Public comment on flooding development and community concerns
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Mm. Now is the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any current or future agenda item coming before the board and on other businesses under the board's purview. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First we will take public comment from those who are here in person. Then we will take public comment from those who are pre-registered for a WebEx Link and currently on queue. We request that when you address the board, comments are not directed personally against a commission or team member, but rather directed at the issues. This provides mutual respect between the board members
and the public. public. After stating your name and address for the clerk, a three minute timer will be activated. After two minutes, a single beep will indicate you have one minute left. When your time is up, two beeps will sound and you should close your comments. WebEx participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. Mr. Clerk, do we have anyone signed up for public comment?
Yes, we have several and I appreciate those who have printed clearly. So please, uh some of these are a little hard to read. Uh Kimberly Barnes.
Hello. I'm Kimberly Barnes. My address is [address removed].
In the morning early morning of October tenth, two thousand twenty four, when Hurricane Milton hit We went outside to assess what damages had been done, only to find our whole house surrounded in water, as far as the eye could see. The water extended down our road to other roads to our neighbors. The only way we were able to leave our home that morning was with a canoe that we were lucky that we had. Aside from rescuing ourselves and our children, we had to rescue our neighbors as well. All of our vehicles were either trapped
or underwater. Days after the storm, we had in some areas at least ten feet of water sitting in our yard. I understand Hurricane Milton was a hundred-year storm. We had never had rainfall like this. My issue is our problems actually began long before Milton, when the city of Dade City annexed a property right in front of us and decided to allow 302 homes to be built. This development, called Heritage Hills, was controversial because it was what they referred to as a basin of special concern. Yes, we are in a low-lying
area. We do not get we do get tired of hearing that. But this development also used to be in a low-lying area. They put a retention pond directly in front of us, which messes with the water table in our yard, so it's already saturated. Aside from the retention ponds, they put a pop-off drain right outside the fence line that drains straight down the road, which is on a county easement. We actually experienced major flooding from this pop-off drain in 2022, long before hurricane almost flooded and it almost flooded the neighbor's
house. Mr. Oakley actually um came out to our property that day to try to help us. Um he did push the city um to to do some stuff and to um To um
Yeah. Although we're not going to be able to No one seems eager to help because we reside in the county. The city doesn't really want to do much for us, even though the development is in city limits. Multiple calls have been made to Swift MUD in the city since 2022. Now that a major hurricane hit, I have no answer still. Our house sustained flood damage and we are unable to get contractors back to our property and any work done because our road is still unaccessible. We are still out of our home. We are actually living in a different home than our children right now, which is extremely
upsetting to me because No one should have to do this. But no one's claiming responsibility for this pop-off drain, which I believe entrapped my family and my neighbors during this hurricane, in which we were not able to get out safely. The drain still sits over the fence line of this development with dead trees and and it's unmaintained. I am still waiting for answers after two years of who is responsible for this and why it's allowed to be placed there. My husband has lived on this property his whole life. His grandparents lived on this specific piece of property.
It is sad because we've been treated throughout the years and disregarded because our vocal concerns about the flooding, even before this storm, even before this development was even thought of. All of this continued development flows into this basin.
Am I done?
Okay. Thank you. Is Bradford here?
Brand for public questions, please. Talk with the lady. Ma'am? Brantford's gonna Brantford's coming up he's gonna he'll talk with you about the flooding. I know we we have teams out in Dade City right now this today looking at this have been, but want to take your specific ins situation to take a look at.
Next person. Patrick
Knight.
Good morning. My name is Patrick Knight. I live at [address removed]. Thank you for allowing me to speak on this issue. Uh my first comment is uh I actually built a new home in Hickory Hills. Uh it was my retirement dream home. And uh It was s you know 60,
70 feet above sea level. I I didn't want it to live anywhere around water. And uh the field behind me was High and dry, you know, uh all around me it was high and dry. Um But uh This dream home has turned out to to be actually the opposite. And uh I'm presenting to you some questions. My first question is uh Since
we're still having a lot of flooding, uh the flooding actually came to the edge of my foundation and uh There was uh some r resolution with the um
uh tr the tanker trucks coming in and uh that really helped a lot. It helped help recede the water. But uh that that that was stopped abruptly and there was there's still water in my yard. and erosion on the back of my property. But uh What I'd like to know is what measure is the county now doing to purge floodwaters from Hickory Hills? Apparently. Some
steps were taken uh a few weeks ago, but then It's it stopped, you know. And uh I called the county and they said uh FEMA was out of money. That's that's what I was told. Or our FEMA stopped. And I don't think that that was a that's what I understand not a FEMA issue. And I'd also like to know what measures is the county taking to prevent this from happening
again. I mean uh uh do you Pumps, culverts. Uh a stormwater system is really needed in Hickory Hills. And I'd also like to know uh What steps are being taken to ensure Morningside Drive construction and new development at Tower Woods will not affect future flooding? With all this enhanced elevations, it's only going to exacerbate the
problem.
