6.3.25 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting

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consistency providing for repealer serverability and an effective date. Uh this comes to the board of county commissioners with a recommendation to approve from the planning department economic growth department and the local planning agency. Approve the proposed commence plan amendment and adopt the ordinance by volo. Okay. Thank you. Anyone need a presentation staff? Uh just a question chair. Okay. T we have a live local provision coming in on on this at the second vote. Yes. Uh this should have the live local uh worked into it. Okay. and it'll probably appear on the on the zoning matter which we to follow. Getting ahead. Okay, I do see the applicant's representative here, but uh let me just see if there's any public comment to this. Any public comment to P38? We have no one signed up in advance, nor anyone online. Okay, approve. We have a motion. Move approval. Roll call. This is a roll call. Okay. Roll call. Got a motion. Got a second. Roll call, please. District one, Commissioner Oakley. Hi. District two, Commissioner Wakeman. Hi. District four, Commissioner Joerger. Hi. Uh, District three, Chairman Starky is not present. District five, uh, acting chair Mariana. I Okay. Item P39. P39. We have approved publication the May I'm sorry, a April 30th, 2025. uh May 7th, May 14th, and May 21st, 2025 editions of the Tampa Bay Times. Item P39 is PD250130. This is an ordinance establishing the Acacia Fields Community Development District pursuant to chapter 190 Florida statutes, providing for authority and power of the district, providing for powers and duties of the district, providing for the board of supervisors of the district, providing for the district budget, providing for functions of the district, providing for miscellaneous provisions, providing for an effective date. Uh this comes to you with a recommendation from the plane development economic growth department to adopt the ordinance by roll club. Okay. Um anyone anyone signed to speak to this item? We have no one signed up in advance nor online at this time. Okay. Anyone here? No one's here to speak. Okay. Approve. Second. Roll call. Roll call vote. District one. Commissioner Oakley. I. District two Commissioner Whitman. Hi. District four, Commissioner Joerger. Hi. District three, chairman Starking not present. District five, vice chairman Mariano. I motion passes. Um item P40. David has to give the I don't need to do it. No, it's only so as a zone. These are I got two continues of the for the zoning. So I need proof from both. We have Yeah. on item P40. This item did not have appropriate publication so is cannot continue today. Sure. Yes. So item P40 is PD257A67. This is a zoning amendment in the name of Swami A LLC Chapel Professional Center. This is a change in zoning from P2 Professional Office District to a C2 general commercial district. Uh the request is to continue

the item to the July 15, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Date City. Do we have a motion? Approve. Second. All in favor say I. I. And P41. Another continuence. Yes. Here too. We do not have advert u appropriate posting and advertising for today. Uh item P41 is PD 257869. This is a zoning amendment. James A. and Cheryl L. Katier. Powerline road reszoning. This is a change in zoning from an AC agricultural district to an AR agricultural residential district and AR agricultural residential district to a two AR agricultural residential district. This is a request to continue the item to the July 15, 2025 board of county commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in date city. A motion continue. Oh, move. Move to uh continue. Second. All in favor say I. I I Any opposed? Okay, motion passes. That will take care of that part of the agenda today. We're going to go back to committee reports. Commissioner Waitman, short and sweet, chair. Short and sweet. Um the one big thing I don't have any update on committee reports, but just wanted to share that um broke ground on YMCA on Bruce Bal next to Bayare last week, which is pretty fantastic. 300 new assortment of jobs for all different ages. coming in roughly 45,000 square feet full of aquatics, fields, you name it, it'll be their flagship here in Pasco, which is which is pretty cool. And they wouldn't be able to do it without Bayare uh giving him a 30-year basically interest free loan to purchase the land. So, just a great partnership all around and shows Bayare's commitment to Pasco's health and wellness of all ages. And uh when it comes time, they're planning on opening summer of 2026. So when when it comes comes time, we'll be sure everybody gets an invite and I hope everybody will come and and celebrate the the facility. So that's all I have, Mr. Chairman. All right. Thank you, Commissioner Jagger. Okay. So, not much on the area of aging for committee reports. Um they're just still waiting on funding and um they're funded until June um for certain programs and just really hoping that things come through the state and federal government. Uh for my commissioner items, um I was at the same as Commissioner Oakley and Commissioner um Starky. We were at the Pasco County Fire Rescue Station 17 ribbon cutting. So that was great. Absolutely beautiful. So next slide. This was the uh firefighting uh graduation ceremony. We had 26 graduates. So that was awesome. And this was our Moon Lake popup pantry. We fed 308 families and 31 new families, which continues to amaze me because we have a signup sheet. How um we keep bringing new families in. So, and the need is just very very dire out there. Um the next slide, this is just a fun one. There's two slides to this one. I went to the White House to celebrate the Gators uh national championship for basketball. So, that was pretty cool. And the gentleman over there in the right side, he's he's um 79. So he's ginormous. So that was a

