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Home My WebLink About2023 10 09 City Commission Public Input Forms.pdfRevised 06/14/2021 TH/S FORM ISA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FLORIDA -PUBLIC INPUT FORM P/ease pint c%ar/wand neat Date: J.0 �� Name: L�(N Address: Email: ►� • �''�hone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? ❑Yes ❑ No /fyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: 5M -f i For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda ❑Subject (,(7LCP.S�G c CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA - PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: 9C6r Name: P/ease print c%ar/yand neat/y C7 4 6�G a Address: [ < Email: /' ��061 ;�'6"'VJ'�21 Ca�� Phone # (optional): Do you wish to address the Commission with regard to an issue: ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark lVo' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner wi/l indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda J Subject \ Revised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM lSA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission 09 October 2023 Let’s quickly examine misinforma;on and how it can lead to a regre@able outcome. At the 25 September Commission Mee;ng, a Gentleman spoke to this Commission and at the end asked (1) do you believe us now and (2) what will you do about it? However, what the gentlemen did was open a metaphorical “blender,” mixed in several different topics concerning Florida Department of Environmental Protec;on, Saint Johns River Water Management District, the Seminole County Inspector General audit, the Auditor General of the State of Florida, and even Channel 9, and then he turned the blender on. The gentlemen went on to imply that the Florida Auditor General supported the slurry that came out of that blender and that the media confirms that this slurry vindicates ci;zens, like him, who find our commission lacking. But let’s look at this. There are two audits. The one from Seminole County, which he men;ons, regards an audit on “tax alloca;on”. The Auditor General of the State of Florida audit, also men;oned, is an ongoing audit into the city concerning “City and Administra;ve Processes”. I called the State Auditor ’s Office and discovered that while the document is available to the public, it is not an official audit, but “preliminary and tenta;ve” findings sent to the city for comment. The mayor has stated publicly that these audits will make us be@er. I agree. That referenced document, available via a simple google search, clearly states at the top “NOT AN AUDIT REPORT”. There was no men;on of this either by the gentleman or the media. The Florida Auditor General’s report does discuss wastewater treatment viola;ons also noted in the FDEP Consent Orders. Anyone making a statement, whether at this commission mee;ng or in the media, quo;ng this document as a stand-alone reference to ANY topic, least of all water quality, would be misleading people. …We might wonder to what end? Let’s look at water quality. The latest annual drinking water quality report found the city met or exceeded every standard except for water color. The FDEP “Consent Orders” are valid reports that were properly addressed by the City. Concerning wastewater specifically, the problems with our two plants go back many years and over many different Commissions and Staffs. The first and only comments that I found during an extensive search of Commission Mee;ng minutes pertaining to aged wastewater plants was on 28 September 2009. It was not un;l 11 years later that the City Staff and the Commission took posi;ve ac;on to resolve the wastewater plant issues originally raised back in 2009. At least this Commission along with the previous Commission stepped up to the plate when no one else before them did! Those are the facts. The amount of mudslinging and misinforma;on that is happening seems to be aimed at impac;ng the membership of our Commission. Wrongfully so. Equally bad is the nega;ve impact this has had on staff morale, a staff that works ;relessly to meet our city’s challenges. Rather than malign their efforts, we should be applauding them for that. To go back to the two ques;ons posed by the Gentleman on 25 September: - Do you believe us now? o NO, because we won’t be distracted by “click bait”. - What will you do about it? o That ’s not a ques;on for the commission, which has and is taking ac;on. It is a ques;on for us all, who should not rely on social media or thinly researched news reports, but we should instead look to the facts and the whole picture. Remember that there are some with agendas who will use misinforma;on to reach a goal we may not know. And we should always be aware that the mo;ves may be darker, including power and control. I fully support our City Staff and our City Commission, and I hope that all of you on the dais “stay the course” for the benefit of all our residents and our great City. I ask that my wri@en statement be placed into the formal minutes for the record. Thank you. Art Gallo CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FLORIDA - PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: ! Name: Address: I ►de W'I cv 64 'v Email: �u Phone # (optional): Do you wish to address the Commission with regard to an issue: ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda ❑Subject Revised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM lSA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission Revised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM ISA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission Date: 1� Address: Email: CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA -PUBLIC INPUT FORM P/ease print c%ar/wand neat/y Phone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda ❑Subject Revised W4/2021 THIS FORM ISA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA -PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: ` Name: Address: 3a f ��Cee Email: Phone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda Jk Subject ��'��C'_ 'b CC `/ ColeyIc fod CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA - PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: g . vp VI Address: Email: Name: Phone # (optional): 2& Do you wish to address the Commission with regard to an issue: ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda VXltem Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda ❑Subject Revised 06/14/2021 TH/5 FORM lSA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission