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agenda. >> I move motion by Commissioner D. We have a second >> second by Commissioner F. All in favor? We're on the bid public hearing item four. The board to hold a public hearing
set for this date at 12:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as possible to discuss receive public input for the upcoming funding cycle for the Florida Commerce Office of Long Agency Community Development Block Grants disaster
recovery funding for 2023 2024 storms and projects. The county intends to submit funding assistance applications for the gendered by Malie Cox. >> She's on the line. She's on. >> Hey everybody. >> Hey, how are you?
>> I'm good. [Music] >> At the last board meeting when we held our first public hearing for CDBGR project, we had two projects added. So we are required as the terms of the um
grant application to hold a public hearing for those two items. >> The first item is each elevated storm water project with an estimated cost of $1.6 million to completing storm water improvements including construction of
12 along east elements. The second um project is county grade 14 project with an estimated cost of 14 million to pay and make storm water improvements to county 14.
So I am ready for your or public comments at this point. >> All right. Uh we'll open it up to the public and we'll get some more comments. So uh this is the public hearing. So at this time open up to the public any
comment. Have anyone from the public? I want to see anyone here. Uh anyone on the line? >> Okay. All right. We'll close the public hearing. Do we have any comments from the board on these items?
>> Yeah, I I do. Mr. Chair, the county road 14 at 98 used to be in my district. It's in your district now, but for years, almost the whole time that I've been in office, that road has been a concern.
And at one point I took some of the um upper level officials from FDOT. They came down a couple of them and we rode down and we took the boat because I had told them that excuse me
that the you know the road is very very narrow and it's crumbling and there's a lot of uh boats that come that way through um mount uh through Mount Gilead and all the way from Lamont and um then
part of it is unpaved and that is our evacuation route for those people in in that area. So, as we rode uh down that road, we were literally uh run off the road three or four times
by rock truck uh people hauling big boats. I mean, and they said, "Wow, this really needs to be dealt with." and they said uh we would I'm they told me said pretty sure there wouldn't be any trouble you know funding this because um
they saw the situation there and so I thought that this might be a good time and certainly if it's okay with you to um see if we can get that road paid from where our roll off is where you you know you come out from Ecoina and go straight
across the road paid that and then widen that little very narrow road all the way to we used to call it Walker Bridge but it's the county line a very very dangerous road there's a lot of traffic
on that road and then with um you know we all know the problems and all of us have been called about Ellison road flooding and actually uh there are people out there that have had water up you know in their house
So all this in favor of that is to the list. >> So you refer to the going 14 connecting at cabin grove and then running it to the black the pavement where it goes on into Lamont there. >> Yeah. You turn you know when you come
out Empina and go straight across >> right >> and there our roll off is on the left >> and then and it is the evacuation route. Those signs are up there all the way. and then go and pave that. And then when you get to
>> that other road, some people call it salt road. I don't know. >> Take a left. >> Take a left there. >> No. When you follow the dirt road on around, it turns into a pave road. >> That's right. So, you would take a left at the salt road and it would turn into
the pave road that goes on into the M. >> That's right. >> That's right. We're talking about >> And I know you've been down it. very narrow, very dangerous. >> I get any other comments. >> How long piece that you think that is?
>> I think that the unpaved road is about four to five miles is what um I I think that it was determined years ago. I brought this up several times, Commissioner Moody, and I know you have to remember and Commissioner G. I think
that part of about four to five and four and a half and then the maybe four and a half and then the pave portion >> something like that >> and for the pave part. >> So it's it's over 10 miles >> about 10 miles or so. >> They usually say million over a million
dollars a mile. So >> right >> well now we're out about 1.3 million a mile. >> Right. And you know that when you get to the bridge there uh into Jefferson County, my goodness, the road it widens out and
it's a very nice road. But boy, as soon as you get into Taylor County, it is bad. The mode the road is unmarked. U just a real it's a dangerous road especially when it's an evacuation route.
Hey Melody, is that in an um LMI area? >> I I can't hear you. >> Lana asked, is that in an LMI area? >> Um I'm not really sure if they have the chance to evaluate that, Miss Wanda.
>> Okay. um you know they were trying to determine all the other LMI and that is extremely time consuming so I would guess that probably would be um considered LNI
um but I I don't want to say for sure I I know we've been scrambling you know to get all that well you know that all >> okay thank you >> pardon me but what is LA >> it's low to moderate income Um, so 80%
of this funding has to be spent in in L what are LMI areas, right, Melody? It's 80%. >> That's correct. 80% of the funding statewide has to be spent in an LMI area.
>> My guess would be that yes, it is. But that would affect how that project is scored. >> Good. >> All of them. >> Yeah. How many people? >> Yes. Yes. And we can't stress that
enough like um if it is not in an LMI area um you know it it is even more competitive because of that 400 million for the 41 counties. Um 80% goes to NI areas.
to answer your question, Commissioner. Uh there's quite a quite a few people that live down there, but very importantly is that it's an evacuation route. I don't I think the piece on the north side of 98 that we're talking
about there not really anyone that maybe a house or two there at closer to 98 >> but you know there people that live hunt camps and such in there they probably access their camps from the pow hammock side but probably more of a and figures
comments probably being an evacuation location for the infina residence and such Well, when and all Yeah, absolutely. You've got also on that the late not all Ross Ethes
in there and then when you get to the pave road, you've got u JJ Blue Road and you've got Felts Road and you've got also River Estates Road and you got quite a few um residents in there. But
even the people that live on the west end of Mandanda Lake uh would would use that as an evacuation route because it's right there and easier to get on out to >> Lamont.
All right. Any other comments on those item? >> All right. I think we need >> to add to add the two road storm water improvement and also
the evacuation route. >> Motion by Commissioner Feele to approve. We got a second by Commissioner De. >> All right. Thank you, Melody. >> You're welcome. And as per the terms of the um green application, we will still
have an open public comment period for the next 10 days. So if someone from the public does have a comment, they would like to submit to us, they are more than welcome to and they are required to include those outside comments in the
grant application. Got it. >> Thank you, ma'am. Nothing else. A motion to adjourn. back. All >> in favor? >> Y'all have a good weekend. >> Thank you.
>> Anybody going fishing?