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1. 1Apr 1, 2021
   Planning CommissionPC6Public hearingNo disposition in the minutes

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   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   46:39Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Victorious Pitos Planning and Development Department. Uh item PC six is the PDD twenty-one zero three one six temporary moratorium ordinance. Next slide. This is a proposed ordinance for a temporary moratorium. I'll go ahead and read that title. An ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium, 180 days, on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional

   47:09uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments, proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area. Providing for authority, legislative findings of fact, definitions, moratorium area, temporary moratorium imposed, duration of temporary moratorium, and severability. The background to this uh project is that there there is a potential of oversaturation of multifamily dwelling units within a certain area of Pasco County. And the Pasco

   47:39County Board of County Commissioners uh heard this on February 9th to and directed the staff to draft a temporary moratorium on the submission acceptance of those at of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments that are proposing to increase entitlements for multifamily within the moratorium area. The Board of County Commissioners requested the temporary moratorium to provide time for the planning and development department.

   48:10Uh So that we can go and uh accurately calculate and determine the true potential for the oversaturation of multifamily dwelling units within the moratorium area. Next slide. On the March twenty on March 9th Board of County Commissioners hearing, the BCC confirmed the proposed boundary and directed the Planning Development Department to conduct the subsequent public hearing on this proposed ordinance for the temporary moratorium. So the temporary moratorium itself will enable PDD to

   48:40research the following within the moratorium area. We'll be looking at the current quantity of multifamily dwelling units and entitlements. The current acreage of land is zoned for multifamily dwelling unit uses, including that acreage having the potential for multifamily dwelling units. uh upon approval of a conditional use, as well as the potential number of multifamily dwelling units available through existing land use equivalency matrices. These are the mechanisms typically found within

   49:10MPUDs, multi-master plan unit developments. On the overhead, you'll see the moratorium area. This moratorium is not a countywide. Uh ordin it's not an ordinance proposing moratorium countywide. It's only for specific geography within uh Pasco County, generally between uh State Road 52 on the north end, US 41 on the west, State Road 54 on the south. And then Bruce

   49:41Bowns up to about Over Pass Road and then if you go west a little bit, you'll get to Old Pasco Road. There at that point you see that the boundary sort of zigzags it's zigzagging along the commission district boundaries between Commission District 2 and Commission District 1. So that's the moratorium area and so this ordinance would apply within that ink zone. Uh on the overhead.

   50:13Uh today's recommendation is to find the proposed ordinance consistent with the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan and recommend approval of the ordinance to the Board of County Commissioners. Uh the first reading of this ordinance is proposed for April twentieth. at 1 30 p.m. in Newport Ritchie with a potential adoption hearing taking place on May 4, 2021, at PM here in the Dade City Historicum Courthouse. Thank you, Terry.

   Charles GreyChair

   50:44Okay.

   Christopher Poole

   50:44Any questions? So Terry, would the moratorium go into effect on May fourth? Is that is that when it would have officially go into effect or does it need to be

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   50:53Yeah, the moratorium would take effect on the first public hearing in this process, which would actually be today. So it'd be a retroactive to April first. Okay.

   Christopher Poole

   51:03Thank you.

   Charles GreyChair

   51:05All right, any other questions?

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   51:06Yeah, I have one quick question. During this moratorium, would there be uh by staff of Pasco County or contracted to maybe go out and do a survey. Of one, the number of apartments that are in play. And they're um

   51:25Some type of information on Whether or not they're uh Sufficiently Well Let me rephrase that. If there if there's sufficient documentation to see how many were vacant or if there's a vacancy requirement or information as to vacancy and the number, compare that to the number that are found out there that are developed in this area that their moratorium is going to impact on.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   51:52Right.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   51:53I I don't know if that was

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   51:55Yeah. Yeah, I think I understand. That could be done. We're not going to check the vacancy rate of apartment complexes, but we will go out and see what kind of entitlements are existing within the Moratorium area. uh how many of those entitlements have actually been used, right? Because some of the zoning districts or the MPDs they will establish A maximum uh an or an upper limit. But developments rarely go all the way to the max, they'll they'll find an actual. So we'll

   52:25go out and look for the actuals, what was actually built. uh and then what could potentially come about in the future. But a vacancy analysis was not part of the board direction and we're not Going to do that.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   52:41All right. I guess Terry, just for clarification, I'm I'm confused on this. I'm probably on me, but the effective date of this ordinance is today. Or is the adoption by the board?

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   52:55It it would be adopted by the board on May the fourth. But the ordinance would retroactively set the moratorium period to April first.

   Christopher Poole

   53:08So

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   53:08we're like April one October.

   Christopher Poole

   53:11Very f or whenever that

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   53:12Sure that that's what this ordinance says, is it? Right.

   Charles GreyChair

   53:20We sure are hard for somebody or yeah when you open the ordinance.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   53:24Yeah, I'm just looking at the actual ordinance in section eight. It just looks like it says

   53:29Cool. The order shall take effect. upon confirmation by the Department of State, Right. I mean that's the duration of the moratorium too, that's a hundred and eighty days from today.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   53:40Right. So section six is what establishes. It says the duration of this temporary moratorium shall be one hundred and eighty days from april first, twenty twenty one, which is today, until such time as repealed by the county, whichever occurs first, may be extended by resolution, etcetera. Um and so if the board adopts this proposed ordinance on May fourth. you will be essentially uh at that point you'll be essentially th uh thirty plus days uh thirty three plus

   54:10days into the moratorium period.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   54:14So Mr. Gerardi, another way of saying it is even though the ordinance may take effect on May 4th, it's retroactive to Today. The board can make governance retroactive if they want to.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   54:27Okay. Very good. Yeah, I just didn't know if somebody between

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   54:30clear, I believe I believe it only applies to applications. Files after today. I mean if you if you had your application in yesterday. I don't believe the more apply to you. Is that correct, Mr. Pitos?

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   54:44Yes, yesterday was March thirty first. So

   Charles GreyChair

   54:47Okay.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   54:47Um

   54:50Right. Also g remember that this is about new applications on conditional uses, rezoning, coverage of plan amendments. So if there's an entitlement that's already in place, that's a different thing.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   55:04Yeah, the section eight was just confusing me. So thanks for putting that.

   Charles GreyChair

   55:08All right. Is there anyone else to speak, Denise?

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   55:13So

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   55:14this is

   Denise

   55:15what to speak. Sorry. Go ahead, Dave. I just want

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   55:17to make one comment before we get public comment. I just want to remind the Planning Commission that on this item you're acting as the local planning agency and you're Duties define the ordinance either. Consistent or inconsistent with a comprehensive plan. The reason I bring that in this particular ordinance is because one could argue that A champion. moratorium doesn't implicate the comprehensive plan at all because it's temporary. In other words There's a big difference between this item and the next item because this is not a permanent change

   55:47the helmet code. It's really just a temporary pause. And Your comp plan is really looking at future land use. So Oh I'm Yeah, because one can mark one could argue that any moratorium really doesn't implicate the comprehensive plan at all. So Right. Your public comment.

   Charles GreyChair

   56:07All right, thanks,

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   56:08David.

   Denise

   56:12Yes, so we we do have um Mr. Eric Gardunio um who has signed up to speak on this item. Okay.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   56:22Good afternoon.

   56:24Afternoon.

   56:28All right

   Charles GreyChair

   56:29ahead.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   56:29My name is

   Charles GreyChair

   56:30Mr.

   Denise

   56:30Garjunio, if you would provide your name and address for the record and um and uh uh wait so so the clerk can si uh swear you in.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   56:40Sure thing. Eric Arduño with the Bay Area Apartment Association. Our address is PO Box 151958 Tampa. Uh zip code three three six eight four.

   Clerk

   56:52And if you could raise your right hand for me. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth so help you, God?

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   56:59I do.

   Clerk

   57:00Thank you.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   57:02All right, go ahead. Sorry about that. Good afternoon, Pasco County Planning Commission. Really appreciate this opportunity to share a few thoughts regarding this proposed ordinance. Point taken that this is a temporary ordinance, but underlying the temporary ordinance is an objective to discourage the growth of apartment communities in our county. The apartment communities are a key ingredient to the future success of the county. Their develop their development should not should be encouraged, not discouraged.

   57:34Let me just share a couple of important stats to keep in mind. Going to the question that was raised earlier, the latest information I have regarding vacancy rates for apartment communities in Haskell County is 6.1%, which is really, really low. I'll also note that there are just under 15,000 apartment units across the whole county. By comparison, Hillsboro County has 133,000. That is 11 people for every apartment

   58:04in Hillsborough and 36. people for every apartment in Pasco County. Nationally, 45% of rental households are in apartment communities.

   Charles GreyChair

   58:16Of

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   58:16five or more units. Only 25% of renters in Pasco County are in apartment communities. As was presented in the market survey from the February BOCC meeting, the county will need close to 1,700 new apartment units every year.

   58:341100 of those are in the class A category for apartments. This demand is fueled by young professionals and empty nesters, both of whom want amenities and services in and around their communities. Apartments are a key economic driver for the county. They themselves are employers. This includes on-site teams as well as a whole host of contractors who maintain and fix appliances and amenities throughout apartment communities. More importantly, I think for your consideration, they provide

   59:04the rooftops for commercial investment. You need rooftops to support retail. You need rooftops to attract major employers. Apartment communities get you those rooftops in a small footprint that furthers the comp plan. The COP plan objectives around reducing sprawl. reducing environmental impacts, and maximizing efficient use of infrastructure. Train limitations on the development of new apartment communities, like that considered. Like that under consideration here. will

   59:35make it harder for the county to achieve a number of the objectives laid out in the comprehensive plan. We ask that you find this ordinance inconsistent with the comm plan. Thank you.

