Hillsborough County, Florida



CAPTIONING

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

BOCC REGULAR MEETING

MORNING SESSION

***This is not an official, verbatim transcript of the ***following meeting. It should be used for informational ***purposes only. This document has not been edited; ***therefore, there may be additions, deletions, or words ***that did not translate.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND GOOD MORNING.

IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th.

THIS IS A MEETING OF YOUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THE NORTH TAMPA SOFTBALL TEAM HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE AND THE PRAYER, BY COMMISSIONER LES MILLER.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OUR GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAYS.

WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US A REASONABLE PORTION OF HEALTH AND STRENGTH, AND, FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, WILL DO FOR US.

WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US, COMFORT US, GUIDE US, HUMBLE OUR HEARTS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TO MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT CAME OUT TODAY, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON TV, AND THOSE THAT JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNTY AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THE STEVEN SOTLOFF FAMILY.

PUT YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'LL PUT NO MORE ON THEM THAN THEY CAN BEAR.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE STILL IN CAPTIVITY.

WE ASK THAT THOSE THAT ARE HELD CAPTIVE, PLEASE LET THEM COME HOME.

HUMBLE THEIR HEARTS FATHER, AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WILL NOT RESOLVE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE IN MILITARY UNIFORMS ON FOREIGN SOIL OR THOSE CIVILIANS OVER HERE JUST DOING A SIMPLE JOB.

BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE HERE ON THIS SOIL, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

LET THEM TAKE COMFORT AND GO BACK HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND, FATHER, WHEN WE LEAVE THIS PLACE, WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE US BACK TO OUR HOMES TO FIND EVERYTHING SAFE AND SOUND.

THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN.

>>MARK SHARPE: AMEN.

EVERY MORNING SHOULD BEGIN WITH A PRAYER FROM COMMISSIONER LES MILLER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST OF THE BAY.

DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CREATIVE LOAFING HERE?

IF YOU'D COME FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION.

EVERY YEAR CREATIVE LOAFING DOES THEIR BEST OF THE BAY.

I LIKE YOUR BEST OF THE BAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO THE BEST OF THE BAY POLITICIANS.

OCCASIONALLY I MAKE THAT ONE, BUT --

[LAUGHTER]

-- I GOT BEAT OUT LAST YEAR, DARN IT.

BUT ANYWAY, WE -- WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S KNOWN FOR HAVING SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND BUSINESSES IN THE NATION, WHICH, IN TURN, IMPACTS POSITIVELY ON THE OVERALL ECONOMIC VITALITY AND PRESTIGE OF OUR COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS, CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WITH NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN CIVIC, CHARITABLE, AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AS WELL AS IN EDUCATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT; AND WHEREAS, THE AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE LOAFING, TAMPA BAY'S THIRD-LARGEST NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED IN 1991, THE FIRST BEST OF THE BAY READERS POLL RECOGNIZED PROGRAM, OFFERING BOTH A PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND A CHANCE FOR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA'S BRIGHT SPOTS OF COMMUNITY PRIDE AND DISTINCTION; AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR MARKS THE 23rd YEAR CITIZENS CAN VOTE FOR THE BEST OF THE BAY, WHICH SHOWCASES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, GREAT PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, STUDY, AND PLAY, AND SOME OF THE BEST SOURCES FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION; AND WHEREAS, MORE THAN 300 AWARDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ANNUALLY WITH RESIDENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR ABLE TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR BEST OF THE BAY.

THIS EVENT AIMS TO STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MOTIVATING THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY ALL THINGS LOCAL.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 2014 AS BEST OF THE BAY MONTH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

WE COMMEND THIS EFFORT TO SUPPORT LOCAL EFFORTS AND ENDEAVORS TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE TO ENJOY ALL THE TAMPA BAY AREA HAS TO OFFER, AND IT'S EXECUTED THIS 4th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014, AND SIGNED BY ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE.

I'M GOING TO HAND YOU THIS PROCLAMATION, AND WE'D LIKE IT IF YOU'D JUST SAY A FEW WORDS.

>> ACTUALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING CREATIVE LOAFING AND ALLOWING US A LITTLE MORE EXPOSURE IN OUR ATTEMPT TO SPOTLIGHT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT LOCAL CULTURE, LOCAL BUSINESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNIQUE COMMUNITY HERE, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK IS GREAT ABOUT THE AREA, SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION.

WE'RE HONORED.

>>MARK SHARPE: SCOTT AND GINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OH, THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE'RE REALLY HONORED.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE USE IT -- MY FAMILY USES IT OFTEN.

WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO EAT, WE PULL OUT YOUR MAGAZINE.

>> PERFECT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: I WANT TO GET A PICTURE HERE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: COMMISSIONER HAGAN WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS.

>>KEN HAGAN: I JUST WANT TO -- I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHARPE FOR INITIATING THIS PROCLAMATION.

I'M A BIG FAN OF CREATIVE LOAFING, NOT ONLY THE BEST OF THE BAY EDITION, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER MADE THAT, BUT I AM A FAN OF CREATIVE LOAFING AND PARTICULARLY MITCH PERRY.

I THINK HE DOES A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

THANK YOU BOTH.

THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY SANDRA MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS YOUNG WOMAN, REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S HERE TODAY.

WE PROBABLY ALL, OVER THE LAST MONTH, SAW MO'NE DAVIS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES MAKE JUST STRIKING, YOU KNOW -- I THINK SHE JUST LEAPED FORWARD IN ALL OF OUR MINDS AND HOW MUCH WOMEN CAN REALLY SUCCEED IN THE WORLD OF MEN'S SPORTS, SO WE HAVE OUR OWN MO'NE DAVIS, THOUGH, HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND HER NAME IS CHELSEA BAKER, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HER TODAY FOR EVERYTHING -- WHAT -- THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE'S MAKING ACTUALLY WITH THE DURANT HIGH VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM.

WITH HER TODAY -- CHELSEA, YOU WANT TO STAND UP.

AND WITH HER TODAY, THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS RON MASON, HER DAD, AND HE'S WITH HER TODAY.

AND I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF CHELSEA AT THE SNEAKER SOIREE, WHICH IS A GREAT EVENT PUT ON BY THE TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION.

AND I JUST WANT TO READ THIS COMMENDATION BECAUSE IT REALLY GIVES A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT ALL SHE HAS DONE IN HER 17 YEARS.

THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMMENDS DURANT HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CHELSEA BAKER, THE FIRST FEMALE PLAYER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO EARN A SPOT ON A VARSITY BASEBALL ROSTER AND THE YOUNGEST-EVER FEMALE TO PITCH A BATTING PRACTICE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

THAT WAS WITH THE TAMPA BAY RAYS.

THE PLANT CITY TEENAGER HAS TIRELESSLY WORKED ON THE BALL FIELDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO PERFECT HER SIGNATURE PITCH, WHICH SHE LEARNED FROM HER LITTLE LEAGUE COACH, JOE NIEKRO, A 22-YEAR VETERAN OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

IN HIS MEMORY, SHE CONTINUES TO HONE HER SKILLS, WITH THE MEDIA TOUTING HER JOURNEY AS THAT OF "THE KNUCKLEBALL PRINCESS."

MEDIA REPORTS ARE FILLED WITH THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHELSEA BAKER, WHO HAS PITCHED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS WITH NO LOSSES AND TWO NO-HITTERS.

SHE'S BEEN ON ESPN'S E:60, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, AND CNN.

THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK, REQUESTED HER JERSEY FOR AN EXHIBIT ENTITLED "DIAMOND DREAMS: WOMEN IN BASEBALL."

CHELSEA WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AT THE TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION'S FOURTH ANNUAL SNEAKER SOIREE WHERE TAMPA BAY RAYS MANAGER JOE MADDON INVITED HER TO THROW DURING A BATTING PRACTICE AT TROPICANA FIELD.

AND I THINK AFTER LAST NIGHT, THEY MAY CALL YOU UP.

[LAUGHTER]

TEEN VOGUE SAID AT FIVE-FOOT-TWO, CHELSEA BAKER NEVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST PLAYER ON THE LOCAL BASEBALL DIAMOND, THAT SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO PLAY EXHIBITIONS IN JAPAN OR EARN AN OFFER TO JOIN A WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT SHE JUST MIGHT MAKE BELIEVERS OF ALL OF US THAT A WOMAN ONE DAY WILL PITCH IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

SO WE COMMEND CHELSEA BAKER FOR HER DETERMINATION IN BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS AND EARNING HER RIGHTFUL SPOT IN SPORTS HISTORY, HERE ON THE FIELDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND BEYOND.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]

I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

TWO PERFECT GAMES.

OH, I'M SORRY, WE'LL CORRECT THAT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS COMMENDATION, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: DAD, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> NO.

[LAUGHTER]

>>SANDRA MURMAN: HE'S BUSY TAKING PICTURES.

BUT LET'S -- I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE UP FRONT WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS REALLY A REMARKABLE FEAT FOR A FEMALE.

[APPLAUSE]

>>RUSLANA PANOV: CAN YOU LOOK AT ME, PLEASE.

ONE MORE TIME.

STAND BY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

APPRECIATE IT.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A GREAT MORNING FOR WOMEN ATHLETICS.

AND THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MADE BY COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION TO A VERY SPECIAL SOFTBALL TEAM, AND IT IS THE NORTH TAMPA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION'S 16-AND-UNDER GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO PLEASE COME FORWARD, ALL THE COACHES AND PLAYERS.

WITH US TODAY WE HAVE MANAGER KEVIN McKAY, WE HAVE COACH TINO DOMINGUEZ, COACH CARLO KEBREAU, COACH COLLEEN LoSAURO, PLAYERS KASEY McKAY, YSA DOMINGUEZ, DESTINY KEBREAU -- KEBREAU, SORRY, DARCY GOTT, ALEX DIXON, SHEA FORGAS, JORDYN GENDRON, CHLOE LEE, KACIE LEMANSKI, HANNAH MURRAY, AND ALYSSA LoSAURO.

WELL, THIS IS A GREAT WEEK, YOU GET A HOLIDAY ON MONDAY AND YOU GET TO MISS SCHOOL TODAY, SO -- BUT, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TEAM.

NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN THE FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THEY'RE THE FIRST NORTH TAMPA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD SERIES, AND I BELIEVE THEIR MANAGER SAID IT BEST, THAT IT'S ABOUT CHEMISTRY, AND HE WAS QUOTED IN ONE OF THE PAPERS SAYING, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE RAYS, SAID COACH TINO DOMINGUEZ, YOU DON'T HAVE THREE OR FOUR DIAMOND BLUE CHIPPERS, BUT YOU HAVE NINE PLAYERS THAT PLAY TOGETHER; THIS IS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE PLAYED TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE NINE YEARS OLD.

AND WHAT I FOUND REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED A 16-AND-UNDER TEAM, BUT APPARENTLY THERE ARE NOT MANY 16-YEAR-OLDS, SO MANY OF THEM ARE 13 AND 14 YEARS OLD, SO THAT MAKES IT EXTREMELY REMARKABLE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COACHES FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, AND I KNOW I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, SOME OF LIFE'S GREATEST LESSONS ARE LEARNED ON THE BALL FIELDS, AND NOT ONLY ARE THESE GIRLS HAVING FUN AND MAKING MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING SOME OF LIFE'S GREATEST LESSONS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE TEACHING THEM, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD, AND ALSO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE SO THESE GIRLS CAN PLAY BALL AND REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO READ THE COMMENDATION AND THEN HAVE THE GIRLS COME UP AND SAY THEIR NAME AND POSITION AND MAYBE HAVE COACH SAY A FEW WORDS.

IT SAYS, CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION AWARDED TO NORTH TAMPA ALL-STAR SOFTBALL TEAM.

THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMMENDS THE NORTH TAMPA ALL-STAR SOFTBALL TEAM FOR ITS CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON AND FOR MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST NORTH TAMPA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR WORLD SERIES COMPETITION.

THE TEAM, BACKED BY COMMUNITY SUPPORT, REPRESENTED THE NORTH TAMPA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AT THE 2014 BABE RUTH LEAGUE

16-AND-UNDER WORLD SERIES IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

THERE, THE ALL-STARS PLACED FIFTH IN THE 15-TEAM TOURNAMENT WITH SEVEN WINS AND THREE LOSSES AND A TOTAL OF 69 RUNS SCORED.

THEIR WINS INCLUDED A NO-HITTER AND EXTRA-INNING THRILLER.

THE NORTH TAMPA ALL-STAR SOFTBALL TEAM, UNDER COACHES KEVIN McKAY, TINO DOMINGUEZ, AND COLLEEN LoSAURO, WON BOTH THE DISTRICT AND 16-AND-UNDER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROWNS.

AT THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL, THE TEAM EARNED IT'S AT-LARGE BID TO THE WORLD SERIES.

WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR VICTORIES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING MAKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.

WE'RE PROUD TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONGRATULATE THE NORTH TAMPA ALL-STAR SOFTBALL TEAM FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AWARDED THIS 4th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014, SIGNED BY ALL SEVEN OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE THE GIRLS TO COME UP, SAY THEIR NAME AND POSITION, AND, COACH COULD PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS.

>> I'M SHEA FORGAS, I PLAY SHORTSTOP.

>> KACIE LEMANSKI, AND I PLAY FIRST BASE.

>> YSA DOMINGUEZ, AND I'M PITCHER.

>> ALEX DIXON.

I PLAY CENTER FIELD.

>> ALYSSA LoSAURO, SECOND BASE.

>> JORDYN GENDRON, THIRD BASE.

>> HANNAH MURRAY, LEFT FIELD.

>> DESTINY KEBREAU, RIGHT FIELD.

>> CHLOE LEE, CENTER FIELD.

>> KACIE McKAY, FIRST BASE.

>>KEN HAGAN: COACH, YOU WANT TO SAY --

>> COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JIM, ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP GETTING US DOWN HERE TODAY.

IN FACT, THESE ARE 13- AND 14-YEAR-OLD GIRLS THAT PLAYED VERY WELL.

WE SET A GOAL IN FEBRUARY TO PLAY UP BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A WORLD SERIES AT THE 13-14 LEVEL, SO WE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AND WORKED OUR PLAN.

IN MAY WE PUT AN ALL-STAR TEAM TOGETHER, PLAYED RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN BLOOMINGDALE AND WON THE DISTRICTS; MOVED UP TO LAKE CITY AND WON THE STATE UNDEFEATED; GOT UP TO HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE SOUTHEAST REGIONALS AND LOST TO THE TEAM THAT EVENTUALLY WON THE WORLD SERIES, A TEAM OUT OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

ON OUR WAY HOME, THE PHONE RANG, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I THOUGHT, AH, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THIS, I'M A LITTLE BUMMED OUT.

I ANSWERED IT.

IT WAS THE DIRECTOR OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS FOR BABE RUTH AND CAL RIPKEN, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY.

SAID, BY THE WAY THE GIRLS ACTED AND PLAYED IN THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP, THEY'RE INVITED, COULD YOU HAVE THEM ON A PLANE ON THEIR EXPENSES TO PITTSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS IN A WEEK?

SO BETWEEN THE FUNDRAISING, ABOUT $20,000 THAT THESE GIRLS RAISED, BETWEEN OVER 55-, 5600 MILES, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU ONE OF THESE BADGES.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SHINIEST TROPHY YOU HAVE IN YOUR CASE, BUT NOBODY WORKED HARDER FOR IT.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHARLES CLARK IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE, SO --

>>KEN HAGAN: YEP.

>> COMMISSIONER HAGAN, WE -- ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, PLAYERS, AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT NORTH TAMPA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WE WOULD TRULY LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR WORK, AILEEN HENDERSON, BILLY GRAHAM, THOSE MEMBERS THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND A BEAUTIFUL FIELD -- PLACE FOR THESE KIDS TO GROW AND LEARN.

WE REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT THANKS.

AND I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW PROUD I AM OF THE COACHING STAFF, THE VOLUNTEERS WHO DEDICATE THEIR ENDLESS HOURS TO THESE YOUNG LADIES, AND THEN THE YOUNG LADIES THEMSELVES.

THEY ARE FULL OF GRACE, AND THEY ARE SO WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

>>KEN HAGAN: AND AS A COACH WITH A SISTER WHO WAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN SOFTBALL AND I ALSO HAVE A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT PLAYS SOFTBALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR ALL THESE GIRLS.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU, AND I HOPE MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHEN SHE'S YOUR AGE, IS AS TALENTED AS YOU GUYS, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS.

I'LL COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS TO YOU, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

>> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>>RUSLANA PANOV: STAND BY.

ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, COACH AND LADIES, AND FAMILIES.

ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN THE CHAMBERS.

[APPLAUSE]

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO REVIEW THE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.

MR. MERRILL.

>>MIKE MERRILL: YES, COMMISSIONERS.

THERE'S JUST ONE CHANGE, AN ITEM REMOVED FROM CONSENT FOR DISCUSSION, A-13.

THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE INTERNAL AUDIT -- REPORT FROM INTERNAL AUDIT REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE BOARD'S REQUEST TO AUDIT THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, PULLED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF TIME CERTAINS.

BEGINNING AT 10:15, ITEM F-1, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN 'SAFE & SOUND HILLSBOROUGH'.

THAT'S COMMISSIONER BECKNER'S ITEM.

AT 10:45 E-1.

IT'S A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY STEVE HOLMES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED TO PRESENT THE 2014 ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR AWARD TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

RECESSING AT 11:45 FOR LUNCH, RETURNING AT 1:30 WITH ITEM F-3, COMMISSIONER SHARPE'S ITEM, APPROVING RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF ROAD DESIGNATIONS IN THE COUNTY IN RECOGNITION OF DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVID ABELLA AND LEE ROW COLLINS, JR., AND PAUL SMITH, POW/MIA.

AND WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M.

D-1, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE COUNTY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES AND LAWS REGARDING THE LAW LIBRARY.

D-2, PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH SEPARATE UNIFORM RATES FOR THE VARIOUS STREET LIGHTING CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE 2014 TAX YEAR.

AND FINALLY, ITEM D-3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A RATE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A CONTINUATION OF CURRENT RATES FOR THE 2014 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT.

THOSE ARE THE CHANGES.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: MOVE THE CHANGES.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE THE CHANGES.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CHANGES BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 5-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

NOW -- NOW WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING.

THE BOARD SETS ASIDE TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.

WE JUST ASK THAT YOU DO IT IN A CIVIL MANNER WITH RESPECT TO THE AUDIENCE AND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE'VE GOT MR. GERALD WHITE AND THEN SEYMOUR ELDRIDGE AND DAVID McCALLISTER, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH SHARON CALVERT AND ED TILLOU.

MR. WHITE, WELCOME SIR, AND HOW IS -- HAS YOUR DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY OR IS SHE STILL IN THE ACADEMY?

>> MY DAUGHTER?

>>MARK SHARPE: YOUR DAUGHTER.

>> SHE'S GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE'S JUST ARRIVED BACK INTO THE STATES, INTO THE COUNTRY JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

SHE'S STATIONED IN SEOUL, KOREA, AT THE MOMENT.

>>MARK SHARPE: WOW!

>> SHE'S CAPTAIN.

>>MARK SHARPE: CAPTAIN?

>> CAPTAIN.

>>MARK SHARPE: SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT SHE WAS ATTENDING, AND SO I KNOW, IT GOES FAST.

WE'RE JUST HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND TELL YOUR DAUGHTER THAT WE APPRECIATE HER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

GOOD MORNING.

GERALD WHITE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND FORMER VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH -- INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

I WAS CONTACTED YESTERDAY BY A NEWSPAPER AND ASKED MY POSITION ON THE MARIJUANA, POT QUESTION AND DID I SUPPORT IT OR OPPOSED IT, WAS I FOR IT OR AGAINST IT, WHAT WAS MY POSITION ON THE ISSUE, AND OVER THE EVENING, REALIZING THAT THE ST. PETERSBURG -- THE TAMPA BAY TIMES IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHING A FRONT-PAGE STORY, WHICH IS IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES THIS MORNING, TALK ABOUT THE POLL RESULTS OF THE -- THE TIMES -- THE TIMES -- BAY NEWS 9, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BOB GRAHAM CENTER POLL ON THE POSITIONS OF THE CITIZENS THAT THEY POLLED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORTED OR OPPOSED THIS ISSUE, AND IT JUST RAISED JUST A MULTITUDE OF QUESTIONS FOR ME AS A CITIZEN OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RELATED TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HEALTH CARE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS 100 -- $124-MILLION BUDGET AND ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITIZENS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.

IT'S JUST A MULTITUDE OF QUESTIONS ON THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF THIS LEGAL MARIJUANA QUESTIONS, WHICH DOCTORS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESCRIBE IF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED.

AND SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT THIS AMENDMENT TOO AND HOW WOULD THIS AMENDMENT, IF IT PASSED, ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS RELATED TO THE HEALTH SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, STATE FUNDING FOR HEALTH CARE, FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CARE, SEEING AS THOUGH THAT MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL AS FAR AS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED, AND SO I'M JUST DEEPLY CONCERNED HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE POOR IF THIS BECAME LEGAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; WILL CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BE BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, RECEIVE HEALTH CARE THROUGH GENERAL REVENUE FROM THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BY WAY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO TAKE A PUBLIC POSITION WHETHER OR NOT THEY OPPOSE OR SUPPORT AMENDMENT 2 TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THAT'S MY REQUEST AS A CITIZEN OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

AND EDUCATE THE CITIZENS ON THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY ADVERSE EFFECT, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT IT OR OPPOSE IT, THAT WILL AFFECT 1.2 MILLION CITIZENS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. WHITE.

I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY A PROHIBITION FROM THE COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS TAKING -- SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

I'LL LOOK INTO THAT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE BOARD OR OUR STAFF CAN'T LOOK INTO THE IMPLICATIONS.

I THINK YOU BRING UP SOME VERY GOOD POINTS, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE RESEARCH AND COME BACK AND AT LEAST ADDRESS IT IN SOME MANNER.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, SIR.

AND I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM FROM VICTOR -- COMMISSIONER VICTOR CRIST: PLEASE BE ADVISED I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MORNING SESSION OF THE BOCC MEETING SEPTEMBER 4th.

I NEED TO ATTEND AN IMPORTANT AVIATION AUTHORITY MEETING AS A THE BOCC APPOINTEE TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION AUTHORITY.

PLEASE EXCUSE MY TARDINESS AND READ THIS INTO THE RECORD.

THAT'S FROM COMMISSIONER VICTOR CRIST.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEYMOUR ELDRIDGE.

IF YOU'D COME FORWARD, SIR, IF YOU'RE HERE.

WELCOME, MR. ELDRIDGE.

AND THEN DAVID McCALLISTER AND SHARON CALVERT AND THEN ED TILLOU.

WELCOME, MR. ELDRIDGE.

>> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS SEYMOUR ELDRIDGE.

I LIVE AT 1210 MITCHELL STREET IN BRANDON, FLORIDA.

I WAS HERE JULY 16th IN FRONT OF YOU TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE SCREEN.

THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION FOR ALMOST A YEAR, AND HE OWES OVER $300,000 NOW.

I ASKED FOR HELP ON THIS TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

THE -- MR. BLINCK CONTACTED ME YESTERDAY AND SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO -- THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS TO A JUDGE.

MY PROBLEM IS THIS.

MY PROBLEM IS IT TOOK ME TEN MINUTES TO FIND THIS ON THE -- ON THE WEB SITE: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS GRANTED THE AUTHORITY TO CONDEMN AND DEMOLISH DANGEROUS BUILDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 61-2246, LAWS OF FLORIDA, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 81-338, LAWS OF FLORIDA.

THESE LAWS ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT ONLY DETRIMENTAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD VALUES BUT ALSO ATTRACT NUISANCE FOR CHILDREN, CREATE HOUSE FIRE HAZARDS, AND INVITE A CRIMINAL ELEMENT.

THE LAWS OF FLORIDA REQUIRE THE STRUCTURE TO BE DAMAGED, DETERIORATED TO THE EFFECT THAT IT EXCEEDS 50% OF THE BUILDING'S VALUE.

IN ADDITION, AN ORDER OF CONDEMNATION MUST BE SIGNED BY THE CONSENSUS OF THE DIRECTOR OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND THE FIRE MARSHAL.

NOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS, AND NONE OF THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE.

I HAD LEFT -- THE LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, I HAD -- TWO NEWS CHANNELS DID TWO STORIES ON ME, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOLLOW-UPS ON ME TODAY.

I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THIS AT 1210 MITCHELL STREET.

I THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY ON THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO EITHER SEND SOMEBODY OUT AND LOOK AT THIS THEMSELVES OR SOMETHING ELSE.

I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE BRANDON AREA HAS FAILED ME MISERABLY.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DOES NOT RETURN E-MAILS.

WE'VE E-MAILED THEM QUERYING THIS TO FIND UP WHAT THE FOLLOW-UP WAS, AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BACK YET.

I'M 20 YEARS RETIRED MILITARY, 17 YEARS WITH NSA, SO I DO KNOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES I NEED TO TAKE TO GET THINGS DONE.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS PUBLICLY, BUT I WILL.

I'VE WAITED.

MR. BLINCK SAID THAT THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES, ONE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 17 YEARS THAT HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF, AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

HE GOES, WELL, YOU'LL BE THE SECOND WHEN WE GET AROUND TO IT.

AND I SAID, WELL, WHEN WILL THAT BE?

HE SAID, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS MAYBE.

I FEAR THAT SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON TWO YEARS THAT MY NEXT THING WILL BE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW AND THEN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW, AND I ASKED YOU BOTH -- ALL OF YOU WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME -- I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS PROPERTY BEING NEXT TO EACH ONE OF YOUR HOMES AND IT LASTING LIKE THIS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, AND I ASKED ANY ONE OF YOU TO STEP UP AND TELL ME THAT THIS WOULD NOT -- THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, AND NONE OF YOU SAID NOTHING.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

>> SO I'M SAYING TO YOU AGAIN -- THIS TIME I'M CALLING OUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU --

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. ELDRIDGE.

MR. ELDRIDGE, APOLOGIZE, YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.

MR. MERRILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY --

>>MIKE MERRILL: YES.

>>MARK SHARPE: -- INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE MR. ELDRIDGE?

>>MIKE MERRILL: THIS -- I MEAN, I CAN CERTAINLY SYMPATHIZE WITH YOUR POSITION.

WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE AROUND SOME TRICKY STATUTES AND SOME TRICKY LAWS THAT EXIST, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A CIVIL ACTION FILED IN CIRCUIT COURT TO ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

UNDER THE EXISTING LAW, THERE'S NOTHING OBVIOUS ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT ALLOWS US TO GO ON THE PROPERTY, BUT IF A JUDGE WILL ISSUE A CIVIL ORDER TO ALLOW US TO GO IN, THEN WE CAN DO IT, AND WE ARE -- WE ARE HAMPERED BY STATE LAW IN THIS CASE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY AROUND IT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THE LAW TO RESOLVE THIS, SO --

>>MARK SHARPE: AND MR. ELDRIDGE -- AND I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, AND I AM IN NO WAY AN EXPERT ON THIS ISSUE AT ALL, BUT A GOVERNMENT WHICH IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE OBVIOUS IS ALSO A GOVERNMENT WHICH IS POWERFUL ENOUGH AT TIMES TO ABUSE ITS POWER, AND SO THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STAFF IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH, BUT, AGAIN, PART OF THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE ORDINARY CITIZEN WHO'S NOT ABUSING -- DOING SUCH AS THIS, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SYSTEM THE WAY IT IS, AND SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ANGRY AND YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, BUT WE -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BALANCE, AND SO I -- STAFF WILL FIRST MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST RESPOND.

YOU SHOULD GET AN ANSWER, YOU WILL GET AN ANSWER, AND WE'LL KEEP YOU WELL INFORMED AS TO WHAT'S OCCURRING.

MR. MERRILL, CAN WE DO THAT?

>>MIKE MERRILL: YES.

JIM BLINCK IS HERE.

SIR, YOU CAN TALK WITH HIM AND HE CAN GIVE YOU MORE OF THE DETAILS.

WE'RE PURSUING IT AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE CAN, AND I'M SORRY WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING --

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>>MIKE MERRILL: -- MORE QUICKLY.

>> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, OKAY.

PLEASE, DON'T TAKE NO OFFENSE.

I'M NOT ANGRY, OKAY.

IF I WAS ANGRY, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT I'M NOT, OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND EVERY -- WHAT THE THING IS AND EVERYTHING.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON YOU, AND I -- AND I REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY.

I CAN GO TO MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND I CAN COMPLAIN, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE BOARD HERE CAN ALSO GO TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND COMPLAIN.

I'M HOPING THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, I'M HOPING THAT YOU DO IT AND THAT -- I THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE EMPHASIS ON SOMETHING GETTING DONE IF YOU-ALL DID IT RATHER THAN ME.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER, MR. DAVID McCALLISTER, THEN SHARON CALVERT AND ED TILLOU.

WELCOME, MR. McCALLISTER.

MR. BLINCK, IF YOU'D MAKE SURE, SIR, THAT YOU DO GET WITH MR. ELDRIDGE.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

DAVID McCALLISTER, POST OFFICE BOX 7343, WESLEY CHAPEL.

SOMETIMES I GET FRUSTRATED TOO, I'M NOT ANGRY EITHER,

AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT SOMETIMES I DO GET FRUSTRATED.

I COME HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR APPRECIATION FOR VETERANS AND FOR HISTORY, ESPECIALLY THE VETERANS AND HISTORY IN THIS LOCALITY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.

NOW, THE CREATIVE LOAFING PROCLAMATION WAS -- ALSO ENCOURAGED US TO ENJOY ALL THINGS LOCAL, AND THAT INCLUDES LOCAL HISTORY AND HOPEFULLY LOCAL HISTORICAL TOURISM.

LAST MEETING I -- BEFORE I RAN OUT OF MY MINUTES, I WAS SPEAKING OF THE SUCCESS OF THE RIFLES, RAILS, AND HISTORY EVENT IN TAVARES, THE COUNTY SEAT OF LAKE COUNTY A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF US, AND THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER HERE, SEPTEMBER, I THINK, 27th, 28th, 29th, AND THAT IS A REENACTMENT OF A WAR BETWEEN THE STATES SKIRMISH UP THERE THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN THERE.

WE HAVE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES EVENTS THAT DID HAPPEN HERE.

WE USED TO HAVE A REENACTMENT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER RAID AT THE VETERANS PARK HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING ONE THIS YEAR.

WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HISTORICAL TOURISM AND REVENUE THAT BRINGS IN BY NOT, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATING WHAT WE HAVE HERE LOCALLY IN TERMS OF WAR BETWEEN THE STATES HISTORY.

OKAY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE VETERANS PARK COMMITTEE DOES SUPPORT THAT REENACTMENT ITSELF, AND, OF COURSE, THE VETERANS PARK COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE HERE LATER ON IN SUPPORT OF OR APPRECIATION FOR THE RENAMING OF SOME OF THE ROADS HERE FOR VETERANS, ESPECIALLY LEROY COLLINS -- WE HAVE THE MUSEUM NAMED AFTER HIM AT VETERANS PARK -- AND ALSO THE MIAs AND POWs.

I WOULD NOTE THAT LEROY COLLINS IS ALSO UP FOR RECOGNITION AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THE FLORIDA VETERANS HALL OF FAME.

HE'S BEEN NOMINATED BY THE COUNCIL.

WE HOPE THAT HE WILL BE APPROVED BY THE CABINET WHEN IT MEETS.

THE LOCAL -- I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP TO TAVARES TO REPRESENT HILLSBOROUGH'S INTEREST UP THERE.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

FLORIDA -- OR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALSO IS REPRESENTED, AS YOU KNOW, BY THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL PARK AND THE LARGE FLAG THAT'S ON I-75.

CREATIVE LOAFING, GO BACK TO THEM, HAD NOMINATED THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG AND THE INTEREST IN THE PARK AS ONE OF THE BEST NEWS STORIES OF 2008, AND I WOULD NOTE THAT HAVING THAT FLAG THERE CERTAINLY DIDN'T DETER 20,000 PRINCE HALL SHRINERS FROM COMING HERE, AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. McCALLISTER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON CALVERT AND THEN ED TILLOU.

WELCOME, MS. CALVERT.

>> GOOD MORNING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMMENDING ALL THOSE GREAT WOMEN ATHLETES.

THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION JUST RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE.

IT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED HAS INCREASED BACK TO WHAT WAS SEEN IN 2008 BEFORE THE RECESSION.

AMERICANS ARE DRIVING AGAIN.

THEY STATED WE MUST INVEST IN OUR HIGHWAYS FOR THE GROWING VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC.

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 500- TO 600,000 NEW RESIDENTS MAY MOVE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

THEY'LL PROBABLY MOVE WHERE THE LAST 600,000 MOVED TO, IN THE COUNTY, NOT IN DOWNTOWN TOWERS.

