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VOLUME 11, NO. 51

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021

Vaccine shortage New allotment of COVID-19 vaccines announced Jan. 19, but all appointments filled in 7 minutes.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County received another allotment of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, Jan. 19. All those doses were scheduled to be given out in appointments on Jan. 20-21. No appointment slots remain.

“Appointments filled quickly SEE VACCINE PAGE 2

INSIDE JUST KEEP SWIMMING? NOT SO FAST

Future of Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club again in question amid COVID-19-related shortfall. PAGE 3

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The new AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway will begin construction in September 2021 and should open in 2022, the company announced.

Coming in 2022 AdventHealth to build $100 million, 100-bed hospital on Palm Coast Parkway

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

With the continued growth of Flagler County, AdventHealth on Jan. 19 announced that it would build a new 100-bed hospital on Palm Coast Parkway, between Belle Terre Parkway and U.S. 1, near Bridgehaven Drive.

The new hospital, called AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway, represents a $100 million investment in Flagler County, a press release stated. Construction is set to begin in Septem-

IMPACT FEES TO BE REVISED

School district OKs agreement with developer, but plans revisions to impact fees.

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SCHOOL CALENDAR CHANGES

Week off for Thanksgiving and spring break, two for winter break. PAGE 3

CELL TOWER WON’T GO IN PALM HARBOR

Citing resident opposition, City Council rejects proposed Palm Harbor cell tower PAGE 5

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ber, and the hospital is planned to open in 2022. Four hundred to 700 new jobs will be created.

“We look forward to bringing our world-class services closer to home for more people in this growing region,” David Ottati, president/CEO of AdventHealth Central Florida DivisionNorth, said in the press release.

(Ottati is also the former administrator of the current 99-bed hospital in Palm Coast, on State Road 100 near Interstate 95.)

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MINI LIBRARY AT COMMUNITY CENTER Literary enthusiasts rejoice!

A new way for readers to explore books is available at the Palm Coast Community Center through the concept of the Free Little Library.

The library is stained walnut in color and is about the size of a bird house. Books inside are free to borrow.

The idea is to take one and leave one. Book donations are also accepted. It is located in the playground area of the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE.

Eddie Jensen and Humberto Alicea.

Parks maintenance employees Eddie Jensen and Humberto Alicea designed and built the library. Once they saw the idea, they recognized the opportunity for residents and realized the benefits it would bring to our

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community. They expanded on the original design provided by Free Little Library and created it to look like a house, with siding, roof shingles, and making it waterproof.

Mittelstadt Q+A Mittelstadt plans to focus all resources on helping students — and to smile more

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Lessons on leadership from Martin Luther King

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

I listened to Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech with African-American Cultural Society President Joseph Matthews for the Jan. 15 edition of “Free for All Friday,” on WNZF. Here are three things I learned.

First, King said, in his immortal speech in 1963, that the freedom of whites is “inextricably bound” to the freedom of blacks.

I believe that the same can be said about the health of our communities: If black families are in poverty, we are an impoverished community.

Matthews issued a forceful distress signal during the Jan. 15 show, saying that he simply wants black skin to no longer be seen as “inferior.” To think that something like that still has to be said in 2021 tells me that we have a lot of room to improve.

Despite many social advances, one statistic provides alarming evidence that much more progress is needed to give future generations greater opportunity: “In 1968, unmarried women

were the main breadwinners for 20% of [black] households,” University of Florida professor Sharon Austin reported. “In recent years, the percentage has risen as high as 72%.”

The second lesson I learned from King’s speech is the power of righteousness. He knew he was on the right side of history, and he preached kindness along with change. Violence and vitriol only distract from righteous messages. If we ever think we have to be angry to get what we want — at home, at work, in government — I hope we can think again and follow King’s example.

Third, I learned that a true leader doesn’t only point out problems; a true leader also provides a vision. King’s vision was told in the form of a dream: “I have a dream that one day [...] little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”

The dream principle is essential for leadership of any kind.

We need something to believe in. Such an approach helps us answer this question: Why is it worth making sacrifices to accomplish this task?

Finally, there is one thing we can all do when someone claims to be a victim of racial injustice: Believe him. Try to understand.

Email editor@palmcoastobserver.com.

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after the county contacted individuals on its 6,000-name call back list, as well as more than 100 people whose appointments for Jan. 11 had been canceled,” the Florida Department of HealthFlagler announced on Jan. 19.

“The balance of appointments were filled seven minutes after county sent out a text message to its FLAGLERCOVID subscribers.”

Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” radio program Jan. 15 that another shipment is expected to arrive on Friday, Jan. 22, containing second doses for people who’ve already received their initial dose. Those will be available to Florida residents who received their first dose in Flagler County, even if they live in a different Florida county.

At this time, only people 65 and older and healthcare workers are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Florida.

Studies are showing that the first dose of the Moderna vaccine — the one that’s been distributed in Flagler — provides significant protection, DOH-Flagler Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel said, citing a recent study of 1,000 people.

“They found that starting at 14 days after the first shot, there were almost no cases before the second shot,” he said. “... That’s true, actually, with booster vaccines in general; usually there’s a level of protection with the first and then you get kind of turbocharged with the second dose.”

There are approximately

Go to www.flaglercounty.org and click on the COVID-19 link on the upper lefthand corner of the webpage, or go directly to www.flaglercounty.org/emergency_information/emergency_management/covid-19/index.php.

Sign up for COVID-19-related text alerts by texting FLAGLERCOVID (a single word) to the number 888777.

To be added to the callback list, call 386-3134200 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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36,000 people over the age of 65 in Flagler County.

Meanwhile, Snyder said, a state appointment program is expected

to become operational within a month, and local Publix stores are receiving allotments of vaccine weekly and setting appointments for people 65 and older.

And although demand for the existing Moderna and Pfizer vaccines currently far outstrips the supply, that will likely change as Johnson & Johnson and Astra Zeneca come out with their own vaccines in coming weeks, Bickel said.

“We’re going to go from rags to riches,” he said.

Once that happens, Snyder said, the health department will transition from its focus on testing and contact tracing to a focus on vaccination, sending teams of nurses out to vaccinate residents at sites around the community at a rate of about 1,000 people per day.

But Snyder and Bickel warned residents to remain cautious in the meantime, as the virus surges.

“Until these numbers start coming down, people need to be just hyper-vigilant,” Bickel said. “ ... People are getting more desensitized to it, but there’s just a ton of cases.”

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What’s next for Swim & Racquet Club? School Board The facility is facing a $500,000 shortfall and requires potentially more than $2 million in repairs.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Five years ago, a grassroots coalition of Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club members raised money to save the club when the school district proposed closing it to the public. Now, with memberships and revenues declining — and taking a recent hit from COVID-19 — the future of the aging facility is again in question.

