--------- Heat. Heat. Hey. All right. You ready? It is 10:01. I've been ready. Wait for opening to get up here. Good morning. Okay. Um it is now uh time uh to call to
order the Pasco County Board of County Commission 10:00 meeting of June 17, 2025. At this time, please silence all electronic devices and mute your microphones. All right. We will now uh stand for the pledge
of and the invocation. Invocation. I believe the chaplain is here, correct? Yes, I saw him right there. Good morning. Let's pray. Father, we've gathered once again this morning to discuss the important business of our county. And so, as we
have gathered, we ask that you uh give us wisdom if there's decisions to be made in the course of this meeting. And in particular, Lord, we lift up those who are going to be honored today. We lift up Colonel uh Sawyer on his 100th birthday, Lord, and ask a special
blessing on he and his family at this time. We lift up our waste and recycle workers, Lord, who work so diligently behind the scenes to keep our county clean and safe, Lord. So, thank you for being with us today and be with us in
the rest of this meeting and help us to address issues that need to be addressed using your wisdom, Lord. And I lift this all up in your name. Amen. Amen. I pledge to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Madame clerk, please call the role. Yes, ma'am. So, District 1, Commissioner Oakley, here. District two,
Commissioner Weightman. District four, Commissioner Joerger here. District five, Commissioner Mariano, here. District 3 Chairman Starky here. Okay. Now is the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any current or future agenda item coming before the
board and on other business under the board's purview. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First, we will take public comment from those who are here in person. Then we will take public comment from those who are who have pre-registered for a WebEx link and
are currently on quue. We request that when you address the board, comments are not directed personally against the commissioner or team member, but rather directed at the issues. This provides mutual respect between board members and the public. After
stating your name and address for the clerk, a threeminut timer will be activated and a green light will be shown on the podium. After two minutes, a yellow light will indicate you have one minute left. And when your time is up, a red light will be displayed. Three beeps will sound and you should close
your comments. Web X participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. And madam clerk, do we have anyone signed up? We do. We have two signed up. Uh first, Lauren Abberrombi and then after Lauren, uh Brent Thally.
So, Miss Abbercrombie, if you want to come to the podium, please give your name and address for the record and then you can start. My my home address. Yes, ma'am. Yes. My name is Lauren Abberi and I'm at 29442
Allegro Drive, Wesley Chapel, Florida in 33543. Okay, proceed. Okay. Hello, my name is Lauren Abberrey and I am a vegetarian animal rights activist. The Bible says in Proverbs verse 3:18, "Speak up for
those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute." I have been protesting the elephant rides at the Dave City Bay Area Renaissance Festival since 2024. Elephant ride Elephants are wild animals. They are not meant to be
domesticated. In the elephant ride industry, elephants are taken from their family and their natural habitat and forced into captivity. In order to get them into submission, the handlers beat them with bull hooks until their spirit is broken. They do this so they can
control them. Beating elephants with bull hooks is standard practice, so it's not against the law, but it would be against the law if elephants were dogs or cats. The elephant's backs and spines are not designed to carry anything.
Carrying weight on their back permanently damages their spines and causes them agonizing pain. Imagine yourself being taken from your family and your natural habitat, going into captivity, getting beaten with bull
hooks, being forced to give rides on your backs, having spinal damage while being in pain in this terrible heat against your will, and you never get any pain medicine. Sounds like hell, right? The elephant ride industry is no different than the history of African
slave treatment. All slaves are kept in terrible living conditions. Treating other species with love and abusing other species is called speciesism. Speciesism is no different than racism. All creatures deserve the same
protection and love just like us. The elephant's trauma will continue unless we ban the elephant rides at Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Dave City and anywhere we possibly can. We have a choice. The elephants do not have a choice. If either one of you were those
elephants, I would be right here speaking up for you, too. Other cities in Florida and other states have banned elephant rides. So, can we please be next? The Bible says in Proverbs 12:10, "The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of
the wicked are cruel." My question to you, will you be righteous and ban the elephant rides? Thank you for your time. Are there any questions? we don't engage um during this time. But thank you very much. Thank you.
Okay, Mr. Brent Thally. Good morning, sir. If you'll give your name and address for the record and then you can proceed. I'm uh Brent Tully. I'm at 4321 Plaza Drive in Holiday, Florida. Thank you.
Good morning, commissioners. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you this morning. I'm here to address and have some influence and give feed feedback to the draft action plans. I'm with ontime background checks. We
are also current members of the Greater Pascal Chamber of Commerce. I'm also a 18-year 11 retired civil servant. I've submitted on Monday the 9th to Commissioner Starky's office a
qualifying letter uh to address the 14 points from your exparte signin sheet all 14 points. Um I'm definitely not going to be able to get it in three minutes. So that's why I ask for the uh personal meeting along
with uh Miss uh Marcy who by the way she's doing a fantastic job for you. I would like to meet before the HUD date if possible, ma'am. And I wanted to in closing thank the county for a wonderful job, including the Pascal County days at
Tal in Tallahassee when we were there in March, the wonderful people of the county here that do your work, Wolf Blue and regular line employees. And I wanted to thank you very very much, ma'am. I'm looking forward to seeing you, Commissioner. Thank you, commissioners.
Have a good morning. Great. Thank you. Okay. Do we have anyone online? No one else has signed up. Okay. Is there anyone else here who wishes to um speak to the county commission? Okay. Seeing no one, we'll move on to
the consent agenda. Oh, wait. We do the resolutions. We always do that. Okay. We're going to go to the resolutions. We are going to read I think we're doing RS3 first. Is that correct? Okay. Okay, let's let's do it.
All right. So, is anyone here um to support RS3 for inclusive recovery county? If so, please come to the podium. Okay. So, this is um resolution number 25-260 by the uh board of county commissioners.
a resolution uh by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, proclaiming Pasco County as an inclusive recovery county. Whereas Pasco County is committed to fostering a community that supports and celebrates individuals in
recovery from addiction, recognizing that recovery is possible and should be embraced by all. And whereas an inclusive recovery county is a community that actively promotes and champions recovery by creating a visible,
supportive environment where individuals in recovery feel welcomed and included. And whereas Pasco County aims to reduce stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion associated with substance use disorders through comprehensive
communitywide initiatives, public awareness campaigns, and strategic partnerships with local organizations. And whereas Pasco County acknowledges that supporting recovery enhances the overall well-being and quality of life for all residents, fostering a
healthier, more resilient community. And whereas Pasco County collaborates with organizations such as Alliance for Healthy Communities, the Hopeshot, Drug-Free America Foundation, and other stakeholders in the county to provide
resources, education, and support services that empower individuals on their journey to recovery. And whereas through ongoing efforts and dedication, Pasco County seeks to make recovery visible and accessible to all residents,
ensuring that those in recovery fe feel feel valued, understood, and supported. And whereas Pasco County recognizes that family and community play a vital role in the recovery process, providing essential support, encouragement, and
stability that foster long-term healing and reintegration into society. And whereas the designation of Pasco County as an official inclusive recovery county reflects our unwavering commitment to building a culture of hope, healing, and
inclusion for all individuals affected by substance use disorders. Now therefore, be it resolved by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby proclaims Pasco County as an inclusive recovery county, encouraging all
residents, businesses, and organizations to join in fostering an environment that supports recovery and ha and enhances the overall health of our community. Done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present in voting this 17th day of June, 2025. Move approval. I
think it's a second. All in favor? I Okay, who's who's this? Commissioner Joerger. Yeah, excuse me. Well, first of all, I just want to say thank you to you guys. Um I'm proud of our our county. One of the things um if some of you aren't aware of, we have the first after
hours behavioral health and substance abuse by Bayare that's that's opened up. And we have great organizations like the Hopshot. And um if you've never been there, I encourage you to take a tour if you know someone who is struggling. They
have food, they have clothes, they basically meet people where they're at. And I have seen you guys work firsthand in what you do is absolutely amazing. And you know, when we say recovery, it, you know, it's not just recovery from
substance abuse and alcohol. You guys were there and answered the call when we were doing storm recovery. I mean, you had shipments delivered to your driveway. Um Missy was out there trying to, you know, get things. There were people getting clothes. You guys had
baby formula. I mean, anything anybody would need, you guys were there. and I just can't thank you enough for everything you do for our county and for our residents and um any way we can ever help you. Um
you know, please don't hesitate, but truly thank you. Commissioner. All right, Commissioner Ro. Yes, I can only say thank you for everything that y'all done. And thank you doesn't seem like enough because uh at time of need and when you reach out
and help your neighbors and your friends and citizens of Pasco County, it means the world to everybody. So certainly thank you for that. Commissioner Ween, thank glad you're here team. It's a team, you know, it's team effort what you guys are
doing. missiondriven passion and doing the work that's um oftentimes thankless and you guys fill a gap that's needed not just in unfortunately in our community but everywhere in the United States. So thank you for your passion, your love, your tenderness, your care
because you know you guys and gals do work that some of us just aren't necessarily capable of doing. So, we're glad that you're here and thank you for your time and your investment uh in making, you know, our folks um feel like
they can be better than what they are and helping them bootstrap and realize, hey, there's life out there and there's a good life and uh you know, there's folks there to help them. So, glad you're here today. Commissioner Oakley, did you already go? I already go. So, um
I want to thank you as well. I enjoyed my tour of your facilities very much. I actually have a contribution for you guys. It looks uh it doesn't look so hot because it's been in my car for months. So, um I just need to get it out before it becomes unusable. Um but you know, I
have a family member in South Florida who um has struggled with issues and so I I I love what you do and I'm I'm really glad that you're here helping our citizens. So with that, let's Oh, thanks. I want to thank Hope Shot for the great work you guys do. Your your
partnership um is is phenomenal. When I toured your facility, I was very impressed with it. Um and I think I that's the time I think I learned Justin knew the trade of drywall removal. Beautiful wall. And I mean he and I say watch watching the YouTube videos that
he put out. I said you got there's an opportunity there for a lot of guys to get to work. So, if anybody is out in the market for any drywall removal, these are the guys. And if they can take it down, I'm sure they can put it back up, too. But, uh, I also want to compliment you guys on the great
function you had on Sims Park when you brought they brought up people from recoveries of 10 years, 15, probably 30 years all the way down to a day. Oh, a day. And I tell you, it was such a moving experience watching all those people just celebrating their recovery
every step of the way going through. So, what you're doing is you are providing hope. You're doing a great job with it and uh we're 100% behind you. Great work. All right, let's come down. They haven't gotten to say anything. Oh, yeah. Please speak to us. Um I just uh before I read what's written here, I just want to thank each
and every one of you. I also want to emphasize that you know the hallway center is is a a collaboration of alliance for healthy communities and the hope shot like we alliance for healthy communities our prevention coalition and before you know ASAP they they are the
individuals and and the organization that kind of paved the way and started changing the narrative in our community. They are the ones that you know when I went in front of a judge that I had seen four times previously and got sent to prison the conversation changed and I was offered treatment. and I've been
sober ever since. Like that's the policy that we're looking to change and that starts with you guys, you know. So, I really appreciate um you know, all your support. I appreciate my team. Um Thomas, Rachel, Christina, Justin's in Montana. I ain't going to say what
happened to him on his first day of vacation because it's a little shocking. But anyway, um um we can't Okay, now we want to know. He uh Okay, he he hit a deer. He hit a deer the first quarter of his vacation. Oh no. Yeah, the deer is
not okay. They are. So, well, that's good. Um, anyway, uh, we can't do this without the collaboration of the community, each and every person, each organization, the Bayares, the AM skills, the, you know, the premieres. We
all our responsibility is to collectively work together and form the relationship. So when our participants come walk through our door that those doors are already open for them to walk through, you know, and and encouraging them and empowering them, not not walking with them, but empowering them
to walk on their own through those doors and and to show them that there are opportunities. And we hope that this um this this proclamation and this movement continues to grow so we can you know become more diverse and show that the there is recovery possible for anybody from any walk of life in any side of
Pasco County um all over. So with that being said, on behalf of Alliance for Healthy Communities, the Hopeshot Drug-Free America, and all the community partners that are working together on this initiative, I want to sincerely thank the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners for this proclamation
recognizing inclusive recovery communities. This is more than just a local effort. It's part of a growing worldwide movement to ensure that recovery is accessible, equitable, and inclusive for all people, regardless of their background, identity, or circumstances. Here in Florida, we're
proud to be working alongside partners across county lines to advance this mission. Proclamations like this are also being passed in Hillsboro and Penllis counties as organizations from all sectors come together to build truly inclusive recovery communities across our region. Inclusive recovery means
breaking down stigma. It means building systems that embrace diversity and offer real opportunities for healing. This proclamation is a statement that Pasco County is committed to that vision and we are so grateful for your leadership and helping it make it make it a a reality. And just a little frame of
reference, so Dr. David Best started um you know the first inclusive recovery cities in in the UK which has since like you know um kind of u gotten into the Balkans, some Asia, Australia um in the United States. Richmond, Virginia was
the first state in the United States to become officially an inclusive recovery um city. So I am proud to say that we are we are the the second and it's it's a Bay Area effort. We collaborated with Hillsboro and Panelis. So we are, you know, uh, one of two in the entire
United States that have made this proclamation and this this and has, you know, stood for, you know, adding, um, diversity and inclusion in our community. So, thank you guys. Um, yeah. So, thank you for standing with us and for continuing to champion hope, equity, and recovery in our community. We are
honored to work alongside you and for all your support. Have a great day. So, if someone um was in need of your services, how do they get a hold of you guys? They can come to the Always Center which is on 6020 US Highway 19. They can go on either one of our um um websites,
empowered communities.org or the hopeshot.org. Um we our lines are on every day. We have multiple lines so you can call us 247. You can also go on the Hopeshot app. The Hopeshot app. It is
called the Hopeshot. Um where there are the Hopeshot app. Yeah. where there are um recovery resources, places to find a meeting, there's a hotline, there's a suicide hotline, there's um crisis hotline to get to Bayare, to urgent care. Um we partner with Department of
Health who helped us um create that and um now it is available to our entire community and eventually is going to be um um available to our entire state. So, we're working on that. A lot of cool things happening. So, um yeah, but come see us, call us. We are here to help whomever, however, and it doesn't
matter, like you said, substance use, mental health, uh, domestic violence. We We have a relationship that's been built, so we can connect you to that that service right away. All right, let's come down. Take a photo. Should we stay up here?
There's a lot of people here. That might use stand up. One, two, and three. Here we go. And one more. Perfect. September 20th. September 20th.
September 20th. So September 20th, yes, September 20th, if you guys want to see the magic of this recovery walk, and this year we're going to be implementing um a second chance employment spin on it. So, we're going to have a lot of business vendors there to offer individuals and participants an
opportunity to get back in the working community. So, I love that. Yeah. Come see it. Bill's going to be there. Make sure Skills is there. Yes. Yeah, I already asked them. So, okay, great. Yeah. Okay, we are on to RS1. Commissioner Oak, please. Okay, so we are going to
honor Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer. So, if he can come to the podium and his family can join him. Okay. So, this is resolution number 25-258, a resolution by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida,
honoring Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer on his 100th birthday. Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Okay. Okay. So whereas Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer was born on June 6th, 1925 in Habber Hill, Massachusetts,
and celebrated his 100th birthday on June 6th, 2025. And whereas Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer honorably served the United States as a member of the Army for 35 years, enlisting on June 3rd, 1943,
and being stationed at various locations including Fort Mckllen, Camp Shelby, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Red Bank and Fair Haven, New Jersey, Tucson, Arizona, South Korea, Chafield Barracks in
Hawaii, and Reston, Virginia. And whereas he married Elma Sawyer on June 10th, 1951. June's a good month for you. Anyways, and together they raised their daughter uh Kendy Sawyer and now have
two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. And whereas after retiring from the military in 1979, Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer continued his dedication to education by teaching calculus at the Florida Institute of
Technology for four years. A as well as contributing to the community by founding the West of Ugi Association, Ogalli. And whereas Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer further demonstrated his commitment to service by volunteering at
the fire department logging logging 15 hours per week and assisting at the sharing center in Melbourne, Florida. And whereas Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer served as the commander of VFW Post 3991
for over 10 years, helping provide food pantry bags to those in need. And whereas Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer became an active and valued member of the Dade City Senior Center on September 11th, 2019, enjoying
meaningful activities and the companionship of a supportive community. And whereas the p the board of county commissioners of Pasco County recognize this momentous achievement of one of Pasco County citizens and wishes for
Kenneth's continued good health and happiness in the years to come. Now therefore, be it resolved by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby honors Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sawyer on his
100th birthday and commends his lifelong dedication to his country, community, and family and expresses profound gratitude for his service and contributions. done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present in
voting this 17th day of June 2025. Move approval. Second. All in favor? I. Wow. Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer, we're uh happy you're here with us today. And uh if we could, we could sing happy
birthday, I guess, to him. So, let's go. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear.
Happy birthday to you. I have some fans of that. Saw your I'm glad you're here today because u that makes me not the oldest man in the room. You happen to be uh here because he's
not the oldest man in the room. So you're actually 20 years and two months older than me. I'll in July I'll turn 80. So, but yes, I I need to start doing and taking the things you have over a lifetime that allowed you to
reach 100 years old. So, we're very grateful that you're here today. Said he's very grateful that you're here today and he wants to take on some of the things you've done to get to 100 as well. others.
You want to speak? Yeah. Wait, thank you. Well, sir, it's it's an honor to to share birthday month with you and uh June is a great month. Um I was the 86 kids. So, you've got me beat by a few
more few more decades. But 100year milestone to you and and your family. um just amazing the things that you've you've seen and experience in your life and watching this country evolve to where we are today. Um just can only imagine the stories and the memories
that you have. So we're very glad that that you're here with us in the board meeting today. I hope you have a great birthday month and uh and a wonderful summer. Commissioner Joerger. Hi. Well, first of all, I want to let him know that milk
was 27 cents a gallon when he was born. Um, but to the family, um, I had a a great-grandfather that lived to be 104, and I know what a cherished gift that is. And I will never forget just asking my grandpa about things when he was
younger. And, you know, just you never get that knowledge and and those stories back. So, cherish every moment. And, um, happy birthday and thank you for your service to our country and God bless you, Commissioner Mariana.
Is he hearing this or do you need to you go ahead tell him? She she said that her grand great grandfather great grandfather lived to 104. Yeah. You got goals. Her greatgrandfather
lived to 104. Two months ago he said 102. It's awesome. Yeah, I love it. Okay, Commissioner Marian and Lieutenant Colonel, congratulations on having such a great life, great family behind you and and a real tribute to your service
even after your service with the military staying involved. Congratulations. And I think you can do to 105. He thinks you can make it to 105. Thank you for your service. country and afterwards as well.
And and lastly, I I would uh also say congratulations for a wonderful life. Happy birthday. Thank you for your service. And thank you again for your continued service. So, um how do we want to do this? I don't think I should go
down. I got the remnants of a cold. So, I'm just gonna Yeah, we'll stay up here and we'll come down to give you a Does Wait, does anyone else want to speak about the family? I can always ask like what's the trick and like what's the key? I don't know if I need the
microphone or not. Um, and honestly, like his trap is his hearing. Hold on. Just wait a minute. He's always waiting for me to talk. You can ask ignoring him. Usually earlier this week he was shutting the door to let me know to stop my conversation but
um really his hearing has been almost like a trap but a blessing. Um he continues to always work his mind and his body and stay away from mindless tasks. That was something he taught me as a kid like you can watch TV and enjoy a movie but avoid those those boredoms
and those traps and things. Keep your mind as your strongest muscle and keep always exercising it and learning and giving back. and he took his retirement as an opportunity to explore more of his passions. He rode a two-heel bike until he was 88. Wow. Two weeks after we moved
to Pasco County, he fell and broke his leg on it. Oh. Uh and he said, "When your husband gets home, have him carry me inside." I'm like, "I think we have to call the hospital." And the first time I was standing with my neighbors and I said, "You call 911 to call 911." Right. Um and after that, he he kind of
was like biking had been what he'd loved because he really couldn't walk. Um, so we got him an adult tricycle and he rode his bike until about a year ago. So he always kept trying to get on and move just a little bit every day. Keep trying to move, exercising, use your brain. The
senior center is amazing for him. He goes twice a week and he plays um a game called bridge. So it is a little bit longer, but it really works your mind and and there's people that have come now that are still continuing to to learn, you know, and pick up on things and and enjoy that retirement that you give and you're giving and giving back.
He really taught all of us to do that. And our And who who are the folks with you? Um it's me and my daughter here right now. And then the senior services center. So he goes to the senior center out in Dade City. Date City. Okay. Yeah. So they're all here too. Um really doing that playing Sudokus. And he's kind of
always tried to keep up with technology but not let it take over. Like he's still got a tablet and sometimes I have to be like it's time to go to bed. It's midnight. But he checks in with people and does sudokus and and keeps working his mind and things like that. So very
sometimes the thing he sees people kind of let go and and to keep using that thing that you're giving because you can keep building that. Love it. Thank you so much. You want to say anything? Thank you all.
I'm a love it. Okay. So thank you for sharing. Can you give your name for the record real quick? Holly. Thank you, Holly. Okay. Yeah. I'm curious where he rides his bike. Commissioner Oakley,
we live in Watergrass over there. So, all the paths have been good. He can ride around and now he can go to Publix. So, we've got public like Caddy Corner. He can take his scooter over there and buy his lottery tickets. We're going to import to those trails.
We got a 100-y old guy riding his tricycle. So, so if you have one and we meet at the bar, if you don't bring a challenge coin, you have to pay. It's a challenge coin. A challenge coin. He said, "If we meet
at the bar and you don't have it, you have to pay." What? If you And you have to pay where you know. Does he love it? Keep challenging. He challenged me to be the
one. They're going to take a picture. Here we go. One, two, and three. All right. Thank you. Give it to the grand. We I have my challenge coin as well. Thank you. This is Miss Starky.
Commissioner Starky's coin. This is Commissioner Stark. That's my coin. You can use them on I won't make you buy me a drink though. I would be honored to buy you a drink. This one
is from Commissioner from me and the other one's from Commissioner Oakley. both of them. You can keep you both from the other one from Commissioner Oakley. They gave you for
I think how do I play this game? Thank you so much. Okay. Um I think we have another resolution. One more resolution two. So RS2. So, anyone here um for waste and recycler recycling workers week please
come to the podium. I think we have a big group. Commissioner Starky. Yeah. I'm going to make a motion that we make sure that no hundred-y old person ever has to buy a drink. Not in my barn.
