Public comment period

23:42Okay. All right, at this time we will take public comment. Do we have anyone signed up? Madam Chair, we

23:51do. Um I will we I got a quite a few, so I'll I'll call you up in names of three so you know who's on deck. Uh we have Lisa Moretti, followed by Michael. Sorry, I don't know the spelling of the name, but it's Polterac maybe? And then Julia um I don't know how to I can't really tell, but I think it's maybe bar two knack. But if I crush that I'm so sorry. Oh, did I say it right? Okay. There you go. Um Ms. Moretti, are you here? I am. Okay,

24:21please come up. Um and when you come to the podium, please remember to state your name and address, and then you may proceed with your comments.

24:34Hi, I'm Lisa Moretti, [address removed]. I wanted to come to speak today because we've been following the Connected Cities Project. Opaga is presenting their report. to the legislature about how that has progressed, sort of a report card. And with a lot of the flooding that we've seen over in that area, and with the Tall Timbers project coming up for hearing. Um There's quite

25:04a few things with that project that we have been watching that we feel are Out of alignment with what the MPUD says. So I'd like to bring your attention to that. Also, the Swift MUD standard that we use for flooding, the state legisl the state regs do not say that we have to use Swift MUD as our yardstick. We choose to do that. And I would like to encourage you to find a different standard to use because it seems that that standard really doesn't

25:35meet the new weather pattern that we're in. Every storm is unprecedented. Each time we see one. And the flooding that we've seen, the folks that are over in places like Conerton, Erin Cutoff, Fort King Road. Over near Morningside, still underwater, many of them. So we haven't got the right standard in place, and I'd like to encourage you to maybe consider using some of the standards out of FDOT, which is far more extensive. and maybe

26:05evolving how we handle flooding in the future. I'm also very concerned about some of the reckless development that's going on. Developers are ignoring the things that you've asked them to do. in many places across the county. And so consequently we have some crazy things going on. You'll hear about one of them from a resident with Krella Development, where they've just decided that her property is theirs. And no pushback. We need the support for residents from you. and

26:36we need the support from our planning division and our county offices. I would like to really say that the planning office has been very responsive and we appreciate that, that they've listened to us and that they have uh taken the time to sit down with us and and really hear what we're trying to say. So uh I would encourage you to take a deeper look at the things that are going on in development after they've passed through. your decision making process. because many of

27:06them are not following the very things that you asked for. Thank you.

27:12Thank you. We don't allow clapping here, thank you.

27:16So um if when I when I had called your name, if you just come right on up. So Michael, I I believe it's Polterac. And then Julia I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do it again. Um Bartunak. And then John Kane.

27:33There's an overhead to go with this, thank you. Perfect. My name is Michael Pultoric. I'm representing the Pasco County Connected Residents Group. We're now coming together and gonna be a much louder voice with this connected city issue. My address is [address removed].

27:52Thank you.

27:55As Lisa just mentioned, Opaga put their report to the state. That's based on county reports. The last one was twenty three and I'm not sure currently we would receive amazing scores if they came down here and took a look at what we were doing. With the Connected City MPUD, we are missing our vision and values of what was handed out to the county and to the residents back in twenty fifteen on what was going to come here for the community. This is a

28:25map of the spa zones. You can see there's five districts. We all know it's the Business or EOD Northern, Southern Innovation Zones, the Community Hub, and then the Urban Business Corps.

28:39Over half of your principles are based on health, wellness, outdoor parks, meeting spaces. Living a healthier lifestyle. It's in the M P U D.

28:51Your M P O D. Very clearly defines that there's a need for community gardens, farmers markets, a district park, outdoor vibrant meeting spaces that abut and work with the schools that are gonna be put into the connected city to make a healthier Lifestyle for everybody. It also says that these parks are going to be the bridge that brings all of the community developments together and brings it in relationship to

29:21the other districts of the connected city.

29:25This is the picture of the school and the high tech buildings that was sold to us. These are pictures that were sold to us that the beautiful business district is going to become. Unfortunately, the EOD, the 965 acres, is being advertised as 5.5 million square feet of distribution and industrial. 2.5 million square feet is going to be specifically distribution. We're gonna have a

29:55truck stop.

29:58I'm gonna skip ahead here, but this in your The M P U D. Master Plan specifically states we will have a district park Everything that I highlighted earlier and that those areas would be in the community hub. And it's so important. It's also stated and protected in the north and south innovation zones. Every one of these red squares is already rezoned for developers to put housing in. There is only one parcel of land, it just happens to be tall

30:29timbers, remaining, that could be used for your district park and everything that's stated that this that defines the community hub. It also abuts the urban core. and connects with Three of the districts directly. So this parcel could actually fulfill the definition that you put forward on what the connected city is supposed to be. The reason that we feel this project right now would not receive passing scores

30:59is because the EOD has turned into distribution. This southern innovative district has turned into a fancy community pool, The Northern Innovation Zone is another fancy community pool, and in the urban core, right now one-fifth of what was supposed to be deemed in 2015 by legislative action as the urban core, one-fifth of that area in 2020, we turned into a multimillion dollar county fleet

31:30management facility. We have a fancy oil change station for more trucking right in the middle of the urban core. We knew that that was supposed to be zoned for urban core and what we're doing as a county's not fulfilling the

31:46I'm sorry, uh your three minutes are up, but

31:51I didn't was engrossed.

