PIFBA-24-0379

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1. 1Jul 9, 2024
   Board of County CommissionersP51Public hearingAdopted

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   Approved to adopt by a roll call vote.

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   Ron OakleyChair

   36:22here. Item 51. P51.

   36:30Yes, sir.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   36:31Sorry, let me go ahead and read publication. Item P fifty one was published in the Tambay Times on June twenty sixth, twenty twenty four.

   Justin Grant

   36:40Justin Durant, Director of Public Infrastructure, Fiscal and Business Administration. Okay. Um so I'll read full title. Item PIP uh 24-0379 is an ordinance providing for the termination of certain local road paving assessments, PVAS, providing for a waiver of section 94-18 of the Pasco County Code of Ordinances, providing for administrative relief, providing for a waiver and suspension of interest, providing for severability, providing for limitations on actions, and providing for an effective date. Yeah.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   37:09And we wished for you to approve the trim so that this item could be funded. Okay.

   Justin Grant

   37:18Yes sir.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   37:19Okay.

   Justin Grant

   37:20Alright. So jump right in here. Um so brief history lesson. We've been doing this here for the last couple board meetings. So I know we've all been enjoying uh our series of actions necessary to take this here for the next tax year. So back on June 18th, the BCC did adopt uh the Road Rehabilitation Services, MSTU. Uh taxing uh this is ordinance number 24-31. This replaced previous ordinances 22-65. And 23-35, you can see the different things that it expanded, and so that has been adopted. One of the key things that

   37:50this board asked staff to go back and do was to uh to return with the plan to retire the P BASP program and determine the costs and the implications. We worked together with the County Attorney's Office to understand that we needed to come back and pass an ordinance to provide this board the legal authority and the structure necessary to take those actions. That's what we're presenting to you today. All right, so what does this do? This terminates the principal and interest to be assessed that has not currently been assessed to residents for PVES that is outstanding. So past due balances and associated liens

   38:21should remain on the property, that's for delinquent ones. And it does suspend the interest accrual as of the effective date of this interest. And so we'll note here that last bullet there that delinquent assessments will still remain in effect, but they won't continue to accrue interest. which is uh you know one of the biggest things that happens with the the accrue interest in large balances. All right, furthermore, this ordinance delegates the authority of the county administrator as designee to waive delinquent interest and delinquent assessment if they choose to pay those balances in full. This also authorizes

   38:51administrative relief for persons or entities that prepaid a principal amount greater than what was due on the amortization schedule for the project. And then it also authorizes the county administrator designee to perform all the necessary actions that we have to take. There's a myriad of them to go ahead and implement this. A couple examples there are cessation of billing our projects. We have to release liens, but to remove encumbrances in the public records. So there's a number of things that we have to do to clean up those records to execute this with those. Alright, so I know one of the biggest questions that happens with a measure this large

   39:21is what are the cost implications? So we've got a table here that we've aimed to try and summarize that here. And I think you've all seen a lot of these numbers here before, uh, but you can see there wave and current principle that's about $8.1 million, right? Associate interest is about $400,000. That's on 131 projects that are outstanding. There's some costs here to reimburse some projects that were done through the C D BG grant block front fund. We have to do that for the regulations in the C D B G program. We also have to waive the bill. We're also waiving the billing of completed projects. There's 16

   39:51of those, and you'll hear at the very end of this presentation there are two items that are on the agenda. I believe it's P60 and P61. That staff will ask for the withdrawal of. those items at the completion if this item is approved by this board, those would be the billing of the east side and the west side projects that are completed. That historically every year we come and we put those projects on the roll. Those have not yet been approved from residents. And so then you've got three projects that uh didn't yet get uh NTPs going out the door, and so those will shift and enter the prioritization

   40:22matrix that we've outlined to this board for the MSTU. And then finally there's up to almost six million dollars worth of costs that are associated with the administrative belief uh outlined in the sort of things. So, final recommendation, this is a public hearing, so we'll accept public comment and propose the adoption of URLs.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   40:53Okay. So is there any we have anyone sign up to speak to this item?

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   40:58I have no one signed up for this item. I have no one on WebEx for this item.

