Beacon Woods safety, Mathis Road paving, Flock cameras
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We're gonna go a little bit out of order because I thought we had to set up where the folks from uh uh Beacon Woods are gonna come up first. So anybody here to speak at Beacon Woods come up please come up and I'm gonna have you guys speak first and then we'll uh work with our team to help you from the issue.
Anyone come up please your name and address for the record?
Yes. So every everyone in the days has got uh information. I was given Saturday morning um when I was g being presented new information. The attorney's office has got it uh So please.
Hi, I'm Liz Hillsher. I live at [address removed] in Hudson and
All my neighbors representing Coachwood Village in Beacon Woods. We have a severe threat to our safety and um security. There has been criminal activity going on daily since March of this year. There was a murder that occurred on June seventeenth of this year. And um the Pasco County Sheriff's Office investigated. They had the Street
cordoned off for seventy two hours when they took the tape back. These criminals? Emerged again and I w we believe that they are dealing with drugs with all the constant traffic I have dozens and dozens of photos on my phone. Every time I walk past there, there's a different car in the driveway. They pull in, they run in the house, they come out. And uh they don't belong there. The the man that owned the property passed away
on September 6th of 2025. And uh probate was opened here in Pasco. on um September sixteenth of twenty twenty five and closed on March twenty sixth of twenty twenty six s citing no heirs or um lien holders, which was incorrect. In fact there is over a two hundred thousand dollar mortgage held by Rocket Mortgage. I've spoken to Rocket Mortgage and informed them of the passing of the homeowner and they sent me
to legal and they told me that they had started a foreclosure proceedings on April twenty eighth of twenty twenty six and that they were considering withdrawing that petition because of the mess with this house. They've destroyed this house. The trash in the garage has been collec being collected, household trash. for since July. and I tried to get a picture of it. They very rarely open the garage, but they had it open and they
were throwing the trash that they had piled up outside, which I have pictures of. And not All I can think of is the s the smell sometimes is horrendous. I'm sure there's rats and roaches and everything else, which is gonna eventually invade our whole community. And then people are driving to pick up whatever they're picking up. under the influence, driving e-bikes, coming through everybody's lawns. I've had to jump out of the way several times of vehicles when I'm walking my dogs. We don't have sidewalks.
And I really hope that bringing this to your attention will get this resolved. Sooner rather than later.
Mr. Chair, she had a handout for receiving file. Right in the file.
All in paper say aye. Aye. Aye.
Hello. Um I'm Giovanna Zarillo. I live at [address removed]. Um I am right across the street. Go ahead.
I just point of order. Were they going to speak as a group or are you are they speaking? We gave five minutes for the first person, so that's why. Oh I'm sorry. No, that's okay. No, that's up.
Okay, so Yeah, just reset to three. That's fine.
Alright, so uh Giovanna Zarillo, [address removed]. I'm right across the street from the home that everybody's here about. Um unfortunately, I was uh not home the night of the shooting, but I was held um behind the tape for hours. I couldn't get to my house. Um I think it's absolutely ridiculous what I have to go through. Um I am 34 years old. I live by myself. Um Half of these people here too are widowed and they live alone and It's just it's awful. Um
all hours of the night. I am up at 10 o'clock at night and I sit there and I look at my ring camera and I'm just watching all of the activity. Ten o'clock at night, um I I I should be sleeping at that time. I work. I work Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 5. And I don't have time for this. I don't I I'm uneasy. I don't sleep. Every car door Uh I look up and I'm in on my phone and my ring camera and every I sleep next to a gun, which is not a way of living. I pay my taxes. I my house is paid
off. Um and I shouldn't have to live this way. So It's it's it's awful. It's really awful. And I I don't know how to explain it. I've had Pasco County Sheriffs there on my ring camera about 24-7, uh draining my battery, which is fine. I'd rather them be on there than not be on there. Um Literally watching these people all day long. Like it's it's absolutely absurd and I'm I'm I'm over it and if this doesn't get handled honestly, I'm selling and I'm leaving, which is not really a threat. Who cares? You know? But it's like I
I'm I'm to the point where I can't live like this. I live in fear of my life. I don't go outside. I don't walk my I don't I don't have any pets, but I I don't go outside. I don't walk. I used to walk every day. I don't walk. anymore like why do I have to live like this? This is awful. So hopefully something can get done. This is why we are all here today because we're we're all just over it. So not a qual quality of life to live. Thank you.