31:55Uh Julius Bartunik, [address removed]. And I'm here today to just say that the C11 Penny for Pasco funds should not go to subsidize a developer. A penny for Pasco would be better to help our first responders that helped us during the hurricanes would Be better to help with stormwater resiliency with upcoming climate disasters and

32:25also to help with our schools to give increase in salaries for our teachers. The first responsors are police officers and our teachers have a lot of trauma and I'm nervous, so I'm gonna stop. Take a deep breath. Thank you. I

32:39know this happened to you

32:40before. It's okay, you could do it.

32:44I know. Practice makes perfect.

32:46Um yeah, please just penny for Pasco should go for the people, not for developers.

32:53All right, we have John Kane followed by Larry Conwell, followed by Al Hiller.

33:03I'm John Cain. Um I can't I need your address, sir. Uh [address removed]. Thank you. [address removed]. Um I came to speak. On the development also, I mean I I hear it from everybody. I don't so I don't think it's a secret where you It's fast and furious in our county. Anybody that's lived here a long time understands the big change. I'm concerned about the

33:33method. I I know we're not gonna stop the development. I'm not gullible. I I know that kind of money rules and that's what's gonna be. But I think we should set up some guardrails. We had А лота лайн клерed out. And the method that they used was kinda archaic. They j they just clumped all the trees up and they burned. And that burning went on and it was You know, these these parcels of land, even though they're big parcels, they're they're

34:03in the midst of of already existing homes and schools and hospitals. There's old people, there's children. And we got P PMs going up in the air, we got large plumes of smoke. traveling with the wind going everywhere. It it to me, I was kind of shocked to see it, especially in this day and age. I was a forestry student years ago. And I have to tell you, the technology now, there's no reason for that. You you I talked to somebody from

34:34DEP because I thought that we were kind of restrained by state standards. Because that's what I heard from the county. Anytime I I put it out there complained was that well the the this is a burn state and this fellow from DEP assured me that every county runs it differently. And that you have the right to run it different. And you could bring in an air curtain, incinerator you could demand. that these developers bring in an air curtain incinerator And you would never see any smoke. You would

35:04never send any parts per million up into the air. Um it it would keep the air clean, it would keep our water clean. It it's good for the citizens, good for everyone's health. So I I would ask you to please look into doing that, maybe form an ordinance for demanding that that when they come here to our county, uh that they use an air curtain incinerator. It would benefit them too, to be honest, because it burns everything really fast. When you throw everything in there, it's

35:34almost like a wind tunnel. And it just it just burns up the trees at a faster pace. It wouldn't be smoldering all night long like it does and blowing over different housing areas in New Port Richey. So I I like I say I'm kinda surprised we haven't done it already. But I'm I'm gonna ask please look into that. We don't need to do it this way. We Consider your citizens more than you do the developers. That's what I'm asking you to do. Thank you. Thank you.

36:09Good morning. Good morning. My name is Larry Conwell and I live at [address removed] in [address removed]. And I'm here uh looking for consideration or direction for an intersection that has been busy, let's say. Uh it's the intersection of at Riles, Silverado, Ranch Boulevard, and Island Road. And um It's the problem is is that that is a very busy

36:40intersection. People uh Block the intersection so the Two roads can't get onto the main drive of Island Road. Many accidents have been there. So, the way I understand it is that I did talk to one of my representative offices. They said that there's going to be a stoplight in 2027. Uh in the meantime, uh I would request for some consideration or direction uh

37:10that some signs that could be put up to say do not block the intersection. They have that on um Uh Morse Bridge Road and Chansey. There was by there, but it's it was said do not block the driveway, I guess, uh on that part there. The other thing is is that at least I don't know if this is a possibility, but When you come off of Dean

37:41Dairy Road, and I'm talking about in Zephyrhills, on to Island Road, heading west, I guess it would be. There is a speed limit sign that says 55 miles an hour. That might be great back in the day when the development wasn't so prevalent and there wasn't so many houses and traffic to at least consider maybe changing the speed limit sign to like a 35 or a 45. That's all I have. Thanks for

38:11letting me speak. And um Have a great day.

38:14Thank you and our traffic guys are listening. So thank you very much.

38:18Thank you. So um Al Hiller, I think he's making his way up. Then we have Jerry Ringsby. Followed by Wanda Chasnoff.

