The opening includes a Certificate of Recognition welcoming the Open World Armenian Delegation to St. Johns County
Agenda Item 1 is a Request for Approval to Continue Acquisition Process for North Beach Utilities Water/Wastewater System and to Schedule a Required Public Hearing. What a mouthful! What is happening here? In August of 2022, the North Beach Utilities system that provides water and wastewater services to 1400 users in Vilano Beach, approached the county with an offer to sell itself to the county. (Note that the agenda item says August 2023 but the back-up materials say August, 2022.) At the time, there was a request for a feasibility review. Having completed that review, they are now requesting the Board to continue the process for the acquisitor. That would include a required public hearing to determine if this acquisition is in the public interest. The public hearing will be held on May 7, 2024.
Background materials are here: Agenda Item 1
Agenda Item 2 is Confirmation of Sean McGee as Fire Chief. Mr. McGee has been serving in this role since October of 2023. There was some controversy about the departure of the previous Fire Chief. It would not be surprising to see some public comment referencing that controversy.
Materials can be found here: Agenda Item 2
Agenda Item 3 – Rezoning Request for Dobbs Road Plant. This request is to rezone 3.8t acres of land from Industrial Warehousing to Heavy Industrial with conditions. This is in relation to Concrete Block Manufacturing at 2035 Dobbs Road. The PZA recommended denial 5-1 on February 15.
Back-up materials are here: Agenda Item 3
Link to the PZA discussion is here: PZA discussion of Agenda Item 3
Agenda Item 4 is a request to rezone 2 acres of land from Residential Single-Family 3 to a PUD for a 19,000 seq ft. freestanding Emergency Room, medical office, and ancillary commercial office space at the corner of Woodlawn Road and SR 16.
Background materials are here: Agenda Item 4
Agenda Item 5 is request to rezone .47 acres of land from Commercial General to Residential to allow the build of 3 single-family homes.
Background materials are here: Agenda Item 5
Agenda Item 6 is the First Reading of a proposed Ordinance to Establish a Boating Restricted Area at the double-blind curve on Pablo Creek. This began at the October 3 meeting when the Board gave consensus to proceed with an application from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to address a safety concern for this area. Under Florida Statutes put in place in 2023, a business impact statement was required and is included in the presentation. The statement indicates there is no business impact associated with this ordinance.
Background materials here: Agenda Item 6
Agenda Item 7 is the County Administrator Contract. At past meetings there has been much public comment about the process and the contracts for past Administrators. We can anticipate more commentary as the contract is discussed for approval on Tuesday.
This is a 4 year contract with option to renew.
The contract details are at this link: Agenda Item 7 – County Administrator Contract
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Beth Tate 