Thank you.
Hi, I'm Tom Hillsher. I live at [address removed]. Um You know, the police kept coming by and saying, oh, we're not victims. Well, we are victims. I have uh 15 letters from neighbors, plus the neighbors that are here, that talk about being victims. Um just a couple of paragraphs. Uh we ask that the Sheriff's Office take immediate action. Please utilize all available law and code enforcements. uh remedies by permanently
clear this property. This community can no longer carry the burden of this safety vacuum. We require immediate intervention from the authorities officially tasked with our protection. Just a couple of from other letters. Please pay attention to the residents of Coachwood Village. We have quite a few retired seniors. Who are afraid to get out of their houses now due to this issue. But these people do vote and if something does not get done, we will vote for new commissioners. That wasn't my letter.
But there's a lot of people that think that. So I just you know, if you if one of these houses was next to your homes, I guarantee it would have been gone. Within two days. Thank you.
Good morning. Th I'm Mary Ann Knight. I live at [address removed]. I am across the street and one house down from the house on Castlebury. That is the subject. Um I'll just say make it really quick. at um between one and three o'clock in the morning it is not unusual to have someone knock on my bedroom window.
Oh my goodness.
And the reason they are doing that is because when they go to the house they have the wrong house. That's how they let them know there's a lot of people that walk in from Wong. They knock on the window, someone goes and lets him in. and they get their drugs or whatever it is. So as a widow and as several of my neighbors are, you just you just I don't say I live in fear, but every time I get up in the night I always look and check that house to see what possibly could be going on. So
any help we can get. We need to be able to live comfortably in a in a really nice neighborhood. Thank you.
And if you don't want to speak it's okay because I've got the conference set up for you. I've got the conference room set up for you. I'm gonna have David Allen now ask Chase Daniels to go and Jessica Rodriguez in the attorney's office ready to meet with you guys right now.
Ernie Reid, seventy seven ten, Coachwood Drive, Hudson. A lot of you know me.
I lived about three doors away from that house. Everybody knows I'm a friendly person. My garage door's always open until this time. I have to shut the garage door. It's it's just not me. So I want you to get this taken care of. It's just crazy to have to live like that. It's a beautiful house they they're destroying. This is a beautiful neighborhood. It just doesn't make any sense. They're running in a house with no water. They've shut the water off. They took they tore
the meter, they've taken taken the meter away. Under Pasco County law, they cannot live in that house without running without water. I don't understand why code enforcement hasn't taken care of it. this problem. I was there when they drove by, well they said, Well the grass was a little low and they took care of the grass. They shouldn't even be in the house. Couldn't make any sense. Thank you much. Thank you. Appreciate it.
Alright, so David would if you would join them. Uh the the conference room is all set up. Chase is in the back there as well. And I know Jessica was taking a look at everything too. There she is in the back there. Thank
you.
Alright, thank you guys.
I just want to make sure Giovanna Zarillo, um, she was signed up. Okay, that was you. Okay. Thank you.
Okay. Forward with the others. Okay. Alright, so I have um if if they were part of that group, um I'll go ahead and mark them, but I try to mark as we were going along. First one I have is Pamela Lamunion, followed by Mario Hm I think it starts with a Z U H I
Yes, so you'll be second up. Um but thank you. Is there a Pamela?
Pamela Hamunion or Lamunion?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
Am I allowed to pass that
Motion? I'll probably say aye. Aye. I just pass it right over there. Okay.