All right. They're free in my bar. As your team is coming up to the podium, I'll start reading. Okay. All right. So, this is resolution number 25-259. a resolution by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring the week of June 15 through
21st, 2025 as waste and recycling workers week in Pasco County. Whereas the nation celebrates the week of June 15 through 21, 2025 as National Professional Waste and Recycling Workers Week to show appreciation for those who
work in the garbage, sanitation, and recycling industry. And whereas the earliest recorded garbage regulation efforts began in 3000 BC when the first landfill was developed in Konos Creek
where large holes were dug for refu. And whereas since that time, sanitation workers have worked selflessly and tirelessly in all types of environments and at risk to themselves to provide sanitation services to protect
communities and residents, prevent disease, and keep our communities clean, safe, and beautiful. And whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the eradication of many diseases in the Western world is
due in large part to higher public sanitation standards resulting from effective garbage disposal. And whereas according to the National Library of Medicine, sanitation workers face significant occupational risk related to
health outcomes across a range of conditions from occupational injuries to environmental hazards. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics demonstrates that there are 10 times as many fatal injuries of sanitation workers compared to workers
in other industries. And whereas the employees working for the Pasco County Solid Waste Department make significant contributions to the safety, health, and welfare of our residents by processing over 500,000
tons of solid waste and recycling annually. And whereas during the back-to-back hurricanes of 2024, stories of service above and beyond the call of duty came from all parts of the organization. The Pasco County Solid
Waste Team's dedication and selfless service were instrumental in the timely collection and safe management of over 1.3 million cubic yards of storm related debris. And whereas Pasco County values
and celebrates our solid waste workers for their commitment to our residents, businesses, and communities. and we want to elevate solid waste history, individuals, and the profession. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the board
of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said, but board hereby declares the week of June 15 through 21, 2025 as waste and recycling workers week in Pasco County and encourages all citizens to support solid waste
activities this week and throughout the year. done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present in voting this 17th day of June 2025. Approval second. All in favor? I. Um this is Commissioner Waitman. Yes.
Who's working today? Everything's done by 9ine, right? Early early business Yeah, you guys start before you know most everybody. No, truly um the industry, your team,
um no offense to the first responders in the room, but you all are just as vital to every community throughout this state, throughout this country, throughout the world, and keeping our communities safe and healthy. You showed
during COVID when volume shifted, you know, from commercial and every everything closed down and the volume shifted to the curb and you have to work with your haulers to pick it up, how to get get rid of it. The world was sick. Our world would have only gotten sicker if y'all had not kept showing up every
day and making sure that everything that was there was disposed of safely and responsibly. And um you know there's no secret the work you do is very dangerous. So safety is always a priority uh in the in the industry in
the business. And um you know it's a it's a thankless job. It's a smelly job but somebody's got to do it. And once it's in your blood it's hard to hard to walk away. And uh those of you that are been in the business a while you know what I'm what I'm talking about. So, honored to have you all here this
morning and uh very grateful for all the incredible work that you do to keep our county uh healthy and um clean and clean. So, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Oakley. Yep. I certainly thank y'all for all the work you do. Um
your job never ends. It just continues. Every days there's more trash and more trash. And when we go through the storms and all the pickup and the movement of all the debris and everything, y'all are still continuously working hard. We get you a little extra help at times, but uh
y'all just continuously do a great job at at what you do and for all the citizens of Pasco County and help keep us clean throughout the county. So, I certainly appreciate everything you do. Mr. Jagger. Yep. I just want to say thank you for everything you guys do. I
know it is a tireless job and sometimes a thankless job and um I found out today very dangerous job. I did not know that. So um thank you for everything you do for our county and u keeping us clean and picked up and especially like during
the storms you you guys were heroic and um we thought the governor put you know tough standards on us. Uh the county was we did it in record time. So, thank you, Commissioner Mariano. And I want to say the the whole organization runs so well.
Um, the facility that we've invested a lot of money into, you guys keep it spotless. You keep it running smooth. The people at the the gates are very friendly. So, to do all that is phenomenal. But to talk about the storm, the dedication, I mean, you guys in the booth at the EOC continually working
things through, trying to work with the state, trying to work with FEMA, trying to find a way. What can we do to get the trash picked up? and your diligence and pushing so hard to try to get the trash picked up uh led to us picking up on Penelis County's order they had and made
it to all 67 counties after that. But that made such a difference when you could see the people that in the neighborhood wanted to go work to go pick up their trash. It was just inspiring. And I remember there's one grappling truck we had. We had a lady who just was next door to the house that had just got burned. She got stuck in traffic and her refrigerator went. She
had to put all the trash out. And what happened out there was you had household trash with other trash. And when that trash started to stink so bad, she was like panicking. What can we do? And went over and picked it up. And one of you guys in the grappler truck that I talked
to, was he there? Right there. Come on up here. Come on up here, please. This man inspired me. I'm picking up the trash. We're trying to get it set up alongside. And I say to him, you know how, you know, we're
working and working, working, and I he says, and I think I got this right, so you can correct me if I'm wrong, Jim. He says, I work 57 days in a row, and for my county, I'll work another 57 days in a row to help us get us out of this. I thank you.
But what you guys have done is just phenomenal. You help people get through it. So, I I just can't thank you guys enough. Great. great work, great leadership, great teamwork, tremendous. And um and I would echo um gosh, what we went through. I hope we don't go through that again, but thank you for always
answering my calls when I'm calling um and um yeah, over and above and great job all of you and I know our citizens are very grateful to the great work that you all do. So, thank you so much. I think there's too many people for all of us to go down. So, come on. Sure. Can I can I say? Yes. And then um if any of
you all want to speak? Yeah. I I think I want to echo off of what Commissioner Weightman said. You know, it's no, you know, our public safety uh folks can can share the limelight uh today because quite honestly, as the resolution points out, the work that we do, whether it's on the collection side or ultimately
landfilling and disposing of stuff, you've saved more lives and transformed the the the foundation of modern society as a result of your work. And if you've ever traveled to third world countries or outside even even there where they they are collecting trash and they are doing things you guys do it way way
better and uh and it's amazing uh just the tireless hours that I know go into it. Uh you are the silent service and we just appreciate everything that you do. So thank you. Now now's your time to Okay, now's your time to recruit, fellas. Now is your time to recruit. Try to keep it brief. It's tough to cop
the previous two people that spoke up here. Um Kevin Pisca uh director solid waste thankfully I've got John Batista as a wingman as I'm pretty new to doing this for countywide but got a great team around us. Commissioner Wademan thank
you so much for the sponsorship your expertise in the industry really it's been very helpful to our department. You challenge us but also you support us and uh thank you so much for that. Uh when we learned about the resolution, John and I were talking and John Batista
said, "Hey, let's get the haulers in here as well, right?" Which is smart. Uh without the haulers, what are we? And they do such a great job for us on solid waste and recycling. And on the flip side, we brought in representatives from ReWorld Coanta operating our waste to
energy facility. Same thing, best-in-class facility. They do such an excellent job for us. And in the middle, we've got the Pasco County solid waste team, which uh you know, unless you go over to a a self-drop, sometimes you don't see them that much, but they do so
much for the community. If it's community outreach, education, uh recycling services, household hazardous waste, you know, they have to do the difficult job on assessments sometimes, and then there's a lot of administrative support that goes along with that. and
they do really a great job and they do it with an attitude of safety, environmental compliance and a can do attitude. Um, this team is great. I've never seen such an energized group, very low turnover, inspired and engaged. And
to your point, that goes to the hurricane and what we went through. So many of these team members were either affected or had relatives that were affected and they continued to show up and do the job. Uh, as you mentioned, Commissioner Mariano, right, Tim, 57
days straight, you had Tim Treshler that I think almost became a fixture in the EOC piece of furniture. Um, within 24 hours of Governor Dante saying, "You have to do 247 operations." We were doing that. So many people went from
dayshift to operating night shift with four hours to sleep. And they they've done so many of these things. And at the end of the day, no injuries, no accidents during that period. And we had four unannounced environmental compliance visits from Army Corps
Engineers, OSHA, EPA, and uh DP. And it's just so proud to see everything that was done with this team. And really, it's about their their dedication. So, John, John Batista, operations director, Saw Waste. Uh, I just want to thank you
guys. Um, everybody was involved, especially during the storm. I mean, you know, Jack was doing people's laundry for God's sakes. Uh, Lisa was uh recruiting haulers. Uh, you know, Seth was I was on the phone 2 am with Seth, you know, in the middle of the night. So, and and Commissioner Starky, same
thing. you know, lots of phone calls and communication and I appreciated everybody. Uh, you know, you guys are is just as good as doing this as we are. We have a great team. We have great haulers, waste management, waste
connections, Republic, Waste Pro, Waste Aid, who am I missing? Coastal. Coastal. Uh, and the Coan people reworld. uh and such a great team recycling um assessments u
environmental. So we have a great team and uh thank you. That's it. All right. Um Commissioner Waitman will come down and we'll stand behind here for a photo. Come on up here. Yeah, you guys come up
here. She's going to try to sneak back. That's really interesting about turnover. Yeah, that's got some Florida think. Oh, that was awesome. I'm gonna get a picture of that.
All right, here we go. Just a couple. I got a cold, so don't shake your It's It's It's better, but just in case. All right, we're not going to make it through all these. Okay, we are on to the consent agenda
and I have the following. Uh C9, state financial assistance agreement as a poll and revise. C10, another state financial assistant agreement pull and revise. C15, request to declare surplus real
property withdraw. Uh C28 accept deed and accept road in the county's road system for maintenance withdraw. Um commissioner waitment we have C26 authorization to short list and delegation negotiation
and execution agreement to county administrator for solicitation on call your parkway. Pull and discuss. C30 the asphalt paving systems uh item pull and discuss. and C44 contract for sale and
dedication of park site. Pull and discuss. Is there anything else any commissioners wish to pull from the agenda item? Okay, seeing none, we will move approval on all the items left on the consent
agenda. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Okay. C9. Mr. Smith. Good morning, commissioners. Steve Smith, Planning Development, Economic Growth. The item before you, C9, is a state financial assistance agreement with the state of
Florida Department of Transportation for infrastructure funding. There was a scrivener's error in the recommended board action for this item, which is corrected on the copy before you. With that change, the planning, development, economic growth department recommend your approval. Move approval. Second.
All in favor? I opposed. Thank you. C10. Good morning again, Commissioner Steve Smith, Planning Development, Economic Growth. The item before you C10 is also a state financial assistance agreement with state of Florida DOT for infrastructure funding. There was a scrivener's error in the recommended board action for this item which is
corrected on the copy before you. With that change, the planning development economic growth department recommends your approval. Move approval. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Okay. Thank you. All right. We are on to C15 which is a
withdraw. C28 is a withdrawal. C20 Oh, they're out of order. Okay. C26. Yes. Commissioner W. Thank No, I just want to say Brford, thank you for listening to us and and Mike on the call your Parkway Extension, especially the
north section from Parkway Boulevard to uh 52. Um it's it's one of those roads as we grow we don't realize how important that segment of road is especially on a hurricane evacuation route and with the challenges that are
now you know up and down air and cutoff and so I was just excited to to see something formal come through and just wanted to thank you both uh for your attention and your diligence uh on this important segment of roadway. So with
that I move approval. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Okay. C30. Yes. Thank you, chair. I just pardon me when I see uh big ticket items
on the consent agenda. $46 million. I don't have an issue with the item, but to have a $46 million item on the on the consent agenda, uh I just figure I'd I'd pull it. But there's also a good story behind it too with the road paving assessment. And I thought it'd be a good
time to highlight the multi-year contract uh and the work that that the Jason and his team are are going to do. So, thank you all. Well, what um when I saw you pull this, I wondered, are we doing any of the projects that Commissioner Mariano keeps talking about
with that spray spray jet technology? Yes, I hope that we are. Good morning, members of the board. I'm Jason Mkel, public works director. Um, you know, first of all, Commissioner Waitman, thanks for acknowledging um this item. I do want to just give the
board credit um for approving this last year. Um, you know, this has been a very successful program this year. We are um very close to coming back to you um and telling you that we have spent every last dollar this year. Um we're we're close. So, all all projects are are in
are in the planning stage. money's encumbered and we're going to have a very successful fiscal year 25 in our first year with this program. So, it's very very awesome news and I want to thank you again for that. Um, Commissioner Commissioner Waitman, um, that is a big ticket item. I agree. It's
it's huge. You don't really see that type of number on the consent agenda. I agree. But really what we're looking at here is um, our next three years of the contract with two vendors. So, we'll have two vendors, a second vendor to help us um with with this project
because one vendor it's it's hard because they have other customers, right? And some of these jobs are hard. There's there's weather conditions that they deal with. Um you know, there's certain times where we really like them to get some work done for us, you know, school when school's out and other and other times of the year. So, having a
redundant vendor, a second vendor that could really help us is great. Commissioner. Well, I just want to add to it as you know, we made this change from PAS to this type of uh paving where we charges on our tax bills for
everybody in the county. And I've had people that actually would be very negative about the PASS and other things that we do actually speak up and said this is one of the best things we've done is put this on the tax road where everybody pays toward uh paving the
roads. and it's it's very welcome to hear that. So, good job. Thank you. Thank you. And and just to final the final the point, the big ticket number, um really we're looking out three years with a opportunity to add more years at the end
of the contract. So, it does it does have a a large total, but just so you know, um we had one successful year. you know, future results aren't aren't, you know, any an indication of or our past past results aren't a result of the future. But, you know, we are um you
know, confident that we are going to continue to execute on this program. Um we have our three-year program already published online as as the public can see. Are we into the another year? Have we dropped one year off of that three year? Well, we're still in fiscal year
25. So, we're still officially in fiscal year 25. As soon as October 1 hits, we'll be in in the next in the next. So, we'll add the next year's near next year's list of roads in October. Yes. So, we're still on the initial three-year list. Yes. That's right. Yes.
Correct. Um and then your uh um your question regarding the spray technology. Yes, we um we have one vendor that does that um here for us and wherever possible we work with them for the best potential to use that technology. Um and that's where we will we'll use it where
we work together and say hey that means and methods is the right for this road um and we work together to um to use that. So yes we are using it. Great madam chair. Yeah if I could the um on the spray jack technology when when I look at the the basic fundamentals of
putting down a base of asphalt and then having the t go down right before it untouched the bond is so much better for 005% I I think it's just the best value. I think the industry will get there eventually. I mean, Switzerland, drive over there, you don't see you don't see a pothole anywhere. They've been using
it for 30 years. I think if you work with the gentleman from, let's say, October till even like spring and even do a whole bunch of those jobs in between, he'll have the machine, he'll have have it set to go and we'll get a better long-term road. If we want to make these roads better, as we talked
about, we want to make a better investment on these things every step so they last longer. this technology should last longer just by basic fundamentals and the coefficients that are out there. So I think if you work with APS on getting them from let's say October till even the spring, you can probably hit a
whole series of those jobs and it won't slow them down whatsoever with their other jobs that they have elsewhere. So if you really would take a look at that, I think there's an opportunity there. But I want to thank you for the great job you're doing. You're getting the roads done. People are happy and I think it's going to be something that I'll be talking about raising that number up because I know more people want to get
it done. And I think if we work on something keeping the PES for the dirt roads where they can pay extra and not bankrupt the system by having more done, I think we've got a great opportunity there too. Thank you. Thank you. Um uh last night when I was driving home from
the airport, um I I came up Gun Highway uh took the Sun Coast to Loot Lake Fern came up Gun Highway. Um are we do we have any projects slated? I don't know if you can answer this one, but there was a big hole big chunk first missing on Gun Highway on and I believe it's
across the border to our part, but do we have any plans for fixing that road? It's in bad shape. Well, I'll take a look at it. That may be an MO thing. I drive it every day, too. So, I definitely Well, I just want to alert you that there's a big pothole there. Yeah. Thank you. They
take your Okay, we'll take a motion. Approve. Second. All in favor? I thank you Bradford pothole truck stat all right commissioner waitman two rivers thank you chair yes another another similar reason for pulling this
$18 million on the consent agenda but again uh supportive of of this project um what a fantastic park this is this is going to be and uh excited for for the future of the park system uh in East Pasco County this is this is going to
help Wesley Chapel and Zephr Hills really everybody all around and um you know it's it's just tough when we have to acquire parkland and it's you know this is a a very good piece of parkland
um the most prime location for potential commercial development on this site. Uh so un understanding the value of that land and what it what it means for commerce. But uh you know it's um the generational value that this site will
provide and quality of life to our county is just pretty pretty exciting uh to have. So thank you all for working through the deal. Mike and Keith uh you guys I know it was a labor of love getting this thing done. Uh but again just just a large number which is why I
pulled it and uh I'll I'll approve C44 with a motion. Oh well, Commissioner Wait has some com. I mean Commissioner Oakhead. Yeah. I um I'm very grateful this is coming forward and it's another
park in district one which is pretty large and we need as many parks as we can get. So it takes a lot of funds and all to come up with uh more parks and better parks throughout the super park will come later, but Two Rivers Park is
going to be great and actually work with uh Robert Thomas on this on this particular park to name it uh Bob Thomas Memorial Park at Two Rivers. So it's it's very welcome site coming in district one. So certainly appreciate
everybody's work toward this. So, thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. So, I just say it's like it's going to be a great park. It'd be a great asset. I'm going to just say that, you know, Kathy, Keith, your whole team does a phenomenal job with parks. Uh people like them. They want to
see them. And I think continually people say, "I'd rather see it when my kid's little than when he gets older, want to get them done." But I do want to say I think in the future when we're negotiating because we're paying a lot of money for this land, a ton, more than we've ever paid before. I think we got to start working these developers at the
start to say we're going to put a park there. We want a good price. And I think if we try to negotiate something to say we're going to build it quicker, so you're going to sell more homes rather than coming at the end, you'll have a lot more leverage to get it done. But I mean, we there's got to be a bet of value that stretch the dollar out that
makes it better for everybody. Yeah. And I'll second Commissioner Waitman's motion. Okay. Okay. All in favor? I opposed. Okay. Um I want to go mention something on on the consent agenda item
number 11. I don't have a map. It just has the legal. So, uh, but I want to be sure that, uh, that area has no Kogan grass and that that they're taking care of that, um, before they develop it in a responsible way because that I think
that area has a lot of co grass. Okay. Uh, we are on to get my schedule here. Think we are on to one of the Rs. Which one is here? R51.
All right. R51. Actually, I have I have others. Yeah, sure. R 52. That one is time certain. Good morning, commissioners. Um, Brford Aduma, assistant county administrator, public
infrastructure branch. So, today is a big day for Joseph Amoa and I almost ruined it because I had a flat tie. This is the day that I wouldn't want to miss. All right. So, I call Mike to see if Mike can help me out if I don't get
here by in time. So, um, most of you have in one way engaged with Joseph um, in the past. Joseph is currently our assistant public work director. Uh he's been with the county for almost five years. Uh you do have his resume and
qualifications before you. But briefly, I want to talk about Joseph's um experience and also education. With education, he has the highest education level of a masters and PhD in civil engineering. Uh water resources. Um,
also he's been with the county for five years. Uh, he knows the ins and out of the county when it comes to storm water issues, but his specialty is in water resources, which covers almost everything, including utilities and all. Joseph went through our rigorous
interview process and I don't know how many of you have been through that, but anybody who comes through that, it's it's really um the person is ready for the job. Joseph mainly the reason why I'm here to present him for your confirmation
uh is mainly about his leadership. His big picture thinker. Somebody who is a strategist. somebody who can
look in the future and say well I think maybe we are handling things right now but this is where we should be planning uh to move towards um somebody who has excellent people skills he's able to work with people bring people together
talk to customers without getting customers all upset um also um he was selected because of his leadership qualities and philosophy which uh part of that is making sure
that his leadership is governed by core values which is Pascals integrity, respect, empathy. He's very focused on performance as well. But I believe we talk about uh people purpose performance and there's a
reason why the people come before the performance and we can have both. We can have somebody with strong leadership who can rally people together get customers move in the right direction think about the future at the same time provide us
with the performance that we need. Uh I believe we need more strategist in addition to the tacticians that we have and also the people in operation. Uh I feel this is the way we get to be the pre premier county. And with that
Joseph few words to say thank you. Good morning commissioners. Brford almost read my entire speech. All right. So yes, Joseph Moa, assistant public works director over engineering
and environmental divisions. I want to quickly first thank um Mike the county administrator in Bramford. That's the county administrator um over public infrastructure and the interview panels for the trust and confidence in me to lead the utilities department. I believe
that I do have the leadership qualities to lead the utilities department to the next level of excellence. I'm a problem solver and a forward thinking person. I lead and manage by core values like he said of integrity very important to me,
respect, loyalty, very very key and empathy. Um I focus on my people, my employees that work for me and then of course the citizens we serve. I promote teamwork, empowerment and outcome based not about how much a project will cost.
My vision is to work with outstanding team. we currently have at the utilities department to actually take the department make the department um Florida's leading public utility. That's my vision. We
will modernize our operations and service delivery by building a strong workplace culture, leveraging technology and innovative strategies to improve customer service, operational efficiency and overall effectiveness. I recognize
that um we are facing some challenges in the department in the county. However, I know that the department has a great and formidable team and together with our partners, the Tampa Bay Water and so on and so forth will work hard to deliver
excellent water, wastewater and reclaim water services to Pasco residents, um the businesses and the development community. I'm really excited about the opportunity and I look forward to working with the board um to address current and future needs if confirmed.
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes, I've worked very closely with Joseph. We've had projects where one was over in Gulf Highlands that used to see on the news all the time it would flood and we talked about that project. We worked on that project. When they came back with the engineering, I just didn't see it
working. He sat down with me. We had Fig Brford and we kind of went through the whole thing about why it was going to work. And the first storm we had was Hurricane Debbie. Not a drop of water in the road. They just finished the LSWA before that was coming in. I've seen him work with civic associations. I've seen
him work with groups of people that were not doing what they should do to help their own people. And Joseph stood up to them professionally but factually and made it all happen. And if not for that leadership part, it doesn't go. Uh I know we got a couple of big items coming up. I know Commissioner Oakley's got his hand up, so I'll let him go before I
make a motion. Commissioner Oakley, I look forward for your leadership. I know you've got a lot ahead of you because there's more development coming in some areas without the water and the sewer there now, but I know there's negotiations going on that uh that
you're going to be working on and you'll be a right person to make that work out. So I believe in Bramford and his u stamp on you as being the person to step in that position. I fully agree that you
can do it and we'll all help you get to the right place. So thank you. Yes. So when you were describing him, I felt like you were describing you. So I feel like having two Brfords and will be
amazing. So we we cannot have enough of um people like you. I look forward to your leadership and I echo what Commissioner Oakley says. If if you have the stamp of Brford, then you have the stamp for my approval. So um I look
forward to working with you. Thank you. And lastly, I would agree with everybody. I all the projects we've worked on, I've so enjoyed your patience and your dedication. So this is a wonderful appointment for you and congratulations. Move approval. Second.
All in favor? I. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Okay. Um, it's got a little tricky. Okay. So, you're you're up. Which number is this? 51. Our 51. Okay. All right. Thank you. Good morning. Joanna Cheshire, chief of staff, county
administration. Uh big day for Pasco today. We've got a lot of great things going on, including this action plan. Um I'm going to roll through this PowerPoint. This uh this slide here is um a reminder to you all. You've seen this before. This is just kind of a reminder telling
you that how communitydriven this process was. We're very proud of that. We've met with the public, our cities, community stakeholders, you all one-on-one and to come up with a draft action plan. The draft action plan was on our website for 30 days uh for public comment.