The school district’s ownership of the club is something of an anomaly: Aside from a high school swim team that uses its pool for practice, the facility doesn’t serve the district’s K-12 programs, and therefore falls outside of the district’s instructional mission. Instead, the club serves a heavily retiree user base of members who swim laps in its pool and

use its gym and tennis courts.

The problem, as it was in 2016, is money: The facility is facing a $500,000 shortfall, in part because memberships have dropped and special events and classes held there have been canceled due to the pandemic.

But district money shifted toward the club to cover the shortfall would be money made unavailable for the district’s K-12 students.

At a School Board workshop Jan. 19, district Facilities Manager Dave Freeman presented a litany of things that need fixing or reconstruction: The tennis and pickleball courts need surface repair.

The shuffleboard court’s concrete is so cracked that it can’t be used for shuffleboard and is instead being used for CrossFit tire flip workouts. The parking lot needs resurfacing and restriping, which would cost about $200,000. The 30-year-old portable classroom’s ramp and deck need work that would be about $50,000-$60,000, or it could be demolished. The bathhouses need electrical and

The pool at the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club.

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“I think we need to be innovative. ... Because we don’t want to take money from our kids. We can’t. We just can’t do that.”

CHERYL MASSARO, School Board member, on the need to find new funding sources for the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club

plumbing work and are not up to ADA standards, so doing any work there would require bringing them up to ADA standards and losing sinks and stalls. Feeman’s recommendation was to demolish the building and get a new, metal one, which would be about $2 million.

“Got anything good to tell us?”

School Board member Colleen Conklin said with a laugh. “Ayay-ay.”

There had been some good news: The pool itself was resurfaced and repaired in 2017 and still has a good amount of life in it; the main office building is in sound condition aside from some minor exterior wood rot; and the sauna building was repaired eight years ago and is in good condition, as is the gym, a metal building that was added in 2007.

Conklin asked district staff members how much it would cost to keep the facility running, and how many people use it.

The answer was $500,000 — just to cover the shortfall, not including major facility repairs — and a current user base of 1,243 full time members, down by 135 since the pandemic began.

A number of clubs or classes also use the facility: In addition to the high school swim team, there are youth swim lessons, Red Cross CPR/AED training sessions, a district-run swim club called Flagler Fluid, a martial arts training program that rents the classroom, and a youth synchronized swimming team, the Synchro Belles.

Board members asked about the community group that had

formed to save the club in 2016.

Staff said that it hasn’t been meeting regularly.

Conklin wasn’t comfortable with the prospect of taking $500,000 out of the district’s reserves to pay for a facilty that largely serves adults.

“That just doesn’t seem OK to me,” she said. “... Are we at the point where we need to reengage the county, the city, and invite them to the table?”

The county government had contributed $25,000 in 2016 to help keep the facility open.

Woolbright agreed, noting that the club’s position in the community has shifted over the decades.

“As a resident of this county since the ’80s, there once was a time when adult and community ed was huge, it was giant; it was what propped up this community,” Woolbright said.

Since then, the city and county have added parks and trails and the community has gained a plethora of private gyms, she said.

“The need in the county was not what it was when Flagler Schools got in the business of adult and community education,” Woolbright said. “... That’s money the schools could be using for students, for children.”

She suggested looking for “other players” who could help support the club financially.

Conklin agreed, and suggested that district staff come develop a strategy for addressing the shortfall and repair needs, and present it to the board at a workshop in February. Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt agreed to do so.

District approves fee agreement with developer The district will look at ways to lessen overcrowding, such as rezoning.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

When calculating the fees that the developer of a proposed community on John Anderson Highway should pay to offset the number of students the new homes will generate, the school district initially got it wrong, undershooting the number based on outdated data and leading the School Board to reject it.

The district has fixed that error and come to an agreement with the developer of the proposed community, called the Hammock Beach River Club and formerly known as The Gardens.

But the School Board at a Jan. 19 workshop also agreed to pay for a new study to determine future impact fees and investigate ways the district might be able to reduce school overcrowding.

Options include rezoning, shifting sixth grade from elementary school to middle school, adding portable classrooms, staggering classes, year-round school, additional virtual school options, busing and dual enroll-

ment, among others.

District staff also advised the board to consider halting school choice — the program that lets students go to schools to which they aren’t zoned — at elementary and high schools, while grandfathering in students who are already enrolled in school choice.

CAPACITY PRESSURES

Many of the schools run by the Flagler County School District are near or over capacity, depending on whether the calculation includes space set aside for developments that are planned or under construction.

Old Kings Elementary School and Flagler Palm Coast High School are both over capacity now, by 58 students and 122 students respectively. With current and planned construction accounted for, Belle Terre Elementary School and Bunnell Elementary School would also have negative capacity.

“Growth is coming; I’ve lived it before,” Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt said. “You want to manage it; you don’t want to be overcome by it.”

The process governments use to determine how much developers will affect infrastructure and how much they should pay to mitigate that impact is called

“concurrency.”

Flagler Schools’ current process requires developers to submit a “School Concurrency Reservation” with an associated fee.

The district evaluates the proposal and uses a formula to determine if it has capacity for the students the development would generate.

If so, it “holds” that capacity for the development for three years. If not, the developer has two choices: Wait until there’s capacity, or enter into an agreement with the district to pay a fee to offset the impact of the new students. The fee is based on the total number of units in the development and the expected student “generation rate” based on whether the dwellings will

“Growth is coming; I’ve lived it before.

You want to manage it; you don’t want to be overcome by it.”

CATHY MITTELSTADT, Flagler Schools Superintendent

be single-family, multifamily or mobile homes.

FEE AGREEMENT REVISED

Fees from the Hammock Beach River Club will help the district handle the expected influx of 41 elementary school students, 12 middle school students and 29 high school students generated by the new homes.

To offset the impact of the new students, the 335-home development will pay the district $891,360 in impact fees, or $2,660.78 per unit — an increase from the $720,000 sum the district had initially settled on with the developer in a verbal agreement before realizing that its staff had used outdated data to calculate the total.

The board approved the $891,360 agreement with the Hammock Beach River Club in a 4-1 vote on Jan. 19, with board member Janet McDonald dissenting. Board member Colleen Conklin voted in favor but noted, in comments at the end of the meeting, that the board has little leeway under state law to reject such agreements.

The district’s new impact fee study will take about three months, and the district will have to provide 90 days of notice before imposing the new fees.

OKs calendar

The academic calendar gives students one week off for Thanksgiving and spring break, and two for winter break.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

As long as hurricanes don’t get in the way, Flagler Schools students and teachers will get a full week off for Thanksgiving and spring break and two weeks off for winter break this coming school year.