Uh my name is Pamela Lamanyan. I'm a full-time resident of Pasco County, Florida. I live at [address removed], within the city limits of New Port Richey. I have a repeater project that I have started for a club I founded called Wave Catchers Amateur Radio Club. I founded it in July of 20th of this year. Um I got to looking at the repeaters that we have in the county and on the maps I have provided uh the
orange dot represents where a VHF repeater is located. But if you look at the pink dot on the map, you'll see that there is no repeater communication in that area. Uh there's our special needs shelter, Fasano Shelter, is located there. The county has two towers. uh next to the Fasano in the area next to the Fasano special needs shelter. There could be a VHF repeater system added to the highest tower which
would help with the VHF communication or the communication system in the county. Uh Wave Catchers, Amateur Radio. club, the society that I have started, um, I'm asking for donations online to pay for that VHF repeater system. So I'm here today to ask you if I can place a repeater system on that highest tire at that location. The map will show you where the weak communication is.
It would benefit Pasco County by providing backup communication in an area where no communication exists. It would provide by providing a safer environment and support for public safety. This would not be at a cost to Pasco County. The equipment and setup would be paid for by donations gifted to Wave Catchers Amateur Radio Society. Wave Catcher's Amateur Radio Society goal is to support public safety, which will benefit all and benefit the club by having a VHF repeater
to use for NATS training and exercises. The equipment would be owned and maintained by Wave Catcher's Amateur Radio Society, Incorporated by Donations and Volunteers.
Good. Thank you. Eric, could you meet with her?
Mario, you're up, followed by William McClaw.
Good morning. My name is Mariel Ruzukowski. I'm living in Hudson, Cox Avenue. I want to share some documents what we have problems with neighbors and we that reason we put the fence on our picture.
Sir could you put your microphone just pull the tip up a little bit? There you go.
Better?
Yeah. Much better.
So you see that is my neighbor's. So for that reason I I put the fence and this is looks like not like this. That one piece is on the corner over there. Speaking of one slide. So I have all documents what I can do.
All in favor say aye. Aye.
Aye.
Uh documents
Did he give his address? Thanks for watching.
You see my neighbors what they do for me behind the fence is a little like a no children crazy. So I'm a little scared. On the beginning why we decided to put the fence was the problem. She came to my property with the piece of metal and stayed behind me. I was not feel safe. And that we decide to put the fence. So we go around to see which fence is too safe for us. And because then it's like the people burn wood and it's fire pit and
it's dangerous. So that we decide to use the metal, which is on the neighborhoods, the people have the same use the same materials, and everybody probably sees the same materials in the Pasco County. Then she called to the uh inspector and inspector uh giving for us warning so we cannot use the metal materials. I don't understand. It's no information about the metal. If you can share that information, the warning what I no no no the papers.
Excuse me. Oh yeah, that is the warning. You see why I cannot use? Because it's metal. And the second page, when we uh before we install, we ask the Pasco Kant uh can we use this materials? They're giving for us some documents, what we can, what we cannot. It's on a corrugated metal, it's not like all metal. The Lady Diane Kimple, they say I have the same materials and I don't see any problem. It's not corrugated.
It's not street of the metal, which everybody sees in the corner is there, is pickets, it's not Big panel. And it's very nice uh materials. We gave it they're giving for us additional documents. about what we can use, what we cannot. And then the point number four. Please allow to use these materials and keep me safe because I'm not feeling safe in the my neighbors and
I don't know what to do.
Can I can I say something?
Hello? Go ahead.
Um I d I don't think it's the metal. I think the issue is is that on that four foot part uh fifteen feet back from the water line, it has to be C through.
That I'm agree. You
did a you did a solid fence.
That I'm agree what you say. That I not finish. I I not finish because the time I will not finish. I know I make mistake so that I can fix it. But if you go to the page where there is warning is information.
The three minutes is up. Um David Allen, the Sis County Administrator, is with the Code Enforcement President with those people from Beacon Woods. If you want to sit and wait when David gets back, Brantford maybe you can Br you can help him out? Okay. Alright, thank you.
Thank you. William McClaw, followed by Tammy Slinger.