really great and fun experience. So that's that's it from this report. 7 foot. Okay. Yeah, he's huge. 7 foot n Yeah. Stand next to him. Chairman. Oh, wait. No, wait. You know what? This the 79 guy is not in the photo. I'm going to email it to them, but I want you to I want you guys to see how big he is. But go ahead and continue, Mr. Carella. Okay. Thank you, sir. Uh just real real quick, two two fast items. One, I'm I'm happy to announce that uh our building construction services department uh recently received accreditation from the uh international accreditation service. This is actually pretty big deal. It recognizes the uh the quality and the consistency and the commitment to excellence of our BCS group. So, we're very very proud that uh this uh they they were awarded this distinction. and they're the only county in the nation with a population of our size between 500,000 and a million to receive this honor. So, uh, your building department's doing a lot of great things. There are other counties and cities within the state of Florida. It's easier to get when you're smaller, I guess, but, uh, we're we're larger, we're growing, uh, and at the clip, we're growing. We're very very proud of BCS and the things that, uh, our building official and administrator have done over with that group. So, rock stars. That's a tremendous, tremendous accomplishment. The uh the only other thing I just wanted to mention to the board, it's just more of anformational piece, is um u we received approval from the Department of Environmental Protection to embark on a um a trial for the use of our bottom ash as a concrete additive with with CEX up in Brooksville. Uh this is exciting. It it represents a wonderful way that we can reuse the ash that we have coming off of the off of the facility which ultimately if it takes off uh could lead to some cost avoidance for us as well as uh um reduce reduce the costs of of expansion and not having to expand the landfills. So uh solid waste team is doing a lot of great things. So I just want to give them a shout out. Mike, I like to comb it just for a quick second too because that is such an a great opportunity for us. Those those landfills between the size of the space, uh the amount that the expense we take into there, the liability to have it to fix it in concrete is phenomenal. Um I know you mentioned one plant up in Brooksville, but what about all the other cement plants we have right here to encourage them to get it? I mean, we should be able to take it as it gets processed, stockpile it when it gets ready for a load, take it to one of them, just drop it off. Don't even charge it for just drop it off and let them take it and use it. Yeah, this is a pilot right now. So, I I imagine the scale and the operation of where they wanted to do it. It's being done there in Brooksville, I assume, for technical reasons on CX's part. But once we enter, you know, if it does take off, if crews viable, we'll we'll have agreements and there'll be

there'll be things on how to transport and and and do the things that perhaps you're asking and we would bring that agreement back to the board. But right now, this is the pilot. It's it's exciting just to get the environmental approvals to go to go and do this again, just like for Road Base, right? So, our solid waste team continues to innovate and just do a lot of great things for our citizens. Now, we haven't done much with Roadbase, though, have we? No, it's a little difficult because of the parameters that were put on it by the environmental protections, but doesn't matter. I mean, it's it's still there. It's still it still literally paves the way. Yeah, elevations make it tough because it's got to be above the water level at a certain point. I get that. Um, but yeah, I think it's it's a great opportunity and I tell you, we could save a whole lot of money for years down the road. So, the cost the cost of constructing a new landfill cell is is well over $20 million. So, so I mean literally every one of our people we get get together be great. Yes, sir. That's all. You want to say something? I just want you I have to show you cuz I the wrong picture was on there. Hold on. This the 79. 79. Oh my god. He's so tall. How big was he? Oh my gosh. I mean like and to just see like his clothes how like things are just Oh yeah. It was crazy. Yeah. Wow. So anyway, that's the picture I wanted to show you. I didn't realize that wasn't in there, but anyway, he's huge. So anyway, how was the trip to DC? And you know what? It was chilly and rainy and it was 58, so the weather wasn't great, but um other than that, it was good. Didn't go to hang around the president for a little bit. No, I didn't get to. They moved it inside. It was supposed to be outside. So, I'm happy we got there early because if we didn't, there were people in the hallway that couldn't even see and they were watching it on their phones. So, um I was very thankful I had an up close spot. Okay. Good. Okay. County Attorney Office. I have nothing today. Okay, Mr. Clerk. And the clerk has nothing to present. All right. I don't see Chase. Anyone from the sheriff's office in All right. Um, so I get go to my pictures. This is uh I think some debris that's in the canals. I got a few pictures. I think most stuff in the canals box down below. Uh, another crate that's that's there. Oh, wow. More stuff down there. About to go. Uh, got got it marked off where it's at. So, I know we we've talked about getting this stuff done. These things just come over yesterday and the day before, but uh somehow we got to work to re uh do this. I think there's some more pictures coming up too. Uh more stuff that was found in the water. Uh this just a Facebook post. Go back to that, right? If you would. So, it's just one of our local people. I'm looking for a company who cleaned my canal from the hurricane. So, we should have people spend their money on that. We should be able to take care of this one way or the other if we could. Uh,