   Charles GreyChair

   59:47Okay, okay, okay. Thank you very much.

   59:50Okay, anyone else, Denise?

   Denise

   59:54There are some folks that are still on the um WebEx, so perhaps they want to speak. Um m Mr. Two or Miss Wilhite?

   Joel

   1:00:13Mr. Chairman, can you hear me?

   Denise

   1:00:16Very low. Ciao.

   Joel

   1:00:18Okay. Is that better? No. No. Nope.

   Denise

   1:00:26So you'll have to scream, Joel.

   Joel

   1:00:28Yeah, I don't know how to do that but I'll try.

   Denise

   1:00:30No, it's perfect now. You you're coming across

   Joel

   1:00:34Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, um Very briefly on this. I've spoken before uh to the point of the both we

   Denise

   1:00:41all know you we all know you really

   1:00:42well, but

   1:00:43would you please state your name and address for the record and have the clerk swear you in, please?

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:00:56It's not required on this. It's a legislative matter. He doesn't have to swear in.

   Joel

   1:01:01Thank you, David. Um, but I promise to tell you what I believe is the truth. Um This moratorium, in my judgment, is directly inconsistent with your comprehensive plan, and I urge you to find that and and and not recommend it for approval. It is directly inconsistent with virtually all of the South Market area policies. which not only promote but require high density residential development, mixed use areas, multifamily to support employment

   1:01:32generation and transportation. uh oriented development in this quarter. So it is directly inconsistent. I also believe that anytime you're imposing a moratorium before you even conduct your study or your analysis, I believe that's intellectually dishonest because it presumes the result or the outcome that you're looking for. Um, it is also contrary to the qualified evidence that already has been presented over the past

   1:02:02year. This or this ordinance presumes that no study has been done, when in fact The Planning and Development Department staff over a 12-month period, three or four times, has done a study, reported to the Board of County Commissioners and or to you. And they concluded that there in fact is not a sufficient supply of multifamily in that quarter, that there's nowhere near saturation, that there is a strong market demand. They keep telling the county commission this. Someone is ignoring

   1:02:32the facts. They don't like the answers. So now they want to get the end result by moratorium while somebody tries to cook the books. Um I referred you last meeting to a independent market consultant study that established, as the prior speaker said, that you're at almost 95% occupancy. You have a demand for over 6,000 Class A apartments over the next five years, and that is taking into consideration all the existing apartments and the projects coming

   1:03:02online now. So here at the peak of unprecedented Uh housing demand, market demand in this country, unprecedented housing inventory shortage in this country, unprecedented number of young professionals and empty nesters and retirees who are wanting apartments and the high-end lifestyle that the current product provides. It is simply a bad message to send to business. Business and industry will ask. What is the next

   1:03:32target? Is that my business? Um, we may as well change the name of Pasco County to Hillsboro County North if we're going to start imposing moratoriums at the height of a market boom, when we should be doing exactly the opposite. We should be providing incentives to get product there, to get affordable housing, to get uh apartment options for those who who want to. Live in Pasco County and this whole concept is simply ill-designed. to apply to one commission district

   1:04:03for purely political reasons that have nothing to do with the comprehensive plan, that have nothing to do with market data, have nothing to do with market demand. Thank you.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:04:15All right, thank you very much. Anyone else to speak, Denise?

   Denise

   1:04:21Why don't we poll the folks who are still on the um Ms. Wilhite, would you like to speak on this item?

   1:04:37Then that's that's all we have for this item.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:04:39Terry, uh do you have anything you'd like to respond to?

   1:04:45I I'm

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:04:45sorry, I missed your question. I just

   Charles GreyChair

   1:04:47wondered if you had anything you'd like to respond to with regard to the comments from the public. Uh

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:04:54I don't have anything further to add more than what I've already presented. Thank you, Jerry.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:05:01All

   Charles GreyChair

   1:05:01right.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:05:02Questions? Yeah, So I guess my question is so s what uh you know let's say there's a six month moratorium. What happens after that? What's is there uh proposed? Comment change there uh what happened.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:05:22So that would depend on the results of the analysis, Mr. Williams. The The whole purpose of the moratorium is to for stuff to get more data on this geographic area to see whether there is What's entitled? um in the area to see if there is an oversaturation or not. If Conclude there's not an oversaturation as Mr. Two believes will be the case. Then Result in any change to the land development code. Um Yeah. If there is an

   1:05:53oversaturation, then it would be up to the Board of County Commissioners to direct staff. What to do with that? potential oversaturation in terms of You know Changing zoning, changing the comp plan, changing whatever. Um to deal with but I think it'd be impossible for Mr. Pitos or anybody to predict what would result after the moratorium until they get the data of the that they that they asked to provide.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:06:21Yeah, David, I guess my thinking is that they're they're saying that this this uh multifamily development is moving so rapidly that in order to make sure we have our arms around it and that we have the right uh regulations and the support that they're we're gonna need for that. They they need some time to review it and make sure they have the the proper uh protocols in place. I think that would be the thing. That's basically what we're trying to do. And

   1:06:52it's One area right now. Yeah.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:06:57I do want to respond to one more thing that Mr. Tu said, which is it is true that Mr. Pitos has done some analysis of of the county. However, when the board Specifically. How many multifamily units are entitled in this geographic area? The planning department answer that question with any level of accuracy. And that was the reason that was the impetus for the moratorium request. And and with all due you know defense to Mr. Pitos.

   1:07:28That's partially because a lot of multifamily is kind of hidden. Um And we'll and we'll kinda take this up in the next item as well, but For example You can have property that's zone C2, but yet you can get multifamily through a conditional use. Or You have property that the land use equivalency matrix. Um that's all that allows them to convert. certain entitlements multifamily and that's not always obvious. So It def it is something that just takes staff

   1:07:58time to do an accurate and complete evaluation of the number of entitlements out there.

   1:08:05Mr. Petos, and you can tell me for more.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:08:07No, I I I would concur with Mr. Goldstein and and I would just add to that The moratorium applies within the moratorium area that we showed on the map and a good chunk of that area is the central market area. pre a lot of our previous work has been focused on south market area. So there is a little bit of of a geographic distinction. between what we've done in the past and what's being asked now.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:08:32All right,

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:08:32Terry.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:08:33Thank you.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:08:33Just out of curiosity if if we're not including vacancies in the analysis, how do we determine oversaturation?

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:08:43It it's a it's a determination based on the number of actual entitlements. What's been built out there today.

   1:08:54And what could potentially be built. That's that's part that's the other part of the analysis.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:09:01I'm in trouble. correlating the number of units. I mean, say you come back with twenty thousand. Is that some opinion of the planning staff whether that's more than you need, or is that There's some rationale behind that.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:09:15In terms of making a determination that says we have enough multifamily or

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:09:22I mean, I think what David indicated was that your analysis was gonna determine if the multifamily market was oversaturated or not. And I just didn't understand Most time trouble comprehensive how you're gonna determine oversaturation. We don't know I mean every every place requires a different number of units. Depending on the population and and the demographics of the area.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:09:46It it's also a community determination on when certain when and where certain land uses can occur. So I think that's a piece of information that we're currently missing. Um I Where the where this goes is based on the direction of the Board of County Commissioners at the end of the moratorium period once we have the data available. Um So I I I it would be premature to come to a conclusion at this hearing on that.

   Christopher Poole

   1:10:16Yeah, I I think, you know, based on listening to the to the board workshop on the on the ninth, um what struck me was kind of the disparity between the data that's available out there from industry to uh the data that Commissioner Oakley uh Commissioner Fitzpatrick provided to the data that you provided during during that testimony. So So yeah, that struck me as an absolute reason to need to do to kind of hit the pause button and actually step back and and look at that very issue. Um what also struck me is, you know,

   1:10:46really focused on kind of market rate apartments, I think. um Commissioner Starkey brought up a and tried to drive home the and I know that's not the focus of this moratorium, but I think workforce housing has to be a a part of that and the the policies and the incentives to be able to kind of drive that and drive it to where we want that sort of that sort of growth. So that's that's an aside uh completely. But you know, I have a young staffer that works for me, you know, professional services firm. Thankfully I'm able to pay him enough where he's he was able

   1:11:16to They get one of those nice new shiny apartments right on the corner of of uh right by the Wawa there, uh fifty four. So, you know, you can't I can't understate the joy of him having home ownership. So I think the rent renting is not what it used to be. There's not the stigma related to that that there used to be for for us wanting to own single family homes and like coming up. So I think that We need to get it right. The data's gotta be right. And, you know, it's it's incumbent upon us to make sure

   1:11:46that we get it right for for future generations. So that's that's just my observations. Yeah.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:11:54Mr. Chairman M Yeah, can I can I add to that? Because Mr. Poole makes a good point. And I think when we get to a discussion of the permanent changes to the land development code that result Once we have this data. Then we can start having dialogue about affordable housing. mixed use, the development, other factors that influence multifamily. And have some of that discussion for the next item because that is in fact a permanent to the land development code. And so It is relevant. I just wanted to

   1:12:24point out that there is a big difference between a permanent change to the domain code, which is your next item. And this current item, which is really just a temporary pause to get more data. Right.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:12:37Uh yeah, I I I I support the personally I support the pause to to get more data. I do but I also do see the relevance of of of considering vacancy factor because I know from my perspective and being in that business

   1:12:56You know no no developer goes in to develop uh an apartment project without knowing that what the vacancy rates are. The vacancy rate are fifteen or twenty percent. He's not gonna build a new complex.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:13:12So Mr. Chair, uh if I can make a recommendation, if if the Planning Commission is inclined to find it consistent with the Comm Plan, but Would like to see vacancy rates studied during the moratorium period. I think that's something you can include. as part of your recommendation. Obviously the board would be f could accept or reject that, but if you wanted to make that Part of your recommendation to the board. Um I think you could do that.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:13:35All right, David. Thank you. Uh yeah, well whoever makes the motion, I would hope that we would include that. So uh We have a motion.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:13:45I just need clarification on We looking at vacancy rates or

   Charles GreyChair

   1:13:50We're looking at the war m approving the moratorium they're requesting for 180 days for that particular area of the county. Right. And uh while they consider many factors in determining, you know, whether how much and whether we need more multifamily development and on what basis we make those decisions. And one of them that I think at least we need to know is on a regular basis is what's going on. When I

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:14:17asked a question about vacancy rates, all I got back was an answer about we're gonna look at entitlements. I concur with that. So here we need more inf this should have more information. entitlement rates.

