06.04.24 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting (Morning Session)

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which there are a couple of Commissioners that are on that board as well for a total of $510,000 so I imagine the city people the city water will probably go up the other issue I have is the same day the water restrictions came out for us to once a week there was notification that any water features um need needed to be had of a sign saying using reclaimed water only now I drove up and down state road 56 yesterday and I noticed the huge waterfall is still running and there is no sign for reclaimed water one of the other subdivisions completely changed Theirs to planning but there are several fountains there are several irrigated men made ponds on State Road 56 you can tell this because the ponds in the subdivisions are lowering because of no rain yet these ponds that were created with the concrete pumps to be able to pump in and out are perfectly level every time you go by I am on a well and right now our pressure has dropped we've had to put a submersible well in to follow the aquifer down because because it is several inches below it is lower than it has ever been the other issue that could happen with this is sink holes I have spoken with a lot of new residents and a lot of the new subdivisions and they are also concerned about the water that's all I have to say all right thank you for your comments the next person they did not put their name but again it's um c27 liquid sodium hypochlorite that would you mean okay oh a different item okay she was on c25 before that uh that concerns me because of the volatility of this chemical um it is highly volatile unless it's kept cool there's a possibility of actual explosions due to this it is also a cancer causing carcinogen um the county is spending I believe it is $610,000 to buy 12.5% to put in all of the water treatment plants to I imagine make the water safe to drink but at this point um I have someone who has a master's in chemistry and not only that but you can just go and read about this chemical it is not safe it is corrosive and it's most likely to cause damage to a lot of the water lines um once again we're spending money buying water and we're putting dangerous chemicals in it to make it portable yes ma'am if you will I'll let uh D David Al would you come up go outside with her and explain to her about the water and just answer real quick on part of it we're not out of water or shorter water we're out of what they call free water because it comes out of a well they call it free but we have plenty of water with Tampa Bay water for our region but David Allen will explain some of that information for you if you step outside with him he he'll do that right now next person U Mr chair the next person is Nancy Hazelwood followed by

Lisa Moretti good morning see a new face hello Nancy Haywood 34110 a nice place it's nice to see y'all again so I noticed on the agenda that you're getting ready to approve for uh uh different villages in vop villages of Pasadena Hill and uh I was thinking that's 3,597 units how many cars is that going to put on the road close to 10,000 do we really need that amount when they put on vop there was a set number of units agreed upon for that whole area and I I just find it kind of odd that we're going back and granting them more because they did have a large amount already agreed upon uh so I was wondering if y'all wouldn't take some of this into consideration and maybe make that a bit lower I know you you got to take each one individual but alog together that's 3,597 more units in the cars that are being dropped on us uh your citizens are kind of suffering from this thank y'all Thank you Lisa mer thank you good morning my name is Lisa mer 16331 Iola Woods Trail dat City 33523 I've been reviewing the documentation on forgivable loans made by Pasco County from our Penny to p penny for Pasco monies and over turn over I see out of develop out of area developers being given really favorable loan rates and then having them wiped clean and in many cases that we've reviewed they don't appear to have met the percentages of jobs they were to have brought to Pasco in exchange for free money from Pasco taxpayers but it gets worse over and over we also see that they receive an ad Borum rebate this is really mind-boggling on many levels penny for Pasco monies that the that 1% tax that the good people of Pasco voted for to be invested in schools and land preservation and infrastructure is estimated to have generated over a billion dollars in the last 18 years but right now we have kids sweating away in portable classrooms in some schools who have had those temporary classrooms on site there for more than 10 years and some of our own school board members currently seated don't even know that kids are stuck in Portables why is there such a huge disconnect we don't need to be giving away free money from one hand to Big corporations who can afford to invest in Pasco while baking our kids in substandard learning conditions and hot Portables and now from the other hand you're about to add two new adalum taxes to the backs of Pasco County taxpayers on today's agenda if there was ever a tax and spend scheme this is it you have Cherry Hills on your agenda this afternoon the developer on that project who also has numerous other projects in the county hasn't paid their taxes on the properties that they own you're going to increase their property values in a very lucrative racket that they have running on the county and municipalities of Pasco is the rule in Pasco that developers just don't pay taxes just we

regular citizens get the honor of paying property taxes and these added ad vorum taxes that we don't even get to vote on I urge you to reconsider adding more taxes to the backs of Pasco taxpayers today stop rebating and erasing the very same taxes from the developers who are creating our infrastructure problems with your help I hope you realize that Pasco residents have had enough and vote no but here's what I find truly sad you've been doing this all with very little thought to the very longtime families your neighbors the kids you went to school with your teachers when you were in school people you know not just us little squawking chickens as I think you like to call us you are taxing the people that once mattered to you out of their homes and out of this County and I have to wonder if you really care thank you all right thank you anyone else Mr chair I have no one else signed up I do have no one on WebEx I don't know if you make a is there anyone else in the audience that did not sign up wish to speak this time see a no one we will close public comment uh see where I'm at here sheet okay next order of business is uh can resol no resolution so we go um to resolutions next consent so resols um it is 10 a little after 10:15 but I've got a Time certain at 11:00 for one resolution so we'll move for resolution rs1 so we'll move to rs2 Peter Hansel if you are in the audience please step up to the podium sir he's here welcome yes sir Mr H welcome all of you here too well we're glad to see you I hope you're signing back up so U Mr Hansel I'll go ahead and read your resolution first thank you ma'am okay could I inter interrupt I brought my grandson he can come stand with you and my wife and your wife yes sir he said no we real we realized uh that that you wouldn't have had such good service without their support you're absolutely correct on that 100% plus I gave 20 bucks to show up so now I won't well 20 bucks is 20 bucks that's okay I think I think now you have to take them to lunch too yeah that's right okay resolution number 24-135 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida commending Peter Hansel for 9 years of service as a member of the pas County Planning Commission whereas Pete Hansel is a well-respected resident of Pasco County who earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University and a master's degree from Emporia State University andrz Peter proudly served active duty in the US Army and served 20 years in the US Army Reserves and whereas over the years Peter has been involved in several and many boards including the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce pass Pasco County School District Vision committee the Pasco County voter Outreach ambassador program

the Pasco County Metropolitan planning organization citizens advisory committee and served on the Lexington Oaks Community Development District board for 19 years andas in 2015 Peter was appointed to the Planning Commission by former Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore as a re and was reappointed by commissioner waitman in 2022 an razza Planning Commission serves as the local SCH planning agency holding public hearings and transmits to the board of County Commissioners recommendations on zoning District amendments conditional use applications proposed master planned unit development I'm sorry unit districts mpud zoning amendments operating permit applications and certain appeals and whereas in 2008 he proposed to name the new Elementary School in Wesley Chapel veterans to honor all veterans in Wesley Chapel in which the school board voted and agreed upon and Raz the dedication and experience Peter brought to the Pasco County Planning Commission has been an asset to Pasco County his knowledge loyalty and dedication will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure of working with him now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pascal County Florida that SBO hereby commends Peter Hansel for his nine years of exemplary Service as a member of the Pascal County Planning Commission and wishes him well in his future endeavors denan resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this for day of June 2024 move approval second I got a motion and second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 Z thank you yes sir um should I make a comment you certainly can this is your time it has been a great pleasure serving the citizens of Pasco County some of you I know very well Mr Jack over here I met almost 22 years ago when he first ran and I'm so glad you are still here Jack I watch uh you folks on TV and I contend continue to uh respect all your comments and your concern and the work you do for the residents of leg o Kathy starky I met you when you were a member of the school board and I always thought you did a fantastic job with the school board but when you come over here you did a fantastic job and and we're we the residents of this County are very grateful for you and your endeavors and and how you work to ensure the quality of life tries to remain at an acceptable or Beyond level zth what can I say I met you many years ago when you and I were out there with sign wavings for various candidates and that's some of them are still active in the community and in the state and a few have gone on to the private Enterprise so I won't belor that point but you have done a fantastic job too Mr Oakley I met you several times too over the years and I just appreciate you too you are the salt of the earth for Pascal Ken you are doing an exceptionally great job and I appreciate you as a person and as a member of this board and you do a fantastic job I admit as a chairman you really do so with no ma'am I don't know

