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YOU'LL A CART, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART CALLING TOGETHER THE STEWART COMING TO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING OCTOBER 25TH 2021 STUART CITY. COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1 21, SOUTHWEST BLACK AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. CLARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, SORT

[ROLL CALL]

OF MERIT. VICE CHAIRPERSON MATHESON HERE BOARD MEMBER, BRUNER. HERE REMEMBER MCDONALD HERE? BOARD MEMBER MEYER HERE. BARBARA CAMPENNI? YEAH. BOARD MEMBER WILSON AND CHAIRPERSON CLARK. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AS WE CONSIDER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE LED BY OUR VICE MAYOR. MARRIAGE, MATHESON. HEY WE CONSIDER ALL OUR BUSINESS VENTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IN OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. ALLEGEDLY AGENTS.

LACK OF UNITED STATES. IT STANDS ONE NATION ON. WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ROOM. IS AN

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BORDER GUARD IN THE AGENDA? SECOND. THE MOTIONS SECOND. DO YOU HAVE THAT CLERK? THINK IT WAS WALL STORM MEYER, AND THEN IT'S FIRING CAMP, TOO. LOOK ADMIRING CAMPAIGNING. THANK YOU. UH THEY'VE BEEN MINUTES THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THE 9 27 21 C R A. OH I SAID, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE. AGENDA BEING APPROVED. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 9 27 2021 C

[1.  APPROVAL OF 09/27/2021 CRA MINUTES]

R. A. SO MOVING, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THIS MINUTES OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT I SAW SOMETHING. IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT MY NAME I LOVE HAVE BEEN IN HERE. THERE'S A MOTION, BUT, UH, MEMBER CAMPENNI AND A SECOND BY HOME. MEMBER WALTON TO APPROVE THE SCIARRA MINUTES FROM 9 27 2021. UM WE DO KNOW ALL IN FAVOUR CLERK OR WE. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MINUTES OF 9 27 2021. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES MAXIMUM TIME FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. I DO NOT HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. BUT IF ANYONE HAS A COMMENT AT THIS TIME YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU.

AND IT COMMENTS SOME OF BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SCIARRA. NO COMMENTS. SOME BOARD MEMBERS

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INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TCRPC TO DEVELOP A FEDERAL HWY STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAM (RC):

 

RESOLUTION No. 10-2021 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A FEDERAL HIGHWAY STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAM FROM SW JOAN JEFFERSON WAY TO KANNER HIGHWAY/COLORADO AVENUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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WILL GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM FOR TODAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A FEDERAL HIGHWAY STREET.

PLANTING PROGRAM RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 2021 C R A MR MARTEL. UH ARE YOU GOING TO READ THAT OR YOU WANT PENALTY? I CAN READ IT. THIS IS A REVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. TAKE MAYBE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TRAGIC HISTORY CHANNEL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A FEDERAL HIGHWAY STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. ITSELF WAS JOAN JEFFERSON WAY TO KENNER, HIGHWAY SLASH COLORADO AVENUE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM WE HAVE THE C R A STAFF MEMBER PANELS AGAIN. THEY SERVED US. THANK YOU. COLONEL GANDHI SADA, SIERRA ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE RECORD. UM THIS ITEM IS COMING BEFORE YOU SO WE CAN ENTER INTO OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP UH, STREET PLANTING PROGRAM FOR US ONE FROM JOAN JEFFERSON. TO COLORADO AVENUE. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PROPERTIES FRONTING US ONE.

ONLY UM, THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS OBVIOUSLY TO BEAUTIFY THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY.

AND ALSO TO MAKE OUR SIDEWALKS MORE USABLE. UH TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM STANDARDS IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE URBAN TREES AND UP. PROVIDING A MASTER PLAN WITH LOCATION OF THOSE TREES. THEY'LL ALSO BE ENGAGING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES. WILL PROVIDE THE PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR STAFF TO TAKE TO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT THEY COULD, UH, THEY

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CAN COME AGAIN INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO PLANT THE TREES. UP TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE SERVICE. THE COST FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE WORK IS ABOUT $30,000. AND UPON EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AROUND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS AROUND MARCH AND APRIL.

