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OCTOBER 16, 2013
BOCC REGULAR MEETING
MORNING SESSION
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>>SANDRA MURMAN: GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16th, AND IF YOU WILL ALL STAND, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION, BY COMMISSIONER LES MILLER.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
>>LES MILLER, JR.: OUR GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, THE GREATER -- THE GREATEST CREATOR, THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, WE'RE THANKFUL, FATHER, THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO COME OUT TODAY TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE DECISIONS TO MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU WAKING US THIS MORNING WITH YOUR LOVING HANDS TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAYS.
FATHER, TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, WE ASK THAT YOU HUMBLE OUR HEARTS AND REGULATE OUR MINDS, THAT WE CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS NOT ONLY FOR TODAY BUT FOR THOSE YET UNBORN THAT WE PUT THE LIVES -- THE COUNTY IN PLACE FOR THEM FOR THE FUTURE.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE THAT PROTECT US, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THIS SOIL OR ON FOREIGN SOILS.
BRING THEM BACK HOME, FATHER, AND LET THEM SEE THEIR FAMILIES SAFE AND SOUND.
PROTECT THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US EACH AND EVERY DAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY WALK OUT THEIR HOMES AND GO TO WORK TODAY THAT THEY CAN GO BACK HOME AND SEE THEIR FAMILIES.
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.
>> AMEN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MILLER, FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
OKAY.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING PROCLAMATIONS THIS MORNING, AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH COMMISSIONER KEVIN BECKNER ON THE HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: [INAUDIBLE] BOARD MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME TO RECOGNIZE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S OUR CHILDREN.
WE KNOW THAT THE EARLY YEARS ARE THE ONES THAT SHAPE THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES OF A YOUNG PERSON.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE QUALITY PROGRAMS LEAD TO POSITIVE COMMUNITY OUTCOMES, SUCH PROGRAMS THAT ARE -- THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR HEAD START PROGRAM.
AS A RESULT, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEDICATE OCTOBER 2013 AS HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH.
THE BENEFITS OF HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS ARE QUITE EVIDENT.
FOR OVER 48 YEARS OUR LOCAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START CENTERS AND DELEGATE AGENCIES HAVE PREPARED YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL READINESS.
OVER 80,000 CHILDREN HAVE PASSED THROUGH OUR CENTERS OVER THAT TIME FRAME.
MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER YEARS.
THE CURRICULUM IS MORE DEMANDING, THE TEACHER CREDENTIALING IS MORE SPECIFIC AND ELEVATED, AND THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED, BUT ALL THOSE CHANGES HAVE BENEFITED OUR CHILDREN IN OUR CARE.
THE QUALITY CURRICULUM, THE PASSIONATE TEACHERS, AND THE FOOD AND MEDICAL/DENTAL PROGRAMS COMBINE TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THE BEST HEAD STARTS IN FLORIDA.
OCTOBER IS HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH, AND IN HONOR OF THAT DESIGNATION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROUDLY PRESENTS AND RECOGNIZES OUR HEAD START PROGRAM, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK DR. BART BANKS IF HE WOULD COME UP HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, AND THEN HE'LL ALSO DELIVER A FEW WORDS.
DR. BANKS.
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
BART BANKS, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE DIVISION OF HEAD START.
ON BEHALF OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BECKNER FOR SPEARHEADING THE PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH, AND IT IS -- AS INDICATED, EACH OCTOBER IS HEAD START AWARENESS, AND WE ARE INTENT ON FOCUSING AS MUCH ATTENTION AS POSSIBLE ON THIS AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT WE DO FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WILL BE AWARE OF THE GREAT COMMITMENT THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS MADE.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS SURPRISE FOR YOU THIS MORNING, AND THEY ARE WALKING IN, AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU.
[CHILDREN SIGNING]
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, AND HOW ARE YOU?
I'M FINE, I'M FINE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE TOO.
[CHILDREN SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES]
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD JOB.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: AND WHILE THE KIDS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY UP HERE, I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. BANKS AND ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, AND IT'S ALSO VERY, VERY ENRICHING AND REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT WE ARE STARTING LINGUISTICS AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF THAT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE STARTING IT HERE WITH HEAD START.
SO WE'RE GOING TO POSE FOR JUST A QUICK PHOTO UP HERE AS THE KIDS COMES UP HERE, BUT THANKS AGAIN, DR. BANKS, TO EVERYONE IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM.
[APPLAUSE]
>>SANDRA MURMAN: YEAH, GRAB YOUR FAN.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: EVERYONE GET THEIR FANS?
>>CHILDREN: CHEESE.
CHEESE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SAY CHEESE.
>>RUSLANA PANOV: ONE MORE TIME.
>>CHILDREN: CHEESE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BYE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>BART BANKS: LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF OUR ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED LOYAL SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MR. BANKS, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN US A GREAT START TO OUR DAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOTHING'S BETTER THAN OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMISSIONER BECKNER, DO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION?
>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
IF I COULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COME UP AND JOIN ME UP HERE: JUDGE CATHERINE PEEK McEWEN, WHO IS OUR U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, AND THE CHAIR OF THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PRO BONO COMMITTEE; DICK WOLTMANN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES; ROSEMARY ARMSTRONG, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CROSSROADS FOR FLORIDA KIDS, VICE CHAIR OF THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PRO BONO COMMITTEE; NANCY LUGO, THE PRO BONO MANAGER, BAY AREA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM; AND ALLISON SINGER, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF TAMPA, AND PRO BONO WEEK COORDINATOR.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TODAY IT'S AN PLEASURE TO HONOR ALL OF THE GREAT ATTORNEYS ACROSS OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE FOR ALL OF THE VALUABLE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE LEGAL SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ON BEHALF OF OUR INDIGENT AND PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE GOOD LEGAL REPRESENTATION WITHOUT THEIR HELP.
THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION STATES, ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREFORE, ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE WHERE THEY RESIDE.
NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR REFERENCE -- ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.
AND IT IS THIS DUE PROCESS THAT OUR GREAT ATTORNEYS OFFER TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE IN THE LEGAL FIELD THAT GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES DO THOSE, AND THESE ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR ALL THAT THEY DO TO PRESERVE JUSTICE IN AMERICA.
PRO BONO WEEK, WHICH IS OCTOBER 20th THROUGH THE 26th, IS A TIME EACH YEAR THAT WE PAUSE TO RECOGNIZE THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS.
THERE ARE MANY LAWYERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME AWAY FROM THEIR BUSY PROFESSIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO DONATE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.
IN THE UNITED STATES, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE LEGAL PROBLEMS EACH YEAR, AND DURING THESE HARSH ECONOMIC TIMES, THE DEMAND FOR PRO BONO ATTORNEYS IS EVER-INCREASING, AND OFTEN WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH OF OUR ATTORNEYS THAT GIVE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR TIME.
TO THAT END, IN 2012, BAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 400 VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST MORE THAN 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THROUGH PRO BONO PROJECTS.
ON BEHALF OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION, I -- AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR TIRELESS ATTORNEYS HERE IN THE COUNTY AND WOULD ASK THAT ALLISON SINGER COME FORWARD, WHO'S OUR COORDINATOR, AND WOULD SAY A FEW WORDS, AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US WITH YOU HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PRO BONO COMMITTEE, SEVERAL OF WHOSE MEMBERS ARE STANDING BEHIND YOU.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS HONOR.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE PRO BONO WEEK AS WE CELEBRATE WITH FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THE STATISTICS THAT COMMISSIONER BECKNER SHARED WITH YOU ARE FROM BAY AREA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM, WHICH IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THAT SERVE FOLKS AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
HARD TO FOLLOW THAT [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] ACT WE JUST SAW THIS MORNING, BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO RECOGNIZE AND TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BECKNER, WHO ACTUALLY SITS ON OUR PRO BONO COMMITTEE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BECKNER, FOR TWO GREAT PROCLAMATIONS.
MR. MERRILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
>>MIKE MERRILL: WE HAVE ONE MORE --
>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE ONE MORE.
>>MIKE MERRILL: -- CYBER AWARENESS.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: IS SOMEBODY DOING IT?
>>MARK SHARPE: YES.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: OH, OKAY.
I'M SORRY.
COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: THEY GAVE IT TO ME.
WOULD MR. EARL WILLIAMS AND HIS I.T.S. SECURITY TEAM, AILEEN OWENS, KRISTAN ATKINSON, GLEN COLFLESH, RYAN IRVING, AND ROGER PION COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.
INCREASINGLY WE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE INTERCONNECTED, AND WE'RE CONNECTED ON-LINE, AND I AM HONORED TO HAVE STANDING BEFORE US AN AMAZING TEAM, AND MR. WILLIAMS, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU, AS A FORMER MILITARY OFFICER, WHO I KNOW HAS INSTRUCTED -- I BELIEVE YOU INSTRUCTED AT WEST POINT?
>>EARL WILLIAMS: THAT'S CORRECT.
>>MARK SHARPE: -- A WEST POINT INSTRUCTOR, HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WORKING WITH THE COUNTY IN A NUMBER OF FACETS, BUT IN PARTICULAR IN THIS ROLE HERE WITH OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND CYBER SECURITY.
HE'S SERVED HIS NATION ABLY AND HE ALSO SERVED US WELL WHEN WE HAD OUR HACK-A-THON AND WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING IN AND DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS, BUT AS WE BECOME MORE INTERCONNECTED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO -- EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS NOW ON-LINE -- CYBER SECURITY BECOMES ONLY THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
IN FACT, DURING THE HACK-A-THON, WE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE IN GOING INTO THIS FIELD OF STUDY, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TODAY, I WANT TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, WE RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND IN THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION AND COUNTRY, WHEREBY TODAY MANY CITIZENS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS USE THE INTERNET FOR A VARIETY OF TASKS, INCLUDING KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MANAGING PERSONAL FINANCES, PERFORMING RESEARCH, ENHANCING EDUCATION, AND CONDUCTING BUSINESS; AND WHEREAS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS ARE INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL SERVICES, ENERGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, HEALTH CARE, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; AND WHEREAS, TECHNOLOGY USERS AND OUR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE FACE AN INCREASING THREAT OF MALICIOUS CYBER ATTACK, SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL PRIVACY LOSS DUE TO IDENTIFY THEFT, FRAUD; AND WHEREAS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE OF CYBER SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVOTED RESOURCES WITHIN IT SOLELY TO SUPPORT THE STRENGTHENING AND SECURING OF THE COUNTRY'S CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, TERRITORIAL LEVELS; AND WHEREAS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE MULTISTATE INFORMATION-SHARING AND ANALYSIS CENTER, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS, THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE HAVE DECLARED OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IN ORDER TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBER SECURITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HILLSBOROUGH, FLORIDA -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2013 AS CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT CYBER SECURITY AND PUT THAT KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE IN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AND BUSINESSES, EXECUTED THIS 16th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2013.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED ON OUR COIN A SPECIAL PAGE REGARDING CYBER SECURITY THAT WILL INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO BE SAFE WHILE ON-LINE AT WORK AND AT HOME.
FLIERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE BREAK ROOMS SO THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
LET ME GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND HAVE YOU COME FORWARD. MR. WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, SIR.
>>EARL WILLIAMS: COMMISSIONERS, EARL WILLIAMS, ACTING DIRECTOR, I.T.S.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK MR. MERRILL AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR OUR SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU THAT ALLOWS US TO PROTECT THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO US THAT BELONGED TO THE CITIZENS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS AND PROVIDE FOR THEM, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>>RUSLANA PANOV: COULD YOU GET CLOSER TOGETHER, PLEASE.
OKAY.
STAND BY.
ONE MORE TIME.
THANK YOU.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHARPE, FOR DOING THAT PROCLAMATION.
OKAY.
MR. MERRILL, YOU'RE ON.
>>MIKE MERRILL: OKAY.
NOW WE'RE READY.
YES.
WE HAVE ONE OFF-THE-AGENDA ITEM.
IT'S B-8, TO RATIFY A FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE NO-COST EXTENSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR '13 HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START GRANTS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS REMOVED OR DEFERRED.
WE DO HAVE SOME TIME CERTAINS.
STARTING AT 10:30, B-6, IS A RESOLUTION CHANGING THE NAME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM TO THE JAN K. PLATT ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM, IN RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS SHE HAS MADE IN CREATING THE PROGRAM.
AT 10:45, E-1 IS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY ED PEACHEY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE, TO PRESENT THEIR QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT.
RECESSING FOR LUNCH AT 11:45, RETURNING AT 1:30 WITH ITEM F-2, COMMISSIONER MURMAN'S ITEM REQUESTING A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE REESTABLISHMENT OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DAY EVENT IN THE STATE CAPITOL DURING THE 2014 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
1:45, ITEM B-5 IS A REPORT DESCRIBING ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN REGARDING EMERGENCY/BRIDGE HOUSING AS ONE COMPONENT IN THE COUNTY'S EFFORT TO MITIGATE HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
STARTING AT 2:00 P.M., D-1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE KNOWN AS THE SECONDHAND DEALERS ORDINANCE.
AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS D-2, TO CONSIDER ENACTMENT OF THE LOCKSMITH SERVICES BUSINESS ORDINANCE.
THOSE ARE THE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: MOVE THE CHANGES.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT ANY ISSUE OR CONCERN.
YOUR OPINIONS ARE VALUED IN TERMS OF PROVIDING INPUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS; HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED AT THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THAT COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST ANY COMMISSIONER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES.
THIS PROVIDES A MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
THE BOARD HAS SET ASIDE A 45-MINUTE PERIOD IN THE MORNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, THE BOARD MAY AGAIN HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING SHOULD COMPLETE THE REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FORM LOCATED AT THE SIGN-IN TABLE INSIDE THE BOARDROOM.
CITIZENS SPEAKING ON SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD BEFORE CITIZENS SPEAKING ON NONSCHEDULED AGENDA ITEMS.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR EACH SPEAKER.
OKAY.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOANNE O'BRIEN AND THEN DAVID McCALLISTER.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
JOANNE O'BRIEN, 6916 THRASHER DRIVE, TAMPA 33610.
THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE PLURIS FRANCHISE RENEWAL.
I FEEL THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD -- I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE PULLED AND VOTED AND SPOKE UPON SEPARATELY AMONGST YOU FELLOWS.
AND THIS HAS DIVIDED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTACKING EACH OTHER, AND I KNOW, FOR ONE, I'VE BEEN A PERSON THAT WAS ATTACKED.
I TRIED DILIGENTLY MYSELF AND A COUPLE OTHER RESIDENTS TO FIND RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.
I HAD CONTACTED THE CITY OF TAMPA OVER -- ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO, AND THEY TOLD US IF WE DIDN'T LIKE THE SURCHARGE, GO BUILD YOUR OWN PLANT.
I HAD MET WITH A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS WITH A CEO FROM PLURIS, AND I JUST FELT THAT THEY WERE THROWN UNDER THE BUS.
THEY PLAYED BY THE RULES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY HAS, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THIS FRANCHISE IS NOT RENEWED, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
IS THIS GOING TO TALK -- TAKE THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY FOR ANY LEGAL RAMIFICATION?
THIS IS -- WE'VE GOTTA STOP THIS.
WE'VE GOTTA COME TO A RESOLUTION AND TRY TO GET THIS ALL, YOU KNOW, SETTLED OUT.
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS WHAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST -- YOU KNOW, I -- I'M JUST -- I WAS HORRIFIED AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE GOT UP AND SAID THEIR WATER SMELLED LIKE CACA.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR PIPES ARE OLD -- IF YOU LOOK AT A HEART ARTERY HOW IT STARTS CLOSING UP AND CLOSING UP -- OUR WATER IS LIMESTONE.
IT CLOGS THE PIPES, SO, YES, YOU KNOW -- AND, I MEAN, PEOPLE SAYING YOU CAN'T BATHE IN THE WATER, THAT'S A BUNCH OF BALONEY.
I DO IT.
I HAVE COPD, AND IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO CATCH SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO BE ME.
SO I VOTE TO -- YOU KNOW, I WOULD VOTE TO, YOU KNOW, RENEW THEIR FRANCHISE, AND I'M SURE THEY PAID THEIR MONEY.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE COUNTY CASHED THE CHECK ON THE RENEWAL OF THIS FRANCHISE.
SO WE NEED TO COME TO A RESOLUTION ON THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT IS THIS GOING TO COME ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME IF THE COUNTY BUYS THESE FRANCHISES OUT?
CAN WE AFFORD THIS?
WHAT ABOUT ASSESSMENTS?
IF WE GO INTO THE ASSESSMENT, IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, AND SOME CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD USE SCARE TACTICS, AND THEY -- AND THIS PERSON HAS FOLLOWERS, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD WITH PLURIS.
THEY ALREADY SPENT $37,000.
IT'S LIKE OPENING THE WINDOW AND THROWING IT OUT.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS IT AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MS. O'BRIEN.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
DAVID McCALLISTER, MAGALI PARES, AND ART FYVOLENT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
DAVID McCALLISTER, P.O. BOX 7343, WESLEY CHAPEL.
AS YOU-ALL KNOW, I USUALLY COME HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY LOCAL HISTORY AND THE SEMINOLE PERIOD OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES IN THIS REGION.
I NOTICE THERE'S A COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO HISTORY AND MUSEUMS, A-18 AND A-19, AND I'M ALL FOR THESE THINGS.
I'M ALL FOR SUPPORT OF THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE GETTING SOME MONEY FROM THE SEMINOLE PACT TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE CERTAINLY PART OF OUR HISTORY AS WELL.
I NOTICE THERE'S $8,000 FOR EXHIBITS GOING TO THE TAMPA HISTORY CENTER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU ALL THAT THE MOST VISITED EXHIBIT THAT THE HISTORY CENTER'S EVER HAD WAS THE BLUE AND GRAY IN TAMPA BAY WAR BETWEEN THE STATES EXHIBIT, AND JUST THINK OF THAT WHEN YOU THINK OF HISTORICAL TOURISM.
THERE IS ALSO AN ITEM 10110 IN THE BACK-OF-THE-BOOK PART OF UPCOMING THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DEVELOPING A BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM IN THIS AREA.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD THING.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS DIVERSITY COUNCIL THAT PERHAPS THEY WOULD HAVE A PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MUSEUM SINCE IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC CULTURE AND ETHNICITY AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL, I THINK, IS MANDATED TO TREAT ALL ETHNICITIES EQUALLY OR FAIRLY.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY, SO I WAS PART OF THE PRO BONO ACTIVITY IN THIS PAST YEAR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PROCLAMATION.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO THE PRO BONO WORK, WE THINK IT'S THANKLESS, BUT HAVING PROCLAMATIONS LIKE THIS IS CERTAINLY A THANK YOU FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
WELL, IN THE RECENT PAST, HERE LAST WEEK -- TWO WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY, ON OCTOBER 5th AND 6th, WE HAD AN EVENT IN TAMPA BAY AT THE HILLSBOROUGH VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK FOR THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER RAID, AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED HERE, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
WE HAD GOOD WEATHER THIS YEAR, AND SO THAT WAS GREAT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF LEW ZERFAS, WHO'S REALLY THE SPARKPLUG BEHIND THE EVENT FROM THE USS FORT HENRY TO GET THE REENACTORS INVOLVED.
THERE'S ONE MORE PICTURE JUST OF MYSELF HAVING ACTUALLY BEEN THERE TO SAY HI TO YOU ALL.
WELL, WE HOPE THIS EVENT WILL BE CONTINUING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE KNOW THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THIS SORT OF THING.
NOW, WHAT'S COMING UP?
THE BENJAMIN CAMP OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND THE AUGUSTA JANE EVANS WILSON CHAPTER 2640 OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN VETERANS DAY PARADES COMING UP NOVEMBER 9th, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MR. McCALLISTER.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
MAGALI PARES, ART FYVOLENT, AND ED TILLOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>KEN HAGAN: MM-HMM.
>> MY NAME IS MAGALI PARES, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
I'VE LIVED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 35 YEARS IN NORTHDALE, 4305 AUTUMN LEAF DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33624.
TWO YEARS AGO NEW NEIGHBORS MOVED ACROSS THE STREET.
DAY AND NIGHT THREE TO FIVE CARS, SUVs, LAWN TRUCKS ARE PARKED BEHIND MY DRIVEWAY, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MY DAUGHTER AND I TO GET OUT.
THEY LAUGH AND MAKE FUN OF US, SCREAM AT US, MOCK US, BULLY US, EVEN WITH ELECTRIC CHAINSAWS.
WE NEVER RESPOND.
BUT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2:00 P.M., THREATS WERE MADE AGAINST US AND OUR PROPERTY, AND I CALLED 911.
DEPUTY SIMMONS, WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL, TOLD US THAT NO LAWS WERE BROKEN, OUR NEIGHBOR HAS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND THAT I JUST ENJOY BEING A VICTIM.
HE SUGGESTED I CALL BRIGHT HOUSE TO GET A CAMERA.
FORGIVE ME.
