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ARTS MOMENT - JULIAN SORIANO PERFORMING A SONG "FEELING GOOD" BY MICHAEL BUBLE.
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SORIANO. I'M CURRENTLY AN EDUCATOR AND MUSIC INSTRUCTOR AT LITTLE PRODIGY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT. UM AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE PERFORMING FEELING GOOD. ENJOY. YEAH. ERTZ FLYING HIGH. MM. YOU KNEW HOW I FEEL. YOU. SIGN IN THE SKY. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL? MM. PLEASE DRIFTING ON BY THAT'S HOW I FEEL. IT'S A NEW TOY. IT'S A NEW DAY. IT'S A NEW LIE. FOR ME. MM AND DOWN, FEELING MM. GOOD MM HMM. OH AM FEELING GOOD THAT. FISH IN THE SEA. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL YOU WERE EVER RUNNING FREE. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL YOU. BLOSSOM MONETARY E. THAT'S HOW A FEW IT'S A NEW DYING. IT'S A NEW DAY HITS A NEW LIE. FOR ME. MM HMM. AND, UM FEELING GOOD. A SIDE? YES I A. DRAGON FLY OUT IN THE SUN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DON'T YOU KNOW? BUTTERFLIES ALL HAVING FUN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SLEEP IN PEACE AND DAYS DYING. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IN THIS OLD WORLD IS A NEW WORLD AND A BOLD WELL FROM ME. FOR ME. WHOA! OH ME. YEAH. OH, YES, HELL STIRS WHEN YOU SHINE NINE. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL? DON'T KNOW. SCENT OF THE PINE. YOU KNOW? HELL, I FEEL HO FREEDOM HIS MIND NINE HENS AND KNOW HOW TO BE HELL. IT'S NUDES ON. IT'S A NEW DAY HIT SOME NEW LIFE. I I'VE IT'S A NEW DONE HIT SOME NEW DAY HIT SOME NEW LAST NIGHT. HIT SOME NUDE ON IT'S A NEW DAY. GET SOME NEW LIFE HIT SOME NEW LIFE TO ME, HANDS ON FEEL THAT MAN. GOOD. YEAH. OH I AM FEELING GET A HE'D MM. HOW I'M FEELING AND GOOD. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. YEAH. IT. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH, EVERYONE SO. THANK YOU. GOOD HISTORY.
RECORDING IN PROGRESS. SO. THERE IS A CHOICE SO. GIVE IT UP FOR MARY. THANK YOU. NO.
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AS WE CONTINUE. THEIR AGENDA. CHIEF IS UPSTAGE AND JULIAN IS HERE. NO, HE ASKED IF HE COULD SING. UM. WE HAVE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS. THE FIRST[2.
JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY - JUNE 19, 2021
]PROCLAMATION IS REGARDING JUNETEENTH, WHICH WAS TO BE THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND OUR. UM CITY MANAGED. I MEAN, CITY MANAGER OR A CITY ATTORNEY AND HIS STAFF DID THIS PROCLAMATION AND I'D LIKE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PRESENT THIS TO PRESENT THE WORDS TO THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR. RECIPIENTS NINA DOOLEY FROM THE AFRO AMERICAN CITIZENS OF E. STEWART WILL COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AFTER MR MARTEL.
THE PROCLAMATION. JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY, JUNE 19TH 2021. WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS THE OLDEST KNOWN CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EMANCIPATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES AND CELEBRATES THE SUCCESSES GAINED THROUGH EDUCATION AND GREATER OPPORTUNITY. WHEREAS UNION SOLDIERS LANDED AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, ON JUNE 19TH 18 65 WITH NEWS THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED AND THE ENSLAVED WERE NOW FREE. ON THAT FIRST JUNETEENTH, THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, WHERE RED GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, WHICH STATED. THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE INFORMED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROCLAMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL SLAVES ARE FREE. AND WHEREAS. THE FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WAS A TIME FOR REASSURANCE, PRAYER AND THE GATHERING OF FAMILY MEMBERS TODAY, JUNETEENTH CONTINUES TO GROW WITHIN COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NUMEROUS LOCAL AND NATIONAL JUNETEENTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ARISEN ALONGSIDE OLDER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE COMMON MISSION OF PROMOTING AND CULTIVATING KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE.
WELL, ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS SELF DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE AND CULTURES.
AND WHEREAS ANY LARGER SCALE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH REMINDS EACH OF US OF THE PRECIOUS PROMISES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY, WHICH ARE THE CORE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. WHEREAS ON SATURDAY JUNE 19TH 2021 FROM ONE PM TO FIVE PM THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE AFRO AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST STEWART OR ASIS. WILL HOST A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER IN STUART, FLORIDA. AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE IT AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION WITH FAMILY FUND, FOOD AND MUSIC. NOW, THEREFORE, I ULA ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 1920 21 AS JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY IN THE CITY OF FLORENCE STUART, FLORIDA. YEAH. SPLIT. YEAH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION FOR FREEDOM DAY, JEAN TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
FATHER FACED THE BASKETBALL RIBBON CUTTING GIUNTI CELEBRATION ALL AT ONCE. UNDER ONE ROOF ON SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 5 AT THE. BY DAVID SPORTS COMPLEX. SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO COME ON OUT AND JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION WITH US. HAVE TO HAVE YOU SEE YOUR FACES. COME ON OUT AND. AND LET'S ENJOY FREEDOM DAY AND FATHER FIST. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM HMM. AND AS MISS JULIE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A NEW FACILITY AT THE. 10 STREET RECREATION CENTER. IT'S A COVERED BASKETBALL COURT ON
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JUNE 19TH THIS SATURDAY WILL BE HAVING THE RIBBON CUT IN. AT NOON, CITY MANAGER OR IS IT AT ONE P.M? NO, NO, NO ONE WILL HAPPEN THAT WE'RE HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING IN THEIR FLYERS IF YOU JUST WANT TO PASS A FEW FLOWERS VERY QUIETLY ALONG THE ROLLS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IT AND PASS IT ON TO OTHER FOLKS. ALL DAY AT THE 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER ON THE 19TH. THERE WILL BE THE FATHER FIRST BECAUSE FATHER'S DAY IS COMING UP, OF COURSE, AND THEN THERE ARE THESE ACTIVITIES AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAYING, WHY ARE WE PASSING ANOTHER RESOLUTION AGAIN? WE DID PASS ONE RECENTLY WITH REGARD TO THE PROCLAMATION, SORRY WITH REGARD TO THE END OF SLAVERY IN FLORIDA ON MAY 20TH, AND THIS IS THE END OF WHEN PEOPLE FINALLY HEARD. THE LAST PEOPLE TO HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONALLY, UM, CELEBRATED AS JUNETEENTH WHEN THOSE FOLKS IN TEXAS HEARD THE NEWS. SO WE ARE CELEBRATING BOTH FLORIDA WHEN PEOPLE IN FLORIDA HEARD AS WELL AS WHEN THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES HEARD, SO THE MORE WE CAN EDUCATE OURSELVES, THE BETTER IT IS. THE NEXT[3.
PTSD AWARENESS MONTH - JUNE 2021
]PROCLAMATION IS FOR PTSD AWARENESS AND. PJSC AWARENESS MONTH, MR MORTAL. PROCLAMATION POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PTSD. AWARENESS MONTH JUNE 2021, WHEREAS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER KNOWN AS PTSD, IS A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION THAT IS TRIGGERED BY ONE OR MORE TRAUMATIC EVENTS THAT SHOCKED THE CONSCIENCE. AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY SYMPTOMS THAT MAY INCLUDE FLASHBACKS, NIGHTMARES, INSOMNIA, AVOIDANCE, HYPERVIGILANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS. AND WHEREAS IN 1980 PTSD WAS RECOGNIZED. AS A DISORDER WITH SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS THAT COULD BE RELIABLY DIAGNOSED AND WAS ADDED TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S THIRD EDITION OF ITS DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS. WHEREAS PTSD MAY OCCUR IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED A TRAUMATIC EVENTS SUCH AS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEVERE PHYSICAL ASSAULT OR MAJOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT A TERRORIST ACT. WAR COMBAT AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH DEATH. WHEREAS PTSD AFFECTS NEARLY EIGHT MILLION AMERICANS IN A GIVEN YEAR WITH A HIGH PREVALENCE AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS, WOMEN AND YOUNG ADULTS. WITHOUT INTERVENTION. PTSD CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY DISORDERS AND SUICIDE. WHEREAS UPWARDS OF 30% OF MILITARY VETERANS HAVE SCREENED POSITIVE FOR PTSD, AND EVERY YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 6000 VETERANS DIE FROM SUICIDE. LOSS OF 16 VETERANS ON AN ON AVERAGE EVERY DAY. WHEREAS AN ESTIMATED 30% OF FIRST RESPONDERS DEVELOPED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PTSD, AS COMPARED WITH 20% IN THE GENERAL POPULATION. AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE REPORTED HIGHER SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND MEDIATION RATE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UPWARDS OF 300 POLICE OFFICERS COMPLETELY SWEET SUICIDE EVERY YEAR. AND FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICERS. SUICIDES NOW OUTNUMBER LINE OF DUTY DEATHS. AND NOW, THEREFORE IT IS THE CITY OF STEWART'S PRIORITY TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SO THAT WE CAN FACILITATE COMPASSION TRAINING. AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. YOU LOOK CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART. HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 2021 AS PTSD AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THANK YOU, MR MARTEL AND. HOW MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE IT IS TO CALL OR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR BATTALION, CHIEF. UM MR SUMNER TO COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. AND AS THEY COME FORWARD, I WOULD ASK THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR COMMISSIONERS. PLEASE STAND TO RECOGNIZE THE TRAUMA AND THE WORK THAT THEY GO THROUGH AS WELL AS ALL THOSE WHO GO THROUGH. VERY SERIOUS WORK TO HELP ASSIST OUR MEMBERS WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND CRISIS.
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YOU CAN'T HIRE. YEAH. RIGHT HERE. AS YOUR CHIEF IS NOT HERE. MHM. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR THE RECORD JOKE, TERMINALLY CHIEF OF POLICE. UM THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE I CAN SAY. THAT WAS IN THE PROCLAMATION. UM I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TODAY. IT WAS QUITE BUSY TODAY, UM, AND HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH OF THE PAST. REGARDING THIS, UM PTSD. SO RIGHT? I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU SOME STATISTICAL DATA THAT WE MIGHT FIND A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING. AND. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. MORE LIKELY TO DIE AND THIS IS THIS IS SAID IN THE PROCLAMATION BY SUICIDE THAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY. UM. COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION COMING OUT OF NEW YORK CITY WHERE THEY WERE HAVING. POLICE SUICIDES KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE SUICIDE TO PUT LIKE. ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS. A POLICE OFFICER WAS TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE. PTSD IS NOT A JOKE. I SUFFER FROM IT FROM A SINGLE INCIDENT. UM. CHIEF POLICE UNION WAS ACTUALLY THERE WHEN I DEALT WITH THAT. UM EMS PROVIDERS ARE 1.39 TIMES LIKELY TO DIE BY SUICIDE THAN THE PUBLIC. STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT 17 AND 24% OF PUBLIC TELE COMMUNICATORS, MY DISPATCHERS, OUR DISPATCHERS. HAVE SYMPTOMS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. AND 24% OF THEM HAVE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR SOLDIERS. YOU SEE STUFF THAT NORMAL PEOPLE DO NOT SEE. AS FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL. THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR PTSD IS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE. MY OFFICERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS ARE STAFF. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC? REACH OUT. TALK TO SOMEBODY. WE HAVE A GOOD AP PROGRAM. I HAVE USED IT. I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY THAT I HAVE USED IT. THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY. WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH, AND[4.
PRIDE MONTH - JUNE 2021
]WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, ALSO FOR PRIDE MONTH. UM ALMOST AT MAYOR, MORTAL. TURNING NORTEL.
IT SHOULD BE A PAY CUT. YEAH. MHM LET'S PROMOTE HIM ALREADY. PROCLAMATION PRIDE MONTH JUNE 2021. WHEREAS STEWART IS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND IS COMMITTED TO EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS STEWART RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS LGBT Q RESIDENTS TO THE CITY'S HISTORY, CULTURE, ECONOMY AND CIVIC LIFE. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY TOWARDS SECURING IMPORTANT RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OFTEN THROUGH STRUGGLE AND ADVERSITY. WHEREAS WE REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST CONTINUED OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND AGAINST ANY NEW POLITICAL EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHEREAS WE AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR L G B T Q RESIDENTS AND STAND WITH THEM TO PROTECT THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ABILITY TO LIVE OPENLY WITHOUT FEAR.
AND WHEREAS HISTORIC SUPREME COURT RULINGS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE STRUCK DOWN. PROGRESSIVE LAWS AFFIRM THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND SECURED WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS FOR THE LGBT INDIVIDUALS NOW, THEREFORE, I ULA ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 2021 AS PRIDE MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE OUR PROUD AND DIVERSE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. IT'S AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR PAUL. DO WE HAVE THE SILVERS ON ZOOM? YES SO, MR MISS BARBARA AND MR UM LA BRYN GARRIS SILVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES. SURE, UM, NO, I AM YOU DID AND NOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE US OR
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IF THAT'S UH, WAS JUST WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY SO WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. UM WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE P FLAG. STEWART RECEIVED THIS PROCLAMATION AND, UH, HAPPY PRIDE TO EVERYONE. UM WE P FLAG. STEWART IS, UM, THIS JUNE IS FOUR YEARS OLD, AND WE FOUND A HOME IN STUART, UH, AND STARTED WITH A COUPLE MEMBERS. AND NOW WE'RE UP TO OVER CLOSE TO 300 MEMBERS, UM, THAT COME TO OUR P FLAG OR A PORT OF R P FLAG. STEWART GROUP. AND WE'RE HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT EDUCATION AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE L G B T Q PLUS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU AND, UH. UM I'LL LET MY HUSBAND SAY A FEW WORDS. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, THE PROCLAMATION TODAY IN THE PREVIOUS PROCLAMATION AS WELL. P FLAGS.PEOPLE AG NATIONAL IS 400 CHAPTERS OVER 200,000 MEMBERS ARE LITTLE CHAPTER IN STEWART IS. VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF P FLAG. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING THROUGH, UH, STRUGGLES IN COMING OUT. AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE AND NEED TO LIVE AND NEED TO BE SUPPORTED AND ACCEPTED. THAT'S P FLAGS MISSION AND WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE. IT'S THE CHANCE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS MONTH IS PORK
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PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH - JULY 2021
]AND RECREATION MONTH, AND IT'S ALSO THE START OF SUMMER, SO LET'S HAVE THE PROCLAMATION, PARKS AND RECREATION MONTHS. MM HMM. PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. JULY 2021. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF STEWART. WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND REGION. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED. AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS INCREASE THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE INCREASED TOURISM. ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, PROTECT GROUNDWATER PREVENT FLOODING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR.
WE BREATHE, PROVIDE VEGETATED BUFFERS TO DEVELOPMENT. PRODUCE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS. NOW, THEREFORE, RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES, AND THE INTEGRAL PART THEY PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, I ULA ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART. YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2021 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH BEST SOME MORE TILL NOW. NORMALLY WHEN I CALLED PEOPLE UP TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, THEY JUST KIND OF COME GRAB IT, MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS. TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE WILD. BY OUR NEW DIVISION MANAGER, MR REDSTONE, WHO WILL BE GIVEN A LONG LONG SPEECH. I'M JUST THAT'S JUST PREPARED HIM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUR OR RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS EXPANDED. AND WE'RE SURE THAT WE KNOW MR JIM. JIM CROSS SCHOOLS ARE COMING TO SERVICES DIRECTOR AND THAT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WE HAVE JESSICA THORPE, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE, MR MIKE REDSTONE. I WANT HIM TO COME UP FIRST, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HIM AND KNOW WHO HE IS. AND THEN JESSICA WILL COME ALONG, AND WE'LL HAVE THE PROCLAMATION ACCEPTANCE AND THEY'LL FIGHT ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO GIVE THE SPEECH. ONLY BROUGHT THREE PAGES. MHM.
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MHM.OKAY? I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER FIRST TO JESSICA THARP, AND IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU. 1985 AMERICA CELEBRATED JULY AS THE NATION'S OFFICIAL PARK AND RECREATION MONTH CREATED BY NATIONAL RECREATION PARK ASSOCIATION. PARK AND RECREATION MONTH SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE VITAL AND POWERFUL RURAL LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION SUCH AS THE CITY OF STEWART, PLAYING CONSERVATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND SOCIAL EQUITY EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR. IT'S TIME TO SHARE OUR PARK IMMIGRATION STORY. WE'RE CELEBRATING PARK AND RECREATION MONTH THIS JULY BY HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES OF HOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT AND MORE RESILIENT BECAUSE OF PARKS AND RECREATION. PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND SUMMER CAMPS, TOO EXCITING SPORTS LEAGUES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. THE CITY OF STEWART HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ONLY FUN, BUT THEY ALSO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RECOGNIZING THE MONTH WITH SUMMER PROGRAMS EVENTS, CONTEST COMMEMORATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS. THE SERVICES THAT PARK AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE ARE VITAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES FROM PROTECTING OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO HELP HIM FIGHT OBESITY AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES FOR ALL PEOPLE. THIS HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY TRUE THROUGHOUT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. PARKING REGULATION MONTH ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO REFLECT ON THE EXPONENTIAL VALUE PARK AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS BRING TO THE COMMUNITIES. DARPA IN THE CITY ENCOURAGES ALL PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION TO SHARE THEIR PARKS AND RECREATION STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING HASHTAG, OUR PARKS AND REC STORY. YES NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OFFICIALLY. MR MIKE REDSTONE, HER NEW DIVISION MANAGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND. THE CITY COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MIKE REDSTONE. AND I AM YOUR NEW RECREATION MANAGER FOR THE PAST WEEK AND ONE DAY AND SO I AM NEW. TO DO THE JOB IT'S BEEN EXCITING. UM WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STAFF. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, FOR INSTANCE, PASSION THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE FOR RECREATION, SO. IT'S PROPER THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM RECOGNIZE WITH THE YEARLY. PARKS AND RECREATION. UM, PROCLAMATION. UM, GREAT EVENT COMING OUT THIS SATURDAY THERE AT THE 10TH STREET CENTER, SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT. AND BUT NOT JUST FOR THAT EVENT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE YEAR ROUND. AND I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, OUT THERE AT THE 10TH STREET CENTER AND LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT AND GIVE YOU A QUICK TOUR IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. UM AND SEE AGAIN. UM ALL THE SMILEY FACES ON THE CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE OUT THERE USING THE CENTER. SO AGAIN. MY NAME IS MIKE REDSTONE. I'M AVAILABLE. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, OR TWO. BY AND SPEND SOME TIME AND TALK LOVE TO LOVE TO MEET YOU. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS UM, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME OUT HERE. MHM. WE HAVE OUR SERVICE AWARDS
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SERVICE AWARDS JUNE 2021
]FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2021. UTILITIES AN ENGINEERING TERRY FOSTER 10 YEARS.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE, UM. ANOTHER UTILITIES FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS BOB ECOLOGY, BUT HE'S NOT ATTENDANT. SO IS MR BROKER HERE. AND THEN IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. DAVID
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JACOBSON. I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT. 10 YEARS AND DAVID HE'S ON VACATION. YEAH. SMART GUY.ANOTHER 10 YEARS. AND BOSIO, OUR COMMUNITY. PRUNE STREET SMART. OKAY? YEARS WHO. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D BEEN HERE THAT LONG, CHRIS. UH HUH. OKAY? OH, YOU THERE. HE'S HERE FOR MY JOB.
CHIEF THAT WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM MUST GIVE A SPEECH FOR THEM. I'M ALSO BEAUTIFUL.
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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - JUNE 2021
]WE HAVE. EMPLOYEES SPOTLIGHT, WHICH IS. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO, MR NICKEL LITTLE SEE YOU GET. ANNOUNCE YOUR SPECIAL SECRET EMPLOYEES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ALICIA KING AS JUNE'S EMPLOYEES SPOTLIGHT. SHE ASKED ALICIA. SHE'LL TELL YOU SHE COMES TO WORK FOR PEACE AND QUIET. AS A MOTHER OF 10, CHILDREN ATE HERS AND ACCORDING TO HER TO A BONUS, CHILDREN THE HOUSE IS NEVER QUIET. AT LEAST SHE GREW UP IN FORT PIERCE AND WAS THE MIDDLE CHILD WITH AN OLDER AND YOUNGER SISTER. SHE WAS ALWAYS THE PEACEKEEPERS SHE STATES. ALICIA NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE SUCH A LARGE FAMILY. WHO WAS HER PLAN IN LIFE. WHERE HER HUSBAND ALWAYS WANTED A LARGE FAMILY AS HE ONLY HAD ONE SIBLING. IT'S A BLAST HAVING SUCH A LARGE FAMILY, SHE SAYS WITH A SMILE.
THE CHILDREN RANGE IN AGE FROM 5.5 MONTHS TO 19 YEARS OLD WITH SEVEN GIRLS AND THREE BOYS. FOR COMING TO THE CITY OF STEWART. SHE SPENT 15 YEARS AT THE ST LUCIE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. ALSO WORKED EVENINGS AT Q V. C FOR 16 YEARS UNTIL THEY CLOSE. SHE WAS READY TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND TRY A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY. SHE APPLIED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CITY OF STEWART FOR TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. WHILE SHE INTERVIEWED WELL, SHE ORIGINALLY WASN'T SELECTED FOR YOU. THE VACANCY. UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THOSE VACANCIES WAS IN MY DEPARTMENT AND I MADE A GREAT MISTAKE BY NOT CHOOSING HER AT THAT TIME AS SHE OFTEN REMINDS ME. ONE OF THEM. DIDN'T FORGET HER, THOUGH. AND WHEN ANOTHER POSITION OPENED UP. SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I CALLED. FORTUNATELY SHE RETURNED AND INTERVIEWED WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE THIRD TIME WAS A CHARM AND ALICIA JOINED US IN OCTOBER OF 2018. ONE OF ALICIA'S STRENGTH AS HER ORGANIZATION. SHE KEEPS MANY LIST AS IT HELPS TO KEEP STRUCTURE FOR HER CHILDREN. THE STRENGTH SPILLS OVER IN HER POSITION AS A PERMIT TECHNICIAN. TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE A PERMIT TECHNICIAN BETWEEN PHONE CALLS ONLINE PERMITS DIRECT CUSTOMER CONTACT. THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN HER POSITION. ALICIA IS THE TYPE OF PRESIDENT ELECT TO STAY BUSY, AND THE BUILDING PERMANENT DEPARTMENT IS SURE POPPING. THE GREATEST SATISFACTIONS IN A POSITION IS HER ABILITY TO HELP CONTRACTORS AND CUSTOMERS WITH THEIR REQUEST. NEEDED AS GREATLY APPRECIATED AS I CONSTANTLY
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HEAR PRAISE FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. THE EXTRA STEP SHE TAKES TO HELP THEM OUT. WHEN YOU ASK HER WHAT SHE LIKES ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY OF STEWART, ALICIA WILL TELL YOU HOW SHE APPRECIATES THAT EMPLOYEES ARE THE FOCUS FROM LEADERSHIP. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS EMPLOYEES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SHOWS AND HOW WE TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE. POLICE TRIP TO GET SOME DINNER. THAT'S MY ACCOUNT. HOPE THERE'S A PUBLIX GIFT CARD IN THERE FOR ALL THAT GROCERIES, YOU GOTTA BUY. RACE. YEAH. SEE YOU IN 10 YEARS? YEAH. THANK YOU, MR NICOLOSI. SHE DID THAT SPEECH. STEP TWO HERE. YEAH. UM YEAH.SPEAKING OF GIRLS SHOES, DID YOU. A MILLION DOLLARS. OH IT WAS A LITTLE SHY OF A MILLION.
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KIWANIS CLUB OF STUART CHECK PRESENTATION & STUART FIRE UNION CHECK PRESENTATION
]NEXT ITEM IS THE KIWANIS CLUB OF STEWART. PRESENTATION AND THE STUART FIRE UNION CHECK PRESENTATION. WANT TO SAY SOME THINGS THAT MANAGER. THEM TO DO THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF JIM WAS WALKING UP TO TALK OR NOT, BUT. NO. OKAY UM, WE HAVE SHARE COME UP SHARES GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT QANTAS AND HOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BEEN GOING ON WITH THE PARK, RIGHT? AUDIENCE HERE WITH ME AND THEN LIEUTENANT CHRIS LA BARBARA WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.
AFTER MY COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW AND THANK YOU ALL. IT'S NICE BEING HERE. I WANTED TO REVIEW. UM THE STATUS OF THE PARK SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES, QUANTAS YOUTH PARK AT WOODLAWN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A JOINT PROJECT OF FUNDING AND LABOR BETWEEN THE CLUB IN THE CITY. TOGETHER WE'VE CREATED AND IMPROVE THE PARK. THE CITY DESIGNATED THE LAND AS A PARK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AS IN EXCHANGE FOR FUNDING TO BUILD THE COURTHOUSE GAZEBO. THE CLUB TO SIGN THE PLAYGROUNDS. THE CITY AND KWON HAS RAISED FUNDS FOR THE INITIAL EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS. THE QUAN IAN'S ANARCHY CLUB MEMBERS, THOSE THAT ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, CLEARED THE PROPERTY AND ERECTED ALL OF THE INITIAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE EARLY NINETIES. QANTAS BOUGHT THE OAK TREES THAT LINE COLORADO AVENUE IN THE PARK.
THE CITY REMOVED THE OLD RED CROSS BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AND MOVE TREES WITHIN THE PARK TO ALLOW THE PLAYGROUND FOOTPRINTS AND SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE KWAN IAN'S THAT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THAT. IN THE NINETIES. WE FUNDED THOSE SHELTERS THAT PROVIDE SOME SHADE. THE CITY BUILT RESTROOMS IN A STORAGE SPACE FOR QANTAS. THEY ALSO CLOSED A ONE A ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK. TO ALLOW FOR PARKING. THE CITY ACQUIRED OWNERSHIP OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, LOCATED FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT IS LOCATED AND INCORPORATED THE PROPERTY INTO THE PARK. NOW THE CITY MAINTAINS THE PROPERTY ON A DAILY BASIS FOR ITS MILTON. SOMETIMES HE GETS CALLS FROM ME THE CLUB IN THE CITY JOINTLY FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT OVER THE MANY YEARS, INCLUDING ADDING CONCRETE PLATFORMS AND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS. WE WERE THRILLED WHEN THE CITY BUILT NEW RESTROOMS AND ALLOWED US THE QANTAS CLUB TO CONVERT THE OLD RESTROOMS INTO A KITCHEN.
