The Pasco Legislative Delegation public meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Sunlake High School in Land O’Lakes. The public meeting is held to receive testimony from other elected officials, organizations and the general public.
Department directors met on Wednesday, September 16th and brought forth a few issues that you might want to address at the meeting. I have attached the Florida League of Cities Action Agenda for 2016. Below are some issues you may want to consider from staff and the Florida League of Cities:
1. Reauthorize the Enterprise Zone program due to sunset on December 31, 2015 which provides an assortment of tax incentives to businesses that choose to create employment within an enterprise zone which is a specific geographic boundary targeted for economic development
2. Support Municipal Police and Firefighter Reform which protects municipalities home rule powers to set and fund municipal employee benefit levels
3. Protect the Communications Services Tax and Local Business Tax which is a significant source of local revenue
4. Continue to support Water Quality and Quantity legislation by maintaining local government programs and projects that protect water resources, improve water quality and quantity and expands the use of alternate water sources
5. Sustain the State Aid to Libraries program which provides funding to local libraries
6. Increase the funding to the Florida Forever land acquisition and development program which has not been fully funded in several years
7. Assure that the Statewide Business Development Network funds get directed to provide services to economically deprived communities
8. Funding to support the following projects:
· Pedestrian walkway over U.S. Highway 19
· Downtown Parking Garage
· Multi-Use Path on Grand Boulevard spanning from Marine Parkway to Delaware Avenue