IN JESSI. JESSICA SEYMOUR IS HERE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, MR SEYMOUR. SO JESSICA SEYMOUR, TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL PLANNER FOR THE RECORD, AND I JUST HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND YOU HAVE TO TURN THIS ON IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK.

OKAY SO THIS IS COMING FROM A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MASTER PLAN FOR BOTH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHERE THE, UM IDEA FOR THIS CONCEPT PLANTING PROGRAM COMES FROM. WE TALKED IN THAT PROGRAM IN THOSE MASTER PLANS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TREES, UM, ON IDENTICAL ROADWAYS, AND I THINK CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT BOTH VISUALLY AND AESTHETICALLY. UM AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY. THESE ARE SLIDES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN BEFORE, SO GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. THE STUDY AREA AS MISS CANDY SABBATH, UH IDENTIFIED RUNS FROM JOAN JEFFERSON DO CANTOR HIGHWAY AND YOU SEE FROM THE IMAGES ON THE SIDE? UM, WE HAVE SOME BLEAK SIDEWALK CONDITIONS THERE, SO THE GOALS ARE TO, UM. IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS. UM BY IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN INSERT TREES INTO, UM EXISTING GREEN SPACES WITH AGREEMENTS WITH THE. PROPERTY OWNERS OR IN SOME CASES, MAYBE IDENTIFYING SOME LOCATIONS FOR, UM, STREET TREE. GREAT. UM THIS SECTION WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE LANDMARKS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE THAT PROMOTE WALKING WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE PUBLIX SHEPHERDS PARK. COLORADO UM ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND US ONE. SO TODAY WE ALREADY SEE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. IT'S CYCLING IN THIS AREA. ANOTHER REASON. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BLURRY IMAGE. BUT THIS IS A SLIDE. UM THAT I ZOOMED IN FROM THE MPO VISION ZERO UPDATE THIS MORNING INCLUDED. ON SOME IDENTIFYING SECTIONS OF DANGEROUS ROADWAYS WHERE THERE ARE CRASHES. AND IF YOU NOTE THIS LITTLE RED BACKWARDS, J ALIGNS WITH THE STUDY AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. TREES ARE ANOTHER WAY OF SIGNIFYING TWO VEHICLES THAT THERE IS A DEFINED ROADWAY HERE AND THEY HELPED YOU COME TRAFFIC, SO WE HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN HELP. THOSE GOALS. THESE ARE SLIDES AGAIN THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT ARE FROM THE MASTER PLAN. AND THESE ARE JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT COULD HELP IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR BY WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. TO IMPROVE BOTH THEIR PROPERTY AND THE CORRIDOR ON AS A WHOLE. UM STREET TREES AND TREES HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY OF STEWART. FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN A TREE CITY FOR 20 ALMOST OVER 20 YEARS. UM TREES AND PLANTING TREES ARE CALLED OUT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. UM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREES AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY? BEING ENGAGED IN THAT ACTIVITY, SO WE WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THAT STRENGTH. UM AND THEN I ALSO SHARED THIS HEADLINE. WEST PALM BEACH IS. REALLY AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER THEIR TREE CANOPY FOR, UM, PROMOTING WALK ABILITY, UH, BETTER PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS, UM, A WAY OF COMBATING CLIMATE. CHANGE. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN AS PANEL CANDY, SAVAS, UH. OUTLINED WHERE WE'LL IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN PUT THESE TREES WITHIN THE EXISTING CONTEXT WILL BE PROVIDING TYPICAL DETAILS WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH, UM AND SPECIES RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN APART WILL ALSO REACH OUT TO THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY THAT ARE ENGAGED IN, UH, SPEAKING FOR THE TREES AND GETTING THEIR INPUT AS WELL. SINCE THIS IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT GATEWAY TO AN ENTRANCE TO THE CITY OF STEWART AT THE FOOT OF THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE AND ALL THE WAY TO CANNER. YEAH AND THEN WE'LL SOLICIT OUTPUT PUBLIC INPUT FROM THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS. UH

