3.10.26 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting (Afternoon Session)

I now call to order the county commissioners March 20th

March 10th meeting.

We're going to proceed with the public hearings.

First item up is

quiet please. Quiet, please. We proceed with public hearings. Clerk will announce when it was noticed for P49.

P49. We have proof of publication in the January 21st edition, 2026 of the Tampa Bay Times, supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings for the meeting of for this meeting.

Good afternoon. Amy Tol with planning, development, and economic growth. Item P49 is an ordinance amending the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan providing for a comprehensive plan amendment to the future land use map, map 2-15 and sheet 13 from IL Industrial Light to Comm approximately 1.51 acres of real property located on the southeast corner of the intersection of State Road 52 and Bellamy Brothers Boulevard. This [clears throat] comes with you a with a recommendation to continue the request to April 7th, 2026 at 1:30 in Dade City.

Okay. Motion to continue P49.

Move to continue.

Second.

All in favor say I.

I.

I. Any opposed?

Okay. Item P50. We have proof.

We have proof of publication of this matter. Tampa Bay Times, November 26, 2025, supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. Item P50 is an ordinance amending the Pasco County comprehensive plan providing for a comprehensive plan text amendment to sub area policy flu 7.1.63 North Pasco Resort. Uh this comes with you with a recommendation to continue uh with a continuence request, excuse me, to April 7th, 2026 at uh 1:30 in Dade City. May

I have a motion continue P50?

Move to continue. Second.

All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? P51.

We have proof of publication Tampa Bay Times January 21st, 2026 edition supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. Item P-51 is an ordinance amending the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan providing for a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment to the future land use maps 2-15 and sheet 5 and sheet 12 from AGR agricultural rule and ROR retail office residential to res 3 residential three dwelling units per gross acre on approximately 41.85 85 acres of real property located west of US Highway 41, approximately 1.75 miles north of the intersection of State Road 52 and US Highway 41, providing for additional text amendments as necessary for internal consistency, providing for a repealer subability and effective date. This is the adoption hearing for this item and we it comes with a recommendation to approve the proposed amendment by roll call vote.

Okay. Any questions for staff? We want to hear presentation. Anything further?

Do we have a motion?

Move to approve.

Public comment.

This is time for public comment. Anyone here to speak to the item on P51? I don't see anyone in the audience. Anyone online?

No one online.

Public comment closed. Back to the board.

We have a motion.

Approver on second. to call for the vote. So, we got a motion in a second. Uh, roll call vote.

District one, Commissioner Oakley.

I.

District two, Commissioner Wakeakeman is not

two, Commissioner Wakeman.

51.

51. [cough] Say [laughter]

51.

That's the mosquito property.

Oh, I

District three. Commissioner Starky. I.

District four, Commissioner Joerger.

I,

District Five, Chairman Mariona.

I motion passes 50. Now we'll go to the public hearings. Mr. County Attorney,

there are two reasonzoning agendas, regular and consent. Staff will present each application to the board of county commissioners. If staff or planning commission has recommended approval and there is no opposition, the application will be considered by the board without further presentation. If staff or planning commission has recommended denial or if there is opposition to the application, the applicant will be given five minutes for presentation, the opposition will be given three minutes for each individual or five minutes for a group representative and the applicant will be given three minutes for rebuttal. Any individual disagreeing with staff for planning commission recommendation or anyone wishing to object to any condition of the resoning may at this time request that a petition be pulled from the consent agenda in which case that application will be heard under the regular agenda later on during the meeting. Otherwise, all resoning applications on the consent agenda will be approved by a single motion and vote. If you wish to speak to any petition, please give your name and address and whether or not you've been sworn for the record. These are quasi judicial public hearings. to the law in Florida is that mere public support or opposition of an application is insufficient [snorts] for this board to take action. Please limit your comments to those criteria found within the board's land development code. Uh Mr. Clerk, would you like to swear the public in, please?

Yes, sir. At this time, anyone who intends to give testimony in any of the zoning matters coming up on the agenda, please rise. Once again, if you even think you might be going to give testimony, please stand up, raise your right hand. Do you each and individually swear or affirm the testimony you will give in these matters is the truth? So help you God.

Thank you. As the county attorney mentioned, uh when you come forward to the podium, please confirm that you were sworn. Thank you.