IT WAS CONVERTED AT NO COST TO THE CITY OR TO THE CLUB. VOLUNTEER LABOR AND DONATIONS OF MATERIALS ARRANGED BY QANTAS. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT RENOVATING THE TWO OLDER ORIGINAL PLAYGROUNDS AND WE'RE CREATING 1/4 PLAYGROUND CALLED MADDIE'S GARDEN, WHICH IS A SENSORY SENSITIVE AREA FOR THOSE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, AND THAT MAY HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. BOTH THE CITY AND THE KIWANIS ARE CONTRIBUTING FUNDS, PLANNING AND LABOR. YES WE'VE ENJOYED A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP. THANK YOU FOR THAT. EVERYONE HAS REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARK TO THE COMMUNITY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE SO APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE. TO OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE PARK OVER THE YEARS AND YOUR CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US IN MAKING QANTAS PARK
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AT WOODLAWN, A DESTINATION PARK. WITH FOUR PLAYGROUNDS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, ALTHOUGH I AM CERTAIN THERE MAYBE I ROLES AND NOT AGAIN WHEN WE MENTION OUR NAMES. WE KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD. AND AT THE RISK OF ANOTHER, I ROLLER TO DAVID IAS. I MUST MENTION THAT THE 127TH WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY. IS FOR PHASE ONE OF OUR PARK RENOVATION AND THE NEW PARK, MATTY'S GARDEN AND THEN THE RENOVATION OF THE TOT LOT. THAT'S IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARK. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PLAYGROUND TO RENOVATE THE AREA FOR THE 5 TO 12 YEAR OLDS, AND THAT WILL BE OUR FACE TO RENOVATION OF THE PARK. WE TRUST THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL STEP UP WITH US IN THE CITY. TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ALL OF MY FELLOW IRANIANS, AND WE WOULD LIKE A PHOTO OP. OF COURSE. YES. THANK YOU. SO OKAY, SO EVERYBODY, DESPITE ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS FINISHED BEFORE THAT. THIS IS ONE HOTEL. DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE PICTURE. OH, ALMOST. HAVE TO ACTUALLY HERE. TOGETHER. SNAIL SO YOU CAN SMILE. WASN'T.REALLY? YEAH. PHOTOGRAPH. YEAH, JUST VERY. YEAH. AND MAY I JUST SAY THAT WE'RE THRILLED THAT FIRE RESCUE THEIR BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION IS WORKING WITH US, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A FIRE RESCUE TRUCK THAT I LEARNED THE COLORS AREN'T RED. BUT YOU CAN SHARE ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU. ARE YOU TAKE A SEPARATE THING? YES OKAY. ALRIGHT, A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR 10 MORE MINUTE. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD AS I WASN'T PREPARED FOR SPEECH AS COMPARED TO JUST WALK UP WITH A CHECK, BUT SOME OF YOU KNOW I CAN'T NOT HELP BUT TAKE THE LIMELIGHT. OKAY, SO MY NAME IS CHRIS LOWE. BARBARA I'M A LIEUTENANT WAS TO A FIRE RESCUE. I'M ALSO THE TREASURER OF THE LOCAL 24 11 UNION. THIS IS MY TRUCK PARTNER, ROBERT CALLAHAN. GOOD FRIENDS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THE UNION. HE'S THE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE UNION.
WE STARTED THE FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I'M ALLOWING US TO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS TO USE FOR DONATION EFFORTS, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUST PILE IN WITH DEMANDS OF HEY, WE NEED HELP WITH THIS AND. NOBODY REALLY COMES UP WITH THAT. IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU WOULD THINK TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE DONATIONS FOR CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE ALL TALK TOGETHER. ONE OF THE GUYS BROUGHT UP. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING AT ONE OF THE LOCAL PARKS AND I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS A BIT NAIVE. DID NOT REALIZE HOW EXPENSIVE THAT STUFF WAS. SO WHEN WE DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF $7500, I SAID, WELL, HOW AM I GOING TO FIGURE OUT? WHO DO I GIVE THIS TO? SO I WENT MET WITH DAVID DIES ALWAYS HAS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY. I'VE BEEN BOTHERING HIM QUITE A FEW TIMES OVER THERE. AND HE HAD WAS IT WORKED OUT PERFECT QUANTAS INTO THE HAVING HAVING TO DO THEIR THING RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, AND HE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS PIGGYBACK WITH THAT? AND I THOUGHT WELL ARE 7500 SHOULD DO A BIG PLAYGROUND UNTIL I REALIZED WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ABOUT FIVE BAGS OF MULCH WITH THIS, UM, BUT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ON WITH QANTAS AND WORK WITH THEM, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SHARE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A FUN FUND AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY, LIKE I SAID, NOT A LOT OF THINGS COME TO US ABOUT WHAT TO DONATE TO, I WOULDN'T ME AND NICK TEST OF THE PRESIDENT MET WITH A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS RECENTLY AND MADAM MAYOR CLARK BROUGHT UP ISSUE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THING, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GUYS WHO IS FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO THAT FAMILY WHOSE HOUSE BURNED DOWN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO.
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AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM. SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY THAT CAN USE THE BENEFIT THAT THE FIRE MARK APARTMENT CAN BE A PART OF. WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THAT FUNNEL TO US. SO AS YOU ALL HEAR THIS STUFF. FIND A WAY TO REACH OUT TO OUR FIRE CHIEF WHO CAN SENATOR US AT THE UNION, AND WE CAN TRY TO ALL WORK TOGETHER ON DOING DIFFERENT DONATIONS AND HELPING OUT SO THIS IS OUR FIRST BIG DONATION.WE DID WANT TO THE. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS RUN. THAT HAPPENED NOT LONG AGO. UM AND NOW WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE READY FOR HELPING SOME MORE. SO WE'VE GOT TO CHECK IT OUT TWO DECADES. WE'RE GOING, MHM. MR VINCENT. WAITING FOR THE INVITE SWEET. MHM SCORES. MHM.
SO THE DOG HOUSE REAL QUICK. UM. WE? WE HAVE A DESIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WITH QANTAS ABOUT HAVING A KIND OF A FIRE STATION IN A TRUCK FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY ON, AND THEY HAVE A DOGHOUSE ON THE SIDE AND SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND.
CHIEF TIM AND ELLIE WILL REMEMBER. REMEMBER HARLEY, THE LABRADOR THE THAT WE USED TO HAVE ABOUT ABOUT 11 12 YEARS AGO, BEFORE WE HAD TO PUT HIM DOWN. WE HAD A DOG THAT WAS A COMMUNITY DOG. THAT WE TOOK IN AND MADE IT. OUR FIRE DOG. IT WAS JUST A RANDOM DOG THAT WAS ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE KIND OF TOOK IT IN. SO A LOT OF THE GUYS DON'T KNOW ME AND SHARE OF WORK TOGETHER AND WE DECIDED. THE NAME ON THE DOG FOR THE AS HARLEY, WHICH WAS THE DOG THAT WE HAD AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO IT WILL HAVE SOME SOME HISTORY TO IT. AND ONE OF THE PHOTOS IN THE HALLWAY AT THE FIRE STATION, THERE'S A PICTURE OF HARLEY, THE FIRE DOG. SO SO IT IS A LITTLE HISTORY THAT HAS TO THE FIGHTING DAVID, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT AS WELL. SO I HAD A LITTLE PERSONAL TOUCH TO THE PLAYGROUND FOR A LOT OF THE GUYS WHO REMEMBER HARLEY, THE FIRE DOG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SEEMS LIKE WE GET A LOT DONE IN THE CITY OF STEWART, BUT WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL GET SOME THINGS DONE IN TALLAHASSEE. SO
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2021 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION RECAP
]LET'S HEAR FROM. MR HOGARTH ABOUT 2021, FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION. RECAP. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN HOGARTH THEM FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. FOR THE RECORD. I'D LIKE TO DECLARE THAT THE FUN PART OF THE MEETING IS OVER. SO THIS IS. UM WELL, I'LL TRY TO DO IS I'M NOT GOING TO READ FROM EVERY SLIDE, SO NO DEATH BY POWERPOINT TONIGHT. WELL DO IS TRY TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF SOME KEY BILLS THAT PASSED THIS YEAR. BOTH GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT. AND THEN CERTAINLY. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM I'LL BE HAPPY TO AT THE END OF THE LITTLE PRESENTATION TO DO THAT FOR YOU. UM FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAD SOME PRIORITIES THAT WE ADOPTED AND THE COMMISSION ADOPTED LAST YEAR. UH, ONE OF THOSE WAS OUR THIRD REQUEST FOR MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR ONE OF OUR WATER PROJECTS IN THIS CASE IS THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. WE ACTUALLY GOT THAT REQUEST IT PAST THE GOVERNOR'S VETO AS WELL. SO THERE WAS NO VETO ON THE ON THE FUNDING OUR LEGISLATORS HELP TO GET THAT PASSED TO DATE. WE HAVE 1.75 MILLION. ALMOST $2 MILLION JUST FOR THAT PROJECT ALONE AND THREE YEARS OF FUNDING REQUESTS FROM THE STATE, SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL. UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE CITY. AND CERTAINLY WE CAN PROBABLY CONTINUE TO ASK FOR MORE FOR IT IS THAT PROJECT CONTINUES, UM.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE OR ALL THE I THINK THERE'S SEVEN THERE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR. THERE'S SOME WINDS HERE THEN AND IN THE CASE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE STATEWIDE REGULATION OF FAS AND WATER. UNFORTUNATELY THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR. THAT WAS A CRITICISM OF TALLAHASSEE.
THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RELATIVELY SOON, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME FEDERAL CHANGES TO THE PF PHASE AND WATER COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. UM I'LL START WITH A COUPLE OF THE BILLS THAT FAILED THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY HAPPY THAT DID NOT PASS ONE. I KIND OF CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH THE SESSION. IT WAS CALLED MATTERS OF GREAT GOVERNMENTAL CONCERN. I GUESS I SHOULD PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASTERISK CARE IF YOU CCS FOR CS AT THE TOP. I SPECIFICALLY RETAINED THAT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY. COULD SEE WHERE A BILL WAS AMENDED.
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SIGNIFICANTLY SERVICE TIME. YOU CCS. THAT JUST MEANS IT'S A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, THE MORE CS AS YOU SEE IS THE MORE TIMES IT WAS SUBSTITUTED WITH AMENDMENTS. SO AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT DEFINITELY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE WAS GIVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE SORT OF THE AUTHORITY. TO PURSUE AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE NOT JUST THE LAWSUITS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO ANY AWARDS OR FROM FROM THE, UH THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE SUITS RELATING. TO SPECIFIC ECONOMIC LOSS THAT SUBSTANTIAL THAT HARMS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WAS 15 WAS THE NUMBER THEY SETTLED ON GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THE STATE. SO THE REASON THIS WAS BAD FOR US WAS WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONGOING LITIGATION? MULTI DISTRICT LITIGATION FOR SPECIFICALLY P F A S CONTAMINATION AND WATER SUPPLY. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SPENT OVER $2 MILLION DAVE PETERS, TIM VOLKER. AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. SPENT A LOT OF TIME SOLVING THAT PROBLEM, AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE TRYING TO RECOUP THOSE LOSSES. THIS BILL WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE FULL POWER OF THE AWARD AND WHO THAT GOES TO AND HOW MUCH TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALSO THE LAWSUIT THAT WE HAVE IN PROCESS. FULL CONTROL OF THAT SUIT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INSTEAD OF US SO THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD CERTAINLY TAKES AWAY HOME RULE, AND THAT'S SORT OF THE THEME THAT WE SEE FOR THE REST OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS THAT HOME RULE UNDER ATTACK? AMERICAN LEAGUE. HAD A LITTLE COVER TO THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OVER DWARF WAS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL. AND AFTER A LEGISLATIVE RECAP THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS HE DOES INTEND TO FILE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BILL THAT WE SHOULD GET OUR ARMS AROUND WITH HIM. I KNOW WE. HAD A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH WITH HIM ABOUT ANOTHER BILL THAT HE FILED THIS YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED US. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. I THINK ALL OF US, THOUGH, OUGHT TO I'M KIND OF KEEPING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND. AND REALLY LET HIM KNOW HOW THESE BILLS ARE GOING TO AFFECT US SO THAT HE UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT HE. MIGHT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND. JUST REAL QUICK. UM. HAD A FEW BACK AND FORTH WITH REPRESENTED OVER DORF. WHEN THIS BILL WAS GOING THROUGH AND EXPLAIN TO HIM ARE DISTINCT SITUATION, WHICH HE UNDERSTOOD.AND WHILE THE BILL WAS GOING THROUGH COMMITTEE, HE WENT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND. WAS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION FOR THE CITY OF STEWART FOR OUR SPECIFIC LITIGATION, BUT HE IS AWARE BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP IF COMMISSIONERS ALSO REACHED OUT AND SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT IT. YEAH. MR GIRLS, MISS. MEET MR HOGARTH. CONTINUE. I'LL MOVE ON, BUT IT'S A GREAT POINT. IT IS DEFINITELY GONNA COME BACK IN THE FUTURE AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ANOTHER BILL. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL FOR THE CITY OF STEWART.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SORT OF KIND OF THE ASSAULT ON HOME RULE. VACATION RENTALS KEEP POPPING UP YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS ONE AGAIN DIED IN COMMITTEE. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT BILLS ONE CERTAINLY MORE EXTREME THAN THE OTHER AND I'M IN YOU AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE AMOUNT OF CSS THAT ARE THERE, UH. MORE OR LESS. THIS JUST DIED IN COMMITTEE, BUT WE WILL SEE IT NEXT YEAR.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO DEREGULATE OR PREEMPT, UM LET ME KNOW I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT ANY TIME. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THEN BILLS THAT PASSED. THIS IS THE PROBABLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL BILL FOR THE YEAR. UM, THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WENT INTO IT. I'M NOT GONNA COVER NEARLY MOST OF WHAT WAS PUT IN THERE JUST TO GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES. KIND OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD HAVE COME FROM IT. COMBATING PUBLIC DISORDER. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE NEWS REFERRED TO AS THE ANTI RIOT BILL. CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT INCREASE. SORT OF THE MISDEMEANOR FELONY NATURE OF WHATEVER THE ACTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED, UH HOWEVER, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT CAME FROM THIS BILL. AND IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR US MOVING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE HELD. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WORKS WITH REGARD TO LITIGATION AND ALSO HOW OUR ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CASE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HOW THAT PLAYS INTO. REALLY ANY KIND OF INCIDENTS OF ON UNLAWFULNESS BECAUSE THEIR CONSIDERATION OF WHAT DEFINES A RIOT IS REALLY LOOSE. UM AND YOU'RE TALKING ONLY A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITY THAT DOES REALLY 5000 DAMAGE OR MORE. DOESN'T NECESSARILY EVEN NEED TO HARM ANYONE, JUST $5000 OF DAMAGE AND THAT CAN RACK UP PRETTY QUICK. UM AND SUDDENLY, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE ONUS IS ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND IN A WAY THAT PUTS AN END TO THOSE ACTS. SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL AN ESCALATION BILL. NOT A DE ESCALATION BILLET. IT'S LOOKING AT CITY
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GOVERNMENTS, UM COUNTY GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS AND SAYING YOU HAVE TO RESPOND.YOU HAVE TO PUT AN END TO WHATEVER THIS VIOLENCE IS OR WHATEVER THESE ACTS ARE. UM AND I MY FEAR PERSONALLY WOULD BE JUST THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF OFFICERS RESPONDING, NOT KNOWING WHO THE PERPETRATORS ARE. THAT'S VERY COMMON IN THESE SITUATIONS. AND HAVING TO KIND OF TREAT THE ENTIRE CROWD AS MAYBE THE HANDFUL OF VIOLENT PEOPLE WOULD BE TREATED. SO THE THIS IS GOING TO CREATE CHALLENGES FOR US, BOTH FROM AN ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO. WITH REGARD TO SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND LITIGATION, IN FACT, UM WHAT? WE ALSO CONCERNED ME IN READING THE FINAL BILL IS THAT. THEY WAVED THE LEGISLATURE WAIVED ALL, UM, PROVISIONS THAT LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CAN BE SUED RELATING TO, UH, RELATING TO A CHARGE WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T. ACT IN THE WAY THAT SEEMS REASONABLE ENOUGH FOR THE CRIMES BEING COMMITTED IN RESPONSE, SO, UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR THE COMMISSION TO JUST REALLY CONSIDERING. THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. UM, SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ERODED IN MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. IS IN A VERY GRAY AREA OF THE LAW, WHERE EVERYDAY OFFICERS AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DIFFICULTY RESPONDING TO, UM, INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING INCIDENTS, MASS CASUALTY EVENTS EVEN. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, NO ACTION OR ANYTHING HERE. I HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE YOUNG, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT CAN COME FROM THIS TYPE OF BILL. TAXATION THIS IS ANOTHER IRONIC BILL BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION HAS STATED PREVIOUSLY. UM IT'S DESIRE, AND SO WAS THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR, UH, ONLINE RETAILERS TO PAY THEIR FAIR, SHORT SHARE OF TAXES. AND SO THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM THEY NOW REQUIRE OUT OF STATE RETAILERS AND MARKETPLACE PROVIDERS WITH NO PHYSICAL PRESIDENTS IN FLORIDA. TO COLLECT THE FLORIDA SALES TAX ON SALES OF TAXABLE ITEMS, SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD CHANGE. UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT. WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WENT AND DID AS THEY TOOK THE MONIES. IT WOULD BE COLLECTED IN THERE AND THEY SAID, THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE OF COVID 19. IS, UH, IS PUT BACK INTO THE COFFERS, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUNDS, THE MONIES THAT WERE KIND OF SPENT ON SOME OF SOME OF THAT RESERVE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE PAST YEAR. UM AND THEN WHAT THEY DID IS IN PERPETUITY, THEY SAID. ONCE THAT'S PAID BACK, UM THE WINDFALL OF ALL THAT'S GONNA BE DROPPING A COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX DOWN FROM 5.5% DOWN THE 2. SO ALL THE MONEY'S AND REVENUES WE WOULD HAVE GAINS ARE NOW JUST GOING TO A TAX BREAK FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO THE CITY OF STEWART, I DON'T SEE ANY ANY BENEFIT HERE. FOR US. IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE SUPPORTED. WE JUST DIDN'T GET THE BENEFIT FROM. COUNTY MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT, NOT SUPER IMPORTANT BILL, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON IN THE FUTURE. WHAT THIS DOES IS AND WE HAVE, UH AND THIS IS ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WE HAVE THIS GOVERNMENT OUTREACH PROGRAM.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, CODE WISE, A SIDEWALK WITH A CRACK IN. IT NEEDS REPAIR THAT SORT OF THING. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND ALERT US AND STAFF WILL WILL THEN HOPEFULLY FIX THAT AND RESOLVE THAT ISSUE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IN THIS BILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN NO LONGER INVESTIGATE. UM SITUATIONS WHERE YOU KNOW EITHER LAW OR VIOLATIONS OF CITY OR COUNTY CODES ARE AFFECTED. WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS REPORTING IT IS DOING SO ANONYMOUSLY. SO IT'S VERY CHALLENGING, BECAUSE A LOT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED. ARE DONE SO ANONYMOUSLY WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE COMPLAINED ABOUT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT INTERNALLY. BUT AGAIN. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PREEMPTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL AFFECTING US AT THE LOCAL UM. THIS BILL WAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT IMPACT FEES AS YOU CAN SEE. THREE DIFFERENT COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES THIS BILL. UM. AS BAD AS IT ENDED UP BEING WAS MUCH WORSE WHEN IT WAS FIRST FILED IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS FIRST FILED. I HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF BULL POINTS UP HERE. THEY JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN. THE LIMITATIONS NOW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WHEN WE CAN PASS IMPACT FEE CHANGES. ONE OF THE LAST BULLET POINTS THERE. AN IMPACT FEE MAY NOT BE INCREASED MORE THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. THAT THE CITY OF STEWART, NOT THAT MARTIN COUNTY NECESSARILY NEED TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST AGAIN THEY'RE LIMITING THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS. SLOWLY ERODING OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WENT INTO THIS BILL. THAT WAS NOT GOOD FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOMB SAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAKES SEE THESE LIMITATIONS IF WE COMPLETED DEMONSTRATED NEED STUDY, SO THEY DID PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AND PROVISIONS. THAT ALLOW US TO KIND OF GET AROUND THESE RULES, BUT AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE WORKING
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COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS, IT'S AS CHALLENGING AS IT IS ALREADY.THIS JUST MAKES IT A LOT WORSE STORES. THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT SOUND THE BILL ITSELF MIGHT NOT SOUND SO HARMFUL. HOWEVER LET'S LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE. I MEAN, IT PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM REQUIRING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BUILDER AND AN OWNER AS A CONDITION TO APPLY FOR OR OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT NOT SAYING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OFTEN. IT'S JUST AGAIN. THEY'RE REMOVING OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE THIS, UH, ON AS THE NEED ARISES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD ITEM. THE BILL AMENDS THE COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ADOPTING LAND REGULAR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE SPECIFIC BUILDING DESIGN ELEMENTS SO I COULD THINK OF A CITY LIKE ST AUGUSTINE. THEY'RE RENOWNED FOR DOING THIS FOR KEEPING THE HISTORICAL NATURE. OF THEIR CITY INTACT, AND IN FACT THEY EVEN REQUIRE, DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS US IF YOU VISIT DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE ALL OF THEIR BUSINESSES TO PUT UP LIGHTING AND LIGHT. THE WHOLE CITY. IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING. THE WAY THAT THEY ATTRACT PEOPLE ALSO TO THE DOWNTOWN UP THERE, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT AGAIN. THIS IS MORE ENCROACHMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ABILITY AND COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES AND HOW THEY WANT TO MANAGE THEIR OWN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
HOME BASED BUSINESSES NOT NOT REALLY IMPORTANT BILL BUT AGAIN HERE WE GO HOME BASED BUSINESSES. THEY'RE PREEMPTING THE STATE. TO THE STATE. I SHOULD SAY, PREEMPTING TO THE STATE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE ANY KIND OF HOME BASED BUSINESS WITH LIMITATIONS. WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT NOT LIVE AT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. LET'S SAY YOU DO YOUR REALTOR OR WHATEVER ELSE THIS IS. THIS IS SAYING THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS OUT AS FAR AS REGULATIONS OF WHAT'S ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AT THAT ADDRESS. THEY DID.
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE SLIDE, THEY DID PROVIDE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE BUSINESS OUTSIDE DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND THAT THAT WAS RETAINED FOR US TO MANAGE. UM. THIS IS THE BERT HARRIS MODIFICATION BILL FOR THE YEAR. UH HUH. I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID THIS EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. NOT ALL OF THESE BILLS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THEM VETOED YET, BUT. THEY THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNED IN. SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF JUNE TO FIND OUT IF THEY DO OR NOT, IN MOST CASES, PROBABLY YES. UH I'M GONNA SKIP RIGHT TO THE QUOTE AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE I THINK THAT QUOTE FROM AN ACTUAL STAFFER IN TALLAHASSEE DESCRIBED THIS BILL PERFECT.
SEND ALL LAND USE REGULATIONS WOULD BE SECOND GUESSED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND SO YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, HEY, THAT'S GOOD. WE SHOULD SECOND, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES. GUESS IT.
BUT WHAT? WHAT THAT PERSON WAS REFERRING TO WAS THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO NOW, UM, REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT AN ACTION IS IT TAKING ALL TAKING ON A PROPERTY OR PROPERTY OWNER? THAT ALREADY HAS PUBLIC PROCESSES IN PLACE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS IN PUBLIC. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETINGS ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS. ALL OF THAT, UM, IS NOW A KIND OF SECOND NATURE TO THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON TOO. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE. UM AND HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN PROPERTIES AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTIES. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS BILL TIES INTO SOME OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THIS YEAR. IT'S SORT OF, UM, ALMOST UNFETTERED ACCESS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR PROPERTY AND NOW PUTTING THE BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. TO ILLUSTRATE HOW A POLICY DECISION OR CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT THEM. AND SO ONE EXAMPLE IS, I BELIEVE WAS 180 DAYS. PREVIOUSLY A CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE. UH MOST NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE FILING AN ACTUAL ACTION WITH THE COURT OR WHOEVER ELSE THEY DROPPED THAT DOWN A 90 DAY, SO THEY'RE GIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EVEN LESS TIME TO BE RESPONSIVE. TWO COMPLAINTS FROM FROM PROPERTY OWNERS. UH AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE SOME OF SOME OF OUR PROCESSES MIGHT TAKE THREE MONTHS. UM. ONE OR TWO ORDINANCE HEARINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR OR CODE HEARING, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT ARE GONNA COME OUT OF THIS BILL, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSIONS. I'M SURE WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WE AS WE DO OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS THERE. UM AND AGAIN. I DIDN'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON ANYONE. BILL IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK. LATER ON. GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THIS MAY SEEM SIMPLE BECAUSE WE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT POLICIES IN OUR COMP PLAN. WHAT THE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID HERE WAS THEY INCREASED WHAT COUNTS OR WOULD CONSTITUTE A SMALL SCALE COMP PLAN FROM 10 ACRES. THE 50 ACRES. UH, IT MIGHT NOT SEEM ON ITS FACE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S INHERENTLY.
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BAD THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, THE CRITICISMS OF THIS BILL AND I THINK THEY'RE WARRANTED IS THAT A LOT OF A LOT OF. HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS, SPECIFICALLY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO KIND OF AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. JUST BY, UM, SIMPLY GOING FROM WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE TO THE NEW REGULATIONS WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC PROCESS IN BETWEEN A REVIEW. SO I'M NOT WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS THE WORST BILL THAT PASSED ALL YEAR. BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU THESE LITTLE ENCROACHMENTS. UM IN THE DEREGULATION ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO SOME OF THESE BILLS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE SEEM SORT OF INNOCENT. COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS, JUST LIKE THE HOME THE HOME BUSINESS BILL. THIS ALLOWS, UH, FOOD OPERATIONS TO OPERATE REALLY, WITHOUT A LOT OF LOCAL REGULATIONS, MOST OF IT IT'S GOING TO BE TIED TO FOOD AND YOU KNOW, FEDERAL ON STATE. REGS THEY WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ONE. I JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE AGAIN THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF BILLS THAT WERE PASSED THIS YEAR. SO IT WAS VERY AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR FOR HOME RULE, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY. UM.10, 80 TOBACCO AND NICOTINE. WE PASSED OR ADOPTED OUR OWN RESOLUTION OR DANCE EARLIER.
THIS IS JUST THE STATE FINALLY CODIFYING. THERE'S IT'S A CHANGE OF. THE SALE OF POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM 18 YEARS OF AGE TO 21. YEARS OF AGE. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF PREEMPTIONS ARE IN HERE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT LATER ON STAFF IS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE PASSED AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
TRANSPORTATION. DON'T BELIEVE I TOOK ANY NOTES FOR THIS ONE. NOTHING SPECIAL AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THAT. NOT EVERY BILL THAT PASSED THIS YEAR WAS TOTALLY BAD FOR US.
THIS ONE ALLOWS. UM, THE CITY GOVERNMENT. TO ABANDON ROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY. UM IN A WHOLE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, PLATT SIMULTANEOUSLY SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY IS ABANDONING ROADS, SO THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN THE TOOL CHEST, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE. WHAT THAT IS, AND I THINK THIS IS THE LAST MAJOR BILL ON THE LIST. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREAS. UH, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S UM. YOU KNOW, BEEN THAT BIG LATELY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING. HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS IN MARTIN COUNTY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH. THIS IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE BILL. I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IT ALLOWS THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AT THE VERY LEAST, TOO. ESTABLISH A NEW, UM, ANCHORING RESTRICTION AREAS, ESPECIALLY NEAR RESIDENTIAL, UM, HOMES WHERE WE'RE DOCKS AND, UH AND OTHER ACCESS POINTS ARE SO. NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S A NEED RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS ADDITIONAL TOOLS. SO THAT'S NICE THAT THAT WASN'T COMPLETELY PREEMPTED. UM AND THEN 22 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT PASSED THIS YEAR FOR EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. ONE IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. UM, THAT'S THE FIRST ABOLISHING THE CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMISSION. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT. CONSTITUTIONALLY THE STATE IS REQUIRED TO DO THAT. EVERY 20 YEARS. IT IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM A, UH. CITIZEN LED EFFORT. THOSE HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AS WELL. AND CERTAINLY THE LEGISLATURE CAN ALWAYS LIKE THIS BILL PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. WHAT THIS IS THE LEGISLATURE, ELIMINATING ONE OF THOSE. AVENUES TO AMENDING THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION BY REMOVING THE 20 YEAR COMMISSION. UM. CONVENTION AND SAYING, IT'S ONLY THESE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE. ALTHOUGH IT PASSED. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETHING THEY WILL BE VOTING ON AND REFERENDUM IN THE NEXT ELECTION. AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. THIS HAS TO, I DON'T KNOW AND SOMETHING I'LL CERTAINLY HAVE TO TALK WITH OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL AND MAYBE MIKE ABOUT AS WELL. THIS LIMITS THE ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY. UM. THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY RELATING TO ANY KIND OF INCREASED VALUATION. UH THAT STEMS FROM AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT IN THE GRAY AREA, BUT WHAT STEMS FROM AN IMPROVEMENT. OF THE PROPERTIES.