WE TRIED TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT AT DISTRICT 3, BUT CORPORAL GARCIA TOLD US THAT WE HAD NO CASE, NO LAWS WERE BROKEN, THE MAN HAS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND FUTURE THREATS ARE NOT ILLEGAL.
HE WOULD HAVE TO POINT A GUN TO MY CHEST OR MY DAUGHTER'S CHEST AND SAY, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.
CAPTAIN ROSS CALLED ME LAST THURSDAY.
HE TOLD ME I HAD NO CASE, THIS IS NOT A CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
HE ADVISED ME TO BE VERY CAREFUL, THAT THE MAN MAY DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST ME IF I CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS.
LAST FRIDAY I WENT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT YBOR BUT WAS TOLD BY DEPUTY RICHARDSON THAT I COULD NOT TALK TO ANYONE THERE, THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO HELP US, AND THAT CAPTAIN ROSS WAS CORRECT, THAT I COULD SPEAK TO MAJOR LAWTON, HIS SUPERVISOR, BUT HE USUALLY AGREES WITH THE CAPTAIN.
THE NORTHDALE CIVIC ASSOCIATION CALLED COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO CODE VIOLATION, I SHOULD CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AS YOU SEE, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
I'M HERE TODAY ON A MISSION.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME TO PROTECT MY DAUGHTER, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
THIS MAN HAS GUNS AND POOR IMPULSE CONTROL.
I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO PROTECT MY ONLY CHILD.
I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO ENSURE THAT NO CITIZEN OF OUR COUNTY HAS TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ALL THIS HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS TOLL ON OUR HEALTH AND EVEN IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.
MY DAUGHTER CANNOT COME TO MY HOUSE FOR FEAR OF SEVERE HARM.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MS. PARES.
COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>VICTOR CRIST: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MA'AM, I'VE JUST SUMMONED MY AIDE.
HE WILL BE MEETING YOU IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER POSSIBLE AVENUES THAT COULD BE FOLLOWED HERE, OKAY?
>> I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE US.
I DON'T HAVE ANY HELP FOR US.
>>VICTOR CRIST: I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I CAN CLEARLY FEEL YOUR -- YOUR PAIN, SO --
>> YOU KNOW, IN ALL THIS TIME NOT ONE PERSON MENTIONED US.
EVERYBODY SAID NO LAWS WERE BROKEN.
NOBODY HAS MENTIONED ME AND MY DAUGHTER AT ALL.
NOBODY HAS CARED.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU.
>>VICTOR CRIST: I UNDERSTAND.
>> THANK YOU FOR CARING.
>>VICTOR CRIST: YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
>> YES, SIR.
>>VICTOR CRIST: THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: ART FYVOLENT AND THEN ED TILLOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ART FYVOLENT, 2741 BAYSIDE DRIVE, ST. PETERSBURG.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.
MOVED OVER TO ST. PETE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I WILL BE BACK.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, RESCUES, AND RESIDENTS WHO COULDN'T ATTEND TODAY.
THEY'RE AT WORK.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE ONGOING MISSTEPS, MISMANAGEMENT, AND OVERALL DISASTROUS MISTAKES MADE BY MS. SUBADAN, IAN HALLETT, DAVID MORTON AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, AND ALL OF THIS AFTER ALL OF YOU TOLD THEM TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
AND, BOY, THERE'S ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE.
LET'S START WITH THE DEAD DOGS AND GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
DOGS THAT HAD FOREVER HOMES WAITING FOR THEM WERE EUTHANIZED ACCIDENTALLY.
JOJO WAS JUST ONE OF FIVE KILLED BY ACCIDENT SO FAR UNDER HALLETT AND MORTON'S NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
FIVE NEEDLESS DEATHS WHEN THERE WAS ONLY ONE EUTHANIZED IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.
THE SYSTEM WASN'T BROKEN, BUT THEY NEEDED TO FIX IT ANYWAY, AND INSTEAD OF APOLOGIZING TO THE FAMILY, INSTEAD OF MANNING UP AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY, THEY INSTANTLY POINTED FINGERS AT OTHERS.
THAT, COMMISSIONERS, IS NOT LEADERSHIP, THAT IS COWARDICE.
SECOND, THERE'S AN EXTREME POLICY INCONSISTENCY REGARDING ANIMALS RELEASED BACK TO OWNERS.
AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT FOR SOME, IT SEEMS TO BE THE IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS, WHOSE UNALTERED PETS WERE ROAMING THE STREETS, WERE GIVEN BACK TO THEM FOR FREE.
FOR OTHERS WHOSE DOGS ENDED UP AT ANIMAL SERVICES BECAUSE ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS DIED, THEY WERE CHARGED $185.
ONE VOLUNTEER HAD TO DIG INTO HER POCKET TO HELP THEM PAY TO GET THEIR ANIMAL OUT OF ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND HERE'S MY FAVORITE ONE FROM THE SELF-PROCLAIMED FACILITIES MANAGER, SHARON SUBADAN, PUBLIC SERVANT, OH, YES, WHO EXCITEDLY -- HER WORDS -- DISPOSED OF TAXPAYERS' FURNITURE AT THE LANDFILL, RIPPED UP PERFECTLY GOOD FLOORING AND INSTALLED 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF 18-INCH TRAVERTINE TILE THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, BOUGHT NEW EXPENSIVE FURNITURE, A $2,000 TELEVISION SET, AND A $1,000 REFRIGERATOR.
AND MR. MERRILL, WHO APPROVED THOSE KIND OF EXPENDITURES DURING A FISCAL CRISIS LIKE THIS?
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT MR. MERRILL, SUBADAN, HALLETT, AND MORTON, AND I MUST ADD WITH THE TACIT SILENCE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION, HAVE TAKEN A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED JEWEL OF A COMMUNITY SHELTER AND EXPOSED IT TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SHAME.
ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE DISGUSTED TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR SHELTER.
ALL OF YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MR. FYVOLENT.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
ED TILLOU.
>> OKAY.
I'M ED TILLOU OF SULPHUR SPRING.
THIS EXHIBIT HERE, THIS IS MY POINT OF DEPARTURE.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE VOTING BLOCK FOR VARIOUS OF YOU TO MAKE NOTE OF.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT HAVE GOTTEN THESE HUGE INCREASES IN THEIR HOME INSURANCE, THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE, WITH GOOD REASON.
IT'S NOT THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DOING THAT FOR SPITE, THEY'RE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY.
OKAY.
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO.
HERE'S THE CHEVY VOLT.
YOU PHASED OUT 37 OR 39 CARS AT THE LAST MEETING.
THESE ARE GETTING REALLY, REALLY CHEAP.
NOW, IT'S SCARY TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S OFTENTIMES A SIGN THAT CHEVY IS GOING TO BAIL ON THIS, AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THIS, HYBRIDS -- OKAY -- HYBRIDS -- A LOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT HYBRIDS AND THEY SAY THEY WOULDN'T BUY THEM A SECOND TIME.
WELL, IT ISN'T THAT THE HYBRIDS WERE SO BAD, BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY'D MAKE A PILE OF MONEY.
THEY NEEDED TO PUT THE $1,000 -- THE $500 -- $700-A-YEAR SAVING OF GAS ASIDE TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
AS FOR THE VOLT, PARTIALLY A PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE, WHAT GOES WITH THAT IS $500 A YEAR BEHIND, BUT STILL, HERE'S THE ALTERNATIVE, CLIMATIC CHANGE, THAT'S CAUSING THE VARIOUS THINGS.
NOW, HERE'S PART OF IT.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOTTA CONSIDER.
EVERY TIME THERE'S ONE OF THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, IT'S A DISASTER.
THERE'S SO MANY HOMES THAT GOT HIT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE, WHAT ABOUT THE FARMERS' FIELDS THAT WERE TORN UP BY A TORNADO JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO BRING IN THE WHEAT?
AND HERE'S, LIKE, A MILLION COWS OR SOMETHING OUT IN -- OUT IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THIS BLIZZARD JUST AT A TIME THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY -- REALLY SCARY, AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, THERE'S THESE DENIERS, THE -- THE CLIMATIC CHANGE DENIERS.
THAT'S NOT REALLY HERE.
BUT I -- I GAVE SOME PAPERS.
THE PAPERS ARE STARTING TO COME IN NOW, AND HERE'S -- THE PERMIAN TRIASSIC EVENT WAS A HUGE DIE-OFF.
70% OF THE TERRESTRIAL THINGS, ABOUT HALF OF THE THINGS IN THE OCEAN, PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT SURVIVED WERE CRABS AND SHRIMPS.
SO, LIKE, THE THING IS THAT'S BEING TRACED MORE AND MORE TO GLOBAL WARMING AND THIS BUSINESS OF -- OF METHANE COMING UP THROUGH MELTING PERMAFROST.
THEY THINK THAT METHANE IS WHAT TRIGGERED -- WHAT KEPT THE CHICAGO FIRE GOING BECAUSE THE FIREMEN COULD NOT PUT IT OUT.
NOW, THAT CHICAGO FIRE WAS BROUGHT UP A MEETING AGO, AND THE THING IS THEY SAY, WELL, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN METHANE METEORITES.
THERE WAS A METEORITE SHOWER AROUND THEN.
BUT MAYBE CHICAGO WAS BUILT ON A BIG POCKET OF METHANE THAT STARTED TO COME UP?
L.A. IS BUILT ON A BIG POOL OF OIL.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, MR. TILLOU.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
>>KEN HAGAN: THAT CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT?
>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: MOTION COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: SECOND COMMISSIONER MILLER.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
MR. MERRILL.
>>MIKE MERRILL: YES, COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE YOUR FIRST TIME CERTAIN, SO WE'LL TAKE THE OTHER REGULAR ITEMS, BEGINNING WITH B-1.
>>TOM FESLER: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
TOM FESLER, BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
ITEM B-1 THIS MORNING IS ASKING YOU TO AWARD THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF SCADA, CITECTSCADA, BCI ENERGY MANAGER, GE MDS PRODUCTS, TRAINING AND SERVICES TO BLACKBURN CONTROLS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,047,025 FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>KEN HAGAN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: SECOND COMMISSIONER MILLER.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>TOM FESLER: COMMISSIONERS, ITEM B-2 IS ASKING YOU TO AWARD THE COOPERATIVE BID FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,
MAINTENANCE, AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TO PRESIDIO NETWORKED SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,607,750 FOR THE I.T.S. DEPARTMENT.
THE CONTRACT WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REJECT THE ALTERNATE PRICING BID SUBMITTED BY NETWORK DYNAMICS, DEEMED NONRESPONSIVE FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT PRICING FOR THE SERVICES SPECIFIED IN THE BID DOCUMENT.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS BID, IT IS A COOPERATIVE BID.
WE WENT IN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICING.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER MILLER.
