Committee reports Vincent House Chasco AMSkills

1:42:03No, we can take over them later on then. Yeah. All right. Let's close that and go to committee reports. Thank you very much. Tim,

1:42:10can you go by the clerks for your last name, please? Thank you.

1:42:13So that's

1:42:22Oh

1:42:22yeah. Ready for smoke? Yes. Okay. Yeah, I uh went to the uh Vincent House to uh look at the new homes that they're gonna build in that area for for those of need that do not have a place to stay. Uh the homes are very well done. Uh they said they could I think thirty-nine homes totally. uh in this in this project at the Vincent House. Um some very happy people

1:42:53that were not able to have a place of their own or gonna be able to have a place of their own. and really turn their lives around to where they never thought they could be. So as uh there was a lot of work going into that. Uh David Lambert, you gotta give them kudos for all the work they put in that to and it's like everything else, it takes takes All it takes is money and and the heart and will to be able to produce. And that's

1:43:23all come together in this Vincent House project and is very uh very well done. are very well built and uh it was really um really good to see it and see that coming along to be a nice project with those thirty nine homes they're gonna have in that area. So

1:43:41Ms. Broakley, just a question on that. Okay. Did you happen to know I know they put a lot of infrastructure in place which is great? Did they talk about what it takes to build an additional house from this point on? You mean after the thirty nine? Well they get so thirty nine is out that'll then are offunded, are they?

1:43:58No, they actually have I think eleven going up right now that are funded but maybe we could find out where possible their park is where that is, that neighborhood will hold thirty nine total. So I don't know exactly I think they said it it would cost them about a hundred and forty thousand dollars per home. Okay. And that um uh a home like this out in

1:44:28the regular neighborhoods whatever would cost probably be a home that would sell for like two fifty. Okay. So but I do remember that and they're work very well built. I mean you go in 'em uh very very substantial building and you can imagine those folks and I met one or two of them that were gonna be in one of these homes, uh they're very, very happy people that be able to have their own home. So Anything else?

1:44:57Sure.

1:44:58Chairman Mariano.

1:44:59Okay. Commissioner Weightman, Chair.

1:45:00No, no, no. Same subject.

1:45:02I I have a quick um answer to that. I spoke with David Lambert last week, Kathy Pearson, Assistant County Administrator of Public Services. And for the Vincent um project, he needs about an additional two million, which he is going to be applying for DR money for that.

1:45:17D R C D B D D R So he's in the RFP that went out? I don't know if he's

1:45:24I don't know who's applying right now.

1:45:26I think this would be probably a different a different RFP.

1:45:35Specifically for shovel ready projects like that are ready to go tomorrow. The next phase, which is I think sharp is one to be May or May or June, would we would take applications and compete those dollars based on projects so this one could compete in that in that

1:45:54and I I agree with the county attorney that those are definitely shovel.

1:46:00Um I do have a question on those. Mr.

1:46:02Starr.

1:46:03And I I'm sorry I missed. I I should have I planned to be there and then I forgot when I was driving back from Dade City. I hope that there are different elevations that everyone isn't gonna look the same, number one. And number two. I hope we are putting some shade trees around these guys so they're not cooking in the sun every day.

1:46:22They will be adding uh trees. I can tell you that we talked about it.

1:46:26I won't have them any.

1:46:28In the summer

1:46:29it'll look pretty, but that's it.

1:46:30And uh but as far as the uh the look of the homes, most of 'em are pretty much the same. They are they're different colors. Uh and they're gonna they have not added any trees. and and uh our chairman uh mentioned to him about our tree ordinance possibly we'll be able to help them except for grape myrtles we would not be able to help them on those.

1:46:52Um well it would be nice if we could Y you know, usually they have different elevations, same floor plan, just the front looks a little different. Which keeps it from being m you know breaks the monotony. When you add

1:47:07the trees, it'll break that up, I think.

1:47:09That will help.