ROADS ARE OUR COUNTY'S BIGGEST ASSET.

THEY MUST BE MAINTAINED, THEY MUST BE IMPROVED, AND WE MUST BUILD NEW ROADS, ESPECIALLY IF ALL THOSE RESIDENTS ARE COMING HERE, BUT WE HAVE A CRITICAL ROAD FUNDING GAP.

THIS CAN'T CONTINUE.

OUR FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET OF $4 BILLION IS APPROACHING LEVELS BEFORE THE RECESSION, BEFORE FORCED CUTS WERE MADE, AND OUR REVENUES ARE INCHING UP, BUT OUR ROAD BUDGET FOR A COUNTY OF ALMOST 1.3 MILLION RESIDENTS IS A MERE 6.5 MILLION FOR 2015.

THIS LACK OF ROAD FUNDING NEEDS SOME RESOLUTION NOW.

YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

ROAD FUNDING NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

THE ISSUE CAN'T WAIT.

IT CAN'T WAIT TO BE BUNDLED WITH SOME PROPOSED FUTURE REFERENDUM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN.

COUNTY ROAD FUNDING CAN'T WAIT FOR THE POLICY LEADERSHIP GROUP.

THERE'S ROAD PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, BUT, YOU KNOW WERE SHELVED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.

AND OUR ROADS SHOULDN'T BE HELD HOSTAGE FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU MAY BE PURSUING IN THE FUTURE.

OUR LOCAL TRANSIT AGENCY DOES HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE CRITICAL GAP -- FUNDING GAP THAT OUR ROADS DO.

ROADS MOVE BOTH PEOPLE AND GOODS, AND 98% OF US USE THEM EVERY DAY.

IT'S A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN OUR ROADS.

OUR 2015 BUDGET AND OUR CURRENT CAFR NEEDS TO BE SCRUTINIZED, AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL BEGIN TO ADDRESS OUR ROAD FUNDING GAP NOW.

THE POLICY LEADERSHIP GROUP VOTED ON AUGUST 12th TO HIRE A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT OR CONSULTANT TO FACILITATE SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, BUT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY DETAILS OF WHAT THIS EFFORT IS, WHAT THE COST IS, OR WHO'S PAYING FOR IT.

THE POLICY LEADERSHIP GROUP INCLUDES THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THREE MUNICIPALITIES.

HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM, AND IF YOU CAN FIND MONEY FOR THIS EFFORT, I CERTAINLY HOPE IN 2015 YOU CAN FIND SOME MORE FUNDING FOR ROADS.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MS. CALVERT.

AT THE MPO MEETING YESTERDAY THE BOARD APPROVED A LOT OF CHANGES TO OUR PRIORITIZED ROADS.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE $1.4 BILLION DEDICATED TO ROAD PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. ED TILLOU.

>> I'M -- I'M ED, ED TILLOU, SULPHUR SPRING.

I COME WITH VARIOUS THINGS TO SPEAK ABOUT, BUT FIRST IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT F-3.

THE ENTRANCE TO USF IS CALLED LEROY COLLINS BOULEVARD, AND RECENTLY WHAT THEY DID WAS -- THERE WAS A VERY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS USED TO WALK ON A CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF BUSES AND SHUTTLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY WERE EVEN SUGGESTED THEY DO THAT AT ORIENTATION, BUT THE THING IS, THE UNIVERSITY, AT A VERY EXPENSIVE $700,000, PUT IN A LITTLE U-TURN THING, AND I SUGGESTED TO THEM THAT THEY CALL THAT LEROY COLLINS, JR. TURNAROUND OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEN THEY COULD PUT A LITTLE PLAQUE THERE ABOUT HIM NEXT TO THE ONE ABOUT HIS DAD.

IN ANY CASE, IF YOU GET MORE PUBLICITY ONTO THAT, MAYBE HART WILL CATCH ON THAT THE SAFETY THING THAT CAUSED THEM TO STOP SERVING THE UNIVERSITY COMING INTO THE LIBRARY AND THINGS -- IT'S GONE FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HEY, TALK ABOUT GRASS GROWING UNDER FEET.

OKAY.

ANYWAY, HERE'S THE THINGS I DID COME TO SPEAK ABOUT, EXCEPT THIS IS STICKING TO THEM.

OKAY.

I CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THIS.

I WANT TO WRITE A LETTER TO PUTIN, AND HE'S BEING SLAMMED RIGHT AND LEFT ON THIS, AND MAYBE HE'S VERY CLOSE TO A TIPPING POINT, BUT I CAN'T GET TO IT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BS HERE IN TAMPA.

I'M NOT GOING TO SUGGEST ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR ANYMORE BECAUSE THIS PLACED IS DAMNABLE IN TERMS OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

IT'S NOT ONLY HOT, IT'S NOT ONLY RAINY, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO GET STUFF DONE, SO IT'S ACTUALLY -- IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO AVIATION.

BUT THE THING ABOUT -- THAT PUTIN NEEDS TO REALIZE IS THAT THERE ARE FAR MORE UKRAINIANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WILLING TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS TO COME BACK THAN THERE ARE RUSSIANS.

NOT A LOT OF RUSSIANS EVER LEFT RUSSIA.

A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM MOVED TO THE MIDWEST AND BECAME WHEAT FARMERS.

OKAY.

IN THIS REGARD, I -- I DISTRIBUTED THIS SOMETIME AGO, AND IT PROBABLY WASN'T CLEAR WHY I DID IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET TIME TO SAY THINGS.

YOU HAVE SUCH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SAY THINGS.

WELL, THE REASON IS -- THAT'S A FELLOW WHO'S A RELATIVE OF OUR FAMILY, AND HIS NAME WAS HENRY BOUQUET.

IT'S SPELLED LIKE IT'S PRONOUNCED, BOUQUET, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BUCCA.

AND THE WAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT WAS I WAS IN A -- IN PITTSBURGH FOR A CONFERENCE, AND HERE'S WHERE PORT PITT WAS, AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS I READ ONE OF THE HISTORIC SIGNS, AND I SAID, GEE, THAT GUY'S A RELATIVE OF OURS.

I WAS THERE FOR A COAL UTILIZATION CONFERENCE.

NOW, THIS BUSINESS WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND EVERYTHING WIPED OUT MY RESEARCH AREA AND ALL THE RESEARCH AND THE THINGS I HAD DONE FOR THAT.

SO, I MEAN, IF I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, CHANGE 180 DEGREES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ON THINGS LIKE --

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. TILLOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT CLOSES OUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU ALL.

CAN WE MOVE CONSENT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE CONSENT.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE CONSENT BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY --

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE:  -- COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

WE'VE GOT A RACE HERE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

MR. MERRILL.

>>MIKE MERRILL: YES, COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE SOME TIME HERE BEFORE YOUR 10:15 TIME CERTAIN, SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER REGULAR ITEMS, BEGINNING WITH B-1, WHICH IS AN ITEM BROUGHT BY THE 911 AGENCY, AND IRA PYLES IS HERE FOR THIS ITEM.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, SIR.

>>IRA PYLES: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

IRA PYLES, 911 AGENCY MANAGER.

THE 911 AGENCY IS SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE EXECUTION OF A NOVATION AND MODIFICATION AGREEMENT FOR THE EXISTING FIRE PRINTER NETWORK CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH VERIZON AND SERVING THE JURISDICTIONS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CITY OF TAMPA, AND CITY OF PLANT CITY.

THE PURPOSE OF THE NOVATION IS TO ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE, SERVICES OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO THE BORRELL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

THE CURRENT SOFTWARE IS A SOLUTION -- IS PROPRIETARY TO BORRELL ELECTRIC.

IN THIS NOVATION, VERIZON WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NETWORK SERVICES.

THE MODIFICATION WILL EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE INTENT FOR THE USER AGENCIES TO PURSUE A NEW SOLUTION THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THE MODIFICATION WILL ALSO REDUCE THE ANNUAL VOLUME COMMITMENT TO VERIZON TO $240,000.

IT WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF FIRE PRINTER NETWORK EQUIPMENT INVENTORY FROM VERIZON TO THE COUNTY.

IT WILL PROVIDE DISCOUNTED PRICING FOR PRIVATE IP NETWORK SERVICES AND ALLOW FOR SITES ADDED DURING THE TERM THE AGREEMENT TO BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE AGREEMENT.

THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE 911 AGENCY'S EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM FUND.

THE THREE-YEAR COST FOR THE AGREEMENT IS $2,496,925.

AND I'M -- I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

THIS IS ITEM B-1.

NO BOARD COMMENT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. PYLES.

>>MIKE MERRILL: NEXT IS BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

>>MARK SHARPE: B-2.

>>TOM FESLER: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

TOM FESLER, BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, TOM.

>>TOM FESLER: ITEM B-2 IS ASKING YOU TO SELECT CONESTOGA-ROVERS & ASSOCIATES; TIERRA, INC.; AMEC ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES; MC SQUARED, INC.; TERRACON CONSULTANTS AS THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRMS TO PROVIDE MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION AND TESTING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS THAT RESULTED FROM NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE TOP FIRMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000 EACH.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MILLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

NO BOARD COMMENT FOR ITEM B-2, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: B-4.

B-3.

>>TOM FESLER: ITEM B-3 IS ASKING TO YOU SELECT BANDES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, DEEMED AS THE HIGHEST-RANKED FIRM, TO PERFORM THE SERVICES FOR PROGRESS VILLAGE RECREATION AT LARRY SANDERS COMPLEX AND RUSKIN AREA RECREATION CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,063,800.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>TOM FESLER: IN ADDITION, TO APPROVE THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT FROM THIS PROCUREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,063,800, AND THIS PROCUREMENT DOES SEEK TO ACHIEVE A 16% MINORITY PARTICIPATION RATE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: I THINK I HEARD MR. MILLER GIVE AN EARLIER APPROVAL FOR B-3, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE, B-3.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

NOW B-4.

>>TOM FESLER: B-4 IS ASKING YOU TO SELECT CRS BUILDING CORPORATION, DEEMED TO BE THE HIGHEST-RANKED FIRM, AS THE BEST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THE ARMWOOD FIRE STATION NUMBER 4 REPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT-RISK, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,420,956 FOR THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION, TO APPROVE THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WITH CRS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,420,956, AND THIS PROCUREMENT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE AN 18% MINORITY PARTICIPATION RATE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER FOR ITEM B-4.

NO BOARD COMMENT, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND B-5, TOM.

>>TOM FESLER: AND B-5 IS ASKING YOU TO SELECT CONESTOGA-ROVERS & ASSOCIATES; GLE ASSOCIATES; ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS AS THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRMS TO PROVIDE MISCELLANEOUS ASBESTOS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION, TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS FOR EACH OF THESE COMPANIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER FOR ITEM B-5.

NO BOARD COMMENT, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, TOM.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND NEXT IS ITEM B-6, A COMMUNICATIONS ITEM.

>>MARK SHARPE: LORI HUDSON.

WELCOME, MA'AM.

>>LORI HUDSON: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

LORI HUDSON, COMMUNICATIONS.

WE WERE GIVEN THE TASK OF LOOKING INTO A COUNTYWIDE ON-LINE WEB-BASED CALENDAR, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, A PROPOSAL ON THIS.

WE'D BE LOOKING AT PROVIDING A CALENDAR THAT WOULD BE A VERY ROBUST CALENDAR THAT WOULD FEATURE EVENTS FROM THE CITIES OF PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

THESE WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION TYPES OF EVENTS, FAMILY-CENTERED EVENTS, AND IT WOULD BE ALL HOSTED IN ONE CALENDAR, SO IT WOULD GIVE A CONVENIENCE FACTOR TO OUR CITIZENS.

WE NEED A MORE ROBUST SOFTWARE THAN OUR CURRENT INTERNET PROVIDER IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS MULTI-LAYERED CALENDAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD BE ALSO SEARCHABLE BY EVENT AND BY LOCATION, TYPE OF EVENT, DATES, THAT SORT OF THING.

ALSO, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE BECOMING MORE OF A SMART DEVICE-DEPENDENT COMMUNITY, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK INTO A CALENDAR PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE MOBILE-FRIENDLY ACCESS THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY FOR A CALENDAR.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER THAT THE CALENDAR SOFTWARE IS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE TO YOU.

WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT A STAFFPERSON WOULD SERVE AS THE IN-HOUSE CALENDAR EDITOR, WHO WOULD MANAGE THIS SOFTWARE AND WOULD MANAGE POSTINGS, UPDATES, AND CANCELLATIONS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS, MUNICIPAL EVENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, AND PARK AND RECREATION EVENTS.

SO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT COULD IT POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE?

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.

WE TENTATIVELY NAMED IT HILLSBOROUGH HAPPENINGS.

THIS WOULD BE A LOOK AT THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU SEE THE "SUBMIT AN EVENT" WHERE ANYONE COULD SUBMIT AN EVENT; BELOW ARE THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, AND PRETTY MUCH THE GUIDELINES ARE THAT THE EVENT BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT IT BE COUNTY SPONSORED OR MUNICIPAL SPONSORED, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS FAMILY-CENTRIC.

THIS PARTICULAR SCREENSHOT WOULD SHOW YOU THAT ON SATURDAY, THE 2nd, WE WOULD HAVE THE PET RESOURCES FIRST SATURDAYS.

ON THE 5th THERE WAS A MEET AND GREET WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ON THE 6th THERE WAS A CITY OF TAMPA MAYOR EVENT, THE FOOD TRUCK FIESTA.

ON THE 7th THERE WAS THE CITY PARK EVENT, TAMPA ROCK THE PARK, IN CURTIS HIXON.

AND THEN ON THE 8th YOU SEE THE MOSI FREE ADMISSION FOR VETERANS EVENT.

SO THIS WOULD GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE KINDS OF EVENTS THAT WOULD BE FEATURED ON THE CALENDAR.

ALSO, AS PART OF THE ROBUST SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WITH THIS LAYERING, YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER OF THIS SCREENSHOT THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A DROP-DOWN MENU SO THAT YOU COULD DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT, WHETHER YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE EVENTS, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT ANIMAL OR PET TYPES OF EVENTS, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT EVENTS IN A PARTICULAR CITY, OR GENERAL EVENTS.

SO OUR OVERALL RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS AS A MANAGEABLE PROPOSAL THAT WE WORK ON A ONE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT WITH THIS, THAT WE PURCHASE THE LICENSING FOR THE SOFTWARE, WHICH IS $250, AND WE CAN ABSORB THAT IN THE COMMUNICATIONS' BUDGET; THAT WE FEATURE PROMINENTLY FROM THE COUNTY'S HOME PAGE THE CALENDAR LINK TO THIS DYNAMIC CALENDAR; AND THAT WE PROVIDE THE LINKS TO THE CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT PROVIDE CONTENT TO US.

WE'D BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS COORDINATOR WANDA SLOAN.

THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MS. HUDSON.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, LORI.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL THE STAFF IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.

IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING.

I MEAN, I THINK WHAT WE CAN LEARN IS A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY IS THAT THEY ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN GETTING RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO ATTEND EVENTS IN THE CITY, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO FOLLOW THAT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE LIANA HERE BECAUSE SHE WORKED AT THE CITY, AND SHE KNOWS WHAT THEY DID, AND WE CAN MIRROR THAT, BUT I -- I THINK THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.

YOU'LL HAVE -- SO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTS LIKE EAT AT JOE'S, WHICH I THINK COULD BE MUCH MORE PUBLICIZED -- ALL THAT WILL BE ON THE CALENDAR?

>>LORI HUDSON: EXACTLY, ALONG WITH THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS IN THOSE CITIES AS WELL, SO WE'D BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE CITIES.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ALL-INCLUSIVE CALENDAR WITH EVERYTHING ON IT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE EASY TO READ.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NAME HILLSBOROUGH HAPPENINGS.

I THINK SOMETIMES YOU CAN CUTESY UP A NAME.

IF YOU JUST SAY CALENDAR, SOMETIMES THAT IS -- THE SIMPLER THE BETTER CAN GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, BUT IF YOU LIKE HILLSBOROUGH HAPPENINGS, THAT'S FINE.

I THINK INCORPORATING ALL THE CITIES INTO IT ALSO IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOOD.

WE REALLY NEED THIS CALENDAR.

WE NEEDED IT MORE, I THINK -- YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE PULLING OUT OF THE RECESSION, RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, I THINK, ARE GOING TO FIND THAT WE'RE MAKING OUR EVENTS, OUR PARKS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVENTS, AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WILL BE RECEIVED OUT THERE, BUT CALENDARS ARE EASY, THEY'RE FREE, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A WAY TO BOOST UP OUR COMMUNICATION AND ACTUALLY BUILD THAT TRUST WE HAVE WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO GOOD JOB, AND I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL FOR ITEM B-6.

