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right I'll call the meeting to order
good afternoon ladies and gentlemen uh

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we are here for an emergency meeting of
the Temple Terrace city council for the

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purpose of discussing a declaration of
emergency concerning hurricane Milton I

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have to stop and think with the name is
of them they're coming so frequently so

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um Mr be would you like to as the fire
chief is not here so I know everybody's

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very busy today
so so uh thank you Mr Mayor M of council

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so in light of the storm the resolution
before you uh calls for declaring a

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state of emergency effective uh Tuesday
October 8th 2024 at uh 6:00 a.m. uh this

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will result in uh several things
happening and some actually will will

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take place earlier than that but that's
when the official state of emergency

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will will will go into effect um just
give everybody in the community an

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update there will be uh no residential
trash or recycling services uh starting

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tomorrow and that will be for the rest
of the week so there will be no trash

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and recycling for the rest of the week
effective tomorrow uh any vegetative

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debris we are doing our best to pick up
all the vegetative debris that's that

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may be still out there but there is a
very good chance with everything going

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on uh with this storm that and our crews
are stretched thin that we may not get

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to folks so the in light of that we have
opened up a vegetative debris drop off

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site uh which will be open until 700
p.m. tonight uh at the Youth Sports

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Complex at 10369 us301 so I encourage
everybody in the community if you still

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have some vegetative debris if you can
manage it to drop it off that would

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probably be your best bet rather than
leaving it um on the on the side of the

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of the of the road where it could become
a a hazard during the

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storm and also by the same token we
encourage everyone in the community not

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to put anything out at the curb please
don't do that don't put anything out uh

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it will just probably lie there and then
it will create again a a potential uh

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Hazard for your for their property or
your neighbor's property uh we have a

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sandbag operations
ongoing uh we have given out thousands

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and thousands of sandbags yesterday I
think we did well over 2,000 and I

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imagine today at this point we're we're
getting the nodded head from my from my

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Public Works director that we are
probably doing just as much if not more

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sandbag operations will also be at the
Youth Sports Complex uh until 5:00 P

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p.m. this evening so if if residents
still want to take advantage of that

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please get out to 5 it's until 5:00 p.m.
until supplies last uh because we have a

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limited amount of sand as you can
imagine everybody's doing the same thing

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so um if they want that they should get
out there as soon as possible uh we'd

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encourage everyone again to remove any
objects lying around their house uh to

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avoid uh again any issues during the the
high winds as far as operations with the

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rest of the city uh utility billing
office is open today but will close at

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300 p.m. rather than 4: so that would
close at 3: uh the rest of City Hall and

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all city services including the the rec
center family Rec Center Lightfoot uh

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Library will be closed as of tomorrow
uh and until further notice and once we

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get an idea after the storms come
through we'll determine whether we can

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reopen this week or not um and I believe
those are the uh major notices Joel

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anything else that okay and that's it
we're good so Council the item um that

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we
are discussing the action item is to

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declare state of emergency that will be
effective at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning

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uh will remain in effect and up to a
7-Day period um it can be extinguished

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early by the city manager without
Council action uh should it become

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necessary to extend it Beyond 7 days we
would need to meet again uh in order to

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renew it I believe I actually the
resolution is written that I could

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extend it without having Council oh you
can okay all right very good that's how

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it's written okay okay so um if that is
the council's desire that is the motion

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that we need the ordinance is 1575 and
would declare a local state of emergency

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effective 6: a.m. tomorrow
morning move to approve ordinance

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15755 declaring a state of emergency
effective uh Tuesday morning 6

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a.m. second is there discussion of the
motion if not all those in favor say I I

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oppose no n declaration has been passed
um we need a roll call vote we need a

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roll call vote okay very good so Mr Shon
would you please call the

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role Madam
clerk the city of Temple to Florida

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declaring a state of local emergency in
response to the threat posed by tropical

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storm Milton which is now hurricane
Milton authorizing the city manager to

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extend or resend the state of emergency
as necessary suspending all ordinances

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in rules inconsistent with sections 20
25231 through 252 90 Florida Statutes

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executive order 24214 and
24-25 um 215 is amending 24- 214 or this

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emergency ordinance through the duration
of this emergency adopting and

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incorporating State of Florida executive
orders 24214 and

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24-25 into this ordinance and providing
an effective date thank you madam clerk

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uh now that we've read the ordinance
would you like to renew your motion of

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approval yes move to approve Ord
1575 establishing a state of emergency