you at all this is commissioner jger love to know I knew you're you're the person who you replaced not well and sometimes I mispronounced his last name but I will stop there thank you I appreciate it Mr Whitman thank you Mr Hansel and this Hansel it's been what about four 14 years yeah we've met and worked together I I can't thank you enough for your service not just on the Planning Commission but everything that was described in your resolution uh and working with our school system and naming schools and your community involvement and your constant passion and care for Lexington Oaks and the greater area in Pasco County it's truly a team effort you know I'm sure Mrs Hansel right behind you giving you a swift kick in the rear from time to time uh if you if if you needed it but you know together you all help make Pasco become a better place so thank you both for your service and dedication to a place we all call home and I'm very grateful that you all came here this morning thank you iate all of you so I Peter I remember when you pushed to name that school Veterans yes I do your comments too ma'am yeah so um yeah we go back a long way and I remember when I needed um volunteers to help at the RNC Drive the golf carts around we got to drive the Big Wigs around Tampa uh where where it was all fenced off Peter and his wife stepped up we had a great time and um just a lot of great memories and I I want to Echo that I have so much respect for those who serve on the Planning Commission because you know we get paid to be up here but you guys donate your time there so and I listen to all of them and I I just think you did a great job and I'm sorry that you're you're leing it and thank you for your service it was his choice for the record I'm sure of that the rest of us don't want him to go um Mariana yes Peter it's been 22 years amazing I remember I think we we're we at Lexington Oaks and I drove down those roads roadways were like falling apart we're trying to figure out it's a brand new neighborhood you get beautiful homes what's going on here and we work together with the county uh studying the road see what happened and we kind of work with the developer and that got the developer repave the road so uh we studied the Landscaping as well but um you just a man who was out there out in front serving your community from the CDD to getting involved with reclaim water the school renaming uh you're just an asset to the community and we greatly greatly appreciate all your service for not just the Planning Commission for everything you've done uh Karen you're you're a doll and uh great to see you grandson here too you know the I wish my wife would come up because without her well she needs to come up she she was the backbone as some of you may know the wife was the backbone all the time oh yeah and the sounding board and I know Miss Ary and I

had a conclud uh we came to an agreement on the name of that school over there it it was important yeah cuz I was a veteran myself and some of you may have served too and to recognize County you cannot throw a rock in any direction and not hit somebody who has served in the military well yeah I probably spoke the enough okay I just want to say thank you for your service to our country and also to our County so congratulations on the job well done thank you I appreciate thank you now I get to add lib a little bit so what I get to tell stories on I remember one time one of my favorite stories was the fact that there was only three members that day at at the plan board and you ended up being chair correct and I was amazed I was down in my office and I had my speaker on and I was kind of listening to what was going on and there was only three so one of them made a motion the other person was against the motion and he actually second in that motion which means he knew Robert's Rules very well cuz he had the ability to second the motion he can't make it but he can second it so but that meeting went very well and he did a great job run that meeting and he did a great job for citizens of Pasco County uh I I just want following your steps and do the best job I can for our citizens of Pasco County and I can tell you that he never saw an item that he didn't look at and put himself as a citizen of Pasco County and vote for what was best for the citizens of Pasco County and that's only way to be a part of a board like this that you vote for your citizens oh thank you I appreciate that thank you but so we want to come down and get a picture everybody sure yeah right will you Le come with a picture we going to get his wife up now I and one last thing too I I I know you have some attorneys out there in the audience and I have to say the the the may not always AG with the attorneys here but they do I I really feel this sincerely that they do a fantastic job especially the County attorneys okay all right here we go three two and one got it thank you [Applause] [Music] what I'm pulling c14 I'm going to pull c14 just so David people come up and correct the what I'm pulling c14 oh you go yeah is there a problem with it no what's it on you know that lady I was talking to you I mean you want me to take over probably be better no I don't think so yeah keep her away from the G seen that before yeah last why they got it way over here I think so okay now we'll take uh what time we3 RS3 will the Hudson High School cheerleading team please stand up and come to the podium it have [Applause] the International

Champions yeah spread out where we can see you so all right I will go ahead and read your resolution first Okay resolution number 24- 137 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida congratulating nine athletes and the coaching staff from the Hudson High School ch cheerleading team for winning the ICCU World Championship whereas the Hudson High School cheerleading team coaches coaching staff was selected to be the coaching staff for the US National Junior co-ed team and nine cheer leaders from Hudson High were selected for the team and whereas the coaches who served on the US National Junior Co team were Chelsea Hatcher Sarah is it ke c c I was going to to say what was a k Canan and Parker Jud and the nine athletes who competed were George Malik malakos okay James Conley nir n uh Nome sha Rivera Riley Rodriguez is it ton ton STS Haley Stevenson Holly is that correct Castillo Castillo and kayy Watson an Raz the US National Junior co-ed team competed from April 25th to the 26th 2024 against other Junior co-ed national teams from around the world in the ICU World Championship at the ESPN worldwide of um Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando and Raz the US National Junior co-ed team won first place at the ICU World Championship in their division with Team Finland winning second place and team Norway winning third place and Razzi athletes on the US National Junior co-ed team completed the hardest Junior co-ed routine in the history of the junior co-ed division meaning that the skill level was an all-time high Andra the athletes from Hudson High School were able to meet people and make friends with athletes from all over the world andr cheerleading now has an Olympic bid meaning it can be picked by Future Olympic uh by Future games to be become an official Olympic sport now therefore be it resolved by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida that said board hereby congratulates nine athletes and coaching staff from Hudson High School for winning the ICU World Championship Dunner resolved in regular session with a corn present and voting this fourth day of June 2024 Mo approval second got a motion in second all those in favor say I I motion pass 5 Z welcome now do you have a spokes person he's standing in front of the podium how come the boys are backing up they're always hiding some um thank you guys so much for having us here and celebrating these kids they're super super hardworking um athletes I always get emot talking about them because they truly truly I know they're used to it they work so hard and especially at a school that doesn't always get the recognition other schools do in our County um for them to make it to this level and so many of them go on like into college and be successful athletes there it's super super special what we've created what we're doing um a

couple of them today On's at orientation at UCF we have two attending UCF next year these two are attending the University of West Geor Georgia next year the rest are still stuck with me but um they all leave us and become super super successful individuals outside of Hudson cheer which is really what we've wanted to create um and the athletic abilities just kind of like the cherry on top of the cake for what we've been trying to do ja thank you well congratulations this is uh something else it was a few years ago we had a local baseball team from Hudson that actually won the state and then they were going to go for the Nationals and as I mentioned I think last time here that they went on to one the Nationals uh you guys have taken a Step Beyond not only the national champions the International Champions to to compete with all those people and have the hardest uh routine out there has got to be a lot for your courage and skill level to actually make that step and have the courage to go do that and I understand talking to Mike Melos after the first day you guys were like way ahead and just kept the lead strong so uh thanks for representing so well we're proud of all of you um Hudson's got great spirit always has always will so we appreciate you keeping that Firepower going and making all of Pasco County proud so thank you and congratulations thank you m Jagger now I want to watch your routine how do I find that on YouTube they have lots of videos yes it's on YouTube so if you Team USA junior coat semi-finals is their favorite performance that was a little bit better um but yeah so it's on YouTube and then um we have lots of stuff all over social media if you follow any of the Hudson cheerleading social media accounts it's on the Olympic Channel we post a lot of their videos and stuff on there well awesome I can't wait to see it and congratulations guys thank you m Marky so so I was a cheerleader myself though didn't receive any of that kind of recognition um so congratulations builds great um leadership skills I think and I I really look forward to to looking at your video of I I'll actually do it at lunch time so congratulations keep it Mr White thank you chair welcome back how long when were were they here last couple months ago couple months ago yeah so we're really truly rooting for you to come back and celebrate you know becoming Champions I was uh you know I'm a graduate of Pasco High and a proud pirate but today a proud supporter of the Hudson cobras so congratulations to you all and if there's any parents here today congratulations to you guys and your dedication and traveling and to those graduating best of luck to your future and uh hope you guys tremendous success in the next chapter of your lives well great job great representation of the Hudson area and your high school and uh the citizens of Pasco County were all very very proud of what you've done and you've achieved great things but that's just the start there's a wide open world out there and

