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BUT. AFTERNOON. UM, YOU LOOK CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART'S CALLING TO ORDER.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE STEWARD CITY COMMISSION. FEBRUARY 8TH 2021 4 P.M. THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT 1 21 SOUTHWEST. FLAGLER AVENUE IN STUART, FLORIDA. MM. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. YOU PLEASE STAND. LET US QUIETLY. OH, NO. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. IN ALL OF OUR. HEALTH CARE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THOSE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY OR STATE IN OUR NATION. VICE MAYOR WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I BELIEVE IT. IS THERE A PROBLEM FOR WHICH IT STANDS? ONE NATION. WORK TO DO. WELCOME TO
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OUR MEETING TODAY. UM, MADAM CLERK? ARE YOU READY FOR THE ROLL CALL? YES, MAYOR MAYOR[ROLL CALL]
CLARKE. YES MY VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES, PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YOUR MISSION MACDONALD HERE, MR MAYER. HERE. THAT'S UM DAY IS THIS MONTH IT'S FEBRUARY. IT'S[PROCLAMATIONS]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT OUR ARTS MOMENT TODAY. IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED SOMEWHAT ON BLACK HISTORY. AND I THINK WE HAVE THIS IS THELMA WASHINGTON, WHO WILL BE GIVEN A PRESENTATION. OF THIS WASHINGTON COULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF AND HER ORGANIZATION. WE WANTED TO HAVE THE YOUNG STUDENTS HERE FROM ACTUALLY WALDEN TODAY, BUT THEY COULDN'T. BE HERE DUE TO COVERT RESTRICTIONS, AND SO THIS WASHINGTON IS HERE. AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PRESENT TO US FOR THE ARTS MOMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO REPRESENT THE V P K CLASS AT GERTRUDE WALDEN CHILDCARE CENTER TODAY. I HAVE BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VIRTUE OTHER CHAKRA CENTER FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS AND PRIOR TO THAT. 15 YEARS AT JD PARKER TEACHING FIFTH GRADE. SO MY INFORMATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS MY SOURCE LIKES HAVE BEEN IN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS. WHEN SOMEWHERE WHEN SOME WERE BROUGHT AS SLAVES BY WHITES WHO IMMIGRATED FROM THE LORD'S SOUTHERN STATES TO CULTIVATE THE RICH SOIL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. SO TODAY, I WOULD BE GIVING YOU THE ABC EASE OF BLACK HISTORY AND MARTIN COUNTY. A IS FOR ANDERSON, MIDDLE SCHOOL DOT THE DAVID ANDERSON WAS THE LONGEST SERVICE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN THE FIRST BLACK ELECTED TO MARIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. B IS PHOBIA BRYANT THE FIRST BLACK ORTHODONTIST. HE WAS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT F A U. THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MARTIN COUNTY. B IS ALSO FOR JOHNNY BAIL. A BUSINESS ON IF OVER 50 YEARS AND HE STEWART C IS FOR MARIANNE CARPENTER PRINCIPLE THAT PORTS AND ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SHE WAS THE FIRST TEACHER TO INTEGRATE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MARTIN COUNTY. HE IS MY GUY DAY, THIS PART, WHICH IS NAMED FOR GOD. DAVIS MANAGER OF THE STORE, DODGERS E. IT'S FOR EUGENE BROWN JR. WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK ADMITTED TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. HE IS ALSO THE COMMISSIONER ULA CLARK, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FIGHTER FOR EASTER. F IS FOR FEELINGS. WILLIAMS TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 1957, FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND HE'S THE SECOND BLACK AND MARTIN COUNTY TO HAVE A SCHOOL NAMED IN HIS HONOR. G IS FOR WILLIE GARY, THE FIRST BLACK ATTORNEY. G IS ALSO FOR GREG BUCKLE, THE FIRST LIKE ARCHITECT H IS FOR ROBERT HALL, THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR. AGE IS ALSO FOR JOYCE HOBSON, THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE ELECTED TO THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I IS FOR ISAAC MCCARTY, WHO WAS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE STORE. J IS FOR JULIUS GRAHAM, THE FIRST BLACK GENERAL CONTRACTOR.J IS ALSO FOR JOHN SCOTT, WHO WAS THE LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEES AT MARTIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. HEY, IT'S FOR KARI ANDERSON, THE YOUNGEST DEPUTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. K IS ALSO FOR KING, WHICH SEVEN STREET WAS RENAMED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. HALE
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IS FOLLOW RAIN GRANT THE FIRST BLACK FULL SERVICE MANAGER. L IS ALSO FOR DEBRA LANGSTON, THE FIRST BLACK EMPLOYED AT THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. I AM. YES. BUT GILBERT MILLER, THE FIRST BLACK DEPUTY OF MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S ALSO FOR AUDREY AND MORE. THE LEAD AUTHOR OF TRAGIC COAST BLACK HERITAGE. IAN IS FUN. NEW MONROVIA IN 1912 AREA IN PORT SALERNO THAT STARTED AS A FISHING SETTLEMENT. OH IT'S FOR OR A DALE LANDERS, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO RUN FOR A SEAT AT THE CITY COMMISSION.IT'S ALSO FATHER. ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE IMPORTS TO LEARN. OH, WHICH EDUCATED MANY CHILDREN AND 1929 WITH TEACHERS, COSTELLO WILLIAMS, WHO WAS PAID $75 A MONTH. WOW. P IS FOR A PEDIATRICIAN THAT THE BOLA GEAR WAS THE FIRST BLACK PEDIATRICIAN IN MARIN COUNTY.
PD IS ALSO FOR WILLIE PETTWAY. AH PETTWAY PARKING. THE HISTORIC GOMEZ SENT INTO THE AREA IN 1909. HE OWNED PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY. Q IS FOR QUEER LEE MCCARTY, EDUCATED FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HE MANAGED THE FIRST BLACK GOLF LEAGUE R IS PHARRELL'S, EITHER DICKERSON THE FIRST LIKE FEMALE EMPLOYED AT CITY HALL AND MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, FIRST AS A CLERK. THEN AS THEY SHARE OF DEPUTY WAS SHE RETIRED AFTER 32 YEARS. ARE IS ALSO PARTICULAR RICH, ONE OF THE COUNTY'S OH, THIS BLACK COMMUNITIES FIRST SETTLED IN 18 98, THE GOOD BREADS TO CHRISTIE'S MAC IS TAYLOR'S HALL. AND WHILE WE WERE PROMINENT FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY. YES IT'S FOR WILLIE SMITH, THE FIRST BLACK HEAD OF THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND. IT WAS ALSO FOR WILLIS SAMSON, WHO WAS THE OLDEST LIVING VETERAN IN MARTIN COUNTY, WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. HE IS BUT SALMA WATERS FROM THE INFANT CHILDCARE CENTER, WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE 19 TWENTIES. ALMA WATERS. IS CIA HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN TO DAVE AND WAS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE WIND. THE FLORIDA WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME. U IS FOR UNION BAPTIST CHURCH BUILT IN 1923 AND CHANCE AND BEACH AND WAS DESTROYED ON 9 11, 1949 AND REBUILT IN 1961. V IS FOR VICTIM ACT HARDY, THE LONGEST SERVING VOLUNTEER THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. W IS FOR WALTER ODIN, THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL. W IS ALSO FOR LEROY WASHINGTON. THE FIRST BLACK TO ADVANCE TO CAPTAIN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. EXCESS WAS ZENOBIA ANDERSON, WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT PORTS INTERNAL ELEMENTARY, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY AND DIRECTLY DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM FOR MARIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHY IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS JOURNEYING TO DO BETTER AS THEY ALL DID AND SEE IS TO BE ZEALOUS ABOUT A COMPANY ACCOMPLISHING OUR GOALS. THANK YOU, AND THAT'S MY A B. C'S A BLACK HISTORY AND MARTIN COUNTIES. YOU CAN'T. YEAH. UM. PRESENTATION FOR YOU. SHE'S COME OFF AND I DON'T KNOW. AND HIS HANDLING IT.
THAT'S FIGHT HIM OR OUR. REPRESENTATIONS FOR THE PLEASE. WE HAD A PROCLAMATION. WELL WE HAD A FOOTBALL STAR. THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. OKAY, SO, MR MOORE CHILD, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR BREAKFAST FOR MONTHS? PROCLAMATION BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2021. WHEREAS IN 1926 HISTORIAN DR CARTER G.
WOODSON ESTABLISHED WHAT WOULD BECOME BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO BRING SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AWARENESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS IN HISTORY IN THE SHAPING OF AMERICA. AND WHEREAS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS ENDURED DECADES OF STRUGGLE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS EQUAL AMONG OUR FEDERAL FELLOW CITIZENS AND HAS PRESERVED, PERSEVERED THROUGH HATE AND BIGOTRY TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS. THE BASIC RIGHTS. WE'RE ALL ENTITLED TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND WHEREAS THE 2021 THEME SELECTED FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS THE BLACK FAMILY REPRESENTATION, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY ITS
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REPRESENTATION, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY HAVE BEEN REFERENCED, STEREOTYPED AND VILLA TO VILIFIED FROM THE DAYS OF OUR SLAVERY TO OUR OWN TIME. BLACK FAMILY KNOWS NO SINGLE LOCATION SINCE FAMILY REUNIONS AND GENETIC ANCESTRY SEARCHES TESTIFIED TO THE SPREAD OF FAMILY MEMBERS ACROSS STATES, NATIONS AND CONTINENTS. AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS US INTO CELEBRATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE UNDENIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS, AND IT ALSO CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE EVER PRESENT SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION EMBODIED IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND EVERYDAY LIFE. CONTINUED NEED TO WORK TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. WHEREAS THE CITY OF STUART IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION NOW, THEREFORE, AND RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT. IN THE CITY OF STUART, YOU ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2021 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE THE EFFORTS. CREATING WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL. MM HMM. THANK YOU SO MUCH NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY NEED TO SPEAK OF MR MARTEL, I THINK THAT THE CONTENT I THINK WE HAVE MISS NEITHER DOOLEY. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST OR TO RECEIVE JULIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAFETY? RECEIVED.OKAY? AFTERNOON. BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH IS CELEBRATING RIGHT UP TO THE MIKE. RIGHT? IT'S LIFTED UP TO YOU. YEAH. JUST TELL THE CLASS SO WE COULD HEAR YOU HEAR ME NOW, OKAY? THAT CASE VERY MUCH, WHICH IS CELEBRATED EACH YEAR DURING FEBRUARY IS A CHANCE FOR AMERICANS TO LEARN DETAILS OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY, THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE FAR OFTEN NEGLECTED AND PUSHED TO THE WAYSIDE. AS THE SINGLES BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND IT IS THE VERY END RICH HISTORY. WISE NATION HONORS AND LEARNS FROM HIS PAST. HE REFUSES TO LET THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT OUR SHARE AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY DISAPPEAR INTO THE DEPTHS OF FORGOTTEN HISTORY. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST SHAPES AND INFORMS WHERE WE ARE HEADING IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO SET ASIDE A MONTH FOR LEARNING AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONS TODAY.
WILL RECOGNIZE IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM SET UP. THIS MONTH IN FEBRUARY, 20TH THAT THE GUY DAVIS IN PART FOR BLACK HERITAGE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY? I WANT TO SAY MAYOR YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT I AM I LIKE YOUR OUTFIT VERY MUCH. MAY INTEREST FOR THIS YEAH. I THINK SHE MEANT BOTH.
HAVE TO WORK. MONTH ALONE HERE ALL WEEK. AND 2021. A GOOD TIME TO RECOGNIZE.
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EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION - FEBRUARY 2021
]EMPLOYEES SERVICE RECOGNITIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 2021 HOLD ON. MY NAME'S, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FIVE YEARS. UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. WATER TREATMENT. IT'S THE MARTIN ME HAND. FIVE YEARS FOR SOMEBODY GOING TO BE HERE TO TAKE IT FOR HIM. NOBODY. TAKE IT, TIM. OKAY, CONGRATULATIONS, MA'AM. ONE OF THE BANK'S MONEY. SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE BEN SPOT. WE HAVE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. LIZ ON MR BEN. GUARD HAS THE BEST. GERMAN HOLDER.
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IT'S LIKE. MUG SHOT. GEORGE STOPS. 15 YEARS OLD MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TONIGHT.YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. SEE THE MANAGER. UM OR IS IT MR MISS JOHNSON? YOU HAVE THE FOOT OF
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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY 2021
]THE MONTH EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SHE'S KIND OF. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD. ROSS JOHNSON HUMAN RESOURCE IS DIRECTOR. THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCE IS DEPARTMENT HAS A SMALL STAFF AND EVERYONE'S WORKLOAD IS SIZEABLE. NEVERTHELESS THE VOLUME OF WORK IS NEVER SO GREAT THAT A HELPING HAND ISN'T EXTENDED WHEN DUTY CALLS. SUCH AS A RECENT CASE WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCE IS ANALYST JAN FACILITY. JAN'S RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE DAY TO DAY BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION FIELDING CALLS QUESTIONS AND VISITS FROM EMPLOYEES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS. SEVERAL PROCESSING. SERVING AS MY BACK UP WHEN I NEED HER AND SO MUCH MORE THAN I COULD DESCRIBE IN THIS SITTING. EVEN THOUGH JAMES PLAYED IS ALREADY FULL. SHE NEVER HESITATES TO HELP IN ANY WAY NEEDED NO MATTER WHAT THE CITY ASKS OF HER. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE, BEGAN IN DECEMBER, WHEN JAN. ASSUME THE DUTIES OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCE IS SPECIALIST. AND SHE WAS OUT OF WORK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. UNEXPECTEDLY. WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE A THREE OR FOUR WEEK UP SINCE BECAME AN EIGHT WEEK ABSENCE ENGINE CONTINUED DOING BOTH JOBS MANY TIMES WHILE EATING LUNCH AT HER DESK AND FOREGOING BREAKS. AND RESPONDING TO THE DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS ON EACH OF THE TWO PHONES EVERY DAY. THAT IS WHEN SHE WASN'T JUMPING UP FROM HER DESK TO ANSWER A CHAR'S A DOORBELL TO LET PEOPLE IN.
TIMELINES TASKS AND DEADLINES BETWEEN THESE TWO VERY CRITICAL JOBS HOVERED OVER HER HEAD, BUT SHE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED. WHEN I OFFERED TO ASSIST SHE WOULD SMILE AND TELL ME THANKS, BUT I'VE GOT THIS. YOU'RE BUSY, TOO. THROUGHOUT GEN. ALWAYS FOUND SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT, AND SHE MADE ME LEFT WITH HER, TAKING THE STRESS DOWN A FEW NOTCHES. JAN DIDN'T STOP AT WORKING JUST THOSE TWO JOBS FOR TWO MONTHS, THERE WAS MORE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO FIND A PART TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH THE EVER GROWING WORKLOAD IN HR. AND WHILE I PLAN TO HANDLE THE TRAINING, JAN STEPPED UP WITHOUT BEING ASKED AND SAID SHE WOULD ENSURE CAMEL A HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. YOU'RE SWAMPED, TOO, SHE SAID. I'VE GOT THIS. SHE SPENT QUALITY TIME ENSURING CAMEL RECEIVED THE PROPER TRAINING SHE DESERVED AND REMAINED AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT SHE DIDN'T STOP THERE EITHER. IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A NEED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR ONE WEEK.
WHILE I WAS NAVIGATING OPTIONS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT JAM POPPED INTO MY OFFICE LIKE SHE DOES WITH A SMILE, OF COURSE AND SAID, I'LL DO IT. I WAS CERTAIN SHE WAS KIDDING. BUT SHE WAS SERIOUS. HAVING WORKED IN THE CM'S OFFICE BEFORE SHE FELT WELL SUITED TO ASSIST. SHE SAID SHE'D FORWARD TWO OF THE PHONE'S UPSTAIRS AND SHE TAKE HER WORK UPSTAIRS WITH HER. SHE WOULD ONLY LEAVE THAT POST IF AN EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO SEE HER PRIVATELY. AND IF I WASN'T AVAILABLE AND OFF. SHE WENT WITH A BOUNCE IN HER STEP ARMS FULL OF THE WORK SHE NEEDED TO GET DONE AND GET IT ALL DONE. SHE DID. JAN'S COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IS SO ADMIRABLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. SHE HAS GONE FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND FOR THESE REASONS, JAN. VASILY HR ANALYST EXTRAORDINAIRE. WAS NOMINATED AS THE CITY'S EMPLOYED THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY.
