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UM YOU LOOK CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, CALLING TOGETHER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STEWARTS OF THE COMMISSION, OCTOBER 25TH 5:30 P.M. AT THE CITY COMMISSION. CHAMBERS 1 21, SOUTH WEST FLAGLER AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES MADAM MAYOR. YES VICE MAYOR MATHESON. HERE COMMISSIONER BRUNER HERE, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. THAT IS STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. RPECH OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR VICE MAYOR MARRIED MATHESON. AS WE SAY THE PLEDGE LIST CONSIDERED ONCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON AND PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEIR SAFETY. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES AND. THE OTHER REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION. UNDERGO. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OUR AGENDA GOES TO
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COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. I WAS AS UH COMMISSIONER MIRED SAID WE WERE. AT A CONFERENCE IN COCOA BEACH. AND IT WAS. A LOT OF IT WAS THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DOING AND WHEN HE TOOK COMPETITION. AND I NOTICED UP THERE DRIVING AROUND IS THE BLIGHT AND JUST. GIANT PARKING LOTS EMPTY AND NOTHING GOING ON AND THAT CONFERENCE WAS TO HELP CITIES. THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE WHERE YOU DRIVE UP IN YOUR CAR AND HAVE A LITTLE INVENT EVEN THAT WATER THAT SETS THERE. CAN BE. TAKEN UNDERNEATH BY DIFFERENT NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY. SOME OF ITS, UH, PROBABLY MORE THAN WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND, BUT IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. OKAY SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, ONE IS I WANT TO START OFF WITH JUST A LITTLE SHOUT OUT HERE FOR JIM CROSS KEY. HE'S WITHOUT THEIR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND THREE A.M.CLINTON TREES UP. I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF HELP FROM OTHER FOLKS. I'M NOT SURE HOW WAS THERE BUT JIM SOMEONE THAT WAS SENDING ME. EARLY MORNING TEXT MESSAGES. SO UM, THANKS FOR THE WHAT'S THAT? NOW IT ATTITUDE, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY EARLY. I THINK LIKE NINE A.M.
OR SOMETHING. SO ANYWAYS. THANKS JIM FOR KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE TREES AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. UM. ONE THING IS I WANT TO BRING UP TODAY IS TWO THINGS AND THEY'RE BOTH TRANSPORTATION RELATED FIRST. I MUST START WITH THE MPO THIS MORNING. ME AND COMMISSIONER MATHESON, WHO ARE MEMBERS MPO. APPROVED THE NPR PROVED THEIR ANNUAL WORK PLAN.
AND THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY. BUT, UM, COUPLE I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND GENERAL, UM.
LET'S SEE ME FIND IT HERE. BIKE LANES SIDEWALK ON MONTEREY ROAD PALM BEACH ROAD, DIXIE HIGHWAY, THAT'S UH, FUNDING FOR 2025 FOR 1.13 7,000,136. UM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT BAKER ROAD IN US ONE, WHICH HAS BEEN A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. THERE'S A 739,000 APPROVED ON THAT PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S FINE. A COUPLE OF THE SELFISH CAPITAL TRAIL. UM. THIS IS THE STUDY AND THE LOCATION OF THE SELF FISH. UH, ALL RIGHT. SAILFISH CAPITAL MARTIN TRAILS THEM IN THE EAST COAST. GREENWAY WE'VE GOT $645,000 FOR THAT WHICH IS A GREAT PROJECT TO SEE THAT REALLY STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD. ONE OF THE ONES I'M MOST PLEASED WITH. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THERE'S $4.7 MILLION IN THE AND THE WORK PLAN FOR WILL BE ROAD EXTENSION. SO THAT ONE IS MOVING FORWARD. WE GOT THAT IN THE MPO AND ABOUT 2017. I BELIEVE AND IT'S STARTING TO IN THE STATE IS LOOKING IN THAT AND MOVING THAT FORWARD. THE BIKE LANE, UH, EAST OCEAN FROM PALM BEACH ROAD TO, UM, SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL AVENUE, WHICH THERE'S NO BIKE LINE THERE THAT IS A DEFINITE NEEDED IMPROVEMENT. AND WE'VE GOT THAT FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR 2023. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES AND THEN TAP GRANTS FOR
