09.08.2020 Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Public Hearing

[Music] she said i do have two people called in what is the um the area code and first three digits of her number so commissioner starkey is on the phone i don't know if she needs to be linkedin or something yes commissioner what is the um the first three digits of her phone number okay hold on a sec i'll get it for you so it's uh 505. thank you got it okay i'm live yeah we can hear you and it is nine o'clock everybody yeah all right you all good good morning everybody i'd like to call to order the 9 a.m hybrid virtual pasco county board of county commission meeting for september 8th 2020. i also like to remind everybody to please silence all electronic devices meet your microphones this time um here in dave city we have added safety barriers that we can all welcome commissioner starkey can you please mute your phone i can't thank you man um here in dade city we have added safety barriers that we can have so we can have all the commissioners county attorney and clerk and comptroller on the diocese with us today in order to serve our community better in the best possible way we wanted to be able to hold our bcc meetings with all members president and these safety barriers will allow us to do so in a safe and responsible manner at this time i'd like to ask you all to please rise for the invocation and the pledge oh merciful creator your hand is open wide to satisfy the needs of every living creature 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 amen i pledge 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 for all so madam clerk please call the roll district 1 commissioner oakley here district 3 commissioner starkey here district 4 commissioner wells here district 5 commissioner mariano here district 2 chairman moore here thank you so much mr steinstein are you pleased to go over today's proceedings with the bcc be happy to mr chairman on march 20th 2020 governor desantis issued executive order 2069 which has recently been extended by executive order 2193 which suspended any florida statute that requires a quorum to be present in person or requires a local government entity to meet in a specific public place however the board has chosen to hold his board meeting with a quorum

physically present utilizing communications media technology for the public and team members to participate a detailed advertisement was run in the tampa bay times indicating the board's intent to conduct a hybrid virtual meeting even with executive order number 2112 the governor's safe smart step-by-step order large gatherings of over 50 people are not recommended to congregate in any public place that does not readily allow for appropriate social distancing the state surgeon general on july 20 2020 issued a public health advisory indicating all individuals should refrain from participation in social or recreational gatherings of more than 10 people based on this the conduct of a regular meeting with the public present would certainly not be meet the spirit or intent of the order the public has been afforded an opportunity to make public comments either in writing or by the use of communications technology that has been provided the board adopted resolution 2182 on june 30th 2020 establishing the procedural rules for hybrid virtual meetings such as the one being held today as with any meeting you are required that you take action you are required to take public comment on any proposition pursuant to section 286.0114 florida statutes i'm available for any questions thank you mr steinsteiner now it's the time for public comments citizens are given an opportunity to come on any item coming before the board during the public comment section public comment for public hearing items are taken during these individual public hearings beginning at 9 00 a.m brian's pertaining to the 10 am bcc regular meaning those will be heard at that time due to coven 19 operations and to safeguard the well-being and safety of our citizens and staff today's public comment will be handled differently first we will take public comment from those that have pre-registered for a webex link and are currently in queue after we will read into record public comments documents powerpoints or videos that have been identified by members of the public to be read out loud played at the meeting or received and filed finally we'll take public comment from those currently signed up at the kiosk station coming but not to exceed three minutes this new format does not wave the request when you do address the board comments are not directed personally against a commissioner team member but rather directed at the issue this provides mutual respect between the board members and the public for webex and kiosk participants after stating your name and address for the clerk the timer will be activated we'll start a countdown after

that when people sound living you know the only one remains after time is up two beeps will sound indicating three minutes are up and you should close your comment to that time webex participants will be disconnected when their time is up and kiosk participant participants will be asked to move away from the kiosk now we proceed with the public hearing agenda we have five public hearing items on the regular agenda starting with item p1 madam court do we have proof one moment please yes item p1 was published in the tampa bay times on july 29 2020. good morning commissioners my name is juanita hernan i'm a senior project manager in public works before you you have the resolution establishing the equivalent residential unit eru and the eru rate to fund the stormwater management utility system as you may remember last year 2019 we adopted a rate of 95 per eru this 2020 we are not increasing the rate we are keeping the same that we had back in june 30th the preliminary rate was adopted for 95 and that's what we are bringing in today the final resolution for your approval great thank you ma'am so the rate is staying the same for the next fiscal year all right correct any questions comments by the board come on let's make a comment uh i want to say that uh the stonewater pro team is doing such a phenomenal job they did a great work to see pines cleaning out golf island's cleaning out and i know your pipe replacement crew has been doing a phenomenal job so thank you for the good work you guys are doing thank you thank you commission mariana any other questions from the board before i go to public comment i'm clearly signed up for public comment via webex at this time no no one signed up via webex and i do not have any email is anybody at the kiosk at this time is anybody on the kiosk for this item which is p1 yes there is okay for p1 all right please have them go ahead uh good morning ladies and gentlemen uh victor rodriguez 17350 nelson road uh shady hills florida i'm coming to behalf of this assessment my question to the board is this rate as the lady said is not an increase but what i've received in the mail is showing that it is an increase so is this a tax that is actually more than what it was last year for the assessed value okay after public comment's over we'll go ahead and respond okay do you have anything else um yeah would like to speak on solid waste as well that is increase in taxes as well i have the same comment if that's going up from last year my

understanding from what i'm reading that i received in the mail the taxes are going up this year during the pandemic so i just like to get clarity if that's the case if it's not okay i would also like to bring light to that's not anything to do with this agenda item but these are these are public hearing items so you'll have an opportunity at 10 o'clock to do general public comment okay cool thank you okay great anything else on p1 sir that's it okay thank you and we'll respond to those in a second anybody else sign up for p1 on the kiosk and i i will allow you guys by if you like on the question that again so the rate has not increased your 95 dollars still be accounted for every square footage every 2890 square feet that you have in your property if there is not an increase in the square footage that you have we will be more than glad to review your uh assessment and find out if there was a mistake okay so again this is the same as last year nothing has changed no approval i have a motion i have a second this is a roll call vote because we have one person um virtual so madam clerk please call roll district one commissioner oakley aye district three commissioner starkey aye district four commissioner wells aye district five commissioner mariano aye district two chairman aye motion passes five zero thank you moving on to item p2 resolution by the board of county commissioners the password county florida establishing the final assessment for the quail hollow municipal service benefit unit msbu used to establish the budget to fund those activities recommendations and by the advisor board the quail hold in sbu item p2 was published in the tampa bay times august 12 2020. good morning good morning justin grant public infrastructure fiscal and business administration director um item before you is ut20-03 resolution establishing final non-adverb assessment for the quail hollow municipal service benefit unit also known as msbu this will require a presentation and is your public comment members do you require presentation i see none um let's go ahead and public comment do we have anybody um sign up via webex to speak uh no one is signed up uh via webex and i received no emails do we have anybody at the kiosk this morning wishing to speak on p2 there's no one here okay uh back to the board have a motion second i have a second i have a motion by commissioner oakley that's second by commissioner mariano madam clerk please call the roll

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