Legislative update and budget appropriation asks

2:52:00So reading the room, I don't know. I I I was originally planning to have Ralph come up and just give a quick recap of where we are, if board's interested in that. If not, um I can certainly pass. So I'll defer to the board. I just know we're getting late.

2:52:14Yeah, I do too. I've had two conversations with our lobbyists, but if others haven't.

2:52:18I think it's good to hear a little bit anyway.

2:52:20Okay. Uh well o okay. Come on up Ralph real quick.

2:52:25The high level. We know Live Local passed unanimously, but we think the opt out is still in, that's the most important thing. And that'll be decided within the tax package. Do I have that right? Okay.

2:52:40Good afternoon, Ralph Lair and our government affairs officer. So moving ahead Um the legislature did not finish, but on uh Friday night they extended So they'll go back in next week. Uh they extended 'til midnight uh or eleven fifty nine on June sixth. We'll take up appropriations issues. uh the implementation bill and taxation bill as well as a rural communities bill. Um so what you need to know going forward where

2:53:11we stand The um taxation bill. uh that the house cast out Um contains the following uh problematic issues that we'll have to Uh hope go away. Uh tourism development tax. Uh the bill provides um revenues to be used uh in counties for any public purpose rather than being limited to current authorized uses for TDT. Um It

2:53:41would also do away with the Tourism Development Councils. It would dissolve them as of December 31st, 2025. With the Avalorum tax. uh and which are the uh property taxes. Um The bill removes current law requirements uh pertaining to the opt-out. uh portion of affordable housing. that uh passed last year on the tax bill. Um it also uh unless

2:54:12otherwise e uh exempted, all property in Florida is subject to Avalorum tax Um the bill the bill modifies exemptions for charitable use of property tax for affordable housing uh in this. So those are problematic issues that What we're being told will not probably end up in the final tax bill, but we do not know. That's part of the negotiation. Uh going forward again. This was the House proposal, uh not the Senate proposal.

2:54:43Um as far as the budget's concerned, where do we stand there with our four ask? Uh the East Pasco uh emergency shelter we asked twenty million dollars. It's currently on the Senate side for five hundred thousand.

2:54:58a little bit more house does not have anything at this time. Uh Trinity Boulevard, the ask was for tw uh two point five Uh Senate has two point five, House has one point two five Uh the curly road, safe routes to schools, the ask was for one point five, Senate has one point five, House has seven hundred and fifty, so we still have to work on that one. Uh the Sea Pine neighborhood uh currently the ask was for five million eight hundred and twenty-three five twenty-six. Currently

2:55:29the House nor the Senate has anything in there. Hopefully we can get something in uh with the sprinkle pot at the end. Um we've been working on the uh appropriations chairs regarding that. And then there's two other issues that uh could come to Pasco County that are in the pro uh uh in the appropriations uh currently. Uh fire station number four, they asked for seven million dollars. Uh Senate Hat uh doesn't have anything in there but the House has a hundred thousand currently

2:56:00on that. And then there was a connector roadway, uh To a regional research area, the ask was for $9 million. Senate has $9 million in there. Uh House has zero. So that's where we are going into...

2:56:18I'm not sure the team, but I got tea.

2:56:20I think that's what I think.

2:56:22So that's where we are going into the um special or the extended session.

2:56:26What did you say about the road?

2:56:28So the uh they had an ask in there for nine million dollars.

2:56:32This was

2:56:33connector roadway over by Moffitt.

2:56:35Okay.

2:56:36Um Senate has it in there, nine million dollars. House is not. Um so that's where we are going into what they'll be addressing uh during the extension.

2:56:48Next week.

2:56:49And then I put out an email on Monday, um, shows you all the bills that pass that will impact the county. There's about twenty that we'll uh we'll have to deal with, um, including Live Local, a platinum bill, land use bill.

2:57:03And I read David's um summation of the issues we had. Yeah.

2:57:11That's all. Um, on the Live Local. Since this is a public meeting I can say what I just told. A a group that was in my office, right? Sure. Yeah. Uh you're an engineer working on a live local, no appointments with me. You're a lawyer working on Live Local, no appointments with me. You're a lank you're clearing land, no, no appointments with me. You're not gonna get any appointments with me if you're working on a live local project. That's that was my that's how I'm approaching things. You can tell

2:57:42them whatever you want.

2:57:43I enjoy welcoming into the office and giving them the what for. Right there at the dinner table. And then they That that's my approach.

2:57:57Okay, which one are you guys next? Okay, County