county administrator opioids Live Local animal shelter items
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Sorry. County Administrator. I I actually do, but I I need some board action here on a couple items. Number one, R eighty seven, which is the opioids. Uh the board had uh asked to do that in December. Confer uh after conferring with staff, uh we'd we'd like to do it on the January ninth, just because we've got Thanksgiving in there, a number of land and lean stuff, so it really only gives us about an effective week and a half to work on it. So we'd like a little more time if that's okay. So if I could If the board would not mind reversing course and allowing us to bring that to the January first meeting in January, I would appreciate
it.
Consensus? What what the
opioids to January? Okay. And just
and while we're here, I just wanted to put a quick discussion to it. When I look at what happened with um The money for the food bank, feeding Tampa Bay, how we had it for thirty years, then they s sold it, took the profit, and we ended up with nothing. We had a Boy Squad property in uh Ridge Road. It's now a navigation center. We're using for homeless, uh for families. Had we not kept that property, that property would have been lost as well. When I look at Wiregrass Sports Ranch, we had some openings in there that we had to go
buy somebody else to get them back in. And I look at uh Sun West, if we didn't have a provision in there to keep the par par parking first. Class property, we'd have been stuck with the operator there as well. So I want to make sure we look at this real intensely to make sure we're protecting the great benefit we get with getting this opioid settlement money to make sure we maximize investment. And not only just for these first 30 years, but what might happen afterward too. Real estate generally goes up, so I want to make sure we're protecting
ourselves every step of the way. So
We get uh two more two more items. The uh second one is related to live local. You will remember that we we are working a joint tri-county. letter to the legislature that's uh in Hillsborough's hands currently so we'll be bringing that back. But I also have one that is PASCO specific that talks about our story. We never really formally discussed having the chair sign that. I've got a letter here that's been through David Goldstein, David Engel, my office, Ralph, and it's it's prepared for your signature. So if the board is okay,
we'd like the chair to sign off on that letter. Prepared
for your signature. Prepared and ready to go.
And now we have the other property to show us an example. Which that's a hurricane evacuation route which that's that intersection.
And anything else? And yes, sir. The last the last item is is the board did ask um and ask ask me to bring this back to you as far as funding the uh animal services shelter expansion design in order to take advantage of some things. So there is there is capital money available in the uh there is the Magnolia Valley Park, uh which is still probably a couple of years away. Um that's a seven-figure number. Uh I'd like to take uh two hundred and forty thousand. From
that project and apply it to the design of the animal services. And actually, if I could, the motion would be to transfer up to $275,000 from the Magnolia Valley Park Project to the Animal Services Shelter Expansion Project to complete the design and post-design activities and grant authority to the county administrator to execute a task order with our current design. Uh firm and any associated amendments related to the scope of that task order.
What happened to the money from Wells? I thought that's what we're gonna use that.
You told me to spend that on making constitutionals whole and the budget whole.
No, that was the money from Fasana.
Correct. And I'm sorry, from Wells? Wells. That's already accounted for in the calculus when they they give us money back. We we account for certain percentage of return based on their historical returns. So those have already been budgeted. So what are you
doing to the park?
Uh the Magnolia Valley Park. Uh I don't have a comprehensive update, but it's not ready for prime time, so we will not be spending that money this year. So I I see no need in in the right-of-way. clogging it down. So I mean I there's other I could take it from other operational projects, but that seemed to be the most um straightforward path to funding.
Let me let me help why it's a very good idea. I just met with some folks out there about doing some bioremediation, et cetera. Mm and the calculations for what contamination's out there to what's there. You couldn't rent a park there right now if you wanted to. Really? The numbers.
Yeah, I don't know about commissioner but but certainly from
that was coming from a D EP expert that looked at it said, you're gonna do what there? Well
I can tell you the park's not ready for prime time. That's right. It's just
not, but I just I just want the board to know that uh
and and I guess I would subject that to Jeff's team's review, of course. So
do we have
a
motion that was a general revenue funded project?
So it was a uh that is yeah, is so it was formally ARP. ARPA funding, but we have s expended our ARPA funds. So yes, it's all it's all general revenue.
Fair point, Mr. County Attorney. But yes. The public works director the public works director when he heard that he w he wanted clarification too. So we're gonna say that.
Was there any SWIFT money cooperative funding money on that project?
On the which one?
Magnolia Valley.
Stormwater project. Project is a different is a different one. There was actually money set aside from ARPA funds that we were going to do a park co-located with the stormwater project. I believe there were. Some some Swift Mud funds, but that would have been for the stormwater project.
But did we spend those or
we are in the process of spending.
We we approved that like two months ago, so that's taken the first step.
Yeah, the stormwater project is moving, the parks project is stalled.
It's uh very frustrating how long.
Uh so we have a motion.
I don't want to make that motion. I hate taking
money
away from parks.
Um I'll move approval.
I'll second the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. Any opposed?
Did it feel good? All right.
Yeah, I feel better.
Well you get over there. That's good.
Oh okay. Uh and I'll reserve
my stuff to the next meeting. We are