A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Congratulating AdventHealth Center Ice On Their Fifth Anniversary And Commending Them For Their Contributions To The Pasco County Community

6:08Okay. At this time we will move on to the resolutions. And would you please read the first resolution?

6:16Yes, um RS1 is time certain for 10 30, so I'm going to go ahead and move forward with RS2, which is Advent Center ICE. If um those members could please rise and get to the podium as I read the resolution.

6:37Bring the whole

6:37team up.

6:41Yeah, bring them all. Good morning.

6:45Fernand, how you doing?

6:46Good to see

6:46you guys

6:47here.

6:48All right, I'll proceed. Resolution number 22-042, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, congratulating Advent Health Center ICE on their fifth anniversary and commending them for their contributions to the Pasco County community. Whereas Advent Health Center ICE, originally known as Florida Hospital Center ICE, opened on January 25th, 2017 as the largest ICE sports complex in the southeastern United States. And whereas over the last five years, Advent

7:18Health Center ICE has had a positive impact on Pasco County by attracting more than one million visitors a year.

7:25That

7:26changed.

7:28Back up a little. Advent Health Center ICE has had a positive impact on Pasco County by attracting more than 1 million visitors a year, with 30% from outside the Tampa Bay area, creating jobs and providing residents a great opportunity to participate in and learn more about Ice Sports. And RAS Advent Health Center ICE has partnered with Pasco County's destination management organization, Experience Florida's Sports Coast, to bring Athletes from all over the world and their families to stay in Pasco and generate

7:58economic development. Examples of events and teams at Advent Health Center ICE include the United States women's national hockey team training for the 2018 Winter Olympics, United States Premier Hockey League hub city, which generated over 17,000 room nights in Pasco County. T H O R Story Tours Hockey Roller Hockey Tournament Sunshine Cup International Hockey Tournament U.S. Figure Skating Nationals Four Nationals International

8:28Cup U.S. Hockey's Disabled Hockey Festival and National Hockey League Southeast Prospect Showcase. And Raz, Advent Health Center Ice is more than just an ice rink. It offers lessons in ice ring. Skating, figure skating, and hockey, and has hosted and supported numerous charitable causes throughout the area. And RAS January 25th, 2022 marks five years that Advent Health Center ICE has been opened to serve our community. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby congratulates Advent Health Center Heist

8:59on their fifth anniversary and commends them for their contributions to Pasco to the Pasco County community. Done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this eleventh day of January 2022.

9:09Move for approval.

9:10Second. Okay. All in favor?

9:12Aye.

9:13Aye. Commissioner Moore.

9:14Thank you, Chairman Starkey. Um well welcome. Great to see you guys here. I tell you what I was really excited about this morning. I mean, what you've brought to Pasco County. It is amazing. You know, and and Gordy Zimmerman and George Mitchell and the entire team. We decided to um choose Pasco County. I don't think anybody here really realized the impact it would actually have on the community. And we're proud to partner partner with you with our DMO, our destination management organization for the Sports Coast

9:45as well. And going back a few years, I can tell you one of the highlights of my career was actually be able to be at your rink and provide resolutions to all the women of the US women's hockey team that won a gold medal. soon after. What an amazing experience. And as well, you mentioned um you mentioned this, Nikki, a second ago. Uh during the resolution, the disabled hockey tournament too. When there's great things that happen all the time. That was another high highlight of my career as well to see those people from all over the nation get the opportunity

10:15to play and be competitive right here in Pasco County. So again, on behalf of Pasco County, we're thrilled to have you guys here. Five years. It's a short time. We look forward to coming back fifty years from now. And remembering all the great things you guys have done. Thank you. So thank you all very much. Thank you, Mike.

10:32Appreciate

10:33that.

10:33I want to say, you know, it takes a team. And being a hockey player as a youngster and growing up, um, you know, anytime you put a good team together, you win. And so with the county and everybody and our whole staff You know, everybody here I've gotten to be good friends with a lot of you and uh we really appreciate it. And uh like I said, to win you gotta be a team and pull everybody together. And uh we have our fifth anniversary party on the twenty-second. I know a lot of invites went out to all of you, so we're

11:03uh we're hoping to see you there. And um if you haven't received it we'll uh we've been sending 'em out a couple of times, so we'll get 'em out to you but You better

11:11watch out, you just mission that. People from over the world may be watching. You're gonna have a line outside your door when I didn't get my invitation either, right?