RESISTANCE OF FLOOD DAMAGE. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ONLY SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE ON THAT PROPERTY OR IMPROVEMENTS MADE. LET'S SAY TWO ADJACENT OR JOINING PROPERTIES THAT COULD BE PUBLIC PROPERTY COULD BE A PUBLIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE ASSESSMENT VALUATION OF THAT HOME CANNOT INCREASE BASED ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AS A RESULT OF THEIR RESISTANCE OF FLOOD DAMAGE, SO IT'S SORT OF A WASH, UM, WHEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE CONCERN WOULD BE WITH THAT LIMIT ANYONE'S DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY. AND UM AND THEN I PUT UP A HANDFUL OF MISSILE MISCELLANEOUS ADOPTED BILLS THIS YEAR. UM, I HAVE NOTES ON ALL OF THEM HAPPY TO ANSWER. IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BORE EVERYONE. ANY LONGER. ALL THOSE DETAILS. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU, BEN. THANK YOU FOR GOING TO TELL US
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IT FOR US AND KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS. WHEN DO ANYMORE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE RECAP? OKAY, BEN, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UM. YOU'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO CONTACT YOU TO GET ANYTHING AND I JUST WE'RE GOING TO GO[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
STRAIGHT TO COMMENT BY COMMISSIONERS AND I MAKE I'M NOT MAKING MY COMMENTS YET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, MR MORTAL. AND CITY MANAGER AND ALL COMMISSIONERS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO, UM. SOMETIME IN THE EARLY FALL TO START THINKING SINCE HOME RULE HAS BEEN SO ATTACKED BY OUR LEGISLATURE THAT WE NEED TO EITHER HAVE SOME KIND OF A SESSION OR SOMETHING. TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOME RULE OR WHAT WE CAN DO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TREASURY CALLS LEAGUE IS DOING. BUT WE JUST NEED TO, UM. DON'T KNOW. ARE WE JUST GOING TO REACT TO THINGS OR. WHAT CAN WE DO? BUT ANYHOW, MAYBE WE COULD GET ME SOME MORTAL TOO.HELP US THROUGH ON SOMETHING, BUT, UM, YEAH, MIKE, I WAS GONNA TOUCH ON THAT IN MY COMMENTS. WELL, YOUR COMMENTS GOOD. GOOD. SO WE'RE THINKING OF LIKE THEM SOMEWHAT FROM WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU. ABOUT. WAIT TILL I TALK? YES. OKAY. COMMENT SPIKE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER BRUNER MR BRUNER. JUST WANTED TO SAY EVERY TIME I GO DOWN PALM BEACH ROAD ON 18TH STREET, WHERE THE HOMES WERE. THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS SO UGLY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING ON AT NIGHTTIME THERE, BUT NOW DID WE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT? UM IT'S A COUNTY.
IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL NOW. COMMUNICATION AMAZING JUST AUTHORIZING IT. WE JUST AUTHORIZED BECAUSE IT'S OUR RIGHT OF WAY IN THERE. IT'S VERY BUT IT WAS THE AIRPORT MONEY. FAA MONEY I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. WELL JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, UH THAT THE ROCKS ARE STILL CLOSED. AND UM, THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE DISCHARGES. I DID UNDERSTAND. I WAS TOLD BY JOHN YOU'D WITH THE MARINE RESOURCE OR MARINE INDUSTRIES COUNCIL. THAT THE ACTUAL LOCKS FOR MOVING THE BOATS IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR THREE MONTHS FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH FOR RENOVATIONS. AND HE ASKED ME IF I'D BRING IT UP JUST IN CASE THE CITY WANTED TO. THEY'RE TAKING COMMENTS ON THAT BECAUSE OF THE BOAT TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THE CITY THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY CROSS STATE BOAT TRAFFIC DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. WHILE THEY'RE WELL, THE LOCKS ARE BEING RENOVATED, SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT, IF WE WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGARDING VOTE. THE. TRAVEL OF BOATS BACK AND FORTH. THE OTHER THING IS, I DROPPED OFF AT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, SEATS, MANGOES. AND ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT THE MANGOES ARE IN SEASON? I MEAN EVERYWHERE. AND IF YOU LIKE MANGOES, UH, THERE IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET THEM AND IT'S JUST ENJOYABLE TO SEE THE MAN GOES TREES DROPPING MANGOES AND WE'RE ALL POINTY AND IS IN BLOOM. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF YEAR. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.
I'M COMMISSIONER MEYER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM BY WAY OF BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS 13 14 FROM CONSENT. JUST FOR A LITTLE COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM. LAST WEEK. I ATTENDED MY FIRST MEETING FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEXT YEAR WITH THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES.
I'M ON THEIR POLICY. ONE OF THE POLICY COMMITTEES FOR THE MY POLICY COMMITTEE IS THE UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, AMONG OUR TOP ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. UH FOR OUR EFFORTS THIS COMING YEAR IS GOING TO BE PFS. LEGISLATION THE LEAGUE ACTUALLY HELPED WRITE A BILL LAST YEAR THAT WAS FILED THIS LAST SESSION, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE BUT AT LEAST AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, SOME OF YOU OUT THERE MAY KNOW OFTENTIMES IT TAKES MANY. TRIES BEFORE A BILL IS ACTUALLY PASSES. WE SAW SEVERAL FAILED AND WE KNOW THEY'LL BE BACK AND THEY MIGHT PASS NEXT TIME, SO THAT'S HEARTENING, BUT THE LEAGUE IS GOING TO GIVE IT A GOOD PUSH. CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PFS. LEGISLATION UM, AND, UH AND IT. IT'S A BLESSING AND A CURSE. STEWART IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. WE'RE ALWAYS SORT OF SEEN AS A LEADER. I WISH WE WEREN'T BUT WE'RE KIND OF A LEADER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH P FAST, SO I ALWAYS HAVE THE UNENVIABLE POSITION OF DESCRIBING TO THE REST OF THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM. UM, OUR EXPERIENCES WITH WITH PEE FAST.
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BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE STATE IS COMING TOGETHER. LOCAL CITIES ARE COMING TOGETHER AND, UM, GOING TO BE ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING AND HELPING US. UM. SO AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO PULL ITEM 13 SPECIFICALLY WAS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WILL WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM. I ALSO WANTED TO THINK VICE MAYOR MATHESON FOR HIS COMMENTS THAT THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MEETING REALLY. YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING GREAT. I LOVED HOW YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ARSON, OUR RESIDENTS AND I THOUGHT YOUR WORDS WERE POWERFUL AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE KEEPING UP THE FIGHT.I'M SURE YOU'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO. YEAH. UH, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UH, MENTION ANOTHER ANOTHER ITEM THAT CAME UP, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF, UH. OF SORT OF THE EROSION OF HOME RULE. AND, UM, AT THIS LAST MEETING, SCOTT DEADLY WHO'S THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE LEAGUE? UH HE PUT IT IN A REALLY GOOD WAY IN A WAY THAT I HADN'T HEARD OF IT BEFORE. SO OFTEN, WE SAY WHAT HAPPENS IN TALLAHASSEE WITH OUR WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IS THAT THEY'RE ERODING HOME RULE AWAY FROM US FROM THE COMMISSION FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. AND THAT'S THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE RULES FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, UH, THAT ARE RESIDENTS WANT. AND BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT'S NOT THAT THE LEGISLATORS ARE ERODING OUR CONTROL. THEY'RE ERODING OUR RESIDENTS CONTROL AND THAT WAS SUCH A LIGHTBULB MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE. WE ARE TRYING AND I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR COMP, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME. SOME ISSUES THAT WERE GOING THROUGH THAT.
NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH AND THAT CAN GET KIND OF CONTENTIOUS, BUT OVERALL, IT'S OUR ROLE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE MAKE OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES AND OUR LOCAL BUILDING CODES AND DESIGN STANDARDS AND HOW WE AFFECT OUR CITY. AND THAT'S THAT'S ON BEHALF OF. OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEY CAN ELECT US AND PICK US OUT OF OFFICE AND. UP IN TALLAHASSEE. THEY'RE TAKING THE POWER AWAY FROM OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO PUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST. IT'S NOT. WE WANT TO BE IN CONTROL. IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BIDDING OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO ONE GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE WERE. EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT FOLLOWING CALLING THE GAS STATION BILL, WHICH DID PASS AND IT'S A PREEMPTION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITIES TO REGULATE GAS STATIONS. SO AND THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. IN FACT. LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE MEETING. FINALLY THIS BILL WAS BROUGHT BEFORE COMMITTEE AND ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS LOOKED AROUND AND SAID. WHY ARE WE EVEN LOOKING AT THIS? WHO'S WHO'S PREVENTING GAS STATIONS FROM POPPING UP IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS SORT OF EVERYONE FALLING OVER THEMSELVES TO SAY WHAT BUT WELL, SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT IN CALIFORNIA. AND SO NOW WE HAVE A LAW OR WILL BE MAYBE SIGNED. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T. BUT WE HAVE A BILL THAT WILL LIKELY BE SIGNED THAT LIMITS OUR LOCAL ABILITY TO REGULATE. GAS STATION FROM FROM BEING IN IN SIMILARLY ZONED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE WHERE. WE ARE OUR HANDS ARE EVER MORE TIED. THE PLACE IF A FIRST PERSONAL PROPERTY IS ZONE COMMERCIAL. WE WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO TO A GAS STATION THERE EVEN IF IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. UM. AND THEN AS FAR AS BRINGING IN THE LEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT ADVANCING OUR INTERESTS AHEAD OF NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SCOTT DUDLEY, WHO I MENTIONED BEFORE WHO PUT IT SO WELL THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS TAKING AWAY OUR CITIZENS CONTROL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. UM, HE IS ENTERING A NEW ROLE WITH THE LEAGUE AND IS LOOKING TO COME TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND WORK. NOT ONLY NOT COME AND PRESENT AT A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, BUT PROBABLY IDEALLY GO TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES. GO TO THE LOCAL TO THE KIWANIS CLUB, GO TO THE LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND SPEAK TO THE MEMBERSHIP THERE, SO I'LL BE ORGANIZING THAT WITH STAFF AND PLEASE ANYBODY.
MEMBERS OF YOUR GROUPS. SEND THEM MY WAY AND WILL BE HAVING HOPEFULLY HAVE, UH, MR DUDLEY COME AND PRESENT SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT WILL FIGHT FOR NEXT. SESSION. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPARE THANK YOU, MAYOR AND EXCELLENT WORDS. COMMISSIONER MEYER HOME RULE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. YOU MIGHT NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH US UP HERE. WHAT WERE THE SMALLEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AND. ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO REFLECT THE DECISIONS OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. TRY AND BE QUICK, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS. FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM OF EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF STEWART. THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY HELPS
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MAKE THE CITY OF STEWART SPECIAL. AND EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK IS OVER. PLEASE KNOW THAT. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. YOU'RE APPRECIATED. BY RESIDENTS AND COMMISSIONERS, NOT JUST DURING EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEW EVENTS NEXT YEAR BACK TO IN PERSON. THE TRAGIC EVENT THAT OCCURRED AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO IS HEARTBREAKING, EVEN FOR TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WHO WERE INVOLVED ARE OFFERED PROPER SUPPORT. AND PROPER COUNSELLING BY THE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE FLOWERS. CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. BE SENT TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. REGARDING THE WAY MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT LASTED TILL TWO IN THE MORNING, AND IT WAS A HOT TOPIC. I BELIEVE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US. TO DO OUR BEST TO GIVE PUBLIC. TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR INPUT. IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL. BELIEVE MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY. QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS. IT'S BEST FOR US TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT AND INTERVENERS SHORT REBUTTAL. PRIOR TO OUR DELIBERATION. IN ANY MOTIONS BEING MADE. ONLY HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HEAR IT IN THE SAME DAY. BUT I THINK WE PROJECT. WE'RE DOING OUR JOB BEST IF WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT.FIRST BEFORE MAKING OUR FINAL DECISIONS. I'M ALSO OPEN. WHO ADJUSTING THE TIMES. OF OUR MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL HOT TOPIC MEETINGS, WE ALL KIND OF KNOW WHEN THEY'VE BEEN SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THE MEETING UP AT A REASONABLE TIME. WE'RE NOW TWO WEEKS INTO THE OFFICIAL START OF THE WET SEASON. SUMMER SHOWERS ARE BECOMING MORE TYPICAL. CITY OF STEWART, ALONG WITH MARTIN COUNTY, HAS A FERTILIZER BAN, IN EFFECT THAT LASTS THROUGHOUT HURRICANE SEASON. I'D LIKE A REMINDER PUT OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. THAT THIS IS AN EFFECT AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO ABIDE BY IT. LAST THURSDAY, I ADDRESSED THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT GOVERNING BOARD AT THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. IT WAS A NICE FEELING GETTING BACK TO BE IN PERSON THERE. DISCUSSED OUR CURRENT STANCE ON LOW, SOME AS WELL AS THE HARM WITH NO BENEFIT. STEWART RESIDENTS RECEIVED FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE MANAGEMENT. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL MY COMMISSIONERS FOR TRUSTING YOU.
WITH THIS TASK AND GIVING ME THE ABILITY TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR WATERWAYS. ONE OF MY MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE DISTRICT MEETING. WAS THAT. THE MONTH OF MAY FOR 2021 WAS THE SIXTH DRIEST ON RECORD. SINCE THE EARLY 19 THIRTIES. LET THAT SINK IN. SIXTH DRIEST ON RECORD SINCE THE EARLY 19 THIRTIES. WHILE WE'RE STILL IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NUMEROUS TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS. IN THE LAKE AND CANALS. OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH CAN'T DRINK THEIR WATER BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON THE LAKE FOR IT, AND IT'S TOXIC. WE ARE IN A SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER SCENARIO. AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN THE EARLY SPRING AND WE HAVE MOTHER NATURE TO THANK FOR THAT. IF OUR MAY WAS LIKE LAST YEAR, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TOXIC WATER IN THE ST LUCIE ALREADY. ALONG THE LINES OF WATER QUALITY. FLORIDA HAS SEEN A DISTURBING NUMBER OF MANATEE MORTALITY IS THIS YEAR. SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, 782 MANATEES HAVE DIED ACROSS THE STATE. MANY OF THOSE DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED IN MARTIN COUNTY.
THE PAST FIVE YEAR HISTORICAL AVERAGE FOR THE STATE. FOR THE ANNUAL AVERAGES 306. SO WE'RE WELL PAST DOUBLE THAT AND WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. IN 2017, U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
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CHANGE THE STATUS OF MANATEES FROM ENDANGERED TO THREATENED. THIS ADJUSTS THE PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS THE FUNDING THE SPECIES REQUIRES. SORRY, RECEIVES. MANY SCIENTISTS ATTRIBUTE INCREASED MORTALITY RATE. THE LACK OF SEAGRASS. WATER QUALITY PLAYS A MAJOR PART. THE AMOUNT OF SEA GRASS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. HAVING MANATEES ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. WILL NOT ONLY ENSURE THEIR PROTECTION BUT ALSO HELP IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY.THEREFORE I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION URGING THE U. S.
FISH AND WILDLIFE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR TO PLACE MANATEES BACK ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. IF THIS MOTION IS ADOPTED, I WOULD LIKE THE RESOLUTION TO BE SENT. THE SECRETARY OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS, SHANNON TESTINO'S. LIKE US TO DISCUSS MOTION TO PUT, UM, MANAGES BACK ON THE. MY LIFE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST? YES SO IN 2017, THEY WERE MOVED FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES TO THREATEN UM. BACK IN THE MOST INTO PULL BACK ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. I THINK THANK YOU. AND, YEAH, THE MOTION IS LOOKING FOR A RESIDENT TO BRING BRING BACK A RESOLUTION. NO SHOULD BE REPRESSED. TRUST ME WITH HOME RULE. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO MUCH, BUT WE'RE A WAYS OFF OF THAT. BUT THE MOTION IS TO HAVE STAFF BRING BACK A RESOLUTION. URGING US FISH AND WILDLIFE. YEAH. LOOK AT THAT PUT MANATEES BACK ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. OKAY SO, UM, LET'S JUST BREAK. LET'S JUST DEAL WITH THAT SINCE YOU HAVE THAT MOTION, UM, DOES SUPPORT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? YOU HAVE MOTION AND SECOND. WELL, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE SEND IT OFF. OH, YEAH, THIS WOULD BE YOU KNOW. MY NEXT MEETING, HOPEFULLY. STAFF WOULD BRING BACK A RESOLUTION. OKAY, SO THIS IS MY STAFF TO BRING A RESOLUTION? I CAN WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE HAPPENING? HOLD ON IT. IN PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, MADAM. REAL QUICK BEFORE WE, UM I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS GENERALLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN EVENT WITH THE. RIVER KIDS REGARDING THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, RIGHT ACTING FOR IT. THERE WAS THAT I WAS THERE WITH SOME OF MY RIVER KIDS, UM TOOLSN HALL. UH, FEW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH TO KNOW WHETHER OTHER MUNICIPALITIES UM. JUST WANTED TO ASK WHERE THERE ANY I MEAN AGAIN. I GENERALLY LIKE THE IDEA BUT WHERE THERE ANY LIKE SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL? HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ONES LEADING THE CHARGE, AND THEY HEARD THE OKAY WAS LEANING ON, UM. SO MRCS INVOLVED? YEAH. OKAY. AND. F W C I FORWARDED PRIOR TO THIS ITEM DISCUSSIONS WITH DAVID AND MR HOGARTH. UM. AFFORDED ALL THE STATS OF THE MORTALITY RATES. UM. ONE OF THE DISTURBING THINGS OF THE 782. 500, WHERE JUST THE DEATH WAS VERIFIED. HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME YOU HAVE TO BREAK DOWN ITS 25 PAGES OF AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. MM. THE ONES IN MARTIN COUNTY WHAT THE DEATH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BUT OF THOSE 7 82 ROUGHLY 50. TWO. I THINK DUE TO WATERCRAFT. 500 WERE UNVERIFIED AS FAR AS JUST.
WHAT? THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ITS HARBOR BRANCH STILL PERFORMING AUTOPSIES FOR ARE THEY THE LATE AGENCY DOING THAT? THERE'S A FEW AGENCIES THAT DO I DON'T. I MEAN, A PART OF IT DEPENDS WHERE IT IS FAR GONE. IT IS SO UNDERSTANDABLY, SOME OF THOSE ARE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IN THAT CROPSEY. UM. OKAY WELL, I WANTED TO ADD THEY. WHAT I'VE READ IN THE PAPER THAT IT'S STARVATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PROOF NOW. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE IT, YOU KNOW? THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. THEY DON'T KNOW FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DEATH. WHAT THE CAUSE IS, UM, SOME OF THE CAUSES WERE COLD WEATHER. IN MARTIN COUNTY IN JANUARY. AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I'M. I HAVEN'T DONE ANY STUDIES, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT COLD OF THE
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WINTER THIS JANUARY. YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD MASSIVE SNOOK KILLS, AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE REGULATIONS. THAT WAS A COLD WINTER. THIS ONE WE DIDN'T HAVING, BUT I MEAN, MY THOUGHT IS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. PUTTING IN THE BACK ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES WAS WITH WITH. WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE'VE HAD DOUBLE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF DEATHS. OF THE AVERAGE OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH. SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. REALLY? YEAH LET'S I MEAN, I'LL CALL THEM CALL THE QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR. I. JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. YES, SIR. AS A SIDE NOTE, I GOT SENT PICTURES BY NEIGHBORS OF MANATEES AND POPPLETON CREEK LAST WEEK, SO OH, NO. THOSE ARE HOPEFULLY HAPPY, HEALTHY, ALIVE ONES. OKAY, WE'RE ALIVE. SO NO. AND RESILIENT PEPPER IN THE BRAZILIAN. UM INSISTS ON MONEY AND, WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO ALL IN FAVOR. SAY THAT I ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT. THOMAS ALL RIGHT. ALL WERE STAFF IS SUPPOSED TO BRING BACK SOMETHING. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. HIGH HIGH. ANY MORE COMMENTS, MR. VICE SPARE JUST A QUICK COMMENT, UM, ADDRESSING COMMISSIONER MACDONALD'S COMMENTS OF THE LOCK CLOSURE. UM FRANKLY, I. WISH THE LOCKS WERE GOING TO BE WORKED ON.FROM JULY. THROUGH THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, THEN, UM, THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. ONE THEY WEREN'T THE ARMY CORPS IS NOT READY TO DO THAT. AND. THEY'RE NOT WILLING. TWO. TOOK A RISK CLOSING LOBSTER AND HURRICANE SEASON IS FROM MY TAKEAWAY, SO THAT'S OPTION NUMBER ONE, EVEN THOUGH. FOR ALL OF US. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PRIME TIME WE WOULD LIKE THEM CLOSED AND SEALED. SHUT. UM THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, AND UNFORTUNATELY AS IT COMES TO CLOSURE IN JANUARY, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR PRIME. TOURIST SEASON THAT DOES AFFECT THEM.
BUT. IT DOES HAVE TO HAPPEN SOMETIME. UM OR ELSE YOU RISK. FURTHER DAMAGE ON THE LOCKS.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AND. DISCUSSION ON COMMENTING ON THE ISSUE. UM. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T SEE THE. ADVANTAGE EITHER WAY, UM. I JUST HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS ON THURSDAY. SO IT'S NOT THE BEST FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MARINAS COMING OVER. UM BUT I'M CHOOSING TO FOCUS MY EFFORTS ON. THE WATER GOING THROUGH. THEY DO NEED TO SERVICE THE LOCKS AND. ALWAYS BE SUPPORTIVE OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THEM, WHETHER YOU'RE RUNNING FROM A HURRICANE OR.
PEOPLE FROM THE WEST COAST. WANT TO ENJOY OUR WATERS? MY BOAT? RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR MAYER. YEAH. I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR THE VICE MAYOR. I KNOW. SO WE'RE, UM. YOUR COMMENTS TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. YOU HAD. THROWING SUPPORT BEHIND ONE OF THE OPERATIONAL PLANS A C C. I THINK IT IS SO. THE TOUGH PART IS, IT'S LITERALLY ALWAYS EVOLVING. SISI IS. MOST ALREADY OUTDATED. UM, I'VE TALKED. TO MR HOGARTH. HE'S GONNA PUT A PLACEHOLDER FOR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING KIND OF BRIEF US ON THAT, UM. WE SUPPORTED SISI IT IT WAS AN ALIGNMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THE WEST COAST AS FAR AS THE BEST. FOR US THE WEST COAST RIVERS COALITION SUPPORTED IT. FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES. WITH IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WHAT WE'VE YET TO SEE IF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, AND SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE EVEN FURTHER REDUCING REGULATORY DISCHARGES. TO THE S 08 MY COMMENTS WERE WE SUPPORT SISI? UM WITH IMPROVEMENTS. WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU KNOW. ANY WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE ST LUCIE LOCKS. SHOULD BE A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND. WE'LL SEE. WELL, NO. NOW THOSE PLANS WILL BE MIXED WITH OTHERS AND. DON'T EVOLVE AGAIN. WELL, I KNOW THAT CONGRESSMAN MAST RECENTLY HAD A PRESS EVENT, THROWING HIS WEIGHT BEHIND. I THINK IT WAS C C AS WELL. SO WHILE WE'RE WHILE WE'RE HAVING STAFF PUT TOGETHER LETTERS. I MEAN, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND US? DOING THE SAME THING. TWO ARMY CORPS. YES, AND I SENT. I MEAN, I'VE EMAIL THE CORE, SO IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THEM ON OUR BEHALF AND SOME OF THE LARGER THINGS I'VE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION THE TOUGH PART, AND THAT'S WHY I'M
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THANKFUL YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF SUPPORTED ME IS. OUR MEETINGS DON'T ALWAYS SYNC UP WITH THE CORES MEETING RIGHT AND TO WAIT A WEEK HERE AND THERE. IS A LITTLE LATE FOR AN EMAIL OR A LETTER TO BE SENT. ACTUALLY CONGRESSMAN MASS AID. BRAD STUART WAS THE ONE THAT NOTIFIED ME THAT THIS LAST GOVERNING BOARD MEETING WOULD BE THE SO AN IN PERSON MEETING UM, SO I WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ATTEND IN PERSON. OKAY? I JUST WAS MAKING THE SUGGESTION. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. NO MORE. NO COMMENTS, WORKER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS WATCHING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING AND SARAH HEARD BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE ANY OF IT, BUT THAT'S THE ONE. IF YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US. THAT'S THE ONE WHO WANTS. I WANTED. HAD THAT THE COUNTY ALSO THANKS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IT'S MY TURN NUMBER ONE. IT'S ALMOST 5 30.
WE STARTED AT FOUR. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH. WE TRY TO DO THIS WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND SO ON, SO IT DOESN'T GO ON. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT.
IT ALL TAKES TIME. THOSE A LITTLE MORE HERE FOR THE HOUSING WORKSHOP OR FOR OTHER ITEMS, PLEASE STAY. PLEASE BE HERE. PLEASE BE PRESENT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM CLERK. I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF STEWART HAD, UM TIME WHERE WE HAD. OPENED UM, SEASON FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO QUALIFY FOR OUR. ELECTIONS IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A BRIEF REPORT, SURE, QUALIFYING ENDED ON FRIDAY AT 12 NOON. WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MISS BECKY BRUNER.
SHE DOES NOT. SHE'S UNOPPOSED, SO. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL. I LOVE MY LITTLE CITY. UH TOM CAMPAIGN. HE ALWAYS TELLS ME DON'T SAY LITTLE BECKY. AND, UH BUT, UM IT'S A REAL HONOR TO SET UP HERE. I MEAN, IT WAS ALL MY HEART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR SEAT FOUR. GROUP FOUR. WE HAVE TROY MCDONALD AND CANDIDATE KAREN HALL. SO WE HAVE A. TWO PEOPLE CANDIDATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. CLERKS ARE IMPORTANT. THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
BECKY OR LITTLE CITY HAS AN ELECTION. UM SO, UM. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR 10 STREET RECREATION CENTER. ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK ESPECIALLY A PUBLIC WORKS, APARTMENT, EVERYBODY WHO DOES EVERYTHING FOR BOTH THE UPCOMING EVENT THIS SATURDAY AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS, AND THERE WAS A NICE EVENT THERE, PUT ON BY A COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF POP UP.
SHARP EVENT ON SATURDAY AND I COULDN'T GET TO ATTEND. BUT I HEARD THAT IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON ALL SIDES OF THE CITY UPTOWN DOWNTOWN INSIDE OUTSIDE. AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE ARE VIBRANT CITY WHEN WE CAMPAIGN WE CAMPAIGN ABOUT BEING VIBRANT AND WE CAN TRULY SAY THAT WERE VIBRANT WHEN WE SEE ACTIVITIES LIKE THESE AND WE PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES LIKE THESE, WE CAN BE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL AND TRANSPARENT.
