A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Declaring The Month Of October 2026 As National Community Planning Month In Pasco County

26:01The resolution so we're making our way to the podium. By

26:03the Board of County Commissioners, resolution number 27, 002, resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Hansco County, Florida. Declared in the month of October 26th as the National Community Planning London in Hansco County. Whereas the month of October is designated as National Community Planning Month for Alpha United States, the United States of America. Yeah, the territories. MRES, the American Planning Association, endorses National Community Planning Month as an opportunity to highlight how planning is essential to the future

26:34of building sustainable and equitable communities. MRES Community Planning. Well I can update our minute. She could be a meaningful fault. In making choices that determine the future of their community. And REMS, public engagement from the residents of Hasco County has spurred more thoughtful planning for future developments as a result of updates to the tree mitigation fund and the land development code. And REST Development Projects designs have the power to transport informations into community-centered

27:04destinations that strengthen our shared future. Yeah. M Rest Pasco twenty fifty is a multi year initiative to update the Pasco County comprehensive plan to reflect the county's vision. Eight five years and young. MRES, the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners continues to address emerging land use challenges, including data centers and large flow of customers, as well as redevelopment communities. MRES celebration of National Community Planning Month gives Hassan County the opportunity to

27:35publicly recognize for participation and dedication of the members of the Planning Commission, contributions of the professional community. Community and regional planners and the passion of the citizen planners in conjunction with the commitment of the Board of County Commissioners to improve Casco County. And now therefore we are resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby declares the month of October 2026 as National Community Planning Month in Pasco County and calls upon all residents to join their fellow citizens across

28:05the United States to recognize. And participation in this special observance and a resolved in regular session with the form present and voting the 6th day of October, 2026. What's your point?

28:17Oh there's aye.

28:18Aye. Mr. Curk. Good morning. I'm so happy to um be the sponsor of this one this morning. So Well we're all very grateful for all the hard work that you do, especially as we're reviewing our comp plants, extra work for all that you think. Um welcome this morning at least address the board.

28:35Thank you. David Engel, Planning and

28:37Economic Development in River Pasco County. I am proud to be here today. Today I walked in the door in Pasco County in 2018, I was attracted to my planning. I was attracted to the planning initiatives that were set forth in your strategic plan. And you have not failed me. In uh February of two thousand twenty-four. The board had in my tenure the first workshop dedicated to planning. The Lord dictated the following and directed us to do. We want a balanced

29:08community. We want a fiscally and sustainable community. We want to preserve our ecosystem and environment. And we wanna create places where people can gather and be part of the community and create sensible place. And we're doing that today. And since 2024 in that workshop, we protected our trees. We've enhanced our uh architectural and contact centric development. We provided Billion uh over a billion dollars. capitalized

29:39uh road improvements that'll be on that are scheduled for the next five years. With over two hundred and twenty new main models of capacity. We are doing the job and you've given us the tools and we appreciate you. We are finishing up the Pasco 2050 initiative, which will be the framework of our full build-out. That Pasco twenty fifty has a lot of things that it that people and we invite the public to participate and understand. We're not changing the world. We are

30:09enhancing what we already have. Guaranteed. We're all done. Over 30% of this county will be permanent open space. We will have suburban. We will have. urban, we will have rural neighborhoods. This county is a microcosm of Florida and I'm proud to be here. Thank you. I'd like to turn this over to uh Nectarios Pitos, our Planning

30:32Services Director, for a couple of comments. Thank you.

30:37Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners. Um thank you, Mr. Angle. Uh

30:41I just want to take a moment on behalf of the Planning Services team. And if I can, the Development Use Services team to thank the Board of County Commissioners, our residents, for the opportunity to help plan for our county's future. Um planning is more is more than maths, land use, development regulations, as you know. It's about listening to our community, understanding its needs and making thoughtful decisions about the county we want to become. Um Under Mr. Angel's leadership, PDE has held many public workshops throughout the county and

31:12undertaken unprecedented outreach. to develop new plans like the Pasco 2050 Comprehensive Plan Update that we have been working on, and even other projects, new projects like Moon Lake revitalization efforts. Uh uh begun. I also want to take a moment to recognize the County Administrator, Mr. Kalala. This is the County Administrator, Mr. David Allen, Planning Development Leadership, beginning with Mr. David Angela and Mr. Patrick Dutter. Well. And the County Attorney's Office, Mr. David Gulstein

31:42and his uh staff. Further support and collaboration, particularly with my team, Planning Services. I especially want to thank the citizen members of the Planning Commission, Mr. Chuck Greg, Mr. Chairman M and uh the VOPH Planning and Policy Committee Chairman, Mr. Boltonora. uh for their time and insight and and all the members of the committee, by the way. uh to for serving our community um and I'm very proud of my planning staff. And uh and our leadership. Thank you to them. Uh and thank you to all of you and the citizens. Come.

32:21That's easy.

32:21Well there's there's two more chairs. Mrs. Williams is in the back and Liam is back to the other team now. But school board and their planning and it's all captioning language. was taking the good

32:33thing up. Okay, then you'll have to stay back here.

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33:03I appreciate it.

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33:33Sorry.

33:41Let's be helpful.