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SIDEWALKS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY. HE FUNDED FOR 2024. THERE'S A. ALMOST 600,000 FOR THAT, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THE MPO. UM COMMISSIONER MATH. I SAID IT'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ON THAT ALL ALONG WITH ALL THE MEMBERS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING. UH EVERYTHING FUNDED APPROPRIATELY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AND IMPROVING SAFETY. THE LAST THING I WANT TO BRING UP HIS PUMP CITY ROAD AND I KNOW I FEEL LIKE WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT PALM CITY ROAD. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEATING A DEAD HORSE. WE'VE HORSE WON'T DIE. YES YEAH, IT JUST WON'T GO AWAY SO. UH PALM CITY ROAD, THE TRAFFIC HAS PICKED UP DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN PALM CITY, PRIMARILY AND IN JENSEN BEACH. FIRST THAT GOES. POSE UM AND PEOPLE USING IT TO CUT THROUGH ROAD. I USED TO NEVER SEE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC HEADING NORTH. IT WAS ALMOST ALWAYS HEADING SOUTH. BUT THE NORTH BONG TRAFFIC HAS IMPACT AND PICKED UP DRAMATICALLY. UH, IT'S. AND IT'S A CHALLENGE OF A ROAD BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTY ROAD THAT'S PERFECTLY IN THE CITY PARTIALLY IN THE COUNTY AND INCORPORATED MARTIN COUNTY, UH, IN 2019. THE ROAD WAS A D ROAD.WITH AN AVERAGE TRIPS OF 7800 TRIPS A DAY WITH PEAK DIRECTIONAL TRIPS OF 419 AN HOUR, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT FOR A ROAD. UH, 25 MILE AN HOUR ROAD. BUT IT'S THE NUMBER I THINK IS MOST CONCERNING ITS GROWING AT 3.8% OF YEARS ANTICIPATED GROWTH. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY HIRED IN THAT. AND I HAD SPOKEN WITH MR DYAS ABOUT GETTING SOME TRIP COUNTERS PUT ON IT. THEY'RE BEING ON THE ROAD SO WE CAN LOOK AT, UH. THE TRIPS AND ALSO, BUT WHERE WE PUT THE TRIP COUNTERS I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM CLOSER TO MONTEREY ROAD BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRANSITIONING. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING THE ILLEGAL U TURN. AND NOW I ALSO SEE PEOPLE COMING DOWN CAN OR TAKING A LEFT ONTO MONTEREY AND THEN A RIGHT ON THE PALM CITY ROAD TO GO AROUND TRAFFIC AT U. S ONE. SO, UM. SO ONCE THE TRIP COUNTERS GET FREED UP FROM A COUPLE OTHER STREETS. THEY GOT A COUPLE OTHER PLACES THEY NEED TO GO FIRST. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IF WE CAN GET SOME TRIPS, UH, COUNTS ON THERE AND THEN WE NEED TO REALLY ENGAGE THE COUNTY. AND COME UP WITH A TRAP CONTROL DEVICES FOR PALM CITY ROAD. WE'VE DISCUSSED EVERYTHING FROM. CHANGING THE INTERSECTION AT US 12 ROUND ABOUT TWO OHH, UH, LANDSCAPED, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF DIVIDERS, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVIDERS TO, UH, SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER HAD WANTED, BUT I THINK POSSIBLY A STOP, SIGN AND MANNER. AH TOO SLOW. SOME FOLKS DOWN. MAKE THAT A FOUR WAY STOP. UM. BUT ALSO TO GIVE TRAFFIC A CHANCE. I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF THEIR STREETS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, AND I WAS COMING DOWNTOWN ONE DAY. UM AT A COMING DOWN TO ACTUALLY TO GOING TO THE PUB GOING TO THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIX AT 5 30, IT WAS BACKED UP ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO MANNER. FROM US ONE. SO I'VE NEVER SEEN TRAFFIC STACK THAT FAR NORTH. YEAH. IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE NORTHEAST. ELAINE IS WHERE I THINK THE GROWTH HAS CHANGED, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD SO TO GETTING THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS, AND THEN. MAYBE WE CAN, BUT WE DO NEED TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO DO THAT, SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEYER. THANKS UM, SO THIS IS MENTIONED SIDE WORK PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THE NEXT, UM ARE IS THE.
