Resolution two Kentucky flood disaster relief

44:42Resident. All right. Yes. So um resolution number two is um recognizing the outstanding and invaluable disaster relief assistance provided by um Andrew Fossa, Abraham Phillipson. So if you could come up to the podium

45:03Krista Jones, Jessica Milford, Danielle Lange.

45:12Okay, I'll go ahead and read the resolution. Resolution number 23-011, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing the outstanding and invaluable disaster relief assistance provided by Andrew Fossa, Abraham Phillipson. Krista Jones, Jessica Milford, and Danielle Lange in support of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Whereas during the evening of july twenty seventh, twenty twenty two, a large rain s rainstorm

45:42struck south southeastern Kentucky, affecting Mm, is it bright hit? How do you pronounce that saying? Breath? Breath it. Okay. Breathett, Perry, Clay, Pike, Lecture. Ousley? Ousley? and Floyd Counties, resulting in the widespread destruction destruction casualties and missing persons. ANRAS many roads throughout the affected counties were covered with water and completely impassable. Several counties had

46:12been affected by mudslides and landslides while the water systems and pumping stations were broken down from the influx of rain, water, and debris. Citizens were without water, working sewer systems, power and communications. And whereas despite the capabilities of Kentucky's first responders and a swift and powerful reaction by the federal government, Kentucky was soon in need of support from the nation. NRAS, the Tampa Bay Area, has a huge has a large network of professionals who are trained, prepared, and experienced in serving during natural

46:42disasters and severe weather events. NRAS Pasco County understands the value of providing aid and relief during times of disaster and prides itself on its skilled workforce and workers' dedicate dedication to respect, integrity, innovation, service excellence. Excellence and quality. ANRAS first responders who are able to travel to assist other communities feel a profound sense of pride in their teams while being able to further hone their skills in an unfamiliar environment. And RAS, the Pasco

47:12County Board of County Commissioners, wishes to extend their appreciation to these highly valued team members for their service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the experience they bring together. Back to serve the citizens of Pasco County in the future. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby recognizes the outstanding invaluable disaster relief assistance provided by Andrew Foster, Abraham Phillipson, Krista Jones, Jessica Milford, and Danielle Lang in support of the Commonwealth

47:43of Kentucky, done and resolved in regular session with the Corn President. President and voting this twenty fifth day of October twenty twenty two.

47:51My goodness.

47:52All in favor. Aye. Wow. Uh Commissioner Moore, I'm looking at the picture.

47:59Thank you, Madam Chairman

48:02Come up. So if you look on the there's a PowerPoint up there to show obviously this extensive damage that happen because of the flooding in Kentucky, but um I'm gonna let Chief Fawcett tell about it. But one of the great things about our team is that they're always called to action. Obviously we um don't like to see 'em have to leave Pasco County, but they're they leave Pasco County for good reason because they are so good at what they do. Um Recently obviously being in South Florida, one of you guys I won't be here will

48:32have definitely need to do a resolution for all their efforts down in South Florida in the coming weeks. But um you see some of the pictures obviously with the governor, um Congressman Paul, um Mitch McConnell um that came and and provided I think um resolutions or proclamation as well.

48:51Colonels around too everybody.

48:52Are you all Kentucky colonels? Are you a Kentucky colonel? That's a big deal. My uncle was a Kentucky colonel, which is pretty cool. You're a Kentucky colonel? Yeah. This guy he looks like Colonel Sanders.

49:06Was there a toast

49:07with

49:07Burb? The deployment was uh very unique for us. We see storm surge, the water comes in and the water comes out. Um this event was a two-fold event. They actually had two flooding events within a period of about eight hours. And um the destruction and like I say and I when I was talking to Eric uh doing my debrief, you don't know the power of water. And we just saw it again down in Lee County. Um but we were very instrumental with

49:38the the Kentucky I am um emergency management and we had a very good working relationship. Uh we made some very good friends while we were there. But this team behind me, they're they're second to none. They're very hard workers. They know their jobs. So as you can see, we did have a good time. We had towntime. But just the devastation of making those friends and making those relationships. With other emergency management folk, fire rescue

50:08folk, law enforcement, um tops it all. So but thank you very much for the resolution. Yeah,

50:14you guys are amazing. So thanks for all your work. So give a round of applause, everybody.

50:22How l how long were you guys there? We were there two weeks. Yeah.

50:27We certainly appreciate all that y'all. Absolutely. Thank you

50:30for representing the question.

50:30I

50:31know

50:31the people where you went Appreciate y'all being there. Yes, sir.

50:34We we're friends now. We're actually Facebook friends and talking friends and we still share information back and forth.

50:40Yeah.

50:40So very good job. Thank you. Mr. Mariano. Thank you, Madam Chairman

50:44Mariano team, thank you very much for for going down there. Um it's great to get the experience as as Kevin Guthrie said much better learning the experience there than here. So when it does come here you're better trained as well. And I'll tell you from from a few years ago with Mexico Uh Mexico Beach getting hit. The support they got from Pasco County was greatly appreciated every step of the way. And they mention they've mentioned it several times at consortium meetings. Um One thing I was just looking at, I was down at Fort Myers when the Rotary's district went all went down there, uh dropping

51:14off food and and went to our CR first responders down at the uh gymnasium. They our people had to sleep uh they had some locker rooms that they were able to use, but then the rest of the time under the bleachers. And I find that very disturbing.