a lot you can do if you tell yourself you can do it you can do it you're in America um God bless America and God bless you each each of you for what you do thank you thank you hey Mr chairman um wait a minute I was going to say oh you thank you for the okay well they pull it up here we're going to see [Music] it oh that's our final oh this is National this is good wait why is it there not there here here we go the USA [Music] one let me see this you speak all right here we [Applause] go wow wow go [Music] [Applause] or wait they're not done they're not done they're not done the [Applause] finale MD this three things and the [Music] and we own the Finish Line don't forget it what down wow wow wow [Applause] wow okay wow now we have two more people who want to say some words to you um our Clerk hi I'm I'm blown away at the talent so young representing our country um I'm so impressed I'm so proud now I know why you get teared up cuz I'm getting teared up too that was absolutely amazing um who are the Flyers you guys Flyers okay uh you're not a flyer we now know why you're on the team though yeah so brave the Flyers wow and then the bases you know I saw you guys making sure you were so strong and keeping them up and um I'm just so blown away by your talent um and and to have eight of you from Pasco and then from the same high school I also think that's pretty incredible um uh like C lady must be huge over in your area um commissioner Mariano because to have such talent and be selected to represent your country is such an honor and you did it so well and you are champions world champions at your age like you will have that for the rest of your life and I'm so happy for you and so proud that you are are here in Pasco and thank you for representing us and our country thank you Mr camar we'll just pile on with the accolades but that was impressive guys holy cow I'm I'm wincing in my chair thinking I could never be that flexible so just amazing work well done you've you've made your county you've made yourself your your parents yourselves uh you know and your community proud so just thank you keep it up uh and to your teachers and your instructors thank you thank you for helping helping the Next Generation to do great things and and

you know showing them that they can believe and that they can do so thank you let's uh get a picture Jack you want to go down and we stay up here because there's quite a few of us to get in a picture I just want to say my wife Shelley had a pick that you guys would win too oh are we all come down St here kids yeah we're going to stay there's quite a few to get incture you go down they got over there they've got it down there waiting on my daughter Maddy did competitive this is so impressive yeah she had the car well no we didn't do that when I was we didn't have gu [Music] another yeah y' gota leave a wall somewhere to put all this up so yeah you got a shadow box you can try out in college too may be scholarships to do that so yeah those two are on scholarship oh wow congratulations yeah that's great to think of sport you took in high school get get you a college degree so that's very good so very important all right for RS so we do r one okay there we've had some fun ones today okay it cleed for me so okay so they're ready a little bit early so we will call rs1 all right if anyone is here uh from the Tampa Bay Rays or Pasco County libraries could you please come to the podium we need to go it's great to see so many kids here today okay welcome Mr chair you want me to read the resolution yes do the resolution resolution number 24136 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida declaring the week of June 2nd through the 8th 2024 as reading with the rais week in Pasco County whereas at Tampa Bay Rays have established and supported the reading with the Rays presented by Sun Coast Credit Union well step up come on [Applause] [Music] in oh cute I should have also asked if anybody's from Sun Coast Credit Union to also please step up to the podium all right um I'll I'll start over whereas the Tampa Bay Rays have established and supported the reading with the Rays very good presented by Sunco Credit Union since uh program since 2020 I'm sorry 20 2008 Paso County Libraries has been an active member in the program since 2009 and R reading with the race presented by sunos credit union is an incentive based reading program that helps students in prek to 12th grade prevent summertime uh learning loss by reading around the bases to earn Tampa Bay raise themed prizes after rounding all the bases and

successfully lodging 20 logging 24 hours of reading students win the grand prize a voucher for two tickets to see the Tampa Bay Rays play [Applause] [Laughter] an res the Tampa Bay race understand the importance of fostering reading and lifelong learning in the Pasco County community and continue to support libraries and literacy throughout all nine counties in the greater Tampa Bay Area helping readers log over 3 million hours of reading andraz the Tampa Bay Rays and Pasco County libraries have hit a home run to offer a special edition Pasco County libraries and reading with the raise incentive by Sun Coast Credit Union branded library card that will be available to all Pasco County residents this summer where and ASAS the collaboration between the Tampa Bay Rays and Pasco County libraries promote literacy Community engagement and a love for reading among Pasco County residents and Raz the crack of the bat the smell of hot dogs and pretzels and the sound of children opening bookmarks and beginning of Mark the beginning of summer reading program now therefore be it resolved by the board of County by the board of County commissioners of Pascal County Florida that said board hereby declares June 2nd through the 8th 2024 as reading with the Rays week in Pasco County [Applause] done and resolved in regular session with okor president and voting this 4th day of June [Music] 2024 Mo approval right got a motion got a motion second second all right got a motion and second all in favor say I I I motion pass 5 Z it's almost it's almost hard to carry on a meeting watching him that might have been my favorite reading of a resolution I've seen in a long time man that was excellent um thank you very much uh Commissioners uh this is a really great thing for Pasco County the Rays uh the library system uh the program that you have read this resolution for today uh logged over 1 million minutes last year of of children reporting that and that that um that summertime slump is a real thing and this program is incredibly talented at preventing that and helping turn it back also we cannot thank our partners at the Rays enough uh they were incredibly willing one to do this resolution two to get Raymond off of his busy schedule right now to come in um and three to do something really incredible that I am aware of no one else in the Tampa Bay Area getting the honor to do uh and I'm trying to make sure we're the only ones in the country uh have partnered with us to have specialty library cards this year for uh families adults children that come in you can trade in your old library card to new ones you can also just get a new one fresh uh because we cheated for you the board of County Commissioners and the county attorney and clerk we have specialty library cards for all of you

here today as a little gift they are numbered for your districts and we even included um the County Administrator as well in so uh I don't know if that as I'm staed that as a motion to receive but uh we have those rece well we got to have Raymond you got to come this you got to you got to do your job you came in we there's no free loafing around here so [Laughter] oh so we had a motion yeah go ahead whacky don't tear up the furniture great job so I had a I had a motion and a second say hi hi motion pass 5 Z how you doing you can't just get off that easy go ahead uh we'd also allow we'd love the our partners to raise to speak about how wonderful this program is for the Tampa Bay area as well thank you I don't know what I can say that Raymond hasn't already thank you done a tough act to follow uh but no on behalf of the Rays and the ray baseball Foundation uh thank you for this honor this is absolutely humbling and incredible the reading with with the raised program is the raised baseball foundation's oldest program thank you we partner with libraries in the nine County Tampa Bay Area to offer this program and as was mentioned accumulated more than 3 million hours of reading with the goal to eliminate summer reading loss that kids have seen over uh summer when they're not in school so this program addresses that because the race baseball Foundation mission is focused to improve the lives of those in need through education Wellness social responsibility and Youth Development and reading with the raay is a perfect example of that but none of this is accomplished Alone um while we're honored to be here today I want to be take the time to be grateful and thankful to you all without enthusiastic Partners like Robert spike in the Pasco County [Applause] libraries and County leaders like yourselves who value and uplift educ none of this program can be accomplished so thank you all for setting the example of educational values partnership and Community leadership um the Ray's goal is to energize the community Through The Magic of raay baseball so this summer hopefully everyone starts reading and we'll see you all at Tropic Canfield but thank you all again chairman Oakley Robert Spike the whole Board of County Commissioners uh thank you for your support and Leadership all right thank you [Applause] now I would say it's uh oh well don't let them go yet whoa whoa come back we got pictures ah you can't get away that light no you're in jail once you come in that door so so everybody's going to want a picture with you so so it's a spr all the good that we've done here with the library system and uh reading for all our kids in Pasco County so it'll be all over the county it's already all

