WILL BE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. OH. GOT A GOOD CROWD HERE TODAY. GOOD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD 
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MORNING. WE HAVE EXCITING THINGS TO DO TODAY THAT I THINK WILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE. AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE 
          [I. RECONVENE & ADJOURN THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 ]
THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER THE 10TH AND ASK, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TRANSACT OUT OF THAT MEETING? NO, SIR. HEARING NONE. THAT MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          [II. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL ]
MINUTE. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER BOHLEN. COMMISSIONER. KNIGHT. 
          COMMISSIONER. SCALES. COMMISSIONER. TYSON. COMMISSIONER STEVENS. I'M HERE. 
          GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE THE INVOCATION TODAY BY DISTRICT FIVE. MISTER CHAD RICH, WHO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THIS MORNING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND CHAD IS A MINISTER. 
          AND OF THE MISSIONS AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CROSSPOINT CHURCH IN TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA. HE IS CURRENTLY IN HIS LAST SEMESTER PURSUING A MASTER'S OF DIVINITY AT AT BEESON DIVINITY SCHOOL AT SAMFORD UNIVERSITY. CHAD AND HIS WIFE, LINDSEY, HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, TWO GIRLS AGE 11 AND EIGHT, AND THREE BOYS, AGES EIGHT, SIX AND SIX. TWINS. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK. CHAD. IT'S THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN. IT'S IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. AND IF YOU GO TO THE PODIUM AND LEAD US IN A WORD OF PRAYER, AND IF DARREN LANIER WOULD LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE, PLEASE. LET US PRAY. OH, LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH. THE EARTH IS YOURS AND EVERYTHING IN IT. THE WORLD AND ALL WHO LIVE IN IT. YOU ARE GREAT AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STEADFAST LOVE AND FOR THE MANY GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN OUR COUNTRY, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTY, AND OUR CITIES. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS EACH AND EVERY DAY, OFTEN IN WAYS FEW PEOPLE SEE. WE ALSO COME AS PEOPLE IN NEED OF YOUR MERCY. GOD FORGIVE OUR SINS, CREATE IN US A CLEAN HEART, AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN US. TEACH US TO SEEK THE GOOD OF OTHERS AS WELL AS OUR OWN. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION AND FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM FROM ABOVE AS THEY EXERCISE THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, AND THAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED TO THEM. FATHER, HELP THEM TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, TO ACT JUSTLY AND SERVE FAITHFULLY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COUNTY. STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. GIVE THEM ENDURANCE IN THIS DEMANDING WORK. GIVE THEM PEACE IN THEIR HOMES AND AND THE SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO LOVE THEM. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THE WELFARE OF EVERYONE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT ALABAMA. BE NEAR TO THOSE ESPECIALLY WHO ARE AFFLICTED OR SUFFERING, TO FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, AND TO THOSE WHO FEEL OVERLOOKED OR ALONE. LORD, YOU ARE OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE. 