   Jaimie GirardiVice Chair

   1:14:31So yeah, that was my point was that Mr. Pito. Answered the question accurately based on what the board directed staff to do. However, if Planning Commission wants During the moratorium period, staff to also look at vacancy rates. You can make that recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners and they can and take that information in and then decide whether they want to instruct staff to do that.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:14:57Thank you, David. Okay. So that being said, if there's no further discussion, let's have a motion.

   Christopher Poole

   1:15:10But I I'll make a motion to approve it um with the addition of uh vacancy as a uh criteria for uh reviewing of the moratorium in addition to the I think there's four specific criteria that are in the moratorium right now. Um yeah, I'd like to see vacancy added to to that as a uh as a study area.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:15:33All right. We have a motion. Do we have a second?

   Christopher Poole

   1:15:36Like in it.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:15:37Have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay.

   Joe Handley

   1:15:50Nay.

   Charles GreyChair

   1:15:52Okay, I believe it's one A.

   1:15:57Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman Mariano.

2. 2Apr 20, 2021
   Board of County CommissionersP45Public hearingNo action

   Approved minutes

   No action was required as this was the first reading of the Proposed Ordinance. The second reading was scheduled for May 4, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in Dade City.

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   Ron OakleyChair

   53:32We'll move on to P forty five.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   53:36Item peak forty five was published in the Tampa Bay Times on March twenty-first, twenty twenty one.

   Nectarios Pittos

   53:45Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Item P forty-five is PDD twenty-one zero three one six.

   53:53It is a the first public hearing for an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium 180 days on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses. rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for authority. Uh legislative findings of fact, definitions, moratorium area. Temporary moratorium imposed. Duration

   54:24of temporary moratorium and severability. And of course there is no action required today.

   54:31Next slide. So, in short, the Board of County Commissioners on February 9th, 2021, directed the Planning Development Department to draft a temporary moratorium on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional use permits, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments that are proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, which I'll show a map in a few minutes. In order to determine whether additional regulations are necessary. And this is so that the moratorium is being

   55:01uh affected so that the ability we can accurately calculate and determine the true potential for the number of multifamily dwelling units uh within the moratorium area, looking at that particular area and then also looking countywide as well. So during the time of the temporary moratorium. P D will research the current quantity of multifamily dwelling units and entitlements. The current acreage of land zone for multifamily dwelling unit uses, including that acreage having the potential for multifamily dwelling units upon

   55:32approval of a conditional use, uh, as well as the potential number of multifamily dwelling units available through existing land use equivalency matrices, which are the we've talked about the uh Mechanisms within MPUDs that enable the land trades between uses. So we'll be taking a look at that during the moratorium area. On April 1st, 2021, the Board of or the local planning agency uh found the proposed ordinance consistent with the comprehensive plan and recommended approval to the Board of County Commissioners.

   56:02However, they added uh an additional request that we look into the vacancy rate Uh to the scope of the study during the moratorium. So assess the vacancy rate within the uh

   Ron OakleyChair

   56:15why you're doing the moratorium.

   Nectarios Pittos

   56:17Yeah, in the moratorium area. Uh next slide. I've just went through that. So here's and this is the map of the proposed moratorium area. Roughly speaking, it's fifth State Road 52 on the north, US 41 on the west, State Road 54 on the south. south and over to Bruceby Downs on the east where at you go north, cross over uh at Overpass Road, go up Old Pasco Road, and then the the zigzag

   56:48right there at the northeast corner area, let's call it. is the district boundary between Commission District One and Commission District Two.

   Ron OakleyChair

   56:58Where's that boundary?

   Nectarios Pittos

   57:00It would be at the northeast end of the moratorium area. Kind of where it zigzags. If I had a pointer,

   57:11I think.

   Ron OakleyChair

   57:13Where we discussed earlier.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   57:16Correct.

   Ron OakleyChair

   57:18Right. Right. Excludes District One. Yes. Okay. Next slide.

   Nectarios Pittos

   57:24So no action is required at this time from the Board of County Commissioners. Um this item will be before the Board of County Commissioners for adoption at the May 4, 2021 public hearing. We're at if it were to be approved. it w the moratorium would be retroactive and take effect Beginning April first, twenty twenty one.

   Ron OakleyChair

   57:44Okay. And six months. More toy.

   Nectarios Pittos

   57:48Six months from April first.

   Ron OakleyChair

   57:50From April first. Okay. All right. Did you hear any proof of this item?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   57:55I did.

   Ron OakleyChair

   57:56You did? Um So this is a public hearing first public hearing. Um Is anyone at the key well do you have anyone on Webex to speak to this house?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   58:09But they were not able to promote him to speak. issues with how he joined the meeting um on WebEx is not allowing us to promote him to speak. You'd have to reconnect, possibly.

   Ron OakleyChair

   58:24Or come back in.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   58:25Mm-hmm.

   Unidentified speakerVoice E

   58:27Has he been advised?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   58:29I don't believe he's been advised. I maybe someone could chat to him. I would assume he's hearing us. Okay. Can you turn it on and

   Christina Fitzpatrick

   58:38let him know?

   Unidentified speakerVoice E

   58:38Well someone needs to call the law firm and Tell him how he can get on. Yeah. This is our problem, not Yeah, it's not his. So I would go ahead and take the kiosk at this point and and Okay, is

   Ron OakleyChair

   58:56anyone at the kiosks here to speak to P forty five?

   59:10Are they connected? Anyone at the kiocks?

   Unidentified speakerVoice F

   59:19There is nobody at the kiosk for this item.

   Ron OakleyChair

   59:21Okay, thank you. Okay.

   59:26So maybe if we can contact this gentleman to speak.

   Unidentified speakerVoice E

   59:34What I would suggest is if you the this is the first public hearing, so if you temporarily pass this, move on to your next items, and then we can come back to it if we can get the speaker

   59:48And ability to talk.

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   Ron OakleyChair

   3:07:47Did we ever get a hold of the gentleman with uh

   3:07:53I understand forty five

   3:07:54clerk that he gave up.

   3:07:56He gave up, okay. Yes. That's understandable.

   Unidentified speakerVoice E

   3:08:00So

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   3:08:00can he be allowed to just send an email?

   Unidentified speakerVoice E

   3:08:02Any action on that at all? My understanding is he will come b it'll come back next week to your next hearing. So for purposes of the record, Denise, why don't you

   3:08:17That was forty five. Just do the close out of forty five. Where I can do it if I can get up to the

   3:08:30Potrzebna. That would that would complete your first public hearing on on the moratorium ordinance. The second hearing will be held on May 4th, 2021, at one thirty or soon thereafter as they may be heard in Dade City.

3. 3May 4, 2021
   Board of County CommissionersP45Public hearingAdopted

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   Approved to adopt by a roll call vote.

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   Ron OakleyChair

   18:35P forty five approof.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   18:37Item P forty five was published in the Tampa Times March twenty first, twenty twenty one.

   Denise

   18:42P forty five is PDD 210316, an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium 180 days on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for an authority, legislative findings of fact, definitions, moratorium area. Temporary moratorium imposed, duration duration of temporary moratorium and severability. This item, um, this

   19:12is the adoption hearing on this item. So we're asking you to ex to accept public comment and adopt the proposed ordinance by roll call vote. This went to the local planning agency who found it consistent with the comprehensive plan and recommended approval to the Board of County Commissioners, and a full presentation was done to the Board of County Commissioners on April twentieth, twenty one.

   Ron OakleyChair

   19:34Okay. Uh do we have anyone signed up on WebEx?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   19:38Yes. Uh Mr. Chair, we have three individuals on WebEx.

   Ron OakleyChair

   19:43Let's

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   19:43start with

   Ron OakleyChair

   19:44that.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   19:44Okay. We first have John Tomsu.

   19:49If you could please state your name and address for the record, please.

   Unidentified speakerVoice G

   19:54John Thompsu, [address removed].

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   20:01Sir, can you please uh repeat um it didn't cut in and uh can you didn't come in until um halfway through.

   Unidentified speakerVoice G

   20:07John Tomsu, [address removed].

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   20:14Thank you, sir. You may proceed.