over the county because people are watching from everywhere just to see this today so we certainly appreciate all the hard work you've done so um anyone else want to say something or I think it's a you a former School Board member we have some Educators sitting over there um uh I think having this program encouraging reading through the summer is is wonderful I don't know if they still do it but I remember a lot of schools have required reading list and but when they're this young they I don't think they get that as much so it's a a great um benefit to everyone to encourage reading all summer so we're really grateful to the Rays for partnering with us and you for showing up today yeah Mr White thank you chair you know Sean and team you guys do tremendous work work all over the county and this just is another fantastic example of what you guys do and to the parents out there who you know stick with your kids and engage your kids in Reading over the summer when they could be doing you know a whole lot of other things thank you for sticking with them and guiding them and helping our next generation of leaders and and and folks around United States and Florida so guys hopefully this is uh fun for you all to be here today sometimes commission meetings aren't very exciting for little kids but we're very happy that you all are here great great group of of young folks showing so Sean thank you for all your work and a lot of fun thank you okay M Jagger well we have a special little raise fan in the building today Tristan wave your hand Tristan that's the birthday boy he's going to be six in five days so I just want to say happy birthday to CHR and thank you so much um for partnering with the raise and giving our kids this opportunity it's amazing all right Jack thank you Mr chairman I was tipped off by my assistant to bring my hat today so got an edge on you guys sorry about that aren't you a Mets fan aren't you a Mets fan I didn't know you were still here Jack put the Hat on it didn't recognize you you know the razor brought a lot of excitement for for many years all the way around I I was there on game 162 when he won the division that year was like unbelievable the place just erupted just just great memories all the way through um my uh my rotary club uh Newport Richie Rotary Club is going to be going down Friday which happens to be my daugh my wife's birthday so we're going to spend the day down at Tropic can of field so we're looking forward to that and what an appropriate week for all to play out which is good stuff um but but I thank you so much for what you're doing to help a reading um you know it was the Hudson Library where I take my kids down once a week I've been I I won't say exactly but I incentivize them to read and uh every week we go on pick out different books whatever the library's great about having it nice and easy grab your books bring them back

every week you turn them over and uh uh just a just a great thing and if kids are reading early and they get the skill level up um it just makes life so much easier as uh I think representative steel says something like I'd rather work hard when I'm younger now so I don't have to work as hard when I'm older later and reading is a great way to start to to build that whole future so thank you for all that you do yeah Mr cabala yeah thank you sir uh Sean and team thank you you guys continue to do Innovative things and and and push the push the envelope so thank you for that uh Raymond thank you appreciate you uh showing up today and and helping out here with with helping kids uh you know learning to read over the summer and appreciate the partnership with the ray overall in fact actually this Saturday I think we'll have about 85 employees showing up uh for for a raise game on Saturday against the Orioles so we're looking forward to that uh and also with the partnership of donating $5 of every ticket to United Way of Pasco so a lot of great things that you guys are doing in the community so we thank you for that partnership okay I'm going to come down front if all of y'all come up here we'll get a picture and then rest of you guys stand up there behind us look look at our C Isn't that cool it's so cute it's got Rond On It wait yeah scoot down this way Jeff's got a big we got thank you all [Applause] right that the other one [Music] one two and got it okay all right all right so the next resolution is so if you don't some fun today yeah yes we reading Donald Le I just want to make sure going to first yes got it yeah that's normal yes that is normal all right that's pretty exciting we might make the front page of the paper with this instead of some of the other things we get all right now it's time for the consent agenda I have two pulled items I have U first one is C4 pull and discuss and then the second item is and that's by Nikki Alvarez souls and then the second item I have is C4 14 pulled by Miss starky to pull and discuss so Mr chairman yes I'd like to also pull c37 for a quick discussion which one c37 c37 okay pull c37 is any other items to pull if not I'll entertain a motion for the balance of the items on consent approval second okay got a motion and second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 now we'll move on to C4 Nikki yes um will miss Donal Schmidt please come up to the podium be careful what you say you're being taped I'm not going

to I'm not going to look at you cuz I'm ready going to start to chist so I'm going to go ahead and read your resolution resolution number 24-38 a resolution by the board of County commissioners of Pasco County Florida expressing appreciation to Donal Schmidt Deputy clerk for the office of the clerk and controller for her 35 years of outstanding service to Pasco County whereas Donal Schmidt was hired on July 21st 1989 by the Pascal County Clerk of Circuit Court and County controller as a secretary in the support services department and during her career with the clerk and controller Miss Schmidt served under three Clerk and controllers as secretary lead support secretary board records lead clerk records Clerk I'm sorry board records operations lead and board records operations supervisor an Raz Miss Schmidt's proficiency and knowledge in the performance of her duties demonstrated exceptional professionalism leadership and exemplary work ethic while leading the board records team and had a positive impact on the success growth and positive reputation of our organization andras M Miss Schmid has been instrumental in ensuring seamless integration of multiple Information Technology applications Miss Schmidt led the board records team through the successful implementation of for the record FTR gold digital recording software bis digital recording software and board records management system brooms electronic contact management em ECM sire Technologies and the Civic clerk management system resulting in improved efficiencies productivity and Effectiveness in managing the board records and whereas in recognition for an extraordinary commitment to public service we extend our sincerest appreciation to Miss Schmidt who attended over 1,500 Board of County Commission meetings and Associated committees as an excellent liaison to County staff and other constitutional offices Miss Schmidt's positive disposition effective collaboration and outstanding attention to detailed ensured all agenda items were properly recorded for the board of County Commissioners an Ras mmid was always willing to take on extra tasks when needed as well as sharing her knowledge with her teammates her dedication to Excellence innov Innovative thinking and commitment to continuous Improvement have set a high standard of professionalism and inspired her her teammates and peers enduring her to all and Ras mmid demonstrated outstanding enthusiasm creativity and team spirit by encouraging her teammates to dress up for Halloween fostering a sense of camaraderie and fun contributing to a vibrant and engaging workplace culture some of her favorites were JP Hogs biker chicks RV parks nuns clowns under the sea the Oompa Loompas from willly Wonka and the holidays of Nikki an Ras mmid has exhibited unwavering commitment in to her duties responsibilities and deadlines consistently delivering high quality work with precision and

professionalism and her dedication and dependability in the performance of her job duties made her a valuable asset to the office of the clerk and controller and res during her 35 years of service mmid diligently and conscientiously served Ser the citizens of Pasco County and customers of the clerk and controller in her positions ensuring Integrity while providing outstanding service and res as of July 1st 2024 Miss Schmid retires from the office of Clerk and controller and has plans to travel around the country alongside her husband who is retiring from the Pasco County School school board in June and the board of County Commissioners and the clerk and controller deem it appropriate to recognize her contributions to both the customer customers of the clerk and controller's office and the citizens of Pasco County now therefore be it resolved by the board of County Commissioners in Pasco County Florida in session duly assembled that said board hereby expresses its deepest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to Donna Schmidt for her 35 years of dedicated service commitment and invaluable contributions to the citizens of Pasco County done and resolved in regular session with theorum president and voting this fourth day of June 2024 Madam clerk are you sure you want a motion I do not want a motion approval do I have a second you got a second well both of them said move approval so okay I got a motion second all those in favor say I I motion pass 5 thought you was going to get away without talking to us didn't I tried she was did um thank you to everyone especially Nikki and my team that's it I'm used to sitting over there yeah hiding so this is difficult um I am grateful for the office my husband um come up come up with um my directors and everyone in the office my team is here and I'm just grateful and Nikki thank you for keeping me oh absolutely I want to keep you more but you won't stay we got things to do I think so I think so yeah Mr chair you speak first I'm going to try to speak and not cry because um I want to honor you but um I um Donal is one of those special people um you're just a wonderful human being and such a kind soul and a great leader and she is fun and funny um I'm going to miss um working with you so closely I'm going to miss us going to lunch um maybe we can still do that that would be nice um I I wish you all the wonderful happiness you and and your husband um hope you enjoy wonderful travels and get to see grandbabies and enjoy enjoy retirement like you so well deserve 35 years of service is absolutely incredible and to do it in our office I feel like our office is blessed Pasco County is blessed because of what you've done and um I I have no worries about your area because you have she's created wonderful knowledge sharing in her Department the board will be taken care of for years to come because of Donna Le's leadership and making sure that her