          MAY THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THIS AUTHORITY RESTRAIN EVIL AND COMMEND WHAT IS GOOD AND PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE. GIVE OUR COMMUNITIES PEACE AND HELP US PURSUE JUSTICE AND MERCY IN THE WAY WE TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS. AND LORD, I THANK YOU MOST OF ALL FOR THE GIFT OF ALL GIFTS, THE GRACE ABOVE, EVERY GRACE THAT IN YOUR LOVE YOU GAVE YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST FOR THE SALVATION OF SINNERS WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS. YOUR WORD SAYS CHRIST DIED FOR US. THROUGH HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, YOU OFFER FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION WITH YOU AND THE HOPE OF A NEW LIFE. SO, LORD, DRAW PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY AND ACROSS OUR STATE TO CALL UPON YOUR NAME AND TRUTH. SHAPE THOSE OF US WHO KNOW YOUR GRACE INTO PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS FAITHFULLY. LET YOUR STEADFAST LOVE BE UPON US, O LORD, EVEN AS WE HOPE IN YOU. IN THE LOVE OF GOD THE FATHER, THE GRACE OF GOD THE SON, AND IN THE POWER OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PLACE YOUR FLAG. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 
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THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. COMMISSIONER KNIGHT 
          [VI. PRESENTATIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
HAS SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND MAKE A AMENDMENT TO OUR AGENDA. AND BEFORE WE APPROVE THE MEETING, AS I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO COMMISSIONER KNIGHT FOR SOME EXCITING PRESENTATIONS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE THIS AND I HAVE SOME REALLY SPECIAL GUESTS HERE THIS MORNING. AND IF MY. I HAVE SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK MARTIN, I HAVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LANCE WALKER, I HAVE COACH JEFF MAULDIN AND THE ONE AND ONLY COACH TAYLOR BURKE. IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST GO TO THE PODIUM RIGHT THERE, STAND. I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. COACH BURKE AND COACH MALDEN, COACH, OUR TRUSSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. I MEAN, SOFTBALL TEAMS. AND THEY BOTH HAVE WON THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN BASEBALL AND IN SOFTBALL FOR THE SEVEN A. YOU KNOW, CATEGORY IN IN THE STATE. AND IT'S THE ONLY TIME IN HISTORY THAT THE SAME SCHOOL HAS WON BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL STATE TITLES IN THE SAME YEAR. AND IT'S ALSO THE LAST TIME THAT THE THAT THEY WILL ANY TEAM WILL WIN THE SEVEN A BECAUSE THE A SHA HAS DONE AWAY WITH THE CATEGORY. THEY'VE REVAMPED THEIR CATEGORIES. SO THERE IS NO LONGER A SEVEN A. SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WINNING THE SIX A CHAMPIONSHIP AND SOFTBALL. THEY WERE THE SEVEN A STATE CHAMPIONS. THEIR OVERALL RECORD WAS 4910 AND ONE. AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM'S FIFTH STATE TITLE SINCE 2019. COACH TAYLOR BURKE WAS NAMED THE SEVEN COACH OF THE YEAR. PLAYER COREY GORGUTS WAS NAMED MISS SOFTBALL FOR THE STATE. SHE HAD A BATTING AVERAGE OF 521. WOW 31 HOME RUNS, AND SHE IS GOING TO GO TO OLE MISS. COREY GORGUTS, HARPER, LOONEY, PRESLEY HALL AND AARON COLEMAN WERE NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL STATE, AND THEY'RE PLAYING IN A NEW STADIUM IN TRUSSVILLE, THE BILL ROBERTS STADIUM. IT'S A WONDERFUL FACILITY. AND YOU KNOW THIS WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR TO PLAY THERE. AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAD SAID IF THEY DID NOT WIN, THEN THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE OLD STADIUM. SO BUT THEY DID WIN. THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM. THEY YEAR AFTER YEAR IN. COACH BURKE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE AND WE CERTAINLY CONGRATULATE YOU IN BASEBALL. THEY WERE THE TRUSTFUL HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SEVEN, A STATE CHAMPIONS. THEY HAD A RECORD OF 34 AND NINE OVERALL. THEY WERE THE SEVEN A NORTH CHAMPION. AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM SECOND STATE TITLE. AND COACH JEFF MAULDIN WAS NAMED THE SEVEN COACH OF THE YEAR. SO WE HAVE REALLY SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE. THESE COACHES HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE HAD A YOUNG MAN NAMED JACE REGAN, FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE AND SEVEN A PITCHER OF THE YEAR. WE HAD CALE MCINTOSH AND HUDSON MITCHELL NAMED A SECOND TEAM, ALL STATE PLAYERS AND I BELIEVE MR. JACE. HE'LL BE A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND HE'S ALREADY COMMITTED TO FLORIDA STATE. DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT OUT OF ALABAMA, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LATER. BUT ANYWAY, I CONGRATULATE BOTH OF YOU FOR THE JOB YOU'VE DONE, FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THESE KIDS. YOU'VE GOT A GREAT SUPPORT TEAM WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WALKER AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN. YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB. AND I THINK THEY SAY, GUYS, Y'ALL GO DO YOUR THING. SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR THUMB ON YOU DOING ALL THAT AND AND LOOK AT THE RESULT. SO TODAY I WANT TO PRESENT BOTH OF YOU WITH A LITTLE ITEM HERE TO HERE, THE 
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ONE OUT FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO CARRY THEM AND I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO BREAK THEM. 