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THIS IS A UNATTRIBUTED QUOTE, REALLY? BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO PLANT TREES UNDER THOSE SHADE. THEY WILL NEVER SIT NOW, JUST A LITTLE INSPIRATION. THE TIMELINE OUTLINED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES KICK OFF AND DO DILIGENCE IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WILL DEVELOP THE PLAN THAT MASTER PLAN THE TYPICAL DETAILS AND CRAFTING WITH STAFF AND AGREEMENT FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO, UM ENGAGE WITH. WE'LL PRESENT ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEN OUR HOPE IS THAT, UM, WITH TARGETED OUTREACH TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO START UM. GETTING THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD WITH THE VISION FOR AND IMPROVING THE CORRIDOR WITH ADDITIONAL TREES. UM AND THEN THIS IS THE ACTION FOR TWO. VIDEO QUESTIONS. UM BOARD MEMBERS WE CAN EITHER GO BY WHO HAS THEIR HAND UP? FIRST I SAW MEYER MEDICINE AND, UM MCDONALD AND I DON'T KNOW IF I ALSO WANTED TO START ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M A GOOD GUY THERE. JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.

LET ME START WITH YOU. YEAH. I THINK IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY TIME IT CAME AROUND. UH, ONE THING JESSICA WOULD ONLY POINT OUT IS EVEN THOUGH MR MARTEL DISAGREES WITH ME. UH THERE WAS A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT, UH, CHRIS LEWIS HAS THAT SHOWS THE EFFECT OF. AS MANY TREES AS THERE ARE IN FRONT OF ABC LIQUORS BLOCKING THE MONUMENT SIDE. SO AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE ROAD HERE. TOWARD REPLACING OUR SIGNS. WE'VE GOT TO BE SENSITIVE WITH THE THREE PLACEMENT. AS TO HOW IT AFFECTS THE VISIBILITY OF THE MONUMENT SIGNS. EVEN THOUGH MR MARTEL IN ALL YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND. YEAH I AM SO GLAD CHRIS LEWIS DOES, TOO, BECAUSE HE'D STOP. HE STOPPED ALONG THE WAY AND TOOK A VIDEO. THANK YOU, MR WALTER. MR MEYER ON LIST. MR CAMPAIGN HAS SOMETHING JUST, UH YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT. I. YOU KNOW, IT'S I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WILL COMMENT MORE THOROUGHLY. BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON TO GET IT DONE. MR MEYER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YEP AGREED. GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. UM, I GUESS TWO STATEMENTS IN THE QUESTION. UM.

I WOULD LIKE WHAT WE ALL ATTENDED. NOT WE ALL. SOME OF US ATTENDED A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE THIS LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS. OVERWHELMING WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION REALLY INSPIRING. AND SO NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I'M GLAD KEPT. FREEMAN WAS THEIR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I SEE. UM I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE TRY. AS BEST WE CAN TO INCORPORATE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN WITH LANDSCAPING. THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER. AND AS I'VE LEARNED AT THIS CONFERENCE, I KNOW WE HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH THIS RIGHT OF WAY. BUT I WOULD ASK THAT. AT LEAST MAYBE AS A WAY TO KIND OF ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY IS YOU ASKED FOR INTERVIEWEES, AS APPROVED BY THE CITY THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE UM, MAYBE. JOE CAPRA, AND IDEALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENGINEERS WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. I BELIEVE IT IS THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT. THIS PIONEERING A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH, ANOTHER REGIONAL ENGINEER ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME INPUT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE ARE AT LEAST. ONE OR TWO TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE INTO EACH TREE WELL OR HOWEVER, WE WANT TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE THING AND THEN, UM, JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE, UH, AS SEYMOUR AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE YOU KNOW THIS PORTION OF THE UM OF THE STUDY AREA AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO START HERE AND I AGREE, BUT ALSO THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WE SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION ON THE CORRIDOR STUDY. SOUTH HEADING SOUTH ON US ONE FROM CANADA WITH THAT WIDE. WE HAD A LOT MORE SPACE ON OTHER WAY. ANOTHER SIDE, UM, OF U. S ONE.