THAT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

NO FURTHER BOARD COMMENT, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MS. HUDSON.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND THE NEXT ITEM IS B-7, WHICH IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME.

>>CAMERON CLARK: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

CAMERON CLARK, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.

THIS ITEM IS A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD REGARDING SIGNAGE IN COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

A REVIEW WAS DONE BY OUR OFFICE AND BY CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS ISSUE.

OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CURRENTLY PROHIBITS ALL FORMS OF SIGNAGE ON COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY THAT ARE NOT PLACED THERE BY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY EXCEPT FOR BENCH SIGNS AND SIGNS ON TRANSIT SHELTERS.

CODE ENFORCEMENT, IN REVIEW OF DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS, DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT -- DID NOT SEE A PREVALENCE OF THESE SORT OF SIGNS IN RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROHIBITION AND TO ENFORCE.

I'M HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, AGAIN.

THANK YOU, CAMERON, AND THE STAFF AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR LOOKING AT THIS.

THIS WAS A CONCERN BROUGHT TO ME BY THE RESIDENTS IN TOWN 'N COUNTRY, THE PROLIFERATION OF BANNERS UP AND DOWN HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BUT I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT STRICT ENFORCEMENT ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPEDE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER THINGS.

THEY ARE -- THEY'RE GREAT MARKETING TOOLS, AND I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT -- THAT STOP BECAUSE FOR HOME SALES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS, I THINK THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION, AND I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR B-7?

>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7 -- EXCUSE ME.

MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND I WANT TO SAY AS WELL, MR. CLARK, THANK YOU, SIR.

CAMERON DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AT OUR MPO MEETING.

WE HAD A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE REGARDING THE -- NAMING THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE MPO, AND HE REALLY HELPED US WALK THROUGH THAT ISSUE VERY WELL.

EXCELLENT JOB.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>>MIKE MERRILL: NEXT ITEM, B-8, HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

GENE EARLEY'S HERE FOR THIS ITEM.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, GENE, GENE.

>>GENE EARLEY: GOOD MORNING, SIR.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GENE EARLEY.

I'M WITH THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORK, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, STARTING WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER MURMAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK BRANDON WAGNER AND MIKE MERRILL AND CARL HARNESS, DEBBIE BENAVIDEZ, DEBBIE BLEWS FROM LEGAL, AND DEBBIE DEWITT AND CRAIG HORNER.

IT WAS A REALLY LARGE EFFORT, AND YOU'LL SEE WHY -- IN JUST A SECOND HERE WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT APPROVES, THROUGH THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT -- IT REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR 14 AGREEMENTS WITH THE FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, KNOWN AS AHCA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE LOW-INCOME POOL.

COLLECTIVELY, IT'S CALLED LIP PROGRAMS, AND INCLUDES IGT, DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE, AND RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS.

IT REQUIRES AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER FOR AHCA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 41,329,468.

WE WILL DRAW DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 111,009,570, IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- HCP PARTICPATING HOSPITALS AND OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.

THAT'S ALMOST $70 MILLION.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'D REQUEST APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

THE FUNDING IS OUT OF THE TRUST FUND.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, GENE, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AS WELL FOR THE COUNTY AND, IN PARTICULAR, ON THIS ISSUE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER FOR ITEM B-8.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, SIR.

>>MIKE MERRILL: THANKS, GENE.

TWO REAL ESTATE ITEMS, B-9, B-10.

JOSH BELLOTTI'S HERE FOR THAT ITEM.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, JOSH.

>>JOSH BELLOTTI: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

JOSH BELLOTTI, REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES SERVICES.

AGENDA ITEM B-9 IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PLANT CITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL $650,000 FOR VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CITY'S SPORTS COMPLEX.

THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS APPROVED IN THE FY 14 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THE CITY OF PLANT CITY WILL CONTINUE TO OWN, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE PARK AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

B-9, MOTION OF APPROVAL.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOTION OF APPROVAL.

>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: SECOND -- MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, AND I HEARD COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM FOR B-9.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND B-10.

>>JOSH BELLOTTI: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

B-10 IS A MODIFICATION TO THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, WHICH SUPPLIES CHILLED WATER FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING AC SYSTEMS.

THE MODIFICATION EXTENDS THE TERM FIVE YEARS TO ALIGN IT WITH THE COUNTY'S SEPARATE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH TAMPA BAY TRANE, WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHASE II EXPANSION OF THE PLANT IN 2004.

THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT IS A 15-YEAR AGREEMENT THROUGH 2019, WHICH GUARANTEES OVER $550,000 IN ENERGY SAVINGS ANNUALLY.

TRANE HAS BEEN DELIVERING MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT,

$1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY, SO ALIGNING THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WILL ENSURE THE COUNTY'S ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS LEVEL OF ENERGY SAVINGS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN FOR ITEM B-10.

SECONDED BY?

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MILLER.

AND NO BOARD COMMENT, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, JOSH.

>>MIKE MERRILL: THANKS, JOSH.

NEXT ITEM IS F-2, COMMISSIONER MURMAN'S ITEM REGARDING CREATING SPLASH PADS AT OUR REGIONAL PARKS.

>>MARK SHARPE: SPLASH PADS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YES, SPLASH PADS.

IF ANY OF YOU GOT TO GO TO THE WATER WORKS PARK AND CURTIS HIXON DOWNTOWN ALL HAVE THESE EXCITING NEW SPLASH PADS, AND I WANT OUR REGIONAL PARKS TO BE A COOL PLACE TO GO -- GET IT, COOL? -- OKAY -- FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS,

SO -- AND I DO THINK --

>>MARK SHARPE: YOU MADE FUN OF HILLSBOROUGH HAPPENINGS?

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YES, I KNOW.

SO -- BUT THERE'S REALLY -- I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING NEW VENTURE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE IN OUR REGIONAL PARKS, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY CALLED SPRAYGROUNDS.

THEY'RE LIKE PLAYGROUNDS BUT THEY HAVE WATER.

THEY'RE SHOWING UP ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN MANY CITIES.

BALLAST PARK -- BALLAST POINT HAS IT, OF COURSE, THE NEW WATER WORKS PARK, AND I WOULD LIKE -- I KNOW THIS WILL BE AN ITEM FOR THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR, BUT I ASKED FOREST IF HE'D JUST LOOK INTO IT AND TRY TO SEE HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE THESE INTO OUR REGIONAL PARKS WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR BUDGETS FOR NEXT YEAR, SO I'D MOVE -- ASK FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, ASK STAFF.

>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, THAT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.

COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

OR EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.

THAT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.

>>KEN HAGAN: NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MURMAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING AT ALL PERSONS PLAYGROUND ALONG WITH MR. MERRILL OUT IN BRANDON, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST SPLASH PAD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND APPARENTLY, IT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING.

I GUESS A PREVIOUS PARK DIRECTOR OR -- GOING BACK A

COUPLE, REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNTY SHOULD BE IN, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: IT'S EXCITING.

>>KEN HAGAN: KIDS, FAMILIES, THEY LOVE IT, AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER THAT DURING THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

>>MARK SHARPE: NO, EXCELLENT.

THAT'S MY -- YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND KIDS AND I, THAT'S WHERE WE WENT, WE LOOKED FOR THE SPLASH PADS, AND BALLAST POINT'S PAD'S PRETTY COOL.

THANK YOU --

>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: YEAH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AGAIN, THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM FOR F-2.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND WE HAVE TWO STAFF REPORTS, G-1 AND G-2, BOTH BY PARKS AND RECREATION.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER HAGAN, DID YOU WANT TO --

>>KEN HAGAN: WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WANTED TO -- I INITIATED BOTH OF THESE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.

I CAN JUST --

>>MARK SHARPE: WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD.

>>KEN HAGAN: -- JUMP IN.

>>MARK SHARPE: SURE.

>>KEN HAGAN: FIRST ONE, OKAY, SWIMMER SAFETY.

BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE DROWNING DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN FLORIDA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

CANDIDLY, IT'S REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN MY OPINION.

AS A RESULT OF THIS AND AT THE REQUEST OF CARRIE HENRIQUEZ, I BEGAN LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE AND INITIATED A PREVIOUS BOARD DISCUSSION ON IT.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY ON SWIMMING PROGRAMS, I BELIEVE UP TO ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR, BUT HAVE NOT DONE SO IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, I THINK GOING BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, SO STAFF HAS MET WITH CITY OF TAMPA, TEMPLE TERRACE, THE YMCA, BRANDON AQUATIC -- SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER, AND HAVE COME UP WITH AN EXCELLENT SWIMMER SAFETY PILOT PROJECT, TEACHING FUNDAMENTAL SAFETY AND SWIMMING SKILLS.

IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE INITIALLY TARGET HEAD START STUDENTS, SINCE MANY OF THEM ARE AT RISK.

THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO TEACH, I GUESS, 1250 CHILDREN SWIMMING LESSONS.

THE TIMELINE IS TO -- PART 1 IS TO BEGIN IN-SERVICE AND CLASSROOM ORIENTATIONS AND SAFETY SKILLS AND INFORM AND PREPARE PARENTS AND TEACHERS OF THE INITIATIVE, AND PART 2 IS A LESSON KICKOFF FOR HEAD START STUDENTS, WHICH WILL BEGIN IN MARCH '15 TO MAY OF '15.

THE DATA FROM THE HEAD START STUDENTS THAT MATRICULATED THROUGH THE PILOT PROJECT WILL BE EXTRAPOLATED BY OUR PARTNERS AND DELIVERED TO OUR BOARD FOR AN UPDATE IN JUNE.

I CAN TELL YOU THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER THE PILOT PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS AGREED TO HELP WITH SPONSORSHIPS AND WITH SWIMSUIT AND TOWEL DONATIONS, AND I BELIEVE THE REQUEST IS GOING TO BE MADE OF OTHER CONSTITUTIONALS AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK CARRIE HENRIQUEZ FOR HER HARD WORK AND PASSION REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

TODAY THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM.

IT WILL COST, STAFF'S SAYING, $63,100, AND WE'LL FORMALLY APPROVE THE FUNDING AT OUR -- I BELIEVE OUR SECOND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM, MUCH NEEDED, AND I THINK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN MEETING AND PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT GROUP OF PARTNERS, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE START WITH OUR HEAD START STUDENTS AS WELL, SO ...

>>SANDRA MURMAN: I'LL SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: EXCELLENT.

MOTION OF APPROVAL BY -- MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HAGAN, IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED INSIDE OF OUR COUNTY.

ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST, PERHAPS, IS THAT ALSO THE OUTREACH TO THE CHILDREN'S BOARD.

THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PRODUCED A SWIMMER SAFETY VIDEO THAT THEY ARE ALSO BROADCASTING.

I THINK THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING THAT AROUND THE COUNTY AS WELL TOO, SO THAT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL ON GETTING THAT VIDEO INCLUDED SO PEOPLE CAN BECOME AWARE ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT DROWNING, SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT VIDEO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

IS THERE A CAP ON HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OR IS

THIS -- I KNOW IT'S A PILOT, BUT I JUST -- I DIDN'T SEE KIND OF A BOTTOM-LINE COST OR HOW MUCH --

>>KEN HAGAN: THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THE FIGURES THAT THEY HAVE HERE TIMES, I THINK IT WAS 1250 STUDENTS OR KIDS, IT'S 63,100 FOR THE PILOT PROJECT, AND THEN -- WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR, AT WHICH TIME STAFF WOULD GIVE US THE RESULTS, AND THEN ASSUMING THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE WOULD EXPAND IT OUT AND PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE HOW WE CAN REACH EVEN MORE CHILDREN, AND AS WELL AS A MOBILE SWIMMING PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO TO APARTMENT -- CERTAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND TEACH ON-SITE AS WELL, BUT INITIALLY 63,100.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

LIKE COMMISSIONER BECKNER, I DO CONGRATULATE YOU ON DOING THIS.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT ITEM.

NOTHING'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR CHILDREN.

THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN'S GOTTA BE FIRST AND FOREMOST IN WHATEVER WE DO.

I JUST ALSO THINK THE CHILDREN'S BOARD VIDEO IS VERY GOOD.

I'VE SEEN THE VIDEO, AND ACTUALLY, KELLEY PARRIS HAS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON PRODUCING THAT.

IN FACT, I THINK NEXT YEAR FOR THE SWIM SEASON, THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH ALL THOSE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS THAT THEY FUND AND GOING OUT THERE, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND I THINK THE OTHER -- EXCUSE ME -- LEG OF THE STOOL CAN BE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT UPSTAIRS, AND I KEEP TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO REQUIRE THE PROPER SIGNAGE ON POOLS AT APARTMENTS AND WE'VE GOT TO STRESS THAT THEY SEE THIS VIDEO, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, WHEN THEY GET POOL PERMITS.

ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO COMBAT THIS.

SO GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND I TOO WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

THE NUMBERS -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL NUMBERS, THEY'RE HIGH, BUT THEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, OUR NUMBERS ARE EVEN HIGHER, SO, COMMISSIONER HAGAN, THANK YOU, AND FOCUSING ON HEAD START AND OUR YOUNG KIDS, THAT'S EXCELLENT.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

THIS IS ITEM G-1.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAGAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MARK SHARPE: EXCELLENT.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE G-2 AS WELL.

I THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

>>KEN HAGAN: YEAH, THAT'S MY ITEM AS WELL.

THIS SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG.

BOARD MEMBERS, THIS YOUTH CORPS OR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND WE APPROVED IT IN CONCEPT.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2004.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE REPORT THAT STAFF PROVIDED.

IT IS EXTREMELY THOROUGH.

IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM THE VISION, WHICH IS TO EMPOWER COMPASSIONATE YOUTH, MAXIMIZING THEIR LEADERSHIP ABILITY, AND INSTILLING COMMUNITY SERVICE AS A CIVIC-LONG RESPONSIBILITY; COVERS THE MISSION, WHICH IS TO BE THE COMMUNICATION LIAISON BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE YOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND INSTILL A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDS-ON EFFECTIVE SERVICE, AND TO PROMOTE AND RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S YOUTH.

IT INCLUDES A PROGRAM AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE -- FOR THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL TO ATTEND A LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TALLAHASSEE TO ATTEND THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND COVERS THE CRITERIA, SUCH AS GRADES 9th THROUGH 12th, SELECTION PROCESS, PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.

THE FEELING WAS THAT IT MADE SENSE TO BEGIN, AGAIN, ON, I GUESS, A PILOT BASIS OR ON A SMALLER SCALE GEOGRAPHICALLY THE BEST THEY COULD IN PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE SO TRANSPORTATION WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE.

THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM COUNTYWIDE AFTER IT'S UP AND RUNNING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK OUT THE KINKS IN THE FIRST YEAR.

I CAN TELL YOU I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'LL HAVE ON OUR YOUTH.

IT'S GOING TO TEACH LEADERSHIP, EVERYTHING FROM PUBLIC SPEAKING, INTERVIEW SKILLS, IT'S GOING TO INSTILL COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND HELP THEM LEARN ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

THE FUNDING IS PROPOSED TO BE A LITTLE -- A LITTLE ABOVE 19,000, AND WE WILL OFFICIALLY, AGAIN, ADOPT IT DURING OUR FINAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S GOING TO BE RUN THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.

REBECCA, THE WOMAN WHO RUNS THE PROGRAM AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, IS THRILLED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

SHE'S HELPING OUR STAFF WITH IT, ORGANIZE -- ORGANIZING THE PROGRAM, AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, THE ONLY MOTION WE NEED, I THINK, IS TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND THEN AT OUR SECOND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL ADOPT -- OFFICIALLY APPROVE THE FUNDING, WHICH IS A LITTLE ABOVE 19,000.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP OUR YOUTH, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THAT'S THE MOTION.

>>MARK SHARPE: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

THE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HAGAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAGAN, FOR DOING THIS.

YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, I THINK COMMISSIONER BECKNER AND I BOTH HAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS ON THE AGENDA THAT I BELIEVE STAFF IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON FOR YOUTH TO REALLY GET MORE INVOLVED IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, AND I DID ASK MR. MERRILL WHEN WE HAD OUR BRIEFING -- YOU KNOW, AGAIN, STANDING UP FOR SOUTH COUNTY, WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO EAST BAY AND LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL.

