8.21.24 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting (Morning Session)

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good morning at this time I'd like to um come back to order with the uh Private Client meeting special meeting special meeting at 9:00 to finish that would um County attorney please read the uh on on behalf of the chairman the the the private attorney client meetings to discuss litigation strategy in the cases of Embassy Center LLC versus Pasco County Florida case number 51-22 4-ca d851 DCA ax WS Florida 6th judicial circuit and Coastline both covers Nature's Coast LL see Jeremy gamble individually and Rebecca gamble individually versus Pasco County Florida number five case number 51202 1- ca-2 028 92- caax WS Florida 6th judicial circuit have concluded um as the board is aware um you cannot take action at a litigation assessment meeting on the embassy Center LLC case we would like a motion to authorize the county attorney's office to counter offer up to $100,000 payable only if the non-conforming sign is removed or made conforming within one year with sign permits issued to the tenants in the interim as discussed in the litigation assessment meeting so i' entertain a motion um qu question question is that in agreement with the way we wanted to pay that money what you just said yes you're authorizing us to negotiate those details with then I will make that motion okay I got a motion I'll second I'll a second is this set to be roll call or no it just okay all those in favor of the motion say I I all oppos like sign n so I've got uh four eyes and one nay so the motion passed four to one and in the in the case of Coastline boat covers Nature's Coast uh we believe we have adequate direction from the board in the litigation assessment meeting by consensus to move forward with uh a proposal on that case Okay so there's no motion needed for that no motion is needed and you can move into your 10: a.m. agenda all right so at this time I'd like to welcome every everybody to our would normally be our 10:00 meeting but I hope everybody enjoys the mood lighting that we have today it's a new trial system just before you open up to 10:00 we'll just need to switch over in the system thank you you want to switch that over and let me know when you're ready thank we good not yet got to pay the [Music] bill no no pressure I said no pressure all right thank you Mr chair all right uh good morning morning would like to call to order the Pasco uh Pasco County Board County Commission meeting of normally at 10:00 and I don't know what time we have 10:4 10:14 and uh of August 21st 2024 at this

time please silence all electronic devices would you please stand with me for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance 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 to the flag of the United States of America and to the it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you madam clerk would you please call the RO District Two commissioner waitman here District three commissioner starky here District Four commissioner joer here District Five commissioner Mariano hi district one chairman Oakley I here um with that we have a quorum present all five members of the County Commission are present here today um so now is the time for public comment citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any current or future agenda items coming before the board and other business under our perview uh today's public comment will be as follows first we will take public comment for those in person uh and are here uh then we will take public comment from those who have pre-registered for a web uh webx link and are currently on Q we request that when you address the board comments are directed not personally uh against a commissioner or a team member but rather uh directed at the issues the this provides uh mutual respect for our board members and the public after starting your stating your name and address for the clerk a three minute timer will be activated after 2 minutes a single beep will go off leaving you one minute left to finish your comments um at the end of that two beeps will go off and you should uh wind up your comments to the board um are there any folks signed up for public comment this morning um Mr chair yes we have um individuals signed up and I do have three individuals that are on WebEx so I'll go ahead and call the first three who signed up I have have Michael tantalo uh Tom Wilbert and uh Jerry pekow sorry if I pronounced those those names name and address for the record yes it's Michael Tanto address is 100044 Lake View Drive Newport Richie 34654 uh I would like uh to hand these pictures receive file second got a motion of second to receive and file all those say I I I motion pass [Music] 5 should I I wait for you to receive the P pictures my wife and I are a 28e uh residents of Pascal County and we retired 12 years ago uh we enjoy going to Hudson Beach almost every day to to read and uh there's a swing seat that faces the water which we could read and look at at the Dolphins the Swing Swing seat broke uh I asked the uh about it

being replaced uh and uh I was told that uh it was not in in the budget uh um also uh there picnic tables in each of the pavans and the two years ago uh each of the Pavilion are are missing two tables at least two tables out of each of the Pavilion and I was told two years ago that they were in for repair but they still haven't been fixed or or replaced and uh I feel uh that uh Hudson Beach uh is a beautiful beach but uh as you can see at at the pictures if it's going to not be maintained and it's going to end up looking like an an abandoned uh Park uh that it's terrible uh uh for the county to uh allow this neglect uh to the county park thank you all right thank you for your comments sir we don't answer back on public comments we will have someone look into it yes I'll have an agenda item for it later M barison will talk to you yes good morning my name is Tom Wyber pull that mic down pull the mic just pull it down good morning my name is Tom Wyber I reside at 2316 San Bay Drive and holiday um I'm here this morning on behalf of the West Pasco board of realtors the Realtors would like to express our opposition to hiking or raising impact fees at this time the um if the builders could go ahead and guarantee that impact fees would not hurt the county and would not take away money over the next few years well if they could guarantee that they would give us the money back that would be great um so you know reimburse the county for losses and most importantly not pass the buck on to potential buyers and in and possibility raising cdds or you know charging them CDD fees real estate development is one of the main drivers of our economy um and yes we realize that different departments and services uh rely on the impact fees to support their activities but based on the current real estate environment High interest rates the higher Insurance costs those are not under control we don't know if they will be under control and even higher taxes on new construction that in many cases the buyers they don't even some buyers don't even realize that after they purchase the property those taxes are going to go up on them they're not being they're not being informed so raising the impact fees does nothing but drive up the cost of the housing in our community Realtors strive to protect the value of the home of home ownership and the great joy of a family owning a home and building generational wealth I found out about the issue a couple days ago we do oppose it if there is something we could do where it's not such a a hit right up front maybe it spread over time period that would be great but at the same time we just oppose um raising the impact fees so I just want to say thank you so much congratulations on the Commissioners that had nice victories last night and have a great day thank you so much for what you do thank you for your comments next person he's coming oh he's coming yes sir I'm Jerry

he at 7500 Lily Pad Court and Hudson congratulations are in order um I'm sure that you're aware that the the governor the leader of the Republican party in our state is leading a strong opposition to Amendment four he was in Tampa and at length uh exposed this deceptive extreme proposal to amend our Constitution and um this is an amendment that has been financed by Planned Parenthood ACL you um George Soros and out of state funding that it's going to radically change the atmosphere of our state it will leave unborn without protections it will overturn such a sacred thing as parental rights in this surgic surgical procedure and it lays a dangerous precedence for other surgical procedures as well then but it will also cost the state significantly in terms of litigation cost uh right now another state is pressing uh there's litigation to have Medicare funded abortions and this would lead the way for that and uh there's there's a multitude of reasons I'll leave others to to give some of those details but what we're asking what I'm asking is for you to join the governor and others who recognize this is not only a poorly crafted uh costly deceptive Amendment but it's an affront of the culture of life and it's an affront to the recognition that we're created in the image of God it's a an affront to the idea that life is sacred and when this kind of thing passes all our lives are diminished all our lives become endangered and so we're asking you to uh just encourage Pasco to be a life affirming place to to live but also to be a leader in uh encouraging that life that culture of life here in the State of Florida by joining the governor by joining uh CER County by joining Hill Crest County and the and unanimously adopting a resolution opposing Amendment four I do have some uh some copies including the Coler County uh Amendment which might help you in framing uh your uh I'm sorry resolution so you change should you choose to do so you want to hand those in yes uh move to receive and file second got a motion second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 thank you for your comments sir okay anyone else in the room wish to speak then maybe have more signed up oh you got more signed up okay I thought you only had three no sir okay um Valerie LEF France followed by Leonard Lord followed by Peter castellani good just name should I'm Valerie L France 9731 Sandstone Lane Port Richie Florida 34668 good morning at your July 9th board meeting a resolution recognizing the partnership between The Runaways animal rescue and Pasco County Animal Service Services was presented protecting the lives of these animals is commendable we represent the lives of