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2021 JAN. NOW THAT WE'RE FULL STAFF AGAIN, YOU REALLY NEED TO TAKE A BREAK WHEREVER YOU KNOW.AND. YEAH. YEAH, I HAVE TO THINK. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I DESERVE THIS ANY MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE WHEN THEY GET IT FOR YOU THE MONTH I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'RE KEEN. WE JUMP IN TOGETHER. MY JOB IS TO HELP THE EMPLOYEES. I'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. I LOVE IT. I LOVE WORKING HERE. WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE. UM DAVID WAS GREAT TO WORK FOR WHEN I WORKED FOR HIM FOR A BRIEF TIME AND SUPPORTED MOST OF YOU. WE'RE HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I LOVE EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CITY MANAGER DWIGHT LEAVE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, MADAM MAYOR THAT NEXT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO A FUTURE DATE DUE TO SOME UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. OKAY, THANK YOU. MORE NEXT ITEM. IS THAT A NUMBER SIX ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY OF DATE. GOOD
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ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY UPDATE
]AFTERNOON. MAYOR ADVICE MARRY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, TIM VOLKER. UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR. TODAY, I'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTORS SUCH AS GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND SALTWATER INTRUSION THAT HAVE THREATENED THE RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE CITY'S OFFICIAL AQUIFER SYSTEM. WATER SUPPLY. THEREFORE THAT THE CITY IS PRO ACTIVELY PLANNING TOL PHASE IN A REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT. TO DIVERSIFY ITS WATER SUPPLY. THE R O FACILITY CONSISTS OF THREE PHASES. THAT'S TO BE COMPLETED OVER FIVE YEARS. EACH PHASE ARE THREE PHASES TO BE COMPLETED OVER 15 YEARS, EACH FAITH PHASE WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS. AND THE FIRST PHASE CONSISTS OF FOUR PROJECT COMPONENTS. THE FIRST PROJECT COMPONENT IS THE FIRST FLORIDA AND AQUIFER WELL. WHICH IS SHOWN KIND OF IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHERE THE RED DAUGHTERS. THE SECOND COMPONENT INCLUDES THE WELL PUMP THE RAW WATER MAIN AND THE ACTUAL ARO FACILITY. AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT IS THE CONCENTRATE PIPELINE, WHICH TAKES THE ROO CONCENTRATE FROM THE R O FACILITY. TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. AND THEN GETS INJECTED DOWN THE DEEP INJECTION WELL, LOCATED AT THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. NOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS FAE IT'S ONE PHASE, THE PHASE IS GOING TO BE BROKEN UP INTO REALLY THESE FOUR COMPONENTS. EACH COMPONENT IS GOING TO HAVE ITS OWN CONTRACTOR BECAUSE EACH OF THESE FOUR COMPONENTS IS VERY SPECIALIZED, YOU KNOW, A WELL DRILLER IS NOT GOING TO INSTALL A PIPELINE. IN THE PIPELINE CONTRACTOR ISN'T GONNA BUILD YOUR BUILDING, SO YOU KNOW, SO THE CITY DOESN'T GET HIT UP WITH OVERHEAD PROFIT BY A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. THIS IS THE MOST COST EFFICIENT WAY TO TOE. BREAK OUT THE PROJECT AND THE CITY AND MINISTERS FOR DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. SO THAT THE VERY FIRST COMPONENT IS AS I MENTIONED THE FLORIDA AN AQUIFER WELL, WHICH IS F A ONE ON THIS WELL WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 2020 AND HERE'S A PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWING THE COMPLETED WELL. IT'S DRILLED IN CASE THEY'RE CASED AND THEN DRILLED DOWN TO 1600 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE AND TESTING OF THE WELL INDICATES IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE WELL,
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THE ENGINEER RECORD DESCRIBES IT AS A TIGER. OH, WELL. NOW YOU MAY BE ASKING. WHY DID WE DRILL THIS WELL AND CAPTAIN AND THE REASON WHY IS IN ORDER TO FINISH THE DESIGN OF THE ROO FACILITY. WE NEEDED THAT WATER QUALITY. 1620 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND, SO. WE WENT AHEAD, DRILLED THIS WELL COLLECTED WATER QUALITY SAMPLES, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN OF THE MEMBRANES AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT ON THE R O FACILITY, SO RIGHT NOW, THE WELLS JUST CAPPED AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT IS THE ACTUAL ARO FACILITY, AND THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT. IT CONSISTS OF WHAT I MENTIONED.THE WELL PUMP WILL BE INSTALLED, WILL RUN A RAW WATER MAIN FROM THE WELL ■TO THE ACTUAL ARO FACILITY, WHICH IS THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE FEED PUMPS, CARTRIDGE FILTERS AND HAS THE ACTUAL MEMBRANES HOUSED INSIDE. WILL BE PRE TREATMENT POST TREATMENT OF THE WATER. AND THEN AFTER THE ROO WILL GET BLENDED WITH THE EXISTING LIME SOFTENING PLANT. AND RIGHT NOW THE DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETE. WE RECEIVED THE FDP PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND LAST WEEK, WE ACTUALLY ALSO RECEIVED THE F D E P E R OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PERMIT FOR THE STORM. WATER UM SO REALLY, WE COULD GO TO CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW ON ON THIS. UM SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT. UM ONCE WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT THE FINANCING, AND I'LL GET MORE INTO THAT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, SOME IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE ACTUAL ARO FACILITY IS. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT. SO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING WAS BUILT OUT FOR ALL THREE PHASES, SO AS PHASE TWO AND THREE COME ONLINE, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS INSTALL THAT THE PIPING IN THE EQUIPMENT WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD ON TO THE BUILDING. WE DON'T HAVE TO. EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT THAT KIND OF DROVE UP THE COST SUMMIT. ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF THE, UM ARO BUILDING IS WE HAVE SOME SOLAR PANELS GOING INTO POWER. ALL THE OUTLETS AND THE DELIGHT FIXTURES WITHIN THE BUILDING. UM UNFORTUNATELY, WASN'T COST EFFECTIVE TOE HAVE THEM RUN THE PUMPS OR THE MEMBRANES. WE ALSO INCORPORATED TO RAIN GARDENS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS AREA BEING ADDED ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE.
AND WITH THAT. A ZAY MENTIONED THE CONCENTRATE PIPELINE DESIGN TAKES THE CONCENTRATE FROM THE R O FACILITY UP TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. AND RIGHT NOW THAT THE PIPELINES 90% DESIGN IS COMPLETE. YOU RECEIVED THE PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT THE PIPELINE AND YOU KNOW UP IN THE PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS THE ROUTE IT IS GOING THROUGH THE EAST OR COMMUNITY. IT WILL BE INSTALLED BY A TRENCH LISS. TECHNOLOGY SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE EXCAVATING THE PIPELINE TO INSTALL IT. IT'S ALL GONNA BE DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED. MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS THAT THE SAME WITH HOW OUR LOW PRESSURE SEWER SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW WE WON'T RIP UP DRIVEWAYS. SIDEWALKS WILL BE A COUPLE AREAS WE HAVE TO OPEN CUT, BUT THEY'RE VERY MINIMAL. AND THEN OUR LAST COMPONENT IS THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL MODIFICATION. THESE MODIFICATIONS HEIR TO THE EXISTING DEEP INJECTION WELL LOCATED AT THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE DEEP INJECTION WELL IS INSTALLING F R P LINER. THE DEEP INJECTION WELLS 3000 FT DEEP SO THIS LINER WILL BE INSTALLED. ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH TO ACCEPT THE NEW ARO CONCENTRATE. ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WILL BE DOING IS ALSO INSTALLING A BRAND NEW DEEP MONITORING WELL, TOO, YOU KNOW, MONITOR THE DEEP INJECTION WELL, DESIGN IS 60% COMPLETE.
AND WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR THE WELL PERMIT MODIFICATION. WE RECEIVED COMMENTS BACK AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSES TO THE PEAKS COMMENTS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO HE HEARS THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THREE OF THE PHASES. WE HAVE THE REVERSE OSMOSIS FACILITY, WHICH I MENTIONED IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMING IN AT ABOUT $14.2 MILLION.
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CONCENTRATE PIPELINE IS ABOUT $1 MILLION AND THE DEEP INJECTION WELL, MODIFICATIONS ARE $4.5 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 19 MILLION. WITH THESE COSTS. THE COSTS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION.SEE E AND A 20% CONTINGENCY. YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAD THE FORESIGHT BACK IN 2017 WHEN THAT RATE STUDY WAS DONE TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING ONLINE, SO THE 2017 RATES START GREAT STUDY STARTED FISCAL YEAR 2018. SO SINCE 2018 THE CITY'S RATES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING ONLINE 2018, 19 AND 20. THE RATES WERE INCREASED BY 7% IN THE LAST THIS YEAR, THEY WERE INCREASED 2% AND FISCAL YEAR 22 WILL BE THE LAST YEAR. THE RATE STUDY WITH A 2% RATE INCREASE. FUNDING RECEIVED TO DATE, THE CITY'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR WITH RECEIVING FUNDING WE RECEIVED ABOUT $1.8 MILLION.
WE RECEIVED $100,000, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLORIDA AND WELL. WE RECEIVED A $250,000 STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DESIGN OF THE ROO FACILITY. UH, FOR THE WELL CONSTRUCTION THE CITY UTILIZED SRF LOAN FOR THAT, AND WE HAD A PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS OF 460. AND THEN JUST LAST FISCAL YEAR WE RECEIVED $1 MILLION STATE APPROPRIATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROO FACILITY. AND THERE'S ALSO A POTENTIAL FUTURE FUNDING BACK IN SEPTEMBER. UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING SUBMITTED FOR A FLORID DEPARTMENT OF RECORD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, CDBG MITIGATION GRANT FOR $11.7 MILLION. ACTUALLY FOUND OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. SO THAT'S THE BAD NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS, THOUGH, IS THERE'S TWO MORE APPLICATIONS CYCLES WITH THAT THERE'S BELIEVE, LIKE 450 MILLION, OR 475 MILLION TO BE SPLIT UP OVER THOSE THREE YEARS. SO THE NEXT TO APPLICATION CYCLES WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY GO AFTER ANOTHER APPLICATION ON WE'VE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSIONS WITH GRANT CONSULTANT ON HOW TO IMPROVE OUR SCORE. FOR THE PROJECT. THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE A $500,000 STATE APPROPRIATION IN TOW. HELP US WITH THE DEEP. WELL, UM, MODIFICATIONS. AND THEN NEXT COMMISSION. YOU'LL BE SEEING A GRANT APPLICATION ON THE AGENDA FOR ANOTHER SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY.
GRANT. UM. THAT'S AH 50 50 GRANT, THOUGH FUND UP TO 50% OF THE PROJECT COST. WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE 6.5 MILLION. NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. I'M GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO SEE IF IT'S MAYBE BETTER FOR THE CITY, TOO. NOT ASKED FOR THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT IN ONE YEAR AND GO, YOU KNOW, PIECE BY PIECE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, SO YOU MAY SEE THAT THAT AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, JUST DECREASE. COMICS. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE. AND WITH WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE. I THINK, MR MCDONNELL AND MR MAYER. SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE AND I HAVE A QUESTION, I PROBABLY JUST ASK MY FIRST BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY TOUCHED ON IT LAST WHICH WAS ABOUT IMPROVING THE SCORE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COASTAL CITIES IN FLORIDA. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING WITH OUR LOCATION BEING A COASTAL AREA. IF THAT HELPS ANY TO TRY TOE. SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THAT SCALE OF TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR FRIEND. YEAH. WHAT. WHAT THE GRAND CONSULT MENTIONED IN OUR CONVERSATION WAS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. THAT DESIGN WAS ONLY 60% COMPLETE. WE'RE AT 100% RIGHT NOW AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. SO YOU GET CERTAIN POINTS ON. I'LL COMPLETE THE PROJECT IS ANOTHER. SCORE RAPE OR SCORE RATING IS HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY CAN PUT FORTH. TWO TO THE PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY THEY LIKE TO SEE THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW IF WE GET SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS, CITY
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HAS POTENTIALLY SOME WATER AVAILABILITY FEES WE COULD UTILIZE. ON THEN, IF WE GET THE FINANCING LINED UP, ALSO WITH OTHER SRF FOR A BOND, YOU KNOW THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVE OUR OUR SCORE WITH THAT, TOO. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. DON'T. TIM JUST A QUESTION. THE DEEP WELL INJECTION MODIFICATION I SAW THAT WAS $4.4 MILLION. WHAT? BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DEEP WELL THERE. WHY IS IT SO JUST WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? YEAH, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S 3000 FT INTO THE EARTH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT BIGGER. IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S GOING. WE'RE DECREASING THE CAPACITY S O THAT WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY RIGHT NOW HAS TWO DEEP INJECTION WELLS. UM AND THAT THE WELL, I'D LOVE YOU TO WHICH WE'RE GOING TO AND MODIFYING IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO. TOE BY INSERTING A LINER. THE DIAMETER IS ACTUALLY DECREASING S O THAT CAPACITY THAT CAN GO DOWN THAT WELL WILL DECREASE. UM WHICH WE CAN HANDLE. WE HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO DO THAT TO DRILL A NEW DEEP INJECTION. WELL YOU KNOW IF WE LOOK TO SIGHT IT ACTUALLY ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RUN A MILLION DOLLAR PIPELINE OR DO 4.5 AND MODIFICATIONS. HOWEVER IT'S LIKE 8 TO $10 MILLION TO DRILL. YOU KNOW, 3000 FT INTO THE EARTH. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT WE'RE PUMPING OUT IN THERE. I KNOW IT'LL WAIT. YEAH IT'S THE AND IT'S LIKE A BRIAN SOLUTION. IT'S THE SALT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION FROM THE FLORIDA KNOCK. REFERS SALTWATER.LIKE SO ALL THAT SELF WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE MEMBRANES IS GETTING REMOVED AND ALL THAT.
RIGHT THAT BRIAN SOLUTION WOULD BE GETTING PUMPED DOWN THE D PROJECTION. I SALINIZATION PLANT BASED YEAH, YEAH, JUST NOT AS HIGH A CELL CONCENTRATION AND SEAWATER AND, UM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE PROJECT. THANKS FOR KEEPING US UPDATED. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ADMIRE. THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MR OVER. BROKERS. THIS IS GLAD WE'RE GETTING UPDATES ON THIS. IT WAS I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU PRESENT TO THE JOINT CITY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING. THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROJECTS IN RECENT MEMORY. IF NOT EVER, UM TECHNICAL QUESTION THAT EFFORT P LINER IS THAT JUST TO PREVENT CORROSION IN THE WELL CASING HAVING A BRIAN STEELE RIGHT NOW, SO IT WOULD CURE RATE WITH THE BRINE. SO IN THE R O FACILITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK SURE YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THE PHASING, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY FOR MYSELF AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
ARO FACILITY. NOT ONLY IS IMPORTANT FOR DESALINIZATION OF THE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER WATER IT ALSO DOES DOES THAT ALSO HELP REMOVE THE PFS CONTAMINANTS IN OUR EXISTING WELLS? OR DOES THAT NOT COVER THAT? IT WOULD NOT COVER THAT? OKAY, BUT WHAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAPPEN IS WE WOULDN'T BE RELYING ON THIS OFFICIAL WEALTH AS MUCH SO AS WE PHASE IN THESE NEW WELLS, YOU GRADUALLY COME OFF THIS OFFICIAL SO WE WOULDN'T NEED THE PFC TREATMENT SYSTEM. UM AS MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE WE'LL BE UTILIZING THE R O OR RIGHT. UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE WITH THAT WITH THE R O THE POWER ENERGY COSTS ARE A LOT MORE. HOWEVER, YOUR LIME SOFTENING YOU'RE NOT UTILIZING IT AS MUCH ANYMORE, EITHER. SO THERE'S NO A DIFFERENCE. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OF THE AQUIFER? WELL THAT THEY WANT THE WELL TO DRILL WAS AT CONSTRUCTION COSTS WAS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS, UM, ILL. YOU KNOW, DROP THAT 809 100. YES I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. JUST I KNOW YOU WERE. LOOKING FORWARD. JUST KEEP INCLUDE THAT IN OUR FINANCIALS WHEN WE SEE IT MOVING FORWARD EVERYTHING TO DATE JUST SO WE CAN SEE THE TOTAL PICTURE AND THEN, UM AS FOR THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, I'M GLAD WE'RE SEEKING THEM, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR SCORE NEXT TIME AROUND. UM. I WONDER IF THERE ARE I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL AVAILABLE, OR ARE WE LOOKING AT ALL AVAILABLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING AND NO, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE SOLAR PANELS. I MEAN, THERE ARE SMALL GRANTS OUT THERE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET COST POWER MORE, BUT PERHAPS WE COULD FIND SOME SOME GRANTS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN
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LOOKED INTO, BUT ON, BEN. AH UH, WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT. JUST GRANT. UM. I UNDERSTAND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN MY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS LATER, ONE OF THE BIG ASKS FROM THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED ONE OF THEIR BIG POLICY POSITIONS THIS YEAR. IS TAKING UP THE LEGISLATURE ON P FAST REGULATIONS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR FUNDS FOR MITIGATION S O I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A WISE IDEA TO FACE THIS PROJECT OUT. PHASE, THE FUNDING OUT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OUT BECAUSE IT'S I'M VERY CONFIDENT. PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW AND IN THE WATER AND UTILITIES AIR, PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE GRANT FUNDS ARE GOING TO START BECOMING AVAILABLE THE NEXT FEW YEARS.EVEN BECAUSE THE PEE FAST SITUATION IS. AFFECTING EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO LOOK INTO THOSE AS WELL AS THOSE COME ONLINE. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPTION EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT. MITIGATING T FAST. WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE PASSENGER WATER SUPPLY. WE COULD ARGUE THAT THIS IS PART OF THAT. BUT ANYWAY, THANKS A LOT. IT'S NOT IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELINE. YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S GONNA BE PRIDE. 2 TO 3 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION DOESN'T MEAN WE STILL CAN'T GO AFTER GRANTS, TYPICALLY WITH A GRANT, YOU CAN ONLY GET MONEY FOR WHAT YOU HAVEN'T BUILT YET.
SO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T BUILT YET, BUT THERE'S A GRAND OUT THERE.
YOU CAN BET WE'RE GOING TO TRY FOR IT AT LEASE AND YOU SAY WE'RE FULLY WERE 100% COMPLETED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ROO FACILITY. HOW AND WHERE. 60% COMPLETE WITH THE WELL HAD WITH THE BUTTER INJECTION. WELL THE DEEP INJECTION WELL, 60% IN THE CONCENTRATES ABOUT 90. THOSE TWO ITEMS CAN START AFTER THE R O FACILITY. UM AND BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE R O FACILITY LIKE THE ACTUAL FACILITY IS CRITICAL TO GET STARTED FOR US, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA TAKE THE 2 TO 3 YEARS. THOSE OTHER THE DEEP WELL, MY MODIFICATION IN THE PIPELINE COULD START AFTER AND STILL FINISHED. BEFORE. SO, UM, SORRY, AND THEN WE HAD TALKED A WHILE BACK WITH KATHIE LEE MARTINA AT THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ABOUT POTENTIALLY PARTNERING AND SOME SORT OF GRANT FUNDING TOO. MAYBE GET RID OF THE BRINE INTO THE RIVER AS IF IT WERE A WAY TO HELP. KEEP THE SOLIDITY UP AND WE LOOKED INTO THAT AND THE ISSUE SO ANOTHER REASON TO DRILL THE WELL. WAS TO GET THE WATER QUALITY'S SO WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT DISPOSAL INTO THE RIVER. THE ISSUE IS IT'S THE NITRATES AND NITRITES IN THAT WATER FROM THE FLORIDA, OKAY.
WOULD INCREASE THE NUTRIENT LOADING TO THE RIVER. SO YES, THE SALINITY YOU'RE INCREASING.
HOWEVER YOU'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE NUTRIENT LOADING, WHICH IS THE ISSUE.