Thank you. Today we have three public hearing items on the agenda that are continuences. We'll start with P-52. Mr. Clerk, will notice P52. We have proof of publication in the January 21st, 2026 edition of the Tampa Bay Times, supplemented by certified mailing affidavit of certified mailings and site postings.

Okay.

P-52 is a zoning amendment in the name of SAV Property Holdings LLC, New Horizon's MPUD master plan unit development. It's a resoning request from an R2 lowdensity residential district to an MPUD master plan unit development district to allow for the development of 31 single family detached units and associated infrastructure. This comes with you with a recommendation to continue the item to April 7th, 2026 at 1:30 in Dade City. May

I have a motion to continue to P52?

Move.

Take advertised.

Have a motion. Do I have a second?

A second. Okay. All in favor say I.

I.

Okay. Item P53,

proof of publication, Tampa Bay Times, January 21st, 2025.

Item P53 is a zoning amendment in the name of Kenton Road Commercial, MPUD, Kenton Road Commercial LLC. It's a resoning request from AC agricultural to MPD master plan unit development district to allow for the development of 110,000 square ft of non-residential entitlements and 120 room hotel with associated infrastructure. This comes with you comes to you with a continuence request to April 7th, 2026 at 1:30 in Date City.

Move to approve.

Second.

All in favor say I.

I. Any opposed?

Okay. 7 P54. Mr. Look, we have we have proof publication of the hearing of this matter in the Temp Bay Times November 26, 2025, supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. Originally, these notices were for the meeting of January 6th, 2026, where it was continued to today. Item P-54 is a zoning amendment in the name of VCare Consultants LLC, North Pasco Resort MPD Master Plan Unit development. It's a resoning request from an MPD master plan unit development to an MPD master plan unit development to amend the conditions of approval allowing for resort hotel use entitling the resort hotel use to of 250 units decreasing RV space entitlements from 155 spaces to 350 spaces amending the name of the MPD to North Pasco Resort and Associated Infrastructure. This comes with you comes to you with a request to continue the item to April 7th, 2026 at 1:30 in Dean City.

May I have a motion to continue P54?

Second.

All in favor say I.

I.

Okay.

And now for a consent agenda. P55.

P55. We have approved publication Tampa Bay Times February 4th, 2026 edition. Okay. Item P-55 is a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, pursuant to section 196.197830, Florida statutes, electing to not exempt property under section 196.19783D1A Florida statutes, commonly known as the live local act property tax exemption. This comes with you comes to you with a recommendation of approval and there's a presentation if necessary.

Okay. Is there anyone here in the audience or online to speak to this item?

We have no one online.

No one in the audience. We'll leave it on consent.

P56.

P56. We have proof publication in the February 18th, 2026 edition of the Temp Bay Times supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. Item P-56 is a zoning amendment in the name of Daniel Day Pasqual and Kevin Singularity uh Massachusetts A Avenue, excuse me. Uh changing in zoning from a C1 neighborhood commercial district to a C2 general commercial district located in West Pasco County at the southwest corner of the intersection of Massachusetts A and Kina Street containing approximately 1.03 acres. This comes with you comes to you with a recommendation to approve the item and uh we do have a PowerPoint presentation available if necessary.

Okay. Is anyone here in the audience or online to speak to this item?

I have a question for Amy.

Go ahead.

Did we um and I was texting with the applicant here for a second a while ago. We're going to get the land if they put if they continue with the boat and RV storage, we're going to get the landscape issue fixed.

Correct. and we can have the applicant come up and make a statement.

This is this is where they put the boat and RV storage on Massachusetts. And we had them

we had them put the landscaping on the inside.

We're going to pull the item. We'll discuss it after.

Okay.

Stick plan here. So

that's good. I know. P57

557 proof

proof publication in the Tampa Bay Times January 21st 2026 supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings. P-57 is a zoning amendment in the name of NE's property. It's a change in zoning from an AC agricultural district to an AR1 agricultural residential district located in north central Pasco County on the west side of Hudson Lane, approximately 730 ft south of the intersection of St. Joe Road and Hudson Lane, containing approximately 12.61 acres. This comes to you with a recommendation to approve.

Is there anyone here in the audience or online to speak to this item?

I'm going to pull it. So, I'm going to pull 57 as well.

Okay,

someone has their hand raised.

That's why I'm pulling it. So, P58.

P58. We have proof publication Temp Bay Times, January 21st, 2026, supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings.