The Unborn children in the womb we are the voice for the voiceless according to the agency of healthc care administration this year alone from January 1st to July 1st 36,2 21 babies were aborted in Florida we are asking you Commissioners to adopt a resolution opposing extreme pro-abortion Amendment four which will be on the November ballot I hope you had a chance to review the resolution that was sent to you the Florida's heartbeat protection act has protections for the W the woman and the child including a 24-hour waiting period and sonogram requirement parental consent for minor seeking an abortion clinical safety regulations and abortions performed in person by a medical Direct by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician in part Amendment four says that no law shall prohibit penalize delay or restrict abortion if Amendment four passes the heartbeat act would be repealed these protections would be removed I'm wearing a replica of an unborn baby 10 week old feet this pen represents a 10we old unborn baby I have have I'm holding a model of a true replica of a 10-week old baby in the womb an unborn baby Commissioners lies are at stake and the time is at hand I and we humbly ask you to adopt this resolution opposing extreme poor abor poor abortion Amendment four within the next 30 days and please keep Life Alive thank you very much thank you Leonard Lord Peter castellani followed by Victoria Bailey yes sir Leonard Lord 9525 Sunbeam Drive Newport Richie Florida I was up about two this morning and you know just wrestling through what I share with you encourage Pasco County to to stand for life and I went over the legalities and then I was kind of tired and I thought well maybe I can rest a little while and when I laid down I had a dream and that dream came from what I'd read each day uh I read what the Lord said to the Kings over in the Old Testament to read his law every day unless they pervert judgment so I try to read it every day and I had read about about uh how Israel had went into uh fornication and immorality with the moabites and how there was a plague and it was stopped by fahas standing up and stopping them from committing it and how it was righteous for him and then it went on to talk about the shedding of innocent blood how their children had been sacrificed to false gods and when I saw innocent blood to think don't let innocent blood be on the hands of us here in Pasco and then it went back to what happened when is a child there if you read the account of the birth of Jesus Mary when the angel spoke to her about our Lord being born he said your cousin Elizabeth is 6 months with a

child when Mary went in and spoke to Elizabeth it said John the Baptist that baby leaped in her womb at six months old and then Elizabeth by the word of the Lord says when the mother of my Lord spoke this baby leaped in my womb what is that saying that's saying the Lord is recognizing and elizabth was that Jesus Christ was our Lord the moment he was conceived and John the Baptist his cousin was leaping so life is there and so we have to stand up that they have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness so don't let Pasco County have innocent blood on their hands lest say no to this and say Pasco County is standing up for life thank you very much and God bless you thank you good morning good morning I'm P castellani I live at 20804 Orchard Town Drive in Land of Lakes Florida mostly you know me personally uh I am the founder of Oasis Pregnancy Care Centers where we have helped over 8,000 families in our community right here free of charge and these families are families that need help on our desperate situations but the answer is not to terminate their pregnancy their answer is to get help and we provide help across this County and many of you I know have supported our agency and I thank you for that so today as people before me have asked I am asking you personally as we are all created in God's image to pass the resolution ution to go against the heinous Amendment 4 that would wipe out everything that we have done as a state as a community as people in the last 10 years so I'm pleading with you as God's people to not let that happen I know where a lot of you stand and I thank you for your stance um so I'm going to be short others before me have spelled it out so please don't make my job any harder we are still here we're going to still continue to fight for life so please pass that resolution thank you very much and God bless thank you Victoria uh Bailey um Kila Nunes and Pastor Troy Peterson we'll be next good morning Victoria Bailey 1512 can berly Court Trinity 34655 okay good morning um it's an honor to be here this morning I'm a Pasco resident of three months and I'm very excited about it I only moved from penela County but I kept coming to Pasco and I just fell in love with the community and the people so it's an honor to be here this morning my first time as a new Resident I am here to speak up for Amendment four um I'm a stepmother I have uh two daughters and I have uh four grandchildren and I'm very excited I just became a great grandmother and my granddaughter is um she's 23 and when I asked her um I said so tell me Natasha you are going to have this baby aren't you and she said Grand V how could you possibly ask me that question and I said well I gu miss those few years of taking you to Bible study paid off and so I'm very proud uh to stand here and ask you and um thank you for your service um I'm here because of this community and the people and it's

because of the leaders that make the right choices so I'm here to ask you to sign that resolution um I'm very very excited to be a member and I thank you for your time and your service and please pass the resolution that we vote no on Amendment for thank you very much thank you Kila Nunes Pastor Troy Peterson followed by Pastor Jen um CAC sorry okay good morning I'm Kayla Nunes I live at 9067 Sunshine Boulevard Newport Rie and I'm here also at asking you guys to please oppose amendment number four the only one who has the right to take a life is The Giver of all life the creator of all life and um I believe that he has entrusted you guys with the opportunity to stand up for what is right and what is lawful under the true and original Law which is God's law and as a mother also God has tasked us or as parents that we are responsible for the children he has gifted us with so taking a parent's right to not be involved in such an important decision as ending a life um that is alive just as it's been already um declared here is something that a parent should definitely be involved in because our children need our guidance in something that important and so again that amendment is uh very um inconclusive is not the right word but the right word doesn't come to me right now so it's it's not clear enough that um it leaves too much to interpretation it causes too many things that um may go wrong in a situation like that and so we have the responsibilities as parents as lawmakers as God's children to choose life so please oppose Amendment form thank you thank you thank you Pastor Troy Peterson pastor Jen KAC and Reverend Mary and km welcome good morning uh chair Commissioners and staff congratulations Lisa and commissioner Mariano for your Victory last [Music] night you know it was months back uh Anthony Verdugo Christian family Coalition has asked me to lead this you know getting our commissioners to sign a resolution I thought man I don't I don't know if I can I can do that and uh so I called Valerie and she's been the one working on this amendment for stuff and she's done a great job um you know we met with Liberty Council and commissioner Mariano thank you for uh meeting with us about the other thing praying in jesus' name and and the resolution and everything like that uh the re resolution is pretty simple it's all written out right here if you like copy I can give that to you second got a motion second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 Z thank you is I was praying this morning I'm like what what am I supposed to say you know when God always gives me scriptures praise the Lord because I'm not really the sharpest tool in shed but if I take a look at God's word I understand it won't return void and the lord gave me this scripture out of Ezekiel uh chapter 33 again the word of the Lord came to me saying son of man speak to the children of thy

