public comment by Tampa Bay Builders Association

2:49Thank you, Chairman. Can everybody hear me?

2:51We can.

2:54Wonderful. Thank you so much for indulging me. I am so sorry that I was not able to be with you this morning. My car is getting fixed as we speak. So good afternoon, Commissioners. My name is Jennifer Modzinger and I represent the Tampa Bay Builders Association, the people who build the American Dream of Home Ownership. And there is no question today that Pasco has become an ideal place for many families to move for its quality of life, the proximity to airport and other types of things that everybody

3:25wants to be around. And of course, as we all know, everybody wants to move to Pasco County, build a new home with a pool. Last month, as evidence of that, your staff issued almost a thousand permits. And most of those were within an approved master plan community. As you guys know, I've been working with Dan and Sally and the rest of the staff over the last year to address the challenges that come with the surge in demand for Pasco's development and building services. And I just want to

3:55take a quick moment and say publicly again, thank you to everybody for your late nights, your weekends, and all the dedication to maintain that level of service. We are working together to streamline the development review process without changing any regulations that protect the life safety and welfare of our citizens. That is a priority that we share. As you know, your staff has discussed the antiquated land development code, and an overhaul has been

4:25discussed many, many times. However, this is not the time to do that. So my mission has been to ensure that local regulatory processes are not contradictory, duplicative, or punitive in nature. And most of the suggestions I hear are simply cleanup items that are duplicative. However, I'm very concerned that the land development code has become a tool to confuse the staff and the industry, and that's so unintentional. We're seeing a lot of LDC changes

4:56being used as the sole reason why change hasn't happened. I hear things like, well, it's in the LDC so we can't change it or well we have to wait until we can address it with the Commission because it requires a change in the LDC. So I'm asking you, Commissioners, to help all of us by making your intentions clear. Because I don't think that your intention is to preserve a regulation just for the sake of the regulation. But I also think that we're getting bogged down in a fear-based approach, and I don't think that that is your

5:26intention either. I think you want to see this community grow. I think you know our industry has the capital to invest at this moment the height of the market in some really cool stuff. And I think we can all agree that if a process improvement takes Please. And it makes sense. there could be a way to temporarily support it while addressing those LDC changes. Thank you. That's all I wanted to say. And I really truly appreciate you uh taking the time to listen

5:56to my concerns.

5:58Yeah, thank you for your comments.

6:02Okay, um Now's the time for public hearing uh starting with ordinances P60