THAT'S WHY WE NIXED THAT GO INTO THE DEEP. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I WISH WE COULD JUST LIKE, WELL IT OFF AND MAKE LIKE A MORTON CRYSTALS THING AND SELL IT. SELL IT TO SOME WATER SOFTENER SELF THANKS A LOT. APPRECIATE IT. MR VOTE FOR AND MR MASTERSON. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HAS PRODUCT WANNA HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH FORD ASKED WITH ALL THIS MONEY, TIM, DOES THIS MEAN LIKE WE'RE GOOD FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS OR. WHAT? YEAH, THE FLORIDIANS A REAL RELIABLE AQUIFER. UM YEAH, IT'S THE INTENT IS TO HAVE IT LAST 2025 30 30 YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT UP. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THIS TYPE OF MONEY WE DON'T WANT IT. OBVIOUSLY GET OFF IT TOO FAST. SO. YOU'RE WELCOME, MR MATHESON. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE. TIM I THINK THERE'S A GREAT PROJECT. I AGREE WITH COMMISSION MY I WISH IDEALLY, WE COULD FIND A BENEFICIAL USE OF THE BRINE SLURRY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO START ASSAULT THERAPY BUSINESS, HUH? WELL WE'VE GOT A GOOD SUPPLY PRODUCT, I THINK. THE ROADS IN THE WINTER, RIGHT? MILWAUKEE LIKE I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MOLE ORGAN, I YOU SEE THAT? YOU SEE IT IN THE STORE. MILWAUKEE TAKES THEIR SEWAGE MATERIAL THAT DRY AND THEY PACKAGE IT UP AND PEOPLE PAY. FOR THEIR WASTE PRODUCT. I MEAN, WE GOTTA GET CREATIVE HERE, RIGHT? I AGREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR BULL FOR MAN. YOUR DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU HAVE AN AWARD IS SOMETHING OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. MAY I ASK YOUR GRAND QUESTION, MR. MISTER YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR COLE? YEAH. OUT OF ONE MORE THING, TIM. IT'S UM. AS WE'RE DOING WHALES. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE THAN WHAT THEY DO IN NORTH OF THE LAKE WHEN THEY DIG TO PUT THE HEFTY WATER DOWN THE S R? WELL SO WITH THE ASR WELLS, UM THE THEORY IS YOU. IT GOES DOWN THE WATER GOES DOWN A WELL
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AND YOU EVENTUALLY PULL IT BACK UP, SO WE'RE JUST NOT PUT IN THAT WATER DOWN IT. WE'RE JUST TAKING WHAT'S DOWN INTO THE AQUIFER ALREADY IN AND BRING IT OUT, SO WE'RE JUST NOT PUTTING ANYTHING DOWN IN AND TAKING IT OUT. JUST BRINGING WHAT'S EXISTING THERE. OKAY. GOOD.THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR. PUBLISH IT, WARNER. MM THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND BEFORE WE START THIS ITEM, I HAVE AH! PROTOCOL QUESTION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY. UM THERE'S A CONSTANT ITEM NUMBER NINE. THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THIS. I DIDN'T NUMBER SEVEN. I THINK I INTEND TO PULL THAT BY THEM. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PRESENTATION, AND I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A QUESTION.
ALSO POSSIBLY ON ITEM NUMBER NINE AS WONDERING IF WE WOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC GIVE ANY TYPE OF COMMENT OR ASK COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PERSON RUNNING THE MEETING. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE IF WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO MAY BE INTERESTED AFTER THE PRESENTATION WILL ALLOW YOU TO GIVE YOUR THREE MINUTES BUT THERE'S ALSO AH BUDGET ITEM ON ITEM NUMBER NINE RELATED TO THIS VEGETATION, SO THE ITEM NEXT ITEM IS THAT IN NUMBER SEVEN PRESENTATION BY AGRICULTURE ON MECHANICAL
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PRESENTATION BY AGUACULTURE ON MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF AQUATIC VEGETATION ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE
]REMOVAL OF AQUATIC VEGETATION ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, MR VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. PEOPLE OF STUART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS. ME. MY NAME IS MIKE ELFENBEIN. I AM A CONSERVATIONIST. BORN AND RAISED IN MIAMI. I LIVED ON SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA. NOW WITH MY FAMILY. ON DIME COMING HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME GREAT NEWS THAT I THINK YOUR CITY AND JUST ABOUT ANYBODY IN SOUTH FLORIDA WOULD BE HAPPY WITH ON. OF COURSE, AS YOU MENTIONED ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM NINE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IN JUNE, I WAS CONTACTED BY A CONGRESSMAN IN NORTH FLORIDA AND A DOCTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, DR CANFIELD. HE'S ELIN OLOGISTS, THE LATE DR MAN, HE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A WATER QUALITY PROJECT IN THE SAINT JOHN'S RIVER ON DAY KNEW OF MY WORK AND CONSERVATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THOUGHT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO APPLY WHAT THEY WERE APPLYING IN ST JOHN'S. TO OUR ISSUES HERE WITH LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AND THE WATER DISCHARGES IN NUTRIENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. SHORT SHORT OF THE LONG IS, IS THAT, UM. THEY HAVE FOUND A COMPANY AGRICULTURE WHO HAS A PATENTED TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE NUTRIENTS FROM WATER BODIES. BY USING A MECHANICAL HARVESTING. AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THOSE NUTRIENTS FROM WATER BODIES BY REMOVING THE UNCONSOLIDATED SLUDGE OR MUCK OFF THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE. AND THROUGH MANY STEPS WITH MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES, THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSUMER SERVICES DP THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. WE WERE SCRUTINIZED BY THE LEADERSHIP IN THE SCIENTISTS OF ALL THOSE AGENCIES. AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS PROJECT HAD MARRIED. AND AS OF THIS MORNING WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE F W CNDP THAT OUR GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 WAS AWARDED. AND WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF F. W C AND CO SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN ON A VENTURE OF REMOVING NUTRIENTS FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO THIS PROJECT IS NOT JUST CLEAN WATER, BUT REDUCING THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE LAKE. RESTORING NUTRIENTS TO OUR SOILS, SEQUESTERING CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EARTH. ON DO USING AGRICULTURE AS A SOLUTION TO MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS. NICK'S A BOW IS HERE FROM OUR CULTURE, HE IS GOING TO BREAK. HE'S A REALLY SMART DUDE. LOTS MORE THAN I AM. HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE CAME HERE TODAY S ELICITING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, KNOWING THAT THE CITY EXISTS IN THE 16 COUNTY, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. IT HAS TO SUFFER THROUGH A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SUFFER THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. UNTIL NOW. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYBODY LOOKING AT RESOLVING THIS ISSUE AND FOR ME AS A SPORTSMAN AS A CONSERVATIONIST, CLEAN WATER, HEALTHY ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM. AND ABUNDANT WILDLIFE IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND THIS PROJECT WILL HELP US ATTAIN THOSE GOALS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO THE PURPOSE HERE WAS TO SOLICIT YOUR
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SUPPORT. WE HAVE SOLICITED SUPPORT FROM A DOZEN COUNTIES AND CITIES IN THE REGION ON BY LIKE WE HAVE HERE TODAY THEY'VE ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THAT. I'M NOT HERE TO ASK YOU FOR MONEY RESOURCE IS TIME OR ENERGY. IT'S SIMPLY THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SHOWS STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS FOR THE SAKE OF FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD THAT YOU DO SUPPORT THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN SO I'LL STOP TALKING ALL THAT NICK COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO WORK. THANK YOU.THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY'RE JUST COME FORWARD, AND I DID IT FOR YOURSELF FOR US. YEAH. HI. MY NAME IS NICK'S ABO, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF AGRICULTURE IF YOU COULD PULL THE MIC UP A LITTLE BIT, YEAH, YOU CAN PUSH IT UP. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH. MY NAME IS NICK SABAN, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF AGRICULTURE AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LET US SPEAK TODAY. I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT 2000 AND 16. I MADE THE TRIP TO STUART JUST TO SEE ALL THE ALGAE THAT WAS IN THE WATERWAYS. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS QUITE A MESS. WAS YOU GUYS HAD YOUR HANDS FULL BACK THEN. THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO, UM. YEAH, I'LL JUST I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA, SO ALL I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT BASICALLY, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BECOMING A WATERSHED TO AGRICULTURE AND RESTORING IT TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE ECONOMY. THIS IS SUBSTANTIATED TO OUR ABILITY TO ENVISION THE BIG PICTURE AND PINPOINT THE INEFFICIENCIES INEFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, WHICH ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR MANDATE, COMMITMENT AND SUCCESS. EXLINE. SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH OUR ROAD SOLUTION HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. THE PRODUCT ARE VALUABLE FINAL PRODUCTS, AND THEN WE CAN GET QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO JUST GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY. I GREW UP ON A FARM IN ONTARIO, CANADA, AND STARTED COMING ACROSS THE BORDER IN THE NINETIES AND REALIZED I WAS IN THE WRONG COUNTRY. AND BEEN DOWN HERE SINCE 2000 AND EIGHT. I'VE DONE QUITE A FEW GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AS WELL ON DAY, ALSO WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LARGEST FARMS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR WATER AND PHOSPHOROUS ISSUES. MIKE TYSON CARGILL SMITHFIELD FOODS IS TO MENTION A FEW EXPLAIN. HERE YOU GO. S O THE HISTORY OF AQUATIC WEEDS AND ALGAE. JUST LET YOU KNOW NASA KIND OF STARTED ME DOWN THIS ROAD. THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR SEWAGE WATER. MAKE CLEAN DRINKING WATER BACK IN THE LATE SEVENTIES. THE WORK OF DR BILL WOLVERTON BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCCESS. THEY MAKE CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND ONE WEEK FROM THEIR SEWAGE LAGOONS. SO BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCCESS, A LOT OF CITIES ADOPTED THIS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAN ALL THEIR SEWER WATER USING WATER HIGHEST SINCE AND IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. WE SPOKE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S STILL ALIVE TODAY. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY HAD A HUGE PILE OF WATER HIGH INSTANCE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH IT STARTED TO STINK, SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND SPENT ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS ON A STANDARD SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY AND SHUT DOWN THE OLD ONE. AUSTIN TEXAS STILL USES A SYSTEM LIKE THAT TODAY, AND THERE'S RESEARCH GOING ON CLEANING WATER ALL AROUND THE WORLD USING AQUATIC WEEDS AND ALGAE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION. NEXT LINE. SEE A MECHANICAL HARVESTING WHAT HAPPENED NEXT MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF ALGAE, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, WATER HYACINTHS WAS CUMBERSOME, AN INEFFICIENT. SECONDLY NO ONE AT THE TIME HAD A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR HANDLING AND DISPOSING OF THE PLANT MATERIAL. MOST OFTEN THE PLANT MATERIAL WAS LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE BANK, RESULTING IN POINT. SOURCE POLLUTION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HARVESTING COMPANIES OUT THERE. NOW THEY BRING THE WEEDS TO SHORE. THEY DUMP IT. THEY LET IT ROT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF THAT MATERIAL JUST GOES BACK INTO THE LAKE, PERPETUATING THE CYCLE, SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY FIXING THE PROBLEM. NEXT LINE. WE FOUND THIS PHOTO FROM BACK IN 1963 WHEN THEY STARTED DOING AERIAL APPLICATIONS USING PRODUCTS SUCH AS DDT AND THEN PRECURSOR TO ROUND UP AND ANOTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMICALS TO SUPPRESS WEEDS.
NEXT LINE. SO OUR SYSTEM IS BASICALLY TO REMOVE LIQUEFY APPLY, GROW AND HARVEST RIGHT.
CLOSE. CLOSE SALUTE. SO WANNA HARVEST UNCONSOLIDATED MARK ALGAE, AQUATIC WEEDS, WHICH WE CALL THE PRODUCT WITH OUR PATENTED SYSTEM. IMMEDIATELY PROCESS THE PRODUCT INTO A LIQUID FORM, PUMP THE PRODUCT TO SHORE WITH OUR PATENTED HOSE, APPLY THE HARVESTED LIQUEFIED PRODUCT AS A SOIL AMENDMENT FOR NUTRIENT UPTAKE VIA GROWING NATIVE GRASS. THIS CRAFT CAN BE EVENTUALLY HARVESTED FOR FURTHER REMOVED. FOSTER'S FROM THE AREA AND SOLD US HEY, REALLY SIMPLE PROCESS NEXT LINE. SO I BROUGHT PICTURE HERE OF AH, STANDARD BAYLOR. YOU SEE THOSE BIG ROUND BAILS OUT AND IN HAY FIELDS. THIS ONE HERE WE WRAP IT IN PLASTIC. THE REASON WE WRAP IT IN PLASTIC IS TO KEEP ALL THE GOODNESS INSIDE. AND SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN
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YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE HOW MUCH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN YOU'RE REMOVING.RIGHT. SO WHAT HAPPENS THOSE NUTRIENTS TO TAKE IT FROM THE LAKE? YOU PUT ON THE HAYFIELD YOU BAIL UP THE HAY. YOU MEASURE IT AND YOU HOLD THOSE BALES AS FAR NORTH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN OUT OF THE WATERSHED. EFFECTIVELY REMOVING THOSE NUTRIENTS. NEXT LINE.
PRODUCT APPLICATOR. THIS IS AH STANDARD APPLICATOR WE USED IN THE MIDWEST WHEN YOU TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND YOU JUICE IT. IT'S LIKE AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN WHEN YOU PUT ON THE GRASS, SO THE AGENCIES WERE SINGLE. WAIT A SECOND. ALL THIS IS GOING TO RUN BACK INTO THE LAKE, AND IT'S GONNA PERPETUATE WELL, HOLD ON A SECOND. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE SPRINKLE OF RAIN. THAT'S IT. YOU CUT THE GRASS, HE BAIL IT UP, AND YOU PUT ANOTHER APPLICATION ON. RIGHT? NEXT LINE. MECHANICAL HARVEST THINGS. THIS IS A PICTURE OF AH STANDARD CONVENTIONAL HARVESTER. THEY HOVER SWEDES HAUL THEM TO SHORE. PLACE HIM ON A BARGE, YOUR SHUTTLE, THE WEEDS BACK AND FORTH, SPENDING MORE TIME SHUTTLING THAN HARVESTING. SO THESE HARVESTERS DO THREE MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU GO A COUPLE MILES OUT ON THE LAKE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU.
LONG TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S TOUGH TO DO MORE THAN A COUPLE ACRES A DAY WITH A STANDARD HARVESTER NEXT LINE. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND F W C WAS ASKING ABOUT HARVESTING AND SHALLOW WATERS. THEY SAID. WE NEED SOMEONE THAT CAN GO AND YOU KNOW OF A FOOT OF WATER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE WEEDS ARE. SO WE WENT TO AH COMPANY IN LOUISIANA. AND WE BUILT THIS AIRBOAT AND WE PUT ABOUT £40,000 ON IT WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SWAMP AND PARKED THERE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, WITH AN AIRBOAT IS USUALLY GETS STUCK, AND HE TURNED IT ON AND POPPED RIGHT OUT R OF THERE. THE ARMY CORPS LIKED IT SO MUCH AFTER HURRICANE IRMA. THEY USE THIS MACHINE TO PULL A BUNCH OF BOATS OUT OF THE WEEDS BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT COULD GET IT OUT. IT'S ABOUT 3000 HORSEPOWER. THAT'S THE NEXT LINE. PROCESSOR S. OH, IT'S AH, BASICALLY, IT'S AH, SIMPLE MACHINE THEY USE HERE IN FLORIDA WHEN YOU'RE PROCESSING ORANGE IS ORANGE PEELINGS.
CARROT FEELINGS, APPLE PEELINGS REASON THAT SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT.