people if when he seeth the sword come upon the land and he blow the trumpet and warn the people see that's what we're here today to do is is to warn see the enemy he he comes to kill to steal and to destroy but Jesus Christ has come that we have life and life more Abundant Life Starts at conception as Pastor Leonard shared about John the Baptist leaping in his mommy's womb when he knew the Christ had been born in verse 7 it says so so loud son of man I have set thee a Watchman unto the house of Israel therefore Thou shalt hear the word of the Lord out of thy mouth and they shall War them warn them and so it's a calm word that turns away wrath right I'm not threatening but I do know that if I don't let you all know about this then blood will be on my hands and I believe wholeheartedly that you all want Pasco County to be a premier County and so one of the ways we can do that is we can follow the leadership of colard County and Gilcrest County and Trenton city council and we can sign that resolution and stand with our governor to vote no on Amendment four thank you for your time thank you Pastor Jen carac and then Mary uh Reverend Mary an SM good morning Pastor John Kwak 15925 green Glenn Lane Spring Hill Florida 34610 um to begin with I want to say that and I want to let everyone in this leadership group because it's not just y'all it's people here to the left to the right I want you to know that at Shady Hills Mission Chapel we pray for each and every one of you each and every week we pray for our local government our state government our national government and our world government leaders because I know personally that that is very important I also want to thank each of you but most importantly commissioner Mariano uh assisted with advocating for a job fair um to take place at Shady Hills Mission Chapel and uh has connected us with Mr angle and other folks so we do give thanks to you for that because we know that in right now the the the environment that we're in there is a significant need for people to have jobs um so I do thank you for that um I also know that through our efforts and I have learned that you do not start with the federal government I have learned that you don't even start with the state government but you start with the local government leaders and so I'm standing here today as you each are my local government representation I I appeal to you as well with my colleagues that you would absolutely consider uh what has been how Amendment 4 has been written and that you absolutely consider the resolution um that they have presented you with um I'm also asking and advocating that the Commissioners um consider having one meeting per month Board of County Commissioners meeting one per month after 5:00 p.m. to assist in getting the involvement of the entire Pasco County um constituents that you serve I would

be grateful for you um considering that I wear my purple in uh in respect and to honor overdose prevention month with many of my other colleagues we give thanks to you for that recognition for your support and your continued support of recognizing the DraStic need for um this abatement program and supporting those organizations that have the ability to assist those that are struggling with substance use disorder um um also the first thing that I said to each of you on the first day that I came before you very nervously I I said to you as God had provided it to me you will harvest what you plant and so I want to remind you that the seeds planted in this room and the Dade uh City uh room that you are planting seeds in Pasco County so I'm asking you to take that with God thank thank you for comments Reverend Mary and kuso I'm sorry if I pronounced your last name incorrectly you did a great job on my last name that's good morning I Reverend Mary K 18118 Porsche play Spring Hill Florida 34610 I have no idea what I was going to talk about till I came up here but when I turned around and I looked at the agenda and I actually totaled all the money that's going in for drug rehab in continuation I thank everybody that's out here because we work really hard together the problem of this agenda there is only one place for children there is nothing else but one place on here for children the children that that I'm dealing with right now out in Shady Hills Road they don't go to school they're getting high there is nothing it's not just Shady Hills it's everywhere there is nothing for children if we can all come together as one CU we all have the same idea I've been 34 years sober my career was 11 to 25 years old cuz I was one of those children I am 60 years old and the sadness behind all of it is nothing has changed we're using the same programs we're using the same ideas we're nothing but Band-Aids we have to think out of the box and there's a lot of people out here that think out of the box we have to think out of that box we have to think that they use their phones it cannot be the same CU it's not going to work there is only one one uninsured place for my peeps homeless I'm in Shady Hills we're getting 19 I have sat out in that parking lot for 5 and a half hours they work hard it is hard work it hurts our brain when we go home because we're taking on all all of them all their souls everything that they're talking about we need to come together we need to come together there is so much money in this $3 billion do and each program does the same thing we need to look at that thank you very much and God bless thank you Mr chair that's all that I have who signed up anyone in audience that did not sign up uh wish to speak at this time seeing no one we'll uh go the WebEx

okay I have uh the first individual on WebEx I have ches uh diglio hold on just a second you'll be elevated morning uh my name is CH [Music] digo am I being heard yes sir we can hear you go ahead and State name and address for the record and then you may begin thank you my name is chis diglio the address of the property is one one no 1251 I'm not even sure oh 15215 US Highway 19 it's a commercial strip center small strip center and what else do you need from me oh that um that's fine your name address and then you can begin your comments great thank you well thank you Commissioners for giving me the opportunity to speak I've been dealing with the Pasco County building department for almost two years I had a tenant enter this property first I'm a disabled veteran I have Parkinson's disease I rarely rarely get to um the location but anyway about two years ago I had a tenant move into the property he opened up the ball between two units uh the building inspector caught him and fish fine and told him that he needed to get a permit instead of getting the permit he just left the building and left me holding the bag so to speak so I've been trying to get a permit to put back what he destroyed and I haven't been able to get this about two we three weeks ago my daughter who's an attorney sent a notice to the head of the building department and within two days we had a conference call with him and several other people that were on the line at that point they told us exactly what we needed to do to get this permit we've done it and so now I get a we send over the plans to the building department as they instructed us I get a call two days later saying well we need three copies not two there's one delay after the other in the meantime I spent $250 to have them carried over there there because I've been getting fin $150 a day about until just recently because I put the building up for sale it's been nothing but a headache for me I've lost so much money on this building that I'm just grateful to get it sold even at a loss so that I don't have to deal with these problems anymore it's been a huge problem for me on August 15th I sent the uh Commissioners all of you a letter explaining my position uh I don't know if you got it but I'm going to read it because it's brief my name is CH diglio I'm a 76y old 100% disabled Vietnam veteran I have dementia and Parkinson disease I own a property at 15215 US Highway in Hutson Florida I live about two hours from the property I have an outstanding building violation which stems from a tenant who signed a lease and did work on the interior without a permit which was done without my knowledge or consent when the building inspector caught the tenant he was given a stop work order rather than getting a building permit the tenant abandoned the property and left me with the problem which I wasn't aware of for several weeks after my problem for which I'm

asking help with is that I've tried for almost two years to obtain a building permit to comply with the stop work order I just became aware that I have been accumulating a fine each day my dilemma is that I can't fix the problem without without a permit and although I rep repeatedly try to get a permit I'm still being fed daily I had a conf okay okay uh next um individual on WebEx is Christopher um Lee freed sorry if I mispronounced it you're being elevated just hold on one moment hold on just a moment okay all right it looks like he left um our WebEx link the next individual is Lynn Anderson hold just a moment while you are elevated okay Miss Anderson you can proceed uh we cannot hear you if you want to un unmute your end and then state your name and address for the record go ahead and unmute I'm unmuted now can you hear me yes you can okay good I'm Lynn Anderson with my husband Vince we live at 940 Warwick Lane in Heritage Lake in Newport Richie Florida and I did email my objection to you on August 5th so you should have that in front of you uh we are OB objecting to The Oaks Park msbu assessment we made this same objection in August of 2022 and and at that time you tabled it until more research could be conducted but you did not change the boundary map and that is our objection the Oaks Park boundary map was unfairly drawn 10 years ago in 2014 by the gis department now I was advised by Christina cordin natural resources superintendent that those within a half a mile from the closest point as the crow flies would not be in the ass mment but I calculated it using the Google Maps distancing feature and you'll see that in the email I sent you we are clearly outside of the half a mile requirement as is the rest of my fellow residents at the Cambridge Commons Village inside of Heritage Lake we also noticed that the uh boundary map does not include Villa del Rio they're not listed at all in the map yet they are only one4 mile from The Oaks Park so we object that the gis Department drew a map which includes the entire Heritage Lake complex even though there are those of us outside of it and there are other closer complexes not included two years ago we requested you to redraw the boundary map and you did nothing and we are back at the state again two years later at the very least vill Del Rio should be included in the same assessment which which would of course have the effect of lowering the annual amount for everyone in fact I even talked to Keith Wy back in August of 22 and he agreed that we were outside of the half mile requirement and should not be included so at this point we hereby request to be removed from the assessment on the grounds we are not within the half mile requirement and we also request that other complexes who are much closer be added to the msbu boundary map thank

