Pasco County BOCC Special Agenda Meeting

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okay is the evacuation shelters for people that vote for employees okay good afternoon everyone I would like to call to order the Pasco County Board of county commissioner emerging special meeting of September 26 2022 I would like to remind everyone present to please silence all electronic devices at this time I'd ask you all to rise for the invocation and pledge Madam Clerk make us thankful for your loving Providence and Grant that we remembering the account that we must one day give may be faithful stewards of your good gifts amen pledge allegiance allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice forever Madam clerk please call the roll district one commissioner Oakley here District Two commissioner Moore I'm online District 4 commissioner Fitzpatrick here District Five commissioner Mariano here District three chairman Starkey Burkhart I believe she's online there we go thank you we have you okay this morning we have convened to discuss the board's consideration of declaring a local state of emergency Andrew Fawcett director of Mercy management has a presentation the only a presentation on what Pasco County is looking at coming in for this storm I will say this storm is an unprecedented storm and the angle of approach that it's coming at and the size of the storm it's going to be detrimental to the county we are going to receive significant Devastation and damage so um today like went through showers normal weather all that kind of good stuff tonight same thing getting into Wednesday we're going to start seeing bands from the storm start pushing into the coast we'll see some tropical start seeing heavy heavy rains so we're already set we're already saturated as a County so um we're going to start seeing flooding early on with not surge but flooding so if you look at the pictures I have up there the PowerPoint yesterday the hurricane was predicted this to be a hurricane maybe a strong one possible two week two the storm shifted um more and this and this slide actually the new one that just came out it's actually pushed over more so it's going to make landfall around Levy County in that area right there it was projected to be a regular hurricane now they have classified it to a major hurricane so our major hurricane is anything category three and above another bad item about it is we're on the right side of the storm the right side of the storm is the messiest and dirtiest side of the storm that's where we get our storm surge that's where we get our tornadoes we get our heavy

rainfalls and another item I just found out that um from a phone call with NWS is that when the storm hits the Tampa Bay Area it's basically going to stop to a crawl so right now it's moving 10 to 15 miles an hour down just beneath Cuba but when it gets up to the Bay Area it's going to slow down to about five miles an hour so that's even going to add more impact to the county not only keeping the surge in and not letting it release but we're going to dump about 10 inches of rain on the county through this event um you're looking at your probable rival times the top one is the earliest reasonable you see it gets in there Tuesday into Wednesday is wednesday-ish the most likely time for us to really start seeing sustained winds and rain is going to be through starting on Wednesday and all the way through Thursday so this is going to be a Wednesday Thursday event with and we are going to receive hurricane force winds sustained on the coast and I'm thinking for probably most likely from 19 over in the little road area we'll see sustained hurricane force winds the county in the whole is going to see sustained tropical Force storm force winds throughout the event our flooding model we've been running models every day basically every four or five hours to see if this slosh model is going to change so as you see we're looking at 10 12 and some areas 14 feet of water coming in up to us 19. we are going to have areas that are in the county that will cross over 19 and we will have flooding on the east side of 19 and we're looking more down in the elfers area the holiday Forest Hills area Gulf Harbors they're going to be underwater this whole any Land Development that's on the west side of the of of 19 is going to receive water in it so we've been doing these models repetitively um another bad thing is we have hospitals that are in level a evacuation zones we're working with them and and that Newport Richie area Bayonet Point they're expected to see water in their facility so we're working with them and moving uh further with it so our current status we do have the state declaration for pre-landfall and the and the hurricane declaration that includes all 67 counties Pasco County evacuation orders are going to be going out on Tuesday activating tier one and we are now opening tier two shelters so we're gonna have a total of 12 shelters open for this event Fasano shelter is activating it's going to be used exclusively for special needs it's usually a combination gen pop and special needs but with the amount of calls that we have received we're actually going to have to open Fasano for special needs and then we're actually going to happen to open up our backup site which is Wiregrass high school for special needs calls are still coming in for people for special needs that are wanting evacuation and we have gotten to a point that we've had to say

well take your name we'll take your information but there is no guarantee that we can come get you just because of the amount of people that are asking to be evacuated for special needs we're monitoring the area of concern with pumps we're working on Public Works they have all their pumps in place we're pumping down areas that we know are very prone to flooding so we keep pumping those areas we have put resource requests in for additional pumps to help when they come in to start pumping off other areas anticipated actions we're at a level one right now but tomorrow we're gonna go into a 24-hour level one Activation so there will be day and night shifts there um we have sandbag locations throughout the county we actually have eight of them now because Zephyr Hills just came online and date City came online but to uh sandbag locations I will say however we've had to limit the number of sandbags that citizens can get and that is because people are taking 20 30 40 of these bags and we're running out we got resource requests in for additional bags we're hoping the state will push those out out to those rather quickly so we can move in and start getting there and done um and I got briefed out earlier stormwater gates are open three of the 14 are currently open Public Works is monitoring those um and we have seen we're alleviating a lot of water so we're actually doing a pretty good job any questions from you folks no you know so the most flooding or The Surge or the water goes how far into the county because my my area is over on the east side of the county we'll still have wind and all that but we probably won't get that surge no you will not get the surge The Surge will be limited to the west side of the county yeah and we're thinking U.S 19 Westward which is very prone to that and then we're thinking up in the Hudson bayonet area they're going to get water over 19 off of arapica in that area water will be pushed across the road there and then down in Holiday um US 19 area Forest Hills area that water is going to cross over 19 there also so if you're living on the eight on the west side of 19. yes and you should move to evacuate yes they they yes they need to evacuate how high are the surge do you think so we're looking in some of the areas um we're looking at 12 to 14 feet so I don't know who are members of No Name storm when the no-name storm came through here that floating was up into the houses we're going to see areas that the water is at the gutter lines on the houses that's how bad this is going to be yeah um Rivers right now we have one River that's an and flood stage and that's the Worthington Gardens River that's still in minor flood stage they're expecting that to go in the major flood stage