Item P58 is a zoning amendment in the name of Pasco County Mosquito Control District 41 Mosquito MPD master plan unit development. It's a resoning request from AR Agricultural Residential District, AC agricultural district, and C2 general commercial districts to an MPD master plan unit development district to allow for the development of 91 single family detached units and associated infrastructure located in northwest West Pasco County, abetting west of US Highway 41, approximately 1.75 miles north of the US Highway 41 and State Road 52 intersection. containing approximately 41.85 acres. This comes to you with a recommendation to approve with conditions.

Is anyone here to in the audits or online to speak to this item?

And I just have a quick question for Amy. You don't have to pull. She I think she can answer.

Go ahead, Commissioner.

What are we doing on 41 as far as sidewalk and trails

because most 41 doesn't have anything

for this project specifically.

What are we doing?

Oh, we're going to pull it.

All right. Sorry. I should ask you when I talked to you this morning.

Go back to item number 56.

Why don't you do the consent agenda?

Sorry. Sorry. All right.

Yeah, I'll second that.

I asked for a motion.

What was the motion?

Motion.

Motion over there. Okay. All right. Very good. Have a motion to second. All in favor say I.

I. Okay.

Back to item 56.

Item 56. Sure. What?

So, um, we'll have the applicant come up. Do you want a presentation on this or just to address the comment?

I'm sorry. What was your question?

Uh, for item 56, do we want to just address the comment on record or do you want a full presentation for Massachusetts?

I don't need the full presentation. I just want to make sure we're writing a wrong

Absolutely.

It was so We did it to them. And they they was we told them to put the landscaping on the inside so that the boats and RVs are screened from looking at the fence.

Brilliant. You did the same thing on Hudson.

Yeah. Okay. Barable Height 6327 Grand Boulevard um for the applicant. So we have a zoning on a specific piece of property. It is surrounded going C1 to C2. It's surrounded by C2 property and that C2 property is currently developed with an RV and boat storage. It was developed under your old code. Maybe is your poster child of why you changed your code, but certainly they followed the rules and constructed what the code said. Your new code has much different provisions in it. 50% opaque fence or wall between six and eight feet in height. So opaque means you don't see anything below six feet. And chainlink fences shall be screened from view from public right away with landscaping. So that's full screening if you use chainlink fence. and razor wire and similar materials are not permitted. All of those things are you don't see those provisions next door because next door was under your old code. So really we're here for the new property and if it becomes an expansion of the other one then it'll have the new code. But my client did authorize me to put on the record that they can add landscaping when they developed the subject property. They can add landscaping to the outside of the fence.

Nice. So,

and so and there is an existing eight foot trail there that they put in because I didn't see I haven't seen it.

Yeah, it must be

Amy measured it and yes, there is an 8 foot sidewalk there now.

Okay. Thank you,

M. I'm good.

Uh, Miss White, so the property is going to coincide with the storage. Correct. it it's being zoned C2, but it's the same it's the same owner.

So, I imagine I imagine it'll be an expansion of their boat and RV storage.

So, part of it is vulnerable to live local

has live local deed restriction. Oh, you talking about

the other the other piece doesn't. So, just pointed out that that would that could be a prime site. If any live local developers out there, I I dare them to look at it and bring it forward. But no, thank you. Just

yeah, we can only deal with the new one. I think the ownership groups might be slightly different from the two. So, I can only be on here dealing with the subject one that's before you.

I would I would like to have a have a conversation with them about trying to make it uniform, not chain link fence going across. Um I'm willing even to have a discussion about trying to even let them go apply for a tree mitigation grant to get the the funding to go put the landscape again, let them just pay for the fence. I I did think to myself self self it's going to be interesting because the co the code's so different it's going to look different between these two parcels on on their frontage so that's a good solution I will

may look better for them and help with the cost

idea thank you

all right thanks all any other questions anyone else from the public like to speak or in the audience like to address this item we have a motion approval

second all in favor say I

item 57 So, I think we should do a quick presentation, then we'll get to the citizen that had the has a question or comment.