you thank you and I just want to check one more time um is Christopher on the WebEx okay no he is not so um Mr chair that concludes all right that concludes uh public comments so we'll close that section and we'll move on to resolutions and let's go to rs1 all right if you are here for Guardian Fleet Services um their partnership with Paso County Fire Rescue please step to the podium I believe we have quite a few members here today but but you heard a little bell and some of them had to leave yes I will go ahead and read the resolution resolution number 24168 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida recognizing Guardian guardian Fleet Services Inc for their partnership with Pasco County Fire resue whereas the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners ERS is committed to ensuring the Safety and Security of all those living and visiting Pasco County and whereas Pasco County fire rescue pcfr greatly appreciates the support and Partnership of local establishments to assist in the mission of continually advancing the public safety capabilities to serve the community and rasg guardian Fleet Services Inc is a Florida based Towing recovery and specialized and specialized Transportation provider with over 30 terminals throughout Florida Georgia Kentucky and Texas and as guardian Fleet Services Inc routinely provides readily available resources that allow the pcfr Special Special Operations Division to generate real life scenarios that provide authentic specialized training in diverse disciplines otherwise unattainable without the emergency response and whereas pcfr Special Operations Personnel are continually advancing their knowledge and expertise in areas that have and will continue to save lives in the community because of their partnership with Guardian Fleet Services Inc andrz the Pasco County fire rescue Department wishes to recognize and express sincere gratitude for those who coordinate these efforts in the shared mission to protect and serve the community andwest Pasco County recognizes light duty manager Kevin Moore of crocketts Towing heavy duty manager Andrew Cornelius of Crockett's Towing area manager Chuck Ruth of American and import used auto parts Ro operations manager Jason Chase of American Recycling Solutions heavy duty Duty operations manager Mike Swanson of crocketts Towing and terminal operations manager Ken nean of crocketts Towing and res and as we and whereas all team members of Guardian Fleet Services Inc have been supportive and professional in this incredibly valuable partnership and provide Pasco County with over 100 Vehicles including tankers buses RVs and passenger cars for specialized training scenarios andraz with the assistance of Guardian Fleet Services Inc pcfr obtains an extensive Supply of resources for vehicle and Machinery rescue operations and Technical Level Training allowing over 120 pcfr members to receive a certification in vehicle machine rescue

now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida that said board hereby recognizes and expresses gratitude to Guardian Fleet Services Inc as a vital provider in enhancing the Pascal County fire rescue Department's capability to generate authentic specialized training scenarios that has and will continue to save lives of Pasco County Citizens and visitors done and resolved in regular session with a Corum present and voting this 21st day of August 2024 move to approve got a motion second all those in favor say I I motion pass 5- welcome do we have a spokesman or several spokesman we have several first of all good morning Tony perz fire chief morning fire rescue thank you for thank you for the support commissioner Oakley and um just acknowledging one of our community stakeholders and the impact that they've had in our community as you can see along the wall the the the show of support from our special operations divisions these are all the me the men and women that are out there on the front lines and as you can see through the slideshow just some of the scenarios that they were given to work through but I want Chief Hudson our special operations Chief to come up and just give you a few stats on how impactful this partnership has been for our members here at Pasco County okay thank you welcome thank you uh for the opportunity to recognize the board the people in the gallery and the people watching at home first and foremost uh we want to take the opportunity to thank these men right here who have done more than their lion Sheriff presented us with the uh the things we need to get our job done for the citizens of Pasco County so I want to say thank [Applause] you a special operation we collaborate we collaborate a lot not just with crocketts but with public works with superv trucks to run trenches uh we have DOD contracts we work with United States Coast Guard to do some really cool stuff um but these guys here we're representing them now we're telling them thank you so yeah 100 cars in the last uh I took this spot in December and they have uh they have really stepped up to the plate and done the work VMR is vehicle Machinery rescue it's actually a two-e class it's operation and technician so this technician portion that you're seeing on the screens right now takes into a complicated level of extrication of the vehicles it takes us into running uh different types of welders plasma cutters torches um and these guys are the best so I can't say enough about them so I'll let this guy say some more about them okay K morning everybody thank you for your time short and sweet it's our pleasure and our honor to continue supporting uh an organization that has as much Integrity as Pasco fire rescue does uh we look forward to continuing the relationship going forward and uh look to see how we can Boggle their minds with the new scenarios in the future thank you very much I'm sorry could we

get your name for the record thank you my name is Ken neand thank you okay anyone else speaking or somebody bashful or what no they're all good they're all good thank you all right well thank you and we certainly appreciate everything that y'all do for our Citi here in Pasco County and I know they support you because a few years back they they all voted in through a our elections that that they support you and bring on new fire stations and a lot of good things that happen and and you know the board's been working together to uh bring you up to top top of the list and basically um you're very much making us a premere and the safety issues you give us that protect our citizens um go Untold I mean they just continue to match up to what we expect out of a premier fire uh Department that we have here and thanks to Chief uh Perez being here and being a part of that but it takes leadership even those ground Crews that go out it takes a lot of leadership from the lower level all the way up to the top to do the right job so and we appreciate our the fact that you here to help us also with our fire department and providing safety for all of our citizens we certainly appreciate that any uh well um I I would Echo uh the commissioner's words and that's quite a that's quite a setup you have there I it's it's amazing I hope you were doing this in cool weather because I bet it can get very hot out there I wouldn't want to see a car in a bus I can tell you that yeah just just last week I think we saw lots of cars overturned um in the area cars in uh you know in the trees um so I'm very grateful to see that you do these kind of um practices and it's pretty crazy so um what what is that long metal tube thing that's aess oh semi trer W so well I I didn't know you did all this so I'm glad you're bring it to our attention and thank you to all our partners who uh participate in this and um help our our firefighters and First Responders to be so well trained so thank you very much Mr whitean thank you you know for the setup like this you all ought to compete in the Florida man competition it's that's going on here looking looking at the at the setup but uh no it's fantastic to to practice scenarios that we don't you know normally think about and uh your training uh shows and how you guys respond to customers and thank you for having a a great partner uh in our training processes and help us get creative on any wild scenario that may happen where our folks need help so appreciate everybody here today M jger I just want to say thank you guys for all you do and um you guys are truly the front lines and um just thank you and if anything you guys need you know we all have you so let us know Mr Mariana thank you this is very impressive to see I've done a couple of the training missions with you guys as far as going out there and see what goes

on but this is such a high level that's such a critical thing to be able to clear the debris off the roads to keep even more accidents from happening so uh this is tremendous to see and I'm glad you're doing it thank you okay um if y'all come up and other people come to the the rest of the commissioner stand up here behind us I'll come down we are going to have a long [Music] day 11 yes [Music] please out all the [Music] New Jersey to to yeah they're all out that part was that was fun when we come on in come on in oh we got him up here yeah that's a first holy cow stand up on the desk [Music] oh wait wait wait run run maybe they got to get down in front yeah [Laughter] [Music]