And my last comment is uh Why did this happen? Water drained. From the Lake Javita area. Four days after the hurricane, there was no water behind us, and all of a sudden. flooding occurred. So apparently this water was coming from somewhere else. And I I was Uh someone from the county on YouTube said that uh it was actually draining from the Lake Javita area. So
I'd appreciate any comment on that. Thank
you for your time. So sir, we don't comment in public comment, but we I will tell you the team is out there looking at it today. We're looking for a long term solution. If you would go out the gentleman just went out there, Brantford and Jason. Uh talk with them please. Thank you. Next person. Maureen. Gontarik. Maureen had asked me an extra five minutes. She's an HOA president from Beacon Point, uh Beacon Park, so uh, Let's see.
They have the uh PowerPoint
up. You don't have
additional time for group. You can the board can grant it, but in public comment there's no additional time. So I'd like to give if it's okay with the board, give her five minutes. She wants to speak for the whole association.
Okay. That's the Lisa Yeah. Just the second one.
Okay.
Okay. This is what I'm gonna be talking about today. My name is Maureen Gantark. I live at [address removed]. I'm currently the HOA president of the Estates and Reserves of Beacon Woods. I'm here today representing our community to share the frustrations of our community as it pertains to the construction of Beacon Park. You'll notice that up there in the corner. My objectives here today a brief history of our community. Update the Board of Commissioners regarding the disruption and negative impacts. and the
construction phase of Beacon Park. causing our community. Sharing the annoyances that we have witnessed and the various disregards by the developer, the employees, and their various contractors engaged in this construction. And lastly, understand the county's approach to resolving these issues. Brief history. We're found off of Hudson and Little Road. The estates and reserves, and we're an established development of 35 years young with 480 homes paying property tax to Pasco County.
Until a few years ago, we were a golf course community. We know are no longer Matt Loman closed the Lynx golf course. Beacon Park is a development behind our houses on the north-northwest side of the estates of reserve. This development has passed a mirrored reviews needed to proceed with such development, eventually eventually being approved by this very same Board of Commissioners. Today I'm here to discuss how the lack of taxpayers are being negatively how the taxpayers are being negatively
affected by the Pasco County's lack of success enforcing the approved plans set by these Board of Commissioners. The permitted plans approved directed all construction routes to go from Beacon Point development off Aquaclara. and not the estates and reserves on Tennyson and Poe. If you'll note right here, Aquaclum, that little yellow strip is 0.11 miles to the Beacon Park. The blue and the purple going in are just under a mile. for the construction route that they're taking
now. And they're not supposed to be taking that. Currently, the developer is using Tennyson and Poe as the entrance to circumvent the county planning and development plan that was agreed upon construction route. The developer is using hauling trucks, vehicles, dump trucks, 18-wheelers with diesel, sod, dirt, and sand throughout our community. I'm also going to be submitting this presentation. I have emailed it to Gina. And you'll see our roots here.