WE NEED PROGRAMS IN SOUTH COUNTY BADLY.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A BULLYING -- ANTIBULLYING PROGRAM IN THOSE SCHOOLS UNTIL JUST THIS YEAR WE GOT IT GOING, SO

IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS JUST AS MUCH AS OTHER PARTS AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE -- I KNOW IT WOULD COST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IF WE COULD EXPAND IT TO THOSE TWO SCHOOLS.

I UNDERSTAND THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, BUT HOPEFULLY STAFF MAYBE COULD WORK THAT OUT SOMEHOW.

I KNOW DAVE RAMIREZ IS VERY PROACTIVE AND PROBABLY COULD PULL THAT TOGETHER, SO JUST ASK IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER ADDING EAST BAY AND LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL TO YOUR LIST.

>>KEN HAGAN: UNFORTUNATELY, I REALLY CAN'T DO THAT.

THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT WERE IN THE NORTHWEST OR VERY CLOSE TO IT, AND THERE'S PROBABLY 30 OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE A PART OF IT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BEGIN ON A SMALLER SCALE AND

THEN -- THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NORTHWEST, AND TRANSPORTATION IS A CONCERN.

THESE ARE 9th, 10th, 11th GRADERS, SO I THINK AFTER WE DO IT THE FIRST YEAR, THEN WE CAN EXPAND IT TO SOUTH COUNTY OR EXPAND IT COUNTYWIDE, CANDIDLY, BUT I THINK INITIALLY IT NEEDS TO BE ON A SMALLER SCALE, AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO CHERRY-PICK A SOUTH COUNTY SCHOOL OR A PLANT CITY SCHOOL, ALL THESE SCHOOLS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BERKELEY PREP -- I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY BERKELEY'S IN THERE, HONESTLY -- THEY'RE ALL IN THE GEOGRAPHIC SAME AREA, SO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

MY QUESTIONS WERE ALONG THAT SAME LINES AS WELL AS HOW EXACTLY THE SCHOOLS WERE CHOSEN.

I HADN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM STAFF INDICATING SUCH WHEN I REQUESTED IT.

MY LARGER CONCERN ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST ABOUT LOCATION, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND THAT THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DON'T ALL LOOK ALIKE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS -- AND ACTUALLY, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS -- ALTHOUGH TRANSPORTATION AND GEOGRAPHY, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT -- IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY, AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE PRESENT THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE, THIS PROGRAM, ACTUALLY, I THINK FITS WELL, BUT I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN MOVING FORWARD THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT ESPECIALLY THE IMPACTED ZIP CODES THAT HAVE BEEN REFERENCED IN OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TARGETED AREAS AND SCHOOLS THAT NEED -- REALLY NEED PROGRAMS LIKE THIS FOR YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE.

SO THOSE ARE MY BASIC COMMENTS.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

MY LARGER CONCERN AS I LOOK DOWN THAT LIST IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT ARE ALL GOING TO LOOK ALIKE AND COME FROM THE SAME CULTURE AND BACKGROUND, AND SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE -- IS THERE A CRITERIA OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SELECT THE DIVERSITY OF KIDS GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM?

>>MIKE MERRILL: YEAH.

ACTUALLY, WE DID RESPOND.

WE SENT AN E-MAIL TO YOUR OFFICE YESTERDAY.

JOHN FOREST TURBIVILLE IS HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM FOR SPECIFICS.

HE'S THE ONE THAT SET UP THE PROGRAM.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND LOOKING AT THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, I MEAN, I VISITED EACH OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WHILE THEY MIGHT BE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, THE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS, IT'S VERY DIVERSE.

I MEAN, I HEAR THIS OFTENTIMES WITH MY OWN KIDS AND WHERE THEY GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IT'S ALL FROM ONE AREA.

IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE HALLS, IT'S A BROAD DIVERSITY OF KIDS AT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WELCOME, SIR.

>>FOREST TURBIVILLE: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

FOREST TURBIVILLE.

AS COMMISSIONER HAGAN STATED, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PILOT PROGRAM.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY IN THE COMING YEARS.

I THINK THE INTENT WAS TO START SMALL, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN KIND OF MOVE ON FROM THERE.

SO I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS DIVERSITY, HAVING A GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE AREA, BUT, AGAIN, I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, LET'S START SMALL AND THEN IN FY 16-17 MOVE FORWARD COUNTYWIDE.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SO IF WE USE GEOGRAPHY AS THE BASIS AND WE TAKE WITH WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THE DIVERSITY?

IS THERE A CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING?

>>FOREST TURBIVILLE: MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THERE'S NO CRITERIA AS OF YET, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE WITH THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YEAH.

IF YOU COULD INCORPORATE THAT, I THINK -- IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF KIDS PARTICIPATING.

>>FOREST TURBIVILLE: I AGREE.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER HAGAN.

>>KEN HAGAN: ACTUALLY, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD, THAT THE WAY THE CITY DOES, THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS AND CHOOSE WHO GETS IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NEAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PLANNED.

AT LEAST INITIALLY, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS TO DO THAT, BUT MAYBE THE SECOND CLASS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL PART OF THEIR PROGRAM AS WELL.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELL, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER HAGAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND SO MANY YOUTH-DRIVEN PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW THAT THE WAY YOU OPERATE IS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU STAND SOMETHING UP, YOU STAND IT UP RIGHT AND IT WORKS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE -- HAVE BEEN POSED BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

ITEM G-2, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HAGAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND YOUR NEXT ITEM IS YOUR 10:15 TIME CERTAIN, F-1, THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU, MR. MERRILL.

BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR GUEST, ANNIE LYLES, FROM PREVENTION INSTITUTE ON-LINE.

IF WE COULD CONFIRM THAT.

>> HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

THIS IS ANNIE.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: WE CAN HEAR YOU, AND WE'LL PROBABLY, IN JUST A MOMENT, SEE YOU.

OKAY.

GREAT.

THEN I THINK WE'RE READY TO BEGIN.

THANK YOU, MR. MERRILL.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.

BACK IN APRIL OF -- APRIL 3rd, ACTUALLY, IN 2013, THIS BOARD APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE AND GAVE IT A UNIQUE CHARGE, TO COME TOGETHER TO FORM A STRATEGIC PLAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ON HOW WE CAN PREVENT VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY TO GET TO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THERE'S BEEN PROBABLY NO OTHER COLLABORATIVE OR WORKGROUP THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED SO MUCH COMMITMENT, HAS COMMITTED SO MUCH OF THEIR PERSONAL TIME, NOT JUST FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT FROM THE MEMBERS -- FROM A DIVERSE GROUP OF MEMBERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR PERSONAL TIME TO TRY TO MAKE HILLSBOROUGH A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE, AND SO BEFORE I BEGIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUR COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, AND IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO CALL OUT EACH OF YOUR NAMES, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL YOU IN THE GROUPS IN WHICH YOU SERVED, AND EVERYBODY'S NAME IS LISTED THAT PARTICIPATED INSIDE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH OUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE RISE.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU PROBABLY WELL RECOGNIZE.

THEY ARE YOUR STATE ATTORNEY, YOUR PUBLIC DEFENDER, LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU'VE GOT MEMBERS FROM THE -- THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENT OUR SEVEN DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES, AND THESE ARE THE LEADERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD IN HELPING MAKE THE DECISIONS AND IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES THAT THE COLLABORATIVE HAVE DEVELOPED, SO THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THERE WERE SEVEN -- AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 77 SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED.

IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE RISE.

THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT REPRESENTED EVERYONE FROM PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THAT REPRESENTED THE SCHOOLS, THAT -- ALSO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, AGAIN, THAT COMMITTED THEIR TIME TO MAKE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE, SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTY AND FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE TO ALSO SAY THAT STARTING OUT, THIS PROJECT PRESENTED SOMEWHAT OF A UNIQUE CHALLENGE, AND AS ANY MAJOR INITIATIVE DOES, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT THIS ONE WAS VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE WE HAD TO BEGIN WITH THE PREMISE THAT WE HAD TO SHIFT OUR PARADIGM ABOUT THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

ALL OF US, I THINK IN OUR MINDS, AS WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY, WE HAD THIS NOTION THAT THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE RESTS ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IT IS TRUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT PLAYS AN INTRICATE ROLE WITH THE RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE STARTED WITH THE PREMISE THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PREVENT VIOLENCE, IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WE HAD TO SHIFT OUR PARADIGM FROM THINKING OF A PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDS TO VIOLENCE TO THAT OF A PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL THAT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

AND SO WITH THAT PREMISE, WE BEGAN THE CONVERSATION THAT VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED.

AND USING A PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL, WE USED DATA THAT WAS COMPRISED UNIQUE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; WE WORKED WITH A INSTITUTION CALLED THE PREVENTION INSTITUTE, WHO HAS HELPED OVER 20 OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ESTABLISH A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN UNIQUE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TELEPHONE CALLS, AND THE MEDIA HAS ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THIS.

AS THEY READ THROUGH THE PLAN THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, THEY WERE KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH THE PLAN AND READ THROUGH IT A COUPLE TIMES, AND EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING FOR THAT SINGLE SERVICE OR THAT SINGLE STRATEGY THAT WAS GOING TO PREVENT VIOLENCE, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SINGLE SILVER-BULLET SOLUTION TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF THAT IS WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK WE CAN DO TO PREVENT VIOLENCE, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVISIT THE PARADIGM BECAUSE THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION, THERE IS NO SINGLE PROGRAM OR SERVICE OR THING THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

THIS PROJECT AND THIS -- AND THIS STUDY AND THIS -- THE COLLABORATIVE THAT WE ARE EMBARKING UPON IS ALL ABOUT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, CHANGING THE ROOT CULTURE INSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY IS HOW WE WILL COME TOGETHER TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

I WILL ALSO SAY, JUST LIKE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES WE'VE HAD, WHETHER IT'S BEEN THE -- PREVENTING DEATHS FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, THEY USED A PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL THAT FOCUSED ON SEAT BELTS.

WE STILL HAVE CAR ACCIDENTS, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT DIE, EVEN WHEN THEY USE THEIR SEAT BELTS, BUT WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE -- ON A WHOLE STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES EDUCATION, THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC SAFETY, AND INVOLVES A COMBINATION OF THINGS, ARE THOSE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS OVER -- BY OVER 270,000 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO THAT IS THE PREMISE WE START ON.

SO TO BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I AM PROUD TO BRING BACK ONE OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED US THROUGH THIS WHOLE INITIATIVE, AND THIS IS ANNIE LYLES WITH PREVENTION INSTITUTE, AND ANNIE IS GOING TO GIVE US A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THEN WE WILL THEN CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FORWARD AND HOW WE START IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, ANNIE, I GIVE IT TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

COULD YOU CONFIRM THAT MY AUDIO IS CLEAR HERE BEFORE I LAUNCH?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YES.

>> WONDERFUL.

WELL, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU SO -- SO MUCH ALL FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THIS HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL PROCESS.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH QUITE A FEW CITIES AND COUNTIES OVER THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS ACROSS THE U.S., BUT HILLSBOROUGH CONTINUES TO ASTOUND ME WITH THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND THE LEVEL OF THOUGHTFULNESS FOLKS HAVE PUT INTO THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

I HAVE -- I'VE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED, AND THE RESPONSE TO THE PLAN SO FAR HAS BEEN JUST OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, AND IT'S A GREAT REFLECTION ON THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COMMISSIONER, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE THAT PUT IN SO MUCH TIME INTO THIS WORK.

SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY VERY QUICKLY -- NEXT SLIDE -- IS WHEN WE WORK WITH CITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROGRAM DO WE PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE CURRICULUM WE NEED TO PUT IN SCHOOLS, AND I SHOW THIS IMAGE BECAUSE THIS IS -- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USUALLY DOING IN COMMUNITIES, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN WORK, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN EXPERTISE.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND THE VALUE OF HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN IS WE'RE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND START THINKING THROUGH HOW EACH OF OUR EXPERTISE CAN LEAD TO SOMETHING BIGGER AND BROADER THAT NONE OF US COULD DO ON OUR OWN.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THAT'S THE BIG AHA.

SO WE'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF METAPHORICALLY IN THE SANDBOX TOGETHER IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES WITH OUR OWN WORK AND DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE A COMMUNITY, IF YOU WANT TO REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE BIG THINGS THAT REALLY UNDERLIE MULTIPLE FORMS OF VIOLENCE, THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

THIS SAND CASTLE, NO ONE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN, EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE.

SO THE HILLSBOROUGH PLAN ISN'T REALLY ABOUT ONE PROGRAM, IT ISN'T ABOUT ONE THING, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND THINK STRATEGICALLY.

THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, THIS IS SOCIAL CONNECTION, THIS IS ENSURING EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE HEALTHY AND THRIVE, SAFE AND SOUND, AS IT WERE.

NEXT SLIDE.

WE START WITH A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL.

THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING SLIDE EVER.

WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LEARN THERE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE TIME WE'RE FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL DOES IS IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS REALLY IMPACTED BY THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE SOCIETY.

AS THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, SEAT BELTS ARE ONE EXAMPLE, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS A SOCIETY, WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN TEENAGERS WHO AREN'T WEARING SEAT BELTS, AND YET WE FORGET THAT MAYBE SOMETIMES THE CARS WE'VE GIVEN THEM DON'T HAVE SEAT BELTS IN THEM, AND THAT'S MY METAPHOR FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, IS THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE BLAMING YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT WE FORGET THAT THE ENVIRONMENT WE GIVE THEM MAKE VIOLENCE A PREDICTABLE OUTCOME OF THE SITUATION.

AND SO NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THAT METAPHORICAL CAR, AT OUR COMMUNITY AND THINKING WHAT IS IT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PROTECTED FROM VIOLENCE.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS IS THE MODEL WE USE.

SO IF WE WANT TO IMPACT HEALTH AND SAFETY, WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR, AND THE MOST EFFICIENT, IMPACTFUL WAY TO DO THAT IS CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

NOW, SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS, LIKE SCHIZOPHRENIA, PER SE, YOU HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO DO REALLY GREAT WORK ON THAT, BUT THE TYPE OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE ON THIS PLAN IS REDUCING THE HARM, STRESS, TRAUMA, THINGS WE KNOW LEAD TO VIOLENCE BY ENSURING THAT ENVIRONMENTS ARE MORE SUPPORTIVE, THAT IF A FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING STRESS, THEY GET SUPPORT; IF SOMEONE'S HAVING A TRAUMATIC EVENT, THEY HAVE SUPPORT, THAT WE CAN PREVENT THOSE TRAUMATIC EVENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE BY REALLY RETHINKING THE COMMUNITY CULTURE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE.

SO THIS IS A NICE LITTLE MODEL FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR BIG FACT.

WE'RE GOING UPSTREAM FROM INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS TO THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT IMPACT THEM.

NEXT SLIDE.

THANKS.

AND WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE AMAZING WORK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THESE FOLKS WERE AT THE TABLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, LENDED THEIR THOUGHTFULNESS, THEIR EXPERTISE, REALLY TOLD US WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE THERE.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE JUDGES -- PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE.

ONE OF THE JUDGES LAUGHED WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON COURTS.

HE SAID, WE'RE DROWNING OVER HERE; ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP GET -- TO PREVENT MORE CASES FROM COMING INTO COURT WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT, I AM DROWNING.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT SAFE AND SOUND DOES.

SO WE'RE DOING THE UP-FRONT STRATEGIES.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO GROW AND THRIVE.

THE SIX STRATEGIES ARE SHARED WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

WHEN SOMETHING'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SUPPORT.

AND THE AFTERMATH, THE HEALING, THE REENTRY STRATEGIES, THE TRAUMA PREVENTION STRATEGIES, THOSE ARE ALL PART OF SAFE AND SOUND, BUT I WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER BECKNER THAT IT'S NOT ONE PROGRAM, IT'S REALLY RETHINKING THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO WHEN YOU DO THIS WORK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THE TYPE OF OUTCOMES YOU CAN EXPECT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN NEW ORLEANS FOR TWO YEARS.

THEY ARE PRETTY QUIET ABOUT THEIR OUTCOMES SO FAR, THEY WANT TO BE SURE, BUT THEY'RE HAVING HUGE, 40%, 50% DECREASES IN VIOLENCE AS A RESULT OF THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN.

