank you very much for that uh concise report, Commissioner Constantine. Uh everything that I had to say is gone except two very short things. One is I uh after the rescue on the runway, I was
able to get over to the uh Sanford airport to welcome home our veterans from their day in Washington. Our own supervisor of elections, Amy Pennock, was one of the host for one of the veterans. It was exceptionally moving
and I will tell you if you've never done that uh it is well worth doing. I would also give a great shout out to the airport and their entire team. They absolutely roll out the red carpet. It is a lot of man-hour after hours. It was 10:00 at night and probably didn't get
out of there until midnight. Um but work really well done. And the last thing I have to say is happy Mother's Day. >> Yes. One other thing. >> Really? >> Happy birthday to Semino County, 113 years old this past week.
>> Yay. >> All right. Well, who knew? >> Apparently Deborah. >> I don't know. She didn't put that on my report. >> Oh, look at you. Look at you. >> That was a trivia quiz at one time. >> So, that could have been a trivia quiz. All right. We have one public comment,
sir. Uh, so if you would, Dominique, let us know the name. >> The name is Martin Winger. Mr. Weir, if you would give us your name and your address for the record, you'll have three minutes. >> Yes, ma'am. Uh Martin Winger, 818 Silk Terrace and Lake Mary in the crossings.
Um, apologize before I didn't know your format. Taking time out of my day and work to come up here and I didn't want to miss. >> Uh, as you know, there's been a lot of uh uh traffic light construction going on, and I'm referring to the crossings
at this point in unincorporated Lake Mary. Uh they started a project at the intersection of Greenway and Lake Park across from the middle school August of 24. Came out with back codes, trucks, they dug, they tore the place,
all the heck. Um we've been waiting for them to get finished. There's been delays and that's that's fine. It happens. We appreciate the work being done. Um the contractor that they have out there, TCD, um has done the same damage at my warehouse over in Central Park. They
came in and tore the place all the heck and walked away from it. Well, now that the project is finally finished with the traffic lights, I cannot get no cooperation out of them nor the county. I'm in the middle of a tennis match going back and forth trying to get all
the sod repaired. The property they pulled up on is private property. I've been asking for temporary workspace agreements. I hear nothing other than excuses. I've got emails to where, you know, we don't see there's any warranted work to be
done out there. Um, I've been told by the county, you need to have pictures before they start these jobs. Well, in hindsight, went on Google Maps. I've got pictures. You can see all the beautiful St. Augustine grass out there. You can look on your county property appraiser map. You can see the beautiful grass.
um October 23rd through November 23rd. If you look November 24th through December 25th, you can 5th, you can see it's a disaster. The crossing residents paid very good money to put all this sod out there. So this one corner across from the middle school is owned by the
Lakeway community, Lakewood community, excuse me. So contractors have been up on that property with back hose and trucks for a year and a half. They was up there with back hose, a big one the first night. And then they've been having three, four or five trucks at a time coming out there and just idling.
And if y'all happen to have St. Augustine grass, it don't recede itself. You go across the street to the Remington Oaks community, they've been tearing that intersection up as well. And this is all fine. You do what you got to do. Um, but you need to put back what you've torn up. I'm a I've been a
PM on hundreds of projects, whether it be digging up a yard, a field, a parking lot. And when I'm done, I leave that place better than I found it or equal to. But now I'm getting no cooperation. And your contractor, I call them total chaos and destruction because that's
exactly what they're doing, is walking out. And I need you guys to help me get this thing resolved. >> They went up on private property, destroyed it, and now they're walking away. You tell me there's no warranty warranted work to be done. >> So, I'm going to ask you to uh turn
right around and the there's somebody that's peeking around from behind you that actually runs that department. So, I would ask that you and she miss confer on this and she'll come back to us should she need our assistance. >> But do you guys agree? Should you walk
away from leave it torn up? >> Yes. >> If I may. So, as the district commissioner for the crossings, I would like to ask if you would um be sure, Tony, that our office is copied. This is the first time hearing about the concern, but certainly we want to make sure that all of our neighbors are treated appropriately. So, we'll make
sure that we get back with you and and I would love to be as the district commissioner included in those conversations. >> There's another intersection tearing up as well. So, it's it's ongoing. We just do what you need to do and we appreciate the effort, but it needs to be restored. That's all we're asking. Nothing more, nothing less. >> We appreciate that. Typically in public
comment, we this is not a bounce back and forth dialogue. So, we're going to stay true to our format, but we've given you the resource. You've had your district commissioner step in and say we would be glad to ride along side of you while we get this resolved. >> I appreciate it.
>> Thank you. Have a good day. >> All right. No further public comment. >> No, ma'am. >> We're going to close public comment. >> Well, somebody's raising their hand back here. >> Do you have a form filled out? No, I don't do that. >> Okay.
Is it urgent? >> Just >> come on. But can you be as speedy as you can? We need forms filled out for public comment, Mr. EPS. We know that. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Just want to thank public works. Uh the
area of Palm Springs Drive from North Street down to Central Parkway is very dark at night and uh they have uh helped and were able to implement some new street lights even though this
was not on their project uh agenda at the time, but our parts the citizens of Robin Hilo Homeowners Association and those that travel that area I want to say thank you to public works. That's it. Thank you. >> And would you for the record give your name and address?
>> Yes. Don IPS, 144 Peacock Drive, Maldahont Springs, Florida. >> Awesome. Thank you. And I have to tell you, I just thought you were waving goodbye. >> So, I was not going to call you. So, thanks. Thank Thank you for that. I thought it's weird, but I congratulating
goodbye today. >> All right. Thank you. With that, uh, it is time to recess the BCC meeting to, uh, report to a closed session. The regular meeting of the board of county commissioners is in recess and the board
will convene a closed attorney client session requested by the county attorney. The purpose of the closed session is to discuss strategy related to litigation, expenditures, and settlement in the pending Malloy versus Seino County case. The closed session
will be conducted in room 3024 of the county services building and is estimated to last approximately 1 hour. Attendance at the closed session is strictly limited to county commissioners Bob Delari, Jay Zimbau, Lee Constantine,
Amy Lockhart, and Andrea her deputy county manager Trisha Johnson, county attorney Kate Lour, and assistant county attorney Cassidy Purdue. A certified court reporter will also be in attendance to transcribe the closed session in its entirety. The closed
session is being conducted pursuant to section 286.011 parentheses 8 and parenthesis Florida statutes. All discussions will be strictly limited to strategy related to the litigation expenditures and settlement.
At the conclusion of the closed session, this the meeting shall relocate back downstairs at which point we will uh close that meeting as well. So with that uh ladies and gentlemen, we will move upstairs. There will be no break in between. We're going to go right into
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room. She comes. No. >> Wait a minute. >> I may regret that. >> Yes. I'm not I'm not 40 anymore. >> We're ready. Ladies and gentlemen, our
meeting is adjourned. >> Thank you.