Aqua Clara was the agreed upon access point for the developers. Despite our efforts early summer of 2024, contacting county officials, commissioners, Sheriff's Department, and Pasco Code Enforcement amongst many emails, we have not seen any produced tangible results. Confusion by the county. The county officials and the developer initially claimed that they had the right to go through the estates and reserves. It wasn't until December 23,
2024, that David Ingall, County employee, produced the agreed-upon construction route. And I quote: the 2022 mass grading permit conditions and the only haul route for this project. is Aquaclara Drive. Accordingly, David Ingall sent out the notice to the builder to cease and desist all traffic on this on our entrance. Well, during the holidays, our community experienced a significant disruption, over 180 dump trucks entering
and exiting, carrying loads of dirt, sand, Diesel and causing road messes. The construction vehicles are still using our neighborhood today. Our residents remain concerned. We have property damage to at least three properties that I know of. The maintenance on our roads, no videos have been taken by the county or the developer for our roads, but they were taken for Aquaclara. The developer will not return phone calls to our residents that have damage. We've called for noise ordinance and we
have loud machines running day and night. And oh by the way, the screeching alarms at 5.30 are even on Sundays. That's also a code violation. We've had hazardous conditions. We've had persistent speeding contractor vehicles hitting, hitting, almost hitting a resident with his dog, and the contractors parking on our streets, making it difficult for our our residents to maneuver around. Significant dropping of sand and dirt still continues, and now there's mud. Environmental conditions, we've got diesel leaks
all over our roads, and in the packet you will see the diesel marks on our roads. What was the county's response? It's been minimal. The county has responded to a limited lip service and emails, setting plastic barricades, street sweepers last week for the mud, and conducting one week of traffic evaluations. None of these actions have changed the behavior of the developer, the employees, or the various contractors they're using. Our homeowners are expected to follow the laws. We're
held accountable to the various code enforcements. So should that developer be held for those same? The county agencies have not held this developer accountable, nor have they enforced these plans agreed upon by you. So I leave you with this. Is it unreasonable to ask? When will the developer be held accountable for this agreed upon permit? And how will our homeowners know these expectations for the county codes for these laws to be implemented for this developer? And why are there not concrete barriers stopping the developer today?
I appreciate your um Uh your time. For listening to us.
Thank you, Maureen. I've got David Allen in the back, David Engels here as well. Uh they're ready to go meet with you and your board members downstairs to talk it further further. And uh I will I'll just say to the board, this developer is the worst one I've ever dealt with. They have been rude, they've been just ignored everything and trying to take advantage of where they could use a local road they say to get into it instead of using the construction road that was given to them in a very in a very positive way compared to what they was supposed to go on buffalo drive initial. So it's been very very tough on the residents.
If there's any more of my residents from my community, I saw one or two come in, come with us. Thank you. Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Doreen and Victor Loomis?
Good morning. Well how y'all doing this morning? Okay. I'm not doing too good. Uh my name is Victor Lemus. I live at [address removed], and I'm here to address the continued flooding on the access road to my house. We have no entrance, no exit. Uh Commissioner Marina was gracious enough to come out and inspect and view. And Uh we address the problems. And I just
want to reaffirm That this is a safety hazard. We have been locked out of our property. For four months. There's no access for emergency medical, emergency fire. If there's a fire, if there is a heart, if I die. You're carrying me out in a body bag. We have to get this water off the road. Your constituents need to have access to the property. You know, this is the United
States of America. O most wealthiest, richest country in the world. And we're living like we're in a third world country. I don't think that's acceptable. I hope you all don't think that's acceptable. All my neighbors on Moor Road, and Hickory Hills are fighting the same battle. And we need a short-term resolution immediately. In a long term resolution. in the future. And I don't think that's asking too much. You know, I'm at the point
now where The train is leaving the station here at Pasco County. And it's heading up seventy five. And it's not gonna stop until it gets to the governor's desk. So I'm asking you. be part of the solution. Not part of the problem. Thank you. Thank you.
Tim, I I'm gonna say Eldon of [address removed].
Who's after that? Scott Walksmith Smooth. Yeah. Okay, Mr. Uh Jim.
Or Tom. Tom Frain. Tom. Tom Frain. Here representing Betmar Acres Club Incorporated. And we are a 1673 unit mobile home park in Sephiroth Hills, Florida. Okay.
Pass out a handout. Uh motion? Absolutely moved. Second.
All in favor say aye.
Aye. Any opposed?
I think I think you have seven. Right?
Okay. Um
We came here to make an appeal to this board. Okay. Um We would like this board to address our issue. Our issue is: we believe that Mike Wells, the Pasco County property appraiser. is charging us non-ad valorum special assessments. In violation of Florida Statute 193. Okay, the packet has numerous handouts. I've been fighting this since January
of 2024. Okay, and one of the handouts, uh then.