50 60 YEARS NOW TO JUICE THE WEEDS. NEXT LINE. SO THIS HERE IS AH, YOU KNOW WHAT IS? AH IRRIGATION REAL. THEY ALSO USE IT IN AGRICULTURE FOR BROADCASTING MANURE. WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT SAME TECHNOLOGY TONTO TO SPREAD THE MATERIAL ON THE LAND. REAL SIMPLE. IT GOES BACK AND FORTH. AND WHEN WE TALKED WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THEY GOT PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP THE GRASS ON THE LEVEES BECAUSE THEY GET A LOT OF EROSION. AND ABSOLUTELY WE WORK WITH GRASS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THE ARMY CORPS SAID THEY SPEND ON I'M DON'T QUOTE ME AND I THINK IT WAS VERBAL. BUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REBUILDING THE DIKES ANNUALLY BECAUSE OF EROSION. THE REASON THAT HAPPENS IS YOU CUT THE GRASS, THE GRASS CLIPPINGS FALL DOWN THE HILL. AND THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH NUTRIENTS FOR THE GRASS, SO THEY WANT TO PUT SOME OF THIS MATERIAL BACK ON THE LEVEE IS A IS AN ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENT TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE LEVEE SO THEY DON'T GET THE SAME EROSION. LOOKS LIKE. SOIL AMENDMENTS AFTER THE ALGAE WATER HIGHEST SINCE IT'S PROVEN TO CLEAN WATER THROUGH PLANTS, ABILITY TO ABSORB NUTRIENTS SUCH AS PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM NITROGEN, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AND STORED IN THE PLANT THROUGH THIRD PARTY ANALYSIS. THESE NUTRIENTS HAVE BEEN MEASURED AND CONTAINED THE PERFECT BALANCE FOR CONVENTIONAL CROPS.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SURPRISE TO US WHEN WE ANALYZE THE PLANTS, WE TOOK IT TO A FEW CROP GROWERS AND SAID, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS ANALYSIS AND I SAID, HEY, THAT'LL WORK THAT'LL GROW GRASS OR TO GROW CORN. IT'LL GROW SUGAR CANE. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AH WAY TO REPURPOSE. WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER A WASTE NEXT LINE. SO THE MAJOR BENEFITS OF OUR AGRICULTURE SYSTEM, IT'S SUSTAINABLE. IT'S VALUABLE. IT'S GREEN. WE'RE REPURPOSE NG AWAY SAYS AS I JUST STATED, A LOT OF THESE WEEDS GO TOE LANDFILLS, OR THEY JUST WIND UP ROTTING ON THE BANK. REDUCE CHEMICAL USE. WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF ALL CHEMICAL SPRING, BUT IN THE OPEN WATERS WHERE THERE'S HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF ACRES, WE DON'T NEED TO SPRAY THOSE WILL HARVEST HILLS AND REPURPOSE THOSE WEEDS. THE BYPRODUCT OF OUR SYSTEM IS CLEANER WATER. RIGHT, I IMPROVED LOCAL ECONOMY WILL BE CREATING A LOT OF JOBS DOING THIS. THIS TYPE OF WORK AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, LESS NUTRIENTS BEING IMPORTED FROM OTHER STATES AND KEEPING THOSE NUTRIENTS RIGHT HERE. SEQUESTER CARBON. YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD OF THE KYOTO ACCORD AND CARBON SO QUESTION, AND SO ALL THIS STUFF IS FULL OF CARBON RIGHT? THE MUCK AND PLANTS. IT'S ALL MADE UP OF CARBON. SO LET'S PUT IT BACK ON THE LAND AND KEEP IT THERE. IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY. ALL THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT REUSING ARE BEING USED TODAY. WE'RE JUST BRINGING FIVE DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER AS ONE HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM TO WORK VERY EFFICIENTLY. AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. FIRST WE'LL HAVE OUR COMMISSIONERS MAKE THEIR COMMENTS ON YOUR PRESENTATION
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IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THE MAYOR. I DO IF I MAY. YES, SIR. YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU MENTIONED EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION. YOUR MANDATE. WHAT'S THE MANDATE? S O. IF YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE, FLORIDA USED TO BE AN AGRICULTURAL POWERHOUSE, LIKE IS A KID GROWING UP UP NORTH. MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT WAS AN ORANGE ALONG WITH A FEW OTHERS, RIGHT AND JUST DREAMT OF FLORIDA. ONLY RICH PEOPLE WENT TO FLORIDA TO VISIT AND I WASN'T ONE OF THOSE. AND SO, UM, WHEN I CAME DOWN IN MY TWENTIES FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED THAT A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS WERE GONE. AND THEY'RE NOW UH, PASTURES OR OR JUST TREES OR PASSIONS THAT BARELY GROW GRASS. AND LAKES LIKE LIKE A POPPIES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE FISHING LIKE I THINK IN THE WORLD AT ONE TIME WHEN I CAME TO VISIT, THERE WASN'T A BOAT ON THE WATER. THEY WERE GONE. AND YOU KNOW, JUST JUST TO NAME NAME A FEW. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT EVERYWHERE WE WE'VE TAKEN OUR TECHNOLOGY. AGRICULTURE HAS FLOURISHED. AND SO WE'RE LIKE WE'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER AREAS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WE DO IT IN FLORIDA.RIGHT, WE'VE SEEN LAND. REALLY WELL, HEALTHIER CROPS, PEOPLE STAYING ON THE FARM AND FARMING LONGER, JUST JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO, YEAH, THAT'S THE MISSION. THANKS YEAH. AND SO THIS IS PRIMARILY. SO ARE YOUR ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE THE LEAD IN NEGOTIATING WITH THE LOCAL RANCHES AND A FARMER'S CORRECT AND SO YOU'LL BE I MEAN, IS THERE WHAT SORT OF OVERSIGHT AND TESTING AND I MEAN, MONITORING IS THERE GOING TO BE IS THAT THROUGH THE DAILY? OKAY? YEAH. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF ALL TESTING. THEY WANT TO KNOW. HOW MANY POUNDS OF NUTRIENTS REMOVED BREAKER HOW LONG IT TAKES? WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU PUT IT ON THE GROUND? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BACTERIA? LOT OF QUESTIONS ON CYANOBACTERIA? WE FOUND SUNLIGHT KILLS IT. WHICH IS GREAT, SO WE PUT IT ON THE SUN HITS IT, IT'S DEAD. SO WE KILL THE CYANOBACTERIA. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ALGAE? WHAT HAPPENS TO HYDRILLA ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY WANT THE PLANT COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
ANNIHILATED RIGHT? THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST PUT A WHOLE PLANT ON THE GROUND. WHAT IF WE GET 10 INCHES OF RAIN AND IT FLOATS BACK TO THE WATER? THEY WANT IT SHREDDED, SO WE'RE OKAY. WELL, WE'LL JUST JUICE IT ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS SO THIS $500,000 GRANT IS FOR AND INITIAL KIND OF TRIAL EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL PERIOD WITH ARMY CORPS, RIGHT? IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE. OK, AND IT'S SOME PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT YOU CAN PUMP IT. FIRST JUICE A PLANT, BUT THE PLANTS ARE 95% WATER. WELL THEY'RE ONLY 5% SOLIDS AND WE PUMP 95% WATER AND 5. SAUL.
IT'S ALL DAY LONG. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIQUEFYING IT SO YOU CAN PUMP IT. SO WE DID OUR TEST WITH THE ARMY CORPS F W C SELF, FLORIDA CAME OUT THEY SAW WHEN WE JUICED THE PLANT. THEY ASKED AN ENGINEER THERE WHO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF THE LARGEST PUMPING COMPANY, UNITED STATES AND THEY SAID, HEY, CAN YOU PUMP THIS STUFF? IT LOOKS LIKE A SMOOTHIE AND THEY SAID, WELL, HOW FAR YOU WANT TO GO. TO THE CALIFORNIA IF YOU WANT. OKAY THOSE THOSE SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN VETTED VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU QUESTIONERS. SO UH, HOW DO YOU PROTECT ANY LIVING ANIMALS? IN THE AQUATIC VEGETATION FROM GETTING JUICED, RIGHT? THAT WAS THAT WAS A BIG QUESTION, AND WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO HYDRILLA, THERE'S A LOT OF LIFE IN THERE. ESPECIALLY WATER HIGHEST SINCE AND YOU GOT FISH.
AND SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT DO FISHING VESSELS DO? RIGHT WHEN THEY WANT TO SCARE FISHER, YOU KNOW, AND WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE PIRATES WHAT THE PIRATES DO TO STOP THE BIG FISHING CORPORATIONS. AND WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY GOT TWO LITTLE SLEDGEHAMMERS THAT AIR SPRING LOADED UNDERWATER. AND WHEN YOU HIT THOSE HAMMERS TOGETHER, IT SENDS A SHOCK WAVE THROUGH THE WATER. AND WHEN MARINE LIFE HERE IS THAT THEY DROP. JUST LIKE THAT, IN THE VEGETATION YOU SMACKED THAT YOU MAY NOT GET HIM ALL BUT THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PANIC AND THEY DIVE. AND SO WE FIGURED SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TOP, WE SHOULD ALLEVIATE A LOT OF IT. I'M SURE WE'LL GET SOME. BUT IDEAS, JUST A SPOOK HIM AND GET HIM TO DROP. UM SO YOU SAID IT'S 95 WATER. CORRECT. WE'RE DEPOSITING ON THE LAND. EQUIVALENT OF INNATE DEPENDENCE OF RAIN. WHERE'S THE EXCESS WATER GOING? BECAUSE OF SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT LOT OF THAT WATER'S GOING TO EVAPORATE WHEN YOU PUT IT ON THE SURFACE AND WERE MOSTLY SANDY SOILS. AND SO
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THAT LITTLE BIT OF WATER EITHER EVAPORATES OR GOES INTO THE DIRT. 80 IMAGINE LIKE A SPRING AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN BARELY GETS THE PAVEMENT WET, RIGHT? THEN IT'S GONE. IT JUST EVAPORATES. BUT THE SOLID STAY THERE IN THE NUTRIENTS STAY THERE, RIGHT AND THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO GET THOSE NUTRIENTS TOE WHERE THEY CAN BE UTILIZED ON THE LAND THAT SO IF YOU TAKE.NO. AN ACRE OF AQUATIC VEGETATION OUT. IS ALL OF THAT GOING DIRECTLY TO THE FIELD OR SOME OF THAT LIQUID. THE BEING FILTERED AND JUST WATER. DEPOSITED BACK INTO THE LAKE, RIGHT? NO 100% OF THE PLANET IS GOING TO THE FIELD SO WELL, WHEN YOU PICK IT UP, THE PLANTS ARE WET. BUT YOU'RE NOT TAKING MUCH WATER OTHER THAN WHATEVER WATER IS, IS THE MOISTURE ON THE PLAN. THAT'S THE ONLY WATER THAT GOES WITH IT. WE CAN'T PUT ANY OF THAT WATER BACK BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER THAT POINT SOURCE POLLUTION BECAUSE THE LIQUID INSIDE OF THE PLANT CONTAINS THE PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, THE NITROGEN AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT ON THE LAND. THERE. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SHIN UM YOU KNOW WHY? I. INVITED THEM TO COME PRESENT. EYES. ADAM AND OUR RESOLUTION IS SUPPORTING IN MY MIND THAT THE METHODOLOGY THAT IS PROPOSED NOT ANY ONE PARTICULAR BUSINESS. AND NO. I 100% SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF THE AQUATIC VEGETATION THAT IS. UP TAKING THE NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND SOUTH FLORIDA AND YOU KNOW OUR COUNTRY'S WATER BODIES AND WHERE WE WENT WRONG AS HUMANS WAS TO TRY AND JUST CHOOSE THE SIMPLE ROUND AND SPRAY IT ON. OH YEAH, THAT HELPS AND THEN IT GOES TO THE BOTTOM AND DIES AND CREATES A MONTH PLAYER AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY REMOVE ANY OF THE NUTRIENTS. AND AS WE JUST LEARNED, YOU KNOW. NONE OF THE NUTRIENTS ARE GOING BACK ON TOE. MM. THE LAND. AND OUR SOUTH FLORIDA HAD SOME FERTILE LAND BECAUSE IT WAS ALL WETLANDS. UM IDEALLY, THEY'D BE.
SITTING HERE SAYING DOES THAT ALL THESE FIELDS WILL BE RECREATED BACK INTO WETLANDS AND NO. BUT. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF AQUATIC VEGETATION OVER SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS SPRAYING OR, AS WAS STATED JUST MOVING THEIR VEGETATION. LET IT PILE UP ON THE SHORELINE AND NOT HAVING IT BECOME A BENEFICIAL USE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD. UM HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO AND TO REMOVE AN ACRE OF AQUATIC VEGETATION? RIGHT UM SO. WHEN WE, UH COME BY AND CORN, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SOYBEANS. WE DO 200 ACRES A DAY. AND SO WHAT? WE'RE PROPOSING TO THE AGENCIES IS THAT GIVE US A SHOT AT IT. WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE. WHAT ONCE THIS MODEL DEVELOPS, WE WILL GET FASTER, RIGHT? SO THE GOAL IS TO DO MAYBE 50 ACRES A DAY IS THE IDEA ONCE WE GET GOING HOW MANY ACRES AQUATIC VEGETATION DO YOU THINK ARE ACTUALLY IN THE LAKE? WELL UH, WHEN WE TALKED TO THE CORE, THEY FOUND 2500 ACRES ALL OF A SUDDEN AT ONCE, AND WE KNOW THOSE WEEDS DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY WEEK UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. SO UH, YOU COULD GET UP TO 10,000 ACRES. OKAY. UM I ACT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MASSES. I THINK THAT THIS IS A THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IS, YOU KNOW TO SEE HOW IT WORKS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE RESULTS AMOUNT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSION COMMISSION? BRUNER? YEAH. I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS. YOU KNOW, LIKE, THREE YEARS AGO AROUND THE LAKE, THE FISHERMAN WEREN'T SCREAMING AS MUCH. AS THEY HAVE BEEN THESE LAST COUPLE YEARS, LET'S SAY THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THEY'RE SO SICK OF THIS. AND WHAT THE DAMAGE IT'S DOING TO THEIR LAKE ON ALL THE OTHER LAKES, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD PEOPLE SPRAYING AND SPRAYING, AND IT'S JUST NOT THE ANSWER. YOU KNOW, I HOPE THIS WORKS BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT THE ANSWER. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU RAISE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS WE CALLED THE TOP SIX ANGLERS IN THE STATE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF. WE SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO GO HARVEST THESE WEEDS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? AND THEY SAID, DON'T TOUCH THE WEEDS LEAVE THE WEEDS ALONE.
WEEDS FEED FISH, FISH IS ECONOMY. THAT'S OUR BUSINESS. GET OUT OF HERE, AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO TAKE SOME OUT IF YOU HAD TO TAKE SOME OF THE WEEDS OUT. HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? THEY SAID. OH, EDGES CREATE EDGES.
WHAT I MEAN WHY SO WELL, BASTARD, LAZY. THEY LIKE TO SIT AT THE EDGE, AND WHEN LITTLE
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CRAWFISH STICKS ITS HEAD OUT, THEY JUST JUMP UP AND BITE AND SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. SO IF YOU CREATE MORE EDGES, LIKE A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN SAID. WE'LL HAVE THE BEST FISH EVER. WE USED TO GET 13 POUNDERS EVERY MINUTE BACK IN THE DAY, BUT NOW YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET A 13 POUNDER IN A MONTH. NOW THEY ONLY GET 10 POUNDERS AND SO THE WHOLE FISH INDUSTRY IS FALLING APART. WHEN YOU SPRAY THE WEEDS, YOU KILL THE FISH FOOD, TOO. AND IN THE FISH LEAVE, THEN THERE'S NOTHING SO WITH FW SEE THIS? WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A PATHWAY. YOU KNOW, 50 YARDS WIDE, SO PLEASURE CRUISERS CAN STILL GET THROUGH. GET INTO THOSE AREAS, BUT LEAVE A PORTION OF THOSE PLANTS TO OPTIMIZE THE FISHING OPTIMIZED PLEASURE. PLEASURE BOATING AND STILL KEEP THE FISH ALIVE AND YOU KNOW ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.EVERYONE HAS TO WIN. IF THERE'S ONE LOSER IN ANY PUBLIC PROJECT, IT NEVER WORKS OUT. SO WE SPENT YEARS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO WOULD LOSE. WE CAN'T FIND ANYBODY THAT WOULD LOSE.
SO FAR DR GRAY YET. HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM A WHILE AGO. WE'RE WORKING WITH DR DAN CANFIELD. HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT GETTING THE MUCK OUT. AND YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM HMM. DO WE HAVE ANY ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS PRESENTATION. MISS PRICE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT NOW. STYLE OF PIPES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU. NYLA PIPES, ONE FLORIDA FOUNDATION, AND I'M GONNA START WITH MY ROOTS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE MANY OF YOU KNOW ME AND YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO FLORIDA'S WATER PROBLEMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THAT COMES BECAUSE MY FAMILY WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO FLORIDA, MY PARENTS AHEAD OF ME IN 2007.
WE KEPT OUR BOAT OVER AT ST LUCIE MARINE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CENTRAL MARINE THESE DAYS AND IN 2013 WHEN I HAD THE FORTUNE OF MEETING SO MANY OF YOU UNDER VERY UNFORTUNATE TIMES, WITH THE ALGAL BLOOMS THAT WE WERE ALL FACING. WE HAD OUR BOAT AT LOGGERHEADS, MARINE MARINA RIGHT OVER THERE UNDER THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. EVENTUALLY GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE WATER QUALITY IN THE ST LUCIE RIVER WAS SO BAD THAT WE COULD NO LONGER JUSTIFY KEEPING OUR FAMILIES BOTH THEIR SPENDING AS MUCH TIME RIGHT THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR HOT SPOT. SO I STARTED FIGHTING FOR OUR RIVER AND I HAVE FOUGHT ALONGSIDE MANY OF YOU. LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY FORWARD. WE FORMED ONE FLORIDA FOUNDATION. CAPTAIN DON BOSS AND I MAY HE REST IN PEACE IN 2013, AND THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO FIND THINGS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. IF WE SIT AROUND AND WE WAIT FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION FOREVER. FIRST OF ALL, IT DOESN'T ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SECONDLY, WE ALL KNOW HOW LONG IT'S TAKING. SO THE REASON I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX.
WHAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS? AS NICK SAID THERE IS NOBODY LOSING. YOU KNOW, HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND THE NEED TO REGENERATE OUR LANDS. WE NEED TO REGENERATE OUR LANDS, NOT JUST FOR AGRICULTURE'S SAKE, BUT BECAUSE THEY OFFER THE FILTRATION THAT WE SO MUCH NEED. S SO MANY OF THOSE PASTURES NORTH OF THE LAKE WILL BENEFIT FROM HAVING NUTRIENTS PUT BACK ON THEM HAVING BETTER PLANT GROWTH. IT'S GOING TOE UP, TAKE THE NUTRIENTS AND HELP US HAVE A CLEANER WATER SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM, SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AG BEING PRODUCTIVE. IT'S ABOUT LAND BEING PRODUCTIVE SO THAT OUR WATERS AIR CLEANER AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. THE OTHER THING IS THE REASON THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING BETWEEN CITIES IN AND KELLY COMMISSIONS AND WHATNOT IN SELF FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE NOT ONLY A SOLUTION. UNLIKE GO BUT IT'S COOL THAT YOU ALL CAN USE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE ABILITY TO SCALE IT UP OR DOWN, MAYBE APPLY IT IN A LOCAL CANAL THAT IS MORE ADJACENT TO YOUR RIVER. RIGHT HERE THAT IS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION IS THIS IS HISTORIC. I THINK THAT THAT POSSIBILITY IS THERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY TWO CENTS ON THIS AND TELL YOU WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL A SWELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PINE ISLAND. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ON THIS PRESENTATION ALONE. SIR. OH, MM. THANK YOU.