   Ron OakleyChair

   41:02Okay. Does anyone that in the audience wish to speak to this item? CM01? Mr. Chairman

   Jack Mariano

   41:09Mariano. I like to say I appreciate the property appraiser tax collector working with us to look into this close. Our county attorney, Jeff, he

   41:18did

   41:18a great job helping us find the way to get to where we're trying to get to. I know for years boards well before us struggled with how to get the roads done. Uh for years I voted on the road and bridge tax, which always funded zero. was there, uh, but it was there. I think the action that uh this board is tak is looks at taking right now is something that's gonna be for the long term benefit for Premier County, it's the right move. I'm

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   41:44not sure. Um and I'll second that and dis and under discussion. Um I wanna be sure that um We have the information out there. Um I'm kinda surprised we didn't have an information page already. Um people are still asking questions and we're still we're getting emails 'cause they don't understand it. So let's be sure that we have some kind of fact sheet on this that's front and center uh especially when the the bill hits everybody uh

   42:14that they can go to and Maybe we could talk to um the tax collector about having an information page in the bill tax bill when it goes out, but

   42:26to give a little explanation of what's going on and why we're doing it. And remember we are one of the only counties in the United States that does Let's been doing it the way we do it. Um it's a really bad program. It pits neighbor against neighbor and fifty percent of the time it fails even though the roads need Desperate health. It it's cheaper in the long run because we'll be able to keep these roads in better shape for a longer time. So it's it's really uh A a win win for everybody. Uh it'll it'll be a change. It'll be a

   42:56difference for everyone. Um We don't collect tax money for road paving as someone mentioned about Was it the gas tax? The gas tax potholes and tree tree limb removal and things like that. It's not paving of local um neighborhood roads so uh Thank you for all your hard work. I'm very glad we're at this point today. Thank you, Commissioner.

   Ron OakleyChair

   43:20It took a lot of hard work for the staff. We certainly are appreciate everything the staff's done to bring us to this point. It's the best thing I think for the for our citizens here in Pasco County. We have done a lot of work to y'all have and to bring us and move us out of the history of the PVAS system, which we were one of the only counties in the state that actually did it that way. And a lot of roads were held up on being improved because of the fact citizens were voting against each other because some didn't want to pay and others

   43:51wanted the road done. This way everybody is paying in when somebody pays tells you in the future they're paying taxes for paving the road, they are telling you the truth. In the past they have not, but this is the best way to go for our citizens and our roads will get better and better as we move forward. So thank you for that. So I have a motion and a second. All those in favor? Roll call vote.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   44:15District 2, Commissioner Weightman. Aye. District 3, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. District 4, Commissioner Yeager. Aye. District 5, Commissioner Mariano.

   Jack Mariano

   44:23Just want to say Justin, you and your team, phenomenal job. Thanks for listening and getting it done. Mike, great job. Aye.

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   44:30District One, Chairman Oakley.

   Ron OakleyChair

   44:31Aye. Motion pass 50. Okay, thank you.

   Justin Grant

   44:35So before I depart, I do want to uh read into record here. Uh we do have the two items that uh now that the board has chosen to approve this item. So items P sixty on your agenda, which is P W twenty four-zero zero five eight, as well as P sixty-one, which is P W twenty four-zero zero five nine. Staff's recommendation is to withdraw those items and not place them on the tax bill as a result of the actions here. Uh and Commissioner Starkey to respond to your request, we are already working with uh media and communications

   45:05and we do plan on getting the release out this week to communicate with that. We've also articulated with the property appraiser and the tax collector. Uh I know one of the good concerns was receiving lots of calls on this and uh and trying to make sure that they have the information they need and then they can direct any and all inquiries to our office over in public infrastructure. So we'll make sure our phone number and our contact information is out there. So Yeah

   Kathryn StarkeyVice Chair

   45:26you might need temporary help.

   Justin Grant

   45:28Uh yes, so uh so everyone listening and and everything like that, please uh if you have P BAS direct questions, right? The best folks to help you is our team in public infrastructure. Thank you, Commissioner, uh for the congratulations for them. They've done an amazing job. Property appraiser and tax collectors certainly do feel those as they normally do, uh, but we're the best ones. They're gonna be referring those over to us. So please give us a call first. Thank you very much guys.

   Ron OakleyChair

   45:52Do I need to uh take a motion for for these two items or no

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   45:57they're they're just staff has requested that they be withdrawn from the agenda so the board won't take action on them and so they won't go on the tax bill.