Land Remembered, Johns Hopkins donation, e-bikes, tree giveaway

2:39:18So on that same note, I recall telling Mr. Steinsnyder that I was gonna ding him in his reviews, so we used to do it if he didn't hire more attorneys. So I know we I know we used to do 'em. But we got away from 'em. For whatever reason. I think we got went into the automatic rollovers, which we shouldn't be doing. Alright, um so Spectrum, our friends at Spectrum asked me to participate And a T V show Um that dealt with A

2:39:48Land Remembered and um our involvement in it and and um so I hope you all know this is Kathleen Tomko, one of the producers.

2:39:57I can't remember her name right now. Josie Tomko's mom.

2:40:00No, no, the other one.

2:40:01Oh.

2:40:02No. That's Kathlee. But what's her name? I forgot her name. I can't remember her name either. She's she is a longtime producer. She lives in Pinellas County, I think. So We've had a show going on Spectrum and Um you can just Google it. People see it all the time and call me. Or d or ping me that they're they're watching it on Spectrum. And uh so that's nice getting a little coverage there. Um then um Uh it's not there's nothing here but The

2:40:32um gentleman who heads up the rails to trails. I don't I don't know see I don't know if I'm supposed to follow my pictures or my paper. I'll follow my pictures and see what happens. Um Uh Commissioner Weightman and I uh both attended the John Hopkins milestone moment. They got a humongous donation from um a family, I can't remember the name now. Um starts with a G. They um their charity is to donate to children's hospitals

2:41:03and we have joined I think it's five or six other top children's hospitals in the country in sort of a a group that are all um uh all had been donated by this family. They started the company called Paycheck. And um so forty million dollars going to our hospital in Leslie Chapel. I think it's their largest donation ever. And um so it was nice to be there. Um And this is uh during the FAC conference

2:41:34in Jacksonville, Commissioner Um Yeager and I are there. Uh we toured their um Automated Um oh, they got it with the thing right in the front on on the top. People mover, whatever that is. We toured their um facilities. And uh this is a an authority, so it has taxing authority, but it's also funded by federal and local grants. They're apparently having a little bit of financial issue, which came out after our meeting. But It's

2:42:05pretty cool. These are autonomous vehicles, but they do have someone riding in the front seat. Um and there's a lot of construction going on in downtown Jacksonville, so it's affected their ridership. But this circulates all around downtown and it's it's free for young people and older people and then it you can get a um sliding scale of a monthly ticket or something. But um The the one up on the top is an interesting study in how not to

2:42:35do something. is because they built this giant people mover thing and now that company's out of business. And it's so proprietary. Um with the way that system is on that one with that one company. So they're trying to figure out what to do on their people mover that moves people downtown. Um let's see, so what else what else went on in the fact oh yeah. So we had a pro a f some forums on property tax and um also Axon

2:43:05did one on on s for some A AI stuff, but Let me tell you that the one that was on uh land use was interesting and I don't really understand this but we need to pay attention is that um the the Vice President Lanar was there

2:43:24Government relations And then we had a couple senator for count county commissioners who were former senators up there. And the the industry is lobbying For land use decisions to go to a magistrate. So then we won't even have to have those uh nighttime meetings because they won't be decided by the elected people. They'll be side decided by a judge. And um Ralph, were you in that meeting? Yeah. When they were saying that. So um this is apparently gonna come up in this session. That they move. Across

2:43:54the state. That land use decisions do I have that right? Is it all land use decisions?

2:44:00It was land use and um if a judge or a magistrate.

2:44:04Yeah, to a magistrate. So um that was really something

2:44:09that's greedy. That's greedy due process taken away. That's

2:44:13the thing.

2:44:15The gentleman from Lam Lanar did talk about a story I figured out was St. Lucie County. where they had worked for three years on a project it was three thousand acres, I think that's what it was, and I don't remember how many homes. They had the zoning and it they had the underlying comp plan amendment, but they were doing an MPUDs they had to go through a process and they had it all approved and then

2:44:45And some of the commissioners who are running for election. Um the called 'em up and said, I can't vote for this now. I I'm afraid I won't be re elected and so they were very, very upset. They I I understand they spent a lot of money It was already They had everything they really needed. I don't maybe they were just changing a little bit of the matrix, which is why they're going to MPUDs uh apparently in though within those three years this county approved a Bucky's And