LIMITS JEFF PER HOUR. I'M FROM DELEON SPRINGS, FLORIDA. I DROVE THREE HOURS TODAY TO COME HERE. ORIGINALLY, TONTO. ENCOURAGE YOU IN DOING THIS NOW. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT. BRING THIS PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMISSION. HAVEN'T ORGANIC
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FARM AND JILLIAN SPRINGS WE RAISE WHAT WE RAISE CHILDREN. AND AH LOT OF HIM BECAUSE FAR MAKES SIX IS EXPENSIVE. SO WE GROW OUR OWN FARM LABOR. WAY GROW ORGANIC VEGETABLES WAY HAVE DAIRY. WE HAVE BEEF AND IT'S ALL GRASP. IT'S ALL ORGANIC. WATER CLOCK. QUANTITY AND QUALITY IS PROBABLY THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE THAT WE FACE IN FLORIDA. I LIVE ON THE SAINT JOHN'S RIVER RIGHT OFF THE ST JOHN'S A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ST JOHNS AND ALL OF OUR LEGS STARTS IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE, AND IT FLOWS NORTH. CYANOBACTERIA IS KILLING ANIMALS AND MAKING MY RESIDENT SIT. IT RUNS RIGHT PAST ME AND JELLY ON SPRINGS AND GOES INTO OUR COUNTY SEAT, WHICH IS THE LAND FLORIDA WHERE I HAPPENED TO SERVE AS THIEVE ALLUSION COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIR. SO I WANTED TO COME DOWN HERE AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE FORESIGHT TO DO THIS, AND I COMMEND YOU. AND I'M I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE HOW SERIOUSLY YOU'RE TAKING IT. SO I'M GOING TO BE CALLING ON YOU BECAUSE I WENT AQUA CULTURE TO COME TO BELUSHI COUNTY TO HELP OUR LEGS. WE HAVE LAKES THAT ARE FULL OF THIS SLUDGE. AND IN THAT SLUDGE, AS HE POINTED OUT HIS LIFE, I ALSO HAVE AH, ORGANIC BASED LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND WE RESTORE DEAD LAND. WHAT OUR LAND NEEDS IS GOOD BACTERIA, AND THIS WILL DO THAT. I'VE INVESTIGATED THEM. I WANT TO SEE IT WORK HERE. I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU TO ASK. ASK YOU TO HELP US IN VOLUSIA COUNTY WITH LETTERS, EMAILS, WHATEVER. BUT THANK YOU FROM FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO DO THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTACT OUR CITY MANAGER IF YOU NEED TO. FIND US OR TALK TO US ABOUT ANYTHING. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. WELL, I DROVE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. I LIVE HERE LOCALLY. I'M FROM MIAMI ORIGINALLY. AND IRONICALLY, I WENT TOE MARITIME AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY WITH MIKE. AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE KEYS LAST 10 YEARS. I MOVED UP HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WAS A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS MY BACKYARD NOW, AND I USED TO DRESS AND 16 16 06 PINE LIKE DR IS YOUR NAME? SIR DAVID WESTON. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I HEARD THIS PRESENTATION, PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. AND MAN, I GOT EXCITED AND BECAUSE ALL I HEAR IS SAVE OUR RIVER. SAVE OUR RIVER. BUT HOW DO YOU SAVE THE RIVER WITHOUT A SOLUTION, AND HERE'S A SOLUTION AND I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT WORKS OR NOT. I DON'T. I'M NOT A SCIENTIST. IT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD BE TRYING IT AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE LISTENING, AND WE SHOULD BE TRYING THIS AND SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND WE NEED TO GET TO A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OYSTERS IN THE BAY BECAUSE I COULD GO. BRING BUCKETS OF OYSTERS OUT ALL ALONG THIS RIVER OF DEAD OYSTERS, AND UNTIL WE HAVE A HEALTHY POPULATION OF OYSTERS, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO CLEAN THIS WATER AND WE'RE GONNA BE BATTLING THIS THE REST OF OUR LIVES. AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO CLEAN THAT WATER. SENT ITSELF. IT'S NOT JUST SENDING SOUTH. IT'S NOT SET UP THE TABLES.IT'S CLEAN IT AND THEN RETURN NATURAL FLOW. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO GET OYSTERS IN HERE TO FILTER THE WATER, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HAVING A HEALTHY OYSTER BED SYSTEM. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL ENDED THERE. BUT THANK YOU GUYS. FOR THE TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GETTING THIS ON THE DOCTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR WESTON. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM MUCH APPRECIATED. UM. NOW WE HAVE COME INSPIRE CITY COMMISSIONERS. I. THEY START
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WITH OUR FORMER VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM IF YOU LIKE HISTORY MONTH FOR EVERYBODY. UM I'LL BE BRIEF. NO, I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TAKING A POSITION ON P FAST. I TRIED MY BEST TO GET THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES TO DO THE SAME, DIDN'T SURVIVE OUR POLICY COMMITTEE. BUT I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU FOR HOPEFULLY, NEXT MEETING DRAFT RESOLUTIONS. SUPPORT OF THE STATE ADDRESSING P FASTS AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDING FUNDING. OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT, WHICH COULD BE GOOD FOR US AND OUR ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY.THERE IS ONE BAD BILL RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE TRACKING. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES IT'S HOUSE BILL 2 19. THERE IS ASCENDING COMPANION. IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTALS. BILL THIS IS SCANNING A LOT OF STEAM ON GIT. FROM WHAT WE HEAR IT IS. IT IS. LIKELY TO PASS. IT GOES UP TO COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY. OUR REPRESENTATIVE OVER DORF IS ON THAT COMMITTEE. I WILL SEND
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TO DAVID IAS. THE INFORMATION ON IT FOR ALL OF YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST SENDING A NOTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE AND ASKING THEM TO WELL, THE FLOOR ILLEGAL CITIES IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, BASICALLY, WHAT IT WOULD DO WOULD BE WOULD PREEMPT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM TAKING ANY HAVING ANY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OVER SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A NEW ORDINANCES ON SHORT TERM RENTALS HERE, HOWEVER, IT WOULD PREVENT US FROM EVER BEING ABLE TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE. AND THERE ARE MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS AND THIS WOULD REPEAL THEM. SO IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SMALL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN. YOU KNOW, IT'S ERODING HOME RULE. JUST TOBY REPRESENTATIVE OVERDUE OR IF I SHOULD SAY DID TELL ME THAT HE IS. HE IS PRETTY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL HE BELIEVES IN PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, HE SAYS SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD SHOT WITH HIM AND TELLING HIM NOT TO SUPPORT THE BILL. HOWEVER, I THINK WE COULD HAVE A GOOD SHOT WITH BOTH HIM AND SENATOR HARRELL IN URGING THEM TO AT LEAST PUT LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY SHORT TERM RENTAL COMPANY THAT IS DOING THIS TO COLLECT THE BED TAX RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT REQUIRED, AND THERE ARE NEW WHILE THE R VO AND AIRBNB SAY THEY DO COLLECTED ON BEHALF AND I BELIEVE THEY DO AND REMITTED TO THE STATE. UM WE DO NOT.THERE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW SERVICES OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT COLLECTING IT. AND SO IF WE CAN'T REGULATE IT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE PROPER TEXT DOLLARS FOR IT BECAUSE THEIR OTHER LOCAL YEAH. BUSINESSES HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT THOSE TAXES. I WILL KEEP YOU ALL ABREAST OF THIEVES BILLS AS THEY COME UP BEFORE SESSION AND INTO SESSION AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF YOU AND THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A REALLY COOL NEW INITIATIVE OUT OF THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES IT'S CALLED BUILDING STRONGER CITIES .COM. AND THEY'VE CREATED A REALLY GREAT ADVOCACY. EASY TO USE ADVOCACY TOOL. IT ALLOWS YOU TO SIGN UP WITH YOUR EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER AND YOU CAN GET A TEXT ALERT. ANYTIME THERE'S A BIG BILL THAT WOULD IMPACT HOME RULE OUR VIDEO ABILITY OF US LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS IN WAYS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S IT. THANKS MET A MAN SO MUCH IS YOUR BRUNER? TO READ THIS. UM STORY THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER ONCE IT BE, BUT A MINUTE. RIGHT WELL, IT WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO READ IT. I WAS HAPPY. RIGHT WELL CAP AND ITS MOTHER WERE CONFIRMED BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION OFFICIALS OFF PALM BEACH IN LET IT FOR 45 WEDNESDAY. FWC'S REMEMBER MINDS. VOTERS TO REMAIN AT LEAST 500 YARDS OF WAY, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL LAW. THE MOTHER RIGHT WELL, IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE NICKNAME. CHAMPAGNE SHE IS 12 YEARS OLD AND THE FIRST TIME MOTHER, THE PARIS FIRST CITED BY THE F W C WILL TEAM JANUARY 21ST UNFAMILIAR ISLAND. HAS BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY SOUTH EVER SINCE THE WELLS WERE SEEN A COUPLE OF 100 YARDS OFFSHORE, JUST OUTSIDE BUSY INLET HEADING SOUTH BOUND. WRITE WILLS. IT'S SUCH A STRANGE NAME FOR WELL IN RIGHT WHALES. ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT GIVE ME NUMBER ABOUT.
SORRY COMMISSIONER BURNER LIKE I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I'M GETTING REPORTS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR YOU. COULD YOU PUT YOUR MICROPHONE CLOSER? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. RIGHT, RIGHT WELLS, WHICH NUMBER ABOUT 400 MIGRATE SOUTH FOR WOMAN. WATERS AND WINNER HUMPBACK WHALES.
PILOT WHALES, GREAT WHITE SHARKS. AND WELL. SHARKS ALSO COULD BE OBSERVED IN THE WATERS OFF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. 12 NEW RIGHT WELL, CALVES HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS OF JANUARY. 12 MAKING THIS SEASON A PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR THE SPECIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COMING? SURE. MCDONALD HEY, THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MAKE SURE I GET MY MICROPHONE HERE. WE CAN HEAR ME SO. A COUPLE THINGS ONE IS I'M A HAND OUT TO ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HERE. MURDER. TURN MYSELF, AND YOU JUST PASS THESE ON DOWN. THESE ARE THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS REVAMPED ITS. IT'S REPORTING AND I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE ACCURATE AND ALSO, MAYBE I THINK LITTLE MORE THOROUGH AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FROM THE REPORT THAT THAT RELATE TO THE CITY ONE IN PARTICULAR. THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS GOING IN TO RELOCATION HERE, TONTO MARTIN
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COUNTY. I THINK THEY WERE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY TO START WITH GRIND, GRIND. HARD AMMO. IT'S AN AMMUNITION MANUFACTURER. AND THEY TAKEN OVER. THEY PURCHASED THE OLD Y M. C. A BUILDING ON WILL BE THERE DOING A PUTTING IN A 20 TO 25,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN $20 MILLION OF INVESTMENT, AND IT'S GONNA CREATE AT LEAST 20 NEW JOBS. I'VE TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, AND HE SAID HE'S GOING TO START WITH 20. BUT HE ANTICIPATES. SEVERAL MORE. SO THAT'S A NEW JOB. AND IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE INVESTMENT WITHIN TWO OR CITY. SO I LOOKING FORWARD TO ONCE THEY GET ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND SEEING WHAT THE WHAT THE TEXT IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR US, EH? SO THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING, MR ENGLE ARE THEY ARE THEY BUILDING AMMUNITIONS OR GRINDING DOWN AMMUNITIONS? THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE MANUFACTURING AMMUNITION. YOU'RE AN AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS. NO. UM THEY MAKE OFF GRADES, BOTH CIVILIAN MILITARY. I BELIEVE CIVILIAN MILITARY POLICE S O AND AGAIN.IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EMPLOYER HERE. AND NOW, STUART. SO LET'S SEE AT THIS TIME. ALSO CITY STAFF IS WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD STAFF ON WE'RE RE EVALUATING THE RE EVALUATING THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS THAT TIME TO DO THAT? THEY'RE WORKING HARD. THE TWO STAFFS ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR THE CITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OVERALL MISSION. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE. THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUATION OF THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY DOING SUCH AS THE BACK PROGRAM, BUT ALSO WE'VE HAD A JOB FAIR, SUCH AS COMMISSIONER MASTERSON IS REQUESTED IN THE B B B S. I BELIEVE WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT S O, AND THAT'S COMING ALONG AND I SAW IN FACT, I SAW SOME FACEBOOK POST OUT THERE REGARDING GETTING GETTING THE EMPLOYER'S INVOLVED. SO ALSO, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BOTH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE END OF THE DEEP TO CREATE A ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS LIKE FOR THE LIKE THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, BUT A PREREQUISITE FOR COTTAGE INDUSTRIES AND WORKING WITH A LOT OF WORKING TOWARDS HELPING MINORITY BUSINESSES. WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM WORKING OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AND STUART THESE AIR YOUR LANDSCAPERS YOUR YOUR POOL MAINTENANCE GUYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES LIKE THAT. SO. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEEP TO CREATE AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE BRING THEIR JOBS THEIR BUSINESS TO THAT NEXT LEVEL AND WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOUBLE P, WE CAN DRAW AND MORE MINORITIES TO HELP THEM, SO THERE'S A WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT JUST JOINED THE BOARD WHO WORKS AT SEA COAST, TIFFANY. SHE'S BEEN FABULOUS EYES JOINED THIS AND DON'T REALLY SEE PEOPLE AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB PARTICIPATING. SO THAT'S EXCITING. NEXT THING IS, I SAW A I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE A LOT TODAY. I SAW TONIGHT. CAN I BOTHER YOU A BIT? WHEN YOU HAVE THE BAP AWARDS IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN OUR CITY, CAN YOU LET US KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED? YES I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD JACKIE DIRECTOR NOTIFIED. MR DICE, OKAY. THANKS, KWAN. OKAY, SO NEXT THING IS I SAW ON FACEBOOK POST FROM CONGRESSMAN MASKED. I BELIEVE IT WAS FRIDAY, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY SENATE PRESIDENT SIMPSON, TOO. THE COLONEL KELLY WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BASICALLY, COLONEL, HE WAS ASKING COLONEL KELLY OR TELLING COLONEL KILL IT. HE WANTS TO WITHDRAW FUNDING AND STOPPED FUNDING OF THE A RESERVOIR, WHICH WAS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS SP 10, THE SOUTHERN RESERVOIR. THAT IS OUT OF THE PROBLEM. WE NEED TO DEMAND THAT THE THAT THE SENATE AND THE LEGISLATURE KEEP THAT PROJECT FUNDED AND THAT IT MOVES FORWARD. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TONTO, DO ONE OF TWO THINGS OR BOTH. A IS A LETTER TO SENATOR SIMPSON. SENATE PRESIDENT SIMPSON JUST TELLING HIM THAT THAT WE NEED TO THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND QUITE FRANKLY THAT WE REQUEST THE CEASE AND DESIST TRYING TO STOP IT. AND BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT BECOME CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEN ALSO A RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD APPROVE IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE RESERVOIR AND SEND THAT TO NOT ONLY OUR
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DELEGATION, BUT THE BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP IN THE GOVERNOR AS WELL. SO AND IF I NEED TO MAKE IT THERE, YOU GONNA PARDON? LET'S STUFF WORK ON IT, YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO IT, UH, THAT THE DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH A RESOLUTION AND IN A LETTER TO GO ALONG WITH IT. IS THERE MORE SECONDS? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BEFORE WE GO ON. DID YOU SAY THAT THERE'S A BILL PENDING? NO, IT'S UH, I THINK THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IT IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. SO BUT, UM AND I WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REACH OUT TO CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE. SEE IF I GET A COPY OF THE LETTER, BUT WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT THE SENATE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO THIS. BUT HE'S REALLY STEPPING IT UP RIGHT NOW. HE WANTS TO DIVERT ALL FUNDING TO ONLY PROJECT NORTH OF THE LAKE AND ELIMINATE ANY WORKED ON SOUTH OF ICE AND ANY FUNDING SOUTH AWAY. WE'VE ALL WORKED TOO HARD ON THIS PROJECT TO LET IT STOP. FOR TO BE STUFF NOW BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF THE COMMISSIONER? SO I KNOW THAT BOTH SENATE PRESIDENT SIMPSON AND SENATOR MAYFIELD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE KIND OF CHAMPIONING THIS. WE DID HEAR FROM COLONEL KELLY OR NO, IT WASN'T KELLY. WHO DO WE HAVE HERE? I'M SORRY. IT WAS KELLY KELLY. YES. WHO WHO DID SAY THAT HE WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING FORWARD S O. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO GO OUT THERE. SEASON DESIST. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE RIGHT LANGUAGE, BUT BUT, UH I'M IN SUPPORT OF US TAKING A STAND. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DO NEED TO PROTECT THAT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT AND SPEAKING WITH SENATOR HARRELL AND REPRESENTATIVE OVER DOORS, BOTH HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ESPECIALLY SENATOR HAROLD ARE STEADFASTLY IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED FUNDING OF B A. UM SO I THINK, JUST REITERATING OUR SUPPORT WOULD BE GREAT. RIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVE STAFF TO JUST BRING THEM BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THAT'D BE GREAT. I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE A LITTLE FIRST. UM MADAM MAYOR, DO WE NEED A ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. HOLD IN FAVOR. AYE. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT ON IT, YOU KNOW? FOR YOUR BROTHER. WOULD SUGGEST HAVING DONE THIS FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND CONTINUE TO DO IT FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THAT YOU DON'T WRITE A LETTER TO THE RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT YOU HAVE OTHER APPROPRIATION TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE LAST PERSON. YOU WANT TO PISS OFF. THE SUBJECT PRESIDENT SO YOU MAY WANNA RETHINK WRITING A LETTER. RIGHT NOW. AND BUT DO THE RESOLUTION FOR SURE. THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS ABOUT IS TO HAVE STAFF LOOK AT SOMETHING AND BRING JULES. THANK YOU, TOM. THANK YOU. UH ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, I DO. I HAVE TWO MORE. AND I'M ALMOST DONE. UM. SO LET'S OKAY SO WE'RE JUST GONNA LET IT GO ON. WE'RE GOING TO JUST LET STAFF DO WHAT YOU WANT. YES THAT WILL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION. BRING BACK WE'RE NOT. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT BEFORE RESOLUTION, OKAY, GOOD. THANKS JUST TWO MORE QUICK COMMENTS AND I'M ALMOST DONE SO UM SO IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE ABOUT THE CLEANLINESS OF THE OF THE BRIDGE WHERE THE FISHERMEN ARE, BUT I'VE ALSO HAD THERE WAS AN ARTICLE I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MATHESON WASN'T WITH PART OF, BUT ALSO HAVE HAD BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT NOT ONLY THE BRIDGE BEING NOT CLEAN, BUT ALSO THE BOARDWALK.UM SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE RESIDENTS COME TO ME ASKING US IF WE WOULD CONSIDER IF WE WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT AN ADOPT, ADOPT ASIDE, WALKED UP THE BOARDWALK PROGRAM SOMETHING WHERE A LOCAL BUSINESS OR RESIDENT COULD ADOPT THE BOARDWALK AND GO OUT AND CLEAN IT JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ROADS. AND SO IF THERE'S IF THERE'S CONSENSUS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE, MAYBE WE JUST HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THAT. DON'T KNOW IF THAT. WE HAVE BOARDWALKS. WE HAVE FISHING PIERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD GET DIRTY.
AND SO WE JUST HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS ASKED THAT WE LOOK AT DOING THAT. AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UH, STAFF IS FINE IF COMMISSION IS FINE OF HAVING STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ABOARD TO JUST HAVE SEX. I'M SIR. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A VENUE FOR RESIDENTS AND YOU AND VOLUNTEERS. DON'T. TOTO PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT, SO THAT IF THERE'S A LOCATION THEY'RE WILLING TO ADOPT AND CLEAN UP. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY.
