BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSION AGENDA JULY 17, … · accounting period: 10/18 fund − 001 −...

BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSION

AGENDA

JULY 17, 2018

4:00 WORKSHOP – HEALTH INSURANCE BUDGETING FOR FY’18-19

Wendy Owen, Owen & Associates

REGULAR SESSION 5:00 P.M.

I. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

II. Approval of Agenda

III.

1.

Approval of Consent Agenda Items

Expense Report

2. Minutes- July 3, 2018; Regular Session

IV. Public Comments

V. Constitutional Officers

VI. New Business

1. Resolution 2018-32 CWPP Work Group Plan Approval; Doc Bloodworth

2. Approve Trane engineering assessment for heating Courthouse; Kennie Downing

Action Item

Action Item

3. Approve health insurance rates for FY2018-19; Wendy Owen

4. Change Order #3, O’Neal Roofing, Courthouse Waterproofing; Kennie Downing

Action Item

Action Item

VII. Old Business

1. Pending Business; Kennie Downing

2. 2019 Legislative Priorities; Kennie Downing

Information Only

Action Item

VIII. County Manager

IX. County Attorney

X. Commissioner Comments

I. Adjourn

If any member of the public desires to appeal a decision made at these hearings, he or she will need a record of the proceedings and for that purpose he or she may

need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is transcribed, which record would include the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation of an interpreter to participate in these proceedings should contact

the County Commissioners Office at (904) 259-3613, at least 48 hours prior to the time of the hearing.

SUNGARD PENTAMATION PAGE NUMBER: 1

DATE: 07/12/2018 BAKER CO BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACCTPA21

TIME: 09:19:44 CHECK REGISTER − BY FUND

SELECTION CRITERIA: transact.trans_date>’20180625 00:00:00.000’

ACCOUNTING PERIOD: 10/18

FUND − 001 − GENERAL FUND

CASH ACCT CHECK NO ISSUE DT VENDOR NAME DEPT/FUND ACCNT −−−−DESCRIPTION−−−− SALES TAX AMOUNT

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MAY MD PYMNT−TRNSPR 0.00 −13.82

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MAY MD PYMNT−EMS 0.00 −13.81

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MAY PYMNT−TRANSPORT 0.00 990.38

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MAY MD RUNS−TRNSPRT 0.00 36.00

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MAY LEGACY−TRNSPRT 0.00 174.86

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MAY PYMNT−EMS 0.00 1,652.50

104000 83212 06/29/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MAY MD RUNS−EMS 0.00 30.00

TOTAL CHECK 0.00 2,856.11

104000 83214 06/29/18 552 BAKER DISTRIBUTING 21 55210 PUMP/AC RPR−MAINT 0.00 369.34

104000 83214 06/29/18 552 BAKER DISTRIBUTING 21 55210 PUMP/AC RPR−MAINT 0.00 101.22

TOTAL CHECK 0.00 470.56

104000 83215 06/29/18 466 BARNETT 21 54600 FBRGLAS FILT 84X−MA 0.00 159.23

104000 83217 06/29/18 1657 BIO−CYCLE LLC 27 55210 MEDICAL WASTE 6.18 0.00 135.00

104000 83221 06/29/18 1335 EPAF 29 55500 EXTN TRAINING 2X 6. 0.00 700.00

104000 83222 06/29/18 2073 EPSILON SIGMA PHI 29 55400 18−19 ANNL MEMBR−EX 0.00 70.00

104000 83223 06/29/18 798 ESUTURES 27 55210 EZ−IO NEEDLES−EMS 0.00 434.55

104000 83224 06/29/18 282 FAE4HA TREASURER 29 55400 4H ANNL MEMBR 18−EX 0.00 125.00

104000 83225 06/29/18 2272 GEORGIA MONFORT−109 291 53400 AG CHECK IN 6/1,2 0.00 115.00

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 55210 COIL/GROUT BRUSH−MA 0.00 14.02

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 351 54608 DRAIN CLEANER−COA 0.00 22.49

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 20 55210 D BATTERY 8PK−CRTHS 0.00 13.49

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 351 54608 DRAIN CLNR,HANDLE−C 0.00 49.63

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 54600 SPRYPNT MET OIL−MAI 0.00 7.69

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 158 55210 CUT KEY/KEY TAG−PD 0.00 10.56

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 158 54615 FLEX GLUE/KNOB−PD 0.00 31.48

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 291 55210 KEYS24X/KEY TAG/RI− 0.00 55.80

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 291 54600 SCREWS/NUTS/BOLTS−A 0.00 5.25

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 33 54600 DRAIN CLEANER−REC 0.00 22.49

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 32 54600 PRIMER SEALER 1QT−L 0.00 13.83

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 55210 AAA BATTERY 4PK−MAI 0.00 10.78

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 54600 WALL ANCHOR/VELC−MA 0.00 8.25

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 33 54600 WIRE CRIMP/BORDER−R 0.00 23.92

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 33 55210 WIRE BRUSH/BROOM−RE 0.00 27.51

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 54600 LIQ NAIL/ADHSV−MAIN 0.00 15.63

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 158 55210 SINGLE CUT KEY−PD 0.00 9.85

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 20 55210 BATTERY CREDIT−CRTH 0.00 −13.49

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 20 55210 C BATTERY 8PK−CRTHS 0.00 13.49

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 55210 AA BATTERY 8PK−MAIN 0.00 7.19


104000 83230 06/29/18 588 HENRY SCHEIN INC 27 55210 DILTIAZEM−EMS 0.00 39.00

104000 83230 06/29/18 588 HENRY SCHEIN INC 27 55210 SOD CHLOR/ELECTRD−E 0.00 211.24









104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 27 55211 204GAL DIESEL−EMS 0.00 579.35

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 27 55211 307GAL DIESEL−EMS 0.00 861.75

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 34 55211 21GAL FUEL−ANML 0.00 52.85

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 29 55211 13GAL FUEL−EXTN 0.00 32.72

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 33 55211 33GAL FUEL−REC 0.00 84.71

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 27 55211 12GAL FUEL−EMS 0.00 30.20


104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 21 55211 31.80GAL FUEL−MAINT 0.00 80.04

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 11 55211 10GAL FUEL−ADM 0.00 25.17

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 27 55211 23.60GAL FUEL−EMS 0.00 60.34


104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 33 54602 CORE DEPOSIT−REC 0.00 −49.50

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 33 54602 05FORD STARTR/COR−R 0.00 191.49

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 21 54602 HUB NUT−MAIN 0.00 31.35


104000 83235 06/29/18 1274 MED−TECH RESOURCE I 27 55210 AMSINO IV AMSAFE−EM 0.00 239.88

104000 83236 06/29/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 27 54602 #31 RPLC AC BLOWR−E 0.00 428.44

104000 83236 06/29/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 27 54602 #30 OIL CHANGE−EMS 0.00 136.14

104000 83236 06/29/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 27 54602 R32 OIL CHANGE−EMS 0.00 159.30

104000 83236 06/29/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 27 54602 03FORD IOL CHNG−EMS 0.00 300.67


104000 83237 06/29/18 2007 MIRACLE TOWING & RE 27 54602 R31 EMERGENCY TOW−E 0.00 150.00

104000 83237 06/29/18 2007 MIRACLE TOWING & RE 27 54602 TOW R32 151 MILES−E 0.00 679.00


104000 83238 06/29/18 654 NEXAIR 27 55210 OXYGEN 2X−EMS 0.00 91.42

104000 83242 06/29/18 4 RICOH USA, INC 27 54400 MPC3003 JULY18−EMS 0.00 122.03

104000 83245 06/29/18 969 SALLY HAYNES 291 53400 AG CUSTODIAN−HAYNES 0.00 150.00

104000 83246 06/29/18 1245 SHERWIN−WILLIAMS CO 15 54600 PAINT 3GAL−TC 0.00 69.00

104000 83247 06/29/18 2164 STAPLES ADVANTAGE 291 55210 BTHRM CLNR/GLOVES−A 0.00 51.00

104000 83249 06/29/18 429 WAL−MART COMMUNITY/ 34 55210 PINESOL/SPONGES−ANM 0.00 152.50

104000 83249 06/29/18 429 WAL−MART COMMUNITY/ 158 54615 TP HOLDER 2X/MASK−P 0.00 49.32

104000 83249 06/29/18 429 WAL−MART COMMUNITY/ 27 55210 SUGAR/CREAMR/DAWN−E 0.00 104.11

104000 83249 06/29/18 429 WAL−MART COMMUNITY/ 11 55210 COFFEE/SUGAR/WATE−A 0.00 124.21


104000 83250 06/29/18 2367 ZENO OFFICE SOLUTIO 158 54603 COPIER MAINT 6.18−P 0.00 74.34

104000 83251 07/02/18 758 AMY DUGGER, TAX COL 15 59180 TAX COLL−JULY18 0.00 14,364.33

104000 83253 07/02/18 50 BAKER COUNTY CHAMBE 350 53402 CHMBR.CNTY FUND−JUL 0.00 1,375.00








104000 83254 07/02/18 47 BAKER COUNTY COUNCI 351 58104 COA MONTHLY JULY18 0.00 9,750.00

104000 83255 07/02/18 109 CITY OF MACCLENNY 33 54300 490 N BLVD W−RECR B 0.00 177.68

104000 83255 07/02/18 109 CITY OF MACCLENNY 15 54302 TAXCOL/PA/SUPER WAT 0.00 337.15

104000 83255 07/02/18 109 CITY OF MACCLENNY 21 54302 323 W OHIO − MAINT− 0.00 80.91

104000 83255 07/02/18 109 CITY OF MACCLENNY 291 54302 1025 MACC AVE − AG 0.00 495.36

104000 83255 07/02/18 109 CITY OF MACCLENNY 27 54302 1190 W MACC − EMS 0.00 350.93


104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 27 54301 EMERGENCY OP−1190 W 0.00 730.46

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 291 54301 AG CNTR/OUTDR LGHT 0.00 10.65

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 OL−1 MINGER FIELD 0.00 12.27

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 REC DPT−MINGER FIEL 0.00 216.01

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 15 54301 TAX COLL/PA/ELECTIO 0.00 1,685.70

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 VOLLEYB CT−25N 8TH 0.00 35.92

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 REC.DEPT/SCOREBD/BL 0.00 11.12

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 REC. DEPT/KNABB CMP 0.00 689.50

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 SEC.LIGHT/BLAIR&N B 0.00 34.99

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 REC DEPT/KNABB SPRT 0.00 136.04

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 15 54301 32 N 5TH/OUTDOOR LG 0.00 10.65

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 27 54301 STORAGE BLDG/EOC 0.00 15.86

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 33 54300 REC DP−WMN−SOFTBALL 0.00 45.12

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 291 54301 AG CENTER−US HWY 90 0.00 881.05

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 291 54301 AG CENTER − FPL 0.00 29.70


104000 83257 07/02/18 533 HIGGINBOTHAM BROTHE 25 53100 HIGGINBOTHAM JUNE18 0.00 7,451.67

104000 83257 07/02/18 533 HIGGINBOTHAM BROTHE 25 53100 HIGGINB INSPECT OVE 0.00 7,230.00

TOTAL CHECK 0.00 14,681.67

104000 83258 07/02/18 2351 KOPELOUSOS,BRADLEY 16 53100 LEGAL SERV JUNE18 0.00 4,380.00

104000 83258 07/02/18 2351 KOPELOUSOS,BRADLEY 37 53117 PROF SER DEO SDRSN 0.00 500.00


104000 83259 07/02/18 750 LAKE AND WETLAND MA 33 53400 LAKE30 VETERANS JUL 0.00 109.00

104000 83260 07/02/18 323 NITA D CRAWFORD 19 59180 SUPER ELECT−JULY18 0.00 32,495.55

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 33 54300 RIDING ARENA LIGHTS 0.00 42.13

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 27 54301 RESCUE TOWER −OREMC 0.00 164.50

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 33 54300 ARENA CONCESSON FAI 0.00 41.53

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 34 54300 DOG POUND 14564 SCR 0.00 275.24

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 34 54300 NEW BLDG./ANIMAL CT 0.00 174.49

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 33 54300 RECREATION DEPT −OR 0.00 48.25


104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 KNABB SPORT CMPLX 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 CUYLER PARK SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 OLUSTEE PARK 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 MARGARETTA PARK 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 ST MARY RIVER/VETER 0.00 100.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 JONESVILLE PARK 0.00 45.00








104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 VOLLEYBALL COURTS 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 TAYLOR PARK 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 33 54400 BOY SCOUT LANDING 0.00 90.00


104000 83264 07/02/18 279 STACIE D. HARVEY, C 12 59180 CLERK−JULY18 0.00 22,004.50

104000 83266 07/02/18 408 TIM SWEAT, PROPERTY 14 59180 PROP−APP. JUL−SEPT 0.00 159,625.53

104000 83267 07/02/18 2314 TRI COUNTY PROBATIO 20 54600 GBB JUNE2018 0.00 625.00

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MARCH MD PYMNT TRNS 0.00 −87.71

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MARCH MD PYMNT EMS 0.00 −87.69

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MARCH PYMNT TRNSPRT 0.00 1,443.12

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MARCH MD RUNS TRNSP 0.00 216.00

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 26 53400 MARCH LEGACY TRNSPR 0.00 106.86

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MARCH PYMNT EMS 0.00 1,945.60

104000 83269 07/05/18 481 AMBULANCE MEDICAL B 27 53400 MARCH MD RUNS EMS 0.00 216.00


104000 83270 07/05/18 1252 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE 001 218500 AM ENTER EMS UNION 0.00 180.00

104000 83273 07/05/18 89 CAPITAL GUARDIAN TR 001 218700 CAPITAL GUARD. 7/6 0.00 250.00

104000 83274 07/05/18 2346 CARPENTERS INDUSTRI 001 218500 CARPENTER RD UNION 0.00 236.99

104000 83276 07/05/18 831 CRAWFORDS CLEANING 20 53400 CUSTODIAN CRTHS 6.1 0.00 720.00

104000 83276 07/05/18 831 CRAWFORDS CLEANING 158 53400 CUSTODIAN PD 6.18 0.00 125.00

104000 83276 V 07/05/18 831 CRAWFORDS CLEANING 20 53400 CUSTODIAN CRTHS 6.1 0.00 −720.00

104000 83276 V 07/05/18 831 CRAWFORDS CLEANING 158 53400 CUSTODIAN PD 6.18 0.00 −125.00


104000 83278 07/05/18 567 ESRI INC 40 55210 ESRI ANNL 2018−2019 0.00 15,000.00

104000 83279 07/05/18 1182 FLORIDA MUNICIPAL I 11 54500 PREMIUM PT4 17−18−A 0.00 2,144.00

104000 83285 07/05/18 311 NATIONWIDE RETIREME 001 218700 PEBSCO/NATIONWIDE 7 0.00 228.82

104000 83287 07/05/18 360 RELIASTAR LIFE INSU 001 218700 RELIA LIFE FLETCHER 0.00 26.76

104000 83293 07/05/18 419 VALIC 001 218700 AIG VALIC DEF COMP 0.00 100.00

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 27 54100 EMS−STA70 #63/FIRE− 0.00 81.69

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 27 54100 RESCUE/HWY90−NEFCOM 0.00 88.12

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 22 54100 CIR CT FAX/REC#328− 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 11 54100 BOCC LINES/$325 L.D 0.00 774.95

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 20 54100 ELEVATOR−CRTHSE−JUD 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 20 54100 ELEVATOR/CRTHSE/JUD 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 930 54100 COUNTY JUDGE’S FAX− 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 32 54100 LIBRARY − FAX − NEF 0.00 39.18

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 29 54100 COUNTY EXTENSN SVC− 0.00 128.48

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 18 54100 CLERK’S OFFICE/FAX 0.00 20.28








104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 25 54100 BLDG DEPT−INSPEC LI 0.00 61.31

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 32 54100 LIBRARY − NEFCOM 0.00 288.02

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 157 54100 STATE ATTORNEY−NEFC 0.00 25.08

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 34 54100 ANIMAL CONTROL−NEFC 0.00 110.17

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 11 54100 ADMINISTRATION FAX− 0.00 36.74

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 29 54100 CO EXT SVC−DATA LIN 0.00 81.69

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 157 54100 STATE ATTORNEY−FAX− 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 21 54100 MAINTENANCE DEPT.−N 0.00 90.42

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 158 54100 PUBLIC DEF − FAX−NE 0.00 20.28

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 11 54100 TDD PHONE/ADMINISTR 0.00 40.99


104000 83297 07/06/18 574 WEB BENEFITS DESIGN 11 55210 ACA WEB 7.18 0.00 260.00

104000 83301 07/09/18 552 BAKER DISTRIBUTING 21 54600 25LBS FREON−MAIN 0.00 466.92

104000 83304 07/09/18 901 COUNTY LINE ELECTRI 351 54608 CAPACITOR UPSTRS−CO 0.00 135.00

104000 83305 07/09/18 540 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 930 55210 5GAL WATER 2X−JUDGE 0.00 30.39

104000 83305 07/09/18 540 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 930 55210 5GAL WATER 3X−JUDGE 0.00 41.59


104000 83308 07/09/18 1815 GILCHRIST COUNTY BD 22 55215 JUL−SEP18 PRO SE MI 0.00 249.99

104000 83309 07/09/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 54600 LUBRICANT/GREASE−MA 0.00 12.76

104000 83309 07/09/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 21 55210 2PKGLOVES/PLIERS−BE 0.00 28.78

104000 83309 07/09/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 351 54608 TILE GLUE−MAINT 0.00 8.09

104000 83309 07/09/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 351 54608 WALL SCRAPER−MAINT 0.00 1.43

104000 83309 07/09/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 351 54608 FLOOR TILE 45X−COA 0.00 42.75


104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 21 54600 6 PANEL SLAB−MAINT 0.00 106.00

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 21 54600 BATTERY PACK−MAINT 0.00 89.00

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 20 54600 STRANDED WIRE−CRTHS 0.00 42.50

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 21 54600 BULBS−MAINT 0.00 392.24

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 21 54600 COMMERCIAL FAN−MAIN 0.00 202.23

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 21 55210 LASER MEASURE−MAIN 0.00 99.97

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 351 54608 CEILING TILES 2X−CO 0.00 193.14

104000 83310 07/09/18 234 HOME DEPOT CREDIT S 20 54600 CEILING TILE 8X−CRT 0.00 276.48


104000 83314 07/09/18 705 KENNETH SMITH ARCHI 331 58209 85% COMPLETE OLD JA 0.00 840.00

104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 33 55211 29.60GAL FUEL−REC 0.00 73.31

104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 33 55211 10GAL DIESEL−REC 0.00 24.90


104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 27 55211 17GAL FUEL−EMS 0.00 41.42


104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 21 55211 18.50GAL FUEL−MAINT 0.00 46.56



104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 21 55211 25GAL FUEL−MAINT 0.00 60.17








104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 34 55211 17.50GAL FUEL−ANML 0.00 42.12




104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 11 55211 MISCHARGE CREDIT 0.00 −31.47

104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 11 55211 MISCHARGE FUEL 0.00 31.47

104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 34 55211 21.50GAL FUEL−ANML 0.00 51.75


104000 83317 07/09/18 1334 MACCLENNY MOWER AND 33 54600 GRAVELY BLADE−REC 0.00 99.00

104000 83317 07/09/18 1334 MACCLENNY MOWER AND 33 54600 24IN CHAIN−REC 0.00 29.69


104000 83318 07/09/18 285 MACCLENNY VETERINAR 34 53100 VET SERV APR18 0.00 755.00

104000 83319 07/09/18 196 MARK D DUREN AND AS 25 53100 REV 2PG PLAT SHOAL 0.00 250.00

104000 83324 07/09/18 710 MOSQUITO AUTHORITY 331 54681 VARIOUS LOCATN SPRA 0.00 250.00

104000 83325 07/09/18 536 NEOFUNDS BY NEOPOST 20 55210 METER STRIPS−CRTHS 0.00 35.00

104000 83327 07/09/18 347 QUADMED INC 27 55210 REGULATOR/CATH−EMS 0.00 189.88

104000 83327 07/09/18 347 QUADMED INC 27 55210 INSTATRACE 2X−EMS 0.00 32.50


104000 83329 07/09/18 1245 SHERWIN−WILLIAMS CO 25 54600 1GAL PAINT−BLD 0.00 25.00

104000 83329 07/09/18 1245 SHERWIN−WILLIAMS CO 14 54600 1GAL PAINT/FRA−PRO 0.00 64.69


104000 83331 07/09/18 2164 STAPLES ADVANTAGE 291 55210 BLEACH−AG 0.00 46.18

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 930 54100 JUDGE IPAD 6.18 0.00 36.07

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 34 54100 ANML CTRL VERIZON 6 0.00 104.56

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 221 54100 GAL VERIZON 6.18 0.00 52.28

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 930 54100 JDG WILLIAMS VERIZN 0.00 70.18

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 158 54100 PUB DEF VERIZON 6.1 0.00 41.38

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 27 54100 EMS VERIZON 6.18 0.00 52.28

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 29 54100 EXTENSION VERIZON 6 0.00 36.50

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 11 54100 EXTRA LINES X14 6.1 0.00 3.08

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 11 54100 DOWNING VERIZON 6.1 0.00 38.97

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 21 54100 MAINTENANCE VERIZON 0.00 76.03

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 33 54100 RECREATION VERIZON 0.00 104.56

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 27 54100 CAD ACCESS 3X−EMS 0.00 110.10


TOTAL CASH ACCOUNT 0.00 308,689.87

TOTAL FUND 0.00 308,689.87






FUND − 103 − ROAD & BRIDGE FUND


104000 83213 06/29/18 33 AUS CENTRAL LOCKBOX 55 55210 RD MATS CLND 6/25 0.00 72.24

104000 83213 06/29/18 33 AUS CENTRAL LOCKBOX 55 55210 RD UNIFORMS CLND 6/ 0.00 145.19

104000 83213 06/29/18 33 AUS CENTRAL LOCKBOX 55 55210 RD UNIFORMS CLND 6/ 0.00 236.10

104000 83213 06/29/18 33 AUS CENTRAL LOCKBOX 55 55210 RD MATS CLND 6/18/1 0.00 72.24


104000 83216 06/29/18 67 BENNETT’S FEED FARM 55 55300 RIVER CIR CULVERT−R 0.00 18.95

104000 83220 06/29/18 75 ICE CUBE EXPRESS 55 55210 85X 10 LB BAGS ICE− 0.00 68.00

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 55 55300 NIPPLE/SPRINKLER−RD 0.00 4.12

104000 83232 06/29/18 267 L V HIERS INC 55 55210 DEF FLUID 240.60G−R 0.00 454.73

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 55 54602 FLAG/NEW JD MWR−RD 0.00 19.98

104000 83239 06/29/18 318 NEXTRAN TRUCK CENTE 55 54602 #196 BRAKE SHOES−RD 0.00 615.80

104000 83239 06/29/18 318 NEXTRAN TRUCK CENTE 55 54602 #196 BRK SHOE CRED− 0.00 −237.30


104000 83240 06/29/18 336 PHIL ALLEN INC 55 55210 HAND CLEANER/SHOP−R 0.00 92.00

104000 83243 06/29/18 365 RING POWER CORPORAT 55 54602 #758 FILTER/ELEMEN− 0.00 260.56

104000 83243 06/29/18 365 RING POWER CORPORAT 55 54602 #443 PRESSUR GAUGE− 0.00 138.75

104000 83243 06/29/18 365 RING POWER CORPORAT 55 54602 #387 DPF FILTER−RD 0.00 2,745.97


104000 83244 06/29/18 373 SAFETY−KLEEN SYSTEM 55 55210 WASHER SOLVENT−RD 0.00 106.91

104000 83249 06/29/18 429 WAL−MART COMMUNITY/ 55 55100 BLACK INK/MARY−RD 0.00 37.97

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 55 54301 ROAD DEPART/TRFF SI 0.00 52.47

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 55 54301 SR228 #CITY SL’S 0.00 29.41

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 55 54301 ROAD DEPT/US90 CTY 0.00 1,099.58


104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 55 54301 121 N CAUTION LGT−R 0.00 30.91

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 55 54301 ST LIGHT @ 125 N/25 0.00 13.08

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 55 54301 CAU LIGHT−BOB BURNS 0.00 32.72


