06.02.2020 Board of County Commissioners(BCC) Virtual Meeting

All right, good morning everybody. I'd like to call to order the virtual Pasco County Board of County Commission meeting of June 2nd, 2020. Remind everybody to please silence all electronic devices and mute your microphones at this time. We could please rise for the invitation and 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 must one day give may be faithful stewards of your good gifts. Amen. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, if you please call the role. District one. Commissioner Oakley here. District three. Commissioner Starky here. District four. Commissioner Wells here. District 5. Commissioner Mariano here. District 2 Chairman Moore here. Thank you so much. Mr. Steiner, will you please go over today's proceeding with the BCC? Be happy to, Mr. Chairman. On March 20th, 2020, Governor Danis issued Executive Order 2069, which has been extended by Executive Order 2114, 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. The order allowed the board to meet virtually utilizing communications media technology. A detailed advertisement was run in the Tampa Bay Times indicating the board's intent to conduct a virtual meeting. Even with executive order number 20 112, the governor's safe, smart, step-by-step order, large gatherings of over 10 people are not permitted to congregate in any public space that does not readily allow the appropriate social distancing. Based on the con based on this con the conduct of a regular meeting would certainly not be in the spirit or of it or intent of the order. 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 2118 on April 21st, 2020 establishing the procedural rules for virtual meetings such as the one that's being held today. As with any meeting that you take action, you are required to take public comment on any proposition pursuant to section 286.011. 0114 Florida statutes. I'm available for any questions. Thank you, Mr. Stein Snder. Um, now is the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any item coming before the board during this p public comment section. The board also takes public comment on items to be placed on a future board agenda and other business under their purview due

to the CO 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 callers that have pre-registered and are currently on Q. After we'll read in the public comments, documents, powerpoints, or videos that have been identified by members of the public to be read out loud or played at the meeting to exceed 3 minutes for each. The new format does not wave the request that when you address the board, comments are not directed personally against a commissioner or team member, but rather directed at the issues. This provides mutual respect between the board members and the public. For those participants calling in, after stating your name and address for the clerk, the timer will be activated and will start a countdown. After 2 minutes, one beep will sound, letting you know that only 1 minute remains. After the time is up, two beeps will sound, indicating the three minutes are up. Please note the calls will be disconnected after 3 minute mark. Madame clerk, I see we have, I think, five people pre-registered to speak and also a number of emails to be read into the record. if we could go ahead and bring on the first caller, please. I think Paulie, you're controlling that today. Rick, Mr. Chairman, the uh five that have pre-registered um I've been informed only two are actually called in and we can start with the fourth uh registered individual which is Mr. Larry Rutan. Thank you. Good morning. Please state your name and address for the record and start your comment. Uh my name is Larry Routan. Uh, and I forgot the second part. My address is uh 6848 G Boulevard, Zephr Hills, Florida. Go ahead. And, uh, I am, uh, good morning. My name is Larry Retan. I'm the owner of Zephr Hill Cinema 10. Uh, I'm here today to ask your permission to open my theater. Uh, Governor DeSantis last message said clearly said that phase one was completely open. Then he waved his hands like an umpire calling calling runner home safe at home. Uh movie theaters are in phase one. I'm very glad that restaurants, gyms, and bowling alleys are allowed to be open, but somehow I think theaters have been overlooked. We are much safer than those businesses because of the several reasons I listed in the cover page I sent to your commission. Two very important items that I forgot on that list was number one was that we do not expect to be inundated with large amounts of business. Uh we are going to be playing older movies or just recently released movies uh because Hollywood has not opened up anything new lately. So we're not expecting a large amount of business. Secondly, I forgot that Pasco County infection rate for Corona virus is relatively low compared to other counties. Penllis County has opened up the theaters and Okachchobee County has also opened up theaters, movie theaters.

Uh Penllis County has got a far higher infection rate than Pasco County and especially in Zephr Hills. Uh the cover page I I've sent you has a very safe opening plan and uh I would like to open the theater so that I can pay some bills, keep some employees on the job and allow the public to get to back to some sense of normaly. Uh uh the page the cover page I sent you explains a very safe opening. Uh, the second document I sent you was for safety protocol for reopening the theater. And the third document I sent you was a photograph of what 25% occupancy occupancy rate looks like. Actually, I'd like to request 50% occupancy, but beggars can't be choosers. I would go with 25 if you so say. Can I answer any questions? Thank you, sir. So during public comment, we don't do a question and answer, but I think we will. I'm getting an answer that you can listen to in one second, sir. Okay. I I can hear you, but it's just like a an echo. Okay. Okay. Hello, sir. Did Did you have anything else to add, sir? I'm I very much apologize, but all I can hear is an echo and talking in the background. I'm Mr. Ruten. Um, the chairman was asking if you had any additional comments. I do not have any additional comments other than the what I have on the documents that I sent uh sent your commission. All right, sir. Thank you so much for your comments. Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. And and so hopefully he's able to hear this um what I say now. Um Pas County um never closed um movie theaters. um that is up to his discretion. If he follows the CDC um guidelines and the health department guidelines, um that is up to him if he would like to open or not. Um Pasco County again did not do any additional orders. Uh we only follow what the state orders and what the governor's um orders are. So I'm right. Yeah. So that is up to his discretion. Um, Madame Clerk. Yeah. Madame Clerk, I'm sorry. My I was on mute. Uh the next caller is the fifth registered individual, Miss Tammy Nappy. Please state your name and address for the record and start your comment. My name is Tammy Nappy. My address is 8209 Reynolds Drive in Hudson, Florida. And I'm I'm going to talk about the closure closure of the Department of Health in Pasco, uh the pediatric dental clinic. Commissioners, um the Florida Department of Health is closing its pediatric dental office. This office has served Pasco County's poorest of the poor children for over 25 years. In addition to the office on Little Road, a satellite office at Cox Elementary serves children on the east side of Pasco. Besides the clinics, we have fully equipped hygienist staff dental

bus which visits Pasco elementary schools providing two sealants, oral hygiene instruction, and courtesy checkups. With Florida already in the bottom tier for underserved pediatric oral health care access, the termination of these programs seems ill advised at best. For years, lowincome parents have looked to the Department of Health Dental Office to provide care for their children. As you know, oral health is directly related to the body's overall health. The loss of this office will be profoundly felt by the underserved and already higher risk for poverty related illness families in Pasco. We 13 ladies who staff these offices have over 110 years of combined department of health service. The service includes mandatory shelter duty during hurricane and flood emergencies. And during these times, we have been separated from our families for days. But never once have we been recognized for this mandatory frontline service. We are dedicated public servants who will now lose our participation in the FRS retirement system, our access to the health insurance, and possibly doctors we've had for years. The la the very last thing any of us expected to lose was was what we came to believe was job security directly related to helping impoverished kids and certainly not in a pandemic when unemployment rates in Florida are already staggering. My purpose here today as a member of the Pasco community is to voice my opposition to this closing and ask the board to also support the opposition even though your own opposition would be little more than just some moral support. Closing this facility will have an adverse effect on parents, children, and certainly on the dedicated staff of soon to be employed former public servants. Thank you for your time. Okay, so if I'm not correct, that was the last um person we have signed up for public comment, live public comment. We do have um apologize. We do have some emails. Madame clerk. Um, chairman, those emails are for the afternoon session public comment. Okay. So, we have nothing for the morning when it comes to the emails. Okay. Great. Thank you so much. Okay. We will The next order of business is the consent agenda. I have a poll sheet with a few items listed on that poll sheet. Board members, before I do that, do you have any items you'd like to add? Okay. Okay. Do we have any items to add? Okay. So, seeing none, C9 is a withdrawal. C13 pull and discuss. C16 pull and revise. C22 pull and revise and C27 is a withdrawal. Entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. As Commissioner Wells move to approve our main consent agenda. Motion by Commissioner Wells. Commissioner Oakley seconds. I have a second by Commissioner Oakley. All in favor? Roll call. I got to get used to that again. Roll call, please. Discussion.