   Unidentified speakerVoice G

   20:16Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak. Uh I urge you to vote in favor of the moratorium ordin ordinance. Data driven decisions are usually the best ones, as is common practice in the scientific and business industries. Taking 180 days to collect the needed data is essential to the board making decisions that have a direct and long-lasting impact on our community. The members of the Seven Oaks Resident Council. Spread the word via social media and Boots on the ground to educate the citizens around the proposed ordinance. We gathered one hundred and twenty eight signatures in

   20:46person from residents in Seven Oaks and while engaging Pasco County residents at the Wesley Chapel, Walmart, and Land O' Lakes publics. not one person that we spoke to was against the ordinance. These letters were submitted to the admin and asked not to be read into record, in order to respect your time. Please recognize the voice of the community we are we were able to capture. the topics of population density and observed Oversaturation of multifamily units is a common theme we encounter when just Discussing life in Pasco County with our friends, families and neighbors. As

   21:16a Pasco County resident. In the proposed designated moratorium area, I have witnessed the increase of traffic and related accidents. The continued over capacity schools like Seven Oaks Elementary and Wiregrass Ranch High School. A perfect example of infrastructure racing to catch up to our residential needs is the Diverging Diamond Interchange Road Project. this frequently delayed project and others like it play a role, a large role. in the quality of life of Pasco residents and it's one of the many variables that must be considered when evaluating rezoning and conditional uses. Our infrastructure

   21:47needs to catch up. With the current master plans. in place, before making any further changes, in the generally well thought out design of Pasco County. Existing unused parcels already zoned to accommodate multifamily dwellings should be taken into account before rezoning or allowing conditional use. I'm also asking the board to do a better job of understanding the data presented to them when deciding on conditional uses and rezoning. Sources of data can be biased. In the board's recent approval of the conditional use permit

   22:17allowing multiple family dwellings in a C2 general commercial district north of Seven Oaks. The data was misleading in terms of traffic and school capacity. Quotes from Chris Williams, Director of Planning Services Pasco County Schools, indicated Seven Oaks Elementary was currently slightly over capacity, but the data sheets provided by the developer showed under capacity. Additionally, relocatables, also known as portables, are a clear illustration that school infrastructure is not on par with the needs of a community. The units are disconnected from the main campus, provide no cover and

   22:47rainstorms, and kids are moved to the media center or similar areas during thunderstorms. As noted by Bill Cronin, President and CEO of Pasco Economic Development Council, There are still too many people living here and working somewhere else. Our county is not the overflow housing department for Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. We have our own growth strategies and creating more local jobs for our residents is a priority. And it's difficult to do that if we zone C2s into multi-use all the time. Please vote to approve the moratorium ordin ordinance, support data driven decisions, and allow

   23:17the county enough time to collect the information needed. Thank you for your time and God bless.

   Ron OakleyChair

   23:23Thank you for your comments. Next.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   23:28So um we did have Mark Doyle on WebEx. He has dropped off. So I'm going to move to the next um individual and see if Mr. Doyle will um come back on. So the next person is Eric Garduno.

   23:42Yeah, I think. Name and address for the record. Thank you.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   23:46Certainly. Eric Arduño with the Bay Area Apartment Association, P.O. Box 151958, Tampa, Florida. Thirty three six eight four.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   23:56Thank you, sir. You may proceed.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   23:58Thank you. Good afternoon, Commissioners. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. Shortly you'll be discussing a moratorium related to apartment development in a portion of the county. The underlying question at root of this moratorium is whether or not there is an oversaturation of apartments. For the ordinance, the BOCC will direct county staff. To look at some key data points. These include the number of multifamily units already there, existing entitlements, and acreage zone for multifamily. While these questions can help

   24:28determine how many apartments there are today and potentially the maximum number of apartments that could be built in the future, they alone don't speak to oversaturation. While these quit um Uh oversaturation. Can and does occur. It happens when there are more units than there is demand. As a result, When oversaturation does occur, vacancy rates skyrocket. Units stay empty and developers lose their shirts. Based on the

   24:58information we have available to us, they alone We we don't see anything like that happening in Pasco County. That said, if the board moves forward with the moratorium, we do ask that you consider adding additional demand and supply factors. for the county staff to research that are relevant to the question. Of oversaturation. We're grateful that the Planning Commission already added vacancy rates to the ordinance, which is a key indicator of demand. Our data on this point indicates that

   25:29vacancy rates in Pasco County are at 5.8%. And that's near historic lows. We're pretty confident that the information gathered on this point will demonstrate strong demand for apartments. Because there is particular demand, or I'm sorry, particular interest in recently built apartment communities, an important demand indicator is leaseups. So every apartment community starts with 100% vacancy. And lease up is the period between

   25:59when leasing starts and the community is full. Typically this lasts eight to twelve months. after the apartment community is open. So another important data point to gather is how long are these taking? On the supply side, it's also important to examine what realistically can be built. For instance, the supply of labor and the supply of raw materials are real constraints on building new apartment communities. At its peak, the most apartments that the county was

   26:29able to build in any given year is about 1,500. Looking at how many were built recently will give us an eye into how many can be built into the future. Ultimately. We're seeing substantial changes in the county. Recent growth rates for the county are at 30% or looking at 30% increase in population in the next 20 years. These people are going to need places to live and a lot of them are going to want to live in apartments. We

   26:59hope the supply will be there when they come.

   Ron OakleyChair

   27:02Thank you for your comments.

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   27:04Thank you.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   27:09Mr. Chairman Mariano has not rejoined the WebEx, so I have no other individuals on WebEx for this item.

   Ron OakleyChair

   27:17We have um

   27:20I guess do we have anybody at the kicks? Yeah. Is anybody at the kiocks?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   27:29There's no one at the kiosk.

   Ron OakleyChair

   27:30All right. Thank you. All right, we'll go into The emails and I believe you told me you had fifty one.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   27:37Um yes, Mr. Chair. Total of sixty-three were submitted. Um actually fifty emails were asked to be read on record. I have one letter from our sheriff asked to also be read in the record as he's not able to make it today. All right. Um, and since there are so many emails to read, I asked um Donnelly Schmidt, my operation supervisor, to help me with it. So um I'll get halfway through and then she'll help me with some of this. All right.

   Unidentified speakerVoice H

   28:02Okay.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   28:02All right, so I'll start with the letter from uh Chris Nacko, our Pasco County Sheriff. Address 8700 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, Florida, 34654. Dear Commissioners, I'm ready today to express my support for the moratorium imposed by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners 60 days prior regarding multifamily developments as well as the proposed ordinance related to conditional use on commercially zoned properties. As the Board of County Commissioners knows well, the

   28:33Pasco Sheriff's Office has long championed a well-thought-out approach to growth and development in our county. While available housing, including multifamily developments, is a critical component of our county's fut of our county's future, ensuring that infrastructure and resources keep up with the growing demand development is equally imperative. Similar to what I hear about your county services, the Sheriff's Office has a difficult job keeping up with the current demand for services that our current citizens ask for and deserve. Quickly approving

   29:03multifamily developments only exacerbates the problem. Additionally, if we continue to focus on being a bedroom community, focusing on sending workers to businesses to the south, we will continue to increase traffic issues at key and limited intersections that will intensify traffic issues that in turn create public safety issues. With multifamily homes, our population will quickly increase to eventually complete to eventually compete with the overall population of Pinellas and inch closer to Hillsborough. However,

   29:34without the tax base provided by the economic engines of these two counties, our collective ability to serve our citizens is hindered to demonstrate as it stands currently. The Pasco Sheriff's Office receives barely half of the funding per citizen that our neighbors in Hillsboro County receive per citizen served, and only 35% of the funding per citizen served that our neighbors in Pinellas County receive. The Board of County Commissioners has a strong commitment to funding public safety as

   30:04the sheriff of the as as the Sheriff's Office receives 50% of new revenue each year, and the Board's commitment to pay increases, which has stemmed to flow, which has stemmed a flow of members having for better pay in surrounding counties, for which the Pasco Sheriff is grateful. However, there is still work to be done as demonstrated by this funding disparity per citizen served. There are uh three uh graphs. One graph is population served by Sheriff's Office 2019, Pasco

   30:35is 484,249, Hillsborough is 988,250, Penellas is 399. Three hundred ninety nine thousand four hundred and eighty eight. Next chart, budget of the Sheriff's Office in 2019. Pasco, 142 billion, one. I'm sorry, one hundred forty two million one hundred and sixty nine thousand one hundred and eighty eight. Um Hillsborough four hundred and sixty three

   31:05thousand four hundred and forty nine thousand Um I'm sorry, six through Four hundred and four sixty three four four four four four four four nine six six zero. Pinellas County, 315-458-040. And then cost per citizen served in Sheriff's Office in 2019. Pasco, 294. Hillsboro, 469, and Pinellas, 790. With

   31:36these limited resources, the Pasco Sheriff's Office is committed to responsibly through innovation addressing the concerns of citizens of Pasco County. This has included a commitment to going upstream to address issues before they become law enforcement concerns through the creation of our behavioral health intervention team and partnerships throughout our community. Unfortunately, recent research by our behavioral health intervention team found that Pasco County desperately needs more mental health resources as well. While examining mental health providers

   32:07per citizen, Pasco County has one mental health provider for every 1,460 citizens, while the state average is one mental health provider for every 700 citizens. We must allow resources to catch up to the population growth we have already seen. It is for this reason as well that the Pasco Sheriff's Office requested and was provided a seat at the table in the pre-application review process. We believe the seat at the table It will assist the county as these developments continue. It is critical for law enforcement

   32:37to be included as each development brings in additional people and additional traffic concerns that will ultimately become law enforcement issues. It is important to remember that each multifamily development is essentially adding a small city, and as such, we must allow resources to catch up to this potential influx. Any development, multifamily or not, is law enforcement intensive. This is what allows our neighbors in Hillsborough and Pinellas to have more resources available as they balance residential growth with commercial and industrial. We

   33:08will we with focus we must focus on job creation and infrastructure. With this, the Pasco Sheriff's Office. would support an extension of the moratorium to allow the Sheriff's Office to be in engaged moving forward. We are now included in the pre-application review process and believe that the moratorium should be continued to allow for our input in these projects as they move forward. Thank you for your time and attention to to this important matter. Sincerely, Chris Knock, Sheriff.