104000 83279 07/05/18 1182 FLORIDA MUNICIPAL I 55 52400 PREMIUM PT4 17−18−R 0.00 74,000.00

104000 83283 07/05/18 267 L V HIERS INC 55 55211 1500GAL DYE DIESEL− 0.00 3,492.00

104000 83286 07/05/18 344 PRITCHETT TRUCKING 55 55300 20 LOADS LIMEROCK−R 0.00 6,819.92

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 55 54100 ROAD DEPART− FAX−NE 0.00 81.69

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 55 54100 ROAD DEPARTMNT #49− 0.00 65.09

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 55 54100 ROAD DEPT−ROBERT LI 0.00 41.94







FUND − 103 − ROAD & BRIDGE FUND


104000 83331 07/09/18 2164 STAPLES ADVANTAGE 55 55100 NOTE PADS/SHARPIES− 0.00 91.26

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 55 54100 ROAD VERIZON 6.18 0.00 104.56


TOTAL FUND 0.00 90,806.84






FUND − 104 − FINE & FORFEITURE FUND


104000 83218 06/29/18 970 BLACKBURN−CURRY FUN 24 53114 ME TRANSPORT−WILKES 0.00 450.00

104000 83252 07/02/18 1670 BAKER CORRECTIONAL 71 58113 INMATE HOUSING JULY 0.00 233,333.33

104000 83263 07/02/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 69 59180 LAW ENFORCE−JULY18 0.00 273,108.00

104000 83263 07/02/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 73 59180 DISPATCH − JULY18 0.00 35,706.00

104000 83263 07/02/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 90 59180 JUDICIAL SERV−JULY1 0.00 24,278.00

104000 83263 07/02/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 72 59180 CITY ENFORCE−JULU18 0.00 24,633.00

TOTAL CHECK 0.00 357,725.00

104000 83268 07/02/18 2314 TRI COUNTY PROBATIO 28 58111 DMAP 6.18 JACKSON 0.00 352.00

104000 83288 07/05/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 23 59123 E911 GRANT 17−11−01 0.00 3,601.26

104000 83290 07/05/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 69 59181 SRO 4X 18−19BUDGET 0.00 253,737.00

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 90 54100 HOLDING CELL−NEFCOM 0.00 21.38

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 90 54100 FAX − SECURITY−NEFC 0.00 21.08



TOTAL FUND 0.00 849,241.05






FUND − 105 − FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND


104000 83219 06/29/18 913 BRYANT MILLER OLIVE 105 131500 FIRE ASSMNT COUNSEL 0.00 8,851.58

104000 83233 06/29/18 2262 LONESTAR SIGN SHOP 54 56401 EMBLEM JAX TRCK−FIR 0.00 900.00

104000 83236 06/29/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 54 54602 BF1 RDTR HOSE RPR−F 0.00 112.70

104000 83248 06/29/18 1079 TEN−8 FIRE EQUIPMEN 54 54602 JAX TRK COMMD ZN−FI 0.00 2,872.46

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 54 54301 FIRE STA#80 −OLUSTE 0.00 43.63

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 54 54301 FIRE STA #20−N MACC 0.00 108.57

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 54 54301 FIRE STA #30−CUYLER 0.00 92.16

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 54 54301 BAXTER FIRE STA #60 0.00 46.41

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 54 54301 FIRE STA #40−TAYLOR 0.00 45.64

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 54 54301 FIRE STA 40−SEC LIG 0.00 45.38


104000 83271 07/05/18 2235 BRADLEY J CLARK (SC 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 72HRS 0.00 1,661.04

104000 83272 07/05/18 819 BRIAN MILTON (SC) 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 84HRS 0.00 1,937.88

104000 83275 07/05/18 99 CHRISTOPHER MIRACLE 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 24HRS 0.00 553.68

104000 83277 07/05/18 697 ELIZABETH REGISTER 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 12HRS 0.00 276.84

104000 83280 07/05/18 904 JAMES COLBERT (SC) 54 51300 MIM FIRE2017 108HRS 0.00 2,491.56

104000 83281 V 07/05/18 689 JUDITH SMITH 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 84HRS 0.00 −1,937.88

104000 83281 07/05/18 689 JUDITH SMITH 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 84HRS 0.00 1,937.88


104000 83282 07/05/18 744 KELI BURNETT 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 24HRS 0.00 553.68

104000 83284 07/05/18 2216 MICHAEL WHITEHEAD ( 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 24HRS 0.00 553.68

104000 83291 07/05/18 679 SEAN WATKINS 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 24HRS 0.00 553.68

104000 83294 07/05/18 698 BRAD THRIFT 54 51300 MIMS FIRE2017 108HR 0.00 1,937.88

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 54 54100 FIRE STATION 50 GLE 0.00 80.88

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 54 54100 FIRE/HWY90−NEFCOM 0.00 24.28


104000 83298 07/09/18 912 ASHLEY R STALVEY 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 188.94

104000 83300 07/09/18 975 AUSTIN LUFFMAN 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 49.50

104000 83302 07/09/18 698 BRAD THRIFT 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 223.94

104000 83303 07/09/18 2235 BRADLEY J CLARK (SC 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 195.94

104000 83307 07/09/18 976 DONALD K WATSON 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 139.94






FUND − 105 − FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND


104000 83311 07/09/18 613 JEREMY POOLE 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 44.00

104000 83312 07/09/18 797 JOHN T DYAL (NC) 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 274.94

104000 83316 07/09/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 54 54602 A30 HYD HOSE FIT−FI 0.00 98.84

104000 83320 07/09/18 791 MARK RENNINGER (SC) 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 150.44

104000 83321 07/09/18 430 MICHAEL DOWIE 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 70.00

104000 83322 07/09/18 2216 MICHAEL WHITEHEAD ( 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 129.44

104000 83323 07/09/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 54 54602 A50 FUEL PMP RPR−FI 0.00 543.48

104000 83323 07/09/18 296 MIRACLE AUTOMOTIVE 54 54602 BF1 AC RECHARGE−FIR 0.00 134.60


104000 83328 07/09/18 560 RYAN RHODEN 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 65.00

104000 83331 07/09/18 2164 STAPLES ADVANTAGE 54 55100 3PK TONR/COP PAP−FI 0.00 333.23

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 54 54100 CAD ACCESS 8X−FIRE 0.00 293.60

104000 83332 07/09/18 1710 VERIZON WIRELESS 54 54100 FIRE VERIZON 6.18 0.00 52.28


104000 83333 07/09/18 842 WILLIAM G DEMERS 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 142.94

104000 83334 07/09/18 2181 WILLIAM PRIMO (SC) 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 756.94

104000 83335 07/09/18 898 WILLIAM SMITH 54 51300 FIRE RUN 6.18 0.00 68.00


TOTAL FUND 0.00 27,699.60






FUND − 1055 − NATIONAL FOREST/TITLE III


104000 83265 07/02/18 1992 TANYA ANDERSON−1099 52 55500 FIREWISE COORD/ANDE 0.00 1,800.00


TOTAL FUND 0.00 1,800.00






FUND − 116 − SOLID WASTE


104000 83226 06/29/18 212 GLEN CASH STORE INC 65 55210 RUBBER BOOTS−SW 0.00 26.99

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 65 54602 #767 HOSE MENDER−SW 0.00 8.98

104000 83256 07/02/18 200 FPL 65 54301 OLUSTEE−SOLID WASTE 0.00 26.26

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 65 54301 CUYLER RECY SITE 12 0.00 58.62

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 65 54301 RECYC SITE−STEELBRI 0.00 63.12

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 65 54301 125 N GLEN RECYC SI 0.00 146.88


104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 GLEN ST MARY DUMP S 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 CUYLER DUMP SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 228 DUMP SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 SANDERSON DUMP SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 OLUSTEE DUMP SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 YARD,LIMBS SITE/DEB 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 BAXTER DUMP SITE 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 MUDLAKE DUMP SITE. 0.00 45.00

104000 83262 07/02/18 1743 PITSTOP PORTABLE RE 65 54400 STEEL BRIDGE RD DUM 0.00 45.00


104000 83292 07/05/18 387 SOUTHEASTERN SERVIC 65 53150 SITE ATTENDANTS 6/2 0.00 7,511.40

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 SANDERSON REC SITE− 0.00 36.74

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 CUYLER RECYCLE SITE 0.00 36.74

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 MUDLAKE REC SITE−NE 0.00 36.74

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 BAXTER RECYCLE SITE 0.00 37.51

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 SR228 RECYCLE SITE− 0.00 39.18

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 GLEN RECYCLE SITE−N 0.00 37.51

104000 83296 07/06/18 445 NORTHEAST FLORIDA T 65 54100 121 N RECYCLE SITE− 0.00 36.74


104000 83299 07/09/18 1077 AT&T 65 54100 OLUSTEE RECY ATT 6. 0.00 95.28


TOTAL FUND 0.00 8,603.69






FUND − 119 − COURT FACILITY FUND


104000 83137 V 06/15/18 958 FLORIDA DEPT OF HEA 922 55210 XRAY REGISTRATION−C 0.00 −47.00

104000 83267 07/02/18 2314 TRI COUNTY PROBATIO 922 54618 GBB JUNE2018 0.00 625.00

104000 83306 07/09/18 977 DOH RADIATION MACHI 922 55210 XRAY REGISTRATION−C 0.00 47.00

104000 83313 07/09/18 971 JOHNSON CONTROLS FI 922 54600 GUAGES SPRINKLER−CR 0.00 2,475.00

104000 83330 07/09/18 382 SIMPLEX GRINNELL LP 922 54600 SPRINKLER SYSTEM−CR 0.00 1,200.00


TOTAL FUND 0.00 4,300.00






FUND − 122 − SHIP FUND


104000 83241 06/29/18 915 REFUGE CONSTRUCTION 198 53400 FINAL/THOMAS−SHIP 0.00 9,060.00


TOTAL FUND 0.00 9,060.00






FUND − 123 − SHOALS PARK


104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 392 54600 SCREW/NUT/BOLT−SHOA 0.00 9.12

104000 83228 06/29/18 221 HAGAN ACE HARDWARE 392 54600 SCREW/NUT/BOLT−SHOA 0.00 1.92


104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 392 54602 12CHVY BRK PADS−SHO 0.00 232.02

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 392 54602 12CHVY BRK SHOE−SHO 0.00 19.38

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 392 54602 12CHVY BRK SHOE−SHO 0.00 11.99

104000 83234 06/29/18 284 MACCLENNY MOTOR PAR 392 54602 12CHVY CYLINDR−SHOA 0.00 33.28


104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 392 54300 SHOALS PK BATHRMS # 0.00 79.31

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 392 54300 SHOALS PARK BATHRMS 0.00 32.51

104000 83261 07/02/18 326 OKEFENOKE REMC 392 54300 ODIS YARB RD/SHOALS 0.00 28.21


104000 83289 07/05/18 757 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER 392 53100 SHOAL RANGR APR−JUN 0.00 4,737.09

104000 83315 07/09/18 267 L V HIERS INC 392 55211 10GAL DIESEL−SHOALS 0.00 24.70


TOTAL FUND 0.00 5,209.53






FUND − 166 − 12.50 SC FUND


104000 83229 06/29/18 1734 HARRIS CORPORATION− 96 54600 SOF ACCESS 175X 6.1 0.00 2,450.00


TOTAL FUND 0.00 2,450.00






FUND − 170 − STATE COURT GRANT


104000 83326 07/09/18 931 O’NEAL ROOFING COMP 70 56000 HIST CRTHS ROOF 0.00 42,219.40


TOTAL FUND 0.00 42,219.40

TOTAL REPORT 0.00 1,350,952.57

BAKER COUNTY f.. ~~,N1

EXPENSES OVER $3,500 AS OF 7/11/2018 ,

FUNDCHECK

NUMBERCHECKDATE NAME

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DESCRIPTION AMOUNT-

104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83263 07/02/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER LAW ENFORCE-JULY18 $ 273,108.00104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83290 07/05/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER SRO 4X 18-19BUDGET $ 253,737.00104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83252 07/02/18 BAKER CORRECTIONAL INMATE HOUSING JULY $ 233,333.33001 - GENERAL FUND 83266 07/02/18 TIM SWEAT, PROPERTY PROP-APP. JUL-SEPT $ 159,625.53103 - ROAD & BRIDGE FUND 83279 07/05/18 FLORIDA MUNICIPAL I PREMIUM PT4 17-18-R $ 74,000.00170 - STATE COURT GRANT 83326 07/09/18 O'NEAL ROOFING COMP HIST CRTHS ROOF $ 42,219.40104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83263 07/02/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER DISPATCH - JULY18 $ 35,706.00001 - GENERAL FUND 83260 07/02/18 NITA D CRAWFORD SUPER ELECT-JULY18 $ 32,495.55104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83263 07/02/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER CITY ENFORCE-JULU18 $ 24,633.00104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83263 07/02/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER JUDICIAL SERV-JULY1 $ 24,278.00001 - GENERAL FUND 83264 07/02/18 STACIE D. HARVEY, C CLERK-JULY18 $ 22,004.50001 - GENERAL FUND 83278 07/05/18 ESRI INC ESRI ANNL 2018-2019 $ 15,000.00001 - GENERAL FUND 83251 07/02/18 AMY DUGGER, TAX COL TAX COLL-JULY18 $ 14,364.33001 - GENERAL FUND 83254 07/02/18 BAKER COUNTY COUNCI COA MONTHLY JULY18 $ 9,750.00122 - SHIP FUND 83241 06/29/18 REFUGE CONSTRUCTION FINAL/THOMAS-SHIP $ 9,060.00105 - FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND 83219 06/29/18 BRYANT MILLER OLIVE FIRE ASSMNT COUNSEL $ 8,851.58116 - SOLID WASTE 83292 07/05/18 SOUTHEASTERN SERVIC SITE ATTENDANTS 6/2 $ 7,511.40001 - GENERAL FUND 83257 07/02/18 HIGGINBOTHAM BROTHE HIGGINBOTHAM JUNE18 $ 7,451.67001 - GENERAL FUND 83257 07/02/18 HIGGINBOTHAM BROTHE HIGGINB INSPECT OVE $ 7,230.00103 - ROAD & BRIDGE FUND 83286 07/05/18 PRITCHETT TRUCKING 20 LOADS LIMEROCK-R $ 6,819.92123 - SHOALS PARK 83289 07/05/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER SHOAL RANGR APR-JUN $ 4,737.09001 - GENERAL FUND 83258 07/02/18 KOPELOUSOS,BRADLEY LEGAL SERV JUNE18 $ 4,380.00104 - FINE & FORFEITURE FUND 83288 07/05/18 SCOTTY RHODEN, SHER E911 GRANT 17-11-01 $ 3,601.26

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MINUTES JULY 3, 2018

BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

The Baker County Board of Commissioners met in a scheduled meeting with the following members present:

Chairman, Bobby SteeleCommissioner, James CroftCommissioner, Cathy RhodenCommissioner, Jimmy AndersonCommissioner, James Bennett

Also Present:County Manager, Kennie DowningCounty Attorney, Rich KomandoCounty Clerk, Stacie D. Harvey

Note: These meeting minutes are a summarized version of the actual discussions at the meeting. These are not verbatimtranscripts. For a complete audio recording of the discussion please visit www.bakercountyfl.org/board or contact SaraLittle at [email protected]

REGULAR SESSION

Chairman Steele welcomed everyone in attendance and called the meeting to order. Commissioner JamesBennett led in the invocation and pledge.

Chairman Steele called for approval of the agenda. Commissioner James Bennett moved to approve theregular agenda as amended. Commissioner Cathy Rhoden seconded the motion. The motion carriedunanimous.

Chairman Steele requested approval of the consent agenda which consisted of:

1. Expense Report2. Minutes- June 19, 2018; Regular Meeting

Chairman Steele called for public comments.

David Robertson, Candidate for Circuit 8 Judge, introduced himself to the Board and explained hisbackground. Mr. Robertson stated that five of six Sheriffs in this Circuit have supported him alreadyincluding Sheriff Scotty Rhoden.

Kennie Downing presented Resolution 2018-28 regarding FDOT funding for the design, constructionengineering, and inspection for the road reconstruction of Nursery Boulevard from US 90 to CR 125.Commissioner James Bennett moved to approve Resolution 2018-28 and read by title. CommissionerJimmy Anderson seconded the motion.

MINUTES- Regular SessionJuly 3, 2018

Rich Komando read Resolution 2018-28 by title which states:

RESOLUTION 2018-28

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OFCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BAKERCOUNTY, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THEEXECUTION OF A SMALL COUNTY OUTREACH PROGRAMAGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTIONENGINEERING AND INSPECTION FOR THE ROADRECONSTRUCTION OF NURSERY BOULEVARD FROM US 90TO CR 125 FINANCIAL PROJECT ID #438168-1-54-01.

Chairman Steele called for additional comments. Hearing none, the motion carried unanimous.

Kennie Downing presented a contract with Duval Asphalt for the paving of Ray Phillips Rd, George Hodges andWolfe Drive as awarded on June 5, 2018. Commissioner James Bennett moved to approve the contract aspresented. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous.

Kennie Downing presented the bid results for BID 2018-11, motor grader financing. Mrs. Downing explained thatthe low bid from Beard Equipment was recommended for award. The first lease payment totaled $29,950 of which$4,950 would need to come from the Road Department’s capital outlay savings. Commissioner Jimmy Andersonmoved to approve the bid to Beard Equipment. Commissioner Cathy Rhoden seconded the motion. The motioncarried unanimous.

Chief Steve Marfongella presented a request to pay volunteer firefighters that worked the West Mims Fire. ChiefMarfongella stated that Charlton County, where the fire was located, will have FEMA payment for this soon andwould like to pay the firefighters the money owed to them for fighting this fire. The amount totaled $11,707.92 for456 hours for the Volunteers and 36 hours for the Fire Chief. Commissioner James Croft moved to approve therequest as presented. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous.

Commissioner James Bennett presented a request from Florida Power and Light (FPL) plans to install asolar farm along Reid Stafford Road and CR 229. County staff, FPL and County Engineer, Troy Tarboxhave been working together to approve the plans for this project but are at an impasse. The issues arerelating to the concern by Mr. Tarbox of FPL building to weir walls on the property. Mr. Tarbox statesthat the project requires additional FEMA documentation, while FPL engineers feel they have completedall documentation needed to begin the project. Members representing FPL spoke in favor of the projectwhile one member of the audience, Kelvin Randy Crews, spoke in opposition to the project. Mr. Crewswas concerned about increased flooding to the area and lower property values to adjacent property. RichKomando stated that there was language that could be placed in the permit mandating that FPL shall beresponsible for any adverse effects to adjacent property owners. The language will specifically read “IfFPL’s storm water management system causes an offsite adverse flood condition or adversely affects thefloodplain outside of the FPL property boundary due to not functioning as it is designed and built tofunction, as approved by FEMA, FPL shall be responsible for eliminating the cause and taking necessarycorrective actions to resolve the condition. If corrective measures are required and not part of previouslyapproved storm water plans, FPL shall be responsible for obtaining the necessary permit modificationsthrough the FDEP, the Army Corp of Engineers and Baker County.” FPL also committed to submitting


the project to FEMA after its completion with as-builts. Commissioner James Croft moved to approvethe project based on the presentation, language and clauses that were introduced during the discussion.(Commissioner Jimmy Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous. Completediscussion can be heard on audio file).

Kennie Downing stated that it was time to update the County legislative priority list for 2019. Mrs.Downing presented the 2018 list for discussion. The Board agreed to keep the list the same but clarify inthe title what the priority was in simple language. The Board also suggested adding language regardingrecreational funding opportunities.

Kennie Downing presented the contract with Langton and Associates for grant writing services. Mrs.Downing stated that there was no cost associated with this contract because each grant project will bebrought before the Board for funding approval based on individual task orders. Commissioner JamesBennett moved to approve the contract as presented. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson seconded themotion. The motion carried 4-1 with Commissioner James Croft casting the dissenting vote.

Kennie Downing presented the bid results for BID 2018-12, CDBG Grant Administration, Engineeringand Inspection Services. Mrs. Downing stated this project consisted of three elements and was advertisedin the Florida Times Union as well as other County used sites. Only one response was received fromNorth Florida Professional Services. Staff has reviewed the response and recommends award to NFPSfor all three portions of this bid. Commissioner James Bennett moved to award NFPS for CDBG GrantAdministration. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous.Commissioner James Bennett moved to award NFPS for CDBG Engineering Services. CommissionerJames Croft seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous. Commissioner James Bennett movedto award NFPS for CDBG Inspection Services. Commissioner Cathy Rhoden seconded the motion. Themotion carried unanimous.

Kennie Downing presented the bid results for RFP 2018-06, Special Magistrate for Code EnforcementServices. Mrs. Downing stated that two proposals were received, and staff recommended award the RFPto Jeremy Primosch. Mr. Primosch charges a rate of $150.00 per hour, including travel with a 2-hourminimum. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson moved to award RFP 2018-06 to Jeremy Primosch.Commissioner James Bennett seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous.

Rich Komando presented Resolution 2018-31 regarding County assurance for BCCMC purchasing theassets and liabilities from BCDC through USDA. USDA has required this assurance to complete therefinancing of this project. This Resolution states that the County will do our best if the funds areavailable. The Commissioners all agreed that there were many changes at the Sheriff’s Office and theBCDC Board of Directors that made them feel more confident in this assurance. In past years withdifferent members involved this assurance could not have been made. Commissioner James Croft movedto approve Resolution 2018-31 and read by title. Commissioner James Bennett seconded the motion.



RESOLUTION 2018-31

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA,SUPPORTING THE ACQUISITION FINANCING EFFORTS OFTHE BAKER COUNTY CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENTCORPORATION (BCCMC); PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVEDATE.

Chairman Steele called for any additional comments. Hearing none, the motion carried unanimous.

Commissioner James Croft presented information from New River Solid Waste regarding the fundingfor recycling. Commissioner Croft stated that New River has said that they feel that is the responsibilityfor each County to pay this cost. Commissioner Croft stated that was not the intent when the programwas first created. The Board agreed with Commissioner Croft and advised him to tell New River that theCounty’s expectation is for New River to honor their commitment to fund the recycling program.

Cheryl Rewis presented Resolution 2018-29 regarding several budget amendments including, West MimsFire pay, SCOP grant for Glen Nursery, DEO Woodstock grant and school resource officer funding.Commissioner James Bennett moved to approve Resolution 2018-28 and read by title. CommissionerJimmy Anderson seconded the motion.


RESOLUTION 2018-29

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTINGAN AMENDMENT OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-

2018; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Chairman Steele called for any additional comments. Hearing none, the motion carried unanimous.

Cheryl Rewis presented preliminary budget and revenue numbers for information only. Mrs. Rewisinformed the Board that the only revenue number she has received is for ad valorem from the PropertyAppraiser. Assuming there will be no change in other revenue sources, as presented, the budget iscurrently at a $692,359 deficit. Mrs. Rewis stated that she will provide further updates as the revenuenumbers are received.

Erick Van Malssen, representing Stantec, presented Resolution 2018-30 establishing the maximum fireassessment rate. This resolution sets the information to be sent to the public in the official public noticeletter. The public hearing for adoption of the rate has been scheduled for August 7, 2018. The Boardagreed to hold his public hearing at the Baker County Courthouse Courtroom 1 at 7:00 pm due to thelarge amount of people expected to attend. Mrs. Downing stated that the latest information from the Town


of Glen St. Mary is to include their residents in the County assessment for year one. Glen has not beenestablished as a taxing authority therefore they cannot tax their residents themselves. CommissionerAnderson questioned if the County could collect the tax on behalf of the Town of Glen and issue them acheck in that amount. Our attorney advised that would make the County legally liable to provide fireservice to the residents of Glen St. Mary since that is who is collecting the tax. A release of liabilitywould not solve this issue either. Commissioner James Croft moved to approve Resolution 2018-30 andread by title. Commissioner James Bennett seconded the motion.


RESOLUTION 2018-30

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BAKERCOUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL PROVISION ANDFUNDING OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND FACILITIES WITHINTHE COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF FIRE PROTECTIONASSESSMENTS IN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNITESTABLISHED BY SECTION 36-22 OF THE BAKER COUNTY CODE ANDTHE TOWN OF GLEN ST. MARY; ESTIMATING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TOBE FUNDED THROUGH THE FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENTS FORFISCAL YEAR 2018-19; ESTABLISHING THE METHOD OF ASSESSING REALPROPERTY SPECIALLY BENEFITED BY THE PROVISION OF FIREPROTECTION SERVICES AND FACILITIES; DESIGNATING THE COUNTYMANAGER OR DESIGNEE THEREOF AS ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR;DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR TO PREPARE APRELIMINARY FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENT ROLL; ESTABLISHING APUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER IMPOSITION OF THE FIRE PROTECTIONASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19; DIRECTING THE PROVISIONOF NOTICE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING ANEFFECTIVE DATE.