Good morning Commissioner's Will McCaw uh here at 5335 Eighth Street, Zephyrhills. I'm here from the city of Zephyrhills. Um I wanted to speak specifically to item R twenty-seven, I believe, the contract for AmSkills. Um we recently had an event in Zephyrhills for AmSkills um that was very successful and I wanted to come in support and uh voice how So excited we are that Pasco County is going to be working with Anskills moving forward and anything we can do to help, just let us know.
Who are you with?
Uh City of Zephyrhills, I'm the principal planner. Thank you. Thank you.
Tammy I think Sliger. Yes. Thank you. Marge Powell's followed after. That was shorter.
Hi, I'm Tammy Slager with Kitty Up Branch. I'm the founder and executive director. We're here on behalf of Mattis Road, which has been a painful road since we moved there in 2018. Um, actually when we purchased the property, uh Pat Sullivan had said, Oh, this road is up to get paved So it was one of those things that we just went on and proceeded forward. We had to relocate the program and so we moved on. Now the road is hurting
the families, it's hurting the farm. Um The families are going through expenses that they cannot afford. uh with their vehicles, having to get new tires, alignments, so on. Um The road literally turns into i um a mush pot after the rain. Your guys have been tremendous about coming and they will fill the holes, but then as soon as we have any rain, we're back to square one. And
when I started reaching out to all of you was when I started receiving the letters. And that was, We're so sorry, Ms. Tammy. We love the farm so much. It's so good for our children, but we just can't take the wear and tear on our vehicles anymore. And now it's affecting us, not only and our children that we serve and the veterans and all of the multifaceted programs that we have. But it's now hurting the farm financially. And so we we need solutions. And
and I know Jack and I have talked about some different things and I know we have that big project that's coming up right next to us, the Denton project. I'm scared to death of those trucks coming down our road and making it even worse. You have people who pass each other. But now you have cars on the wrong side of the road because everybody's trying to avoid a pothole. So that's when it rains. But now when it's dry and it's not raining, you have a dust
fest. And we have one neighbor, he literally put up a fence line completely across his entire yard because of the dust from the road. And that that goes for our kids too. You know, we have kids who are immune compromised. They have respiratory issues. And so that road is terrible. You guys are gonna hear from our people today. And we're not we're not looking to just complain. We really do wanna find a solution. We love serving your county. We love serving the kids within
it and the veterans and the adults and the homeschoolers. We're here to do that. But we do sit at the end of the only dirt road From in Hudson, that is from Little Road to Shady Hills. Can you guys answer that? Why why is that the only one that's not paved?
We know we don't converse back.
Say it again?
We don't converse back in public comment.
Okay. Well that's my question. I do have that question 'cause I I drove it a few times and it is the only road That is green, that's not paved. So thank you.
Thank you. Marge Powell, followed by Ashley Zecchio.
Hello, my name is Marge Powell and I live at [address removed]. I'm here in regards to the Mathis Road paving. It is an urgent request to pave the road. Our son has been riding with Miss Tammy for 16 years. He's been at the new location for eight years. He is in a power wheelchair, nonverbal. The wheelchair van that we have in order to transport him is very low to
the ground. It took me five minutes this last week when he was riding to get down the road, dodging potholes and ruts in the road. Um and it's expensive for repairs. We've already lost the muffler and had to repair that and get a new one. Over the last probably seven years, the road conditions have gotten horribly worse. And
on our way home last week from the uh riding, I had a conversation with her son telling him that if the roads get any worse, we're not gonna be able to get back there in our vehicle. And this is one thing that has helped our son and he enjoys so much, both all physically, emotionally, and socially. And it breaks my heart that because we can't go down this paved road any more, he's not gonna be able to ride. And when
I told him that, he raised his finger and he said Bad, bad Um, and that just hurt me even more. This isn't just about our family and Mathis Road is necessary artery for many other handicapped clients and veterans who rely on accessible vehicles to get to Kitty Up Ranch for their therapy, their education, their socialization. So please,
please cons reconsider your paving priorities. Paving this road is an absolute necessity for our community's most vulnerable residents. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Ashley Zecchio followed by Megan Berkeley.
