public comment mask mandate Sun Lake Boulevard
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Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Now's the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any item coming before The board during this section. The board all also takes public comment on items based on a future board agenda. and other business under their purview. Due to COVID-19 operations and safeguard the wellness, well-being, and safety of our citizens, staff, to and staff, today's public comment
will be held as follows. First, we will take public comment from those who have pre-registered for WebEx Link and are currently on queue. After we will read after we will read the uh into record the public comments documents, PowerPoints, videos that have been identified by members of the public to be read for out loud, played in the meeting, and received and filed. Finally, we will take public
comment from Those currently signed up at the Keok station. Comments are not to exceed three minutes. Per person.
This new format does not waive the request for when you address the board. Comments are not to be directed for any commissioner or team member. but rather to the issues. This provides mutual respect between the Board Members and the public. For WebEx and Kios participants, after stating your name and address for the clerk, the timer will begin and start a countdown. After two minutes, one beep will sound. Letting you know
that only one minute remains. After the time is up, two beeps will sound, letting you know your three minutes are up and you should close your comments. WebEx participants will be uh disconnected when their time is up and kioks participants will be asked Two uh move away from the kiosks. Madam Clerk, do we have anyone signed up to speak at the WebEx?
Four people had pre-registered. However, one person logged in um and now they are at the kiosk and would like to speak um from the kiosk.
Okay. No one our way.
I don't have anyone else um logged in um that have pre-registered at this time.
Okay.
Is there any comments to be read in the record or
I have uh one email to
be read in the record?
To be read into the record.
Let's do that before we do the kiosk.
Okay. The emails from Rob Park. Address is [address removed]. Agenda item 38, 40, comma 42- Uh Sun Lake Boulevard Project Commissioners. I am objecting to spending this amount of money on a project to facilitate new growth in Pasco County, where there are too many many, where there are too many existing areas that need funds to correct infrastructure deficiencies. Existing
citizens are being ignored, pushed aside, and inconvenienced for the sake of new subdivisions or business. This is particularly what the Sun Lake project is for, new subdivisions. And businesses. I understand growth is needed, and in many and in most cases, the direction Pasco is going is beneficial to all, but not when existing residents' quality of life is degraded. I live on Aaron Cutoff and it has been turned into a high-volume, high-speed shortcut, all for the sake of getting to the new subdivisions and businesses about five minutes faster. Aaron Cutoff
is designed as a connector road and according to the comprehensive plan, collectors do not form a continuous network. and generally discouraged through traffic and discouraged through traffic. There is no reason to use air and cutoff using the State Road fifty two and US forty one intersection leads to the same place and only takes about five minutes longer. If it is necessary to spend this amount of money for new projects, then an equal or greater amount of money needs to be allocated to correct the negative consequences of the new projects. In the case of the Aaron Cutoff,
it is If it is so important to have a shortcut, build the Collier Parkway extension as the shortcut sooner rather than later. There are no doubt. Many similar roadway issues. I believe you are probably creating another shortcut issue by improving Bell Lake Road under the guise that it will be better. I asked for this objection to read out to read aloud so that I can attest those so that I can attend the F D OT, US forty one and Carson Drive meeting at the Heritage Park. Thank you.
Thank you. Okay. Let's uh Just have one person left at the kiosks.
There's I think um two individuals at the kiosk. Uh one was Kathy Julian who had pre registered to be on WebEx but prefers to be in person at the kiosk.
Okay. Let's have her speak first.
But Hello, my name is Kathy Julian. I live in Newport Ritchie. I'm kind of surprised to see that two of our county commissioners. didn't attend the meeting in public in person today. Um I thought that's part of what they were paid to do. Um my issue with what's going on in our county is the mask mandate. I know you were talking about it earlier. I could only catch parts of it because I was walking into the building. We went to the wrong building because the building you're in, we're not allowed to be in for some reason. Um I have a huge
issue with the mask mandate. One of the biggest things is you guys have never voted on it, as far as I can find. Um you had a county administrator put it into effect. It affects all of our lives and it Our elected officials couldn't even vote on it. That's distressing as a member of your community. The other thing is, I I'm not sure if you guys are aware of what this is doing to the youth in our community. We have a childhood friend whose son attempted to commit suicide in September because his senior year of high school was destroyed
and succeeded in committing suicide in January. His name is Dylan Buckner. You can look it up, it's become national news. That's way too close to home for me because it's a girl that I considered my little sister growing up whose son committed suicide due to these crazy mass band aids and the lockdowns. We need to get over it um and move on. Apparently that's not anybody's Elfers' vision besides mine. And that's really all I have to say. Um and I appreciate you guys all ignoring
me. Have a great day.
Thank you for your comments.
There's someone else at the kioks?
Is anyone else at the kiosks to speak? Okay.
Do they have me up? Yeah,
yeah.
Yes, um my name is Stephanie Ramirez. Uh basically I just wanted to uh talk as well um on the mask mandate. And
you have to state your name and your address.
Oh. [address removed].
Oh thank you.
Yeah, so my concern is I'm a mother and ever since these locks down lockdowns, my concern is Is my children going to have a normal life? Um, I worry on a daily basis of whether they will, you know, still be be depressed because our normal activities that we were able to do back in the day um actually is not accessible to them as much as possible. Going into a bill a business
and they are asking you to wear a mask when my family feels that it's highly unhealthy for us to actually wear it. Um, I could go into the reasons why, but I have a feeling that you guys actually do have an understanding or an idea of how wearing a mask is not only healthy, but it's unproductive. It actually does not keep you healthy. It actually filtration-wise, literally still allows a virus cell to actually go through because the size of a virus cell
is absolutely significantly more smaller than the size of a bacteria cell. So the masks don't work. We know this. It's actually been proven. Even Dr. Fauci himself has actually said it himself. So my concern. As a parent, and I wonder if you guys have the same questions. Is my child being affected by this? I don't know if you guys have to deal with the daily basis of trying to figure out how to keep my children happy, trying
to figure out how how we can take them outside and not make them depressed of having to go to these businesses that are forcing you to wear something that you know is unhealthy to wear. So I understand that there's a percentage of the population that can be affected by COVID. However, this percentage is always been a um possibility affected mainly because if they got influenza, if they got pneumonia. or anything that basically could a affect Or hurt
them. Keep in mind this has always been this the the cause if they had underlying issues they had a risk to actually be affected or possibly um die because of it. So it's no different than pneumonia, it's no different than influenza. So I really urge you to rethink about this mask mandate because it's really it really affects the mental well-being of our Our children and that is the future of our world. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your comment. Is anyone at else at the kiosk to speak?
There's no one else at the kiosk.