Chairman Steele called for additional comments. Hearing none, the motion carried unanimous.

Kennie Downing presented the pending business report as follows:


The Board recognized Commissioner Anderson as the 2018 Florida Association of Counties PresidentialAdvocate. This special recognition is bestowed upon county commissioners who have shown exceptionalleadership in partnering with FAC during the 2018 session to advance the counties’ legislative agenda.

The Board also congratulated Commissioner Bennett and Commissioner Anderson on another term. Asof last week, both Commissioners will appear on the election ballot unopposed.

Rich Komando presented several small lots of land to be declared as surplus. Mr. Komando explainedthat many years ago through tax deeds, the County obtained several small, 25’x100’ lots. These lots arenot accessible by road and are located in the middle of a large plot of land owned by Yung and KatyMoon. The Moons would like to purchase these lots from the County. Mr. Komando explained thatFlorida Statutes allowed the County to declare these lots as surplus and notify the surrounding propertyowners of our intent to sell them. The Moon’s are the only property owners that will be affected. Theproperty appraiser has valued the lots at approximately $800 each, there are seven total in the County’spossession. Commissioner Jimmy Anderson moved to declare the lots as surplus. Commissioner JamesBennett seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimous.

Meeting adjourned.

PENDINGBUSINESSITEM PRIORITY STATUS STARTDATE %COMPLETE COMMENTS

LDR Revisions High In Progress 05/06/2014 75%

LPA currently reviewing Road Access Management,

Commercial Façade Requirements, Monument Signs and

Parking space requirements. LPA will meet once amonth

due to the resignation of the Community Development

Director.

Bee Keeping at Shoals Park Low In Progress 07/05/2016 75%

Staff is drafting policies in companion with draft

beekeeping contract.

Jiles Hall Park (Olustee)‐ electricity, parks

equipment Normal In Progress 09/23/2016 50%

RAB recommends any improvements be put on hold until

donations are available.

Community Development Block Grant

Application Normal In Progress 02/21/2017 75%

Grant Administration, Engineering and Inspections

Services are on 7/3/18 agenda for award. Site location is

still under evaluation.

Infrastructure funding for County Roads

Tax Collector Project

Normal

High

New

In Progress

07/18/2017

07/06/2017

50% Funding options are discussed at 1/16/18meeting.

90%

Project is 90% complete. One final coating of roof

material will be installed in upcoming weeks. Minimal

Painting is still needed as well as VCT tile installation.

Donation Policy ‐Copy of financials for agencies

that receive County funding

Courthouse Roof Replacement

Normal

Normal

In Progress

New

10/17/2017

12/01/2017

0%

Staff will prepare a draft policy for the Board to review in

upcoming weeks.

97% Construction is almost complete.

Reid Stafford Road Normal New 03/07/2017 75% On 06/05/18 agenda for discussion

BCDCMember Vacancy High New 03/20/2018 0%

NewMember is needed due to vacancy on the BCDC

Board of Directors.

Historic Jail Renovations Normal New 06/05/2018 25% Contractors began work on June 26, 2018.

Courthouse Heating Issue Normal New 06/05/2018 0%

Staff has met with Trane to discuss the issues. Working

towards a resolution at this time.

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__________________________________ ______________________________________Stacie D. Harvey, Clerk Robert L. Steele, Chairman

RESOLUTION 2018-32

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA,ADOPTING THE 2018 5-YEAR COMMUNITY WILDFIREPROTECTION PLAN FOR BAKER COUNTY; ANDAUTHORIZING ITS ADDITION TO THE LOCAL MITIGATIONSTRATEGY.

WHEREAS, the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a cooperative effortbetween stakeholders of Baker County, Florida, the Florida Forest Service, the US Forest Serviceand the US Fish and Wildlife Service to improve wildfire protection and response within BakerCounty; and

WHEREAS, initiatives within the Community Wildfire Protection Plan is designed to bea living document with review and revision policies that allow the CWPP to be updated to meetnew or changing conditions, including wildfire frequency, perceived local needs, and fundingopportunities; and

WHEREAS, the Baker County Board of County Commissioners finds that adopting anew 5-Year Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Baker County, Florida is in the best interestof the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Baker County

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: The Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan dated ------2018,attached hereto Exhibit A, and is hereby adopted as the Community Wildfire Protection Plan forBaker County.

Section 2: Copies of the Plan shall be maintained by Baker County Fire Department andOffice of Emergency Management, and a copy shall be sent to the Florida Forest Service alongwith a copy of this resolution.

Section 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 2018 by the Board of CountyCommissioners of Baker County, Florida.

_______________________________Robert L. Steele, Chairman

ATTEST:

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Stacie D. Harvey, Clerk

Baker County Sheriff's Office

Scotty Rhoden, Sheriff

Baker County Board of County CommissionersCounty Administration Offices55 N 3rd StreetMacclenny, FL 32063

REFERENCE: The 2012 Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP); adopted by BOCC Resolution in September2012.

Per the 2012 CWPP, "Every 5 years the plan should receive a major update in which the vulnerabilityassessment is updated and the action plan is evaluated for its effectiveness over the past 5 years and itssuitability for the next 5 years."

In 2015, the CWPP was added to the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) as an appendix. As such, the CWPP is anadjunct to the LMS and furthers the goals, mitigation strategies and recommendations of the LMS Committee.Hence, the task of updating the CWPP was placed on the LMS Projects List. Since then, the LMS Committee'sCWPP Work Group Members have engaged in reviewing and updating the 2012 CWPP. The Work Grouprecommendation that a new, updated CWPP be adopted was approved by the LMS Committee.

The new 2018 CWPP is hereby presented for adoption by the BOCC. Included in the new plan:-Language that addresses a National Cohesive Strategy of Wild land Fire Management and the facilitation ofFire Adapted Communities-The Florida Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (SouthWRAP) as basis for future mapping andvulnerability assessments-A comprehensive recounting of the CWPP successes of the past 5 years-An Action Plan which lists realistic projects going forward to 2019-Provisions for the annual updates of the CWPP to insure compatibility with the 2020 5-Year LMS

Enclosed are the new 2018 CWPP, Appendices to the CWPP, and a suggested BOCC Resolution of Adoption.Please advise as to the date and time the BOCC can consider the CWPP for Adoption.

Respe;!f!illY~ C-.__; -(_

Captain Chris VolzChairman, LMS Committee

I Sheriff's Office DriveMacclenny, FL 32063

(904)259-223 IWWW h~leP.rc::n r-r"lm

Plan ApprovalThis Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a cooperative effort to improve wildfire protection

and response. The individuals listed below comprise the core decision-making team responsible for the

development of this plan and mutually agree on the plan contents.

Local Government RepresentativeCapt. Chris Volz, Director, Emergency Operations Center and Chairman, Baker County LMS CommitteeBaker County Sheriff's Office1 Sheriff's Office DriveMacclenny, FL [email protected]

Signature: ~£ C-J.gLocal Government RepresentativeDavid Richardson, Emergency Services DirectorBaker County Emergency Services1190 West Macclenny AvenueMacclenny, FL 32063904-259-0229

Date:

Local Fire Services RepresentativeSteve Marfongella, Fire ChiefBaker County Fire Department1190 West Macclenny AvenueMacclenny, FL 32063904-259-0231steve.marfongella@bakercountyfl .org

Signature:~7~Local Florida Forest Service RepresentativeDoc Bloodworth, Wildfire Mitigation SpecialistFlorida Forest Service137 South East Forestry CircleLake City, FL [email protected]

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USDA Forest Service RepresentativeSusan Kett, Prescribed Fire SpecialistUS Forest Service475 South East CR 245Lake City, FL 32025386-758-9078

[email protected] .~ (!

Signat ure: &~US Fish and Wildlife Service RepresentativeTerri Jenkins, Fire Management SpecialistUS Fish and Wildlife Service2700 Suwannee Canal RoadFolkston, GA 31537912-496-7366

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Baker CountyCommunity Wildfire Protection Plan

A Forward-Looking Process That Facilitates Fire Adapted Communities

2018

West Mims Fire … 2017

BAKER COUNTY FLORIDA55 NORTH THIRD STREETMACCLENNY, FLORIDA 32063

FLORIDA FOREST SERVICESUWANNEE FORESTRY CENTER137 SE FORESTRY CIRCLELAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32025

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Executive Summary

Fire-Focused Planning

Every year in Florida the Florida Forest Service and local fire departments respond to an averageof more than 3,000 wildfires which burn nearly 163,500 acres of private and state lands. Duringthese Wildland Urban Interface(WUI) wildfires, residential and commercial structures are eitherdamaged or threatened 80% of the time. For Baker County, it is estimated that 26,305 people or96 % percent of the total population of 27,533 live within or near the WUI. The potential threatsof wildfire to people, their homes, and to wildland firefighters, require risk assessments andplanning to support wildfire risk reduction, fire adaptation efforts, and safe, effective fireresponse.

Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs)

CWPPs are authorized by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 and the Federal LandAssistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 (the FLAME Act). The Flame Actmandated a national coalition of wildfire practitioners to develop a Cohesive Strategy ofWildland Fire Management. Development of the Strategy has evolved by inclusion of national,regional, state and local level perspectives. The Strategy is responsive to the following Goals:

• Resilient landscapes through the prioritization of hazardous fuels reduction• Fire Adapted Communities through community engagement to increase public

awareness of wildland fire risks and proactive steps to defendable communities• Safe and Effective Wildfire Response through actions which enhance the capacity of

wildland firefighters to respond to fire safely and effectively

The Baker County Fire Adapted Communities(FAC)

This Baker County CWPP consolidates knowledge and serves as a fact-oriented single resourcefor wildland fire hazard and risk mitigation information. Included are an assessment of thecounty’s wildfire vulnerabilities where people live and the identification of local organizationsand resources available to assist in the formulation of pre-fire strategies to increase communitywildfire awareness, fire adaptation, and capacities for reducing wildfire risks.

Applying the technologies of the Florida Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal, the Planpresents a wide set of best practices and proposed actions for FAC, Firewise, wildfire safetythrough regulation, and wildfire response. As the fire services, local decision makers, the public,and land managers of Baker County work together to implement realistic FAC solutions, theyshould, at a minimum, undertake the following long-term measures:

• Utilize wildland fuels management programs to address protection of communities,landowners, and their values

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• Develop outreach and community engagement strategies to increase both publicawareness of the threat of wildland fire and the capabilities necessary for wildfirehazard mitigation

• Reduce human caused ignitions• Integrate wildfire hazard mitigation planning into the comprehensive planning process• Examine and develop solutions to utilize grant funding and fire protection assistance

programs that enhance the capacity of wildland firefighters to respond to fire safely andeffectively

Having a CWPP gives the county priority status when applying for federal funding and stateassistance for wildfire hazard mitigation projects. Details for implementing the actions, such asresponsible agencies and funding considerations, are included in the Plan.

In Baker County, the CWPP is an adjunct to the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) and furthers thegoals, mitigation strategies and recommendations of the LMS Work Committee. For that reason,upon approved by the LMS Work Committee, the CWPP and its list of mitigation projects shallbe deemed an appendix to the LMS.

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Table of ContentsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PLAN APPROVAL

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

LOCAL FIRE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE

LOCAL FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR REPRESENTATIVES

1. COMMUNITY BACKGROUND AND EXISTING SITUATION 7

DESCRIPTION OF COMMUNITY

WILDFIRE PROBLEM STATEMENT

2. PLANNING PROCESS 10

3. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT 12

WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW

WILDFIRE HISTORY

4. LOCAL CAPACITY AND CURRENT WILDFIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES

ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES

Local Emergency Management

The Fire Adapted Community

Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group

Firewise USA Communities

WILDLAND FIRE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES

WILDLAND FUEL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES

EXPERIENCE IMPLEMENTING WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROGRAMS

5. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 36

6. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE

POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES

PLAN MAINTENANCE AND EVALUATION

7-. ACTION PLAN

WILDLAND FUEL MANAGEMENT

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT

FIREWISE, BUILDING RETROFIT AND LANDSCAPING

POLICY AND REGULATION RECOMMENDATIONS

WILDLAND FIRE RESPONSE IMPROVEMENTS

PLAN MAINTENANCE

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Appendices In Separate Document

Appendix A: The Planning Process,Information Resources,and The National Cohesive Wildland FireManagement Strategy

Appendix B: Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Risk Summary Report for Baker County and

Completed Actions and Projects

Appendix C: Maps

1. Community Background and Existing Situation

Description of Community

Baker County is in Northeast Florida and lies between Nassau and Duval Counties to the east,Columbia County to the west, and Union and Bradford Counties to the south. The northern borderis the Georgia State Line. Baker County was incorporated on February 8, 1861 and operates undera Board of County Commissioners. Because of its proximity to the Jacksonville, Floridametropolitan area, the population of Baker County has grown significantly over the past severalyears as people who work in Jacksonville seek solace living in more rural areas. As fuel pricesincreased, the growth rate may have been stemmed for the short-term, but growth is expectedto continue as the market stabilizes. The community can be found on the internet at:http://www.bakercountyfl.org/.

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http://www.bakercountyfl.org/

Demographics

Per the 2010 United States Census, 27,115 people live in 8,772households in Baker County. Thecensus count reflects a 21.8% increase over the 2000 Census. In comparison, Florida’s growth ratewas 17.6% statewide during the same period. Baker County is ranked 52nd out of 67 Floridacounties with less than 1% of the state’s population. Projections by Enterprise Florida estimate apopulation of 28,698 by 2025.

There are two incorporated cities in Baker County: Macclenny and Glen St Mary. The largest city,Macclenny, is the county seat with a population of 6,374 in 2,143 households. Glen St Mary has apopulation 437 living in 178 households. Seventy five percent (75%) of the county population livesin unincorporated areas. Any population growth or redistribution results in further infringementon the wildlands and increases wildfire susceptibility in Baker County.

Total Land Area

Baker County encompasses 585.21 square miles or 374,534.4 acres. Baker County is sparselypopulated, with a density of only 46.3 people per square mile. A factor which impacts bothpopulation density and wildfire susceptibility is the presence of federal and state forested landswhich occupy 44% of Baker County. This includes Osceola National Forest at 124,448.85 acres;John M. Bethea State Forest at 38,383.22 acres; and a small portion of the Okefenokee NationalWildlife Refuge at 3,724.48 acres of the Refuge’s total 403,119 acres.

The following map shows the locations of federal and state lands as well as commercialand private plantations:

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OsceolaNF

Forest Land

Total 2014 County Forest Land is 292,574 acres; Private acres 126,899; Public acres 165,675.

289,195 acres are available for commercial harvest.

Lands in the Forest Stewardship Program = 12,225 acres/30 parcels

Land in the Certified Tree Farm Program = 17,934 acres/29 parcels (The smallest farm is 27acres, and the largest is 6,600 acres.)

Private forestry and forest products industry employment has an annual jobs economic impact$1 million and a total economic impact of $3 million.

Wildfire Problem Statement

Florida’s natural environment is adapted to fire and many forest ecosystems need regular cyclesof fire to remain healthy. Efforts to eliminate wildfire from the natural environment have onlyserved to make these events much more severe when they do occur due to accumulatedvegetative fuels. This severity impacts the health of the ecosystem and puts neighboringdevelopments in danger. Development interspersed with wildland areas, referred to as the

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Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), presents challenges to managing wildland fuel loads throughprescribed burning. Residents in Florida vary in their understanding and acceptance of the use ofprescribed fire and mechanical fuels management methods. While long-term Baker Countyresidents have great appreciation for fuels management, newer residents may find it to be only anuisance. Therefore, the role of fire in the natural environment should be integrated into publicengagement programs as well as planning for development within the WUI.

Baker County has a long history of wildfire activity. Many residents and civic leaders alike arekeenly aware of the risks and their vulnerability to wildfire. This has resulted in a spirit ofteamwork and cooperation between all levels of the county government and the forestmanagement/wildland firefighting community. Baker County has an active and strong LocalMitigation Strategy (LMS) program. Meetings are very well attended with active participation anddialog being the norm. The greatest concerns for Baker County are the effects of populationgrowth in or near the wildlands and the fiscal ability to maintain the high levels of readiness thoserisks demand.

2. Planning Process–Collaboration is Central to Fire AdaptedCommunities

Unity of Effort

The CWPP planning process is a collaborative effort among local, regional, state, and federalagencies that have a role in protecting the community from wildfire. This plan was producedthrough a project led by the Florida Forest Service(FFS). See Appendix A for dates and meetingsdetail.

The following partners have influenced the existing CWPP and the 5-year update:

NAME AGENCY EMAILDavidRichardson*SteveMarfongella*TanyaAnderson*

Director, Baker CoEmergency Services

Baker Co Fire Chief

Firewise Coordinator

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Chris Milton* Baker Co CommunityDevelopment Director

[email protected]

RolandGaskins*

FFS – Baker Co FAS [email protected]

DocBloodworth*

FFS – Wildfire MitigationSpecialist/PIO

[email protected]

KennieDowning

Baker Co County Manager [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]







JimmyAnderson

Baker Co CountyCommissioner

[email protected]

BuddyDugger*Scott Crews*

City of Macclenny FireChiefAssistant Chief

[email protected]@cityofmacclenny.com

Richard Dolan Baker Co Fire Chief,Retired

[email protected]

Thomas Dyal Baker Co Fire – Bat 6ShawnKinghorn

US Forest Service [email protected]

Susan Kett* Prescribed Fire Specialist,National Forests in Florida

[email protected]

Terri Jenkins* US FWS, Fire Mgt.Specialist

[email protected]

Capt. ChrisVolz*

Bek Parker*

Baker Co Sheriff Off – EMMgt. Dir and LMS Co-Chairman

Asst. EM Mgr./Comm.Supervisor

[email protected]

[email protected]

Nancy Oliver Taylor Firewise BoardChair

[email protected]

Phil Rhoden City of Macclenny, CityManager

[email protected]

Doug Moore* Owner, Flatwoods Mgt.LLC

[email protected]

Allen Cross* Rayonier [email protected]

Don JohnsonScott Gregor

Al Oliver

Jim Barrett

Alicia Lamborn

WeyerhaeuserSuwannee River WaterManagement DistrictNational ResourceConservation ServiceGreater OkefenokeeAssociation of LandownersIFAS County Agent

[email protected]@srwmd.org

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

*CWPP Work Group Members

CWPP Work Group Members

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Representativ Name Title/Department Address Phone Email Addresse

GrowthManagementRepresentative

vacant CommunityDevelopmentDirector

360 EastShueyAvenue,Macclenny,FL 32063

904 259-3354

Fire ServicesRepresentatives

SteveMarfongella

TanyaAnderson

BuddyDugger

Scott Crews

Chief, Baker CoFire Department

FirewiseCoordinator

Chief, City ofMacclenny FireDepartmentAssistant Chief

1190 WestMacclennyAvenueMacclenny,FL 32063

904 259-0231

904-259-0231

904-635-0083

904-635-0083

EmergencyManagementRepresentatives

DavidRichardson

Chris Volz

Bek Parker

Director, BakerCo EmergencyServices

Captain, BakerCounty SheriffOffice,EmergencyManagementDirector

Asst. EM MGR/Comm.Supervisor

EmergencyOperationsCenter, 1Sheriff’sOffice Dr.Macclenny,FL 32063

904-259-0229

904 259-6111

904-259-0235

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]@cityofmacclenny.com

US ForestServiceRepresentative

Susan Kett Prescribed FireSpecialist,National Forestsin Florida

OsceolaRangerDistrict,24874 USHWY 90Olustee, FL32072

386 758-9078

Florida ForestServiceRepresentatives

DocBloodworth

RolandGaskins

WildfireMitigationSpecialist,SuwanneeForestry Center

Forest AreaSupervisor, BakerCounty

137 SEForestryCircle, LakeCity, FL32025

8791 USHWY 90WestGlen St.Mary, FL32040

[email protected]

386 243-6228

904-259-3997

[email protected]

[email protected]

US Fish andWildlifeRepresentative

Terri Jenkins Fire ManagementSpecialist,OkefenokeeNational WildlifeRefuge

2700SuwanneeCanal Road,Folkston, GA31537

912-496-7366 [email protected]

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Land Owner Doug Moore Flatwoods Mgt. LLC [email protected]

Land Manager Allen Cross Rayonier [email protected]

3. Vulnerability Assessment

Wildfire Vulnerability Overview

Estimated Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

The WUI is defined as the area where people live and whose homes, and other humanstructures, either meet or intermingle with wildland vegetation. It can be a major subdivision orit can be four homes on an open range. Inclusive would be WUI buffers of 1.5 miles aroundactual places where people live as well as significant infrastructure, utility corridors and majorevacuation routes.

Wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface(WUI) pose significant wildfire threats to people, theirhomes, and to wildland firefighters. Threats are manifest in direct flames and ember exposureas well. During these WUI fires, residential and commercial structures are either threatened ordamaged 80% of the time.

For Baker County, it is estimated that 26,305 people or 96% percent of the total population of27,533, live within the WUI. Fires in the WUI are expected to become more common, requiringassessments and planning to support wildfire risk reduction, fireadaptation efforts, and safe, effective fire response.

WUI conditions are exhibited in three ways:

1) Boundary – areas where development is adjacent to public orprivate wildlands2) Intermix – structures are scattered and interspersed among wildlandareas3) Island or occluded – area of wildland surrounded by development,i.e. subdivision preserves or grown-up vacant lots

Understanding the WUI and the potential impact and consequences of wildland fire upon peopleand their structures is crucial to quantifying risks and prioritizing wildfire hazard mitigationactions.

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The SouthWRAP View of the Baker County WUI

The WUI layer reflects housing density depicting where people and their structures meet orinter-mix with wildland fuels

Source: SouthWRAP. The housing-density categories 4-7 combined, represent a high density ofthe population whose homes either meet or intermix with wildland fuels. These gradations ofhousing distribution provide data required for fire protection planning and, as illustrated in thetable below, quantifying WUI Risks.

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Baker County WUI Population and Acres

The following table shows the WUI population and acres for each housing-densitycategory within the county.

Housing DensityWUI

PopulationPercent of

WUIPopulation

WUI Acres Percent ofWUI Acres

1 LT 1hs/40ac 1,018 3.8% 43,641 48.6%2 1hs/40ac to

1hs/20ac 1,103 4.1% 12,746 14.2%

3 1hs/20ac to1hs/10ac 2,096 7.7% 12,084 13.5%

4 1hs/10ac to1hs/5ac 3,490 12.9% 9,349 10.4%

5 1hs/5ac to1hs/2ac 6,596 24.4% 7,938 8.8%

6 1hs/2ac to3hs/1ac 10,879 40.2% 3,861 4.3%

7 GT 3hs/1ac 1,888 7.0% 122 0.1%Total 27,070 100.0% 89,742 100.0%

Source: SouthWRAP. The housing-density categories 4-7 combined, account for 22, 853 people,or 85% of the county population living in wildfire hazard areas classified as WUI CommunityProtection Zones(CPZs). CPZs, then, represent those areas considered the highest priority formitigation planning and protection activities. County WUI CPZs are listed below.

Risk is a Science

The Florida Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (SouthWRAP)

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Conditions adjacent to and surrounding WUI areas must be assessed to determine potentialwildfire risks to communities, landowners, and their values. SouthWRAP provides the sciencewhich enables us to assess our pre-fire exposure risks and express them in terms of probabilitiesand consequences.Application of SouthWRAP technologies in the Community Wildfire Protection Planning processprovides tools for identifying WUI wildfire hazard areas. Results of risk assessments can be usedto identify and define mitigation project areas and help prioritize county actions such ascommunity outreach and engagement, hazardous fuel reduction, and tactical analyses todetermine how wildland firefighters safely attack WUI fires.

Use of Technologies

The Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Summary Report for Baker County provides aconsistent, comparable set of scientific results to be used as a foundation for county-widewildfire mitigation and prevention planning. See the report in Appendix B.

User-Defined Wildfire Hazard Areas and Mitigation Project Areas

Wildfire Hazard Mitigation [590.01 F.S.] “The application of prescribed burning or otheralternative fuel treatment methods to reduce vegetative fuels as a hazard. This service isprovided on an area that is determined to be a wildfire hazard area by the FFS.”