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YOU KNOW IT IS. THE OWNER'S DOES FALL IN DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EXPECT VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT. WE RAN INTO THIS WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANTED TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION TO VOLUNTARILY. MAINTAIN MORE CEMETERY. AND ALSO WHEN AN EAGLE SCOUT WANTED TO CLEAN, MORE CEMETERY. EAGLES THAT WE ACTUALLY DID BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE TIME THING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HIM OUT. BUT SAME EMERSON WAS A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, AND HE HAD TO PAY STAFF TO BE PRESENT THE ENTIRE TIME TO SUPERVISE.WOULD BE CHEAPER, JUST HAVE STAFF TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS OVER TIME BECAUSE IT WASN'T DURING REGULAR WORKING HOURS. IT HAD TO BE ON THE WEEKENDS FOR THE STUDENT AND THEN AS IT RELATED TO THE. GROUP THAT WANTED TO DO IT. SAM HAD LOOKED INTO IT AND RAN TO THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO PAY STAFF TO BE PRESENT IF SOMEONE GETS HURT, THEY'RE NOT. BLOCKED BY WORKERS COP BECAUSE THEIR VOLUNTEER, SO THE CITY IS DIRECTLY LIABLE FOR THEIR INJURIES. MR MARTEL, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM? ROOM WANTING TO SIGN UP WITH PETE MARTIN, BEAUTIFUL AND THINK THAT SEGMENT FOR THEM TO COME. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT SURE AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SEE A PLASTIC BOTTLE AND YOU PICK IT UP AND PUT IN THE GARBAGE CAN I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE HARMED BY THAT. HE EITHER, BUT WHEN YOU START ORGANIZING IT AND PUTTING THEM ON OUR BOARDWALKS, AND WHATEVER ELSE IT IS AND IT'S JUST LIKE WE DO THE RIVER CLEAN UP EVERY. YEAR WE USED TO HAVE IN KOBE KIND OF LIKE THAT THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS TOTALLY FINE, TOO. AND I THINK PEOPLE WENT ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY AND JUST BRING IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SAM ADDRESS THAT ISSUE WITH US BEFORE MADAM MAYOR, CAN WE JUST? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING STAFF. RING BACK AN OFFICIAL ITEM OR WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT. I JUST SAY THAT I ALREADY HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS BECAUSE THAT'S IT. A SINGULAR CITIZEN REACHED OUT TO ME AS WELL. AND MY THING IS, I DON'T WANT TO START ADVERTISING ON THE BOARDWALK LIKE THEY DO LIKE ON STREETS OF THIS BOARDWALK IS MAINTAINED BY EX BUSINESS OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND ON THE LIABILITY SIDE OF THINGS. IT'S NOT LIKE WALKING DOWN THE STREET OR A SIDEWALK. YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE BOULDERS AND STUFF DOWN IN THE PARK AND STUFF AND SOMEBODY TWISTED AN ANKLE OR SOMETHING THAT AND I SAID I'D BRING IT UP AND IF THINKS THAT THINKS THAT THERE'S SOME LIABILITY CONCERNS THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT, AS WELL.
WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. BUT FINALLY, THE LAST THING IS A DELIGHT. I THINK IT WAS THAT THE LAST MEETING OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO BE MAYBE THE MEETING BEFORE I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE REGARDING HOMELESS AND IN THE PARK. AND SINCE THAT HAVE HAD A MEETING WITH ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. YOU CAN LEAVE HIM. I DON'T SEE HIM HERE. HE WAS HERE EARLIER AND HIM AND ACTUALLY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. VITO. HAD BROUGHT TO ME A. I'LL SAY A BROAD STROKE PLAN TO WORK WITH A NOT FOR PROFIT TO CREATE TRANSITION HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS HERE AND STUART. IT WOULD TAKE SOME INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY OF STUART THROUGH SOME USE OF SOME LAND AND MAYBE POSSIBLY, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT THE FUNDS FROM THAT FROM THE HOUSING AND WON'T COME HOUSING FUND OR MAYBE SOME SIERRA FUNDS. SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF A LITTLE TALK TO MENTIONED IT TO MR DYAS AND WANNA WORK OUT WORKOUTS SOME THINGS, BUT I'M GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING BACK A PROPOSAL, BUT I THINK THAT UM, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, SOLVE. MURTHA SAY SOLVE A SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM BUT MAYBE HELP A FEW PEOPLE AND ALSO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEM OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR PARKS. SO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. VICE MAYOR. CAN I ASK A QUESTION, WHICH NONPROFIT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. FOR THAT? I BE HONEST, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY NOTE. OKAY. REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT? BUT, UM, BUT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS CAME TO OUR MEETING AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER CARD FROM THE FROM THE ACTUAL NOT FOR PROFIT. SHE HAD HER CARD FROM, HER PRIVATE BUSINESS THAT SHE WORKS AND SO. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. SO YOU CAN, BUT I DO THINK THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THERE'S GONNA END UP REALLY WITH THE PLANS TO MAKE IT WORK. WILL BE PROBABLY MULTIPLE, NOT FOR PROFITS INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S WHEN YOU START GET DIGGING INTO THE ISSUES OF THE HOMELESS. IT'S NOT JUST NEEDING A PLACE TO LIVE ZEAL NG WITH PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. EMPLOYMENT ISSUES. IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT. UM. FOR AN UNDERTAKING. ANYWAY YOU GO SO WELL, BUT I AM I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH AND
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HOPEFULLY COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WORKS OUT OF THE SOLUTION. THOUGH IT'S I WILL TELL YOU IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S AND THAT'S PUTTING IT LIGHTLY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. ANSWER NO, THERE IS NO EASY. IT'S GOTTA BE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN FOR WHAT'S DONE HISTORICALLY IS FOR THEM TO BE. PUSHED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WELL, AND THAT'S IN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND STUART WITH HOPE WITH THE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT. WELL, UM ALL IT DOES IS JUST RELOCATING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A GOOD SOLUTION. SO. AND SADLY, EVEN IF THIS PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED IS 100% SUCCESS. IT REALLY ONLY HOPE HELPS 8 TO 10 12 PEOPLE A YEAR. I MEAN, IT'S.IT'S ZACH, JOE. I COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THE LEAD, TRYING TOE. COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
THANK YOU. UM. WELL, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. LET'S SAY FIRST OFF. REGARDING THE JOB FAIR. I THINK I'VE BEEN. SPENT LAST WEEK TRAVELING AROUND WITH SERGEANT BOSIO TRYING TOE LOCK DOWN SOME LARGE JOB PROVIDERS. THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A SOMEWHAT FIRM. FAIRLY FIRM IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OR SO. DATE OF APRIL 15TH. HOST THE JOB FAIR. IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW.
DURING THE WEEK WAS THE ADVICE OF THE BDB AND CAREER SOURCES. WE HAVE A NEAR DOWN A TIME.
THAT WILL BE BE LATE AFTERNOON TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAVE WORK EARLY AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, ROUGHLY 4 TO 6. SO 4 TO 7. NO. AND RIGHT NOW, THE PRIORITY IS TO DRUM UP JOB PROVIDERS. TALKING PASSING. I HIT SOME OF THE LARGER JOB FOR POTENTIAL JOB PROVIDERS IN THE CITY OF STUART. OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS AND MARKETING TO JOB PROVIDERS. CITY STEWART ON PUT OUT A FACEBOOK BLAST, SO YOU KNOW MR MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MACDONALD, YOUR AMMUNITION SUPPLIERS SOMEONE I'LL HAVE MISS GOODRICH REACH OUT TO ON DAY AGAIN. WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS ON JOB PROVIDERS. TO CONTACT MYSELF OR SERGEANT BOSIO. UM AND THEN AS AS WE GET CLOSER, WILL BE SHIFTING THE MARKETING PRESSURE TOW JOB SEEKERS. IT WILL BE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. REASON BEING WE CAN'T USE THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER DURING THE WEEK AT THOSE HOURS, BUT THE ADVICE OF THE. THE AGENCIES THAT RUN JOB FAIRS MORE THAN I DO, UM, IS TO DO IT SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK S O. WE ACQUIESCE TO THEIR REQUEST ON THAT. REGARDING THE PUSH BY OUR SENATE PRESIDENT, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT WHAT STAFF COMES UP WITH ID REQUEST. THAT OUR RESOLUTION EMPHASIZES THAT EVEN IF WE TOOK PERFECTLY CRYSTAL CLEAR. CLEANERS COULD BE SPRING WATER AND WANTED INTO LAKE OKEECHOBEE BY THE TIME IT FLOWED SOUTH AGAIN THROUGH THE LAKE, IT WILL BE TOTALLY POLLUTED. SO STORING MORE WATER NORTH OF THE LAKE. DOES NOT SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR. I'M ALL FOR NATURAL WATER STORAGE NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAKE. BUT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING FOR TOO LONG ON TRYING TO GET. SOME SIGNIFICANT WATER STORAGE SOUTH OF LAKE TO GIVE UP NOW. UM. LAST THURSDAY. I WAS RIDING MY BIKE HOME FROM CITY HALL, AND I NOTICED A SIGN HANGING DOWN ALMOST ABOUT TO FALL INTO COLORADO AVENUE BY ONE BOLT. I TOOK A QUICK. PICTURE OF IT ON MY PHONE AND CONTINUE MY RIDE HOME. SENT THAT TEXT WHERE THE SIGN WAS ON COLORADO. TO MR MILTON LEG. IT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I GOT HOME, HE REPLIED THAT THE SIGN WAS FIXED THAT SMELL. UM THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL QUICK REACTION.
MILTON OH, I'D LIKE TO THINK OF HIM. ONBOARD MIND EVERYONE THAT MY BIKE IS ELECTRIC, SO I DON'T.
WAS MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AS I'M COMFORTABLE DOING, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND HIM AS COMMISSION MCDONALD TOUCHED ON IN HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE TRASH ON WELL, ROOSEVELT BRIDGE AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MILTON AS WELL AS OUR OFFICERS TO GET OUT AHEAD OF A LITTERING PROBLEM THAT I SEE WHICH LEAD. JENSEN CAUSEWAY TOOK CLOSE DOWN SOME
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PUBLIC ACCESS, TOE FISHING. I THINK THAT THAT'S BEING REVISITED. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER GOING TO SUPPORT ANY REDUCTION OF ANY PUBLIC ACTIVITIES. SO I WANT TO THANK MR LAY IT AND HIS TEAM AGAIN. THEY PUT OUT SOME TRASH CANS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THE SIGNAGE THERE ARE UPDATING IT. AND, YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP CITY CLEAN AND REALLY POLICE. THE PROBLEM WHICH IS LITTERING, WE ALL NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR CITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. UM. I'D LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER CAN RUSTLE. WHO RECENTLY CAME UP TO THE SERIOUS STUART FROM MIAMI AND TOWARD OUR WATERS. MM. THE CITY OF MIAMI DID RECENTLY THIS LAST FRIDAY PASSED TWO RESOLUTIONS.ONE ADDED EVERGLADES RESTORATION AND MAXIMUM FLOWS SOUTH FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TO THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THE SECOND RESOLUTION HIRED THREE FIRMS TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE PRIORITIES IN TALLAHASSEE. I'LL BE AFTER THE CITY I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER RUSSELL FOR COMING UP AND PUSHING THESE RESOLUTIONS. FORWARD IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. LAKE OKEECHOBEE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT 15.39 FT A YEAR AGO. WE'RE AT 12.9 FT. 95 FT. THAT MAKES ME REALLY NERVOUS FOR THE WET SEASON, AND I THINK IT SHOULD MAKE ALL OF US. NO. WE'RE IN A VERY TROUBLESOME POINT WITH THESE LAKE LEVELS REGARDING OUR ESTUARY. AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE. HOME WHILE OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL. FOR CITY IS TOE ELIMINATE DISCHARGES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. UM NO. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY DROP OF WATER. NOT SENSE SOUTH OR WEST FOR BENEFICIAL USE. YOU'RE IN THIS DRY SEASON MAY BE DISCHARGED UPON US. THIS UPCOMING WET SEASON. THIS WASTE POTENTIAL BENEFICIAL WATER. AND RISK SIGNIFICANTLY HARMING OUR RESIDENTS. SIMPLY PUT. WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FORM OR LAKE WATER TO FLOW SOUTH INTO THIS TODAY'S NOW. NOW WELL INTO THE DRY SEASON AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF WATER THAT HAS FLOWN INTO THE S T A S. HAS NOT COME FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. I'D LIKE TO DIRECT OUR STAFF TO RESEARCH THE INTENDED PURPOSES OF THE S T. A S. SPECIFICALLY WHAT WATER THEY'VE BEEN DESIGNED TO TREAT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOTION TO HAVE STAFF WORK WITH ME ON DRAFTING A LETTER TO THE DISTRICT AND THE CORPSE URGING MAXIMUM SOUTHERLY FLOWS. OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WATER SOUTH AND S DURING THIS DRY SEASON. LIKE THIS LETTER TO COME BACK. NO.
FOR OUR NEXT MEETING FOR REVIEW. TAKEN EMOTION ON THAT, MR. YOU KNOW, SECOND, YES. MUCH OF MY VICE MAYOR SECONDED. IT'S UM MORGELLONS SCANDAL, DO YOU? WHAT? MR. YOU GOT IT. THE MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HIS DIRECTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN COMING ON THE MOTION, BUT IT'S GONNA COMMENTS ON YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT OR YOU. S. E OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE CUT OFF. WE DID ASK FOR WELL, BUT WE'LL TAKE IT IN COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY ON THAT MOTION. NOTHING SO ALL IN FAVOR WILL GET IT. WHAT? WHAT'S OKAY? ANY MORE COMMENTS, MR ROOM? NO MAN, THOSE WERE ALL MY COMMENTS, HUH? THANK YOU. OKAY. THE TIME HAS GONE ON AND EVERYBODY HAS MADE THEIR COMMENTS EXCEPT ME.
BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND WE STILL UP COMMENTS. FROM THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S AFTER THE 5 30 HOUR. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST FOLLOW UP. UM THE ARM. YOUR ORDINANCE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, UM SEE THE MANAGER FOR THE BOARD THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WITH STAFF AND WITH OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE IN COURT ENFORCEMENT AND OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. SO WE THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING ON THAT. UM, MR LIGGETT. IT'S A LEG IT IS. I DON'T KNOW. HE'S A HERO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY. JUST THE THINGS THAT HE DOES, UM JUST I APPRECIATE
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EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE MANAGER. WARM. HELPFUL STILL WITH THAT ONE OF MY VISIONS AND OUR COMMISSION HAVE JOINED TOGETHER. ABOUT HAVING SAFE AND CLEAN STREETS. FOR SAFE AND CLEAN WATER. UM IS NOT AN OLD THING, UNDERSTAND A NEW THING. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KEEP FOCUS ON ALL TIMES AND THE THINGS WHEN WE HAVE STAFF WORKING ON THESE THINGS, NOT JUST MR LIGGETT AND HIS TEAM. BUT SO MANY OTHERS, BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE THIS, AS NOT JUST A ZIT WORK SCHEDULE, BUT AS THEIR PASSION IS THEIR WAY OF TRYING TO FIND HIS MANY WAYS TO DO THE JOB AS POSSIBLE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT, SO THANKS FOR WORKING ON THE IDEAS FOR THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE AND COMMISSION. MCDONALD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEW IDEAS AND WE'LL JUST SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. MAYBE THERE ARE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY THE MARINE INDUSTRIOUS KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. THIS IS HOW WE DO THINGS IS COLLABORATE AND TO TRY TO GET THINGS DONE, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT, WITH REGARD TO THAT, I MUST SAY. THANK YOU TO CBS 12 FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THEM. AND TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT YOU KNOW OUR VISION FOR 2021, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SAFE AND CLEAN STREETS AND SAFE AND CLEAN WATER. AND SO, MISS, UM. THIS GLASS, ACTUALLY, GLASS INTERVIEWED MY THINK ON FEBRUARY THE FIFTH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE OF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE INTERVIEW. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. I GUESS IT'S ON SOMEWHERE ON THE TV SOMEWHERE. MR CROSS SKI. HIS DEPARTMENT ARRANGED THAT SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK WHEN WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT THE CITY OF STUART. THAT'S A GOOD THING. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME COVERT 19.VACCINATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN THAT PUBLIC'S OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD ST PAUL AMY CHURCH TODAY. I THINK IT'S CITY MANAGER WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IN HIS REPORT, HE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER. I MEAN, REPRESENTATIVE, SENATOR GAYLE HARRELL HAS BEEN WORKING ALSO TO TRY TOE, SEE IF SHE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS INCREASED AND GET VACCINES CLOSER TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO GET THEIR NAMES ON A LIST AND DO TO BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED. SO WE JUST APPRECIATE THAT. ON WEDNESDAY.
I'LL BE SPEAKING TO THE A U W. AND THERE'LL BE A GOOD THING TOE. BRING UP SOMETHING ABOUT THE. COMMUNITY. I WANT TO PULL ITEM NUMBER NINE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST IN CASE TO CITY MAGIC. AND JUST TELL US THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LITTLE BIT THAT'S CHANGING WITH REGARD TO THAT BUDGET I THEM AND THE RESOLUTION AND SO ON. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS OTHER THAN PULLING ITEM NUMBER NINE. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS THE NEXT. GOT COMMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER. I'LL SEE HIM. THAT'S OKAY. YOU WANT TO SKIP ME? I'M GOOD, SORRY. SORRY COMING, SPOKE TO THE MANAGER. JUST AS A FOLLOW UP FROM THE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST DISCUSSED THE LAST
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COMMISSION MEETING. MY DO BELIEVE I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION I NEED BACK AS IT RELATES TO THE GREENMARKET. THAT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. AND SO THAT WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION MEETING IS A DND BALL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE INFORMATION I'VE GATHERED. A ZOO. YOU MENTIONED THE STRAWS. I SUBMITTED A SOME DATA ABOUT THE STRAWS. TOC COMMISSIONERS TO OUR PROGRESS WITH THAT, AND PLEASE. A LOT OF LOCATIONS AIR COMING INTO COMPLIANCE SLOWLY, BUT SURELY. UM THE EVENTS. PLASTICS I'M STILL WORKING ON HOW TO GO ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT WING OF THAT ISSUES BECOME AROUND THE SPORADIC NATURE OF EVENTS ON SO HAVING A FULL TIME PERSON WHERE A PERSON DEDICATED TO THAT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND THEN PUTTING THAT INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S JOB. FUNCTION IS CURRENTLY WHAT I'M EVALUATING. SO THOSE EVENTS USUALLY ARE AT NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, WHICH ARE OURS FOR WORKING CONDITIONS, SO I'VE I'M HAVING TOE DETERMINE WHERE THAT IS GONNA BEST LIE. YOU KNOW WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO YOU GUYS AND ALSO TO THE MEDIA ABOUT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.DREDGING PROJECT IS GONNA BE GOING ON OUT IN THE RIVER, AND I AM SEEKING A QUOTE FROM THE SAME COMPANY TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT DREDGING PRODUCE. UM, JUDGING UP TO OUR COURTESY DOCKS AND AROUND A COURTESY DOCKS. UM WE GOT THE 2015 EVALUATION OF WHAT THOSE DEPTHS WERE BACK IN 2015 AND THE PRELIMINARY ON THE DEPTHS NOW IS A IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND HOW SHALLOW IT IS CURRENTLY VERSUS 2015. YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DREDGING.