          GET A PHOTO HERE. COME DOWN HERE. WE JUST COME UP HERE BEHIND YOU, JOE, AND LET YOU BE DOWN THERE. THESE ARE OH FORGIVE ME, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. YOUR SPIRIT. COME ON. OKAY, WE GOT EVERYBODY. OKAY. HERE WE GO. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. I KNOW SHE'S ALWAYS SORRY FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMISSION. OKAY, COMMISSIONER STEVENS, I'LL GET YOU. YOU WANT HER OVER? OKAY. THERE YOU GO. HERE YOU GO. I'M GOING TO TAKE TWO SHOTS. ONE. TWO. THREE. 
          NEXT ONE. HERE WE GO. ONE TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. GOOD ONE. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HONORING US. THANK YOU FOR HONORING OUR PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COME OUT AND WATCH SOME SOFTBALL AND TRUSTFUL COME OUT THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO IT JUSTICE. VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, LANCE AND DOCTOR MARTIN. THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, REALLY SUPPORT OUR PROGRAM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAMS AT TRUSTFUL AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HONORING US. WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. SAME AS TAYLOR. JOE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US DOWN HERE THIS MORNING. ESPECIALLY GETTING OUT OF CLASS AND STUFF IS REALLY COOL. BUT AGAIN, DOCTOR MARTIN AND LANCE WALKER, WE COULDN'T ASK FOR TWO BETTER LEADERS FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY LET US DO OUR JOBS. WE'RE VERY HUMBLED AND VERY HONORED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND DOCTOR MARTIN, YOU LIKE TO SPEAK. LET DOCTOR MARTIN SAY A FEW WORDS. YOU SPEAK A LOT TO THE SUPPORT THAT OUR SPORTS TEAMS GET FROM US AS THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT WE ALSO GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM YOU AS OUR COMMISSIONER AND OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TRUSSVILLE, AS WELL AS TRUSSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, JOE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LANCE, YOU WANT TO SIGN US OUT HERE? YEAH. AGAIN THANK YOU, JOE, FOR HAVING US DOWN HERE. YOU KNOW DOCTOR MARTIN TALKS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ABOUT TRIPLE A EXCELLENCE WITH EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS, ARTS AND ATHLETICS. 
          SO YOU KNOW WITH OUR TOP FIVE RANKING FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL, OUR ARTS PROGRAMS, DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ATHLETICS COACH BURTON, COACH MALDEN, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT. AND AS WE CHASE EXCELLENCE IN ALL THOSE AREAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. WHAT I SEE IS CLASS AND CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS AND THEIR YOUR EXCELLENCE IN YOUR ACADEMICS IS PRECEDES THIS. SO THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING A GREAT JOB. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THAT WE AS A COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER KNIGHT CAN CAN CONTINUE THE SUPPORT FOR YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THAT CARRIES US TO THE. THEY GOTTA GO BACK TO SCHOOL. OKAY. SORRY, COACH. NORMALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE UP HERE FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE SAY YOU HAVE TO DROP BACK BY AND MCDONALD'S BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO CLASS. BUT NORMALLY IT'S KIDS. SO Y'ALL Y'ALL CAN GO ON BACK. WE'RE GOOD. COMMISSIONERS. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE MINUTES OF OUR SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING. I HOPE 
          [V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THOSE. WHEN YOU DID READ THEM, WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, OR REVISIONS TO THOSE MINUTES OR OR CAN THEY BE PLACED UPON THE MOVE? WE DISPENSE THE READING OF THE MINUTES. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY 
          [VI. PRESENTATIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
OPPOSED? THERE IS NONE. PRESENTATIONS. COUNTY MANAGER, EMPLOYEE SERVICE. PEN. 