The Flagler County School Board approved the academic calendar for the coming 20212022 school year at its meeting on Jan. 19.

The academic year will begin for teachers and staff with preplanning and professional learning days starting on Tuesday, Aug. 3, and end with a teacher work day on Thursday, June 2.

Students will start on Tuesday, Aug. 10, and end Wednesday, June 1.

Students and teachers will be on break from Monday, Nov. 22, to Friday, Nov. 26, over Thanksgiving, as long as hurricanes haven’t eaten into class time by then: The first two days of the break are “potential hurricane makeup days” that could be converted into instructional time as needed.

Winter break will start Monday, Dec. 20, and continue through Friday, Dec. 31. As with the Thanksgiving break, the first two days of the winter break are potential hurricane makeup days.

Spring break will start Monday, March 14, and continue through Friday, March 18. None of those days are potential hurricane makeup days.

In addition to three planning days and two professional learning days in the week before students return to school in August, teachers will have a teacher work day on Monday, Oct. 11 (also a potential hurricane makeup day), right after the end of the first quarter; a teacher work day on Monday, Jan. 3, and a professional learning day on Tuesday, Jan. 4, before the start of the second semester; a teacher work day on Friday, March 25, after the end of the third quarter; a professional learning day on April 15; and a teacher work day on Thursday, June 2, after the end of the second semester.

There will also be paid holidays for teachers and staff on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 6), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 17), Presidents’ Day (Monday, Feb. 21), and Memorial Day (Monday, May 30).

TEEN TOWN HALL PLANNED FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 21

The Flagler County School Board’s two student board members, Brianna Whitfield and Kyleigh Ruddy, have coordinated with district staff and the Flagler Youth Coalition to organize a virtual Teen Town Hall event for local teens to discuss the school district’s code of conduct.

The event will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, and requires pre-registration.

To register, email Ruddy at kyleighrud7920@flaglercps.org or Whitfield at briannawhi7700@ flaglercps.org. Space is limited.

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City to restore raises, fund two deputies Palm Coast’s finances are stable despite the pandemic, City Finance Manager Helena Alves told City Council members.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast’s General Fund revenue is $2.6 million ahead of where the city expected it would be, and the city is moving ahead with the planned hiring of two new deputies and reinstating staff raises that were suspended due to concerns about the financial impact of COVID-19.

The city received $1.4 million in unbudgeted CARES Act money for General Fund expenses and is also millions of dollars ahead in savings for funds such as the city Utility Fund and the Parks and Recreation Fund.

Measures taken by City Manager Matt Morton, along with a “very conservative approach to spending” because of financial uncertainties caused by the virus, contributed to those savings, Palm Coast Finance Manager Helena Alves said at a City Council workshop Jan. 12.

“This is not something you see in a normal year,” she said.

The city’s General Fund came in approximately $500,000 under

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Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton.

budget, Alves said, while Community Development came in $200,000 under budget, Public Safety came in $590,000 under budget, Parks and Recreation came in $607,000 under budget, the Streets Division came in $625,000 under budget, the Water and Wastewater utility came in $1.9 million under budget and the Stormwater Department came in $1 million under budget.

The city also recovered a little over $500,000 in COVID19-related expenditures under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, she said.

“When we budgeted staff salaries, there was a freeze in both COLA and merit increases for the fiscal year 2021,” Alves said.

“At this point, given the financial results of 2020, we are request-

ing that council approve restoring the fiscal year 2021 COLA for all city employees. ... At the same time, we are also requesting that council approve restoring the city manager’s 2020 evaluation pay.”

Morton had, in June, declined a $7,250, or 5%, raise over his salary of $145,000, noting that he’d already suspended staff pay raises and wanted to lead by example. He’d been eligible for the increase because the City Council’s evaluation of his performance had surpassed the “meets expectations” level.

Mayor Milissa Holland thanked Alves and Morton.

“Very fiscally responsible,” Holland said. “We really appreciate all your hard work.”

Holland suggested that the city also approve the funding of two additional Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputy positions. The City Council had agreed in October to hire two more deputies to patrol Palm Coast starting in 2021, if the city’s finances would allow for it.

The council unanimously approved the funding of the deputies’ positions and the reinstatement of staff raises at its Jan. 19 meeting. The raises will go into effect in the first pay period of February and will not be retroactive.

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Ottati continued: “COVID-19 has shown us the importance of strong health care infrastructure and, while these plans were in motion before the onset of the pandemic, our recent experience underscores the need for fast access to quality health care.”

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland sees the expansion in the context of so many other healthcare announcements in the past several months: the University of North Florida’s MedNexus and Jacksonville University’s campus in Town Center, as well as Flagler Health’s investment in Palm Coast, not to mention Daytona State College’s expanding nursing program.

She called AdventHealth’s investment one of the largest ever seen in the city.

“AdventHealth has been an incredible strategic partner throughout the development of this medical technology hub,” she said. “They have assisted with us many times on calls, talking about career opportunities. So, we are very fortunate to have them already in our community, but this will allow for greater access to health care for our residents, as well as educational and

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City amends requirements on eight vacant residential lots People who bought eight leftover lots in Palm Coast’s West Pines Planned Unit Development found themselves in a quandary: Although the lots had been sold individually, the terms of the community’s development agreement required that two attached

career opportunities.”

Health care is quickly becoming the community’s most important economic development driver, she said.

Donald O’Brien, Flagler County Commission chairman, agreed.

“There’s no doubt that we absolutely need additional medical services in the county, and I’m really super thrilled that they’re stepping up to the plate with a $100 million investment,” he said, adding that the new jobs are worth celebrating.

“It plays perfectly right into how I see us developing, with medical, education and technology all coming together,” O’Brien added. “I think that’s a winning formula for us.”

AdventHealth has been considering this move for two years, according to Ron Jimenez, CEO of AdventHealth Palm Coast. He said a new facility will be attractive to physicians: Two hospitals in Flagler County could help physicians see more patients.

According to the announcement, AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway will include about the same services as the State Road 100 hospital:  An emergency department with full-service imaging;  Five operating suites;

 Endoscopy services;  An outpatient laboratory;  Heart catheterization labs;  20 critical care patient rooms and 80 for general medical or surgical care.

As with the State Road 100 facility, there is more room to grow. The press release states that the Palm Coast Parkway hospital is on a 10-acre site that could accommodate a 30,000-squarefoot medical office building in the future.

“The ability to get to an emergency department in minutes can mean the difference between life or death for our patients,” Dr. Paul Mucciolo, chief of staff at AdventHealth Palm Coast, said in the press release. “I’m thrilled that even more families will be just a few minutes’ drive from our world-class care.”