AND SAY THAT WE ARE TRYING AND WORKING ON HAVING A VIBRANT CITY AND GETTING OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THOSE THAT 10TH STREET AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND WHOM GOT THIS EVENT TOGETHER. THE POP UP SHOP EVENT AND OTHER EVENTS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK ONE OF THOSE ON OUR, UM. CONSENT AGENDA WILL START SEEING MORE ACTIVITY IS PROBABLY AT THE FLAGLER CENTER, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY SHINES, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THAT. I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THE HOME RULE ALREADY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY BRING THAT UP ANYMORE. UM THIS WEEK COMING UP, I'M GOING TO BE HELPING SOME FOLKS TO CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAY WITH A LITTLE PROCLAMATION. MR SEAL SMITH IS GOING TO HAVE OH, MAYBE I SHOULD SAY THAT IN PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S A SURPRISE KIND OF. SHE WON'T KNOW. SHE WATCHED THE VIDEO. SO, UM, AND JUST LIKE THE STAFF, MR MORTAL STAFF IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL. SO MANY PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES COMMUNITY CENTER AS PEOPLE GET OLDER. PEOPLE WANT TO HELP US AND WE I TRY TO HELP THEM BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SURVIVED COVID. AND SO IT'S SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO BE 80 AND 100. ONE LADY IS GOING TO BE 100 AND TWO YEARS OLD AND I JUST LEARNED OF HER YESTERDAY, SO I'M GOING TO BE IN FACT, SHE'S CELEBRATING HER ACTUAL BIRTHDAY. UM TODAY. AND SO I COULDN'T GET TO GO TO THAT. BUT I WILL BE, UM, MEETING WITH THEM. I TOLD YOU ABOUT JUNETEENTH. SOMEBODY HAS
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CALLED TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DUMPSTER AT, UM. ST LUCIE CRESCENT, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE. OLD WORLD. HOLD THE CURRENT, UM. FRIENDS SUPPORT MINTS, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES IN THERE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER THINGS HAPPEN, UM. WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY LOOK BETTER. AND THEN ON FRIDAY, I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING OUT OF INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE. I AM A MEMBER ON THAT. REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, UM, BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IN OUR ENTIRE REGION. SO, UM. ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS JUST HIGHLY COMMENDED. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU TAKE AND WITH REGARD TO THAT 18TH STREET YES, I LIVE RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S BY THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE HAVING MORE. AIRPORT MEETINGS ALSO, AND I'M ON THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING THAT WORK IN THAT AREA TO, UM. MAKE IT. LOOK. UM, NICE WHILE THEY'VE CLOSED, IT OFTEN DONE SOME THINGS. SO THAT'S IT, UM, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AT A MANAGER. I'LL SAY SKIP BY BY[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
HOW COULD I WELCOME BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER? THINGS? JUST TWO QUICK THINGS FOR COMMISSIONER MATHESON. FLOWERS AND CONDOLENCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT IN REFERENCE TO THAT TRAGIC EVENT. UM THE, UH, JUST TO INFORM THE COMMISSION. UM THERE'S THE CSC GRANT. IF YOU RECALL ON YOUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN HOW THEY DO THEIR FISCAL YEAR OPERATION. AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE APPLICATION DATE HAS CHANGED. IT'S ACTUALLY DUE BY THE END OF THE THINK THIS WEEK, SO WE DID NOT HAVE IT ON THIS COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THE GREEN APPLICATION. I HAVE AUTHORIZED JIM TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND SUBMIT IT AND THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION. BUT WE HAD TO GET IT DONE. OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE MISSED THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, AND IT JUST GOT MESSED UP ON THE DATES BECAUSE OF THEIR CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S ALL HAVE THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THERE'S A THING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHERE YOU SAY NB NOTA BENE. THE. THAT'S ALL PART OF A LITTLE LETTER. I JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT JOLLY. WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL PERSON. AND JOLIE. WE AS AS WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE IN THE INCIDENT AT THE FIRE STATION, AND JOLLY WAS IN CHARGE. UM THOSE DAYS AND. IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS. I THINK I HOPE THERE'S LOTS OF CITY EMPLOYEES HERE. BUT IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST GIVE JULIA CLAP FOR HIS HARD WORK, AND, UM I WANT TO SAY FOR CHIEF PHYLICIA ON AND HIS STAFF. AND FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR STAFF. THESE GUYS KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD CRISIS. THEY KNOW THE MEANING OF WORKING UNDER PRESSURE. THEY KNOW THE MEANING OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND BEING A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. AND REALLY STEPPING UP AND DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND FOR OUR PERSONS WHO WORKED WITH THE MEDIA, MR WHOLE GUARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY N B. RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM UNDERLINE, UNDERLINE, UNDERSCORED AND WE'LL KNOW VERY WELL WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND, UH THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED.WHAT WE THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. I MADE A ERROR
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EARLIER, THOUGH I MEANT TO PULL ITEMS 13 AND 15 IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE 14 FT AS WELL, I WOULD LIKE 14 PULL THIS. WELL. OKAY UNFORTUNATELY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. OF THE AGENDA. UM AND I DON'T I WILL COVER THOSE ENGINES CONSENT. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PULLING ITEMS NUMBER 13, 14 AND 15, WHICH APPEAR ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. UM. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? COMMISSION MCDONALD HIS SECOND.YOU'RE IN SECOND. IT'S OKAY. SO, UM, THERE'S NUMBER NUMBER 11 AND 12 HAVE. MONEY INVOLVED SO LOCAL WHAT WE NEED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FIRST. OKAY WELL, YEAH, WE'RE APPROVING THE AGENDA. BUT I'M SAYING THAT, OKAY? ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, I. OKAY ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE GO TO THOSE OTHER, I'D. I DID, AN ENTIRELY APPROVE IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT. WE'VE NOW APPROVED THE AGENDA WITH THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE PULL THOSE WE CAN WAIT TILL WE GET TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THEY JUST PULLED THEM EARLY WHEN WE APPROVED THE AGENDA, OKAY. SORRY, SO WE'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THE CONSENT TO DO. MAN OF INCOME. RIGHT? OR TWO THAT HAD MONEY INVOLVED, BUT THAT'S OKAY. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. I HAVE ONE ON ITEM NUMBER 17. SO
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I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT ITEM, WHICH IS A. DISCUSSION ON HOUSING POLICY.AND WE HAVE A COMMENT IN GENERAL FROM THE SPERRY BRINKLEY. I THINK THE SPRINKLER WAS OUTSIDE. NO WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOOR BECAUSE WE HAD SOME MR BRINKLEY. I MEAN, GOOD EVENING. BRINKLEY. I CAN'T HEAR. MHM. DAVID BRINKLEY. UM 9 45 SOUTHEAST, SO AVENUE AND I MISSED THE NAME CALLING. BUT. WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF, BUT PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. BUT ANYWAY, UM I'M LISTENING. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND IT'S GREAT. UM THE LADY. COMBINED. IT'S PART. TALKING IN AND I KNOW SOME REGISTER MORE WEREN'T DOING OVER AT SHEPHERD PAR. THEN I LOOK AT HE STOOD. AND I HEAR ALL THIS HERE PRAY SHE'S GIVEN THE CITY OF STOOD WHAT YOU ALL DOING. FOR THEM, AND, UH. THEY WERE SITTING OVER HERE. NOTHING GOING ON. IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT WAS DOMINANT BLIGHT. BUT WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT IS? IF IT IT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE ALWAYS BEEN OFF THE RADAR WITH YOU ALL. FROM DAY ONE BACK IN THE DAYS EIGHTIES 90. THE EARLY YEARS. AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHY HAVE WE DON'T GET THIS EVEN WITH THE ROME? CAME IN AND HALF DID ROLL. I'M SAYING IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE IT BUT DOMINANT BRIGHT. OVER THERE BY THE COVER NECESSARY TO I'M RIDING OVER THERE. NEATLY DONE.
YOU HAVE YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL OVER KNEE STOOD AND NOT BECAUSE IT PREDOMINANT BLIGHT, BUT POLICE SEVEN. WHY ARE WE GETTING SO MUCH LESS? ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, WE PAY TAX AND WE DON'T HAVE A GROUP. THAT REPRESENT HE STOOD. AS A WHOLE, CAUSE IF YOU REPRESENT HE STOOD, YOU'RE GONNA LET THE PEOPLE KNOW. WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY HAD THEM UGLY SIGNS PUT DOWN. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WE WEREN'T INVITED TO KNOW RED SHOP. MADONNA OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE TO SAY. WE DIDN'T WE WERE WE WERE NOTIFIED ENOUGH. SO YOU YOU DON'T NOTIFY. NOTIFY US YOU DON'T REPRESENT US.
YOU'RE NOT FOR US. SO I'M SAYING. WHEN DO WE GET TO BE? INCLUDED HE IS 2021. AND YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THAT. THAT COVER OVER THERE. AND A LOT OF US NOT JUST NEED. I'LL WASTE THE MONEY. ALWAYS THE MONEY. THAT'S HOW THE MAJORITY OF FEAR WE SUPPOSED TO BE ALL HAPPY. GO LUCKY BECAUSE YOU DID THAT. THAT'S WHAT WASTE THE MONEY. WHY NOT FIND OUT A GYM? IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PREDOMINANTLY LIGHT CAN'T BE THERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS. WHY ARE WE ALWAYS WAY BACK ON THE BACK BURNER? THANK YOU AND I DO LOVE OUT OF YOU, BUT I DISAGREE WITH HOW Y'ALL DO US. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC. IF YOU DID NOT PUT IN A GREEN CARTER, YOU HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN AGENDA ITEM. YOU CAN SPEAK NOW FOR THREE MINUTES AND THEN PUT IN A GREEN CARD. THE CLERK WILL ACCEPT YOUR CARD OR THE POLICE CHIEF. THANK YOU. CONSENT AGENDA. UH
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MADAM MAYOR. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT LESS ITEMS, 13, 14 AND 15 SECONDS. HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECONDED. UM. ARE THERE TO COME? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? CLARK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL REGARD IN ITEM 11. AND 12 AND 10, 10, 11 AND 12 AND. JUST A GENERAL IDEA THAT THE CONSENTED CLERK YES. VICE MAYOR MATHESON YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES, COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD. YES,[01:50:02]
MAYOR CLARK? YES? ITEM NUMBER 13. AWARD OF THE BIZ BID FOR REGARDING RESINS AND PEACEFULLY[13.
AWARD OF ITB #2021-110: RESINS FOR PFOA/PFOS TREATMENT SYSTEM (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 58-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA APPROVES THE AWARD OF ITB #2021-110, RESINS FOR PFOA/PFOS TREATMENT SYSTEM TO THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE, AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER CALGON CARBON CORPORATION OF MOON TOWNSHIP, PA PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]AND PFS. BEAUTIFUL LESS, UM, TREATMENT SYSTEM WHO WANT THAT QUESTION? OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION, 58. 2021 MR MARTEL. THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 58 2021 RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. PROVING THE AWARD OF I T B 2021-1 10 RESIDENTS FOR P FOUR AND P FAST TREATMENT SYSTEM TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. CALGON CARBON CORPORATION OF MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATA FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR MORTAL. WHO HAVE THE QUESTION? I DID, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS STAFF HAS BEEN PUTTING IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART OF OUR WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. GIVEN HOW. NOVEL AND COMPLICATED AND STILL.
UNREGULATED BE FAST AND P PHOTOS ARE, UM, I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NUMBER FOR THIS BID IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. HOWEVER. THIS IS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND ACCORDING TO ANY RESEARCH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT LENGTH THIS LAST WEEK AT OUR MEETING, THESE TYPES OF CARBON FILTERS ARE TRULY THE ONLY FILTERS. STILL, I. KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY FILTER OUT THESE OTHERWISE FOREVER FOREVER CHEMICALS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF WERE GOING AS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME GOING BEYOND. WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER IS SAFE AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVEN STILL IS WEIGHING HOW TO REGULATE THESE. SO YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT NUMBER WAS KIND OF. I OPENING FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS IT WAS FOR ME, BUT AGAIN. THIS IS FOR SAFETY FOR OUR FOR OUR RESIDENTS, DRINKING WATER. UM.
AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WITH CONTINUED LOBBYING. WITH THE LEAGUE AND YOU KNOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY BETTER TREATMENT METHODS FOR THIS WATER, BUT ALSO HELPED FUND SOME OF IT DOWN THE LINE SO ANYWAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13 SECONDS. IT'S A MOTION AND 2ND 02 COMMENTS. ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK. MR MCDONALD. YES. THANKS, MAYOR MATHEWS. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES, MR BRUNER? YES, MAYOR CLARK? YES? ITEM NUMBER 14 NUMBER 2021 1. THAT'S 11 REGARDING THE BIT OF
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AWARD OF ITB# 2021-111: RE-BID OF TREE SELECTION AND REPLACEMENT FOR EAST OCEAN BLVD. STREETSCAPE PHASE 1 (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 59-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA APPROVES THE AWARD OF ITB #2021-111, RE-BID OF TREE SELECTION AND REPLACEMENT FOR EAST OCEAN BLVD STREETSCAPE PHASE 1 TO THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE, AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A TOTAL BID AMOUNT OF $175,367.00 TO SUNSHINE LAND DESIGN OF STUART, FLORIDA PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]TRUE SELECTION. SOME MORE. TELL THIS IS A RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 2021 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. APPROVING THE AWARD OF IT, B 221-111. REBID OF THE TREE SELECTION REPLACEMENT FOR EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD STREETSCAPE PHASE ONE TO THE LOWEST RESPONSE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A TOTAL BIT OF MOUTH. 175,300. TO SUNSHINE MAN DESIGN OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU HOME FULL DECIDE HIM. I REQUESTED TO BE PULLED. MADAM MAYOR, JUST LIKE, UM. WITH ALL THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS PARK, UM. I PREDICT WE'LL SEE THE SAME NUMBER OF COMMENTS WHEN SOME TREES START BEING REMOVED ALONG EAST OCEAN. UM. THERE ARE 12 TABOO YOUR TREES. THAT ARE SECTION TO BE REMOVED ON EAST OCEAN THERE, BUT THOSE 12. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T QUITE GET ESTABLISHED AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, JUST LIKE A SHEPHERD'S PARK. THERE'S. 23 PURPLE TABOO YOU TREES TO BE PLANTED IN THIS BID. UM, NOT TO MENTION NUMEROUS PALMS AND OTHERS. I THINK THERE'S TWO OR THREE CRAPE MYRTLES AS WELL ALONG THE EAST OCEAN THAT ARE GETTING REMOVED. UH HUH. SO WITH THIS PROPOSAL SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TREES ARE GOING IN THAN THE NUMBER BEING REMOVED. UM. AGAIN WE HEARD NUMEROUS COMMENTS REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH SHEPHERDS PARK. UM WHEN THAT IS ALL SAID, AND DONE. WILL BE A FEW EXTRA PARKING SPACES, BUT THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PERVIOUS. SURFACE AREA IN THE PARK. AND. WHOLE LOT LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA WILL HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND. DID PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH MR TROLL SKI TO LOOK AT TWO OF THE OAK TREES THAT UM, MUST BE GOLD PLATED. BECAUSE THEIR COSTS THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING
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IN A SHEPHERD'S PART, BUT THEY ARE MASSIVE OAK TREES. HE SENT ME PICTURES OF THEM. THEY'RE FULLY MATURE OAK TREES AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS PUSHING FOR AT LEAST I AM YEAH.IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. ON THE SIDE AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. RESOLUTION 2021 111 2ND. IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND, UM ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS ON MORE COMMISSIONERS? CAN I JUST SAY, I THINK I LEARNED A LESSON WITH THE SHEPHERD PARK IMPROVEMENT AROUND SIGNAGE. AND I WONDER IF IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO PUT SOME SIGNAGE UP IN ADVANCE AT LEAST A WEEK OR TWO IN ADVANCE OF THOSE TREES COMING DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM JUST TO NOTIFY PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES ON THE STATION. YEAH, I. I AGREE. I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANT TO PULL IT IS PROJECTS LIKE THIS HAPPENED, RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE. 12 TREES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SUPER HEALTHY AND NOT THE BEST THAT DIDN'T GET ESTABLISHED BEING REMOVED LONG BEFORE THEY SEE THAT RIGHT 23 THAT ARE REPLACED SIMPLE AS. THIS UNHEALTHY TREES BEING REMOVED AND THIS TREE IS GOING TO GO IN ITS PLACE. OKAY, SO CAN OUR MEDIA PEOPLE DO SOMETHING ALSO ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE OR SOMETHING? YES, WE CAN COMMUNITY PROGRAM WE CAN AND JUST SO WE KNOW WE DID THAT PRIOR TO SHEPHERDS AND I STILL WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. YOU'RE RIGHT CAN REACH OUT AND MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. ALL RIGHT. NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK. MISSIONER MEYER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. NICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES, MAYOR CLARK? YES? ITEM NUMBER 15 REGARDING I'LL STEAL A CROSSWALK. SHEPHERD SPORK EAST
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BA #7 FOR TREES – EAST OCEAN BLVD., OSCEOLA CROSSWALK, SHEPARD PARK (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 60-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT No. 7 TO THE 2020-2021 GENERAL FUND; APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR TREES FOR EAST OCEAN BLVD., OSCEOLA STREET CROSSWALK AND SHEPARD PARK; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]OCEAN RESOLUTION SIX TO THAT 2021, MR MORTAL. MM RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 60-2021 OF RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN TO THE 2020 2021 GENERAL FUND, APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. TREES FOR EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD PASEO STREET CROSSWALK AND SHEPHERD PARK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVELY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY MADAM MAYOR. I'VE ASKED TO PULL THIS ONE AND I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST ITEM, BUT, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THOSE OAK TREES AT SHEPHERD PARK. I'M PREPARED TO VOTE YES, FOR THIS. UM MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY APPROVE THE. A SITE PLAN A SITE PLAN EDIT TO ACCOMMODATE THE.
NEW OAK TREES AND BELIEVE OF THOSE GUMBO LIMBO, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, AND AS WE LOOK TO PLANTING MORE TREES IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY ALONG OUR RIGHTS OF WAY MORE SHADE TREES ALONG US ONE. IF WE CAN FOLLOW THE. PLANNING COUNCIL'S GUIDELINES THAT I LOVE OAK TREES, TOO. THEY ARE ARE WONDERFUL NATIVE TREE. A AND I THINK THEY HAVE LOTS OF PLACES IN OUR CITY. HOWEVER, UM ESPECIALLY FOR ESPECIALLY FOR, UH. AREAS NEAR WATER AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A CANOPY GROWING QUICKLY. GUMBO LIMBO CZAR VERY GOOD TREE THERE. ALSO NATIVE, UM AND THEY GROW THERE. AMONG THE STORM HARDIEST TREES. THERE ARE. THEY GROW REALLY QUICKLY. THEY'LL GET A CANOPY MUCH FASTER THAN AN OAK TREE. WELL SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE NICE, MATURE OAKS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE, BUT I THINK INTO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PLANTING PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE ONLY GETTING WARMER AND MORE TROPICAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND THINGS HERE ARE GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER. AND NATIVE NATIVE RANGES OF OAK TREES ARE MOVING NORTH, SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK SOUTH OF US TO PLANT FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING BY THE TIME YOU KNOW? OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING UNDER THOSE TREES. IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES THE GUMBO LIMBO, THOUGH? THEY JUST LOSE EVERYTHING THAT ONE OF MY BACKYARD A STICK. HEY, I HOPE TREES THE LEAVES IN THE WINTER OAK TREES LOSE THEM TO NOT AS BAD. NOT BAD JOKES AND THEY GOT LEAVES ON THEM. WELL I AGREE, BUT I ALMOST TOOK SOME PICTURES LAST WEEKEND OF GUMBO LIMBO. THOSE. LAST WEEKEND THAT WERE NO CANOPY AT ALL. PLENTY OF BRANCHES UP THERE, BUT NO LEAVES. AND I THOUGHT OF THE OAK TREES. THERE WAS A LOT OF IT HAS DOWN IN SOUTH MIAMI. A LOT OF A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THEIR IRRIGATED IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF, OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO WELL TO GET ESTABLISHED. BUT GO ALONG POMEROY. DOWN POMEROY FROM US 12 INDIAN AND THERE'S A GORGEOUS STRETCH OF THEM, AND THERE'S A FEW THAT MAYBE DIDN'T LOOK SO GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, JUST SAY IT, IT'S NOT RECENTLY HAD THE RECORDS SHOW THAT LIKE FLORIN TREES ALONG OR AVENUES, BUT I LIKE POINT SIENNA, BUT PEOPLE THEY GET BIG AND ALL RIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL, OKAY? SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND IS THERE IN A PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM
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NUMBER 15. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE BOARD. MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD YES, THANKS. MAYOR MATHESON. COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES, CLARK? YES. VICE MAYOR. LET'S START A LANDSCAPE COMPANY. I'M SURE WE GET DONE WITH ALL THIS STUFF, HUH? I HAVE LOTS OF BABIES AT HOME. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN JOIN US, TOO. COCONUT GOT IT? YES SO I CAN'T BE IN MANGO PLANTS. UM FRUIT TREES ALL ALONG THE AVENUES. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 16,[16.
SPORTFISH MARINA UPUD: REZONING TO UPUD (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC) - REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO JUNE 28, 2021.
ORDINANCE No. 2464-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, THEREBY APPLYING A LAND DEVELOPMENT ZONING DESIGNATION OF UPUD “URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT” TO A PARCEL OF LAND TOTALING 0.63 ACRES, LOCATED AT 304 NE FLAGLER AVENUE, BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; ESTABLISHING THE “SPORTFISH MARINA” URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (UPUD) CONSISTING OF A 37-ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND 49 SLIP MARINA, AND ALLOWING USES PERMITTED IN THE URBAN DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS; DECLARING THE PROJECT 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, PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE APPLICANT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]WHICH IS A SPORT FISH. MARINA UPU D RESULTING TO YOU. BEAUTY QUIZ E JUDICIAL, AND THEY HAVE A REQUEST TO CONTINUE. JUNE 28 2021, I THINK, MR MARK, MOVE TO CONTINUE PARTIES HERE SECOND.
IS A MOTION IN A SECOND. UM TO THE DATE CERTAIN THAT THEY REQUEST TO THE TO THE DATE CERTAIN. ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC ON THE MOTION. UM AND ALL IN FAVOUR OF SUFFICIENT OR LET'S LET'S VOTE ON IT JUST TO MAKE SURE. MR BRUNER? YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES, MR MCDONALD. YES COMMISSIONER MATT VICE MAYOR MATHEWS. YES, MAYOR CLARKE? YES, THANK YOU. NOW WE
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DISCUSSION OF HOUSING POLICY AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING
]HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF HOUSING POLICY AND INCLUSION OR ZONING ON ADAM NUMBER 17, AND I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING AND DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO. THINK STAFF IS GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. I HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO HAS, UH, QUESTION, UH, COMMENT CARD, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER WE HAVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION THAT THEY GET A CHANCE. THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE BOARD IS GOING TO DELIBERATE AMONG OURSELVES. IT'S NOT A WORKSHOP, THERE WON'T BE ANY BACK AND FORTH WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, YOU WILL NEED TO DO IT IN THE FORM OF A COMMENT CARD. AND DO IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN, AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION, AND AFTER THE I GUESS IT WOULD BE. GIVE US YOUR COMMENT. I THINK WE'RE SAYING BEFORE THE BOARD DELIBERATION, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO I'M GOING TO LET THE STAFF PRESENTATION START AND I'LL BE RIGHT. THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE, MR FREEMAN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAIL. COMING.
FREEMAN, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH. WHERE WE ARE.
WHAT. PUTS IT IN THE PLACE THAT WE ARE AND WHAT OPTIONS WE MAY HAVE, UM, AND TRY AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION BASED ON WELL, I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU RIGHT NOW. SO THE BIGGEST QUESTION WHERE ASKED IS HOW CAN THE CITY MEET THE DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING AT THE MOMENT, AND YOU'RE ALL AWARE, AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY WELL AWARE. OF THE ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES. THAT WE FACED IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING DELIVERY THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST. FIVE YEARS OR SO. SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT. SO THE FOUNDATION THAT WHAT YOU KNOW WE'RE AT THE MOMENT IS ALWAYS BUILT ON SOMETHING AND THE PRIMARY FOUNDATION THAT WE WILL USE. AND THE COMMISSION USERS TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE ALSO HEAR CITIZENS CONCERNS OVER DENSITY AND THAT IS EVIDENT ALMOST EVERY PUBLIC MEETING. OUR HOUSING DELIVERY POLICY HAS BEEN BORN ON A NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT WE'VE HAD SAYING THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING BEING DELIVERED IN THE CITY OF STEWART. AND. WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN TWO ISSUES.
REALLY? I THINK WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN ARE WE DELIVERING HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS. OR ARE WE DELIVERING HOUSING FOR EMPLOYMENT? THAT IS PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORK IN THE CITY? SO THE BASIS FOR RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES IS CONTAINING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT'S WHERE STAFF UM. ADDS TO IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS AVAILABLE IF SOME APPLICANT COMES IN AND AS WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE. AND THERE'S A RANGE OF, UM. FUTURE LAND USES THAT ARE IN PLACE 11 OF THOSE LAND USES PERMIT SOME FORM OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IN THERE. RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RANGES FROM 8.72. UP TO 30 UNITS PER ACRE.
DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOUR INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. TO THE SIERRA. THE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES. UH IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE C R A. THE NUMBERS OUTSIDE THE PARENTHESES OR IF
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YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE SCIARRA AND. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IS OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING IS ENTIRELY IN THE SEA, ALL RIGHT? STATUS PREPARED A DENSITY MAP AND MAYBE ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT. BUT WHAT IT SHOWS IS. BY A SCALE OF, UM LIGHT TO DARK, THE INTENSITY OF DENSITIES WITHIN CERTAIN LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. BASED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE. THAT'S UNDERLYING THOSE. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT MOST OF THE. THE DENSITY IS AIMED AT THE EAST STEWART. AREA AND ALSO AT THE DOWNTOWN. UM REDEVELOPMENT AREA. REMAINING REMAINING AREAS ARE PRIMARILY LOW DENSITY AND THE CORRIDOR OF COMMERCIAL THAT RUNS DOWN U. S ONE. JUST LET ME RECAP ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE LOOKED AT ACTIVITY BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021. OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, WE'VE PROCESSED APPLICATIONS FOR 2978. DWELLINGS. AND THOSE APPLICATIONS COVERED 220 ACRES. AVERAGE DENSITY THAT WAS APPROVED WITHIN THOSE APPLICATIONS IS AROUND 13.5. UNITS, PERICA IF WE APPLY THAT.UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USED TO THOSE APPROVALS. AND THAT WERE BUILT OUT. THOSE AREAS WERE BUILT OUT TO WHAT WAS ALLOWED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 2300 UNITS. APPROVED. SO I WOULD PUT IT THAT THE COMMISSIONER DOING A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF ANALYZING THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT BASED ON WHAT'S COMING FORWARD.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU EVER QUESTION. YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, I CAN ASK SO JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. ACROSS THE 2 20 ACRES. THE AVERAGE DENSITY OVERALL 13.5 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY RECENT ACTIVITY SINCE 2017 AND YOU'RE SAYING.
ALTERNATIVELY IF THEY WERE TO BE BUILT OUT KIND OF TWO CODE BY THE MAXIMUM. TO ALLOW MORE IN THE COMP PLAN FOR EACH OF THOSE PERSONS THAT WOULD BE 2300 ADDITIONAL UNITS. SO HOLD ON. I JUST WANT TO GET THAT NUMBER TO COMPARE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 5 50 TO 78 UNITS, AT LEAST YES, 220 ACRES, SO THAT WOULD BE A DENSITY OF 23.99 FOR 24 24 UNITS PER ACRE WOULD BE SORT OF THE BY. MY CODE BY HUGH IF EVERYTHING'S YES IF EVERYTHING CAME THROUGH, DEPENDING ON THE UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A RANGE OF FUTURE LAND USERS, WHICH RANGE FROM 10 TO 30. SO THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FUTURE LAND USE. YES. OKAY, SO THAT'S JUST NOT SO THAT'S WITHIN THE RULES. THAT'S WITHIN THE RULES, ALL RIGHT. AND I'VE BROKEN THOSE DOWN INTO. UM, WHAT HAPPENED YEAR ON YEAR WHERE APPLICATIONS WERE AND HOW MANY APPLICATIONS ARE IN REVIEW. HOW MANY ARE APPROVED HARMONY AND PERMITTING. AND HOW MANY ARE IN CONSTRUCTION. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LATEST 2021. WE HAVE, UM THE BULK ARE STILL IN REVIEW. WE DO HAVE SOME APPROVED. THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S OCCURRING. UH A MAINLY FROM PROJECTS APPROVED IN 2020 AND THE PRECEDING YEARS. THINK THIS, UM SHOWS RARELY THE TAKE UP OF, UM, APPROVALS THAT IS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. UM. IN PAST YEARS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE TAKE UP, UH, AT THIS RATE IN TERMS OF THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO THOSE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION. BEAR IN MIND IN THE 27 TO 2010 PERIOD. WE HAD THAT RECESSION, WHICH. VIRTUALLY MOST, IF NOT ALL, APPROVED PROJECTS WERE PUT ON HOLD. SO THAT'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT THE MOMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF WHERE WE ARE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM, WITH. JUST NEARLY A QUARTER STILL IN REVIEW. ONE OF THE DRIVERS THAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE MOMENT THAT'S CAUSING THIS MARKET INTENSITY OF INTEREST IN THE CITY. IS, UM, THE FACT THAT. PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY TO
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WORK. THERE ARE 23 OVER 23,000 JUST, UM, JOBS IN THE CITY OF STEWART. OF THOSE 21,700. LIVE OUTSIDE. WORK IN THE CITY, SO WE HAVE 21,730 PEOPLE EVERY DAY COMING INTO THE CITY FOR JOB FOR WORK. WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY ONLY 1271. PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY.THERE ARE ONLY 6% OF WORKERS IN THE CITY. ACTUALLY LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY. OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY. UM 4396. GO OUTSIDE AND WORK OUTSIDE THE CITY. YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR FREEMAN, DO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE NOT. WORK WHERE CITY RESIDENTS UM OR THE FAMILY AND, UH YOU KNOW? WE'VE GOT. 6000. 500. PEOPLE ACCOUNTED FOR. ARE EITHER LEAVING, LEAVING THE CITY FOR WORK OR LIVING AND WORKING IN THE CITY. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER? ROUGHLY 10,000 PEOPLE. ARE THEY RETIRED CHILDREN, UM UH, OR UNEMPLOYED. YEAH UNEMPLOYED OR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS AND WHATNOT. YES. OKAY? AND MADAM EAR. YES UM, DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY BUT WORK OUTSIDE? WHERE THEY TRAVEL TO. I ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD BE TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH. DON'T HAVE THAT DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION. I COULD INVESTIGATE THAT. AND I COULD JUST CAME IN A LITTLE BIT. IT'S. EVERYWHERE SO IF SOMEBODY WORKS IN ST LUCIE COUNTY, OR IF SOMEBODY WORKS IN HOPE SOUND OR JENSEN BEACH, SO IF YOU WORK AT THE HOME DEPOT IN JENSEN BEACH, AND YOU DRIVE TO THE HOME DEPOT AND JENSEN BEACH, AND THAT'S NOT IN THE CITY THAT ALSO COUNTS. AS A PERSON, LEAVING THE CITY TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY FOR WORK, SO IT'S A LOT THEY DID SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE NUMBERS. GENERATED FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR HIGHER WAGE, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING.