Um, yes, Commissioner Starky. I don't Are we getting emailed a copy of the polls? Because I'm looking at my email list here and I don't have it. And And if we're remote, how do we see what the pool list is? Ma'am, we forwarded that list to the team this morning. Uh, but I can forward that to you immediately. That would that be under the Nikki and Paula? No, I don't have it. So, so I saw an email that went out to all commissioners and your aers. I don't know if they might have gone to your aids or assistants, too, but I know one went out to all the commissioners. That's correct. And who would be the sender of that? Because I'm looking at all my emails and I don't have it. So what what name would that have been under? Jordan Wolf Tracy Wolfie or Jordan French. Okay. Which one? I just I don't like voting on something I haven't seen, but I don't have it. Okay. But let's go ahead and vote on it. But I'll get I'll instruct my staff to make sure I get that next. Yeah. Um 9 9:23 this morning. Maybe look your emails at 9:23 this morning. I'm looking. I don't have it. Okay. Yeah, I don't know. Thank you. Go ahead. Okay. Um well, what we I have a second on the actual consent agenda. You could and commissioners, that'll give you time to um get a poll sheet to review that before that comes up. Madam clerk, please call the role. Hi, Madame Clerk, your mic is muted. Thank you. District three, Commissioner Starky. Hi. And just to repeat the first one, District 1, Commissioner Oakley. I. District four, Commissioner Wells. I. District 5, Commissioner Mariano. I. District two, Chairman Moore. I. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. And we'll go on with C9's a withdrawal. So C13 chairman Jack Mariano. Yes, sir. So I I pulled this last night. I did talk with uh Eric Brightenback. He gave me some good reasons why he wanted to uh support what he had pulled, but um being that we have to put it in last night for this morning's release. If any if no one else has any heartache over it, then I'll I'll move for approval. Okay. Have a motion by Commissioner Mariano. Ron Oakley seconds. I have a second by Commissioner Oakley. Madam clerk, please call the role. District one, Commissioner Oakley. I. District three, Commissioner Starky. I. District four, Commissioner Wells.

I. District five, Commissioner Mariano. I. District two, Chairman Moore. I. Motion passes 5-0. Um C16, Mr. Baxter. Yes. Good morning board. Andrew Baxter, uh, facilities management director. C16 is the award of the construction manager at risk um for Moss and Associates. The approval of the initial uh cone agreement. We uh were hoping to bring the finalized agreement. There are still just a few minor items that uh the county attorney's office is working out with the with the firm Moss and Associates. Um and so we are asking to designate authority to the county administrator. Revised documents listing that uh designation have been distributed uh this morning and with we recommend approval. Jack Mariano. Yes sir. Commissioner Mariana. Yes. I I was going to pull this any this item as well. I did talk to Mr. Brightenback as well about it. Um there was another company that was very very closely rated. Matter of fact, if you gave more of a local preference uh and and took for the owner living in Ozar and a secretary living in Osmar, you might even say the votes could have been switched the other way. Uh Ajax is doing a great job for us out of Wiregrass. Uh I don't know if it's it's hard to see all the scoring and I I've only seen it as of this morning, but I actually preferred the company Ajax. I talked to them well before any of this goes on for the past couple of years as we talked about uh doing the jail. I love their mental health component, what they thought they could do. Um, it was a tight vote. Does anybody have any feeling about changing to Ajax? Um just sir if I may legal sir we we we brought to the board in uh in uh 218 of 20 the finalized recommendation and ranking and the board already approved the negotiations with with Moss and Associates. Um and this is just bringing back the actual finalized contract with with Moss. Okay. All right. I'll move approval. I have a motion by Commissioner Mariano. Commissioner Oakley. Second. I have a second by Commissioner Oakley. Madam Clerk, please call the RO. District one, Commissioner Oakley. I. District three, Commissioner Starky. I. District four, Commissioner Wells. I. District 5, Commissioner Mariano. I. District two, Chairman Moore. I. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Um C22, Mr. Wart. Yes. Good morning, commissioners. I'm Chris Wart, assistant engineering services director on item C22 Bell Lake Road. The bond has been corrected and delivered to the clerk of the court. Uh it was an adjustment in the uh cost and we recommend approval for this item. Right. Thank you, sir. I'll entertain a motion.

Commissioner Wells move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Starky. Second by Commissioner Starky. All u madam clerk please call the role. District one commissioner Oakley I. District three commissioner Starky I. District four commissioner Wells I. District 5 commissioner Mariano I. District two chairman Moore. I. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. And C27 was the withdrawal. So that does it for the consent agenda. Moving on to our regular agenda. Um R1 appointment to the Fox Ridge Advisory Board and um who's taken that today? I think public works has taken that with Brford was on there a second ago. Well, I will re while we're waiting, I'll go ahead and just read the uh memo here. Appointment to the Fox Advisory Boards. Charles Yingling, Christopher Gerald Estelle, James Ryan Gold, Michael Davis, Paul Richard Fussell, Michael Smith, Incity, Buckland, Fox Ridge Municipal Service Benefit Unit. No funding required. Anybody on the line? Yes, I am. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. So good morning commission uh Brford Adam public director um commission based upon your direction um we are bringing forth um before you the appointment of the members of the fox ridge board this is for the MSBU for fox and we approve case so we're having technical difficulties Please have a follow presentation. This is a public works. So, we're still having technical difficulties. Go ahead, Angelley. Speak. If you speak up a little louder, he might be able to hear you. That was good morning. Good morning. is the call of the public works. Um on August 5th, 2014, the board of county commissioners approved the establishment of an MSBU Fox subdivision called the Pasco Heights Road and Bridge District. In uh 2019, the BCC approved the creation of an advisory board for Fox. Um in December 2019, there was a resol resolution that established a seven member property advisory board and um we went ahead and we sent out nomination uh forms to all the members of the advisory board and in um February of this year we had the results of the voting and I don't know if the call is available but um we had four members uh um worker um for the two-year term and as Charles Ningling um Christopher Gerald and James the fourth member uh Ford uh did not get enough votes so it was not recommended for a two-year term we had a total of about seven for the four year term but there are only four positions and the um results

