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32:14And no one else then. Uh we'll close public comment. And we'll move on to resolutions. R S one.

32:22Okay. Let me make sure I have the right one in the right order. Stand by.

32:29Yes, I do. Okay, so is anyone here, um, any of the students receiving the first place award for um water awareness poster contest? Mm-hmm. If you're here, please come up and bring your families with.

32:51Just come stand up at the podium.

33:00Hello.

33:08Six. All right, okay.

33:16Maybe the students want to come up closer to the podium. I don't know. Maybe not. Maybe they're shy.

33:24There we go. Yeah. All right. I'm gonna go ahead and read I'm gonna go ahead and read the resolution. Okay. This is resolution number twenty-four-one four one, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing and commending Pasco County Elementary students receiving first place for their respective grade levels in the fifteenth annual water awareness poster contest. Whereas clean, safe, and sustainable water resources are

33:54vital to Pasco County's economy, environment, and its citizens. And whereas the steps we can take to protect and preserve our water through educational partnerships and positive actions are encouraged throughout Pasco County. And whereas the Water Awareness Poster Contest was developed jointly by Pasco County Utilities and the Florida Governmental Utility Authority, FGUA, with the guidance of the Pasco County School Board to champion

34:25water conservation education. And whereas students are given the opportunity, with the assistance of dedicated Pasco County school teachers, to explore STEAM, science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics-based teaching materials that expand their knowledge of water-related topics through artistic expression. And whereas this year, 1,229 posters were submitted, with

34:55more than 21,000 entries submitted from Pasco County Elementary Schools since the program's inception in 2010. and whereas winning posters were selected by a judging panel that included representatives from Pasco County Utilities, the FGUA, and community sponsors. and whereas the posters chosen displayed exceptional artistic merit, creativity, and clarity of message, and is representative of students at various

35:25levels of learning from kindergarten to fifth grade. Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said Board hereby thanks each participating student and teacher for their dedication in promoting water awareness through Pasco County. and congratulates first place recipients Alia Himesh, Camilla Rodriguez, Sienna Carney, Lucy Fernandez, Christian

35:56Montilla, and Ariana Emmett for their outstanding achievement. Dunn and resolved in regular session with a quorum present in voting this eighteenth day of june twenty twenty four.

36:10Approval.

36:11Second.

36:11Got a motion second. All those in favor say aye.

36:14Aye. Aye.

36:15Motion approved. Four zero. Welcome. We have a speaker out there for this group.

36:25darn, Phoenix McKinney, Pasco County Utilities Water Conservation Coordinator. I'd like to thank everyone here on the board for your continued support of this program. Over the last 15 years working with uh Florida Governmental Utilities Association. We've had the opportunity to work with a lot of really talented students sharing the information about the importance of water. Water conservation and we appreciate your ongoing support and we congratulate these talented students. They always amaze

36:55us with the really outstanding artwork that they present to us.

36:59Very good. Very good. Yes, sir. David Ishak with FGUA, the Florida Governmental Utility Authority. We just want to thank the BOCC for hosting us today and reading of the resolution. We also want to thank the 43 teachers that participated in the 17 schools that participated in Pasco County, and also the sponsors. Without their contribution, we wouldn't have gone 15 years strong. We're looking forward to the 16th year coming up in the year to come, and to our students, the ones The placed first, second, and third, and the first placed students that

37:29are here today coming to be recognized for their efforts. With 1,229 students that did participate, we have four students here to be recognized. And with the 21,000 posters have been submitted since 2009, it's been an incredible achievement. This is when we take art and science and couple them together. And they've developed learning and then visualizing and creating something really special. So we're looking forward to doing it again next year.

37:58D do do any of the kids want to say their names and what

38:01school

38:02they go to?

38:03And introduce yourselves?

38:06Mm-hmm. Hello, my name is Siona Carney.

38:09And what grade are you in?

38:11Second.

38:12Okay. Who's who wants to go next?

38:16Well my name is Lucille Fernandez and I'm in third game I'm I'm in third grade, sorry, my English.

38:22Do we have a first grade or kindergarten? Okay.

38:25My

38:25name is Commala.

38:28Camilla. Camilla? Okay.

38:32Hello, my name is Christian Muntia. I am Fourth Gray.

38:35Okay. And do we have the just screen? Nope. Fifth grade didn't show up. Okay. Um and you're David Allen. I am David Allen, utility instructor. So just really quickly. What grade are you in, David? I don't know yet. I'm still trying to figure that one out. Come on out of point A. You'd be all right.

38:52This fantastic partnership with with the sponsors and the community um with FGUA. Uh the one thing I just did want to mention is would invite not only the commissioners but everybody who's here in attendance today as you're walking out. The the first through third place posters um are out in the lobby, so please take a look at those. Um just fantastic artwork and I'm sure these parents are very proud of of the work that their their um kids are doing. So thank you.