38:28Good morning. Uh my name's Al Hiller. I live at [address removed]. Beautiful downtown [address removed]. Uh congratulations, Chairwoman. Change things around here while the seat was popping around. Um on behalf of many of the people of Pasco County, Uh I want to thank you for all the help that you've given us during this disaster time. Uh Chairman M Uh

38:59Starkey. Uh Commissioner Seth, uh Whiteman. Uh Commissioner Ron Oakley. And Commissioner Gary Bradford.

39:13If you may have noticed, Uh I didn't recognize one of our commissioners. This is because he is the commissioner for District Five. This is where I live. Recently, after the storm, I found I found him helping two veterans in their nineties cleaning and removing debris from their house from the storm.

39:39He has been at most association meetings in his district answering questions And reassuring people. that Pasco County was there to help them and rebuild their homes.

39:55He works tirelessly for Pasco County in District Five. And he's always looking to the future.

40:04Commissioner Mariano? Mm. I'd like to present you. with just some of the letters and notes that the people of your district gave to me to give to you. Well.

40:20Um move to receive and file, I guess. I'll take a motion. I can't take a motion.

40:27for the commissioner, then it doesn't matter. If it if the commissioner wants it in the record,

40:34And and Al, while while you're out there, this is Commissioner Yeager.

40:40Phenomenal every step of the

40:41way.

40:44She

40:48She did a wonderful.

40:49Like I've said to Jack many times, if you're not doing your job, you're not hearing a lot of complaints. Thank you, Commissioners, for what you do for us.

40:56We appreciate you coming and and saying what you did. Thank you.

41:02Jerry Rings Ringsby? Followed by Wanda Chasnov, followed by Irene. Um, I think it's Wellen. Maybe?

41:11I think it's Jerry Kingsley. Is that what that is? Oh I

41:14don't know. It could be a K or an R. K. I'm just went with the R because it looked more like an R. That's

41:19fine. My name is Jerry Kingsley, uh [address removed], uh [address removed]. Um I am here uh because of uh storyland. I'm not sure if that's on the agenda. I heard it was, I don't really know. Um twenty years ago I addressed this commission. Some of you were on the commission back then. Twenty years ago was the first time my house flooded. Um and now uh this is the fourth time that it's flooded. Um a little over two months

41:50ago we had a natural disaster. But what followed that natural disaster to me was gross mismanagement of our infrastructure. Um I was I work for a small construction company. I am out in Gulf Harbors. That's a natural disaster. What happened by me again is gross mismanagement of our infrastructure. I know we need to grow as a community and I'm okay with that, but not at my expense, my neighbors' expense, and everybody in that part of Pasco County. Um so

42:20I'm Begging you, please. Let's fix the infrastructure before we continue to grow. You guys promised it, you promise it all the time. And Y you you can't not keep doing that. I I heard this think about two months ago. How can we forget about that already? All of that. 'Cause it's not me. It's not my cheese. Not my cheese means well it didn't affect me. And it probably didn't affect any of you up there. I don't know. It

42:50didn't affect any of you personally. It affected me personally. This is the fourth time. Used to be this is a hundred year event. A hundred year event. A hundred year event. We've changed it to a thousand year event now. How many hundred year events can happen in my lifetime? So We The s associate the citizens are pleading with you, please. do the right thing, fix this infrastructure. Yeah it it has got to be fixed. You cannot

43:21think about what you're gonna do. If you saw pictures, and I'm assuming and I know some of you were out in the community two months ago, think about what Yeah. Walgreens look like, what that church looked like. There was a river in front of there. And we're talking about growing there? I'm for the community growing. My kids are older now, but not at my expense. So I know we're early in this, but even if this storyland thing is a story, I don't care. You still have to fix this infrastructure.

43:52It cannot. continue to happen. Again, it this was it wasn't a natural disaster. You can say that it is, but it's not. It was been mismanagement. If this was the first time it happened, I'd say, oh my gosh. But this has happened multiple, multiple, multiple times on again, a lot of your watch. And and it the everybody out east where that new money's coming from, they're high and dry. Not everybody, I know there's some, but a lot of people out

44:22east they're high and dry. Thank you and please fix that. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next. Just Correct.