Good afternoon, Ibro Stevens, Planning, Development, and Economic Growth. Before you is PDE 267905. It is a zoning amendment in the name of Ne's property. The proposal is a Uklitian zoning amendment. The ch zoning is currently AC agricultural district and there applicant is wanting to change it to AR1 agricultural residential district. Future land use is res one residential one dwelling unit per gross acre. The applicant proposes to develop the property in conformance with LDC section 506 AR1 Agriculture Residential District standards for development. It property is located on the west side [clears throat] of Hudson Lane approximately 730 ft south of the intersection of St. Joe Road and Hudson Lane. The property is in the north market area and rural area one. Here is a context map. Aerial view as I mentioned the future land use is res one. To the north, east and south we have res one and to the west we have a agricultural rural and zoning AC. To the north we have AC as well as AR agricultural residential. To the east and south we have AR1 and AR and to the west we have AC. This subject site is undeveloped on approximately 12.61 acres. Access to the property is from Hudson Lane. It's a privateowned and maintained residential roadway. [clears throat and laughter] There is uh no conceptual trails identified on the St. Joe Road at this time. There is a conceptual trail corridor that was identified on Darby Trails approximately a mile south of the subject property. The applicant has agreed to record a deed restriction with a maximum of three dwelling units on the property which is approximately 4.2 20 acres. And with that, staff recommends uh approve the zoning amendment to authorize a chair to execute one original resolution provided and direct board records to distribute. I am happy to answer any questions.

Any questions to staff? No. Okay. Thank you. I had someone over here.

All right. So, this is a time for public comment on the item. I had one person put her hand up. Come on up for ma'am. ma'am, if you would please, your name and address for the record when you get to the podium and confirm that you were sworn.

Um, my name is Debbie Richter. Um, husband John. Uh we are on 14221 Hudson Lane and uh my only question on this is something that was brought up at the meeting before the last meeting uh was it was talked about proposed roads from these houses to um the outside road and I was just wondering how that was going to be if it is going to be on the inside of the fence or if it's going to be on the outside, which would be also um going on our property. So, I was just wondering about that.

Okay. Uh would you repeat the question? I think staff's having trouble understanding it.

Okay. Um, as far as the pro the needs property, um, we are on the south side, um, of them on the entry into the woods. And uh the question was on

it was brought up at the meeting before about the proposed roads coming from the future um dwellings where they were actually going to be um come out on. Okay. So you're on you're in to the south of the property which is Hudson Lane and you were about the access. What's going to be for the folks coming in and out?

Yep. Yes.

Okay. All right. Thank you.

And I was just inquiring how that you know what that plan was.

Okay. I'm sure we get a description for you. Thank you. Anything else?

Otherwise, we would not like them to be coming on our property.

Okay. Amy Tol planning, development, economic growth. The applicant's here to address that. Um, from what she was explaining, the access points will be off of Hudson. Um, but it is an easement on there road or Hudson Road.

Hudson Road. Oh, I see the lane as well.

Yeah, Hudson Road. Um, but she will go ahead.

Hard to tell on from the map. Okay.

Yeah. Good afternoon, Erin Neves. Uh 10551 to Sarah Trace. Uh this is our property.

Can you move the mic? Yeah. Can you speak up a little?

Sorry.

It's okay.

Um so Hudson Lane or I'm sorry, Hudson Road is the the road that connects to St. Joe. The easement for Hudson Road is what she's asking is on the outside of the fence of the current fence line. So from the current fence line that runs down Hudson, there's a 20 foot easement in front of it. So the road Hudson Road actually goes right down that fence line. So there's I'm not sure what

are you saying that the easement is on the road, not on

So the the current the current road that is there is not technically the easement. what was long passed and paved at one point is actually on the neighbor across the road from us. It's actually on his property. So, the easement actually runs right down our fence line. So, [laughter]

what does that mean?

Well,

there you go. See how See how it kind of just winds through there? The easement is actually it's on the right hand side of that green property line and the the The proposal for the um subdivision for that property is going to be two properties in the back and then one in the front with flag lots. So there'll be a 20 I think it's a 20 to 30 foot uh drive on the top right to get to the back and then on the bottom to get to the back to the other. So there's no easement or anything across any neighbors properties. So the existing road is Hudson Lane that you can access to that get you going north and south

road. Hudson Road Hudson Lane.

It's Hudson Lane.

Oh there it says Hudson

show. Yeah. To show different in the map

it did.

Yeah. The other map

I do believe it's Hudson Lane though.

The one says Hudson Road

and what says Hudson

going north south and the other one to the center of the property down the south shows Hudson Lane. What is it?

Hudson.

It's Hudson Lane. It appears to be Hudson Lane according to

GIS. So someone just was a swiftness ever on the Hudson road.

