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[6:42] right I'll call the meeting to order
good afternoon ladies and gentlemen uh
[6:46] we are here for an emergency meeting of
the Temple Terrace city council for the
[6:50] purpose of discussing a declaration of
emergency concerning hurricane Milton I
[6:57] have to stop and think with the name is
of them they're coming so frequently so
[7:02] um Mr be would you like to as the fire
chief is not here so I know everybody's
[7:08] very busy today
so so uh thank you Mr Mayor M of council
[7:14] so in light of the storm the resolution
before you uh calls for declaring a
[7:19] state of emergency effective uh Tuesday
October 8th 2024 at uh 6:00 a.m. uh this
[7:27] will result in uh several things
happening and some actually will will
[7:31] take place earlier than that but that's
when the official state of emergency
[7:34] will will will go into effect um just
give everybody in the community an
[7:39] update there will be uh no residential
trash or recycling services uh starting
[7:45] tomorrow and that will be for the rest
of the week so there will be no trash
[7:48] and recycling for the rest of the week
effective tomorrow uh any vegetative
[7:53] debris we are doing our best to pick up
all the vegetative debris that's that
[7:58] may be still out there but there is a
very good chance with everything going
[8:02] on uh with this storm that and our crews
are stretched thin that we may not get
[8:06] to folks so the in light of that we have
opened up a vegetative debris drop off
[8:11] site uh which will be open until 700
p.m. tonight uh at the Youth Sports
[8:17] Complex at 10369 us301 so I encourage
everybody in the community if you still
[8:24] have some vegetative debris if you can
manage it to drop it off that would
[8:27] probably be your best bet rather than
leaving it um on the on the side of the
[8:31] of the of the road where it could become
a a hazard during the
[8:35] storm and also by the same token we
encourage everyone in the community not
[8:40] to put anything out at the curb please
don't do that don't put anything out uh
[8:45] it will just probably lie there and then
it will create again a a potential uh
[8:49] Hazard for your for their property or
your neighbor's property uh we have a
[8:53] sandbag operations
ongoing uh we have given out thousands
[8:57] and thousands of sandbags yesterday I
think we did well over 2,000 and I
[9:00] imagine today at this point we're we're
getting the nodded head from my from my
[9:04] Public Works director that we are
probably doing just as much if not more
[9:08] sandbag operations will also be at the
Youth Sports Complex uh until 5:00 P
[9:13] p.m. this evening so if if residents
still want to take advantage of that
[9:17] please get out to 5 it's until 5:00 p.m.
until supplies last uh because we have a
[9:21] limited amount of sand as you can
imagine everybody's doing the same thing
[9:24] so um if they want that they should get
out there as soon as possible uh we'd
[9:28] encourage everyone again to remove any
objects lying around their house uh to
[9:33] avoid uh again any issues during the the
high winds as far as operations with the
[9:38] rest of the city uh utility billing
office is open today but will close at
[9:43] 300 p.m. rather than 4: so that would
close at 3: uh the rest of City Hall and
[9:50] all city services including the the rec
center family Rec Center Lightfoot uh
[9:56] Library will be closed as of tomorrow
uh and until further notice and once we
[10:02] get an idea after the storms come
through we'll determine whether we can
[10:05] reopen this week or not um and I believe
those are the uh major notices Joel
[10:11] anything else that okay and that's it
we're good so Council the item um that
[10:18] we
are discussing the action item is to
[10:22] declare state of emergency that will be
effective at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning
[10:27] uh will remain in effect and up to a
7-Day period um it can be extinguished
[10:35] early by the city manager without
Council action uh should it become
[10:40] necessary to extend it Beyond 7 days we
would need to meet again uh in order to
[10:45] renew it I believe I actually the
resolution is written that I could
[10:48] extend it without having Council oh you
can okay all right very good that's how
[10:51] it's written okay okay so um if that is
the council's desire that is the motion
[10:56] that we need the ordinance is 1575 and
would declare a local state of emergency
[11:01] effective 6: a.m. tomorrow
morning move to approve ordinance
[11:09] 15755 declaring a state of emergency
effective uh Tuesday morning 6
[11:16] a.m. second is there discussion of the
motion if not all those in favor say I I
[11:22] oppose no n declaration has been passed
um we need a roll call vote we need a
[11:27] roll call vote okay very good so Mr Shon
would you please call the
[11:36] role Madam
clerk the city of Temple to Florida
[11:41] declaring a state of local emergency in
response to the threat posed by tropical
[11:45] storm Milton which is now hurricane
Milton authorizing the city manager to
[11:49] extend or resend the state of emergency
as necessary suspending all ordinances
[11:53] in rules inconsistent with sections 20
25231 through 252 90 Florida Statutes
[12:00] executive order 24214 and
24-25 um 215 is amending 24- 214 or this
[12:10] emergency ordinance through the duration
of this emergency adopting and
[12:13] incorporating State of Florida executive
orders 24214 and
[12:18] 24-25 into this ordinance and providing
an effective date thank you madam clerk
[12:23] uh now that we've read the ordinance
would you like to renew your motion of
[12:26] approval yes move to approve Ord
1575 establishing a state of emergency
[12:32] beginning Tuesday morning at 6:00
a.m. and your second is there any