thank you [Applause] app in order well you know they they like gone down on front I think now what is this it's a one of the resolutions Community Development Grant I think wow that'll cut you morning I don't think we've had that many here before it's a record that's a record unofficial but yeah Mr chair we have a Time certain at 11 okay which i' prefer that you take the consent agenda up and then and get to that we still have a lot of resolutions too did I have concern agenda so we've got got a time starting at 11: we've got the rest of the resolutions and we have consent time certain at 11: can we get an abbreviated report at 11: can we get an abbreviated report at 11 it you okay that's perfect uh so we go is which one's this the second item here which is the time R 54 P four is time certain yeah okay abbreviated an abbreviated R50 all right let's move on to rs2 hold on we're going to do the resolution first or you want to do consent and then go to resolutions we got to get them done before noon do you want to do the time is certain before after uh let's go ahead and time certain now okay and just do very briefly very briefly r52 um so as they are walking up um this is the semiannual Investment Portfolio um presentation we have Scott Stitcher with pfm uh he's a he's a director with pfm and um pfm manages a portion of the investment for the county and then we also have the finance director from my office Matt Lazar and our office manages another portion and they will both present very quickly on each portion how about that um let me ask this question would you like a um a market update before they get into the presentation um the you know investment Market Financial market update that's usually what they do so I'll leave it to the board Mr chair to determine if you'd like that first yes it' be fine okay then we'll go ahead and proceed okay thank you all right we'll do our best to keep this short good to see you Mr chairman Commissioners Madam clerk Scott Stitcher with pfm Asset Management uh trying to be brief on the economy is pretty tricky but I'll do my best here we'll characterize the economy as uh seeing moderating economic growth uh first quarter reading came in at 1.4% the initial reading for 2q at 2.8% we've seen inflation continue to Trend lower towards the fed's target of 2% it's very encouraging as well the labor markets continue to be very strong although we did see the unemployment rate tick up during the quarter to 4.1% breaking a 28mon streak of being below 4% and then more recently it ticked up to 4.3% uh the consumer continues to drive growth which is good consumer makes up

two-thirds of growth in the US economy so an employed individual continues to have money in their pocket is able to spend although we are seeing some cracks some slower spending I think higher prices uh and and falling uh consumer savings rates are starting to slow spending but we're seeing growth uh nonetheless uh the fact I mentioned that the labor market continuing to loosen a little bit uh the FED now is having to focus on their dual mandates and that is full employment as well as fighting inflation I think people had forgotten that since for the the last two years the FED has been hyperfocused on fighting inflation and and raising interest rates I say all this with um uh good news for long-term fixed income investors as we when we look at performance we'll look at the income that's now being received in the our portfolio uh as well as this the port or uh Investments that that Matt is going to touch on here in a second so let me let me stop there it was a quarter in which uh interest rates Rose since that time interest rates have fallen considerably which should work in your favor uh when I'm visiting with you the next time that falling interest rates are going to equate to uh bond prices going up so that's a very abbreviated version of what's going on in the economy any questions thoughts concerns that okay move forward all right uh so to keep it brief county has money we're investing money and and you guys are seeing a return um thank you sounds good right that's what everyone likes to hear so where we are at right now the unrestricted portfolio so that for the county which is not tied to debt Covenant stands in about $1.4 billion we have that further broken down into both the short and long-term investment so shortterm being anything less than 90 days long-term greater than 90 days and so just to kind of keep pushing through here where is it what does that mean Matt short-term Investments $363 million of the County's unrestricted portfolio is currently in the short-term Investments averaging about 36 Days of maturity long-term Investments sit just over $1 billion and we're at about 379 days of maturity what does that mean that means we are kind of tying into what Scott was just saying the feds are confusing us all and they kind of scarce a little bit but we are starting to see a navigation from that short-term earnings to really pushing out longer out on the curve and the county is set up to experience just that so um that is the good news what we want to also put put out there for you guys is in the last quarter for the quarter end of June 30th the county uh saw realized earnings of $9.8 million um which means year to date we're about $35 million so we're projected to have a second consecutive year of being over the $40 million Mark which is amazing news considering a couple years prior we were barely getting to $10 million um really on this slide uh just to kind of

not reiterate what you're already seeing but I do want to point out the Florida palm term that is the Investments uh in which we invest x amount of dollars at x amount percent and we get that we're getting that guaranteed return um we're going to expect another $1.4 million here through the next of the end of this fiscal year in maturities and we're already looking at guaranteeing the county $20 million with what is maturing going through 2025 which the good news is is not knowing what the Market's going to do it gives us that little bit of buffer kind of as we go through any questions here yes yes so looking at the unrestricted long-term investment statistics I have two questions one um I see this Central Bank where is and who is Central Bank Central Bank is is a local bank uh over I believe they have a location in loots and Hillsboro but it is that we have a certificate of deposit with them um okay well I've never heard of them but um um and then I'm and then First National Bank of Pasco ye z00 um what's going on there that there were're not yield at Cost expected yeah that all looks strange wouldn't it right no so it is we are earning uh about 5% return on that that is a typ on there we did not give First National Bank of Pasco uh $10 million just to hold on to okay well that's good but um something I want to ask is and it never occurred to me until now is that when we're investing in these banks with this amount of money I'd like to know what they're doing back to the community as far as charitable participation so if we're going to participate with them they need to be you know given back in the community and that would be one of my um um checks when I'm deciding which bank I'm going to put my money in so I'd love to know what they're doing what they're charitable giving to Pasco County chair has been yes ma'am and we do understand that so when we do uh perform our due diligence we do kind of sit down with all these Banks and ask those types of questions Well we'd like to see it I think yes ma'am all right Mr Mariana uh commiss sh exactly was going to pull out that 0% so I'm glad you glad you mention it but I will say I'm more concerned about rates and what we're going to get back for the taxpayers to help to keep taxes down than I am with the we're what they're going to do with let the business run I don't want to control it okay all right yeah but all things equal oh yeah all right and then this will be my last slide here and then we'll see if there's anything else you guys want to discuss but you'll also see this repeated in your board packet we gave you the quarterly investment summary that the finance team produces for every quarter and what you're seeing here uh is the county as well within the restrictions placed by the investment policy so the gray outline is the maximum limits and the blue fill in section is exactly where the percentages stood as of June 30th so the finance team monitors the investment policy as

well as Florida statute and this is kind of where we currently sit um you know we usually see that local government investment pool in Florida prime number creep up during October through December as tax revenues come in but that's where the finance team really kind of focuses to make sure we're not exceeding the allowable limits and any questions on that okay thank you nothing else you guys are good this is the okay thank you good report thank you very much all right um in the process of saving time because seems like we're running behind today on things let's move back to the uh consent item and take them up now I have a full sheet with c22 uh withdrawn c48 withdrawn uh c49 withdrawn c25 uh pull and discuss c34 pulling discuss and it looks like uh c46 is that to p and c34 um that'll be just really really brief for me and I'd like to pull p78 it's you can't pull it I I can't discuss it that's public hearing if it's what is it is it it's the storage um yeah that's your afternoon public hearings oh okay it's on con it's on consent then but pull yeah we'll do that okay uh is any desires on any of the other C uh consent items seeing none move to approve the consent agenda Mr Mr chair the um motion to also approve the addendum item for consent which is what's the number what's it is AC 121 add AC 121 to my motion to approve go with the second all right I got a motion and second all those in favor say I I I motion to pass wait 40 uh okay now we'll take up the first item to pull and discuss is c25 who has that that was you it's under your name um it's next item good morning Mr chair Commissioners nick youen uh County engineer okay so this was pulled by the commission do you have a question you want us to address or do you want us to just give you an overview of the project well I just want want to know the overview of the project and um uh Mr ramford and myself have got to have a meeting and I'll talk to him about that out on Bellamy to discuss what we're doing in the future on Bellamy Boulevard well and and to be clear we are designing safety improvements for the Bellamy B Bellamy brothers uh Boulevard corridor from State Road 52 all the way to Hernando County we're very excited about the investment in the safety of this Corridor I think Commissioners have noted a number of crashes recently as as recently as earlier this year right that we would like to prevent any future reoccurrence of those kinds of incidents from occurring scope of work for the