came back for Michael Davis, Paul Fussle, Michael Smith, Cindy Buckland, and um staff is recommending that these folks be appointed to the board. All right. Thank you, sir. And I I know it was difficult for some people to hear. Um bottom line is with the f for the Fox again with the Fox Ridge MSBU um there was over the years there have not always been consensus amongst the residents on how they would like to see things moving forward. So, um, it was suggested that they actually have a committee and that committee actually be voted on and appointed on by the residents and let them make that choice themselves so they can represent the entire community so they can come in here as a cohesive unit in the future when recommendation recommendations are made. Um, does anybody have any questions? Commissioner Wells move for approval. I have a motion by Commissioner Wells for approval. Commissioner Oakley second. I have a second by Commissioner Oakley. Madam Clerk, please call the role. District 1, Commissioner Oakley. Hi. District three, Commissioner Starky. I. District four, Commissioner Wells. I. District five, Commissioner Mariano. I two Chairman Moore. I. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you all. R2. Good morning. Uh, Justin Wrestler, assistant solid waste director. Can everybody hear me? Yes, sir. All right. R2 is an introduction of an ordinance amending the Pasco County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 90, Article Two, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal, and Article Three, Disposal fees and charges. There's no funding required. Um, is there a PowerPoint up you're able to see? R1 item you can can move ahead. Okay. So what what we've done with this ordinance change is we've tried to more clearly define the service standards for our waist hauler as well as provide a couple additional responsibilities for property owners. And really we've done that through establishing a violation section that outlines specific penalties related to uh waste collection and and public and private waste management. And really the genesis for this was the feedback that we've gotten from a number of commission members over the years as well as the the outreach from our citizens about the the issues that they can have trouble with from from time to time. Another component of this ordinance update is that we we've made it mandatory for haulers to provide commercial recycling. We do have an open market in Pasco and so in most places everybody is able to get commercial recycling if you're a business but there are some areas where maybe one or two haulers serve a specific location and so we've just we've come out and made that um you know requirement of the ordinance. It's not mandatory for the businesses to recycle but it's mandatory for the haulers to provide it um if they aren't already. Um, and again, this is

really just to help uh tighten up an ordinance and address some of the uh challenges we've had uh with waste collection. Um, one thing I do want to stress is that our approach and working with our private waste haulers is, you know, open dialogue and communication. I I think that we've had a good relationship um over the past years, especially with the the Corona virus. Everybody has done a good job making sure that we we continue to get the waste out of everybody's homes and in those tough conditions. But uh you know we feel that uh we can tighten up the framework and make this work a little bit better for everybody. Uh next slide please. Um so what have we done specifically um relating to you know kind of the public component of this? We have added some language in there really that makes it a requirement to have a garbage can. Have your waste stored in that garbage can and have the garbage can be litted. We've heard that you know piling up of trash outside houses has been an issue that that people have raised in the past. And then we've addressed some of the waste hauler customer service requirements. Really that deals with reoccurring complaints for the same issue provided that it is a valid issue. A requirement for the private haulers to track those complaints and and submit that those records to the county. And then a requirement for the haulers to resolve any complaints in a reasonable time frame. Next slide, please. Um, another thing that we've added is equipment maintenance. Um, and so over the years there's a lot of issues that we run into with leaking trucks, whether that's leaking hydraulic fluid or or leaking garbage juice out of the trucks, and we've added in some language where if there's damage to a road, they have to go out and and and repair those roads. And then also provide um clean and non-leaking dumpsters to commercial businesses. And then finally, we've expanded the definition of a license hauler. There are several small utilities who will subcontract with a license hauler. Um, we're expanding those requirements to make those licensed utilities subject to the same rules and regulations of our waste haulers. We do have a meeting with the waist haulers on January 15th to present the ordinance direction and get feedback from them, you know, and I think generally everybody's understanding of the the reason to do this and and and they think they feel comfortable working with us. Um, and and so I think everybody can understand the need. Um, with that, this concludes the presentation. Uh, our department's recommendation is to introduce the ordinance and a set of public hearings for July 14th. Thanks. Um, questions. Any questions? Mr. Chairman, Jack Mariano. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Commissioner Mariano, are condominiums that we have out there, are they considered commercial? Yes, sir. They are.

So, they're going to be then required to put out a container if if requested for recycling as well. So what this would require is that the would have to provide them service if requested. It does not require them to put out a container. It just requires the hauler to be able to provide them with one if if requested by the association. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Mariano. Any other questions? Commissioner Starky. Well, um I I just want to say uh you know, I had hoped we could go to some sort of a franchise system, which at the end of the day, I think serves the citizens best, but we don't we of course don't want to hurt anyone's business in Pasco County. So, I think this is the the best solution and and will certainly help move forward. I think being in a more um uh I don't even know what the word is. I I hope this will help the citizens, especially my district, deal with uh neighbors who leave their garbage unattended around their house. So, I'll move approval of R2. Commissioner Stark, I have a motion by Commissioner Starky for approval. Have a second. Second. I have a Okay. Commissioner Oakley second. Madam clerk, please call the role. District 1, Commissioner Oakley. I. District three, Commissioner Starky. Hi. District four, Commissioner Wells. Hi. District five, Commissioner Mariano. Hi. District two, Chairman Moore. I thank you so much. And unless something snuck up on me, I think that does it for the regular agenda. So, we'll move on to old business, starting with Commissioner Oakley. Yes, sir. Thank you. Um, last Saturday, um, in my district, Stanley Burnside reached 100 years old, had his birthday. Um, we had a resolution and consent today for him. Um, Mr. Burnside served as clerk of the circuit court of, uh, seven consecutive four-year terms uh, after succeeding his father in 1949. That was 28 years he served. His father AJ Burnside served 40 years from January 5th, 1909 through January 4th, 1949. So we we thank and commend Mr. Burnside for his service in the armed forces and his service to Pasco County. Um that's quite a milestone and to think about the years there was believe it's 68 years the Burnside family worked here in the county and uh did a wonderful job here as all of our clerks and u all of our our staff employees. I'd like to just send out a a congratulation to all of our employees and things we've been through this during this uh pandemic. And um I appreciate all of our elected officials throughout the county and also all of our staff members, employees throughout the county for all they do