51:27So i it's very difficult, especially when we we were in Lee County for three weeks and the sleeping arrangements, y y you're basic going primitive. You're you're living a lifestyle like sleeping in a campground in town. The hotels, no power, no water. So we were in western shelters. We were sleeping in the EOC. Some of us got better sleeping arrangements later on. We actually Lee

51:57County actually secured a best western hotel and blocked out all the rooms. So first responders and contractors that were working the storm were actually able. To stay there, but a majority of the folks that were down there from other agencies, whether it be in-state or out of state, were sleeping on cots or sleeping bags on the ground. Some were sleeping at parks. I met a group of folks on Pine Island that were sleeping in hammocks. They were tying their their hammocks to trees and they

52:27were sleeping outside at night. There was just no room. No place to sleep. There's no place to put anybody. Between the displaced citizens trying to find places, the first responders trying to find places, FEMA coming in, contractors coming in, it got very overwhelmed very quickly.

52:46You know, it was a few years ago my daughter was working with DEM and uh they had all the first All the emergency pre people coming forward to recognize him, to thank him, et cetera. And I thought it was real good they did that. Um but one of the things I was thinking about as I as I saw the the sleeping arrangements and the army. maybe there's improvements we can make because Let's say a hurricane is gonna hit one part of the state, which it does, and the other part can help. Uh once the cleanup is basically started quickly, there's opportunities there we can

53:16we can make accommodations better. I'd like to get get with you, uh get with Kevin

53:24What can we do regionally, what can do statewide to make when you guys are going down there to have better accommodations to go forward. When I when I like I said, when I see the guys I mean they're they're out there intense in Fort Myers Beach with piles of sand up all around them. They're driving down going through. And then when the rains come down. They're run to cover. They get wet, they're like stuck again. So I w I think there's some efficiencies and things we can do statewide that could be a lot better, but with what you've seen and our team does a phenomenal

53:54job with it.

53:56So there there is there is ways. Uh my region four six team that I have um and then my basic EOC uh we have been trying to get assets from the state. Um it is sometimes difficult. They do have assets that they can give to us to keep. that we can use for deployments and stuff like that. It's just a matter of number one, finding a place to store it. Number two, having something to haul it. So we

54:26have vehicles that can haul, but we need other items to facilitate that.

54:30So I wouldn't expect all sixty seven counties to have their own supplies and all everything else, but I would think that we can do enough to maybe have like a little bit of a little bit of a little Like five or ten supply groups that every group would know what was there, what was gonna go there and be able to access it. So they could store it regionally around and then when you need it you could pull it from if it's from Pensacola, Jacksonville, whatever, to go to an area that got hit. that we can do some efficiency that'll work together.

54:54Correct.

54:54So if there's if there's I think there's an opportunity and I I one what I just saw was you know, distur disturbing. I mean our our our Sheriff's team was down there and and they were like really just protecting everything. And they're out in in in canopies that when the rain comes down, if they're out, they're getting wet and they're yes. It's tough to get dry and it's not good for them to be in that situation. Great to see when you get the downtime you can actually chill or relax and and and go. But I want to make sure that as they're there, at least when they're going to go back. And in need be

55:25they can get some place where they can change And and and make it more palatable to to go through. But anyway, we appreciate everything you're doing and and we do have resolutions coming up for the Sheriff's Office that went down to Fort Myers as well as our first fire system and then the uh and the Rotary Club as well. So we're gonna recognize everybody. But thank you guys for all you did.

55:42I I have some people I'd like to add to that um that went down on their own and shoveled out brown stuff out of houses.

55:53Okay, I'll

55:53I'll get with you after. Yeah.

56:10I have a frame and I have textures as well.

56:18so I'm gonna speed up so we can hold this up with cheap here and then

56:24it's hard to look at me.

56:31Oh thank you.

56:39Everybody in?

56:40All right. Everybody look at Ryan first and then I'll take it after him. All right,

56:44folks are here. Yeah. Thank you. One more.

56:51Perfect, thank you. Are they really perfect?

56:55That's

56:55why we do it.

57:03All right. Thank you.

57:06Appreciate you.

57:07Thank you. Thank you.

57:09Yeah, take this other one too. Which one of y'all have a camera?

57:12Which one has a camera?

57:37I don't think my people are hearing out. Okay. Oh I could ask Our last two.

57:54It's people the folks from Able Trust.

57:58Uh the re record needs to reflect that Commissioner Fitzpatrick is here. Okay, thank you. Yeah. Sorry. She's been here for a while, so I'm sorry we didn't do that when she came in. Are the um Are the folks here for the Able Trust, is everyone here?

58:13It's eleven thirty

58:14time

58:14certainly. It's no, it's we just wanted to see if they're here. Yeah, if they were

58:18here, we would just go ahead and

58:20okay, no, we'll wait.

58:21Okay, and and then we have an eleven o'clock time certain.

58:26Are those okay. All right, so RS three is the eleven thirty. R S four It's yours. Is mine.