44:36Good morning. My name is Wanda Chasnop and I live at [address removed]. Good morning board. I'm here on good and bad, okay? The bad is is I live on Green Key off of Green Key Road. We have a wooded area that the homeless people have overtaken. Yesterday we had an event. I'm rebuilding my house. and I'm unable to stay in my home. And so I come to my home every morning. And I've been helping the senior citizens that live

45:06on my street to get everybody's house back together. I went there yesterday morning. and I was bombarded by the people Uh the community about that they had been kept up all night by the homeless people screaming for help. They called the c the authorities, no one came. I got near I called nine one one. I said, We need somebody here. and I found out that Colleen, of mister Mariano's secretary, had gotten a permanent trespass on this property. Well,

45:37Everybody's upset because we're trying to rebuild our home and we're fighting with the homeless people and we can't get nowhere. We need some help with the county to do what needs to be done to get them out of there. They were there just morning. They went through there there was nobody there because they go to the church for breakfast every morning. No sooner than the code enforcement man left there they were. Even the guy that they took out yesterday that was naked out there in the woods and everything. Hollerin' help all

46:07night long. They took him out and an hour later he was right back there. We can't continue to live like this and try to put our houses together. We're all senior citizens. I'm 66 years old. I can't continue to do this. I need your help to make the man who owns the property do something about it. Clean it off, fence it off, do whatever you gotta do. Stop putting the taxpayers in jeopardy because these people are dangerous. I bounce syringes and everything else there.

46:38It's gotta stop. If not, I'm going there with a gun. And I'll make sure it's gone. So I'm asking for your help and I wanna rebuild my house. I've been there seventeen years. And Jack, you've helped me as much as you can. Now I need the board to help us the rest of us. Thank you.

46:54Thank you. I'm gonna ask the rest of the folks who are um gonna speak to line up because we have a very full morning and so I need to We have we still have a lot of people on the line, so if you would call 'em and we'll get you the start line in that.

47:07Okay. We have Eileen, I think it's Wellen. Welch. Okay, thank you. Sorry. First time I'm going to be able to do that. Okay, let me um hold on just a moment. I'm gonna call all the names first, okay? Please give me five. Okay, we'll do the first five. Um Mary Lou Kaiser, Lisa Virgig Virgiglio? I'm sorry I probably said the that wrong. Um and then Alan Rose and Peter Del DeLeo. Okay. If you're unable to stand for that period of

47:37time, just let us know.

47:39Okay,

47:40let's

47:40go.

47:40Name and address. I'm sorry, my name is Irene Welch. I live at [address removed]. I live right next to this homeless camp place that Wanda was talking about. I have a video. of what these people listen to. I arrive again 'cause I'm I've been flooded. I live in the T and Hotel. And I come every morning to set up my new home. I'm trying to set up a new home for an autistic child and myself. There's two people that live in that home. It is very dangerous. There's needles. Everywhere. We

48:11have traffic of twenty people, different people that I counted coming every single day on bikes, in and out, in and out. I've seen drug transactions. I haven't even moved in. I paid December's rent. And I am stuck. Because you know what the rental market is? Crazy, crazy. High or not available. I am blessed that I have this home and I want to make it the best home I can for my child. And this is not safe. If I played this video what this man was hooting and hollering, You'd be like, What? I

48:42have it. Can you like to hear it? Can you just send it to us when you're done? I

48:45will

48:46it is bad and it's dangerous. I I'm I'm f in fear of my life. There's an elderly woman, she's gonna speak next with an uh again, another autistic chill child. And we live across and next. And this is we have to deal with this. It's it's bad. The trash I picked up, sixteen bags of trash, singly by myself. There's s syringe needles in the alleyway. Well, I can't let my child walk outside my gated house because we don't know if if he's gonna see a needle. They're

49:17everywhere. I mean I I've never lived uh I'm I'm from Boston. And I've I've lived in the ghetto and I have never seen as much needles ev in this area. This is bad. Green key can be beautiful. That area is one mile from a beach. I was so excited to get that property. And it I I I I told everyone, I'm moving a green key. Yeah. That's the response. No, you got that's gotta be fixed. Green key is beautiful.

49:45I'll I'll just let you know that we're gonna have a discussion on what we can do with private property owners and

49:48trespassers. I feel like I'm I got lucky and moving in a nice place and then it turned out it was a nightmare.

49:55Right.

49:56Thank you. Thank you. We'll work on it.

50:00Okay.

50:02Mary Lou Kaiser, followed by Lisa Ver. Virgilio. Virgilio. I knew that Jih was pronounced differently. Then Alan Rose, then Peter Deleo. I'm gonna call the ones that have signed up and then um after that then anyone else can line up behind them because I believe there's others in line that I did not call. And then we have Nancy Hazelwood, followed by Robert uh Ritchie, and then uh Pastor Jen, and I always pronounce your name last name wrong, Carol Wack. Oh I did it right, okay. And then after that then you

50:32can line up if you have other public comments that didn't sign up.

50:36Okay. Good morning, Miss Kaiser. Uh well thank you all for listening to me. Um I'm Mary Lou Kaiser. I'm at [address removed], but I also own the two lots that's right on Green Key, um, the which is my yard. Uh so I have three pieces of property. Okay, I'm w this was my dream was to be a snowbird. in this late time of my life 'cause I'm from Kentucky. Winters are tough. It

51:07was just a dream of being here where it's warm. But when I came here three years ago I found the property but of course I didn't know uh what I was gonna be content with uh seeing because I'm in rural Kentucky With no neighbors and no screaming and no drugs, uh they may be in their homes, but not right in my face. So I'm right across the street from this homeless Creatures.