project is to uh reconstruct the entire roadway with the 4ot paved shoulders to provide for Lane recovery so for Lane departure crashes well we'll have that recovery area we're also going to be providing the tactile response of the rumble strips on the edge and center line of the road so that we can give a a very tactile feedback to drivers who are who are um depart from their expected a lot of the crashes actually been happening because they're allowing passing along that strip and it's very dangerous we got some side roads at night I've driven that at night it's terrifying and and we have illuminated Chevrons as part of this project so that we can guide you through the S curves on the corridor we have additional Street lighting that's going to be uh deployed as part of this um right it's going to be a fantastic Corridor we're really excited about the investment that and these improvements need and and I know Federal Commissioners we've all heard about different issues out on B me and and I just wanted to pull this so everybody's made aware of what we're doing to correct this issue and then Branford and I we going to have another uh community meeting out that way so we can take care of some is let them know what we're doing that that is part of our design scope of work both to collect feedback on the kickoff and then to communicate the specific scope and schedule of the project as we get closer to finalizing the design and ready to advertise for the Construction contract I will mention to the commission one of the things that we areay paying close attention to just take Shameless opportunity for this plug we're paying close attention to in Pasco County is the investment in improved safety for our two-lane somewhat rural roadways that exist within portions of Pasco County there's a lot of attention being paid to that on a Statewide scale there are federal safety dollars that come to the State of Florida to the tune of about 125 million every year that can be used for Investments on two-lane roads like these the state has been making a priority to address their two-lane roads throughout the State of Florida with some of the similar treatments that we're doing on Bellamy brothers and we are definitely in conversations with district 7 and with Tallahassee to see if we can't secure some of those Federal safety dollars for improvements on other County Roads that we would look to make projects happen on those going forward so please note that we're excited about Bellamy brothers and we're definitely paying attention to opportunities for other people's money to make our transportation system safer for all the people of Pasco County I appreciate that that's that's very good and I know the board knows that we work very well with secretary gwy with district 7 and uh actually partners and we really we partner together a lot so actually uh they're going to bring a light to wire Road in 301 and the design has already been started and uh and we'll get a light there uh thanks to fdot so that's coming so um if you want to there's four

deaths on that actually intersection yeah if you wants to stay there for 34 I I I just have a quick comment um that's mine that's the one that's next okay um it's just that um oh move to approve c25 second got a motion a second all those in favor say I I I motion pass by Z all right on c34 I just I had some challenges with AECOM I'm going to tell you uh and a project um that is um one a Vista Lane and um and it kind of slipped by uh everyone's notice that nothing nothing had happened in over a year and so um I asked for the next aeom contract to come up just to remind them and I talked someone from aom called me and remind our staff that even when you're working on a little project we got to have some kind of timer so that doesn't get forgotten because months and months went by and and nothing happened and the residents really want their roads Road paved and we were trying so hard to get it done before the rainy season um so um with that I would move approval of c34 second all right got a motion second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 Z okay move on to uh c46 thank you Mr chairman and the reason I pulled this I just wanted to just have a quick comment to it because I think it's phenomenal that Firehouse Subs has their Foundation uh which is giving the county $331,900 two years ago we uh noticed a gap in coverage uh along with the sheriff's office we had over 120 rescues of victims pulling them out and evacuations um one of the gaps that we saw was the inflatable boats so as an agency we took the time to write a grant to get these inflatable boats into our Arsenal so we can serve the citizens if we have another flood emergency more likely we will have another flood flood emergency so that's what it's going to um it's not a matching Grant nice it's straight from their their Firehouse to us our Firehouse so okay I'm going to go get a firehouse so that's good I'm glad I'm glad I eat lunch there about every board day uh over here so so while c46 is the item you're talking about the description on your pull sheet is not is for c45s but but we are talking about c46 out okay move to approve so I have a motion and a sec a second second okay all those in favor say I I motion pass 5 thank you guys so my agenda was an old agenda so they told me it was corrected but I'll fix that thank you yeah I had written on mine the right item so it worked out so that uh ends C items um close consent and move back to resolution two okay um if you are here for international overdose awareness day please come to the podium Co this is kind of purple you're on Deck I'm kind of got purple mix it's not even close to purple there's nowhere close to purple there is purple in there I I absolutely see purple I don't see it I'll go ahead and read the resolution resolution number

24-17 resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pascal County Florida declaring August 31st 24 as National overdose Awareness Day in Pasco County whereas the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners observes International overdose awareness day to raise awareness of the overdose crisis honor those who have lost their lives to overdose and acknowledge the grief of families and communities affected by this devastating issue and Ras community members and organizations resolve to to unite in reducing the number of overdoses in Pasco County which experienced over 1,100 overdoses last year alone and 2 89 of those resulting in fatalities andr through combined efforts from First Responders treatment providers recovery Advocates policy makers and implementers we work to educate and encourage our community to treat substance misuse and overdose as a critical public issue a critical public health issue that affects individuals from all walks of life and whereas we affirm that those affected by substance abuse disorder and overdose are sons and daughters mothers and fathers brothers and sisters who are deserving of love compassion and support and Ras we are committed to increasing awareness of Overdose prevention reducing the stigma associated with this disorder promoting harm promoting harm reduction strategies and expanding access to treatment services with a firm belief that collaborative efforts are key to achieving these goals and Ras we recognize law enforcement Personnel First Responders medical professionals and Recovery Advocates who are doing the critical work on the front lines working tirelessly to reduce the number of Overdose fatalities and provide life-saving interventions and connections to care in our community andas Through the approval and support of the pasel County Board of County Commissioners the opioid task force has recommended over 8 million in funding to create and expand initiatives aimed at providing evidence-based tactics that support effective treatment prevention and Recovery Services and has several community members and organizations participating in the prevent the prescription drug committee meetings the recovery Roundtable meetings and other community gatherings seeking to create Partnerships and meet gaps in Services encourage all Pasco County Citizens to participate in lighting their homes and public buildings in purple to honor those whose lives are lost too soon and in recogniz and and in recognition and support of those in long-term recovery and Raz the P County Board of County Commissioners acknowledges that only together we can strengthen our collaborative effort to combat this crisis in our community now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida that said board hereby declares August 31st 2024 as International overdose Awareness Day in Pasco County denan resolved in regular session with AUM president and voting this 21st day of August

2024 approval second all in favor I I I um motion pass uh welcome this morning and um we're probably going to have to be pretty brief um but I just want to say um thank you for um bringing this to our attention and and I as a I'm sure my fellow board members all know someone or have a family member that's been touched by this so um it's very very important that we continue to work on this problem and um very I'm I'm thankful we're getting the opord money I'm very sad for the reasons why we we are talking about it today but um thank you very much and if you want to say something brief yeah then thank you commissioner I'm going to leave it to the people who are actually doing the work on the ground uh they want to have a few words try to be quick um P County Commissioners and officials I want to express my sincere thanks for recognizing International overdose awareness day it's a profound significance for our community this day not only honors the lives tragically lost to overdose but also marks the beginning of recovery month uh a time when we come together to raise awareness support those in recovery and and fight against the stigma of addiction your acknowledgement today is a powerful Testament of your commitment to addressing the EP iic had on and it brings hope to countless individuals and families who are affected by substance use disorder as we embark on recovery month it's important to recognize that recovery is more than a journey it's a movement that is gaining momentum right here in Pasco County for those Commissioners who haven't yet toward the prevention and Recovery Community Center where some of you we have sometimes uh scheduled and some have um but if you haven't yet we' extend a warm in invitation to the center is called the always Center uh it's right there one block south of Main Street on on US 19 um by recog this um I'm sorry this Center is a testament of what community and collaboration we can achieve when we come together with a shared Purpose By recognizing the problem we can begin to create meaningful solutions that offer more resources hope and opportunities for those striving to reclaim their lives together we have the power the power to transform our community and making Pasco a place where recovery is not only possible but is celebrated thank you for your lead ership and for helping to make Paso County a better safer and more compassionate place thank you thank you yes good morning um I just wanted to say quickly my name is Kelly Rodriguez I'm with Alliance for Healthy Communities I'm on the prevention side so as Justin mentioned we have a prevention and Recovery side of that always Center um we have two coalitions Pasco ASAP and our stand youth Coalition so we are wrapping in the youth and what we do um we know that uh the recognition today not only honors those we've lost but strengthens our resolved to provide hope and support to those affected and their children addiction does not discriminate there are brothers sisters Aunts Uncles parents and friends and by