YOU CAN GO ON-LINE AND LOOK AT IT.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THEY'VE DONE, I THINK, IS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR 15- TO 24-YEAR-OLD MALES WHO DO NOT HAVE JOBS AND HAVE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT GROUP WAS THE LEAST LIKELY TO EVER BE SERVED WITH SERVICES, AND THEY SAID THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RETHINK WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS SPECIFIC AGE GROUP BECAUSE THEY'RE MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE, SO THEY GOT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY PRACTICE THAT STARTED LOOKING AT THIS VERY PARTICULAR GROUP BECAUSE THEY REALIZED WHEN THEY DID THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THIS GROUP HAD BEEN REALLY MARGINALIZED AND REALLY BEEN PUSHED OUT OF COMMUNITIES, AND THEY WANTED TO WELCOME THEM BACK IN, GIVE THEM SUPPORT.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS MINNEAPOLIS, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE HOLD UP QUITE A BIT.

THEY HAD A 40% DECREASE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND A 60% INCREASE IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THEY USED WAS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS.

AGAIN, THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THEY NEED TO BE HEALTHFUL.

THE SERVICES THERE PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDED COPING, SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF GROUPS, AND THEY WERE BASED RIGHT THERE IN SCHOOLS.

THEY WERE OPEN TO STUDENTS BUT ALSO TO FAMILIES, RIGHT.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUPPORT.

NEXT SLIDE.

IN MINNEAPOLIS, THEY ALSO HAD A WONDERFUL PROGRAM CALLED THE JUVENILE SUPERVISION CENTER.

THIS -- THIS WAS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH THAT SAID WHEN KIDS ARE TRUANT FROM SCHOOL OR VIOLATING CURFEW, INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM TO DETENTION, WE CAN TAKE THEM TO A PLACE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS A SYMPTOM OF SOMETHING BIGGER AND THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT TIME WHERE THEY'D BE SITTING IN DETENTION AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UNDERLYING THAT ISSUE.

BY CREATING A JUVENILE SUPERVISION CENTER, 90% OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE PICKED UP FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS OR FOR CUTTING SCHOOL AND BROUGHT TO THE CENTER DID NOT RETURN, 90%, AND AGAIN, THAT'S SHIFTING THE WAY THEY APPROACH THE WORK THAT, NO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SIT IN DETENTION, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, CONNECT WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY WERE WORKING TO REALLY BE A BIT MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME OF THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE MUCH MORE ISOLATED THAN OTHERS, THAT VIOLENCE HAD ERODED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, AND SO THEY PUT A CONCERTED EFFORT.

THIS IS A FAITH-BASED PROJECT THAT ALSO WORKED WITH THE CITY TO REALLY ESTABLISH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING SPACES, AND CHANGE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME TOGETHER.

THEY'VE HAD AMAZING DECREASES IN OXNARD AND EMBARKING OUT ON A SECOND STAGE OF THEIR PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS OXNARD, CALIFORNIA.

THEY'VE HAD A 40% DEDUCTION IN CRIME IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'VE ASSISTED IN THEIR CITY-COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS WORKED WITH NEIGHBORS TO EMPOWER THEM TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ESPECIALLY THEIR COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, TO HAVE BLOCK CAPTAINS, TO USE CODE COMPLIANCE.

THEY'VE TAKEN BACK THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS PROJECT, LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A FEW PEOPLE MAKING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL DANGEROUS.

WE'VE MARSHALLED ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS AND LET THEM HAVE THE STAND, LET THEM HAVE THE STAGE.

THE LAST ONE I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF IS WHAT YOU CAN DO -- AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ONE IN PHILADELPHIA.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE GREENED VACANT LOTS.

THEY'VE TAKEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, AND NOTICE THAT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR, AND SO THEY'VE GREENED VACANT LOTS.

IT WAS -- THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HAD VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZED RESIDENTS AND THEY PICKED UP TRASH, DEBRIS, PLANTED TREES, AND THERE WAS A COMMUNITY-BASED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM FOR REENTRY FOLKS THAT CAME IN, AND THEY MAINTAINED THOSE AREAS, TOOK PRIDE, PUT UP MURALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY DID THE GREENING, THEY HAD A DECREASE IN GUN ASSAULTS, A DECREASE IN VANDALISM, AND PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP BY 30%.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF SNEAK PEEK ON WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT -- THE NEXT SLIDE -- AS A RESULT OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN HILLSBOROUGH.

WE'VE HAD KEY STAKEHOLDERS COME IN, WE'VE PRIORITIZED THINGS LOCALLY, WE'VE GOTTEN COMMUNITYWIDE INPUT, WE'VE HEARD FROM YOUNG PEOPLE, WE'VE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNTY LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RELEVANT FOR THEM, IT COMPLEMENTS THE WORK THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, AND NOW WE HAVE A FINAL PLAN WITH NEXT STEPS.

THE LAST KIND OF PIECE OF ADVICE I WANT TO PROVIDE TO YOU AS YOUR CONSULTANT IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IN THE NEXT STAGE, AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THOSE NEXT SLIDES, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.

ONE IS LOCAL CAPACITY.

YOU ARE STILL BRINGING IN YOUR LOCAL CAPACITY.

YOU HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT, BUT NOW IT'S A TIME TO BRING IN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND START CHANGING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

THE SECOND THING IS DATA-DRIVEN EFFORTS.

SO FAR THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS.

USF IS CONTINUING TO MEASURE, THE DATA COMMITTEE HAS FORGED RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL STAY, AND THE PLAN SETS CLEAR EXPECTATIONS THAT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS NEED TO BE EVALUATED.

YOU'LL KEEP GOING WITH THIS DATA-DRIVEN WORK.

AND THE LAST THING IS CORE SUPPORT.

CORE SUPPORT GOES TO HAVING A COORDINATOR THAT DOES TWO THINGS.

ONE IS THEY DO THE KIND OF REVENUE-NEUTRAL COORDINATION WORK.

FOR EXAMPLE, NEW ORLEANS, THE FOLKS IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT SAID, HEY, WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORT, WHAT CAN WE DO, AND THE THING ABOUT THIS, EVERY YEAR THEY HIRED HUNDREDS OF FOLKS AS TEMPORARY WORKERS DURING MARDI GRAS, AND SO THE COORDINATOR SAT DOWN AND WORKED WITH THEM, AND THEY FIGURED OUT THAT THEY COULD BRIDGE THE FOLKS THAT WERE REENTERING THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THOSE JOBS THROUGH THOSE SANITATION TEMPORARY HIRES.

IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, IT WAS GIVING THEM THE FIRST STEP BACK, BUT IT'S ALSO A REVENUE-NEUTRAL STRATEGY.

THE SECOND THING THAT THIS COORDINATOR WOULD DO AS PART OF THE CORE SUPPORT IS BRINGING DOWN FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FUNDS.

IN MINNEAPOLIS THEY HIRED A COORDINATOR THAT BROUGHT DOWN LITERALLY MILLIONS IN FEDERAL MONEY FOR THIS PLAN AND TO DO THIS WORK.

WITHOUT THAT CORE SUPPORT, WITHOUT A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER THAT'S MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND BRINGING DOWN FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION MONEY, IT'S VERY HARD TO SUSTAIN BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE INVESTMENT.

THE THIRD THING THAT HILLSBOROUGH'S DONE THAT I'VE STARTED USING AS A MODEL, SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED FROM YOU-ALL, IS THIS COLLABORATIVE BUDGET PROPOSED FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS MORE TO AN OUTSIDE FUNDER THAN WE'VE GOT A GROUP HERE THAT IS DEDICATED TO PUTTING SOME CORE SUPPORT BEHIND THIS WORK.

IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CORE SUPPORT IN THERE AND IN ORDER FOR THINGS TO TAKE ROOT, FOR THINGS TO FLOURISH.

IF THE COMMISSIONER OR, YOU KNOW, SOME CITY LEADER OR COUNTY LEADER WANTED TO DEMAND EVERYONE DO THE SAME THING AND PUT THE MONEY OUT THERE, THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IF YOU WANT A SUSTAINABLE DECREASE IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN NEW ORLEANS, THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS, THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN THESE AREAS OF OAKLAND, THEN IT'S SEEDING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, SEEDING THIS FOR SIX YEARS, SOMETHING WHERE YOU'VE GIVEN THAT CORE SUPPORT.

THAT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, AND THE FOLKS HERE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I APPLAUD YOUR WORK.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CHIME IN WITH A LAST BIT OF ADVICE HERE FROM OUR SCIENCE-BASED [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] OVER HERE AT PREVENTION INSTITUTE.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: GREAT.

THANKS, ANNIE.

AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE UP.

BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE THAT ANNIE HAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED.

IN FRONT OF YOU -- I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE LINE-ITEM DETAILS BECAUSE IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC -- IS AN OVERALL BUDGET.

WE ARE EMBARKING ON A FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT, AND FOR THAT FIVE YEARS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PILOT PROJECT IS ABOUT -- IS $1.885 MILLION.

THAT'S, AGAIN, OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVE GOTTEN ACTUALLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR COLLABORATIVE, SO EVERYBODY HAS CONTRIBUTED EITHER IN-KIND OR FINANCIALLY.

THIS BUDGET IS A BARE-BONES BUDGET FOR OPERATIONS AND TO DEVELOP THE CORE SUPPORT THAT ANNIE SPOKE OF.

THIS DOES NOT FUND SERVICES, THIS DOES NOT FUND ANY INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS, SO THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AS AN OPERATION TO COORDINATE THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND TO CONTINUE MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT OVER FIVE YEARS IS $1,265,025, WHICH AVERAGES ROUGHLY ABOUT $250,000 A YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR FIRST 100-DAY PLAN IS -- THE FIRST COUPLE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED.

WE HAVE DONE AND YOU'VE READ ABOUT A YOUTH OUTREACH SURVEY AND YOU'VE SEEN THE DATA FROM THAT, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD AND THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHO HELPED PUT TOGETHER THE PRESS CONFERENCE AROUND THAT; STEVE HEGARTY AND YOUR ENTIRE CREW, YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

THE NEXT THING WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE IS THE BUDGET, WHICH THAT HAS DONE, WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A HIRING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE THE COORDINATOR AND STAFF TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS.

THE NEXT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR PLAN, AND THAT'S TO DEVELOP AND REALLY GET ENGAGED WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WHO ARE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS?

ANNIE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT AS I ALSO MENTIONED, THE EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS PLAN IS NOT GOING TO BE RELIANT JUST ON THE WORK OF THIS COLLABORATIVE.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A TOP-DOWN APPROACH WHERE WE COME INTO COMMUNITIES AND SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

WE HAVE OUTLINED A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS, AND THEN OUR JOB IS TO PLANT SEEDS INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY AND TO REALLY CULTIVATE LEADERS WITHINSIDE THE IMPACTED AREAS.

WE'RE ALSO -- WE'LL BE PLANNING FORUMS TO PRESENT THE PLAN AND TO GET THEIR INPUT, AND WE'RE -- AS MENTIONED, WE'RE DEVELOPING A BUSINESS COMMITTEE TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THIS HAS BEEN THE USF COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

THEY'VE HELPED COORDINATE SO FAR THE YOUTH OUTREACH SURVEY.

THEY WILL ALSO BE MEASURING THE DATA.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE A DATA-DRIVEN PLAN, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MEASURING RESULTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELPING US WITH THE MEASUREMENT AND THE TRACKING OF THE PROGRESS.

AND OUR FINAL STEP THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IS THE FORMATION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS HERE PRESENT HAVE COMMITTED FINANCIALLY IN-KIND OR OTHER FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THAT AGREEMENT, AND THAT WILL BE BACK -- BROUGHT BACK BEFORE OUR BOARD.

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE ONE FINAL THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS COMMITTED THEIR TIME TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN I WAS INTRODUCING THE COLLABORATIVE, AND I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE THEM.

BRANDON WAGNER, SITTING THERE IN THE BACK, AMAZING, AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE IN THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS ROBERT SALMON, WHO IS -- I GUESS IS ON A WELL-NEEDED VACATION NOW AND COULD NOT BE WITH -- HERE TODAY.

BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO -- I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE

THE -- MY OFFICE PROJECT MANAGER, HOLLY EAST, OUT THERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP, HOLLY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE NOW.

BUT ANYWAYS, THIS IS AN AMAZING WOMAN THAT HAS -- I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH PASSION DRIVEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND, AGAIN, COMMITMENT AND UNDERSTANDING TO WHAT THIS PROJECT TAKES AND ALSO THE TRUE UNDERSTANDING THAT VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED.

SO HOLLY, YOUR DEDICATION, NOT ONLY TO GETTING -- HELPING GET THIS THING GOING AND ALSO SUSTAINING IT IS WELL APPRECIATED, AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND SHE DID THIS ALL WHILE CURRENTLY DOING HER -- ALL OF HER OTHER DUTIES THAT SHE DOES INSIDE MY OFFICE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MILLER.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND TO COMMISSIONER BECKNER AND TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN.

IT APPEARS THAT A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT, A LOT OF STUDIES HAVE GONE INTO IT, BRINGING TOGETHER A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED FOR IN HERE -- I DID SEE IT ON YOUR SLIDE -- THERE WAS NOT THE 100-DAY OUTCOMES.

I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THIS IN THE PLAN.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: IN THE ACTUAL PLAN -- THAT WAS ACTUALLY A SUPPLEMENT TO OUR PLAN, SO THAT'S -- THAT'S -- WE -- THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TAKEN THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.

IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT PRINTING WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT TO PRINT FOR THE PLAN, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS -- I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS THROUGH A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, AND I LOOKED AT YOUR -- YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT PREVENTION -- I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE AND YOUR ZIP CODES WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE INCIDENTS OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, IT TALKS ABOUT FAMILIES BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL, TRUANCY IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TRUANCY IN HIGH SCHOOLS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE SOME MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, AND WHEN WILL THOSE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, DO YOU ANTICIPATE, BE PRESENTED?

THAT WASN'T IN HERE EITHER.

I SAW THE 100-DAY PLAN, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED IS WHEN WILL WE START LOOKING AT -- WHEN WILL WE START SEEING SOME MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND THE DIFFERENCES OF WHAT THIS WHOLE HIRING OF STAFF AND GOING INTO THE COMMUNITIES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE -- WHEN DO WE START SEEING SOME OF THAT?

ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THIS: I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT -- AND I SEE DARRELL DANIELS SITTING IN THERE, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DARRELL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN KNOWING EACH OTHER.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU START TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT TRUANCY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TRUANCY IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND VIOLENCE IN THE SCHOOLS IS HOW DO WE GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOLS WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM DOES NOT PRESENT THEMSELVES, EITHER BY THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WORKING OR THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T GET TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE A STUDENT'S BEING BUSED OUT TO AN AREA THAT THEY CAN'T GET TO?

WHAT DO WE DO IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, WHAT DO WE DO IN THOSE SCHOOLS TO HELP PREVENT THOSE SCHOOLS -- OR HELP PREVENT THAT TYPE OF OCCURRENCE?

AT ONE TIME WE HAD THE URBAN LEAGUE IN HERE, AND THAT'S WHEN DARRELL AND I USED TO WORK IN THE URBAN LEAGUE TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, BUT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN DO WE START SEEING THESE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES TO PREVENT THE VIOLENCE, THE TRUANCY?

WHEN DOES THIS COMMISSION OR ANYONE ELSE ON THIS COMMITTEE START SEEING THOSE THINGS?

I SAW THE 100-DAY OUTLOOK AND WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN 100 DAYS, BUT WHEN DO AND HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TURN OVER PART OF THAT QUESTION TO OUR CONSULTANT EXPERT WHO'S WORKED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND SHE CAN ATTEST TO THEIR SUCCESS LEVELS AND THE LENGTH OF TIME, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE LOCALLY.

ANNIE.

>> YEAH.

COMMISSIONER MILLER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

I THINK TRUANCY, TO ME, IS ONE OF THOSE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE ISSUES THAT IF YOU CAN GET FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND REGULARLY ATTENDING, YOU CAN PREVENT A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT.

I THINK IN TERMS OF MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, YOU CAN EXPECT MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AS SOON AS YOU CAN GET MEASURABLE WORK INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND HILLSBOROUGH HAS BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVELY MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD, SO AFTER YOU GET THAT CORE SUPPORT BEHIND IT, YOU CAN START DOING SOME REVENUE-NEUTRAL THINGS, SO YOU'LL START SEEING IMPACTS FROM THAT RIGHT AWAY.

HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SOME LARGE FEDERAL MONEY OR STATE MONEY OR PRIVATE FOUNDATION MONEY THAT CAN REALLY EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS GOING, AND USUALLY THAT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR, SO THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THE BIG -- THE 40%, 50% REDUCTIONS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS COME OUT TWO, THREE, TO FOUR YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN THAT KIND OF FURTHER MONEY.

BUT THERE ARE MEASURABLE IMPACTS THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY THROUGH THOSE -- AGAIN, THOSE REVENUE-NEUTRAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THROUGH BETTER COORDINATION.