For purposes of this CWPP, FFS wildfire hazard areas and areas referenced in the Comp PlanPolicies as areas of wildfire hazard, areas at risk from wildfire, severe wildfire areas, high toextreme wildfire hazard areas, and high risk wildfire areas are classified as WUI CommunityProtection Zones/CPZs. As indicated by the table above, 85% of county’s population live in WUICPZs.

By use of the Professional Viewer Application of the SouthWRAP Portal, a WUI CPZ is definedand summarized in relation to wildfire information for the area. A detailed Risk Summary Reportis generated using a set of pre-defined map products for the WUI CPZ. These support tools areavailable for homeowners, land owners, elected officials, local fire agencies and state/federalfire management agencies to utilize in their determinations concerning key priorities forplanning and wildland fire management issues. These issues include home safety, firefightersafety, wildfire response, and reduction of firefighting costs. Each product in this report isaccompanied by a general description, table, chart and/or map.

A list of available SouthWRAP products in this report is provided in the following table:

SouthWRAP Product Description

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)Depicts where humans and their structures meet or intermix with wildlandfuel

WUI Risk IndexRepresents a rating of the potential impact of a wildfire on people andtheir homes*

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SouthWRAP Product Description

Community Protection ZonesRepresents those areas designated as primary and secondary priorities forcommunity protection planning

Burn ProbabilityProbability of an area burning given current landscape conditions, percentileweather, historical ignition patterns and historical fire prevention andsuppression efforts

Wildfire Ignition Density Likelihood of a wildfire starting based on historical ignition patterns

Characteristic Rate of SpreadRepresents the speed with which a fire moves in a horizontal directionacross the landscape

Characteristic Flame Length Represents the distance between the tip and base of the flame

Fire intensity Scale Quantifies the potential fire intensity for an area by orders of magnitude

Fire Type – ExtremeRepresents the potential fire type (surface or canopy) under extremepercentile weatherconditions

Surface FuelsContains the parameters needed to compute surface fire behaviorcharacteristics

Dozer Operability RatingLevel of difficulty to operate a dozer in an area based on limitationsassociated with slope, bodies of water, and vegetation type

* The key WUI input reflects housing density data (houses per acre). The location of peopleliving in the WUI and rural areas is key information for defining potential wildfire impacts uponpeople and their homes.

County WUI Community Protection Zones/CPZs

The Florida Forest Service maintains data in the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal whichindicates, by WUI CPZ, the vulnerabilities of people and structures to both direct fire and emberexposure.

This CWPP identifies the County WUI CPZs which exhibit the greatest vulnerabilities and,therefore, most in need of pre-fire hazardous fuel reduction and defensible space projects.

Mapped Primary CPZs: these CPZs, also referred to as mitigation project areas, represent thoseconsidered the highest priority for planning and protection activities (Risk Assessment,Hazardous Fuel Reduction/Defensible Space, Firewise and/or Ready Set Go!). The Primary CPZswithin Baker County are listed below. They are:

Baxter population 352 acres 4293

Clarence Dobbs 78 112

Cuyler 1772 7701

Deerfield 249 904

Glen St Mary (mapping incorporates Pine Top) 3682 9052

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Macclenny (mapping incorporates McPherson) 13448 19150

Manning 81 102

Margaretta 486 1692 – A Firewise Community

Moccasin Creek Circle 171 3228 - A Firewise Community

Mud Lake Community 419 3064

Olustee 295 1330

Sanderson (mapping incorporates Manns Spur) 1774 5854

Taylor 708 5990 – A Firewise Community

Trail Ridge 203 2228

Secondary CPZs: these boundaries inherently incorporate fire behavior conditions and emberexposure. Inclusive are WUI buffers of 1.5 miles around actual places where people live as wellas significant infrastructure, utility corridors and major evacuation routes.

Risk Summary Reports for all WUI CPZs are on file with the FFS.

Two examples of the Taylor WUI CPZ Risk Summary Report maps are below:

Community Protection Zones (CPZs) represent those WUI areas considered priority formitigation planning activities.

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The Burn Probability (BP) layer depicts the probability of an area burning given currentlandscape conditions, percentile weather, historical ignition patterns and historical fireprevention and suppression efforts

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Critical Facilities Vulnerability

The County Office of Emergency Management develops and maintains a protected assetinventory which reflects facilities and infrastructure of significant value to the community. Thelisting of critical facilities contains information that relates to the physical security of facilities usedby the jurisdictions and to the security systems of these facilities. This list therefore comes withinthe exemption of Section 119.071(1), Florida Statutes, and is a confidential component. As such,it is not subject to the general disclosure requirements of Section 119.071(1) F.S. or to any otherrequirements of disclosure.

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Emergency Management and Fire Department staff should determine which assets are withinWUI CPZs, and develop plans to eliminate wildfire hazards that threaten these facilities. ADefensible Space of 100’ or more should be established as defensible space against wildfire.

Predominant Wildland Fuel Types -See SouthWRAP Risk Summary Report inAppendix B.

Wildfire History

Florida Forest Service Fire Management Information System (FMIS)

FFS maintains a fire activity database that includes information on all wildfires that FFS respondedto dating back to 1980. FMIS covers only fires on State and Private Lands and provides WildlandFire History by cause; by fuel type, by type acres, by fire size, etc., and Wildland Fuel ManagementActions by Authorized Open Burns for Agriculture, Land Clearing, and Silviculture, by parcel.

FMIS does not keep a record of fire on Federal Land nor does it include brush fires that weresuppressed by county and city firefighters without FFS assistance.

Fire on State and Private Lands

Wildfires occur in Florida throughout the entire year. In 2017, state and private lands experienced2929 wildfires which burned 201,280 acres.

Typically, North Florida, including Baker County, sees the greatest number of wildfires occurringduring the months of April, May and June. Significant wildfire events in Baker County haveoccurred in 2007, 2011, 2012, and 2017. The Bugaboo Fire of 2007 had a heavy impact on BakerCounty, with most of the burned acreage in National Forest.

The more recent West Mims Fire occurred in 2017 and burned a total of 152,515 acres in GA andFL. 10,075 of those acres were in Baker County. During the life of this fire, tremendous stress wasplaced on the near-by Moccasin Creek Circle residents of the Baxter area and on the resources ofprivate, local, state, and federal agencies which serve the forestry interests Baker County. Theestimated suppression cost of this wildfire is $45,000,000; private timber losses approached$50,000,000.

The following graphics show the total number of fires by fire cause, type acreage, and type fuelsburned for the period January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2016:

Fires by Causes

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1/1/2008 - 12/31/2017

Cause Fires Percent Acres PercentCampfire 9 2.72 19.2 0.04.-----------,1.-----,-----,------11

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IChildren 12 3.63 22.5 0.04

IDebris Burn* 10 0 I0.0 I0IDebris Burn--Auth--Broadcast/Acreage 15I 4.53 I261.9 I0.51

IDebris Burn--Auth--Piles 9 2.72 I44.8 I0.09

IDebris Burn--Auth--Yard Trash 135 10.57 I128.3 I0.25Debris Burn--Nonauth--IBroadcast/Acreage 9 2.72 35.8 0.07

IDebris Burn--Nonauth--Piles 16I 4.83 19.0 0.04

IDebris Burn--Nonauth--Yard Trash 123 6.95 21.1 0.04

IEquipment use* 0I 0 0.0 0

IEquipment--Agriculture 3 0.91 8.5 0.02

IEquipment--Logging 14 1.21 27.8 0.05

IEquipment--Recreation 3I 0.91 7.9 0.02

IEquipment--Transportation 14 1.21 12.8 0.02

IIncendiary 48 14.50 617.0 1.20

ILightning 88I 26.59 50,061.0 97.20

IMiscellaneous --Breakout 13 0.91 23.2 0.05

IMiscellaneous --Electric Fence 4I 1.21 17.1 0.03

IMiscellaneous --Fireworks 11 0.30 0.5 0.00

IMiscellaneous --Power Lines 14 4.23 7.3 0.01

IMiscellaneous --Structure 0I 0 0.0 0

IMiscellaneous--Other 16 1.81 13.3 0.03

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During the 10-year period from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2016, Baker County saw atotal of 331 wildfires that burned 51,503.2 acres on state and private lands. Wildfires occurred atan average of 33 wildfires each year at 156 acres per fire. Lightning caused 27% of all wildfire. Theremaining 73% were Human-Caused.

The potential for large fires, then, still exists. This point is further substantiated when federal-lands numbers are combined. See Fire on Federal Land below.

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Fires by Fuel Type

Baker County1/1/2008 - 12/31/2017

Fuel Type Fires AcresPalmetto-Galberry 105 1,339.1

Dense Pine 35 49,529.0

Swamp 51 275.7

Blowy Leaf 4 2.6

Grass 122 337.1

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Other 11 16.6

Unspecified 3 3.1

Total 331 51,503.2


Fire on Federal Land

The totals presented above are based on Florida Forest Service records and it is these figureswhich form the basis for vulnerability analysis in the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal.However, these numbers are limited by the very nature of the FFS tracking system which onlyrecords fire on state and private lands.

To demonstrate how much greater the totals would be if fire on federal lands were included, datafrom the Baker County portion of the Osceola National Forest were gathered by the US ForestService. During the same period, 01/1/2008 through 12/31/2017, there were 431 wildfires in theBaker County portion of the Osceola which burned 134,343.7 acres.

US FS FIRES BY CAUSE 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2017CAUSE # FIRES # ACRESLightning 196 118,332Arson 136 9892Debris Burn 26 937Miscellaneous 26 4951Equipment 20 18.8Railroad 14 196

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Campfire 8 2.3Children 3 12.3Smoking 2 0.3Total 431 134,343.7

Source: US Forest Service

Occasionally, wildfires originate on the Department of Interior’s Okefenokee National WildlifeRefuge. The Refuge, located in the northern most portion of Baker County, extends intosouthern Georgia. Large wildfire frequency and long-term drought are occurring with muchmore regularity than in past decades. Research and current climate studies indicate that thistrend is likely to continue into the next century. When wildfire does come across the refuge,they tend to be classified as “mega fires”, and directly affect or threaten Baker County. Such wasthe case with the Big Turn-Around Fire of 2007 which burned 560,000 acres, 2011’s HoneyPrairie Fire which burned 310,000 acres, and the 2017 West Mims Fire which burned 152,515acres, 10,075 of which burned in Baker County.

No attempt has been made to merge USFS data with FFS data for this report. Because each agencyreports independently and on different criteria, merging the data is not within the authority ofthe CWPP Work Group. However, the combined fire totals are presented here to illustrate thefact that Baker County has a severe wildfire threat.

USFS, USFWS and FFS combined totals for the period show 762 wildfires burning 185,847 acres atan average of 244 acres per fire.

4. Local Capacity and Current Wildfire Protection Activities

Organizations and Resources

Local Emergency Management/EOC

Baker County’s Emergency Management Division is under the Baker County Sheriff’sOffice. Captain Chris Volz is the Division Director. The Director also serves as Co-Chair ofthe Local Mitigation Strategy Committee and is a signatory of this document.

Bek Parker, Assistant EOC Director, Sheriff’s Drive, Macclenny, Florida 32063

Phone904 259-6111

Slogan - “Failure to Prepare Is Preparing to Fail”

Local Fire Services

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Local fire services are the responsibility of Baker County Fire Department, with 9 UnstaffedVolunteer Fire Stations. Additionally, Macclenny Fire Rescue is a municipal fire service with twostaffed stations.

County Unstaffed Volunteer Fire StationsStation 10: Southeast Macclenny 4980 Jeff Starling Road

Macclenny, FL 32063

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 10- 1996 FORD/E-0NE-1000 GALLON; FIRE ENGINE/TANKER 10- 1997CHEVY/RING POWER 3000 GALLON TANKER

Station 20: Twin Bridges 14496 North State Road 121Macclenny, FL 32063

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 20- 1989 FORD/FMC-1000 GALLON FIRE ENGINE; TANKER 52- 1997VOLVO/KOVATCH-6500 GALLON (Federal Excess); BRUSH 20- 1978 KISER/M35A MILITARYTRANSPORT 750-GALLON (Federal Excess)

Station 30: Cuyler 19145 North County Road 125Sanderson, FL 32078

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 30 -2007 PIERCE/PIERCE-1500 GPM PUMPER; TANKER 30- 1997CHEVY/RING POWER 3000 GALLON TANKER; BF3- 2000 FORD F-350 BRUSH TRUCK 300 GALLONS

Station 40: Taylor 26461 County Road 250Sanderson, FL 32087

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 40- 1989 FORD/FMC-1000 GALLON FIRE ENGINE

Station 50: Glen St. Mary 10058 South Glen AvenueGlen St. Mary, FL 32040

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 50- 2007 PIERCE/PIERCE-1500 GPM PUMPER; TANKER 50- 1997CHEVY/RING POWER 3000 GALLON TANKER; TANKER 40- 1997 CHEVY/RING POWER 3000GALLON TANKER; ATTACK 50- 2000 FORD/F-350 BRUSH TRUCK 300 GALLONS

Station 60: Baxter 27310 County Road 127 NorthSanderson, FL 32087

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 60- 1989 FORD/FMC-1000 GALLON FIRE ENGINE

Station 70: Sanderson 14275 US HWY 90 WestSanderson, FL 32087

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 70-1990 FORD/FMC-1000 GALLON FIRE ENGINE

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Station 80: Olustee 5644 Lulu RoadOlustee, FL 32072

EQUIPMENT: ENGINE 80-1989 FORD/FMC-1000 GALLON FIRE ENGINE; TANKER 80- 1990F0RD/FMC 1500 GALLON TANKER

Station 90: Special Operations 1190 West Macclenny AvenueMacclenny, FL 32063

EQUIPMENT: REHAB-2006 FORD/F-350 AUXILLARY/REHAB; SPARE-2009 FORD/FORD EXPLORER

Mutual Aid Resources

In developing mutual aid plans, it is incumbent upon the departments involved to specificallyaddress the expanded resource and NIMS needs for a WUI fire. Included is the coordination oftraining and equipment acquisition needs for better efficiencies and more effective mutual aidoperations.

Baker County Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the City of Macclenny, CharltonCounty, GA, and Jacksonville, FL.

The 2016-2017 Operations Plan Between Florida Forest Service and Baker County Volunteer FireDepartment. The purpose of this plan is to outline the framework of both administration andoperational functions for the Florida Forest Service (FFS) and Baker County Volunteer FireDepartment (BCVFD) as it relates to outdoor burning, wildland fires, and other emergencieswhich may require interaction between the two departments.

The Florida Forest Service also makes available Radio Frequency Mutual Use Agreements withthe counties. Each agency’s ability to add to their radios is contingent on available programmingspace.

City Staffed Fire StationsMacclenny FD Headquarters 139 East Macclenny Avenue 904259-3331

Macclenny, FL 32063

Macclenny FD Station 2259-4306

4980 Jeff Starling Road 904

Macclenny, FL 32063

County map of all fire stations available within Baker County:

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Florida Forest Service (FFS) Staffed Work StationsThe Florida Forest Service has the primary responsibility for prevention, detection, andsuppression of wildfires wherever they may occur.

Macclenny Forestry Station 8971 US HWY 90 West 904259-3997

Glen St Mary, FL 32040EQUIPMENT: 3 TYPEII DOZER/PLOWS and 1 TYPE VI ENGINE with a 350-GALLONTANK

John M Bethea State Forest 11656 SR 2 904259-4688

Sanderson, FL 32087EQUIPMENT: 1 HEAVY DOZER, 1 TYPE III DOZER, 1 TYPE VI ENGINE with a 500-GALLON TANK and1 TYPE VI ENGINE with a 300-GALLONTANK

Fixed Wing Aircraft Assigned Pilot 386-243-6231

Lake City AirportHanger B-1

The FFS aircraft pilot assigned to the Suwannee Forestry Center is a Certified WildlandFirefighter. When engaged in wildfire suppression the pilot has positive radio contact with FFSground resources, the local fire department, emergency responders and law enforcement. FFSmedium and light duty helicopters can also be tasked as needed to provide added observation,to transport firefighters and to apply counter fire, water, and fire retardants.

U.S. Forest Service Staffed Work CenterOsceola National Forest Osceola Ranger District 386752-2577

24874 US HWY 90Olustee, FL 32072

EQUIPMENT: 3 TYPEII DOZER/PLOWS and 2 TYPE VI ENGINES

Air Tanker Base Lake City Airport 386-758-9078

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Air tankers are positioned at this base when conditions in the area warrant. Turn-around timefor a single air tanker to anywhere in the county is approximately one retardant drop every 30minutes.

The Fire Adapted Community (FAC)

A Culture of Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation

A FAC is a human community consisting of informed and prepared citizens collaborativelyplanning and taking actions to adapt to and safely coexist with wildland fire. Fire AdaptedCommunities (FAC) is a concept used by residents, fire and emergency responders, businessowners, builders, civic groups, and leaders who take steps to increase their safety and becomeprepared for the threat of wildland fire.

“The most fundamental adaptation required in addressing the threat of wildfire is to change theway people think about the place where they live. The vulnerability to the devastation caused bywildfire must be incorporated in the culture of the community. This adaptation will requirechanges in both people’s perception of and perspective about the place they call home.” ElwoodMiller

Baker County’s actions, to date, account for and give meaning to the proposition thatadaptation is a process, a process which requires community involvement, civic leadership, andthe cooperation of a dedicated partners. The programs and plans below are key elements ofcommunity awareness, preparedness, and the adaptation process. Baker County has a stake inthem all.

The Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) of 2012, updated 2015, andrenewed in 2017: This collaborative, fact-oriented plan was created by community leaders, thefire department, state and federal forestry staff, local land managers, and the public. Proposedactions to mitigate public vulnerabilities to wildfire hazards and reduce risk include prescribedburning, the application of Firewise principles, and adoption of plans, policies, and landregulations that adapt a community to fire. The CWPP is an adjunct to the county all-hazardLocal Mitigation Strategy (LMS). The Plan, and its list of mitigation projects, is an appendix to theLMS.

The Firewise USA Program educates homeowners regarding the proactive steps which can betaken to create defensible space to reduce wildfire threat to their homes and neighborhoods.Baker County has hired a Firewise Coordinator and now has 3 Firewise Communities.

The International Association of Fire Chiefs Program Ready Set Go engages both the public andemergency services agencies in preparing a community for wildfire. Fire departments deliver the

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Fire Adapted Communities message using Firewise principles, wildfire situational awareness,and with assistance from law enforcement, safe evacuation planning.

The Baker County and the City of Macclenny fire departments have joined Ready Set Go! Theirimplementation efforts are on-going.

Note:1- ISOs, in their Community Rating System (CRS), are considering the existence of theabove Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) actions as Fire Prevention and, therefore, a mitigatingfactor worthy of credits. 2- The U.S. Fire Administration recommends everyone should have acomprehensive home fire protection plan that includes smoke alarms, fire sprinklers, andpracticing a fire escape plan.

Community Development in the Wildland Urban Interface

Community Wildfire Preparedness

A community’s investment in wildfire hazard mitigation is a proven and reliable predictor offuture fire losses. As populations increase and development continues to push into the WildlandUrban Interface (WUI), it will be necessary to take proactive steps to reduce the wildfire risk toBaker County’s existing and prospective residents. By incorporating wildfire risk into land-useplanning, county government can play an important leadership role in guiding new constructionaway from fire-prone areas.

The Comprehensive Plan

Baker County’s Comprehensive Plan provides adequate statements of policy regarding growthmanagement in the WUI and the protection of lands and structures from wildfire hazards. Citedare the necessary standards upon which the policies and goals might be implemented.

The Comprehensive Plan, Objective A.3.1. gives reference to the use of the FFS SouthernWildfire Risk Assessment Portal(SouthWRAP) “to map and rank wildfire hazard areas”/WUICPZs. By this process, then, when the FFS SouthWRAP Risk Summary Report for a WUI CPZindicates a potential wildfire threat to people, their homes and future developments, theconstruction techniques for residential structures and new developments should be inconformance with The Florida Fire Prevention Code, Chapter 17 Wildland Urban Interface, andthe NFPA 1144 Standard for Reducing Structure Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire 2013. ThisStandard, which was adopted by reference in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, provides amethodology for assessing and reducing wildland fire ignition hazards around existingneighborhoods, subdivisions, individual residential structures, and around planneddevelopment.

Also provided are NFPA Standards for fire protection - #1141 2012, for water supplies forsuburban and rural firefighting - #1142 2012, and wildland fire management - #1143 2014.

Further, as suggested in the Comprehensive Plan Policy A.3.1.4, developers wishing to obtain apermit to build in a “high to extreme wildfire hazard areas (WUI CPZs) shall complete a ‘WildfireHazard Mitigation Plan’ specific to that development”. Outlined in NFPA Standard 1144, the Plan

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addresses fuel modification within the home/structure ignition zone, landscaping for defensiblespace, ignition-resistant construction, hazardous fuel reduction, fire protection, water supply,access roads, and plan maintenance.

Existing structures can be retrofitted to meet these Standards through the implementation ofeither Firewise principles or the adoption of appropriate language in the building codes. Permitsfor structure improvement or repair should require adherence to these principles and the aboveStandards.

Vacant Lands

Vacant properties and land preserves should be maintained in accordance with acceptable fireprevention practices. Disincentives to the maintenance of such properties should be replacedwith an incentive system to facilitate the removal of dense, hazardous vegetation. CommunityBrush-Chipper-Days can aid in the process.

County Property

County owned property and critical infrastructure should have active, on-going wildfire hazardmitigation action plans to help reduce the liability for damage caused by wildfires coming offcounty owned properties. As an example, see 7. Action Plan for proposed community outreachand mitigation actions in Shoals Park.

Detailed information for high priority wildfire hazard mitigation actions/projects, includingparticipating agencies and evaluation criteria, can be found in Section 7. Action Plan.

Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS)Committee Working Group

The LMS is at the heart of community hazard planning and is the minimum level of strategichazard planning in most communities. The Baker County LMS Committee Work Group wasestablished to make the population, neighborhoods, businesses, institutions and critical facilitiesof the community more resistant to the impacts of future disasters. One goal relating to wildfireis to minimize damage to existing and future buildings and infrastructure because of wildfires.

The Local Mitigation Strategy, the Baker County Comprehensive Plan and LDRs should addressissues connected to wildland fire activity, prevention, mitigation and suppression.

When updating the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), Baker County can consider the followingwildfire mitigation categories when prioritizing projects for Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation GrantProgram (HMGP) eligibility: Defensible Space for Wildfires, Application of Ignition-ResistantConstruction, and Hazardous Fuel Reduction.

For detailed guidance on FEMA Mitigation Policy MRR-2-0801 visit www.fema.gov

The Baker County Planning and Zoning Department

The Department plays a significant role in the Local Mitigation Strategy Committee as well as inthe CWPP process. The Department Director is co-chairman of the LMS Committee and is a

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signatory of this document. The Department has promulgated and the BCBOCC has adoptedboth Comprehensive Plan Policies and Land Development Regulation language which promoteswildfire protection and Firewise principles. These policies and regulations are highlighted inSection 7. Action Plan.

Firewise USA Communities

Baker County Fire Department contracts with a County Firewise Coordinator.

The primary responsibilities of the Firewise Coordinator are to provide program oversight andleadership, and to administer cooperative activities which implement and sustain the FirewiseCommunities Program in Baker County.

The Coordinator position and all Firewise USA activities are funded by Title III funds which flow tothe county from the US Forest Service by way of the Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida.This funding is in effect until 2021. See Appendix A for details regarding Title III programs.

Baker County has three Firewise USA Communities – Taylor, Margaretta, and Moccasin CreekCircle. As indicated above, each of these communities is identified as a WUI CPZ.

The Taylor Community, in the North Middle portion of the county, has been under a CommunityWildfire Protection Plan since 2006. Actions taken under the CWPP are frequently cited as a majorCWPP success story as those actions stopped the Bugaboo Fire of 2007 at Taylor’s doorstep. Thisplan called for fuel treatments such as prescribed burns, and the construction of a 30-foot wideperimeter control line to encircle the town. This control line proved invaluable in 2007 when theBugaboo Fire approached the community. The fuel break allowed firefighters to conduct burnoutoperations and direct the wildfire around the town, without the loss of a single structure.

Firewise USA recognized Taylor as a Firewise Community in 2008. It has maintained that statusand was nationally recognized 10 2018 for reaching the 10-Year mark. Future Firewise Activitiesfor Taylor stipulated in their Firewise Work Plan will be integrated into the Action Plan of thisCWPP.