[12:37] discussion of the motion now seeing none
Mr sh would you please call the role
[12:42] councilwoman Fernandez yes councilman
chamers yes mayor Ross Yes councilwoman
[12:47] Abel yes very good the uh ordinance is
adopted I just I have unanimously yes um
[12:55] so just for the The public's information
do you know what zones this the city of
[13:03] Temple Terrace is for evacuation zones I
I don't believe we have I don't believe
[13:10] we have any evacuation zones in our
community in fact very very limited
[13:15] parts of our community are even in a
flood zone per se if you're along the
[13:18] river yet you're you're you're probably
in a flood zone you're most likely in a
[13:20] flood zone but um the rest of the
community we have the Good Fortune we're
[13:24] relatively High um we're not near you
know canals things like that where we
[13:29] can run some of that title surge that
came through that hit South Tampa so I
[13:32] don't believe we have any evacuation
protocols in effect for Temple Terrace
[13:37] okay I just I just wanted to make sure
people but I would like to to comment on
[13:41] that I just left the a press conference
at the EOC and um this is the topic and
[13:47] so the the county did um order
evacuations in in certain
[13:52] areas the part that concerns me the most
is the um the evacuation order includes
[13:59] all mobile homes or manufactured housing
throughout the county and although we in
[14:05] Temple terrorist maybe have a couple of
exceptions but we don't generally have
[14:10] that our residents do have loved ones in
the in the county who reside in
[14:16] manufactured homes I know people are
reluctant to want to leave their home I
[14:22] understand that um as a Floridian I get
it um people are naturally most
[14:27] comfortable and feel safe and secure in
their homes and or don't want to leave
[14:31] them when they feel exposed to the storm
I understand that um and a lot of people
[14:37] will tell you well I've never evacuated
before I'm Inland you know we've been
[14:42] through hurricanes before and I've
always been
[14:44] okay and that's true you have always
been okay and you you are always okay
[14:50] until you're not okay and and every
storm is different and this could be the
[14:56] storm that you're not okay so if you in
Temple Terrace have loved ones who live
[15:02] in manufactured homes um really anywhere
on the west coast of Florida please
[15:07] contact them and encourage them now
today this afternoon is the time for
[15:12] them to leave and they don't have to go
far they don't have to go to Georgia or
[15:16] you know um they they but they need to
move into a hotel or they go to a
[15:22] shelter or something and the other thing
is as a Floridian I understand
[15:25] completely nobody wants to go to a
shelter I mean why would you want to
[15:29] leave the Comforts of your home and go
hang out at a middle school for a couple
[15:33] of days it just is not fun everybody
understands that but um this could save
[15:41] your life you are you are gambling with
your life and and uh yes the shelters
[15:46] are not fun but they will have food they
will have electricity they will have the
[15:52] ability to charge your phones and stay
in touch with your loved ones and and
[15:56] you don't have to stay there forever but
um could really be a lifesaver so I
[16:02] would encourage all the residents of
Temple Terrace to please encourage
[16:05] everybody they know to adhere to these
evacuation orders um or to take them you
[16:12] know take your loved ones into your home
for a day or two and uh so please take
[16:17] these things seriously um and I said uh
at the press conference earlier I said
[16:22] you know it one of the things that's
most tragic is we we can't protect you
[16:29] from property damage from the forces of
nature nobody can guarantee that but so
[16:34] many of the lives lost are avoidable
they they're lost because they don't
[16:39] they don't adhere to the evacuation
orders um and that's heartbreaking to
[16:43] see people who lose loved ones
unnecessarily if they'd have just gone
[16:48] to shelter for 24 hours or gone a few
miles Inland or something and and uh so
[16:53] please don't let that happen to you so
long- winded but you got me on my soap
[16:57] box that's a so
Mr B I could just add um I'm not sure if
[17:02] any other council member has a comment I
want wanted to clarify one thing that
[17:05] you not clarify but add to what you just
said um for the members of the community
[17:10] that are out there please uh if you
haven't already sign up to get our our
[17:14] feed follow our our our social media
feed get on our website our
[17:18] Communications team is putting out
information regularly throughout the
[17:21] storm they're going to be at the EOC as
well so you're going to get all the all
[17:24] the updates you need will be coming
directly from from us as to what's going
[17:28] on in Temple Terrace so make sure that
people uh stay tuned to that
[17:33] information other council members
comments no okay staff stay safe
[17:38] anything Jennifer yes anything there yes
please our assistant Finance director
[17:44] Mrs Newman so I just wanted to um give
everyone some knowledge I just found out
[17:50] recently that if you go to Florida
disaster.org no k w and put in your
[17:56] address it'll tell you if you are in
evacuation Zone and what letter you are
[18:01] so if your house is in either you know
even e d e or F it'll tell you that or
[18:07] if it's just completely blank you're not
in any evacuation zone so that can give
[18:12] you an idea of what you might need to do
to get your house ready and if you
[18:15] really should leave thank you m Newman y
staff anything
[18:23] else okay everybody stay safe and we
will be adjourned
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