cuz without them uh we wouldn't get done all the things that that are important needed to be done. Uh I can tell you this this county has moved forward even with the uh CO 19 issues. We are still moving forward with with the county business and what needs to happen in our county and also at the same time looking out for the safety of our our citizens um here in the county and that being foremost of what we want to have here in this county. So again, happy birthday to Stanley Burnside for all his service for us. So uh with that, um I don't have anything else. Thank you, Commissioner Oakley. Um we'll move on to Commissioner Starky. Good morning everybody. Um in your email box, you should have received um a copy of a letter or an email from Jeff Stunks to me um that we have now forwarded to all of you. It has to do with rule seven uh of our policies um and how we run our meetings and uh it it when I've been chair uh and and in many board member boards that I've been on um you know uh it it it can be it can be good to at the end of the meeting ask if there's any new business to come before the board. And the reason I think this is a good idea is because sometimes things happen in the afternoon during public comment and issues that are brought to us that we may want to bring up and then ask the um staff to work on and bring back to us. This has happened many times in my years uh on the board of county commissioners and and six on the school board. So, I want to suggest that we um that we adjust our uh procedures here and ask that at the end of of our day, is there anything in business to come before the board? We um we be sure that we have that opportunity to talk amongst each other of uh issues or ideas that we may want to have staff or or the public or whatever know about or bring back. and that that that requires a a rule change to our public hearing um rules. Um Jeff Steiner, could you add to that, please? So, you're it wouldn't be to the public hearing agenda. It would be that your rules under rule 7 have a list of the things that you uh do prior to adjournment. Um you could add a commissioner discussion at um item 11 and then reumber um if that's the board's desire. Mr. Chairman, please go ahead. Commissioner Mariana, I I think it's a good idea. I mean, sometimes we do get those things that come up in conversation like I like I'm glad you touched on the movie theater idea. It might be a thing um to have for consideration. Mr. Chairman. Um, Commissioner Oakley, please go ahead. Yes, sir. I I understand what you're talking about, but I think that's what our old business is for. And I I believe if you'll address it uh with staff, with uh county administrator after the meeting, something comes up like that and discuss it and go through staff, then that'd be

something good to bring up at this time when we have uh time for old business and we could have that discussion while we're doing old business. when you bring it up and we've actually had discussions that cover this kind of thing in the past. So, I understand that some things come to your mind at at the end of a meeting from some public hearing or something, but I believe those discussions should happen during that public meeting. And anything that comes up you need to talk to staff about, you should go over that first with staff and get your answers and then uh the following meeting in during old business, then bring that up and we discuss it. I think that's the best way to handle it. So, thank you. My opinion. Thank you, Commissioner Oakley. Commissioner Wells. Yeah, I agree with Commissioner Oakley. I mean, we've we've had situations to where we may have a conversation, could be during old business or during the morning to where we need direction from the board. I've only, you know, I've been here six years and I've seen it maybe a handful of times, you know, with that situation, I understand. But as far as us bringing up things during old business, I mean, I think that's why we have old business and and quite frankly, Chairman Moore, I think you do a great job keeping us on point. Uh you're a great leader. I I again, I think you do a great job. So, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Wells. Commissioner Starky, back to you. Well, I I guess I can politely disagree that I think sometimes things come up in the afternoon that warrant a discussion. Um, I'm if I'm in the minority, then I'm in the minority. Um, moving on. Um, I would say uh I talked to Nikki this morning. I read an article um about the I don't know if it was city of Tampa or Hillsboro wanting to um get having a list of eviction notices ready to go and of course the governor's stay put that off for a month um or for a length of time I don't remember the length of time but I talked to Nikki this morning to see if we had such a list and um Nikki could you explain the procedure of how it works over at the clerk of court um how you how a list can be generated and um and then I want to take that list and see if we can give it to Kathy and and um um our community services department and see if we can save off with some of our CARES money some of these people from being evicted. I don't know where they would go. Um they'd be out in the woods because there's no place to rent right now. No jobs. And I've seen parents at my grocery store with buckets asking for money lately. So Nikki to you. So um our system that we work in, our office uses case information, um case numbers. So to obtain information as it relates to the individuals that are in the cases, we will look to create a report. It the report we're looking to hopefully create it um electronically through the system if there are certain fields that capture that information. If

not, we will go ahead and uh create a manual report to provide. Now, some of these cases have a judgment already entered and it's just uh pending a writ of possession to be issued by my office while other cases has not gone to judgment as of yet. So, there's two different circumstances that um I think the county attorney would need to be involved in to figure out um how to handle those types of cases. And I wanted to point out that um there is an executive order from the um from the governor and the executive order tolls the statutes about the cause of action for an eviction case which means that um it tolls the statute and uh postpones the filing of the case. So if a new case is filed and the governor's executive order is in place that is is as it is now through July 1st, we will not issue summones for the case to be able to move forward and for people to obtain personal service. Now for cases uh where the judgment has been entered, our office is not issuing the writ and that is based off of a Supreme Court administrative order. Um and in the Supreme Court administrative order, the Supreme Court determines how the cases are to be moved forward, not our legislature. So the Supreme Court administrative um the Supreme Court administrative order provides that the clerk is not um is to not issue Ritz that the issuing of Ritz is suspended for the time being with no end date. So even if the cases are allowed to be filed through the governor's executive order, our office would not issue rits of possession which would allow the landlord to take possession of the property without another local court over order to override the Supreme Court order. So, um, commissioners, I, you know, I'm sure there's there's some investigation that needs to happen on on each individual case, which is kind of what goes on over there with Kathy and Marcy. But, um, but, uh, uh, I'll be uh, working on this and um, hopefully uh, keeping some families in their in their homes during this challenging time. And um, any thoughts or comments? Okay. Okay. I think that's uh all I have. I understand the questions that I asked about the um the where we are with our CARES money and our um senior services meals. Uh we're all going to get those updates in our private um meetings on the budget. So, I look forward to seeing that information. And um just want to thank staff again and and everybody um Commissioner Moore, Commissioner Wells, Mariano all out helping um helping our citizens with food drives and I just think it's great how our community has really um behaved during this challenging time. So, um thank you all for being such good public citizens and I I'm just really proud of our county, our residents and our and our elected folks. Thank you, ma'am. Commissioner Wells, bring up two things if I could. I wanted to update you guys. You remember the 91year-old World War II veteran that his trailer burned down. He

had no insurance. We're close to getting him back in. Um I'm hoping maybe by the end of the week, but the CO stuff is has delayed it a little bit, but great man. I know he's excited to get back in his trailer. So, and and I'll have more to come like a little dedication and so forth to make sure you guys can come out. Um just wanted to update you on that. I have a quick question if I could and I I'm this goes to Commissioner Mariano if I could and I'm just I want to bring it up. We're all getting emails about residents that want to want that are saying they're willing to pay $1,000 to have dredging done. Um I'm assuming Commissioner Mariano, it's coming from you, but I'm not saying it is. That's why I'm asking the question. But I just want to know where do we get that number from? Uh why are the folks emailing us? Again, I think we all agree the dredging is important. I know we have Deubberry working on some things for us, but I it just makes us all look bad when we're giving a number of $1,000, which ultimately from what I can look at the estimate prices. I mean, it may be $1,000 per resident for 15 years, a thousand a year, you know. So, I just I just again, we're a great team up here. U my last six years have been unbelievable. I think we're getting so much done together, and I truly mean that. But it's just things like this that hurt us all. And again, Commissioner, I don't know that it is you. I just know that in most of it's your district. I just wanted to ask that question if maybe it's coming up when you were out meeting with folks with HOA meetings. But again, I just I don't know how to respond to these folks that are sending us these emails. If I if I could, Chairman, please go ahead. Commissioner Mariano. Thank you. Yes. Um, well, I think as everyone knows, we've been working on dredging for over three and a half years now. We started with poor Richie dredge through the BP restore money to try to help them with their dredging going up and down. Uh they had talked many years ago about assessing their residents about $1,000 as we look at going up and down the whole coast. Um that was the number that came out. It wasn't my number was came from the city itself. So, as we were getting close to looking at doing the Port Rich outfall project, which runs from Magnolia Valley all the way to that storm water pond, I figured we need to get public support that's out there. And I think everybody lives in one of those silted in channels that, as as you know, Commissioner Wells, you've talked about it before, you'd even put storm water money in to go kind of clean those edge canals in to get silted in to help with storm water issues. So, it was back like two months ago, I sent that letter out to the people. I showed them the new map uh that had the storm water outfall project to the northern part and also to the southern part. So I kind of showed them what was going on, talked about it, and then just asked them, would you be willing to contribute, you know, $1,000 to a dredging to get your canals done? So it was kind of

