Board of County Commissioners · Person
Kathy Pearson
46 appearances across 41 meetings between Tue, Nov 27, 2018 and Tue, May 5, 2026.
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- County administrator report — Arbor Day trees, Lean Six Sigma accreditation, homelessness sweep2:02:43Presented
“We heard you in January when we did our workshop on homelessness. We're moving the needle even if it's one at a time.”
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- Commissioner reports: senior center, community meeting, flood relief, and appointment2:08:40Presented
“they have more seniors there than they did in their last location. So, that is really awesome.”
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- #R76Confirmation of Mary Theory Young as permanent Community Development Director1:11:53Presented
“I am proud very proud of Mary who is hopefully going to be confirmed today by all of you as the permanent director of community development.”
- #R77Confirmation of Charles Lane as permanent Office of Disaster Recovery Director1:16:43Presented
“Chuck is phenomenal... he always tries to get to yes.”
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- Confirmation of Chuck Lane as Community Development Director53:12Presented
“I'm pleased to announce that we have a fellow Bostonian...Mr Chuck lane or Charles Lane he is currently working for Pasco County”
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- #R54Year-two opioid settlement fund allocation including sheriff wellness center and school board2:05:44Presented
“we're here to bring round two of the opioid allocation recommendations”
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- Delegation of authority to execute CARES/CDBG mortgage satisfactions for Clock Tower facility closing2:04:29Presented
“we're not looking to get paid on it to forgive it so we don't own the building at clock towers but we do have these leans on it”
- Airboat ordinance, dengue fever, red tide, and county communications update2:14:21Presented
“it's going to be from 9 to 11 on Thursday morning and what a media event is”
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- Closing Remarks, Staff Introductions, and Adjournment1:31:59Presented
“assistant County Administrator for public services which is our Parks our libraries”
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- #C20Purchase of Grand Boulevard property for low-barrier homeless shelter — deferred to afternoon1:30:03Presented
“we have been really team the public all of us have been trying to figure out what we're going to do with our homeless”
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- Affordable housing workshop called to order, all five commissioners present0:00Presented
- Introduction and background on Pasco County affordable housing study1:18Presented
“affordable housing we've heard so many different terms...generally it's defined this housing that cost no more than 30% of a household's income”
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- Closing remarks and adjournment of joint cities-county workshop1:15:00Presented
“we have a building picked out... it's the Times building on 19 which has about 8 Acres... the feds have seized their assets so we are going through a whole big rig with that”
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- Legislative update on mobility fees, homestead exemption, and homelessness bills1:13:22Presented
“This bill came out of nowhere to be honest with you, I just happen to be up in Tallahassee and the lobbyist that represents the homeless coalitions I happen to run into him”
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- #R43Confirmation of Sean McGarvey as Pasco County Library Director1:56:44Presented
“Sean McGarvey he was worked with us in 2013 to 2019 as one of our library administrators”
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- Assistant County Administrator Kathy Pearson presentation on homelessness data and shelter options16:00Presented
“right now in Pasco County we have a lack of low barrier shelters...our sheriff's department will tell us we're out there we find folks but we have nowhere to put them”
- Public Q&A on homelessness enforcement, shelter options, and solutions27:14Presented
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- #1Homeless initiatives — countywide encampments, services, and solutions1:59Presented
“we are going to talk a little bit about homelessness and it's not the topic that we all like to talk about but it's a very important topic that we really need to face”
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- #106Interlocal agreement for Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority deferred to January2:00:52Presented
“we're presenting you today with a recommendation that we delay this until January”
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- Commissioner board member reports and staff/administrator updates2:26:06Presented
“as of october 1st we will be taking over that building and give us a couple of months we need to get people in there get it situated and we will be opening it as a one stop”
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- #R90HOME American Rescue Plan allocation plan for homelessness housing funding1:45:43Presented
“the proposals went out applications are in it has been closed so i'm hearing marcy correctly she's putting a team together to review those applications”
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- West Market homeless encampment update from Kelly Funk, county administration2:19:50Presented
“we do have a program for seniors and that they do qualify they just need to fill out an application through the community development program”
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- #68Oaks Park MSBU interlocal agreement with Pasco County Tax Collector1:32:09Presented
“today we're talking about the requests that came from the previous board meeting prn 21-023 into local agreement pasco county tax collector reimbursement of expenses associated with the uniform method of collection”
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- #R109Fall 2020 Citizens Academy virtual graduation and Two Good Souls shoe donation program recognition2:43:25Presented
“Our two good souls really have made such a huge difference and it's going to put a lot of holiday cheer to hundreds of hundreds of children.”
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- #R84Paula Barakaldo confirmed as Director of Support Services1:33:16Presented
“paula came up on top she is uh what can i what can i say about paula we all love paula she's probably one of the most professional dedicated public servants i've ever met”
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- #C59CARES Act funding correction for nonprofit distribution approved22:53Presented
“second paragraph should um be not June 30th of 2020, but July 14th, 2020”
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- #R3 (Addendum)Pasco Cares direct assistance program for residents approved at $4 million initial funding1:00:39Presented
“we are going to help our citizens so we're asking to allocate four million dollars to begin this program”
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- Pasco County senior, human, and veteran services update during COVID-1930:47Presented
“we're going to be starting a program called emergency meals restaurants and so as commissioner starkey we had talked about the frontline appreciation we are also going to be having our restaurants prepare food for our seniors”
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- Resolution recognizing Pasco County Leadership Development Program class of 201937:32Presented
“we're partnering with career Workforce...to bring some of our folks to work for the county to get the skills”
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- Commissioner Mariano miscellaneous reports including splash pads, Habitat for Humanity impact fees, and boat registration fees for dredging30:51Presented
“once he finds a location we already did talk about CDBG funds he would be eligible for that yes”
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- #R4Confirmation of Marcy Esberg as new Community Development Director23:31Presented
“I want to introduce to you our hopefully our new community development director Marcy esberg”