We got a lot of feedback. Over those 30 days, we received 122 public comments that included in person, via email, and on our web page. There's no surprise here. The biggest uh areas of support and comments were around housing
infrastructure and mitigation. the summary of so we we took all those comments including what we heard from you all uh to kind of update the action plan um nothing groundshattering I mean there the um percentages didn't change based on the feedback we received but there were a few changes here that we
wanted to highlight uh we updated the housing section the repair reconstruction and elevation program uh to include things like condos and co-op something beyond single family housing uh as well as the acquisition of real property so not just single family housing housing. We expanded the
planning section to include more areas to uh you know capture innovative housing, economic development and workforce. We also updated the better future new construction area for affordable housing to include innovative housing types as well as land
acquisition. We also clarified that the small business and nonprofit recovery program which which is in economic revitalization area to that includes job training and reimbursement. Much like we're we may be helping homeowners, we want to help small businesses as well. We also clarified that match funding is
available uh kind of like the Elevate Florida program. This slide again is uh not new news for you all. You've seen this. These percentages did not change. Um this is the same as before. And just a reminder, this is the start of things. This is to get the action plan approved, sent out
to HUD, and then as we learn more information over this next six years, we're able to make some changes. And this is also a reminder, this is the timeline that we've stayed on. Uh today is the 17th. We hope that you all approve this action plan. We uh intend to send that to HUD by the end of the
week. Uh we hope to get approval in August, the grant agreement in September, and then start rocking and rolling after that. I do want to thank the team. Um, this really makes my my government heart happy. Uh, I can see my grad school
professors just happy where uh, you know, theory and practice really came together on this process. So, huge thanks to Connor and Marcy uh, for the the contributions to this. Um, also just there's areas of the organization that dropped everything to help us advance the ball with this process. So, purchasing, media relations,
communications, as well as the county attorney's office. So, thank you so much. Um, we're also want to thank Marcy, too. She actually I don't know if you knew this, but she just stepped on the off of the national board. She was the president of the National Community Development Association. So, we're very proud of her um and her representative
her representation and putting Pasco on the map. Um, Connor, your attention to detail and your ability to connect with people um and really communicate complex situations uh very valuable to us. and Marcy, your years of experience and your
knowledge of CDBG um is priceless. Your empathy um really both for both of you, you know, talking to the public through these public hearings and input sessions really meant a lot. Um and Tim and Jessica with our consultant are here today. They've been to meetings that
they didn't really even have to go to. So, thank you to them as well. We're happy to answer any questions you may have on the action plan. Chair Mariana, so first of all, I want to thank Mike Carbella. Um, Mike, you took this as a special isolated project in a sense and
it's it's 585 million. So, it's hard to say it's just a project. It's a big big deal and you wanted to make sure you took it. We had control to it to kind of watch it over real close and I think it was a brilliant move. Uh, Joann been great with it every step of the way. Connor and Marcy, you're getting the public input has been amazing. And I'll
tell you, looking at this document is just amazing. Uh, what we got in there and the flexibility that we'll have. We can look at this like every year if we want to make changes like we may start with planning on a big uh facility that we want to get a shovel ready. We're we're set for that. We're set for
mitigation projects. We're set for the housing. The input from the people uh that that we saw out there was amazing. So what you've done here is phenomenal. It's all high level. We're going to get to all the details later on. But for what making this first step, I I couldn't be prouder of how great this whole thing has gone and done. You guys
have been phenomenal. I have to kind of echo that same same sentiment because they've done a great job and they've they've reached out to all all that I can think of and presented and presented and and got a lot of answers back. So it I think it
was very much a rewarding thing to hear that FEMA said that this program uh stood out because it was the best that been for a presentation from a county and the area for this kind of work. So got to thank Marcy and the team for all
they do to make that happen. Yeah. Thank you. So, um, can you No, I just want to thank everybody um the the speed in which your entire team, Janna, Marcy, the consulting group that
that y'all moved to put this plan together, I mean, it's that's lightning quick for government, right? I mean, I don't think we fill potholes that quick, do we, Brford? Just a challenge. Just a challenge. Uh
but but you know, lightning roadrunner fast for government. You know, now we have a plan and we're submitting it and um so you know, wonderful work to everybody that was doing it. Now the now the hard part's come. Um no secret a couple of had meetings with the
especially on the affordable housing side. The uh affordable housing multif family apartment sharks are going to soon to be circling really really fast. I think that uh any of those players that need to come need to be vetted. Um, look at south, you know, south counties,
uh, the examples of what's been built, uh, and the number of units that's been built. It's in the thousands. So, I think we need to be very deliberate on the partners. Where are you speaking of Lee County? Over 2,000 apartments have been built on this program alone. And they'll be looking at
it and they want to build a lot more. And I'm concerned again, I've said it before about this with a sprawling subsidized apartment complexes coming across this entire county, which this is just part of the process, right? We vet where it's appropriate and, you know,
redevelopment, so on and so forth. But now it comes time to now we have to execute and spend the cash and it brings interesting players to the table. So, um, you know, I think this gets a little bit trickier, but I trust the team. um
your guys' passion and efforts on this uh everybody sees it and we thank you and um so congratulations and on the step two I guess this is what this is step one's done now the step two step thank you all um okay so uh well I
wanted to to talk about what commissioner waiting yes we're going to have a lot of multif family folks coming knocking on the door and just having returned from a wonderful confence I think I don't think we should be
afraid of density, but I think we should be very concerned about what these units look like and how they feel and how they fit into the fabric of of our communities. And so I do want to have that discussion uh at some point. But um
uh it says here we're going to have initial programs begin roll out the winter of 2025. So that's right around the corner. What do we think is going to be rolling out so soon? What how how will what will that look like? Yeah, the individual housing assistance I believe.
Can you guys is there more to more color to add there? So, h how will our citizens know that they can get reimbursed? Sorry, come on up Marcy. I think the public needs to know this. So, how will our citizens, you know, what can they start doing to
get ready? Okay. Uh Marcy Yesberg, senior program administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery Resources. Uh so we will make sure that uh that with media relations a lot of information will go out. Uh as you saw
through our public comment periods and our public hearings we reached a lot of citizens. So there'll be opportunities for people to apply for things online. They'll be uh we'll be working with uh the libraries in different places,
government buildings around the county to to open up little small application places for them to come. Uh if citizens are listening now and they're thinking about either they've started work on their homes and they want reimbursement,
that is part of the program. We will also be doing repairs, reconstruction, and elevation. For those that are looking for reimbursement, they could start now by getting their receipts in order because paperwork is the key. The
same thing with any applicant. They're going to have to prove their income. So, we might ask for tax returns, bank statements, payubs. So, everybody should start working on getting their paperwork to begin with. So, Marcy, do you have
like a one-page flyer that I can put in my newsletter or, you know, that the commissioners can hand out when they go to community meetings? We will. We don't have it yet because we need to put the whole program together. We'll need to we'll need to put all the um policies
and procedures and everything. And we're also uh have an RFP out now for an implementation consultant to join us in this venture. So, as soon as we have that information, we'll make sure that uh everybody gets it, all the commissioners will get it. Okay. And as
you know, one of the things that I'm really looking forward to is all the people who had their signs that the non-conforming signs that were damaged and that now they can get some money to build conforming signs. So, I think we need to be calling the sign companies to
make sure they know that this money is coming um so they're not, you know, going around us and putting up back up the non-conforming signs. And um and uh so I I'm hoping some I don't know who that would be, Mike Carbala, but someone
needs to let them know. And I had asked that we take an inventory of the damaged signs right after the hurricane, and I don't think that ever happened. um or if someone did do it, can they let me know? Um but uh and I I wanted to make sure
all our commissioners knew that I think Marcy's the one who told me that the um HUD folks said we had Well, what did they say about our submission that we got great accolades on it? Yes, they they read it word for word and they said it was the best plan they've ever
read. Love. Right. I want to make sure you all you know, I I was uh on that I was on that global Tampa Bay um trip when I got that call and um you know, the other commissioners from the other counties
and the mayor, they're all talking about their plans and that if they need if we needed help, you know, if they wanted to we wanted to see their plans and I said, "No, no, no, sorry, but they said ours is the best plan they've ever seen. So, if you want to call us, feel free."
So, that was that was a great moment. I have a quick question. When did you say the the program the beginning roll out for the money would be? It says uh winter of of this year. Okay. I'm working with a constituent right now who still doesn't have walls up and he can't
do anything to his home because he doesn't have the money. He needs a reimbursement. So, okay. So, the beginning of January, but go ahead and start getting their stuff together so they can apply. Yeah, exactly. I I I think that you'll see it this year.
You'll see it in 2025. Uh and then but they should get their information together and again for people that have already started work um know that they could get reimbursement as long as they qualify. Okay, perfect.
Thank you, Chair. Yeah. property appraiser or tax collector might pull their hair out. But would it be appropriate to send something out in the trim notices or or you know it's going to hit everybody who owns a property in this county whe you know a
blurb about signs which I think is a great great help for our businesses and whatever just like three key bullet points whatever you think your top issue should we move that way. That was a brilliant idea. I mean we're not going to
No, no. We're talking about putting a a flyer in his If people don't have walls. Yeah. Yeah. If people don't have walls, they don't have internet probably. Yeah. Something. Yeah. I love that. So, we could put a two-side document. Yeah,
Madam Chair. So Mike, if we can get it, work with property appraiser, uh, tax collector, whoever it may be, if we can get it into the mail of the document that's already going out, there's nothing more than just the cost of the extra paper. I think it's worthy of a
shot if we try to make it happen. Deadlines. Yeah. Okay. Um, I think this takes a motion. Move approval. Second. All in favor? I. Congrats, guys. Great job. All right. Uh we are 1 minute away from 11:30 and our time certain. So
we're going to move to our time certain at 11:30. Commission on status of women. Right. Good morning. Good morning. Great to see you ladies here. Good to be here. I've got a little bit of a group with me.
Well, I'm Jenny Yingling. I'm the current chair of the Pasco County Status on uh the Commission of Women, and we're here to do our annual report to you all, the board. But first, if you wouldn't mind, could the other ladies on the commission introduce themselves? Absolutely.
I don't see my Jenny. Vanessa Hilton, I was the vice chair. Vanessa, you're with the school district. Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. Gan Aby. I represent district one and this is my second term on the
commission. Good morning, district commissioners. I'm attorney Sarah Ray Makers with the law office of Phillips and Ray Makers representing legal. I've been on for I think four months now, so I'm really enjoying it so far. Thank you all. Good morning. I know most of you. I'm Lindsay Moore. I'm the law enforcement agency um appointment to the board or to
the commission. Um this is my first year on the commission. So, thank you. Thanks, Lindsay. Good morning. I'm Denise Nicholas and I'm very proud to represent District 5. Stephanie Pletz. I represent the Big Blue Barbecue.
Good afternoon. I'm Michelle Chamberlain. I represent District 4. Yay. Yay. Three. Four. Three. Three. Three. Miss Alelli uh with Pasco EDC. I've been on about seven years now. Woohoo. And I represent district two.
Thank you, Commissioner Waitman. Yes. And the chair. Um, so we just want to take a little bit of time and highlight uh what we've done over the last year. Um, so if that's okay, we have a PowerPoint. Am I clicking or is Tony clicking?
This is way more than I normally do. You guys are in trouble. Well, you already know. I'm Jenny. I'm the chair. Vanessa is my co-chair. And this year we have done some exciting things in our county. So the first you've got to meet all the lovely ladies that are here in attendance with me today. But we
wouldn't be um whole if you didn't recognize some of the other wonderful women that we have on our commission. We work very hard to um represent uh the women in Pasco County. So we're going to celebrate a little bit
of a milestone. Um, Cheryl Plet, who is with Premier Health, is going to roll off. She is going to be the first woman to roll off the commission, meaning that she served all three of her terms. So, it's kind of really exciting. Um, so we
just wanted to recognize her um and let everybody know um what a great asset sheet she was to the commission. Although she is rolling off, she will not go anywhere. We will still reach out and use her for all the resources that she has. Yes, committees. There's no rule about that.
All righty. Well, let's look back at what we did last year. So, um, every every month when when the commission meets, we um bring a guest speaker in and we try to make sure that that speaker relates to some issues, needs or concerns of the women in our community.
So, this past year, um, we had lots of great people come. One of them was Michelle Bradley. Michelle is the only female owner of Akiki's franchise. Um, so that was kind of really exciting. That one. She was awesome. You were at that one. Commissioner Starky was at
that meeting. And so that was really exciting to hear um how how women in this community, especially Michelle, um, not only are running businesses, but they're running families and they're productive u members of our society. So always inspirational and exciting. The
second um and was my favorite. I think I was at that one too. I think you were too um was Michelle Dubie. And Michelle Dubie runs a mobile farmers market. You got it. And um it was really exciting to see how innovative um she is about
getting fresh food in communities that don't have fresh food and then providing fresh fruits and vegetables to um to people in need in our community. So, it was really exciting to learn a little bit more about Michelle and what she is doing. Um, she runs her farm just right
off of Old Pasco Road. Um, and she left corporate America to give back to uh the community. So, very exciting. I know most of you on the commission are familiar um with Nicole, but I'm not sure if they are. I I met with her. If you're not, you should get familiar with
her because she is doing some amazing things. She's got great partners out in the community. Advent Health. I know that she kicked off a a big event last Thursday at the Boys and Girls Club down in Luchi where she's their summer partner for fresh food, fruit and vegetables all summer long. Um, very
exciting. I know Commissioner Weightman and I were at an event. Um, and she was the um, or Durb host and she had all her fresh um, fruits and vegetables. Um, that was two weeks ago. Um, so she not only is she providing those opportunities in our community, but
she's also um giving back as well. And now I'm gonna invite Gan up to highlight another great um presentation speaker and field trip the commission got to go on. Thanks, Jenny. I wanted to elaborate a little bit on our community partner, St.
Leo University and just to recap um their support for our commission uh for our inaugural women uplifting women lunchon in May of 2023. We were able to have Dr. Cindy Lee from St. Leo University as our guest speaker. Her
topic, Inspire Your Career, tied in with the university's CAP program, or better known, Center for Alternative Pathway Programs, which offers cutting edge alternative short-term micro credentials
for individuals who want to keep current with the workplace skills of today. I always called it the bestkept secret in our community for women to brush up on skills, learn new skills, or prepare to get back in the workforce after raising
a family. She was also part of our panel discussion and provided resource table. At our second annual women up women uplifting women lunchon, Dr. Ebony Perez, social work chair from St. Leo
University joined our panelist in 2024 for our theme, economic stability, women's health, and social justice. Later that year, Dr. Jen Shaw, vice president at St. Leo University, spoke at our November meeting about Career
Closet Initiative, which provides professional attire to students and community members for job interviews and career events. And I'm proud to say that our Pasco Commission made several donations from our uh closets uh toward
the career closet at St. Leo. From our women up women uplifting women lunchon event that year, St. Leo University CAP program, now referred to as the skills academy, received a scholarship in the amount of $225.79
from our leftover funds to help a deserving student. December 2nd in 2024, St. Leo University hosted our monthly meeting in the student activities building on campus at St. Leo. Our a tour was provided and a
lunch from the dining hall and it was very delicious. St. Leo continues to be a resource for the women of Pasco County. Thank you. Very nice. Is anyone going to speak about this year's lunchon? In one moment because it
was fabulous. It was um but just so you guys get an idea of um of what goes on at our meetings and who we're bringing in. So, as you can see, we have some really dynamic speakers that come in, but Commissioner Starky, yes, we're
going to tell you all about the third annual women uplifting women lunchon. But to do that, I'm going to invite Vanessa, my co-chair up, and she's going to talk about our exciting um lunchon. You're welcome. I can do that. It is my pleasure to share the details of this
third annual women uplifting um lunchon and event. Uh the purpose of this luncheon this year and really for the past three years has been to gather together women in Pasco County with a shared commitment to empower, uplift and celebrate the achievements of women in
our community which directly aligned to the mission of the organization which you saw this year. In alignment with what we heard from the women in our community, we had wonderful a wonderful keynote speaker, Miss Effie Santos, who helped our attendees reframe their mindset in a
positive manner, even when dealing with unthinkable situations. Effie joined three other diverse women from our community in leadership on a panel which engaged such meaningful topics as time management, asking for support, which is not always easy, finding balance, and
everyday challenges in our community. You can see on this slide that our event was packed. Each year um we have grown um from our first year about a hundred attendees and actually us planning for maybe 50 people will show up and uh we
got a hundred to over 150 this year. We also this year charged a nominal fee for the lunch for the very first time. And not only did we have more participants, we also maintained a waiting list until the till the day of the event. Uh this
is now a known event as we sold out in about 48 hours. Yeah. 48 hours this year. And what that says is that the women in Pasco are eager to gather, to connect, and to support one another.
We have wonderful community partnerships and support that has also grown each year from our very own Commissioner Starky to Rosie Pollson with the state committee uh to Nikki Alvarez Souls who was our keynote in 2024
um and our MC this year. Um as well oh another shot as well as all of the sponsors that you see here. Some are return sponsors from previous years as well. so much support for this event in
particular and our commission. Each year we've recruited speakers and resource partners who can directly address the um uh topics and issues that the women in our community have said are important to them. We've facilitated a
survey after each event to get to know the women we are serving. And with more on that, I'll turn it over to Lauren. All right, I will keep this section brief for you guys, but you'll see um the first year we had about 37 respondents and 47 the second year. And
this year we were able to take it. Um I called Tony and I was like, "We're only at 47 and we had that last year. We need more." So then we called uh Tambry and her team pushed it on social media a couple times. Commissioner Starky's office pushed it out and we hopped up to 85. So that's very exciting.
Okay. So, age demographics, you'll see that um this is trending with the county and kind of our average age is going a little bit down. So, we're pretty high in the 35 to 44 range. And then,
um the race and ethnicity seems to correspond with our um core county demographics as well. This is just individual income for all of the ladies who answered the um questions. So quite a spike in the
ladies uh making over 200,000 this year that responded. So yay them. And then do you have any children under 18? This had a pretty significant increase. So we had about 30 um that said yes under 18 and then 55 said no,
which again they could still have older children. We just didn't ask that one. Okay. So then this one, what is the most impactful challenge or problem that you face in your daily life? So economy and finances. We know that's a struggle nationwide right now. Um we thought it
was very interesting as we were reviewing that there was a significant increase in mental health concerns, time, energy, and motivation, stress. So um that will play into some of the resource partners that we try and bring in throughout the year to um help get those out.
Okay. And then which of the following help rellated challenges impacts you the most? Um you'll see some of the key words are affordable access, flexibility from work, um lack of paid sick leave. So um these are some some big issues
that I know um everyone is facing. So that's why we're going to keep reaching out to Cheryl even though she's trying to leave us. So how responsive do you think your local government is? Um, the majority of them said, "You guys are all pretty responsive." So, that looks good and pretty in line with all the previous
years. If there was one change that could be made in your community that would result in the greatest positive impact on women, what would it be? You'll see that one is um significantly higher than the remaining ones. Cost of living, affordable housing, child care. It's
ongoing trends you guys hear about often. Uh, how familiar were you with the Commission on the Status of Women? So, um, this is pretty on par for um the people who attended the lunch and that were familiar with us. And then you'll see that some were not familiar at all.
Um, so that was probably the people that we sent it to out on social media that had just seen it for the first time. But our name is getting out there and people do know us. Um, again, the man the average price of childare
So that is uh hugely unaffordable responded uh public education system. That one's a little bit um below what we'd like to see, I'm sure. So we have our new superintendent in and we know he's making some changes and moves and we um he we're sad to see Vanessa go on our
commission after today. She's been a great asset, but we are going to be welcoming Tony in um for our next meeting. So then we'll continue to grow that relationship and see how we can help with that. And then this one um leadership roles. So this is just how
women are feeling um do they think that they have equal opportunity to leadership roles? So a lot were unsure on kind of what that meant. A lot also thought maybe they don't and then kind of even keel on the yeses resource guide. You'll see that this is
a part of our future planning um that Jenny will go over in a little bit, but I just wanted to let you guys know that we do have a plan for this. So during the event um we hosted this year, we took the responses from the survey last year and we really thought about the types of partners that we were going to bring in as resource tables in the back
rather than letting sponsors just have tables. So we had our open spaces and vibrant places table that had the public library system, parks and recreation. We had a family leave support table which we had representatives from Danny Burgess and Gus Berakis' office. We had
affordable housing table which had information from the Habitat for Humanity and Pasco County Community Develop Development Resources. Uh we had nutritional uh support with um UFAS, the county extension um and Dubbie's mobile market and her nonprofit um that Nicole
runs as well, Access to Fresh, which helps get that into um additional homes in the area. And then business support, we had Smart Start, which is a part of Pasco EDC's programming for small business support and entrepreneur support. and the office of economic growth. And then we had child and youth
resources with pay center for girls information and the early learning coalition. So there's a couple other ones that are mixed in there in the responses. So what we're going to do is collect some of their brochures that are already existing, put it together in a comprehensive guide, ask Joanna to have
her team make us pretty cover pages for it, and then put it online for everybody. So that is my area. So back to Jenny. getting the microphone in the clicker. So, with all that information about what a great event we had, and I know
Commissioner Starky, you got to attend. Um, it was a packed house. It's sold out. PHSC has been a great space for us over the last three years, but we have outgrown it. Yes, we have. So, we are definitely looking to um out to see
where we can um grow our event. And as we all know, it's a little limited in Pasco County. So, we are eager to try to grow that event. So, we're going to make one request today from you guys if that's okay. But currently, um, our
funds are about $5,000 and we'd like to see if we could increase that by $2,500 in order to offset um the growth of the women uplifting women lunchon event. Um, and those funds would be used to help us
secure a venue, help us to secure um our keynote, help us to secure printing and those kinds of items. And then we'll still work through our sponsors um who have been quite committed to us over the last three years um to offset the cost
for food along with a nominal um buyin fee from the women that attend the lunchon. So, I'd love to hear a motion. I'll make a motion. Second. Thank you. All in favor? I. Great. Thank you guys so much. Now, with that, what are we
going to do next year real quick? So, I just wanted you guys to know that the focus doesn't end when the lunchon ends. So, we're already starting to plan for next year's lunchon. So next year some of the things that we are going to focus on are community engagement
um and visibility support for womenowned businesses um policy and data advocacy and public education and awareness. So the one thing we'd really like to share with you guys today is our big project that we're going to click kick off um at
the beginning of next month. But we're really hopeful Lauren, where's Lauren? This is one of Lauren's babies that we've talked about for a while. We're really hopeful that we'll be able to work with Mike Fasano's office in creating a uh registry for womenowned
businesses. It would help us to capture um womenowned businesses, veteranowned businesses, and we think that data would be crucial in moving forward in the county, not just for the uh status of women, but as a whole when people are um looking to invest and um and make Pasco
home. So, that's something that we're really committed to and I know Commissioner Starky's team um Jenny's here somewhere. Yep. Set down on there. She she has been um so helpful to us and she's agreed to help us look through policies in the best way to execute that
because our goal on the commission um isn't just to meet and and and have a lunchon. Our goal is to push forward. And so, we'd like to lead the way in capturing that data so we can continue to grow as a successful um county. Great job, guys. Thank you so much. So,
without further ado, we just want to thank one person. Yes. Tony has been amazing. We are always so fortunate to have and Tony has not disappointed us. He has been the right hand. Um he's probably
tired of my emails and my text messages, but we wouldn't be able to have pulled off the lunchon, our work plan, and have such a great year for Warren for Tony. So, thank you guys again for allowing us to serve on your behalf. Thanks, Tony. Appreciate it. Great report, ladies.