next one. This is something that we've talked about before, but this is the first time I saw it actually posted. Joe Pasco, real good guy, um, from the Sea Ranch area. Um, you can see all the grass clippings that go in there. Now, it has been probably seven years, maybe eight or nine years even since one I've asked for to change what we do on our canals. Every canal home in the backyard should be able to put all the impervious they want. If you go all over Europe, etc. If you go look to other areas, whether it be asphalt, whether it be concrete, pavers, etc., there's no vegetation. The waterways stay clear. Like at in Switzerland, Lake Geneva there. Yeah. There's like very little grass anywhere in the bottom part of that whole thing. All the rain water comes from down below, hits the asphalt, goes out, etc. The water stays pure drinking water condition all the way through. Grass and all the nutrients that are in it cause us trouble. Um, I'm going to ask that we do this again. Let's go wave for anybody in the back. back. I mean, I need this to come back from county attorney's office and staff to draw it out, but anybody in a canal home, uh, any waterfront home period that wants to put something in the back that's pavers that ab but the water, we should allow it. Uh, I was just at Heritage Springs, they're taking all their canals or all the ponds around it and they've kind of redone it. They're now putting rock there. There's no grass, not even dirt to the very edge just so the grass doesn't go down and get caught up into that. It's very critical for our water quality. So Mike, if you can bring something back to us, work with the county attorney attorney's office. It's with all the stuff we're doing for water quality. This is like a critical thing and that just kind of really shows it better than ever. Um, next pictures. I was at the uh firefighter thing as well. Thanks Pam for sending that one picture out for me. Uh, there's some more debris that's in the canals. More stuff people waiting to get picked up. That was just an email I got this morning. Okay. All right. In all, I'd just like to say um with this CBGDR program, uh the way staff has put this together and presented it, I think we've just got some tremendous opportunities. So, as we come forward, uh looking forward to it all. And that's all I got. Do you want to mention PHSC baseball? I read your theme. All right. So, yeah. Uh uh PHSC baseball wins the national championship. I'm going to try to get them in for the June 17th meeting, do a resolution for them, but they were down seven to three in like the seventh inning and they come up with two grand slams and win 117. Held it off. So, great championship, great things going on. I know they were thanking with Luchi for helping sponsor to put lights on at night so they could practice at night. U but just it's a great accomplishment for the uh the area. So, thank you Commissioner W for bringing it up. But yeah, we look forward looking forward to that

resolution. It be a great day. And I didn't know if it was appropriately to Salt and Moon congratulate Wesley Chapel or should we wait a bit Jagger? Yeah. Can we wait? Yeah. That's good. Proud Wesley Chapel did great. Commissioner Wman. Go ahead. No. And then you know congratulations to West Chapel High School uh on on their division championship and what three in the last five I think is what it is. Yeah. Two of them were us. Yep. Nor Ridge had a great run too. But anyway, hey, athletics are phenomenal. Good games. Good games here in Pasco County. And I tell you, just a great place to live, work, and play. When you get kids playing sports, they're out of trouble doing great things. So, we got to keep on doing what we can to help our great parks department keep on doing great stuff they're doing. So, all right, we're journey. Do we sing a happy birthday to Pam? Oh, yeah. Oh, my day is done, but but Joerger's Pam back there. It's her her birthday. Started, Seth. Ready? Ready. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear. Happy birthday to you. Now you turn. [Music]

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