Public comment on agenda items

1:02Here, sorry. Commissioner Braffit, sorry I jumped on that. Mm-hmm. Now's the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any current or future agenda item coming before the board and other business 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 for those who are pre-registered for a WebEx link and are currently on queue. We request that when you address the board, comments are not directed personally against a commissioner or team member. Member, but rather directed at the

1:32issues. This provides mutual respect between the board members and the 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 two beeps will sound and you should close your comments. WebEx participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. Madam Clerk, do we have anyone signed up for public comment?

1:56We do, Chairman. Uh the first one is Guy Abosulman. I hope I got that right. If you g if you want to approach the podium. Name and address for the record, please.

2:09My name's Guy Felder Booselman. The address says [address removed]. Um the main reason I'm coming, um there was a lien on my house or a fine on my house for uh code violations um that were supposed to be done by January 1st. Uh we had them all completed by January 1st. Um the the inspector that did come out said we were fine. Um And

2:40I talked to other people and they said we were fine. Then I went to put my house up for sale and went through escrow and escrow says that there's fines from the county of almost $41,000. Um And the code inspector did come back out and said, yes, everything is complete, but they needed proof that we did complete them by January 1st. One was a window violation, one was a room addition violation, and

3:11uh enclosure of a garage to a living space.

3:16I have proof that the room addition blocking was done what what the code inspector wanted. The garage was a matter of just opening up and sealing some sheetrock in the garage. I did that personally with a friend and then the windows were done with permit and that was cleared. Um so I'm just asking for a reduction or elimination of the fines.

3:44Okay. Um Rob Barron? Okay. Rob Rob if you would talk with the gentleman? No. If you stick to the

3:52we'll have our assistant county administrator in charge of all that. Meet with you out here to discuss to discuss.

3:57Okay, but should I go out there? Yeah.

3:58Yeah, with that gentleman right there. Thank you.

4:03Yeah. Sure, yeah.

4:05Everybody everybody in the

4:07later.

4:08Okay, the next individual signed up is John Michael Moran.

4:22Good morning, Commissioners. I'm John Michael Morin, the very proud president of the Pasco County Professional Firefighters. At two one seven three five Y M C A Y M C Why M C A Camp Road, Atlanta Lakes, Florida, three four six three nine. Today is a very exciting day for Pasco County Fire Rescue as we turn yet another page and begin a new chapter in our department's storied history. As a longtime union member and a highly respected member of the fire service community, we are proud

4:52to welcome Chief Tony Perez to Pasco County. and look forward to working together to build upon our successes of the last decade, and to tackling new challenges with an open mind and a collaborative approach. As you all deliberate the business of the day, I ask that you reflect on how significantly our county has changed over the last several years. And contemplate the financial resources necessary to keep up with the unprecedented growth in residential and commercial development, population, and the subsequent strain on the emergency

5:22services response system. Our success, including that of the new fire chief, is predicated on your commitment to public safety. into providing adequate, fiscally responsible, and sustainable funding. My members are relentless in their pursuit of innovation and service excellence. But we cannot become Florida's premier fire rescue agency without your continued support. Now is the time to set the stage for a clear path forward by promoting public safety providing us with the necessary resources and

5:53allowing us to serve our community to create a better future. that we proclaim to be our mission. We look forward to continuing to engage with the Board in ways that are mutually beneficial and productive and serve in the best interest of the public. Thank you.

6:08Thank

6:08you.

6:10Okay, thank you. The next one signed up is Dylan Rich.

6:23Um I have a PowerPoint that I want to present

6:28five.

6:29Second. All in favor say aye.

6:31Aye.

6:33Um I sent it to Gina Jeffers. Okay.

6:48Hello, my name is Dylan Rich. I live at [address removed]. The reason I'm here today is to speak on the Anclote Restoration Project or site 8PA00010. Last time I was here, I spoke on a few simple reasons why I simply believe Anclot River Park should be preserved and left the way it is. Today I'm here to speak on what mostly concerns.

7:19Today I have brought with me some pictures of me that I wanted to share with everyone. First thing I wanted to share that was I found on the University of Florida Digital Collection, the Florida Anthropologist Issue report dated back to 1981.

7:37So for those who didn't know, Teble Mounds surrounded the Bay Area. There was fifteen including one at Anclo, discovered in eighteen eighty, and then later was destroyed.

7:49Later on in nineteen seventy eight, in the fourth paragraph on this page,

7:57Ripley.

8:02Ripley Bullen describes a settlement pattern for ceremonial mounds of the Safety Harbor Period which included a midden paralleling the shore, a rectangular temple mound with a ramp in the middle of one of its longer sides leading toward the main part of the midden. A burial mound off to one side. With this information, I think it's safe to say there's a good possibility there very much so is native burials at Anclo Park. There are pictures of a phase three archaeological survey coming to an end, a North Carolina original earthwork once being over forty feet tall at

8:32its highest point, not anymore. All bodies and artefacts bagged up and boxed up to sent to a university to sit on a shelf in a storage room. This next picture I have.