Yeah.

All right. All right. So that road is a paved road or unpaved road, but it's a road.

It's millings. Asphalt millings.

Okay. Okay. Commission a question on that a 20ft easement unimproved road. Wouldn't they have to improve that road to come to these three lots they're proposing? If it's a minor rural subdivision, your code requires a 12 foot um

easement.

Well, it requires 12 foot pavement rather than the full

rather than the full 25 ft or whatever. Okay.

Um

so they'll have to make that improvement before they sell these lots, right? It may actually that would be an engineering question but it may actually meet that standard now if they've if they've got millings out there but I you know

okay all right

uh I can address that Amy tool right now um based on the timing and phasing and the access management um or substandard road application excuse me they're both exempt because it's only three lots right now so they are exempt from improvements

all right thank you

they don't generate the trips to trigger it

waving Hey Amy, we're capped at three.

Yes, through the deed restriction.

Okay.

Did um did she say all the access is going to be from that part where the two yellow dots are?

Okay. Well, it's going to be from down around the corner.

Nothing down around the corner. So, where it comes up and to the to the right that little [laughter] chunk at the top?

You got to you got to get to the microphone.

Sorry. So, above the two dots, there'll be one access road or driveway that basically follows that uh property line to the back lot. And then just to the bottom of the two dots before that house that's there,

the other flag lot will go around that property line to the back to the other back lot.

Where's the third lot?

It comes right off of Hudson. Okay. I just didn't know why they didn't access the one down here and not make a long black lot.

Does someone have a pointer that she can actually show us?

I don't I don't know that that's

or a map showing.

Oh, so this is a straight resoning. [clears throat] These um where they're going to take access and and that is going to is going to be at site plan. Um, and the planning department will be required to make them meet code.

Okay.

All right. I would

you can ask questions, but I'm That's

I guess you got to take see if there's any more public comment then.

Uh, I'll ask for any more public comment. That was the only one put her hand up. Anyone else here to speak to this item?

Um, I'm sorry, Jack. Did we resolve that lady's issue over there?

Yes, we're okay.

That was heration.

All right. Do we have a motion for P57 approval? Second.

All in favor say I.

I.

And I believe we go to P58.

P58. Do you need a presentation for that or can we just answer question?

Um I just had a question. I think it's an easy one. What's planned on 41? And

be done. either one of you,

believe it or not.

Good afternoon, William Vermillion Planning and Development. I didn't have to elbow Barbara out of the way to get up here first. I want the record to reflect that. [laughter]

And the question was,

what's planned on 41?

Sure. So,

because this is there isn't anything there now, I think. So, I just want to make sure we're covering our bases.

Yeah. So the the original PD and E done by FDOT was done in 1989. Originally contemplated a rural crosssection, but those plans were shelved. So it's anticipated that the county is working with FDOT to provide an urban urban typical section, which the county is trying to work with FDOT to get to shared use paths on either side of 41.

Well, I just need to make sure that we have reserved the rightway that we need to make that happen.

Yes, ma'am. As a part of this project, we did get 1.6 64 acres of total rideway for the cross-section which is showed on the plan in that light green hatched area as you move to the east of that solid yellow line where the access is. That's rightway dedication.

Okay. Um I was really sad to hear that the plans for widening 41 north 52 got shelved. Did you guys hear that?

I haven't heard that.

Yes. uh that those plans did get shelved north of 52 after they did that PD&E in 1989. When uh the county reached out to FDOT, that was their response. But it ended up being a a good thing because they presently had uh contemplated that rural cross-section, which the FDOT rural cross-section has no pedestrian facilities. So, it actually ended up helping the county and being able to negotiate those shared use paths as they update the design moving forward. So, uh, but I'm guessing they don't have the money to do it now. The money went somewhere else.

That would be a correct suspicion.

Yeah. So, we're going to be we're going to be in a pickle on 41 like Shady Hills one day.

It's the only section of 41 and then nation that hasn't been

I thought Senator Simpson had gotten money for that, but

So, as I'm looking for

I'm I'm going to talk now. Um, yeah. One second. So, as I look at the roadway and you've got the yellow area that you said you get for the rideway for those

yellow area is the buffer.

That's the buffer.

It's that hatched area.

Hatched that says 70.

When you blow it up, it says 75 ft rightway dedication.

So, it catches there

110 from the center line.

