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There you go. That was for those three right there. Okay, we are back in session for our afternoon. If you have not done so, please mute your phones. We're gonna do a little something a little bit different today because we had quite an unusual morning. We're gonna continue with public comment. So if anyone was here this morning and didn't get to have your public comment On um This is not on items that are up for this afternoon. This is to
continue the public comment that we have this morning. So does anyone here want to address the board that didn't get to get their moment this morning?
Wow this is uh A pleasant surprise. I've got a very, very important thing to be at and I thought I'd have to be waiting. Jim Marineri, uh [address removed]. And uh I don't think I have to be swarm, do I?
Yeah.
All right, public comment. All right. Uh well uh first of all, uh that all that business this morning with the one it one way in, one way out with the development coming. Uh I I agree completely with those folks and and my point has been for years is that We've got to look at the overall picture. So It was designed that way, it was approved that way. You How many steps did it go through where everybody said, oh this is a good idea?
and then now they're looking at putting the e the uh entrance and exit on Elam. That's part of the cascading effect that every decision that y'all make uh uh uh uh affects people. So okay, great. Now there's 126 people coming out on Elam and increasing the traffic there. Um I I do live on Elam. The speeding's terrible, the driving's terrible, um and it's just more and
more and more. Uh one of my uh questions uh is with the traffic studies and and the like. And I I actually came here to speak on two uh of the issues on Pasco Road uh development. Uh one is which I I saw the traffic study was done in uh August of twenty Three. What's happened in the past year and a half? I mean the the the the the patterns have changed, the number of people that have lived here have changed.
So some of the stuff that we're we're dealing with and we're looking at that as an individual uh uh an individual number based upon that snapshot in time. But what's happening is six, seven, eight different developments are doing the same thing, looking at the same number. They're not kind of going into the pot and it's not like you have you know uh a capacity of five hundred cars. So right now we're at four
hundred. This development adds five and they go, Whoa, it's only four hundred and five. And then the other development adds fifty. Oh, it's four hundred and and fifty five. It's not adding and and being added in. So when you're making decisions like this like rezoning the uh the agricultural uh portion of uh uh Old Pasco Road which I think Mr. Weightman uh and the board and I think you spoke out about it before there was a previous um uh
item or development that had tried to go in and and you said it's incompatible. It may have been on the on the east side of Pen uh of Old Pasco, but In general. Uh I uh don't remember a hundred and six townhomes on that property. that equestrian property Um
It just there's it's a perfect area to step down. It so just let's please keep in mind that everything that you do affects thank you other
things. And your time is up. Um,
I I think I do think though that we do add all the different developments. Developments they all get into the mix when we're looking at traffic.
They don't.
Huh?
They don't.
Well there's the there's the transportation expert sitting over there. So we'll ask him when he comes up. Okay, um who's next?
I have Doctor Kirk Phillips.
Do you have something you want to be distributed? Okay, um I'll take a motion. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
Madam Chairman, Council, good morning, your afternoon. I'm here for nothing more than to give you awareness of what we've been doing.
Just your name and address for the reference.
Oh thank you. I'm Dr. Kirk Phillips, also known as Captain Kirk [address removed]. I'm here with the Pasco Coastal Improvement Council, a nonprofit citizen organization.
Yes, we have I think I might have got confused with another group. I just wanted to give you an awareness briefing. It's very simple. It's an executive summary of 60 years of research and analysis of the 24 miles of Pasco County's coastal regions and what has happened. It's specifically focused on the past 17 years when technology advanced where we can better understand the implications of what's happened. to our waterways and our
flows. I'm not here about the manatees, the fish, the grass and all that stuff, the scallops. I'm here on infrastructure, resiliency, flooding, insurance costs, and tax implications of this. Mr. Paul Bibe handles the other side of it. The bottom line is You can see the front picture. All eight. Water basins of Pasco County are impaired. both with silt and chemicals. Zero slip permits have been applied with
the EPA to take any corrective actions. The recent flooding And events that everyone keeps saying is once in a lifetime and all that stuff. It's really because what's happened over time. By no intentional fault. We've created a delta similar to Norland's. So now we have weather events. The water can't escape. It's basically if you think about it, we're trying to fix the drain, we're trying to fix some of the sewer pipes, but we're not focused on the big plant that has to process it all.