BUT ON A ONE A BETWEEN FLORIDA STREET AND 14TH STREET ON THERE, LET ME SEE. LET ME LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS ON THE SIDE THAT'S BEEN. I THINK THAT I WANTED THAT FOR SO LONG. YES UH, I HATE SEEING YOUNG MOMS PUSHING STROLLERS THROUGH THE GRASS EVERY DAY FROM MONTEREY.
TO UP TO THE RAILROAD TRACK. YEAH, AND ACROSS. THE SUPER UNSAFE IT WAS ON THE MPL IS BEFORE I BELIEVE IT IS. I DON'T HAVE. OKAY IF IT'S NOT JUST HAS VERY WE HAVE VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UM. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS NOT. UM YEAH, IT BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT ADVOCATED FOR IF YOU COULD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S USED PEOPLE. I THINK IF IT'S IN THE
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TAF, YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. MUCH ALL THE TAP GRANTS. WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE CITY OF APPLIED FOR. WE'VE GOTTEN SO LONG AS WE CAN LAUNCH THE CITY STAFF IS PUTTING IN THE APPLICATION FOR THE TAP. THE PAPERWORK FOR THE TAP WERE GENERALLY GETTING IT SO. I'LL GET WITH I'LL GET WHAT DAVID HIM AND MILTON AND FIND OUT AND I'LL FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT WITH BETH BELL TRAIN. THANK YOU, MR MEYER. IS THAT IT FOR YOU, MR WHITE? YEAH, SURE.THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION NO. MAYBE YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT. OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. I RECEIVED THE LETTER WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION, LOCATED ON WINDEMERE DRIVE IN JENSEN BEACH. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK HAS THIS IN THEIR RECORD ON THIS. MR DYAS HAS ALREADY PROVIDED IT TO THE CLERK. THIS IS AN OBJECTION 20 TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD, MR MARTEL OR IS SATURDAY AGENDA ITEM? IT'S NOT SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING AS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS CAME IN AND I HAVE IT AND I'LL PROVIDE IT TO STAFF AND, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL QUESTIONS WITHIN THAT. IF YOU GIVE ME DIRECTION, I'LL RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR PATH THAT BE GREAT. OKAY SO YOU WANT ME TO MENTION THEM NOW? I MEAN, I HAVE THE QUESTIONS ALWAYS RESPOND TO THE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I FIND AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUP UM, READING AND WE'RE WORKING ON READING WITH CHILDREN. WE'VE MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF JD PARKER SCHOOL, AND, UM, SHE HAS BEEN THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH HER TO GET MORE AND DO MORE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MOST OF THEM GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED. SO I'M HOPING TO GET A PROGRAM GOING ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH. FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. AT THE SHUFFLEBOARD, UM, BUILDING. I'M ASKING IF IT'S OK IF I USE THAT BUILDING AS THE MAYOR OF STEWART JUST TO MEET WITH SOME PARENTS AND TO HAVE THEM UM UH, TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN INTERFACE TO GET MORE READING DONE. AND TO GET OUR CHILDREN. UM TOGETHER. I THINK THAT IT'S A CITY BUILDING, SO WE'LL STILL PRACTICE SOME SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK IN THAT BUILDING, BUT WILL. WILL OFFER THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM IF THEY COME BENEFIT IF NOBODY OBJECTS, I CAN WORK WITH THE OUR EVENTS COORDINATOR TO TRY TO TRACK DOWN AND RESERVE THE BUILDING FOR THAT TIME. UM AS A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT KNOWS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'LL BE ATTENDING A MEETING AT 10 A.M. ON OCTOBER THE 28TH AT PUT ON BY MARTIN COUNTY. AND. I WILL PASS ON THE AGENDA TO THE CITY MANAGER IF HE WANTS TO SHARE IT OR PROVIDED AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE AIRPORT NOISE ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM AFTERWARDS OF ANYTHING. SIGNIFICANT IS HAPPENING. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS WITH ME OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. WHAT, UM I'LL TRY TO PROVIDE IT TO CITY MANAGER. UM WE DID HAVE A MEETING IN EAST STEWART REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING OF THE. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WORKING ON THAT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMISSION GETS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING AN INPUT TO OUR MISS. CANDY SERVED US AND JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH HER SO WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT PLAN GOING FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. ALSO WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD LANDSCAPE IN PLAN WITH THE SCIARRA A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED, UM UH, THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A TOWN HALL MEETING TO DEAL WITH OTHER ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN ERA. BUT ALL THROUGHOUT STEWART, THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS. AND SO I'M HOPING TO WORK WITH SINA MANAGER TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING. AROUND NOVEMBER 16TH OR SO IT'S A TUESDAY EVENING. UM, I UM. RECEIVE ON MY CALENDAR. I HAVE AN AUTOBAHN MEETING AT THE TIME, BUT I THINK THAT I CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR TUESDAY EVENING. PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. UM TALKING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. UM DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING AND SO ON, AND I THINK THAT I CAN WORK WITH THIS. UM. AGAIN THIS AFTER US TO CREATE, UH, USED USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE TOWN HALL MEETING AROUND THE TIMES, THE CITY MANAGER IF YOU COULD WORK WITH STAFF. AND MYSELF. I'D APPRECIATE THAT. UM MY LAST THING IS THAT I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS UM COLD HONORED. I FEEL.
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TO HAND OVER AND TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY. HE'S ALREADY LAUGHING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MERIT MEDICINE TO BE THE. THEY ARE GRAND MARSHAL AT THE HUB GOBLIN PARADE. UM I'M FRANCE.SO SATURDAY COMING UP SO. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FEEDS OF THE VICE MAYOR. SO I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE PARADE, MAN. UM. AND WELL, I'LL START WITH THAT THIS SATURDAY. UM AT 2 30 AT RIVERWALK STAGE, THERE WILL BE A HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST. I KNOW I'LL BE ONE OF THE FOUR JUDGES. UM. THEY'RE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FROM CHILDREN, YOU KNOW. UP TO THE AGE OF THREE. AND I BELIEVE 4 TO 8 AND THEN. NO I THINK 9 TO 12 AS WELL AS DOGS. UM SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME DRESS UP. UM AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE'LL BE A PARADE.
SPONSORED BY MAIN STREET. THROUGH DOWNTOWN. I HEAR MICKEY MOUSE WILL BE LEADING IT. UM I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RE SHIRTS AND WAS JUST UP WITH MY CHILDREN AT DISNEY AS PART OF THAT RESEARCH THIS WEEKEND AFTER THE. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, WHICH SOME OF OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE. IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING. I KNOW I'LL BE TALKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED, BUT BASICALLY. TREES CAN HOLD AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WATER AND WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THINK OF ALL OUR TREES. UM, AND ALL OUR LANDSCAPING AS WATER STORAGE BECAUSE HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. NOT WITH TOO LITTLE WATER, BUT WITH TOO MUCH WATER AND UM I COULD GO. ON AND ON ABOUT THAT, BUT THE NAME OF TIME I'LL SHIFT GEARS TO A FEW OTHER TOPICS. I WANT TO THANK MR MALIK. AND UM, OUR CLERK IS NOT HERE, MISS KENDALL. I HAD. A THRILLING TIME READING LAST WEEK. TO JD PARKER'S SECOND GRADE CLASS DURING GOVERNMENT WEAK GOVERNMENT WEEK. I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DID AS WELL AND. I BELIEVE HARD CHIEF FELICIAN DID AND A FEW OTHERS, UM. YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO SOMEHOW I'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO READ TO SECOND GRADE CLASS WHICH MY OLDER DAUGHTER. WAS THERE, AND LUCKILY SHE DIDN'T ASK ME TOO MANY EMBARRASSING QUESTIONS. UM TOMORROW IS A. LOW SOME LAKE OKEECHOBEE SYSTEM OPERATIONS MANUAL PDT MEETING. UM THEY'LL BE DROPPING. DATING. FINAL. CHOSEN MANAGEMENT PLAN ON NOVEMBER 2ND. AND TOMORROW THEY'LL BE GOING