AdventHealth provided nearly $15 million in “community benefit” in Flagler County, according to the press release. Those efforts include a recent donation of $50,000 to Flagler Cares.

“We are delighted to strengthen our presence in this community with a second world-class hospital and look forward to deepening the relationships we’ve built with our partners here,” Jimenez said in the press release.

homes be built at the same time, with both owners agreeing on the same architectural style, colors and construction timing.

The city was willing to update the area’s zoning so that owners of the eight lots could instead build single-family detached homes, but that proposal provoked some opposition from nearby residents who weren’t pleased with the narrow proposed setbacks for the potential new homes.

By the time the proposal reached the Palm Coast City Council at its Jan. 19 meeting, however, the proposed side setbacks had been widened from 7.5 feet to 12.5 feet, and several area residents spoke during the meeting’s public comment period to say that they had been impressed by how city staff listened to their concerns and worked out a solution.

The council approved the proposal 5-0.

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$45,000

Cost for Palm Coast to retain state lobbying group The Southern Group this coming year, in the first year of what will be a three-year agreement, renewable for up to two additional years.

The second year will be $52,500, and the third year will be $60,000. If the city renews for years five and six, both of those years would be $60,000 per year.

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Palm Coast residents have long complained about the city’s spotty cell phone coverage, and a proposal for a new, 150-foot cell tower at the Palm Harbor Golf Club was supposed to help improve it.

But locals who turned out at City Council meetings about the proposed tower have overwhelmingly opposed it — citing worries about the safety of 5G technology and how the tower will affect the area’s views — and the council on Jan. 19 voted unanimously to reject the golf club location.

“This is a process: It is a public process,” Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland said at the meeting. “So when we have things on the agenda and the public comes to speak, I am very grateful for that moment. ... I took a tremendous amount of time listening to your concerns, put a lot of thought into what I think would be helpful and appropriate moving forward, and I just want to thank you for the residents’ participation in this process. I want to thank you for your patience; I want to thank you for your understanding of how this process works.”

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Mayor Milissa Holland

Holland then motioned to reject the Palm Harbor Golf Club location and the proposed lease with tower company Diamond Communications, removing the golf club site from the city’s Wireless Master Plan list of potential tower locations.

Councilman Victor Barbosa seconded Holland’s motion.

Councilman Ed Danko, who’d criticized the proposed tower location in previous meetings, asked Holland why

she was making the motion.

“I’ve thought about it, and we often listen to resident concerns — and residents have concerns — and I think it should be taken off the table,” Holland said.

“I agree,” Danko said.

Residents who spoke at the meeting thanked Holland and the council for listening.

“I’m so proud to be part of a community like this,” resident Andy Barr said. “I had faith that you guys were going to be representing the people. ... So, thank you so much for taking a moment and listening to the community, and we’re very, very grateful.”

Palm Coast had entered into an agreement with Diamond Communications in 2017 to identify cell coverage gaps and city government-owned land where new towers could be built to fill them.

Diamond had identified 10 gaps and 29 potential tower locations, including the golf club.

The proposed towers must come before the council for approval before construction begins.

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Approximate number of city of Palm Coast staff members who have been absent at one time due to COVID-19 or a COVID19-related quarantine

“I just want to thank you for the residents’ participation in this process. I want to thank you for your patience; I want to thank you for your understanding of how this process works.”

MILISSA HOLLAND, Palm Coast mayor

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City approves Lakeview Estates development, expands buffer Palm Coast’s City Council on Jan. 19 again granted its approval for a proposed 268home development on the former Matanzas Woods Golf Course property, but added a new restriction: On one of the development’s 10 tracts, known as Tract 9, the council decided that the developer must expand the buffer between the new development and existing homes by 50 feet, to a total of 150 feet.

Councilman Ed Danko had proposed the additional 50 feet of buffer on Tract 9 after a resident spoke at the meeting and asked the city to widen the buffer in that area.

The Lakeview Estates proposal had received the city’s initial approval in a split vote on Jan. 5, and came before the council on Jan. 19 for a second-reading vote.

The Jan. 5 vote had also imposed restrictions on the development in order to protect existing residents’ views, requiring wider buffers in several areas where Matanzas GC Palm Coast LLC developer Alexander Ustilovsky had proposed buffer widths that city staff considered insufficient.

The Jan. 5 vote was 3-2, with Councilman Victor Barbosa and Councilman Eddie Branquinho dissenting.

Barbosa switched to a yes vote on Jan. 19, and the proposal passed 4-1, with Branquinho dissenting.

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“The impact of what COVID has done to our society is truly unknown. And so the students that we are not able to be engaged with on a daily basis for a variety of reasons, I worry about daily.”

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n the blue wall behind Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s desk you will find a poster created by one of her predecessors, Jacob Oliva. It’s a complicated set of overlapping circles with color-coded type, describing in detail the organizational structure and goals of the Flagler Schools executive team.

I remembered seeing that chart when Oliva first came up with it several years ago, and I asked Mittelstadt, a former St. Johns administrator who was hired in June 2020 as Flagler’s superintendent, whether she generally kept or replaced what Oliva and his successor, James Tager, had implemented for the district.

Then she pointed to something I had missed: a card that she had affixed to the center, covering up part of the complicated chart. It said, “Collective Intelligence.”

Each superintendent has a different set of challenges and circumstances, so, no matter how successful past leaders have been, you have to continue to adapt, she said. “Education evolves every year,” she said. Considering the pandemic’s impact on student attendance and state funding, she added, “The biggest challenge for next year is the budget.”

Mittelstadt, in a sweater and turtleneck, met with me for an interview on Jan. 15 to talk about what she has faced so far, her business-like approach, and how Flagler will continue to adapt.

You’ve been described as being “all business.” Do you agree with that?

(Laughing) Don’t judge a book by their cover. Sometimes that cover has a game face on. I will be forthcoming and share with you that in my leadership roles I have been told I don’t smile enough.

I’m a slow processer, so when it doesn’t seem like I’m in the moment, it’s because I’m thinking, and I’m trying to catch up.

I’m trying to collect all the information to process and analyze.

I do have to have a business hat, but I do try to smile. I want to be approachable, and I do have an open door.

What has surprised you the most about Flagler Schools?

Adjusting to a smaller school district, the strategic way to utilize your limited amount of resources has been a challenge.

Don’t all districts have limited resources, dictated by the state?

In a larger district you’re able to distribute your allocations differently, use your title funding in different ways. My first year, the goal is to assess how we are organized and look for ways to refine and utilize our resources.

We were thrown a curveball because training was based on our new lane of teaching, Remote Live. That was completely different from anything we had done before.