So, we get the full area all the way up. Okay. Commissioner Oakley.

Um, so there they did away with that plan for four lane to the north on 41. Was there something that affected 52? Because it seems like it's not starting as soon as I thought it was going to start.

Yeah, they couldn't. They ran out of money. So, they divided into three phases.

So, where did the money go?

301 probably.

It's a good conversation for Thursday.

I got a different idea of good conversation for Thursday at the MO meeting.

Okay. Thank you.

Yeah. Okay. So, um move Oh. need to take public comment.

Yeah, you need to take public comment at this point.

Uh, is any there anyone else to the public like to speak to this item

or online?

None online.

No one in the audience. All right, we'll close public comment back to the board.

Chair, I just I just think it's great to see we've started to see some larger lot product come into the market and um it's nice to see see that market shift. We hear from customers all the time looking for a little bit more space. So, thank y'all. This project's been a little uh bumpy for the last few years, but appreciate everybody who worked on it to retool it and um I think it's a much better outcome for the owner and and for the area.

Is the illegal racetrack gone?

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah. All right. Very good.

Do you have a motion?

Approve.

Second.

All in favor say I.

Any opposed?

No.

Okay. So, that's the regular agenda. County Administrator. Any other items?

Uh just a couple real quick things to note. Received a letter from the state division of emergency management. Uh we were visited by the office of flood plane management to take a look at our community. I'm happy to report uh that we uh continue to be eligible to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. So thank you to our flood plane manager San Patel and a number of other folks that uh helped give confidence that uh we're we're doing right by our citizens and managing the flood plane. So that results in insurance breaks on on flood insurance for our citizens.

We'll we'll continue to work towards lowering our CRS ratings to the sweet spot. Not

we're at the sweet spot.

We can get one more that that won't cost us much and we're we're pushing for that. Uh the other thing is is you received an email um from uh chief of staff regarding a budget survey. So we have launched a budget survey. Again, this is just part of our move to continue to be transparent in the budgeting process with our citizens and just invite them to uh participate in a little bit of budgeting priorities just uh just to give us information on on things that we see out there in the world. Um just to make sure that we're we're spending their tax money uh in the places that they think that we should be doing. That's all.

Okay. County Attorney,

I don't have anything today. Thank you, Mr.

Clerk. Uh none. Okay. I saw Chase left earlier, but Okay. Um, so I get my pictures. Uh, the tourist development council Florida sports coast won the one of the bronze medal for the Adrian Awards. So they were pretty happy about going to there. They had a nice celebration for it. So good job to the team. And next picture just shows one up in DC lower left there is Commissioner Stark, myself, Mr. Carbella and Mr. Lair. We had a meeting with Congressman Bellarakas pictured there. And just a couple of interesting things. Uh, Senator Moody uh was meeting with uh Josh from Muffet and State go back to the previous page please. U Senator Moody was very good to uh Josh Carpenter from Muffet. Had a great meeting talked about what they were trying to do that we had voted on before. The upper right project is part of a picture that shows you the Jefferson Library uh that was sold to the United States when everything burnt down years ago and a very impressive building in the House of Library Library of Congress. And there's another picture of the Library of Congress that I thought was very [snorts] very impressive as far as the structure goes.

So beautiful.

Yeah. Tremendous.

Uh next slide. Uh there's Commissioner Stark and myself with Congressman Barakus uh and Dominique Holmes. She's from Hernando County. Uh she wanted to meet the congressman and uh we did a joint meet and we did talk about County Line Road uh being a project to work together on. Uh that's Congressman Stewie to the next in the middle picture there with Commissioner Starky and myself. And uh I tell you, Senator Moody had a really neat thing going. She's got a morning that she does once a week in the uh Capitol uh in her office area. And uh she meets with a whole bunch of people. There's her talk with a whole bunch of students in the second picture down below. And down below is where we uh went to the Department of Labor. Next slide. And we did the Hudson cleanup on Saturday. It was about a 9:00 picture. Um people went out there, cleaned all the area. And one thing that concerned me, which I'll show you a picture of in a second, was they said as they were talking to not to go up on Hudson Avenue near the school, now the Schwman school that was up there because it was a homeless camp. It was dangerous up there.

Oh god.