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PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE THREE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE 330 YEAR EMPLOYEES WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AND AWARD THEM THEIR 30 YEAR SERVICE PIN A MELODY, THE CHIEF HR DIRECTOR AND HEATHER DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER, WILL PRESENT THEM. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE HERE FOR OUR WONDERFUL QUARTERLY PRESENTATION OF OUR 30 YEAR EMPLOYEES, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THEM. OUR FIRST EMPLOYEE IS LACEY BAILEY, ASSISTANT HIGHWAY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU NEED THAT BACK. GO AHEAD. NEXT, WE HAVE JEREMY MCALPINE, PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR FOR ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION. GEORGE. LAST WE HAVE PHILIP SKINNER, WHO'S A SURVEYING PARTY CHIEF WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW, THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE RETIRING, DOES IT? NOT YET. WAIT TILL. 
          ARE YOU DONE? THANK YOU. THEY'RE NOT. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. NO. THANK YOU. PLEASURE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. FIRST ONE TAKING TWO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. 
          THREE. THANK YOU. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE. PSALM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. YOU. YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD. AND MAYBE IT'LL BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER HERE IN THE COMING, COMING DAYS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS AN AMENDMENT 772 HEARING, WHICH IS A HEARING THAT DETERMINES IF YOU CAN UTILIZE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR A GOOD AND SUFFICIENT PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND BE EXPENDED TO A PRIVATE, 
          [VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS ]
INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION. THIS IS BRE KIMBERLY LLC. PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO AMENDMENT 772 AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZATION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY ON BEHALF OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY. A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH BRE KIMBERLY, LLC. JEFF, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT A INCENTIVES REQUEST TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHOPPING CENTER IN THE TOWN OF KIMBERLY THAT WILL BE ANCHORED BY A PUBLIX GROCERY STORE. WE DON'T DO RETAIL INCENTIVES VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN WE DO, WE LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF ADVERSE CONDITION TO A SITE THAT PREVENTS THE PROJECT FROM MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. AND WE ALSO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT ITSELF IS TRANSFORMATIONAL. IN THIS CASE, THIS PROJECT DOES FACE SOME ADVERSE CONDITIONS WITH THE SITE THAT LEAD TO INCREASED COSTS, BUT IT ALSO PUTS A GROCERY STORE AND A GOOD QUALITY ONE IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW. SO IT IT TACKLES A FOOD DESERT ISSUE FOR US. THE PROJECT ITSELF WILL GENERATE 67 JOBS TIED TO PUBLIX AND AN OVERALL CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT 30 MILLION, 26 OF THAT COMING FROM THE DEVELOPER. AND THEN THE REMAINING COMING FROM PUBLIX ITSELF, WE ARE LOOKING AT A REBATE OF $0.01 OF OUR TWO CENT SALES TAX ON THE PROJECT, WITH 
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A CAP OF $1 MILLION OR A TERM NO LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD. WE ESTIMATE THIS PROJECT WILL RETURN ABOUT 1.89 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE TO THE COUNTY, AND ABOUT 3.8 MILLION IN EDUCATION TO THE COUNTY. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE. REVENUES TO THE TOWN OF KIMBERLY OR THE STATE. THAT'S JUST COUNTY REVENUES. 
          THAT IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT. YES, MA'AM. SO BASED UPON MY UNDERSTANDING ON YESTERDAY, TUESDAY AND FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, THIS IS A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. CORRECT. WHICH IN TURNS MEANS THAT THE. ITEM THAT IS BEFORE US, WHICH IS A SEVEN, SEVEN TWO AMENDMENT, DEALS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THEREFORE, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW AMENDMENT SEVEN SEVEN, TWO WORKS IS THAT. THE REIMBURSEMENT IF I WANT TO SAY THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING? BECAUSE THIS IS A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, MEANING THAT I NOTICED THAT IT SAID IT WAS UP TO 1 MILLION. RIGHT. AND SO NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION, 1 MILLION, BUT AT FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, BUT IT'S A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. AND SO THEREFORE THEY'RE BASICALLY GETTING OUT THE TAXES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. 