Attorney General Charlie Chris back in 2024 said that the Florida legislature had the correct idea in not charging. common area properties of a subdevelopment. for non-ad volum taxes. And the reason they didn't do that is so they could not be sold at a tax auction. We have been paying this for years. Okay, nobody. Anybody I've talked to hasn't helped us with this issue. Okay, the property
appraisers Office says this statute Florida 193 doesn't pertain to them. Okay. Um Jordan Wolfgram, one of your attorneys, stated to me that statute 193 doesn't apply, and she quoted me a case on the City of Gainesville versus the state and the Department of Transportation. That case does nothing more than to support our case. That these taxes are charged to us in air, because that case
ruled. That The city of Gainesville could charge these utility fees. And we're not arguing the fact that these fees have to be paid in Pasco County. We understand that. All we're saying is that they should be spread over all our development. And that Gainesville case said that the state. If we're they were charged the utility fee as a utility fee, they would have to pay it. But if they're charged it on the as a non-advalorum special assessment, they were exempt from paying it. And
that's the same contention that we're making. We our request is to be placed on the March agenda so that we can discuss this further and to have an opinion. that then and then that we'll have an opinion from you guys. Okay, as the reference in this matter. We do not want to go to litigation.
To be clear. We understand that the county has to have a certain amount of money in order to run. What we're saying is the wrong parties are being charged. Name and address. A lot owners need to be charged instead of the corporation as another name. Scott Walksmith, [address removed]. Thank you.
Yes, uh it it clearly states in the statute It says the value of each parcel of land that is or been part of a platted subdivision that is designed on the plat or approved plat as a common element for the exclusive benefit of the lot owner shall, regardless of ownership, be prorated by the property appraiser and included In the assessment of the lots of the easement. Within the subdivision, which constitute inventory for the developer or are intended to be conveyed. In this case, they have been conveyed. into private ownership
for the exclusive benefit of the lot owners within the subdivision. That's a lot written by lawyers for lawyers to interpret. But our interpretation of this law is the county's entitled to its money. They're just charging the wrong parties.
Okay.
And we would like that straightened out.
All right. We'll get with our county attorney office to review it. I mean, obviously I've I've never seen this document before and just hearing this for the first time, so it's going to take some time to look at it, but we'll have them reach our county attorney reach out to you. and set a meeting up to to review it.
Thank
you very much.
Eric Clayton.
Name's Eric Clayton. Live at [address removed]. And I'm here to speak on the the flooding in the Hickory Hills area. I wasn't supposed to have to deal with this um My house was flooded in two thousand four. My dad fought this fight. Uh he's since passed, so now I'm fighting this fight. Um We were told then that it was a hundred year flood and that it would never happen again. And then this melting comes through and dumps an
outrageous amount of water on uh the community. And now it's a 200-year flood. Um Mr. Oakley and Mr. Marino both have been out to my property to see. Where this water lays at and where it's supposed to be moving. And I think you both know at the moment that the water isn't moving. This all backs up to Mr. Loomis's property and all the other people in Hickory Hills. And if we could fix the elevations This water would move. Through
out to 301, under 301, and all the way to the Withoutche River where it's supposed to. I realize it's not as simple as how I'm saying it and there's a lot of things that go into getting this done. I'm also aware that to grow a community you have to build. Well when you build You take away the earth and you put in concrete. And the concrete can't absorb like the earth can. I'm not opposed to growth. What I'm opposed
to is that we need to fix the things that we can fix before we do this growth. It's inevitable. That's how communities in You know, grow. I get that. I would just like you guys to remember us, you know. In 2004, it was um Commissioner Schrader, you know, we're gonna get this fixed. I've spent many a day with Mr. Oakley, who's been gracious enough to hear me out over the past five to ten years. Uh and you know, we're gonna get this
fixed. I would just like to see a little follow-through, you know, in the near future. Um just a lot of people being affected by this. And I again I I know it's uh A bigger task than I am making it out to be, but just a little push to get things done before we build. more would go a long way. I appreciate you guys letting me speak today. Thank you.
Uh Robert Tucker.
Morning, Robert Tucker, [address removed]. Uh I just want to reiterate what Mr. Clayton just said, other than the fact that I've been in the neighborhood for 32 years. In nineteen ninety eight we had a flood. The water rose. to a level that was reasonable, I would say. No one really lost their homes at that time to my knowledge. The water flowed out under the railroad bed that all of you are familiar with.