Hello, I'm Ashley Zacchio. I live um at [address removed] on Kitty Up's property. And as a child who has just moved out of her parents' house and moved onto that property, to not be able to have my family wanna come down this road and see me is heartbreaking. And also to have bonds with these kids and Jeffrey, I teach him. as of long as well as the other kids. And for them to tell me they don't want to come and see me? And coming to my lessons, it
hurts. And it's all due to the road. And not only that, I drive the horse trailer up and down that road and my shocks to my truck are Done for. So I would love to see this road get paved and be better. And it truly has gotten very, very bad. And uh you guys can grade it all you want, but like everybody else said, as soon as the rain comes, it washes everything away. So that's what I have to say. Thank you.
Thank you. Um next up we have Megan uh Burke or Burkey. Sol followed by Stacy Off Ophus. I don't I'm sorry if I s pronounce that incorrectly.
Hi there, my name is Megan Burkey. I currently live at [address removed] on Kitty Up's property. Um I drive that road multiple times a day as I also work at other places other than Kitty Up. and it really does take an effect on the vehicles driving down that road. I drive a low rise car, I drive a Ford Fusion, and the road if you hit a pothole just right it it deflates your tires. the other day I had to fill up my tire from seventeen
PSI from hitting a pothole. and it's putting a lot of wear and tear on all of our vehicles and the limestone is gets up underneath your car and it rusts your stuff from the water sitting on it and it just deteriorates everything in there. I love working at Kitty Up. I've been with Kitty Up for almost ten years now. It's a great place. We do a lot of fun stuff there. And I just really like to see the road pave. It make everybody's life so much easier. Thank you.
Thank you. Stacey Opus and there's another one, but the name wasn't written, but it says Mathis Road, it says parent of student, Kitty F branch.
It's OPOG. Stacey OPOG. Thank you. It's fine. I tried. It's okay. I live at [address removed]. Um, you just heard from my daughter. She's been uh at Kitty Up for years and years. Um we've been going to this new property since day one. Um, my story, a little bit different, but um I drive a larger vehicle, all terrain, four by four. I've been having to drive her to and from this barn. three, four, five times a week, because
she loved it so much, For years and years. And if I had time I would bring you all of my Toyota Records from Sun Toyota. and all of the damage that I had to pay for to fix my vehicle so many times. Um and the service advisors and technicians would always go, Where do you live? Where do you drive your car that you can, like, have this? I've had axle problems, brake problems, tire problems, not to mention the
amount of sand and dust that's up in the car, that the only way to really clean it is to drive down the flooded roads of Pasco County, to clean it, which is helpful at times. But once my daughter was old enough to drive her own car. My car stopped braking. I no longer had car issues 'cause I was no longer driving down the crazy dirt road of potholes, mud, bumps, this and that, trying to swerve and all of this, going basically four wheeling.
So now I'm paying to fix my daughter's car. because of all the bumps and stuff. I'm a single mom with two kids. I don't make that much money. I can't afford to keep fixing her cars or buying her cars. Not to mention all of the kids and stuff that I hear that she teaches that aren't coming anymore because they can't make it down the road. And that is kind of heartbreaking. So honestly, I don't really see why it's so difficult. Pave the road. Every other road in Pasco's paved. Pave the road. Fix it. Do better.
Help this great uh thing community out. Do something. And I'd like to not have to spend any more money on my kid's car. Cause unless you want me to start giving you guys the bills for you guys to pay it. So you choose. Thank you.