          SO ANYTIME WE DO AN INCENTIVE, THERE IS SOME PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT TIED TO IT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE THE BUT INFORM THE PUBLIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU SAY PERFORM. 
          WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THIS INSTANCE? IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE PERFORMANCE IS. 
          BUILDING THE SHOPPING CENTER, CREATING THE JOBS. THOSE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          BUT THEN THE REBATE IS BASED OFF THE SALES TAXES GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. SO WE HAVE IT CAPPED AT $1 MILLION IN A FIVE YEAR TERM, AGAIN, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. BUT LET'S SAY THEY GET TO FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GENERATED $1,000,000.01 SALES TAX. THEN THEY DON'T GET $1 MILLION. THEY GET WHATEVER HAS BEEN GENERATED TO THAT POINT. 
          SO THE PROJECT ITSELF, SELF FUNDS THE INCENTIVE THROUGH THE SALES TAX. SO THEY ONLY GET BACK WHAT THEY GENERATE. CORRECT. I'M ACTUALLY KNOWING WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK WE SAY WORDS AND WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. AND I DON'T WANT US TO TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS. THE OTHER THING IS, HAVE WE I DONE SIMILAR PROJECTS? I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON TUESDAY, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE LIKE THIS SINCE IT IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED. YEAH. AGAIN, WE DON'T DO RETAIL VERY OFTEN BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES RETAIL GOES WHERE RETAIL NEEDS TO GO AND OFTENTIMES DOESN'T NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC TO GET THE DEAL DONE. AGAIN, WHAT WE LOOK FOR PROJECTS THAT NEED SOME LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAS SOME LEVEL OF TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON THE COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE OF THE FORMER RED ROOF INN AND HOMEWOOD, WHERE WE HAD A DILAPIDATED HOTEL THAT WAS ATTRACTING A LOT OF CRIME. WE REMOVED THE HOTEL, THE DEVELOPERS REMOVED THE HOTEL, BUILT SOME MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND RETAIL, AND ITS PLACE REVITALIZE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT WE DID THERE WAS FILL A FUNDING GAP THAT WAS TIED TO SOME INCREASED COSTS IN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT. AND ANOTHER ONE IS DEVELOPMENT. WE DID DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE DID WITH RED MOUNTAIN RETAIL, WHICH OPERATES THE ASHLEY FURNITURE SHOWROOMS IN NORTH ALABAMA. THE DEAL WE HAVE WITH THEM IS THAT ANY SALE THAT OCCURS IN AN ASHLEY FURNITURE SHOWROOM IN NORTH ALABAMA, WHETHER IT'S HUNTSVILLE OR, YOU KNOW, THE HOOVER LOCATION, THOSE POINT OF SALES ACTUALLY OCCUR WITHIN THE CITY OF BESSEMER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO WE COLLECT SALES TAX DOLLARS ON ANY SALES THAT ARE THERE. SO AS PART OF THAT DEAL, TO RETAIN ASHLEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TO RETAIN THAT SALES TAX REVENUE FROM OTHER LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, WE DID A SIMILAR REBATE ON THE SALES TAX REVENUE TO THEM. SO WE DON'T DO IT OFTEN, BUT THERE IS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE IT ON IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU WITH THAT, HAVING SAID A PART. AND LASTLY, WE GOT THE ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE CONCERN RAISED. WE DO HAVE THAT RESOLVED NOW, I BELIEVE. SO, 
          [00:25:03]
OKAY. WE HAVE THAT RESOLVED. MR. COUNTY ATTORNEY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, ONE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT MORE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY RECEIVING THIS LEVEL OF OF SERVICE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A $30 MILLION PROJECT AND IT WILL. 