SO I WOULD SAY YOU'LL SEE A FIRST KIND OF DECREASE IN SOME VERY SPECIFIC AREAS, BUT FOR THE BIG COUNTYWIDE DECREASES, YOU NEED TO START GETTING THE FUNDING IN PLACE, ROLLING OUT SOME THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMS.

AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO RUSH THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.

THAT'S MORE THE TWO TO THREE YEARS OUT.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT.

LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE CERTAIN PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH SOME OF THESE TYPE OF PREVENTION MEASURES?

YOU HAVE FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. NATIONALLY, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ONE OF OUR OWN, ATTORNEY CAROLYN HOUSE STEWART HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM NATIONALLY THAT WORKS ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE -- KAPPA ALPHA PSI HAS A PROGRAM, I KNOW THE ALPHAS HAVE A PROGRAM.

THE SHRINERS HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH YOUTH TO KIND OF WORK WITH SOME OF THESE SAME THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YET THAT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR PROPOSAL.

WILL THESE BE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH, THE OVERALL COLLABORATIVE OR THE OVERALL STRATEGIES IN TRYING TO BRING FORTH AND PUT SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN PLACE?

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING, BUT IT'S TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FUNDING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE DIGGING AND GETTING INTO THESE COMMUNITIES AND WORKING THE BEST POSSIBLY -- PUTTING FORTH THE BEST POSSIBLE PROGRAMS THEY CAN TO GET THESE THINGS DONE?

IS THAT GOING TO BE AN EFFORT THAT WE PUT FORTH OUT THERE?

>> COMMISSIONER BECKNER, LET ME ADD ONE COMMENT TO THAT.

THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A COORDINATOR PLAN -- COORDINATED PLAN WORKS BOTH WAYS BECAUSE IF THE ALPHAS WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THEY CAN SAY, LOOK, HERE'S HOW WE FIT INTO THE HILLSBOROUGH SAFE AND SOUND PLAN NATIONALLY, AND THAT GIVES THEM A LOT MORE CREDIBILITY WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO SEEK FUNDING, WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF COME AND APPROACH DIFFERENT FOLKS, SO, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THE PLAN IS MEANT TO BE STRUCTURED SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEE THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY DO WITHIN THAT PLAN AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF REACH OUT, BETTER CONNECT, GET THOSE DEEPER ROOTS, AND THAT COORDINATOR POSITION WOULD BE THE ONE THAT FACILITATES THAT KIND OF GETTING INTO COMMUNITY, EXPANDING OUT.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YEAH.

AND LET ME ADD TO THAT, COMMISSIONER MILLER.

THAT'S WHY THE COORDINATOR'S POSITION IS SO CRUCIAL AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT GOING OUT AND IMPLEMENTING NEW SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO COORDINATING THE EXISTING RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR CHALLENGE IN GOVERNMENT IS THAT WHEN WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS DIFFERENT LARGE COMMUNITY-BASED OUTCOMES THAT THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK OUT THERE, IT'S JUST NOT ALL BEING COORDINATED, SO TO SOME EFFECT, SOME OF IT'S BEING DUPLICATED.

SO ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS YOU READ -- IS PART OF THE PLAN AS YOU READ THROUGH IT IS THE COORDINATING OF EXISTING RESOURCES, AND THAT'S GOING TO COME, AGAIN, FROM THE GRASS-ROOTS COMMUNITY.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: LET ME ASK -- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>>MARK SHARPE: PLEASE.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS, LOOKING AT -- IN ALL OF YOUR ZIP CODE DEMOGRAPHICS, THERE'S SOME ZIP CODES THAT STICK OUT TREMENDOUSLY, OKAY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD CONSTANTLY AND YOU'LL HEAR CONSTANTLY AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, PLEASE DON'T STUDY US ANY MORE, WE'VE BEEN STUDIED ENOUGH.

IS THAT PART OF YOUR PLAN TO DO MORE STUDIES THROUGH THE UNIVERSITIES OR WHATEVER GROUPS OUT THERE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE STUDIED THIS, WE'VE STUDIED THAT, AND HERE'S WHAT OUR OUTCOMES WILL BE IF WE DO MORE STUDIES?

I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE AGAIN OF DOING MORE STUDIES INSTEAD OF IMPLEMENTING PLANS THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT'S OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: WHAT'S VERY INTRICATE TO THIS PROCESS IS THE DATA, AND HAVING DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES THAT ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT PARTICULAR AREAS THAT NEED SPECIFIC TYPES OF WORK IS IMPORTANT TO US.

WE HAVE COMPILED A LARGE PORTION OF THIS DATA.

MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE ARE -- WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON ARE TAKING THE MAPS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IN THOSE SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND DOING AN OVERLAY, AND SO PART OF THE OVER -- THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL'S ROLE WILL BE LOOKING -- WHEN WE DO THIS OVERLAY, PRIORITIZING THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN OUR WORK.

WE HAVE A BIG COUNTY, SO THAT'S WHY WE DID THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR, SO WE COULD PRIORITIZE AND IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WE THINK ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BEGIN.

WE BELIEVE THAT -- AND THEN MOVING FORWARD IN IMPLEMENTATION WITH THAT DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES AND RECOMMEND -- AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE PROVEN TO WORK.

SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO STUDY THIS TO DEATH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA TO START ON.

IT'S NOW THE PRIORITIZATION OF WHERE DO WE BEGIN OUR WORK.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: HOW OFTEN WILL WE SEE -- WILL WE SEE -- WILL WE BE BROUGHT UP AS YOU MOVE ALONG IN YOUR PROCESS WITH PROGRESS?

HOW OFTEN WILL YOU BRING THAT BACK TO US BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SEE.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

I CERTAINLY THINK WE NEED ONE YEAR TO GET EVERYTHING ESTABLISHED, AND ONCE THE COORDINATOR'S IN PLACE AND THINGS ARE BEING COORDINATED, THEN AT THE BOARD'S PLEASURE, WHETHER IT'S A QUARTERLY, SEMI-ANNUALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD OF HOW OFTEN YOU WANT TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF THIS.

BUT DO KEEP IN MIND THAT, AS ANNIE MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO SEE THE REAL LONG-TERM RESULTS.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SHORTER-TERM RESULTS ONCE WE START THE COORDINATION, BUT LONGER-TERM, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE 100 DAYS.

YOU ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A 100-DAY PLAN OUT THERE, WHICH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PROGRESS REPORT AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN MEETING THOSE FIRST 100 DAYS, AND PROBABLY AFTER THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, MAYBE FOR THE FIRST YEAR A QUARTERLY UPDATE, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE 100 DAYS, IF THIS IS APPROVED TODAY, I THINK IT WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO US AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THAT 100-DAY PERIOD.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU A REPORT WHERE WE'RE AT.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU.

AND, COMMISSIONER BECKNER, I MEAN, THIS IS A YEOMAN'S EFFORT, AND YOU SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR PUTTING THIS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

I SEE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS.

I JUST HAVE TO ASK TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

ONE RELATES TO -- I -- WHEN I READ THE REPORT AND I WENT OVER THE MAPS AND -- IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THINGS I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT SOUTH COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND FOR SERVICES.

I MEAN, FROM -- I MEAN, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TRUANCY, FAMILIES IN POVERTY ARE QUITE ABUNDANT IN THE AREA.

IT GOES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 1.

BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS WITHOUT -- THE REASON THERE'S SO MUCH -- THE NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HAD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SERVICES IN THIS AREA.

SLOWLY THEY'RE MOVING DOWN THERE.

I KNOW THE CHILDREN'S BOARD -- BECAUSE I POUNDED ON KELLEY ENOUGH, PLEASE GET DOWN THERE, AND THEY DO HAVE THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, BUT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT -- I KNOW WE'RE ESTABLISHING FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS VIOLENCE COLLABORATIVE, BUT HOW DO YOU -- HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO ACTUAL SERVICES TO ACTUALLY GET THESE NUMBERS DOWN?

MAYBE THAT IS KIND OF IN PART WITH COMMISSIONER MILLER'S QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT -- HOW ARE WE GOING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS WITHOUT REALLY PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO SERVICES IN THE AREA, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED.

YOU HAVE THIS FRAMEWORK, SO HOW'S IT ALL GOING TO WORK?

IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND KNIT A GROUP TOGETHER TO HELP EXPAND SERVICES OR HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: I'M GOING TO LET ANNIE SPEAK ON HER EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

ANNIE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE HAVE THE SAME -- VERY SIMILAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE, DYNAMIC IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO WHERE WE HAD SOME AREAS THAT HADN'T REALLY HAD -- BENEFITED FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY WERE UNINCORPORATED AREAS IN THIS CASE, AND SO THREE THINGS HAPPENED.

SO, ONE IS YOU GET BETTER COORDINATION, RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING HERE, CAN WE MAKE SURE IT ALSO HAPPENS HERE AND REALLY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LIFTED UP, RIGHT, THROUGH THIS.

THE SECOND THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE COUNTY IS A FUNDER, AND SO THE COUNTY CAN PRIORITIZE FUNDING IN SPECIFIC ZIP CODES.

I HEARD THE COMMISSIONER SPEAK THIS MORNING ABOUT ANOTHER PROGRAM AND, SAY, HEY, WE SHOULD BE IN THIS CITY'S ZIP CODE.

SO THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS AS A FUNDER, THE COUNTY CAN PRIORITIZE, AND NOW YOU HAVE A DATA-DRIVEN WAY TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH THAT PRIORITIZATION.

THE THIRD THING IS BRINGING DOWN -- AGAIN, BRINGING DOWN FUNDING THAT NOW IF YOU'RE WRITING A FEDERAL GRANT OR SOMEONE'S WRITING -- THE COORDINATOR MAYBE IS WRITING A STATE GRANT, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO PUT THAT KIND OF WORK.

SO IN TERMS OF KIND OF FRAMEWORK TO SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE, IT'S TRYING TO -- IT'S A STEADY DRUMBEAT, I GUESS, IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY, AND IT'S KIND OF KEEPING THOSE ZIP CODES THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED KIND OF CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE LIFTING THEM UP AND KEEPING THEM FRONT AND CENTER WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SERVICES AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY FUND.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITHIN THE PLAN IS SOME DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE -- THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING TO DO THIS COLLABORATIVE HERE AND THEM GOING DOWN INTO THESE TOUGH COMMUNITIES AND REALLY KNITTING TOGETHER A SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAM FOR THESE AREAS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT -- THE OUTCOME I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR.

I KNOW THE 100 DAYS IS A LOT, AND I UNDERSTAND TO GET STARTED UP, YOU DO -- CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE DOES TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I'M -- I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT -- OR ACTUALLY NOT REALLY CONCERNED, I REALLY WANT TO JUST GET THIS DONE.

I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED AND DO IT.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND FIVE YEARS WITH $1.1 MILLION GOING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING MORE ON A FASTER TRACK.

MAYBE IT GOES WITH COMMISSIONER MILLER'S COMMENTS THAT -- I KNOW HE'S LOOKING FOR A REPORT IN 100 DAYS, AND I KNOW THIS TAKES TIME, BUT MOST OF US THAT HAVE THESE DISTRICTS KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM AND WHAT'S NEEDED.

WE KNOW IF -- ACTUALLY, IF WE HAD TALKED TO THESE PEOPLE, WE COULD HAVE TOLD THEM IN SO MANY WORDS.

SO I THINK THAT'S MY CONCERN.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS CONCERNING THE BUDGET.

HOW -- AND MAYBE IT'S TO MR. MERRILL.

HOW DO WE -- I KNOW THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, IT'S NOT EXACTLY A CIP PROJECT --

>>MIKE MERRILL: UH-UH.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: -- BUT HOW DO WE -- BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE LEGISLATURE, WE NEVER COULD REALLY FUND ANYTHING MORE THAN ONE YEAR.

>>MIKE MERRILL: MM-HMM.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: IT WAS UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE RECURRING PROJECTS, WE HAD NONRECURRING, SO DO WE -- HOW DO WE DO THIS IN THE BUDGET FOR CONTINUAL FUNDING?

>>MIKE MERRILL: WELL, YOU ONLY APPROPRIATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS IS THE CRIME PREVENTION SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, SO IT HAS LIMITATIONS ON WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR, AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S NOT AS IF THAT REVENUE SOURCE IS GOING TO BE AT RISK IN THE FUTURE FOR FUNDING OTHER -- OTHER ITEMS OTHER THAN WHAT THE BOARD MIGHT BRING FORWARD, SO -- BUT YOU DO APPROPRIATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO THERE'S NO COMMITMENT BEYOND THE NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATION.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO WHAT'S THE DEDICATED SOURCE, IT'S CRIME PREVENTION --

>>MIKE MERRILL: IT'S THE CRIME PREVENTION SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

TOM, CAN YOU COME UP AND GIVE US SOME DETAILS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: HOW DO WE GET MONEY INTO THAT FUND?

>>TOM FESLER: YES, COMMISSIONERS.

TOM FESLER, BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

IT'S THE CRIME PREVENTION/SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS FUND.

THERE ARE COURT FEES THAT ARE CHARGED WHEN A DEFENDANT IS CONVICTED OF A CRIME OR PLEADS NOLO CONTENDERE.

I BELIEVE THE FEES ARE ANYWHERE FROM $20 TO $50 PER CASE.

THE FUND CURRENTLY IS GENERATING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ANYWHERE BETWEEN $3- TO $500,000.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO THAT COVERS THE COST OF THIS?

>>TOM FESLER: IT WILL COVER THE COST.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

WELL, GOOD.

WELL, AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK YOU'VE ESTABLISHED A GOOD FRAMEWORK TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE HEALTH CARE ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING -- ACTUALLY IT'S TWO YEARS NOW.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO LAUNCH OUR PILOT PROJECT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WORK, AND I THINK WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE REALLY SOLVING A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY, SO --

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YEAH.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

LET ME JUST RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US ARE ANXIOUS FOR THE INSTANT RESULTS, AND, IN FACT, I THINK ALL OF US, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, IF WE HAD THAT MAGIC WAND WHERE WE COULD JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN TURN ON A PROGRAM, SLAP SERVICES HERE, AND PUT SOMETHING HERE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD -- WE WOULD HAVE DONE.

THE ISSUE IS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL SERVICE OR PROGRAM WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, IT'S CHANGING A CULTURE INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, A CULTURE THAT'S BEEN BREEDING VIOLENCE AND THAT THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE IMPACTED ON YOUR MAPS ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT NEED ADDRESSING THE MOST, AND WHAT THOSE -- WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE, THEY'RE VERY COMPLICATED.

THERE'S SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, THERE'S HEALTH FACTORS, THERE'S EDUCATION FACTORS, SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO PLAY THAT CULTIVATE VIOLENCE, AND TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT OVERNIGHT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

AND SO, BELIEVE ME, WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORK AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING AND TO GET THE RESULTS, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME, AND -- BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOTHING WHERE ANY ONE SERVICE OR PROGRAM CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: CAN I JUST ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION?

ARE YOU GOING TO OVERLAY WHAT THE SHERIFF AND THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING, THEIR STRATEGIES, ONTO THESE MAPS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING?

BECAUSE I DO KNOW THEY HAVE -- BECAUSE I TALK TO THEM FREQUENTLY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SOUTH COUNTY, AND THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

OF COURSE, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY POLICING.

SO I JUST -- IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: ABSOLUTELY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE START OF THIS IS THE COORDINATION OF EFFORTS, AND IT'S COORDINATING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS DONE EXTRAORDINARY WORK WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, THE NUCCIO PARKWAY.

THEY HAVE GOTTEN AND HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK OUT THAT WAY.

SO A LOT OF IT IS -- AGAIN, IT'S COORDINATING THESE EFFORTS THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.

AND, AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE LARGER CHALLENGES, AND IT WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST CHALLENGES WHEN WE INVENTORY EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT COULD IMPACT THE WORK THAT WE ARE EMBARKING UPON, AND SO, YES, THAT IS ALL PART OF THE STRATEGY.

>>MARK SHARPE: ARE YOU SECONDING THE MOTION TO RECEIVE?

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YES.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER --

>>KEVIN BECKNER: ACTUALLY, IF I COULD MAKE A -- THERE'S A SPECIFIC MOTION THAT I NEED TO --

>>MARK SHARPE: OH, ABSOLUTELY.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: -- MAKE.

THANK YOU.

MY MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT SAFE AND SOUND AND THE FY 15 CONTRIBUTION FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $233,558, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION/SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

I WANT TO, AS WELL, THANK YOUR WONDERFUL STAFF.