informational. Again, it was back a few months ago. Uh residents also did the same thing as far as like trying to get their support out there because they they do suffer greatly by having waterfront property that's all silted in at low tide. you can't even, you know, do anything with the boats. So, yeah, I did put that letter out there. Um, happy to get the information that we've got so many responses back. Um, and I will tell you, we had a great meeting with the mayor on Friday. Uh, we had a meeting coming up with C Pines and SwiftMUD. And after that, I talked to Brian Armstrong, as I've told you guys before. I've had many conversations with him about trying to make things happen out there. Had the conversation, brought the mayor in. We talked for like an hour before that meeting. Uh, talked it through about what we could do. He actually shared me some new ideas which I hadn't heard that actually makes sense for water flow that actually goes to the north uh that blends right over what used to flow there is now kind of blocked out. So actually we're going to look at channel 24 uh as well as the ones we picked out from 14 to 18. So I I think you're going to see some really good things come out from it. Um and that in that input again I did send that letter out. I'm happy to send that letter out. I would have done it again and I kind of educated the people once I saw the map which you've all seen. It's a great project from Magnoli Valley all the way over and how it tied in together. So, yes, I did send the letter out. Okay. And chairman, if I could, and the only reason I'm bringing it up is, you know, I've spoken to Carbala and I know his team's working on some things. We don't know the number. I mean, it's a madeup number. Now, for you to say, listen, residents, are you willing to pay into it? Yes. You know, but we shouldn't be telling them it's $1,000 because commissioner, it's not going to be $1,000. It's going to be way more than that. Looking at the numbers again, Port Richie outfall, my opinion, your opinion, it's both our districts is the most important water project I think we have. It's going to help alleviate, you know, more houses out of the flood plane than any other project. So, it's important and yes, I agree with you on the canals in Port Richie. Um, I wish we could have done more. I I appreciate you meeting with the mayor because you need to have that relationship. I think he's an honorable man. Um, I was in Rotary with him. I think he's doing a great job and we're moving in the right direction. I just I was just a little it just puts everybody in a bad spot. It puts our team in a bad spot. Put each commissioner in a bad spot when we start giving folks an amount. Now, is it going to be there's an amount, but what is it? How are we going to do it? It's going to end up being an MSBU. You know, I know other counties have tried doing that. I know Hillsboro, you know, Carbala's worked on researching where Hillsboro did it, and there was, bless you, six or eight neighborhoods that they did it, and one only passed, you know. So, I

just I want to make sure we're not giving false hope because again, we're a team up here. We we all have to work together and it just makes us all look bad if we're giving folks a number, which we don't know what the number is. So, no. And again, that was want to make a point. Yeah. And and Commissioner Wells, I I appreciate the uh the question and I'm frankly h happy to have the discussion with everything that goes out there in and trying to like talk to people about finding what they want to do. And we've talked up and down how we going to pay for this whole thing. It was a question. It wasn't a commitment. It was just a question. are you willing to it's kind of just to feel them out and I will tell you that the Port Richie Authority who I met with Carl Roth uh just the other day and talked to Ron Pado about it as well. They've actually got their own question that's going out there as well trying to get the seal the feel of how what the community wants to do and I think as you probably know there I think the storm of fee is about $40 $50 or so. Uh the mayor actually talked about even taking a look at bringing that up and that could be a funding source as well that we go through. So maybe the people in the canal, they pay that extra thousand and then maybe it's we start drawing from their storm water utility fund which is what's directly going to help these people. Maybe that's the way to go. So I'm just trying to keep the ideas going out there and trying to make sure we make a a good decision that uh works well for all the citizens. No, and I again I love your advocacy. Again, it's huge, but it's not only Port Richie. I'm getting emails from folks in Sea Pines, folks in Gulf Harbors. Um we all are. So that again, Port Richie is a little different. I get it. And ultimately it's going to be up to the city. Um, but I'm talking about county folks, too. I just want to make sure we're on the same page. Again, it's awesome what we're doing. It's awesome. We're moving forward with some dredging. And again, we need more. I mean, we see it. So, I just I just want to make sure we're not giving false hope to the residents. That's No, no. As a matter of fact, you know, just just to talk a little bit further with it because it was something I was going to touch on anyway, but uh you know, I tal we had those people from Sea and Shore that come down here that are doing the Kings Bay project that was at regional planning council did our presentation. They're actually going to come down here take another look at those channels as well. They say that right now they were instructed by the grant writer that does pot two for the BP Restrack money that those grants are now coming out and available and this project is the ideal project to actually bring it all forward. So they're actually going to try to work with the city and us and kind of our staff and try to bring something forward as well. So there could be great opportunities that actually work and yeah we don't

know what the numbers are. We're just trying to gauge as far as are they committed? They do they want to see it happen? Are they willing to participate? That's all. Okay. Thank you. That's all. Chairman. Sure. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Commissioner Starky. I mean, sorry, Commissioner Mariano. I apologize. Okay. Um, and Chairman Moore, I I'm If you would just let's talk about that movie theater. I'm glad you uh answered the question from the gentleman. So, we're we're saying that right now is movie theaters can be open. Can they go to 50%. Are we going to stop them? Is there any enforcement or what's the situation? Because I think it's a great idea for they're able to go forward. So, I'd like to get that clarity. So I Mr. Chairman, if I may, um, the board never issued an order stopping anybody. So, and I don't think the it's my legal advice that the board not authorize anybody to open because you didn't stop anybody from opening. So, it's between the gentleman and the governor's office. I mean, the governor's press conference continued to list movie theaters, though he didn't put it in his order. Panelis County issued a statement based on their stay-at-home order and the fact that the governor's order didn't address movie theaters. So I think less liability with movie theaters than than people who are professionally licensed. But I don't know that the board wants to get in the position of saying somebody can open than having contrary shutdown from the state. And you know it in the case of a licensed individual the potential of that licensed individual losing their license based on the board's author saying you can go ahead and reopen and DPBR or department of health or whoever shuts them down and and sanctions them. Movie theaters are a little different because they don't have that lensure aspect. But but from a legal standpoint, I think the board needs to stay out of it. It wasn't your order to start with. It's the it you know, if you want to advocate to the governor's office that they need to provide clarity for movie theaters, that's fine. But taking the position of saying yes, you're free to open, I think, is is a bad idea for the board. And I I'll concur with that. That's fine. I just want to I'm just trying to get clarity from what we read and what you see and and the way you've described it. It's really up to the business owner to read it and then make that decision on their own. That's correct. Okay, that's good. Commissioner Marian, I hate to stop you. Commissioner of Kha wanted to follow up with that too, sir. Yeah, I uh been talking to Cinema 10 there in Zephr Hills and the gentleman that spoke to us in public hearing and the word I got back through EOC from the governor's office was they were not um told to be open yet. Now, I even heard him say that some are open in Pine Ellis