CATHY MITTELSTADT, superintendent

In one of your recent tweets, you said you were excited that elementary school leadership is talking about high school graduation rates. Why?

All of what we do is about helping students get to the that final destination of a high school diploma, and our elementary principals embrace that from the moment the child walks into their school, in how they’re leveraging their resources.

It’s a K-12 effort.

Is that too much pressure for young kids?

It’s a delicate balance, and our school leaders work with our teachers and our academic coaches on how to implement that within their school, both climate and culture.

In December you tweeted a video encouraging students to call 1-800-273-TALK if they were struggling with mental health during the holidays.

What concerns you most about students’ mental health right now?

Unfortunately, the impact of what COVID has done to our society is truly unknown. And so the students that we are not able to be engaged with on a daily basis for a variety of reasons, I worry about daily. I’m proud of what we provide, but sometimes our information is only outbound, and the people who really need it—are we reaching them?

We have grandparents working with students at home. There are siblings who are trying to work with younger siblings, which is difficult. You’d like to meet the needs of every family, but we’re

not even sure what their needs are right now.

Some teachers were direct before the beginning of the school year, asking, “How do you open schools, when you know you’re putting people in danger?”

Everyone has a level of concern.

Our job as district staff is to navigate the best way possible to stand up educational services that offer choices to meet the needs of our families while also trying to preserver and protect our employees to be ready for the challenges this pandemic has created. So it’s an incredible balance. At the end of the day, we’ve got to connect with these students and make sure they have learning opportunities.

Does the state ranking system have it right that St. Johns is No. 1, or are Flagler Schools actually better?

Of course Flagler is better than St. Johns!

I served 17 years in St. Johns. I saw the upward trend of success because of a lot of strategic implementation of that all of our teachers need the appropriate curriculum and support staff to be successful. There was a huge priority of making sure those resources were touching the classrooms directly.

Are we doing that in Flagler?

I believe there are ways to be more efficient at the district level, to shift more of our resources to the schools. That will take time, in demonstrating to our board where these areas, perhaps, are in the future.

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Jorge Salinas begins 294-hour ‘boot camp’ to learn role Formerly of Oregon, Salinas has moved to Flagler County to be No. 2 in command for Flagler County.

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Salinas moved to Flagler County on Dec. 1 with his wife. Previously, he was the deputy city manager and chief information officer for Albany, Oregon, where the government earned distinction for being transparent to the residents.

“Jorge’s greatest quality is his ‘cultural fit,’” Cameron said in an email to the Observer. “He has plenty of technical abilities, but his qualities as a leader and team builder are what got him the job.”

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His first task: 294 hours of meetings.

“Mr. Cameron has created what

I’m calling boot camp for a chief of staff,” Salinas said in an interview with the Palm Coast Observer in his office, the walls of which were still bare. “It’s a rigorous plan, where I’m going to be meeting with each of the departments and learning how they interact and how they contribute to the mission for the county.”

The 294 hours are going to be spread out over a month or so and include staff members as well as other leaders in the community, so that Salinas can determine who has what resources to solve any problem that might arise in the future.

With each stop, Silanas wrote observations in a black notebook; he then typed up his conclusions at the end of each day, including possible issues to follow up with later.

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A 19-year-old man stabbed a 15-year-old in the chest with a pocketknife at Holland Park on Sunday, Jan. 17, after an argument that began on social media, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The 15-year-old was airlifted to an Orlando hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Deputies arrested the 19-year-old, Palm Coast resident Jared Douglas.

“This situation should have never escalated to the point of a juvenile needing to be airlifted to the hospital for a stab wound over a social media fight!

Really?” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in an FCSO news release. “Thankfully, this was an isolated incident, and our team did a great job in quickly pulling resources, videos, and interviewing witnesses to track down the suspects and take the defendant into custody. We hope the victim has a speedy recovery. Parents, talk to your kids and teach them that violence is not a solution to an argument.”

Witnesses told deputies that the 15-year-old had been arguing with a teenage girl on Snapchat about “sexual allegations” over the past week.

A fight began when the victim was at the park and the girl showed up with two other males — including Douglas, who jumped into the fight and stabbed the teen in the lower chest before witnesses intervened, witnesses told deputies.

Douglas, the girl and the other male fled in a red convertible that deputies tracked to a Blare Castle Drive house.

Deputies recovered the knife and charged Douglas with Aggravated Battery with Permanent Disfigurement.

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The suspect, 23-year-old Henry Davis, recently served time in prison for a robbery in Palm Beach County and has never been issued a driver’s license.

The vehicle he was driving narrowly missed running into a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputy, then crashed at mile marker 281 after FCSO deputies used stop sticks to deflate its tires.

Davis ran into the woods, but deputies caught him and arrested him on Senor Place in Palm Coast. They found a loaded firearm inside the Explorer.

Flagler improves 911 database Thanks to a $361,924 grant awarded to Flagler County from the Florida E911 Board, Flagler County has improved its 911 database to about 99% accuracy, “scrubbing” the collective databases to ensure that there are no discrepancies and that the data sets meet the standards of the National Emergency Numbering Association.

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WHY WOOD YOU DO THAT? 12:30 p.m. County Road 305.

Burglary. A woman caught a man stealing cedar planks from her property. She confronted him and asked him why he was stealing her lumber, and he shoved her out of the way, hopped into a waiting car with a woman in the passenger seat and fled, dumping some of the wood into the roadway as the victim followed his car. Deputies looked up the car’s tag number and traced it to a nearby house, where they found it parked next to a pile of cedar.

Deputies impounded the car as evidence.

clearly changed his mind: He began yelling at them not to park on his land. They were arguing when a woman came out of the house hollering obscenities and pointing a gun toward the work crew, which retreated and called 911. When deputies arrived, the woman said she’d pulled the gun to scare the men away. Deputies arrested her.

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The car then sped off.

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Paradise Home raises $110,000 for FHBA The funds put the FHBA in position to continue its advocacy for the local building industry.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Some organizations hold bake sales or raffles to raise money.

The Flagler Home Builders Association built a house and cleared $110,000.

Dozens of contractors (all members of the FHBA) contributed time and/or materials to build what was known as the Paradise Home, in Grand Landings.

After the home was finally built and ready to go on the market in December 2020, plans were made for an open house to showcase all the members who had contributed.

The only problem is, the house sold so quickly that there was no time for an open house.

Tony Amaral Jr., who was the contractor of record for the Para-

dise Home, said the buyer was a recently retired builder from Naples.

“They said, ‘It was built the way we would have built our house in Naples,’” Amaral said. “I thought, ‘OK, I’m happy with that answer.”

Amaral was pleased with the FHBA members’ contributions, from countertops to bathrooms.