team is prepared for when she was going to retire so you've done an amazing job I am honored to have worked with you and get to know you um I wish you all the best but um I still get to see you because you're not done just yet congratulations Don Mr W thank chair you knowk thank you both for your service to Pasco County it uh you know being a government employee sometimes thankless and um you know your dedication 35 years and to not just this board but to the clerk's office and you with the school system you know fantastic professions thank you for taking time and and investing in Pasco like you have and you know signing parchments just won't be the same just won't be the same M Ary 35 years I just that just amazes me um I I'm just so grateful that you gave all that time to your county and and you as well I I envy you on your next um opportunities and my brother's out traveling the country with my sister-in-law in their RV having a great time so I uh hope you have a wonderful retirement and I'm sure we'll see you around okay M Jagger I'm going to Echo that 35 years wow um just thank you for your service to your county and everything you did um for us and your support um of your husband because you can't do what you do without that love and support so thank you and I hope you enjoy your vacationing and this next chapter welld deserved Donal congratulations in 35 years you've been phenomenal um anytime we're doing resolutions anytime we're chairman as far as even signing plots whatever he always made sure we sign we had to sign and get it done before uh lunch breaks whatever but uh greatly greatly appreciate all your great service and congratulations on traveling enjoy have a great time Mr cabala I tried but I didn't talk to Nikki before so you know it got pulled Don Le so um but but at the end of the day thank you you know the the work that is done just just to put on this meeting alone is is it's all inspiring to me and then the work that goes on on the back end and on top of that you make sure it's right it's accurate it's it is you truly are uh you do Yan's work and are an unsung hero so just thank you for that thank you for passing that along to the to the next uh to the next group because I know you got things to do but uh we are happy and blessed to have had you so thank you thank Mr ster you don't normally give me an opportunity to speak um well i' kind of keep you at Bay a little bit board records is historically one of those unsung hero departments and and our office couldn't live without you um it seems like anytime we're asked a question on historical documents if we can't find it you'll turn it up um and it's been great working with you for the 16 years I've been here thank you it's been great you tried to slip through the cracks but that's all right Cabala's fault he showed that to me so but actually I I really wasn't going to let

you get away with just sit back they said oh well she's bashful I said well she's never been bashful here in the meeting before that's okay we all see you so know but it's a lot of times to keep your mouth closed during these meetings but I'm going to tell you you make when your chair when we see you the most cuz we're working on things we have to sign and do everything right you make it happen for us and each and each commissioner that wants something from the clerk's office you see to it that that happens I'm not concerned about the future of what's going to happen in OS if you trained them well uh the staff is a very good staff that we have there behind you that you help lead the way for them to carry on in your absence even though we don't necessarily care for your absence so but we wish you the very best cuz 35 years is a long time I spent 51 years in in my job and before I came and was elected I'm on my eighth year now but I don't think I'm going to make 35 years so I don't think I'm going to make 35 years at all so but uh but I'm in my eighth year and it's I if you feel the way I do about working for the citizens of Pasco County I know that that you were caring for what's important for the citizens of Pasco County and I I truly agree with you and and want to make sure that all those records are kept just the right for our citizens so thank you for all your service and um I don't know what else today Mr there's just there's not enough words to say so of thanking you for what you've done thank you both so cuz uh you've done a great job thank you um we'll all come down and we'll get a picture and then if you don't mind getting a picture with the team as well so we'll do a picture Commissioners and then we'll we'll do the Commissioners then we'll do the team okay okay nice to meet [Music] you you two very good got any [Music] oh yeah [Music]

all right here we go three two and one we got it all right [Music] if we going to get oh y um I want to I just want to talk about 34 after we do I'll yeah there's no problem can I say one other um can say one other thing can I one other thing yes you can okay all right than Mr chair um I just wanted to say that um um we are in good hands um Donal we do have a replacement and it's Miss Shannon Eggbert she's sitting there she has been trained by Miss Schmidt um for quite a few years now and she's ready to take the rain so that we are in good hands um but I also o want to mention her husband Russell um he is also a wonderful public Ser servant in Pasco County Schools 39 years wow oh good and yes so his retirement or his replacement for his retirement is his son correct which one Michael the middle one Michael so they have three sons all three sons are also um teachers in pasel County schools and so his replacement will be his son Michael is that nice all right thank you I appreciate it thank you okay um music teacher oh now I have pulled uh 14 c14 c37 and also we've already voted on it but M sty wants to speak what's the number c34 c34 I'll let you go ahead and do c34 we've already voted on um thank you Mr chairman for do for doing c14 um you know we we had someone speak this morning um about uh villages of Pasadena Hills and there was incorrect information given I I I find it frustrating sometimes that people can come up here and say things that aren't correct and just a shout out there that's why one of the reasons why we have the Citizens Academy so you can really learn about factual information about this County and the things that we do and why we do the things that we do um cuz I think it can be dangerous to to stand up and say uh information is not correct so I just wanted David to come up and correct the record for some of the things that Miss Moretti said thank you good morning David Engel planning and economic growth director there was a discussion today regarding the entitlements over at vop and the potential of overwhelming our street systems I would just indicate to you first off that the special planning district is designed to mitigate traffic impacts in the future because the infrastructure is staged and phased with the uh entitled development number two uh we are running behind on uptake of the entitlement density right now our current uptake is 66% of the entitlements the Galvan projects in particular are um a reapprovals and in each Village that Galvin is coming in they're leaving over well over $1,000,000 units on the table and uh it is below their actual entitlements so in some uh the road system is designed for full buildout our uptake is 66%

currently of the full buildout and the Galvin project is less than they could have come in for thank you and and you know we see things in the paper about numbers and um rarely does a developer use all the numbers they're entitled to rarely rarely rarely so um we just really need to get that information out there so thank you very much and with that I move for approval of c14 second further discussion yeah and I just want to say that you know we've got this particular developer coming forward to talk about that project is actually putting at least $16 million extra of his own money into the road project and I know that Mr carbella is hiring tindel Oliver are looking at doing that uh to actually do a study in there to make sure that their money they're charging for their fees is enough to support all the infrastructure so I think I'm glad you pulled it I I I pulled c37 for the same type of reason so thanks for doing that oh I've got c34 no no I know C3 now this one we're talking about right now c14 c4 and I and I did make a motion for approval seconded it I got a motion and second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 5 on c14 now c37 you have something to add to that yeah I I just wanted David Allen to come up and kind of put the citizens at ease as far as the chemicals we're buying and how long they've been used and how safe they are good morning chair um good morning board members uh David Allen Pasco County Utilities director and you the the item here on the consent agenda is to purchase treatment chemicals that we utilize in our treatment process for our drinking water systems and all of our water meets or exceeds both the state and federal standards for drinking water um the the use of this particular chemical helps to eliminate um the growth of virus pathogens and bacteria within the water systems and we're actually required to maintain a certain level of chlorine residual within our drinking water systems and so the concentrations that we're purchasing are significantly higher than than what is delivered to the customers I would say probably on the order of um 100,000 times stronger than what we're actually delivering to the customers and so our staff for trained in the use and handling of of all those chemicals okay and I I appreciate you coming to full with it and I just wanted to again same reason just get get the the actual facts out there so thank you so you got a motion no wait I have a question okay which I was going to bring up in commissioner items but I just since he's up here I'd like to go ahead and um so I've been contacted by um I think it's starky rant CDD um but there's or our story yeah there's been a few about using um reclaimed water and um I think that we went and switched it so that the reclaimed water rules are going to follow the Swift Mud rules is that correct what far as yeah commissioner starky right right now just very briefly um because of the increased or because of the lack of rainfall that we've been having regionally in the hot weather our