51:39They're in and out all the time. every day it's not ten people, it's snow telling how many people's gonna and then I'm right in my that's my yard. They're right across. I can So almost shake their hand. It's been going on. It's been going on ever since I've been here for three years. I try to come in the winter. I try to come in the winter at n in January, but this time I had to come quickly because of the flood. And um so I've been here longer than I usually am. I'm usually

52:09not here till January, but um the uh the epidemic we have there right by the uh uh alley They live behind my fence. They live behind my fence. They live across the street. Uh And I'm from a state a little country town that our property is everything to us. Our children, our property is is everything. We've got our investment there. I

52:39came here, the place was all grown up. And I seen there was a little problem with ep with the epidemic of homelessness, but man, oh man, every time I come it's more and more and they're people I guess that buys their property and they fight to be a write off but and they're not paying any attention. But uh you come in and and mess and poop on my you poop and do your thing on my property in Kentucky,

53:10you won't be there long s you know. And when we had this flood, and I'll end with this. When we had this flood and I had to come fast, I had just had hip surgery and they released me to come right on because I wanted to save my property. My I mean I that's my old age uh investment. is what I have and that three pieces of property there on my address says West Side Drive, but I'm facing Green Key right across from this this epidemic of creatures. Okay. I

53:40came fast and the mess that you see from this is unbelievable. And I we need something done. I mean no one should invade. No one should invade. We'll take

53:53we will take it up.

53:54Okay.

53:54Thank you.

54:03Good morning. My name is Lisa Virgilio. I live at [address removed], the Pasco side. Otherwise known as Shady Hills. Um, I'm proud to say that I live in Shady Hills. Someone in my immediate family has lived there since nineteen eighty. Lot has happened in forty four, well, forty five years. Um Most notably the development projects, I'm sure you're all aware.

54:34Huh I used to be able to shower, do laundry, and water my yard all at the same time. Now I barely have a a trickle. My aquifer is is negatively impacted and has been compromised by the growth. I'm not the only one, and I'd like to know how I'm supposed to fix it, When I know it's all a part of the development going in. the developments that have been approved. I'm not opposed to growth

55:04and I'm not opposed to advancement. My opposition at this point is how much growth is being allowed in the Shady Hills area. Shady Hills is more or less 29 square miles, and in 2020 the population was 11,690. That population number is about to explode. There are apartments and homes and car washes and storage units. all that are all currently being built or planned. Again, I'm not opposed

55:35to growth, but please slow it down. Shady Hills Road from 52 to County Line Road has only two traffic lights, which makes it basically a speedway. I've watched accidents happen and there have been several deaths to human and livestock on Shady Hills Road. I don't have children at Mary Giella or Cruise Lake Middle or Shady Hills Elementary. I don't understand wha how with a clear conscience developments are developments

56:05are allowed, but there are no sidewalks. There's not enough traffic lights. And the roads are not wide enough to accommodate the new growth coming in. I see children daily near all of these schools and frankly I'm afraid of them, afraid for them and their parents. It would only take one misstep by a child for a tragedy to happen. The blatant disregard for the health and well-being of Shady Hills residents should be a top priority before allowing new housing developments and new businesses. According

56:36to the Pasco County Commissioner's website, under Service Excellence, it states that you are dis that you serve to make the community better, that you place the citizens and customers' interests first. I don't see that. No disrespect. But I see the almighty dollar coming first. There has to be a middle ground somewhere, and frankly, I can't imagine why so much development is being allowed without road widening, sidewalks, and traffic signals. With all of this development, Shady Hills is about to lose the

57:06Florida charm that drew most of us there. I may not know everyone who lives in Shady Hills, but what I do know Thank you very much. Ye almost got it.

57:16Thank you.

57:17No problem. Mr. Rose.

57:18Alan Rose, followed by Peter Deleo, followed by the Ron Oakley. Guys come up

57:22just a little closer. I need every

57:23second.

57:28I have documents for the for the board.

57:31I'll take a motion.

57:33I move. Second.

57:34All in favor? Aye.

57:35Aye.

57:39Um, Jeff, do I need to reading vocals? Not for receiving

57:44file. I

57:44know

57:45this is Allen Rose, [address removed]. I know you're used to seeing me on coastal waterways issues. That's my specialty. Today I'm here on something different. I'm here representing My community of Golden Acres. Presently I was at the last uh Planning board meeting. And uh the owner investor that's purchased the property, uh Golden Acres Phase One, Lot Two, and this is on your agenda today at P eighty one. Uh phase one, not two, representative

58:15to the planning board. The need to c to uh convert This property. From residential to high density commercial. Mr. Rose.