Sure. Um, we got to do it quick quickly. We had 11:45. makes us look good. All right. Ready? One, two, three. Perfect. All right, we have an 11:45 time certain
the regional planning council. I see Elena's coming up. I see Ren Crawl, the CEO, is also there. Hello and thank you so much. Uh good evening or I guess good morning still afternoon. Uh my name is Alana Todd. I'm
the principal environmental planner with the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. Um, I was born and raised here in the Tampa Bay region. Actually spent part of my life here in Pasco. I went to Northwest Elementary School. Um, but I'm also joined by our executive director, Ren Crawl. And so, thank you so much for
this opportunity to uh share a little bit more about the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and some of the services that we uh have to offer uh you as our member government, Pasco County. Uh so first off I I just want to give a quick shout out to Commissioner Mariano
who is our representative on behalf of Pasco County. Um so thank you Commissioner Mariano for your service and partnership on the TBRPC. Uh so broadly our mission is to serve our citizens and our our member governments by providing a forum to
foster communication, coordination and and collaboration and identifying and addressing needs regionally. Great. So, we are just one of 10 regional planning councils in the state of Florida. We were actually the first to
be formed back in 1962. Um, next slide. And so, our board meets uh six times a year, every other month. Um, and each of our member governments send a representative to those council meetings. Um, and every year the council elects new leadership. So, this year our
chair is Mayor Moini from the city of Duneden. Um, and then our vice chair is Penelis County Commissioner Renee Flowers. And then, uh, Citrus County Commissioner Rebecca Ba is serving as our our secretary treasurer. Um, and then the city of Largo's mayor Woody
Brown is, um, our immediate past chair. So, we uh, serve six counties from Citrus County uh, in the north to Manatee County in the south. Um, and our membership also includes 23 municipalities. Um, in addition to representatives from our 29 member governments, uh, the
council also includes 13 gubinatorial appointees and three exeicio members including the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Southwest Florida Water Management District. So, our focus areas are really
responsive to some of the high priority regional concerns and and those include economic development, emergency preparedness, environmental planning, and resiliency planning. And we I like to think of what we do as as sort of three pillars. Um so the first
is we support um Pasco County through our our regional government liaison program. Uh we also support Pasco through planning support and technical services. That's our second pillar. Um and then we also help to convene our cities and our counties throughout the region to work on issues that affect our
our entire region. So that's our third and and I'll walk you through each one of these pillars and and give you some examples of each. So the first is our government lays on program and and we see that as creating this hive of information in our regional planning agency. Uh that means that all
of our staff work together closely and we think of it as bees in a hive. Um so they make a conscious effort to connect with the communities all over the region and share what they've learned with our whole team. Um and this way everyone gets involved um and we get a broad view
of of what's going on in the region. Uh so through the government leaison program you have a dedicated staff member focused on issues in your community uh looking for ways to support Pasco and your liaison is uh Sarah Vitalale
who is our director of civic technology. So, one uh benefit of working with the TVRPC is that we are a public agency and Pasco County can contract directly with us. Um this eliminates the need to go through some of the procurement process.
Um and so we have some of the services listed on this slide. Uh but we're trained in planning technologies um including geospatial analysis, 3D visualization, and and economic uh modeling. And so our staff completes projects as
we get grant funding. Um I want to take a moment to highlight some of our recent projects to give a full picture of of um how we can support Pasco. So uh first off we have our our project Phoenix. Um and that's been a resource in the region for over 10 years. You may have seen our
video uh enactment of a category 5 hurricane uh hitting the Tampa Bay region. Um and in um the update of this project, we created tabletop exercises for emergency managers to accompany that updated video. Um and then we also
recently completed an economic valuation of Tampa Bay uh which demonstrated the yearly snapshot of the contributions of the Tampa Bay estuary to our regional economy. Um and then back in 2022, our resiliency co coalition and our full
council adopted the first regional resiliency action plan. Um we've already received funding to uh complete two actions that were included in the plan. Um the first is a regional uh regional scale greenhouse gas inventory which will be completed for our clean air
Tampa Bay project which is funded by the environmental protection agency. Another project to highlight is uh the the resilient ready project um which we worked with three local governments to provide technical analyses and some design services for their floodprone uh study areas. Next slide. So another
project I want to highlight that I'm really proud of and we just got the funding to do um is our Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan and we and we just had our kickoff meeting uh the other week. Um so broadly this the coastal master plan will help illustrate flood risks for the region's most vulnerable
communities um and habitats and it'll propose a suite of placebased restoration and structural and non-structural flood risk reduction projects. Um so in essence we're creating a roadmap to guide implementation of flood adaptation projects. Um and we'll be developing
this plan over the next four years. Uh the plan's boundary includes all seven counties within our resiliency coalition. Um, and we'll be looking at flooding both within coastal and inland communities. I was wondering um how that could tie in with our HUD money, but
it's going to take that long. I don't know if we can I don't Jack, you have to pay attention to that on that. Yeah, we try to maybe we try to incorporate some of that stuff now so we can actually look at ideas what we need to go do. Yeah, that's a great idea. And all three all three counties got the money so it would be
wonderful if we could figure out how that can help. Absolutely. Yeah, we're looking for any ideas you have and and working with your staff over and through workg groups over the next four years to develop this plan. And um not sure if you're familiar, but Louisiana has their own coastal master plan. So that's what
we're modeling ours after. They've been able to bring in billions of dollars in funding to implement the projects within their plan. So we're developing this plan, but then we're going to be handing it over to you all to go and implement. I hope it includes protecting Encloak Key because it's washing away and It
certainly can. That's why it's really important that we get you all at at the meetings and then we can make sure to prioritize the areas that that matter to our different communities. Okay. The next project I wanted to highlight is our um resilient shoreline model ordinance template. We got funding
from the department of environmental protection several years back to create this model ordinance template. Um the aim is to ensure that local shorelines are resilient to changing sea levels and tidily influenced flooding through uh to provide community flood protection
benefits but also ensuring the ecological integrity and the resilience of our coastal habitats. So this uh ordinance template think of it as like kind of a choose your own adventure. you you take copy paste whatever you want from this ordinance to incorporate with
within your own core code or um you know your land development regulations or or your comp plan. Um so it introduces three standardized title flood barrier classifications including natural shorelines, hybrid shorelines and hardened shorelines like seaw walls and bulkheads. Um it accounts for future
water levels and sets a uniform minimum height for those barriers at five feet. Um and then it makes way for living shorelines and environmental enhancement so that we can work with nature which is a proven to be an effective um protection method um and at the same
time enhancing water quality and improving uh natural resource benefits. So it also helps to define the appropriate locations for these different title flood barriers and and a hierarchy for their application. Slide. So the third pillar of what we do uh is convening our local governments
and other partners. Um and we have a variety of committees to discuss regional issues and resources. So the first um is our our agency on bay and coastal management and and actually Commissioner Mariano serves on this committee. Um but it's uh over 45 members that we've been convening since
1985. It was the first management entity for Tampa Bay. Um and and we uh convene four times a year to talk about regional environmental issues, especially those impacting Tampa Bay estuary, Sarasota Bay estuary, and then our aquatic preserves. So the next uh committee I
want to highlight is our regional resiliency coalition. Uh this is a much newer coalition, but it allows our local governments to work collaboratively on mitigating current and future uh climate hazards. We also have our storm water management, public education, and training committee. Um we meet several
times a year and and we also provide grants for storm water communication initiatives to member governments in FOD district 7 and Pasco staff have applied and gotten funding from um this this grant. Um I want to say almost every year you guys get some funding from this
grant to do storm water education. So I applaud your efforts. Um and then so as a a requirement of the federal and state law, the TBRPC facilitates the local emergency planning committee, the LAPC, which is charged with facilitating regional hazardous materials emergency
response and compliance with hazardous materials reporting laws in the Tampa Bay region. Um we have several other committees as well. Um I'm curious why you have the Courtney Campbell Trail on there. Yeah. So that um we actually coordinate the Courtney Campbell Scenic
Highway Corridor Advisory Committee. Um it's a several different representatives. We're basically the management entity for that. You are the um we so we have one for the Sun Coast. Uh what is that called? There's a name for it. I used to serve on it. Um yeah,
I don't know if Okay, I know what that is, but it's probably shouldn't be called the Courtney Campbell Trail. should be called the Courtney Campbell Scenic Advisory. Yeah, it's the Courtney Campbell Scenic Highway Corridor Advisory Committee. It's a mouthful, but that's the full
the cork. It's like the cork or the it's got a weird name acronym. It's part of DOT, right? And so basically because the Courtney Campbell got that the scenic highway designation. Um you have to have a one of these advisory committees of different partners to ensure compliance.
We can maintain that designation. So we convene that group. We may need to see what happened to the Sun Coast Highway one. And maybe if because it used to be run um by uh the lady that was a school board member who um retired um that
worked for DOT, I can't remember her name right now from Atlanta Lakes. Um and then Steve Diaz from Hernando. Yeah, Joanne Hurley. So, um I'd be interested to find out what happened to that cork and um see if we need to
maybe it can rest with you guys. Okay, great. Next slide. Oh, one for that. Great. Thank you. Um so, one last thing I wanted to highlight was um a recent uh sort of effort we we did um as part of our our storm water
committee. Um we did storm water stewardship month. So, I worked with uh staff from all around the region uh to highlight the impacts and and of storm water runoff and pollution. Um most residents don't know that storm water
isn't treated before it ends up in our waterways. Um and so we put together this month month-long campaign of educational resources to be shared by our local governments and other partners um to educate residents on what storm water is, why it's important, common
sources of pollutants, and then what they can do about it. Um and so each week we had a themed uh week, whether it was, you know, just highlighting what storm water is or what those common sources of pollutants are. Um, and then
we posted these graphics on our website. Uh, we also made a proclamation template um, for any of our local governments interested in proclaiming May as storm water stewardship month. I think the Penllis County did. I'm pretty sure um, the city of Seinal did as well and a few
of other local governments. We also made a video that we have posted on the website and there's a storm water stewardship pledge available as well. Um, so that is just kind of one example of getting all of our the staff from our local governments together to work on messaging and and what resources we
really need to be creating to help in promoting storm water stewardship and and education. So that is all I have for you today. I'd like to I want to get a copy of that flyer and I'm going to put it in my newsletter. I actually have eight residents I believe in Aristto
taking out their swailes in the back. It's a swift mud issue now and their their storm their runoff is going right into the wetlands there. Um, so we're going to have to get swift mud out there. But can you go back to your about four slides back? Okay. No. Uh, the one
that showed the four I think there were four pillars. Okay. Yep. Right there. Economic valuation of Tampa Bay. Yeah. Um, I'm curious about that one. And um, just uh,
copy of that and wondered, you know, there's such a discussion about density and affordable housing. I wonder if you all have thought of taking up that um discussion for the region.
I know that those are issues that we have definitely discussed density and housing and and we try and bring those to our council meetings, but we also I mentioned we have a comprehensive economic development strategy or SADS and and we're working on creating a committee to help help at implementing that. And so those are definitely issues that would be relevant to that
committee. Yeah, I think that would be a good topic for you all. And I had mentioned to Commissioner Mariano, the guy who used to head up um my committee at Niko, his name is Mike Mike Matthews, is now the um lead guy for the agency
that oversees all the economic development agencies like yours in the country. and he said that the EDA did a no last week for over a billion dollars and that your agency is one of the place one of the agencies that can apply. Yes.
So I are you thinking of applying for a grant? Um I see I see Miss I might have to turn to my director then and I think affordable housing and density and transportation I think that's a great one to convene for the area. So great
job along. Yeah. did a great job. Commissioners, I'm Ren Crawl, um, executive director for the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. Uh, yes, Madam Chair, we we are uh applying for those dollars. We've been on several
calls about the NOFO with EDA. Um, actually, it's been easier to apply through the years. We've had we've taken advantage of these funds because they've been offered regionally before. Now, we're it's more competitive. So, it's nationwide, but we've we have a great
relationship with the EDA. We've done a lot of projects. Project Phoenix, a lot of the ones that Alana mentioned was EDA funding. So, um we are hopeful that we're going to keep those dollars uh in our region, right? Absolutely. I know he said that
there um the sooner you get it in the better because they're rolling they're rolling them out. It's like$1.3 billion dollars. So, it's pretty big pretty big notice of funding opportunity. Uh, Commissioner Jagger, I was wondering if I could get a copy of the flyer as well.
I'm having an event on Saturday and we're doing an overall cleanup, so I would love to have that information to Absolutely. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Commissioner Starky, can I share something with you real quick? I brought it I thought I would catch you before the meeting. Does anyone else have any
questions while while she's getting there? I just say Alana, great job. We were at the last meeting there and I says I need you to come up here to talk to us. Um it was the previous year two years ago now we were trying to look on baffle boxes. We talked about them etc
how it treats water going in and uh Alana was phenomenally helpful because Tampa Echie which I'm actually chairing now um had a certain group that got to deal with the bay. It's got to all the it's got if it doesn't touch the bay you can't use any funding. Well, she was so
creative. We got to the idea of Lexi, let's go partner with the regional planning council and the US Drury. So that eight 8.5 million plus dollars, half of it still available for the counties. Nice. So I know Ren, I used to have Harry Fur a rep. Now I got Sarah. But I would tell you for the next year
or two, I would really like to stick with Alana. Let us go work together on this. I've got Anthony Thomas in the back here. I got Terry Petus over there for the things that we've got done to like try to get these projects moving and going forward. I think it'd be a great help for us. Absolutely. And uh
with Sarah, I just have to point out that we've got u we've got a lot of expertise on board, but now we have Sarah as well who is going to be really diving into what we're calling civic technology. So there we're we have the best software, best computers that I
have no clue how to work, but they do. And so we for example we can uh let's say you want to build a new city hall somewhere. Uh we have the capability of going on to a QR code. You can take a QR
code and go out to that piece of property, look through your phone and there's the building. And so it's in it's your citizens can actually see what your zoning is going to look like, what new codes might look like. Uh so that's some great technology that we have
available and this is available to you uh anytime as a member of the council. Well, great R. I'm looking to forward to working with both of them. But we'll we'll keep Alana. You know how to find No, I tell you you got a great team down there. Great stuff. So, thank you. Thank
you. Um we were cleaning out the council library. Yes. And I believe uh Jay Starky is your family. Yes. That's a book that's um Swift published. Next time I see you, I'm gonna share that. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Ren. Thank you for making the trip as well. Great presentation. And if you would share all those presentations, too, so they can get a view of everything we're doing. So, we need we need some of those emailed up. And um I see David is walking out to to speak with her. All right. So, we're going to break for
lunch and we'll see you back here at 1:30. County waterways and wildlife depend on you to keep them healthy. Excess fertilizer. Part: 2
That's believe it at all. Where's Where's Where's that table right there? I know. Pull the G. Let's go. Yep. Let's go. Um, does anyone know where our county administrator is?
We can do it without him. I don't think he counts on the vote. That's right. We can go. We can go. Let's go. I'll just call him and then I'll go for it. Good afternoon and welcome to the afternoon session of the board of uh nope Terry board of county commissioners
meeting. Um we did not please silence your cell phones if you have not done so. We did not finish um this morning and the consultants that are on that deal have some issues. So, we're going to pull that up first real quick. So, um this is going to be
whatever it was R 53. R 53. Come on up. Consuel. Thank you. Good afternoon everybody. My name is Consuel Sanchez. Sorry. I'm the tourism deputy director for Pasco County and
today I'm going to be presenting the award of the beat for the invitation to negotiate for the Wild Grass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County and future expansion. I'm going to start with a little bit of
background information for some of of our newest commissioners. So the Wild Grass Ranch Sports Campus is the result of over 20 years of county efforts in order to build a multi-purpose event facility.
I included as part of the presentation some of the milestones that the county achieved. But I'm going to start in 2017 when the county approved the agreement with Ratsports, the former operator, and increase the county's tourist
development tax from 2% to 4% in order to be able to cover for the bond for this facility. In 2020, we had the grand opening for phase one, which is the indoor facility, 98,000 square feet of
indoor space. Unfortunately, the relationship didn't work as expected with the former operator. So, in 2023, we went over mediation. In 2024, we release a new ITN, which is
the invitation to negotiate for a new operator of this facility and for potential investors to develop the available land. This is the facility I'm presenting today. So we have 98,000 square feet of
indoor space. We have eight basketball courts or 16 volleyball courts is become a national and international venue for a sports event. We recently opened five additional multi-purpose fields.
The investment has been mainly from the tourist development tax. So you can see that originally we put $11 million for the bond, $15 million for phase one. Phase two, which is the additional five multi-purpose fields, we got a bond for
$10.5 million. And we got additional expenses for $1.3 million uh in order to cover a shortfall from the original construction. The public investment total $37 million. And we also got
private investment through a hotel on site. That total $19 million. So the full project is over $56 million. The invitation to negotiate. So we work for almost one year with purchasing
putting all the pieces together also with the county attorney's office trying to find out the best way to present this uh procurement process because we had failed already with the former operator. So we came up with the structure of the
invitation to negotiate which allows proponents to basically present proposals. We tell them the basic information and what we would like to achieve but they let us know how to get there. So project A was to seek for
proposers for the management, operations and maintenance of our current amenities which basically were phase one and two including the indoor facility, the two lawn fields and the five multi-purpose
fields. Project B is to seek for proposer to invest and develop the available land which is phase three. And project C would give the option to any vendors to actually propose A and B in
just one proposal. So the county started the process. They released on June 14 last year the documents for the ITN. Um we received four proposals but three of them seemed to be unresponsive. Only a sport
facilities companies was found to be responsive. So sport facilities companies was founded in 2003. I've been in this industry for 10 years already attending national and international events and I get to see them everywhere I go. They have great
presence over 2500 members across the country. They managed 90 venues all of them esports tourism facilities. They have great experience and they submitted proposals for project A meaning maintenance, operations and management
of the um current amenities and project C which is a mix of project A with potential investment. I'm going to be presenting the key terms of this agreement. So, we negotiated a
10-year agreement with the option to autorenew for up to four five additional terms. The initial financial commitment from the county is $500,000 because that's going to be used in order
to obsess offset any shortfalls. management fee, and this is where it gets to start really interesting, is going to be $18,000 a month. However, the county doesn't need to pay for that fee. What we're going to achieve with
this agreement is that SFC is going to take on the financial responsibility for the venue. Meaning that they are going to be managing an operation operational account where they're going to be responsible for all the revenue as well for the expenses and they're going to
pay themselves out of that account. the facility floor resurfacing reimbursement. That is something that we have to do regardless of who has control over the venue because this venue was open in 2020 and we have been very
successful hosting national and regional events plus some local programming. So the floor needs to be resurfaced. That's an additional expense of $250,000 that we're building into this agreement. With that we will be able to reimburse
SFC for that expense. We are planning to start operations with SFC taking over the facilities management operations in maintenance maintenance on August 1. That's the way that we are going to try and work it
out. However, if the agreement is approved today, we're going to start a transition with parks and recreation and the destination management organization. The staff that is working on site at the wiregrass is going to transition into
SFC. Just the main staff as part of the agreement, we included an exhibit that includes the people who will be moved under SFC. This is something really huge for the county. Right now, we don't have any kind of capital reserve funding for this
facility. Through negotiations, SFC agreed to allocate 5% of gross revenue, not net, which is huge for us because within the next five years, we're going to be able to build almost $1 million in
capital reserves for this facility. Infrastructure investment Sport facilities company is proposing to convert the two lawn fields into artificial torf which is going to
provide us the opportunity to bring additional events because right now those two fields are not at tournament level therefore we cannot use them for tournaments room night generation. So we learn from
our mistakes. This time we actually have in the contract some language that requires SFC to generate at least 30,000 room nights in Pasco County hotels annually. Annually. Yes, ma'am. Then the
feasibility study. This is something really important because the county doesn't have that right now for the development of the additional land. So they're going to have six months in order to run the due diligence and come up with the feasibility studies for the
available land that we have at the sports campus. Takeover date, as I mentioned before, is going to be August 1st, 2025. Our investment is a one-time payment of $500,000
which is going to be used for SFC in order to cover potential operational expenses such as payroll, utilities, maintenance, and any other expense that they need to go through during this transition. and the $250,000
that I mentioned before that are needed in order to be able to resurface the floors of the gyms. The funding source is tourist development tax. So, we're not affecting the general fund. the return on investment.
You can clearly see that uh SFC is going to invest immediately between two to3 million into the artic artificial to for the two loan fields. But more importantly, we're going to have the capital reserves contribution which is
the 5%. Let's think for a moment. Even if we remove the $2 million for the investment, we're going to be able to recover what we're investing today in less than five years because SFC is taking over all the expenses for this
facility. The recommended board action today is to approve the agreement with SFC for the management, operations, and maintenance of the Wildgrass Ranching Sports Campus. Any questions?
Commissioner Mar, thank you. U, one of the things we talked about is parking out there. Parking is an issue now, never mind if it gets even busier. Why isn't this part of the proposal and why isn't it included in there as far as dealing with that issue? Yes, sir. It
was part of the proposal actually. So again, I'm going to go back to the projects. Project A, project B. Project B open the option for any vendors and I understand that purchasing sent that proposal or debate to over 7800 vendors
across the country. We only got one proposal that included parking and SFC proposal. So it is there. However, the county didn't provide any kind of feasibility studies. They're running that study within six months in order to
be able to move forward with this investment includes additional parking and also includes five additional multi-purpose fields. Okay. So, how many years ago did we do red sports? We had red sports on contract what, five years
or so. Oh, it was three years. Three years. Okay. And then we had to pay them off. How much do we have to pay for that? $3 million. Is that all paid off yet or we still paying that off? We're still paying that. Okay. So, we're going to finish in 27. So, I'm going to remind the board we made the decision and I thought it was rushed. Uh people were
worried about not doing things quick enough. When we rushed that decision, we put ourselves in a bad spot. We couldn't guarantee the roommates. We couldn't put ourselves in a a good firm position what we're going to do with it. And because of that, we were locked in the contract and we end up buying them out. And we're
still paying that debt. You saw all the money. I didn't see that accounted in for the money we're paying. I don't want to see us jump into something else. Right now, the facility is fantastic. And I want to tell you, our parks team is doing a phenomenal job since they took it over. Room nights are up. Consuel, you did a phenomenal job with
it. Thank you. I mean, what you did to bring those people in just like you said you would working with Keith, the team, phenomenal. So, we know the thing's running good. It's not costing us a lot of money to go. I I will tell you the the park is still a big issue, though. when you have any event down there and
if we're not going to deal with the biggest issue we have in that park, I don't think we need two artificial fields. Number one, and if you have an artificial surface field that's low and you need artificial turface, if you don't do that properly, which is raising the field up, you're going to get an unusable field
there as well and have other issues. So, I mean, if we need to rebuild the field, let's rebuild the field. But if you're going to have five fields of grass and two artificial, you're not going to have any extra tournaments there anyway. uh just because I know I do my due diligence after we met last time. That
was a great point, Commissioner. So, my team actually reach out to several outdoor event organizers, including football, lacrosse, kickball, and soccer. And we actually run a little survey to see if they were be willing to
actually come and play and mix um tours. So, they were completely fine with that. One of them out of nine that we received responses said that they would prefer all of them natural grass. But all of them were actually willing and actually
very accepting of the fact that we would have two different kind of um turf, the natural and the artificial. Yeah. I mean, as far as my I'm concerned, if anybody's had their kids play in artificial turf, it gets hot in Florida like you can't believe. And I mean, I got people in the audience that are
nodding their head right now. I know who's that plays soccer. I've coached my I don't coach my kids. I was with my kids and the temperatures were unbearable. Um I know they had a great complex complex up in Altimont Springs that does very well. It's all artificial turf. They use multipurpose things, but
again if you're going to have five of one surface and then two of another. If you the fields aren't built right, let's go build them right. But again, back to the parking, back to the agreement. Um how many rooms this year have you generated? 21,000.