1:47:09And there and the homes are different colors, so

1:47:12and I'm glad Commissioner Weightman was there to support this public healthing project. It

1:47:17was thirteen years ago.

1:47:21So Commissioner Yeager was there as well as myself as well.

1:47:23Yeah. Yes. So Thank you, Chair. So something we looked at if we can put Commissioner Oakley's pictures back up or somebody else has photos. So talking with the co op crew, it costs more to put the infrastructure and the ground than the actual housing. So that was that was the bulk of the price. But if we're gonna do projects like this and briefly mentioned it with with Carbala, if we're gonna approve projects like this, this There's a l there's a substantial amount of

1:47:53parking. in this community. It's clear that a lot of these folks Probably can't afford a vehicle or use Uber or public transit. And if we're gonna embark on projects like this in a partnership, I think we need to look at our policies and especially as they go into the next phase and shrink the level of parking that is in here to put more homes in. And I mean the the site there's great topo on this site, so the elevations are are

1:48:24gonna be different just by the the topographical nature of this. But if we can get out of our own way and not have as much parking that is here, we could fit more homes on this site and help more people. So I don't know what the what the rules are or what we would change or an e exception. But um w we're really you know, where the DR funds can come in is on a project like this not cut ourselves short and either be all in on a site We're not just halfway do it like

1:48:54we're gonna do a project like this, we need to be all in. So that was something I I noticed in in in in driving through the neighborhood was it's a lot of parking which prevented more houses to go in there. So just a thought on that substance.

1:49:12Commissioner Oakley. And then I just noticed that. That also it it didn't seem like it's an overabundance to me. I did not ride through the whole place but there for those few that we could see right close by where we were. Having a meeting Uh these folks are also I mean they don't have a car. But they could get an Uber to come there and pick them up, so there needs to be some parking there for 'em. They also may have caseworkers that are coming from out of out of the Vincent House. Not necessarily that

1:49:42are stationed right there but somewhere else coming to visit with them uh for their care needs and things of that nature. So we do need certain amount of parking for for them for those homes. Uh

1:49:53Kathy, maybe you can get us a snapshot of what's going on there, how the parking looks we take a look at it and I think at some point a good presentation of this would be a a good good thing for the board to see. Mr. Star

1:50:04Um I wanna echo what Commissioner Weightman said. I'm so glad you brought it up because um I have um mentioned this to the folks at YFA and if I can I'm gonna send this to Gina and she can put it up. Um they have a project on on Trouble Creek. that is a subsidized housing for

1:50:24Can I stop you for a second? If they're gonna be an applicant for the thing that's coming up, there's a cone of silence. We shouldn't be discussing.

1:50:30No, I'm just talking about the parking. And the the people they th there's no way they can drive. But they had to follow our parking regulation. So what I said what I have suggested is maybe s save the space for parking and our regulations but make it a park for now. Because you never know if something may flip to a regular apartment. But you can you can Just not build all the parking space but have it if needed and use it as a park. Um and as far as the um the Uber and

1:51:00all that, I have seen projects, um one comes to mine in Spokane, I think it was, where they have a covered shelter. for people to wait for their Ubers and Lyfts and that may be appropriate in this space.

1:51:16Yeah, so I've I've seen it.

1:51:18This is the parking you never see more than I've never seen two cars there. I'm sure you drive by Trouble Creek a lot. That these people can't there's no way they can get a driver's license, but we have all that parking requ you know, so

1:51:33I just have something to add before you would go further, but sure. I would like to see a project, Kathy, so you know, I would love to see a project similar to this in the East Pasco County, because we do have the same needs over here. I have a property in mine that would fit. not going to talk about it right now so but uh it would fit and and be in a pretty good location for something like this in the East Pasco County. And we have a lot of citizens that have these same

1:52:03needs here in our area too. So okay. Good.

1:52:08Uh that's all Commissioner Weightman? No. Okay. Commissioner Starkey?

