Mariano requests Saddlebrook hearing and McKinsey settlement

4:35:49Madam Chair, before we adjourn, I'd like to bring up one point Coming up.

4:35:55On December sixth, there's a rezoning coming up with Saddlebrook. It's scheduled for Newport Ritchie. There's been a ton of calls already. It should have been held. Over in Dade City. It shouldn't have been.

4:36:10Right, but it should be still especially this uh this event should have been held in uh Dade City. So I would I would like staff To be looking and working with the developer to actually make that hearing where it's gonna be in Dade City, not in New Port Richey. And one other problem I had with it as well that staff should address as well.

4:36:33Thank you.

4:36:34Um when they did their public hearing, now keep mind, Saddlebrook Resort can hold six hundred people in a room. They did a virtual meeting and they limited it to a hundred people. I think they need to do another public hearing with the citizens out there to get their employee.

4:36:48Another neighborhood meeting.

4:36:49A neighborhood meeting,

4:36:50neighborhood meeting. That'd be good. I got a call from a nine year old wanting to talk to me on that issue and I call it my own.

4:36:56So Mr. County Attorney should I make a motion to that or just is that enough direction for staff?

4:37:01I think so. I think if the assistant county administrator and the administrator have has gotten the board direction, they can take care of it without a motion. Okay. I'm moving that. Madam Chairman, I have I have one way to do this, but I during the meeting I got a I got another um email from outside counsel on opioid litigation wanting us to participate in uh a complaint

4:37:31w against McKinsey and Company, which was the advertising agency for Purdue Pharma. I had some reservations about

4:37:43Bad. that case when they initially proposed it. Um right now I am un I'm the understanding is that um they've already they're in settlement negotiations And if we file a complaint We allow them to file a complaint, we'll get part of the distribution. If we don't file a complaint, we won't get part of the distribution. I don't think that this case will go to Trial. And

4:38:13so I I think it's kind of like you need to get get just uh if you'll authorize the county attorney not to object to the McKinsey intervention.

4:38:25So moved? Second.

4:38:27All in favor? Aye. Aye. My voice is changed. Yeah. Thank you.

4:38:31Okay.

4:38:33Yeah, so

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