          HELP DEVELOP THAT AREA MORE. IT'S ALREADY GROWING. AND THIS WILL. AND THEN WHEN THAT NORTHERN BELTLINE GETS OVER TO 65, IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A GROWING AREA. SO I SHOULD SAY JUST REAL QUICK ON THE 30 MILLION THAT'S BASED OFF THE DEVELOPMENT COST FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER AND THEN EQUIPMENT THAT PUBLIX WILL BUY THEMSELVES AND INSTALL WITHIN THE STORE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT MAY BE IN THERE. SO THE INVESTMENT DOLLARS WILL PROBABLY BE NORTH OF 30 MILLION, BUT WE'RE ONLY CALCULATING THE OVERALL BUILDING COST AND THE PUBLIX EQUIPMENT COSTS. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER TYSON, WHO HAS JOINED LET THE RECORD STATE THAT SHE CAME IN AT WHATEVER TIME THAT IS. SORRY I WAS LATE. I HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. I KNOW WE WE JUST HAD HAD CARVER JONES MARKET TO MOVE IN ON DENNISON AVENUE IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. AND THAT'S A FOOD DESERT AREA TOO. AND I KNOW I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU ABOUT I WANTED TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOU, WITH HIM. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT STATEMENT ON THE RECORD. WHO'S DEVELOPING THAT ONE? I HAVE THE PAPERWORK IN MY OFFICE. I HAVE ALL THAT PAPERWORK IN MY. YEAH, THEY'RE UP, THEY'RE UP AND GOING. SO THEY'RE THERE TO HERITAGE BEHIND MCDONALD'S. YEAH, THEY THEY DID A WHOLE REVAMPING OF THEIR STORE WITH THE PRODUCTS AND EVERYTHING. SO THEY ARE MORE ON A WINN DIXIE MIDDLE PUBLIC LEVEL PUBLIC GROCERY STORE. THEY'RE MORE LIKE THAT NOW THAN THEY WERE. 
          SO LET ME ALSO SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERS AND, AND JEFF, OUR OFFICE ACTUALLY, WHEN THE CARVER JONES WAS IN FAIRFIELD, SOUGHT TO ASSIST. AND THIS IS FOR PUBLIC RECORD. AND SO THE COMPANY DIDN'T WANT THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE AS IT RELATES TO MORE MORE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT. SO HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITION BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO DO SO. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEFF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. AN AMENDMENT 772 PUBLIC HEARING, TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK FROM OUR PUBLIC CONCERNING THE KIMBERLY, LLC PUBLIC HEARING. I GUESS WE CAN CALL IT A PUBLIC PROJECT, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN PUBLIX THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S GOING TO BE. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER. OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS. ALICIA, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND COMMISSIONER BOHLEN, COMMISSIONER KNIGHT, COMMISSIONER SCALES. YES. 
          COMMISSIONER. TYSON. YES, COMMISSIONER STEVENS, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN. I AM. CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE WORDING OF THE DOCUMENT. I AM FOR THE PROJECT 110%, BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WITH OUR AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN. AND. WE'LL WE'LL LET THAT WE'LL LET 
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IT STAND AT THAT. NEXT WE HAVE IS A RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE 52 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE. ONE MORE PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING, VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE CERTAINLY DO. VACATION RIGHT OF WAY AT 320 TRENTON TO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VACATION OF A 20 FOOT WIDE, UNDEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED WEST AND ABUTTING THE WEST. PROPERTY LINE OF 320 TRENTON STREET. THIS IS. WE'RE GIVING THIS BACK. GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. IT'S JUST A PAPER ALLEY THAT WAS UNDEVELOPED. THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE MCDONALD'S CHAPEL AREA. SO WE'RE VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY OWNERS. THEY'LL SPLIT IT BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS ON BOTH SIDES. YES. THAT'S GOOD. I'D LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 320 TRENTON IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IN OPPOSITION TO THIS? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. MOVE THE ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I I. OH. NOW WE CAN GO TO RESOLUTION. WE HAVE 52 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PROPERLY 
          [VIII.RESOLUTIONS 1 - 52 ]
PRESENTED IN ON OUR TUESDAY'S MEETING. I HAVE THREE ITEMS, ALL PERTAINING TO MY AGENDA THAT I. THAT I NEED TO ALTER. NUMBER 27. WE NEED TO PULL. BECAUSE THE PAPERWORK WAS NOT COMPLETED. NUMBER 21 NEEDS OPINION. 2727 WE PULL IT. THAT WAS A A GRANT TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. AND THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR PAPERWORK IN. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM NEXT TIME. 