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beginning Tuesday morning at 6:00
a.m. and your second is there any

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discussion of the motion now seeing none
Mr sh would you please call the role

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councilwoman Fernandez yes councilman
chamers yes mayor Ross Yes councilwoman

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Abel yes very good the uh ordinance is
adopted I just I have unanimously yes um

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so just for the The public's information
do you know what zones this the city of

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Temple Terrace is for evacuation zones I
I don't believe we have I don't believe

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we have any evacuation zones in our
community in fact very very limited

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parts of our community are even in a
flood zone per se if you're along the

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river yet you're you're you're probably
in a flood zone you're most likely in a

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flood zone but um the rest of the
community we have the Good Fortune we're

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relatively High um we're not near you
know canals things like that where we

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can run some of that title surge that
came through that hit South Tampa so I

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don't believe we have any evacuation
protocols in effect for Temple Terrace

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okay I just I just wanted to make sure
people but I would like to to comment on

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that I just left the a press conference
at the EOC and um this is the topic and

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so the the county did um order
evacuations in in certain

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areas the part that concerns me the most
is the um the evacuation order includes

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all mobile homes or manufactured housing
throughout the county and although we in

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Temple terrorist maybe have a couple of
exceptions but we don't generally have

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that our residents do have loved ones in
the in the county who reside in

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manufactured homes I know people are
reluctant to want to leave their home I

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understand that um as a Floridian I get
it um people are naturally most

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comfortable and feel safe and secure in
their homes and or don't want to leave

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them when they feel exposed to the storm
I understand that um and a lot of people

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will tell you well I've never evacuated
before I'm Inland you know we've been

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through hurricanes before and I've
always been

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okay and that's true you have always
been okay and you you are always okay

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until you're not okay and and every
storm is different and this could be the

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storm that you're not okay so if you in
Temple Terrace have loved ones who live

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in manufactured homes um really anywhere
on the west coast of Florida please

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contact them and encourage them now
today this afternoon is the time for

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them to leave and they don't have to go
far they don't have to go to Georgia or

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you know um they they but they need to
move into a hotel or they go to a

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shelter or something and the other thing
is as a Floridian I understand

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completely nobody wants to go to a
shelter I mean why would you want to

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leave the Comforts of your home and go
hang out at a middle school for a couple

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of days it just is not fun everybody
understands that but um this could save

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your life you are you are gambling with
your life and and uh yes the shelters

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are not fun but they will have food they
will have electricity they will have the

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ability to charge your phones and stay
in touch with your loved ones and and

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you don't have to stay there forever but
um could really be a lifesaver so I

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would encourage all the residents of
Temple Terrace to please encourage

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everybody they know to adhere to these
evacuation orders um or to take them you

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know take your loved ones into your home
for a day or two and uh so please take

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these things seriously um and I said uh
at the press conference earlier I said

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you know it one of the things that's
most tragic is we we can't protect you

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from property damage from the forces of
nature nobody can guarantee that but so

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many of the lives lost are avoidable
they they're lost because they don't

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they don't adhere to the evacuation
orders um and that's heartbreaking to

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see people who lose loved ones
unnecessarily if they'd have just gone

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to shelter for 24 hours or gone a few
miles Inland or something and and uh so

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please don't let that happen to you so
long- winded but you got me on my soap

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box that's a so
Mr B I could just add um I'm not sure if

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any other council member has a comment I
want wanted to clarify one thing that

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you not clarify but add to what you just
said um for the members of the community

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that are out there please uh if you
haven't already sign up to get our our

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feed follow our our our social media
feed get on our website our

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Communications team is putting out
information regularly throughout the

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storm they're going to be at the EOC as
well so you're going to get all the all

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the updates you need will be coming
directly from from us as to what's going

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on in Temple Terrace so make sure that
people uh stay tuned to that

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information other council members
comments no okay staff stay safe

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anything Jennifer yes anything there yes
please our assistant Finance director

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Mrs Newman so I just wanted to um give
everyone some knowledge I just found out

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recently that if you go to Florida
disaster.org no k w and put in your

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address it'll tell you if you are in
evacuation Zone and what letter you are

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so if your house is in either you know
even e d e or F it'll tell you that or

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if it's just completely blank you're not
in any evacuation zone so that can give

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you an idea of what you might need to do
to get your house ready and if you

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really should leave thank you m Newman y
staff anything

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else okay everybody stay safe and we
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