Commissioner sightings Oakley Moore Fitzpatrick Mariano

1:59:08Alrighty. See what I got here. Uh this past um I believe it was March twelfth or March thirteenth I had a a meeting in my district with the uh status of women. We had actually over at we met over at Coca Pellis and had uh Met in the citrus room and we had uh about twenty-three attendees. So it was a very good meeting and they wish to do this again sometime so Probably uh right now I'm looking

1:59:38at once ever. Six months possibly to do this. Without trying to make it too often, but Um and be able to listen to what women have to say that are in business. in our districts. So I know some of the other districts I believe are also trying to have some of those meetings. And um Which will be good. I think they'll get a good attendance in their area too. Sure. The um the other thing I report is uh Chief James

2:00:09James Walters of uh Dade City Chief Uh police chief. He told me they were going they'd say we'd be painting our electric car spaces green. And put an emblem on there that represents electric cars. And also there are notifying people that are parking there that are not in electric cars. They're giving him a warning now and we'll Continued If they keep parking there. they'll they'll catch up with 'em, they'll start giving

2:00:39tickets, so And that's that two spaces right there at the courthouse. So uh

2:00:47Let's see.

2:00:50Thanks. Oh. Um, thank goodness for the opening of Ridge Road, I came over today and Hit Sun Coast, came over to Ridge Road and then and I made it less than an hour. Which it usually takes me a little more hour, but It was less than an hour getting here and that was A good

2:01:09I'm

2:01:10sitting

2:01:10cut out.

2:01:11We got some people on on Ridge Road that because there's a construction there they think they have to go thirty miles an hour, so I don't know, but it the Ridge Road is very pretty.

2:01:21Thirty five is the speed learner now.

2:01:23Thirty five or thirty

2:01:24five

2:01:24at all. Forty five?

2:01:25Thirty five.

2:01:27Okay. Well

2:01:30No comment.

2:01:30Maybe I was trying to go too fast then. But it was a nice drive over and um I think it saved time in getting here. So But it worked good and it's a beautiful road. That's the first time I'd driven on it since it's been completed to open up in that section. So very nice. That's all I have.

2:01:50Mr.

2:01:50Moore.

2:01:51Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are we are we doing an update, a legislative update today or no? No? Okay. All right. Then I'll just wanna just follow up and s obviously we know the great news that uh the fourteen million dollar for Bridge Road extension phase two is in the budget. So obviously thank President Simpson and Speaker Sprouse, but our entire delegation and also on top of that, um Representative Zika and Hooper, which sponsored in the House and the Senate. You know, this was uh up to the last minute thing. as some of us know, and Ralph knows and Andy knows. We took that last trip up

2:02:21to Tallahassee and and I think that helped as well. But we're very, very thankful for all our representatives, and that also includes Mariano and uh Representative Maggart as well. Um we know there's gonna be a seventh member coming up I guess uh after November, but uh I'll be a I'll be a citizen then, so I'll welcome them as a a citizen at that time. March twentieth, um what was it March 20th and November 21st? We wrote letters actually to um members of Congress supporting the Sunshine Protection Act to make

2:02:51daylight saving time permanent. I don't know if all you saw this, but um it it did pass the Senate. It passed unanimous and consent. So congratulations to Senator Rubio, which was the primary sponsor of that. Um Senator Scott was pushing for it um as well. Now's the time to get with our members of the House of Representatives and encourage our members of the House to actually hear this on the floor, either from a floor vote or consent themselves because we know the importance of it. We've had those discussions in the past. Last but not least,

2:03:21um last week Florida Sports Coast announced the keynote speaker will be Thaddeus Bullard, also known as The WWE Global Ambassador, Titus O'Neill, at the tourism banquet. If you don't know his history, he's definitely a incredibly it's an incredibly powerful story if you've ever heard um Thaddeus Bullard's story. And he's also a great guy. He's done a ton of work in the community of Pasco and Hillsbrook County. So we're excited to have him at the Florida Sports Post Coast Banquet. If you haven't bought your tickets, they will sell out. And there's also VIP.

2:03:52P opportunities is available as well. And uh we'll obviously have another special guest that will announce at a later date when I give my chairman's award. Thank you.

2:04:02Uh Commissioner Fitzpatrick. You guys go fast.

2:04:05All right. Well happy anniversary. I didn't meet with the Magnolia Valley Civic Association, so I would like to thank Code for going out or for following up with them. and helping them with their towers and everything. I am excited because it is in the budget the one hundred and six million for Moffitt for their infrastructure, which is very important that we get ahead in our infrastructure. So that's exciting. We have the fourteen million for the Ridge Road extension. I love driving on the Ridge Road. It's a lot shorter. And there's two million for the Green Key and of course lastly the

2:04:35thirty five million for the sports complex. So as long as it goes through, we're good to go. So uh I'll be short safe. Oh, and don't forget to go to the Chasco Fiesta Saturday. Thank you.

2:04:47Madam Chair, thank you. Um just want to say driving on Little Road, uh if you come from Fox Hollow down, now that we have people avoiding it by taking uh Ridge Road extension, uh they may not see it as much. But that road has been patched a couple of times. Uh I found out from staff that uh it's not even scheduled to be looked at until next year.

2:05:05Passed for what?

2:05:07Uh Little Road. Patch. Patched. Patch.

2:05:09Okay.

2:05:10So there's like i it's unravel it's not unraveling, but it's like l delamiting so p patches have gone in twice now. Um it's gonna break down again this summer, so I want staff to take a look at it for from Fox Hollow down embassy.

2:05:27Yeah.

2:05:28Dan we got that Mike?

2:05:30From Little to Embassy?

2:05:32From Little Road from Fox Hollow down south to embassy. The road's delaminating. We've seen pictures of it. Um I don't want to see another disaster where people have to like sh shift from lane to lane or side to side, which may cause more accidents, but definitely an unsafe for an auditorial road. Um So

2:05:49I think they are they're doing segments a little what road just about every year. Correct. Trying to work.

2:05:57They did a segment down in Trinity. So I mean they're trying to work the worst sections first, but they can't do the whole thing in one year. They're trying

2:06:04to

2:06:04do that.

2:06:05This section right in here is delamining like they did a couple years ago. It's dangerous. We've seen videos of it uh where people have to shift from lane to lane to avoid When the rain comes down it just delaminates right back up. So Um Um One of the things I got was a quick thing and I'll just mention this real quick. This um development monthly service report from Back a little while ago. Um it showed view specs going way down. From one year to the other. So I'd like to have us take a another look at that about how we

2:06:35can get that number up. Um had some permitting things where people can't seem to get their permits. permits to go through, and I'll reach out to Sally specifically with an email I got earlier. But I just want to make sure we just minimize our staff time. Driving back and forth if we don't need to do it. Um Mike, thank you for responding back right away. That Joliet Court culvert. Uh Mike's got that looked at. He's gonna try to move that along as quick as we can as well. And I'll just make a mention that uh Commissioner Starkey, Fitzpatrick, and myself are hosting

2:07:06uh the status of women in business working networking event. It's gonna be Tuesday, March 29th at the point distillery from five to seven. So if anybody knows any women that would like to come out that do own their own business and want to come forward all or want to launch one, they're all welcome to it. Should be a nice event. Obviously, other commissioners and staff would be welcome to come as well. That's all I have.

2:07:27Thank you. Administrator.