SCENARIO. SO ANY ANY ANY OTHER. UNINCORPORATED MARTIN COUNTY AS WELL AS ANY OTHER CITY IN MARTIN COUNTY. YES, THAT THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT ARE TOO BIG EMPLOYERS, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE. THE HOSPITAL ARE IN THE CITY, AND MOST OF THOSE EMPLOYEES PROBABLY. LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AND COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE INDICATION YES. YEAH. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD DID A. INFORMAL SURVEY SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT, UH, HR AT THE HOSPITAL SAID ABOUT HALF OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE LIVING IN SPORTS ST LUCIE. AND SAME WITH A COUPLE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYERS LIKE HOG TECHNOLOGY AND NEW C 02 HAD HAD DONE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF. ABOUT HALF OF THEIR EMPLOYEES LIVE. IN PORT ST LUCIE. THANK YOU. SO UH, SO WE MOVE ON TO, UM, THE DISCUSSION. REALLY? SO DO THE CITY HAVE THE POLICIES AND THE RESOURCES TO FACILITATE. THE DELIVERY OF EQUITABLE HOUSING, UM WITHIN THE BOUNDARY. AGAIN WE GO BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND IF YOU RECALL FROM THE. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT WE DID END OF LAST YEAR. UM. IT WAS COMMENTS MADE THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT POLICIES IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO HELP MORE, UM DIRECT. TOWARDS ATTAINABLE HOUSING THE STATE DID NOT LIKE, UM SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE WERE USING, SO WE MOVED BACKWARDS IN IN TERMS OF GOING BACKWARDS TO THE BUT THE HOOD DETERMINATIONS.
AND SO THOSE ARE CATEGORIES THAT ARE ACCEPTED. EXTREMELY LOW INCOME, VERY LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME MODERATE INCOME. WE DID MANAGE TO MAINTAIN A DEFINITION FOR ATTAINABLE INCOME HOUSING. IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT IT REALLY. DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH, UM, BITE AS WE WOULD HAVE HOPED. AND ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT. I'VE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING. UM DISTRICT SORRY POLICY. TWO. TO
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LOOK AT WHEN WE GET APPLICATIONS COMING IN, UM, A PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT A CONTRIBUTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS. CAN BE, UM. I THINK I THINK YOU LIKE DEMANDED FROM DEVELOPERS AS THEY COME IN THE DOOR, AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALL AWARE AGAIN THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS. DISCUSSION DURING APPLICATIONS. UM AND SOME OF THE GOODWILL FROM. DEVELOPERS COME FORWARD AND OFFER A NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. THAT IS SPORADIC. AND I THINK, UH, AND AS I MOVE THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THE REASON YOU UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY THAT IS. SO AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING, UM OKAY? REALLY YOU WOULD COVER THE WHOLE OF THE CITY OF STEWART. OR YOU MAY FOCUS ON A SMALLER AREA WHERE THAT IS. PUT IN PLACE AND IN THE CITY, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA IS A THAT AREA THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO FOCUS ON. SO IT. IT'S REALLY BASED ON, UM. FLEXIBILITY TO GENERATE A FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD. THERE IS OBLIGATIONS THAT OCCUR. ON PUTTING THIS IN PLACE AND AGAIN, I'LL TALK TO THOSE IN A MOMENT. IT IS, UH. THE WAY THAT THIS IS LOOKED AT IS TO GENERATE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT.POTENTIAL ROUTES THAT DEVELOPERS COULD LOOK AT. IN TERMS OF PROVIDING, UM AFFORDABLE UNITS. DEVELOPERS MAY BE ALLOWED TO BUILD, UM MORE UNITS, AND THAT IS THE QUESTION OF DENSITY AND WE'RE. AND AGAIN, WE WILL SEE IN A MOMENT. THE RESTRICTIONS ON OFFERING THAT. WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH ALREADY OUTLINES THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DENSITY ON CERTAIN FUTURE LAND USES. UM. THE PROPOSED SOME OF THE PROPOSALS.
LOOK AT REDUCING FEES. AGAIN. THESE. MOVE FORWARD WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN FEES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CALCULATION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IS. MOST IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSIONARY HOUSING. AND IT LOOKS AT HOW DEVELOPERS MADE WHOLE. FROM WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A LOSS OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THEY. THE TIPPING POINT OF THIS IS WHAT ARE WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE TO FULLY OFFSET ALL THE DEVELOPERS COSTS FOR PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE CALCULATION. THAT CALCULATION NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. FROM HOUSE BILL 713 FROM THE STATE. THAT ALL THESE COSTS ARE FULLY OFFSET. AND SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN. MARKET RATE UNIT AND AT AFFORDABLE RATE UNIT. AND THE CALCULATION OF THOSE COSTS IS GONNA BE FUNDAMENTAL TO WHETHER OR NOT AN INCLUSIONARY HOUSING. ZONING ORDINANCE IS, UM FEASIBLE. SO IF FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S 100 UNIT. DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN OBVIOUSLY THE DEVELOPER WITH APPLICANT IS CONSIDERING A.
MARKET DEVELOPMENT UNITS ARE BEING SOLD OR RENTED AT MARKET RATE. AND THE CITY OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA. DEMAND A 10% INCLUSIONARY. DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENT. WE? THE CITY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIGURE OUT. FULLY OFFSETTING ALL COSTS IN REQUIRING A DEVELOPER OR APPLICANT TO DO THAT. SO THE QUESTION COMES. HOW DO YOU.
CALCULATE THAT HOW DO YOU, UM, QUANTIFY HOW THAT COST IS BEING OFFSET? SOME IDEAS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD WITH INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS LOOKING AT DENSITY OR INTENSITY.
BONUSES. UM AND WE'VE SEEN THE. COMPLICATIONS THAT THAT HAS IN THE CITY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT
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INCREASING DENSITY, WITH THE RESPONSE AND REACTION THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM CITIZENS. TO THE BUILDING AND. RECEIVED DENSITY THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AT THE MOMENT.ANOTHER DIRECTION IS TO LOOK AT, AS I SAID, BEFORE REDUCING OR WAIVING FEES THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MARKET THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE MARKET RIGHT UNIT. AND A INCLUSIONARY UNIT. AND THE TIME PERIOD THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE LIFETIME VALUE OF THAT UNIT, BASED ON THE LOSS. RECEIVED LOST BY THE DEVELOPER OR NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT IN A MARKET RATE UNIT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY HAS TO HAVE A METHODOLOGY TO FULLY OFFSET THAT COST. SOME CALCULATIONS ARE ALSO COULD BE USED. AND THIS IS WHERE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGES AND PDS COME MORE INTO PLAY. IS. WHAT WOULD BE THE INCREASED VALUE COMING FORWARD IF AN APPLICANT CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE ON A PROPERTY? AND. HOW COULD THAT BE? YOU KNOW, APPRAISED, I'LL DETERMINED AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AGREED BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY. THE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY. IT WOULD NEED AN EXTERNAL. A APPRAISAL OF SOME SORT TO DETERMINE THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE LAND. OR THE BENEFIT THAT'S BEING PUT ON THE APPROVAL. AGAIN. ZONING AND THAT RELATES TO A P U D S ZONING. UH MORE THAN LIKELY HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY. WE'LL COME BACK.
SORRY. AGAIN. THE COMPLICATION IS. THE CALCULATION BETWEEN THE EVALUATION THAT IS CREATED BETWEEN BY THE ZONING AND FUTURE ENERGIES CHANGE. AND THE, UH. RESTRICTION ON THE DEVELOPER TO, UM, MARKET RATE UNITS AND GETTING THAT CALCULATION. TO IT COULD BE EQUIVALENT TO THE TO FULLY OFFSET THE COST IN DOING THAT. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT INCLUSIONARY ZONING, PARTICULARLY IN STEWART IS HOW DO YOU PRESERVE THE LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY OF THE UNITS? NO.
AGAIN PLAYS INTO THE FACT THAT. THE FULLY OFFSET ALL COSTS. ARGUMENT COMES INTO PLAY. SO WE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT IF IT'S PUT IN PLACE THERE NEEDS TO BE A MONITORING OF THESE. SO AND RATHER THAN A PERPETUAL, UM SORRY, RATHER THAN A. RESTRICTED. YEARLY RATE BEING CARRIED THROUGH THAT THESE ARE REVIEWED ON. REGULAR BASIS TO INCORPORATE A PERPETUAL AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE. OBVIOUSLY, THE RATES WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED AND EVALUATIONS WOULD NEED TO BE RECALCULATED. SO THAT WOULD AGAIN BE ANOTHER. IMPACT ON HOW WE HOW THAT PROGRAM COULD BE RUINED. AND THERE ARE THE LEGAL ISSUES BETWEEN YOU KNOW, GIVING AN APPROVAL. AND MAINTAINING THAT APPROVAL. IN TERMS OF VARIOUS THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN DURING THOSE. 20 OR 30 YEARS THAT THESE AGREEMENTS MAY RUN. OWNERSHIPS COULD CHANGE DEFAULTS COULD OCCUR. UM RESALES. NEED TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE CORRECT FOR THAT IS A CIRCULAR. HEADACHE TO MONITOR THESE THINGS FROM IT'S FROM A STAFF POINT OF VIEW, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW, RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ENGAGE THAT. RECOMMENDATION TWO LOOK AT. WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS OF FORECLOSURE, TOO, AND KEEP THOSE ENCLOSURE E UNITS IN THE AFFORDABLE EVENTUALLY, SO THERE'S. PLENTY FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT IN THAT. SO WE NEED TO BE IF ACCUSING INCLUSIONARY ZONING WOULD NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE HOUSING MARKET CONDITIONS. THE DEMOGRAPHICS. AND. THE FORMULA USED TO LOOK AT RESALE SHOULD BE M. REVIEWED OVER TIME TO ENSURE PRESERVATION OF THE AFFORDABILITY AGAIN. THAT'S CONSTANT MONITORING OF THIS PROGRAM. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MARKET AND WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS A LOOKING AT. LOTS OF MONITORING. LOTS OF HANDS ON
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AND REVIEW. THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED BY EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS. AGAIN. WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED THOSE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE COULD BECOME FROM WHAT RESOURCES WOULD BE REQUIRED. IS A NOTE. THAT. LOOKS AT WORST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS. TWO. SORT OF MONITOR, MONITOR AND REVIEW HOUSING PROGRAMS TO MENTION TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN AFFORDABLE. SO WHAT ARE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING AND A.INCLUSIONARY ZONING PROGRAM, SO THERE'S SOME OPTIONS TO LOOK AT DENSITY THROUGH THE P U. D.
AGREEMENT. THAT. IN EFFECT, WOULD IT WOULD BE DETERMINED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE. EXISTING TO THE APPLICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT. UM WAS CHANGED TO A HIGHER FUTURE LAND USED IN TERMS OF DENSITY AND THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN TERMS OF THAT WOULD BE THE VALUE ESTABLISHED. FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE APPRAISED AGAIN. BASED ON THE EXISTING VALUE TO THE NEW VALUE. AND WHAT THAT VALUE WOULD BE. IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE UNITS PROVIDED THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX CALCULATION. UM. WHAT INCENTIVES THAT COST. IF WE DO REPLY THOSE INCENTIVES THERE WILL BE COSTS A TAB. ATTACHED TO THOSE AND WHERE IS THE PROGRAM? AIMED AT. ALL WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY EMPLOYEES THAT COME INTO THE CITY. EVERY DAY. SO DO WE HAVE HERE IS THE PROGRAM AIMED AT WORKFORCE HOUSING? OR IS IT RELATED. TO EXISTING ALMOST EXISTING POPULATION AND THE CITIZENS OF STEWART. WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE CITY. IS IT RELATED TO INCOME? AND THEN. HOW LONG DOES THIS AGREEMENT LAST? WHEN DOES IT RESET? IT WAS THE TIME PERIOD. TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WOULD NEED TO RUN AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF THE BENEFITS. AND WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE RESOURCES TO MONITOR. INCLUSIONARY ZONING AGREEMENTS SO THAT THERE'S A. THIS WHOLE PROGRAM THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED, UM AND AGAIN I'M WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORKING THE. FORMULA IN A WAY THAT. WE COULD ESTABLISH SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE. THAT. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AT THE MOMENT. WE. WE I THINK FROM STAFF POINT OF VIEW WOULD AND WOULD. ALWAYS LOOK WHEN WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPERS FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE FROM THEIR OWN. FREE WILL. THOSE UNITS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A COST ELEMENT THERE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS ON A TYPE ROPE, TIGHT ROPE IN TERMS OF HOW WE ASK FOR THAT, AND WE CAN'T DEMAND IT BECAUSE OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT THAT MIGHT INCUR. ON THE CITY IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. SO IT'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S A.
UNUSUAL SITUATION. SHOULD I SAY. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS MOSTLY FOR THE BOARD. LIKE I SAID, IT'S START. UM OH, AND IF WE DO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? EVEN IF THEY GET A CHANCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GIVE. PUBLIC A CHANCE EVEN BEFORE WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION AND DETAIL WITH MR UM. WITH MR FREEMAN AND WITH THEMSELVES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS. THAT THEY GET A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING TO US, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. YOU'VE HAD AN IDEA WHAT THE ISSUE IS ABOUT AND WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSION. I KNOW THAT I HAVE ONE PERSON, MR OCTAVIA RAISE YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. KEVIN, THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION. MY NAME IS OATS.
REESE I LIVE AT 900 NORTHWEST WATER. LILY PLACE COLLEGE, JENSEN BEACH, BUT IT'S REALLY SERIOUS. STEWART. AND I AM FORTUNATE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY OF STEWART. MM. I'M
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HERE AS A MEMBER OF 10 CITY HELPERS WHERE AN ORGANIZATION THAT CATERS TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF STEWART. AND. UM, I AM PLEASED THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF. AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WE CAN'T SOLVE HOMELESSNESS UNTIL WE SOLVED THE ISSUE OF HOUSING. THE CITY. I SAW THE PRESENTATION HAD READ A LITTLE EARLIER FOR COMING HERE, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE DEFINITION OF LOW INCOME HAS FOUR BRACKETS, ACCORDING TO HER. STARTS AT LOWING MODERATE INCOME THAT SEEMS COMFORTABLE AND THEN YOU GO TO LOW INCOME. AND VERY LOW INCOME. AND THEN IF YOU'RE REALLY OUT OF LUCK HERE IN THE EXTREMELY INCOME. BUT UNDER DISCUSSION INCLUSIONARY ZONING THE DEFINITION OF THAT. SAID WAS PROVIDE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. SO THERE WAS ONLY TWO CATEGORIES ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE POLICY. EXCLUDING THE LOW AND VERY LOW EXTREMELY LOW INCOME. AND ITS RESIDENTS, AND SO I WON'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF INCOME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TOO. IF YOU LOOK AT HOW IT'S DEFINED, IT ALL COMES BACK TO THIS ANNUAL MEDIUM INCOME OF THE CITY OF STEWART. WHICH AVERAGES AROUND 71,500 A YEAR. AND AN AFFORDABLE RENT WILL BE 30% OF DEATH. TURNS OUT TWO MONTH TO ABOUT $1790.MONTH. FOR AN AFFORDABLE RENT. WHICH SEEMS VERY HOT. BUT IN THE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME. WHICH IS 30% OF THAT NUMBER, THE PERSON MAKING $21,450 WITH FALL IN THAT CATEGORY. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT EARN THE MINIMUM SALARY. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BUILD THE ROOFS AND OUR HOUSES PAVE AT NIGHT, SO WE HAVE ROADS TO GET TO WHERE WE LIVE. AND A LOT OF OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WORKED PART TIME AS LABORERS. AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE BEING EXCLUDED FROM THIS CONVERSATION. THEN ON THE VERY LOW INCOME, IT'S AT $35,000 AND THAT IF YOU THINK OF A STARTING TEACHER THEY MAKE $38,000 JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT. AND THEY CAN WORK 30 YEARS AND NEVER GET PAST THAT LOW INCOME. WHICH IS AN EXTRACT OF $57,000. SO ALL OUR TEACHERS.
OUR FIREFIGHTERS START AT 50,000. AND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE CONSIDER THESE OTHER INCOME BRACKETS OF OUR CITY WAS VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE LECTURE. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM CLERK. DID WE HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? NOT AT THIS TIME. THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE. OKAY? MR. UM CANARY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DEFINES INCOME LEVELS AND, UH, AND THE ZONING AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN YOUR PLAN BECAUSE SOME MUNICIPALITIES SEEM TO BE PURPOSELY VAGUE ON THAT. AS YOU DELIBERATE. I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER YES, THERE'S COST ASSOCIATED TO THE CITY. AS MR FREEMAN POINTED OUT, AND YOU HAVE TOOLS IN YOUR TOOL KIT TO TRY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE, UM YOU KNOW, THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS A LOT LESS THAN NOT WHEN IT COMES TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUESTION. WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT HOUSE OF HOPE IS A CONSISTENT CHALLENGE. FOR HOUSING FOR REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE LEVEL OF CLIENT THAT WE SERVE. WE USED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND ST LUCIE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S NO LONGER VIABLE AS THEY BASICALLY CAUGHT UP TO US ON HOUSING AND RENTAL COSTS. SO. THERE'S VERY LIMITED OPTIONS. WHAT WE SEE WHEN THAT OCCURS IS IT CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE MANY OF OUR CLIENTS NEED TO, UM. LIVE AND WORK WITHIN A REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE. SO THOSE JOBS THAT ARE VITAL TO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY. BECOME HARDER AND HARDER TO FILL WHEN YOU HAVE LESS AND LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY IN THE SAME. GENERAL AREA THAT THEY'RE IN SO. I WOULD ASK YOU CONSIDER THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS QUESTION, I KNOW THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT EASY ANSWERS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SOMETHING AND TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WITHIN THE CITY, AND WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYEE BASE WITHIN THE CITY. FOR CITY RESIDENTS, UM. YOU GAVE SOME INTERESTING NUMBERS
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AND YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVE THE CITY FOR OTHER EMPLOYMENT. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN CATEGORICALLY. YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR LOW AND MODERATE. LEVEL JOBS TO BE FILLED AND YOUR BEST CHANCE OF KILLING THEM IS GOING TO BE WITHIN PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THOSE JOBS. WHILE IT'S A CHALLENGE, AS MR FREEMAN POINTED OUT, NO DIFFERENT THAN CHALLENGES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED BY MUNICIPALITIES, BIG AND SMALL, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO THERE'S SOME THAT ARE DOING IT. REALLY WELL, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO. AND. AND PURSUE SOME OF THEIR BEST PRACTICES BECAUSE THEIR CITIES THIS SIZE THAT DO PHENOMENAL WORK WITH THAT, SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER ALL THAT IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR AN AREA THANK YOU. IS ALGERIA, WILEY. CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS, BUT NONETHELESS I'M HERE. UM, MM HMM. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM. IT'S JUST REALLY ON MY HEART.TO SAY THIS AND JUST ASKED YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER, UM, OUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU'RE CONCERNING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE MY MAIN THING IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS I'M JUST AFRAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY, UM AS A WHOLE IN THAT NUMBER 70,000 YOU KNOW, SOME OF US JUST MAKING MAYBE 10 TO 15,000.
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S HARD. AND IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE NOT A BUSINESS OWNER, AND IF YOU'RE WORKING AT MCDONALD, IF YOU'RE WORKING AT, YOU KNOW THE DEPARTMENT STORES, YOU ARE BARELY MAKING IT. SO MY CONCERN. FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT YOU REALLY WOULD CONSIDER, UM, DOING SOMETHING SO THAT THEY WILL NOT BE DISPLACED AND WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MORE TENT CITIES, UM, AND OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'M VERY EMOTIONAL. CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE. WE CANNOT AND I'M SAYING WAIT, I CAN I CAN RUN A BUSINESS TWO OR THREE BUSINESS, OKAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE. BUT THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? THAT'S MY THAT'S MY CONCERN, AND THAT'S MY HEART, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES OR NOT HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND JUST WORKING JUST TO EAT OR WORKING JUST TO HAVE MEDICINE. AND NOT HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. SO WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE GROWTH, I'M ALL FOR GROWING. I'M ALL FOR BEING BETTER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE ONES THAT ARE NOT. AND IF YOU ARE THE VOICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU ARE THE LOWEST GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING TO YOU, SO I JUST I JUST FELT THE NEED TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW FOR THE ONES THAT DO NOT HAVE A VOICE. MHM, MISS BETTY BRINKLEY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UM, I'M UM. BOTH AT THE AGO ABOUT THIS, UM YOU CAME IN THERE? WHAT. THREE OR FOUR YEARS BEFORE FIVE YEARS AGO IN YOUR. SORT OF BUILDINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED. AND YOUR DISPLAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THEN HE STUPID YOU STARTED WITH WHAT WE CALL THEM CHEROKEE. SURE THAT DOWN. THEN HE WENT JOYCE TAIL. YELLOW.
PUTTING OUT SOME KIND OF GRANT TO HELP PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE HAD TO MOVE OUT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WASN'T MESSING IN THERE. ALL OF THEM. DISPLACED A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE. I'M KNOWN WELL, YEAH, AND WHEN YOU BILL OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BUILD FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO COME BACK WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THEM YOU'LL HAVE OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. OF THE RACES, STUFF COMING IN AND GET THEM WHEN YOU. BUT THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THAT IN THAT SITUATION THAT THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT. HOMELESS RUNNING AND RUNNING WITH A CHICKEN HEAD CUT OFF TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO STAY. THOSE HOUSES DID NOT DESERVE TO BE TORN DOWN. BUT YOU TOLD HIM THAT. I STILL LOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE WRONG FOR THAT.
GOD SAYS HALF. HE LOOKS ALONE. MONEY AIN'T EVERYTHING BUT IT HEALTH AND YOU'RE ALL ABOUT THE DOLLAR. NOT ABOUT HUMAN LIFE. DRIVING ALL ABOUT THE DOLLAR THAT BENJAMIN. THANK YOU. OH,
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UM. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, UM, WE WANT TO HEAR IT. THIS IS, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT A WORKSHOP. SO WE JUST LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKSHOP IN THIS AMONG OURSELVES RIGHT DISCUSSING IT, MARSHAL. WHAT? WE NEED OUR PUBLICS COMMENT. SO MA'AM, IF YOU HAVE THAT PAPER, GIVE IT TO THE. WAS GOING TO SAY THE SHERIFF, BUT I'M MAKING SO MANY MISTAKES TONIGHT. YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE THESE ARE CHILDREN. POLICE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE PROUD, YES. OUR CHIEF OF POLICE. IT'S ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF.GOOD EVENING. ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. 703 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS. UM. SO THANK YOU FOR APPROACHING THIS SUBJECT. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE. AS WE'VE STARTED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE BEING APPROVED, ESPECIALLY BY THE DEVELOPERS WITH THEIR SWAY OF WE'RE GOING TO OFFER 10% AT A 10% DISCOUNT AND. AS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT IN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S THE COST OF LIVING IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ESPECIALLY IN STUART IS NOT CHEAP. MR RANIERI. I APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS. I WAS HOPING FOR A LITTLE. LESSON IN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE DISPLACED. WE FACE THE SAME SITUATION IN 2008 WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS AND AS THE BUBBLE CONTINUES TO GO GROW BIGGER. WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE OTHER END OF THAT. PRICES STAY THE SAME. ARE THEY SAYING INFLATED OR DO THEY ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING THAT PEOPLE STILL CAN'T AFFORD? BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LENT MONEY AND BOUGHT PROPERTIES THAT REALLY HAVE JUST BEEN OVERPRICED. THE OLD JOKE OF HOW DO YOU NEED AN ELEPHANT? YOU EAT IT ONE BITE AT A TIME. AND WE I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS. UM I THINK PART OF THIS. WE'RE MAKING COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE CAN AND I DO THINK PART OF THIS. THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS BEING OFFERED IN THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE LIKE FROM FAMILY PROMISE AND HOUSE OF HOPE. IN THE SALVATION ARMY. THERE ARE HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT THAT I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM LEARNING WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED COLLECTIVELY AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THESE INDIVIDUALS. BUT THIS THIS COMMUNITY IS A TAPESTRY AND IT HAS MANY DIFFERENT FABRICS AND COLORS AND WE WANTED TO STAY THAT WAY.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A SCARF THAT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO WEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, THOUGH I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE IS BEING USED BY THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE PROJECTS. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COMMISSION IN THE CITY STAFF TO USE THE FUTURE LAND USED TO HELP THOSE WHO CURRENTLY LIVE HERE. UM. AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF FOR MR DAVIS, POSSIBLY. FOR THE AMERICAN RELIEF FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE PUT ASIDE WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NEED ASSISTANCE? DON'T THINK ANY OF THE CATEGORIES FIT HOUSING. OKAY IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POSSIBLY INVESTIGATED, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS A BUCKET THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO BE USED LIKE WE USED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOOD AND FIRST OF OTHER THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CARTWRIGHT. UM OKAY? HI. SINCE UM DOUGLAS BAILEY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HI SYNTH. DOUGLAS BAILEY 1 34 SOUTHEAST, EVEN TARIFFS AND STEWART. MINE IS PRIMARILY A QUESTION. UM RATHER THAN A COMMENT. I THINK IT'S CLEARLY STATED. THAT THERE IS A REAL CONCERN WITH THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN IN MARTIN COUNTY, IN GENERAL PART IN THE CITY OF STEWART, IN PARTICULAR.
MY QUESTION. IS THIS MR FREEMAN OUTLINED A NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS VARIABLES THAT WILL IN THE LONG TERM MAY HINDER OR MAY HELP. IN THE EVALUATION OF WHETHER THE X THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL OVERTIME FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE. MY QUESTION IS THIS. HAS ANY CONSIDERATION BEEN GIVEN IN THE DISCUSSION TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS SYNERGY BETWEEN THIS APPROACH AND EXISTING APPROACHES, SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM. HOUSING VOUCHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING A VERY HARD TIME IN GETTING, UM LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT. VOUCHERS. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. ALSO, I'VE TRY TO SEEK
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THAT AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT. IT'S CLOSED OR THE AVAILABILITY AND THE ABILITY TO USE THEM MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. SO IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION AS YOU AS YOU PLAN AS YOU DISCUSS GOING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER WITH A RANGE OF CURRENTLY EXISTING SYSTEMS? TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN, IN FACT PROVIDE DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR POPULATION.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR JARED GORE SR FASTER JERICHO OR SENIOR. AFTERNOON MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONER. THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS THAT. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAD TO PULL MONKEY.