   33:40All right, the um first email to read be read in through the record is from Antonio Ponzi.

   33:48Address is uh [address removed].

   33:56Dear uh County uh dear Pasco County Planning Commission, I request the following to be read into the record. I would like to voice my support for a moratorium on apartment development. For background, I live in Crosswinds, which is a single family detached home subdivision in Seven Oaks. My wife and I specifically chose to purchase in this in that area in 2016 after we moved from out of after we moved from out of state because of its level of safety. The relative peacefulness in the well-renowned elementary school, given where we were ready

   34:26to and have started a family. Given the school is already very close to capacity and the apartment complex north of Seven Oaks has already uh was already approved, adding this many potential students would easily push the school even further over capacity. Crosswinds has a large number of residents with close to or already um or already elementary school aged children and I plan to on notifying them as well regarding this proposal so that they may also address their support for this proposed moratorium. Besides

   34:57school capacity, traffic would increase dramatically throughout Seven Oaks, which also has an impact on safety. Entrances to Seven Oaks are already heavily congested, and I can't imagine how much worse additional apartment complexes would make it, especially during rush hour. Please don't add to the traffic at least until additional infrastructure is in place, such as additional schools and road improvements. Overpass Road, I-75 Ramp, Diamond at 65 and 75, etc. So I ask you to please consider the safety of Seven Oaks residents

   35:27and the quality of education for the children of Seven Oaks when making your final decisions because they are our future. I am proud to be a Pasco County resident and have told numerous people looking to leave their current towns that this is the county to be in because Pasco County seems to really care about its residents. Please allow me to continue having that pride so I may continue encouraging people to consider Pasco County for raising their families. Next email is from Joe and Michelle Stanzani. Stanzani.

   36:01Ad uh address is [address removed]. Castle County Commissioner, good afternoon. As a twelve year resident of Wesley Chapel, we have witnessed extreme growth and expansion. At this time, I would like to voice my concerns about the continu about the continue of apart car apartment complexes approval and rezoning and urge a moratorium. I would like the statement read um and to be on the record.

   36:30The next email is from Laura Binney.

   36:37Hello, my name is Laura Benny and I reside at [address removed]. I'm reaching out to oppose the building of more apartment buildings in Pasco County, specifically the apartments being proposed near Sam's Club off of Ancient Oaks Boulevard in Highway 56. The building of a complex here will cause undue stress to our already overpopulated road systems and our very overpopulated. Populated school system. Please consider the current residents that voted you in to this position and vote no

   37:07to more apartments. As I drive down Highway 454 to work each morning, there are already no less than four complexes being built, which will overburden that road. We are already dealing with that corridor being turned into another Highway 19 with all the traffic, lights, and access. Please do not make it worse that it than it already is. Please make sure that my opposition is read into the record. Thank you for your time.

   37:33The next email is from Uh Shiraz Irani.

   37:40Hello, my name is Shiraz Irani, and I reside at [address removed]. I'm reaching out to oppose the building of more apartment buildings in Pasco County, specifically the apartments being proposed near Sam's Club off of Ancient Oaks Boulevard and Highway 56. The building of the complex here will cause undue stress to our already overpopulated road systems and our very overpopulated. Populated school system. Please consider the current residents that voted you in to this position and vote no on more apartments.

   38:10As I drive down Highway 54 to work each morning, there are already no less than four complexes being built, which will overburden the road and it causes excessive traffic noise. We all we are already dealing with that corridor being turned into another US High, a US, another Highway 19 with all the traffic. Lights and accidents. Please do not make it worse than it already is. Please make sure that my opposition is read into the record. Thank you for your time, Shiraz Irani. Next is from Kathleen Sierra.

   38:41Address [address removed]. I would like for this to be read into the record. I would like to communicate with you about how displeased myself and my entire family are with the oversaturation that is happening in Pasco County, especially Wesley Chapel. Let me be very clear, I am not opposed to rental properties. They are a necessity. At one point or another, we all probably have and will live in an apartment. However, the oversaturation of our area cannot handle any additional apartment building. Here

   39:12are a few major reasons why I'm opposed. Our roads are overcrowded. Traffic has become somewhat of a nightmare. I can't even imagine how much additional traffic will be added to our roads if additional apartment buildings are approved. Specifically Route fifty six, Route fifty four, and Bruceby Downs. The roads are currently hazardous and dangerous as it is right now. Our schools are already overcrowded. Again, how will this be addressed if additional apartment buildings are? Hoping you start to realize that the majority of the residents are very frightened of how bad this uh oversaturation will become.

   39:42Thank you. The next email is from uh Ross Andell.

   39:51Address is uh [address removed]. to whom it may concern, I want to voice my vehement opposition to this proposed to this proposal, and I ask the Board to vote yes on the one hundred and eighty day moratorium. The plan would put new apartments in an area which is already oversaturated with development without proper infrastructure. Why rezone commercial land for more multifamily units when there is sufficient land zoned for that some

   40:22for that same purpose in the same area? While adding housing to Pasco County is reasonable, this proposal would clearly put an excessive strain on an area that cannot sustain more growth. The result is likely to be serious overcrowding of a relatively small area, more car accidents, as well as additional stress and lower quality of life for all residents involved. In sum, this is a move in the wrong direction for Pasco County. Thank you for your attention to this email. The next email is from Aaron McGee.

   40:58Address is [address removed]. Good afternoon. The following emails should be read into the record regarding P45, an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, establishing a temporary moratorium 180 days on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for authority, legislative findings of facts, definitions, moratorium area, temporary moratorium. moratorium imposed,

   41:29duration of temporary moratorium and severe inseparability. File number PDD two one-three one six, commissioner district. My husband, Tim McGee and I, Aaron McGee, live in Seven Oaks at the address of [address removed] four. We are asking to vote yes on a moratorium regarding and uh any building new or in the future of apartments having this huge influx of residents in the schools will cause further crowding, could lead to

   41:59more rezoning, not to mention the deterioration of our property values. Thank you for your time. Next email is from Tim Hutton.

   42:10Address is [address removed]. I'm writing this email as a concerned resident of the West Chapel area. Our area is being threatened by yet another apartment multifamily complex. I live in Seven Oaks. We currently have three apartment complexes within a mile from my house, with a fourth on the way. Over the last few years, we have dealt with multiple school rezoning, increased traffic, and the lack of new jobs creating commercial space. Apartments will only bring more people per square foot and limit potential. potential

   42:40commercial space for better parks or better parks for our current residents. I'm not in favor of more apartments in the Wesley Chapel area and would like my opposition to be put into the record. Thank you. Next email is Robin Ngarita.

   42:57Address is [address removed]. Seven Oaks residents, I'm reaching out to support moratorium for the area of 56 near the entrance of Seven Oaks. Our roads are already overpopulated and so are schools. There are many housing developments already in the area, and building more homes, apartments, or attractions in this area will only increase traffic congestion congestion. Please make sure that my opposition is read into the record. Thank you for your time. Next email is

   43:27from Christopher Baker.

   43:34Address is [address removed]. Hello, I'm writing uh to ask the Pasco County representatives to vote approve the moratorium on rezoning in Pasco County. I'm a resident in the Seven Oaks community in Wesley Chapel and we are being inundated with new apartment buildings. I feel we need to reconsider a few items and then the moratorium would allow for adequate time to do so. Please note as a community we are not happy with what is

   44:04happening around us. Thank you. Next email is from Ann uh Gritman.

   44:13Address is two seven six one fine two I'm sorry. [address removed]. Please read this email into the official record at the meeting of Board of County Commissioners. As a resident and voter of Pasco County, I support the moratorium on building additional apartments in Pasco County.

   44:37Next email is from Larry Gertman.

   44:43Address uh [address removed]. Please read this email into the official record at the next meeting for County Commissioners. I'm a registered voter and a Pasco County resident. I strongly support the moratorium on construction of additional apartments in Pasco County. Next email, Justin Hodnet.

   45:06Address [address removed]. To whom it may concern, my name is Justin Hodnett. I reside at [address removed]. And I'm writing this in support of the moratorium to delay the rezoning of properties to multifamily units. Please stop making decisions about the data needed to verify without the data needed to verify the direct and long-term impacts to the residents of Pasco County. I'm

   45:36not opposed to um MFUs or rentals, but the residents of Pasco would be better served by utilizing the designated zoning of those per properties as they were intended, work on incentivizing companies and new commercial development of the properties in question, rather than going um after a quick use for them by allowing the construction of MFU's Hillsborough and Pinellas see Pasco County as a bedroom community where residents live in Pasco but have to commute to Hillsborough or Pinellas for employment. As it stands

   46:07now, there are plans to build four story apartments Um almost directly at the entrance of my community of Seven Oaks. I oppose this with every ounce of my being. The peaceful entrance will be overshadowed by an apartment complex and the increased traffic will have a negative impact on the area. I specifically bought into this neighborhood so that my children can attend Seven Oaks Elementary as it is one of the best schools in the area. The children living at this apartment complex would be zoned for SOE, which is already

   46:37having capacity issues. When I was renting a house in Meadow Meadow Point, we saw the direct impact of new housing development in Wiregress Elementary. There was plenty of incentive to allow more neighborhoods, but no amount of money. Went to schools to allow them to prepare for an increased class size. Please stop making this mistake. Next email is from Amanda Mihan.

