Realtors meeting, Saddlebrook visit, 911

1:15:15Alright, we got some pictures I think.

1:15:22Uh the first item I have here is uh had the opportunity to uh speak to the um

1:15:34uh Pasco uh Realtors, Pasco tri policy uh committee meeting for the Suncoast, Tampa uh Realtors Association. I did that out in Wesley Chapel, had a group of 12 people, it was very important for them and Also different things they were looking at in the community. The next next item, the opportunity to speak to Pasco's next generation leaders in our

1:16:04leadership group, which we had here last week. And uh that went very well. A lot of young people in that group. So it's pretty I thought it was kind of amazing. A lot of times you see older people, but it was a lot of young uh business leaders that actually were here. Wilton Simpson was also here. Uh next we have uh

1:16:28the spectrum community presented a check through um

1:16:35Uh Kelly Sinn with the Domestic Violence Group, which they do a lot of good work here in Pasco County. And I was there for that presentation.

1:16:44How much was that check? Do you know?

1:16:46Hmm.

1:16:46How much was that check?

1:16:48Uh $7,500, I believe it was. Yeah. And they did that to several groups. I mean a couple hundred groups they were giving money out to, and they're grant money, which can help uh bridge gaps where they don't have funds to help take care of some of the issues there with the domestic violence. And next we had um We went and made a let's see here. Oh here's uh K and D. This is uh the

1:17:18uh

1:17:21Uh Kim Phil Hines groundbreaking event which is the roadroute Ozzy Murphy Road that was going to come underneath Interstate and come back around it actually meets at the intersection of Pasco Road 52 and it's coming in from the north where that road will come in. Gives another direction traffic can go. It's only a two-lane road, but it's uh that's all the space we have underneath.

1:17:48It's actually a trail with the windows.

1:17:52Don't forget the trail park. Yeah. But that went very well. So uh then I had a visit with uh Sallybrook and uh seeing what was going on. If most of you've gone to the P D C you saw some of that. The only real issue they had on the P D C meeting and dinner which was uh very well attended and a lot of uh different people were able to see some saddle but the real problem was the day before the

1:18:23uh where the VIP met Uh that air condition went out the day before that happened. Oh, that day I wonder. And that's why they had s those air conditioned units in that room. Oh they must have been there. But there weren't enough. So but they've since had that fixed, so it's it's good. When I went saw the driving range and uh new driving range they have in all this beautiful area and Uh the lobby is gorgeous. Oh yeah, the lobby they've changed and the type furniture they're using a little different. And

1:18:53um they're redoing I think they're redoing the um the pool area and all the main kitchen area and all that'll start opening that back up. What

1:19:05is this picture of here on the left? 'Cause that roof needs some attention.

1:19:09Uh oh that's the bar out by the pool.

1:19:12So they're redoing that?

1:19:13This lady This lady yeah, they're in the process. This lady here in the black, she's actually uh painting the mural on the ceiling of different plants and things of that nature they put up there. So it's gonna be very nice when they get through. I think it's this coming week they have their first group coming in uh to the unit. I think it's I believe it's over a hundred people. And they've re- rewent and saw one of the rooms and the rooms are very nicely done and upgraded.

1:19:45till now. So they've done a good job in doing what they said and they still hadn't started anything out toward the road on the on the multifamily and some of that out there with that uh commercial area. They have near fifty four there. So but They're uh living up to what they said they're gonna do. So that was all good and then on uh What are we up here now?

1:20:16What is this group?

1:20:19Oh this is the uh Oh

1:20:21this is the emergency uh service group we went and spoke yesterday. Uh Kathryn Starkey said she was there for the first time. Yeah. But you know um quarterly the different groups, nine one one and and then uh public works they have one. And you can go I've actually gone to most all of 'em f you know in the fire department they have some too. Uh I've gone and spoke to most of those. We have over three thousand employees and when you're speaking to 'em you're really speaking to a lot of employees that

1:20:51actually uh Work with you since we only hire two people, County Administrator and Attorney, they work for for the County Administrator, but They are very well needed here in 911 calls. I always think of it this way when people want to cut the budget real harshly and and deep. Well you got to be careful when you cut because one day you might pick up your phone to call 911 because you have the need, but it might

1:21:21not be there because you cut the funding. So it's one of those things you have to keep in the back of your mind when you're trying to make the right cuts that are not recurring expenses that you have throughout each and every year. So

1:21:35that that guy in the middle, he has won a massive amount of reports. I don't remember his name. Do you remember his name? Um but on their on their lanyards they have pens for every life they saved and he was just covered with pens. So he's he's saved saved a lot of

1:21:50lives. It's pretty amazing the people and what they're able to do in 911. Um they do a a very much a great job of of doing doing the work for us to help save our citizens when they're in need. And our emergency comes up very important.

1:22:12All right. What else? Oh, and then um on Friday morning we went with uh myself, David Allen and David Ingall went visit with uh the city with s uh the mayor Scott Black and he showed us the northern part of excuse me northern part of Dade City area that needed some some work and part of it I actually thought was within the city but actually it's county. And so we're looking

1:22:42at trying to revitalize some of the northern part of the city. So it's pretty amazing. Some of the things that are still left there from the hurricane and old fuel tanks and things of this nature that we're going to work out away with the help of David Engel and David Allen. and see what we can do to to do the right thing for the northern part of Dade City. So that's it.

1:23:11Uh Commission

1:23:12Ways.