          THAT'S THIS ONE. I THINK I HAD A CIVIL AIR PATROL HERE. I'M SURE YOU DO. 27 OKAY. GOT IT. 
          AND THEN. 21 I HAVE A PEN AND INK. I NEED TO CHANGE IT TO 14,000. AND THEN NUMBER 26, PEN AND INK NEEDS TO CHANGE FROM ONE 100 TO 300. AND IT WAS IT'S ALL THE PAPERWORK'S RIGHT. IT'S JUST A PEN AND INK CHANGE. WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU FINISHED? 26. THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. YOU READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? YES, MA'AM. I'LL MOVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 52 WITH ITEM 26 BEING WITHDRAWN. 2727 THANK YOU. AND THEN ITEM 21 WOULD A PEN AND INK CHANGE FROM 9500 TO 14,000? AND THEN ON ITEM 26 FROM 100 TO 300,000. ALL FAVOR SAY I GET A SECOND MISTER PRESIDENT. WHO SECONDED. OH, COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OR NONE. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, COUNTY MANAGER? NO, SIR. NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF BUSINESS. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNTY MANAGER? NO, SIR. COUNTY 
          [XV. COMMENTS ]
ATTORNEY? NO, SIR. COMMISSIONER TYSON, I WANTED TO, LOUISE. ALEXANDER WON THE MAYOR'S ELECTION IN BESSEMER. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER TO MAYOR ALEXANDER A K A MAYOR LULU. 
          SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN BESSEMER. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONGRATULATE HER. AND ALSO CONGRATULATE OUR MAYOR, GULLEY, ON THE 16 YEARS HE SERVED AND GREW THE CITY OF BESSEMER ON HIS RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. OH, AND THEN THE SISTER STRUT THIS WEEKEND. IT'S A BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATION. OUR INNER CITY ORGANIZATION THAT'S FOR INNER CITY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO INSURANCE TO COVER MAMMOGRAMS. THEY GIVE OUT FREE MAMMOGRAMS. THEY GIVE OUT FREE RIDES TO THE POLL LIKE HOUSEKEEPING. I ACTUALLY HAD I HAD TO DO MY VOLUNTEER HOURS, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. I HAD TO PUT IN SOME HOURS. I HAD FUN, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A LOT OF RESIDENTS. WE WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT HOUSES AND WE DID LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING, A LOT OF TALKING AND HUGGING AND 
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CRYING AND JUST CELEBRATING THESE WOMEN. THAT'S GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THAT THAT OUR HOPE AND PRAY THAT I NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH. AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT JUST, IT JUST HIT HOME. WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO WOMEN THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND GOING THROUGH THIS, AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WORKING, A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS ARE JUST WORKING AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE MAMMOGRAMS, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY SICK AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO JUST SMALL TASKS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED OF WASHING DISHES AND MAKING YOURSELF A CUP OF COFFEE AND MAYBE COOKING AN EGG. AND THEY ARE TOO WEAK AND SICK TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S SOME OF MY VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I LOVE TO DO. LEBRON WILL BE SATURDAY THIS SATURDAY 26TH. REGISTRATION START AT 7:00. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS THAT'S WILLING TO COME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATION. WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS, AND WE ALSO HAVE DONATIONS OF FROM SEVERAL GROCERY STORES WHERE THEY COME OUT AND THEY COOK FISH AND SALAD AND HEALTHY FOODS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT A WORTHY EFFORT AND THANK THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR THEIR DONATIONS TO THIS ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR ELECT LOUISE ALEXANDER AS WELL. I THINK THAT WAS A JOB WELL DONE. AND SO THE PEOPLE OF BESSEMER DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE A COMPETENT AND NEW MAYOR, AND THEY GOT IT. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A STREET DEDICATION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT IN THE EASTERN AREA, WHICH IS JOSEPH HOLLIS. MR. HOLLIS WAS A POLITICAL ADVISOR FOR ME, BUT WE, AS THE COMMISSION, INVESTED $1.9 MILLION INTO NORTHEAST YMCA. 