Between ninety eight and two thousand four, the property owners on the east side of that railroad bed. went through, reconfigured the drainage outlet ditch. actually added soil backfilled. And so in two thousand four when we flooded The water had nowhere to go. It could try to go, but it couldn't because it was being impeded. by the one culvert. Excuse me. The one covered and the elevation changes on the east side of that railroad
bed. So at that time the county came in, they placed pumps graciously, and they pumped 24-7 until they got the water down to where it needed to be. After that, the county came in and added another culvert. And at that time we were told this would never happen again. Well here we are. And the reason the co the culverts are there, but the water's sitting in the culverts because it cannot flow because of the elevation changes. on the other side of the railroad bed and no one seems to want to address that. So that's
the right-of-way. My question is why? And thank you for your time.
Janna Steffi.
Hi, Janine Duffy, [address removed]. So I'm I everybody is in such a mood today, which I understand, but these are exciting times ahead. We um we have a new president who is for the people, um, fighting for American values and putting citizens first. Um and since you probably call yourselves Trump supporters, um I know it is safe to assume that you will follow his lead, correct? The residents of Pasco County are looking forward to seeing the great things you're all
going to do to support President Trump's vision. Lower our taxes, audit the budget, dismantle mosquito control, protect our land and water, stop rezoning, a five-year moratorium on all residential development to catch up on severely lacking infrastructure, help those flooded by our overdevelopment. development, adequate services for mental health and addiction, last but not least, a full AI audit on every department in our county. Let's start there.
Thank you for making these a priority and moving in Presidents Trump's speed. We are looking forward to the changes. We are in a new year. And I think it's time for everybody to flip the switch. Act like Republicans, do as people ask. Things are happening at the top, they're gonna come down. Let's meet in the middle. I'm trusting that you're all gonna from now on. Make better decis decisions for your residents that live here. We've been crying out for years. Thank you.
Donna DeLeo.
Which
we'll call back
to it. Come back to it. Okay. Uh Lisa Moretti.
Morning, Lisa Moretti, [address removed]. Sorry about my voice. I'd like to draw your attention to the recent Planning Commission meeting because Unfortunately. It turned into something of a circus. It was a quasi-judicial hearing on the Evans 80 project. And the disrespect shown to our commissioners and our county staff. by the applicant.
simply remarkable. Um At the end of the meeting, I approach the applicant to say, please come back to the table for a community meeting and sit down with us so we can find a solution that will work for everybody. At which point he began screaming at me. And trying to bully me, which I don't take well. I don't believe in bullying you, I don't believe in bullying our staff, and I certainly don't believe in bullying me. And so I stood up for myself. Downstairs I was in the hallway, just standing by the
bathroom. And he again came up to me and got in my face and bullied me again. That's unacceptable in our county. During a quasi-judicial hearing, also, people that are affected parties should have the right to respond to things that are said. That wasn't allowed. And we run a meeting in a very prescribed manner. And so when the applicant is constantly jumping up to the podium when not being asked to come. is not acceptable. I felt so badly for Mr.
Goldstein because the applicant talked over him and was rude to him, was rude to Mr. Engel. It was absolutely deplorable behavior, and I think it's unacceptable in our county. So I'd like to remind you all that we're stakeholders too, that we care deeply about where we live and we care deeply about what you do and how we all can work together. So I'm hoping that you will ask that applicant. representative. I get it. He's supposed to represent his client and he does it in the best way he thinks possible.
But bullying you, bullying this community, that's not the way to do it. On another note, I'd also like to add to the growing bodies speaking about flooding issues. The folks over in King Lake and part of the connected cities still have issues there too. So I hope that you'll also consider them in when you address what kind of things are going on in the county. Thank you so much.
Donna Donna DeLeo.
Yep. Maybe.
I would like to speak about the flooding. Oh, I'm sorry. Name
and address support the right-of-way.
Okay, my name is Donna DeLeo, Stanford Family Property, and my address is [address removed]. Okay. I just would like to speak about the flooding that we were we're having over off of uh Aaron Cutoff. And it it was definitely, we had the storm. And by that this point it should have subsided, but it did not. And come to find out, Aaron had these big
pumps, pumping property, pumping to my lake, okay, their water, because they didn't care about us. They only cared about themselves. Now Mr. Weightman, I understood that you stopped the pumps the first time. But Lenar did not listen to you. You did not keep a watch on it. I guess somehow the watch didn't keep on it. Well, they started pumping again, and they pumped a lot. My son rode out in his kayak. It
was up to his knees one day. The next day, once y'all shut the pumps off again, you went out there and made them take them out. Okay? They're down to my son's ankles. What is that telling you? The water's starting to subside now. The county allowed Lenar Holmes. I'm sorry, I was out speaking to somebody. The county allowed Lenar Holmes to pump the water into my lake, okay? And uh It's
going like they have the property tilted there, which we're still going to have problems because of the way the engineers allowed Lenar Homes to build there. I mean so You're going to have problems on air and cutoff every time something happens, you know, an event. But most of the times I've lived out there, that area, my family has, for a long time, since 1975, okay? So I've never seen this. I realize a hurricane came through.