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AH FEW YEARS AGO. THERE WAS ONE OF THE CANALS THING. ACTUALLY, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL THAT LIVES.ON THE OWNERS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DRUDGING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTING IT DREAD. I THINK THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WAS TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF. IF THE IF THAT, IF THIS OWNERS ON THAT STREET WOULD WANT TO PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND GET THE GET IT DREDGED IF WE COULD PIGGYBACK ON A CONTRACT AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE. I JUST REMEMBER SPEAKING WITH A COUPLE OF THE OWNERS FOR FIVE YEARS AGO REGARDING THAT I AM. I KNOW THAT SOME MY NEIGHBORS CERTAINLY. WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MYSELF. SINCE I DO LIVE ON THE STREET.
WISHING THAT BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY COULD DO IT, I KNOW IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH THAT CANAL IN THE PAST. I BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE SOME INTEREST AND OPEN ANY WAY I COULD FOR THAT. MR DIES. I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED IT. BUT WHAT ARE WE DREDGING? JUDGING THE CHANNEL. ARE THERE IS AN ARMY CORPS REQUIREMENT OF A CERTAIN DEPTH THROUGH THE CHANNEL. SO THEY'VE HIRED A COMPANY TOC BELIEVE IT'S FROM THE LOCKS DOWN TO ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW A MILE OR SO TO THE EAST OF THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. IS THIS? A UH THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS. YES, OKAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDERWAY ALREADY? YEAH. OKAY IT'LL BE GOING THROUGH TO BELIEVE JULY. AND THEN MY DOUGH THE MAYOR HAD REACHED OUT TO, UM UH, SOME OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES SPECIFICALLY IN THE EASTER COMMUNITY ABOUT VACCINATIONS. UM ON THAT YOU START COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE WHO MEET THE GUY LINES. THERE WERE 65 GUIDELINES, AND I KNOW AND THE CHURCH HAD ONE TODAY AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A TRYING NOW TO DO A FOLLOW UP ONE. OF THE WITHIN NEBULAS, CP OFFICES AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER CHURCHES OVER THERE. WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. MADAM IT'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THE AGENDA PULLING
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ITEM NINE FOR REVIEW SECOND. IT'S EMOTIONAL SECOND, ALL OF PULLING ITEM NUMBER NINE. TO ACCEPT THE GENDER IS PUBLISHED. ANY QUESTIONS FROM US? OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA JUST TO APPROVE THE AGENDA QUESTION. THAT MOTION BY MATHESON SECOND BY OKAY. THANK YOU. NO COMMENT ALL IN FAVOR.AYE THANK YOU. OK COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC'S PLEASE. I HAVE THREE COMING CARDS FROM THE
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PUBLIC. ON GENERAL ITEMS, NOT ON ANY SPECIFIC ITEM, AND WE'LL GET TO THE SPECIFIC ITEMS SOON STARTED WITH THE FIRST PULLED ITEM. WELL, WE HAVE NOT DONE THE CONSENT YET, BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT SOON. UM HELEN MCBRIDE. LIMIT BRAD DOMINGO AVENUE. I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES. COMMISSIONER MACDONALD WAS TALKING ABOUT SPEEDERS AND I'D MIND. FOLLOW UP AND SAY HE'S GREAT. I MEAN ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. IT'S RIDICULOUS, AND THEY DON'T EVEN STOP FOR THE RED LIGHT. THE SECOND THING IS, I REPRESENT YOU ON THE M O P CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TO ME I'VE ALREADY ATTENDED TO TALK ABOUT BICYCLES. AND AT THE LAST MEETING I BROUGHT UP THOSE PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW WE'D NEIGHBORS TO? UH UH. IT'S THE RESIST. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT I WAS EDUCATED AT THE MEETING. THERE IS STATE LAWS REGARDING BICYCLES. AND PEOPLE CAN TELL ME ANYTHING, BUT I TRY TO FOLLOW THROUGH, BUT I DIDN'T WANT ABOUT THROUGH ON THIS ONE THE WAY AND I DID. I WAS DRIVING ON FLORIDA RIGHT THERE.BY BOB WOZ. AND THE GENTLEMAN, I THINK 20 OR 30. IT WAS DARK. I MAYBE AROUND 6 30 WASN'T THAT DARK? THE BIKE HEAD. NO LIGHTS. NOTHING ON IT. HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN DARK CLOTHES, AND I MEAN, I ALMOST HIT THE GUY. I MEAN, BUT HE WAS WRITING AGAINST ME, AND THEN I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, PEOPLE ARE RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE NOW THE MANGO WHILE YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT WOMAN THAT ONCE SHE'S ON THE SIERRA REPRESENTS PORT SALARNO. KEEP IT UP. YOU SAID. I MEAN, I THINK SHE SAID, OH, I CAN HELP YOU ON THAT, SHE SAID. WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM DOWN THERE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THIS SHERIFF DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW. IS ENFORCING.
THEY GIVE TICKETS OUT. IF THEY'RE NOT. I MEAN, YOUR BIKE. IS YOUR CURRENT ASSURANCE COVERED YOUR BICYCLE. AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY CAR. I HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING REGULATED. SO DO YOU. YEAH. I WANT THE SPEEDER STOPPED AND THEY RUN THE BICYCLES, BUT I DO
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KNOW BECAUSE I'M EDUCATED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. IN MY OPINION, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THE BUDGET AND YOU JUST CAN'T SAY ALL RIGHT? CITY MANAGER HIRE 10 NEW OFFICERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, BUT I WANNA END UP PROBABLY WE'RE BRINGING UP A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR THE NEXT BUT LET'S KEEP IT RIGHT UP THERE ON TOP. I DON'T MEAN YOU KNOW. DON'T YOU REALLY KNOW HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS DO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE DUDE? WE GOTTA START BECAUSE THEN THE OTHER THING IS ALL OF THESE APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE STARTING. I KNOW DOWN THERE BY BULL MARK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY THE BUILDING'S BEING BUILT. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE LOT MORE CARD. AND THE BICYCLES. SO WE'VE GOT TO START THINKING NOW. ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR YOUR SAFETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SITTING MANAGER JUSTUS, A THING. I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE POSSIBLY, UM. WE CAN LOOK INTO WAYS TO MAYBE EDUCATOR BIKE IN PUBLIC AND DO SOME OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE THINGS TOO. MAYBE LET PEOPLE. MORE DO MORE, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN THINK OF OTHER THAN I THINK ENFORCEMENT SAYS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THANK YOU THERE. NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS KAREN RIPPER.EVERYTHING I'M KAREN RIPPER. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING AND MARTIN COUNTY AT THE KANE CENTER. AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, VACCINES OR LIKE WINNING, GETTING A VACCINE IS LIKE WINNING A LITTLE BIT OF THE LOTTERY. IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 80. CURRENTLY IN MARTIN COUNTY. 9% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 80 14,000 TO 74. AND THEN OF THOSE 85 PLUS 7 7046. AND I THINK I'VE SENT YOU ALL I KNOW I'VE SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT ISSUE, NOT BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE WHERE TO GET THE VACCINE. HOW TO GET IN THE PUBLIC'S WEBSITE AND ALL THOSE OTHER ISSUES. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. YOU'VE TAKEN SOME INITIATIVE THAT WORKING WITH CHURCHES AND GETTING THE VACCINES CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY. WE GAVE OUR NUMBER OUT FOR A NAVIGATOR AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. WE'VE HAD OVER 400 PHONE CALLS. WE DID OBTAIN WE HAVE WE ARE FLORIDA SHOTS PROVIDER. YOU ARE DAY MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS A RATHER LARGE PRIMARY CARE CENTER. AND WE VACCINATED 302 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY. THROUGH A DRIVE TO CLINIC. HOWEVER WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO RETURN ALL THESE PHONE CALLS RIGHT AWAY, SOME ASKING THE PUBLIC WHO WERE CALLING TO PLEASE LEAVE THEIR NAME AND NUMBER. WE WILL CONTACT THEM.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO DIFFERENT AVENUES. WE HAVE WE KNOW OF SOME PHYSICIANS OFFICE IS UP IN PORT ST LUCIE AND SOME OTHER PLACES THAT SOMETIMES HAVE VACCINE LEFT OVER. IN AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN IF WE CAN GET ON THE PHONE AND GET SOMEONE THERE. WELL GIVEN THE VACCINE, BUT WE'RE NOT IGNORING PHONE CALLS. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE MANPOWER BUT THE NUMBER TO CALL AND LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER WE WILL. GET BACK WITH YOU WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT TIME. NUMBER IS 223784, AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE IT OUR MISSION TO HELP THOSE OVER 80 PLUS RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE, SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK FOR QUESTIONS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO STRESS TO PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO USE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE UNTIL WE YOU GET TO THE 70% IMMUNITY AND THE POPULATION, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT STILL WITH KOBE, AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE BEING INOCULATED AS WELL. SO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR AMERICAN ASK YOU DO YOU HAND OUT? MASK WHEN YOU GIVE UP YOUR LUNCHES. WE HAVE GIVEN MASS WHEN WE GET EVER HAVE LUNCH IS THE VOLUNTEERS WERE MASKS AND LEAVE THE LUNCH IN A DESIGNATED PLACE OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE. YES, BEAT THE NUMBER. 2237844.
THAT'S OUR NAVIGATOR FOR THE COUNCIL ON AGING. HER NAME IS JEAN KENNY, AND SHE'S KEEPING A LOG AND WE'RE CALLING PEOPLE AS WE CAN SO. THAT AMERICA. THANK YOU QUESTION. I KNOW WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I BELIEVE THE CEO OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING CAN ANSWER THAT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY. YOUR FOCUS IS ON HELPING THOSE THAT AIR AT THE CURRENT TIME OVER 80 THREAT ON DEF THEY CALL THAT NUMBER YOU GAVE OUT, YOU'LL ASSIST THEM AND TRY AND. LINE THEM UP WITH A VACCINE APPOINTMENT. THAT IS CORRECT. OUR I T GUY COMES IN IT QUARTER TO SIX. EVERY MORNING HE GETS ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE PUBLIC'S WEBSITE. YOU CAN GET FOUR NAMES IN THERE. SO FAR, HE HAS NOT BEEN LUCKY. AND HE'S DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, REALLY. IT'S LIKE AGAIN WINNING THE LOTTO, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE VACCINE
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AVAILABILITY HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND WE WILL GET THROUGH TO HELP AS MANY AS WE CAN. I'M SURE YOUR I T GUY IS A LITTLE MORE TECH SAVVY THAN SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THERE OF THAT AGE BRACKET, SO I THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.SHADE ALL THE HELP. THANK YOU CARE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN GIVE OUR OUR WEBSITE PEOPLE TO PUT ON OUR WEBSITE TO LINK WITH YOU. IT APPRECIATE HER WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE GOING TO BE UNDERSERVED AREAS AS WELL AND TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT THE VACCINES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF HAZARDOUS PRESIDENCY EVERYWHERE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN MINORITY POPULATIONS. AZIZ YOU'VE HEARD ON THE NEWS SO IT'S BEEN TOUGH.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU CARE FOR EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW. YOU'RE WELCOME. I THINK OF YOU AS THE MARTIN COUNTY NURSE. JUST A GREAT NURSE. THANK YOU. ANOTHER ONE. E THINK YOU'RE THE BEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN HALL, YOST. KAREN HALL, YOST, RUDGE 17 01 SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD. WE'RE THREE MINUTES, RIGHT. OKAY MAN. YEAH ON THE PAPER. IT SAYS FIVE, BUT I THINK WE CHANGE THAT. OKAY, NUMBER ONE. NOT BEFORE THE ENTER LOCAL OCTOBER MEETING ABOUT CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, MR FREEMAN. I FEEL LIKE IT BE NICE FOR RESIDENTS IF YOU COULD PUT ON THE WEBSITE NOT JUST THE CURRENT PROPOSED. I'M GOING TO USE BASEBALL, BUT WHAT'S IN THE DUGOUT? WHAT'S ON DECK AND WHAT'S RIGHT NOW AT THAT, I THINK THAT'D BE FAIR TO RESIDENTS IF WE COULD GO ON THE WEBSITE. AND JUST SEE WHAT'S PROPOSED. WHAT'S CURRENT? AND WHAT'S WHATEVER FUTURE. I'M GOING TOE. ALSO TALK ABOUT SAFETY LIKE HELENA BRIDE DID COMING IN HERE. I'M CANTOR INTO OUR LITTLE DOWNTOWN AT 40. WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH NOISE. WE HAVE NANCY'S. IT'S A NICE LITTLE PIZZA PLACE. WE HAVE THE NOTES LIKE, UM, THIS IS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN. YOU CANNOT HAVE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH HERE AT 40, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IT TAKES ONE PERSON, AND THEN IT RUINS EVERYTHING. SO LET'S TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT SLOWING JUST AS YOU'RE COMING IN WHERE CANTOR TURNS INTO COLORADO. FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, SO NOBODY GETS HIT AND WE WANT THIS SMALL TOWN THING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND. WRITER BIKES, RIGHT? A SCOOTER, YOU KNOW. EXERCISE NUMBER. TWO THE BUDGET.
I'VE LOOKED AT IT. IT'S NICE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND US JUST BECAUSE WE GAVE $100,000 TO A BASEBALL FIELD IN HE STEWART DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHERE IT STOPS. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE LESS DISPARITY IN OUR BUDGET, WHERE THINGS GO TO DOWNTOWN AND. EVEN MAIN STREET, WHICH I LOVE.
MY CHILDREN WENT TO ALL THOSE THINGS $70,000 THEY ASKED FOR AT THIS TIME OF COVERT. I WISH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SAID OKAY, WE'LL TAKE 20 BECAUSE. NOT HAVING THE PARADE AND PUTTING UP THOSE TREES THAT DIDN'T COST THAT MUCH, AND ONLY ONE TREE HAD A VETERAN THING ON IT. SO IF WE'RE PAYING AND USE A MEMORIAL PARK FOR A LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE THING, WE BETTER PUT SOMETHING FOR EACH VETERAN ON THERE. IT'S MEMORIAL PARK, FOR GOD'S SAKE. SO I THINK 70 WAS TOO MUCH TO TAKE. MAYBE THEY WANT TO GIVE SOME BACK. I DON'T KNOW THE C R A AND THE CRB THE BOARD. IT'S JUST FULL OF LIKE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS. DO WE GET A MOM ON THERE? DO WE GET SOMEBODY OWNS A FISHING? IS IT ADVERTISED? I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF A BALANCE ON OUR CR RATE. CAN'T HAVE JUST FULL OF DEVELOPERS. REAL ESTATE PEOPLE. E THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. THE 40 MILES. YES YES. SO YES, I THINK AS WE MOVE AHEAD TO BE VERY UNIFYING OR MONEY NEEDS TO BE OUT EVERYWHERE.
JUST NOT DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. OH, I FORGOT TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RUDGE AND. EYES A FOLLOW UP, MISS KENDALL. YES, MISS WOOD WAS CORRECT ON THESE GREEN FORMS STILL SAYS FIVE MINUTES IN THE AGENDA SAYS THREE MINUTES AND MAYBE WE NEED TO UPDATE THE GREEN FORM. MAYBE THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST USING OLD TOP IS TO SAVE ENERGY. BUT. FROM THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PULLING ITEM NUMBER NINE, A BIGGER PART IN. DO YOU MIND IF I JUST DO ONE QUICK NOTE AFTER MISS RIPPER HAD TALKED ABOUT CORONA VIRUS AND YES, SIR. SO MARTIN COUNTY S O.
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I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING THIS LAST WEEK, AND WE HAD A WHOLE DISCUSSION FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF WAS ABOUT COVERT VACCINATION AND HOW. CRAZY AND SCREWED UP. IT IS AND ACROSS ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN OUR IN OUR TREASURY CLOSE COUNCIL. EVERYBODY WAS. DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND CONFUSION COMING OUT OF THE STATE, SO I JUST WANTED TO HELP CLARIFY MARTIN COUNTY. HAS VERY GOOD KIND OF SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF RESOURCE IS AND VACCINE ON THEIR WEBSITE AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE TO DEFLECT THE CITY OF STUART WAY ARE NOT COORDINATING VACCINES WE CAN HELP WITH SUPPORT, BUT ANYBODY WITH ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GLAD MISS RIPPER MENTIONED THAT NUMBER FOR SENIORS 80 PLUS THAT NUMBER THAT SHE SAID 23223 78 45.PEOPLE WHO ARE 65 OVER IT. DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD CAN STILL CALL OR GO TO THE MARTIN COUNTY. MARTIN FL DOT US SLASH CORONA VIRUS AND THERE IS A STATE ORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VACCINATION REGISTRATION. WAIT LIST FORM THAT YOU CAN GET RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN CALL A NUMBER. WHICH IS 866. I KNOW IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. I'M SORRY. I WISH THERE WAS MORE THAT WE COULD DO, BUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO MARTIN DOT FL DOT US SLASH CORONAVIRUS THAT GIVES YOU ALL OF THE REAL CLEAR, CONCISE INFORMATION AND FOUR POINT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONSENT AGENDA. PULLIN ITEM NUMBER NINE MOVE APPROVAL SECOND. BEEN APPROVED AND
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SECONDED ANY COMMENTS MOVED IN SECOND. THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE SOME ITEMS WHICH ARE ROLL CALL THAT WE NEED TO DO A RULE BROKE. WE HAVEN'T SENT HIS ROLE IN FAVOR. ROLL CALL ROLL CALL. I DID ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY? VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES MR MACDONALD? YES MAYOR CLARKE? YES? WE PULLED OUT OF NUMBER NINE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF CITY MANAGER WOULD JUST GIVE US A BRIEF, THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 16 DAYS. 2021 RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION.
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SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PILOT PROJECTS MECHANICALLY REMOVING INVASIVE AQUATIC VEGETATION ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 16-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PILOT PROJECTS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO MECHANICALLY REMOVE INVASIVE AQUATIC VEGETATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EFFECTIVE METHODS TO REDUCE NUTRIENT POLLUTION IN THE FUTURE.