So, uh, I says, I need to go take a look at that. So, I did. Next slide. And this is a picture at Hudson Beach. Um those you haven't been to in the Gulf is a great restaurant in the Gulf of America which on the top right slide there it shows they're building a big deck on the upper deck. Now they get enough parking for themselves. There's some stack stone they put in nice uh overlays. The lower right side shows an outside patio and the view of the golf is like perfect for sunsets. It's it's just outstanding as far as the go.

Upper deck

the upper deck is going to be in the front of the restaurant. They're building it right now since they got permitting about three or four months ago. They're going to expect to open that up I think this fall.

Um, but if you can blow that picture up in the middle on the low on the lower end. If you look down Strickland Parks on the side and that picture there kind of shows you what happens with parking. All those areas are parked around the oak trees next to the parking over there and people are just filling in. I've talked to um administrator Carbella about looking at trying to improve that and also around the inn, but I want to tell you we do have a strong need for a parking garage situation down there to improve the parking to work with it. We own the property behind Sam's. It fits to the same uh parking garage that we put by K that New Richie put by Kaiser. I think it's something we need to go take a look at. Next slide. Uh this is the area up in Huntsone. When you look from the street, you don't see much, but when you look right inside those pictures here kind of show what's going on. There's the company that owns it, GSD Investments LLC. We need to kind of go after that again. I've given this to a county administrator and we alerted the sheriff on it. He asked for addresses. We I gave him the addresses, gave the pictures, and uh I want to say Chase responded right away on it, which was great. Um our team's working on it, but we need to make sure we clean this up and uh get this trash out here. Uh next slide. uh went to the Cinderella sock hop used to be the ball there

and I want to say Commissioner Stark I knew you weren't there but you were felt in your presence uh the wine selection that you distributed for everybody and donated they greatly appreciated it and I tell you it was delicious

my daughter always top quality stuff out of your place

thanks kids my daughter had a blast there

and if you take a look at the picture there that's the new newly renovated ballroom that's in there um really did a nice job with the rugs the walls the fixture. So, uh, some great improvements there. Nice little drawing from one of the kids. Next slide. Uh, and it's center picture up top. We did a meeting last night with the Chasco Fiesta, all the sponsors. They had 51 sponsors there to a high level to try to help with that that event, which is such such a great event for us. Um, on the pictures all around it, there was a marching forward to stomp out addiction. They had done uh other 5K runs. This is the first time doing one at um Sunwest Park and I tell you they loved it. The team was great. Everything went great. That's pastel in the pink shirt in the top left. I was the grand marshal and that was the flag I used. Hope it's not offensive anyone but fairly patriotic and just a pictures of the beach and the runners to the side. Next slide. Uh and I want to let everybody know Steps to Recovery who was also at that that event. Uh there's a picture some of the pictures of the building coming out.

It is coming out fantastic. They're almost done. Uh we're going to try to work with Veterans Affairs up in DC to get them down here. So, as soon as they can kind of pinpoint when they think they'll be able to open it up, uh we're going to rock and roll, but it is coming along great. The everything looks fantastic out there. So, they're and they're very excited.

When how long until you think it's open?

It like might be a month or two away. I mean, really close. All right, next slide. Uh went down to a volunteer breakfast right down in your neck of the woods down at Gulf Harbors. uh they hosted them down there and I tell I didn't know what I was going to walk into but if you see the pictures at top right and lower uh top left and lower left lower right um that's how many people were there they had prizes galore had a really fun way to go about it and uh really raised a bunch of money and if you don't know it the volunteer ways got an executive director and one other person everyone else is actually a volunteer there so everything they do all that money goes directly to feeding our people doing different things I took a tour of their building and the hydro ponics plant they got is fantastic.

The garden they got peach trees out there now, too. Yeah.

But they're going to try to do even more expansions. But they do a phenomenal job. They actually have a beehive out there, too,

where they they have their own honey they make.

All right. Next slide.

That's it. Okay. All right. And that's all I have.

I got one.

I want to correct. So during lunch, I did research on that epic city. I sent you all the one from Texas. Um the one um that someone sent me in Vero Beach, I think that was um a lot of people worried that what was going on in Texas was going on in Vero Beach, but it wasn't the same thing. Although what's going on Texas a little crazy um but the Vero Beach one was just a development company had the name Epic City. They weren't building in Epic City yet.

Okay.

All right. Anything else for the board?

All done. Thank you very much. 200 people standing room only at their city council.

214 you guys.

That's pretty good.

Take it back. I'm taking it back. What you're saying?