and other counties. I don't know. But I think we need to get clarity on that because my answer that came back this past week on on the cinema for Zephry Hills was that the governor's office was not telling us to tell him to open. But possibly in two weeks he could. But I think we still need to hear from the governor's office and let's not make that determination. Let the governor's office tell us when they can go back. And I'm sure they like the gentleman said, he's he's making plans for reopening that'll be safe during this time. So with that, I think I still think we need to wait on the governor's office to tell us. Well, again, I think again going back to is what I said before, too. And again, I'm not telling anybody. We didn't have an order like you stated or, you know, the county didn't place an order and some of these businesses will have to make that determination again like on their own. and if they have their own counsel, they can talk to their own counsel, but we're not going out and policing um movie theaters or making that determination. So, we've never we never said here that they had to close. Yeah, Mr. Mr. Chairman, that is correct. Mr. Chairman. Yes, Commissioner. Uh one of one of the thing uh I went through EOC through Andy Fauca and he went to the governor's office and the word came back that they they actually couldn't open right now. But I I told him they should be getting a plan and they possibly could be opening in within two weeks, but I think we still need to be waiting on the governor's office to say whether they can open or not, not us. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Commissioner Mariana. Yeah. Okay. Great. Thank you. Um, just want to say to my east side commissioners, I think you guys did a great job with your uh, high school graduations that you were doing out there. Um, oh, thank you. I Megan Harding saw that. She says, "Jack, what can we go do?" So, we kind of put our heads together and uh, we've actually had a few at Sun West with Hudson Mitchell, the E schools. We still have Antlo River upcoming. So, uh, great job you guys are doing out there and we've kind of kind of copied your idea which I thought was brilliant. Um last week we had a resolution for the um a couple of veterans, the Fran and Fritz Kosar, and I want to tell you the neighborhood just kind of showed up and probably 40 50 people there uh to honor these two brothers that uh are really really just just a great group of people that uh the community came together under this co thing to give them the resolution. So I appreciate that resolution. Um you folks are going to probably see a bunch of emails coming from everybody from the Lynx uh golf course. Dr. Fukqua just actually talked about how weeds are like 6 ft high out there. So, um that'll be coming up the next meeting. And I want to say Leisure

Lane, we just did another ribbon cutting uh for Habitat Humanity. Uh great nice family moved in there. And there was one home that was out there. It was a one-bedroom home where a veteran was going to take it and then his family moved to Gainesville, I think it was, or somewhere to the north. And we're trying to find a veteran. Well, I got great news. We actually found a veteran to move in. and uh he passed the habitat board, so he's got to go through the testing. We've got to get some volunteer hours, but uh he's going to be in in good shape to uh to look looks like get that home, which I'm very very pleased with. So, appreciate everybody looking at that. Um and I want to bring up one more point uh one more thought just as something that I've thought about, we've we've talked about for a bit, but our um our permitting issues. Does anybody think that maybe we should put a stakeholder committee together to kind of go let's go take a look at these issues. Bring all the stakeholders are in there and let's go find out how we can actually put a board together kind of like we've done in the past and kind of put some recommendations for for us to go forward. Anybody want to speak on that? Commissioner Starky. Well, can you be more specific? Uh you mean for a veteran for for uh Leisure Lane or No, no, this is just it's just in general permitting itself. just permitting permitting itself as far as trying to help people go through the process. I mean, I'm sure we're we're all getting phone calls here and there about different different projects that need to get through and they're getting stuck in permitting and they're looking for help and you know, now that we've got a technology which is improving so well and we're actually taking that step, do we want to go take a look at permitting and try to make those improvements because I'm hearing from people from chambers on both sides of the county that they want to see this happen. So well I I I have had um communication with residents that um if they're not used to the process, if it's a sing, you know, it's not a developer or a builder, they they have some of them have very difficult time figuring out the process, including my sister-in-law. So I do think we we should have some inment on the steps you need to take. It shouldn't just like a boom boom boom. And I don't know if that needs to be a committee, but I do want to see that improved. So, M Mr. Chair, yes, please go ahead, Mr. Biles. Yes, Commissioner. Um, totally understand the concern. I will say that, you know, we have a monthly vertical round table that meets that is a public note meeting that anyone can attend and that is where we talk about the vertical permitting issues and so you know that happens monthly. There is a monthly agenda that we have that exists today. Now I will say that if you want to address specific permitting issues and

process issues, let us get through the full phase 2 implementation where everything is online and then once we have that then I think you'll see a lot of things get simplified and clarified through the online portal process. And so we are working through that. We are online now with new residential home permits. we are working on to getting other permits online as well. And so let us work through that process. Um and as we do that then see where our gaps are and where we need to attack. But right now we're working through that as a phase 2 process. And I will tell you the feedback I'm getting from the industry. I talked to one of the leading home builders last night and it was Pasco is far away ahead of everybody else in the region with respect to dealing with permitting and inspections through the COVID 19 process. And so he said it's not even close and they build throughout the region. So if I could follow, Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. And and let let me say this. The the codes we have for like new construction I think are phenomenal. I think we've done a great job with it every step of the way. That is not my issue. As you know, we've had several things with redevelopment. That's the issue. And the code works great for new development. It just struggles with the old. And that's where I want to kind of work on redevelopment issues that we have that that just are tough when you're going to take a building's existing and how to go from residential to commercial or even just doing infill that you're going to try to make it fit. That's that's where we have the issue. So, it's not, you know, I'm fully supportive of the way we're doing for new new construction, but it just it doesn't work well in redevelopment and I think we really need to study it and with I think I I think I can get you a whole bunch of people in a room if we want to say we're going to focus on some redevelopment and we can have a nice ver meeting with that. So, if you want, we can make redevelopment a topic and we get that word out there. I'm happy to make participate in that vertical meeting. I'll say we can put that on the agenda for the next vertical round table. Okay. Let's let's go do that and we'll make a little announcement on it too and we'll get some feedback. Appreciate it. That's all I have. Sorry, Commissioner Stark had a followup to that. Yeah. Um, so, um, Dan, I I've attended those meetings and both vertical and horizontal and I think they're great and I agree. I hear that we do the best of any of the counties around, but I think those meetings are attended by um people who are in the profession. And where we run into difficulty is the people who are not our homeowners who've hired an engineer or an architect to do something. And you know, frequently I find that the builder or or someone has told the homeowner the countyy's not responding or whatever and it it turns out it's not the county, but it's the builders um who hasn't filed this or