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO. I GO, TOO. HOW ARE YOU, MAN A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE SPRING OF POOR PEOPLE IN TEXT AND SOME OF THE PROMINENT AREA. HE STOOD AREA. IT'S NOT JUST THE BLACKS ANYMORE, I RENT TO ABOUT 25 PEOPLE. I WENT FROM HOUSES DOWN TWO ROOMS. AND THE INCOME OVER THERE, SOME OF THEM I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH. THEY MAY GET $600 A MONTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF DISABILITY, WHATEVER. THEY DIDN'T WORK VERY MUCH. AND I HAVE TO GO BY THE INCOME. I'M ON $450. WELL, I SUPPLY AIR CONDITION AND I COULD SUPPLY CABLE. AND I PAY THE LIGHT BILL OFF THAT $450 A MONTH. THERE REALLY AIN'T A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OVER THERE FOR PEOPLE. THE HOUSE IS NOT. IT'S NOT LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT JUST BLACK. I GOT WHITE. I GOT SPENDING. GOT IT. ALMOST ANYBODY THAT I CAN PUT A TOP OVER THE HEAD TO HELP HIM OUT AND TRY TO GIVE HIM UH FOR A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AS WELL AS THAT LITTLE. WHEN WE TOLD DOWN THOSE 21 HOUSES OF MR TAYLOR'S BOY THAT PUT A REAL DAMPER ON OUR COMMUNITY OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE GOT A NICE PLACE TO GO LITTLE BIT NIGHT, BUT THERE ARE SOMETHING ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN GET UP UNDER. AND SOMETIMES I RENT SOMEBODY ROOM AND WHEN I LOOK BACK ON MY CAMERA, I GOT 56 PEOPLE IN THAT ONE ROOM. THEY'RE NOT COMPLAINING. THEY JUST GOT SOMEWHERE TO STAY FOR TONIGHT, AND IT'S A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS OUT THERE AND HOW ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY WITH THEM? HOW ABOUT THEIR WORKING AND TRYING TO, UH FIND SOMETHING TO FIX UP FOR SOMEBODY TO LIVE DECENT AND WE JUST NEED TO. LIKE I TOLD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. NO, I'M HANDS OF HOPE AND RON HIS HOUSEHOLD. OKAY BUT I FUND MY HOME AND I THINK HE'D GET GRANTS TO HELP HIM OUT. BUT I DO IT OUT OF MY POCKET. BUT WHEN? LIKE I TOLD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT YOU'RE SAYING WELL, ARE WE GIVING THESE PEOPLE THE MEDICATION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NEEDED, AND WE COULD SIGN OFF WITH THE GRANT? NO, YOU'RE NOT.
GO TO SOME OF THEM PEOPLE SITTING ON THE BUCKETS ON THE CORNER, THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO PASS BY, SAID THEY AIN'T DOING NOTHING ALL DAY. YOU STOP BY AND TALK TO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. THEY GO BY ONE OR TWO PILLS. I GOT A PURE THAT I TAKE COST ME $3000. OKAY. MY INSURANCE I GOT TO INSURANCE COMPANY WILL PAY. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT. YEAH. WITH TOOTHACHE INFECTION FOR MONTHS. YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM SOME HELP. OLDER, THEY GOT DIABETES HIGH POTENTIAL. THEY JUST DO WHAT? THAT YOU'LL SEE THE SHOES THAT THEY WERE SOME OF. THEY NEED A LOT OF HELP. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT IS THAT THEIR PROBLEM? BUT THIS STUFF THIS STUFF STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, AND IT'S FINALLY BECOMING INTO REALITY. IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LONG TIME AGO. SO REALITY IS HERE. AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST HAPPENED TO BE HERE TO FACE THE FACTS. NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT IT IF IT'S IN OUR HANDS, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T NOT SURE THAT WITH YOU BUT HOUSING AND HE STOOD NOT JUST EACH DO IT. ALL AREAS AND THE HOUSES THAT ARE MISSING THE HOUSES THAT ARE BEING TORN DOWN, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU GONNA TRY TO SEE SOME OTHER WAY TO BUILD HOUSES ON SOME OF THESE LOTS. I GOT A COUPLE OF LOTS I'D LIKE TO GET HOUSES BUILT ON. CAN'T AFFORD IT. I DON'T THINK I CAN, BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO IF I TALK TO YOU, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A COVER DUPLEXES OR SOMETHING. THE LOTS OF THAT GUY BECAUSE IT IT CAUSES ME TO CUT THE GRASS. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. SO JUST DID NOT PROFITED ME AT ALL.
THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE, BUT LOOK AT IT AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY START TO TALK TO SOMEBODY. SEE HOW YOU DOING? HOW ARE YOU GETTING ALONG? WHERE YOU SLEEPING, THAT I. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE SPLENDOR AND BRINKLEY COME. EVENING GOOD EVENING. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HERE TONIGHT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK HOME. BUT I AM IN AGREEANCE WITH A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT. AND THERE IS A SAYING THAT THINGS DON'T HIT YOU. THINGS DON'T CONCERN YOU UNTIL IT SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE. UM. LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE ARE MOVING OUT
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OF THE CITY THAT HAVE MEANS OF PAYING THEIR BILLS. ARE DOING IT BECAUSE. YOU CAN GO TO PORT ST LUCIE. AND FIND A HOUSE THAT YOU CAN PAY RENT. AND IT'S NOT ABOVE YOUR HAIR. YOU'RE NOT DROWNING. THAT'S A DIFFERENCE, THEN. UM BEING ABLE TO PAY YOUR BILLS. TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE ABLE TO COOK GROCERY ON YOUR TABLE OR YOU CAN BUY GAS TO COME OVER HERE TO THESE MEETINGS ON TWO MONDAYS OUT OF A MONTH, FRUSTRATE FROM WORK. DO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IF YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY. BASED ON I GOT TO PULL THE SONG. BASED ON YOUR INCOME. THE CITY OF STEWART. IS NOT AFFORDABLE AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT. NOW. I'VE HEARD AND I GOT UP TO ASK THIS QUESTION. THAT WE HAVE THE CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THE RUMOR THAT I'VE HEARD IS TRUE. AT THE CITY HOUSING IS BEING MANAGED BY THE FORT PIERCE HOUSING AUTHORITY.AND IF IT IS, I LIKE TO KNOW WHY. AND THAT COULD BE A JOB THAT SOMEONE IN THE CITY GOOD HAIR. AND MAYBE IT COULD HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A PLACE TO STAY. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS. IS THE CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE CITY OF STEWART HOUSING AUTHORITY.
BEING MANAGED BY THE FOUR TIERS HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE UM. WORKED FOR THE SYRIAN LIVE IN PORT ST LUCIE. WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS UP THERE. BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE SAID WE HAVE A HOUSING. RUN BACK ANOTHER CITY. IF THAT RUMOR IS TRUE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? BEFORE WE START OUR DISCUSSION. I HAVE. OKAY, MISS. BRING IT ON. COME ON. NO, I JUST, UH AFTER I HEARD THAT REMARK, I'D LIKE AN ANSWER TO THAT ONE. WELL WE'LL TALK. WE'LL GIVE YOU BUT I YEAH. YES, I CAN KNOW ALL THESE MEANS, UH, NO, I DON'T. I'M LIKE HER. THIS IS OUR CITY.
AND, UH, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN AND DO THINGS WE DON'T NEED WORK. PIERS HOUSING AUTHORITY. THANKS. THANKS. THANK YOU. THEY'RE NOT IF THEY'RE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME WHILE MR MORTAL PREPARES TO HELP ME MAKE AN ANSWER, AND MR CITY MANAGER JUST DONE THAT BEFORE WE START. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS. THERE'S A STEWART FEED STORE THERE. STUART FENCE COMPANY THERE, STUART THIS THERE'S STUART COFFEE COMPANY. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NAMED STUART, BUT IT'S NOT OF THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT HAS A LONG. SOMEWHAT SORTED FEDERAL HISTORY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM, AND I'M GOING TO SINCE MR MORTAL HAS BOTH SERVED ON THE CITY COMMISSION. ALSO, HE HAS HERE AND, UM, I'LL RESPOND AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE HEAR FROM THE CITY MANAGER. YEAH SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ANSWER IS. IT'S NOT AN ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF STEWART. BUT I WILL LET MY LEADER MY OTHER LEADERS, MY TEAM OF LEADERS. SO, AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT IS NOT AN INTERVIEW TO THE CITY OF STEWART'S ACTUALLY HAS OVERSIGHT THROUGH HUD, THE ONLY UH, THING THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES IS BASICALLY APPROVE THEIR BOARD, SO THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD. AND SO THAT IT'S REALLY KIND OF, UM, UH. AFFIRMATION OF NOT IT'S NOT AN APPOINTMENT. IT'S A CONFIRMATION. YES OF WHO THEY WHO THE BOARD RECOMMENDS TO SIT ON THE BOARD ITSELF. AND SO THE A COUPLE YEARS BACK A FEW YEARS BACK. THERE WAS SOME STUFF GOING ON THERE THAT HUD DID NOT LIKE, AND THEY STEPPED IN, AND THEY REMOVED THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF THE OF THAT LOCATION, AND IN RESPONSE, THEY HAD THE FORT PIERCE HOUSING AUTHORITY. TAKE OVERSIGHT OF THE STUART HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND THEY'RE THE BOARD. THAT WAS THERE WAS STILL THERE. IT'S STILL A STEWART BOARD. THAT'S ALL. STEWART UM RESIDENTS THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE ON THAT BOARD. MOST OF THEM ARE LOCAL TO THAT COMMUNITY. UM AND THEY, UH VOTED. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT. A YEAR AGO, MAYBE YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE BOARD DID TO CONTINUE HAVING THE FORT PIERCE HUD, UM, DO THEIR MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND HIRE THEIR OWN MANAGEMENT TEAM AND DO THAT TO THE MANAGEMENT SITE INTERNALLY. AND THE. NOW SINCE THAT HAS
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HAPPENED, THE MANAGER WHO WAS THERE FROM FORT PIERCE HAS RESIGNED. AND THERE'S A NEW MANAGER THERE THAT I HAVE NOT MET YET. UM BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE BOARD THAT IS CURRENTLY OVERSIGHT OVERSEEING THAT HAS STILL HAS THE FOUR PIERCE AUTHORITY MANAGING THE LOCAL BOARD OR THE LOCAL, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY. DUE TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WHAT? WE'VE ALSO HAVE THE WEST PALM BEACH URBAN LEAGUE. IS IT WHERE IN THE PAST THEY'VE ALSO, UM MANAGED THAT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE SINCE THE. SIXTIES WHEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAME INTO BEING IT'S A HARD ORGANIZATION. IT IS NAMED THE STUART HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS NOTHING TO WE DON'T SPEND A DIME THERE. WE DON'T DO ANY MANAGEMENT THERE.THE ONLY THING WE DO IS CONFIRM THEIR MEMBERS THAT THEY SENT TO US. THEY SEND US A LETTER EACH YEAR WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR STAGGERED BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO, UM. TO PUT IN TWO OR THREE BOARD MEMBERS EVERY YEAR TO EITHER ADD THEM OR TO, UM, PUT NEW ONES, UH OR TO CONTINUE THE ONES THAT ARE THERE, AND THAT'S ALL THE CITY COMMISSION DOES ON BEHALF OF THAT. IT'S ALL FEDERAL AND THEY DEAL WITH IT AND THE FORT PIERCE HOUSING AUTHORITY. IS THE ONE THAT'S WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MANAGE THE HOUSING THERE AT THE STEWART HOUSING AUTHORITY, SO THAT'S ANSWER TO THAT, STEWART. YOU SHOULD ALSO MENTION THE STUART HOUSING AUTHORITY DOES MEET ON THE LAST TUESDAY OF FEBRUARY, APRIL, JUNE, AUGUST, OCTOBER IN DECEMBER. MEETINGS TAKE PLACE AT 10:30 A.M. AT 6 11 SOUTHEAST CHURCH STREET IN STUART. SO THE BOARD MEETS AND STEWART THEY JUST PAPER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK TO BE UNIFIED BETWEEN FORD PEARSON STEWART WITH ONE OFFICE TO AVOID THE EXPENDITURES. AND THEY HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE THERE THAT RUN THE OFFICE FOR THEIR PAINT UP THERE CLEAN UP THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES. THEY HAVE SOMEONE THERE RUNNING THE OFFICE AND MAYBE ANSWER IN THE PHONES. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR KEVIN. UM, TREATMENT TO START THE DISCUSSION AMONG OUR BOARD MEMBERS. UM UH, MR FREEMAN. I'M SORRY I HAD TO LEAVE AT THE VERY BEGINNING, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU PUT UP THE ZONING MAP OR THE OR THE LAND USE MAP THAT MAYBE HAS COLORS THAT TALKS ABOUT. DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN OUR CITY OF STEWART, BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT, MAYBE YOU'RE OKAY. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE DENSITY MAP? I HAD TO LEAVE, BUT, UM, UH FOR RESIDENTS AND AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS HOUSING. AS FAR AS I KNOW, OTHER THAN ASSISTANT WITH CDBG GRANT FOR HELPING TO, UM DO IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN EAST STEWART AND AROUND. WHERE THE PUBLIC HOUSING IS LOCATED. UM. WE, THE CITY OF STEWART HAS NOT BUILT ANY HOUSE IN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS BUILT BY THE CITY. WE HAVE NOT FUNDED THAT. AND UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GRANTS THROUGH THE COUNTY. UM THAT HAVE BUILT SOME HOUSES ON 14TH STREET ON DICKS, ELAINE AND THOSE HAVE COME THE LAST TIME WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME MONIES. MAYBE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND THOSE MONIES WERE NOT ENOUGH TO BE USED AND I THINK WE ENDED TURNING BACK SOME MONIES, OR AT LEAST IT WENT INTO MAYBE BAHAMA BREEZE OR WHATEVER THE COUNTY WAS DOING AT THE TIME AGAIN.
I'M JUST MENTIONING THESE THINGS SO THAT IF. OUR CITY MANAGER OR SOMEBODY ELSE CAN RECALL. UM THEY CAN BRING THAT ABOUT MR FREEMAN WITH REGARD TO DENSITY AND SO ON. FOR THOSE WHO. BELIEVED THAT THE CITY CAN HELP. MAYBE WE CAN HELP AND THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPERS PROBABLY ASK US MOST FOR IS IF WE GET MORE DENSITY. IF WE GET THAT DENSITY BONUS, THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE OF A LOWER INCOME. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS IT'S THE MARKET THAT CONTROLS IT'S THE IT'S. UM THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT CONTROL AND YES, WE CAN PUT IN SOME CONTROLS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING NOW, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE THINGS AND DEVELOPERS BUILDERS CAN KNOW AND HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY AS TO WHAT IS COMING FORWARD. AND ALL OF US UP HERE. WE DON'T DISCUSS STUFF AHEAD OF TIME. SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT EACH OF OUR MEMBERS ARE GONNA SAY. BUT I'M SURE THAT WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY ARAD ICT AND WILL HELP US TO MOVE THIS DISCUSSION ALONG AND MAYBE TO COME UP WITH SOME POLICIES WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT, UM, THE FLORIDA STATUTE THAT SAYS THAT IF THE DEVELOPERS. DO SOMETHING THEN EITHER THE CITY HAS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING. OR, UM.
THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EITHER. THE CITY IS GOING TO START PUTTING MONEY OUT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A PART OF MONEY HERE FOR WHEN DEVELOPERS DO
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SOMETHING WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT. THAT ACCOUNTS FOR, UM THERE ARE LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT, KEVIN, I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW. WHY IS IT THAT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WAS IT JUST THAT WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 100 UNITS FOR 10 CITY? UM PEOPLE AND, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN. I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T JUST. PROVIDE HOUSING ON OUR OWN. WE LEAVE IT TO THE MARKET. WE HAVE OUR DENSITY. WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES, BUT, UM. TO MAKE CHANGES. ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE ADDING. MAKING THE DENSITY HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE CAN SO THAT HOPEFULLY THAT BALANCE WILL CREATE, UH, A SCALE OF ECONOMY WHERE WE CAN SAY THAT THEY CAN DO SOME AFFORDABILITY. SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK, FIND WHAT I SEE THAT MR MCDONALD IS SAYING SOMETHING, SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING CAN THANK YOU, MR MCDONALD. YEAH. SO THIS AFFORDABLE ATTAINABLE. HOUSING WHATEVER. WHATEVER THE TERM WE'RE GOING TO USE IS A CHALLENGE. UM. AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY IT'S A CHALLENGE. CONSTRUCTION COST LAND COST MANAGEMENT COST COST OF MONEY COST, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS GO INTO. DETERMINING THE BASELINE COST OF THE PROPERTY. WE START LOOKING AT DENSITY, WHICH GETS INTO DNC THE IDEA THERE'S THE THEORY THAT YOU INCREASED DENSITY YOU LOWER COSTS. UM. AND THEN THERE'S THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND. UM, SO THERE'S AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SUPPLY AND VERY HIGH DEMAND. UM.SO IN FACT, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT OUT IN OKEECHOBEE AND BECAUSE OF THE MENTIONED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED PRICING AND ST LUCIE COUNTY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING A HIGHER DEMAND FOR PROPERTIES IN OKEECHOBEE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START ARE STARTING TO BUY AN OKAY. TOBY IN COMMUNITY TO MARTIN COUNTY. UM, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO WE HAVE THIS. UH WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WE ALSO HAVE THE ISSUE THAT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT HOUSING. AS A CITY OF STEWART OR MARTIN COUNTY. IT'S A REGIONAL NATIONAL STATEWIDE AND, QUITE FRANKLY, A NATIONAL ISSUE AND BECAUSE PEOPLE PEOPLE MOVE AROUND WHEN THEY KNOW THERE'S BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF HOUSING. AND CITY OF STEWART.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE, WITH MARTIN COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME OF THE MORE AFFORDABLE AND THAT'S AND THAT'S PROBABLY A TERM THAT IT'S HARD TO FATHOM THIS USING THE WORD AFFORDABLE WHEN YOU SEE THE PRICE OF THE HOUSING, BUT. IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN PRICE OF HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY OF STEWART VERSUS MARTIN COUNTY AS A WHOLE, THERE'S A THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. UM. THEN THERE'S RECENTLY I'VE RAN ACROSS THE COUPLE ARTICLES IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, WALL STREET IS BUYING UP IN THE LAST 10 YEARS ABOUT $60 BILLION WORTH OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DRIVING UP. PRICES OF RENTS AND PRICES OF HOMES FOR THE PURPOSE OF A TURNING THEM INTO RENTALS. AND THEY GO AND THEY PAY CASH AND. AND IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH THEM WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT. SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THIS? THERE'S. WE CAN LOOK AT. WE CAN LOOK AT AN ORDINANCE. UM. SUCH AS DISCUSSED WHERE WE GIVE WERE AS PURSUANT TO THE ALL WE GIVE DENSITY BONUSES OR OR CUT IMPACT FEES. WELL WE GIVE DENSITY BONUSES, WE START INCREASING. ARE THE NUMBER OF UNITS WELL, THAT CREATES AN ISSUE. OKAY SO ONE OF THE OTHER OPTIONS AS WE REDUCE FEES, SO WE REDUCE IMPACT FEES. WELL OKAY, WELL, THEN, NOW THE IMPACT FEES REDUCTION MEANS WE HAVE LESS MONEY FOR THE DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE INCREASED POPULATION. THERE ARE HUGE, HUGE CHALLENGES AND I THINK ALL FIA SAID, VERY, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBED A VERY PASSIONATELY AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE'S COMING FROM. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. UH, I'VE ALWAYS WHEN. KIND OF LOOK AT IT A DIFFERENT WAY. FOREST LET'S FIND PEOPLE BETTER JOBS.
IT'S FINE. LET'S GET BRING. LET'S BRING EMPLOYERS HERE. LET'S GET MORE MONEY TO PEOPLE'S HANDS SO THEY CAN AFFORD BUT THEN THAT. CREATES OTHER PROBLEMS. SO ANOTHER CHALLENGES SO. YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE WE DON'T. WE'VE NEVER BUILT PROPERTY. WE DON'T QUITE FRANKLY HAVE THE MONEY TO GO IN AND. BUILD A LARGE APARTMENT
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COMPLEX. UM. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A CHALLENGE. I'M A LITTLE BIT OF IT LOSSES TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO BUT THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF MY THOUGHTS ON ON THIS. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MR BRUNER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW? NO NOT NOW. OKAY MR MEYER, MR MATHESON. I'LL JUMP IN, OKAY, UM, WELL, SO, YEAH, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. BUT, UM, WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET US NOT. WORK ON THIS, SO WE'RE GOING TO EAT THE ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME. I GUESS MY FIRST THOUGHT IS WE HAVE TO KIND OF GRAPPLE WITH THIS HOSTILITY TO INCREASE DENSITY. THAT IS PART OF THE SOLUTION NO MATTER WHAT WE CHOOSE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A SOLUTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HEY, DEVELOPERS MONEY. TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS BECAUSE WE DON'T I DON'T SEE. I MEAN, ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT OUR BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT. SO I MEAN, MAYBE MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN SHOW ME A PLACE WHERE WE CAN. WE'LL HAVE TO CUT OUR POLICE AND FIRE TO DO IT IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT WILL BE A WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. BUT, UM SO. FOR ME, OUR OUR SOLUTIONS ARE HOVERING IN THIS AREA OF DENSITY, MORE UNITS, SMALLER DWELLING UNITS IN ALL DIFFERENT FLAVORS. AND SO. I'M SEEING THE FIRST ROADBLOCK IS OUR CULTURAL CRISIS WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT IS STUART AND THE HOMETOWN SMALL HOMETOWN FEEL OF STEWART. AND THE SMALL COMMUNITY WE HAVE WE HAVE A CRISIS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO. ARE THREATENED BY INCREASING DENSITY. AND DENSITY IS A KEY TO US SOLVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM. WE HAVE SO. WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT. IT'S THAT'S THAT IS SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF GRAPPLE WITH HERE IS HOW MUCH DENSITY ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT? IT'S THE SPECTRUM.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE OPEN TO SAYING LET'S CHANGE EVERYTHING THERE TO 30.
CERTAINLY NOT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE. READY TO HAVE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WELL.
WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAVE LITTLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THROUGHOUT ALL OF STEWART.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT DENSITY. UM. AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE IS, I THINK. FROM THE OTHER SIDE. WE OURSELVES NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WHAT IS SORT OF THE MAX THAT WE CAN HANDLE. AND STEWART NOT JUST IN TERMS OF OUR ROADS, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF. OUR SERVICES ARE SUSTAINABILITY. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LOOKING INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR VISION ESTIMATES DOWN THE ROAD IN OUR COMP PLAN. AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT NUMBERS WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE POPULATION INTO THE FUTURE, WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS MEAN? WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? ARE THEY FOR US? SORT OF LIMITS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN.
ARE THEY? I DON'T KNOW. UH DO WE NEED TO STAY BELOW THOSE NUMBERS? ARE THOSE ARE THOSE REASONABLE GROWTH ESTIMATES OR ARE THEY LIMITS? I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT, AND I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW OUR LITTLE COUPLE SQUARE MILES OF CITY. HOW MANY. HOW MANY CONSUMPTIVE WATER USERS WE CAN HANDLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN GO? HOW MANY SCHOOL SEATS CAN WE CAN WE FILL UP WITH KIDS? I THINK THOSE ARE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE. NERDY ANNOYING, DIFFICULT. STUFF WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T. TRUST THAT WE COULD JUST PLOP THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND SAY, WELL, THAT FEELS GOOD. I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME REAL STRONG. NUMBERS BEHIND IT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BELIEVE US BECAUSE THE TRUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THERE RIGHT NOW. UM AND. UH, I'M VERY WELL. WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE MEAT OF IT. I HOPE BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WANT TO PULL APART A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HB 71 OR THREE DID BECAUSE MY DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER. MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND PLANNING PEOPLE IS THAT WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE COSTS IMPOSED ON A DEVELOPER.
UH, IF WE REQUIRE AN AFFORDABLE UNITS HOWEVER. IF WE'RE NOT IF WE'RE NOT MAKING A BRIDE WIDE RANGING CODE MANDATE THAT YOU KNOW IN OUR EXISTING ZONING IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD 10 UNITS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY BY RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU PUT 10% OF THOSE AS AFFORDABLE. YES WE DO NEED TO COVER THE COST. BUT IF WE ALREADY HAVE A LIMIT, AND PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH A P U D. MY READING, AND I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE SETTLED IN CASE LAW. DON'T THINK THAT WE
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DO NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OVER RIDGE IN THOSE UNITS BECAUSE. THEY CAN STILL BUILD BY CODE.THEY CAN STILL BUILD BY RIGHT, A LESS DENSE UNIT AND UNFORTUNATELY. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IF WE REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY BAKED IN INTO THE EXTRA UNITS. THAT THEY'LL JUST WON'T DO IT AT ALL. AND JUST BUILT BY, RIGHT? I GUESS THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY. GET A FIRM ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL FUTURE COSTS, BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, THE ACCOUNTING. THE ACCOUNTING FOR FUTURE COSTS TO A DEVELOPER. I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR LIKE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE MECHANISM TO ANALYZE THAT. WE HAVE TO GET THE DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND HELP GUIDE THAT DISCUSSION. I MEAN, WE COULD SAY. YEAH. IF YOU'RE NORMAL MARKET RATE WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, 1400 FOR A ONE BEDROOM AND IT NEEDS TO BE 800 FOR ONE BEDROOM. WE CAN DO SIMPLE MATH. BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER COSTS THAT WE CAN'T CAPTURE AND JUST IN THE RENT? SO ANYWAY, UM AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO TOUCH ON. TO THE POINT ABOUT THE EXISTING RESOURCES WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A CRISIS WITH SECTION EIGHT. WE HAVE A CRISIS WITH PUBLIC HOUSING.
THOSE ARE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE. WISH THAT WE COULD TOUCH BUT WE DON'T. BUT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN. THAT ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE UNITS RIGHT NOW. I'M LOOKING AT MOVING MY GRANDMOTHER INTO OCEAN POINT. HOPEFULLY SHE'S BEEN ON A WAITING LIST FOR SIX MONTHS. IT'S A VERY NICELY AND IT IS A VERY NICE PLACE. AND SO I'M REALLY INTRIGUED BY THAT.
HOW IS THAT HAPPENING? THAT'S ITS OWN PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO HAVE THE CROSSINGS.
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN PROVIDE THEIR OWN? HOWEVER THEY DO IT, BUT THEY CAN PROVIDE A PRODUCT THAT HAS INCOME LIMITS TO ACTUALLY SERVE. CONSTRAINED. THE ASSET CONSTRAINED CUSTOMERS ARE RESIDENTS. COUPLE COUPLE SHOTS ACROSS THE BOW. I KNOW, BUT, UM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YEAH. NO, THAT ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE FEDERAL UM. SERVICES AND I GUESS WITH THE HOUSING SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AS SLIM AS THEY ARE THAT ARE SERVING THE EXTREMELY AND VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE. WHAT WHAT ARE OUR LIMITS? I MEAN, ARE WE EVEN ABLE TO SERVICE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY BEING SERVICED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. OTHER AGENCIES? I DON'T KNOW.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AND SOME OF MY POINTS BUT I WILL SAY FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT. I CAN'T I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE DISCUSSIONS SINCE. MY SECOND MEETING OF FEAR, AND, UH, THAT, UM LIKE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT WATER, BUT I KNOW THAT VICE MAYOR HAS A LOT TO SAY. HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY. IT'S UM. I AGREE AND PARTS WITH WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, UM. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND COMMISSIONER MEYER. UM. THIS IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE. UM PERHAPS INCLUSIONARY ZONING. IT IS A WAY TO SOLVE IT. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SOLD ON IT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, UM YOU KNOW? LOT OF WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, I THINK OF WHO DO WE WORK FOR? WE WERE. FOR THE RESIDENTS OF STEWART AND SO THEN I ALSO THINK ABOUT.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS SHOULD BE THE RESIDENTS OF STEWART, THEIR FAMILIES AND STUFF AND. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. WE HAVE DENSITY. WE HAVE IMPACT FEES. DENSITY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO WHAT'S MAKE CITY OF STUART IN MARTIN COUNTY. SO SPECIAL IS OUR LOWER DENSITY, WHICH PROVIDES BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF STEWART. SO IT GOES ALL IN ONE BIG CIRCLE IF WE ADJUST DENSITY. IN MY MIND, WE ARE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING SOME OF THE CURRENT PEOPLE. WE WORK FOR. AND THAT.