58:25If this is a public hearing this afternoon, that's when you should be making your comments.

58:31Okay, I thought this was public comment and I should bring this to pre warn for that or just bring

58:35it up this afternoon. If you want it as part of the record of that hearing, that's when you need to make your comments.

58:44If it's a quasi judicial item, that's when that's there's a time and place for these comments.

58:51Okay. Well then I apologize.

58:53See you this afternoon. All right. We'll hang on to these. Thank you. Public hearing starts at one thirty.

58:59Good morning. My name is Peter Deleo. I live at [address removed]. Uh this is regarding the Orchid Lake Road. uh in subdivision in Orkid Lake. Th there's a uh there's a lot of traffic going down that road and uh a couple of kids almost got hit. I almost got hit walking my dog. Uh it's there's a couple of schools back there and it's we put a petition in for a uh speed bumps but it got denied because there wasn't that many

59:29people that were uh signing for it. But there's rentals there, people are trying to sell their homes, and it's like a highway. It's like you call it US nineteen, that's what you should call it. because they come down a road and doing forty, fifty miles an hour. I notice two signs on the road. One says thirty at the beginning of the road and one says near the school, Dirty over there. They brush in to get to the school. In the morning it's like a zoo. I called the sheriff's apartment mu multiple times. They say they patrol the area. I haven't

1:00:00seen one patrol car there. They s they said they gave thirty nine violations. I even called district four Lisa, I believe it was, and I put a com asked her about it and She tried to help and she couldn't do it and I told her I was coming here to talk to these people about this issue. It has to be done. Something has to be done. And then another issue I have is uh The roads in Orkid Lake Village are falling apart. I have pictures here. I took pictures of I walk around the neighborhood. It's like like potholes all over the place.

1:00:30This sh I haven't living here thirty nine years in this area and in that community. And I watched the community grow and everything, but it's just falling apart. I can't see a community go go to garbage like it is. You know, it's You know, I you I don't know what to say on this.

1:00:47Mr. Branford, could you meet outside with him and um talk about road calming uh devices and see if uh Orchid Lake is on the paving assessment schedule?

1:01:00I thank you very much. Thank you.

1:01:03Next up is Nancy Hazelwood, followed by Robert Ridgie, followed by Pastor Jen Kerouac, and then anyone else who did not sign up.

1:01:12Yancy Hayswood, [address removed]. It's nice to see you over here instead of over there. It's a bit of a change. Uh first I would like to thank you all for arranging a meeting with Tampa Bay Water. It was very insightful for the citizens of Northeast Rural. We are very afraid that if a well field is put in the Northeast protected area that we will soon have a wastewater treatment plant and then the rural area can be developed at high density. Northeast

1:01:42Rural now has only well in s has only well in septic because it takes a bit of land and that's what's helped keeping us rural there. So we hope you will give that matter some attention and keep us rural out there. Um I have another question. Uh I know y'all don't answer questions. Mr. Oakley's told me that a few times. I was wondering why the board continues to listen to the same people

1:02:13who represent the development communities when they have failed quite a few times, over and over again, to follow through with what they have promised.

1:02:24their projects go on and nothing is done even though y'all passed it with conditions. It has been agreed on and it is in the application by the board at public hearing. This affects this board. We see this. We see you all voting on this, and then when it comes to fruition, it's something completely different. If you want your word to stand for something in this county. It might be uh behoove y'all to make

1:02:54sure that the applicants either follow through or maybe you could just quit listening to 'em. After this happens three times, maybe it's shouldn't they shouldn't be up in front of you again. I was at Connected Cities first meeting. And if I remember correctly, they actually promised to do the jobs first. I don't think we're seeing that. Thank y'all. Thank you. Next.

1:03:20Mm-mm.

1:03:23Hello. Uh my name is Rob Ritchie. I live at [address removed] and I represent the residents of Shady Hills with our concerns about the uh rapid development in the area. I like Linda who spoke before me on behalf of Shady Hills. Uh do not deny that change is inevitable. I've lived in Shady Hill since nineteen seventy-six and I've seen it cycle multiple times. What I'm concerned about is the lack of infrastructure. Planning for the area. Shady Hills Road is a super highway. during the operation,

1:03:54the daytime hours, and that's not counting any of the development that is now currently underway. The majority of the traffic and I've unofficially checked on it, ninety percent of it is Hernando County traffic. So how many residents In Pasco County na in Shady Hills now and future have to be affected or killed the future residents because of this Uncontrolled traffic. I was recently in need of emergency services within the last month. I lived two miles from the fire department. It took them 30