Good morning, Rachel Stevens. I apologize, my name somehow got left off. Rachel Stevens, I live at [address removed]. I am a homeowner and a business owner in Pasco County. Most importantly though, I am a parent of one of the children at Kiddie Up Ranch. Kiddy Branch has been wonderful for my children who are able to go there and experience all of the animals and all of the learning opportunities available from a working ranch. Um, the most difficult part of Kiddy
Up Ranch really is that road. And it seems like something so simple should not be so significant on the people who work there, live there, and who send their children there. My family sends two children there or four times a week. We drive that road eight times. eight eight times or excuse me, six six times. We send them there three days a week, six times back and forth. Um I have a standard issue Toyota minivan. It's lower lower clearance to the ground. It is just standard. I do not
have any equipment that's been added for um special needs accommodations. My van can barely make it through there. Just this morning I was taking the girls and I don't typically do drop off. My husband does who has a four by four. I did not think that my children have to be delivered to school with an off-road capable vehicle to walk go down a standard dirt road. My van as we drove in today has a whole new rattle in the back. I have no idea what it is. And it only started after we came off of Mathis Road on the way here today. So the
reality of it is these kids are directly affected by this because the cost for these families to go through down this road is becoming more than the, unfortunately, more than the benefit that these kids are receiving, which is great. So if you take a look at that cost benefit, I think that the reality is that we need to fix that road. their money is tight everywhere and for everyone. The cost of coming and taking to take employees down that road and drag it or add new dirt to it or whatever
it is that that we have to do is that the county is doing currently, that costs money. So we can either decide to continue spending that money in that way on the the fuel costs, the personnel costs, the time, the energy from taking it from other projects around the county, putting that money into Mathis Road. Because for the kids who go there, it's so much more than a standard education. Everything at the end of that road is dependent on their success. And you have an opportunity to pave the road to their success.
Thank you.
Uh next up I have Phil is it a lot? Absolutely. Come on up and then followed by Ethan Jones.
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Council. I have some items I'd like to introduce to
Move to receive and file.
Second.
All in favor say aye.
Aye.
Um, I'd like to introduce Ethan Jones to you. Ethan Jones was graduated from Pepin Elementary, Pepin High School. A couple of you may have seen him there at y 'cause you were there at his graduation. Um, he was the one playing the big drum and singing Sky Sky full of stars. Really great, really great guy. Um Ethan graduated from Pepin Elementary. He has autism and what he what he does is is that We went to Vocational Rehab after we went to graduated
from Pepin. Vocational Rehab told us they would pay for his education. We went to Pasco Hernando, signed up. Went back to vocational rehab. They says we're not paying for it unless he takes a full course load. There's no way that we can complete a full course load with autism. But he can and he is trainable. Okay, vocational rehab did three evo two evaluations. Technically three, saying that he was untrainable, that he could stock groceries, the publics, and those kind of things. Um Am skill is a little bit. They
open the door for us.
We took him down there? I'm sorry, I'm getting a little choked up here. Um, they opened their door for us and he got He he's now running a C and C machine. And He's made up of one thousand eight hundred parts for uh World Wide Doors. The reason we're here is to tell you how good AmSkills is. Can it truly help you? So please vote yes on R twenty seven. Thank you.
Yeah. Congratulations.
Ethan, do you want to speak to us? Do you want to say anything?
My name is Ethan Jones. I lived on [address removed]. Um for the last three days and I just did for working on AM skills and and And I'm working on C and C mill and that's where I gotta make parts and for um at w one
thousand eight hundred parts of parts and But I just um d starting with the machine up and um t to to get it to ready to set up the parts and to to get all the burrs and to drill holes in to get it for um for if it's done. And and then I was just set them down on the packages boxes and I deliver
them to the to the to the world or something. I um one of my doors.
It's amazing.
for everything I just just make some thank you. Ethan
Ethan, who did you just demonstrate I don't if you'll remember, but you'll remember. Who did you demonstrate your machining skills to last week?
Am Opalina
Congresswoman Luna. Anna Paulina Luna, right? Yes. And she gave him a congressional coin.
Wow.
And she was floored. Uh as is me.
Ethan, you're incredible. Great job.
Thank you. Give up the good work. And good job, Grandpa. Thank you. Appreciate it. Mm-hmm. He and E Ethan had been told Ethan had been told that his future was stocking shelves. Or wrapping silverware with napkins. And he is manufacturing for an international company. That we hope to move here to Pasco County. They'd bought some land. And they love this program. Good job. Next.
Amy
Baird.
And who's after Amy?
I that's all I have that's
Please line up. Thanks.