that and but the homeowner's left in the dark and is the one who contacts us because their project has taken forever and it turns out well this fee wasn't paid and and so um I had a company come in called Salesforce who has a very very user friendly um system. Um this is a company that's used throughout the United States in in um in the sales industry, but they also have a government um side to it. And they have these websites that can be um uh tailored to the counties that that build on um the platforms that we already have. And uh and one of the things that can be done is that the homeowner or the or the the person who's hired these people can easily follow and track what's going on. I've been told that Asella will do this. I'm hoping that's true. U but it is the layman who is the one who really struggles in our system. And I see Todd wanting to talk. Yes. Mr. Chair, members of the board. Um Todd, just hold on a second. Yes. and and commissioner you can that's how I track projects in a cell now I use a public portal and that's where I go to get all the information on the cell so you can do it today it's pretty straightforward if you know an address or a permit number so you know that can be done only people that know about the only people that know about a seller are their professionals how does so maybe we need to make a requirement that when someone pulls a permit they have to um give that information to the person paying the bill so they could also know how track it. Go ahead. Speaking. Yeah. Yes. Chairman of the board, Todd Bailey, acting assistant county administrator of development services. A couple of important items to note here is that prior to CO 19, we did have u multiple community meetings set up for SWAT analysis, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to review our permitting process. And those meetings were cancelled due to the uh CDC, the Department of Health guidelines for CO 19 and we we desire to reschedule those when we're able to. So those were actually on the schedule in the works and they have been cancelled due to co um in in addition to Commissioner Starky, we are in active conversation with Salesforce and I have some quotes in front of me and we are we have been talking to Blair Burns. So there is active dialogue going on there. Um, and it's a budgetary issue at this point going forward. And I just wanted to make sure you both heard that. Great, Mr. Chairman. Let me get it back to Commissioner Mariano here. He's he's it's getting away from him. No, it's it's great qu great great dialogue. I mean, we're just trying to make our county better as best we can and and and again to give good response to, you know, our new building construction and permitting process. But

to Todd, as far as the vertical meeting that uh Dan's talking about, would you recommend we stick just with that or we go or should we go try to do a big meeting through Zoom or WebEx uh with the SWAT analysis? We we are reaching outside of that, Commissioner. Um we we use the horizontal and vertical for specific um purposes because they're professionals within the industry and we're also reaching out to those homeowners that may also have pertinent issues with the furing process. So, it's it's both. Okay. So when when do you think you'll have the SWAT analysis meetings? Well, we keep rescheduling them due to CO 19 in the Department of Health and CDC guidelines as to when we can bring people in for the physical meeting because of the assembly of personnel. Okay. All right. So we we'll wait for that to happen exactly, but I'll I'll go work on the people want to attend the vertical meeting and I'll get people for that one. So thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Commissioners. Uh Mr. files. Yes, sir. Just a quick update on a couple programs that we're working through the CARES funding. Uh the the PA the rental and mortgage assistance program and we had over a thousand applicants for that and we've to date dispersed over a4 million dollars uh to those that have made it through the process and been approved uh to get payment. And we're making those payments directly to the vendors, you know, not not to the applicants. the Operation Feed Pasco, that's our partnership with United Way. Uh with some FEMA co money, uh we have now served over 7,000 meals and that only started on the 7th of May, so less than a month and we've served over 7,000 meals um with the dining out at home. Again, that's more folks are seniors. We've served over 11,000 meals um in the last month and a half and now have cut um almost 200 off the waiting list and we're hoping to cut more uh soon off the waiting list there. And with the PPE reimbursement program to date, well as of yesterday evening, we've had 257 people or businesses sign up for that and we are starting to process and the first reimbursement should go out later this week. So that's where we are on a variety of those uh CARIS programs. Uh so and we'll get a more formal report out with updated numbers probably later this week to the board. And that's all I have. Chair. Okay. So I think Commissioner Stury has a question for you um from the school board. Commissioner, did you have a question for Mr. Biles? It's kind of to all of us and I guess more to Jeff Steiner. So, um um Commissioner, no, school board member Altman contacted me just a few minutes ago and asking asking if we'd had our ethics class yet and um I said no and um he wanted to know if we wanted to do a joint one again. But this brings up the uh question um board members if we want to go reach out to our legislators and ask that maybe they reook at this rule that was enacted a few years ago. Um, as

you know, it was uh when you were elected, every time you were elected, um, you had to take an ethics course and then it was changed to every year. Now, that's for schoolboard members and county commissioners. It's not for legislators or anyone else. It's kind of specifically calls us out. Um, I personally think that's uh a little ownorous. Um, so, uh, so one, do we want to schedule an ethics, um, class with the schoolboard members and anyone else who's required to take it in the county? And two, do we want to ask our legislature in the upcoming session if they would relook at that at least at the most every other year? Um, maybe back to where it was before. Cool. Well, you know, we took it online, commissioner, this past year. At least I did. I like I personally like taking a line because it's at your it's your at your own time frame and they can do the same thing. They they can do the same thing through their association I assume. Mr. Steinsteiner, I don't know what what Mr. Chairman um you know last year I asked the board the question whether or not you wanted to continue for us to use our resources to prepare a course for you. And it was the overwhelming majority that said no, you do it online. Um, and so we thought we were done with a with a classroom, the ethics classroom for the board, but we'll be happy to if that's what the board wishes us to do. Uh, I don't know whether or not the school board I would imagine the assoc their association would provide the same sort of um training that Florida association of counties provides for you all and just adding municipalities were added into that law. So, they're uh they're on the hook for the for the training as well. Okay. And uh school board member Alman is texting me as we speak. Um but what do you think of the idea of uh just running it up the flag pole about dialing that back to where it used to be? M chairman. Yes. Please go ahead, Commissioner Mariana. I mean, I I think that's a a I'm I'm fine to go down that road. I think we should go to FAC, uh maybe League of Cities, too, if they if they're responsible to it, and then just try to like have the school board do it for their association as well, and just try to try to go that way with it. But I'm happy to eliminate that. Okay. Um Commissioner Moore, I I did have a motion that I wanted to make um that wasn't on my notes for some reason. um if you would indulge with me. I um I did receive that letter from Mike Sutton. I think you all received that um about Habitat and um I had told them that I would make this motion. Um, as you know, we we loaned them 500,000 out of the um I guess it was a general fund and I think they paid back a 100,000 of it already, but it's really hampering their efforts to revitalize that area and I think we we all know how important it is to um keep that momentum going and and I wanted to do two things. Um, I wanted to