it'll it'll specify tomorrow morning it's when the evacuations will start to coincide with the shelter openings thank you so the shelters will do we know when no remain open until we determine that it's safe to return or the shelters are done thank you okay all right any other questions all right well Mr fossa thank you for all the great work you and your team are doing um Madam clerk would you please read the resolution resolution number 22-230 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida declaring a state of local emergency related to Hurricane Ian do you want me to proceed forward with reading the rest of it or just by title only um please yeah let's read it okay whereas the governor of the state of Florida issued executive order number 22-218 on September 23 2022 and executive order 22-219 on September 24 2022 declaring that that a state of emergency exists for certain counties in the State of Florida due to the forecast models of hurricane Ian formerly known as tropical depression nine Hereafter referred to as the event and whereas the event poses a potential threat to the lives and property of residents of Paso County requiring Advanced preparation and mobilization of resources as well as flexibility and Authority from the board of County Commissioners to act in a timely manner to prepare for the event render assistance to affected residents and mitigate any property damage caused by the event andrise chapter 252 Florida Statutes provides Authority for political subdivisions such as Pasco County to declare a state of emergency state of local emerging agency and to waive the procedures and formalities otherwise required of political subdivisions by law pertaining to one performance of public work and taking whatever action is necessary to ensure the health safety and Welfare of the community to entering into contracts three incurring obligations for employment of permanent and temporary workers five utilization of volunteer workers six rental of equipment seven acquisition and distribution with or without compensation of supplies materials and facilities and eight the transfer Amendment apportionment sorry Amendment appropriation and or expenditure of public funds and now therefore the board of County Commissioners El Paso County Florida in session this 26th day of September 2022 hereby declares a state of local emergency pursuant to section 252 Florida Statutes and sections 30-29 and 30-30 Pasco County code of ordinances effective immediately for all territory within the legal boundaries of Pasco County including all unincorporated and Incorporated areas and authorizes the County Administrator and our interim County administrator or his designee to order evacuations make emergency purchases and take any other action he deems necessary this state of local emergency shall be effective upon

enactment and shall remain in effect for a seven day period thereafter unless otherwise rescinded or extended as provided by law further to the extent Allowed by law this declaration retroactively applies to ratify expenditures made in actions taken prior to the affected date of this lse by County staff in connection and with preparations in anticipation of the event be it further resolved by the board of County Commissioners at the County Administrator and or interim County Administrator and the Emergency Management director are each delegated the authority to one extend this initial Declaration of local state of emergency as many times as necessary and two dissolve this local state of emergency or any extensions thereof if the event no longer opposes a threat to the lives and or property of Pasco County residents or to public property this delegation of authority to the County Administrator and or interim County Administrator and or the Emergency Management director to extend or to dissolve this local state of emergency does not require further action by this board and is granted whether or not a quorum of the board is is able to meet the procedures set out in sections 30-29 and 30-30 of the Pasco County code that may be interpreted to be in conflict with this grant of authority are hereby waived be it further resolved by the board of County Commissioners that it is the intent of this board that given the possibilities that episodic rainfall or high winds may result in only localized damage flooding and or storm surge that the County Administrator and our interim County administrator or his designee shall have the flexibility to Institute modify amend to terminate or reinstate evacuation orders and a per in other appropriate orders as conditions and affected areas change and without further action by this board be it further resolved by the board of that be it further resolved that the board of County Commissioners desires to facilitate the cleanup of debris on private property by those residents affected by wind rainfall and or flooding and therefore this board directs that the cost of debris disposal tipping fees otherwise charged to residents for debris disposal related to this event shall be paid from the general fund rather than the affected residence be it further resolved by the board of County Commissioners that set bored here by exercises its Authority and waves the procedures and formalities required by law of the political subdivision as provided in chapter 252 Florida Statutes and sections 30-29 and 30-30 Pasco County code of ordinances done and resolved with a corn present and voting this 26th day of September 2022. thank you madam clerk you know this is a very serious storm um I know you know I appreciate the governor governor DeSantis putting the emergency out there early to give us a chance to respond Mr garbella thanks for bringing it together Andy thanks for doing what you're doing Chief I

appreciate you guys too it's going to be a very difficult storm it's going to as you say cause a lot of damage we've just got to be prepared and if you're out there and you live especially west of 19 or even close to it if you have any doubts at all there's going to be shelters out there be safe any further discussion okay Mr chair this is a roll call vote since we have two Commissioners remote okay and we have a motion a second please call the roll district one commissioner Oakley aye District Two commissioner Moore District Four District Four commissioner Fitzpatrick aye District Five commissioner Mariano aye District 3 chairman Starkey hi it has been promptly moved seconded further discussion um motion carries we are adjourned thank you [Music] Pasco County waterways and Wildlife depend on you to keep them health