shining a light on this critical issue you help us move forward with Renewed Energy and determination your leadership ensures that we continue to prioritize this cause and work together towards a future with fewer overdoses and Greater Community resilience thank you thank you starky you go down and I'll come down and they'll stand behind and where's the uh it's right there over there [Music] okay and then I'll let you pass why don't you come stand here in the middle and I think I'm coming on my birthday to tour y per [Applause] okay we'll move on to um RS3 50 RS3 yep all right um if you are here for the 50th anniversary of the Community Development block grant program please come to the podium that's a small one oh stick them up here like this all right Mr chair I'll go ahead and read the resolution resolution number 24-1 169 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Community Development block grant program whereas Pasco County's communities are the foundation for providing a high quality life for its residents and whereas past County's Community Development Department has demonstrated a dedicate has demonstrated a dedication to homeless initiatives the revitalization of neighborhoods production of affordable housing and support of Community Partnerships and whereas the Community Development block grant cdbg program was created through the enactment of the Housing and Community Development act on August 22nd 1974 the con the consolidation of eight categorical Federal programs into one block Grant ushered in a new era of Federal grant making devolving Federal responsibility for urban issues to local governments and providing funding certainty for communities and whereas for five decades cdbg has been the most effective and flexible Federal resource used by local jurisdictions to support low to moderate income LMI populations allowing communities to begin and Implement strategies tailored to meet local needs and priorities an Raz cdbg helps preserve affordable housing and expand the affordable housing stock contributes extensively to public facilities and implements to infrastructure helps addressed a bride range of local uh Public Services needs and helps communities tackle economic conditions and whereas a need for cdbg programs continues to grow in 1975 594 entities received the program's first allocation and in 20124 more than 1,245 state and local governments received annual program allocations an increase of 52.3% and West Pascal County became an urban entitlement County in 1988 and has received almost $98 million in cdb cdbg funds to date and Ras in the past 36 years Paso County has utilize cdbg

funds to build roads and sidewalks building roads and sidewalks build and renovate public facilities for nonprofit agencies acquire and rehabilitate affordable housing and serve our low to moderate income households with much needed public service now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida that said board hereby recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Community Development block grant program and the significant impact These funds have had on our community done and resolved in regular session with a Corum president and voting this 21st day of August 2024 move to approve second got a motion second all those in favor say I I motion pass 5 Z Marcy good morning Commissioners Marcy esberg director of Community Development I want to thank commissioner joerger for sponsoring this resolution today and for all of you for joining 1245 cities counties and states around the country celebrating uh what is tomorrow the 50th anniversary of cdbg uh cdbg really is nothing more than a tool it's money that's coming to our local government and it's how we use it uh to serve our low moderate income families and households that really does make a difference and so today I just want to recognize all the people that make that difference first to the Commissioners uh every year we bring these projects to you you projects and programs that you have to approve so thank you uh for caring thank you for listening and thank you for supporting those projects and programs secondly I'd like to thank our uh partner agencies because as I say often when I go out to speak uh the work isn't being done just with our office it's being done with all of our Community Partners and what a difference they make and not only that they do the work but they do something that's really critical and dear to the hearts of every government official and elected official they bring leverage to the table so they're not only using cdbg but they're bringing private funds they're bringing philanthropy they're bringing volunteers years they're bringing State funds to the table so they're leveraging for every dollar that cdbg is coming into the community they're Leever leveraging sometimes three and $ four dollar and so what a difference that's making so I do want to thank our community partners that are here and lastly our County team really uh the every day they're kind of the unsung heroes of the work that we do uh in Community Development when I meet with our team members the number one thing say is we're here to make a difference and that's why we're here but they do so much more because they need to know and they make sure that the money is spent correctly and timely and uh when we do that then more money comes in so that's what they do and they do a really good job of it I also want to thank some other departments though that may be not sing here and I hope they're listening uh we get a lot of support from Public Services Grants and F

uh and our clerk's office they make sure that the bills get paid a lot of work is done and uh for those of you that might not know all of our work is reimbursement so that means the money has to be spent before we pay it so it's so important for those bills to be paid and be paid correctly and the county attorney's office I want to give a shout out to Robin Rogers and before her Jordan wolf Graham they've done a phenomenal job all the work is done with contracts and agreements and they make sure that that's done right so today we're recognizing the 50th anniversary cdbg is often called the building block of our community the building blocks and so you all now have a commemorative paper weight to remind you that uh that cdbg really is a building block especially for those of us in Pasco County thank you so much yeah Marcy thank you for everything you do and all your staff and the untold Heroes behind us all that show us that that in team there's no eye because this whole uh County Administration and all our staff are a part of making everything be Premier here in the county so we're very appreciative of all everyone's work and what they do so it's very important a lot of people think they get hidden beside but they're just as important as the first person in line as the second last person in line so miss jger yep so I am thrilled this is my first resolution to sponsor uh the 50th anniversary of the Community Development block grant program over the past 36 years the funds from this program have made a tremendous impact on our community and I'm proud to see the continued growth and positive changes it Fosters in District 4 alone we've seen remarkable projects come to life thanks to the cdbg support Lake Lisa Park the new Habitat for Humanity subdivision off little road and the steps to recovery project which is building emergency and transitional house housing for homeless veterans on Trouble Creek are just a few examples uh moreover the transformation of the Boys and Girls Club into a family shelter which went on to win national awards in its Testament to the program as far-reaching benefits I was also like to thank the opportunity to recognize Marcy and the entire Community Development Department their dedication and commitment to improving the quality of life for our residents is truly commendable thank you for all you do to make our community a better place for everyone thank you m I could say a lot but we have very little time so I'm going to keep this very brief um I too uh you know she said she said it so well thank you so much for all you do and in my district you know we wouldn't have am skills because they they were the starting starting otus for us to be able to buy that property so we're forever grateful and so many people have now have careers um and are being able to pay their bills um because of the cdbg grant that you guys gave us so thank you very much that's good Mr May thank you yeah we've seen over the years that uh cdbg has done a lot of great things in the community Tommy town was one of the