HOLLY, RENEE, BOTH OF YOU -- YOUR STAFF MEMBERS WORK SO HARD.

THIS DOCUMENT WAS PHENOMENAL, WELL -- WELL-DESIGNED, WELL PUT TOGETHER.

YOU -- YOU'VE GOT AN ALL-STAR CAST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE -- WE HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, MS. GRIFFIN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: AND CINDY STUART.

>>MARK SHARPE: AND CINDY STUART.

OH, WE'VE GOT TWO -- WELL, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN, AS YOU KNOW, HELPING TO SOLVE THIS.

I READ DAVID GEE'S LETTER, AND HE, IN PARAGRAPH 3, TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WORK, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE AT THE FREDDIE SOLOMON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND NUCCIO PARK AND HOW THEY HAVE NOT ONLY -- NOT ONLY HAS CRIME BEEN REDUCED, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED, PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AS WELL AS CARING FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SO I KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO HELP TO REPLICATE WHAT WE'RE SEEING WORKING TODAY.

I AM -- ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WAS INVOLVED WITH A GROUP CALLED CAMP GOOD DAYS, AND IN THE SUMMER WE'D GO AND DO -- IT WAS A VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, AND WE'D GO TO A CAMP IN NEW YORK WHERE KIDS WHO'D LOST A BROTHER OR SISTER TO VIOLENCE WOULD ATTEND, AND MY CAMP COUNSELOR WAS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF CARL, WHO'D SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE NEW YORK STATE PRISON FOR ARMED ROBBERY, HIV POSITIVE, BIG, GIANT GUY WHO WE WERE -- ALL THE KIDS WERE SCARED OF AND I WAS SCARED OF AS WELL, BUT HE WAS PHENOMENAL, AND I LEARNED MORE FROM HIM THAN I DID FROM -- WE HAD LOTS OF EXPERTS FLOATING AROUND, BUT CARL COMMANDED EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, AND WE HAPPENED TO BE CABIN MATES, AND WE HAD A GROUP OF, I DON'T KNOW, TEN, 15 KIDS WHO WOULD FIGHT OVER EVERYTHING.

YOU COULDN'T PASS THE SALT WITHOUT THERE BEING A BATTLE OVER THE SALT OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE.

BUT WHAT I LEARNED WAS -- THE PROGRAMS ARE PHENOMENAL, BUT IT'S THE ATTENTION, LOTS OF ATTENTION, AND PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO, WHO ARE TALKING WITH THEM, WHO'VE BEEN IN THEIR SHOES, LOOK LIKE THEM AND CAN TALK WITH THEM AND ARE COMMITTED TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM, AND I SAW MIRACLES.

THE ONLY SHAME WAS IT WAS A TWO-WEEK PROGRAM, AND YOU KNEW THAT THE MOMENT THAT THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY WERE RIGHT BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WANTED TO BE -- THERE TO BE MORE OF IT.

SO I APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I APPLAUD ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR STEPPING OUT AND GETTING ENGAGED AS WELL, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BECKNER, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE.

COMMISSIONER MILLER.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, COMMISSIONER BECKNER, CAN I GET A -- CAN WE ALL GET A COPY OF THE 100-DAY PLAN THAT YOU PUT FORTH THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST THE ONE PAGE THAT YOU HAD SEEN, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ONE PAGE.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: CAN WE GET A COPY OF IT?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

IT'S ACTUALLY IN YOUR BACKUP TOO --

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: -- IN YOUR ELECTRONIC --

>>LES MILLER, JR.: I DIDN'T SEE THAT.

THE SECOND THING IS I WANT TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT.

NUMBER ONE IS THAT AT THE END OF THE 100-DAY PERIOD THAT WE GET BACK A REPORT AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN MEETING THOSE INITIATIVES IN THAT 100-DAY REPORT.

AND THE SECOND PART OF IT IS THAT WE GET AN UPDATE EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR THE FIRST YEAR AS TO WHERE WE ARE.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, A REPORT EVERY SIX MONTHS, IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THAT'S FINE.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, AND WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER AND APPROVED OR ACCEPTED.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: AND I WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

AND FOR THE COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PHYSICAL COPY OF THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN, HOLLY AND BRANDON WILL HAVE THOSE COPIES FOR YOU, SO THANKS AGAIN.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU.

>>MIKE MERRILL: ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE YOUR 10:45 TIME CERTAIN, ITEM E-1, WHICH IS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY STEVE HOLMES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, TO PRESENT THE BOARD WITH THE 2014 ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE YEAR AWARD.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME.

>>SCOTT CLARK: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MERRILL, GUESTS.

SCOTT CLARK, DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE LINE.

WITH ME TODAY I HAVE STEVE HOLMES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.

STEVE, HE CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM TALLAHASSEE THIS MORNING TO PREVENT -- PRESENT THIS AWARD TO YOU.

STEVE.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, SIR.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

AS SCOTT MENTIONED, I'M STEVE HOLMES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.

THE COMMISSION, THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ENSURES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, EMPLOYMENT, AND LIFE-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, AND THIS YEAR THE HILLSBOROUGH -- THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS SUPPORTED THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS A COLLECTIVE BOARD BY ENSURING THE SUNSHINE LINE IS PROPERLY FUNDED TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND UPON IT.

WITHOUT THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, MORE THAN HALF OF THE CURRENT CLIENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS' NEEDS ARE BEING MET BY PROVIDING VALUABLE LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE.

THIS IS EVIDENT BY THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF THE SUNSHINE LINE, WHICH HAS PROVIDED AWARD-WINNING SERVICE AND EXCEEDED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED PRESENTS THE 2014 ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE HONORED.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

[LAUGHTER]

>>MIKE MERRILL: SPEECH, SPEECH.

[LAUGHTER]

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE ALL THIS WAY,

MR. HOLMES.

I KNOW YOU HAD TO --

>>MARK SHARPE: WHY DON'T WE GET --

>>MIKE MERRILL: [INDISCERNIBLE CROSS TALK]

>>MARK SHARPE: -- WE CAN HAVE YOU WALK RIGHT UP TO THE CENTER HERE, AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THAT WAS VERY NICE.

>>MARK SHARPE: JUST TURN AROUND.

YEAH, YEAH.

THERE WE GO.

THAT WORKS.

>>RUSLANA PANOV: THERE YOU GO.

STAND BY.

ONE MORE TIME.

ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MIKE MERRILL: I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SCOTT CLARK AND ALL THE HARDWORKING FOLKS AT SUNSHINE LINE.

THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES, SO THEY'RE A VERY DEDICATED GROUP AND GREAT LEADERSHIP, AND THANK YOU, MR. HOLMES.

>> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE.

>>MARK SHARPE: IT'S AN HONOR.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

>>MIKE MERRILL: WE HAVE ONLY ONE OTHER ITEM LEFT THIS MORNING, AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM A-13, WHICH WAS PULLED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU.

ACTUALLY, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO START OFF THE DISCUSSION, IF I COULD ASK POSSIBLY -- IS MICHELLE HERE?

NO.

-- IF I COULD ASK CHIP FLETCHER FOR WHAT HE SEES AS THE ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE ARE UP TO THIS POINT WITH THE AUDIT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OR, I GUESS, EITHER ONE OF YOU.

>>MIKE MERRILL: I'M SORRY, I WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OH, OKAY.

>>CHIP FLETCHER: WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING -- AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE MICHELLE SPEAK ON THIS AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALKED TO HER ABOUT BEING HERE FOR THIS ITEM.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SHE MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD; WE RECEIVED A LETTER -- I BELIEVE YOU ALL WERE COPIED ON THE LETTER FROM DANE PETERSEN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD -- THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED SOME -- HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I BELIEVE IT READS, THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AGREES TO WORK WITH THE BOCC AND THE INTERNAL AUDITOR TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING: DEFINE THE AUDIT SCOPE, ESTIMATE THE COSTS, AND DEFINE EXPECTED DELIVERABLES.

SO I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING, AND I BELIEVE MICHELLE MAY HAVE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE REQUESTED, SO IT'S -- THEY APPARENTLY HAVE NOT SAID YES, OBVIOUSLY, TO THE AUDIT; THEY HAVE NOT DEFINITELY SAID NO TO THE AUDIT BASED ON THIS CORRESPONDENCE.

THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY, SO OUR ABILITY TO AUDIT THEM WITHOUT THEIR BOARD'S CONSENT AND ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED.

MANY OF THE RECORDS THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED WOULD BE PUBLIC RECORDS, SO THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ABILITY TO EVALUATE EXPENDITURES AND WORKLOAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH AN OUTSIDE AUDIT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MICHELLE WOULD NEED TO SPEAK TO OF HOW USEFUL THAT WOULD BE, IF OF ANY USE.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW VALUABLE THAT WOULD BE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE CONCLUSION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND I DO KNOW SOME OF THE DESIRE TO HAVE AN AUDIT IN PROCESS WAS TO ASSIST WITH BUDGETING AS WE GO THROUGH TRANSITION UNDER THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE ACT, AND IT DOES APPEAR AT THIS POINT LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE UNDERWAY TO ASSIST WITH THIS BUDGET YEAR BUT PERHAPS FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?

>>MIKE MERRILL: WELL, I MEAN, I DID TALK TO MICHELLE, AND SHE CAN DO AN AUDIT, BUT THE AUDIT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION, SO IF CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT, FOR EXAMPLE, TRACK COSTS BY COST CENTER, THEN THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW MUCH TESTING COSTS, HOW MUCH OTHER SPECIFIC ISSUES COST, SO WHAT SHE'LL COME BACK WITH IS PROBABLY NOT --

OH, AND THERE YOU ARE.

>>MARK SHARPE: SHE'S FAST.

>>MIKE MERRILL: I JUST BOUGHT YOU SOME TIME.

PLEASE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: HI, MICHELLE.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: GOOD MORNING.

MICHELLE LEONHARDT, COUNTY INTERNAL AUDITOR.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE DISCUSSION.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR MEETING AT THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND WHERE WE CAN GO FROM HERE.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: CORRECT.

SO WE GOT A RESPONSE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, AND THEY WERE BASICALLY REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE AUDIT, SO WE COULD EITHER MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND THEN WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE, OR THERE'S LIMITED PROCEDURES THAT WE COULD DO IN THE INTERIM.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND I WAS JUST BUYING YOU TIME, BUT I WAS RESPONDING THAT THE -- YOUR AUDIT WILL ONLY BE AS HELPFUL AS THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION.

IF WHAT WE'RE TRYING --

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: CORRECT.

>>MIKE MERRILL:  -- TO GET TO IS WHAT'S THE COST PER SERVICE OR COST PER COST CENTER --

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: RIGHT.

>>MIKE MERRILL: -- IF THEY'RE NOT TRACKING IT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO DO THEIR ACCOUNTING FOR THEM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST -- WE DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU THE INFORMATION, BUT WE MIGHT NOT GET BACK ANYTHING THAT'S HELPFUL.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: THAT'S CORRECT.

>>MIKE MERRILL: YEAH.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

SO WHERE WE ARE IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE WERE.

[LAUGHTER]

AND THE LETTER -- THE LETTER THEY SENT TO US REALLY WAS KIND OF RIDICULOUS BECAUSE IT SAID THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING: DEFINE THE AUDIT SCOPE, WHICH DID YOU IN FRONT OF THAT BOARD; ESTIMATE THE COSTS, WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE AUDIT, THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT; AND DEFINE EXPECTED DELIVERABLES.

WELL, YOU SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE UNTIL YOU DO THE AUDIT.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: RIGHT.

I INDICATED THERE WOULD BE AN AUDIT REPORT, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL DEPENDS UPON THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: RIGHT.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: THE SCOPE COULD BE FURTHER DEFINED.

IT WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER DEFINED IF IT GOES OUT TO RFP, BUT I ESSENTIALLY TOLD THEM IT'S THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.

I MEAN, THERE'S SOME NUANCES WITHIN THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I REITERATED WHAT THE BOARD HAD REQUESTED THE AUDIT SCOPE IN GENERAL, AND I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE SPECIFICS.

>>MIKE MERRILL: AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FRUSTRATED AS WELL, AS WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION, SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DECIDED TO DO -- PAT FRANK AND I AND CHIP MET, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

WE THINK REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS THAT'S TRANSPARENT AND CAN REALLY GET US TO THE GOAL LINE IS TO DO AN RFP TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SCOPE IT OUT AND SAY, HERE ARE THE SERVICES WE WANT, TESTING, INTERVIEWING, WHATEVER.

TELL US WHAT -- HOW YOU -- WHAT COSTS CAN YOU DO IT FOR, AT WHAT QUALITY LEVEL.

CIVIL SERVICE CAN SUBMIT A BID AS WELL.

IT'S TO MANAGE COMPETITION.

THAT'S TRULY THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHAT THE LOWEST COST FOR THE BEST SERVICE IS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY MAY END UP BEING BETTER THAN DOING AN AUDIT BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY COULD BOTH BE DONE TOGETHER.

THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, WE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, WAIT TO GET INFORMATION THAT APPARENTLY DOESN'T EXIST, SO CLEANEST WAY, CLEAREST WAY IS DO AN RFP, PRIVATIZE IT IF WE HAVE TO.

IF CIVIL SERVICE CAN DO IT COMPETITIVELY, THAT'S GREAT AS WELL, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

SO I THINK THE ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE TODAY IS GO AHEAD AND ASK MICHELLE TO DO -- TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE AND SEE IF SHE CAN PUT TOGETHER AN AUDIT FROM THAT INFORMATION AND GIVE US A ROUGH CUT.

THAT -- WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED.

ALLOW OUR ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A JOINT RFP TO PROVIDE JOINTLY WITH AND TO PROVIDE HR SERVICES.

AND ALSO, I DO THINK ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THE COUNTY WE SHOULD HAVE -- WE SHOULD ASK SOMEONE TO FILE A BILL TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT.

I THINK ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS IS THAT AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO -- WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, IS YOU'VE GOT THIS BUDGET FOR CIVIL SERVICE, AND SO PEOPLE THAT OPT OUT FULLY, THEY WANT THEIR PORTION OF THAT BUDGET TO DO THEIR SERVICES, AND SO AT SOME POINT, I GUESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT -- I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT TODAY, BUT THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, IS THAT -- IN REALITY.

>>MIKE MERRILL: YEAH.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO THAT WOULD BE THE ACTION I WOULD WANT TO TAKE TODAY.

AND CHIP.

>>MARK SHARPE: CHIP.

>>CHIP FLETCHER: I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

ULTIMATELY, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR CIVIL SERVICE, THE STATUTE AUTHORIZES THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER A VARIETY OF FACTORS IN BUDGETING.

IT USED TO BE VERY RIGID, AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT STILL THERE HAS TO BE SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR CIVIL SERVICE TO COMPLETE THEIR --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: CORRECT.

>>CHIP FLETCHER: -- ASSIGNED TASKS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: CORRECT.

>>CHIP FLETCHER: AND THEN ONE -- JUST ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION IS YOU MENTIONED DOING AN RFP.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH WHAT THE RIGHT PROCUREMENT TOOL WOULD BE.

IT MAY NOT BE AN RFP, SO JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO YOU'LL COME BACK TO US WITH THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU DO WANT TO SEND OUT?

OKAY.

>>CHIP FLETCHER: WE CAN DO THAT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION.

>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: WAS THAT COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM?

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN -- THIS IS FOR ITEM A-13 -- AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

>>MIKE MERRILL: THANKS.

>>MICHELLE LEONHARDT: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR GETTING DOWN HERE SO QUICKLY.

>>MIKE MERRILL: WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.

>>MARK SHARPE: WHAT TIME ARE WE, 1:30 --

>>MIKE MERRILL: 1:30.

>>MARK SHARPE: -- OR 1:45?

>>MIKE MERRILL: 1:30.

>>MARK SHARPE: 1:30.

OKAY.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE] FUTURE ITEMS.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE'LL BE BACK AT 1:30.

OH, DO YOU WANT TO DO FUTURE ITEMS?

>>MIKE MERRILL: YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO.

>>MARK SHARPE: [INAUDIBLE] NEED TO HAVE WIFI SERVICE PROVIDED ON THEIR BUS, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC, AND I DID SEE THAT THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING WIFI IN CHILLURA PARK.

>>MIKE MERRILL: YES, WE ARE.

WE'RE WIRED.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE'RE WIRED.

>>MIKE MERRILL: WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THESE MEETINGS IN CHILLURA PARK FROM NOW ON.

>>MARK SHARPE: THAT IS FANTASTIC.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

ANYTHING ELSE, BOARD MEMBERS?

NO?

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT 1:30.

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