School sidewalk safety funding request
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Dec 16, 2024
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The county’s minutes for Board of County Commissioners, Dec 16, 2024
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What was said
Machine transcription of 2m of recording, with speaker names inferred from voice matching. 78% of 9 lines carry a name. It shows what was said, not what was decided, and both the words and the names can be wrong.
Yes, thank you. So num number six Um It's a side roll request, but please don't take the request. It's trivial. We've had with with your with with your help and Rep Steele's help and Rhett Magger and Burgess we've been the last two years um Chipin' Way We've been chipping away. We've received funding and made it through and we've officially funded They've both segments with the partnership of the state for the first phase and the second phase to the county, this last budget
cycle, Pineview Middle and Elementary. And that how we're coming with these lists is it's based on the most dangerous schools in Pasco County. So we're working closely with our school board of where the need is to get kids and families to and from school since busing has ended, the courtesy busing within the two mile radius, because they just don't have drivers. And this location number six is number two on that list. And um we've we've made it last year we made it to the governor's list. Unfortunately
he vetoed it but We've We've been able to capture funding at least almost all the way across the finish line two years in a row. And uh families and folks out in the world. are incredibly appreciative over the sidewalk funding. We know it's it's it's a lot of money but not a lot of money. Uh but when folks see these coming, they see their tax dollars that work for them and are just incredibly grateful. So I know it's not a a big ticket
item when you look at on here, but the impact is important for folks is important.
It probably comes out of the uh the road, the transportation, the budget, the silo and stuff. Education. That's okay. I don't care where it comes from.
Yeah. I can I just add that to We have to keep in mind that these kids are walking to school when it's dark. So um I agree it's um extremely important.
But just thank you to everybody in the state for the last two years uh of your help with this. It's it's been a good run so far and hopefully we can keep
Chip it away.
Keep them away.