suggest that uh wave the rest of the money that we lent to Habitat and I want to make that in a motion form. And um um I want to also get a clear understanding of where the city of Newport Richie is on that program because they want to annex Leisure Lane, but I'm hearing that maybe they don't want to cut their impact fees and we're we're waving ours. And so um definitely want to I want that I want to hear their position on that. I know I I think I have a meeting coming up with Jeff Starky and the city manager, but um so I want to make a motion that we wave the remainder that Habitat owes the county. Could I have a little more discussion with it? Commissioner Starky. Yeah, because I I do like the the fact Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead. I mean, I I thought Okay, go ahead, Mr. Chairman. I I would suggest either Mr. Commissioner Mariano seconds it for discussion or the commissioner withdraws her motion just so that we keep the the discussion clean. Let me second the motion. Well, I want to have the discussion with it because I have an approach I want. Let's second with discussion. You're not going to get a eye out of me, but go ahead. All right. So, we've got a lot of community development block grant money we could try to get. Years ago, we tried to do it. didn't work because we knew the other Habitat wasn't going to build build all the homes they could. Right now, we got a program that we're looking at to trying to go to the state legislature to get about $2 million. We feel real confident we're going to probably get that money or in good position depending how the budget goes this year. Uh if we can do that, they can build homes quick enough, I think, to make it work. And and maybe working with Kathy Pearson, Marcy, etc., they can find a way to actually get us the money through that so it doesn't come out of general fund money to reimburse them. But at least it it could find a way through CDBG to reimburse them. So since there's a motion since No, since there's a second on the floor and we're in discussion now, um I would never in a million years wave this requirement of paying back the general fund. This is me personally. I'm saying you're going to have a line out the door. You do it for one, how many more people you going to have to do it for? That's our general fund money. We're in dire straits right now because of the co 19. Um we have not even met with staff individually on the budget in the hit that we're going to be taking. And if we let somebody off the hook for a $500,000 loan without actually bringing this back to have a and letting staff do more research and just blatantly do this I think is a is a terrible idea at this time. I mean again we're still look the staff's still having to look at the budget. The numbers from the property appraiser just came out last week and they are lower

happy birthday, Pasco County. Second up, if um the team can cue this up, um I want to show the Sports Coast strong video. I think some of you may have seen it, but maybe the entire public has not. So, if they're watching, obviously, we know the tourist development tax has taken a hit with the CO 19. and our tourism team has a great plan in place to start recovery marketing efforts, including a focus on the upcoming scoloping season and some of our outdoor activities that you can do social distance with if need be. So, they put together this amazing video to go along with the hashtag sports coastrong in their social media campaign. Um, Adam Kobe and the entire team did great work on this. If we can please queue up and play that video. Uh, one moment sir, we're getting that video. if you want to talk about something else. I will go ahead to the next item while we're doing so 2020 census. Just wanted to remind everybody the census is still happening. Plans to um adjust given the um obviously CO 19 um things have uh changed up a little bit but still incredibly important for our community. As we talk with the people and groups, please remember to urge everyone they can take the census either online, by phone or the mail through October 31st. I did mine online for our family. Um, as of yesterday, our response rate in Pascal is 61.7%. We're ahead of the state response rate, but we still need to make sure we do everything we can um to get that word out there because obviously our fair share of funding and represent representation over the next decade obviously depends on that. And that the state response rate is 57.9%. Again, ours is 61.7. Just want to throw a couple compliments out to some staff members. First of all, um Donald Kerry. Um I know all of you probably work closely with Donald Kerry. He's one of our amazing accounting employees. I just want to mention he's always prompt thorough with his responses to constituents and constantly he's going above and beyond without being asked to doing things on nights and weekends. Most recently, um, he actually went out to a what I would consider a non-emergency site visit on Memorial Day in the afternoon on a holiday on his day off when he did not have to do that. So, Donald deserves, I think, our thanks and recognition. Um, obviously for the the citizens of Pasco County, um, he's doing an amazing job. Farm Share, um, May 20th, u partnered up Whoa. Okay. Um, can we turn that I'm sorry, guys. Can we turn this down? What? Whatever just happened in this room, we're going to go on hold for a second, everybody. It sounds like a concert hall in here. It's very loud. Okay, if we could keep going down with that because I don't Okay, you can just we can hear each other. Okay, that's better. Um on May 20th, um and Representative Randy Maghard um sponsored a Farm event at the shops at

Wiregrass. Farm Share obviously amazing amazing organization. They brought in 33,000 pounds of food and we probably had over 700 cars that came through. Sometimes multiple families in the same vehicles, over 50 volunteers. I literally had to um I guess you could say turn away volunteers when they were still when people were still asking to volunteer because we had so many we'd be stepping on their toes. And this food is amazing. when you know some of the things they brought when they had um frozen chicken breast, fresh zucchini, tomatoes, cereals, um fresh, you know, potatoes, carrots, um milk, I mean number of items, um some non-p perishable um goods, too. So, we just want to special thanks again to Farm Share for their amazing amazing works. the shops at Wiregrass for allowing us to have this event at their facility. Greg Leoners, um he's a professional when it comes to logistics and we had these cars moving in and out with like you wouldn't believe. Um again, a lot of um great volunteers out there um Wesley Chapel Rotary and came out to help along with again major volunteers and Representative Maghard and his team. Um amazing amazing job. Representative Bagger brought a box truck to help out to throw, you know, for garbage and things like that, too. And brought a number of volunteers. But special um shout out to Chris Bedo Mtos. Um he's from the county. He's a county employee. He's a forklift operator. He came and assisted. Um again, very very efficient, very very nice, um kind gentleman. Um when he wasn't, you using the forklift, he actually without even being asked, um because it wasn't his job, but he jumped right in. it was helping to bag food um hand out food and um you know running back and forth. So thank you to Chris Bedo Moss. If Dan you will ask on those special um thanks to him I would greatly appreciate it. Um so with that are we ready for the video I will mute. Let's make sure we have volume with that please. Unfortunately, sir, the volume is not playing. Yeah. So, we're not hearing it. That is correct. So, can you stop this and start it over? And it's on mute. Do we have somebody there that is able to unmute that? I think the way it's in you can't. Can you? Can Commission I see Commissioner Mariana, can you hear it in there? I can hear it. No, no, we can't hear it locally either, sir. Someone just unmuted it. So, try it again. It was muted. It It is unmuted. See, this is mute. This is unmuted. So, what's the issue then? I I do not know, sir. It's just not playing the audio. We'll we'll test it out lunch and if if we can get it to work, we can run it later if you'd like. Yeah. I think it'd be great for the

public to see it and any commissioners haven't seen it yet. I mean, it was they did a great job and and um you know, this was countywide this video was done and focused on um again tourism locations and destinations and restaurants throughout the county. And we'll Mr. Moore, can we see it on the visit Pasco website? Yes, ma'am. Okay, that's a great that's a great idea. Can you guys pull up the website? We can bring it back later. I don't want to hold everybody up, but yeah, we do have time. I guess it's 11:20, right? Right. Go to the visit Pasco website. Yeah, that's a good idea, Commissioner. So if um somebody in your and D and Newport Rich can just pull it up on the uh working on it website. Um, while that's loading, I I want to let the board members board members know I'm working, you know, I'm the board member to Career Source and also the chair of AMSKills um 501c3 and we are working on um job retraining programs that we will be um using CARES money for. Uh you might have seen what Hillsboro County did. They gave 25 million towards um jobs retraining um efforts and um so we'll be bringing that back probably at the June 16th meeting. I've got to get with Dan on uh again and um but they're working on proposals. So I'm excited about that. Help our citizens get back into the workforce. Commissioner, can you have them send their proposals to me so we can review them and make sure they're compliant before we bring them to the board? Oh, absolutely. Thank you. They're still working on it. So, if we can Can we give it one more shot? Are you able to pull this up on the No. Sports Co. We're trying it now, sir. And it's not doing it from the website either. Okay. Well, hey, just uh go to the Florida Sports Coast website and uh check it out for yourselves. So, with that, we are on lunch break. Thank you.