11:19We gotta be careful, make sure they don't bring in too much traffic.

11:25Well I

11:25wanna

11:25say I call this year of uh twenty two the year of the tournaments because we've added some bigger events that'll be coming in July and uh we're really excited about it. Our whole team's been working hard. to bring these events and and to bring more people to Pasco County. So we're excited to work with you.

11:43Madam Chair, I think Adam's Adam got why don't we He's behind. But I think he's online. I think if it's okay, I think he wanted to maybe say something. From the DMO from the easement.

11:54Adam, if you're online, would you like to say something?

11:58He was he was supposed to be online, he just texted me. He's I don't know if you guys can patch him in. Yeah, he was patching in. But on behalf of his team

12:09Uh-huh.

12:10They very much appreciate everything you guys are doing in the partnership for sure. Do we wanna um all walk down? I know we have a lot of remote.

12:16Yeah, Commissioner Mariano has some words and then

12:18If I if I could. Um you know, Gordie, George, your whole team. What a phenomenal product you put out there. Uh from when Cody, you reached out to me many years ago to sit down with Steve Shutt, who from the B and I'm from the Boston area. So Steve Shutt from Montreal Canadians was a nemesis for many years. But to sit down with you guys and and just have the passion about bringing hockey and what you when you asked me what I thought of it, I thought it was the greatest idea going because all the people from Northeast coming down here, they love hockey. They love to play. I grew up like you playing, uh obviously were much, much better. Uh

12:49but just to t to bring that sport down here uh has been phenomenal. What you've done, I think that whole fifty six corridor

13:00that rink was a big, big part of it. Uh Saddlebrook I know was loves you guys for all all the events you bring in 'cause those people want to stay in high quality places as well and You you guys. fill them up all the time. So what you've done economically has been phenomenal for the area. Um we greatly, greatly appreciate yours. Thank you.

13:18Mr. Fitzpatrick.

13:20I was able to bring my family there as well last week and I found it was pretty impressive because my we were able to meet professional international hockey players there that just happen to be out on the ice during the open skate. So thank you. Thank you.

13:38And I would say uh over the Thanksgiving holidays, my grandchildren uh I have two two grandsons who play competitive hockey. They're in Washington State. They're a military family, so they move around, but Uh They were so jealous of uh I mean, they were just so blown away by your by your facility. And um and I'm just so grateful for all you do for the community. I've been to numerous charitable events on your ice. And I'm just you're just a wonderful

14:08partner to have here in the county. And we're I can't believe it's been five years. That went, that went so fast. I'm sure it did for you too. So um and Commissioner

14:16Oakley. Yeah. Your presence in our community has been tremendous. There's it's just awesome that what you've done and the excitement you brought to hockey. And also Lightning doing what they do made you more and more popular in our area. And it actually uh I keep hearing that there's no room to add teams and people are wanting to be part of this sport. And so it's going to drive to where we have probably

14:46another rink somewhere in our area, but uh it's from what you've done. It's a you've done a great job. We we appreciate all of us appreciate being on your team. Thank you. Thank you guys.

14:58It was astonishing to find out they have three professional hockey size hockey rings and one professional or Olympic size. Hockey rink and a smaller hockey rink. So that was pretty impressive.

15:11Yeah.

15:11Let

15:12me

15:12check this out. If you haven't been there, you've got to go. Um one more comment. Hi. Um I'm just wanted to say my son is now a mite. I guess that's what it's called, right? Um he is eight and he learned how to skate through your program in May. And so now he's on your rec league. And I just wanna say from a parent, I'm so excited I don't have to deal with mosquitoes or sunburn. And it's a great indoor sport. I can't cool, but um he um he loves hockey. Thank you for bringing that into

15:42our lives. We now have a love for hockey that I had no idea that I had in me. Uh so thank you for bringing that to us and to our family. Thank you. Thank you. So uh we're gonna stand up here for the photo

15:53and Commissioner Moore is gonna stand down there. So let's uh move our chairs back and

16:09We're gonna get on YouTube.

16:12Gather in So Ryan's gonna take them first and then

16:18Yeah, we've got the one.

16:22And first.

16:31Thank you.

16:42Thank you.

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