1:52:12Um let's see. Um I went to the Metropolitan Ministry's uh Bridge Builders Luncheon in Tampa. It was amazing. That speaker, I can't remember his name right now, but he just gave one of the best speeches I've heard in a long, long time. Very, very inspiring man. And uh one of his cool messages was, you know, if you fail Um that doesn't mean that we're not going to be able to that that doesn't mean that you should stop. You should learn from it and move on and everybody fails in things and

1:52:42and And uh it was just a a great message. Um I was in the Chasco Boat parade. And I wanna wanna thank um. the the Rotary for putting that on. That's my favorite parade. I I don't really do street parades, but I absolutely love the Beau Parade. Um I uh visited a couple of businesses with uh Tom Madonna. We went over to Businesses on this side. So we visited the Clark Dietrich um facility.

1:53:13They are they are so busy there. They make the metal um studs for mostly commercial and l and large buildings. They're doing the new USF football stadium. Um And I think they're doing our jail too. But they sell to a distributor, not direct to the public. But um they were very excited to learn about AMP skills. They're gonna come over and take a look. And you know, we're working on bringing our program to the east side and they're very interested. Um they've

1:53:43got a They they they're just almost twenty four hours there, they're so busy. And um all that all that pipe that you see there and there's more. That's gonna be gone in two days. And then they refill it. And they're they're bringing in material Forty thousand, let's see if I see that roll there. W one of those is either forty thousand pounds or twenty thousand pounds and forty thousand pounds is all you can bring in in a truck. So they either have one forty or two twenties of

1:54:13steel. And um And those trucks were lined up down the road. I don't I don't have that picture but They were just lined up down the road, ready to bring 'em in here. It was very, very cool. um program that they have going on. We're gonna work on a rapid hire for them. This is I'll uh after that I I uh had lunch with the folks from Southeast Culvert. And um another uh wonderful company that's come to the east side. And they are 24

1:54:44hours. An another very busy company. This is a visit that we did a few days later to Fusion 5. They they are in the Trinity Odessa I mean uh West Pasco Industrial Park Um And uh you met the owner of this company yesterday at Amskills. Um, I can't remember his name. It's an Indian name up here. I think his I think his name is Gand Gandhi Gandhi. Whatever. Um, they build laptops. And and rugged

1:55:14eye iPads, but they're not they're they're not Apple, they're what do they call the other ones? And Android? No. Windows. Windows

1:55:25can

1:55:25I don't know I'm I'm an Apple person so I don't know the name of the other one. Number one in the country. They sell more. than anybody else. And they're made here in Pasco County. And um And they're working on something um called a lap book. It's a fifteen inch screen, so it's a combination between a laptop And a computer. Um but I I wondered if we carry their their um They're rugged. They're you know, about that big. Um We

1:55:56should we should be carrying a local company's product. Right now their products are that the pieces come in from other places in the world and they're assembled here. Uh but they wanna learn how to they wanna transition to making all the components here. So I'm gonna try and hook them up with different manufacturers. What you're seeing behind us there in this machine is they make a rapid charger. Um that's number one.

1:56:27It's the number one rapid charger that's being sold in America. And they're testing them right there. They they have an amazing testing. Um prod So what's the word? Um program and they're guaranteed. So if something goes wrong with your rapid charger, they will they will replace it. So Very cool company right here in West Pasco Industrial Park. And they uh found out about AMSkills. They loved it. He's from Sweden, actually,

1:56:58and was a product of the apprenticeship program in Sweden. And um was very excited to hear that we have something here and they immediately came over to Amskills and they have donated a they're donating a bunch of equipment to us. And that's that company's called Fusion Five. Um then I went to the uh Del Web River Reserve. Commissioner Mariano. Well, I don't think you went in the woods though. They said that you weren't dressed to to go in the woods the day, but you were at the ribbon cutting

1:57:28But if you if all of you if you get a chance to go see what this company has done Here it's on um Shady Hills.

