FAC conference opioid crisis and height limit

1:34:01And Commissioner Starkey, I believe the fire department has a program similar where the disabled or elderly can have a it's like a pill box and it goes in the refrigerator. So it would be nice to have something like that for vehicles as well. So law enforcement and fire department knows where what their disability is or what medication they may or may not be on. I also did tour solid waste. It was actually really interesting. I would like to look at some other avenues to help generate funds within the solid waste

1:34:31plant. Last week I attended the FAC conference. It was very informative. The One of the seminars, breakout sessions I went to was the Litigating the Opioid Crisis. This can bring additional funds to offset the costs in Pasco County and it can be utilized in many different ways, including the jail expansion. That worked. for the mental health wing and other programs to help reduce addiction and mental health. And another last thing I went to in the past couple weeks was the

1:35:01farm share out at West Pasco Little League and with the Sheriff's Office. And they started around 9 a.m. and they were literally out by 10 30. And I never saw this, but there was a gentleman on a Oh lawnmower pulling a trailer. So it definitely went to people in need. So thank you.

1:35:24Ms. Mariano? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And as far as the opioid crisis um at that conference, uh gl glad you went to it. I think we should ha at this point maybe have our attorneys come back to us at some point and bring bring us a report, give us a status report as far as where we stand. Yeah,

1:35:39that that'd be fine. Um we had talked to the outside council about doing that. Um the Attorney General's office is pushing a settlement uh memorandum what they call a memorandum of understanding, but a settlement with the with local governments. Um And we sort of wanted outside council to talk to you all about that anyway. So maybe the first meeting in August we'll set it up as a litigation assessment meeting.

1:36:09Okay.

1:36:10And there's a slideshow on that, so I can probably send you the link for the slideshow.

1:36:14Excellent. Okay. Um at the Gulf Coast Consortium when they had the conference they had the uh meeting up there and it was very informative. I didn't see

1:36:23that on the schedule, but

1:36:24It they don't put the consortium on there because they keep it separate from fact.

1:36:27I know, but I was good with that. That's

1:36:29good. They they separated that a few years back. Um and uh anyway, so so while we're there, Nurda uh allocated a lot of money uh for different projects around the state, which was good to see. They've got new projects coming up this coming year that are g all all about water quality. Um I think last month I talked about baffle boxes. Um Dan Duarte who sits on the consortium as our representative. Representative from Belmoral. Mike is for you to hear as well.

1:36:59He sent a bunch of information over, sent it to Mike, sent it to staff. It's something that taking the water that comes from the streetways, and what I talked about was over Marine Parkway, the condominiums here, the water just flows right in, goes into the Gulf, no treatment, whatever. We can do that up and down this whole coast, all the way through and control the water, set it up. He's gonna get that information. Together, even if we have a rough, broad plan about what we think we want to go do, if we have it done by the end of this year, I think we can submit for it, get it through, and look to get allocation.

1:37:35So I think it's something we need to go take a look at. Um Another thing that came up, I brought it up I think either last month uh or so about the height requirements for residential housing along the uh um let's say the US nineteen corridor. Um we did away with the height requirement for all commercial stuff, but not for residential. And I've got one gentleman for instance, he's Bought bought a lot, buying a lot, getting it architectural design. And the right now to build it from the base flood elevation 30

1:38:06feet high, 35 feet high, it keeps him from building, let's say, a 10-foot ceiling or a 12-foot ceiling. He'd like to go higher with it. I had a builder, Steve Byrd, locally, who's been building these type of homes for many, many years. When I asked him about what his opinion on was he says I have no idea why we have that height restriction. 45 is completely reasonable. I didn't I didn't know either because when someone told me about it, the same gentleman, the first one I told him is yeah we have no height restriction. So I only found out later on. I've talked with staff back and forth, but

1:38:36I would like the staff to bring us back uh the item changing the height restriction from 35 to 45 or at least up to 40 feet. And let us take a look at it. So I'm I'm gonna make I'm gonna make that emotion. I'll

1:38:48second

1:38:48that.

1:38:49So that would be a land development code amendment. So do you want it do you want it when you said bring it back to you, do you want an an introduction of it or do you want it to go through the Planning Commission forward to you?

1:39:02Uh if I can do a directly just soon a direct. Yeah,

1:39:05I'm

1:39:05comfortable with that. Okay.

1:39:06Can't it be in one of those big um soup bowls that you bring us of lots of little fixes?

1:39:13It's not really Lichville. Okay. Which is I'm

1:39:17not

1:39:18sure.

1:39:18So I'll clarify the motion. I'll make it just we'll go to the uh height of above base flood elation two forty five feet.

1:39:26Yeah, thank you.

1:39:29So you second?

1:39:30Yeah.

1:39:31Okay. Have a motion of second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? What? Motion passed. That's all I have, sir. Okay.