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BCC Minutes 08/28/2023 Emergency MeetingAugust 28, 2023 Page 1 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, August 28, 2023 LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Board of County Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as have been created according to law and having conducted business herein, met on this date at 4:00 p.m., in SPECIAL SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following Board members present: Chairman: Rick LoCastro Chris Hall Dan Kowal William L. McDaniel, Jr. (via zoom) Burt L. Saunders ALSO PRESENT: Amy Patterson, County Manager Daniel Rodriguez, Deputy County Manager Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Crystal K. Kinzel, Clerk Robert Eble, Communications & Customer Relations August 28, 2023 Page 2 P R O C E E D I N G S CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: County Manager. MS. PATTERSON: Chair, you have a live mic. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. I see the room is filled with all the usual suspects, so here we go. Back at it again. All right. Ms. Patterson, I'll turn it over to you and Mr. Summers and whoever else. MS. PATTERSON: So, Commissioner, this is a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners here August 28th, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. Let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, we have Commissioner McDaniel joining by phone. We just need a motion for him to be able to participate. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Do I have a motion? COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Second. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. I've got a motion from me and a second from Commissioner Kowal. All in favor? COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Aye. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. Approve. MS. PATTERSON: Is he all set, Tom? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: He is all. MS. PATTERSON: Very good. August 28, 2023 Page 3 Item #2A PRESENTATION: UPDATE ON STATUS OF TROPICAL STORM IDALIA AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON COLLIER COUNTY We're going to move right into business. Item 2 is -- Item 2A is a presentation and update on the status of Tropical Storm Idalia and its potential impact on Collier County. Mr. Dan Summers, your Emergency Management director, is here to give you his presentation. MR. SUMMERS: Commissioners, good afternoon. Dan Summers, director of your Bureau of Emergency Services and Emergency Management. And I wanted to bring you an update and recommendation here as we go into this particular storm event. However, if you would give me the liberty, I really would like to just ask everyone to keep in their prayers Broward County Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue who had a helicopter crash fatality this morning and ask you to keep our response partners over there in your prayers and certainly those folks north of us, who -- who have had the trauma of Hurricane Ian but what may be in store for those folks up the road in the days to come. So I ask you to keep them in your special thoughts. Let me move forward quickly. Let's see. Tom, will this advance now? Just to give you a little bit of a quick little narrative, and I will show you some of the tracking graphics that are available to us today. This hurricane right now is a Category 1 storm event. August 28, 2023 Page 4 We've all been watching this over the last several days. Our forecasters continue to remind us of several things. Number one is that there is an awful lot of good agreement with the tracking models, and I feel pretty good about maintaining a high degree of confidence in those models. We've seen storms wobble in the gulf. We've also seen storms kind of surprise us at the last minute, but I feel pretty good about these particular tracking models at this point. Also, certainly the other fear right now is the incredible surface temperatures of the gulf, which are really counting -- the forecasters are looking at this as, you know, certainly going to contribute to the fuel for the escalation of this storm. A little bit of good news here that I'm hoping we see is pretty quick forward motion, and that's going to help minimize some of the storm surge inundation concerns that we have for our coast. Some of the models, I've been running these models with what information was available since Saturday, that some of the tropical storm force winds on average look like they're going to stay about 100 miles offshore. But it doesn't mean that as the bands come through, we're not going to get those gusts, and we are certainly going to be impacted to some degree. And, again, that's a little hard to determine at this point with some onshore flow, maybe some localized short -- what I hope is localized short-duration storm surge flooding. Been in close contact with the state EOC now for days, and Collier County is now included in the executive order. We were not part of that executive order, which is basically August 28, 2023 Page 5 the Governor's way of declaring a local state of emergency. Collier County has now been included in that at our request and also the White House, I believe, is approving or has approved a pre-disaster landfall declaration, and Collier County hopefully will be added to that in the days to come. The storm surge, as I mentioned, this is nothing like an Ian event but by stretch of the imagination; however, we're on the fringe of what -- of these tropical storm-force winds where we see those southern-facing beaches or southern-facing coasts that may capture a little bit of water. I've had three calls with the National Weather Service over in Miami. Certainly, some of the concerns right now could be a 1- to 3-foot storm surge or a 1- to 4-foot -- or 2 to 4 feet. But those, again, are extremely conservative numbers, and that is not anything at this point in the forecast that I deem requires an action by local government other than to remind the public to be very careful, be very watchful in the days to come with the possibility of some local roadway flooding. Rainfall events. Rainfall estimates for us surprisingly are very low; one to two