8:45This next picture I have is of a charity boy in a bag.

8:57How would you feel to see if a member of your family treated this way? How terrible is $10,000 a month for ten years the price that Pasco County Commission sets on sacred native sites and burials?

9:13No, you have another minute.

9:14I'm done.

9:17Uh did did we all receive a copy of your

9:20Yeah, I sent it to her.

9:21Okay, so we'll we'll we'll take a look.

9:24Okay. Thank you. Can I say something else real quick? Yeah. Yeah. Um the Santa Culture Report, it on the map it shows all the test areas that they had tested for artifacts. The areas that were tested, I believe, are the same areas at this Temple Mound. And that's all the concrete areas, the bathroom. the pavilion area, all the area and on their map on the Stantec Report, they didn't test any of those areas. So

9:55I think that those areas need to be tested.

9:58Okay, and that's in the information you sent us? What's that? That's in the information you sent us? Yes. Okay. Thank you.

10:05Okay, thank you. Um the next individual signed up is Charles Carey.

10:25Hello. I'm Charles Carey. Uh my address is [address removed]. Essentially a lifelong resident of Pasco. Not that that may make any difference. I have been this is ongoing for two years now. I'm trying to get some asphalt onto a section of Lake Ola Road where there's a culvert under there has slightly collapsed. Now there's a dip. And I am repeatedly

10:55trying to ask them at least to put some asphalt to cover up that dip to no avail. I've contacted public works several times, County Commissioners. And most cases they do not get back to me. I've emailed the assistant Public Works Director said you're gonna look into us over a month or two ago and I won't hear anything back. Please. I just want some asphalt. on the section of Lake Gollow Road, just three tenths of a mile north of the intersection of Lake Gala Road

11:25and Saint Joe Road. Uh there's not much right-of-way there because the stone wall is and that's another issue they need to whiten the right-of-way. But that's another issue. But just get some asphalt there because some cars are going around and whitening it. Unfortunately, problem with that is a curve there you can't see on coming traffic. Thank you.

11:48Okay. If you would. Brantford? Yeah. Uh sir. Th the gentleman in the back, Brantford, is gonna get up here and meet with you and and talk about that issue.

11:57I see Jason here as well? Good. All right, Jason, good. These those gentlemen they will will take take it and take a look at it for you, sir. Thank you, gentlemen.

12:06Okay, so the next individual um was signed up for WebEx but I believe showed up in person, Doris Campbell. No, Doris Carroll. Apologize. Ms. Carroll.

12:26Good morning, everyone. My name is Doris Carroll. I live at [address removed]. I'm here today to speak to the County Commissioners and thank you for allowing public comment in opposition of the Anclote River Project development. I am a registered nurse of 40 years, proud union member, past president of the Illinois Nurses Association, the Nurses Union. I've just arrived here for the last two years, although my mother has lived here for almost

12:5730 years. She and I took my family to Anclote River Beach every year. And so I'm here today as a member of the Democratic Environmental Caucus, but I'm also here on behalf of 1,800 people who have signed this petition. and who oppose this development. ARP Site APA 0010 is a public beach and park. It needs maintenance and beautification, not

13:28a bar, a restaurant, live entertainment, and a water sports complex. The park is a quiet place for locals and out-of-town guests to relax and enjoy nature. Obviously we have dolphins and manatees in the area and eagle's nest. The congestion From a private endeavor utilizing Pasco County tax dollars will have a significant impact on the environment, a potential loss of a prehistoric site that is eligible

13:58for placement on the National Registry of Historic Places. I will give you today a petition signed by over 1,800 nonpartisan concerned citizens to stop this project. As my colleague Dylan Rinch Rich mentioned, it includes an Indian mound, which is a prehistoric site, uh sited by the Crass by Stantec, with possible human remains not yet discovered. The county will violate its mission. The parks

14:28mission, if this private business venture moves forward, quote, to enhance the quality of life for Pasco County citizens by providing a balance of athletic, recreational, cultural, and educational opportunities, and by protecting the county's natural resources, including land, air, water, and wildlife. The use of taxpayer dollars to fund a private entity endeavor is quite astonishing. This is a family public park

14:58with no alcohol allowed. And now I guess you'll be rezoning to allow alcohol in. It's also in a low coastal flood zone. Which we were lucky last year when Hurricane Ian missed us. So the CRAS dated for ten twenty-three recommended to avoid This d uh park with this development and leave Anclote River Park alone. A phase three data recovery mitigation plan will be quite expensive. Using obligation funds, I understand,

15:29General, and who will pay for those general obligation funds? Our taxpayers here in Pasco County. Thank you very much. Appreciate your time. And who can to receive and file?

15:39Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Do you want to pass those to the m to the clerk?

15:46Uh there is no one else signed up for public comment.

15:48No one on WebEx either.

15:49No one else on WebEx.

15:52Do you need a call for the audience

15:54maybe? Any anyone from the audience would like to address the board?

15:58Okay, we'll close public comment. Uh resolution for the one?

16:03Uh no, it's on consent.