1:04:24minutes to get to me. I coded in the hospital because of the delay. And all I ask is that there be something done. Why not at least a caution light at Little Ranch Road and Shady Hills Road? I've brought this up before in in an unofficial meeting. Um there's not that. Every other fire department has one. We don't. And obviously there doesn't need to be a caution light directly in front of the fire station on Little Ranch Road, but can we have one on Shady Hills Road? I've been in traffic witnessing the emergency vehicles trying to

1:04:54get out. And they can't. And motorists, where do they go? They have to pull off the road. The shoulders are so soft due to the fact that we have no sidewalks, due to the fact that we have no trails, we have nothing. So the four-wheeler traffic and the pedestrian traffic has to share the road or use the shoulder. I witnessed just the other day a woman in a wheelchair who was homeless being pushed through sugar stand on Shady Hills Road to her homeless camp. That shouldn't be. And I I just implore you all to please consider the

1:05:24growth and the future effects of this growth. I know two to five years Shady Hills Road is is going to be even worse and it's not on the schedule. So think about what we might do to at least help with the pedestrian traffic and the bicycle traffic that has to utilize Shady Hills Road. I'm not here to complain about the homeless. They're there. They're going to be displaced as the development continues and we understand that. But we have to do something. We have to be better for the future growth. Shady Hills Road Probably can't be widened

1:05:54right away. And even the development that the uh the Dell Web community, as I'm driving by it yesterday. When we do decide to widen Shady Hills Road, it's got to go west. So what is to the west side? Because the Del Webb sidewalk is already within 15 feet of the edge of Shady Hills Road. So now the cost of widening Shady Hills Road will be quadruple because the power lines will all have to be moved. We had a perfect opportunity to utilize setbacks with these developments beforehand, and we didn't. And now the developments are going to be built, so we have to go west, so it's going to cost. my tax dollars

1:06:25and everybody else's tax dollars more to widen a road that could have been planned for in advance. Thank you very much.

1:06:34Mm-hmm.

1:06:37Good morning, Pastor Jen uh Kerouac [address removed] and the Shady Hills area. Um And today and as last time I was before you, uh something was on my heart. So today, James one, sixteen, do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. And in my opinion my humble opinion. It

1:07:07is a good gift to be placed in the position that each of you have been placed in. With the responsibility to advocate for the citizens of your counties, of your community, the the place where we are today, Pasco County.

1:07:29And these good gifts come from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of his own will he brought us forth by the Word of Truth. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, Slow to wrath, for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. And so I'm here today not to bring wrath of any particular person, but to attempt to bring forth the righteousness

1:07:59of God. And Yeah. As we as we continue to come to these meetings, and and as the gentleman who brought forward the Connected Cities Plan, and I think he said 2015, and as I know that there's a woman at the local transportation disadvantaged transportation board meeting that said that they started to ask for the widening of Shady Hills Road

1:08:29in 2005, which was her first time serving in the capacity on that board. And and every meeting that I come to, I come with with you know, the hopefulness that as we come forward and as we come to the table to collaborate, that we will be heard. And I do not want to see people hurt, and I don't mean to bore you, Commissioner Oakley. I do not Want

1:09:00to come here in in wrath. But it is a great concern that the people Feel like they come and they're not heard. The people feel like that they can't go to their commissioners and be heard. And I appreciate all of the meetings that I've had with those that I have met with, with Commissioner Mariano, Commissioner Weightman, Commissioner Starkey, and Commissioner Oakley. I appreciate that sincerely. But I really Just

1:09:32Plead with you. To consider everything that you hear when it's brought forward and as these developments and as these decisions are made, that you consider it.

1:09:48Thank you. Thank you very much from God. Thank you for coming. Next. Is there anyone else after this gentleman that wants to speak they need to get in line? Because I I have a time certain and I'm going to honor it. Because I have to leave after that and Commissioner Mariano, you'll be running the meeting for the rest of until lunchtime. Until after lunch. Please stand up closer to the mic, all of you. Thank you.

1:10:11Good morning. My name is Shamisa Gray. I live at [address removed]. Um Change the square apartment. I came here probably like a couple of months ago. after the hurricane, stating that I was being evicted. I thank you for the um your county for assisting me with the rent. Also, um As speaking to residents, they said some saying they was there a couple months. And they never got eviction. And I'm trying to figure out what made it a different, you know, my one

1:10:41time being late that they made the advicted me. Also It's a lot it's going on. I feel, you know, that I was discriminated against basically. you know, as I talked to some residents, they were like, Oh, I was here too much, they have admitted me, oh Lady like at the end of the month she was able to pay her rent but you admit to admit to me. I feel it's not right. You know what I'm saying? What's the purpose of your program, building these properties and then you want to evict people? You go to the to I guess I looked up what had funded

1:11:11them, the SHIP program. They go to them and saying they want to help the homeless peoples. Okay, if you're trying to help the homeless people, why you trying to admit evict them? What's the purpose of you building the community? You know, I'm just so tired of you know, like I said before, I speak on the board, I go to Charlie House, I help fight for these fundings for these properties to get this money. And I can't get I'm getting like Like they don't just don't care, you know what I'm saying? I feel like I'm gonna give up. I'm gonna start speaking for them to get these funders to build these properties and stuff like that. I speak on news media TV.