“Everyone has their specialty and did their job above and beyond what we expected,” he added.

FHBA board members Roy Waldhauer and Eric Phillips came up with the idea to build a house as a fundraiser, Waldhauer said, explaining that FHBA members were invited to submit blind bids for different aspects of the house, and they were selected based on benefit to tbe organization.

Members were motivated to help because they see the benefit of a strong FHBA. Waldhauer said not only does he take advantage of the networking opportunities, but he also appreciates the lobbying done at the local and state levels.

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run around, next thing you know, it gets harder and harder to do business, because they’re making laws that don’t really pertain,” Waldhauer said.

Both Waldhauer and Amaral praised the work of Executive Director Annamaria Abad, who succeeded the late Deborah “debi” Peterson much sooner than anyone expected.

“I think she’s done a great job,” Waldhauer said. “I’m really proud of her.”

Abad said the funds raised by the Paradise Home sale will mostly be saved as reserves for the organization. There is little temptation to spend it — other than supporting several charities and a family in need — because of the lessons learned from the recession more than a decade ago, which closed some homebuilders associations for good around Florida; more recently, the coronavirus pandemic closed the Flagler Chamber for good.

Among those who helped make the Paradise Home a success were Douglas Property and Development, Southern Title, ELS, Cosentino and Sherwin Williams.

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FPC wins at The Ship Flagler Palm Coast girls doubled up MHS on Jan. 15

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lagler Palm Coast traveled across town Jan. 15, visiting Matanzas in girls basketball, with FPC winning 60-29, at The Ship.

Prior to Friday’s matchup, FPC boasted a 10-5 overall record for the 2020-21 season and are currently ranked third in Class 7A District 1.

Matanzas’ record prior to Friday’s game showed the Pirates 3-10 on the season. Their last victory came over Pedro Menendez on Dec. 4. The Lady Pirates are currently ranked fourth in Class 5A District 4.

Going forward, FPC will play Oakleaf (Orange Park) on Jan. 19 followed by DeLand on Jan. 22.

Matanzas will play Nease Jan. 19 and Seabreeze Jan. 22.

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PC got off to a slow start in St. Augustine on Jan. 19, but the team was able to keep it close. A second half surge propelled the Bulldogs into the lead and kept them there despite the Yellow Jackets’ attempts to close the gap.

At the final buzzer, FPC led by one point, and the final score was 76-75.

Notable efforts came from Alex Alives and Marcus Freeman.

Currently ranked first in their district and boasting an 8-4 record on the season, the team will next face DeLand on Jan. 21.

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TRIBUTES

He was born July 24, 1935 in Wakefield, MA the youngest of eight children of the late Frances (Marsden) and Edward Callan, Sr. He graduated from Wakefield High School, Wakefield, MA and Bridgewater State College.

He began his career as a high school teacher and hockey coach in Wakefield. He then moved to PA and NY working in the sales of textbooks with Macmillan Publishers.

In the early 1970’s he moved his family to Dover NH, and established his business in early childhood resources, Meadow House Corp.

He married his first wife, Joan, in 1958, and they had four children: Lisa Peters of Marstons Mills, MA; Doreen Hutcheson, Staunton,VA; Robert Callan, Jr. (Kelly) of Dover, NH; and Thomas Callan of Paia, HI. He is also survived by five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

In 1995 he married his present wife, Jackie. They have had 25 years together, and have enjoyed golf, travelling to most of the US National Parks, as well as trips to Europe and Alaska. They have treasured time with family and friends, and for 20 years wintered at their home in Palm Coast, FL.

He belonged to the Parish of the Assumption in Dover, NH and attended St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast, FL. Bob was a member of the Rochester Country Club and Pine Lakes Country Club, and their men’s leagues years ago. In Palm Coast, he recently joined the Italian American Social Club. He belonged to the Parish of the Assumption in Dover, NH and attended St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast, FL. Bob was an enthusiastic Red Sox and Patriots fan, and watched golf on TV consistently.

In addition to his children and their families, he is survived by his sister Ann Dorlay of Maumee, OH, and his brother John (Gail) Callan of Centerville, MA. He was second Dad to Elizabeth (Steve) Hosken, of Barrington, NH; and John (Brenda) Keating,

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Dover, NH - Robert Declan Callan, Sr., 85, of Dover, NH and Palm Coast, FL passed away peacefully on Monday, January 11, 2021 at home with his wife by his side, from Alzheimer’s disease.

Seattle, WA. He also leaves many nieces and nephews, all very special in his life.

He was predeceased by his first wife Joan (LaRiccia) Callan and his siblings Edward, Thomas, Frances Reinhalter, Claire Carlson, and Rita Callan.

A mass of Christian Burial was held at Parish of the Assumption St. Joseph Church in Dover, NH. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery.

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FLIGHT MEDIC EARNS CERTIFICATION Flagler County Flight Operations Flight Medic Andy Thomas recently became a Certified Flight Paramedic by the International Board of Specialty Certification ­– an organization responsible for the administration and development of specialty certification exams for critical care professionals.

“It was a voluntary effort that required an immense amount of studying and test preparation,” said Flight Operations Chief/Director of Flight Operations Dana Morris.

The certification, which Thomas completed on his own, is in addition to the State required Air Medical Crewmember Certification Course that all Flagler County Flight Medics must complete before flying as a crewmember on FireFlight.

Worldwide there are fewer than 12,000 International Board of Specialty Certified Flight Paramedics.

“Andy is a valuable asset to Flagler County Flight Operations,” said Morris. “He is an inspiration to the other Flight Medics. Congratulations to him for this hard earned certification.”

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TRIBUTES Wilbur J. Rau 1925-2021 Wilbur J. Rau, 95 of Palm Coast, Florida and formerly of Eatontown, NJ passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 surrounded by his family. He was born in Elizabeth, NJ, was raised in Linden, NJ and resided in Fair Haven and Eatontown for over 50 years before moving to Florida in 1991. wife Jaclyn Bloom, Jessica & husband Jamie Welford and step-great grandchildren Ava, Kellen, Nolan & Julia, his sister-in-law, Grace Henkel and many nieces & nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:00 am, Saturday, January 9th at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 4600 Belle Terre Pkwy, Palm Coast, Florida.

Visitation took place on Friday, January 8th from 5-8:00 pm at Lohman Funeral Home Palm Coast, 220 Palm Coast Pkwy, Palm Coast, Florida. Interment will take place in Rosehill Cemetery in Linden, NJ. Arrangements are under the direction and care of Lohman Funeral Home Palm Coast – (386) 449-1100. Please visit our website to sign Mr. Rau’s online guestbook – www.lohmanfuneralhomes.com DONATIONS: In lieu of flowers, please consider a monetary donation to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc. An organization created to help veterans and military families – www.fisherhouse.org.