          MR. HOLLIS WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO REPRESENT ON THE NORTHEAST YMCA BOARD. AND SO HIS STREET DEDICATION WILL BE ON THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY AT 1:30 P.M. AND SO ALL WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME. I'LL TELL YOU THE BEAUTY AND WHAT THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION IS DOING IS THAT NORTHEAST YMCA, EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE IS GEARED TOWARD FAMILIES AND YOUTH. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT THE COMMISSION INVESTED IN PROVIDES HOUSING FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE. SO IT IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH CHILDREN FROM JACK AND JILL. THEY CAME UP ON LAST SATURDAY. WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS FROM DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA AND. AND SO THEY CAME UP AND SAW THE EXHIBIT, MARTIN LUTHER KING EXHIBIT. AND SO I WANT TO THANK CARL AND STAFF FOR GETTING THAT AREA PREPARED. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU MORE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE REAL INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE LOOK OF IT. AND BUT THEY HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL BE AT MILES COLLEGE AND WE WILL BE HOSTING THE MOVIE. 
          MICHAEL, I'VE SAID THIS PUBLICLY. MY DAD WAS THE FIRST BLACK PROMOTER IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BUT CROSSED OVER NATIONALLY, AND HE WAS ONE OF TWO BLACK PROMOTERS THAT WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE MICHAEL JACKSON. BUT HE'S ALSO A GRADUATE OF MILES COLLEGE. SO BRINGING IT HOME ON TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE VERY SWEET. WE'VE INVITED ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AND CITIES TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SUPPORT IT. SO THE GATES OPEN AT 530, WILL KICK OFF AT 630. AND AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PASTORS THIS MORNING OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE TO MILES COLLEGE. THAT WASN'T A SINGLE EFFORT. 
          THAT WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. AND I THINK THE WAY THAT WE TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES IS THAT WE DRIVE UNEDUCATED NESS OUT AND WE INVEST EDUCATION IN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT? THAT STREET THAT WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? WHAT? SO THE NAME OF THE STREET IS JOSEPH HOLLIS DRIVE. I'M JUST MAKING SURE YOU DIDN'T SNEAK IN. NO, NO WE DON'T. HEY, EVERY EVERYTHING WE DO IS VERY INTENTIONAL. JOSEPH HOLLIS DRIVE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
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ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE FOR HOSTING OUR OUR TEAM COACHES HERE TODAY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S JUST A GOOD THING. AND I DID FAIL TO MENTION THAT TRUSS WAS ALSO THE FIFTH IN THE STATE IN ACADEMICS. SO IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. AND PASTOR RICH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. NICE PRAYER. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK BEING DONE, A GREAT DEAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE $475 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF OR, OR THAT ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD. THAT MEANS SO MUCH FOR THE WESTERN PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 200 UNION JOBS THERE, AND OVER 50 MANAGEMENT JOBS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE. 
          AND WHOSE DISTRICT IS THAT, VICE PRESIDENT? I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. OH MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. BUT BUT IT IT IS. AND WE JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY AREAS THAT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THAT. THAT WE ALL SHARE. AND WE ALL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SKIN IN THE GAME. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, AS FAR AS WANTING THAT AREA TO IMPROVE. I SPOKE AT, AT, DOWN AT PLEASANT GROVE MONDAY NIGHT, AND WE TOLD THEM THAT A RIOT, A RISING TIDE RAISES ALL SHIPS AND YOU HAVE AN ADJACENT AREA WITH THE TIDES COMING UP. SO I KIDDINGLY TELL HIM, I SAID, THAT'S THE MOUNTAIN BROOK OF THE WESTERN AREA. AND WE. I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE. 
          COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA WILL STAND TO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THAT AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA AND THE I. 22 CORRIDOR MOVING UP TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. WE APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COUNTY MANAGEMENT, APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES, AND GOD BLESS YOU. AND
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