NO COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>TOM FESLER: COMMISSIONERS, ITEM B-3 IS ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT REAPPROPRIATING $7.3 MILLION WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX FUND FROM THE CIT PROJECT SUBFUND TO THE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM SUBFUND TO PROVIDE FOR MONIES IN THE FISCAL YEAR '14 FOR COSTS RELATED TO DEBT SERVICE FOR THE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>KEN HAGAN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER MILLER, SECOND COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>TOM FESLER: AND, COMMISSIONERS, MY LAST ITEM, B-4 IS ASKING YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 13-154, ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 2nd, APPROVING THE EXTENSION LETTER -- APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES TO MAY 7th, 2014, AND APPROVING THE FORM AND EXECUTION OF AN ELEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF CREDIT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY TO EFFECTUATE AN EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT.
COMMISSIONERS, WE DID BRING THIS ITEM -- OR HAD YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AT OUR LAST MEETING.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE RECONSIDERED THAT ITEM AND ARE -- IN A CONSULTATION WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE WANT TO BID THIS SERVICE OUT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY TO EXTEND THE CURRENT LETTER OF CREDIT ARRANGEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH STATE STREET BANK OUT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AT BASICALLY THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER MURMAN --
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: -- SECOND COMMISSIONER MILLER.
NO COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>MIKE MERRILL: THANKS, TOM.
THE NEXT REGULAR ITEM IS B-7, WHICH IS THE ITEM RELATED TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PROCUREMENT.
>>TOM FASS: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
TOM FASS, DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES SERVICES.
AGENDA ITEM B-7 IS THE DRAFT PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS COMPLEX STEP 2 RFP FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK THE RFP FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUING IT TO THE THREE FIRMS WHO WERE SHORTLISTED BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS IN STEP ONE OF THE PROCESS.
THE RFP IS A RESULT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CONSULTANT, LARRY SCULLY, WITH SCULLY CAPITAL, AS WELL AS INPUT FROM THE SHORTLISTED FIRMS.
WE MET WITH THE FIRMS IN JOINT MEETINGS ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE RFP, WHICH WE'VE INCORPORATED.
IN SHORT, THE FIRM AWARDED THE PSOC CONTRACT WILL HAVE A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN WHICH TO PERFORM DUE DILIGENCE AND PROPOSE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OR P3 WITH THE -- WITH THE COUNTY, EXCUSE ME.
THE COUNTY AND THE AWARDED FIRM WILL THEN NEGOTIATE THE P3 AGREEMENT IN A MANNER WHICH IS FAIR AND REASONABLE.
ANY AGREEMENT WILL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL AND WILL NOT DELAY THE PSOC PROJECT.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE SHORTLISTED FIRMS WERE ADVISED THAT THIS RFP FALLS UNDER THE COUNTY'S NEWLY ADOPTED PROTEST ORDINANCE, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CONTACT BETWEEN THE FIRM OR THEIR AGENTS AND COUNTY STAFF WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROCUREMENT AND COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
LARRY SCULLY IS HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, TOM, AND TO YOU, MR. SCULLY, AND ALL THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LEARNING CURVE, BUT I THINK WE'RE TRULY ON THE WAY, AND SEEING THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST P3 PROJECT, I THINK IT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A LOT MORE THAT COME DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T GO IT ALONE ANYMORE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOU.
IT'S VERY PROFESSIONAL.
I THINK THE -- WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
IT'S A GOOD DOCUMENT.
>>TOM FASS: THANK YOU.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: AND I MOVE APPROVAL.
>>MARK SHARPE: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>TOM FASS: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>MIKE MERRILL: NEXT ITEM IS B-8.
BART BANKS IS HERE FOR THIS ITEM.
>>KEN HAGAN: GOOD MORNING, BART.
>>BART BANKS: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
BART BANKS -- LET'S SEE -- DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF HEAD START.
[LAUGHTER]
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, COMMISSIONERS, IS REQUESTING THAT YOU RATIFY THE CHAIRMAN'S ACTION IN EXECUTING A FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE NO-COST EXTENSION OF THE HEAD START GRANT.
AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, FEDERAL FUNDS FOR FY 14 ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO US AT THIS TIME, AND THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF THE FY 13 BUDGET PERIOD TO UTILIZE ANY REMAINING DOLLARS DURING THIS PERIOD.
COUPLED WITH THE REMAINING DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AND THE MATCH DOLLARS FOR THE FY 14 GRANT, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU RATIFY THE ACTION THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF HEAD START ON YESTERDAY.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>MARK SHARPE: I'LL SECOND.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY RISK THAT AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IN WASHINGTON THAT WE MIGHT FIND THAT THERE'S ANY IMPEDIMENT TO THE PROGRAM AT ALL OR THAT THE FAMILIES THAT ARE RECEIVING THIS BENEFIT AND HAVE THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO THE PROGRAM ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GO?
>>BART BANKS: IT'S OUR HOPES THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL KEEP THE PROGRAM WHOLE THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.
IF THAT OCCURS, THEN WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IF IT CONTINUES BEYOND THAT, THEN IT WILL REQUIRE FURTHER ACTION BY THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.
>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOOD THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER?
>>BART BANKS: YES, SIR.
>>MARK SHARPE: FANTASTIC.
WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, BUT I -- I MEAN, I DID, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO -- THE KIDS WERE SO BEAUTIFUL, I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN IT WITH SAYING ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN AND PERFORMING AS YOU ALWAYS DO AND THANK EVERYBODY WHO WORKS AT HEAD START.
EVERY TIME I GO TO THE EVENT AND MEET ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THE JOB, THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
THEY'RE THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP I'VE EVER SEEN, AND THOSE KIDS ARE JUST AMAZING, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, BART.
IF I'M NOT -- AM I CORRECT IN SAYING IT'S, WHAT, $500,000 A WEEK OR IS IT A MONTH -- A WEEK?
>>BART BANKS: A WEEK, YES.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: -- THAT IT COSTS US FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC.
IF, BY CHANCE, CONGRESS DOES NOT GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO FUND THIS, AND IT WILL BE A DAUNTING AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE -- BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.
THESE CHILDREN NEED IT.
IT'S ABOUT EARLY EDUCATION, GETTING THEM OFF -- THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED HEAD START, THEY'RE GETTING A HEAD START IN LIFE, SO I JUST HOPE AND PRAY -- IF YOU HEAR OF ANYTHING -- IF WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THIS LEVEL, LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET IT WORKED OUT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH --
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: -- FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, MR. BANKS, AND -- FOR ALL YOUR STAFF AND WHAT YOU DO THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL AND THE STAFF -- MR. MERRILL, YOU'LL KEEP US APPRISED IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE DO NEED TO NOW BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO ALLOW OUR KIDS' LIVES TO BE IMPACTED BY POLITICAL GAMES THAT ARE BEING PLAYED IN WASHINGTON, AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MY SUPPORT, AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE -- WHAT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS WILL BE AND HOW WE WILL FUND IT, BUT OUR KIDS ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST OUR PRIORITY, AND THOSE COME WELL BEFORE POLITICS.
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU.
WE'LL KEEP YOU APPRISED WITH A WEEKLY UPDATE AS THINGS PROGRESS.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MILLER.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
DR. BANKS, LET ME THANK YOU ALSO.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH HAT YOU WEAR MOST OF THE TIME YOU WEAR SO MANY, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, BUT LET ME -- LET ME SAY SOMETHING HERE, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND YOU NEED TO KEEP US ABREAST OF THIS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN WASHINGTON, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO A DEAL AND IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO COME TO A DEAL BEFORE THIS YEAR ENDS.
ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN CASE WHATEVER HAPPENS, THEY DON'T COME TO A DEAL WITHIN THE NEXT -- WELL, LET'S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
ARE WE PLANNING TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE RESERVES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO TAP INTO THOSE RESERVES TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING?
ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW?
>>MIKE MERRILL: WELL, YES.
I MEAN, THIS IS -- THIS IS WHY WE MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF RESERVES THAT WE -- WE DO, AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY CRITICIZE IT'S TOO HIGH, THIS IS THE REASON WE DO IT.
WE HAVE A STRONG CONTINGENCY FOR RESERVE THAT CAN EASILY TAKE CARE OF THIS PROGRAM.
WE'LL, OF COURSE, LOOK FOR OTHER COST SAVINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE POINT OF CONCERN OR CRISIS.
WE'RE BALANCED.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: YEAH.
>>MIKE MERRILL: WE'RE STRONG.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: YEAH.
>>MIKE MERRILL: WE HAVE STRONG RESERVES.
WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS HERE, AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN HANDLE THIS THROUGH OUR CONTINGENCY RESERVE.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY THE ONLY AREA OF ANY REAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED BY THE BUDGET DEADLOCK IN WASHINGTON.
TOM FESLER WILL BE HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE LAY OF THE LAND, BUT SO FAR OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPACTED OR HAVE NOT BEEN IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CHOSE TO PICK ON HEAD START, WHICH IS JUST BAFFLING, BUT ANYWAY.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: WELL, LET ME SAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF OUR FUTURE WAS RIGHT THERE TODAY AND SPEAKING A LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DON'T COME TO ANY AGREEMENT IN WASHINGTON THAT WE MAKE -- THAT THOSE -- THOSE KIDS, THOSE CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HEAD START PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH AND JAPANESE AND WHATEVER THEY WERE SAYING DOWN THERE TODAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH WASHINGTON, NONE OF US.
THEY NEED TO TAKE A NOTE FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION HERE BECAUSE WE AT LEAST -- WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT WE CAN AGREE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, AND THAT'S TO PROTECT OUR -- OUR MOST VULNERABLE ASSET, AND THAT'S OUR CHILDREN AND THE PUBLIC.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>VICTOR CRIST: THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO CONCUR SO THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE -- WHERE ALL OF THE MEMBERS UP HERE STAND.
WE SUPPORT YOU AND OUR KIDS 100%.
I THINK IT'S SHAMEFUL WHAT'S GOING ON AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE'RE GOING TO JUST NEED TO COVER WHAT WE NEED TO COVER HERE AT HOME TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE IT THROUGH THIS.
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THE PARENTS POLICY COUNCIL HAVE EXPRESSED A STRONG SENSE OF GRATITUDE TO THIS BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATING SENDING LETTERS TO YOU, SO IF YOU GET LETTERS IN THE MAIL WITH CHILDREN'S HANDWRITING ON IT, YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT COMES FROM THE CHILDREN REPRESENTED HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS THAT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THESE PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>>KEN HAGAN: AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP,
DR. BANKS.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>MIKE MERRILL: WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE YOUR FIRST TIME CERTAIN.