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Mr. Rau was a Logistics Manager with SATCOM, Dept of the Army at Ft. Monmouth, NJ retiring in 1982 after 33 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the US Navy, a communicant of St. Dorothea’s RC Church in Eatontown and most recently a communicant of Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church in Flagler Beach, Florida. He enjoyed boating and was a former member of the Long Branch Ice Boat & Yacht Club and a founding member of the River & Surf Yacht Club in Long Branch, NJ owning several boats both building and re-building many of them.

Mr. Rau was pre-deceased by his wife of over 50 years, Jane Lammerding Rau in 2005, his parents; Frederick F. and May E. Rau, his brother, Fred T. Rau and his two son-in-laws; Abe Soldyn and Michael Barker.

He is survived by his son, Kenneth J. and wife Ellen Rau of Middletown, NJ, his daughters; Pamela J. Soldyn and Kathryn Barker both of Palm Coast, Florida, his grandsons: Andrew and wife Laura and Alexander Soldyn. He is also survived by his step-grandchildren; Caren, Bryan &

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The Junior Chamber of Commerce is a growing group of 30 Flagler Palm Coast High School students who are actively seeking to better understand their future and the community in which they reside. Led by FPC student Bryan Soudrain, in partnership with the newly created Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber, the Junior Chamber of Commerce has already hosted a conversation with Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland and have their sights set on growing the group beyond FPC students.

“The values the Junior Chamber hopes to instill in students include determination, ambition, understanding the importance of hard work and striving to have an exceptional work ethic,” Soudrain said.

“Our Junior Chamber is ‘for the youth, by the youth,’ and we are interested in exploring our future career opportunities, better understanding the business world and creating opportunities for our group members.”

The Junior Chamber is officially sponsored by the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce, which was recently created after the dissolution of the Flagler County Chamber.

Greg Blosé, chamber President, said: “Business leaders in our region are concerned about the quality of our future workforce. During this time, Bryan Soudrain contacted me to talk about dozens of students who wanted to do more to better prepare for their future careers.”

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Free photo shoot Feb. 20 to raise awareness Find Your Peace by Pieces is sponsoring the free event with other community partners.

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Find Your Peace by Pieces is amping up for its next event this Feb. 20, to bring awareness to abuse and suicide survivors with the Find Your Peace Self Love Abuse and Suicide Survivors Free Photo Shoot. The event will be held at Jessica Gray Photography in Bunnell, in collaboration with Lunar Sol boutique.

“Community involvement — the little things (that are really the big things) like helping people feel loved and cared for,” said Toni Mayes, director/founder of Find Your Peace by Pieces. “We can fight to bring in as many mental health services as possible, but if we don’t have connections with each other, with our community, what good will it do?”

The nonprofit isn’t just hoping to help those considering suicide but all those who feel alone.

“We all need to know people care,” she said. “It’s about the mom who is about to have a breakdown and just needs a friend, a dad who lost his job and needs to know he’s not alone in this, the kids that can’t play with their friends because of the pandemic; anyone and everyone needing to hear, ‘Don’t give up’ at some point.”

The event will be a photoshoot in collaboration with Jessica Gray Photography and Lunar Sol Boutique.

“We love you and want you to feel seen, heard, beautiful, loved, and special,” said Jessica Gray in the event’s Facebook page.

“This is something I have been wanting to do for a while, so I’m incredibly happy Jessica wanted to join me in this project,” Mayes said. “We already have our first day filling up, and the plan is to get as many people to sign up as

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Those photographed will receive three digital files from their personal photo-session, and an option to purchase more if they wish. Clean Eats will be providing healthy snacks for the event. The Family Life Center is helping get the word out for this event, and will be onsite for support, along with Toni Mayes.

“These photos show a progression, a journey,” Mayes said. “I did my photo shoot last night to start it off and to show others. I can say it was emotional, empowering and amazing.”

For more information regarding the Find Your Peace Self Love Abuse and Suicide Survivors Free Photo Shoot call Gray at 386264-8549, or find her on her Facebook business page to make an appointment. Deadline to call for an appointment is Feb. 1.

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Valentine’s Cards The organization has several other ongoing projects worth a highlight, such as the Valentine Cards for Assisted Living. Mayes urges community members to write out thoughtful and joyous cards for those at assisted living facilities to enjoy this Valentine’s Day. The plan is to do more for different reasons throughout the year.

To help, call Mayes at 386237-2920 or email findyourselfpeacebypieces@gmail.com. To contribute to the Valentines for Assisted Living, please mail in to Toni Mayes, P.O. Box 351522, Palm Coast, FL, 32135. Donation checks made out to Find Your Peace by Pieces.

Wellness toolkits Pieces of Peace mental wellness toolkits (POP’s) are also being assembled for counselors, schools and the local homeless community. The organization recently assembled 50 POP bags for the students at FPC who recently lost their principal, James “Tom” Russell, to COVID-19.

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by Pieces, are suicide survivors.

“The counselors give them out as needed — a pop of brightness for someone’s day,” Mayes said.

Donation bins for the Homeless POP response bags are located at the following locations: Moonrise Brewing Company, located in European Village, Palm Coast; Jessica Gray Photography, in Bunnell (please call before drop off); Coquina Coast Brewing Company, in Flagler Beach.

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for any initiatives of Find Your Peace by Pieces: findyourselfpeacebypieces@gmail.com Yoga sessions Find Your Peace by Pieces plans to offer free/donation based restorative yoga/meditation sessions for all ages. To volunteer as a yoga instructor contact Mayes at 386-237-2920 or email at findyourselfpeacebypieces@gmail. com. Visit facebook.com/peacebypieceshealingandwellness for more information.

The organization is currently looking for covered outdoor areas to conduct community restorative yoga classes.

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Scott A. Selis, principal and founder of Selis Elder Law of Florida, was installed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Flagler County Bar Association on Jan. 8.

“I am excited to join this important group of attorneys and judges which, among other things, helps educate the general public about the law by hosting four legal clinics per year — free to the public.”

When asked why he’s excited, Selis said, “Taking the mystery out of the law for the public alongside other professionals means we are able to make a difference in a meaningful and impactful way — and that’s one of the best parts of practicing law.”

The other members and officers of the Flagler County Bar Association are as follows: Alicia R. Washington, Alfred Washington, Roman Diveev, Paul A. Martin, William Bosch, Diane Vidal, Lisa Dawson, Regina HuziorBalzan, Kevin Vagovic and Regina Ranier-Sprague.

INTRACOASTAL BANK ASSETS UP 40% Intracoastal Bank announced financial results on Jan. 15 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020.