21,000 for the whole previous year. Yes. Fiscal year. How how how far are you now? How how you how are you tracking this year? Oh, I think that we're right now in track to achieve the same number. Uh I
don't think it's going to be higher because we always are going to have a slow season which is basically summertime all the way through November. So we already lock a bunch of events before. So, we're targeting the same amount of room nights this year. Um,
when it comes to the use of the outdoor fields, we have been a little bit slow because we have a lack of multiple amenities that have been preventing us from bringing additional events. So, we have the concession stand, but it's just
a shell. We don't have any equipment, which is also part of the agreement. SFC is gonna actually move forward purchasing all the equipment that we need in order to be able to bring these tournaments in town. So, if I'm going to try to go hire someone to do this whole project and these guys won't invest
their money in, I'm not sure they're going to put their money in and not expect to get it back if in fact somebody else comes in because they didn't want the park garage and now we're going to entangle another contract that could cost me another $3 million or more because of the investments they're going to put in. So, Commissioner, we address that. The county is making a
huge investment, $500,000 upfront in order to move forward with this agreement. So if you review the ITN, the $2 million or $3 million investment for the artificial torf, it was not part of the original proposal.
That's something that they offer in order to show good faith and their long-term commitment to keep this facility state-of-the-art for tournament. So based on the agreement, there is nothing in the agreement that
requires the county to pay back SFC if we terminate the agreement. Meaning that if that is the case and we end up terminating the agreement, which is something that I want to clarify also because we didn't have this in the past with Ratsports, we can terminate the
agreement by convenience any time as long as we provide a 12 month written notice also. They can do the same. So that means that we are not in any obligation in order to pay back that investment and this is good because it's an additional motivation for SFC in
order to keep the relationship going with Pasco County. I don't think they want to forfeit $2 million. I'm going to say we were pretty well assured too with RAD sports that we wouldn't have to worry about if we're going to end the contract and the contract and that did not turn out to be the case. So I don't trust that statement. But my my thinking
is this. if I've got to go do a agreement on and they they know that we do a feasibility agreement. That's part of the reason they don't want to sign with the with with the parking garage because no feasibility has been done. I think what's wisest for the board to do is to go do the feasibility study. Put a
pause on this if you want. Do the feasibility study and then let's go negotiate from there. But until that feasibility is done, I think if you go put all that money into it, if they go put all that money into it, our money too, and then this doesn't work, then what do we got? You got another disaster. I just have a comment. So
remind us how many other organizations they have throughout the country. 90 venues that they're managing throughout the country, right? Yes ma'am. And sir, to your comment, this is what I'm thinking. I think that
if we go back, we will need to start over from a scratch because we don't have the feasibility study. just the procurement process to go over to get the consultant to run the feasibility studies going to take about six months. They have six months right now in order
to run those feasibility studies at no cost for the county. Um I have a question but let me ask if you have any questions. I don't have a question without statements but you can go ahead. Um on the parking on the
parking issue. Um so are you saying we're going to do a phys feasibility study to look at a parking garage? Yes, ma'am. Actually, that was part of the proposal that SFC submitted includes a parking garage
because they understand the need. So I don't really know how far away this is from the parking garages that JD Porter is going to build that we're helping with. David's over there, but I think this is somewhat near. So, not sure. But
that parking garage, I mean, we should make it a paying parking garage, right? So, people pay to park and then we That's going to be how they're going to recover the investment. Yes, ma'am. 100%. Um, yeah, I I have faith in this
company. N 90 venues um across the country. I This is in their backyard because they're a local company. I I feel pretty good about this deal personally. I I just can I add to just what you're saying is that also I think easily we'll get to the 30,000 nights
due to them marketing their product and this is something that I appreciate commissioners Mariano faith in me because I know that you trust me but unfortunately and even with all the relationships that I have been building over the last 10 years nationally and
internationally I don't have the outreach that these guys have just because They can move or rotate all kind of tournaments around because they have that leverage. I don't have it. Yeah. Commissioner Oakley.
No, I do. Sure. Okay. Uh, Commissioner Mariana. No, I'm just I'm just glad to finally see this this project coming back into compliance. It's been a long time coming. U, parking is an issue, something that we've explored extensively. what are we 28 23 to
$28,000 per per lot right when we go vertical. Um, my understanding is as as the program evolves and get gets back on track and with other stakeholders within the overall footprint of Wiregrass,
um, I I I feel we've had some very positive conversations about uh a a parking garage somewhere someway. Uh, Legacy is not not very far away. Um, they're going to be complimentary to each other. So, uh, for the county to to
get this off its books, Keith, your your team, Kathy, your team's done a great job in the interim running the facility and and keeping things stabilized. But it'll be good good to have private operator back in operating it and and then again saving what the tourist development tax, 18 grand a month,
getting that off your off your bankroll. Uh, I'm sure that'll add some relief to you guys and and then, you know, start growing that fund again. So, I'm supportive of this of this project or this uh this proposal here today and we move on to the next chapter of the
sports campus. Rich. Yeah. And I and I'll say I have nothing but good things to say about the company as well. No animosity whatsoever. I think they do a great job etc. The problem I have with the deal back to it again is the biggest issue we have out there is parking. We're not
addressing the parking and if the RFP process wasn't done the way it should have been to be done so be it. they in RAD in in uh this company also says that the feasibility study needs to be done. I think I'd be I'd be happy continuing until that feasibility is done and then
negotiate that and look at as one shot because if you're going to tell me that someone's going to go spend 1.4 million for two artificial turf fields which don't gel with the rest of it, there's an issue there because I know they're going to want to get their money back. So that means either they're not going to improve the fields or they're going to improve the fields. You know, do you
think if anybody thinks they're going to put up 1.4 4 million to do these fields and not expect to get the money back if they don't get the contract renewed and extended out. I I think I think you're going to have an issue with it. I mean, just like with Rad Sports, I also want to mention, sir, that if you look at the
history of these guys, they have really good reputation for long-term partnerships. So, I truly don't think that they would be investing two or three million dollars if that were the case. But more importantly, I go with what the agreement says. One, two, we
already went through the experience with Ratports that left us a lot of good knowledge and we actually applied all that knowledge dos and don'ts into this agreement. We didn't enro this agreement whatsoever. Commissioner Wayman knows
that that we took our time. We hire external outside consult and we hire the person who leads a sports tourism facilities in the country as our consultant in order to be able with us
reviewing not only the ITM terms but also all the terms of the agreement. So it's not something that we're coming up with. We have worked very diligently towards this agreement countless hours. Not to mention that we gathered different departments from the county.
We had insight from OM. We had insight from facilities. We had insight from parks and recreation who has done an amazing job operating the facility also from the DMO and our assistant county administrator. So, it's something that we didn't rush whatsoever. We took our
time. We learn from our past mistakes and we put everything together counting with professional counsel that make sure to cover the county's back. Well, I'll say this with the council with the purchasing part. If parking is such an issue and it's still going to be an issue and you didn't address it and not
you, but if it wasn't done the RFP process, then we haven't done it the proper way or the best way possible. Now, you're gonna have to do another contract and and renegotiate again. I think we should do it all up front. I just have one comment. Yep. So to maybe solve your turf issue, we could just
make two travel ball baseball fields because that would bring in a ton of money. Just saying we're lacking in travel ball fields. So the chair to to the parking garage. Look, hindsight being 2020 on this when this
facil when the county designed this facility, I think the county, knowing what we know now, I think the facility is too small. We un we we built it too small and the county probably should have looked
longer term in building a better parking design. And all this was done obviously before prices went through the roof. To put the onus on any potential operator to solve the parking problem when the county designed the facility initially, the
parking and the and the facility space. I don't know if there'd be any biders if it was going to be a full requirement right out of the gate just knowing how expensive parking garages are. And then we're asking a private provider to come
in and solve many problems for us. But then the parking problem, which has a huge financial price tag, a huge price tag on to get it done. You know, it it um I just think there has to be a balance there. And I'm
confident that time time and if the if the if the relationship works out uh in the way that we're seemingly hopeful it will then system and and the markets and the success of that building I think
would lead to a better opportunity for for for parking. But I think we need the fields before the parking. I think we can figure out parking ride shares drop offs in the meantime. People are kind of accustomed to the parking headache there. I'm not accepting that, but it is
the nature of the situation today. Um, but I think we need to move forward and and and and bring a crew in to to keep building the brand and as it's building, keep leaning on them in partnership with the county to figure out the parking
problem because it's no secret parking's a challenge. But we need the field trees done first, I think, for the parking and then, you know, work towards parking as as soon as possible. I I today I think if we could go back in and redesign that facility, I think it would be designed
probably pretty different, right? So, um I'll leave it at that. Go ahead. Kathy Pearson, assistant county administrator of public services. So, couple of comments from myself. I was one of the leery ones going into this um in the beginning to be honest with you. But as
we have dug and studied and learned and gathered all that information, I am very for this elite company to be taking it over. We cannot compare this company to Rad Sports. It's totally different. This is their business. This is their
expertise. But I really want to publicly thanks Keith Wy and the team at the Wy Grass complex for the months that they took over this, the years that they took over this, the work and the heart, sweat, and tears that they did to keep this facility alive. And to this lady
next to me, you won't find a more tenacious, ferocious lady that knows how to negotiate, knows how to get things done. So I just want to publicly thank um you can swallow and Keith and the committee. We really learned a lot through this process and I am confident
we will solve this parking issue. We did do the right RFP. We did A, we did B, we did C. Thank you to Carrie for all of that. We've had no bids on it. So, I mean, that's how it is. That's how it is. But I'm sure we will get to that, Jack. I'm sure we will. Well, you you
say you we did it right, but again, we don't have we've got one bidder. How many times you throw a contract? You have only one bidder. So, it's a very tough thing to bid on anyway. And maybe they just look at maybe I can't do maybe I can't do more notes. Look, if they've done a great job at 21,000 units a year and now we're going to go to 30,000
units a year as far as like hotel nights and you don't have the parking to get any more fields out there, it's going to be a mess going on and maybe people walked away from it. But even this company, and by the way, I heard all the great things about Rad Sports when they were coming in too, how awesome they were. Everybody backed them up from the
chamber, porters, the world, everybody loved Rad Sports and look what we ended up with. What I'm what I'm saying is if they this company coming in even says you need to do a feasibility study and you haven't done that, you can tell me you think you did a good job as far as getting the ARP setup, but there's a
flaw in they even exposed it. So don't tell me it's a perfect setup because if you get one bidder, then something's wrong and they even say you need a phys feasibility study. How many did we have download? So I understand and Carrie I don't know if you're here but this was
sent to over 7800 vendors across the country and again commissioner we splited so we were not making mandatory for any vendors to submit just one bit for the operations or the investment they had the option to submit for
project B which was only development and investment for the available land. So, I'll say just one more thing to this. If you had if we had done it with the RFP where it had to be park and had to be addressed and you had the feasibility study that ahead of time like this company suggests we do, maybe you would
have got more biders. But because it was incomplete, people looked at it and says maybe I don't want to mess with that. Sir, I have to clarify something. The original draft ITN, we were making it mandatory to include a proposal for the parking garage. However, we got comments
back from the county attorney's office saying that that was very restrictive. So, they asked us to make it optional, which even with being optional, SFC submitted that as part of the proposal. Commissioner Oakley, are we are we
working on a parking garage for this facility? Now, they're going to start working. They have six months in order to run the feasibility studies which is going to include the parking garage and five additional multi-purpose fields. Okay. And that's the new management
company we're asking to go into contract with. Yes. Um yes, sir. They're going to do it. And this is the good thing about the deal. Even if things wouldn't work out to move forward with the parking garage, we have saved the county not
only dollars running the feasibility study, but also time because if we start from scratch again, we're going to have to start with the procurement process to try and get a consultant to run those feasibility studies. They're ready
already and they have six months to get those studies done. Okay. Um, on the parking, is there a empty land around it that um we can shuttle people there in the meantime?
She's my assistant. Actually, I'm her assistant, too. Keith Wy, director of parks, recreation, natural resource. There is an 18 acre parcel that is due north of the existing facility. uh that is what we call the undeveloped parcel of land. So we can
accommodate we could get a golf cart and shuttle people and so um I don't want to get too you know go off on a tangent but um you know the the facility was under construction when we were doing the athletic uh field ads and so now that that is completed there we can use the
undeveloped parcels right now as overflow but it is a it's a bit of a walk but in the last year that was unavailable so I think the parking complaints were elevated because of the construction that was occurring on site not to say that we don't need parking I, you know, I definitely know that we do.
Um, but yeah, there's there's that 18 acres. Well, that's a good problem. If we need parking, that means we're being successful, right? People want to be there. Yes. Correct. Okay. Thank you. Any additional questions? Does the applicant want to speak or Eric, did you want to speak?
Yes. Eric Sullivan, uh, founding partner of Sports Facilities Companies. Uh I just want to share we are really excited about this opportunity. We've been working uh diligently with Consuelo and with Keith and with the team to understand everything that's working, things that have the opportunity to be improved upon. Parking certainly has
been one of the challenges. Um it does us no good to not have convenient and adequate parking. So I do believe what Keith shared recently with construction of the outdoor fields that displaced some of what was the overflow parking pre previously in place. Uh we have full
intention of solving the parking solution as part of what was phase uh excuse me part C of the ITN. We have proposals from multiple uh parking garage developers, the builders of these things. Uh two out of the three are
local here in the Tampa Bay region and it's going to be the number one priority we address uh assuming we get the opportunity to coming out of today. Excellent. Okay. Um this it's not a public hearing kind of item. It's a to the board. I'm
going to go back to the motion. the motion. We have multiple um motions today, but the main one is to approve the award of the bid number ITN G524113 to Wild Grass Ranch SFM, which is the
name of the company for the management, operations, and maintenance and for the potential of the future expansion of the available land for 700 $75,000. I'm sorry my English, you know. You better
750. Yeah. Um All right. We're going to delegate to the county administrator. Are these independent votes? Motions of votes? No. You can you can combine these
into one one. This one, two, and three would be the staff's recommended motion for the board to thank. All right. I'll move to approve. Second. Um, one, two, and three together. Okay. All in favor? I. All opposed? N. Okay. So, that motion
passed. Thank you. All right. Congratulations. Whoops. Okay. Now, we will move on to our public hearing. And we have quite a few continuences here. So P-54.
Okay, sorry about that. P-54 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times on April 30th, 2025. McDonald's planning development economic growth department. Uh item P54 is PD250013.
This is an ordinance amending the Pasco County comprehensive plan um known as the Arola town home project. This is recommended to be a continuence to the August 19, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting in Newport Richie
at 1:30 p.m. Move to continue time. Second. All in favor? I see. Is this roll call Jeff? Uh, continuences. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Okay. P55.
All right. P55 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times February 5th, 2025. Item P-55 is PDE250054. This is an ordinance amending the Paso County Comprehensive Plan uh for a project known as the Little Road PD located at Little Road and Jasmine
Boulevard. Uh this item is being recommended for a continuence to the August 19, 2025 Port County Commissioners meeting in Newport Rich at 1:30 p.m. Move to continue time certain. Second. All in favor? I I All right. P56.
P-56 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times March 5th, 2025. Item P-56 is actually the companion to item P60 on the agenda. This item is an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners uh amending the Pasco County Land
Development Code uh amending section 1001 docks and seaw walls. Uh however, this item is the adoption hearing that we are requesting continuence to the August 19, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting. So, so because of the continuences of
the this item, the two hearings ended up on the same agenda. So, 56 you can't take action on. It needs to be continued because the first hearing is shown as number 60 on the but you think that'll be confusing to people that they see
that it's being continued and maybe wanted to speak to this. that shows they're here number 60 is the is the item that is the action item on your agenda. So move to continue time certain on P56. Second. Second. All in favor? I
I So we have individuals signed up for P-56. We can ask them if they want to speak when we get to P60. It's advertised as continuance. We continue. They can wait and talk about the next item hang on a second. P60 is your first reading of that
ordinance. We have people signed up to speak to P-56. Then I would suggest that they speak to P60 then. Yeah. And since it was advertised as a continuous That's right. Okay. P57. Thank you. Uh P57 was advertised in
Tampa Bay Times June 4th, 2025. Item P-57 is PD250124. This is an ordinance amending the Pasco County ordinance number 21-18 expanding the boundaries of the Conerton East Community Development District pursuant to chapter 190 Florida statutes
providing for miscellaneous provisions providing for an effective date. This comes to you with the recommendation to adopt the ordinance by roll call vote. Um Terry, can you uh put the map up please? Because I want to discuss what I was texting there. And um yeah, I have a couple questions
on Conor. Well, Madam Chair, I don't know if it's has it in my district, but that Conor, I believe, would be in district two. That's correct. District two. Okay. So, we'll need to address that as well.
Maybe maybe in the in the motion. Um, so well, what I asked you about was where where is the orange belt trail shown on this map? The It it I hope that comes after the call your Parkway extension
through this project. Right, Mike? This is a map of the CDD boundaries. I know, but we're expanding it right over here along Aaron Cutoff. Is is that hatched area the expansion? Yes. Isn't that a long Aaron Cutoff?
That's on the That would be on the east side of Aaron Cutoff. Okay. So where is the orange belt trail along Aaron? The orange belt trail is coming up Aaron Cutoff. So what I'm asking is where is it on this map. So I know that we've protected that that very important piece
of land. I don't know if it's on the east side or the west side. It is I mean I I don't know. I was going to Brandford. Do you have Panos running from engineering services? I know they're doing a feasibility study for it. members of the board contest assistant
county engineer as you approved earlier uh there is a route study going it's going to be for collier parkway extension that uh stud is going to consider the location what's that got to do with this one caller parkway extension is going to follow alignment
either over the air cutoff or parallel to cutoff and it's going to be a multi-lane uh roadway which is going to have also the available right of way for the orange belt trail. So, at this time, we don't know which side is going to go,
but it's going to be on most likely on the extension of Kier Parkway. Well, how does that work when we're going through the park there? The trail goes through Cypress Creek. I just I don't know that area real well. So, I mean, the route goes through from Aaron Cutoff
through the park and up to Central Pasco Employment, right? That's one of the alignments. Yes. You're talking about the Wellfield the Yes. Yes. That's one of the alignments right now. I've never seen the other alignment. So I Right now there is a PD&E study going on for the
Orange Belt Trail which they're going to come the consultant and the study team is going to come in front of you to present the alignments and the alternatives for your approval of the recommended alignment. That's not happened yet. So that's probably is going to be happening within the next
four to five months. So the the rout study which we will be doing will adopt whatever recommendation is from the PDN study. Um, can you show me where Call Your Park is on that? Because I Yeah, I think
Madam Chair, if if you guys show the chair where the the Carer Parkway extension, the rideway is on the southmost segments of the south piece and the north run. That I think would be a helpful visual.
So that's going to catch up with Aaron Cuddle. So there's that right. Yes. So there's two segments of the CER Parkway extension. There's a south piece and then the north piece which we approved the study today from Parkway North to 52. So I wish they had a map that it would
show that run and it pop out right at Aaron call 52. So essentially cutting you would be able to get into the wellfields as your I just need to state here before here it is. And is Rebecca here who's in charge of
all of this? Okay. So, where's Collier? See the dotted black and white dotted line chair. So, the the north extension there you go. It's going right through Con. So, this is a Collier Parkway extension. That's the dotted line. It's
a vision road on the map. And then out here is Aaron Cutoff. That's the solid black line right around this location about this area. I can't see very well from where I'm at. Right right around here, the two roads come very closely together. And there's a likely
possibility, which is what Bonos was referring to, that rather than having uh one v one vision road or two vision roads rather in the same location, that one big road take place in this zone here all the way up to 52. Well, yeah, but the trail cuts the trail cuts
through the park. Um what where does the trail cuts into the park well below the shooting range? Oh chair. So because
you don't want them the park. So Terry, we've had how many meetings on this? So what you're recalling station road as the park. Oh, you're talking cutting there. The trail cut is on Pump Station Road. Okay. So So the park south of So
you're not referring to the previous what was going to be a park in Conton that got swapped to go to a different location. I don't I don't know anything about what's going on Conton. That's my next question. All right. Um but if you if you would go s move this map, Madam
Chairman, if I can. This is a CDD expansion which is a finan financing. Okay. I didn't realize it was CP which is not going to approve any additional development for Connor that they already don't have. Okay. But just so you guys know it it comes in over here pumps
somewhere here on pump station road I think that's where it is. All right. Um so I do have a question on on Connor but we'll but I do want to meet with you on that. I didn't know anything about the Collier Parkway. Um where is the downtown of Connor?
It's supposed to be like the downtown Atlanta Lakes. It is coming eventually public comment. Okay. Thanks. Somewhere that little p just the southern part there. It's hard to see. Um but yeah, so the downtown Conertton
is generally in this location here. there's some activity planned for this area as well. So, it's generally in this location. Okay. So, it's it's not a walkable TND, but it was going to be downtown. It is. It's just in two
different areas. Okay. All right. This is a public hearing. Does any want to speak to the CDD expansion boundary? Okay. See, no one move approval. Second. All in favor? I roll call vote. Oh, I'm
sorry. It isn't right. District one, Commissioner Oakley. Hi. District two, Commissioner Waitman. Hi. District four, Commissioner Joerger. Hi. District five, Commissioner Mariano. Hi. District three, Chairman Stury. Hi. Okay. P58.
P58 was advertised in the business observer May 21st, May 28, June 4th, and June 11th, 2025. It item P58 is other CD. Yes. Item P-58 is PD250150.
This is an ordinance establishing the Blackville Community Development District pursuit to chapter 190, Florida statutes, providing for authority and power of the district, providing for powers and duties of the district, providing for the board of supervisors of the district, providing for the district budget, providing for functions of the district, providing for
miscellaneous provisions, providing for an effective date. This comes to you with the recommendation to adopt the ordinance by roll call vote. All right. Uh, this is a public hearing. Does anyone want to speak against this either way but or for it but
see? This is an ordinance. Uh, all in favor? Oh, no. I'm sorry. It's roll call vote. Go. District one, Commissioner Oakley. I. District two, Commissioner Waitman. District four, Commissioner Joerger. Hi. District five, Commissioner Mariano. Hi. District three, Chairman Starky. Hi.