WE COULD DO BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE ARTS COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ONLY ONE APPOINTMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THAT IS THE ARTS COUNCIL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
THREE TERMS HAVE EXPIRED, AND YOU HAVE SIX NOMINEES TO CONSIDER FOR THOSE THREE TERMS.
IF YOU'LL VOTE FOR THREE OF THE SIX.
COMMISSIONER HAGAN.
>>KEN HAGAN: LAMB, McLEAN, TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: CORWIN, LAMB, McLEAN.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER MILLER.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: LAMB, McLEAN, AND TREZEVANT.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: TREZEVANT.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: WHATEVER.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>VICTOR CRIST: TERRI, McLEAN, AND TREZEVANT.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: LAMB, McLEAN, TREZEVANT.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: McLEAN, TERRI, AND TREZEVANT.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: LAMB, McLEAN, AND TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: McLEAN RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES, LAMB RECEIVED FIVE, AND YOU HAVE A TIE FOR THE THIRD POSITION BETWEEN TERRI AND TREZEVANT, WHO EACH RECEIVED FOUR.
FOR THE THIRD POSITION, IF YOU'LL VOTE AGAIN ON ROBERT TERRI AND JAY TREZEVANT, PLEASE.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER CRIST, DO YOU WANT TO --
>>VICTOR CRIST: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF -- IF IT'S POSSIBLE, OF BOB TERRI.
I'VE KNOWN HIM 30 YEARS THROUGH THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY.
HE HAS A VERY, VERY LONG-TERM RECORD OF WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE HANDICAPPED AND THE DISADVANTAGED IN THE ARTS AND WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THIS BOARD.
>>KEN HAGAN: ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I SUPPORTED HIM THE FIRST ROUND, SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SUPPORTING HIM AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO THOSE.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM IN HIS PROJECT PYRAMID, AND HE HAS JUST DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, SO -- WITH WORKING WITH THE ARTS AND THE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED, SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT HIM.
>>DAN KLEIN: OKAY.
PLEASE VOTE AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER HAGAN.
>>KEN HAGAN: TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER MILLER.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: TREZEVANT.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>VICTOR CRIST: TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: TERRI.
>>DAN KLEIN: AND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: TERRI.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: AH, TERRI.
WHAT THE HECK.
[LAUGHTER]
>>KEN HAGAN: DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONFIRM?
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE TO CONFIRM.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: MOTION COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: PLEASE REENTER YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU.
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: WHAT'S THE STATUS OF OUR SCREENS UP HERE?
>>KEN HAGAN: DOES ANYONE KNOW?
I.T.?
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CAPTIONING BACK UP IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
>>MIKE MERRILL: OKAY.
COMMISSIONER MURMAN, YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR ITEM?
>>SANDRA MURMAN: SURE.
I'LL TAKE -- THIS IS THE LANDLORD TRAINING ITEM, AND I FIRST CAME AWARE OF THIS, OF COURSE -- THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN ADVERTISING QUITE A BIT FOR THEIR LANDLORD ACADEMY.
IN THEIR VERY FIRST MEETING THEY HAD, THEY HAD OVER 250 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THAT, AND SO I SAT DOWN WITH DEXTER BARGE, WHO'S ALSO THE CHIEF OF EVERYTHING AROUND HERE, AND HE SAID HE REALLY WANTED TO TRY THIS AND DO IT AS A PILOT PROJECT AND THEN HOPEFULLY COMBINE UP WITH THE CITY AND JUST DO ONE PROGRAM FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THIS IS -- YOU-ALL KNOW WE'VE HAD -- GOT A LOT OF BLIGHTED AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY.
CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS SO HARD AND DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THEIR FIGHT THE BLIGHT PROGRAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS.
A LOT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T -- AND LANDLORDS, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CODES ARE AND WHAT SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, AND ONCE THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, IT DOES HELP, BUT I DO THINK THE TRAINING ACADEMY WILL HELP US COMMUNICATE TO ALL THE LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT OUR CODES AND RULES FOR OWNING PROPERTY, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS DONE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SO I'M ASKING STAFF TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO IMPLEMENT A LANDLORD TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SIMILAR TO THE LANDLORD/TENANT ACADEMY THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS NOW, AND THAT'S MY MOTION.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN AND SECOND BY --
>>SANDRA MURMAN: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEN HAGAN: -- COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
NO COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>MIKE MERRILL: NEXT ITEM IS G-1.
>>KEN HAGAN: GOOD MORNING, TOM.
>>TOM FESLER: GOOD MORNING.
COMMISSIONERS, ITEM G-1 IS A STAFF REPORT TO SUMMARIZE FOR YOU THE IMPACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON COUNTY SERVICES.
AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, ON OCTOBER 1st OF THIS MONTH, THE GOVERNMENT WENT INTO A PARTIAL SHUTDOWN.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT COUNTY SERVICES AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S COMING TO THE COUNTY AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT POTENTIALLY COUNTY SERVICES.
AS WE'VE DONE THAT, THE ONE AREA, AS HAS JUST BEEN MENTIONED, THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME -- SOME POTENTIAL IMPACTS IS WITH OUR HEAD START PROGRAM.
OTHER THAN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, WE DON'T SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AT THIS POINT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM IS ABOUT $30 MILLION ANNUALLY.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MATCH TO THAT FUNDING, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION.
WE ARE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW, AS HAS JUST BEEN MENTIONED, WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING US TO TAKE UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR '13 GRANT AND USE THEM IN FISCAL YEAR '14 UNTIL THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED UP, SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW OF GETTING THE APPROVALS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT.
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO OPERATE THROUGH APPROXIMATELY -- WELL, TWO WEEKS INTO THE NEW YEAR, BASICALLY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR MATCH FUNDING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, WHICH IS COUNTY FUNDING, AND THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE SERVICES OUT THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.
IF WE GET TO THE END OF NOVEMBER AND THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A FEDERAL AWARD, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND REQUESTING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM.
ALSO, IF WE -- EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS RESOLVED, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FUNDING FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR '14 AWARD -- IF IT'S NOT RETROACTIVE BACK TO OCTOBER 1st, THERE COULD BE A GAP THERE THAT MAY REQUIRE US TO COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK FOR SOME GAP FUNDING TO COVER THE PERIOD OF TIME UNDER WHICH WE WERE NOT RECEIVING THE FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, JUST TO MENTION, IS WHILE THERE IS NO CURRENT -- WHILE THERE ARE NO OTHER CURRENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON OUR SERVICES, IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, THEN WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IS -- ARE EFFECTS ON THE BROADER ECONOMY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD START TO IMPACT THE COUNTY IN THE FORM OF POTENTIALLY REDUCED SALES TAX, MAYBE POTENTIALLY REDUCED PROPERTY TAX VALUES.
IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE THAT YET, BUT THAT WOULD BE ON A LONGER-TERM BASIS.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THE END OF NOVEMBER, BUT THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY.
COULD YOU RECLARIFY WHAT THOSE --
>>TOM FESLER: RIGHT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN UNSPENT FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR '13 OR A MILLION-ONE, I THINK, FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDING, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT IT'S COSTING US APPROXIMATELY $ 550,000 A WEEK TO KEEP THE HEAD START PROGRAM GOING, THEN IF WE GO WITH A PROSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE YEAR, THEN $550,000 A WEEK IS APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SO -- BUT WHAT WAS THE NOVEMBER?
WHAT'S THE --
>>TOM FESLER: WELL, THE --
>>KEVIN BECKNER: -- END OF NOVEMBER?
>>TOM FESLER: RIGHT.
THE COUNTY PROVIDES MATCH FUNDING FOR THE HEAD START GRANT, SO WE PROVIDE ABOUT -- I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION A YEAR IN MATCH FUNDING, SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE SERVICES FROM THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE WOULD BE USING COUNTY FUNDS, ESSENTIALLY, TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: ALL RIGHT.
AND CONSIDERING THAT WE DON'T MEET, YOU KNOW -- NOVEMBER 6th IS OUR LAST MEETING UNTIL DECEMBER, DO YOU NEED ANY -- YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED ANY PREDIRECTION FROM US TO MOVE FORWARD IF WE'RE AT THAT -- THAT ROAD AT THE END OF NOVEMBER?
>>TOM FESLER: COMMISSIONER, WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE IS THAT IF THINGS ARE NOT RESOLVED -- OBVIOUSLY, THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ARE GOING TO BE A -- YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A BIG DETERMINING FACTOR ON WHAT DIRECTION IT GOES, THEN I WOULD EXPECT IT WOULD BE BACK TO YOU PROBABLY AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING WITH SOME SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR SOME CONTINGENCIES SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOT BE RESOLVED.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: OKAY.
I JUST -- YEAH.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET AT THE END OF NOVEMBER AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MY EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD HERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON, SO -- OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MILLER.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ALONG THOSE LINES, IS THERE SOMETHING WITHIN OUR RULES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO HANDLE ISSUES LIKE THIS IN CASE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING?
I KNOW WE MEET NOVEMBER 6th, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR RULES THAT SAY THAT WE CAN COME BACK INTO A SPECIAL SESSION TO HANDLE THESE TYPE OF ISSUES?
>>CHIP FLETCHER: YOU-ALL COULD CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING, AND THERE'S PROCEDURES FOR THAT, SO --
>>KEN HAGAN: WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: -- IT'S CERTAINLY AVAILABLE IF NECESSARY, BUT I THINK --
>>LES MILLER, JR.: WAIT A MINUTE, EVERYBODY'S TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM TOM IS THAT THE PLAN WOULD BE TO BRING BACK SOMETHING AT YOUR SCHEDULED MEETING IN NOVEMBER --
>>LES MILLER, JR.: RIGHT.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: -- IF THERE WERE A NEED FOR THAT, BUT CERTAINLY, IN THE EVENT OF A BUDGET SHORTFALL, IN THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, WE COULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING --
>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: -- AND GET THAT RESOLVED.
THE MAIN REQUIREMENT WOULD BE GETTING A QUORUM.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.
>>KEN HAGAN: AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED A LOT IN THE PAST, BUT I KNOW AT LEAST A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WE'VE CALLED SPECIAL MEETINGS.
I DON'T RECALL IT BEING FOR BUDGETARY REASONS, BUT WE HAVE HAD SPECIAL MEETINGS IN THE PAST.
COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: AND WE DID FROST FREEZE WAS ONE OF THEM.
>>VICTOR CRIST: JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LEAVE IT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR IN THE EVENT IT BECOMES NECESSARY AS DIRECTED FROM STAFF.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: IS THAT NECESSARY?