2:45:19A Bucky's and a super Walmart on the same intersection that this neighborhood needed to go through and then The people were complaining about the tra what the traffic was gonna bring. And they were there. in the process before the Buckeys and the Super Bloom. But those guys, as the Lenar guy said, did not have to go through a comp plan amendment change, because they already had the zoning there for what they wanted. So I don't know. We have to be careful that we follow follow the law. That was

2:45:49a big discussion that that um you ha you know, if if it's in your comp plan and it's in your zoning, you you have you have to follow that. You can't be messing around with uh the development. So That's and that's where one one county does something and then we have unintended consequences for the whole state. Alright. Um I was intervi interviewed by this student, Lillian. She's a St. Pete College student. She's

2:46:19doing a a piece, uh, a paper on e bikes. So and I think she interviewed some other staff, so looking forward to her her report on how to help regulate e-bikes. Um To honor you know, we we voted on this a while ago. I'm just bringing it back to you that um the the county parks want to change the name as well. Um so this is what they have suggested. Matt Cal District Park at Starkey Ranch. The reason why is apparently

2:46:50there's a lot of confusion between Starkey Park In Starkey Ranch District Park. And even our own staff is sending And doing things. And going to the wrong place. We see it a lot in tournaments. So they asked our family if we minded. If if it that wasn't called Starkey Ranch District Park, but we went to the full name change and we we agreed. So this is what the sign will look like. Um and um we will have

2:47:20a dedication ceremony. If you remember, he passed away very young from pancreatic cancer. So um I wanted to bring to your attention that the tree there's a tree giveaway going on. Um it's taking place October tenth at It's at Cruise Lake Park. JB Starkey Wilderness Park and Withlacoochee River Park. They're doing it differently this time. There's a lottery selection. You know, last time they they like doubled or tripled the trees and they ran out of 'em like it was like crazy. Like crazy. So they're

2:47:50doing a lottery. You have to sign up. Um there's red cedar, red maple, magnolia, and dahoon holly, and these trees are being funded by the um Uh tree mitigation trust but um last last week I was shopping up at Ridge and Little and um I I drove by Chasco Middle and Chasco Elementary which I think is your district. Is that right, Jack? Is that yeah. And um I noticed all these parents trying to go pick up their kids

2:48:20from school. A lot of walkers. But there is no sidewalk on the north side. And that's where the a lot of the they're coming from the north side to get across the street to get their kids and there was a poor guy. Watched him going and then I watched him coming. He is in a wheelchair, uh an electric wheelchair, trying to navigate the grass on the north side of ridge. to get to a crossing place where he could get over. When I saw him coming back he was with his kids on the sidewalk, but he was gonna have to

2:48:50come back and go on the grass on Ridge Road. So I would love it if we could put that in. Um for uh the the state, you know, or whatever. That yeah look. I did I did there's no sidewalk on the north side.

2:49:03I did talk to it stops.

2:49:08I think I talked to you. Mike about the we talked about the cones that were there and what we could replace because parents were cutting onto the grass and we were talking about how much it would cost to put a sidewalk. It I mean

2:49:24it's mind boggling. The only sidewalk that's there is right in front of Dixie Bill. Yeah. So I'd love to help those families out. That was disturbing to watch. Okay, that's it for me. Oh no, I'm sorry. I g I gave I gave you this full here, I gotta hand this up. We

2:49:39know we do want to stretch before the next meeting, right? What

2:49:41when do we start?

2:49:43Five fifteen.

2:49:44Okay, um c uh this is what I talked to you about. Uh this was this was with uh this is the group that we that we met. Um so I don't really know they said we were the first ones in and they're concerned about this. So is this are they wanting us to not advocate for the capped Medicare? Is that what this means to you?

2:50:05Yeah, I I d I started reading it and To me it conflicts. So I want to talk to some people in the industry first to really kind of learn what it is that they're advocating and bring that back to us as part of our federal platform. Cause when I read it, the first one, the six percent tax, that's kind of what we're doing with the direct payment provider program. So do they want to get away from that? And then I have questions over who where's that six percent levied. I I have a number of questions. So I'd like to talk to some industry folks. Okay. On those three options before we bring it forward, perhaps

2:50:35even as part of your federal platform. But uh make sure there's no conflicts there.

2:50:39Yeah, I really um wanted to understand what they're asking of us and wanted you to see this. They're making a push in the state and I really didn't know what it was they were looking for. But they said we were the first ones to sign on before. So I don't know. Alright, I'm done.