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Thursday Briefing: Thanking Flagler’s Volunteers, Growth and Development, End of Hurricane Season

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Some of the appreciation medals Flagler Volunteer Services handed out to its volunteers at a four-hour thank you event Wednesday at the County Fairgrounds. No fewer than 1,130 volunteers were documented to have lent a hand during the Hurricane Irma emergency. 'We know there's a lot more than that,' says Suzie Gamblain, who leads the organization. They helped at the Emergency Operations Center's call center, in all hurricane shelters, at the special assistance centers set up in the aftermath of the storm, they helped clean up people's homes, tarp roofs and do innumerable other jobs, for nothing in return. 'We couldn't have done the hurricane things we've done without you guys,' County Administrator Craig Coffey told the group. 'I just feel blessed to have each and every one of you.' (© FlaglerLive)
Some of the appreciation medals Flagler Volunteer Services handed out to its volunteers at a four-hour thank you event Wednesday at the County Fairgrounds. No fewer than 1,130 volunteers were documented to have lent a hand during the Hurricane Irma emergency. ‘We know there’s a lot more than that,’ says Suzie Gamblain, who leads the organization. They helped at the Emergency Operations Center’s call center, in all hurricane shelters, at the special assistance centers set up in the aftermath of the storm, they helped clean up people’s homes, tarp roofs and do innumerable other jobs, for nothing in return. ‘We couldn’t have done the hurricane things we’ve done without you guys,’ County Administrator Craig Coffey told the group. ‘I just feel blessed to have each and every one of you.’ (© FlaglerLive)

Today: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s inland…in the mid 70s coast. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight. Details here.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
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The OED’s Word of the Day: come-hithery, adj..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links


“As to literature, I still believe, subjectively, that the definitive orange sentence — evoking love, languor, and New England autumn — is Grace Metalious’s opening line in Peyton Place: ‘Indian Summer is like a woman.'”

–Alexander Theroux, from “The Secondary Colors” (1996). [Click on the image or the link to buy the book]

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In Flagler and Palm Coast:

Note: all government meetings noticed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many can be heard or seen live through each agency’s website.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

Today, the 2017 hurricane season ends.

Managing Flagler County’s Growth & Land Development, a Common Ground Breakfast discussion hosted by the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce, featuring Jason DeLorenzo, Flagler Home Builders Association, Charlie Faulkner, Faulkner & Associates, Memory Hopkins, president of Flagler County Association of Realtors, Adam Mengel, Flagler County Planning Department, and Ray Tyner, City of Palm Coast Planning Department. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center Blvd, Palm Coast. Members can preregister for $25, day of is $30. Guests may attend for $35. Contact Gretchen Smith at the chamber.

Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:

  • Friday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Announcements:

Online version of National Citizen Survey now open to Palm Coast residents: The City of Palm Coast invites all residents to take the City’s comprehensive citizen survey between now and Dec. 9. The online survey went live on Nov. 24. You can access the survey here. The online option is in addition to the regular mail-in survey conducted for the City by National Citizen Survey every other year. Earlier this fall, 1,500 surveys from the National Citizen Survey were mailed to randomly selected residents, with representation from each of the City’s four districts. Both survey processes are anonymous. The City of Palm Coast has been participating in the NCS since 2002. Currently, the City conducts the NCS every other year, with the City conducting separate surveying on its own in the off years. The City uses all survey results to improve city services. With the National Citizen Survey, Palm Coast’s results are compared to more than 500 other local governments across the United States. The feedback received from residents is presented to the Palm Coast City Council and is used for strategic planning and to help City leaders set priorities for the next fiscal year. To review past years’ National Citizen Survey results, visit www.PalmCoastGov.com/about/citizen-survey.

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel. Most legislative proceedings can be followed through the Senate or House websites.

E-CIGARETTES AT ISSUE: The General Provisions Committee of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission will consider a series of proposals, including a measure (P65) that would bar the use of devices such as electronic cigarettes in workplaces. (Thursday, 8 a.m., 401 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

BUSH OPENS NATIONAL EDUCATION GATHERING: Former Gov. Jeb Bush will give an opening address at the annual National Summit on Education Reform, held by the Tallahassee-based Foundation for Excellence in Education. (Thursday, 8:45 a.m., Omni Nashville Hotel, 250 Fifth Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn.)

SUPREME COURT RELEASES OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court is expected to release its weekly opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)

ELECTIONS ISSUES CONSIDERED: The Ethics and Elections Committee of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission is scheduled to continue a meeting that starts Wednesday. (Thursday, 1 p.m., 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA: A joint committee of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine will discuss issues related to medical marijuana. (Thursday, 1 p.m. Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Dr., Orlando.)

MACMANUS SPEAKS AT TIGER BAY: University of South Florida political-science professor Susan MacManus will speak at a Tiger Bay Club of Southwest Florida dinner. MacManus is expected to discuss results of the annual USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey. (Thursday, 7 p.m., The Marina at Edison Ford, 2360 West First St., Fort Myers.)

HURRICANE SEASON ENDS: The 2017 hurricane season ends Nov. 30.

 

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

 

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Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Updates of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast usually run here, along with a link to the city’s Week in Review. But the Week in Review, under the guise of being modernized, has become flashier and power-point like while becoming less substantive and dumbed down. We may or may not link to it in future. Here’s a summary of the latest developments as of Oct. 6

Click to access Oct-6-2017.pdf

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