   47:03My name is Amanda Meehan and I reside at [address removed]. I'm reaching out to oppose the building of more apartment buildings. in Pasco County, the building of more complexes will cause undue stress to our already overpopulated road and our overpopulated school systems. Please consider the oversaturation already affecting the current traffic situation that has contributed to oh and to an over abundance of accidents in addition to delayed trap travel times on a daily basis. In addition, I'm

   47:33opposed to the building of new apartments that would also attribute to the oversaturation of schools, which is a who's huge part of why many chose to live in Pasco County originally. The highly sought after schools will no longer will no longer will be no longer desirable once overcrowded. The well-being and safety of the current residents should be taken into consideration. Please make sure that my opposition is read into the record. Next email is from Ronnie Beckwith.

   48:05Address is [address removed]. Whom it may concern, please read into public record. Vote yes for the moratorium. Wesley Chapel does not need more overcrowding by rezoning commercial properties to multifamily housing, aka apartments, when there's plenty of land already zoned for multifamily housing in the area. For the past seven years, Seven Oaks, as well as several other communities in Wesley Chapel, have been in uncertainty with three different school rezoning proposals.

   48:36Proposals. The developer admits that the addition of these apartments puts Seven Oaks Elementary at 101% capacity. This means that there is not enough seats for our students and where they will be placed into portables. With the continued development leading to ongoing school capacity issues, not only do the kids get shuffled around, but the teachers and the administrators do as well. Our students are bus nine miles to middle school, middle, and high school with high school kids. Getting on the bus at six twenty eight A. M. In addition, the roads to get to the new school, Cypress Creek. are

   49:07dangerous to travel, especially for inexperienced teenage drivers. and now the construction causes additional challenges and backups. This area is projected to encounter further growth and could expedite additional rezoning. Please review the purpose for the current zoning code and intent for the community. Why change it? Why not use land already zoned for apartments to build apartments? Consider how the area will develop and look at un at undeveloped land already zoned for multifamily housing before approving already zoned land to be rezoned

   49:37to multifamily housing. Are there are there already options available for multifamily housing? Yes, plenty. Has a developer considered the lands all the has a developer considered lands that's already zoned for multifamily housing? Traffic has uh traffic will be diverted into and through Seven Oaks, increasing the traffic which impacts the safety of kids and the community. The willingness to put our children in overcrowded schools for financial gain is unacceptable. The developer admits it puts our schools at one hundred and

   50:07one percent capacity with coming. We must not turn a blind eye to this ongoing capacity issue with schools. This will make our entire area an undesirable place to live. Our County Commissioner's main purpose is to protect the residents. I urge you to vote yes for the moratorium. Thank you.

   50:30Oh we're gonna shear. I will. We're gonna get to number twenty. Then we're gonna break. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Um next email is Ernie Beckwith. Address is [address removed]. Uh to whom it may concern, please read and read into public record. Vote yes for the moratorium. Wesley Chapel does not need more overcrowding by rezoning commercial properties to multifamily housing, aka apartments when there's plenty of land already zoned

   51:00for multifamily housing in the area. Please stop rezoning without looking at valid data. Require the currently zoned multifamily land to be developed for rezoning um other land. Our County Commissioner's main purpose is to protect residents. I urge you to vote yes for the moratorium. Thank you. The next email is from Andrea Marcellus.

   51:24My name is Andrea Marcellus and I live at [address removed]. I'm emailed emailing today to have my voice heard regarding the upcoming temporary moratorium vote, and I want my email to be read into the record. I implore the board to vote in favor of a temporary moratorium. that the PDD can study the proposed moratorium boundary and determine how many existing multifamily dwelling units lie within the boundary and how many existing parcels are already zoned for multifamily dwellings. This will allow

   51:54more informed decisions to be made regarding rezoning process So or similar use to multifamily use. It makes no sense to continue to rezone commercial properties to multifamily if they're already an adequate Amount of multifamily parcels available. This can only be determined by voting yes for a temporary moratorium and studying the proposed moratorium boundary. I am not against multifamily units, but I am against rezoning commercial parcels to multifamily. They were initially zoned commercial for a reason, and this continue and this continual

   52:25rezoning is going to result in the perpetual overcrowding of our schools, a further strain on our already congested roadways, and further cement Pasco County's reputation as a bedroom community. We need to maintain our proposed commercial parcels so that they are available to businesses that want to make Pasco their home. I thank you for your time and it is my hope that the board vote yes for the temporary moratorium. Regards. Next email is from Karen Rogers.

   52:53Address [address removed]. Please vote yes on moratorium. Have this read into the record. Next email is from Cynthia Kinneman.

   53:08Address is [address removed]. Tom it may concern, please read into the records that I support a moratorium on any further apartments construction in Pasco County. Our roads, emergency services, and schools will suffer with further development. Next email is from Barbara Foss.

   53:31This email is to be read into the record. We are writing to support Mike Moore's initiative for a moratorium on multifamily housing to enable the commissioners time to better plan for the development of Pasco County's future. We live in a highly congested area between State Road 54, State Road 56, and Bruce Bowns, and are concerned about additional congestion of traffic, the safety of our neighborhoods, and the well-being of our community. Many apartments, rental properties, and townhomes exist in our area or are already planned for development. Thank you to Mike Moore for understanding this the

   54:02problem in this area and thank you for asking for an additional time to reevaluate the impact of multifamily housing on our area. All right.

   Unidentified speakerVoice H

   54:10You ready? Listen, please. The next email is from Kenneth Sierra. His address is [address removed]. to whom it may concern, please note that I would like to have this email read into the record. I fully support the Board's decision to place a temporary moratorium ordinance for activities that would increase the number of multifamily tenants in the defined region stated in the

   54:40memorandum. I also want the Board to understand the reasons for my support of this ordinance. Throughout my life I have lived in rental units and apartment housing in various regions throughout the world, and can appreciate and understand the need for such housing in any residential area. I am s I also support and appreciate the rental units and apartments in our own community. However, I'm concerned with the safety of our citizens due to the potential impact of traffic congestion,

   55:10overcrowding in our schools, and the general risk to a community that comes with a drastic increase in population density in a concentrated area. also wanted to add that many of the citizens in the counties surrounding Pasco, such as Pinellas and Hillsboro, have labeled Pasco as a bedroom community, where people live here but have to work elsewhere. I believe that this perception is a reality in that we have a sufficient number of MTUs and feel

   55:41that the moratorium would allow us to take a step back Study the traffic safely. and the educational impact on our schools so that we can make an informed decision as to how to move forward. I want to thank the board for raising this moratorium and let you know that you have my full support as a concerned citizen. Respectfully yours, Kenneth Sierra. The next email is from Gary Pike. His address is [address removed]

   56:11[address removed].

   56:18Please read these words into record referencing agenda item number 45. As Port Ritchie property owners for nearly four years, we have been regularly driving across Pasco County from East Hillsboro and have witnessed the accelerated sprawl of multi-unit developments now thickly spread throughout many areas of this county. The heavy development is concerning, as it is very reminiscent of the oversaturation of apartments and multifamily complexes in the greater

   56:48Brandon and Riverview areas of Hillsborough County. A temporary moratorium, as this proposal is, is not elitist. The ask is temporary and specific. This proposal is simply good leadership that will help ensure all citizens a better community for quality of life, not just for walls and a roof, which all too often is overlooked, as the push for building for all becomes all consuming. Thank you, Commission, for your sincere

   57:18consideration in this temporary proposal that will eventually have long term negative effect if common sense leadership is not applied. Sincerely, Gary Elpike.

   57:31The next email is from Mary Joles. The address is [address removed].

   57:46Dear Pasco County Commissioners, I fully support the moratorium to be read into record. P45, an ordinance by the Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium, 180 days, on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for authority, legislative finding of fact, Definitions,

   58:17moratorium area, temporary moratorium imposed, duration of temporary moratorium, and severability, file number PDD, 21-0316, Commission District 2. Mar Marie Crema Dose.

   58:36The next item is from Anne Laley. Our address is [address removed].

   58:50I am submitting this email to declare my support of the multifamily housing moratorium, particularly with regard to apartments being considered on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and Ancient Oaks Boulevard. I would like this to be read into record. Thank you, Anne M. Laley. The next email is from Duffy Hawes. The address is [address removed].

   59:22Dear Sirs, I'm a ten-year resident of Pasco County, residing at [address removed], in the Lexington Oak Subdivision. Although I support growth in our area and am pleased with the overall progression from rural to suburban living, I think it's necessary to pause and take stock from time to time in order to ensure that we do not overbuild any single type of enterprise. It is for this reason that I'm writing

   59:52in support of agenda item PDD 21-0316, the proposed moratorium on issuance of new multifamily housing permits. Please ensure my comments are added to and become part of the public record for this agenda item. Duffy Hawes.

   1:00:11The next email is from Kristen Tucker. Her address is [address removed].