The Margaretta Community is in the middle portion of the county. Firewise USA recognition in2016 came about because of the collaboration by the residents of Margaretta, the Baker CountyFire Adapted Community, the long-time partners of the FAC/Firewise Work Group, and a FFSPrevention Team. Subsequent Firewise activities in Margaretta have resulted through theleadership of the County Firewise Coordinator. Future Firewise Activities for Margarettastipulated in their Firewise Work Plan will be integrated into the Action Plan of this CWPP.

The Moccasin Creek Circle Community is in the Baxter area of north Baker County. Thecommunity has an active wildfire history. The last wildfire was the West Mims Fire of 2017. Thiswildfire burned planted pine and nearby swamps at the entrance of their community,potentially blocking off the evacuation routes. Being aware of their wildfire risks, residentsbegan taking an active role in adapting to and reducing their risks. With the guidance of theCounty Firewise Coordinator, residents completed the 5 steps to Firewise USA recognition andbecame a Firewise USA Community in August of 2017. Future Firewise Activities for MoccasinCreek Circle stipulated in their Firewise Work Plan will be integrated into the Action Plan of thisCWPP.

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Wildland Fire Response Capabilities

When responding to wildfire in the county, mutual aid and wildfire suppression is coordinated bythe Florida Forest Service with the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and theBaker County Fire Department. Because of the extent of National and State Forest acreage, aclose bond has formed between all involved entities. These collaborative relationships contributeto seamless transitions when the NIMS/Incident Command System is activated in response towildfire.

Mutual Aid

The Baker County Fire Department has established Mutual Aid Agreements with the City ofMacclenny, the City of Jacksonville, and Charlton County, Georgia.

The 2016-2017 Operations Plan Between Florida Forest Service and Baker County Volunteer FireDepartment. The purpose of this plan is to outline the framework of both administration andoperational functions for the Florida Forest Service (FFS) and Baker County Volunteer FireDepartment (BCVFD) as it relates to outdoor burning, wildland fires, and other emergencieswhich may require interaction between the two departments.

The Florida Forest Service also makes available Radio Frequency Mutual Use Agreements withthe counties. Each agency’s ability to add to their radios is contingent on available programmingspace.

Cooperative Agreements with Florida Forest Service

Per Section 125.27, Florida Statutes: The board of county commissioners of each countyin this state shall enter into agreements with the Florida forest Service for theestablishment and maintenance of countywide fire protection of all forest and wildlands within said county. Each county shall, under the terms of such agreements, beassessed each fiscal year, as its share of the cost of providing such fire protection, a sumin dollars equal to the total forest and wild land acreage of the county, as determined bythe Florida Forest Service.

Fire Protection Assessment

The agreement provides that the county will budget funds annually to pay its share ofthe cost of providing fire protection. The county share paid to the FFS for 2017-2018, is$15,898.48.

Land Management/County Forester Assessment

FFS Land Owner Assistance Program shares Best Management Practices which result in wellmanaged, healthy productive, and resilient forests. These managed lands serve to reduce thethreats of high-hazard fire scenarios. The county share paid to the FFS for 2017-2018, is $3000.

Training and NIMS Compliance for Volunteer Firefighters

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Currently all firefighters are required take a series of wildland fire suppression courses includingS-130 Firefighter Training, S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and L-180 HumanFactors on the Fire Line. Volunteer Firefighters have also been certified as Squad Boss, EngineBoss, or Strike Team Leader. All firefighters have taken a series of Incident Command System(ICS) courses including I-100, I-200, IS-700, and IS-800. Some have continued with advanced ICStraining. Up to date training for firefighters is an ongoing process and will continue to be apriority in Baker County.

Cross-Boundary Initiatives

Greater Okefenokee Association of Landowners

Encouraging collaboration across jurisdictions to effectively plan and implement risk reductionmeasures on a landscape scale: The 100+ member Greater Okefenokee Association ofLandowners (GOAL) represents more than two million acres of public, private and commerciallands in South Georgia and North Florida. To date, GOAL projects have included: wildfirepreparedness, fire suppression coordination (from communication / radio frequencies/sharedcell phone numbers, to resource lists of equipment and personnel), and creating helicopter dipsites.

The John Bethea State Forest Joint Work Center: an important cooperative venture in the Baxterarea of north Baker County. The work center is designed to decrease the response time towildland fires in the adjoining GOAL area. Numerous educational efforts have also occurredincluded Homeowner Assistance, Swamp Edge Break Buffer Project, and Hazard Fuels MitigationProjects.

US Fish and Wildlife Service Initiative

Cross-boundary Expansion of FAC/Firewise/RSG! in GA_FLActivities involve the Georgia Forestry Commission, Florida Forest Service, the US ForestService, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. We are currently engaging FireDepartments, County Emergency Management, and Sheriff's Departments, along withlocal government leadership (county administrators, planners, building/zoning officials)in the following counties:In Georgia:Charlton - population 12,171 and 1631 square milesClinch - population 6,795 and 824 square milesWare - population 36,312 and 908 square milesIn Florida:Baker County - population 27,013 and 519 square milesColumbia - population 67,531 and 801 square milesHamilton - population 14,799 and 519 square miles

Focus is on the tenets of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy -Resilient Landscapes, Fire Adapted Communities, and Safe and Effective Wildfire

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Response. The primary programs of interest are FAC, CWPPs, Firewise USA, and Ready,Set, Go!

Our Goal: For each agency to become proficient in all aspects of Fire AdaptedCommunities, CWPPS, Firewise USA and Ready Set Go, and eventually be self-sustaining.

Use of FFS Federal Excess Equipment

Federal equipment is on loan to State Foresters from the federal government for use in ruraland wildland fire protection programs. Items loaned through this program may be used for fireprotection purposes and emergency service only. Most items loaned in the program are frommilitary installations, with trucks suitable for conversion to tankers or brush trucks beingpreferred. Other common items on loan include generators, pumps, fire hoses, breathingapparatus and personal protective clothing

Lease agreements are no-cost agreements between the state, local fire departments, firedistricts or counties. Users bear the cost of conversion, painting, storage and maintenance.Information is available on converting federal trucks into brush trucks. When equipment is nolonger serviceable or needed, it is returned to the Florida Forest Service.

Currently, the Baker County Fire Department has three pieces of excess equipment on loan forfire suppression purposes.

Wildland Fuel Management Capabilities

Best Management Practices - Open Burning– Chapter 51-2 Florida Statutes, Revised10/31/2014

The Florida Forest Service provides periodic training and certification for all desiring to burnacreage and/or piles. The categories of such burns include: Silviculture, Wildlife Management,Ecological Maintenance and Restoration, and Agriculture.

Hazardous Fuel Reduction

One of the most important reasons for prescribed burning is to reduce naturally occurring fuelswithin forest areas, particularly those forests near areas where people live. Reduction of forestfuels reduces the risk of major life-threatening wildfire and reduces the threat of substantialeconomic losses of timber. It is one of the most effective elements of any fire preventionprogram

All public agencies, individuals, and land managers having Prescribed Fire and Hazardous FuelReduction programs within their forests and range lands must obtain authorization to burn fromthe FFS. Such authorizations are valid only on the day of the burn.

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For the period 01/01/2008-12/31/2017, the FFS Open Burn Authorizations in Baker County forAgriculture, Land Clearing and Silviculture totaled 5284 authorized prescribed fires for 227,894acres and 12,897 piles. The FFS Suwannee Forestry Center, which serves Baker, Bradford,Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, and Union counties, is available 7AM-7PM daily. For answers torelated issues, call 386-243-6243.

Mitigation Assistance

The resources of The Florida Forest Service (FFS) are also available to the County. The FFSRegional Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Team actively seeks opportunities to support residents andcommunities with their hazardous fuels reduction programs. Inclusive would be WUI buffers of1.5 miles around as actual places where people live, as well as significant infrastructure, utilitycorridors and major evacuation routes. For example: This Team performs maintenance on the30-foot wide perimeter fire control line which encircles the Taylor Community.

Experience Implementing Wildfire Protection Programs

Baker County has experience running Wildfire Protection Programs since the 2006implementation of the Taylor CWPP, the adoption and implementation of the 2012 BakerCounty CWPP and concurrent Comp Plan Polices regarding wildfire protection, and morerecently, this 5-year update and re-adoption of the County CWPP.

Fire Prevention Teams

Prior to fire danger reaching critical levels, the Florida Forest Service and the U.S. Forest Servicemay request the assistance of a Fire Prevention Team. In 2016, the FFS Fire Prevention Teamwas tasked to survey ways to reduce human-caused wildfires in the county and makerecommendations the County Fire Department and the FFS. In 2017, during GA-FL West MimsFire, prevention/mitigation teams engaged residents of the Baxter area regarding wildfiredangers and performed risk assessments for the homes on Moccasin Creek Circle.

Recommendations made by fire prevention teams are not considered as quick fixes; rather, asactionable solutions to be shared and integrated into ongoing County and FFS Fire Preventionand Community Outreach Programs.

The County Firewise Coordinator

During 2016 and into 2017, the Baker County Firewise Coordinator has executed an exemplaryoutreach program. Along with contract mandates, the coordinator has utilized the PreventionTeams’ list of recommendations and the CWPP SouthWRAP risk assessment reports for theCounty’s WUI CPZs. Emphasis is given to Public Wildfire Awareness, Fire Prevention, FirewiseUSA, and Life Safety.

Compensation and expenses for this position come from the Title III funding administered by theCounty. See Appendix A for details regarding Title III programs.

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Fire Adapted Communities/Firewise Actions

-Use of Title III funding for chipper, transport, and fuels reduction equipment to developdefensible space for wildfires within home ignition zones

-Homeowners, volunteers, county, state and federal fire agency personnel, law enforcementand emergency managers holding annual Fire Prevention, Community Firewise, Brush ChippingDays, and numerous public events

-Continuing the relationship with the Baker County Veterans Council to provide communityassessment training. Veteran volunteers perform assessments which will drive hazardous fuelsreduction, defensible space for wildfire, and the recognition of new Firewise USA Communities

-Garden Club and Garden Festival Firewise Landscaping presentations

-Taylor Firewise Community Volunteers and Fire Agency Partners hosted demonstration toursover 3-year period for Congressional Staffers, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) ofthe Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Coalition, the FAC Learning Network AnnualWorkshop, and Senior Fire Leaders of the US Forest Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service.Purpose of tours:

Attendees to witness and hear of the outcomes of the WFLC Reducing-Risk Priorities:

1-Community Engagement – part of the Cohesive Strategy Goal of FAC which yields IncreasedPublic AWARENESS of wildland fire risk; and

2-Coordinated Wildfire Response – a Cohesive Strategy Goal which yields ACTIONS tosignificantly reduce the risk of the loss of life, injury, economic cost, and destruction of naturaland cultural resources due to wildland fire.

-Firewise Coordinator hired. Through work of Coordinator, two new Firewise Communities havereceived Firewise USA recognition.

-Taylor Firewise Community and Fire Agency Partners hosted Wildfire Information Open Houseduring the 2017 West Mims Fire to inform and assist residents living near the fire withsituational awareness.

-The Wildfire Community Preparedness Day activities on May 5, 2018 at Baker County’s St.Mary’s Shoals Park

-Continued assistance to prospective and existing Firewise Communities in the web-basedFirewise USA Application and Recognition Renewal processes.

-The on-going Firewise Landscaping Demonstration presentations

Cross-Boundary Initiatives – see above

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Encouraging collaboration across jurisdictions to effectively plan and implement wildfirerisk reduction measures on a landscape scale.

Keeping Citizens Informed

everbrdge

Everbridge is administered by the Baker County Sheriff’s Office. This communication serviceallows Baker County to notify citizens of an emergency, and helps emergency services to providemass notifications quickly. By citizens enrolling* in the Everbridge system Emergency Servicescan quickly contact them and provide essential information about critical situations, whatactions they should take, and notify them when the situation has been resolved. The allows folksto have the most relevant information to help them make more informed decisions during anongoing state of emergency.”

*Everbridge Enrollment link - https://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736724821#/signup

5. Plan Maintenance and Evaluation

Collaboration makes sense as the initial direction for any community engaged in wildfire riskreduction. The goal is to cooperatively identify problems and develop a plan for mutual actionthat best fits local needs and priorities.

As part of the Florida Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Program, the FFS provides local mitigationplanning teams to assist state and local government agencies in the development of policy,planning and construction regulations and response improvements for inclusion in LCPs, LDRs,LMSs and CWPPs. These actions contribute to the integration of wildfire hazard preparednessand mitigation into the planning process at all levels.

The CWPP is to be implemented as resources become available to incrementally mitigatecommunity wildfire vulnerability. An action plan has been collaboratively developed by the CWPPWorking Group to guide implementation efforts over the next 5 years. An action as listed in thisPlan is a strategy, project, or program that reduces wildfire vulnerability in the community.Interagency and public-private partnerships in CWPP implementation are encouraged. The CWPPshould be updated on an annual basis to ensure information is current, monitor progress of thePlan, and alter Plan content as necessary. Every 5 years the plan should receive a major updatein which the vulnerability assessment is updated and the action plan is evaluated for itseffectiveness over the past 5 years and its suitability for the next 5 years.

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https://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736724821#/signup

The FFS has adapted evaluation questions from this resource to guide Florida communities inassessing the CWPP during a major plan update. The organizational representation from the LMSCommittee CWPP Work Group should be convened to conduct the major update. The 5-yearupdate should occur prior to or simultaneously with the 5-year update to the Local MitigationStrategy. Only the 5-year update requires new plan approval signatures (page ii).

6. Goals and Objectives

Goals

1) Manage vegetation and hazardous fuel

2) Protect homes, communities, and other values at risk

3) Manage human-caused ignitions

4) Enhance the capacity of wildland firefighters to respond to fire safely and effectively

Objectives

Objectives are integrated as Actions within the six Mitigation Categories of the Action Plan. Theactions listed are those which best fit the needs and priorities of the county and serve tofacilitate Fire Adapted Communities.

7. Action Plan - From Awareness to Action

A Framework for Implementation

This section describes implementation of community-wide pre-fire strategies and fireadaptation efforts that advance the Cohesive Strategy Goal of Fire Adapted Communities andthe goals, mitigation strategies and recommendations of the LMS Work Committee. Thepartnerships of the CWPP Work Group serve to guide in the selection and implementation ofdeliverable, sustainable Mitigation Actions.

Preparedness and Mitigation Actions

Completion of Actions will be accomplished by way of a strategic sequence of steps within thefollowing mitigation categories:

1) Wildland fuel management,2) Community outreach and engagement,3) Firewise, building retrofit and landscaping,4) Policy and regulation recommendations,5) Wildland fire response improvements and

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6) Plan maintenance and evaluation.

What Works Well

Actions selected within each mitigation category shall be assessment driven and be chosenbased upon their potential to increase awareness of wildfire risk, to significantly decreasewildfire vulnerability, to increase community resilience to wildfire, and to promote a commonwildfire mitigation language and culture. See Appendix A, Cohesive Strategy information andguidance for addressing attendant challenges.

Expected Outcomes & Measures

Individuals, communities, and landowners that accepted and acted upon their responsibilities toprepare their properties for wildfire

Mitigation Actions that are on-going, monitored, and shared

Collaborative results by the Baker County LMS Committee CWPP Work Group Membership

Wildland Fuel Management Action

Resilient Landscapes Through the Prioritization of Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Fuel management projects help reduce the size and intensity of wildland fires and decrease thepotential of wildfire starts in an area. Inclusive are WUI buffers of 1.5 miles around actual placeswhere people live as well as significant infrastructure, gas pipeline locations and majorevacuation routes.

When working in nearby woodlands, The US Forest Service, Okefenokee National WildlifeRefuge, and Florida Forest Service will work jointly to maintain fuel treatment schedules, andspecifically target prescribed fire treatments to protect the residents and communities withinBaker County. This expanded partners group is also focused on longleaf pine restoration, andfuel treatments to encourage landscape scale fire resiliency.

Additionally, Florida Forest Service will work with public and commercial land managementagencies and private landowners to maintain individual fuel management goals. These pre-fireactions, such as creating fuel breaks, can increase the safety of people and property whilereducing risks to firefighters and lowering suppression costs.

For the period 01/01/2008-12/31/2017 FFS Open Burn Authorizations for Agriculture, LandClearing and Silviculture in the county totaled 5284 authorized fires for 227,894 acres and12,897 piles.

County Property

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County owned property and critical infrastructure should have active, on-going fuelmanagement plans to help reduce the liability for damage caused by wildfires coming off countyowned properties. An example would be hazardous fuel reduction on Shoals Park.

Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Demonstrations

The partnership of the CWPP Work Group and the Prescribed Fire Association of the area,demonstrations will be conducted to show the various fuel management methods which can beused to achieve site-specific benefits. Included would be: Prescribed burning; Mechanicaltreatment (e.g., mowing, mulching, disking, fire line plowing/harrowing, and chopping);Chemical treatment (herbicide application); Biomass removal (e.g., pine straw, vegetation ortree thinning slash and timber harvesting); and Biomass conversion (grazing). An example wouldbe the continued maintenance of the 7-mile, 30-foot fire control line around the Taylor FirewiseCommunity and similar lines around and within other WUI CPZs.

County Forester Resilient Landscapes Presentations

The FFS Land Owner Assistance Program shares Best Management Practices which result in wellmanaged, healthy, productive, and resilient forests. These managed lands serve to reduce thethreats of high-hazard fire scenarios.

The partnerships of the CWPP Work Group will support this effort with materials,recommendations, and presentations as requested.

Wildland Fuel Management ActionsAction Lead Agency Timeframe Potential Funding

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Home Fuel Mitigation, E.G. fuel FFSreduction for homes near JBSF

On-going/annual

State MitigationFunds

Fire Break Establishment andMaintenance/Mechanical andchemical fuel treatments. E.G.fire lines for Taylor and homesnear private forests and JBSF

County/FFS 2018-2022 FEMA HazardMitigation Grant

Fuels management (prescribeCounty/FFS Burning) on Countyowned lands. E.G. Shoals ParkHazardous Fuel Removal

County/FFS Annually Steven” Grant

Fuels management on NationalPublic Lands

USDA FS/ USFWS/ FFS

Annually Steven’s Grant

Fuels Management on StateForest Lands

FFS Annually

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Fire Adapted Communities Through Community Engagement toIncrease Public Awareness of Wildland Fire Risks

In Florida, wildfires can occur at any time throughout the year.

Large wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas are associated with severe negativeconsequences including massive community evacuation, property losses, damage toinfrastructure, injuries, and in some instances even fatalities.

The designation of WUI Community Protection Zones(CPZs)allows a concentration of effort withthe residents and neighborhoods which need emphasis on pre-fire risk reduction andprotection. Therefore, when a wildfire threatens Baker County, residents of all WUI CPZs will beaware of the best pre-fire actions they should take to protect their families and property, and toevacuate early to avoid being trapped.

Presentations featuring Fire Adapted Communities, Baker County Firewise, and Ready, Set, Goshould be scheduled in each WUI CPZ. The implementation of these programs is crucial toraising the public’s wildfire risk awareness. Information shared will concern the hazards in thehome ignition zone, the creation of defensible space, the benefits of hazardous fuel reduction,access, evacuation, and the availability of firefighting resources.

The Baker County Fire Department and the County Firewise Coordinator will take the lead forprioritizing target communities and scheduling events. As in previous fire mitigation andeducation efforts, all information pathways will be pursued. Some of these pathways includeroadside signs, brochures and notices left at local gathering points such as local stores, thelibrary, public meetings, elementary school programs, the mail, utility companies, the internet,the media, and personal interactions.

Outreach and engagement programs can influence attitudes which lead to behavioral changes,such as homeowners’ support and application of the Firewise principles of defensible space andfuels reduction within the home ignition zone. As homeowners are enlightened, they becomecollective partners in fire protection and fire mitigation. There is also a key role for architectswho design homes, builders, insurance agents, elected officials, planners, and educators–everyone who helps shape our communities. Success will involve a true community-partnershipeffort. Every member of the partnership can uniquely contribute the strengths they bring to thetable so that all aspects of projects can be addressed and adaptation be facilitated.

Vacation homes and hunt camps might pose another area of risk. These “seasonal” residentsmay not be familiar with the local WUI threat and may bring with them inaccurate notions ofwildland fire and local operational response/capabilities.

Cross-Boundary Initiatives

Encouraging collaboration across jurisdictions to effectively plan and implementwildfire risk reduction measures on a landscape rather than boundary scale. Seeabove.

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Evacuation

The County Fire Department has joined the IAFC Ready, Set, Go Program. The programengages both the public and emergency services agencies in preparing a community for wildfire.Local fire departments deliver the fire adapted communities message using Firewise principles,wildfire situational awareness, and, with assistance from law enforcement, safe evacuationplanning and execution.

Tips which help prepare residents for an evacuation can be communicated throughimplementation of the Ready, Set, Go Program. Tips could include:

• Maintain a Personal Wildfire Action Plan;• Maintain a Wildfire Safety Tool Kit;• Enrollment in the EverBridge Community Emergency Notification Service;• Know your community’s evacuation plan and identify several escape routes in case

roads are blocked;• Have an evacuation plan for pets and livestock, including routes, transportation needs,

and host site;• Keep your car fueled and in good condition;

• Decide now if you have transportation or if you will need to secure transportationthrough a neighbor, a friend, relative, or social/community organization. If you do needtransportation assistance, ensure your transportation plan is ready well in advance of anemergency.


Community Outreach and Engagement ActionsAction Lead Agency Timeframe Potential FundingTaylor Firewise WorkDay

Taylor FirewiseChairperson

October2018

Title III

Baker CountyCommunity WildfirePreparedness Day

County/FFS/USFS/USFWS Annually Federal/State/NFPAGrant

Construct FirewiseLandscaping Garden Plotin Shoals Park and/orHeritage Park

Begin work withresidents within theCWPP CPZs in creatingnewFirewise Communities

County/FFS On-going Title III/FFS

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Begin work withresidents within the TBDCPZ in creating newFirewise Communities

Firewise Work Days inFirewise Communities

Advertise and publicizeFire Adaptedcommunities concept innewspapers, sportsstadiums,signage/banners, andbillboardsFirewise CommunityDays E.G.Conduct/SponsorFAC/Firewise workshopsfor a coalition of allcommunity residentleaders and boardmembers regardingaction planning, projectssharing, and the use ofthe Firewise ApplicationPortal as a managementtool

County/FFS/USFS/USFWS TBDAnnually

Federal/State/County

Plan and carry outEvacuation Exercises

County/State/Federal 2018-20 Title III

Field trip with CountyOfficials to witnesswildfire risk reductionE.G. demonstration atShoals Park

County/FFS/USFS/USFWS Annually Federal/State/County

Baker County Fair County/FFS/USFS/USFWS TBDAnnually


Baker County EverbridgeCommunity Drive

County/FFS/USFS/USFWS TBDAnnually


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Fire Adapted Communities Through Proactive Steps to Defendable Communities

Firewise USA is a voluntary, neighborhood based program which engages existing communitiesalready living with the wildfire threat in ongoing neighborhood action.

For reasons related to the Baker County WUI definition, Baker County will begin new Firewiseefforts within wildfire hazard areas/WUI CPZS identified above; with the goal of gainingFirewise USA Recognition for neighborhoods in these areas. The Taylor, Margaretta andMoccasin Creek Circle Firewise Communities will serve as models for the county-wide actionswhich lead to the recognition of new Firewise USA Communities.

The Baker County Veterans Council volunteers will perform community and home-ignition-zonewildfire risk assessments which will drive hazardous fuels reduction and defensible spaceprojects. Projects will be designed to reduce the ignitability of homes and other structures, andto decrease firefighter and community wildfire vulnerability.

Community Firewise Workdays

A project list is developed and work crews are organized. Funding through Title III pays for a treecutting company with a bucket truck to trim overhanging tree limbs. Residents, volunteerfirefighters, Florida Forest Service and US Forest Service crews bring brush mowers, dumptrucks, chain saws and a brush chipper to assist with vegetation cutting and removal. Thesesteps are the logical progression of the proactive Firewise effort for the WUI CPZS.

Other project examples are public-private partnerships supplying fire control lines, Firewiselandscaping materials and volunteer programs to assist in assessing risks and making Firewiseimprovements in the home ignition zone. These actions are especially important for elderly anddisabled residents.