Total assets at Dec. 31, 2020, were $483.6 million, up $139.3 million, or 40%, from $344.3 million at Dec. 31, 2019.

Total deposits at Dec. 31, 2020 were $415 million, up 105.1 million, or 34% from $309.9 million, at Dec. 31, 2019.

Total loans at Dec. 31, 2020 were $282.4 million, up 41.2 million, or 17% from $241.2 million, at Dec. 31, 2019.

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Filling the gap: can med-tech jobs help secure the future of Palm Coast?

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Even before a global pandemic, there was an increasing need for health care workers. A 2018 report from global health care staffing consultancy Mercer determined that the U.S. needs to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 to meet the demand of its aging population.

In Florida — which has the second-highest percentage of residents 65 and older, according to the Population Reference Bureau — the need is felt even stronger. A 2020 study from RegisteredNursing.org found that Florida will have the “highest disparity of nursing supply and demand” by 2030, lacking over 57,000 nurses.

Meeting the need for this shortage at a local level is exactly what Douglas Property & Development aims to do. By creating partnerships with institutions that can educate and prepare students for medical

and technical jobs, Palm Coast can provide the healthcare services its older residents need and keep local graduates from leaving the county to find work.

Palm Coast City Council recently approved investing $2.5 million to add a regional campus of Jacksonville University to Town Center. The University of North Florida Mednexus is also building a satellite presence there to provide a pathway for students seeking jobs in healthcare and medicine.

“These strategic alliances create high-paying jobs that keep families here while meeting the service needs of the existing people,” said Jeff Douglas, president of Douglas Property Development, Inc. “That keeps the community healthy, vibrant, and growing, and takes the pressure off increases in taxes.”

While the exact design of the UNF Mednexus campus is still in the works, one of the campus’ features will be a simulation lab

provided by AdventHealth. The simulation lab will give students the opportunity to practice hands-on scenarios in crisis and high-risk settings. They’ll simulate code situations, respiratory and cardiac emergencies, psychiatric conditions, and other unfamiliar situations.

“Simulations are set up to mimic crisis and high-risk settings, in which students couldn’t normally take part in a clinical area,” said Dr. Cynthia Cummings, UNF School of Nursing Director. “This early preparation will make the nursing students more fully prepared for the critical environment in acute care that they will be entering and allow for a faster and more effective transition into the patient care setting.”

While UNF had originally hoped to start classes in early 2021, enrollment is currently planned for the fall of 2021 or spring of 2022.

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Douglas believes that by providing education for the future healthcare workforce in the area, Palm Coast can fill the gap of keeping young talent and meeting the increasing demand of high-quality healthcare. And by doing so, making Palm Coast a healthier community.

“Let’s capitalize on what we are and who we are,” Douglas said. “Obviously, our big age group is a high consumer of medical services. I’m a consumer of the health services here as well, and so is our family.

The nice thing about growth is that it’s bringing a higher class, better class, more efficient class of service. And we want firstclass service for residents for all aspects of their livelihood.”

In addition to the healthcare training and educational institutions, DPD is revitalizing Palm Coast’s Town Center with more housing, food services, office space, and entertainment.

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condo in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of Dec. 10-16 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Compass Trading Co. LLC, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, sold 28 Porto Mar, Unit 701, for $1.7 million. Built in 2007, the condo is a 4/4.5 and has 4,283 square feet.

Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

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Condos Edward and Lynda Samuels, of Palm Coast, sold 65 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 822, to David and Lynnette Tewksbury, of Palm Coast, for $425,900. Built in 2005, the condo is a 3/2.5 and has 1,859 square feet.

Robert Quertermous, individually and as trustee, sold 4 Magnolia Dr S., Unit 4, to Roman Berenblit and Marina Jarova, of Ormond Beach, for $190,000.

Built in 1986, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,300 square feet. It sold in 1986 for $86,500.

Timothy Hall, Individually and as trustee, sold 21 Eastlake Drive to Rodney and Linda Russell, of Palm Coast, for $400,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,670 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $372,000.

Robert and Patricia Campbell, of Palm Coast, sold 8 St. Andrews Court to Elizabeth Frisella, of Palm Coast, for $273,500. Built in 2011, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,556 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $226,000.

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Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 29 Birdie Way to Yvonne Epley, of Bunnell, for $$267,900. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,799 square feet.

Indian Trails Arthur and Maria Pinto, of College Station, Texas, sold 55 Bassett Lane to Barbara and Czeslaw Brzakala, of Palm Coast, for $298,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,912 square feet.

RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 65 Bradmore Lane to Joseph and Meredith Prisco, of Palm Bay, for $228,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Lehigh Woods LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 6 Ramsey Place to Walter and Estafania Curry, of Palm Coast,

for $260,900. Built in 2020, the hose is a 4/2 and has 1,851 square feet.

Matanzas Woods Peter Bourque and Heather Boss-Bourque sold 96 Lee Drive to Luz Oyola, of Palm Coast, for $230,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,149 square feet.

Palm Harbor Stephanie Kirejevas and Medwin Nazif, of Palm Coast, sold 9 Carry Court to George and Janet Link, of Palm Coast, for $490,000. Built in 1995, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,304 square feet.

Antonio and Aurora Coelho, of Palm Coast, sold 17 Fernmill Lane to Patricio Rodriguez, of Palm Coast, for $300,000.

Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,804 square feet.

LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 3 Fleet-

Pine Grove Mark and Susan Berrios, of Matawan, New Jersey, sold 78 Park Place Circle to John and Kathleen Johnson, of Palm Coast, for $298,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,946 square feet.

Daniel Gallagher and Alicia Vizuet, of Tilton, New Hampshire, sold 25 Park Place Circle to William and Connie Wilson, of Palm Coast, for $265,000.

Built in 2018, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,875 square feet.

Pine Lakes Vintage Estate Homes LLC sold 38 Whitcock Lane to Zhivonnie Edwards, of Palm Coast, for $269,116. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,906 square feet.

Seminole Woods Sally Cunningham, of Palm Coast, sold 2 Slogan Place to Alexander and Cassandra Maceo, of Palm Coast, for $255,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,070 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $143,500.

Toby Tobin, of gotoby.com, contributed to this report.

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Belle Terre WJHFL LLC, of Norcross, Georgia, sold 15 Perkins Lane to Lisa Kavlick and Daniel Twomey, of Palm Coast, for $189,990. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,246 square feet.

Grand Haven Felix and Linda Silva, of Palm Coast, sold 10 North Park Circle to Matt and Cheryl Stephenson, of Palm Coast, for $465,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,955 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $400,000.

wood Drive to Linda Oliveira and Dominick Marquez, of Palm Coast, for $235,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,463 square feet.

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