   1:00:24Please read this email comment into record for the meeting and topic described below. My husband and I are strongly in support of the temporary moratorium ordinance on multifamily housing units that is being voted on during the referenced meeting. Please consider the plea of the current residents and help to keep our community sound. Date slash topic, May 4th, 2021, slash PDD 21-0316, temporary moratorium ordinance. Thank

   1:00:55you again for your cooperation or your consideration.

   1:01:00The next email is from Courtney Lithian. Her address is [address removed].

   1:01:15Name Courtney Blithian, address [address removed], agenda item number or agenda item title, PDD 21-0316, an ordinance by the Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium, 180 days on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments. proposing to increase

   1:01:46multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area. Providing for authority, legislative findings of fact, definitions, moratorium area, temporary moratorium imposed, duration of temporary moratorium and severability. Please vote yes on the moratorium. It makes no sense to continue to rezone commercial and similar property to multifamily units when there's already sufficient property zoned for MFUs. And the only way to know if this is a

   1:02:16fact is to stop and take account of the current residency of Pasco County, the defined region. Please read this into the record.

   1:02:28The next email is from Hua Jack He.

   1:02:34The address is [address removed]. Dear Pasco County, dear Pasco Board of County Commissioners, I am a resident of Pasco County. I support the proposed temporary moratorium ordinance scheduled for a vote on May 4th, on the May 4th agenda. Pasco County is growing rapidly, which I am proud of. But there comes with negative side effects such as schools

   1:03:04become overcrowded and traffic congestion problem is getting worse and our streets become less safe. School rezoning a couple years back that forced students moving out from zone school. Wireless High Slash John Long Middle School left a lot of residents in my community, Seven Oaks, bittered and lingering feelings of unfairness. Please vote in favor of the moratorium. I would like my comments to be read into record. Sincerely, Hua Jack He.

   1:03:38The next email is from David and Donna. Mazurski. The address is [address removed].

   1:03:53I would like to have this email letter read out loud at the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners meeting on May 4th, 2021. Dear Pasco County Board of County Commissioners. Our names are David and Devi, Mazurski and we reside at [address removed]. We are writing to express our support for and asking you to vote yes on continuing the moratorium currently in place on

   1:04:23applications. to change the zoning or usage of land to add even more multifamily housing permits within the moratorium area. We moved to Pasco County in 2014 and have seen the growth in East Pasco over the past seven years firsthand. The 54 slash 56 corridor currently has existing multifamily complexes and new ones being built to meet the needs of the anticipated growth for this type of housing. From

   1:04:53what we see and read in the data, there doesn't appear to be sufficient data that would point to changing existing zoning from commercial to multifamily housing as an urgent need at this time. We as voters who elect commissioners to consider represent the view of those of us who live in this area of Pasco County, who would like this moratorium to be extended until there is sufficient occupancy in the current multifamily units and more data on growth

   1:05:23needs. We would like to see more emphasis on expanding infrastructure, schools, and safer roads before changing existing zoning to accommodate developers' interests in expanding multifamily housing in the 5456 corridor in East Pasco. Thank you for your consideration, Donna and David Mazerski. The next email is from William and Mary Hughes.

   1:05:51The address is [address removed].

   1:06:01Dear Commissioners, I just want you to know that my husband and I support the 180-day 180 temporary moratorium to allow for research on the number of apartment complexes being proposed in the Wesley Chapel area and the rezoning of current commercially zoned parcels being rezoned to allow for apartments. We do not want the parcel adjacent to Sam's Club to be rezoned. We live in Seven Oak and feel it would put undue stress on our roads, schools, and amenities.

   1:06:32It is the perfect place for a commercial enterprise. We would like this correspondence to be read into the record at your meetings. Sincerely, Mary Hughes and William Hughes.

   1:06:43The next one is from Alfred and Shirley Clark.

   1:06:49Um, I cannot read their address, but it's in Wesley Chapel, Florida, 335-44-7776.

   1:07:01Please read the following into record. We herewith support the 180-day moratorium on the construction of multifamily units, MFU, in Pasco County, Alfred Thomas Clark and Shirley S. Clark.

   1:07:17The next email is from Philip Ten.

   1:07:21The address is [address removed].

   1:07:31Dear Pasco County Commissioners, my name is Philip Tenn and I am a resident of Estancia, a community in Wesley Chapel. I'm requesting that my email be read into record. I am a registered and active voter. My wife and I vote in all elections, especially ones with local impact, and am in active communications with other residents in my community, as well as neighboring communities of Seven Oaks and Meadow Point. I'm writing to voice my support for the moratorium. forty five.

   1:08:02An ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, establishing a temporary moratorium, one hundred and eighty days on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional uses, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments. Proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for authority, legislative findings of fact, definitions, moratorium area, temporary moratorium. imposed definition duration of temporary

   1:08:32moratorium and severability. Commission District two, file number PD D. two one dash zero 316 date 54 2021. I feel the county should not continue rezoning commercial parcels to multifamily units without sufficient data or research. Thank you, Philip Tim. The next email is from Nicholas Cummings. The address is [address removed].

   1:09:08May 2nd, 2021. Dear Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, I am writing in reference to item 4445 on the agenda for the May 4th, 2021 meeting. I request that you read the following into record. I'm Nicholas Cummings, Pasco County resident, am writing to support Agenda Item 45, the moratorium for activities that will increase while

   1:09:36Appropriate planning and any changes to zonings deserve thoughtful consideration. Pasco County has significant property zone for multifamily units, and any proposition to change zoning to MFU should demonstrate need. This issue is important due to the existing burden to infrastructure by the current residents. Unnecessarily increasing the population density will place an undue burden on infrastructure like the Bruce B. Downs and I-75 interchange that

   1:10:06is already operating over capacity. Thank you, Nicholas Cummings.

   1:10:15The next email is from Linda Teifel.

   1:10:21Her address is [address removed].

   1:10:31I am a new resident of Seven Oaks. I can tell you that my husband and I have lived in many apartment buildings during our life. We are not against apartments. However, in our opinion, this area is already oversaturated. Traffic is a nightmare. The schools will become way overcrowded. This is a safety issue for our community. Please read my comments into record. Thank you, Linda Tufield. Yeah, I have a voice

   Jack Mariano

   1:10:57over there.

   Unidentified speakerVoice H

   1:10:57I'm getting there. Mm.

   1:11:03The next email is Kendra Haas. Her address is [address removed].

   1:11:16Hi, please vote no on potential apartments near the Seven Oak Subdivision. Please, please, please, residents here. Do not want more buildings built near us. There is already the hospital being built. Please leave the beautiful land alone so we can enjoy its beauty. That's why we love our neighborhood. Please read this into record for the upcoming meeting. Thank you, Kendra Haas.

   1:11:41The next email is from Roger Mahmoud. The address is [address removed].

   1:11:55to whom it may concern. I am a resident of Seven Oaks and I am asking this to be read into the record. I am asking you to vote yes on the moratorium for rezoning of multifamily units. I currently live at [address removed] in the Seven Oaks community. Thank you for your times during consideration of my request. Roger Mahmoud. The next email, um I just have a first name

   1:12:25from Tony. And they did not list their address.

   1:12:31Please read this into the record. There should not be any rezoning of properties in Seven Oaks or near our community. This rezoning will have a negative impact to our community in regards to traffic and our schools. This overcrowding can possibly cause our children's schools to be rezoned once again. Our town's infrastructure cannot keep up with your rezoning tendencies. Please keep our community the way it is. Can we please stop trying to fit 10 pounds of stuff into a

   1:13:01five-pound bag?

   1:13:05The next email is from Sharon Banyard. Her address is [address removed].

   1:13:19My name is Sharon Banyard and I live at [address removed]. I support the moratorium in the Wesley Chapel area. We moved here in 2016 and love the fact that there are many grassy fields and open spaces. Since two tausent sixteen. We have watched the many buildings, houses, and hospitals added to the landscape. At some point you have to stop and ask, when is it going getting overcrowded? by

   1:13:49building more apartment buildings not only adds more people, but many more cars. The roads have become three lanes on each side, and traffic is backed up at lights, with some waiting for three lights to get to m move to the next light. Did you know that in nineteen ninety seven? and later the road at the north end of Bruceby Downs was a dirt road. Now it is a three-lane highway heading east and three heading west. Please think before it is too late. Think before we overbuild

   1:14:20this beautiful beautiful area. Thank you. The next email is from Legrand Jones. The address is [address removed]. Dear Pasco County Commissioners, it is my understanding that the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners is currently seeking to establish a moratorium on the submission and acceptance of applications for multifamily dwelling units entitlements. during

   1:14:50the time of the hundred and eighty day temporary moratorium. the Planning and Development Department will, among other actions, research the following to determine the potential for oversaturation of multifamily dwelling units within the moratorium area. the current quantity of multifamily dwelling unit entitlements. the current acreage of land zoned for multifamily dwelling unit uses, including that acreage having the potential for multifamily dwelling units upon approval of a conditional

   1:15:20use. the potential number of multifamily dwelling units available through existing land use equivalent. equivalency matrices. Please be advised that I support the subject moratorium. I request that the fact that I support the moratorium be read into the record. I thank you. Kind regards. And that's LaGrand Jones, resident of Seven Oaks neighborhood in Pasco County.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   1:15:45Thank you, Ms Donnelly. I'm gonna um I have the last ten to read. Um this one is from uh Ileana. Laura, address [address removed]. Pasco County Commissioner's meeting, May 4th, 2021. Agenda item, public hearing, P45. Comment. Board members, please vote yes and approve the moratorium.