The Baker County Firewise Coordinator will take lead for workday scheduling with support fromresidents, fire department volunteers, the Florida Forest Service, Osceola National Forest, andthe Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge

Firewise Landscaping Presentations and Demonstrations

As in the past, engage the Garden Club and other civic groups with the Firewise Landscapingpresentations and greet residents and distribute Firewise Landscaping information at theIFAS/AG Center Spring Garden Festival.

An on-going project: Macclenny’s Heritage Park Firewise Landscaping Demonstration Plot.

Lessons to be Learned and Shared = Initiative, Responsibility, Community

The Taylor example: “The premise behind Firewise is to form partnerships, share informationand provide resources to communities so they can help themselves in the face of a wildfire.Taylor residents can take pride in knowing they have partnered with their fire protectionagencies and taken a stand to protect themselves from wildfire.” Annaleasa Winter

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Firewise, Building Retrofit and Landscaping ActionsAction Lead Agency Timefram Potential Funding

e

Fire AdaptedLandscapeDemonstration Home

FFS/USFS/USFWS/County

2018 Federal State/County/NFPAGrant/Realtors/Developers/Insurance Company or Board/GardenClub/Lowes/Home Depot

Fire AdaptedLandscapingDemonstration Plot atHeritage Park

County Fire 2018 Title III Funds

Establish 1New FirewiseCommunityannuallyFirewiseCommunityannually


2018-2022 Federal/State/County

Rehab andupdateequipment inFirewisetrailer

County 2018-2021 Title III

BuildingRetrofitDemonstration Home


2019 Federal State/County/NFPAGrant/Realtors/Developers/Insurance Company or Board/GardenClub/Lowes/Home Depot

Wildland Fire Response Improvements Actions

Fire Adapted Communities Through Actions Which Enhance the Capacity ofWildland Firefighters to Respond to Fire Safely and Effectively

Before the Fire

The WUI is a melting pot of both the structural and wildland firefighting worlds. Fire can movebetween structural and vegetation fuels, increasing the likelihood that wildfires will threatenstructures and people. Firefighting strategy and tactics differ significantly for Wildland fireswhen compared to Structure fires.

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Fire departments not traditionally responsible for Wildland firefighting are increasinglyresponding to calls for assistance at wildland incidents. Therefore, it is necessary for urban firedepartments to become better educated and trained to perform safely and effectively in theseenvironments.

Opportunities to improve wildland fire response capabilities are critical. Improvements inresponse capabilities can include advanced training, firefighting policy as it relates to WUI fires,advanced wildland firefighter training, equipment, and PPE, automatic-aid agreements, fire-district boundaries, fire station locations, fuel loads, road networks. Access to water supplies,increasing staff or volunteer fire fighting resources, and developing new procedures or protocolscan also be addressed. The full costs of fire protection should be a part of the county’s budget.

In reevaluating firefighting capabilities, the County shall align fire prevention efforts andcapabilities with the applicable elements of the ISO Fire Suppression Rating Schedule tomaintain the desired Public Protection Classification.

Wildland Firefighter Training and NIMS Compliance

Up-to-date training for firefighters is an ongoing need and will continue to be a priority in BakerCounty. With firefighter safety in mind, the Fire Departments are aggressive in efforts to gainWildland Firefighting Training and Personal Protective Equipment for staff.

Currently, all firefighters are required take two series of courses. The courses teach skills inpreparing for, mitigating, and responding to wildland fires. They are:1-The FFS series of wildland fire suppression courses including S-130 Firefighter Training, S-190Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and L-180 Human Factors on the Fire Line;2-TheFEMA series to remain NIMS Compliant: Incident Command System (ICS) courses includingI-100 Introduction to ICS, I-200 Single Resource and Initial Action Incident, IS-700 NationalIncident Management System(NIMS), and IS-800 National Response Framework.

Cross-Boundary InitiativesEncouraging collaboration across jurisdictions to effectively plan and implementrisk reduction measures on landscape rather boundary scale.

Continued Use of FFS Federal Excess Equipment

Currently, the Baker County Fire Department has three pieces of excess equipment on loan forfire suppression purposes


Wildland Fire Response Improvement ActionsAction Lead Agency Timeframe Potential Funding

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Federal/State andCounty

Wildfire RiskReduction FFS/USFS/USFWS/County on-going

Home FuelMitigation

FFS/County On-going/annual

Federal/StateMitigation Funds

Fire BreakEstablishment andMaintenance/Mechanical and chemicalfuel treatments. E.G.Taylor Fire Line

County/FFS 2018-2022 USDA WUIMitigation Grant

Fuels management(prescribe Burning)on County ownedlands. E.G. ShoalsPark Hazardous FuelRemovalFuels management(prescribed burning)on National Forestlands

Fuels Management(prescribed burning)on State Forest lands

State FundsAnnually

Annually

FFS

USDA FS/ FFS

County/FFS Annually Steven” Grant

Steven’s Grant

Ready, Set, Go! Training.Scenario to includepets/livestock.

FFS/USFS/USFWS/IAFC

Onecommunityeach spring

Federal/State/IFACGrant

Establish and Map ofadequate water draftingsites (countywide)


2018-2019 Federal/State/IFAC orNFPA Grant

Replace or improve bridgeaccess


2018-2022 FFS/USFS/USFWS/County and FEMA HazardMitigation Grant

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Policy and Regulation Recommendations Action

Fire Adapted Communities Through Planning and Zoning Measures to Reduce Riskto Communities from Wildfire

Growth Management

Local governments must decide, when permitting development, if the area proposed fordevelopment has the necessary supporting infrastructure and other development characteristicsthat support new development. In the WUI, such permitting must include the incorporation ofthe land-use planning process into decisions that potentially place people and property at risk towildfire.

Wildfire Risk Reduction

The current CWPP illustrates that the Baker County WUI designation includes the whole county.As stated, it is estimated that 26,305 people or 96 % percent of the total population of 27,533live within the WUI. Further, 22, 853 people, or 85% of the county population live in wildfirehazard areas classified as WUI Community Protection Zones(CPZs).

In WUI CPZs, even if the Firewise USA program generates goodwill and progress throughvoluntary community engagement in wildfire risk reduction, the program has no power tocontrol the siting, design, construction and landscaping of new homes and subdivisions.However, local plans and regulations do.

Plans and regulations leading to wildfire hazard avoidance and wildfire risks reduction wouldinclude:

Mandatory application of the Firewise Principles of defensible space and landscapemaintenance standards around existing homes

A development review processes for the siting, design, construction, and landscaping of newhomes and subdivisions

Standards for new construction in wildfire hazard areas that call for non-flammable roofs,windows, siding, decks and vents will serve to ensure that ignition-resistant homes will be built

Notices of Proximity in proposed real estate transactions which disclose wildfire hazard areas,and the potential use of prescribed fires near existing and planned developments

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Accomplishments

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Baker County has adopted policies and a regulation which address the concerns of wildfiresafety and community protection. To wit:

In the Comprehensive Plan:

[A – FUTURE LAND USE

Future Land Use Element

Revised 2000, 2010

Goal A.3 Protect Lands from Wildfire HazardsThe County shall seek to protect life, property, and economy by eliminating or minimizing thevulnerability to wildfire hazards.Objective A.3.1 Implement the FDOF Southern Fire Risk AssessmentModelCounty shall coordinate with the Florida Division of Forestry (FDOF) to map and rankwildfire hazard areas based on the FDOF Southern Fire Risk Assessment Model.Policy A.3.1.1 Map Wildfire Hazard AreasBy 2011, the County shall coordinate with Florida Division of Forestry (FDOF) tomap and rank areas of wildfire hazard based on the FDOF Southern Fire RiskAssessment Model.Policy A.3.1.2 Educate to Mitigate Risk of Wildfire DamageThe County shall educate the public, especially those at high risk for wildfires andraise awareness of protective steps that can be taken to mitigate wildfire damage.These steps are identified on the National Firewise Program websitewww.firewise.orgPolicy A.3.1.3 Use Best Practices to Avoid Wildfire HazardThe County shall consider all land uses in areas at risk from wildfire and restrictor prohibit land uses as necessary to insure the public health, safety, welfare, andthe protection of property. Land uses and specific development plans for whichadequate wildfire mitigation cannot be provided, or that would preclude orseverely limit the use of wildfire mitigation or natural resource managementoptions such as prescribed burns, shall not be authorized in severe wildfire hazardareas.Policy A.3.1.4 Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Plan RequirementsAny subdivision or non-residential development within high to extreme wildfirehazard areas shall complete a “Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Plan” specific to thatdevelopment, and subject to review and approval by the County Fire Marshall aspart of plan approval process. The wildfire mitigation plan shall address at aminimum:• Access• Vegetation• Building construction• Utilities• Fire protection

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• Any additional factors, including vacant lots within thedevelopment, that present a barrier to wildfire access such ascanals or ditches• Home Owner’s Association organization and ongoing education.

All of these factors can be evaluated based on NFPA 1144 Standard for ReducingStructure Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire, 2008 Edition and NFPA 1141Standard for Fire Protection Infrastructure for Land Development in Suburbanand Rural Areas, 2008 Edition.Policy A.3.1.5 Adopt Mitigation Standards Based on the Southern FireRisk Assessment ModelBy June 30, 2011, the County shall adopt LDRs to set forth standards fordevelopment within high risk wildfire areas as identified by the Southern FireRisk Assessment Model.Policy A.3.1.6 Improve the Local Mitigation Strategy for Wildfire HazardThe County shall incorporate wildfire prevention, education, and mitigationstrategies into the County Local Mitigation Strategy.

In the Land Development Regulations:Policy D.1.8.2 Implement County-Wide Fire Wise Guidelines to Protect AgainstWildfireThe County shall coordinate with the Florida Division of Forestry, Department of Agriculture toprotect the National Forest lands from the pressures of development by adopting andimplementing new policies to institute county-wide Firewise guidelines and standards andmaintaining a buffer of defensible space around National Forest lands with a future land usedesignation of Ag A to allow only low-density development.]

Regulations to Implement the Comprehensive Plan Policies

The County Planning and Zoning Department will be encouraged to continue its work with theLand Planning Agency regarding the integration of wildfire risk reduction requirements intoexisting Land Development Regulations and in additional regulations. Included should be a land-use planning discussion that considers hazard avoidance provisions which restrict developmentwithin wildfire-prone areas.

With requirements in place, the review process for development in or near wildfire hazardareas/WUI CPZs would focus upon hazard avoidance, building codes for neighborhoods,subdivisions and homes/buildings, fuel management activities, defensible space, improvedaccess, and water availability for fire suppression.


Policy and Regulation ActionsAction Lead Agency Timeframe Potential Funding

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Revise Comp Plan Goal A.3language, terminology,and document dates

Planning & ZoningDepartment

2018-2020 USDA WUI Grant

Confer with the LandPlanning Agency regardingthe integration of wildfirerisk reductionrequirements into existingLand DevelopmentRegulations and Codes,etc.

FFS/County On-Going USDA WUI Grant

Work with local realtors toincorporate wording of“notice of proximity” topotential purchasers ofproperty within county

FFS/USFS/USFWS/County 2018-2022

Plan Maintenance, Evaluation, and Potential Funding Sources

Fire Adapted Communities Through Collaborative Processes

FAC involves residents, leaders, fire and emergency responders, business owners, builders, civicgroups, and land managers who come together and take steps to increase their safety andbecome prepared for the threat of wildland fire. Well-defined roles encourage a shared,cohesive, and synergistic approach to the common threat of wildfire. It is particularly importantto assign roles and responsibilities in the planning documents for all wildfire risk reductionactions by individuals, agencies, organizations, and governments.

The Baker County CWPP should be updated on an annual basis to ensure information is current,monitor progress of the Plan, and alter Plan content as necessary. The organizationalrepresentation from the LMS CWPP Work Group should be reconvened to conduct an updatewhich provides monitoring and adaptation of mitigation strategies to ensure Fire AdaptedCommunities actions are effective.

Outcome measures could include: that individuals and communities accept and act upon theirresponsibilities to prepare their properties for wildland fire, that mitigation activities aremonitored, documented, and shared, and that the collaboration described on Appendix A. iscontinued.

Use of Technologies

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Technology can increase both the quality and types of data used in developing andimplementing CWPP processes that are appropriate for the level of risk and capacity in thecommunity.

Various technologies can also be used to promote the integration of the CWPP into otherplanning documents, such as the Local Mitigation Strategy, Comp Plan, and LDRs. There are avariety of types of useful technology from online survey collectors, mapping tools, homeassessment data collectors, and more. A link to Florida Forest Service technologies andSouthWRAP: A one stop, web-based link to planning technologies is provided. See the FloridaForest Service Reporting System, Fire Protection/Planning Applications:http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Wildland-Fire/Resources/Fire-Tools-and-Downloads This resource includes connection to The SouthernWildfire Risk Assessment Portal/SouthWRAP.

Funding

Baker County receives funding authorized by the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act – Title III. In addition to the previously authorized uses, P.L. 115-141authorizes the following new uses of Title III payments to states as shown in italics:

(1) to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program

(2) to reimburse the participating county for search and rescue and other emergency services,including firefighting and law enforcement patrols

(3) to cover training costs and equipment purchases directly related to the emergency servicedescribed in paragraph (2); and

(4) to develop and carry out community wildfire protection plans.

No changes were made to category (1) relating to the Firewise Communities program.

A change was made to category (2) to expressly authorize the use of title III funds for lawenforcement patrols during an emergency response.

A new category (3) was added to authorize the use of title IIII funds for training costs andequipment purchases directly related to the emergency services in category (2), includingtraining and equipment needed for law enforcement patrols.

A change was made to category (4) to authorize the use of title III funds to carry outcommunity wildfire protection plans.

Previously received Title III funds can be used for any of the new uses now authorized.

Other Federal Funds and State Assistance

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http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Wildland-Fire/Resources/Fire-Tools-and-Downloads


Descriptions of other federal funding and state assistance applicable to wildfire mitigation andresponse improvements are available in the State of Florida Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Planand the Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex, 2013. For example, the Volunteer Fire Assistance(VFA) Program, formerly known as the Rural Community Fire Protection (RCFP) Program, is toprovide federal financial, technical, and other assistance to State Foresters to organize, train,and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities to prevent and suppress fires,with further assistance to local fire departments in preparing for, mitigating, and responding towildland fires.

Any CWPP changes should be incorporated into the current Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS)CWPP Appendix. This action will keep the action plans and projects of the CWPP a part of theLMS document and thereby eligible for the pre-fire Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds ofthe State Division of Emergency Management.


Plan Maintenance Actions

Action Lead Agency Timeframe Potential FundingCounty/FFS/Federal

CWPP 5 -Year Review andBOCC Adoption

2018 Title III

CWPP Annual Update County/FFS/Federal

2019-2021 Title III

Action Plans and RecognitionApplications for FirewiseCommunities

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Baker County CWPP

Updated 2018

APPENDICES

Appendix A: The Planning Process, Information Resources, andTitle III Funding Information

Appendix B: Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal RiskSummary Report for Baker County and Completed Actions andProjects

Appendix C. Maps

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Appendix A: The Planning Process and Information Sources

A preliminary meeting of the core plan developers was held on October 20, 2010 to discuss the futuredirection. That meeting was attended by The Baker County Director of Planning and Zoning, the Chiefand Assistant Chief of the Baker County Fire Department, the FFS Forest Area Supervisor for BakerCounty, and the FFS Suwannee Forestry Center Wildfire Mitigation Specialist.

A formal kickoff meeting for county stakeholders was held on January 19, 2011. This was a successfulmeeting. The presentations and subsequent discussions resulted in strong support of a CWPP, whichled to adoption of the Plan by the Board of County Commissioners in September of 2012.

Annual Updates:

On January 16, 2015

Ed Preston, County Planning and Zoning Director/LMS Co-Chairperson, Steve Marfongella, County FireChief and Doc Bloodworth, Suwannee Forestry Center, FFS Wildfire Mitigation Specialist met todiscuss an update to the 2012 CWPP. A draft of an updated CWPP and an information brief of keydecisions for update completion was prepared for the CWPP Core Work Group.

On March 11, 2015

Ed Preston and Doc Bloodworth with Chris Volz, LMS Co-Chair and Bek Parker Assistant Manager,Emergency Operations Center met to discuss going forward with the CWPP Update and incorporationof same as an appendix to the LMS. Decided that CWPP Core Work Group should proceed; and gainLMS Working Group approval of CWPP Update prior to BCBOCC adopting the 5-year LMS plan update.

On July 9, 2015

The CWPP Core Work Group met to review a latest draft of CWPP update. It was agreed that DocBloodworth would enter additions and changes, finalize the draft and forward to the LMS consultantfor entry into the LMS as an appendix.

On July 23, 2015

The LMS Committee met for LMS review and approved the updated CWPP as an appendix the LMS.

August - November 2017

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A complete, 5-year review and update was carried out by the LMS Committee CWPP Work Group.

Update needs were determined to be: reconvene core committee/collaboratives, integrate Fire AdaptedCommunities (FAC) concepts, update fire history, program information and data elements per thenew FFS SouthWRAP, document mitigation activities and projects, review and refine Goals andObjectives, document past actions and chart course for future actions, and identify authorities andresources needed for successful CWPP implementation and outcomes.

May 9, 2018

Updated CWPP added to the LMS

July, 2018.

New 2018 CWPP approved for adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.

Information Resources as Guidance for the Development of this Plan:

Reference the National Association of Counties’ Guide to Wildfire Risk and Mitigation: “Planning fire-adaptive communities and mitigating the impact of wildfire is crucial to protecting residents andreducing emergency management costs. County officials play an essential role in leading communityinitiatives to prevent and mitigate the risks associated with fire in the Wildland Urban Interface.”

Summary of Economic Contributions of Forestry and Forest Product Manufacturing Industries in Florida,2015

The Baker County Local Mitigation Strategy, Comprehensive Plan, and Land Development RegulationsThe National Association of Counties Guide to Wildfire Risk and MitigationThe National Wildland Urban Interface Fire Program: American Perspectives on the Wildland Urban

InterfaceThe American Planning Association Report: Planning for WildfiresA publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation

Desk Reference GuideUSDA General Technical Report, Risk Terminology Primer: Basic Principles and a Glossary for the Wildland

Fire Management CommunityThe National and Regional Cohesive Strategies for Wildland Fire ManagementA Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Community Wildfire Protection PlanThe Florida Forest Service Fire Manual, Firefighters Guide, and the publication, Wildfire Risk Reduction in

Florida-Home, Neighborhood, and Community Best PracticesNational Fire Protection Association (NFPA), FIREWISE: The Value of Voluntary Action and Standard

Approaches to Reducing Wildfire RiskU.S. Fire Administration: Your Role in Fire Adapted CommunitiesThe International Association of Fire Chiefs: Wildland Fire Programs, Fire Adapted Communities Tool KitThe Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) Coalition Guide to Fire Adapted CommunitiesFlorida’s Forest Fire Laws and Open Burning RegulationsThe Florida Fire Prevention Code, Chapter 17 Wildland Urban Interface

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Florida Wildfire Aviation PlanThe Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection CompactThe Fire Protection Research Foundation, Addressing Community Wildfire Risk: A Review and Assessment

of Regulatory and Planning ToolsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Guide to Community Wildfire Safety Through Regulation

and the following Standards:1141 Fire Protection Infrastructure for Land Development in Wildland, Rural, and Suburban Areas 2012;1142 Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Firefighting 2012;1143 Wildland Fire Management 2014;1144 Reducing Structure Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire 2013.

The U of F IFAS publication, Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners in the Southern US;The Firewise Communities USA: Guide to Landscape and ConstructionBlueprint for Safety by the Federal Alliance for Home Safety(FLASH)The Institute for Business and Home Safety: Fortified for Safe Living and the Wildfire Home Assessment

ChecklistThe Fire Smart Home HandbookThe Florida State Fire Marshall 2013 Annual ReportThe Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Summary Report for Baker County, FLThe Prevention and Mitigation Recommendations of the 2016 FFS Fire Prevention TeamThe West Mims Fire Structure Protection Plan 2017The Florida Forest Service Reporting System, Fire Protection, and Planning Applications:

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Wildland-Fire/Resources/Fire-Tools-and-Downloads This resource includes connection to The SouthernWildfire Risk Assessment Portal/SouthWRAP.

The National Strategy: The Final Phase in the Development ofthe National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management StrategyThe National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is a strategic push to workcollaboratively among all stakeholders and across all landscapes, using best science, to makemeaningful progress towards the three goals:

1. Resilient Landscapes

2. Fire Adapted Communities

3. Safe and Effective Wildfire Response

Vision: To safely and effectively extinguish fire when needed; use fire where allowable; manage our natural

resources; and as a nation, to live with wildland fire.

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The National Strategy: The Final Phase in the Development of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management

Strategy (PDF, 3.8 MB) represents the culmination of the three-phased Cohesive Strategyeffort initiated in 2009. The National Strategy establishes a national vision for wildland firemanagement, defines three national goals, describes the wildland fire challenges, identifiesopportunities to reduce wildfire risks, and establishes national priorities focused on achievingthe national goals.

The National Strategy explores four broad challenges:1. Managing vegetation and fuels;

General Guidance for Vegetation and Fuels•Where wildfires are either unwanted or threaten communities and homes, design andprioritize fuel treatments to reduce fire intensity, structure ignition, and extent.•Where allowed and feasible, manage wildfire resources objectives and ecological purposes torestore and maintain fire-adapted ecosystems and achieve fire-resilient landscapes.•Use and expand fuel treatments involving mechanical, biological, or chemical methods whereeconomically feasible and sustainable, and where they align with landowner objectives.

2. Protecting homes, communities, and other values at riskGeneral Guidance for Homes, Communities, and Values at Risk•Promote community and homeowner involvement in planning and implementing actions tomitigate the risk posed by wildfire.•Emphasize proactive wildfire risk mitigation actions.•Pursue municipal, county, and state building and zoning codes and ordinances that mitigatefire risk to protect life and property from wildfire.

3. Managing human-caused ignitionsGeneral Guidance for Human-caused Ignitions•Emphasize programs and activities that prevent human-caused ignitions, whether accidentalor incendiary, where these ignitions, combined with high levels of area burned, suggest thegreatest need. Programs should be tailored to meet identified local needs.

4. Effectively and efficiently responding to wildfireGeneral Guidance for Effective and Efficient Wildland Fire Response•Enhance wildfire response preparedness in areas more likely to experience large, long-duration wildfires.•Enhance wildfire response preparedness in areas experiencing high rates of structure loss perarea burned.•At the community level, emphasize both structure protection and wildfire prevention toenhance the effectiveness of initial response.

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https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/CSPhaseIIINationalStrategyApr2014.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/CSPhaseIIINationalStrategyApr2014.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/nationalpriorities.shtml#map1




The Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and the Department ofAgriculture transmitted the following signed letter to the United States Senateand House of Representatives submitting this document.

• Secretaries Jewell and Vilsack Transmittal Letters to U.S. Senate and House ofRepresentatives (PDF, 500 KB)

The National Strategy press release (PDF, 52 KB)…

The National Action Plan (PDF, 516 KB) is a companion to the National Strategy and supports itsimplementation. Backed by science, the National Action Plan provides a framework forimplementation actions and tasks necessary at various scales.

More Information

• National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Trifold Brochure(PDF, 6.1 MB)• National Strategy Summary (PDF, 618 KB)• Science for Wildland Fire Management (PDF, 611 KB)• The National Strategy Key Messages (PDF, 107 KB)• The Science Analysis of The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy• Building a Cohesive Strategy - Foundational Documents and Reports• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 127 KB)

The Secure Rural Schools Act

County Funds

Updated: May 1, 2018

Title III-County Funds

The Secure Rural Schools Act (SRS Act) was reauthorized by P.L. 115-141 and signed into law by thePresident on March 23, 2018. This reauthorization extended the date by which title III projects must beinitiated to September 30, 2020, and the date by which title III funds must be obligated to September 30,2021. These deadlines apply to all unobligated title III funds, including title III funds under the currentreauthorization of the SRS Act and title III funds received under the previous authorization.

Authorized uses of title III funds

What changes did P.L. 115-141 make to Title III authorized uses?

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https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/letters/SecretariesTransmittalLetters.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/letters/SecretariesTransmittalLetters.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/NationalCohesiveStrategyPressRelease04-09-2014.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/NationalActionPlan_20140423.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/communications/NationalCSWFMSbrochure.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/communications/NationalStrategySummary.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/communications/ScienceWildlandFireMgt_NSAT_2014.pdf

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/communications/NtlStrategyKeyMessages20140402.pdf

http://cohesivefire.nemac.org/

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/building.shtml

https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/documents/strategy/communications/TheNationalStrategyFAQs_20140408.pdf

In addition to the previously authorized uses, P.L. 115-141 authorizes the following new uses of Title IIIpayments to states as shown in italics:

(1) to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program

(2) to reimburse the participating county for search and rescue and other emergency services, includingfirefighting and law enforcement patrols

(3) to cover training costs and equipment purchases directly related to the emergency service described inparagraph (2); and

(4) to develop and carry out community wildfire protection plans.