All right, we've got another CDD district P P59 was uh advertised in the business observer May 30th, 2025. And item P59 is PD250176. This is an ordinance amending Pasco
County ordinance number 22-39 contracting the boundaries of the Dearbrook Community Development District pursuant to chapter 190 Florida statutes providing for miscellaneous provisions providing for an effective date. This comes to you with a recommendation to adopt the ordinance by roll call vote.
Okay. It's not very often we get a contraction. Um does anyone wish to speak to this item? Seeing no one move approval. All in favor? I roll call. District one. Commissioner Oakley. Hi.
District two commissioner Weightman. Hi. District four commissioner Jerger. Hi. District five commissioner Mariano. Hi. District three chairman Stury. Hi. All right. P60. All right. P60 was advertised in the
Tampa Bay Times, March 5th, 2025. Item P60 is PTE250135. This is an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners amending the Paso County Land Development Code amending section 101 docks and seaw walls. Section 101.1 intent and purpose.
Section 101.4 visibility. Section 101.5 maximum projection and location of docks and seaw walls creating section 101.6 boat lift canopies appendix A definitions and other sections as necessary for internal consistency providing for applicability repealer providing for severability inclusion
into land development code in an effective date. Revised Xparty documents were submitted to the clerk's office as well as a late exarty communication that was received was also sent to the clerk's office. Um Mandela Hill, principal planner with planning services
will be presenting this item. Good afternoon, commissioners. Amanda, Planning, Development, and Economic Growth. Planning, Development, and Economic Growth was instructed to bring forward this item for consideration. The purpose of this presentation is to provide details on the intent, history, and
proposed changes to section 1001 of the land development code. The intent of the ordinance update is to read text changes to the Pasco County Land Development Code, which were invalidated by the circuit court for Pasco County Civil Division in 2023. It
is also to provide standards on boat can be. I'm going to provide a brief history of the ordinance. So back in 2012, section 1001 docks and seaw walls was created that was based off of the adoption of the restated land development code and
that moved that previous dock ordinance into that land development code. In 2017, there was a board workshop to discuss among other items whether or not to continue to prohibit roofs over docks. The direction provided by the board at that time was to move forward
with an ordinance allowing roofs and other similar coverings over docks on privatelyowned lakes. Fast forward to 2019, ordinance 19-12 was adopted by the board allowing roofs and other similar coverings over docks on privately owned lakes.
In 2021, there was a board discussion that resulted in the decision to abandon the previous direction that the board wished to proceed with an amendment to the land development code to allow covers over docks. And then 2023, that previous invalidation that I mentioned
um of ordinance 19-12 by the circuit court, and that was through a motion for partial summary judgement, and covers are currently prohibited everywhere, including on privately owned lakes. So now I'm going to walk you through the proposed changes and additions to the
section of the code. So first section 1001.1 intent and purpose. An additional purpose is added to provide standards for reasonable protection of vessels from the elements. Section 101.3 permit required. This section was
included after the 320 LPA for internal consistency. An additional description is added to the type of property for which owner authorization is required prior to obtaining a permit to construct or substantially improve a structure
regulated by the section. Section 101.4 visibility. Additional clarification on the prohibitions of buildings or structures on waterfront property is provided. Section 101.5 maximum projection and location of docks
and seaw walls. The name of section 101.5 is changed from navigability and protection of water courses to maximum projection and location of docks and seaw walls. The previous prohibition of obstructions in the section is removed.
Additional guidance on the maximum projection is added and the retroactive applicability of the subsection is updated to provide revised guidance for proposed additions to this section of the code. uh section 101.6
boat lift canopies is being proposed to be added and this provides standards for the canopy dimensions and placement. There are also proposed changes and additions to appendix A definitions of the LDC. Specifically, there is a
proposed update to the definition for mean high water line and two new definitions are being proposed to be added. boatlift canopy and ordinary high water line. This is the first public hearing of the proposed land development code amendment. Staff research supports that
the proposed amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan and staff recommends that the board of county commissioners wave the requirements of the evening hearing pursue into section 125.665B1 of Florida statutes. I'm here for any questions that you may
have. Yes. Yes. Why do you want to have a hearing after 5 o'lock? Oh, no. That's why you wave. Okay. Um,
so this is a public hearing and we can we have multiple people signed up. Does anyone here want to I'll listen to the public at this point. Okay. Let's hear the public and then we'll talk among us. All right. So, um, first we had Jay
Pasqua was signed up for P-56. Do you want to speak to this item? Okay. Please come to the podium. State your name and address for the record and then you have three minutes. J Pasqua 12801 Second Island Hudson. I'd like to first thank uh, Chairwoman Starky and all the
commissioners for allowing me to speak here today. I'd like to also first thank Jack Mariano for everything that he's done for our communities. I live in Leisure Beach and I have relatives who live in Signal Cove. There have been many, many boat covers that have
protecting our vessels over many years. There is nothing that I've seen in any record that would indicate that a cover has made damage or has done anything to any homes in our areas. As you very well may know, the way prices increase, whether it's on cars or
anything else, I've personally spent $125,000 on a boat. And I can truly te tell you that it is very important for us, just as you would protect your car or anything else, that we protect our vessels.
Reason being is there's a lot of reasons. Number one, the resale value, which creates more tax dollars. And not only that, voting is part of our community in our area. I remember when we passed the amendment that allowed it over the lakes and was a little disappointed that we weren't able to get
what we needed. We're not asking for boat houses. We're not asking for cuts in our seaw walls, but we're asking for a way to protect our vessels in our community. There are many lifts that are there now. There are many covers that are there now. There are objects that
are made out of wood that have been there for hundreds of years, if not since I can remember from back in the 70s. So, I do ask that you consider taking the measure into some serious consideration. Number one, don't limit colors. I'm hearing that you're only
allowing three colors. Red, I I don't I don't know what they are. I have a print out, but I think other colors should be put into place. I'm all for regulation for safety. There's no doubt about it. But if you think of the fact that if you
own a $150,000 Bucati or if you own another car, you're either going to put it in a garage or you're going to cover it. So when hardworking people are out there, and not all of us are millionaires, and we buy a boat, we're looking to just protect our investment. My grandchildren are enjoying the time.
A lot of neighbors come over to our homes. We have elderly people that come. And not that it has anything to do with it, but if you work hard and you go to retire and you buy a boat and it's something that's all you do, I'm just asking that you take into consideration
that you allow us to cover those boats and cover those vessels to protect it. Now, we understand that there's a lot that's been going on with controversy of companies and so forth. And I'm not here to complain, but I'm here to let you know that I now have a boat there that
has a $2,000 cover on it that's black and it hangs over the side of the boat and it looks like a big blob. And the reason for that is is because I can't have a canopy over my boat. So, I would ask you to please take into consideration, Madam Chairman and
Chairwoman, and all you the board of county commissioners to take that into consideration. And I thank you for your time. Can I can I ask you a question? Yes, ma'am. Um, how much uh seaw wall do you have on your canal here? I'm looking at your picture. The seaw walls in our
area range in widths. My personal seaw wall is 60 feet wide. That So, are you on the corner of that culde-sac? I I'm actually in the middle of the street. If you're looking for my address, it's 12801. I'm directly in the middle. 12801. Yes, ma'am. Okay. I did
the wrong Yes, ma'am. 801. So, a lot of the properties do vary depending on if you go down to the culde-sacs, they're 100 ft long. They're they are bigger. Some are smaller and the ones in the corners are very difficult to navigate. And I do understand that there has to
be, like I said, there has to be rules and regulations. I do understand that. But putting a cover over my boat would save a lot of aggravation in rotting interior and and and the fiberglass cracks and it fades out. And the other
point that I made before was is that when you sell it, you get more money for it. If you get more money for it, you get more tax dollars out of it. So, being that we're on the water, I would just ask that you take that into consideration. Thank you. Thank you so much for your time. All right. The next
individual signed up is Nicholas Mudri. And then behind Mr. Mudrey, it'll be Wendy Juul. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is Nicholas Mudrey. I live at 5415 Jill Beth Drive, Newport Richie, Florida. I
live on a canal. Uh I like to caveat off the previous speaker. Uh Pasco County is one of the few places in Florida that doesn't allow boat covers. If you look at the Florida D and if you commissioners I brought plenty move to
receive file second if you like all favor Shannon Shannon will come get it. This gives you an idea of a cover over a boat a boat. U it's an investment. Uh just like if you have an expensive
car we'd like to go and have some cover over the elements. If you go to other counties, especially up and down the from Santa Rosa County to Monroe County, Pesco County is the only county that I
know of that has a prohibition over the covers of our boat lifts. And I just question how many people who have the wherewithal to live on the water and to pay the higher taxes avoid
the county because of this prohibition. I ask that you approve item P60 for the benefit of the residents. Any questions?
Don't feel engaged. Thank you. Okay, so Wendy Juul and then behind her, Craig Rogers will be next. Hello, my name is Wendy Juel. I live at 6906
Harbor Drive in Hudson, 34667. And I'll be brief because it's actually in my view, it's actually very simple. Uh the boat canopies provide vital protection from environmental damage to our investments. With rising prices on
everything, we should be allowed to do what we can to provide that protection. Just as the other two gentlemen stated, if you had a nice car, you're going to put it in a garage or you're going to cover it or you're going to do something. Um, the covers also
provide practical benefits, um, such as shade in extreme heat and sun, which is especially valuable for individuals with health concerns and the elderly. A lot of time can be spent prepping for a day on the water and
cleaning the boat when you get back. Um, and it isn't pleasant spending that time in the blazing sun and I think it causes safety concerns. Um they're non-permanent structures. They can be removed during hazardous
weather. Um and I for one I do that and that ensures flexibility and safety. Uh we we're not where I am at we don't have an HOA. Um and that's one reason why many in my area um settled there. um
these these canopies are attractive unlike some of the properties surrounding there. So nor are real threats addressed in our canals and surrounding waters. And I know it really doesn't have anything to do with it, but when you
compare what we're talking about today with derelict and abandoned boats, crumbling seaw walls, and boats that don't follow the navigational laws, um I would prefer that those issues be addressed than what we're talking about here today. The visibility issue, I
can't I don't see it. I can tell you that my home faces south. Um, the home next to me on the west side, uh, has a boat with no canopy and I can't see any
further down the canal than than if there was if there were a canopy. Uh, the home on my east um has a canopy and it doesn't doesn't really affect my my view at all. So, um that's it. I I ask
that you approve um these for the communities here in I have a question for you because I see you have a a a canopy on your dock on your I didn't know that they weren't even allowed. Yeah. Um did you take it off during all
the hurricanes? Absolutely did. Madam Chair, we generally don't engage in public comment. We take the three minutes and we go in an ordinance. You do. We do. Yeah. It's public comment in the morning and I I see all the bird droppings on the top of yours and your neighbors. So, how do
you clean that off? Two ways. I have a I have a power washer. I get a ladder out there and I'll wash it off. Um and if you looked at it today with the rains that we've had, it's all gone. And by the way, that they go up on my roof of my home, too. So, that's not a pleasant
look from the back. You have a one story or a two story? I can't I have a twotory. Yeah. So, so you see the roof of you, so you're seeing all the canopy and the bird droppings from your second floor. Yes, I can. Yes, I can. Um, how hard is
it? How hard was it? Are you able to take that off yourself, that canopy, or do you have to hire someone to take No, no, no. I I get a little ladder and I get my power washer and I wash No. How do you take it off? Oh, how do you take it off? Oh, I hire someone to take the it off. We have taken up We have Are you
looking at it? You know, I have two, right? Yes. One one is far much further in and it covers an outdoor kitchen. The one that covers the boat, we can't take off ourselves. It's just a little too dangerous. So, we hire somebody a couple days ahead to come and take it off and
then they come back and and put it on after the storm. The one over the kitchen we have taken off ourselves because it's And um at what wind level do you decide to take that off? We watch for the storms when anything comes up. usually 3 days prior.
So, how many times have you taken that off? Three. And how how long have you had that? Four. Four years. And you've taken it off three times? Actually, twice. We've taken off the kitchen one once and we've
taken off the boat cover twice. And do you mind saying how much it cost to have it taken off and put back on? 350 to take it off. $350. Yeah. I mean, it's it's the right thing to do. It's, you know, I've never seen I
believe the other gentleman stated as well, never seen it them come off and do damage. Here's the problem. It's not so much. If you had to buy a new one, it's going to cost you a couple thousand,
right? You can leave it on with as many bunggees. The bunggees are, I think, 12 to 16, something like that, inches all the way around. And that thing isn't going anywhere, but it will rip off some. It might put a
rip in it. It might We don't dare leave our boat on it because it does have a cage that goes over. Um, and we have a T-top on our boat. So, if the boat were to hit the T-top, it could damage the boat. Yeah. So, we take ours off, we take our boat off. Um, those that have
biminies probably don't have the same same issues that we do. Um, but we take them off mainly because you should. It's the right thing to do. If you didn't, it's not going to hurt anybody. It's probably it's not going to damage anything. You're just going to have to buy a new
cover. Um, the house to your west, is that a permanent roof on the dock? What is that? That was grandfathered in before permanent permanent structures weren't allowed as far as I know. I don't know about that one. Someone needs to go check that one
out. Oh, don't. Tony will kill me. I'm sorry. But that's You're not allowed to build a permanent roof on No, that was done back in We can tell by Google Earth. So, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Thank you so much. It looks like you have a beautiful house. Thank you. Uh Craig
Rogers is next signed up. How y'all doing today? Um just to clarify, Rogers, can you just give your name and address for the record quick? I'm sorry. Yeah, it's Craig Rogers, 13738 San Juan Avenue in Hudson Beach. Okay. Thank you.
Um, just to clarify, we're discussing new boat covers to be done and existing boat covers also. I'll ask county attorney that existing boat covers have not been legal under current ordinance. Okay. I guess my big
question is I've had mine for and I'm just going to guess about seven years. Um, did these companies have occupational license or contracting licenses in Pasco County? I am unaware. You're not aware or you don't know. You don't know or they're
not legal. They're not legal. So, yes, they don't have a permit. That's the unpermanented structure that you have there. Okay. So, they were working without any kind of license in Pasco County. Okay. Well, we don't I don't know what kind of license. They may have a they may have a a a business tax receipt from the from the tax
collector's office. That's not that's not lenture. Okay. I They may have a 489 license for some other reason, but we don't but they're not pulling building permits for these structures.
Okay. But they Yeah. No, should be. I mean, there should be should be all unpermaned, right? We'll have to deal with that one. Okay. All right. No problem. Um, well, when code enforcement comes around, and they come around in our neighborhood quite often,
I know they have to see these structures going up. You coming in your neighborhood by boat? Absolutely. 110%. I live on the water. I've not I've never seen one. Okay. Um, you can definitely see them from the street. I can see my
neighbors from the other canal from in my front driveway. What I'm saying is I guess if these weren't allowed for years and we have got these and we're you know supposed to be getting them, why didn't someone tell us prior to this? Why said you were who
said you were supposed to be getting them? No, when we got these when I got mine seven years ago. How come someone didn't say you can't have these? That's a good question. You should have asked the guy who was installing it if it was legal or not. Okay. All right. So, it's totally on the
actual residents. The county has taken no respon. So, the county is saying they've never seen these boat lift covers. They just appeared one day. I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm just saying that, you know, you're asking me um for us. So, I guess what I'm asking you is you were aware of
these boat covers being in installed, correct? I I had no knowledge you had one installed in the Did you have any knowledge that anyone in Pasco County had a boat cover installed? This is this is a a a hearing on this
ordinance. Okay. Grilling the county commission doesn't get you anywhere. Okay. I don't mean to be drilling the county commission. Voted. Madam Chair. So we generally do and I've never seen it. You can say we do with different nuances. But when we have citizens coming up to speak, they get three minutes to talk. They go through it. They make their comments and then we
talk about what they said later on. That's how we've been doing it. This this back and forth is up and brand new. This this Yeah. This integrity. just go um go ahead finish your question. I'm sorry. I I'm not trying to be argumentative or anything like that. It's just that, you know, all of a sudden this came up. We've had him for years. I want I want to answer any more
question. You know, we've we haven't had an issue with him or anything. I just, you know, I just don't understand how this just creeped up on us all of a sudden is the way it kind of seems to me. So, so we are moving forward to get these permitted and everything. Does
this mean that everyone that has one has to take them down and start over from scratch? Why is this time been reset? Okay. I feel like So, are we saying we're going to take these down and then start over from scratch?
You This is your time to speak. We're not answering. This is not a This is not a session for you to get your questions answered. Okay. All right, I understand. Thank you. Appreciate your Sorry. Okay, so that is the last person signed
up in the audience. Although I believe a Mr. Brent Lee is online. Mr. Lee and Barb Barber is here to speak as well. You want to wait for him? Okay. Mr. Mr. Lee, are you there? I'm here. Okay. So, give
your name and address for the record and then you have your three minutes. Okay. My name is Brent Lee. My wife and I own 7326 Hatterith Drive in Hudson. And uh thanks for uh giving us the
opportunity to address these issues. Uh in keeping with what's just been decided that it's not a question and answer session, I'll just go ahead and say what I'm saying. the uh the way I see this and many other people uh this really
only concerns the boating community and those that are property owners on the water. Uh so I I'm I'm wondering why it's got to be a concern for every um
there's the three items I want to discuss is there I understand that there are two lifts per property allowed if you have sufficient seaw wall to to hold them. Um I believe that you're limiting it to one canopy. So I feel like there
should be the same number of canopies permitted that are uh possible with the lifts. Um the canopies must be 3 ft inside of setbacks. Uh that uh is going
to pose a problem to try to cover the entire boat. Uh specifically the bow is what I'm thinking of. And the third item is the three colors allowed, blue, green, and beige, which is what I understand. Um, I understand
the aesthetic appeal of earth colors. However, I'm thinking that dark colors attract heat, which trying to to eliminate is direct sun and heat on our investments. uh white, silver, light
gray. These are colors that are known to reflect the heat of the sun and affect the purpose of having a boat canopy. Uh so I and I I'm just wondering, you
know, why the the color uh you know, I can't see anyone who can afford to live on the water and afford to have a boat and a boat lift and a cover. I'm not sure that they're going to have uhricolored purple uh tops. I'm thinking they're going to kind of maintain the u
value of their property by use choosing a color that work. But I think white, silver, light gray should be three additional colors at least that should be handy. Um the uh since only the boating community is really concerned
with this and we are the ones that that want to see uh our community uh aesthetics maintained. Uh I'm not sure uh how I would word this with you. I don't know if if uh I would
like to see a motion made for a referendum on these canopy um ordinances restricted to only people who actually have property on the water, the canals
or what have you. Um so I'm not um you know other than that uh I don't see you know I mean I think they should be permitted. I think should be controlled uh for everyone's benefit, most particularly those that are actually on
the water. How much time do I have left? Thank you. Thank you. The red light. I don't know why it wasn't cut off the red. Yeah, you're done. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. All right. And then we had one other individual, but did Mr. Pratt show up or is he still
he's not online? Okay. So, we do not have anyone else signed up. If you want to take Barbara comments from the public. Yeah, we'll take comments from the public. Good afternoon, commissioners. Barbara Willilhight, 5020 Oyster Cove. That is my home. It's been my home for several years. My home was built in 1984. I have
not owned it since 1984. Um, so obviously I'm one of these affected people because I live on the water. I did want to say in the staff's presentation that there was something kind of missing what I want to point out to you which is ordinance um 1912
was rejected by the court over a procedural matter not a substantive matter. So when I talked to David Goldstein just to clear up do you need do you have to do this because of the litigation? Do you have to change what you did in 2019 or what the board did in 2019 because of litigation the answer
was no. you want to readopt 2019, you could read what you did in 2019 or what the board did in 2019. Is that the one that allowed um covers on lakes? That's correct. Yeah. So, I just want to make sure that that's that you're not driven by you have to do something or you have
to make a change. The the third, excuse me, the second speaker recognized and acknowledged that this has been a prohibition. These have always been pro prohibited in in uh this county. And I think that's a good thing as opposed to being a negative thing.
This is about views and and I stand here not really to say I. Your other speakers all said I. It was about I. I spent 25 $125,000 on my boat. I wasn't able to achieve what I needed
in 2019. I work hard to buy a boat. My house has been there since 1984. Everybody's had boats in our community. We have 1,800 homes. Everybody's had boats. It's nothing new to work hard to buy a boat. You cover your boat. You buy a boat
cover. You cover it. You hire a company to wash your boat weekly and cover it for you if you can't. Nothing is changed. Please don't change. the quite a few of your speakers and I I read all the commentary that you
received by email as well um already have these boat canopies. So, they're coming here because they've already violated your ordinance and they're coming here asking you to change it. But, but what I'm asking you is to not change and not behalf of I it's on
behalf of our our community, our county has never allowed these covers. They change views. Now, your speaker can say And your speaker number four, I don't want to call out people. Your speaker number three, number three says, "I don't see the visibility issue because I
don't have one. I can't see. I don't have a view anyhow." Well, there's a whole bunch of people that do have views like myself. And it'll change the view all the way down my canal. The way I way my canal sits is it's in it sits east west. So, it is a sunset view canal. So,
all the way down that canal, there's boats after boats after boats after boats. And if you change the ordinance for the eyes, people that want it for their own personal benefit, you're changing that view all the way down that canal
for something that's been that way from my home since 1984. You're changing a view. I'm asking you, as in 2019, the board weighed this out and said, "We don't need to do that. People can cover their boats. We recognize that lakes were different. The viewsheds for lakes
were different. larger lots, the setbacks are very different from then the canals and you and that distinction was made and that was not overturned that distinction. Your county attorney said it was appropriate distinction. So I want to honor your time. Sorry. So I s I see my time up but thank you for giving me the time to speak on my
personal behalf. Thank you. Thank you Barbara. Um so I I want to speak to this too. Um, I I am a boat owner and I I live on the water and um we've lived there, we've
had that house I think about 10 years. Uh, and I've grown up around boats and I'd never had a boat cover over a boat. My boat was made to be out. Boats are made to be
outside. I I have a wonderful view. I'm on the open canal. I would just it would really affect the value of my my viewshed if my views of the island and the
lighthouse and Eagle Point Park and all that was taken away because of boat covers to my right and to my left. It would seriously affect my view and and my neighbors that that view goes away. Um, it's when my when my the boat next
to me when he even when he puts the covers on just his windows around his boat, it it takes away um part of Bailey's bluff. So I what would happen on the boat cover would be huge. Um I it doesn't affect
people on large lots and it maybe it doesn't affect people who don't care about their views down their canals. Maybe they're not scenic, but I know our community, it's a beautiful community and we love our water views. There's a
reason why the side fences for for 15t back can only be 4t high and they have to be see-through because everyone's view has those long views have great value and the county ordinances say you cannot block it. And
so the the fences are four feet high and they cannot be solid. Um and I I heard that gentleman say that the other counties don't have uh we're the only county that has this. That is not true. My family lives on the water in Miami.