   1:16:15Next email is from Antonio Gonzalez. Um let's see his y address is Uh [address removed], Pasco County Commission meeting, May 4th, 2021. Agenda item public hearing P45. Comment board members please vote yes and approve the moratorium.

   1:16:39Next email is from Brandon Kelly.

   1:16:44I'm a res and I am emailing regarding ordinance P D twenty one dash zero three one six, which is put Which is to put a moratorium on multifamily housing units in the area as a resident of the area at [address removed]. I support the moratorium and would like it read into the record. As I have concerns about the following effects, the additional of the addition of more multifamily units could have on the immediate area. Traffic patterns on Bruce B. Downs, one of the areas proposed for multifamily.

   1:17:15Multifamily housing units are between Chauncey Road and State Road 54 on Bruceby Downs. There are no traffic lights between these two. This has led to it being a high-speed straight uh straight section of road. For several businesses and roads on the western side of this road, this means that if you want to head north, they have they have no choice but to right turn and go down to the traffic light at Chauncey Road to make a U turn in order to head north. By placing a large number of residents in this area, it will only exasperate the problem. Two, schools

   1:17:45at capacity. Our schools in the area are already at capacity and there are still community building build communities building new homes as it is. Multifamily units will overload the local schools. The school system cannot currently keep up with the rate of growth in the area and that it will just uh and that it will address growth growth from fam single family homes. Brandon Kelly.

   1:18:12Next email is from Rob Campbell.

   1:18:23Address is [address removed].

   1:18:30For the agenda item and ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners establishing a temporary moratorium 180 days. on the submission and acceptance of applications for conditional use, rezoning, and comprehensive plan amendments proposing to increase multifamily entitlements within the moratorium area, providing for authority, legislative findings of facts, definitions, moratorium area, temporary moratorium imposed, duration of temporary moratorium and severability. I support a moratorium on conditional use and rezoning. Let's plan

   1:19:00for the future of Pasco. That's ultimately the point of zoning. Right. Planning to present to prevent new development. from interfering with existing uses and to preserve the character of a community, it is worth the time and effort to pause and take a moratorium from rezoning. Pasco is worth it. In Wesley Chapel specifically. Our schools are overcrowded currently. Do we know the projected occupancy numbers for 2024 and beyond? Are we appropriately reconsidering the number every time we

   1:19:30rezone land to housing? The traffic is bottlenecked in major congestion points that have not appropriately improved to match the inflow of housing units. This is dangerous, frustrating, and increases insurance rates. The decreases This decreases the quality of life in Wesley Chapel. No one wants to sit in traffic. Commercial zone land is job creating land. Jobs are the backbone of Florida communities. And these jobs occur in commercially zoned land. Residential zone land is necessarily

   1:20:01is necessary also, and having a balance of these creates a strong, vibrant community. There must be a balance between the two, and the and that balance is skewed every time we rezone a property away from the commercial. to housing. Let's plan for the future of Pasco. Thank you for your time and sincere appreciate and we sincerely appreciate the time commissioners take to listen to us.

   1:20:23Next email is from Sandra Kinnem Kinneman.

   1:20:30Dear commissioners. I'm not sure. Address is [address removed] four. Dear Commissioners, please read uh please read this into the record. I, Sandra Kinneman, fully support a hundred and eighty-day temporary moratorium on activities that would increase multifamily units, MFUs, within the moratorium area. Such an action will allow the Planning and Development Department, PDD, the necessary time and ability to accurately research and calculate the current quality of

   1:21:00uh quantity of multifamily dwelling units and entitlements. the current acreage of land zone for multifamily dwelling units uses, including that acreage having the potential for multifamily dwelling units upon approval of conditional use and the potential number of multifamily dwelling units available through existing land use equivalency matrices within the moratorium area. I am not Again, I am not not against MFUs. However, it makes no sense not to continue to rezone commercial or similar

   1:21:31property to allow additional MFUs when there are already sufficient property zoned for this type of development. Oversaturating the area with these types of dwellings to a near urban density is not in the best interest for current or future residents. Doing so will make Wesley Chapel a less desirable area. Area for families and individuals due to overcrowded schools, insufficient infrastructure, and greater safety concerns. Thank you for your time and consideration.

   1:21:58Mm.

   1:22:00Next um email is from Michael and Amber Foss.

   1:22:06Address is [address removed]. Dear Pasco County Commissioners, it is my understanding that the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners is currently seeking to establish a moratorium on the submission. and acceptance of applications for multifamily dwelling units entitlements. During the time of the 180-day temporary moratorium, the Planning and Development Department will, among other actions, research the following to determine the potential for oversaturation of multifamily dwelling units within the moratorium area. The current

   1:22:37quantity of multifamily dwelling unit entitlements, the current acreage of land zone for multifamily dwelling units uses. including the acreage having the potential for multifamily dwelling units upon pro approval of a conditional use, the potential number of multifamily dwellings units available through existing land use equivalency matrices. We are writing to support Mike Moore's initiatives for a moratorium on multifamily housing to enable the Commissioner's time to better plan for the development of Pasco County's future. We live in a highly

   1:23:07congested area on State Road 56. Many apartments, rental properties, and townhomes exist in our area or already planned for development. Thank you to Mike Moore for understanding the problem in this area and thank you for asking for additional time to reevaluate the impact of multifamily housing in our area. This email is to be read into the record. Next email is from Mark McBride.

   1:23:32His address um is n was not provided. Please read into the record. Dear commissioners, I will be brief. I support the moratorium of apartments proposed by Commissioner Moore. Given the recent actions altering use, this is a res responsible decision, sincerely. Next email is from Alan Liu. Louis.

   1:23:54Address is [address removed]. To whom it may concern, please vote yes for the moratorium. Agenda item number 45. Board should stop making decisions that have a direct and long term impact on Pasco residents before enough data is gathered and analyzed to justify rezoning a property. The current a property is zoned the way it is for a reason and should be there a signific and there should be a significant need justification passed

   1:24:26by review to warrant the change coming before the board. Please read this into the record. Thank you. Paul Bates is the next email. Address is uh [address removed]. I'm a resident of Pasco County. Um can it be read into the record that I support a hundred and eighty-day moratorium to construct on construction of multifamily units? I'm amazed at the amount of development in the Wesley Chapel area and I'm concerned that adequate infrastructure

   1:24:57is in place to handle all the existing and proposed. Additionally, I am concerned that proposed road improvements at the I-75 and SR 54, along uh with proposed MFU construction. um could have a negative impact on the amount of traffic passing through the Seven Oaks community. Thank you. Next email is from Lauren O'Donnell.

   1:25:20Address is [address removed]. We are in favor of the moratorium for apartments. The traffic is becoming overwhelming and the infrastructure isn't supporting the growth. The schools where the growth is occurring are already at a capacity that are no longer opening for school choice option, and Cypress Creek will be added to that list as soon as the development surrounding the area that are currently underway are completed. I've included a photo of typical traffic along State Road 54

   1:25:50and I-75 and Bruceby Downs. Um, it takes m multiple light changes to get through the area and back roads or workarounds aren't options since there are few ways to get across I seventy five. It's I d as ideal as this location seems to be, the roads are turning into a real nightmare. This is without the apartment just approved to be built in the area. We urge you to move forward with the moratorium. Thank you. Um last email is from C. Jean Dana.

   1:26:25Please read this into the record. My name is C Jean Data and I Dana and I reside at [address removed]. I am writing to ask you to put a moratorium on the building of new apartments and multifamily dwellings. The current infrastructure needs to catch up before we can build more. Let everything already approved and in the pipeline finish and then revisit new applications. Last, the more you build and take away the greens uh the open green spaces and conservation land, the less people

   1:26:55want to move here. Want to move here too. People choose this area partially because of the spaciousness. Thank you for your time. Regards.

   1:27:06Mr. Chairman's all the emails I have on this item.

   Ron OakleyChair

   1:27:08Okay.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   1:27:09Thank you.

   Ron OakleyChair

   1:27:09Nothing else? All right, Mr. Moore.

   Mike Moore

   1:27:14Thank you, Mr Chairman M and thank you to the clerk's office. Wow. You're gonna need some lozenger. I know there was claps in the audience. You're gonna need some lozenges after after this. But you'll probably be happy when we start having people in in inside again, right? Excited. Which will be coming up soon. And thank you to thank you to the my fellow commissioners for um allowing this to be brought forward today. Um I feel today is a very important day. It's something that's been talked about for not only uh a number of weeks, a number of months, but

   1:27:44a number of years. Um we do need to analyze and look very closely at the impacts um multifamily can have. In that area, when it comes to economic development, when it comes to public safety, as the sheriff, and thank you to the sheriff for um writing a letter as well. Um Traffic, schools. You know, infrastructure, like I mentioned before, um, these all have to be considered can take into consideration. But this gives us the time to do it. So now we have an opportunity. To sit back Let

   1:28:15the team do their job. And really, really dig in and see what impact these are going to continue to have. Because we can't just think about today. We have to think about five years from now. We have to think about 10 years from now. We have to think about 20 years from now, the impact these continue and will have on the on our area. I don't need to be a dead horse. Again, talked about this for a number of years. With that, I'll make a motion for approval.

   Ron OakleyChair

   1:28:38Okay. Just roll call or not. It is? Okay. My roll call vote, I have motion and a second.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   1:28:47District two, Commissioner Moore. Aye. District three, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. Oakley. Aye. Mr. Five, Commissioner Oakley. Aye. Mr. One, sorry.

   Ron OakleyChair

   1:28:56Aye. Motion passes five zero.