>>CHIP FLETCHER: IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARY, BUT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT DIRECTION CLEAR TO STAFF, THAT WOULD BE THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CRIST.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>>SANDRA MURMAN: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: SECOND COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
NO COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: THANKS, TOM.
>>MIKE MERRILL: NEXT TWO ITEMS, G-2 AND G-3, ARE BOTH UPDATE REPORTS ON HEAD START AND -- BOTH HEAD START.
>>BART BANKS: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
BART BANKS, HEAD START DIVISION.
G-2 IS THE ROUTINE MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE HEAD START DIVISION, AND JUST ONE ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19th, WE WILL HOST OUR HEALTH FESTIVAL AT THE AL LOPEZ PARK.
WE EXPECT THAT WE'D HAVE ABOUT 600 FAMILIES THERE TO DO HEALTH SCREENINGS AND EDUCATIONAL AND FUN FOR THE KIDS, AND WE CERTAINLY INVITE YOU TO COME AND BE A PART OF THOSE FESTIVITIES.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE G-2 --
>>MARK SHARPE: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: -- BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>BART BANKS: G-3, COMMISSIONERS, IS THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO RECEIVE THEIR GOVERNANCE TRAINING.
WE HAVE ATTACHED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT SUMMARIZES THE -- THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE POLICY COUNCIL, WHEREAS, WE HAVE A SHARED GOVERNANCE SITUATION, AND EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT FOR THE RECORDS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU AS A BOARD SO YOU'LL BE AWARE OF YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS THOSE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT RELATE TO OPERATING THE HEAD START PROGRAM.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RELATIVE TO THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: I'D MOVE TO --
[INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO RECEIVE --
>>LES MILLER, JR.: [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: -- G-3 BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER MILLER.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
>>BART BANKS: THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANKS.
>>MIKE MERRILL: COMMISSIONERS, YOUR LAST REGULAR ITEM IS G-4, WHICH IS A REPORT REGARDING THE UPDATE ON THE PASSENGER FERRY GRANT PROPOSAL, AND, BASICALLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ADVERTISED, AS REQUIRED UNDER THE NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP STATUTE, TO REQUEST ANY OTHER PROPOSERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OTHER PROPOSALS, AND THAT MEANS THAT THE UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED FROM HMS GLOBAL IS THE -- IS THE PROPOSAL WE'LL BE DEALING WITH, AND SO WE ARE PROCEEDING BOTH WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH HMS GLOBAL, PROBABLY RESULTING IN A TERM SHEET THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT.
IN THE INTERIM, WE BECAME AWARE OF POTENTIAL FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE TO SOME OF THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE PROJECT.
WE DID SUBMIT -- OR WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION.
THE TOTAL AVAILABLE AMOUNT IS RELATIVELY SMALL.
IT'S ABOUT 29 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND THERE'LL BE, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT FROM ESTABLISHED PORTS OR ESTABLISHED FERRY SERVICES, BUT WE WANTED TO PUT OUR HAT IN THE RING JUST IN THE EVENT THAT WE COULD SECURE SOME OF THE FUNDING, AND SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT GRANT PROCESS IS FINISHED, SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HMS GLOBAL TO PUT A DEAL TOGETHER AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU, AND THAT'S -- CHIP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED TO ADD.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: NO.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A DELIBERATE PROCESS TO EVALUATE WHAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE, AND WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE NEGOTIATION FROM THERE, AND IF THE ADMINISTRATION AND US FEEL LIKE THERE ARE GOOD BUSINESS TERMS, WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.
>>MARK SHARPE: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: WHAT'S THE TIMING OF THE GRANT INFORMATION, DO WE KNOW?
>>MIKE MERRILL: I THINK IT'S JANUARY.
IT'S DUE OCTOBER 21st, SO NEXT WEEK, AND I THINK IT'S JANUARY THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A -- THE SELECTION.
>>KEN HAGAN: AND THAT WILL NOT HAVE ANY BEARING ON US MOVING FORWARD?
>>MIKE MERRILL: NO.
IF WE DID GET A GRANT AWARD, IT WOULD JUST REDUCE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT THAT THEN WE WOULD BE NEGOTIATING OVER, SO IT CAN ONLY BE GOOD NEWS FOR US.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU.
AND I CAN'T UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT, AND, YES, THE GRANT -- WE CANNOT REALLY RELY ON THIS GRANT.
I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR IT, AND I THINK THE ACTION TODAY IS APPROPRIATE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY.
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, OBVIOUSLY, AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY THEY'RE NOT PROCESSING MANY GRANTS RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT, BUT HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HOLD US UP IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECOND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
NO COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>MIKE MERRILL: IF YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE COULD TAKE THOSE NOW.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: BOARD MEMBERS, I WAS GOING TO BRING THIS FORWARD AT SOME FUTURE DATE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE HTV CREW, FRAN ALESSI, KEVIN HOAG, TYLER ADAMS, SHANE DECKER, JOVAN WILLIAMS -- JOVANNA WILLIAMS, AS WELL AS LORI HUDSON AND TERRY McELROY, FOR THE PHENOMENAL WORK THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED MY OFFICE AND THE COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF EVENTS.
WE HAD LAST WEEK A TRANSPORTATION -- EVERYONE'S USING THE WORD "SUMMIT" BUT A SUMMIT.
WE BROUGHT FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AS WELL AS COUNTRY, REALLY, TOGETHER, AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.
IT RAN LIKE CLOCKWORK.
WE HAD ONE ISSUE THAT THEY RESOLVED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, PROFESSIONAL, AND JUST REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
I'VE ALSO BEEN USING THEM -- I DO FRIDAY MORNING COFFEES, AND THEY'VE COME AND THEY DO THESE ON-LINE PODCASTS -- THEY TELECAST OUR CONVERSATION, THEY WILL BEAM IT OUT FOR YOU LIVE.
THEY DO GREAT WORK, AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY STATE IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS TELL THEM PRIVATELY, BUT THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED PUBLICLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE -- THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY'VE MASTERED THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TALK WITH THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO FOR YOUR OFFICES AS WELL TO HELP GET INFORMATION OUT AND TO BETTER DO YOUR JOB, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK LORI AND EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE, JOVANNA, WHO IS A USF STUDENT WHO I MET DURING THE HACK-A-THON.
CAN YOU WAVE, JOVANNA?
SHE NOW IS WITH HTV.
SHE'S PHENOMENAL, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: WE'RE STILL ON FUTURE ISSUES?
>>KEN HAGAN: YEAH.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK RON BARTON AND HIS STAFF AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WORK WITH THE -- JIM McDONOUGH OVER AT THE CITY AND HIS STAFF TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE SOME OF OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DOLLARS ON THE KRESS BUILDING DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS AN INTEREST, AND I KNOW WITH OUR STARTUP, IT'S -- I MEAN, I JUST -- I THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE CONVERGING HERE THAT THIS MAY BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GREAT AS A HUB IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA, SO I'D LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: AND I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR STAFF TO COME BACK ON THE STATUS OF THE P3 POLICY FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
IDEALLY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR US TO COMMENT ON NEXT MEETING, BUT AT A MINIMUM, A STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR FUTURE ISSUES?
IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS AND RECONVENE AT 10:30.
[RECESS TAKEN]
>>KEN HAGAN: GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME BACK TO THE MORNING SESSION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A 10:30 TIME CERTAIN.
MR. MERRILL.
>>MIKE MERRILL: YES, COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM B-6 IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE ELAP PROGRAM IN HONOR OF JAN K. PLATT, AND JACK CARLISLE, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PARKS, IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
>>KEN HAGAN: GOOD MORNING, JACK.
>>JACK CARLISLE: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING, WE CELEBRATED WITH A PROCLAMATION THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR ELAP PROGRAM, AND AS YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM HAS ACQUIRED AND PRESERVED OUR 61 -- OVER 61,000 ACRES OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS, ASSURING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, LEISURE, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO RESIDE IN AND WHO VISIT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
AT THAT CELEBRATION IN THIS BOARDROOM, YOU UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF HONORING JAN K. PLATT FOR HER ROLE AS A TIRELESS CHAMPION IN THE FORMATION AND GROWTH OF THE ELAP PROGRAM.
AFTER THAT, THE ELAPP GENERAL COMMITTEE MET, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED YOUR IDEA OF RENAMING THE PROGRAM IN HONOR OF JAN.
BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING YOUR DECLARATION OF THE RENAMING OF THE ELAP PROGRAM TO THE
JAN K. PLATT ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM.
>>KEN HAGAN: THANK YOU, JACK.
COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE JAN PLATT, OR COMMISSIONER PLATT, AND I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD DURING A TIME WHEN WE GAVE A -- WE WERE RECOGNIZING THE ELAP PROGRAM, AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN SOME -- WE ALL KNOW JAN'S TIRELESS DEVOTION OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS AND BROUGHT THIS UP AT THAT TIME IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER PLATT HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THIS, I BELIEVE, IS REALLY TRULY PART OF HER LEGACY, AND WHILE MANY CITIZENS WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING AND GETTING -- AND MAKING ELAPP SUCCESSFUL TIME AFTER TIME, IT WAS JAN'S TIRELESS ENERGY AND HER DEVOTION AND HER COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE FOREVER PRESERVED BY ACQUIRING THOSE LANDS THAT MADE THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUES TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS.