1:57:39And That boardwalk is a little bit more than a little bit. That's a m like almost a million dollar boardwalk. And they have this bike trail that's all this gravel here. That's a shell. That goes for over two and a half miles. And it is just amazing what they've done uh in the wild it's kind of part of the wildlife corridor but they kept it and managed it themselves instead of giving it over to us. And what's really exciting about this is on the other side of the wildlife corridor is

1:58:10Mitchell forty one, which is gonna be called Fieldin. I don't know if you guys have had meetings um with um West Bay, but I've had many because we've been working on a trail there. And I believe talking with Key We're gonna be able to connect this trail system to the trail system over there. And um everyone's really excited about this possibility and this boardwalk is is just amazing and it goes way in so you should should go

1:58:40give that a try while it's not too hot. Then yesterday um we had the Spectrum check presentation at AMSkills. And um thank you to Senator Hooper and Commissioner Yeager who attended. Um there were eight eight projects in the state that were awarded these this fifteen thousand dollar Um Uh Check and we were this number two. And so we had a nice ceremony yesterday and it coincided with the kickoff

1:59:10of our next boot camp. And there you see our customers there. The gentleman in the light blue shirt in the front When he was sixteen or seventeen, his mom heard Tom speaking on the radio. on a on the weekend and she immediately came to us when we were at Marchman and put him in our after school program. And when he was old enough he went to work. We placed him with um Lockheed Martin. Who had a special contract to work on a project. So

1:59:41right out of high school he got a great job. And then when that contract went away He came back to Amskills and now we were in our boot c camp mo mode. It went through the boot camp and he's now with chromoloi. Chromaloi, um they're they're It's the tall gentleman in the back with blonde hair. Um, they've taken s they have hired so many of our our graduates. They love our program. And he spoke to all the uh participants in the boot camp about how he was able to

2:00:11get a great career without any college debt. He's rising up the ladder there and he's just th and that's his mom. They're just so appreciative. So um Yeah, so The gentleman in the suit from Fusion Five is donating laptops, etcetera to us and that's what this check is for so it's gonna stretch really stretch our money. So it was a it was a great day. And thank you so much for coming. And um that's it for me.

2:00:39Hi, Mussie Ego.

2:00:41All right, I will be very quick on first slide. I was at the um H C A Florida Sun Lake Emergency uh Freestanding ER ribbon cutting and I this I l i first of all it's absolutely beautiful, but they will offer emergency services There'll be private exam rooms, a fully quick trauma room, ambulate access, on-site lab, and CTs. So really uh they can handle some pretty major things there. So that was a beautiful. And

2:01:13I was uh talking about children and I missed the uh I missed the group picture, but I was there so I had to I said to Jack, I said, If I don't have a picture, I wasn't there, so come take a picture with me. So and um next slide. And oh this is gonna be great. This is Habitat for Humanity. They are going to be having 20 homes and this was their groundbreaking and they were able to surprise two families to let them know that they were

2:01:43accepted into the program. So it was really cute. The the young gentleman on the on the right, uh he was like, you get to learn how to cut the grass and It was really it was really cute. But um it's gonna be filled with kids and it's just gonna be amazing and I'm I'm super proud of um Is this

2:02:00the one that's across from the county building?

2:02:02Yes. Yes, and it's really, really beautiful in there. So I'm looking forward to seeing that go up. So Um Yeah, so they already have two families and they're looking for more um more people to join the program. Excellent. So

2:02:17I know they get a lot of help from the banks to w to come up with those zero percent loans, so as much as they can do, I'd like to see that much more than apartments to have people get their homes. So if we can make some things happen like that, I think it'd be great.

2:02:29Yes. This project took so long for them to get the shovel underground. I I feel bad for them. But they worked on this for years. Yeah.

2:02:38All right,

2:02:38good to see it

2:02:39happening.

2:02:40On the administrator.