That big plant is clogged up. That in turn is creating worse conditions for our roads, our flooding, etc. when these storms come in. The events aren't getting worse. It's we're not maintaining and improving as the county grows and expands. So I want you to look at this. I was at the meeting last week. Me and Jerry was actually sitting behind you. Jerry's with Congressman Bill Rackis' office. We're both retired Air Force. And I heard about Anclo Island and I wrote a
note. That was me. Yes, I was trying not to mention names, Madam Chairman. But I I wrote a note and handed to him that said we're already talking to the federal agency about that. That would be a federal and a two county approach. But when you look at Gulf Harbor, there's a cause and effect. When we do something, you have to take that silk debris and move it somewhere that fixes the longshore drift which has been disrupted. And that's the ultimate goal of what we're trying to repair. From Crystal River to Tarpon Springs, correct the longshore
drift, and then Mother Nature will naturally repair herself a lot. If we do Gulf Harbors, like we mentioned, it will naturally shift silt back out to Anclo Island, and we don't have to rebuild Anclo Island. This is all evidence based. All we're doing as a group is stepping back and looking at it and trying to work with the cities and officials and say, we're here to advise you free of charge, anything we can do, we're here to help you.
I
want us to pay attention to this. I really, really do.
Go ahead. So next week in BC, I actually had the National Geospatial Agency run the models to show me the SILT shifts over the past seventeen years to validate all this. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you.
And I I mean, is Captain Wallace here to talk to him? I don't see Dr. Bells. But this is public comment, so Um but I know that I want to talk to you about doing something about this.
Okay.
And I bet Commissioner Oakley does too, so Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you. Pastor Jen Carowac?
Thank you.
Pastor Jen Kerouac, [address removed]. When I first uh came to speak at a at a board meeting, I brought forth Galatians six beginning at eight, for he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the spirit will Will of the Spirit reap everlasting life, and let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. and those here today. And so I just want to share with you and I've I've got some photos that I brought. I've attended these meetings attempting to work through, you know, being respectful of and appreciating the Pledge of Allegiance. That should remind each of us that we are one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. people.
The justice not necessarily being to accommodate the wants of everyone within the business of Pasco. We certainly couldn't do that. I would have a whole lot. No. but what is just for all parties. I began attending to advocate for the families and residents of Shady Hills. And I am advocating today and implore you to address the perception that there is a lack of fairness and equality. justice to the people of all the people
of Pasco County and I stand before you today continuing to advocate for those unanswered questions to receive answers and most importantly for the safety of Pasco County residents. On April 1st, 2025, between 5 and 6 PM, I witnessed at the corner of Breden Glen and Shady Hills Road, there was a young man in the road. and he had been hit. And this was a chain reaction as the result of one accident at Softwind and Krella Drive and
Shady Hills Road. And it continued down until there was a young man that was hit and unfortunately he passed away. Beyond that, as they were not able to get in, there was issues with getting public safety in. Um, you know, not that the folks in public safety don't want to do their job, but we're obviously they do. They wouldn't do what they do. And unfortunately there were within 45 minutes four accidents. And as we continue to build in Shady
Hills, especially town home developments, one going behind Cruise Lake and another application that I understand was recently submit submitted off of Old Shady Hills Road. I ask that with with great concern that you certainly would make Shady Hills Road the widening, not just a sidewalk. And I appreciate the sidewalks. Um we need crosswalks if we're only gonna have a sidewalk. There are four schools, the first one being there
in nineteen seventy four, and yet the only improvement to the road They're very minimal. Thank you.
Okay. Thank you. Sorry. These pictures are horrible, so
Um I have Edgar Perez.
Michael uh Polteret.
It should be over there too. Here we go. Good afternoon, Michael Pulterak, [address removed], in the great state of Florida. First off, I want to let you guys know I appreciate all of you. I do. And your team, your your directors out here. I really, really do. I know it's hard to see sometimes, but I appreciate all of you and I appreciate all of the work they're doing for you. There's one thing I'm probably known as the park guide you guys know, but um Epperson
C D I did wanna point out that they have no park space in their entire C D D. And Um I'm gonna move on to a bigger issue beyond the parks here because in November of 23 You guys voted for uh rezoning for an M P U D. It's called Kenton M P U D. eight hundred residences on hundred and forty eight acres and You were bamboozled. And I'm gonna say that straight up. We have the emails,
they're here, all the way back from 2021. We're planning Directed. Let me let me back this up. Uh Madam, when I came and met with you, the planning division was there also. And I brought up an MPUD where the planning division told the developer you have to increase density. And we were told unanimously that would never happen with this planning division. So From 2021, this email right here from the developer to the planning division, wow, you blindsided us. We didn't know that the increased density
was going to be requested in this location. It's because it falls in the community hub. It's only supposed to be medium density. There's not supposed to be any high density in this area. Okay? Twice, and I'm gonna flip because I only have a minute 27 left. I apologize. Twice the developers engineers was trying to clarify with the planning division that you want high density.
You're going to fast for me.
I know, I'm sorry. You only gave me three minutes. Just
email that to me.
Yes ma'am, I will. Community hub. We're only supposed to have medium density and intensity for residentials. There's not supposed to be any apartments in this hub.
Hmm.