But there was other hurricanes and storms and stuff. Okay. I was 71 years old. And I've seen other things. So I just want you to know kind of under your stup. Stewardship. Y'all kind of felled us because y'all didn't keep making sure that the pumps were not pumping. Because one and there was no filters on these pumps. And now there's a bacteria in my leg. So There is pollution. Which I'm not happy with it.
So I want to thank you for shutting them off the first time. But the fact that someone did not keep check on it. Because the water probably would have been down more. That my son found it about three weeks ago. I'm sure you've probably I've tried to talk to you this, but you've seen the film that Kyla took. And I mean that's proof. Of that Lenar caused it. And by this point, it you would have never had to have trucks out there pumping on air and cutoff.
Never. It's never happened like that. And that's My opinion. Okay. Very nice to let me speak. Thank you.
Thank you. Mr. Chairman Mind up in advance or none online. Is there any anyone
else here from the public that would like to speak?
Well I'll hang out.
Sorry, come right up, sir.
go.
And if anyone else would like to speak, please line up behind this gentleman. Others we'll end public comment going to the queue after this.
First of all, I'd like my name is Jack 2 and Brenda 2 at [address removed]. And uh you guys have a heck of a job. I wouldn't want it. I want to thank you for your service first and foremost. Uh I'm not here to complain about something Uh I wanna bring something to your you're aware of it. You guys know the homeless situation in the county. Oh we have a not-for-profit that we started. Uh we want to comply. Well zoning and coding. So we would like to
get direction from Uh our commissioner in District One. And uh See if they can help us find property. that would be suitable for me to build a shelter. Uh, and maybe even help with the property. Um, nobody wants a homeless children in their backyard. And uh but you know they still they need love and they need a place to stay. So basically, I'm just I'm in the season of my life where I want to get back. And
I need your guidance. So I love some of our credentials. Uh if I give 'em to them or either give them to Commissioner Oakley, whichever you prefer. Move approval. Second. Can I take a motion? Aye. Aye. Aye. Yeah, I'll take them. Thank
you.
Yes, sir.
Appreciate your time.
Uh so we're gonna end public comment in here. Is there anyone else on online? Somebody standing over there. Oh I'm sorry.
Hello, thank you for allowing me to talk. My name is Paula Chacon. I live at [address removed]. And um My property is sitting in a 10.4 acre. As this water it's been flooded It my road is unaccessible for the past four months. The only thing I have available at my house is maybe a less than an acre. That's where my house is sitting. We've
been struggling to go through a backdoor's house, through a neighbor, to another neighbor to get to my house. Um, we had to put our way our dogs had to be gone for our property because it was not safe for them. Now at this point, the water has to smell. There's so many mosquitoes. My husband has to go get propane on his own and water for us to cook and to drink. And it's not safe. I have health issues, and in case I would have to get an emergency call.
there's no way the fire department or the ambulance will be able to go in there. And I really like ask for you guys to help us because it's been four months that we have no access through our road. We have no access to the waste management. We have to be carrying out the garbage somewhere else. And I really ask you guys to help us with all this. Thank you. Thank you for your time and listening to us.
Mr Chairman, uh the group that was outside has moved downstairs that speaking to this, you might want to go down and join.
Oh you want a club
downstairs? 'Cause it was too loud. Okay. I'm gonna get microclocked.
All right, so that'll close public comment inside here. Is there anyone else online? No sir. I'll just make a quick statement just to let everyone know that uh our team is actually working very actively. Commissioner Oakley, he's helped me on my side, I'm helping him on his side. Uh we're all working together to try to solve these issues, not only for the short term, which is critical, because we don't want to see an exacerbation of the problem that we had last year with the storms coming in, but also for the long term as well. And they're actively working on this, right? right? Be patient with us as we as we try to go through it. You are being
pain, you are being listened to.