HEADING DOWN TOWARDS YOU KNOW, SOUTH CITY. UM YEAH, THANKS THAT WE THAT WE NOT FORGET ABOUT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE TO, UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG PARCELS HERE, SO MAYBE WE CAN USE ANY OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE LEARNED OUT OF THIS. TWO. SPEARHEAD PHASE TWO AND FINALLY YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP THE. THE NEWS ARTICLE FROM WEST PALM AND PLENTY MORE SHADE TREES. THERE'S THEY ALSO ARE TALKING ABOUT PHASING OUT PLANTING ANY NEW PALMS, WHICH I THINK IS A I KNOW MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT. AS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND DON'T PROVIDE AS MUCH SHADE

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SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THROW MY HAT INTO, SAY. NO PROBLEMS. FEWER PROBLEMS MORE NICE CANOPY TREES. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU FINISHED ON THAT NOTE BECAUSE ONE OF MY NOTE WAS ABOUT. WHEN AND HOW MUCH INPUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE SPECIES. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER WORK IN THAT LITTLE SCHEDULE THAT YOU HAD THERE SO THAT WE CAN I KNOW THAT VICE MAYOR LIKE SOME. OAKS AND WHAT NOT, AND THEN THAT ALSO LEADS ME TO THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE HAVE ONE US ONE SOUTH WITH SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE GROWN BIG, ALTHOUGH I LIKE BOOKS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE D O T, OF COURSE WITH YOUR GROUP OF PEOPLE. YEAH WELL, KEEP THEM INFORMED OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO THIS PROGRAM, UM, IS PRIMARILY OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT NOW THE RIGHT OF WAY AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. UM WHERE IT HAS THE STREET SECTION. UM, WE ARE USING THE RIGHT OF WAY IS 100 FT. SO RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL THE EXISTING LANES, THE EXISTING MEDIAN, UM AND THE EXISTING SIDEWALK WE'VE USED UP OUR ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY BUDGET. SO WE'RE REALLY RELYING ON IN THIS PLANTING PROGRAM TO WORK WITH THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND I THINK THAT UNTIL YOUR POINT ABOUT, UM THE MONUMENT SIGNS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANTING IS SOMETHING THAT. THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH IT ENHANCES THEIR BUSINESSES, AND IT WOULDN'T ATTRACT FOR MANY INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE AND ONLY ENHANCES IT. UM SO TO THAT POINT WE WON'T BE IN ANY OF D O T S PROPERTY WILL ABSOLUTELY KEEP THEM, UM, INFORMED OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEEK ANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM WHERE WE CAN DO MORE. UM THE NOTES ON POEMS I THINK ARE REALLY, UM, IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT ONLY IN THIS IS INTERESTING RESEARCH THAT'S COMING OUT, BUT THEY NEVER PROVIDE. AS MUCH SHADE AS A NICE TREAT US. AS FAR AS INPUT ON THE SPECIES WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, ALL THE LOCAL PARTNERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SPEAKING FOR THE TREES FOR A LONG TIME, LIKE THE GARDEN CLUB NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, THE MASTER GARDENERS.