Good morning. Amy Baird. Um you have my address on the sign up sheet there. And I actually Um own Rockin' Horse Farm on Plath Road. I run nonprofit Horse Connections, which is very similar to the program that Kiddy Up is. And so I'm gonna put a good word in for them. The work they do is incredibly important to our community and there aren't enough places doing
that work. Relocating that farm is not a possibility. I really encourage the county to look at um helping them out. Also, um what Ethan just showed us is incredible. And in the work that Tammy and I do, we see this over and over again. Kids with disabilities just blossoming and taking off and being a wonderful part of the community moving forward. So I'm happy
to see all of that and and have that happening in our county. Um, I am here yet again today to speak about the flock cameras. Um Unfortunately, I felt like I had to come back because these surveillance cameras are still up. The citizens of Pasco County have spoken. You guys agreed and um
You agreed that they should be removed? um and that no other brand of cameras should be put in place, which was the right move for the citizens of the county, 'cause many of us came to sp speak about this and feel very strongly about this. Um the contract with Flock expired on september thirtieth of this year. Um in response to a letter I wrote to all of you about a week, week and a half ago, I was told that October fifteenth would
be the date that the cameras were gone. Um that is not the case. The cameras are still in place around the county. I've done some driving the past few days and they are Still there. Um, so I'm gonna encourage you Um to
Perhaps send a maintenance crew out and remove them. I don't see Flock following through and doing what they're supposed to do. And the problem is Do we know if these cameras are still collecting data? And where that data is being stored currently, now that you don't even have a contract with them? I I don't know if anybody even knows what's happening with those cameras still being in place. Um so that's where the concern lies.
And I remind you that um your constituents, the people you actually work for, Um spoke. You agreed, and now it's time to take action and make sure that these cameras get removed from our county. Thank you so much for your time. And
Brantford would you meet with her, find those locations and then work with David Allen with permitting cause all those had permits and let's find a way to finish the job. They were supposed to be done by the fifteenth.
Hi, I'm Family Payon. I live at [address removed] in Hudson. I'm on behalf of the little kitty up. I have a grandson who goes there, actually two of them uh periodically go there for their toddler time. And my other one now goes on three days a week. And it's horrible getting down that road for them and their vehicles are tormented and he will cry if he does not get down there that day. Right, Sammy? I would have loved to have brought him today, but it's a work day. And also
I'm also the mom of an autistic son who goes there periodically on the weekends to visit them for their festivals and whatnot. And it is horrible on him to even go down there because he has stomach issues and the bumpy roads and all that do bother his stomach and it causes um gastro problems. And the dusting is not good for him and is doing his allergies that he has to breathe in through that road going down that. way 'cause they take them all on the horse rides and trailes and whatnot down to the parks and going through and playing with the chickens and all. But if that place cannot function and have the
residents and the families and kids go there, it's gonna be tough for them. And I hate to see it go down. So On behalf of the family and my son and my grandchildren. They just love kitty up and please just help the road for them. That's it. Thank you.
Hi, good morning. My name is Sandy Hogland. I'm the Vice President of Pasco Operations for Ready for Life. We are a 501 C three nonprofit serving young adults in foster care and those that have aged out in Pasco County. I'm here in support of AmSkills. Uh we just had three young men graduate their boot camp in September. And I just wanna say that this will be a game changer for the population that we
serve. Young adults in care face profound trauma. uh so many obstacles, um lack of family support. lack of reliable and safe transportation, once again their trauma. And so in our role, we try to get them to be as successful and independent as possible at eighteen. And with with everything that they face, that's they have a lot of obstacles. So AMSkills
coming in and having a two week boot camp as opposed to four years of college, two years of vocational, because when you've been in care for, you know, five plus years you've been institutionalized and you don't want somebody to keep telling you for the next four years of your life at eighteen to keep you know, what to do. So a two week boot camp they can graduate, have a skill, get an interview on the last day. That that is really a game changer because
let me tell you a statistic. Um eighty percent of death row inmates were in care, uh foster care. And that's not to say that they are bad, but that just points to a lack of purpose, direction, support. And this something like Amstels coming in changes that. It changes the life of that individual youth and it serves the youth, serves our community and it's just the win. So thank you for having me. I hope you vote
yes and have a good day.