]THE CITY STUART, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PAST PROJECTS ON LAKE OF IT, TOBY TO MECHANICALLY REMOVE INVASIVE AQUATIC VEGETATION. BETTER UNDERSTAND EFFECTIVE METHODS TO REDUCE NUTRIENT POLLUTION IN THE FUTURE. THIS RESOLUTION IS SUPPORTING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU SAW EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION SECTION OF THE MEETING, AND IT DOES NOT INDICATE ANY SPECIFIC COMPLIMENT. COMPANY HOWEVER, DOES SUPPORT THE MECHANICAL REMOVAL OR HARVESTING. ROTTING VEGETATION. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR APPROVAL? SEVEN. HOLD ON SECOND AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK.
MICHENER MEYER. YES MR MACDONALD? YES, VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER? YES. MAYOR CLARKE? YES? OKAY? UM. OUT OF COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS AND WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE. OUR FIRST READING. THERE'S NO ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING. THIS IS EITHER NUMBER
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HIDDEN KEY RPUD REZONING (QUASI-JUSICIAL) (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2457-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, REZONING THE 1.36 ACRE PARCEL FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY/OFFICE (R-3) TO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (RPUD), LOCATED NORTH OF THE ARC OF MARTIN COUNTY AND SOUTH OF THE ESTATES OF STUART, EAST OF KANNER HIGHWAY, SAID LAND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; ESTABLISHING THE HIDDEN KEY RPUD CONSISTING OF TWENTY-EIGHT (28) MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WITHIN TWO TWO-STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS; APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, DECLARING THE PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]12 THE HIDDEN KEY. R P UT RESULT IN AND THIS IS A QUASAR JUDICIAL UM, EVENTS SUCH A SUDDEN AND GET MY PAPER AND STUFF IS IN PLACE. I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE REPRESENTED. ATTORNEY SO COULD WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY TO READ THIS ITEM, PLEASE, AND THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 57 2021. HIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 57-22 IN ORDNANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA REZONING THE 1.3 ACRE PARCEL FROM RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL MULTI FAMILY FLESH OFFICE ARE THREE RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS R P UT LOCATED NORTH OF THE AIR SEA OF MARTIN COUNTY AND SOUTH OF THE ESTATES OF STUART. BEAST OF CANDOR, HIGHWAY, SAID. I AM BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED ESTABLISHING THE HIDDEN KEY RPG, CONSISTING OF 28 MULTI FAMILY UNITS WITHIN TWO STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS, APPROVING AND DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. CLEARING THE PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR DIRECTIONS. THE CITY CLERK READY FOR APPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OF CATHOLIC READY FOR SEVERABILITY, BEFRIENDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS DO ANY OF YOU HAVEN'T EXPORTED COMMUNICATION TO DISCLOSE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. RULER. I'VE SPOKEN WITH NO ONE AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. SO MACDONALD SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR RICK CREATURE, AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. VICE MAYOR. I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT, BUT
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I ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN MIND. MYSELF UP, JUST REVIEWED THE MATTER WITH CITY MANAGER AND I'M SPOKEN WITH MR KRISH. BRIEFLY. AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. UM. ALL THOSE GIVEN TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN CITY ATTORNEY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE BEING SWORN. YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. SUDDENLY ALL SAID YES, BUT THEY'RE WEARING MASKS, THANK YOU. STAFF DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR TESTIMONY INCLUDED IN EVIDENCE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR STEVE MAYOR FOR THE RECORD. DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CITY STORE. IT'S AMERICA A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU IS A REZONING IN SIGHT PLAN APPROVAL FOR A HIDDEN KEY R P UT APPLICANTS, JEREMY LEMASTER.LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS, UM, INSIDE OF CANDOR HIGHWAY JUST NORTH OF THE ARK OF MARTIN COUNTY. SOUTH OF THE STATES OF STUART. WOULD BE EAST OF CANDOR TRUST, WHICH IS ON CANTER HIGHWAY. THEY CAN'T TRUST OFFICES. AND WEST OF UNITY CHURCH. UM PROJECTION ON CENTRAL NOW, UM, THIS IS ONE POINT 36 ACRES IN SIZE IS CURRENTLY VACANT, DOES NEVER ADDRESS AT THE TIME AT THIS TIME. THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THE PROPERTY IS OFFICE RESIDENTIAL, AS IS MOST OF THE SURROUNDING EXCEPT FOR WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE CHURCH'S BE, TOO. SORRY, COMMERCIAL. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS OUR THREE. THIS IS THE REZONING TO CHANGE THAT TO OUR BEAUTY. MOST OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS ALSO LIKEWISE, UM ARE THREE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME SEE BEAUTY ON THIS SIDE. THE SITE, ARIEL, IF YOU COULD SEE THAT ZOOMED IN THE VACANT NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO SURROUNDING. AH USES. AND WHERE THE ACCESS ROAD IS IN LOCATION IN, UM AND IN THE. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE LOCATION.
THE WAIVERS THAT ARE REQUESTED THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED. TO REQUEST THE PLAN USE DEVELOPMENT WITH A SITE PLAN FOR 28 APARTMENTS. BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING DAVID DEVIATIONS OF THE OLD ER. LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION. NUMBER ONE UNDER SECTION 2.7 A 00 DENSITY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING 28 UNITS OR 20.6 UNITS PER ACRE. THE PROVISION OF DLD ARE THE PROPOSAL IS WITHIN THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED GROSS DENSITY AS PRESCRIBED IN POLICY ONE A 72 OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. RELATES TO GROSS DENSITIES. WHICH FOREIGN OUR BEAUTY OFFICE RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USED LOCATION OUTSIDE THE SIERRA IS NOT GREATER THAN 30 YEARS, GREGER. DENSITY ENTITLED TO BUY THE EXISTING ZONING ARE THREE IS UP TO 11.62 ACRES. UNITS PER ACRE OR 15 UNITS. THEREFORE THE REQUEST WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE COUNT BY 13 UNITS ON THIS SITE. SECOND WAIVER REQUEST AND REASON FOR THE BEAUTY IS FOR ME FOR A VERY WAIVER TO SECTION 6.4 POINT SIX WHICH IS THE LAND USE TRANSITIONS AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS. BUFFER WITH REQUIREMENT FOR TWO STORY MULTI FAMILY USE ADJACENT TO OTHER MULTI FAMILY USED TO THE NORTH. IS 30 FT. ALONG THE REAR SIDE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONSISTENT 15 FT WIDE LANDSCAPE OF FOR ALONG THE NORTHERN EASTERN WESTERN SIDE WITH THE PROPOSED WHAT THE FAMILY USES BUDDING ON THE EXISTING FAMILY, WHICH IS STATES OF STUART THIS IS TO INCLUDE A 6 FT HIGH PERIMETER WALL AND ALSO THE AFRICAN WILL ADDRESS THE DOUBLING UP OF LANDSCAPING THAT IS THERE IN THAT BUFFER. IT'S MISTER MISTER. THANK YOU. OKAY YOU MAKE SURE BECAUSE WITH PEOPLE ON ZOOM AND EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IS CLOSE TO THE MIC AND SPEAKING AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE. THE HELP THIS UP THE SIDE AND WENT TO THE OPIE AND DECEMBER THEY'LL PAY RECOMMENDATION AND CHANGES. WE'RE A NOTED, AND, IN IN THE STAFF REPORT, BASED ON THOSE LPS RECOMMENDATIONS, THE APPLICANT REMOVED A BIO SWELL FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DENSER LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT BUFFER STRIP. IN ADDITION ACCORDANCE TO ETHIOPIA RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARD TO BET FESTERING SAFETY.
A SIDEWALK HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE HORSES GOING CROSS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT ENTRANCE ROAD. MINOR CORRECTIONS OF TYPOS ON ELEVATIONS AND LABELING OF THE 6 FT HIGH PERIMETER WALL. BIKE RACK LOCATIONS, MAILBOX, LOCATION AND FUTURE ELECTRIC.
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VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ARE ALSO UPDATED ON THE SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPING PLANS. THE SITE PLAN IS IN YOUR PACK. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED IN. YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE, UM. BUFFER REQUIREMENT WOULD BE FOR THE UNITS. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE APARTMENT UNITS HERE. THERE ARE STILL SOME BUILT BIO SWALES ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE PROPERTY. THE LOCATION OF THE BIKE RACK THE DUMPSTER. TV PARKING SPACES ARE ALL LOCATED IN THIS AREA, AND YOU COULD SEE THEM NOW LABELED. LANDSCAPE PLAN IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.SEE THAT HERE AND THE APPLICANT SHOULD ALSO SPEAK TO THAT. THE ELEVATIONS ARE AGAIN IN YOUR PACKET. THEY DO MEAN THE, UM REQUIREMENTS OF OUR SECTION FOR, UM ARCHITECTURES. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 24 57 2020 ON FIRST READING 2021 SORRY. AND MOVING TO SECOND READING ON FEBRUARY 22ND. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR MAYER, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FREEMAN. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE STUFFS? PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION.
NO THANK YOU, MAN. NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. DOES THE PETITIONER HAVE ANY TESTIMONY TO GIVE OR TO CALL IN WITNESSES? I RECOGNIZE MR CREECH. YES WILLIAM MAYER, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY, PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE REAL MASTER. ALSO WITH US IS ASSIGNING GENTE OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND SUSAN OVERWORK OR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. AND WE CONCUR WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, AS HE MENTIONED WE SPEAK TO THE LANDSCAPING.
IT'S PART OF THE LP A MEETING WE WERE ASKED TO INCREASE THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT BUFFER.
WE HAVE DONE THAT. EYES SUCH WE'VE ALSO ADDED A 6 FT. SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, SO THAT THE PEDESTRIANS OF STUDENTS CAN GET OUT TOO. CANADA HIGHWAY STATE ROAD 76 SO THEY COULD BE PICKED UP BY THE BUS. THAT WAS SAFETY CONCERN THAT CAME OUT OF L P.
A. WE ALSO ADDRESSED SOME OF THE SMALLER ITEMS THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE. SO THE SITE PLAN, I BELIEVE COMPLIES WITH IT, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CREECH MR. CHRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE ANY OF YOUR. FOLKS OF PRESENTER. WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? WE'LL JUST WAIT, MAN THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR THE, UM CONDITIONER. I DO PERSIST. EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS YOU. DO YOU HAVE A PLAY COMING UP? UH THANK YOU SO MUCH GOOD. ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A PLAY COMING UP ON FEBRUARY, 20TH. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM RIGHT HERE AND STUART IT'S BECAUSE EVIL IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE AND IT'S GONNA BE OFFICE. PART OF MARK'S BEST. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU, MR MR MACDONALD. HEY, RICK, THE ONLY THING I HAD MENTIONED IT THE OTHER DAY, THE ROAD COMING IN TO THE COMING PAST. I GUESS THAT'S THE CORRECTIONS FACILITY AND ARC AND I AND FROM LOOKING AT THE PLANET LOOKS LIKE IT'S CURVED ON THE SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE? THE OTHER SIDE RIGHT NOW IS JUST UNOPENED SWAIL AND NOT CURVED.
YEAH, IS THAT I MEAN, I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT HOW THAT ROAD'S GONNA LOOK AND BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CURB IT. IT'S WELL WITHIN OUR ACCESSORIES GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO YEAH.
DOES THAT CREATE A PRODUCT, YOUR DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING? I'LL DRESS THAT DURING THE SITE.
CIVIL DIVINE DESIGN PLANS, BUT, YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT WOULD LOOK A LITTLE BETTER AND MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER SO ABSOLUTELY OKAY WITH THAT, YOU CONCEDE, PUT A 6 FT. RAISE CURB THERE. 16 OR 66. FT. I'M ALL IN THE 6. FT WALL MAN MENTALITY RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S LIKE. SIX INCH CONCRETE, CURT. YES LIKE, YEAH. TO BE A HECK OF A CURB. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WAS. I MEAN, COMMISSION, MEYER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE OF THIS IS IN PHIL.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED MORE OF IN THE CITY S O. COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING ANOTHER WISE, CHALLENGING PIECE OF PROPERTY AND DOING SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT. HOUSING THAT WE NEED. MM.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE, UM. THE ACCESS ROAD, THE STREET COMING OFF OF CANDOR. IT IS A LITTLE NARROW, BUT WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH MISSOURI ROCKS, TRAFFIC STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF UNITS HERE WITH A LOT OF TRIP GENERATION BASED ON THIS REPORT, SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK. IT COULD POTENTIALLY GET A LITTLE BIT CLOGGED IN THERE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES OFF OF CANADA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT GETTING OFF ON TO CANADA, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK. COUPLE
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TIMES, BUT NO, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE PROJECT FOR THE SPACE AND I HAVE NO REAL CONCERNS AT THIS POINT THE QUESTIONS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHY SOMEWHERE? COMMISSION MEYER. I AGREE. THAT WAS MY ONE HESITATION, WHICH THE ROAD THE INGRESS AND EGRESS SEEMED TO BE SLIGHTLY NARROW. BUT, YOU KNOW THOUGHT. SOME TALKS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS, YOU KNOW THEY CAN GET A TRUCK IN THERE. UM NO, I'M CERTAINLY OKAY WITH IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND, OKAY? MOTION AND A SECOND WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE ON WANNA GO TO ZOOM FIRST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM ZOOM ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE. I SEE, MISS. UM THAT BRIDE COMING TO THE PODIUM.HELLO MCBRIDE FROM INGLEWOOD AVENUE. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE QUESTION IT'S A BLACK MIGHT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GREEN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE TO SHOW ME WHERE THE GREEN IS HOW MANY TREES AND I KNOW YOU'RE OFF BEEN TALKED ABOUT. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE TREES AND START ARE DISAPPEARING AND LANDSCAPING. AND I REMEMBER THIS ONE SMITHFIELD THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE NIGHT OVER THERE THAT IT WAS ALL RIPPED OUT. DISTORTION. MANANA PUBLIC STEER ON U S ONE IN THAT YOU KNOW THEY THEY JUST WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BRAIN. I REALIZED LANDSCAPING BECAUSE I HAVE A YARD. IT'S TOO BIG NOW THAT I MOVED. YEAH GET THE WEEDS AND DRINK BUT I KNOW THAT THE WALL BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT FROM CANADA HIGHWAY I'M NOT AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU KNOW, AMBER GROWTH, BUT I REALLY I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GREEN WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING IN STUART WE'RE GETTING CONCERNED OF THE OLD TIMERS AND THE NEW PEOPLE. YOU THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING IN REALLY A REFERRAL FOR THE GREEN. LET'S MAKE SURE WE GOT AND IT HAS TO STAY THERE NOW. WELL MORE MARKET. WALGREENS DID PUT UP TREES. THEY TOOK DOWN SO BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT. GREEN THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE IN 20 YEARS AND 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE 48 YEARS OLD. I WANT TO STILL SEE THE GREEN. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT AND JUST BUT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY. I CAN BRING THIS UP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHAT DOES THAT? UM, COMMISSIONER I WANTED TO ASK ONE MORE THING OF WHAT? WHAT COMMISSIONER MCDONALD? WHAT COULD YOU AMPLIFY IT? WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THE CURB? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED. YEAH, SURE. I'M NOT A GOOD AS BUILDERS. YOU GUYS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU. SO THE EXACT STREET, CRIB CONTINUING IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE COMMISSIONERS IS LIKE IN DOWNTOWN. YOU'VE GOT THE CURB THAT SITS INSIDE BY THE PARKING LOT SITS DOWN EAST. THOSE OSCEOLA, SO IT'LL BE A VERY SIMILAR CURB TO THAT ARRANGED CURB. IT'LL BE SITTING DOWN THERE. EDGE OF PAPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM. E WAS GONNA ASK STAFF. WE HAVE A COMPETENT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
YEAR DO DO WE NEED TO PICK UP ANYTHING THAT STAFF WOULD HELP US. HAVE SOME COMFORT ON THE TREES FOR THE FUTURE, OR DO WE NEED THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TIVE. WAS IN HER PLANS FULLY IF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO WOULD PLEASE FORWARD TONTO HIGHLIGHT THE BUILT THE EXTRA LANDSCAPING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING ABOVE AND BEYOND, COACH. NO. THANK YOU. YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. AND GIVE YOUR BUSINESS EILEEN GIONTA WITH EILEEN. SHE DECIDES THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE MOST CURRENT CYCLING. YEAH. MM HMM. I'M A SECRETE YOU NEED TO BRING TALL TREES INTO THE CITY CHAMBERS. SURE I CAN BRING THEM IN WITH THAT DOLLY SO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, DARLING. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SITE PLAN. ONE'S BETTER LABELED. SUCH A NAME. EILEEN GENTE DID I NOT SEE IT ON THE WAY TO HANDLE SOME DRIVE? UM. YOU CAN SEE ALONG ALL ALONG. THERE'S CYPRESS TREES ON. BESIDES THOSE WERE THE BIGGER ONE, AND THEN ON THE BACK, THERE'S FOLKS WE'VE GOT HEDGING ALONG THE WALL. THERE'S PINES IN THEIR
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STABLE PALMS. AND THEN SHADE TREES. SO THERE WILL BE CANOPY TREES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY. NO. YEAH SO THEY'LL BE A LOT FOR FREE. AND THEN, UM THERE'S HEDGING ON THE ALONG THE WALL AND ON THE SIDES, THERE'S JUST KIND OF TEARS DOWN, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE SOD. AND THEN ALONG THE FRONT INTO THE SAME THING, THERE'S AND FLOWERING TREES. AS WELL AS, UH, SHADE TREES. THANK YOU. MR CREECH FORM HIS BROTHER'S BENEFIT. CAN YOU JUST POINT OUT THE SIDEWALK. OOPS. OKAY HE WENT FURTHER WITH THE TREES. THAT'S OKAY. RIGHT? HMM. UH, YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS EVERYBODY SATISFIED WITH MS GENTLES PRESENTATION? THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE. STAFF OR FOR THE PETITIONER. I FEAR NONE OF OUR CLOTHES. THIS HEARING. THE, UM. THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN HER ME. IT HAS BEEN STATED BY YOU'RE CITY ATTORNEY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 57 2021. IT'S ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY ORDINANCE. YES UM, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN STATED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY UM NO OTHER COMMENTS. AND WE HAVE EMOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND DOES. THERE'S A CITY CLERK HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE MOTION OF THE SECOND? YES IDEA. OKAY? A TWO. THIS TIME I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE CITY CLERK. MISSION OF RUNAR. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD YES, VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES MAYOR CLARKE? YES THANK YOU, MR CREECH. THANK YOU. STAFF. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THINK ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING BY US? ADJOURNED. T* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.