Here's the purpose and intent. Why is that important? Because even though part of your planning division up here to the Planning Commission under oath says the comp plan is aspirational, here's your actual land development code. All CC MPUD development applications shall be consistent with the intent and policies of the Connected City Comprehensive Plan. We've got a little problem here. I looked up the word aspirational in both the Land Development Code and the Comp Plan. It doesn't exist. There
is no aspirational in either of them. Here's the list of high density apartments that have been put into the connected city. in the three zones that were not intended to have high density. We're supposed to be medium density.
There's been times in the past, and I very much appreciate Director Engel, I do, but he's been handed some some wildfires to try to put out and fix. This morning was a perfect example, and this is another one. We need I have three requests from you in five seconds. The first one is I need you to please go back. The site is not approved by the planning division. I need you to go back to the developer, give them back what they originally asked for, which was single-family residentials, which meets the comp plan
in the land development code for this district. The second thing is It is in the land development code and the master plan that the Connected City will have an advisory board that will be made up with residents of the connected city. It is time we do that so that there is another layer of protection for you because a lot of these things coming through could be absolved and brought to your attention and your staff to create motion and fixes without it having to be here and without
like the group earlier having to get attorneys involved in lawsuits. These things are unacceptable. They're unacceptable.
I um can you s your time is up, but can
you send
me your site plan? Yes. I mean your um presentation.
Send it to all the
commissioner please.
Yes, ma'am. Thank you all for your time. I appreciate you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you. Jennifer McCarthy?
I do not see her approaching. Tanya Riddlesworth.
She had to leave.
Thank you. Uh she's a late bride. Okay, she's not approaching Frances Silva. Okay, not approaching Andrew um Alfieri. Okay, and I'm approaching Dr. Iman.
Yeah, please.
Sarah Gonzalez?
Okay, she is a friend.
Um someone make a motion please to receive and file?
Motion. Yes, I actually uh speak up to my community legal documents.
Someone make a motion?
I did.
Motion to receive and file. And we got a second. All in favor? Aye. Thank you very much.
This this is for the main file, but these are for each to have front. And maybe we can start with those pictures.
All right, thank you. Um so named Sarah Gonzalez, [address removed]. I'm here to enter more evidence in code enforcement complaint filed by Tom Petition 325-25. First call in 1017 inoperable vehicle no violation. 1117-17 dumpster 12417 commercial vehicle first responded tote truck on call. 2018 rented a parking for tow truck monthly
cost five miles away. 22 212 18 N operable no violation RVs recreational vehicles 314 NOP vehicles same ones no violations 724 18 commercial vehicle family in town three days at the RV 9919 commercial vehicle first responder on call no truck there when code got there this morning 789 And Tom in front of our house in PJs taking pictures. Called Pasco Sheriff
filed false report of violence against husband. Coach showed up, heard deputy tell the Tom to leave homeowners alone. It is in the code report. On 129 20 commercial vehicle, first responder on call. Tom called job harassing Pasco towing. 210-20. Husband went to courthouse. File petition versus Tom Boglino. Stalking. No choice for harassment. No no court appearance. He went back later in the day. Discussion decision was made. Allegations
do not meet criteria for stalking, no choice for harassment. 22020 commercial vehicle closed COVID first responder 2020 to 2021 preferred to start paper trail by code enforcement. 111421 emailed Mariano's office about Tom shot down referred private civil matter. 123 N23 in option. Vehicles, RVs, no violations. 22 23 N-OP vehicles, same vehicles from one January, no obligate,
no, no violation. 623 24 N-OP vehicles. RVs, same thing from 2023, same one. 421 of 25, same thing. Another report, same vehicles, no violation. At this point, if you would look at the police report that you all have in front of you. Mm-hmm. We need to have someone in code enforcement or commission to tell Tom to leave us alone. This task harassment has caused financial burden, stress, anxiety, depression, with most being non-violation. Tom's
wasting taxpayers' money for the 30-plus code enforcement to do their job. And Jack, I and I have spoken on this behalf before and briefly in civic association. association meeting he'd handed me his card and said call him to never get an answer. Refer to code five three zero dash point five point C point five for RVs. This is an ex a continuous harassment. We are constantly in code. Please refer to the pictures that I've handed you, the first set of pictures, if you wouldn't mind showing
to them. I've got six seconds left. I would like you to flip through those pictures. These were taken. This last report. And if you look at the property, Patrick came to my house the other day. From the Phillips. He came out I asked yesterday actually. Matter of fact, he I asked him if okay. And your time is up. My time's up, I'm sorry. But and the pictures. Either way, those pictures, if you look to them, they were taken. We moved our stuff on twelve eight. Bammy your time's up. I know. I
just want to make sure d did you say your name and address for the record?
Yeah.
Sarah Gonzalez, [address removed]. Thank you.
One six six seven zero.
[address removed]. It's also in the email I emailed last night because I kinda have a copy of everything.