inches. I know Lisa Koehler is here from the Basin, so she can address that, but we really don't see this as a significant rainfall maker and having any substantial impact in Collier County at this point in the forecast; however -- and this was always a little bothersome during Hurricane Ian when. We have these bands come through the unstable atmosphere, you might get a lot of tornado watches and warnings that are radar indicated, so just want to be prepared for that, that we might have some of that activity in the days to come. We want to remind our residents and guests to closely August 28, 2023 Page 6 monitor local media. We want to continue to recommend our public register with Alert Collier for the mass notifications to go to their devices. We have no plans, no recommendations from the EOC to open evacuation shelters. This is a great time that make sure that your hurricane preparedness kit is fully stocked. We're still in the hurricane sales tax holiday going on right now. And also be prepared for some gusty winds that may cause some intermittent power outages over the next few days. So, again, we have certainly seen that with some severe thunderstorms and those type of activities but, again, we remain on the fringe of all of this as it goes so far today. Our Emergency Operations Center, we've been fully staged with all of our supplies and equipment in place now for several weeks. The Emergency Operations Center, we continue to reach out with all of our partner agencies. We continue to populate social media. Again, we remind folks not to dial 911 for general information or hours of operation or the status of your cable. It seems to be a popular call. Do not dial 911 unless it is a life-threatening emergency situation. 311 can get you general government information, and for your carriers, FPL, Lee Co-op, Comcast, et cetera, call them directly. We continue close coordination with the state EOC and FEMA as needed. And, presently, we're going to recommend a partial activation of the EOC at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. We'll see how those hours go. I'm hopeful that we could be winding down the EOC by midnight tomorrow if the storm track and forward speed holds, but we can certainly go around the clock if needed. And, again, I'm doing a partial activation. So my August 28, 2023 Page 7 operations team is set up already, the agencies that we feel like need to be there tomorrow, because I don't think we're going to lose communication. So any other partner agencies that are not seated in the EOC floor, we'll have contact with them. Lots of information out there. Again, I want to stress, you know, if it can be blown away, pick it up. If it can't be picked up, tie it down. So, again, we've got an opportunity here for some gusts of winds coming through. We want to avoid any windblown items if at all possible. Let me switch gears here, and I'll give you a little quick overview of the modeling and then a couple other comments I'll share with you, and open it up for questions. So just to kind of go through this modeling scenario with you here -- and I'll give you some of the projected wind field activity here. So as you can see -- as you can see in our Collier County probabilistic forecast models here, we're looking at some 34- to 39-mile-per-hour winds that would be north of Naples. Now, what I think -- and the reason I want to go ahead and proceed with this declaration is that we have learned over many years to be prepared for the wobble; however, I don't see this wobble doing something too significant and, again, we're a good 100 miles or so, 115 miles away from the storm-force winds. But I don't want to play games with that particular wind field. And also knowing this is going to -- I'm sorry -- that this is going to generate -- this is going to generate some onshore flow. So -- I'm sorry. I've got -- clicked ahead of myself here. There we go. So, again, you've got two different types of model August 28, 2023 Page 8 fields there. But we're in really pretty good shape. We don't see anything that's going to generate hurricane-force winds, and I fully anticipate us to be in that tropical storm wind field if it becomes necessary. These timing marks have been consistent for a good while now and so, again, I have a great deal of confidence in the modeling as it stands today. And if you'll notice, that track has only shifted just a little bit as it approaches the big bend of Florida. And then, finally, back to the presentation. Again, I mentioned the model guidance. Again, this is kind of an average of what you've seen through the last several days. This remains pretty consistent. The intensity model there, a couple of runs up to barely hitting the Category 3 run and, again, that intensification is likely to occur as it approaches the big bend of Florida. And then, finally -- aren't I having great success today here? Again, some of the tropical outlook. Tropical wind field is around 39 miles per hour on the five-day outlook and, still, Collier County remains fairly clear of that but, again, the bands, the periphery of this storm is something that we want to be very careful and watch out for. In this local state of emergency declaration that we're recommending, there are no mandatory nor voluntary evacuations being called for, any curfews or prohibitions. The County Manager and the Sheriff can address those as they see fit. We'll continue our close coordinating with Collier schools, municipalities, and response agencies, and we remind all of our partner agencies to work with us consistently in our Joint Information Center so we can send August 28, 2023 Page 9 out unified messaging on various channels through our partner agencies. We want to make sure that we're well-positioned for any last-minute track changes. I really hope that doesn't occur, but I want to err on the side of safety. And, finally, schools and courts -- I know Collier schools is going to make their announcements, I believe, at 6:00 p.m. today, and I'll defer to Crystal on any activities related to the court system. And that's all I have at this particular point other than anything that the partner agencies would like to share, and I believe -- Sheriff Rambosk, would you like to come up now? CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Dan, when did you say schools were going to make their announcement? I missed that. What time? MR. SUMMERS: Six p.m. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Six, okay. Thanks. SHERIFF RAMBOSK: Good afternoon. Kevin Rambosk, Collier County Sheriff. We're doing a lot of the same things that the Emergency Management Division here is. We met first thing this morning, and we did an initial opening of our continuity of operations plan. We have also been tracking in coordination with EM here, the storm tracks and predictions. What we're really looking at now is having response teams ready in the event that the storm stays on the track that its on, that we are impacted no more than what we believe we will be impacted with, and we will be ready to go with communications crews, with law enforcement staff, all August 28, 2023 Page 10 self-contained for a period of 10 days. So, for example, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, where this storm is headed right now, they came right down and they supported us one year ago, so we want to make sure and return that favor if they need it, and we will certainly go through emergency management. I want to recognize the County Manager. We have had a great coordinating effort along this entire time, and EM. We're also working with state emergency management, so we are ready to go in the event that we are needed. Other than that, we're ready to help those who might need it outside of Collier County. MS. PATTERSON: Thank you, Sheriff. Clerk of Courts. MS. KINZEL: Hello. Good afternoon. Crystal Kinzel, Clerk of Courts. As you may or may not be aware, the 20th judicial has closed the courthouses for Charlotte, Lee, and Collier. We plan on being open at the annex portion and also at satellites, but for this campus, to the public, the court and the annex would be closed, because we would not have the availability of security and other elements. So since the judiciary has canceled in those three courthouses -- Hendry and Glades at this point in time are remaining open, and we're going to remain open, internal processing. We always have work to do. We also -- I have been in contact with the Tax Collector, and we have agreed, at least for right now, unless something dramatically changes and we get additional notices, our satellite operations will be available to the public. So there should be no drop in service. And I also August 28, 2023 Page 11 want to compliment -- our communications are awesome with county staff, and we'll continue to do that should anything else change. We talk frequently about what's going on. So thank you very much. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: So, Crystal, the courthouse will be closed tomorrow and Wednesday or -- MS. KINZEL: Well, they're going to make a decision about Wednesday after they see what tomorrow does. But I think because of the school not making an announcement in this time and also our neighbors to the north with Charlotte and Lee, they are still suffering from Ian, so I think they're a little more cautious there and, because we're coastal, they decided to close our courthouse. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. So for sure Collier courthouse is closed tomorrow? MS. KINZEL: Yes, and the annex building. So that entire building of the annex and the courthouse. Clerk, for our employees, will be open in the courthouse annex because we will be doing work, and the Clerk's satellites will be open for the public services. But we still caution, obviously, the public. Be careful. And many of our services are available online, so you can do them from your home safely. So we appreciate that opportunity to talk to the public. Thanks. MS. PATTERSON: Big Cypress Basin. Lisa. MS. KOEHLER: Good afternoon. Lisa Koehler, South Florida Water Management District. As Dan had said previously, conditions are really dry, so this should not have a huge impact on us. We have made some changes to our coastal structures, because that is August 28, 2023 Page 12 where most of the rainfall is anticipated to fall, and we have also coordinated very closely with County staff on making changes in the secondary system as well. So I think we're well prepared. We're going to continue to monitor, and I think we're in good shape. Any questions? (No response.) CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. MS. KOEHLER: Thank you. MS. PATTERSON: Thank you. Commissioners, we are fully coordinated with the City of Naples, City of Marco Island, and Everglades City. They'll be following on with their own state of emergency declarations following ours. I spoke with the city managers this morning. So with that, unless you have questions on this particular piece, we'll talk a little bit about county operations tomorrow after we get through the resolution and proclamation for the state of emergency. Item #2B DECLARATION OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY That is the next item on our agenda is the declaration of a local state of emergency. The item is in your packet. And I can put it up on the -- it's a couple of pages, but I can put the front page up on the visualizer if that's helpful. And as Dan said, there are no restrictions or prohibitions, no evacuations at this time. We'll continue to monitor the situation as the storm moves forward into the August 28, 2023 Page 13 gulf. And should we need to adjust, of course, we'll be in touch with you on that. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: So you just need a motion? MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And the County Attorney has reviewed this, I assume? MS. PATTERSON: He prepared it. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Then I'll make a motion to approve the proclamation. COMMISSIONER HALL: Second. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: I've got a motion from Commissioner Saunders and a second from Commissioner Hall. All in favor? COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Aye. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Opposed? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye (delayed). CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: It passes unanimously. I know that was a little delay. Is there a second page to this, or this is it? MS. PATTERSON: Yep. Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Just curious. MS. PATTERSON: There's multiple pages. That's just the front page, if you flip through your packet. This is the second page, and then -- CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: I mean -- and as we've said before, the big takeaway here is this allows us to streamline services that might be needed, and we can make August 28, 2023 Page 14 command decisions without having a meeting every time we need to do something that's obvious. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. And one of the big concerns, obviously, with this storm, as it brushes by us, is the potential for storm surge, and most specifically on our mind this morning was that we've recently completed over $20 million in emergency berm work on the beaches. Obviously, we are hoping that it will stay far enough off shore that it doesn't cause any problems with that newly placed berm, which is also not planted yet; however, if we sustain damage to the berm, of course, we want to be best positioned to be able to make repairs to that berm. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. MR. KLATZKOW: Could you put up the first page of that resolution? MS. PATTERSON: Sure. MR. KLATZKOW: And so we've got language there that voluntary evacuation is encouraged. I take it that we're simply striking that. That's what's in your backup. I'm just looking for clarity. MR. SUMMERS: Yes, sir. I think you can -- MR. KLATZKOW: Well, it's your recommendation, but it's up to the Board. MR. SUMMERS: I understand. MR. KLATZKOW: It's the last paragraph on Page 1. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Yeah. So that really shouldn't -- I mean, that really shouldn't be in there, right? COMMISSIONER HALL: Encouraged. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: We're not encouraging voluntary evacuation. So can we just strike that? MR. KLATZKOW: We will strike that, yes. August 28, 2023 Page 15 CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: What's after that? And that a state -- what's the next sentence, just so we have clarity. State of local emergency has been declared effective -- so that part's true. So, yeah, let's just strike that and -- COMMISSIONER HALL: Good call, Jeff. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. MS. PATTERSON: Do you need a new motion, Jeff? MR. KLATZKOW: No, I think we've got clarity. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. MS. PATTERSON: Okay. All right. Thank you. If there's no more questions on the declaration of a local state of emergency, we can talk briefly about the county operations for tomorrow. So the 311 nonemergency call center will activate at the EOC at 7:00 tomorrow morning and will be staffed to operate until midnight or as long as conditions warrant. The Joint Information Center, otherwise known as the JIC, will also being operational through the day and evening tomorrow for press release assistance, social media alerts, and to facilitate any press conferences should they become necessary. We also will be open -- at this point in time we're recommending being open for regular business tomorrow. We are working with the staff because of the school closures. Lee County has already closed schools, so making sure that we can accommodate any of those childcare needs, so the directors and department heads have been working on that scheduling, and we'll continue to work that as Collier County decides on what they're doing with schools. August 28, 2023 Page 16 Should conditions deteriorate or we feel we need to modify operations, then, of course, we'll be in touch with you to explain that. But, otherwise, it's probably going to be a messy, rainy day, but we'll be here and operating. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: So just for clarity and summary. This building will remain open, all department staff that's not essential personnel only or anything like that, unless something changes. But as of right now, although the courthouses have decided that they're going to close on Tuesday, this building and surrounding associated buildings would remain open and fully functional? MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. The other thing we're considering is that as we move through the day, if the weather conditions are deteriorating -- and we do have a number of staff people that do commute -- that we may phase letting them go home to be able to make that travel easier. So we'll continue to monitor that as the weather presents itself. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Do we have -- I know we don't have a crystal ball, but do we have an expectation of what is going to be announced at 6:00? Or I might be premature. I don't want to preempt the schools. But that's going to be a totally separate announcement, and then, you know, we'll get that out through the county as well. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. And they've been -- they've been posting on social media. So no later than 6:00 was what they've put up as a decision point, probably having to do a lot with the probable wind speeds because of the buses and having kids at school and needing to move them around if weather is deteriorating. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: That's fair. August 28, 2023 Page 17 MS. PATTERSON: So that is all we have unless you have any other questions and, perhaps, Commissioner McDaniel, we may just want to check with him to see if he has any questions before we adjourn. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Commissioner McDaniel, do you have anything on your end, sir? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, sir. I really appreciate you inviting me to come in and allowing me to participate. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. All right. And, Amy, I mean, you'll obviously keep us posted if we need to sort of circle back tomorrow in this room again or do something on the phone or what have you. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. We'll continue to push out information as the advisories come out. If it remains a status quo, of course we'll provide that information as well. But should anything change in a negative way, most certainly we will either reconvene or take the necessary steps that we need to to change our course of action. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Did I see that we just recently posted something about sand and sandbags? So what's the -- what's the latest? And that stuff usually runs out quickly. Do we have a -- when it's gone, it's gone, or is there a second load or anything that anybody can tell us? MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Usually that's Trinity's, you know, bailiwick, because she's the -- MS. PATTERSON: I can see her moving around. We've been talking about sandbagging all day. It's actually one of my favorite emergency topics. Trinity. August 28, 2023 Page 18 MS. SCOTT: Good afternoon, Trinity Scott, department head, Transportation Management Services. Yes, sir, we have announced one sandbag location, which is the North Collier Regional Park softball complex at 15000 Livingston Road. We currently have sand in that location. I believe we have 40 tons there. We do have another load that we can deploy if necessary. We plan on having sandbagging operations until 7:00 p.m. tonight, and then it would reopen tomorrow morning at 8:30. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Mr. Chairman, I have a quick question. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: You said if conditions deteriorate that we may need to have another meeting or -- my understanding is that this order gives you what you need. If that storm all of a sudden was making a bull's-eye to Collier County, you would have the authority to do the things you need to do in response to it without us having to come back. I don't have any problem coming back, but -- MS. PATTERSON: No, sir. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- I just want to make sure that if something happens that you do have that authority pursuant to this. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. Thank you for that clarification. If this storm changes course, we have the authority that we need at this point to do what we need to do, and then we will put the pieces together after that. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Right. Thank you. August 28, 2023 Page 19 CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: And I probably should have asked you this, Trinity, and you can probably just give me a hand wave. So if we reopen the sand at 8:30 tomorrow, is it, you know, until it's all gone, or is there a second load coming? I just know that that's always sort of a sore point. I mean, I expect that most of the sand will be gone by 7:00 p.m. because people sort of tend to race over there and fill up. So if it's gone tonight at 7:00, would we not open at 8:30, or we have got a second load coming? MS. SCOTT: Once again, Trinity Scott. We do have additional sand available. We're monitoring it and can bring it as necessary. We'll also continue to monitor the storm on if we need to continue those operations, you know -- CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Tomorrow would be -- MS. SCOTT: -- or if we need to shut them down. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: -- 8:30 till exhaustion probably, right? MS. SCOTT: Yes. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Till the inventory is exhausted? MS. SCOTT: Yes, and we'll make sure that we get a press release out on that. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. Got it. MR. SUMMERS: Commissioner, I just want to mention, just thank you and, again, this local state of emergency certainly gives us the flexibility. Just in case we have a fast-breaking event, we feel good about moving forward. And just one plug on the sandbags, just remember a bag of potting soil or a bag of mulch can also serve the same August 28, 2023 Page 20 purpose. So keep that in mind as a backup. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Do you know, Dan, if we have bags where the sand is, or is it just a pile of sand? Because I thought I remember -- we have bags? Okay. So just if anybody's listening, bags and sand. I think, you know, during Ian there was a time where I think maybe we were, like, bring your own bag, and there's sand or -- okay, so there's bags and sand, and it will be there until it's exhausted. COMMISSIONER KOWAL: I read -- I read what went out. It said make sure you bring your own shovel -- CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Shovel. COMMISSIONER KOWAL: -- to fill the bags. Ten bags per person, I think, is what it was, right? MS. SCOTT: (Thumbs up.) MR. SUMMERS: Correct. And I want to put just one more comment on the record, please, for our fire, EMS, and law enforcement, if we do have traffic signals that go dark because of the storm, we want to remember that -- treat those intersections as four-way stops. So we have to remind folks to be patient. So I wanted to get that plug in. Thank you. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. MS. PATTERSON: Mr. Rodriguez had -- one more point is we're planning on waste collections as usual on the schedule; however, again, should we have a change in weather, we will make an adjustment should that need be. We don't want to have trash containers blowing around if we're going to have stronger-than-expected winds. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. Anybody else have anything? August 28, 2023 Page 21 COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No. CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Go around the room. (No response.) CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: Okay. Anything else on your end? MS. PATTERSON: That's all for us. Thank you. County Attorney? CHAIRMAN LoCASTRO: We're adjourned. Thank you. ***** There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 4:29 p.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL RICK LoCASTRO, CHAIRMAN ATTEST CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK A test as t Chairman's signature only These minutes approved by the Board on , as presented ✓ or as corrected TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF FORT MYERS COURT REPORTING BY TERM L. LEWIS, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL COURT REPORTER, FPR-C, AND NOTARY PUBLIC.