AGAIN IS TRUE FOR IMPACT FEES, IMPACT FEES HELP. HEY, YOU KNOW FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS AS WE ALL KNOW. IF WE LOWER THOSE IMPACT FEES TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE. THAT BURDEN IS SPREAD ACROSS. OUR BOSSES, THE RESIDENTS OF STEWART FOR THEM TO SHARE.
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WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WHETHER IT'S FROM SCHOOLS TO SIDEWALKS TO POLICE TO FIRE EVERYTHING AND ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY REALLY HAS TO BE QUALITY OF LIFE. NOW I CAN'T SIT UP HERE AND SAY WE CAN ONLY THINK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE THAT ALREADY HAVE EXISTING HOMES. WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT. THAT'S WHY, UM. HOW CAN YOU GO TO THE FUTURE LANDINGS? YOU HAD IT UP EARLIER. WITH THE ZONING DENSITY. THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET.UM. WITH THE ZONING MAXIMUM. THERE WE GO. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE NEED IS YOU TOUCHED ON COMMISSIONER MEYER. I'M I'M HARD FIRM. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN ADJUSTING OUR COMP PLAN. FROM THE HARD LINE OF 30. THAT'S YOU KNOW? IF DENSITY SOLVED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, THEN WE COULD ALL GO TO MIAMI OR NEW YORK AND FIND REALLY CHEAP HOUSING, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, UM SO. WE CAN WORK AND ENCOURAGE AND WE HAVE DONE IT WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THE QUESTION TO ME IS. IF THEY CAN BUILD BY RIGHT OF 15 UNITS, AN ACRE. AND THEY'RE COMING TO US WITH A P U D IN MY MIND. WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE HIM ANY MORE THAN 15 UNITS AN ACRE AND WE CAN REJECTED ANY MORE THAN THAT. EVERYTHING THAT 16 AND 17TH UNIT IS A DENSITY BONUS. AND AGAIN I AGREE WITH YOU, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THAT'S TRUE AND FAST. UM. THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED ANSWERED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF WE'RE EVEN GOING TO CONSIDER. THIS HAS A WAY TO ATTACK IT OR IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS AND TWO OF THEM THAT POP INTO MY MIND, UM. AGAIN ARE WE SEEK OUT AND WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THAT SPECIALIZED. IN FEDERAL TAX CREDITS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT. WHERE THEY'RE PAYING MARKET RATE AND THEY'RE SELLING THOSE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS TO OFFSET THAT MARKET RATE COST.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT I'M INTERESTED IS IF WE COULD GET SOME SORT OF PROGRAM. AND THIS IS KIND OF SPIT BALLING HERE. BUT PASTOR GORE MENTION IT. YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE IN.
STUART AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF STORE AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE AREA WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON. THAT OWN PROPERTY. MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD. IF WE COULD WORK WITH NONPROFITS. AND GET HOUSING BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY WITH A LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, 5 10 15 YEAR AGREEMENT. THAT THAT HAS RENTED US CERTAIN. RENTAL BREAK. AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT, NO. THAT PROPERTY OWNER MIGHT WALK AWAY WITH THAT HOUSE, SOME SORT OF PROGRAM LIKE THAT, WHERE WE WORK WITH LOCAL PEOPLE THAT WE CAN REALLY ENSURE THAT STEWART RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GAIN SO IT WOULDN'T. IN MY MIND HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM BUT CAN YOU GO? BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE YEAR BY YEAR.
WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED. THAT ONE. ONE OF MY OTHER LARGER CONCERNS IS IF I TREND THAT DENSITY IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. UM AND THAT. AS COMMISSIONER MCDONALD STATED THAT A LOT OF OUR HOUSING IS LESS EXPENSIVE. AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH THAN IN MARTIN COUNTY. YOU KNOW? PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN MARTIN COUNTY FOR THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, AND I AM CONCERNED OF WHAT WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN FOR US TO TAKE A PAUSE, ESPECIALLY IN IN CERTAIN AREAS. UM, IF WE WANT BETTER PROJECTS COMING UP. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SAY NO TO THE OFFER THAT THE DEVELOPERS IS. IS PROVIDING AN A P U D IT IS OUR CHOICE. IF THEY GET THREE VOTES THAT SAYS NO. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IF WE DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST FOR OUR RESIDENCY, ODDS MIGHT BE PRETTY HIGH THAT THEY MIGHT COME BACK. AND PUT 20% OF THE UNITS. OF WORKFORCE, HOUSING OR LOWER. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THERE BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER, WHERE THEY CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO WHAT THEY CAN BUILD BY, RIGHT. THE TOUGH PART IS WHEN WE HAVE PROJECTS COME BEFORE US THAT DON'T HAVE THAT
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UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING. BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL DECISIONS IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHY FOR ME WHEN I'M DECIDING SOMETHING I REALLY NEED THAT BASELINE OF WHAT CAN BE BUILT BY RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GIVE WITH THE PEUT PROCESS? BUT. OVERALL AS A WHOLE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A BREATHER AND LET WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE. GET BUILT.BESIDES, MAYBE SOME REALLY. HE PARCELS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW. AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPENED FROM THOSE AREAS IN PARTICULAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER MYERS A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO JUST POSE A QUESTION AND HOPEFULLY GET MR MORTAL TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS THE COMMUNITY.
UM. REINVESTMENT LOAN FROM THE BANKS THE BANKS WERE SUPPOSED TO REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM GOING TO BANKS GETTING LOANS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS STILL INVOLVED AND IF OR. BANKS HAD EVEN PUT ANY LOAN POOL MONEY TOGETHER SO THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY TRY TO GO TO THEM BASED ON THEIR REINVESTMENT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT, MR MORTAL AND TRY TO GIVE US AN ANSWER, MR MEYER. NO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A QUESTION AS MUCH AS JUST TO FOLLOW UP. UM I WASN'T PROPOSING TO SAY THAT WE JACK UP ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS ON THAT TABLE. I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, HOWEVER. JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. THE STORIES WE HEARD TODAY, JUST A FEW THE QUALITY OF LIFE. OUR RESIDENTS. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THIS CITY AND MANY OF THEM FOR MANY OF THEM. THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE NOT. PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING CHARM. THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT I WANT TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW. I'M SAYING THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHO NOBODY IS FIGHTING FOR SPEAKING FOR AND THEY HAVE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS, THEN. WHETHER OR NOT A. SLIGHTLY MORE DENSE HOUSING PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT NEXT DOOR TO THEM. THEY ARE PACKED IN FIVE PEOPLE INTO A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. AND SO I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, TOO. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT KNOW BY SAYING WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO. THERE ARE A LOT MORE RESIDENTS. PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE NEVER ABLE TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO US AND DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS AND AREN'T WRITING US.
WE'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRIVILEGED. TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS, AND SO WE I'M TRYING TO HOLD A LOT OF SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WHITE KNUCKLING IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM YOU KNOW? AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. MIAMI IS HAS A HISTORIC HOUSING PROBLEM, AND THEY'RE VERY DENSE, BUT, YOU KNOW. BY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE WE COME TOGETHER AND FIND A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A LITTLE TIT FOR TAT. YOU CAN BUILD A LITTLE BIT MORE WITHIN THOSE TABLES. YOU KNOW THAT TO ME, I'M WILLING TO FACE THE WRATH OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS NO MORE HOUSES BUILT HERE IN ORDER TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GIVING SOMETHING THAT IS MORE APPROACHABLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PACKED INTO A IF WE CAN ENSURE ITS FOR THOSE PEOPLE. THAT'S. THAT'S PART OF THE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ENSURE WHO YOU KNOW EXACTLY EDIBLE HOUSING AND PEOPLE FROM WEST PALM BEACH CAN MOVE HERE. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING AND SHE WENT TERM AND THE SHORT TERM REYNOLDS BILL JUST PASSED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS READY AND ARMED TO SAY I HAVE A SOLUTION. LET'S VOTE ONE. LET'S WORK ON ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. WELL, WE HAVE NO ABILITY. TWO TO APPROVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THEN SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE BUILT FOR AIRBNB S. YEAH, AND SO YOU KNOW. YEAH WE ARE SO HAMSTRUNG BY WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE TO US. UH, THAT, YOU KNOW. WE CAN'T PREVENT. I MEAN, WE ALSO CAN'T PREVENT THE MARKET FROM COMING IN. AND INVESTORS BUYING UP LIKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT UP THREE AND FOUR UNITS IN THE NEW UH, TOWNHOUSE COMMUNITY ON CENTRAL. THEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PRICE IS GOING UP. YOU JUST BOUGHT FOUR OF THEM, YOU KNOW? NO. ALSO TRULY, UM, WENT FROM 200,000 TO 300,000. AND SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE BUYING THEM. AND I KNOW ALL POLTI WENT TO AN AUCTION FOR THE ONES ON EAST OCEAN. OVER 400 NOW, THE SIGN SAID, STARTING AT THREE YOURSELF. SO IT'S. IN RESPONSE, THE MARKET IS THE MARKET IS BEING DRIVEN BY OUTSIDE FORCES IN RESPONSE TO THE TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUND. WAS $3 BILLION PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUND THAT WAS SET OUT TO THE. THE PURPOSE OF IT. IT WORKS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUITY THROUGH FOR
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NEW FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS THAT HELP EMPOWER PEOPLE BUILD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRE SYSTEMATIC CHANGE. AND THEY DO HAVE UP TO $3 BILLION OF AVAILABLE FOR LENDING. SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR DEVELOPERS. TO BUILD HOUSING IN COMMUNITIES. BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING TROUBLE FINDING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE. FOUND LENDERS THAT ARE LOANING MONEY TO BUILD NEW HOUSING. THEY ALSO BASE IT YOU CAN APPLY FOR A LOAN, AND THEY BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE CREDIT AND. IT'S BASICALLY COMMERCIAL LENDING RATES, BUT THEY DO GIVE PRESS PRINCE TWO DIFFERENT ASSOCIATE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND THEY HAVE A MISSION IN THIS STORY, ETCETERA. BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S MORE OF A THING THAT NOT THE CITY WOULD APPLY FOR, BUT THAT PRIVATE ENTITIES WOULD WOULD APPLY FOR. YES, YES. YES, SIR. YOUR UM I RECALL AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THIS. UM I'M GONNA GO BACK 78 YEARS. UM. THERE WAS A DEVELOPER WHO WANTED TO DO A 55 YEAR OLD. PLUS, UH, LITTLE INCOME, UM, RENTAL COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL PARKWAY RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE BY, UH, THERE WAS A CHURCH THERE AT ONE TIME. IT'S VACANT LOT NOW AND. AND WORKED, AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO OR THE CITIES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LETTER YOU WILL DO YEAH, FOR IN ORDER FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THE TAX CREDITS THEY HAD TO BE. THERE HAD TO BE A CONCESSION AND WE WERE WE AGREED TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK. IF, UM. LONG CENTRAL PARKWAY IF THEY GOT THAT APPROVED. RIGHT? THOSE TAX CREDITS THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING ARE SO COMPETITIVE. AND THEY AND I, I EMPLOY A I UNDERSTAND IT, AND I'M NOTHING TO SAY THAT I'M RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY MINIMAL UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S. THEY LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AS TO THE POVERTY LEVELS, VERSUS INCOME, AND ALL OF THESE, THERE'S MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT GO INTO. THESE GETTING TO TWO WINNING THESE THESE TAX CREDITS THAT THEY USED TO BUILD THE LOW INCOME HOUSING SUCH AS THE CROSSINGS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THAT IS THAT WE'RE NOT PART OF WHAT PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE DID PONY UP AND DO WHAT THEY AGREED TO DO IF THEY GOT THE PROJECT. TO MAKE THE DO THE INCENTIVE AND THE INSTEAD OF THEY ASKED FOR, WHICH WAS THE SIDEWALK WAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. UM, MIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS, AND IN FACT, THERE'S STILL SOME COMPANIES THAT ARE THAT HAVE SEARCHED AROUND THE AREA, BUT THEY IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE GRANTS. YOU'RE CORRECT. THEY'RE HIGHLY COAN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THE MORE LOAN OR OR NOT LOAN, THE MORE GIFT THAT COMES FROM THE OR GRANT THAT COMES FROM THE MUNICIPALITY. THE BETTER CHANCES OF THEY THAT THEY GET FOR RECEIVING THESE TAX CREDITS AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CAN BUILD AND THEY AGREE TO PERPETUAL UM. HOUSING LIMITATIONS AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SELL. THE TAX CREDITS AND GENERATE THE MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THE TAX CREDITS THEY GET SO THAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION COSTS LIKE LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW IT'S CONSTRUCTION COSTS ON A WHOLESALE VALUE MIGHT BE $200 A FOOT. BECAUSE THEY CAN SELL THE TAX CREDITS. OF THOSE OF THAT. GENERATED MONEY. LET'S SAY THEY GET. $150 A FOOT AND TAX CREDITS. THEY NET OUT AND CAN BUILD THEIR CONSTRUCTION FOR $50 A FOOT AND AS A RESULT.THEY CAN CLEARLY RENTED AT A MUCH LOWER RATE. BUT IT REQUIRES NUMBER ONE. NOW IT'S GROWN. IT REQUIRES THE MUNICIPALITY TO AGREE. TO GRANT AND BE INVESTED IN THE IN THE APPLICATION, AND IT'S CONDITIONAL. I MEAN, THERE'S A COUPLE DEVELOPERS IN WEST PALM THAT DO IT MAY HAVE LOOKED AROUND STEWART TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT. THE ONE THAT HAT WAS ON.
GREEN OR ON CENTER PARKWAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT, BUT I THINK IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET CHOSEN RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY AND IF THEY CAN CONTINUE SUBMITTING, BUT THEY DON'T THEY MOVE ON. YEAH. MR. MR MR CITY MANAGER. AND MR UM, MR FREEMAN, AND I'M GONNA SAY MANAGER TALK. I WAS GOING TO JUST ASK AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING CONCRETE THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE CITY OF STEWART. AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY AFFORDABLE, UM, TASK FORCE FROM THE BORDER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WHICH I THINK THEY HAVE SOME MONEY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME THINGS I KNOW THAT THEY'VE THE LIKE THE INDIAN TOWN. UM. NOT FOR PROFIT GROUP THAT EVEN TOOK
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OVER THE BAHAMA TERRORISTS WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART AND HOW THEY DID THAT AND HOW THEY HELPED US WITH SOME SHIP MONEY IS IN THE PAST TO DO THE HORSES ON DICK SELENE AND SOME OF THE HOUSES ON. 14TH STREET. MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD TRY TO ADJUST. BUT CITY MANAGER THANK YOU.JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TAX CREDITS AND TRUE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, WHICH HE WOULDN'T NEEDED CLUES IN ARIZONA FOR BECAUSE THEY ARE A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER. THERE HAS BEEN ONE THAT CABIN MORE TO MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING ONE HERE LOCALLY. OF COURSE, THE ISSUE HAS BECOME LAND AND FINDING THE RIGHT PARCEL AND. MAKING THAT PARCEL WORK, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED. THEY HAVE CITED A COUPLE DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT. BUT THAT IS A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOW INCOME DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE ALSO IN A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOUSING SOLUTION WHO WAS HERE ON A TWO ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OF STEWART OWNS NORTH OF THE BRIDGE TO DO A SIMILAR DEAL. I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE WORKFORCE TYPE HOUSING. UP ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR TAX CREDITS. AS IT RELATES TO IMPACT FEES, AND YOU GUYS TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT REDUCING OR GIVING SOME TYPE OF BENEFIT. OUR CURRENT CODE CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR THOSE CREDITS TO BE GIVEN TO A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, SO IT'S ALREADY CONTEMPLATED IN OUR IMPACT THE ORDINANCE IF THAT WERE TO COME ABOUT IF SOMEONE WITH A TRUE DEVELOPMENT TO COME FORWARD UM KIND OF HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS GOING ON HERE. PARALLEL ONE IS ABOUT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER THAT'S LOGAN COME OR ATTAINABLE, AND WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE? AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO FOR THE FUTURE OF JUST MARKET RATE APPROVAL ON STOP? SO MY HOPE WENT FROM ANY DISCUSSION, DELIBERATION OR WORKSHOP THAT WE DO IS THAT WHEN WE LEAVE HERE STAFF HAS SOME KIND OF IDEA OF THE DIRECTION OR POLICY. YOU GUYS WANT TO SET GOING FORWARD. AS IT RELATES TO BOTH OF THOSE IF YOU WANT US TO DO MORE IN DEPTH RESEARCH ON, UH INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE WHETHER THAT WOULD TAKE US HIRING SOME TYPE OF CONSULTANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BENEFITS WOULD BE. WE HAVE TO GIVE TO A DEVELOPER. OR WHETHER THAT BE A STAFF PERSON THAT WE MAY HAVE TO HIRE, ADDITIONALLY, DO THAT, BECAUSE IT IS QUITE COMPLEX. WE COULD DIG DEEPER INTO THAT AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT IT WOULD COST OR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN THAT ROAD OF AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE, OR WE CAN LEAVE THAT ALONE FOR NOW AND TRY TO STILL PLAY IN THE MARKET WITH THESE TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, UM. TO GET THEM TO COME HERE AND BUILD ONE OR TWO PROJECTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO DO FOR FUTURE MARKET RATE, MULTI FAMILIES ARE COMING INTO THE CITY. I JUST MY FATE. I WOULD IF WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE. WHERE IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE? I'D RATHER AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING ENTRANCE. I WOULD MUCH RATHER PURSUE A AT LEAST ONE PROJECT THAT WAS TRUE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY THAT JUST BE IN MY OPINION AND RECOGNIZE IT. I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY DOESN'T OWN ANY LAND. WE DON'T WE'RE NOT REZONING ANYTHING BY DOING THIS JUST GETTING INVITED THEM TO LOOK INTO WHAT WE HAVE. AND I. TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT THOUGHT PROCESS. I'M NOT SOLD ON THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING BECAUSE I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE THAT. THE SIMPLE IT'S NOT EXACTLY SIMPLE, BUT. BUT IN A P U D IF WE CAN BUY COMMISSION APPROVAL, GO FROM 15 UNITS AN ACRE BY RIGHT TWO. UP TO 30 UNITS AN ACRE. THE OLD. IS THAT DENSITY ABOVE 15 UNITS CAN THAT BE CONSIDERED A DENSITY BONUS? YOU KNOW, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. AND THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING IF WE HAVE TO FULLY OFFSET THE COST TO A DEVELOPER, THAT'S JUST FUNNELING MONEY AROUND WHEREAS.
THAT THAT MONEY MIGHT BE SPENT INCENTIVIZING. YOU KNOW, A TRUE DEVELOPER THAT SPECIALIZES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR TAX CREDITS AWARD THAT MONEY MIGHT BE SPENT BETTER. WORKING WITH HABITAT TO BUILD A FEW YEAH. HOUSES AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. OKAY THANK YOU. I HAVE A I DID ASK ABOUT THE TRY THE COLLABORATION WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY BUT, UM AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE KNOW WHAT THE HISTORY IS WITH THE SHIP MONIES AND THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE. DONE IN THE CITY OF STEWART. MR FREEMAN. IT'S OKAY.
YOU HAVE THAT DENSITY MAP UP. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE STEWART AT 17. UNITS FOUR ACRE SINGLE ALSO MULTI ALSO P U D AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN E. STEWART
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SPECIAL, UM. ZONING DISTRICT. THAT WAS, UM. PROFFERED AT SOME POINT ASKED THE RESIDENTS IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THAT, AND THAT WOULD BRING. UH A CERTAIN TYPE OF P U D DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY UP TO ABOUT 28 OR 30 UNITS PER ACRE. UM, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE WHAT WE LOOKED AT ANY STEWART, UM AND TAKING THE COMMUNITIES, UM. COMMENTS, INTERVIEW AND ALSO. IT'S SOME OF THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT. THERE ARE CERTAIN ZONING. RESTRICTIONS THAT EXIST NOW, AND HE'S DO IT THAT PREVENT. LARGE AREA OF LOTS, ANY STEW IT TO BE DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL ONLY. SO OUR PROPOSAL WHEN WE TOOK THAT TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE MANDATE FOR COMMERCIAL TO BE HELD WITH RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY BUILT WITH. BUILT WITH COMMERCIAL THAT'S LIKE A LONG IS STABBING YOU. THAT'S A LONG IT'S QUITE A BIG IS THE BUSINESS. UM. MIXED USE AREA ZONING IN IN E. STEWART AND IT'S QUITE IT'S A CENTRAL PART REALLY, OF THE EDGE OF MINUS A THE EDGE OF THE STUART UM. AND IT'S THE EDGE THAT IF YOU LOOK ON AN AERIAL HAS GOT THE MOST VACANT PROPERTY ON IT. AND THAT IS JUST AT THE MOMENT. PEOPLE IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND BUILD A HOME ON THERE. WITHOUT HAVING A COMMERCIAL UNIT ATTACHED TO IT.IT JUST IT REALLY JUST FROM STAFF BONNIE WHO MAKES NO SENSE AND SO. WE HEARD FROM MR GORE EARLIER THAT HE OWNS LOTS. ANDY STEWART, UM, PART OF THE ZONING UM. PROPOSAL THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WOULD BE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO OWNED LOTS IN HIS STEWART. THE ACTUAL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ANY STEWART TO RELEASE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR LOTS. TO ALLOW WITHIN THE DENSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IS NOT A DENSITY BONUS, BUT TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT ON THEIR LOTS MORE THAN ONE SINGLE FAMILY UNION AND THAT WAS REJECTED BY THE PEOPLE. WELL, I DON'T THINK WE GOT TO A POINT OF REJECTION. IT GOT TO A POINT OF CONTROVERSY, AND I THINK IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S A DIFFICULTY AND. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THIS, YOU KNOW, A GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT'S MOVING INTO A COMMUNITY. THAT'S VERY SENSITIVE TO CHANGE AND SENSITIVE TO THEIR OWN IDENTITY. THAT. YOU KNOW, A WHITE ENGLISHMAN COMING ALONG AND YOU KNOW, SUGGESTING IDEAS IS, YOU KNOW. HE'S CONCERNING AND YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HOW DO WE REACH THAT AND. CONVINCE AND REASSURE THAT COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS. IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF THAT COMMUNITY. OKAY SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, MAYBE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE DENSITY AND TO DO SOME THINGS, BUT, UM AGAIN, I THINK I'VE YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE THAT THE INCLUSION ARIZONA IS NOT JUST THE ONLY WAY TO GO. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO.
AND I LIKE CITY MANAGER'S IDEA OF. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO STUDY AND WHAT WE CAN STUDY TO, UM. TO BRING SOMETHING, UH IN AND I THINK I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT WHAT POTENTIAL BUILD OUT WOULD BE IF SOMETHING LIKE THE. ZONING THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED, OR THE IDEA THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE POTENTIAL TO DO MORE WITH THEIR LOTS. UM IN THE EAST STEWART AREA IF THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT AND RE EXAMINED AND LOOKED AT WITH THE COMMUNITY OR LOOKED AT WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER. WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC OF SOMEONE WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE VERY UPSET AT THE PROBABLY MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN OLIVE STEWART THAT THOSE WENT DOWN BECAUSE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. AND YES, IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND IT'S UP TO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. BUT IF WE CAN CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITIES OR WAY FORWARD OR SOME INCENTIVES, I THINK THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS LIKE MR MCDONALD SAID. LET'S WORK ON A PROJECT OR LET'S WORK ON SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN SEE. SOMETHING THAT SAYS THIS IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AND I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS. MR BLUNT AND SOME OF THE OTHER GROUP MEMBERS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH, UM, WANTING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING. BUT EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO LOOK AT US FOR UH, A WAY FORWARD IN THAT WAY FORWARD. IT'S NOT MONEY RIGHT NOW. UM, MISTER MAYER. YEAH. THANKS MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, SO YEAH, LET'S TRY TO MAYBE TIE THIS UP. I'M HEARING. I'M HEARING THAT MAYBE INCLUSIONARY ZONING ISN'T A REALLY, ISN'T IT MIGHT BE TOO ONEROUS FOR US RIGHT NOW. THAT'S FINE. UM.DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE STUART. I THINK WE YOU WE BROUGHT UP AGAIN A BIG CHALLENGE. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. IN THIS DISCUSSION. THERE ARE CODE RESTRICTIONS AND NEW STEWART THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO BUILD A HOUSE ON THEIR PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. YES I KNOW. WE HAD A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITH THAT LAST TIME. I THINK NOW MAYBE LET'S TIME TO START ROLLING THAT BACK OUT AGAIN AND MAYBE IDENTIFIED THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAME OUT AGAINST IT LAST TIME BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION. AND MAYBE ENVELOPED THEM IN THE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT THEY CAN BE CHAMPIONS FOR THAT EDUCATION. UM, IS THAT I LIKE YEAH. OKAY. CAN I CAN I CAN I JUST ASK YOU BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT. SWITCHING IT JUST A RESIDENTIAL WASN'T THE ISSUE.
WHAT HAPPENED? WAS WE TRIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TRIED TO APPLY THE SAME ZONING IS THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY. WHERE IF YOU DID, A PUDU COULD DO UP TO 30 UNITS AN ACRE WITH THE COMMISSION ACTION. AND THEY. 17 UNITS AND ACRES OF BODY RIGHT WITH NO COMMISSION ACTION ZONING. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION AT DO YOU WANT IT TO COME BACK WITH THAT? ADDITIONAL ZONING, OR DO YOU WANT IT JUST TO BE REMOVING THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT? THIS WHAT? CAN I JUST THAT THERE'S TWO THERE'S MIKE. YEAH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CORRECT. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ELEMENTS TO THIS. THERE WAS ONE, UM, THE STRIKE TWO. RARELY RESOLVE THE ZONING THAT WASN'T WORKING. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO ALLOWING THE ABILITY TO DO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN THESE CREATING AN EASTWARD P U D YES, RIGHT? YES. SO THERE WERE TWO ISSUES THERE AND THEY GOT WRAPPED UP. BUT ESSENTIALLY. I THINK THE BREAK POINT TO THIS IS RESOLVING THE ZONING, RIGHT, STUART. YEAH. SO SO JUST THE JUST THE RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK WE ALSO WE ALSO. BECAUSE WE'VE PULLED BACK ON THE EASTWARD P U D WE INCORPORATED. UH THAT EFFORT INTO THE YOU BEAUT? YES. SO THAT SO THAT COVERS? YES. OKAY SO ALTHOUGH THE U P U D IS NOT PERMITTED ANY STEWART. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE THAT WE COULD MAKE IN THAT RE ZONA. I WOULD, I WOULD THINK YOU KNOW FROM WHAT WE WENT THROUGH BEFORE THIS STEP BY STEP, RIGHT? LET'S EAT THE ELEPHANT. YEAH, I'LL TAKE A TOENAIL. AND I THINK YES, I THINK JUST TO GET JUST TO ESTABLISH WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN E. STEWART AND GET SOME YOU KNOW MOMENTUM ON THAT. WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE THAT CAME OUT AT THE END AND POSITIONING, MAKE SURE THEY'RE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING. YES OKAY, SO AND THEN, AS FAR AS, UM. QUDS I'M I AM NOT OPPOSED VICE MAYOR TOO YOU KNOW YOUR SUGGESTION AT.
CREATING MAYBE AN INFORMAL POLICY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF IT.
INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT AN INFORMAL POLICY. THAT WE THAT STAFF KNOWS THAT THE COMMISSION IS. HOT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO ENTERTAIN. IDENTITY ABOVE WHAT IS BY RIGHT AND THAT UNLESS IT IS TIED TO. MOSTLY IT LET'S ALL AFFORDABLE. CONSIDERED TAKING. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S YEAH, I THINK COMMISSIONER MCDONALD IS HITTING ON SOMETHING IT WITHIN THE ZONING. UM PRESIDENTIAL P. U D S EIGHT POINTS TO THE FACT IT POINTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IT POINTS TO THE FACT THAT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A P U D. THEY CAN HIT THE CONSCIENCE. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DENSITY, WHICH IS THE 30 IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHT? THE REEDS THAT I THINK WE NEED IS MORE FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. IS THAT STEP FROM 15 TO 30 THROUGH THE P U D PROCESS RIGHT, WHICH IS DETERMINATION BY CITY COMMISSION IS THAT. AND I DON'T LIKE USING THE WORD BONUS, BUT THAT THE BONUS RIGHT IS THAT THE YOU KNOW THE PAYMENT. AND THAT THAT'S MORE OF A LEGAL THING. YOU NOTICED THAT MAY TAKE A COURT CASE OF SOME. WELL YOU KNOW, I MEAN COURT CASES. COURT CASES HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO FIGURE OUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WORKS. AND YOU KNOW. I DON'T WANT US TO GET SUED. I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY UNDUE HARM TO PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT IF WE SIT
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AROUND, WAITING AROUND FOR IT TO GET BATTLED OUT IN THE COURTS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, I MEAN THINK IT WOULD. GUESS I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE WE CAN. WILLING TO TRY SOME THINGS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE LEGAL OPINION ON IT. BUT I'M NOT. I'M NOT AGAINST THE IDEA OF TREATING IT AS A BONUS IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT'S FINE, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DID WHAT LAST YEAR. YEAH, IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH AS A COMMISSION. WE ALL DECIDED BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE. MEETING SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE ON HOW WE APPROVED PDS. WE CAME UP WITH THAT TABLE AMENITIES TABLE REMEMBER, AND HOUSING WAS ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS ONE POINT SCORE ON THAT. SO WHY, LIKE I AGREE WITH YOU? VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE EVERYTHING ABOVE BE AFFORDABLE.WE ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED POLICY THAT. OTHER AMENITIES. I AGREE, AND IT'S JUST IF WE WANT MORE FROM THAT MENU. I MEAN, THE ONUS IS ON US FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL, I GUESS WITH THAT AND HOW MUCH WE GET FROM THAT MENU COULD THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T PUT CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY.
BECAUSE IT'S ON US TO DECIDE. YEAH WE START PUTTING TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON THAT MENU. THEN IT MAY BECOME THAT IF SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING WE HAVE. YOU KNOW WHERE WE DON'T APPROVE AND THE IF THEY START PUTTING, AND THAT'S THE SAME THING I SAID BACK WHEN WE APPROVED THAT, AND I STILL WORRY ABOUT THAT. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND THIS IS GOING BACK EVEN BEFORE MY TIME, BUT FROM TALKING WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS, TALK TO MR MARTEL TALKING WITH TERRY O NEILL, OR, UM, OVER THE YEARS. WHEN THE CITY CAME UP WITH THE 15 BY RIGHT UP TO 30. THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS TO ALLOW UP TO 30 AND THE ONLY REASON WHY IT CAME. THEY PUT IT TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION. SO THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD EXTRACT SOME, UM, ENTITIES OUT OF IT SO. WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MY CONCERN IS IF WE START SAYING. UM YOU LOOKING AT ANYTHING OVER 15 IS A DENSITY BONUS. NOW WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT BERT HARRIS. ACTION. YEAH. AND. AND WE CAN SIT THERE AND SAY IT'S GETTING SUED. AS YOU KNOW IT TAKES A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING. BUT I CAN TELL YOU IRISH. WE KNOW HOW MUCH I KNOW HOW MUCH THE HARBOUR BRIDGE LAWSUIT COST US AT 17 $18,000 A MONTH FOR THREE YEARS. UNTIL MR MARTEL CAME ALONG AND TOOK IT OVER. BUT THERE WE GO AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MIKE YOU SAVED IT.
YOU SAVED US 180,000. PLUS A YEAR, UM. SO APPLYING THE LINES OF THIS. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS STATUTE HAS BEEN AMENDED ONCE ALREADY. AND IT EVERY SEMINAR YOU GO TO OR ANY. THE WEBINAR. YOU LISTEN TO THEY SAY THE SAME THING. WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION HERE. NO ONE'S TESTED YET. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEST MEANS. WE? I HAVE HEARD A LAWYER SAY THAT THEY THINK THAT IF THAT IF YOU READ THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE STATUTE, IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A UH, SOMETHING. THAT'S. AND BEYOND WHAT'S ALREADY IN YOUR ORDINANCE, SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, SINCE IT'S ALREADY IN OUR ORDINANCE. 2 30 IS THAT BEYOND IT, BUT.
THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION HAS PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT SAYS WELL. IF YOU TAKE A PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED. AGRICULTURAL OR OR OR BE WHATEVER COMMERCIAL AND YOU IS, IT HAS ZERO UNITS PER ACRE. AND YOU'RE CONVERTING IT. TWO UNITS PER ACRE. THEY ARGUE THAT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS. IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN MEASURE AS INCENTIVE, HOWEVER. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LIKE IF WE LOOKED AT THE ANNEXATION OF SOMEBODY, AND DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE MEETING, SOME PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO RESIDENTIAL OF THE MEETING AND THEN LATER IT DIDN'T GET THAT ZONING UNTIL THEY CAME IN FOR THE ANNEXATION, ZONING IT MIGHT. GENERATE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE. AND AGAIN, UM YOU DON'T YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE DOES IT. IT'S JUST SO MUCH BETTER WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T FIRST. COULD SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS AND LOSE SO.
WELL, THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT IF YOU WANT? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT? IF YOU WANT.
THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF IS MORE INTERESTED IN. LET'S ASSUME YOU COULD PASS THE MAGIC WAND AND YOU WOULD WIN. THEN WHAT? WHAT IS IT? YOU'RE INTERESTED? ARE YOU INTERESTED? US? ITALIAN DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA GIVE THEM DENSITY BONUSES TO 24 UNITS AN ACRE IF THEY'LL AGREE TO GIVE 15% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BECAUSE AT LEAST IT GIVES STAFF SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, AND
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WE'LL GO OUT AND START TRYING TO MOLD SOMETHING, BUT LET'S NOT LET'S NOT MAKE IT A WIN.LOSE THING. LET'S JUST SAY WHAT DOES THE COMMISSION SEE AS THE SOLUTION, REGARDLESS OF THE FIGHT. IF, IN FACT IT WE'RE IN A SITUATION WE COULD DO IT. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MAY HAVE SOMETHING, BUT JUST JUST ANOTHER AND THEN WE NEED TO.
PROBABLY I DON'T I WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIMIT ANYBODY IF WE NEED TO WRAP UP ITS ALMOST LATE OR WHATEVER. BUT UM. WHILE WHILE COMMISSIONER UM VICE MAYOR IS THINKING AND I'M GOING TO ASK, UM OUR CITY MANAGER TO THINK ABOUT. TRYING. TO DIGEST WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND SEE IF HE THINKS THAT HE HAS. LEARNED ANYTHING IN TERMS OF ANY WAY THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO BE GOING, BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ARE GOING TO PROBABLY COME FORWARD WITH SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GO FORWARD. BUT WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, AND I HATE TO CALL ON ANYBODY WITHOUT THEM KNOWING AHEAD OF TIME, BUT, UM. IF WE COULD EVEN GET SOME MORE PUBLIC INPUT, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK IF MR ON BLUNT HAD ANY, UM ANY WORDS AT ALL? YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.
YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, MADELINE OR MADELINE? THANK YOU, MR BLOW. THANK YOU, NICK. BLUNT UM, REPRESENT THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS COUNCIL. WE HAVE A FAIRLY LIMITED MISSION STATEMENT. IT CERTAINLY IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD HERE TONIGHT. WE REFORMED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE HOUSING AND IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME TO US. SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. AND SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT AND WHAT I'VE HEARD DENIED IS ALL OVER THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO A DIFFERENT PIECES AND ADDRESSED BUT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T ENVY YOU HAVING GOOD TO HOW TO BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF A WORKSHOP OR. BUT BUT HAVE A GOOD OUTLINE GOING INTO IT ON. HOPE WE'VE GOT TO WHAT DO WE DO TO ELIMINATE THE TENT CITY? THAT'S ONE ISSUE. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT, UH, ABOUT E. STEWART WHO WANTS TO PROTECT THEIR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE HOUSING AND MEET THE NEEDS THEIR YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN THE OVERALL STRATEGY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON. I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHIFT OUR MISSION AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ADDRESSING. CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT THEIR SALARIES ARE GREATER THAN. TWO. GREAT TO RECEIVE ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES, BUT YET THEY CAN'T AFFORD MARKET RATE IN MARTIN COUNTY. THAT'S THE GROUP WE'RE ADDRESSING. IN ROUND NUMBERS AND THIS THIS AREA. MEDIAN INCOME CONTINUES TO RISE JUST SINCE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S GONE FROM. ABOUT 57,000 YEAR TO 71 5. JUST IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SO YEAH. WE WERE LOOKING AT A NUMBER THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING BETWEEN 30 AND 60,040 AND 60,000. THAT'S A SEGMENT THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS WORKING ON.
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT YOU KNOW THERE ARE OTHER MODELS WITH HABITAT. THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'RE PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MARTIN COUNTY, WHICH IS A VERY BROAD TERM. MM. HELP BUT THAT'S OUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU, MS GREENWOOD. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ALSO WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS COUNCIL AND FAMILY PROMISE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH. WE TALKED ABOUT A WORKSHOP WE HAD MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, NOW WITH THE CITY OF STEWART, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD SUGGESTED, IS HIRING AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR TO FACILITATE A CONVERSATION. BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE EASTER COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRUST AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU BRING SOMEONE OUTSIDE TO KIND OF FACILITATE CONVERSATION, IT'S IT BECOMES OF WAR. AND EACH TIME WE CAME TO COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOW THERE IS NEVER A SOLUTION. SO I'VE SEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES SOLVE THAT PROBLEM WHERE THEY CAN. RESOLVE AND BRING ABOUT A LEVEL OF TRUST BY GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, BUT IT'S NOT IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S ONLY GOT THE GREEN CARD. YOU JUST HAVE A FEW MINUTES. IT'S A TRUE WORKSHOP AND. SO I REALLY DO HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE MANY OF THE MEMBERS AFTER THAT MEETING CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, CAN YOU HELP ME AND THEN YOU KNOW THEY WANT CHANGE? THEY WANT SOMETHING DONE, BUT THEY REALLY DO NOT TRUST VERY. PROBABLY REALLY GOOD REASONS FROM TIMES PAST.
HISTORICALLY SO I DO HOW I RECOMMEND IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, AND I DO HAVE A PERSON I CAN RECOMMEND TO ALSO FACILITATE IT. NOTHING TO DO WITH US EITHER DIRECTLY, SO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE ARE SEEING IN FAMILY PROMISE. I HAVE TO SAY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY PEOPLE WHO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REALLY AFFORDABLE BECAUSE WE'RE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN OTHER COUNTIES AND COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN HERE, MOVING LOCALS OUT. SO AND ONE THOSE PEOPLE MOVE INTO
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OUR COMMUNITIES. THE THING THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO BECOME LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY OR THE COUNTY SOUTH OF US, WE END UP BECOMING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE AREN'T MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR LOCALS TO STAY HERE. SO FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE HAVING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM HERE. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM SOMEHOW, AND WE CAN DO IT WHERE IT WON'T LOOK LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY. PALM BEACH COUNTY.PEOPLE ARE COMING AND BUYING EVERYTHING UP AND THE LOCALS ARE HAVING TO MOVE OUT AND THE FLAVOR OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL CHANGE. AND IT WILL BECOME MORE LIKE THIS COUNTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT SOME OF THE SAME AMENITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR AND THEY'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. JUST SAYING SO. DON'T GET ME STARTED. RIGHT THANK YOU. CAN I CALL YOU KNOW? GET YOU STARTED? COME ON. I WANT TO HEAR MORE.
MISS WHILE MISS NEILAN IS COMING UP, I'M GOING TO ASK IS THAT MISS KNEELING? YES, WELL, MY STEEL IS COMING UP. I'M GOING TO ASK MR RANIERI TO THINK ABOUT, UM. WHEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS WITH CITY MANAGER ABOUT OFFERING THAT, UM. POVERTY WORKSHOP AGAIN TO REALLY BRING US. AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF COVID, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND HOW WE'VE SEEN CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHO ARE COMING TO YOU AND ASKING YOU FOR HELP FOR FOOD AS WELL AS FOR HOUSING. UM. AND IT JUST MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. UM AND ROB. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. MS KNEELAND. SORRY PLEASE BRING UP YOUR GREEN CARDS TO THE CLERK AFTERWARDS, RIGHT? YEAH, LIKE HER. CHIEF, CAN YOU GIVE US SUPREME COURT? YEAH. AFTER AFTER AFTER YOU'RE YOU'RE A CITIZEN. YOU'RE NOT HELLO, HENRY. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN A COMMISSION MEETING. SORRY. UM MHM. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER SHOW THE VACCINATION. I D. SORRY I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER AND I'VE BEEN TO, UH, MY SHARE OF CHARETTE'S, UM, ON WHAT? THE CITY OF STEWART COULD OR WHAT? THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT TO LOOK LIKE AND. I'VE SEEN VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN ALL THESE YEARS. UM. MY EXPERIENCE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SOMEONE MENTIONED I THINK THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE MENTIONED HABITAT HUMANITY AND I WAS ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WE CAME UP WITH THE CARTER PROJECT IN INDIAN TOWN.
THAT IS A TRUE COMMUNITY. THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY MADE. IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN. THEY HAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EPA. THEY HAD, UM BOYS GIRLS CLUB. THEY HAD MARTIN COUNTY AND THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY MADE IT HAPPENED. THEY HAD A VISION. I GOT TO SAY, MARGARET REALLY HAD THIS VISION. OR, UM, YOU WERE INVOLVED IN NETWORKS. YEAH. AND, UM, I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND IT CAN HAPPEN. UM. THERE IS AFFORDABLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TARIFF, AMADA. OKAY? GOT TO WALK THROUGH THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THERE ARE KIDS THAT LIVE IN. THOSE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY IS RENTING. WE SEE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING HOUSING THE STORY THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO IT? NO, MAN. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SORRY. BUT, UH BUT, YEAH, IT'S JUST THAT WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS, UM PLEASE. YEAH. MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED. BUT, UM. YOU KNOW, HAVING A VISION LIKE TAKING A TRIP TO DEL REY OR.
ITALY OR, YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE'S A COMMUNITY, THAT'S THAT'S MAKING IT HAPPEN.
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PUTTING APARTMENT BUILDINGS DOWN, THIS IS WHAT I SEE. I SEE E. STEWART AND BOTH. THERE'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING RIGHT THERE. I DON'T SEE EASTER AS. YOU KNOW HOW IT CAN BE LIKE A COMMUNITY THAT EVERYBODY FLOWS IN AND OUT OF UM. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SORRY. UM, WHEN THEY IT'S BEAUTIFUL. ALRIGHT. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. AND IT IT LOOKS ODD. IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL. RIGHT. THE. I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THIS ONCE BEFORE, BUT THERE'S THAT APARTMENT BUILDING THAT SOMEBODY BOUGHT AND THAT THERE'S NO LANDSCAPE. IT LOOKS AWFUL. THE CHEROKEE RIGHT, IT'S I MEAN, WOULD YOU HAVE THAT PLOPPED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
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WITH NO LANDSCAPING. WOULD WOULD YOU REALLY LET THAT HAPPENED? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW? I. THAT I SEE THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW. OKAY? THE BELL RANG.ALL I'M SAYING IS, THIS MAN HAS REALLY GOOD VISION. HE'S MADE IT HAPPEN, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. AT LEAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, ROSALYN. MR SQUIRES. PRISONERS.
THANK YOU HERE. I THINK THIS OCCASION CALLS FOR THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE RESTRICTED BY ZONING DENSITY, ETCETERA. REVOLVES AROUND FINANCE. IT'S THE DRIVING FACTOR FOR WHY. YOU HAVE TO CREATE THESE MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE CONCLUSION. IF YOU WERE. NOT TO USE THE STICK BUT TO USE THE CARROT INSTEAD. AND APPROACH ALL THE PENSION FOR US. FIRE POLICE. HEALTH. AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU SET UP? PRIVATE FUND. THROUGHOUT MARTIN COUNTY. FOR US TO BUILD HOUSING A LOT LIKE THEY DO IN BRITAIN. WITH 55 YEAR MORTGAGES. ON THEM. YEAH. BUILDING STRUCTURALLY SOLVED USING C B S CONSTRUCTION THE GAME CHANGES.
BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPERS AND HOMEOWNERS RESIDENTS TO THINK IN TERMS OF CREATING. MECHANISMS THAT ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH WHERE YOU'RE GROWING. THE CONCEPT DRILLING WHERE YOU'RE GOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE STICK. IS YOUR. THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS YOU'RE SAYING I'M GOING TO FORCE YOU TO DO THIS? WHAT PEOPLE DO HUMAN BEINGS. THEY FIND MECHANISMS TO SKIRT THAT AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN. INSTEAD OF DOING THAT. CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS CHANGED THE PARADIGM SHIFT BECAUSE THE REAL ISSUE ON THE TABLE IS ABOUT MONEY. IT'S ABOUT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND WHATEVER. PROFIT MARGINS THESE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO SEE. IF YOU ADDRESS THAT BY CREATING THE MECHANISM WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY THAT EXPERIENCE, THEN THANK YOU. YOU ACHIEVE YOUR OBJECTIVES. ONCE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OVER 50 YEAR OR 55, YEAR, PERIOD, DICK AND PASS ON THOSE SAVINGS EVEN IF YOU WANT TO PUT A DEED RESTRICTION UNDER PROPERTIES AFTER THAT, THEY'LL MAKE ENOUGH RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT FROM A CAP STANDPOINT. THAT THERE MORE THAN BE HAPPY WITH WITH YOU AND IT ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS YOUR OBJECTIVES AND LET YOU THERE'S THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I WISH, UH COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGER MR MEYER. UM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I. WELL, I HOPEFUL THAT HOUSING SOLUTIONS GROUP IS GONNA WITH OUR HELP.
QUICKLY START WORKING ON A BUILDING THAT. PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND OTHER PRIVATE. BUILDERS TO MANAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. I ALSO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT IF WE IF WE RELY ON EVERYBODY ELSE TO JUST PUT PLOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN CERTAIN PLACES. WE ARE KIND OF CREATING WE'RE CREATING. DISPARITIES BY GEOGRAPHY. THE REASON I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE IDEA. OF SETTING ASIDE UNIT SET ASIDES WITHIN ONE BUILDING IS THAT. COMMUNITY THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND INTEGRATION IS REINFORCED BY THAT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE OF MIXED INCOME LEVELS LIVING TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY, NOT PUSHING POOR PEOPLE OVER HERE AND THE WEALTHY OVER HERE. SO. WE HAVE TO HAVE A VARIETY OF APPROACHES, AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF WE CAN WE CAN ASK DEVELOPERS, HOWEVER WAY WE FIGURE IT OUT. I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO KEEP UP THAT INITIATIVE TO BE ASKING DEVELOPERS TO PUT AFFORDABLE UNITS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS IS THE POOR SIDE OF TOWN. POOR DEVELOPMENT. POOR PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LIVE TOGETHER. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A VALUE OF THAT APPROACH. IT CREATES A STRONGER COMMUNITY, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. BYE. SPARE SO I MEAN, IT'S CLEAR WHAT WE ALL WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S THE HARD PART IS HOW DO WE ENSURE ITS ITS RESIDENTS OF STEWART THAT ARE.
ACHIEVING THAT HOUSING, AND THAT'S THAT'S MUCH TOUGHER DOING. UM THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THE ODDS. MIGHT BE HIGHER THAT IT IS RESIDENT IF
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
I'M SORRY. I AGREE WITH MS MS GREENWOOD THAT, UM. WE NEED TO GO FURTHER. THIS IS YOUR THIS IS YOUR IDEA, MR MEYER THAT WE WANTED AND I'VE ASKED BEFORE, WHEN WE'VE DEVELOPERS COME IN, AS AS LATE EARLY AS THE COST SCHOOL PROJECT. THAT WE NEED TO. WE DO THIS NEGOTIATION AND WE DO THIS DANCE AND THE DANCE IS NOT WORKING FOR EVERYBODY. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT. AND SO. WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME POLICIES AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAID LET'S TALK ABOUT HOUSING. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. UM. THAT APPROACH THAT SCREEN WOULD SUGGESTED, ESPECIALLY IF WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIME AND MAYBE LOOK AT AN AREA THAT WE SEE THAT THERE WERE LOSING PEOPLE WERE LOSING THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS GENTRIFICATION HAPPEN WHERE THE WHOLE CHARACTER CHANGES WE WANT TO. IN FACT. BUILD UP COMMUNITIES SUCH AND THAT'S USING THIS E STEWART AS AN EXAMPLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE HOW ARE OUR, UM, LAND USE DESIGNATION. STEWART SHOWS UP AS A LAND USE DESIGNATION AS WELL AS IT'S AN ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. UM. AND MAYBE WE CAN USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO GET SOME INVESTIGATION AND SOME BACKGROUND. I'M TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THAT AREA. WE HAVE PRIME PROPERTIES IN THERE. NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS. FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THEIR EXPECTATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SO CITY MANAGER. YEAH, I THINK I HAVE A SUMMATION. SO THE. NOW THERE'S A THIRD PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS EASTER SPECIFIC. SO THE EASTER SPECIFIC MOVING FORWARD WITH MAYBE GETTING SOMEONE TO HELP US GET A BETTER. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNE EUROPEAN INTERVENER WITH US IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PREVIOUS ZONING IDEAS THAT CAME FOR PREVIOUSLY. AS FAR AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK WITH A DEVELOPER THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH THE INCLUSIONARY
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ZONING ISSUE, AND AS FAR AS THE MARKET RATE STUFF, I'VE ONLY HEARD ONE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT THAT, SO WE'RE STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS. CAN I ASK IF THE VICE MAYOR IS I MEAN, ARE YOU PROPOSING BECAUSE YOU SAID, LET'S COOL OFF LIKE YOU DON'T YOU WOULD PREFER THAT STAFF NOT.ENTERTAIN ANY RPGS MOVE UNTIL WE. FOR THE MORATORIUM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO, I WOULDN'T DO A MORATORIUM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE STAFF LEVEL WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ABOVE 15 YEARS AN ACRE WE WANT WE WANT A WHOLE LOT MORE ON THE MENU IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT IT. OKAY BOY, I MEAN, IT IS AND IT FROM A CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT I MEAN, THAT'S CLEAR IF THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE BOARD, THAT'S GOOD THAT WILL KNOW TO TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO. YEAH. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MARKET IS THE MARKET. WHAT THEY COME IN. I MEAN, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US, ENCOURAGING OR DISCOURAGING IT EITHER, YOU KNOW. OR THE OTHER.
WHAT COMES IN COMES IN AND THEN WE DECIDE WHEN IT GETS TO US. I GUESS THAT'S THE ONE OF THE POINTS OF THIS WORKSHOP WAS THAT THE BOARD HAS SAID TO US THAT THEY DON'T LIKE STUFF COMING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD. AND THEM ASKING FOR 25 TO 30 UNITS AN ACRE. AND IT'S GETTING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD. BASED UPON THE CODE, AND SO WHAT? WE WILL STAFF. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IF YOU DON'T. WANTED TO COME AT 25 UNITS OR 28 UNITS OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND YOU TELL US THAT THEN IT WON'T. BUT IF AT THESE MEETINGS WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU STILL WANTED TO THE DEVELOPERS, AND YOU KNOW, MR SQUIRES KNOWS A LOT OF THEM. HE'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO STAND UP AND TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT. TRYING TO LOSE MONEY ON THEIR DEALS. YEAH. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAXIMIZE WHATEVER OUR CODE SAYS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, I GUESS IF I MEAN. NO, WE CAN'T JUST DO A MORATORIUM OWN BUILDING. I MEAN, RIGHT? IF THE DIRECTION OF THE. OF RPGS. IF THE DIRECTION IS THOUGH, THAT. RIGHT NOW, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'RE SEEKING A LOT MORE OF THE LIST OF AMENITIES. MHM. FOR THE BENEFIT CITY OF STEWART RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW? THAT ADJUSTS TO THE TO THE MARKET. BUT I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S. THAT'S WHETHER I MEAN THAT COMES DOWN TO OUR VOTES AND DELIBERATIONS, I GUESS. THE COMMISSION IS WHAT SHALL WE HOLD ON? VOTE. I THINK WE JUST GAVE, UM DIRECTION. OKAY? AND WE ACCEPTED THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY MANAGER SUMMARIZED. YEAH. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
LET ME TELL YOU. THERE'S STUFF IN THE PIPELINE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THINGS. OKAY. LET'S PUT THIS WAY. THE WELLS FARGO AND THE SIDE PIECE OF PROPERTY NEXT TO IT THAT THE SIERRA BOUGHT FOR REDEVELOPMENT. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THAT. I'VE HAD STAFF PUT TOGETHER AN RFP, AND IT WOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY LOCATION. IS THAT AN RFP THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO WANT ME TO CONTINUE AND BRING TO YOU IN THE HEART OF OUR C R? A. ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHERE GROWTH SHOULD HAPPEN. OKAY, MAY I ASK HIM, MISS. THANK YOU, MR BRUNO. HOLD ON. ONE SECOND, MR CINEMA THAT HAS ALSO BEEN BROUGHT TO ME ABOUT. UM. WHY CAN'T WE TRY TO ORGANIZE AND WORK WITH EITHER A DEVELOP OR LANDOWNER? ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN AREA TO USE SOME CRE FUNDS. TO PURCHASE SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING WE USE. CRM WANTS TO WORK WITH AZUL IN OTHER AREAS. YOU COULD DO THAT THERE'S NOTHING FOR SALE. BRING ME A PIECE OF PROPERTY. I'VE TRIED. YEAH, BECAUSE WE TRIED TO BUY THAT PROPERTY AT 7 20 EVEN BID ON STUFF THAT'S UP FOR AUCTION. WELL I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THERE'S ONES AVAILABLE. THE CITY'S TRIED, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO AGREE TO DO IT. IF PEOPLE WANTED TO SELL THEIR MONEY THERE, WE COULD. PURCHASE IT AND DEVELOP IT OR HAVE SOMEONE DEVELOPMENT. MISS BRUNER COMMISSIONER BRUNER. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT. HAVE BEEN REALLY UPSET. AND THIS THIS FAST GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD. IT'S JUST. CAME SO QUICKLY, UM, WEREN'T EXPECTING IT. BUT THE ANNEXING IT WAS THE BIGGEST THING CAN WE? CAN WE SLOW THAT DOWN? BECAUSE WHAT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US IS HERE IN IN ARE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH PANIC SING LAUGH. I KNOW IT'S ALL OVER. SO THAT'S SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN. THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ANY LAND RIGHT IN THERE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE ANNEX. I THINK IT WAS 2000 AND 18. MADAM MAYOR, TOO.
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COMMISSIONER BRUNNER'S POINT. I AGREE. I THINK THAT MAYBE ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS TONIGHT THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT AGAIN OF FINESSE A BIT MORE. DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY IS NOT ALL THE SAME. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT JUST BY ZONING AND BY LAND USE THERE IS I MEAN GOOD PLANNING PRINCIPLES ACROSS THE BOARD. WANT US TO IN INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SCIARRA? SO I MEAN, I'LL GO OUT ON THE WOMEN SAY LIKE I AM DEFINITELY ALL FOUR. MAXIMIZING DENSITY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH. RESTRICTIONS IN R C R A LIKE I'M MOST OPEN TO IT THEIR STUFF ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY. I AGREE. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN BE A LOT MORE. CONSERVATIVE INSIDE OUR OWN, BUT IN THE C R A. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF ALL THIS IS TO INCENTIVIZE GROWTH WITHIN THE SIERRA IN THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, SO. COULD BE A POLICY. I LIKE WHAT? BOTH UH, COMMISSIONER, ADMIRING COMMISSIONER, MATHESON SAID. I'M I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO. TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OURSELVES AND THE PEOPLE. OF THE CITY. YOU SAYING THERE MOTHER MARISA CLEARS MILK IN MY MAYOR. SIT, COMMANDER. YOU'RE PRETTY YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME? WE'RE GOOD. EVERYBODY GOOD. OKAY WE'RE GOING T
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.