OF COURSE, SOME HAVE QUESTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING AND WHY THIS CAME UP THE WAY IT DID, AND THERE WERE SOME SENTIMENTS AND COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS WAS -- THAT THIS JUST SEEMED TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DID NOT COME INTO THE MEETING PREPARED TO -- TO MAKE THAT RECOGNITION FOR JAN, BUT I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THIS, THAT THIS -- MY SUGGESTION DID NOT COME OUT OF JUST NOWHERE, IT CAME FROM MY HEART, AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DAIS AND YOU HEAR THINGS AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME TO YOUR HEART AND YOU JUST BELIEVE ARE JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND I SAT HERE AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ELAPP AND THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT -- WHAT ELAPP HAS DONE, AND, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS PART OF JAN'S LEGACY, AND WE SEEM IN THIS SOCIETY TO HAVE THIS THING WHERE WE ONLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AFTER THEY'VE PASSED AWAY AND THEY'RE NO LONGER HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FAUX PAS THAT IS, BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHILE COMMISSIONER PLATT IS STILL AMONGST US BECAUSE I HAD A FRIEND THAT I VISITED IN THE HOSPITAL THAT AS HE WAS PASSING AWAY, HE ASKED ME, KEVIN, HE SAYS, DID I REALLY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHILE I WAS HERE ON THIS EARTH, AND COMMISSIONER PLATT, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES AND YOUR MAKER TAKES YOU AWAY, YOU SHOULD NEVER ASK THE QUESTION, DID I MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU TRULY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOUR LEGACY DOES LIE WITH THE ELAP PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO RENAME THE ELAP PROGRAM, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: WELL, I FULLY EXPECT TO SEE JAN RUN AGAIN FOR COUNTY COMMISSION, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR QUITE --
[LAUGHTER]
-- YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BECKNER FOR MAKING THIS -- THIS -- BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS AND WE DO THEM IN A SPONTANEOUS FASHION, BUT SPONTANEITY IS NOT ALWAYS BAD AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VERY GOOD, AND I THINK THAT IN THIS CASE NO ONE, I THINK, EXEMPLIFIES THE PROGRAM MORE THAN COMMISSIONER PLATT.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD -- AND I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO EXPRESS IT IN A WAY THAT WASN'T DIRECTED TOWARDS COMMISSIONER PLATT BUT JUST SIMPLY STATING THAT THEY FELT THAT WE MIGHT BE POLITICIZING IT, I THINK BY DOING THIS WE'RE DEPOLITICIZING IT, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS BOARD HAS REALLY TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S NO PROGRAM THAT I THINK REALLY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY THAN THIS, IN THAT IT BRINGS CITIZENS TOGETHER, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO HAVE A CHAMPION'S NAME PUT NEXT TO IT, WHETHER YOU'RE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT, VEGETARIAN, DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE --
[LAUGHTER]
-- THIS IS A GOOD THING, AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WILL ALL MELT AWAY, AND WE'LL BE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING THIS, AND I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLATT.
>>VICTOR CRIST: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I TOO WANT TO ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS, WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T TIE NAMES TO -- TO PROJECTS OR -- OR ISSUES OR THINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES MAYBE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO, AND THE REASON WHY IS THIS IS A GREAT LEGACY THAT WILL AFFECT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TODAY AND TOMORROW OF THIS WONDERFUL COUNTY AND, FRANKLY, OUR STATE, AND THIS LEGACY IS ONE I BELIEVE SHOULD BE -- SHOULD BE CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH A LEADER SO THAT OUR FUTURE LEADERS HAVE SOMETHING TO IDENTIFY WITH, AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME GUIDANCE OF WHAT WOULD BE GOOD GOVERNMENT AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP AND GOOD CITIZENRY, AND, JAN, YOU WERE A TOUGH COMMISSIONER.
I WORKED WITH YOU WHEN I WAS A CIVIC ACTIVIST, AND -- BUT I KNEW THAT ONCE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ONBOARD, YOU KNOW -- WE HAD TO PROVE OURSELVES, BUT ONCE YOU WERE ONBOARD, YOU WERE A DILIGENT, DILIGENT CHAMPION, AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE'S WORK HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND GRATEFUL, COMMISSIONER BECKNER, FOR YOUR GOOD WORK ON THIS.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MILLER.
>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
YOU KNOW, I SAW SOME OF THOSE E-MAILS TOO WHY WE SHOULDN'T NAME THIS, AND I READ THEM AND DELETED THEM.
WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE --
[LAUGHTER]
-- WE NAMED EVERYTHING FROM PONDS TO BIRDS TO TREES AFTER PEOPLE THAT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY'D DONE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>LES MILLER, JR.: I MEAN, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'D DONE IN THIS STATE, BUT WE NAMED IT ANYWAY.
I KNOW WHAT JAN PLATT HAS DONE IN THIS COUNTY, NOT ONLY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BUT FOR PEOPLE, PERIOD, TO MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, SO, THEREFORE, I HAD NO PROBLEM PUSHING THAT DELETE BUTTON AND -- AND GETTING RID OF THEM, BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK YOU WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTY.
JUST LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING FOR EVEN THOSE THAT ARE UNBORN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COUNTY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HERE YET, SO IT'S MY HONOR TO SECOND THAT MOTION AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF NAMING THIS PROGRAM AFTER YOU, JAN.
THANKS A LOT FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: WELL, I TOO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BECKNER FOR INITIATING THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW AND APPRECIATE JAN'S SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND AGREE ON HER LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION; HOWEVER, I BELIEVE I'M THE ONLY ONE SITTING UP HERE THAT HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE WITH JAN ON THE COMMISSION MY FIRST TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD, AND I WAS A 34-YEAR-OLD NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONER, AND ALL I KNEW IS THAT I WAS GOING TO BE SERVING WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD THE NICKNAME "COMMISSIONER NO" --
[LAUGHTER]
-- BECAUSE SHE VOTED AGAINST EVERYTHING, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT.
AND THAT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY TRUE IN THAT WE WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF MORE VOTES THAN WE WERE ON THE SAME SIDE; HOWEVER, I LEARNED A LOT FROM COMMISSIONER PLATT AND BECAME A BETTER COMMISSIONER AS A RESULT OF SERVING WITH HER.
SHE MAY HAVE THAT REPUTATION OF "COMMISSIONER NO," BUT FROM SERVING WITH HER, I SAW FIRSTHAND HER STRONG BELIEF IN OPEN GOVERNMENT, FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND HER PASSION FOR ELAPP AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION.
I AGREE THAT ELAPP IS LARGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON; HOWEVER, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE SIMPLE FACT THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS PRESERVED MORE THAN 61,000 ACRES OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LAND AS A RESULT OF JAN'S PASSION AND LEADERSHIP IN CHAMPIONING THE CREATION OF ELAPP.
THIS PROGRAM IS WIDELY SUPPORTED BY THE VOTERS, 80% SUPPORT DURING THE LAST REFERENDUM, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM -- THAT NAMING THE PROGRAM AFTER SOMEONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM POLITICIZES IT IN ANY -- IN ANY MANNER, AND, AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT WAS USUALLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF -- OF COMMISSIONER PLATT.
I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT ANYONE THAT WOULD NOT SUPPORT ELAPP SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO THE PROGRAM IS NAMED AFTER IS LIKELY AMONG THE 20% THAT VOTED AGAINST IT ANYWAY.
SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BECKNER FOR THIS SUGGESTION.
THERE'S NO ONE MORE DESERVING OF THIS HONOR THAN JAN, AND I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
COMMISSIONER CRIST.
>>VICTOR CRIST: MR. CHAIRMAN, IN THE SPIRIT OF JAN PLATT -- AND PLEASE TAKE IT IN THAT WAY -- I WANT TO ASK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, IF A MOTION WAS MADE THAT A NO VOTE BE REGISTERED AS A YES VOTE, COULD WE ALL VOTE NO AND HAVE IT MEAN YES?
[LAUGHTER]
>>CHIP FLETCHER: WELL --
>>KEN HAGAN: THAT'S CREATIVITY FOR YOU.
>>CHIP FLETCHER: YEAH.
YOU'D HAVE TO WAIVE THE RULES AND YOU'D PROBABLY GET AS COMPLICATED AS A REVERSE ROLL CALL VOTE IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT, SURE, YOU ALL COULD DO THAT IF THAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
>>VICTOR CRIST: MR. CHAIRMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]
>>VICTOR CRIST: OKAY.
THEY WANT TO BE SERIOUS, SO THE MOTION IS NOT MADE.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND JAN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENTS OF THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT AS A FEMALE WHO IS VERY ADMIRED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND MANY OF OUR YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS ARE LOOKING AT ROLE MODELS SUCH AS YOURSELF TO REALLY LIVE THEIR LIFE BY -- AND I'M JUST -- YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOUR STAND ON THINGS.
SOMETIMES I AGREED; SOMETIMES I DIDN'T, BUT YOU WERE CONFIDENT, YOU WERE ASSURED, AND -- WITH THE ACTION YOU
TOOK -- AND THAT'S THE KIND OF QUALITIES I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AND YOU ARE MENTORING OTHERS RIGHT NOW.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT YOU ARE.
YOUR LEGACY IS -- IS DEFINITELY CONTINUING IN THIS COUNTY, AND I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU A FRIEND AND ALSO SOMEONE WHO I LOOK UP TO.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: YES.
THANK YOU, AND I'LL SAY TOO ON THE -- THE DISSENSION ON THIS IS VERY SHORTSIGHTED, AND IT'S LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE MAKING THE CHANGE IN THE NAME -- JAN AND I SERVE ON A BOARD TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, THE AGENCY ON BAY MANAGEMENT, AND SHE ALWAYS HAS PERTINENT INPUT, AND I'M GLAD FOR THAT, BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S LEFT?
THERE'S A ROAD, A LIBRARY, I GUESS -- I WOULDN'T COUNT ON THE AIRPORT AT THIS POINT --
[LAUGHTER]
-- BUT --
>>MARK SHARPE: OR A BASEBALL STADIUM.
[LAUGHTER]
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: YEAH.
>>MARK SHARPE: JUST JOKING.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS JAN.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE: SINCE EVERYONE HAS OPINED BACK IN, I WANTED TO THANK THE CHAIRMAN FOR THOSE WORDS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CHAIRMAN SUMMED IT UP VERY WELL, BUT I REALLY MEAN THIS, WE'VE GOT MS. CASTOR IN THIS OFFICE -- IN THE AUDIENCE AND OTHERS.
AT A TIME WHEN I THINK THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS SO LOW, TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO GET INTO THE ARENA AND, IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY AFFILIATION OR YOUR POSITION, CONDUCT YOURSELF WITH SUCH HONOR AND INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER AT ALL TIMES AND WALK AWAY WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH AND PEOPLE RESPECTING YOU SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT YOU, WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BECKNER TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.
NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY: THE MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: AND MR. CHAIRMAN --
[APPLAUSE]
>>JACK CARLISLE: AND MR. CHAIR, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JAN TO STEP FORWARD TO RECEIVE A MEMENTO OF THIS HONOR.
JAN, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD.
AND SURROUNDING JAN TODAY ARE FRIENDS FROM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS THE ELAPP COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD INVITE THEM TO COME UP AS WELL AND BE A PART OF THIS CELEBRATION.
>>KEN HAGAN: WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CRYSTAL, SO KEEP IT OUT OF THE CHAIRMAN'S HANDS.
>> RIGHT.
>>KEN HAGAN: THAT'S WISE.
>>VICTOR CRIST: MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE DO IT ALL AROUND THE ADAIS SO WE CAN ALL BE IN THE PICTURE?
>>KEN HAGAN: SURE.
WHY DON'T WE LET JAN SAY A FEW WORDS AND --
>> YES.
>> SURE.
>>JAN PLATT: I WANT TO THANK ALL SO VERY MUCH.
THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
I AM 77 YEARS OLD AND A NATIVE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND I LOOK -- I CALLED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET THE POPULATION OF THE STATE WHEN I WAS BORN.