WE WANT TO GET THAT INPUT. IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT WHAT INVESTMENTS THE SIERRAS ALREADY MADE. AND WHAT THAT PLANT PLANET PALETTE LOOKS LIKE SO THAT WE CAN BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS TO SO THAT'S THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE THE OUTREACH WILL WILL BE. BEFORE I GO ON TO VICE MAYOR. SO WHEN WE DO THAT, AND WE SPEND MONEY PUT IN TREES IN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND COORDINATING WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM. ARE WE GOING TO BE ASSURED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT SO THAT WE HAVE A UNIFORM? POSTURE WHEN THE TREES DEVELOP AND, OF COURSE WHEN THEIR WATER BILL AND OTHER THINGS GO UP, SO WE JUST WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WOULD. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT WE WANT TO BE ASSURED THAT SOMEHOW THAT WILL. ONE PROPERTY WON'T LET IT DROP AND THEN THE OTHER PROPERTY.

ABSOLUTELY SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO CRAFT THAT THE AGREEMENTS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ENGAGE IN, UM, PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT THAT THE SIERRA IS MAKING AND THE CITY IS MAKING. UM SO THAT THOSE TREES CAN BE THERE FOR THE LONG HAUL. UM THERE ARE ALSO SOME PROVISIONS ALREADY IN THE CODE THAT HELPED TO ENSURE THAT SETBACKS FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY. ARE MAINTAINED. AND SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW YOU WON'T HAVE THE CONFLICT OF BUILDINGS COMING INTO THAT SETS THE TREE. WHAT WE'RE TARGETING IS THE TREE PLANTING AREA IN THE FUTURE ALREADY, SO, SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL. UM AND AS I SAID, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE AGREEMENTS ARE CRAFTED SO THAT THAT INVESTMENT IS PROTECTED, AND THAT'S WHAT WILL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY FOR FURTHER REVIEW BY THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. UH A LOT OF IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS THAT THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. COMMISSIONER MEYER MENTIONED IT, BUT A LOT OF IT. HAS TO DO WITH THINKING OF TREES MORE THAN JUST PROVIDING AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND SHADE. UM. ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS WAS THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE CAN OF APPLE TRANSFER BREAK? UH 100 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY. SO THINK ABOUT STORING THAT.

AND WHAT ONE TREE COULD DO IN THE RIGHT PLACE. AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, LET ALONE SHADE IS YOUR PUBLIC BENEFIT? YOU KNOW FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH STORM WATER, SO I'D ASK.

WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TREES IF WE COULD CONSIDER STORM WATER FLOWS IN THE DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS AND KEEP ALWAYS IN THE TOP OF YOUR MIND TREE BOX FILTERS. AS ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX. IT SEEMED THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFITS WITH CONTAINING THE

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ROOTS. UM YOU KNOW, REDIRECTING STORMWATER TO IT TO A PROPER CONTAINER AND HAVING THE PROPER OVERFLOW AS WELL. AND IT ALMOST SEEMED AS THOUGH YOU COULD. HAVE THE ABILITY TO SQUEEZE IN A LARGER TREE WITH WITH GREAT OVER IT FOR THAT WALK ABILITY. YET HAVE A LARGER SHADE TREE WITH ROOM FOR EXPANSION UNDERGROUND WALL CONTAINING THAT STORM WATER. THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CONFERENCE. UM AND YOU KNOWNAMEI KNOW. UM MR FREEMAN PROBABLY HAS SOME JAMES EVANS OF STETSON WAS THERE AND PRESENTED AND HAD SOME VERY GOOD INFORMATION. UM.

AND I DID JUST FORWARD YOU, MISS SEYMOUR AND MRS GANDHI SAW WAS THE ARTICLE PERTAINING TO CARBONS SEQUESTRATION AS IT COMPARES TO PALMS JUST FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S. REFERENCE AT LEAST THE INFORMATION WAS. YOU KNOW, ONE STANDARD MATURE LIVE. OH, CAN SEQUESTER £487. OF CARBON ANNUALLY COMPARED TO ONE THATCH PALM MATURE THATCH PALM IS £2 ANNUALLY. SO 240 TIMES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIVE COMPARED TO A PALM SO AGAIN WHEN YOU GET TO CHOOSING THOSE NUMBERS OF TREES. UM. IF YOU JUST TAKEN THE AMOUNT OF CARBON THAT CAN BE SEQUESTERED AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAN BE STORED AND OF APPLE TRANSPORTED OFF. WE'LL SEE THOSE BENEFITS.

