FAC-25-0044

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1. 1Nov 12, 2024
   Board of County CommissionersC17Consent agendaContinued

   Approved minutes

   Approved to continue the item to the December 10, 2024 Board of County Commissioners meeting at 1:30 p.m. in New Port Richey.

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   Weightman

   2:23:16Jared, we need to hit the C seventeen.

   Yeager

   2:23:20Oh the water tri water solid.

   Weightman

   2:23:22C seventeen.

   OakleyChair

   2:23:23Oh C seventeen. David, come on forward.

   David Allen

   2:23:28Good afternoon again, Commissioners and Chair Oakley. Um I David Allen, Utilities Director, I did get a chance to speak with Mr. Carden, General Manager of Tampa Bay Water, earlier this morning. And he will he has agreed to have his his staff come to the December 10th meeting and present an overview of their developmental alternatives project, which the easement that was presented.

   2:23:54To um go over their development of project or development alternatives project, how this particular piece of property fits in with that larger picture, and then also um highlight what they're looking to get in terms of their study. Um I also did mention um the request to have um a public informational workshop or something of that sort uh in advance of that meeting. They were already planning to do something like that following um the Board of County Commissioners approval. However, I communicated that desire and

   2:24:24Mr. Cardin's get a check with his staff on um the viability of of being able to do something before that next meeting. And then so with that um it would be staff's recommendation to continue this item until the December tenth uh Board of County Commissioners meeting.

   OakleyChair

   2:24:39Okay. So I'll move. All right. Second. All right. Got a motion. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. All right. That's what we'll

   StarkeyVice Chair

   2:24:45be happening. Did so you said Chuck is coming on that? No,

   David Allen

   2:24:49no, Chu uh Chuck will not be available, uh, but he will have someone from the

   StarkeyVice Chair

   2:24:53staff. But there'll be a Tampa Bay Water there'll be an R Tampa Bay Water item. Okay, because I just need to talk to you about it.

   OakleyChair

   2:25:04big picture for the future water. So uh I think it's low on the list. We've got a higher I think re another reservoir and I think more uh deep well uh brackish water wells for D South and probably some others that are much more viable than than that water out there. So but that's my opinion. Sure. Thank you. That and five dollars to get a cup of coffee at Starbucks, so All

2. 2Jan 14, 2025
   Board of County CommissionersR49Regular businessApproved

   Temporary Construction Easement – Tampa Bay Water – Eastern East Pasco Wellfield Feasibility Study – No Funding Required

   Approved minutes

   Approved the item per Staff’s recommendation with Commissioner Mariano voting nay.

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   David Allen

   1:38:00R forty nine. Uh good morning. Who's this guy?

   StarkeyChair

   1:38:03Oh yeah.

   David Allen

   1:38:04Who's this guy? Good morning for Chair Starkey. Um we oh David Allen utilities director currently um hopefully that changes here shortly but um uh you know the past presentation by um Mr. Harding and Mr. Hogg from Tampa Bay Water kind of spilled into this item here. So I'm just gonna briefly uh present this um for your consideration um today. Um Again, this is a temporary construction easement that would allow Tampa Bay water

   1:38:34to move forward with drilling two exploratory wells in the East Pasco area. And a couple of things I do want to clarify, I know in the staff memo it talked about growth in East Pasco County to this project would help support not only just this project specifically, but the menu of projects that Tampa Bay Water has outlined previously. And for us in Pasco County, when we're we're talking about East Pasco County, that's really kind of the area just uh to the west of Dade

   1:39:04City and Zephyrhills. So our Wiregrass, Epperson, Marathas, Village of Pasadena Hills, Two Rivers, that's really where our foreseeable growth is happening right now, and that's where um the supply projects would really support the growth in those areas. And then secondly, I just want to mention that again, this is a temporary construction easement. The data is important for Tampa Bay water as well as Swift Mud to get additional data in this area. There's not a whole lot of uh groundwater data, particularly

   1:39:35in the deep Florida aquifer. And the results of this investigation will help decide whether or not this is a viable solution or long-term water supply alternative. Could very well be that other projects would um rank higher in this process. But again I think that the the information gathering the information is is valuable not only for today but also potentially further down the road in the future.

   StarkeyChair

   1:40:01So is that site the three hundred acres that we bought right when I was becoming commissioner in twenty twelve? Um for the Lakuchi it was for a wastewater treatment facility. Uh and we needed like thirty acres but the cellar Wouldn't sell a portion, so we bought the whole thing. Is that that three hundred acres? Yeah.

   Oakley

   1:40:21Yes. Okay.

   StarkeyChair

   1:40:25I I know Commissioner Schrader before I took office drove me around that area but I I don't remember where it was. Okay. Um So we don't need a mo do we need a motion? Yes. We do need a motion.

   Lisa Moretti

   1:40:38Saka.

   StarkeyChair

   1:40:39Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed?

   MarianoVice Chair

   1:40:42Nay.