demands on the the reclaim system increased significantly so it's really it's not necessarily A Supply issue it's a demand issue where folks are just using significantly more than they typically have and so we have asked those that are on the reclaim system to voluntarily step back to the one day per week which all of the other customers within Pasco County are required to follow but if we're following the Swift Mud rules if you put in new Landscaping you can water it yes yeah I just want to make that that's true cuz starky rant CDD just landscaped the heck out of rangan Boulevard and so they're allowed to water that um following the Swift Mud so I just I just don't know how we're getting that word out but I just want to make that point here well I can tell you uh the word when it goes out going from two days water in a week to one day the difference is and it's hard you can't hard see it but at Tampa Bay Water we see it because there's actually a savings of 30 million gallons of use taken away when you go to the one day you take that one day off and just left for one day you're saving 30 million gallons a day that's not being used for irrigation during that time Mr chairman big number I I always just water one day a week I've done that in the 30 years I've lived in my house um but I do have a question who is uh but I do see people watering on the weekends which is not I don't think you're supposed to be that's corre huh depends on the address and and the use and okay what okay I'm not going to rat on any of my neighbors um but who is enforcing the one day a week watering rule that would be our code enforcement officers in in the police department okay yeah you said it all right thank you okay I got a motion move approval 3 c37 second got a motion second all those in favor say I I I motion pass 5 and then you also wanted to pull C 34 for discussion yeah and we've already voted on we have already voted on it but I was you know digging into it here like I do and um I just wanted to note that when I started looking at the dates on this and this is a a bid that we approved this morning but it first said that it was going out on the street August 23rd then it moved to October and here we are in June approving it so it's it's not as bad as what I've seen in the past but I I think my fellow Commissioners are with me that we are really hopeful that this bid and contract timeline is streamlined a lot it cost us money when um when it takes so long to get some of these done so I just wanted to draw that to your attention and and say I I know I'm hoping to see it you know in in months not like under 6 months not 9 months a year 3 years so I'll be all right okay thank you all right thank you you David thank you and um that's the end of the consent items we will now move to regular agenda what do we have r43 yes you are

correct it's a Time certain and you're right on time oh I'm right on time it's 11:30 time certain you're at 11:28 well good for me [Music] there it is right there welcome ladies good morning good morning how is everybody good as the chair um for the commission on the status of women I'm Jenny Yingling and I'm going to just bring you guys through what we've done over the last two years and update you so we have this great PowerPoint but first I'd like to introduce um the other ladies that are on the commission with me that have joined me today so to my left is my coach chair I'm Vanessa Hilton co-chair I also work for Pasco County Schools okay I'm Michelle Chamberlain I'm the career specialist at Mitchell High School longtime friend of mine mine too Lauren melli I'm the marketing and communications director for Pasco EDC I'm Stephanie poet CEO for Lighthouse for the wine and thank you for appointing me to the commission today yeah all right it's me Leona schula Secretary of csw and representing the africanamerican public awesome Denise Nicholas and thank you so much for having us here today okay all right now that you know who all we are we all know who you are um if I can direct everybody's attention to our amazing PowerPoint that our amazing um member Lauren put together so obviously this is us for the status uh of women um again I'm Jenny I'm the chair Vanessa is our co-chair this is our mission and our vision um next slide please um this is us as a whole so we do have some individuals that aren't here today um for those um in the room that don't know exactly everything the commission does some of us are appointed so each County Commissioner has the opportunity to appoint um a woman um in the community to the commission so I appointed by um Seth waitman um and then we also work to fulfill spots um within the community Through nonprofit minority groups and other interest groups um law enforcement um to ensure that we're um evenly represented through the community for the needs that face the women in our community next slide please okay so what do we do on the status of women so um back in December we did um our strategic planning session and what we did is through through our work plan is we work to identify key areas in the community um that were important to um women in our community so the first one as you can see is economic development which I think we could all agree is on everybody's top number one um the second was education and Workforce Development um the third was Healthcare and wellness and then the fourth was women in leadership now these four um points are going to become really obvious when we share our survey a little later in this um in the slideshow so just remember those four points so um we meet monthly we meet the first Monday of every month it is always um posted on the County website everybody is Welcome

to our meeting um and what we try to do is we try to find a group a guest speaker to come in and to share um with the commission um and we try to pick guest speakers that will provide um a little insight and and then provide us or arm us with um information that we can push out to to our community so some of our great speakers that we had over the 23 24 um year um War um bridging Freedom so we had the CEO from bridging Freedom come to speak with us um for those of you that don't know what bridg and freedom is is it's a um undisclosed location um that provides um safe haven for young women um under the age of 18 that have been um victims of human trafficking and that is a local um organization in addition to that we had the affordable housing panel come we had the Pasco County Department of Health and available Services come that was really interesting to see what services were available um across a spectrum um whether you had small children you were middle-aged or you were looking for um senior programs so that was very informative for us um um in addition to having bridgin Freedom come we also um had um Pasco counties human trafficking commission come um to speak with us so that was also um obviously human trafficking is a big issue and a concern in our um community and it is as well for the commission um I think my one of my favorite um Hidden Treasures was when parks and Rex came and they shared with us about the Pasco Outdoor Adventures program um and so I recently ran into a dad in the neighborhood and he's like I'm off for a week with my kids what do I do and I was like oh do you know that just on the other side of the county you can go over and you can write kayaks and you can write bikes so it was really um exciting to to learn about affordable opportunities for us to get our families out and into the community so those are just a couple of the highlights do you have any questions so far no you're doing a great job okay all righty um so then let's talk about what we really did and how much fun we had this here on the commission um so when I first joined the commission there was a lot of talk about we have to do something um so that we could continue to grow and um bring awareness to the commission so um just a couple of short weeks ago we hosted our second annual women uplifting women luncheon and you might recognize some people on the slide we had this amazing keynote speaker um none other than U Miss Nikki Alvarez was our keynote speaker um we held an amazing event at the phsc porter campus um the event very quickly became sold out now it was a free event but it was still sold out um within and I'm going to look over to Lauren to give me some quick facts um we generated all all the attendance and hyp for the event through our social media page and within the first 24 hours we were sitting at somewhere at like 4050 55 participants had registered within the first 24 hours so Lauren gets on the phone with me she's like what's our capacity and I'm like let's see if

we can get a hundred well it didn't take us but a couple of days and she calls on the phont she goes so we're sitting at 100 do we know the capacity for the room and so what what what I will share with the commission and and your friends here with us today is that not only did we meet our goal but um leading meting up the Monday Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the event were these phone calls from all sorts of people on on both sides of the county that wanted to know how they could get a ticket wow um and what a great problem to have but not to have enough room tells us that we're doing something right so um we hosted 144 um women with a with a wide variety of age race and interest in the community at the at the porter campus um it's a 90-minute presentation um there's an opportunity for women in our community to mingle and men men are welcome too so um there were a couple um that's overrated men are always welcome we don't discriminate um this is our wild gang dinner yeah there you go I'm still I can imagine the wild part without the Crown Royal so as as you can as you can see from the pictures we have a packed house um we had an amazing MC which was Dr Dita Jones who's the pro best at phsc she's a dynamic woman um who was able to not only um facilitate for our keynote speaker but our other three panelists can you go can you go back to slides so I can highlight our other panelists real quick one more okay one more I didn't realize there were so many pictures oh one more there he is okay so we were we were very strategic on how we picked um the amazing women that we were going to have because the title for our event is women uplifting women so it was really important to us on the um on the commission that we had the right women in the room to help uplift energize and motivate other women in our community um so what we did is we looked at some results from the survey from the um first ual event and um we're able to kind of figure out where are women in our community we're looking for resources so of course we had none other than Rosie Rosie sits on the state commission for the status of women um she is inspirational um she shared with the group about some great opportunities for women to nominate other women to be named um for the commission and for recognition for women in service and leadership in in the State of Florida so she shared that um when we had um ebony Perez ebony um came to us um from St Leo she oversees the social work department and she handled our mental health um component that was um a big concern of women that wanted to attend the event and then we had Rebecca and Rebecca is the CEO uh for bake here Wesley Chapel so we kind of really focused on um on areas that um were concerned for the women in our community and I will tell you that it was jamack I know Nikki when we're done I'm hoping you'll you'll tell everybody what a great time you had and how you can't wait to come back next year um but