39:19Uh I know you've learned a a lot about water since doing the pictures and the painting and we appreciate you learning all that. But I wanna bring to the point that we're not sure. You know when we have two day a week watering and the weather gets real dry? and outside you need to turn that water sprinkler off and go to one day. Do you know that we save in Pasco County? We save in in actually the Tampa Bay area. We save thirty million gallons from being used every day by going from two

39:50days a week water into one. Which is very It's amazing. And getting a rainfall of one and a half to two inches in our in our area with our three counties. We also can draw out of the rivers and the water bodies up to sixty million gallons a day to go back in the reservoir to have water for our Community. So we conservation is very good and I appreciate everything that you kids have done and to learn about

40:20just that. So thank you.

40:29Mr. Wateman.

40:30Thank you, Chair.

40:34Chairman don't isn't sixty five percent of the water used to water Plants fresh drinking water. Isn't that the rough statistic? Sixty five percent of water used to water the lawns. Fifty percent. of the water used to water your grass and flowers is good quality drinking water. that we use we need to survive. So water conservation is incredibly incredibly important and just very proud of you all for taking time to understand how precious of a resource our water is. And uh

41:04thank you to the parents out there for for cultivating interest uh in this subject matter and your kids because um it's a conversation that we'll have our entire lives. So congratulations to everybody who Who to uh participated and FUGWA and the team, good work and happy to support you guys next year.

41:23Ms. Starkey?

41:24Yes, I've always I've always enjoyed this contest and um congratulations to all of you um artists out there and the parents for getting your kids involved in this and I will for sure go go check it all out but we're we're happy to have you here. Congratulations.

41:39Well, congratulations guys. I was wondering if one of you could share with me um how on your poster, like how you can conserve water.

41:51Ms. Jagger, I think that's perfect because I think at least three, if not four, of the students here have prepared statements they'd like to make before. Oh good.

42:02Can can someone turn the mic down for a minute?

42:06There you go.

42:07There you go.

42:10The end bends. The very end of it bends. The end of the mic bends down. We have the microphone.

42:18Hello, my name is Sienna Kearney and I represent Shrader Elementary. I'm here to speak about pollution. Pollution is not good for the environment. It's not good for animals, the water, earth, and many other things. That is why it's so important to protect our environment. I think that if we work together, we can stop or reduce pollution to create a safer and cleaner world for ourselves and everyone in the future. Earth

42:48and nature needs our help. Thank you for your time. Have a wonderful day.

42:53That's amazing.

42:59Would anybody else like to share?

43:03No hoy. No, okay. Okay. Come on up.

43:09Good morning everybody. I am for I am Krishna Muntia for Gray Elementary School. Today I want to talk about my my drawing about taking care of the water. Order is very important because our life very drop counts, so with my drawing I want to rise Um Are we Our audiences. among people to take care of it and have a better life on the planet.

43:40Thank you for your time, this is my drawing. Great job.

43:50Well, if one of you has a copy of your poster, I would love to frame it in my office.

43:56Mm-hmm.

43:56So congratulations and great job guys.

44:00Okay.

44:01Is that everybody? We can make that happen for you, Commissioner. Thank you. Okay.

44:06Uh if you'd come forward we get pictures and

44:10I think you had one that maybe decided she wants to be able to do that. Did we miss somebody?

44:14Yes. Come on up. There you go.

44:18Um uh thank you. My name is Lucille Fernandez and I'm in third grade and I'm representing for the school Countryside Montessori. And even though I don't have a page to talk about anything, I it's just an honor to be here and about my art. I tried to create it to represent the water cycle and how we recycle water and keep this planet healthy. And if we can keep on doing this together, do the things, the fundamentals to help this world. I think there would

44:48be a less chance that there would be a apocalypse. Well said, well said.

45:00Does the board want to stay up here? There seems to be a lot of board we'll be able to find it. Y'all stay up behind the group. I'll go down for you at least.

45:10Make it

45:10happy. Yep, yep, yep.

45:19Little ones in front. Yeah, let's get all that in the middle of the place.

45:23Good, how are you? I know. know.

45:25I'll keep

45:28That's

45:28a picture attorney though, huh? I know. CEO? Commissioner Yeager.

45:43Yeah we have extras.

45:50No.

45:50You

45:50can't? It just says

45:55I'm gonna stand right right in behind here. here.

45:59Okay, everybody ready here, please? Looks like we got you all. Okay, thank you.

46:09Looks good. Thank you all. Great work. Congratulations, guys.

46:27Sharp.

46:37Oh

46:38weird. Hey.

46:41Yeah, see. Good job.

46:51Thank you.

47:08Mm-hmm.