Machine transcription of 283 recorded meetings — 9% of decided items have one. Speaker names are inferred from voice and can be wrong.
- Public comment on current and future agenda items
Christine Hankerson Good morning. My name is Christine Hankerson. I live in Longleaf in Meadow Point, C D 2. Um I came today to talk about an article that was in the uh local newspaper about will Pasco get Enforcement cameras in school speed zones. Commissioner Starkey brought this up at the February 6th meeting. She noted that the state legislature has authorized the use of cameras in school speed zones. Uh the cameras uh technology will certainly uh help those that are speeding. Coming over here today, three cars past me in our fifteen mile an hour speed zone. One almost hit me and the car on my left had to veer out of the way. So that they would not get hit. Thankfully there were no children in the road. Uh we have been talking about this for a very long time. I spoke to a Pasco Sheriff's Deputy last
- Board member reports on county issues
Several speakers So so they would be they wouldn't be red light cameras, they would be speed zone cameras, right? Because they're red light cameras are are traffic Infract traffic light infractions, which what you're talking about is speed.
- Public comment on school zone safety
Christine Hankerson My name is Christine Hankerson. I live in [address removed]. Um I imagine you remember speaking to me about a year ago when you were coming to visit our community, which never happened. Uh ongoing problem in our community in [address removed]. Um and I spoke to Kirk Browning's office today because I wanted to check to see if our county uh was doing some of the things that were being done in other counties of the state. Uh putting cameras on the sides of school buses to see those that pass when the flag is up, uh, putting that model. monitoring systems at the crosswalks to show when people are speeding. The last two months of the school year I witnessed 12 people on County Line Road going through when the red flag was up and children were getting off their buses. Uh we have a little device before sand pine on County Line Road and um just
- Public comment on current and future agenda items
Christine Hankerson month who said the only way to get rid of these speeders, and we've had another death on County Line Road from speeding. is to ticket these people. And they say they don't have enough money to patrol during our school zone times. So Uh Commissioner Mariano in this article mentioned that I tell you these lead light cameras in Port Ritchie and New Port Ritchie, they were supposed to get rid of them a few years ago. And they're making too much money and they're not going to make that move. I don't know any parent or citizen or grandparent that puts a dollar amount on children. Uh he voiced concerns uh that if the revenue becomes too attractive The county might become reluctant to pull the cameras, whether or not they're effective. Last time I was here, I already told you two children were hit in the school zone where the crossing guard was
- Board member reports on county issues
Starkey I and I I just can't imagine that that is built legally. I hope it's not. I I I mean I hope that we require more than that in our landscape code. Um I wanted to talk to y'all about um red light cameras and school zones. Um maybe some of you have also talked to people about this. Um Hillsboro County just passed an ordinance um that will suspend uh wait, well wait I wanna talk about that ordinance yet. Last year the legislat I think it was last year approved the ability to put red light cameras in school zones. And I don't want them all around that county like they have in Newport, Richie, and other places. But I I am Um considering and would like to t us to have discussion if we think red light cameras are appropriate in a school zone. People frequently zoom in those those areas and it's very I mean go fast.
- Public comment on school zone safety
Christine Hankerson And um so I was hoping that our county would be as progressive as other counties in the state to prevent our children from getting runovers, speeding uh through schools repeatedly, and also uh it was reported on Channel 8 News that in some communities over 600 Cars have gone by when the school bus has their flank up. So if any of you have children, pray every day that they make it home. Because the drivers that we have, we've even seen a police car speed, not going anywhere. I called the sheriff's office and they said they would talk to that squad car about speeding and a third. before the came out. You had told me, Commissioner, that County has given a lot of money to the Sheriff's Department. And we pay as our CDBs extra money to have off-duty policemen monitor our road. And just the last thing I want to say. The other day I saw a gentleman in a wheelchair, double entity. He looked like probably a vet. He gone into the crosswalk and nobody would stop for him. in the crosswalk. So I went out to the end of the street and put my arm up. Are you kidding me? You
- P51 Blackwell MPUD rezoning on Hudson Avenue
Starkey if a speed bump put in by the county. Would help Slow down um slow down traffic on Hazel so we don't have high school kids speeding until some of these other maybe some of these other accesses are um put in. But Um That's a thought because I don't want to see anyone speeding down Hazel and it's a straight road and it's very wide. And so Um people could speak. When I drove on it, I drove on it twice. I I was the only car. I th I think there was a truck leaving the first time I was on it. But I drove all around the neighborhoods.
- Sheriff budget and law enforcement impact fee presentation
Several speakers Moody: in the rezoning reports, but I've never seen any specific things like that for the gates or the camera. That interests me. And you know, is it appropriate to get those at the zone?
- P11 PEG 247773 Blackwell MPUD zoning amendment
Amber Tucker I've lived on Hazel Avenue since 2005. I'm also a proud graduate of Hudson High School. We understand that growth is inevitable, but as a lifelong citizen of Pasco and a taxpayer, I feel that this county is not appropriately prepared or proactive in planning for the growth that we have been seeing. Homeowners on Hazel, Patrick, and Mayor were assessed several thousand dollars by the county to pave these roads. These roads would still be limerock if not for the homeowners who pay who paid out of pocket for this improvement. And I do have the documentation for the satisfaction of lien for the home I'm in now. Speeding has been a problem on Hazel for a long time. The majority of people traveling down Hazel, Patrick and Mayer, are not residents. They are using our roads as a cut-through between Hudson Avenue and Kitten Trail and do not obey the posted 30 mile per hour speed limit. The Pasco School's Northwest Bus Garage has an entrance on Patrick Avenue, which contributes a considerable amount of traffic through our neighborhood as well. Our
- P11 PEG 247773 Blackwell MPUD zoning amendment
Several speakers School District Representative: So then what happens? It doesn't get built? Cammy Corbett: Correct. School District Representative: Okay, and then how do the kids walk to school?
- Board member reports on county issues
Mariano I was gonna say I and I met the folks as well and uh a lot of them are extra law enforcement. I did want to have them talk to the school board to really study the issue to see what their thoughts were as well to see if it's a real big issue that we need to go forward on because I tell you these red light cameras from Port Ritchie and New Port Richey they were supposed to get rid of them a few years ago. And now they're making too much money, they're not gonna make that move. So I I I hate to put that extra Big brother out there as well. But I do I do believe in the safety as well. Yeah, I've got to do that. I'll let them see what they we're gonna come back with the school board and come back to us. Yeah. Mr.
- Public comment on school zone safety
Christine Hankerson the lights on the buses that record when people go through. The various things they put up that they catch theaters and they're finding them over a hundred dollars. Should be more if we're going uh that fast in the school board. Yeah, more than