it we'll go through the picture so everybody can just see it was a packed event um we had some great sponsors so if we can get to that sponsor page I'd like to recognize two very special people that are in the room with us today um we were able to pull the event off and and provide an event at no cost um to the women at attending because we had great sponsors so I would like to thank um commissioner Oakley for always supporting us on the commission and commissioner starky as well thank you so much for your sponsorship um along with as you can see we have a plethora of other individuals in our community some big some small that um that also felt important to support what we do on the commission so I mentioned earlier in in my present ation that we perform a survey um so we're going to show you the comparisons we'll just run through the slides you guys have them there you can look at them later um but we just did some surveys to kind of find out um where we go from here so on the top you can see it's our 2023 on the bottom it's our 2024 and ladies if anybody wants to jump in you jump in um so when it asks how you'd rate today's event as you can see um our fives are very high um so we we were very excited to to see that obviously um for all of us on the commission we're all just volunteers so we were able to pull off a phenomenal event um all volunteer because all of us on the panel um do have our own full-time jobs as well next slide please um this um as you can see was you know would you attend again um you can see it 100% both both years um they wanted again and they wanted to come back um so we're very excited um again here are some comparisons um age so that's one of the um questions on the survey so we can get a good idea um I just want to point out one area where we saw a lot of growth and that was that um 35 to 44 years of age um if you compare the two years you can see a significant amount of growth which tells us that the new families moving to our community are looking um as women for services um and opportunities to connect um and this is our ethnicity breakdown um and then this is our household income breakdown I will point out um that we really noticed just women just women this is not the husbands this is just the women or or a Partners um I wanted to point out the number of um women that attended our event um that were in that 50,000 to um 74 999 um because that's a big bracket and that's um that that's a a good medium income so we wanted to share that with you you can um obviously go through the survey and see where everybody fell according to income um this one was very interesting because in 2023 um number of people that had children under the age of 18 was nine and then this year it's 22 and so um being able to see that that know that shows us that that we we are truly reaching a broad um spectrum of everybody in our community um and then this one um talks

about um what um challenges impact um women in our community the most um so you can just go right down the line obviously finances are always High um time management energy and motivation um were important to them along with mental Health um and you can compare that to um 2023 and you can see where they all kind of align as well so the concerns or um impactful challenges that women see in our community really haven't shifted okay so um this was what what what are some challenges um that are impacting the women in our community so the number one one was retirement um and then affordable housing and then self Healthcare and then these are um health related challenges and how they impact you and I would have to say the biggest one is accessibility um to health care and then these were just some other um unrelated challenges that impact um individuals in our community um um how does this one went down it did go down I'm noticing um sorry I I am not responsible for the results just sharing them um how responsive do you think your local government is to the needs of women in your um City SL or County um and they did go down slightly um and so one of the things that we talked about is how do we add a probe question um to to another survey and a little further in our presentation you're going to see where we're going to we're going to ask for a little more help and that'll be able to um add some additional questions that would fall in um so that we could get a little more information to find out why they feel this way um so these are positive impacts on women and again you can see go back it's okay this is the um what's like one one thing that you can change that you think would make a positive impact so this kind of is a little bit more of a probe into the government question I think prior to so um you can see the majority of people answered employment and education and then you can follow it and then it looks you kind of jump down and on both sides it's like the health care um sorry the child care and affordable housing those are like the two large areas we got a plan coming yeah we're working we're ready for it um prior to today how familiar were you with the status um and so you can kind kind of um see um we have a lot of work to do and I think um our our women uplifting women event is a great way to to get the word out but we know we need to do more um how would you rate the average price of child care um so you can see and you can look at 23 and you can look at 24 and and you already know that in 24 we had um almost half as many with children under the age of 18 attend the event um this is public education system and how it was

rated and then this is an interesting question because it asks how how we as women feel um about the opportunity to have leadership roles now as I look at the commission um I I think we've got a pretty good split going on here it got better we got it right we got it we've got it figured out we're going to bottle it and sell it um but you can see that um out of the 4 7 women surveyed 16 were on Shore um and 12 and 23 which tells us that um we have to do a better job of communicating opportunities that exist in our community um but in in in 13 17 people had no idea what roles um existed but then when you come over and you look at 24 some something has changed in our community um because the um knowledge is definitely leveled off when you look at the number of people that completed the surveys okay so resources um obviously um we've talked about it throughout our presentation um employment and training and education are um pretty big priorities to the women in our community and the women that took the survey um public programs and assistance um and then public policy and um political leadership ship you can kind of see top off child care assistance um affordable housing um and then assistance for violence against women so you can kind of see that it's a good um even slice of where um where we're looking for resources in our community and you could compare the two years and um they they they're pretty steady um and um stay pretty consistent with each other okay additional survey comments so I'm not going to read them all but some of them are really good and um where was my favorite one I absolutely loved this event the panel discussion and keynote speaker were excellent um and when when I read that um I just think that that's somebody who went to an event they weren't quite sure what to um expect and they left there and anybody that was at the event that day um the energy that you can get in a room when you get that many women together I can only imagine Len I can only have one in my house and this thir but when when you get that many women of leadership together and the who's who of women in in our community were in that room that day and to watch the room just collaborate and slide and go together um is is truly a work of art and we we were able to do that and provide the opportunity to allow other women to uplift other women so what's next I thought bigger meeting in the future yeah yes so one thing the commission has really worked on um since I joined the commission was trying to create a a woman um owned business directory and so we are working on um I'm trying to figure out the best way to do that we did have some um talks um with Mike Fan's office and finding out how we could do um women-owned business Registries through taxes um and so there is some conversation we would definitely have to be the Pioneers for that if um if that's the Avenue we're going to um to go down um the second piece that we'd really like to see um and just from the

surveys think would be helpful would obviously be a vis uh a digital um platform but somewhere where we could store resources um for women in our community um and so how could we capture the data and the information when our guest speakers come and have it on a platform for others to access um how do we um continue to grow our surveys to truly get the responses we need to provide an inspiring Community for the women that live in our community and then um working with our current Resource Partners so where does H how do we push that information out um is it through um nonprofit organizations um who are going to be our key Partners to make sure that people know that these resources are available and then um who creates that final project um so who who's going to create that publication who where is that going to live who's going to own it and obviously the publication would not be um bounded it would it would definitely be something that was um digital because as we all know as soon as you would print it it would be at a date um so that's kind of um what we on the commission are looking forward to um tackling this year any questions yet I um I think Joanna might be able to help in getting some of that news out I actually looking at your group and I know there's I mean how many total and your whole group membership well 11 11 we're at 11 now we have a couple vacancies but we are working hard to fill them right get get us the list of what the but there's a there's I know for a fact there's a lot of women that are in business or whatever that are not attending for some reason or other but would be very good groups for you to reach out to and I I'll use my um my social media page to put it out too and the County's social media page would be really great uh to help you know get that word out cuz y'all done a very good job I mean this started from nearly nothing and I mean look what we got here so and it's just bringing more and more smart women up up front where they belong and uh I always put mine up front so I think that's what you have to do and and y'all have great ideas and we need to be sure we back and give you the sport you need so from my office I know I will do that for you so speaking of support M sty oh sorry U something that comes to mind you know when I started this I because I found out about the one in Hillsboro County and I don't know if pelis county has started a commission on the status of women do we know I do well I think we'll talk to some of the Commissioners over there and get one started and then I think it would be really awesome to have a joint Tampa Bay meeting of all the commission on staff's women we'll have a a big event I know the first one we had here dve City with Genie and aew's my appointment we had it over at cell's in the Citrus room and I think it was 23 total count was 23 so but it's grown from that I mean you done a great job yeah great job very excited about the progress yeah any other you have some check so obviously we would not be