No changes were made to category (1) relating to the Firewise Communities program.

A change was made to category (2) to expressly authorize the use of title III funds for law enforcementpatrols during an emergency response.

A new category (3) was added to authorize the use of title IIII funds for training costs and equipmentpurchases directly related to the emergency services in category (2), including training and equipmentneeded for law enforcement patrols.

A change was made to category (4) to authorize the use of title III funds to carry out community wildfireprotection plans.

Previously received Title III funds can be used for any of the new uses now authorized.

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What search and rescue and other emergency services, including firefighting and law enforcement, maybe reimbursed using title III funds?

Under P.L. 115-141, section 302(a)(2) provides that title III funds may be used to reimburse counties forsearch and rescue and other emergency response activities, including firefighting and law enforcementpatrols, performed on national forests and the specified BLM lands in western Oregon and paid for by thecounty. Specifically, with the changes made by P.L. 115-141, the following expenses paid for by the countymay be reimbursed in proportion to the amount attributable to these emergency response servicesperformed on a national forest or the specified BLM lands:

• Salary or wages of emergency response personnel deployed during an emergency response.

• Replacement of equipment, material and supplies expended, damaged or destroyed during anemergency response.

• Repair of equipment damaged during an emergency response.

• Maintenance of vehicles, equipment, and facilities during an emergency response.

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• Purchase of capital equipment such as the purchase of a fire engine, a search-and-rescuesnowmobile, or other emergency response equipment

• Expenses of training personnel to respond to emergencies on national forests.

• Expenses of equipment and supplies to be kept on hand for response to emergencies on nationalforests.

• Expenses of non-disposable personal protective equipment and electronic aids such as GPS devices inanticipation of responding to emergencies.

• Purchase of equipment for 911 emergency systems.

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What are examples of search and rescue and other emergency services expenses that may not bereimbursed?

Some previously unauthorized expenses were authorized by P.L. 115-11. Those expenses are included in thelist above.

However, the following uses remain unauthorized and may be not be reimbursed:

• Expenses for capital improvements such as construction of a fire station or emergency servicesdispatch center.

• Purchase of land (real estate) such as for a fire station or an airport to be used primarily for firesuppression on national forest and other nearby forested lands.

• Maintenance or upgrade of an airport, dispatch center or other facility used primarily for emergencyservices.

• Repair or reconstruction of a road after a storm event.

• Salary or wages of fire patrols or emergency response personnel during routine duties and scheduledpatrols.

• Maintenance or operating costs of fire patrol, law enforcement patrol and emergency responseequipment during routine duties and scheduled patrols.

• Development or maintenance of a 911 emergency system, unless carried out under a communitywildfire protection plan.

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May a county use title III funds for the development of a 911 emergency system including mapping ofcounty roads, naming roads, locating structures and improvements on mapping system, developing databases for emergency 911 system?

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No. Title III funds may not be used for the development or maintenance of a 911 emergency responsesystem.

Relevant data gathered during an authorized use such as a Firewise Communities program communityassessment or as part of the development of a community wild fire protection plan in coordination with theForest Service may be shared with 911 system administrators.

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Can title III funds be used for hazardous fuel reduction projects that are identified in an approvedcommunity wildfire protection plan?

Yes. Activities to implement a community wildfire protection plan are authorized uses of title III funds. Forexample, creating fuel breaks outside the home ignition zone, creating water sources for fire-fightingpurposes, and establishing a 911 emergency response system now authorized uses of title III.

Activities such as hazardous fuel reduction or treatments to improve forest health and resilience to wildfire,insect and disease that are recommended in a community wildfire protection plan and benefit nationalforest lands also may be considered by resource advisory committees for funding under title II.

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Updated: September 2, 2015

In response to a July 16, 2012 report on county uses of title III funds by the Government AccountabilityOffice (GAO), the Forest Service updated the information on this website in August 2012, including the titleIII frequently asked questions, to further clarify the type of expenditures allowed under title III of the SRSAct.

The GAO report may be viewed at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-775. The USDA response to theGAO report may be viewed on this web site.

Annual certification of authorized expenditures of title III funds

The reauthorized Act continues to require counties allocating funds for title III projects to annually certifythat the funds were used in accordance with title III (including a description of amounts and uses). Inresponse to the July 16, 2012 GAO audit report, the Forest Service modified the certification form to collectinformation about obligation of title III funds as well as expenditures. Please see the sectionon Certification for information, instructions and a revised required reporting form (2013 Title IIICertification Form OMB 596-0220) for the annual certification of expenditures.

The county’s initiation of a title III project must be documented. For the purposes of title III, a project maybe considered to be initiated at a point in time before the county publishes its intention to use title III funds

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https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5400247.pdf

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https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5425178.docx

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5425178.docx

for an authorized project in a publication of local record as required in section 302(b). The Forest Servicerecommends that the county document its initiation of title III projects in the meeting minutes of its countygoverning body (e.g., board of commissioners) which reflect the county’s agreement to use the funds for theauthorized uses in title III.

Appendix B:

Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Risk Summary Report for Baker CountyInsert the SouthWRAP Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Risk Summary Report for Baker County.

Completed Mitigation Actions of the Action Plan

A Form Example

Projects included in this appendix are priorities as described in the Action Plan of the CWPP. TheseProject Detail Sheets can be used in adding projects to the Local Mitigation Strategy Project List andapplying for grant funding. The following information will be provided for each project, as available.

Project Name

Project Type

[By mitigation category, i.e. wildland fuel management, community outreach and engagement, Firewise,policy/regulations, wildfire response improvements, or plan maintenance]

Timeframe for Implementation

Agency Responsible for Implementation

Project Description

Estimated Cost

Potential Funding Source

Target Population Benefited

Estimated Size:

Method for determining:

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Partnerships for Implementation

Project Evaluation Criteria

Per CPZS - form example

WUI CPZ - (as named in CWPP)

Fire Management Objectives/Mitigation Actions: Hazardous Fuels reduction, CommunityEngagement and Information, Firewise (Defensible Space, Ignition resistant construction, Ready SetGo/Evacuation), policy recommendation, plan maintenance

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Appendix C. Maps

SouthWRAP Maps for the WUI CPZs Identified in the CWPP

The CPZs were chosen by the FFS and the Baker County Fire Department to be targets for vulnerabilityassessment, risk reduction, wildfire preparedness/readiness and potential Firewise recognition.

SouthWRAP Professional Viewer Risk Summary Reports have been generated for each of the CPZs andon file with the Mitigation Specialist.

Other Maps

The following series of maps prepared by the US FS demonstrate the effect of putting WUI buffers of 1.5miles around significant infrastructure as well as actual places where people live.

Where People Live(WPL): This map depicts where people live (green) with a 1.5-mile protectivebuffer (purple).

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Gas Pipeline: The following depicts the Gas Pipeline and significant infrastructure requiring protectionshown with a 1.5-mile protective buffer.

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Memorandum

To: Board of County Commissioners

From:

Date:

Re:

Kennie Downing, County Manager

July 17, 2018

Proposal from Trane for engineering Services to solve heating and other problems at

the Courthouse – HVAC Phase II

Background:

Late last year, Trane successfully completed the air conditioning project for the Courthouse.

The air conditioning cooling is working great during these hot summer months, however it was

noticed last winter there was no heat in some portions of the courthouse. As Trane was using

the scope of work written by Johnson Controls, the scope of work contained no elements to

address the heating, which is now required to be engineered. The attached proposal from Trane

is for engineering services to address the Courthouse heating, additional cooling in two holding

cells, Air constant volume boxes, too cold in Training room, and duct sweating.

Representative Bob Lee has provided the County with a proposal based on fees consistent with

the U.S. Communities Contract #15-JLP-023. The County’s purchasing policy allows use of

cooperative purchasing that states:

Piggyback Procedures

The method of providing additional purchasing options is common practice in the public

purchasing community and offers significant benefits. The use of comparable purchasing

agreements allows the BOCC to "piggyback" on other governmental contracts. The additional

purchasing option may provide favorable pricing and reduce the costs associated with

preparing specifications and issuing invitations to bid. To "piggyback" is a procedure of

procuring goods or services without formal bid procedures via utilizing other public entity's

contract award of an ITB or RFP.

Cooperative Purchases

Cooperative purchase agreements involve arrangements between two or more governmental

entities to share contracts for the purchase of goods or services under the same contract.

The U. S. Communities cooperative is one of the largest government procurement coops in the

United States. Baker County has been a member of the U. S. Communities cooperative for

several years.

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended the Board award the proposal to Trane Courthouse HVAC Phase II for

$15, 472. There is sufficient funding in the State Court grant fund for this purchase.

Trane Engineering AssessmentTurnkey Proposal For:Baker County Board of Commissioners55 North Third StreetMACCLENNY, FL 32063 U.S.A.

Local Trane Office:Trane U.S. Inc.8929 Western WayJacksonville, FL 32256-8391

Local Trane Representative:Robert LeeAccount ManagerCell: (904) 239-6346Office: (904) 363-6088

Trane Proposal ID: 2446388U.S. Communities Contract 15-JLP-023#41-225291-18-001

Date: June 30, 2018

• .!!!!!!!!TRANE TURNKEY PROPOSAL

Executive SummaryTrane is pleased to present a solution to help Baker County Board of Commissioners reach its performancegoals and objectives. This proposed project will enhance your operation by helping you to optimize yourresources, improve the comfort in your facility, and reduce energy costs.

We appreciate the effort from Baker County Board of Commissioners to assist in the HVAC system analysis andbusiness discussions. Because of your efforts, we were able to develop a proposal that offers Turnkey retrofitservice solutions to your specific concerns, based on Trane system knowledge and application expertise.

This assessment of the comfort issues with Baker County Courthouse will provide Baker County with the toolsnecessary to improve over comfort in the building when heating is required.

We look forward to partnering with Baker County for your Turnkey retrofits service needs! I will be contactingyou soon to discuss the proposal and to schedule the next steps.

WE VALUE THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE PLACED IN TRANE AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU.

Sincerely,

Bob LeeAccount Manager, Trane U.S. Inc.

Proposal Number: 2446388

Prepared For:Baker County Board of Commissioners

Job Name:Baker County Heating Assessment

Delivery Terms:Freight Allowed and Prepaid – F.O.B Factory

U.S. Communities Contract Number:15-JLP-023

Date:June 30, 2018

Proposal Number:2446388

Payment Terms:Net 30

Proposal Expiration Date:30 Days

Scope of WorkTrane to provide a full engineering assessment of the comfort issues at the Baker County Courthouse. Theareas that will be assessed include:

1) Courtroom One and Judges Chambers Second Floor South served by AHU-32) Both holding cells3) Main Outside Air Constant Volume boxes for the Courthouse4) Training Room 135 (AHU-1)5) AHU 7&8 cold area – duct sweating

Trane will assess multiple comfort issues including lack of heating, VAV/FTU boxes not working properly, Lackof outside air heating, and insufficient return air in certain areas. The scope of this proposal includes having athird party engineer evaluate the mechanical layout of these areas to help determine the required properheating/air flow for the above mentioned spaces.

After the assessment is complete Trane will offer turnkey equipment and controls solutions for these comfortissue and propose them to Baker County in a separate proposal.

Proposal Notes/ Clarifications All work to be performed during normal business hours (8am to 5pm, M-F, non-holidays) Proposal does not include "Premium Time" or Price Contingency therefor Trane will not perform any work if working conditions could endanger or put at risk the safety of our

employees or subcontractors Asbestos or hazardous material abatement removal shall be performed by customer

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Pricing and AcceptanceBaker County Board of Commissioners55 North Third StreetMACCLENNY, FL 32063 U.S.A.

Site Address:Baker County Courthouse339 E Macclenny Ave

MACCLENNY, FL 32063United States

PriceTotal Net Price …………………………………………………… $15,472.00

Financial items not included Bid Bond Payment and Performance Bond Guarantee of any energy, operational, or other savings

Respectfully submitted,

Bob LeeAccount ManagerTrane U.S. Inc.(904) 363-6088



ACCEPTANCEThis proposal is subject to Customer’s acceptance of the attached Trane Terms and Conditions(Installation).

We value the confidence you have placed in Trane and look forward to working with you.

Submitted By: Robert Lee

___________________________________________

Cell:Office: (904) 363-6088Proposal Date: June 30, 2018

TRANE ACCEPTANCETrane U.S. Inc.

CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCEBaker County Board of Commissioners

___________________________________________Authorized RepresentativeAuthorized Representative

______________________________________________________________________________________Printed NamePrinted Name

Title Title___________________________________________

Purchase Order

Acceptance Date:

Signature Date

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL INSTALLATION“Company” shall mean Trane U.S. Inc..1. Acceptance; Agreement. These terms and conditions are an integral part of Company’s offer and form the basis of any agreement (the“Agreement”) resulting from Company’s proposal (the “Proposal”) for the commercial goods and/or services described (the “Work”). COMPANY’STERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO PERIODIC CHANGE OR AMENDMENT. The Proposal is subject to acceptance in writing by the party towhom this offer is made or an authorized agent (“Customer”) delivered to Company within 30 days from the date of the Proposal. If Customer accepts theProposal by placing an order, without the addition of any other terms and conditions of sale or any other modification, Customer’s order shall be deemedacceptance of the Proposal subject to Company’s terms and conditions. If Customer’s order is expressly conditioned upon Company’s acceptance or assent toterms and/or conditions other than those expressed herein, return of such order by Company with Company’s terms and conditions attached or referencedserves as Company’s notice of objection to Customer’s terms and as Company’s counter-offer to provide Work in accordance with the Proposal and theCompany terms and conditions. If Customer does not reject or object in writing to Company within 10 days, Company’s counter-offer will be deemed accepted.Customer’s acceptance of the Work by Company will in any event constitute an acceptance by Customer of Company’s terms and conditions. This Agreementis subject to credit approval by Company. Upon disapproval of credit, Company may delay or suspend performance or, at its option, renegotiate prices and/orterms and conditions with Customer. If Company and Customer are unable to agree on such revisions, this Agreement shall be cancelled without any liability,other than Customer’s obligation to pay for Work rendered by Company to the date of cancellation.2. Pricing and Taxes. Unless otherwise noted, the price in the Proposal includes standard ground transportation and, if required by law, all sales, consumer,use and similar taxes legally enacted as of the date hereof for equipment and material installed by Company. Tax exemption is contingent upon Customerfurnishing appropriate certificates evidencing Customer’s tax exempt status. Company shall charge Customer additional costs for bonds agreed to be provided.Equipment sold on an uninstalled basis and any taxable labor/labour do not include sales tax and taxes will be added. Following acceptance without addition ofany other terms and condition of sale or any other modification by Customer, the prices stated are firm provided that notification of release for immediateproduction and shipment is received at the factory not later than 3 months from order receipt. If such release is received later than 3 months from order receiptdate, prices will be increased a straight 1% (not compounded) for each one-month period (or part thereof) beyond the 3 month firm price period up to the date ofreceipt of such release. If such release is not received within 6 months after date of order receipt, the prices are subject to renegotiation, or at Company’soption, the order will be cancelled. Any delay in shipment caused by Customer's actions will subject prices to increase equal to the percentage increase in listprices during that period of delay and Company may charge Customer with incurred storage fees.3. Exclusions from Work. Company’s obligation is limited to the Work as defined and does not include any modifications to the Work site under theAmericans With Disabilities Act or any other law or building code(s). In no event shall Company be required to perform work Company reasonably believes isoutside of the defined Work without a written change order signed by Customer and Company.4. Performance. Company shall perform the Work in accordance with industry standards generally applicable in the area under similar circumstances as of thetime Company performs the Work Company may refuse to perform any Work where working conditions could endanger property or put at risk the safety ofpersons. Unless otherwise agreed to by Customer and Company, at Customer’s expense and before the Work begins, Customer will provide any necessaryaccess platforms, catwalks to safely perform the Work in compliance with OSHA or state industrial safety regulations.5. Payment. Customer shall pay Company’s invoices within net 30 days of invoice date. Company may invoice Customer for all equipment or materialfurnished, whether delivered to the installation site or to an off-site storage facility and for all Work performed on-site or off-site. No retention shall be withheldfrom any payments except as expressly agreed in writing by Company, in which case retention shall be reduced per the contract documents and released nolater than the date of substantial completion. Under no circumstances shall any retention be withheld for the equipment portion of the order. If payment is notreceived as required, Company may suspend performance and the time for completion shall be extended for a reasonable period of time not less than theperiod of suspension. Customer shall be liable to Company for all reasonable shutdown, standby and start-up costs as a result of the suspension. Companyreserves the right to add to any account outstanding for more than 30 days a service charge equal to 1.5% of the principal amount due at the end of eachmonth. Customer shall pay all costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Company in attempting to collect amounts due and otherwise enforcing these termsand conditions. If requested, Company will provide appropriate lien waivers upon receipt of payment. Customer agrees that, unless Customer makes paymentin advance, Company will have a purchase money security interest in all equipment from Company to secure payment in full of all amounts due Company andits order for the equipment, together with these terms and conditions, form a security agreement. Customer shall keep the equipment free of all taxes andencumbrances, shall not remove the equipment from its original installation point and shall not assign or transfer any interest in the equipment until all paymentsdue Company have been made.6. Time for Completion. Except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed in writing signed by an authorized representative of Company, all dates provided byCompany or its representatives for commencement, progress or completion are estimates only. While Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts tomeet such estimated dates, Company shall not be responsible for any damages for its failure to do so.7. Access. Company and its subcontractors shall be provided access to the Work site during regular business hours, or such other hours as may be requestedby Company and acceptable to the Work site’ owner or tenant for the performance of the Work, including sufficient areas for staging, mobilization, and storage.Company’s access to correct any emergency condition shall not be restricted. Customer grants to Company the right to remotely connect (via phone modem,internet or other agreed upon means) to Customer’s building automation system (BAS) and or HVAC equipment to view, extract, or otherwise collect and retaindata from the BAS, HVAC equipment, or other building systems, and to diagnose and remotely make repairs at Customer’s request.8. Completion. Notwithstanding any other term or condition herein, when Company informs Customer that the Work has been completed, Customer shallinspect the Work in the presence of Company's representative, and Customer shall either (a) accept the Work in its entirety in writing, or (b) accept the Work inpart and specifically identify, in writing, any exception items. Customer agrees to re-inspect any and all excepted items as soon as Company informs Customerthat all such excepted items have been completed. The initial acceptance inspection shall take place within ten (10) days from the date when Company informsCustomer that the Work has been completed. Any subsequent re-inspection of excepted items shall take place within five (5) days from the date whenCompany informs Customer that the excepted items have been completed. Customer’s failure to cooperate and complete any of said inspections within therequired time limits shall constitute complete acceptance of the Work as of ten (10) days from date when Company informs Customer that the Work, or theexcepted items, if applicable, has/have been completed.9. Permits and Governmental Fees. Company shall secure (with Customer’s assistance) and pay for building and other permits and governmental fees,licenses, and inspections necessary for proper performance and completion of the Work which are legally required when bids from Company’s subcontractorsare received, negotiations thereon concluded, or the effective date of a relevant Change Order, whichever is later. Customer is responsible for necessaryapprovals, easements, assessments and charges for construction, use or occupancy of permanent structures or for permanent changes to existing facilities. Ifthe cost of such permits, fees, licenses and inspections are not included in the Proposal, Company will invoice Customer for such costs.10. Utilities During Construction. Customer shall provide without charge to Company all water, heat, and utilities required for performance of the Work.11. Concealed or Unknown Conditions. In the performance of the Work, if Company encounters conditions at the Work site that are (i) subsurface orotherwise concealed physical conditions that differ materially from those indicated on drawings expressly incorporated herein or (ii) unknown physical conditionsof an unusual nature that differ materially from those conditions ordinarily found to exist and generally recognized as inherent in construction activities of the typeand character as the Work, Company shall notify Customer of such conditions promptly, prior to significantly disturbing same. If such conditions differ materiallyand cause an increase in Company’s cost of, or time required for, performance of any part of the Work, Company shall be entitled to, and Customer shallconsent by Change Order to, an equitable adjustment in the Contract Price, contract time, or both.12. Pre-Existing Conditions. Company is not liable for any claims, damages, losses, or expenses, arising from or related to conditions that existed in, on, orupon the Work site before the Commencement Date of this Agreement (“Pre-Existing Conditions”), including, without limitation, damages, losses, or expensesinvolving Pre-Existing Conditions of building envelope issues, mechanical issues, plumbing issues, and/or indoor air quality issues involving mold/mould and/or