And can you please provide your an address for the record? Uh
[address removed].
Thank you.
Hello. Um my name is uh JD Hulford and I'm a landscaper and naturalist and I want to talk to you guys about your response to dengue fever.
Your address, please.
Uh um [address removed]. Uh so um I have read that there are several documented uh like actual verified cases here in Pasco and I wanna talk about protecting the most vulnerable so that it stops the spread as quickly as possible, and that is our homeless. These are gonna be people who are outside every day, don't have a lot of daytime shelter access, and
The first time you get dengue fever, most likely it's gonna be asymptomatic. You don't even know you have it or are a carrier. The second time you get a different serotype of dengue fever, it can cause muscle spasm so severe it breaks your bones. And um so right now the serotype that I've seen going around is serotype two, but there are a few documented cases in Hillsborough of type three. and this issue will persist for decades after your infection. So
I'm just simply asking that we look into resources about either homeless outreach where we go around and giving them bug spray, um, but we also need to think about protecting kids at playgrounds. I don't have kids, I but I'm outside working all the time. So I have to take precautions for myself. And if a playground was to get uh attacked by mosquitoes that are carrying dengue fever, these kids are then gonna go home to their individual neighborhoods and then possibly infect different pockets, making the
problem more severe. I see the spraying, like literally my car was dusted with the spray on the way here today. Um, but um Controlling potential um transmission vectors is one of the best ways to get on top of this. And uh I think that's something that we have some emergency shelter systems around and you know, we should think about just opening them up as daytime like some of the cooling centers that they have down in Tampa. Um but um Yeah,
just let um anything that we can do to stop the spread and I don't think it'll be that expensive to just do that, to have a like a shelter in place for them. Um because a single mosquito can carry dengue fever for its entire lifespan, which can be anywhere from eighties Egypties is about three weeks to two months. And that means that every bite it can be infecting someone. Um, you know, and I I just think that it's a Simple ask.
Thank you.
Commissioner Weightman uh thank Chairman just for an update on dengue. No, we don't normally respond respond during public comment, but just receive update from Kathmier's Chief of Staff at FDAX and their office has received the Mosquito Contracts. They are signed and she states that the money has been transferred to Pasco County. So good up update there for financial support coming from
Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Alright. Anyone else from public comment? Is there anyone online?
You've had a gentleman standard.
Okay. Chuck Ray.
Hey, Chuck Gray, excuse my voice. I'm at uh [address removed]. And I'd just like to take the opportunity to uh support also uh a little the lady that just spoke a minute ago. Um, AmSkills. I've had some personal experience with AmSkills. And I think it goes a long way to try to help uh young people that are looking for a job, have a talent, but don't want to go or
can't go to, you know, further education. Um, I've had the the pleasure of putting two two people through that through that training and both were successful, came out, got a job right away. And those are some of the things that maybe some of these people that are homeless can be directed to because the only way they're gonna not be homeless in the future is to have a job and be per productive members of society. So I'm my recommendation is, you
know, to support that that and Catherine Commissioner Starkey has been a very integral part of of uh everything that goes on there and I commend her for that. So um Um I just urge you to continue to support AM skills. I think it's a good uh v uh way to go for young kids or or young adults even. And um and I'd like to thank Kathryn for bringing that to my attention and uh And thank you for
funding it in the f in the past. Hope we will continue it in the future. Thank you very much. And
Chuck, I want to thank you for all your years of uh service in the Planning Commission. Oh, yeah. Been a great chairman for many, many years now.
Yeah. About 30, yeah.
And Chuck wasn't here for Amskills. He's here for an item on the agenda. But when he's not here, I know his personal family story. And so
Yeah. So appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it.
So Mr. Chairman we do have someone online.
Let me just close. So I'm going
to
close public comment for insight here. Am I going to go online?
So we have a Lauren Lanterman online. She w she dropped off? Okay. Alright.