able to pull off what we do from the commission if we didn't have great people that kept us organized um kept us in line with the rules um and so I I I think dereck's here um poor Derek I mean he got assigned to a group of us and and he helped he was instrumental and pulling off our first annual woming uplifting woming event so if it would not be inappropriate I'd like to give Derek a huge round of applause for and we just we just get so lucky to get great people and so Derek comes to us and he's like well I got a new position you guys are really good at moving people really good at promoting very talented people and um so very quickly dererk introduced us to Sonia who's here and Sonia Sonia took the ball and and she didn't even dribble it she just ran with it and it's it's been such a joy to work with her to work with Derek and to work with the Commissioners as well well and your staff cuz that's who we are constantly on the phone with trying to um check schedules and make sure that we can pull off events like um we pulled off just a couple of weeks ago so um we would be remissed if we didn't truly recognize the people that support us so again to dererk and Sonia thank you guys so much Speak oh I was wondering if we need to put this report do we bring this in for the record or you can receive in file I think that let's do that make a part of the record I move to receive this report second on the got a motion second to receive and file U all those in favor say I I I all right I motion pass 5 Z thank you and I I guarantee along with that comes the support of this board to you so we uh very much appreciate all the hard work and it's hard work it's not easy to put on a function so it is hard work Mr chairman Mr Mar so I'm sorry I missed the LT of support I would have been glad to step in if you do another one coming up soon I'm happy to do that for you um I'll remind you you it well I'm going to I'm going I'm I'm going to incentivize you to think about something a little bit quicker um you know my daughter Amber is very active in a lot of different things retired State Rep to start her family as well as helping our husband go to law school we just graduated Magnum lad they just had to move up to Pensacola and to try to find child care now they were lucky the first 11 months we helped raise our grandson my wife was home so she was able to do it and it was a great benefit for them getting started to take that burden off now she goes up and she's just in there and she's got some struggles with it it's very difficult to get it's very expensive to get Etc to have a career to get started to have to take that break is like tough to do correct so she mentioned to me she says I wish you'd bring it up and take is like the perfect time uh about you trying to improve our uh our woman's time off after after birth right and I think if you guys could get a group together and I'd help sponsor that as

well I'm sure the others would as well um I'd love to see some that discussion brought out because it's so much of a struggle to have a career and to try to raise a family it's just such a tough balance especially with a newborn so if you want to com commence some committee do it do it quick so we maybe even look up for this budget year maybe we can look and lead in the county to try to improve the lives of our families coming forward because others are doing it maybe we should look at it to but I think if you guys took a look especially with your new uh demographics a little more balanced now especially that maybe you can kind of help us lead the way uh to help with that time off yes you can speak to that I was going to ask if you wanted to speak to that the resident youngish mom of the group so I just wanted to make note um in speaking when I dropped my son off at VPK and talking to parents you know I'm in the office 3 days of the week so I'm in by 8 out by 5 don't see his teachers and do drop off Thursday and Fridays I get to do drop off and pickup and I talk to other moms and um those especially who have two or three kids do not go back to work because they can't afford to because if you have two kids I have a girlfriend I think um she said she makes about $400 a month after she sends her kids to school and she's so she's working putting her kids in school just so that um she can work to make an extra 4 $100 but then the kids are sick and then she's having to take that time off so it's very very hard um balance it's very expensive to get your kids into these programs um so it's it's hard out there so it's definitely something that should um be looked into further well especially with the newborn CU if you're at a certain point and you don't fit their parameters to what's going on that kid can get bumped up too if it's not working and now you got two in one out and how do you how do you make B in the newborn sometimes there's like six-month weight lists um to get into some of the schools to get your kids in there and then if they call you you have to be there in like 30 minutes to pick up your kid if they get a little bit of a fever or anything's going on um so it's hard on both parents it's not necessarily just the women but obviously the women tend to be the ones who she did mention about with the dads take a little time off a little more time off too and maybe maybe it's a partial of not just like full time of like extra time off but maybe it's a balance of help having you work from home to do your job if you can do I follow um quite a few different movements for National things that they're working on right now um at the federal level for some of these things to be implemented and improved on for parents but um I can't quote any of the numbers right now but they're staggering numbers about certain parents not returning to work because of those costs or because of the burdens that it puts on the family so and then you have one of the parents that's going to have to overcompensate and overwork and then they're missing their family time so

it's definitely a national issue but it would be great for our commission to address we were Lu in my family where my wife was able to stay home but she actually then when the kids were school then she worked at the same school so it worked out perfect when she was off they were off everything was good but it's tough to find that situation but now with the new technology we have that we learn from Co all these Zoom technologies that things we can do to work from home which so many are doing around the country that's why a lot of people come to Florida because you work from anywhere I would like to have us look at take a look at that technology part the time off part and if you guys could lead the way that would be phenomenal yeah thank you Nikki thank you Mr chair um I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to be part of the luncheon and um I'm so humbled to been asked to be the keynote speaker for this amazing event and um I was so stressed out because you I'm in a room with amazing women and um what am I going to say to inspire them right um but I have to tell you I felt so welcomed by everyone and um I felt connections it's such a beautiful event so I'm saying this because if you're listening and you're a woman or a man apparently too you can come um this event is amazing please put it on your schedule to come to this event every year and I was amazed at the turnout you ladies do a fantastic job and what You' have planned for the future is wonderful and I'm so excited um but thank you for inviting me in and letting me be part of just just a beautiful program um and the other panelists are also amazing women I learned so much from them being there and um you know now I'm friends with them and we're going to do lunch I mean it's just that's how it works right at these things so I just thank you for that opportunity you do a wonderful job thank you for your volunteering on this important important effort M Jager I just want to say that I look forward to your next event and I will definitely be there in help any way I can and also I just wanted to add kind of to what uh commissioner Mariana was saying too when women have to take that Gap you know to stay home there's a gap of employment you know and that that could be several years if they can't afford child care so um I'm all about trying to help in any way I can as well to come to a solution Mr waitman thank you best for last talk uh you know Janie it was interesting your statistics Pasco we mentioned we talked about this number of board meetings we went from one of the oldest counties by age per capita in all Florida and postco we're now one of the youngest and average age of 46 so it was very telling when you were going through your stats that the new age bracket that was growing and that's fantastic it's you know folks in that age bracket were working by raising kids after school activities and you know fortunately for me have Denise and you and other folks Stephanie out in the world who are you it's big County a lot going on and

feedback comes to us and we're very grateful to capture the information but it's just kind of subjective right what you're seeing what you're feeling so how we can help with a surveys to capture more Dynamic information of where we can all do better maybe we should invest or look for resources um happy to to help and support there and as far as you know with working parents you know it's true without my parents both just retired we have three without them my wife and I would be drowning trying to figure out how to work and and everything that we juggle and uh that's a real that's a real Challenge and especially now with labor shortages of qualified people in the workforce you know can't have people necessarily sitting out and who wants to kind of put their life on pause right if you have Ambitions to be successful in in business but still be a good parent to your kid so no Solutions today but happy to help work with you all and whoever we need to to to figure out what a plan that that might work so thank you for not just volunteering here but in all the Endeavors that you all volunteer in and spend your time and investing in our community glad you're here today Mr cabal could we make one request the girls would like a picture oh the girls want a picture girls want a picture well let me get about I got some on the wall there yes we'll all come down for a picture Mr Kabal you want to say that you're good no I think I would just I would just add that your your work is phenomenal it's it's great to hear the the great words about our team members that kind of helped help guide this along and and just continue to do uh do the good work that you're doing you're really doing a lot to to to elevate um things and we just we just love to see it it's a fantastic work Mr you want to add something pleas you sure good I'm good I'm giving you opportunity all right let's go down [Music] wait to no [Music]

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