fungi. Company also is not liable for any claims, damages, losses, or expenses, arising from or related to work done by or services provided by individuals orentities that are not employed by or hired by Company.13. Asbestos and Hazardous Materials. Company’s Work and other services in connection with this Agreement expressly excludes any identification,abatement, cleanup, control, disposal, removal or other work connected with asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyl (“PCB”), or other hazardous materials(hereinafter, collectively, “Hazardous Materials”). Customer warrants and represents that, except as set forth in a writing signed by Company, there are noHazardous Materials on the Work site that will in any way affect Company’s Work and Customer has disclosed to Company the existence and location of anyHazardous Materials in all areas within which Company will be performing the Work. Should Company become aware of or suspect the presence of HazardousMaterials, Company may immediately stop work in the affected area and shall notify Customer. Customer will be exclusively responsible for taking any and allaction necessary to correct the condition in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Customer shall be exclusively responsible for and, to the fullestextent permitted by law, shall indemnify and hold harmless Company (including its employees, agents and subcontractors) from and against any loss, claim,liability, fees, penalties, injury (including death) or liability of any nature, and the payment thereof arising out of or relating to any Hazardous Materials on orabout the Work site, not brought onto the Work site by Company. Company shall be required to resume performance of the Work in the affected area only in theabsence of Hazardous Materials or when the affected area has been rendered harmless. In no event shall Company be obligated to transport or handleHazardous Materials, provide any notices to any governmental agency, or examine the Work site for the presence of Hazardous Materials.14. Force Majeure. Company’s duty to perform under this Agreement is contingent upon the non-occurrence of an Event of Force Majeure. If Company shallbe unable to carry out any material obligation under this Agreement due to an Event of Force Majeure, this Agreement shall at Company’s election (i) remain ineffect but Company’s obligations shall be suspended until the uncontrollable event terminates or (ii) be terminated upon 10 days notice to Customer, in whichevent Customer shall pay Company for all parts of the Work furnished to the date of termination. An "Event of Force Majeure" shall mean any cause or eventbeyond the control of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, “Event of Force Majeure” includes: acts of God; acts of terrorism, war or the public enemy; flood;earthquake; tornado; storm; fire; civil disobedience; pandemic insurrections; riots; labor/labour disputes; labor/labour or material shortages; sabotage; restraintby court order or public authority (whether valid or invalid), and action or non-action by or inability to obtain or keep in force the necessary governmentalauthorizations, permits, licenses, certificates or approvals if not caused by Company; and the requirements of any applicable government in any manner thatdiverts either the material or the finished product to the direct or indirect benefit of the government.15. Customer’s Breach. Each of the following events or conditions shall constitute a breach by Customer and shall give Company the right, without anelection of remedies, to terminate this Agreement or suspend performance by delivery of written notice: (1) Any failure by Customer to pay amounts when due;or (2) any general assignment by Customer for the benefit of its creditors, or if Customer becomes bankrupt or insolvent or takes the benefit of any statute forbankrupt or insolvent debtors, or makes or proposes to make any proposal or arrangement with creditors, or if any steps are taken for the winding up or othertermination of Customer or the liquidation of its assets, or if a trustee, receiver, or similar person is appointed over any of the assets or interests of Customer; (3)Any representation or warranty furnished by Customer in this Agreement is false or misleading in any material respect when made; or (4) Any failure byCustomer to perform or comply with any material provision of this Agreement. Customer shall be liable to Company for all Work furnished to date and alldamages sustained by Company (including lost profit and overhead).16. Indemnity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Company and Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each other from any and all claims,actions, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from death or bodily injury or damage to real or tangiblepersonal property, to the extent caused by the negligence or misconduct of their respective employees or other authorized agents in connection with theiractivities within the scope of this Agreement. Neither party shall indemnify the other against claims, damages, expenses or liabilities to the extent attributable tothe acts or omissions of the other party. If the parties are both at fault, the obligation to indemnify shall be proportional to their relative fault. The duty toindemnify will continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding the expiration or early termination hereof, with respect to any claims based on facts or conditionsthat occurred prior to expiration or termination.17. Limitation of Liability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BUSINESSINTERRUPTION, LOST DATA, LOST REVENUE, LOST PROFITS, LOST DOLLAR SAVINGS, OR LOST ENERGY USE SAVINGS, EVEN IF A PARTY HASBEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBLE DAMAGES OR IF SAME WERE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CAUSEOF ACTION IS FRAMED IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, ANY OTHER TORT, WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, OR PRODUCT LIABILITY). In no eventwill Company’s liability in connection with the provision of products or services or otherwise under this Agreement exceed the entire amount paid toCompany by Customer under this Agreement.18. Patent Indemnity. Company shall protect and indemnify Customer from and against all claims, damages, judgments and loss arising from infringement oralleged infringement of any United States patent by any of the goods manufactured by Company and delivered hereunder, provided that in the event of suit orthreat of suit for patent infringement, Company shall promptly be notified and given full opportunity to negotiate a settlement. Company does not warrant againstinfringement by reason of Customer's design of the articles or the use thereof in combination with other materials or in the operation of any process. In theevent of litigation, Customer agrees to reasonably cooperate with Company. In connection with any proceeding under the provisions of this Section, all partiesconcerned shall be entitled to be represented by counsel at their own expense.19. Limited Warranty. Company warrants for a period of 12 months from the date of substantial completion (“Warranty Period”) commercial equipmentmanufactured and installed by Company against failure due to defects in material and manufacture and that the labor/labour furnished is warranted to havebeen properly performed (the "Limited Warranty"). Trane equipment sold on an uninstalled basis is warranted in accordance with Company’s standard warrantyfor supplied equipment. Product manufactured by Company that includes required startup and is sold in North America will not be warranted byCompany unless Company performs the product start-up. Substantial completion shall be the earlier of the date that the Work is sufficiently complete sothat the Work can be utilized for its intended use or the date that Customer receives beneficial use of the Work. If such defect is discovered within the WarrantyPeriod, Company will correct the defect or furnish replacement equipment (or, at its option, parts therefor) and, if said equipment was installed pursuant hereto,labor/labour associated with the replacement of parts or equipment not conforming to this Limited Warranty. Defects must be reported to Company within theWarranty Period. Exclusions from this Limited Warranty include damage or failure arising from: wear and tear; corrosion, erosion, deterioration; Customer'sfailure to follow the Company-provided maintenance plan; refrigerant not supplied by Trane; and modifications made by others to Company's equipment.Company shall not be obligated to pay for the cost of lost refrigerant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all warranties provided herein terminate upon terminationor cancellation of this Agreement. No warranty liability whatsoever shall attach to Company until the Work has been paid for in full and then said liability shall belimited to the lesser of Company’s cost to correct the defective Work and/or the purchase price of the equipment shown to be defective. Equipment, materialand/or parts that are not manufactured by Company are not warranted by Company and have such warranties as may be extended by the respectivemanufacturer. THE WARRANTY AND LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES,WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN NEGLIGENCE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN LAW OR IN FACT, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OFMERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR OTHERS ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE. COMPANYMAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING PREVENTION BY THE WORK, OR ANY COMPONENTTHEREOF, OF MOLD/MOULD, FUNGUS, BACTERIA, MICROBIAL GROWTH, OR ANY OTHER CONTAMINATES. COMPANY SPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY IF THE WORK OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF IS USED TO PREVENT OR INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF SUCH MATERIALS.20. Insurance. Company agrees to maintain the following insurance while the Work is being performed with limits not less than shown below and will, uponrequest from Customer, provide a Certificate of evidencing the following coverage:

Commercial General Liability $2,000,000 per occurrenceAutomobile Liability $2,000,000 CSLWorkers Compensation Statutory Limits



If Customer has requested to be named as an additional insured under Company’s insurance policy, Company will do so but only subject to Company’smanuscript additional insured endorsement under its primary Commercial General Liability policies. In no event does Company waive its right of subrogation.21. Commencement of Statutory Limitation Period. Except as to warranty claims, as may be applicable, any applicable statutes of limitation for acts orfailures to act shall commence to run, and any alleged cause of action stemming therefrom shall be deemed to have accrued, in any and all events not later thanthe last date that Company or its subcontractors physically performed work on the project site.22. General. Except as provided below, to the maximum extent provided by law, this Agreement is made and shall be interpreted and enforced in accordancewith the laws of the state or province in which the Work is performed, without regard to choice of law principles which might otherwise call for the application of adifferent state’s or province’s law. Any dispute arising under or relating to this Agreement that is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by litigation in acourt of competent jurisdiction located in the state or province in which the Work is performed. Any action or suit arising out of or related to this Agreement mustbe commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued. To the extent the Work site is owned and/or operated by any agency of the FederalGovernment, determination of any substantive issue of law shall be according to the Federal common law of Government contracts as enunciated and appliedby Federal judicial bodies and boards of contract appeals of the Federal Government. This Agreement contains all of the agreements, representations andunderstandings of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings, commitments or agreements, oral or written, related to the subject matter hereof.This Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated except by a writing signed by the parties hereto. No documents shall be incorporated herein byreference except to the extent Company is a signatory thereon. If any term or condition of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by anyrule of law, all other terms and conditions of this Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect as long as the economic or legal substance of thetransaction contemplated hereby is not affected in a manner adverse to any party hereto. Customer may not assign, transfer, or convey this Agreement, or anypart hereof, or its right, title or interest herein, without the written consent of the Company. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon andinure to the benefit of Customer’s permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which when executedshall be deemed to be an original, but all together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. A fully executed facsimile copy hereof or the severalcounterparts shall suffice as an original.23. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Clause. Company is a federal contractor that complies fully with Executive Order 11246, asamended, and the applicable regulations contained in 41 C.F.R. Parts 60-1 through 60-60, 29 U.S.C. Section 793 and the applicable regulations contained in 41C.F.R. Part 60-741; and 38 U.S.C. Section 4212 and the applicable regulations contained in 41 C.F.R. Part 60-250 Executive Order 13496 and Section 29 CFR471, appendix A to subpart A, regarding the notice of employee rights in the United States and with Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Schedule B tothe Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11 and applicable Provincial Human Rights Codes and employment law in Canada.24. U.S. Government Work.The following provision applies only to direct sales by Company to the US Government. The Parties acknowledge that all items or services ordered anddelivered under this Agreement are Commercial Items as defined under Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). In particular, Company agrees tobe bound only by those Federal contracting clauses that apply to “commercial” suppliers and that are contained in FAR 52.212-5(e)(1). Company complies with52.219-8 or 52.219-9 in its service and installation contracting business.The following provision applies only to indirect sales by Company to the US Government. As a Commercial Item Subcontractor, Company accepts onlythe following mandatory flow down provisions: 52.219-8; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-39; 52.247-64. If the Work is in connection with a U.S.Government contract, Customer certifies that it has provided and will provide current, accurate, and complete information, representations and certifications toall government officials, including but not limited to the contracting officer and officials of the Small Business Administration, on all matters related to the primecontract, including but not limited to all aspects of its ownership, eligibility, and performance. Anything herein notwithstanding, Company will have no obligationsto Customer unless and until Customer provides Company with a true, correct and complete executed copy of the prime contract. Upon request, Customer willprovide copies to Company of all requested written communications with any government official related to the prime contract prior to or concurrent with theexecution thereof, including but not limited to any communications related to Customer’s ownership, eligibility or performance of the prime contract. Customerwill obtain written authorization and approval from Company prior to providing any government official any information about Company's performance of thework that is the subject of the Proposal or this Agreement, other than the Proposal or this Agreement.25. Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity. If Customer is an Indian tribe (in the U.S.) or a First Nation or Band Council (in Canada), Customer, whetheracting in its capacity as a government, governmental entity, a duly organized corporate entity or otherwise, for itself and for its agents, successors, and assigns:(1) hereby provides this limited waiver of its sovereign immunity as to any damages, claims, lawsuit, or cause of action (herein “Action”) brought againstCustomer by Company and arising or alleged to arise out of the furnishing by Company of any product or service under this Agreement, whether such Action isbased in contract, tort, strict liability, civil liability or any other legal theory; (2) agrees that jurisdiction and venue for any such Action shall be proper and valid (a)if Customer is in the U.S., in any state or United States court located in the state in which Company is performing this Agreement or (b) if Customer is inCanada, in the superior court of the province or territory in which the work was performed; (3) expressly consents to such Action, and waives any objection tojurisdiction or venue; (4) waives any requirement of exhaustion of tribal court or administrative remedies for any Action arising out of or related to thisAgreement; and (5) expressly acknowledges and agrees that Company is not subject to the jurisdiction of Customer’s tribal court or any similar tribal forum, thatCustomer will not bring any action against Company in tribal court, and that Customer will not avail itself of any ruling or direction of the tribal court permitting ordirecting it to suspend its payment or other obligations under this Agreement. The individual signing on behalf of Customer warrants and represents that suchindividual is duly authorized to provide this waiver and enter into this Agreement and that this Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation ofCustomer, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

1-26.251-10(0315)Supersedes 1-26.251-10(0614)


Baker County Board of CommissionEmployee Benefits

2018 Renewal Action - with ProShare Funding

Member BenefitsIn Network Benefits Shown

Florida BlueBlueCare 54Current Plan

Florida BlueBlueCare 54Renewal Plan

1. Plan Year Deductible –PYD (Ind/Fam) IN $5,000 / $10,000 $5,000 / $10,000

2. OOP Maximum In Network (Ind/Fam) IN $6,350 / $12,700 $6,350 / $12,700

3. Coinsurance (In/Out) 30% In Network 30% In Network

Office Visits4. Primary Care Physician (PCP)

$0 Preventive$40 Diagnostic


5. Specialist $65 $65

6. PCP Referral Required No No

7. Maternity OV (Initial visit only) $65 $65

8. Medical Pharmacy / Allergy Injections 20% up to $200 / $10 20% up to $200 / $10

9. Physical, Speech, Occupational Therapy $65 $65

Diagnostic Services - Free Standing Facility10. Lab Outside Physician’s Office

$0 $0

11. Mammogram Routine/Diagnostic $0 / $65 $0 / $65

12. Simple X-ray $65 $65

13. Complex X-ray AIS (MRI/CAT/PET Scan) $200 $200

Emergency / Urgent Services14. Urgent Care Center/Convenient Care

$85 Urgent Care$40. Convenient Care

$85 Urgent Care$40. Convenient Care

15. Emergency Room $300 $300

Hospital Services16. In Patient Hospitalizations

PYD + 30% PYD + 30%

17. Out Patient Surgery Hospital / ASC PYD + 30% PYD + 30%

18. Physician Services Hospital / ASC PYD + 30% / $100 PYD + 30% / $100

Other Services19. Durable Medical Equipment

$0 All except$500 Motorized Wheelchair

$0 All except$500 Motorized Wheelchair

Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Autism19. In & Outpatient Services

$0 $0

Pharmacy (Mail Order 2.5 x’s copay)20. Retail (Class I, II, III)

Mandatory Generic$10/$50/$80


Enrollment Type Current Renewal

Employee Only (EE) $530.95 $552.19

Employee Spouse (ES) $1263.67 $1314.22

Employee Child(ren) (EC) $976.95 $1016.03

Family (EF) $1656.57 $1722.83

Premium % increase from 2017 4% 1


Employer Costs @ 4%

OWENSERVICES.COM // 904.287.08482

212 Total Employees Covered / 13 Retirees (2 grandfathered)Total Count Hired Before 11/1/14 Hired 11/1/14 or Later

Employee Only 66 80

Employee Spouse 14 2

Employee Child(ren) 15 1

Employee Familiy 31 3

Billed Rates Current Renewal

Employee Only $530.95 $552.19

Employee Spouse $1263.67 $1314.22

Employee Child(ren) $976.95 $1016.03

Employee Familiy $1656.57 $1722.83

Employer Contribution -Hired Before 11/1/14

Current Renewal





Employer Contribution -Hired After 11/1/14

Current Renewal





Total Employer Contribution(current strategy)

Current Renewal

Monthly $137,464 $144,252

Annual $1,649,574 $1,731,030

Retiree Annual $35,592 $36,102

Total Employer Contribution(with Retirees)Annual $1,685,167 $1,767,132

Total Cost increase from current (annual) $81,965


2018 Renewal Action - Add Buy Up Alternate PPO

Member BenefitsIn Network Benefits Shown

Florida BlueBlueCare 54Current Plan

Florida BlueBlue Options 5302

Alternate PPO (buy up)1. Plan Year Deductible –PYD (Ind/Fam) IN $5,000 / $10,000 $5,000 / $10,000

2. OOP Maximum In Network (Ind/Fam) IN $6,350 / $12,700 $6,350 / $12,700

3. Coinsurance (In/Out) 30% In Network 30% In Network

Office Visits4. Primary Care Physician (PCP)



5. Specialist $65 $55

6. PCP Referral Required No No

7. Maternity OV (Initial visit only) $65 $55

8. Medical Pharmacy / Allergy Injections 20% up to $200 / $10 20% up to $200 / $10

9. Physical, Speech, Occupational Therapy $65 $55

Diagnostic Services - Free Standing Facility10. Lab Outside Physician’s Office

$0 $0

11. Mammogram Routine/Diagnostic $0 / $65 $0 / PYD + 30%

12. Simple X-ray $65 PYD + 30%

13. Complex X-ray AIS (MRI/CAT/PET Scan) $200 PYD + 30%

Emergency / Urgent Services14. Urgent Care Center/Convenient Care

$85 Urgent Care$40 Convenient Care

$60 Urgent Care$30 Convenient Care

15. Emergency Room $300 $300

Hospital Services16. In Patient Hospitalizations

PYD + 30% PYD + 30%

17. Out Patient Surgery Hospital / ASC PYD + 30% PYD + 30%

18. Physician Services Hospital / ASC PYD + 30% / $100 PYD + 30%

Other Services19. Durable Medical Equipment

$0 All except$500 Motorized Wheelchair PYD + 30%

Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Autism20. In & Outpatient Services

$0 $0

Pharmacy (Mail Order 2.5 x’s copay)21. Retail (Class I, II, III)



Enrollment Type Renewal Renewal

Employee Only (EE) $552.19 $606.20

Employee Spouse (ES) $1314.22 $1442.76

Employee Child(ren) (EC) $1016.03 $1115.40

Family (EF) $1722.83 $1891.34

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Basic Life / AD&D


ER Paid Life InsuranceMember Benefits

United HealthcareEmployer Paid Life

Current1. Life Benefit Amount $10,000

2. Accidental Death and Dismemberment $10,000

3. Conversion Privilege Yes

4. Evidence of Insurability No

5. Waiver of Premium Yes

6. Accelerated Death Benefit 50%

7. Age Reduction Schedule 50% @ age 70

Financials Current

Covered Volume $2,585,000

Rating Volume $2,585

Costs Current and Renewal

Basic Life Rates per $1,000 0.24

Basic ADD Rates per $1,000 0.03

Combined Rates per $1,000 0.27

Total Monthly Premium $679.95

Total Annual Premium $8,375

Total Annual Cost Difference 0%

Rate Guarantee 11/01/2019


Dental Plans


Member Benefits Shown United HealthcareHigh Option Plan

United HealthcareLow Option Plan

1. Calendar Year Deductible $50 Ind / $150 Family (In or out) $02. Calendar Year Maximum $5,000 No MaximumEligibility/Payments3. Benefit Waiting Period None None4. Out of Network Reimbursement UCR 90th MACCoinsurance Type In / Out IN OnlyType I Preventive Services5. Routine Exam

No Deductible100% / 100%

Copays$0

6. Cleanings 100% / 100% $07. Bitewing & Panoramic X-Rays 100% / 100% $08. Sealants-Child 100% / 100% $09. Fluoride Treatment-Child 100% / 100% $0Type II- Basic Services10. Fillings 80% / 80%

$0

11. Simple & Complex Oral Surgery 80% / 80% $0 / Varies12. Endodontics (Root Canals) 80% / 80% $11013. Periodontics (Non-Surgical) 80% / 80% $12514. General Anesthesia 80% / 80% $150Type III- Major Services15. Crowns & Bridges 50% / 50% r

$245

16. Complete & Partial Dentures & Repair 50% / 50% $325 Upper / $325 Lower17. Implants 50% / 50% $440Type IV- Orthodontic Services18. Orthodontia Benefit (Child Only) Not Covered Not CoveredFully Insured Equivalent Plan Costs Current High Plan Current Low PlanEmployee Only $39.76 $17.20



Employee Family $134.30 $47.31

Fully Insured Equivalent Plan Costs Renewal High Plan Current Low PlanEmployee Only $39.76 $17.20



Employee Family $134.30 $47.31

Differentials 0% 0%

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Employee Only (EE)Employee + SpouseEmployee + Child(ren)Employee + Family

$21.89$45.07$43.32$73.92

$8.60$15.06$18.64$23.66


Vision


Member BenefitsIn / Out Network

United HealthcareVoluntary Vision Plan

VH105 (new)ExamsVision ExamRetinal Imaging

$10Up to $39

Contact lens examContact Lens exam – standard fitContact Lens exam – premium fit

Up to $5510% of Retail

Frames $150 allowance30% off remaining balance

LensesSingleBifocalTrifocalLenticular

$10$10$10$10

Covered lens optionsUV Coating

$16

Tint (solid and gradient) $14

Standard scratch-resistance $10

Standard polycarbonate adults $33

Standard polycarbonate – children (under 19) $0

Standard anti-reflective coating $40

Premium anti-reflective coastingStandardPremiumPlatinum

$40$80$90

Standard progressive $70

Premium progressive $150

FrequencyExaminationLensesFrame

Once every12 Months12 Months24 Months

Rate Guarantee 11/01/2020

Enrollment Type Rates

EmployeeEmployee + SpouseEmployee + Child(ren)Family

$8.32$15.32$16.05$24.04

Rate Difference (%) 0%

Employee Costs Per Pay VisionEmployee Only (EE)Employee + SpouseEmployee + Child(ren)Employee + Family

$4.16$7.66$8.03

$12.02

O'Neal Companies, Inc.212 SE Hickory Drive

Lake City, Florida 32025386-752-7578

www.onealcompanies.com

CHANGE ORDER

No# 000153

TO:

NameBAKER COUUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Address55 NORTH 3 RD ST

City, State and Zip Code

MACCLENNY , FL 32063

JOB SITE INFORMATION: Date 07/13/2018

Job NameROOF REPLACEMENT HI STORIC COURTHOUSE

Job LocationMACCLENNY, FL

Job Phone Number

We hereby agree to the change(s) specified below:

CHANGE ORDER REQUEST# 3

TERPROOFING1 . PRESSURE WASH, CLEAN (OLD CAULDING AND ROOFING CEMENT),

POINT UP BRICK MOTAR JOINTS ABOVE ROOF LINE AT SKYLIGHT,INCLUDING CHIMNEY AND SMALL RETURN WALL ABOVE SHINGLE ROOF .

2. INSTALL ENVIROSEAL DOUBLE 7 WATERPROOFING AT BRICK.3. INSTALL NEW COUNTER FLASHING AT SKYLIGHT WHERE IT TIES

INTO ORIGINAL COURTHOUSE BRICK .4. FURNISH CRANE TO MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION .

07/13/2018

Date

We agree to make the change(s)specified above at this price:

Previous contract amount

Revised contract amount:

6,7 42.0 0

$6,7 42.00

$136,652.00

$143,394 .00

ACCEPTED - The above prices and specifications of this Change Order are satisfactory and are hereby accepted. Allwork is to be performed under the same terms and conditions as specified in the original contract, # 1217unless otherwise specified. ------

Customer Signature Date

A B C D F G

1Pending Business

2PENDINGBUSINESSITEM PRIORITY STATUS STARTDATE %COMPLETE COMMENTS3

5 75%05/06/2014In ProgressHighLDR Revisions

LPA resuming meetings starting 7/26/18 with Susan Fraser as

Acting Director.

6 Bee Keeping at Shoals Park Low In Progress 07/05/2016 75%

Staff is drafting policies in companion with draft beekeeping

contract.

7 Jiles Hall Park (Olustee)‐ electricity, parks equipment Normal In Progress 09/23/2016 50%

RAB recommends any improvements be put on hold until

donations are available.

8 Community Development Block Grant Application Normal In Progress 02/21/2017 75% Site location is still under evaluation.

9 Infrastructure funding for County Roads Normal New 07/18/2017 50% Funding options are discussed at 1/16/18 meeting.

10 90%

Flooring to be installed 7/21/18

07/06/2017In ProgressHighTax Collector Project

11Donation Policy ‐Copy of financials for agencies that

receive County funding Normal In Progress 10/17/2017

Staff will prepare a draft policy for the Board to review in

upcoming weeks.0%

12 Courthouse Roof Replacement Normal New 12/01/2017 97% Construction is almost complete.

13 NewNormalReid Stafford Road 03/07/2017 75%

Glen Nursery portion closed for Road Dept. work. Trying to

obtain Right of Way from all property owners.

14 0%03/20/2018NewHighBCDC Member Vacancy

New Member is needed due to vacancy on the BCDC Board of

Directors.

15 Historic Jail Renovations Normal New 06/05/2018 25% Contractors began work on June 26, 2018.

16 0%06/05/2018NewNormalCourthouse Heating Issue

Proposal for engineering services to address heating and other

issues on BOCC meeting 7/17/18.

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2019 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

CONTINUE FUNDING SMALL COUNTY ROAD PROGRAMSBackground: The Small County Road Programs are critical to meeting Baker County’s Transportation needs. The SmallCounty Road Assistance Program (SCRAP), Small County Outreach Program (SCOP), Community Incentive GrantProgram (CIGP) and the Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP) provide necessary transportation fundingfor road Improvements.Requested Action: Continued support and increase monies generated by statewide gas tax collections to the StateTransportation Trust Fund to provide essential transportation programs such as (SCRAP), (SCOP), (CIGP) and (TRIP).Prohibit the creation of any legislation that would restrict these types of funds due to comprehensive plan amendments adoptedby small counties.Effect: Continuation of these vital programs will enable counties to make much needed road improvements, createjobs, correct environmental problems created by runoff, and stimulate the local economy.

FUNDING FOR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS SHELTER/ SENIOR CITIZENS CENTERBackground: Baker County has two hurricane shelters and a population of 27,000. The County is a "recipient county"for urban Duval and other nearby coastal communities. The County has daily needs for facilities to serve senior citizens.Property has been acquired and plans prepared for a building that can meet both needs. Matching funds assistance fromthe State would allow the construction of a facility that will meet local and regional needs.Requested Action: Support funding for a dual-purpose emergency shelter / senior citizens center.Effect: Will provide a multi-purpose building for our senior citizens and also provide a shelter for evacuees and their pets forlocal and regional residents in the event of a major hurricane.

APPROVE LEGISLATION FOR A LOCALLY-IMPOSED SALES TAXBackground: Ad valorem taxes have been insufficient and an inequitable source of revenue for small counties. Countiesneed to have the flexibility to levy additional sales tax at their discretion.Requested Action: Allow counties the option to levy an additional sales tax.Effect: The additional sales tax will create additional revenue for local governments that will affect the community as awhole and not limit the burden solely to property owners.

FUNDING FOR TWO REPLACEMENT FIRE STATIONSBackground: As Baker County transitions from an all-volunteer fire department to hiring full-time firefighters, fundingtwo replacement fire stations is a financial problem for the County because of their age and outdated condition.Requested Action: Funding is sought to construct two replacement fire stations in the Sanderson and Central Countyareas of Baker County.Effect: The funding will assist the County to offset large capital outlays and help provide fire-rescue services to thecentral and western part of the County.

FUNDING FOR A MULTI-SPORT COMPLEXBackground: Baker County has a limited number of facilities to provide recreational activities for our youth and citizens.St. Mary’s Shoals Park has been identified for over a decade to be a prime location for a multi-sports complex, howeverthe County has had limited funds to implement this project.Requested Action: Funding is sought to construct a new multi-sports complex in St. Mary’s Shoals Park that includesbaseball, softball, and soccer facilities.Effect: The funding will assist the County to offset large capital outlays and help provide much-needed recreationalactivities for the youth and adults of the County.

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