BUT FOR ME. I WOULD STILL. I AM OKAY WITH LEAVING ROOM FOR ONE. PALM OR SOMETHING IS THAT THERE'S SOME AREA WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER OPTION. I'D RATHER SEE A PALM THAN NOTHING SAY, BUT. WHEN YOU'RE EXAMINING ALL THIS, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SOME OF THOSE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. IDEAS. AND THE OVERWHELMING BENEFIT. OF NATIVE SHADE TREES OVER BOMBS. MM HMM. THANK YOU. MR MCDONALD. UM I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED. THANK YOU, MR BOEHNER. DIDO. MOTION TO APPROVE MADAM MAN SECOND MOTION BY UM MEMBER MATHESON SECONDED BY MEMBER. HIM. PENNY I HAVE I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION. THERE'LL BE QUITE A I DON'T KNOW QUITE A FEW, BUT THERE'LL BE SEVERAL PROJECTS COMING ALONG ON U. S ONE IN THIS ZONE. AND PART OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS MAKING IT A CONDITION OF THE COME IN TO ASK FOR A P U D OR R P U D. THAT THEY GIVE US THE SPACE FOR THESE TREES, SO THAT. THEY DON'T PLAN A WHOLE PROJECT AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER, WE COME IN AND SAY, CAN WE PUT A TREE? SO I THINK THAT COULD BE PART OF WHAT. WE DO THAT ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT GOES PROPERLY. THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? UM MAYOR? YES MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO SAY DRIVING OVER HERE. I TURNED DOWN ILLINOIS'S AND ILLINOIS'S IS BETWEEN. OSCEOLA AND EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. AND THE CANOPY OF THE OAK TREES AND THE SUN WAS GONE. IT WAS ALMOST RAIN. I JUST NOTICED IT SO MUCH. AND THEN WHEN I MADE A LEFT WANT TO OSCEOLA FROM THERE. T TO THE ROUNDABOUT. WE REALLY HAVE SO MANY OF THOSE FOLKS START TO CANOPY AND JUST AMAZING, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT WATER THAT THEY DO HELP US. SUCK UP. BUT ANYWAY, THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING. ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 2021. SIR. IF YOU CAN SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES, AND YOU CAN FILL OUT A GREEN CARD. THANK YOU. COME ON UP TO YOUR NAME. I NAMED NIKOLA. TO AND I THINK PROJECT EXCELLENT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT COME TO FRUITION. I DO WANT TO, UM, REMIND EVERYONE THOUGH THE. ABOUT FLORIDA AND HOW LANDSCAPE PROJECTS TYPICALLY HAVE SHORT LIFESPANS BECAUSE OF THE ROOT PROBLEM. ROOTS END UP GETTING INTO FOUNDATION SIDEWALKS. DRAINAGE AND I ALSO HAVE. STORM ISSUED AS WELL AND JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THAT. THAT THAT HADN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP OR ADDRESS, BUT I DO. THAT THAT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF EVERYBODY'S MIND. THANK YOU, SIR. CLERK PLEASE MAKE SURE MR COLADA SCREEN CARD GETS COMPLETED ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE ISSUE AT

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HAND FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING ITEM NUMBER. RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 2021. WE HAVE A MOTION. BY COMMITTEE BY SMEAR MATHESON REMEMBER MATHESON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CAMPENNI. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROLL CALL. ONE MEMBER BRUNER. YES REMEMBER? MCDONALD YES. BOARD MEMBER MEYER? YES CHAIRPERSON MATHESON? YES MEMBER CAMPENNI? YES REMEMBER WILSON? YES AND CHAIRPERSON CLARK. YES. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THA

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