No boat covers allowed. Broward, there's no boat covers. It's all over the place. There's no boat covers. And I want to remind you what happened in Charlotte County during Hurricane Ian. That um boat cover became a um the the
metal of it became a missile and it went into a neighbor's boat went through the hull and sank it. And you know what? uh the person who had that boat cover didn't have to pay for the guy who lost
his boat because they considered that an act of God. Just like in in Gulf Harbors during a uh two years ago when we had wasn't even a hurricane, just these winds come through, took off someone's um back porch, the roof over their back
porch, went on a one of my neighbors house, did all kinds of damage to his roof. They had to pay for it themselves. the the other guy was not responsible uh to have to pay for to fix all actually that that hurt a bunch of
people's houses. So, I don't see any reason to change what we've had since the beginning of time. I'm I am all for boat covers on lakes. I don't think it takes their view away. Um but um I I don't see any reason why we
should be be doing this to our communities. Madam Chairman, before you get into general discussion and can I get you to call for any other public comment and then close public comment? Is there any other public comment? Sorry, I didn't see anyone else want to
come up. Okay, here. Do you have anyone else online? There's no one else signed up. I live next to Wendy to spoke on Just give your name and address. I'm sorry. Florence Carter, 6912 Harbor Drive. Okay. And you can pull the microphone down to you so you
don't have to stand on your tippy toes. All right. Just go that low. At the end of it bends. Yeah. Can you hear me? There you go. Okay. You may proceed. She has a boat cover. I have a boat cover. And
her cover doesn't block anything. It's not like it's like this. It's like more straight across. So there's there's no view that's blocking her boat itself
blocks way more than the boat cover. That's all I wanted to say and I just hope you guys make the right decision when the time comes. Jack, as you're done, I'm going to make a motion. Thank
you. We had somebody in the back row raising their hand. If you want to speak, is there anyone else who wants to speak to this one? Then come to the podium. Yeah. Come on up. Yeah. Line up. If there's anybody else after this gentleman, I had uh you know, I had people from G Harbors coming, but I think they were confused by this
continuence because there Gul Harbor's they don't want this. So, excuse me. Hi, my name is Daryl Whitlock. I live You can pull it up. There you go. We accommodate tall people. Oh, we don't. My name is Daryl Whitlock. Uh, actually I live in Sun
Branch Civic Association. Actually, the president. And what's your address? Uh, I live on Veronica 13515. Veronica 135. And actually, I was in front of you the board probably I'd say about was it two, three years ago, I think it was, Jack. And we we talked about this issue and it
was uh really hot back then and it still is. It seems like it actually died down since that happened. I've my neighborhood I've probably talked to hundreds of people, hundreds of people in Hudson Beach and I found a couple
people that say no, but the couple people say no, they don't want them, there's like 15 to 20 to that one that want them. And I think really we should have the right to protect our boat and our our investments. Uh my boat cover, I had it on through
the last two hurricanes and it did not tear. Jack came to my house and seen it. if they're strapped down right. I've went through I've taken mine off before during the hurricanes, folded them up, put them back on, and I had people I seen that they had left
theirs on and there was no issues with them. Didn't stretch out. Later on, they had come in, they put new bungees back on them. If they're maintained right, our storms that we get over here in Hudson don't really exceed over 100 mph. Inland, I lived in Orlando for 32 years.
I've seen Charlie go through over 120 mph. take roofs off. I've never seen a storm over here like that. When Milton came in, we didn't get hardly nothing by me. Inland, it destroyed it. It tore down trees, blocked roadways. Inland,
they got more wind, more hurricane hurricane damage. Tornadoes drop. We do not have the tornadoes that drop on the on the coastal areas. We should have the right to protect what we've got there. There's people, my neighbor just spent $300,000 on a boat. That's more than
some people are paying for houses right now. I mean, it's we we could have a car out front. We could put a a carport over it, no problem, and protect it out there in front. What is the difference in the back? They're saying that it's blocking views.
My my canopy is probably I would say probably about 10 foot off the ground. So, you can look through it to see it. Now, I got 70 foot of property. Technically, I got about a 60ft boat out there. You know, don't don't you think that 60 ft bolt will block your view more than my canopy would?
That's what it comes down to. We've got investments that all we want to do is protect what we've got. And it is a voting community. I'm sorry. It's what it is. But I guess that's about it. I think my time is about 32 seconds. But I do want to thank the commissioners for what
you're doing. You are doing uh very good, very well for us in general, and I want to thank you for that. Thank you very much for your time on this. Thanks. Okay. Is there anyone else uh that wants to speak in public comment?
Nope. No. Sorry. Okay. All right. We've closed public comment. Madam Chair. Yeah. So this issue here when this was going through I I cautioned as far as like trying to separate the lakes to the canals. Um, I know my area had voiced their concerns
from from years before how they wanted to protect their boats. Um, the gentleman who just spoke, Daryl Whitlock, right beside him was a house that got destroyed. Walls came down, windows are out, the whole house destroyed, his boat covers right in
place. Few others across the way, all in place. So, if built properly, they they can with storm the storm, withstand the storms. I I firmly believe the boats, as as if you've heard in testimony, that they block the view more than the cover does anyway. And that's why we're doing the silver cover. We're not talking
talking big canopies like was down in Gulf Harbors. Uh and I think Gulf Harbors has a deed restriction in place that would keep you from being able to do it. Well, that's not what I've heard, but anyway. Um as far as this, I'm going to move that we move this thing forward.
Uh I'm okay if we add the colors of white, silver, and light gray as well. We're not voting on you today just to move it forward. But I mean I want to make that mention so we can look at it next week. So yeah, so if we can get consensus on changing the color that's
really all or you can make a motion to amend the ordinance to change to add those colors if you wish. But so is there a second? second. We're moving it forward. We're not moving on. This is just This is just
changing the colors in the in the or I thought we're adding We're adding adding those three colors. Adding I'll second that. We're pushing. Okay. Um All right. All in favor? I
Okay. Okay. That's it. There's still another motion that needs to be made. Um in terms of recommending that the board wave the requirements for the evening hearing. So moved. This is recommending waving. The motion would be that the board of county commissioners wave the requirements for
section 125.665B1 Florida statutes that at least one public hearing be held after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday and in and instead provide both required public hearings be held at 1:30 or as soon thereafter as same may
be heard. So I'll take a second. Second. All in favor? I thank you. Okay. And your next public hearing on this matter will be August.
August 19th is what I have. August 19th. August 19th. Thank you. Hit them long, hit them straight, all that kind of stuff. All right. P61. P61. P61 was advertised in the Tampa Bay
Times, May 28th, 2025. Good afternoon, commissioners. Paula Braaldo, support services. This is an assessment resolution of the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, authorizing and adopting an amendment an amended non-adalorum special assessment within
the county limits for the purpose of benefiting assessed properties through enhanced Medicaid payments for local services. Finding and deter and determining that certain real properties specially benefited by the assessment. Collecting the assessment against the real property. Establishing a public hearing to consider imposition of the
proposed assessment and the method of collection. authorizing and directing the publication of notices in connection therewith, providing for certain other authorizations and delegations of authority as necessary, and providing an effective date. Okay.
So, we have individuals signed up. We do have representatives here also from our local hospital systems, right? Does anyone want any further presentation than that? No, I'm ready to move the item forward for time. All right, then I will call the public
comment. So, the first individual signed up is Rachel Rexford and then behind Miss Rexford will be Jonathan Fischer. This is really if you're against this. No, no, this is this is a public hearing on this. I mean, you can speak if you
want to. Rachel with our uh with Atlanta Healthcare Ventures. She's in support of this and so are the local representatives as You are welcome to address us if you'd like, but I don't think you're going to have a problem. So then Jonathan Fischer is with Advent
Health, so is also Yeah, they're they're here to speak in favor of this item. Okay. And I see some others here, too. All right. Those are the only two I had signed up, though. Okay. Well, um, and there's no one else here wishes to speak against this or for this. Anyone online?
No, ma'am. Okay. I would take a motion approval. Second. All in favor? I. All right. You don't have to sit through anymore. Okay. So, P62 was advertised on Tampa Bay Times May 21 and May 28, 2025.
Okay. This is continuence. Good afternoon, Joanne Ravita, Real Property Division. Madam Chairman. Yes. No. Oh. I want to do that too, but I I need to go back to the last I need to go
back to the last item. Okay. Um Well, everyone just left. So, what I don't think. It's just for the record. So, go ahead. Okay. So, I just wanted to um say I have a conflict. So, I could not vote on that. Oh, because I'm at the
board of North Bay and I did not vote on that for P61. For P61. Yes. Well, I'm on the board technically of All Children's Hospital. Is that on there? Well, North Bay was present. So, well, the question
is, did does your print does the board you're on the actual hospital board in both cases? Um, yeah, but technically I haven't had my orientation yet. So technically
I'm not sure how that works technically, but I am on the board of all children's, not the board of trustees. I'm on the board, governing board. The foundation boards don't. No. Yeah, I'm not on the foundation board. I'm on the hospital board. So the question is, do do you
have do do either of does this create a special private gain or loss to the boards that you're serving on? I have no idea. Was all health foundation board members
down here? The intention of of the resolution? I don't think so. to allow the hospitals to to recover. Go ahead, Paula. Thank you. Um, so the directed hospital payment program is a federal program that basically allows states to direct uh Medicaid funds uh to
hospitals to improve access and quality of care. And so in Florida, this is funded primarily through local hospital assessments. And so that's the purpose of this. Those funds are then pulled together and matched with federal dollars uh so that then we can redistribute those to the local hospitals boosting those Medicaid uh
payment levels closer to commercial insurance rates. You don't have an all children's in here here yet. Yeah. Well, that would mean you're the only one who could vote on this item if if there's a conflict. This is a interesting legal I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't
violating anything. I mean I I don't think that there's any enrichment that goes on with this. This is just participating in a program and allowing hospitals to to recover the full cost of Medicaid expenses. My my advice for you is that you let your actions stand. Um I
will contact the Commission on Ethics. We can reconsider it at the next meeting if there's truly an issue. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that up. I would not have thought of that. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know why I said yes.
I'm really just like was here so okay. So you can do this one then we'll do the reszoning procedure. voted for it and that no conflict was declared. You didn't say anything which in this
state is a vote in favor. Got it. Oh, interesting. Learning a lot today. All right. Good afternoon. Joanne Ravida, Real Property Division. The Real Property team has received a petition to vacate a platted access easement filed
by Arlington Dale Mabry LLC. The purpose of the vacation is to allow for the development of the property. The access easement has been relocated via an amended agreement recorded in 2025. There were no objections to this
petition and the team recommends approval. Madam Chair, yes. Did we go through procedures? No. It's not a resoning. This is a reszoning. So I let them go ahead. Oh, okay. That's on you. All right. Yeah, we'll pick it up after this
item. All right. Okay. I Does anyone have any questions? Okay. Anyone in the public wishes to address this one? Seeing no one, I'll take a motion. Approve. Second. All in favor? I
Okay. Now, now you want to do the resoning swearing. There are two two reasonzoning agendas. Regular and consent. Staff will present each application to the board of county commissioners. If staff or planning commission has recommended approval and there is no opposition, the application will be considered by the board without
further presentation. If staff or planning commission has recommended denial or if there is opposition to the application, the applicant will be given five minutes for presentation. The opposition will be given three minutes for each individual or five minutes for a group representative. And the
applicant will be given three minutes for rebuttal. Any individual disagreeing with staff or planning commission recommendation or anyone wishing to object to any condition of the resoning may at this time request the petition be pulled from the consent agenda in which
case that application will be heard under the regular agenda later on during the meeting. Otherwise, all resoning applications on the consent agenda will be approved by a single motion and vote. If you wish to speak to any petition, please give your name and address and whether or not you've been sworn for the
record. These are quasi judicial public hearings. The law in Florida is that mere public support or opposition of an application is insufficient for this board to take action. Please limit your comments to those criteria found within the board's land development code. Madam clerk, would you like to swear the
public? Yes, please. So, if anyone is going to speak to any of the items, please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth, so help you God. Thank you.
All right. So P63. Yep. P63 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times February 5th, 2025. Mcarios PTOs, planning, development, economic growth department. Item P63 is PTE 257721.
This is a zoning amendment in the name of Little Road MPUD master planning and development by Nan Tin. This is uh recommended for a continuence to the August 19, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Port Richie.
Um this is a continuence. Does anyone here wish to speak against us? You don't need Oh, we don't have to because it's continuence. Thank you. Next one. Need a vote. Have a vote. Need a second. Need a vote. Not a consent. Second. All in
favor? I. We're down to three. Next one. which is the same thing. Okay. P64 is advertised in Tampa Bay Times, April 30, 2025. Item P64 is PD257749. This is a zoning amendment to the name of Pesco Mine MPUD master plan unit
development by K&M Pasco 130 Holdings LLC. This is requested for a continuence to the July 15, 2025 Porter County Commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in date city. All right, I'll take a motion. I move continuence.
Lisa, you got a second. Okay, second. Sorry. She's not used to You're the only one that can do it. Got you. All in favor? I And we're looking at a zoning. That's okay. P65 was advertised in Tampa Bay
Times March 5th, 2025. Item P65 is PD 257811. This is a zoning amendment in the name of SR52 Elite JDP Elite Development LLC. Uh, this is a request to continue the item to a date uncertain.
Move to continue a date uncertain. Second. All in favor? I. What do you think about that? Huh? You jumped on it. You could do it again here in just a second. P66 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times March 19th, 2025.
Item P66 is PD250144. This is a development agreement in the name of Riverstone, formerly known as Rener MPUD, by KB Homes Tampa LLC. This is requested for a continuence to the July 15, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in
Date City. Wait, July. Oh, okay. Move to continue till July 15th. July. All in favor? I. Okay. P67 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times March 19th, 2025.
Item P67 is PD257838. This is a substantial modification to the Riverstone or formerly known as Rener MPUD by KB Homes Tampa LLC. This is also recommended for a continuence to the July 15, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in
Dayton City. Okay. Move to continue July 15th. Second. All in favor? I I Okay. P68 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times on May 7th, 2025 and by affidavit of certified mailings and site
postings. Item P68 is PD250158. This is a development agreement in the name of project at VOP LLC to design permit to construct a portion of Wart or Elum Road in exchange for transportation development fee credits in the villages
of Pasadena Hills. This comes to you with a recommendation to approve the development agreement from uh the planning development economic growth department as well as the planning commission and the BOP planning and policy committee.
Yeah, I just I have as and I love the trails. I love the trails, but these road sections are just so big. Um, I just I thought we were going to look at these and maybe do some road diets.
We don't need 10-ft utility easements on each side. I thought we had said we could live with five, first of all. Um, and the 8 foot landscape areas, I would
I would chop that down to I mean, you can put an oak tree in six foot, right? Um, I just I don't know if anyone else wants to speak to this, but I just feel these road sections. Does anybody have to speak against this? Huh? Is anyone here
to speak against it? I just wonder no one inside. There's no one call for public comment is I think commissioner's point. Yeah. Does anyone else want to discuss these crazy road sections we have?
Okay. You want to build them developers? I'm trying to put more land into the property owners to the lots. All right. We'll keep it on consent. If no one's here to speak to us, you need
to call for call for public. Is that Is there anyone online that wants to speak to this? There is no one online. Is there anyone in the audience? Yeah. And we asked we already asked if there anyone here to speak against it. No one spoke. Well, I I kind of called out
specifically to the road, but Jess um is there. Move approve. Uh it's on consent. Do we have any others on consent? No. No. Okay. I'll take a second. All right. All in favor? I. All right. P69.
All right. P69 was advertised in the Tampa Bay Times April 30, 2025 and by affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. Item P69 is PD257868. This is a zoning amendment to the name of Casting LLC, Little Roadzoning,
change in zoning from a P2 professional office district to a C1 neighborhood commercial district in west central Pasco County, northeast corner of the intersection of Little Road and Jasmine Boulevard on approximately 3.03 3 acres and Amy Tull, assistant director planning services will make
presentation. Good afternoon. Amy Tol with planning and development. So today before you is a zoning a uklitian zoning amendment. The request is to change from PO2 professional office district to C1 uh neighborhood
commercial district. The existing future land use is currently calm flu. Uh the calm flu was recently adopted on December 7th uh 10th 2024. The purpose of this is to change the
zoning district from P2 to C1 neighborhood commercial district. Um and it is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Little Road and Jasmine Boulevard. So as you can see this is the subject site location. It is within the embassy district of the West Market area and
urban concentration area. Here's a context map just to highlight some of the uh uses in proximity. We do have the school of Christian Academy to the north. It is at the intersection of Jasmine Boulevard and Little Road.
Here's just a zoomed in aerial version. The future land use is currently calm. The subject site is surrounded by res one and res six. Uh current zoning is P2. There is a
state residential to the north and east. Existing P2 to the south and C1 to the west. So a little uh project overview. So the subject site is as previously stated 3.03 acres. Access from the property is
from Little Road, a county maintained arterial roadway. Um, and Jasmine Boulevard, a county maintained collector roadway. There is a conceptually trans uh conceptually planned trail, excuse me, some kind uh segment under the name of Little Road Trail located on the west
side of Little Road. Um, there is no priority in the capital improvement for this segment. And uh the applicant has volunteered a deed restriction to restrict uh three uses being a um uh excuse me uh self storage or not self
storage facility. I just had this uh sorry gas station car wash and self storage facility. Um this was all part of the action that occurred in December uh to align with the sub area policy that was implemented on the calm flu.
And with that, we recommend approval of the requested resoning amendment from the planning commission and planning development and economic growth. Be happy to answer any questions you might have. What did you say was behind that parcel?
Um behind north, south, east, west, north is currently a state residential. That is um a project that is currently under review. You actually just approved a continuence the little road PD and MPUD
that was a mixeduse project that's has some storm water mitigation they have to figure out. So this resoning is for that project. Uh no this resoning is south of that. It abuts it. Yeah. Okay. So this is just for C2 C1 excuse me neighborhood
commercial with restricted uses. Why are the parcels looking kind of wonky there? What's the green line to the left? P2 uh to which P2 to the west to the west. Okay. I see little road. Is that just your lines are not lined up or Yeah,
those are just the parcels. How the parcels are actually delineated. So that's our parcel lines. It look like that's a rightway cor. Yeah, I think that the commissioner is asking about it. It does appear as Yeah. So this is
the parcel static. Who owns the parcel to the left of that pink parcel? Can you go back to that one? Yeah. Are those lines right? It looks like this map is simply showing how the zoning districts are flowing through, if
you will, the right of way parcels as well. Okay. All right. Um, I don't need a presentation, but do any other board members want more of a presentation? No. Than this from the applicant. You have someone signed up. Okay. It
looks like the applicant wants to speak. And then do we have other people sign up? You have. Good afternoon. Cindy Terrapany. I'm the authorized representative for the applicant. I don't need to speak much as I'm happy to be here with you guys. I don't need to speak. Um if there are anyone who's going to speak in opposition, I would
like to have some time for rebuttal if that's Sure. So, I don't I think we have someone signed up. So, I don't know if they're for against, but if you want to wait, you can always come back. Yeah. All right. Is there anyone here to speak to this issue before uh Alan Rose is signed up? So, Alan, you can be first.
And is there anyone else here besides Allan that wants to speak to this? Raise your hand. No. Move receive and file. Second. All in favor? I. Mr. Rose, if you'll just give your name and address for the record. Yes. Alan
Rose, one221 Hilltop Drive, Newport Richie. This has been a continuing thing. We've been working at this for a long time and things keep being brought forward. So, I thought I'd bring you the full picture. Within one block radius of this parcel,
there are 30 homesteads, all one acre or more. Many of them are equestrian or farms. This does not is not consistent with the neighborhood. I give you 20. They're all listed there. Oyola Heights, Golden Acres. I can go the
other side of the block and give you another 20. All with one acre or more. These are a state residential neighborhood. It's a beautiful neighborhood. There is no commercial. You can then take and go from Jasmine from Lake View due west three miles. You
will not find a commercial parcel. You will not find a commercial parcel for three miles. You can then take from Grove Street on Little Road Gro Street northbound four miles. The only place you're going to find a commercial is where 52 intersects Little. There are
this commercial. They represent that there's all kinds of commercial around. not in this location. This is our neighborhood. It is a residential neighborhood and we've lost everything else. But I want to keep as long as it keeps coming up, I'm going to keep bringing it forward to you. This is not consistent with the neighborhood. And
when I'm up here speaking to you, I am speaking representing approximately 200 residents that have all signed my petitions. You've seen the petitions come your way. I make sure you see it. The community does not want to see commercial development here. That's
enough for me today. It's up. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak to this? Isn't this zoned office already? I mean, this is It has commercial zoning today. Yes, it has zoning. No, sorry, Ellen.
These people who have just moved up. Was there someone else who wanted to speak? Do you want to speak to this item? Okay. All right. Then you need to get up and and speak to them if that's what you want to do. And when you come to the podium, just
give your name and address for the record and then you have three minutes. Judy Armstrong, 10325 Lake View Drive. Okay. It's just that just like Alan said, it is all residential around there. It's right next to residential. It's residential across the street. I
mean, how do you get around trying to say it's commercial? And our our deed work shows that it's supposed to stay that way, you know, so why do you think you should change it? And if it was your subdivision, you wouldn't like
it. So, please don't do it to ours. We didn't we, you know, we shouldn't have to be coming in here and guarding our neighborhood from people who are encroaching on it in a in an dishonest manner. It seems like it
is residential. I mean, it's really residential. It's a it's a bird sanctuary for crying out loud. And so, you want to bring more people in to run over more of our sandill cranes and and all the other animals and all the turtles and all those things that cross
the road that you have to get out for and move to protect them. Um, something's wrong. It just shouldn't happen. So, thank you, Jeff. Thank you. Did she need to be sworn in? Good afternoon. Cindy Terrapany, Tarp Terrapany Planning Strategies, 128 East
Tarpon Avenue, Tarpon Springs. I am the authorized representative for the Castang LLC who is the property owner, not the applicant, also the applicant, but the property owner. And the Castangs bought this property about a year and a half ago. It had um three uh dilapidated
homes that were being used as a homeless camp. They demolished the homes. They uh worked with the uh your sheriff's department to move the homeless off the property. They've cleaned up the property substantially and they come to you with this plan amendment which you approved unanimously in December last
year with the sub area uh special area plan policies that we restrict the uses. We have done those restrictions through a deed restriction which is before you today and we are committed to that. that deed restriction states that these these are the prohibited uses. We cannot have
a car wash, a gas station or self storage or any of the live local uh requirements. So I that in in previous hearings those were the main objections both by uh this commission by the planning commission and by the folks who spoke. We've only had a couple of people speak throughout this hearing, Mr. Rose
being one of them. One quick comment about the deed restrictions. Mr. Rose keeps talking about the deed restrictions and you all are well aware that's a private matter between the property owners. But furthermore, my client uh requested a title commitment um from his title company from a national company and that those de
restrictions did not pull up in that title policy. So we don't believe that this property is subject to them. Back to the land use issues. Um this property is at a signalized intersection of two major roads. Jasmine Boulevard is an arterial. Little road as you all know
is a collector. I just um just a couple of comments that the planning commission made when they also recommended it unanimously. They recognized that when Little Road was put in, the area was changed. Mr. Grace said that he further said that no one's building homes on Little Road and it was recognized that
it really can't go back to residential. It does have a commercial plan category today. So, the only really uses that we could put on it would be commercial uses. We're committed to the C1 and we requested C1 with the deed restrictions that are before you today. Um I just
respectfully request your approval. Um happy to answer any questions that you might have. Um my question is for staff chair. Okay. Is are ga is a gas station allowed here? No ma'am. It's prohibited. That's one of
the the four there's four prohibited uses. gas station, car wash, self surge, and live local. And that's in the deed restriction that's uh on the agenda today. Well, I always think the chair should go last. I want to see what comments my fellow board members have here. Lisa,
do you have any question? Yes, for staff. For our our staff. Yeah, mine could be for either. Yes. So, stay stay nearby. So, again, this this parcel is not part of the Golden Acres community. Correct. Correct.