1:11:42You know, I go to Telas, I've been to Washington, DC, to get funded for these properties and then you wanna evict us like that. You know, I I just don't know what to say. I'm just overwhelmed. I'm stressed out, I'm tired, you know what I'm saying? It seems like nothing's working, you know, saying they get these properties and do people any kind of way. I I I heard that this lady said that she had her husband was in the hospital. They have bit her.

1:12:08Okay. It's don't i it's something need to a plan need to come, you know saying this disaster displaced us. It's not like we missed rent. Like missing rent, like 'cause we wanted to, 'cause we we just don't want to work. We missed rent because of the storm. I have eviction on my record. Because I got this place for my job.

1:12:30Kathy, is there someone that can speak with her out okay?

1:12:34They've been assisting me. I appreciate them for helping me and stuff like that. But it's the point I'm speaking for other people, how they do people with disabilities. It's not right. You getting these properties for what? I see people on the property have company trucks on the property. Why they have company trust or property? They they they over income, I'm pretty sure. But you're not evicting them. She'll t she'll speak with you. That's that don't make no sense. You know what I'm saying? People that really need the property, you know, they taking advantage of the property when they have companies.

1:13:04I don't know if they're going up under other names and stuff getting the property. I see so many company trucks on that property. That's not right.

1:13:13Thank you.

1:13:15Okay, come on.

1:13:21Good morning. My name is Eric Johnson. I'm from [address removed] in [address removed]. Uh I'm here to speak about the Krello Estates development behind the property that I have. Um

1:13:34There is a problem with myself and my neighbor. We have an access that goes to the property that they're developing. Um When this was discussed, there was no mention at any point of putting in a road. And when I say road, there's a significant elevation difference. The front of my back the front of my yard to the back of my yard is about a fourteen foot difference. And they pretty much match the road to match the front grade all the way back. So I have a four roughly fourteen

1:14:05foot berm on the west side of my or east side of my property. With a retention pond behind that. That's been built up. Uh we have reached out to Planning, we've reached out to the commissioners. And there's a conflict of stories that's coming back. Somebody somebody made a comment. Well the land was up for grabs. This is the deed.

1:14:29Can can someone close that door back there?

1:14:31This is the deed for the property that I've had since two thousand two. And I assure you it's not up for grabs. Absolutely. When I hear the conflicts between the different agencies within the county. From comments from the commissioners. And the fact that when you put your sign up for the uh rezoning of the parcel, it was blank. That's a lot of shenanigans. All right. None of us are opposed to growth. But it's

1:15:01not going to be on my property at my expense. They took down a three hundred year old old tree. Without so much as a door knock. They took down my fence. Without so much as a door knock. They're out there at three o'clock in the morning pouring concrete. They are out there on holidays, weekends. They don't care. I care. I raised my sons in that house and then my grandsons in that house. Three generations. It needs to stop. You are the stewards

1:15:31of it. You need to take charge.

1:15:34Yeah. Thank you very much. Um w we are gonna discuss this property later. So thank you.

1:15:44Good morning. Uh my name is Bruce Kopker and I live in [address removed]. And I'm here to talk about the beacon park development. Um My house is right next to the Hall route. For the development. They've been doing it for about two months now. And when they first started they uh tore down a bunch of trees and put up fencing. Um And then they started the development. So Uh

1:16:14we've had a lot of suit.

1:16:18We've complained to our HOA and And recently they have been trying to put down water. to make the soup uh problem on our properties uh less and and I thank you. Yeah, but uh When they put the fencing up um They went a little bit too far when they were digging. And they actually dug on my land. And but my next door neighbor has the backyard full of grass and it's nice. Um When they

1:16:48were doing the development, I did talk to some of the people saying, Hey guys, you're on my land. Can you at least just fill it in? I don't care about that, but it it's a safety hazard right now. Uh people that are doing um uh maintenance on the property or even the people that mow our lawns. Is it is it just a a hole? There and I'm worried that uh because it's on my property, uh I may have I might be liable if something happened. So w what I'm really asking for, I guess, and

1:17:18I I went to our HOA. Uh recently our chairman's have changed. uh very recently. So I gotta get to the new chairman now to re uh talk to them about this problem but uh it's a safety issue and I'm I'm worried about that. And anything that Mr. Mariano can do with our HOA working with the development. would be appreciated. Thank you very much. much.

1:17:44JP, can you meet with him as well?

1:17:51Thank you. All right, is there anyone online that wishes to take public Public comment.

1:17:58I don't believe we have anyone online for public comment. Correct.