IT WAS 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S POPULATION TODAY IS 1.2 MILLION.
BACK THEN THE POPULATION OF HILLSBOROUGH WAS 159,000.
AND, AGAIN, THE POPULATION OF HILLSBOROUGH'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION, SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SO IMPORTANT AND WHY THIS PROGRAM HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES I AS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, AND I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE LEADERS IN THIS STATE BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM AND BECAUSE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS LIKE YOU WHO HAVE STOOD UP AND MADE SURE THAT IT WAS IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FRIENDS WHO CAME TODAY TO SUPPORT ME.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT AND TO PASS IT, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SUPERMAJORITIES, AND I THANK MY FAMILY, WHO'S ALWAYS STOOD WITH ME, MY HUSBAND AND MY SON, AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER EMMA, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE MADE THIS NECKLACE.
[LAUGHTER]
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THIS MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>KEN HAGAN: JAN, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME FORWARD TOO, AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO AROUND THE DAIS.
>>JACK CARLISLE: WE'LL INVITE EVERYBODY HERE IN A MOMENT.
MR. CHAIR, I WANTED TO READ THE WORDS THAT JAN WILL TAKE WITH HER FROM THIS BODY.
IT SAYS, THE JAN K. PLATT ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION PROGRAMS, SO NAMED ON OCTOBER 16th, 2013, BY THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
IN RECOGNITION OF COMMISSIONER JAN PLATT'S TIRELESS EFFORTS CREATING ELAPP AND THE PRESERVATION OF MORE THAN 60,000 ACRES OF LANDS FOR GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.
YOU HAVE PROVIDED A LEGACY OF SERENE PLACES TO VISIT, GLORIFYING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
IT'S MY HONOR TO HAND THIS TO YOU, JAN.
[APPLAUSE]
AND WE'LL COORDINATE A -- COULD I HAVE -- EVERYBODY IN THE PARTY, LET'S JUST COME ON FORWARD FOR A PHOTO OP.
>> IN FRONT?
>>JACK CARLISLE: IN FRONT.
>> OKAY.
>>JACK CARLISLE: STAND IN FRONT OF THE -- STAND IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
SHE NEEDS TO KNOW WHO WAS HERE.
>> SHE KNOWS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK EVERYBODY.
>>RUSLANA PANOV: CAN WE GET TIGHTER?
>> TIGHTER?
>>RUSLANA PANOV: YES.
TWO ROWS.
>> SHORTER PEOPLE IN THE FRONT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THERE WE GO.
THAT'S GOOD.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>RUSLANA PANOV: OKAY.
STAND BY.
YEAH, GOOD.
ONE MORE TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
MR. MERRILL, WE HAVE A 10:45 TIME CERTAIN.
>>MIKE MERRILL: YES.
YOUR LAST ITEM OF THE MORNING IS YOUR 10:45 TIME CERTAIN, E-1, AN APPEARANCE BY ED PEACHEY, PRESIDENT OF TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE.
>>KEN HAGAN: GOOD MORNING, ED.
THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
IT'S CERTAINLY A PLEASURE TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE AND LISTENING TO SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE FOR THE COUNTY TODAY, AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE FIRST SLIDE HERE --
>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]
>> IS IT UP?
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY.
-- SHOWS OUR BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 10% RIGHT NOW.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION, THE -- AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS, SO CERTAINLY, THE SHUTDOWN IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AT SOME POINT IN TIME COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON US.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET THOSE ISSUES RESOLVED BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THERE MAY BE A FEW SMALL PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR VETERANS THAT WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN SOONER THAN THAT, BUT WE THINK THAT OVERALL WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR FUNDING GOING THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER AND KEEP STAFF EMPLOYED.
SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD OVER 16,000 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICES, OVER 930 FOR JOB TRAINING SERVICES.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS ABOUT 6.7%, THAT'S AS OF AUGUST, WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE STATE AND LOWER THAN THE U.S. TOTAL.
OUR AVERAGE DURATION ON UC IN WEEKS IS 36.6%.
THIS IS A NUMBER THAT I WATCH CLOSELY.
THE -- THE UC EXTENDED BENEFITS ALL END EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 31st UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER EXTENSION, AND I THINK THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME YOU'LL SEE THIS NUMBER GO DOWN, AS PEOPLE CANNOT RELY ON THOSE EXTENDED BENEFITS.
IT MAY PUSH THEM OUT EARLIER INTO THE -- INTO THE JOB SEARCH, AND THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 12 EMPLOYERS WHO WE'VE AWARDED EMPLOYED WORKER TRAINING CONTRACTS TO SERVING ABOUT 245 WORKERS; 45 OJT CONTRACTS SERVING 164 INDIVIDUALS OR 45 COMPANIES, I MEAN.
SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 62,000 VISITS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN OUR AVERAGE FROM LAST YEAR.
OUR CAREER FAIRS -- OUR NEXT ONE'S SCHEDULED FOR
JANUARY 23rd AT TPEPINS, AND THAT'S JUST A GENERAL JOB FAIR.
REBRANDING: THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS REQUIRING ALL THE 24 REGIONAL WORKFORCE BOARDS TO REBRAND.
THE BOARD HAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SELECT CAREERSOURCE TAMPA BAY AS OUR BRAND.
WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM YEAR.
I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME PRESS RELEASES COMING OUT THIS WEEK, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT SPRING.
THESE ARE SOME NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR THAT COMMISSIONER MURMAN ASKED ME TO BRING FORWARD.
WE DID THIS PRESENTATION FOR OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
TOTAL VISITORS LAST YEAR TO OUR ONE-STOP CENTER, ALMOST 240,000.
OUR HIGHEST NUMBER WAS IN OCTOBER OF 2012, LOWEST WAS IN DECEMBER, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE AVERAGE ALMOST 20,000 VISITS A MONTH.
WE HAD ALMOST 33,000 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED A SERVICE AND ENTERED EMPLOYMENT.
THE AVERAGE WAGE AT EMPLOYMENT, $11.11 PER HOUR.
TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA, YOUR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S ABOUT 600,000, SO 32,000 WOULD BE ABOUT 5% OF YOUR TOTAL WORKFORCE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ENTERED EMPLOYMENT.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME IN AND RECEIVED SERVICES IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT 60,000 OR 10% OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ATTENDEES AT THE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS THAT WE PUT ON IN THE ONE-STOP CENTERS.
IT'S SERVICES THAT -- THAT ARE KIND OF ADD-ON THAT WE PROVIDE TO JOB SEEKERS.
I THINK THE ONE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING WAS THE THIRD ONE, WHICH IS BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS AT OVER 1400 PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING INTO THE ONE-STOP CENTERS WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO WORK A COMPUTER, WHICH IS VITAL TODAY BECAUSE MOST OF YOUR JOB LISTINGS ARE ON-LINE, MOST OF YOUR JOB SEARCHES ARE ON-LINE, AND IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE TRAIN THESE PEOPLE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE WELL ENOUGH TO FIND A JOB.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
WE SERVED ALMOST 1400 DISLOCATED WORKERS.
OUT OF THAT, WE HAVE 400 THAT WERE PLACED INTO JOBS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $16.22 AN HOUR.
LOW-INCOME ADULT PROGRAM, WE SERVED ALMOST 2200 WITH 190 PLACED INTO JOBS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $17.76 PER HOUR.
ON THE YOUTH, WE SERVED 777.
88 OF THOSE WERE IN PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, AND THAT'S A PROGRAM WHERE WE ACTUALLY PUT THE YOUTH ON OUR PAYROLL AND WE HAVE THEM WORKING OUT WITH A -- WITH A COMPANY FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND FOUR TO SIX WEEKS WITH THE HOPES THAT THEY WILL THEN CATCH ON AND GET A JOB WITH THAT COMPANY.
WE HAD 161 YOUTH WITH POSITIVE OUTCOMES, 94 OF THOSE PLACED IN THE JOBS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE AT PLACEMENT OF $8.81 AN HOUR.
THE WELFARE TRANSITION PROGRAM, WE SERVED OVER 8,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH 1300 EXITING WITH WAGES AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $9.26 PER HOUR.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR EFFORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OUR I.T. SKILLS GAP STUDY, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND TAMPA BAY TECHNOLOGY FORUM ON THAT, AND A MANUFACTURING SKILLS GAP STUDY.
WE -- WE HAVE A GOOD GAME PLAN MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT.
WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A MEETING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN MANUFACTURING, REPRESENTING MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SIT DOWN AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND, OF COURSE, I'M THE BOARD MEMBER THAT SITS ON THE WORKFORCE ALLIANCE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB.
I MEAN, WE ARE THE LOWEST IN THE STATE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND -- WELL, THE REGION IS, AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A JOB, THEY SHOULD COME HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS.
YOU'RE GOING OUT AGGRESSIVELY TALKING TO BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF EMPLOYEES THEY NEED AND DEVELOPING TRAINING PROGRAMS SO THAT YOU CAN PLUG THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING JOBS AND PUTTING THEM WITH THESE COMPANIES, AND I THINK IT JUST GOES A LONG WAY.
THE MANUFACTURING SKILLS GAP, WE'RE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE'VE GOT A SEPARATE WORKGROUP THAT'S EVEN THINKING OF DOING SOME KIND OF A MANUFACTURING CAREER CENTER SOMEWHERE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BECAUSE THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANUFACTURING IS GETTING THE KIDS INTERESTED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ABOUT MANUFACTURING, SO -- AND WHEN WE HAVE A READY WORKFORCE, IT'S GOING TO LURE MORE BUSINESSES HERE, SO I SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM.
>>AL HIGGINBOTHAM: YES.
AND JUST TO DOVETAIL ON THAT, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HERE THAT RATED THE TOP TEN COMMUNITIES AND/OR CITIES IN THE STATE FOR FINDING THE GOOD JOBS, AND IT WAS -- MARK, YOU PROBABLY SAW IT, AND SOME OF YOU DID -- IN THE TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL, AND NUMBER TWO WAS VALRICO, NUMBER THREE WAS RIVERVIEW, AND IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT, AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING, BUT IT -- WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED AND HURT FOR THEM AND KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND AS A COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN WE DON'T POST THE NUMBERS?
AND IT'S BECAUSE WE GOT THE SHIP, ALTHOUGH TURNING SLOWLY, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THANKS, ED.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>KEN HAGAN: ANY OTHER ITEMS?
>>MIKE MERRILL: NO OTHER ITEMS THIS MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
>>KEN HAGAN: OKAY.
WE'LL -- WE'RE ADJOURNED AND WILL RECONVENE AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
>>MIKE MERRILL: YES.
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