It's No, it's not. Well, first of all, the the it is a replat of a part of Golden Acres as a legal description. Yes. Um it is not part of the Golden Acres Residential Community. As I mentioned, my client requested a title commitment and that National Title
Company did not pull those deed restrictions up as a restriction on the property. So, we don't believe that the deed restrictions that Mr. Rose continues to talk about apply to our property. even if they did, which we don't believe they do, that as you all know very well is a private matter between us and the other property
owners. So the short answer your question, Mr. Whiteitman, is no. We do not believe it is part of Golden Acres except that it was a replat of a plat named Golden Acres, but it's not part of the residential community. Amy, I agree with that. So through our due
diligence um we actually did review the plat that was submitted as part of the legal description for this property and it does not fall within the Golden Acres that they are subject to. Golden Acres residential. Correct. And those are two and Golden Acres Residential is a
separate correct. The plat that was um previously identified uh through the uh budding residence that plat does not show these parcels as part of that plat. Okay. Um, my question is there just
seems to be contradictory. Look, I I appreciate the advocacy by the the residents for the both projects here. This is clearly a a major roadway. Now,
I mean, you to hold to to hold properties hostage is just not whether by the county or people who don't own them. That's just that's just
a tough a tough way to to do things. Um if this is not if you're saying you have customers saying that it is part of it and you're saying it's not. I think I think I think there needs to
be maybe there's just an impass between what we know is fact and what the residents believe they know is fact um on the project to the the north of it. Right. Yeah. To the north of it then the south and then depending on I don't
know what's going to go on the the southeast corner of of of Jasmine and uh little there. I think there was a house there that was demolished at some point in time. But today it stands is there are commercial uses. There's commercial
zoning on these three parcels. Correct. P2. So office. So the intensity the way I understood it is the intensity of uses is is virtually the same. Correct madam chair. Yes. If this helps. So on
December 10th of 24, you changed the future land use designation of these parcels to commercial and now we're switching up to commercial as a future land use. And now you're making the zoning consistent with what
you did in December. Correct. And the zoning and at that public hearing um the action was to at to control the zoning district to C1. So, it's more of a neighborhood scale, lower intensity than your C2 district would allow. So, now
we're in a position of if it's anything other than that, we'd be in trouble for the down down zoning. You Well, you shouldn't have changed the future. I'm just I'm using I'm saying in general in general conversation that now it's it's
gained a step up now. It's kind of locked in. Correct. Yeah. It's it's a calm flu now. So any zoning action would be required to be consistent with that commercial future land use. Are you able to tell us what the use is potentially going to be on this site?
Medical office or something. I wish I would. Um commissioner um my client has does not have anything under contract at this point to sell it to. Um so we we just do not know what the potential uses would be. Medical office is one. Professional office would be allowed.
Um, general retail would be allowed in the C1, but again, those four uses that are in the D restriction would never be allowed. Car wash, uh, self storage and gas station and live local. So, somebody explain to me, Amy, is back on your your
side of things, what the why is there why the disconnect between what we're being being told by professional staff and then what the residents are believing that it is part of the Golden Acres Pla? Sure. Um, we have continued conversations with them
since the comp plan amendment was being proposed and that's when staff did their due diligence to confirm where the subject site is located. Um, so we pulled the property appraiser cards, ran the legal descriptions and the plats
that were associated to those. and the plat that was subject to the golden acres phase of the residential community, that plat specifically does not identify these parcels as part of that plat and the legal description does not support that as well. Do we have a a
picture outline of what's in the Golden Acres plat and what's not? We if you give us a minute, we could find it. I could pull it up. Yeah. and and I asked for this because there are multiple
parcels along Little Road that I think are going to add conflict between residents and what this the decisions this board has to make. So for future knowledge on our CVS right there.
She's going to scan it in. So, she actually has the plat that is currently um being discussed from the residents and then the replat as well. So, you'll see that it's not I just I I guess I'm just looking for comfort in a clear
legal ease on the record from you all to us about what is Golden Acres Plat and then what is neighboring to the Golden Acres is in plat, you know. Um, I have a question for you. U
actually, it might be for for the applicant. I just depending on what happens to the north, I want to make sure there's some kind of connectivity that's in our roles, right? Yes. So, um, actually this has been a proactive
approach with the county in both applicants with the Little Road project that you're reviewing today, the resoning and the Little Road PDMPD. Um, there is connectivity between both the commercial area um and actual
connectivity pedestrian and vehicular to ensure that we kind of planned both projects as if they were one. So, there's supposed to be more of a unified connection between the two that are occurring between the conditions of approval because there's there's an
opportunity here with the size of this property and and the property to the north to make some entertainment area for the community. Um something special rather than just a strip mall that is vanilla blah. Yeah,
absolutely. Um, and is that is the trail I mean we have reservation for I know we don't have the money but we have the reservation for a multi-use trail along this side. Correct. A little and that's all set forth in that MPD of the budding to the north or at least proposed to be.
So I I personally think um that it's not part of the residential part of the community and that if if if we do it right it could be an asset to the community. What what what what we're trying to what I'm trying to do, I want
to make sure Mr. Rose and everybody he's representing and we know there's a whole bunch of people that everybody has is singing from the same script of music. That way there's no disconnect. Everybody's looking at the same documents. We're basing the decisions
off the documents that we see. They're looking out for the community and they know the history of the documents. based in our decisions on it. Everybody has the same information. All right. I saw those when I had my meeting. They showed me the documents, but it's been that's
been a while. I'm looking for a a refresher. It's been a couple. All right. So, they're doing some research here. So, the to answer the commissioner's question, this is Golden Acres unit one, which you're seeing. Now, keep in mind that Little Road didn't extend this far
north. So when this woods was platted, I believe 1978. So here's Golden Acres. Our property is to like just off that plat just a little bit. So and the only reason I've highlighted the yellow is I just highlighted the streets just to give my
you know just to orient myself. It's a little again like a little tricky to say because Little Road does not exist as far north when this was platted. Now if you go to the second page, this is the property that is the reasonzoning case. It's all of this property, all four lots. It's a replplat
of part of the original Golden Acres, but again, it's not in this original plat that had the deed restrictions. And again, my client has a title company um who has issued a title policy that states that does not include those deed restrictions as one of the ex as one of
the requirements. So, we do not believe we're subject to that. I would also say that after the December meeting um with the at the plan amendment before you all in December in 2024 we my client I spoke to Mr. arose after the meeting. I committed to him that I would call him
and email him when with when our uh public hearing was scheduled for the resoning. He seemed fine with the deed restrictions as we again we talked about it that at y'all's hearing in December. He seemed fine with it. So, I was kind of mystified when he showed up because I did send him a letter and I did tell him
about the hearing before any notice went out. And also, Mr. Rose is not with anywhere near the notice area. He's about a mile and a half away on Hilltop which is the next road east of this site. next road that the next north south road east of of Little Road. So,
while I appreciate his um activity and his and his advocacy, um I I'm not really I don't quite understand how he would be affected. Um we are going to be it's not there's a there's a a a neighboring parcel that's up for review
and a whole bunch of people came out. Yes, sir. I watched the and Mr. Rogers, he advocates for different things on our coast and everything else. So I think he has a little bit of credibility on what what he represents in the community he represents. So Amy,
you say you believe you believe that there's not the deed restrictions on there. It's black and white issue for me. Are there the golden acres deed restrictions, residential deed restrictions on these parcels or not? It's a it's yes or no. I don't want to believe. We believe it's either they
were there or they're not. the title company pay for title policy issued to my client says they are not they are not and they are the as far as I'm concerned they're much more of an expert than I would be that's a title company they do the research as you all know um we have that title policy if you want me to enter it in record I would it does not
list the deed restrictions that Mr. Rose and these folks are are discussing does not list that as an exception to the title policy. Okay. I think because this keeps coming up, chair, should we add that title policy
into the record because we keep having these this is such an old project from decades and decades ago. Can attorney should we add that type of level of detail into the record for these as these older communities evolve?
M madam chairman I commissioner I whether or not there are deed restrictions is really irrelevant to your zoning decision and as I said before I think when you when you made the change in December you set the
zoning that this parcel was going going to be having in the future if if there if there are deed restrictions and that then it's a civil action between the property owners but
there's been nothing shown and I you know I trust planning departments yeah I I just don't want this board to make a decision that leads to civil action and people having to get in lawsuits for things over decision that we made like unintentional consequences I guess is
what I'm saying that's that's what I want to well the civil action would likely be between the property this property owner and this board. All right. Um I have a question. U I notice well first of all I don't know what a replplat is. Um so I don't know
the significance of that one. Two um I see replat is when you when you plat over something that has already been platted once. What year did that happen? What does that mean? Why why did they do that? Did they divide it into four lots or I don't know why why would someone do
that? Just curious. modern theory, not having gone back and looked at the 70s, this says the portion of a track three, which then means that they were carving up lots from a tract, which is a larger section. All right. And so, see, I
notice on the right that that long narrow strip, which is that a rideway, an easement? Uh, what is that? Um, it is not a rideway. I believe it's it's an easement. I think if I'm reading it, I think it's 30 foot drainage ement.
Uh yes, it reads 30 foot drainage utility and private ingress and egress easement. So it's access. Whose whose district is this? Mine. In ingress and private ingress and egress. Okay. So then I noticed that um the lot to the
north also had that road um that that that project had a road also that he is vacating an easement or whatever you want to call it. So to me these parcels were separated potentially by a road.
Why you're saying and that one was actually So that one is perpendicular to what was on the image, right? So these are kind of like parted off access. So I feel even stronger in your position. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Because the project to the north was essentially
like a flag lot and so that had a potential access which I believe that applicant has an agreement to try to dedicate to that community. Chair, I I'd like all kinds of illegal stuff going on these lots today. Yeah. I don't know. I
I'd like to make obviously we don't know what the future is of this project in the lot in the section to the north of it. I'd like well they're two different owners because whatever decision needs to be made they need to be consistent
and complimentary of each other. Um agree with that. I would just put out there as well um as a reminder. So in December when we did execute the comp plan amendment with the sub area policy, the sub area policy restricted the zoning district to C1.
So that's the option for the zoning matter here. If there would be a change um then you would have to come back. I'm not I'm not so sure of the what the what the what the fate of the project is to the north of it. Correct.
And I I'd like to have a better understanding of where that's going to land before before this because depending on what happens to it, they I think they need to be complimentary and complimentary neighborhood. So, I don't know. My my my instinct right now is
until we get an update on what happens to the north of it is to continue this. I I think we need to see a bigger picture plan for for what's going on here. I'll support that too, Mr. Jagger. Yeah. With all due respect, we've been in this process more than a year and a
half, totally separate owners. We are, as I understand from um from Amy that there is going to be a requirement that the property to the north because it is an MPD be required to stub out. We will accept that stub out and that connection through our property. They might want to come down and get to the light, but this
is our own case. We're standing on our own two feet. Would respectfully request that we get approved today and then whatever connection needs to be made, we're uklidian project. We don't h you don't have any ability to impose that on us, but we're agreeing to do it. We will accept their road coming through. We
obviously we want to coordinate with them where it goes, but they they need to stand on their own and we need to stand on our own and we've like I said, we've been in this process over a year and a half. My client cannot move forward. He can't get any users for the property. He's standing still paying a mortgage and now I'm dependent on some
other case. No, August. No, I appreciate your advocacy, but uh these are definitely two complimentary parcels of what's going on here. And um I haven't had an update from from staff or anybody on what's going on to the north and
what's this. I mean, look, things are moving in. We're talking about views view sheds earlier. You heard a debate over over the views of boat shed covers and areas we represent. We got people who are upset because they're losing views of their pasture. Life is changing in Pasco and these
infill projects are on major roadways are going to have an impact and change life on people a little bit. So the decisions as we come in and do the these infill projects come through. We got one shot at making sure the decision is the best decision we make for the neighborhood and for the betterment of
our county. So a few more weeks I think is appropriate because I'd like to get an update from staff on what's going on to the project to the north of it. So, I' I'd like to continue this um for another couple weeks until I get an update from whoever needs to come come see us. And Mr. Rose, if you and your
folks want to call our office, that way we can understand better from your part of the world. You know, Mr. They they they have zoning approval already. They have future land use. Future land use. Okay. We're allowed to continue.
This is your district. You think someone can build a house on that corner? I I mean, does this match our future land use map? Yes. So, the reasonzoning would match
it. Correct. Then I'm okay with it. And again, there's a sub area policy attached to the comp plan, so the future land use, which means they're limited to C1 with restricted uses only. take a motion. Okay.
Um I I'll move to approve. Second. All in favor? I I opposed. I Okay. All right. Thank you. Okay. We'll commissioner items. Did we finish everything else in the morning? I
believe you did. Okay, Commissioner Oakley, I have nothing but you have nothing but a 10day trip to South Dakota. Oh, how nice. You could have gone to my NAO uh conference that I couldn't make. I went
and saw Mount Rushmore. Very beautiful. If you get an opportunity to go, that's place to go. Shoot, I would they uh they did a dinner. They had a special dinner at the uh Mount Rushmore inside it for the Niko conf my Niko
board of directors meeting. Oh, really? Yeah. If I'd known you going, I would have hooked you up. Nice facility. Yeah, it's cool. Did you see the Badlands? Yeah. Yes. Very interesting, right? Yeah. It's small though. Brew anything there. So, it's just amazing that it's
kind of mindboggling what the Badlands look like. Yeah. And it makes you I wonder how it happened. I still have my wrapped my brain around it. You know who lives right near there is Christy Sims, our former county attorney. She lives in the town just
north of that town at the Badlands. Yeah. Commissioner Weightman. Uh nothing pressing. Just um just a little particular reminder on seeing where we are with our tree
ordinance. uh coming up and um whenever it's appropriate to discuss the changes to the live local act. We had some wins in session where we could opt out but also essentially
any any zonings in in play now. So I'll I'll ask David Engel to speak to the tree ordinance but regarding the legislative piece we will high level since we're making you know the afternoon sessions that we Yeah. We're going to have a regular item at the July meeting. Okay. Then we'll I'll wait on
that. Yes, sir. Good afternoon. David Engel, planning and economic development director. The uh tree preservation and mitigation ordinance is in two parts. The board will see in the next couple of meetings, if not the next meeting, a uh tree mitigation ordinance where we're
increasing the fees and broadening the use of funds so we can get that money out on the street for canopy trees. The second component is street uh tree preservation. Last week the planning commission held a workshop to discuss tree preservation. Uh we have a draft um
ordinance all ready to go. We got their input. We're going to bring it back to the PC and uh most likely you're going to see that in front of you in September. Very good. Thank you. That's all I have. Chair. Thank you, Commissioner Jagger.
All right. So, we went to this is located at Signal Cove. Um, and we had a grand opening for Grace's food pantry and Jack was there as well. So, I will speak for Jack. So, this was great. And the community um when I got there, there was a line out the door of people waiting to get in and so I think they're
really going to benefit this from this a lot. So, next slide. So, this was the Sunrise of Pasco Hope Breakfast and this gentleman was Gabby Patito's dad. Oh, boy. Yeah. them his uh wife was supposed to come but she had COVID and boy was
that really moving and he was basically saying in a nutshell like you know he's a he was a firefighter in Hillsboro and he said now you know he was like I I wasn't trained to see the signs of of what those red flags look like. So now
it's his mission to make sure everybody knows what what these flags are. So it was very very um moving and touching. Um, also, um, is it coming? Nope. Okay. Well, uh, Saturday we are going to be
having, um, we're partnering with the Department of Health and we're going to have a health and wellness fair at Moon Lake Park. So, um, that's Saturday at 9:00 a.m. So, if you know anybody that can benefit from that, please send them
our way. And, um, update on area of aging. We just had basically um their audit went well. Um with the budget cuts, they had a great impact video. This lady um she was 107 pounds, had
breast cancer, really couldn't get to the store or cook her own food, signed up for meals on wheels, and now she's 130 pounds. So just what a what a great story. So, yep. That's And here's um here's our flyer for Saturday. So, if
you guys could share it um on your social media if you live on this side, that would be very helpful because we're trying to get as many people to our event as possible. Very nice. That's all I have. Just two quick items. Um first, as a reminder, your budget workshop is this
Thursday at 9:00 am here in Newport Richie. So, we'll be discussing all things budget. Uh the other thing is is as of effective today we've rescended the burn ban and so that's being communicated through the appropriate office. That's all.
Um are you I don't have anything and I do not have and I'm going to um just so you know I'm going to not do my CNU stuff because we have two commissioners gone and I want to save all that for that. So um going through mine real quick um we'll see
what pops up here. Uh attended the sports coast tourism banquet. That's why missed the NO board of directors meeting. Hopefully they don't kick me off, but I just felt I needed to be there as the chair. Um, got to sit next to Tony Dunie. I Were you there? Oh,
yeah. You were at my table. Yeah. Yeah. What an amazing man. Uh, just just amazing man. And he learned a lot about Pasco that he didn't know about even though he comes up here to cycle uh frequently. So that was kind of cool
that he rides our trails. His kids went to high school here. And his kids went to high school here. Yes. At Land of Lakes, I think, right? Land of Lakes High School. So, um, uh, attended, uh, station 17, ribbon cutting. Lisa, you were also there and so was Commissioner Oakley. Um,
it's a a beautiful, beautiful fire station. Um, I did a trade mission to London. Uh, Mayor Caster, uh, the chair of Hillsboro County was there and the chair of Penllis County, the mayor from
Clearwater and the mayor from St. Pete and, uh, Tampa Bay Partnership was also there and there were some other other people. Um, really a great mission. This is just our private dinner that we went to. Um, we met with uh, let's see if you
can see it here. So this this table here at the with the long table, those are all um that was put on by the British American Chamber, those are all business business people who are wanting to move their companies to Florida. So really
cool opportunity for all of us to, you know, say why they should move to Tampa Bay. We we spoke a little bit about our our individual counties, but we, you know, sent the me the uh mission about coming to Tampa
Bay. Um but we also had some private me and Turner was running around everywhere with private meetings. I I did get to meet I don't have the picture here. I should have taken it. Um the uh gentleman who he's not the president, but he's very high up in the company
that is putting their um North American headquarters in my district. It's uh called G&H. They're defense contractors. And they bought Opta um which used to be Photonix. So they're over there on Photonix Drive and and they are uh they
have five or six locations in the US and this is going to be their North American headquarters and they were very excited to hear about Amskills and um we may have some opportunity to get some more of their company located here in Pasco County. So that was a great meeting. Um
and that other picture go back one also. Um we were at the where we're in the one of these this up this upper left one. We were at the embassy and the state department um brought all kinds of business people there who are
looking to move uh to their businesses or expand in the Tampa Bay area. So, it was just meeting after meeting after meeting. All right, what's next? Um, oh, my staff attended the Sparrows Town Hall
and um, they also went to look at the um, Zephra Hills where they're building the um, container homes. And I look I look forward to getting out there myself. I haven't been there, but um, these are some pictures that they took
of the uh, oh of that business. This is one of Vista Lane. You don't know how many years it took us to get this done. I think Wav Vista was one of the worst paved roads in Pasco County. Have you done Green Key ever? Yeah, it's bad. I'm
getting calls about Green Key, too. But Buen a Vista was really bad. Um the Papa's family had a has a ranch at the end of this. So, you know, they're driving down there in their nice cars and and uh they they're getting their tires align, their cars aligned like every every week. Um, I literally went
door to door making sure people signed up for the PASS and we got it to 100 uh, not 100% but we got it to over 50 and it passed the PAS but um, it took a really long time uh, because they had a big drainage issue that we had to work out
with DOT. Looking at that picture, I sure do wish we had put the power lines underneath. Um, that's kind of rough looking. Kind of sad about that one. There's no street trees or anything. So, that's gonna be a hot that's going to be a hot
road. But, uh I know the people are glad that they um they have a lot better. Yeah, it looks a lot better now. Now, they're going to be calling us because they're racing on that road. You know that. You know that's coming. Um so, skip the Buenav
Vista. I mean, the CNU stuff. Um I want to tell you there'll be a survey coming out about child care. Pasco County has been looking at um operating our own child care facility. Um we've been in talks with the school district
for about two years now and so we're going to be sending out a child care survey and um we hope that you'll help spread it out to all the employees. Um but I I think it's uh as you saw on the on the
information from uh the status of women that That's one of the major issues that and affordable housing. And I want to quickly talk about my chicken backyard chicken ordinance. And I'm hoping that we can um bring that back up. Not
everyone wants some, but there are some people in the county that would like the opportunity to have their own chickens in their backyard. And you know, my my niece had a a chicken coupe in her backyard in Seminal Heights in Hillsboro County.
doesn't bother the neighbors. There's no roosters. You just get to collect your own eggs in the back. Doesn't smell. They make no noise. So, um you'd be surprised at how many of our residents have them already, but they're not legal. So, we started we did this chicken or ordinance a while ago, and
then Wilton was in the egg business, I think, and he didn't really want to see it. You know, can't do the egg business. And so, um but now he's not. He sold his egg business. Well, you can't do your egg business. So, I would love for us to be able to
bring this um back. There are some areas that I I agree with you. Some areas really need that. I mean, and really the way things are, egg prices going skyh high. It's And it's good for the kids to see where food comes from. I I lived in uh River Crossing and my son at 10 goes,
"Mom, I want to be a chicken daddy." And I said, "What?" So, he daddy. So he went and we bought chickens and and I asked the HOA and they said there are no rules whatsoever against having chickens. So he had Yeah. I mean some HOAs might
might not allow it and that those rule over I think there's some zoning issues about that. So um well good. I have support for the chicken ordinance. I think I just counted to three. Yes. So let's bring that back and you know we don't want roosters. Limit the number
and all that happy stuff. So, David, um, at our next board meeting, we'll do a little presentation on some of the things we learned at the CNU conference. Yes, ma'am. I know. It was fabulous. That's out. It was fabulous. That's That's all I want to say. So, okay. I think I think we're
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