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I'd like to have a litigation assessment meeting for January.
I have I have one quick item. Um David, which stands for the Driver and Vehicle Information Database, um, is administered administered by DHSMV. Um users are granted access to use the system through an MOU and that MOU requires an attestation statement from the Inspector General every three years to ensure compliance with the MOU. Um the attestation has been filed. It's was on this agenda as noted item 108. But in summary,
just so uh the board is aware, improvements to internal controls were needed, um, but the stormwater team made the needed corrections and enacted measures to prevent reoccurrence. And um that is all I have.
Okay, thank you. Um Well you see one item I got right here in front of us on the p on the camera there, so That Adam is the uh We celebr celebrated the groundbreaking of Hercules Park. Construction to Um
Exp expected to take about a year, so in December twenty four. We will see the end of that and I have a ribbon cutting. It's gonna be a splash park and Park benches and things of this nature, tables and all where people can come and enjoy. Sits right in behind covers. and right up next to the property that's uh Woodland Elementary. So but it's gonna be a very nice park. For the for the city of Zephyrhills. Um Another
thing I had mentioned to y'all before Jim McBride had retired from the VAB. And so if you have anyone that for the value adjustment board Please reach out to my office and let me know so we can uh fill that position. Um Now I need I'm needing and I don't know that I if I need it from the BOC or if I need it from the MPO. But I need a letter written. Um to support
the uh appropriation project to widen US forty one north of fifty two to the county line. And uh I've been asked that by uh Mr. Edwards Edward um Briggs? Briggs, but he had asked me for a letter. I can do it under the right-of-way. The board I said it's due for the board
and we'll bring it to the MPO as well.
Oh and we'll do both. Okay.
All right.
So I need a motion. I got a motion.
Second.
And a second. All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Motion passed. All right.
Uh I I went to Woodland uh On November fifteenth, I participated in the All American teach in. I had ten classes that day. Uh one of them was a little above my capabilities because it was pre K.
They're tough. They're pre K stuff. But my daughter teaches that class, so I had to go there, but then I went into the um The uh Library system area there for the school woodland and they brought three classes in three different times. They had nine classes I spoke to that day. So thank goodness for some of the teachers there because They uh asked some of the questions that Kids of nine, ten, eleven and twelve don't seem to Ask.
So turned out pretty good. And uh A good time with those kids. Let's see.
That's that.
All right. Then uh Saturday we had a great time at the Zephyrhills of Lights, pray. That's this past Saturday. Uh Last from seven, I think I got it. Got home about ten o'clock at night, so It was uh A parade. Yeah. Jack, you've been afraid there before, haven't you? Yes. In Zephyrhills? This parade Started like normal. Went on down and where they turned right to go back up by the cour the Courthouse,
uh city courthouse, sir. When you turn it. There was Gosh, I don't know how deep they were. They were Probably Um ten yards on both sides of the road and even after the turn it carried it another two or three blocks. Of people on both sides of the road. Used to there'd only be a few of 'em. After you make that turn, there wouldn't be but a few there. But tremendous outcome of people. Looking for good things and happy things to to do
here in the county. So I think uh if you can reach reach out to Some of these parades and all during Christmas is a good thing. So I think citizens uh look forward to seeing you out there.
Yeah. Um I would say we need to People that run that parade as well as Chasco and the Christmas parade because I think there's a need for more barricades with more people here, more expansion. Uh Angel Cook had to go down to
Zerfrios had more barricades. Yeah, okay. I'm just
I'm
just saying. They did. They had to. So
Right. So th I know uh they had to borrow I think eight hundred from the city of Tampa.
Yeah.
And it was they had to get 'em loaded to get 'em up here. They got 'em unloaded by the All right. Jail jail folks with the goodies. But I think it's probably time that we look at T D C again to go gotta go buy some more. I think the city of New Port Richey actually willing to storm. For this side, and if we get the sum of the store for the other side. It's a little tricky because I guess Yeah, it's it's didn't always happen. Sometimes m most of the time it does it does. They schedule the same day for the parade for the Christmas. Right. It'd be good if we could maybe
persuade them
to Shift it. Well I can I can tell you today I don't know where else they have them but uh Dade City on Their parade is on Friday. And then the uh Christmas stroll is on Saturday. Oh so I believe they're having a parade both times, so I
heard there was a conflict but I guess it wasn't. I didn't
frankly get words
on
either one of 'em,
so
Yeah. You might could uh reach out to Troy, he's gonna have a truck in there. So Yep, yeah. Mr. Chairman M
just one or something? Well one housekeeping matter because it dawns on me that this happens every year.
Okay.
Your the chair's appointments will be the same as the outgoing chair's appointments until you get to do them in January. I'm prepared.
there's a meeting in the end of December and everybody's going, Well, I don't know whether I'm supposed to go or not but I just that's I just happen right- I just want to make sure that Yeah. Commissioner Mariano's appointments stay until you replace them. Oh yes. Right.
They all stay until I replace them. And I will replace some uh earlier rather than later. So Yeah. Okay.
All right. With that. any other any other news?