first major project when I started many years ago that without cdbg wouldn't have happen so thanks for all the great work you do okay Mr White thank you I just Echo the board sentiments all right thank for your hard work dedication and loving care of all those in Pasco County okay Mrs Jagger would you go down front and take a picture with them we'll stand up here in the back so thank you oh they came prepared I thought everyone was going to give a speech I'm like you can't do it today sorry we put our um we put our little things up here look at that they won't see those no we thought we did a good we had a good idea but no one's going to see we can hold it magy glass everybody's a part of it I have to go to pep um so like I'm if we go over I I have to leave so see leave got one more I oh we have a lot more we have a lot of RS but not worried about the ours ours can come later we're not doing all the ours okay we'll move on to uh resz 4 all right if um if you're here for the Hudson High School jrc leadership and academic bow Team please come to the podium yeah wonderful I'll go ahead and read the resolution resolution number 24- 167 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida congratulating the Hudson High School Jr jrc leadership and academic Bowl team for winning second place in a national competition whereas the US Army Junior res reses Officers Training corpse jroc is one of the largest character development and citizenship programs for youth in the world and whereas jrc Cadets learn the values of citizenship leadership academic competition and college opportunity an RZ JC teaches a curriculum that offers challenging academic content and real life experiences to help students develop a sense of personal responsibility as they move throughout the different stages of life and res the Hudson High School jrc leadership and academic bowl jlab or is it jlab jlab okay much easier for me jayab team was one of the only teams in Florida to qualify for the jlab Nationals in 2024 an RZ the JROTC leadership and academic bowl jlab is a nationally recognized academic competition in which cadetes test their knowledge and Leadership skills through comp competing in a series of rounds against other jlab teams and whereas the jrc leadership and academic Bowl consists of Hands-On science technology engineering and Mathematics activities and a highlevel trivia event which ends in a service on service final event an Raz the Hudson High School JROTC leadership and academic bow jlab Team won second place at the J laab Nationals out of, 1600 schools and 314,000 Cadets and whereas the team the team members of Hudson High School's jrtc leadership and academic Bowl are Eliza Jones Gabriel Carpio Victor Papadopoulos and Nava nardone now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County

a budget amendment that will put um the cost of issuance budget in place as we work through the sale and the bond closing that budget will be in place to make all of those payments and also Award of bid to Bank of America Securities Inc as the senior manager and RBC Capital markets LLC as the co- senior manager for financial advising and underwriting so what is that $80 million going to get us well it's going to help us finish the expansion of the jail um we're estimating those costs to be roughly and I'm rounding up a little bit for the sake of easy math um $43 million to finish that project out and then $30 million for our Villages of Pasadena Hill super Park and then we've got um some buffer in there because of the timing as you can see the timing we're not going to sell them until September so we needed a little bit of buffer in the not to exceed amount and then here are some of the important dates we come back on the 17th for pre-closing we did just have rating calls last week and we'll get those we're scheduled to get those results tomorrow and that's the end of my presentation unless there's questions okay any questions I don't see any questions all right so this a item we need to vote on yes move for second so I got a motion in a second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 this authorizes the chair and the administrator and the County Attorney to to sign the bond move forward with theond and sign all the appropriate right that's part of the motion and this is the last one of all those that were approved is that right no this is the this is not this is not a general obligation bond this is a bond you were bonding the half cent sales tax revenue that you get back from the state okay so it's the Geo bonds we are done with all of the draws yep or Tres yes that was the last time I got to come hang out with you guys about bonds okay okay time we which is why the jail is being funded by this there was no more in the goo to to draw from okay did we vote thank you did we vote all those in favor say I I think we did I motion pass 5 Z right thank you okay thank you um how long is item 55 thank you Mr chair r55 I'll be very very brief but uh wanted to recognize our media relations and Communications team we've been here before celebrating um teley Awards which which recognize excellence in uh in video and television across all typ the screens um but we've never really won a Gold Award and I'm happy and if Sarah Andrea and her uh andir sorry and her team can come up um happy to announce that we actually did win both a gold and a bronze in the interest of time I only will only show you the gold winner um but um it's called a stinky story and how Pasco County is turning poop into profits so go ahead and roll it that's good [Music] Pasco County's Solid Waste Department is always looking for ways to help the environment and keep things out of our

landfill hi I'm Shannon Kennedy with Pasco County Solid Waste Department one of the projects we're very proud of here in Pasco is how we handle our biosolids so let's just call it what it is a bio solid is poop it's flushed down the toilets and eventually ends up here we have our very own public private one-of-a-kind biosolids processing facility that turns biosolids or poop into commercially available fertilizer we paid for and built the facility which is right next to our West Pasco resource recovery facility and Merill Brothers operates it Ted Merill is the co-owner of Merill Brothers he's been in the solid waste business since 1982 our Pasco County facility is our newest and it is state-of-the-art we bring in nearly 50,000 wet tons of product a year and through our specialized process we produce Florida green fertilizer at first the sun does most of the work we spread out the biosolids on our Greenhouse floor and shurn it up with the tractor and Tiller large ceiling fans help to dry out the product as the top layer dries we till it again exposing the wetter material from underneath it doesn't completely dry out in the greenhouse so we also use an oven belt pasteurizing process we blow hot air up through the biosolids belt and through the product drying the biosolids even more the result is a highquality class AA byproduct registered with the state of Florida as a fertilizer this process saves Pasco about $250,000 per year Merill Brothers is a great partner and this project is very successful both commercially and environmentally farmers use the fertilizer to grow crops and grasses for grazing animals it's also used for compost and to grow sod and fruit trees around the state most of our fertilizer is soed to local Agra businesses so it's even more of a win for pasco's economy this is just one example of how Pasco County and the Solid Waste Department are using innovative ways to minimize impacts on our landfills benefit our environment boost local businesses and keep our waterways clean thanks for watching and head to my paso. to learn more about how we're serving our community I'm always floored I think I could talk for hours about that project it's amazing but uh you know the video and the promotion of it is is certainly great I mean producing videos and things like that could normally cost tens of thousands of dollars to do that on the outside but we're able to do that just here so our star is here as well I see very good we've got some rips from from Merill Brothers but I would just ask Sarah do you have any words you'd like to say and and Mr chair if it's okay i' would like to indulge the board with the picture on on this with the board if that's fine after Sarah speaks thank you board Sarah and public information officer for media relations and Communications I just want to say thank you to the board and and and to all of you for your continued support of our

division and our team um I want to say thank you to County Administration Mike Joanna uh Dr Mark Bellis for all of their support and Leadership to our team and guidance and of course the assistant County administrators it's it's our departments it's our branches it's the 57 lines of business that we collaborate with on a daily basis to tell our story and to tell the great things things that happen in Pasco County on a daily basis so um our our friends at Solid Waste are behind us Shannon who was the star of our our our video um and like Mike said all of our videos are produced in-house it's our small team Aaron our videographer is on a shoot right now he couldn't be with us um but we we produce shoot write the scripts and do all that with collaboration with with the department so thank you to everyone thank you Mike thank you Joanna uh have you guys like thank you but I had one question when did we start this cuz I remember doing the tour actually the project was was I think originally negotiated back in 20145 is is when we we got underway construction I think I guess I took a tour in 16 when I went around there so yeah that's good tell hav yet but I want to does it smell yes yes smells good you have something to say yeah I want to bring some CEOs but I don't want to offend them all right yeah it's a it's a great project it does smell like crazy but I'll tell you what what they do is phenomenal saves us a whole bunch of money environmentally it's great um and we had the Jord danan delegation over uh a few months back that they were very very impressed with it right you see meral trucks up and down pit2 all the time so we I watch them so it's but any else take picture I'm G to take the all right let's come take the important on all right picture [Applause] what were those earrings oh that's f face [Applause] [Music] of the break I need I think we've done a pretty good job catching up so but we're going to actually wait on our 57 till after the public hearing this afternoon so we'll break down for recess for lunch and then we'll be back at 1:30 for public hearings [Music] depend on you to keep them healthy excess fertilizer grass clippings trash oils and pet waste wash into gutters and storm drains when it rains storm water carries these pollutants directly into our lakes and rivers creating an unhealthy environment for fish water foul and other Aquatic animals storm drains are meant for clean rainwater most other discharges are illegal if you suspect an illicit discharge please contact Pasco County Department of Public Works at 72783 43611