Did you guys get the pack? You wanna pass it down that way and then then this pack goes to the clerk.
Yes, thank you.
Next. Yeah.
That's all I have that's signed up. Um is there no one on WebEx? No one's on WebEx from this morning either. No one else already.
Okay, if there's anyone else here who would like to address the board, please come on up and line up.
Come on up.
Uh hi, um Daphne says I just wanted to come before you uh ma'am, we need your addresses. Oh [address removed]. Um, I just wanted to come before you today to let you know how much I've been let down by the county. My perception that every email, phone call has either been ignored or not cared about. I trust the Pasco County officials thinking you were helping me out when you already had no intention of helping me through this
hostile Taking of my property by a developer. I've been told by commissioners and others that staff messed up, but you all didn't fix it. You let them continue to violate my rights as well as my property. Um I beg that you speak with me to undo the mistakes that Pasco County staff made allowing developer to take my land. Um you know, they have an emergency exit by Mary G. Their address is 14934
Shady Hills Road. Um they said that they were houses to buy. Now it's rent. It's gonna be section eight, going right through my property. I can't sell my house. I'm not worried about flooding. I've I've been contacted by David Ingall, I'm not worried about flooding. My home's trashed. I have cracks in my roof. I have mold and I
have a I haven't mowed my yard. I mowed once last year. I m I haven't mowed this year. I don't care about it. It's not a house. Or it's not a home, it's a house. Uh w we are screwed. We can't sell, we can't do anything and it's totally illegal. That is not they cannot take that for a uh their Ingress egress main exit. That is a Ingress Egress for utilities. I pay taxes on it. What
was the address again? [address removed]. How how are you spelling that? C-R-E-L-A.
Cr Krila. Creela. Okay. Krila Dry. Okay. And it was
ten homes on nineteen point something acres. Back in two thousand and one. And this developer just came in and keeps changing stuff. There's names changed, things marked out. And no no signatures next to it's Gills. It's the Gills family that sold it.
So I'm just I'm just um like I can't even sell my house. I've I've been up and been in front of everybody. Jack's been nice enough to come out and check it out, but I mean No I've it's been over a year and I've sat here and wasted my time Because I thought the county was gonna help me, you know. And nobody It's just running out the clock to where they landlocked themselves.
I've got them flying down the road. I'm working 24 7, 365, Thanksgiving. So sorry
your time's up. Um I don't know what we can do on that one. I think we staff's met with her.
Staff messed up bad. Yeah. Well um Karbala, I don't know. If you want to talk to me about it, you were gonna talk to me but you put me away.
But it wouldn't be it wouldn't be right now, so
Okay.
Maybe he can reach out. I don't I don't know what the answer is on that one. Jack, that's your district? I've
had David Allen out there, I've had J P. Murphy out there.
They've not done anything.
Okay. Well we can't solve it from here right now. But Mr. Allen, you're gonna meet with her? Or are you gonna tell us what the issue is?
She has been advised that this is a private matter.
It's a civil matter. Okay, it's a civil matter. Is
that what you're gonna tell us? Well, Chair uh David Allen, uh Assistant County Administrator of Development Services. We've reached out several times to have a meeting with the resident, and we still have an open invitation that that we would go out and meet with her.
Oh, you have not met with her.
But that was about Flood. That was not about
Okay. Well he doesn't do Flood, he does development. Um okay, is there you wanna come on up?
So y'all know my name and address. I'm not gonna say it, right? Nope, you gotta kid them. Nancy Hazewood, 34110, a nice place. Um y'all have a lot of heavy things in front of you. Um and I know that in your wisdom you'll come to the right answers. I'm I just wanted to remind you the North Easter Row Area Plan is still there and the history behind it was that we heard that forty thousand units
were gonna be approved in between Dade City and Zephyrhills. We started going nuts in the Northeaster area and the county in their wisdom said we'll give you the Northeaster area plan in exchange. and it can be rural. So we've been fighting to keep it rural ever since. And I I'm hoping that maybe we can do some things to help keep it rural. I've got an idea or two or three. One of the things is pervious surfaces. I
understand there are about four different areas out there to do it and one of 'em is the the grass with the rocks or not the rocks but the blocks in between it. And then there's apparently one that's plastic and another one that's asphalt. But I think the northeast rural area is gonna be C your saving grace for water if you don't overdevelop it or put huge amounts of development in it. You've got it's the high recharge
area, the Brooksville Ridge, and the green swamp right there. So The purvious surface I would recommend this shell. The other one is for maybe walkways and parking lots for it. And I was thinking also, since you've come up with tiny homes, Let's switch it from doing huge homes on small lots to large lots with small homes. But again, lowering the density and saving your
natural resources to help out the rest of the county. Thank y'all.
Thank you.
Okay.
I think that's it. I have no one else signed up.
And we have no one online.
No one's online.