OVER THAT DATA. WITH US. WE ARE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF HURRICANE SEASON, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY DON'T WHERE. AND WILL BE INTO THE DRY SEASON. THE LAKE IS THAT 15.9 FT, OR 15.87. SO FAR TO WHERE THEY'RE VERY CLOSE, ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR WITH HURRICANE RITA COMING THROUGH, IT WAS HIGHER AND AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE RECEIVING DISCHARGES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SO BY NOVEMBER, 2ND WILL KIND OF NO YOU KNOW? A FIRM MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN IT WILL GO INTO HOW THEY WRITE THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE FOR THE OPERATIONS MANUAL AS FAR AS HOW TO OPERATE THE LAKE ON A GIVEN DAY, DEPENDING WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, UM. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED OF WHAT DATA THE COURT GIVES OUT, AND I SPOKE WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL POKE TODAY ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. UM. AND WHAT? WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. UM. IF ANYONE LIKE TO ATTEND. ALSO THERE'S A RIVERS COALITION MEETING. YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. IT'S THIS COMING THURSDAY, WHERE LIEUTENANT COLONEL POKE AND TIM DYSON. AS WELL AS BEN HOGARTH AND FROM THE CITY OF STEWART WILL BE, UM. MENTIONING SOME UPDATES ON LOW SOME, AND I BELIEVE THAT MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL GO RIVERS COALITION. ON THEIR WEBSITE TO GET THE LINK THERE. OTHER THAN THAT. UM THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THIS ONE. IS VIRTUAL. UM I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN, SO I KNOW YOU CAN. THEY HAD SWITCHED BACK TO SOME PHYSICAL MEETINGS AND I THINK WITH THE HIGH NUMBERS AND COVID, THEY HAVEN'T. TAPER DOWN. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD A LITTLE BIT WITH EASING OUR MASS RESTRICTIONS, BUT I THINK. YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THEY'LL FOLLOW SUIT SOON, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE IS STILL ON THE BOOKS FOR VIRTUAL RITUAL. THANK YOU. UM. SORRY I WANTED TO MENTION SOME OF THE STUFF ABOUT POLICY ROLE THAT COMMISSIONER MCDONALD TOUCHED
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ON. ONE OF THINGS DO WHAT HE MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT WE DO HAVE ON THE BOOKS THE RIGHT TURN LANE. FROM US. WANT A DESIGNATED RIGHT TURN LANE WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AT THAT PUBLIC SHOPPING CENTER AREA. UM. ON TO COUNTER HIGHWAY AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL. STEER AND DIRECT TRAFFIC COMING SOUTH POMUS. ONE TO, UM, HEAD THAT WAY, USING KANNER HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF CUTTING THROUGH ON THE PALM CITY ROAD AND AGAIN. CITY OF STEWART. IT'S OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION TO POLICE THAT ILLEGAL U TURN THAT MANY RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE MAKING AS THEY'RE GOING OVER THE PALM CITY BRIDGE, HEADING NORTH AND USING PUMP CITY ROADS AS. THAT SHORTCUT, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE COMMISSION MCDONNELL I'VE SEEN THE SAME THING AND TALK TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS ABOUT THAT.SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. HEADING NORTH BOUTON PALM CITY ROAD, WHICH THERE HASN'T BEEN.
MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENT ON PUMP CITY ROAD AT ALL, BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THAT TRAFFIC GOING NORTH BONG AND READ ESPECIALLY NOTICED. THE BACKUP. DURING THAT. 4 30 TO 5 30 HOUR AT THE LIGHT THERE. THAT IS ALL I LOOK FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUSH ON THE TRAFFIC COUNTERS GET SOME REAL STEPS ON THE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MATHESON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SO, COMMISSIONER MEYER.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM AH, ONE THING THAT. STRUCK ME AT THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND PERTINENT TO WHAT YOU HAD BROUGHT UP IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, VICE MAYOR ABOUT MAINTAINING THE EDGE OF OUR PONDS HOSPITAL POINT SPECIFICALLY. UM I'D LIKE TO IF WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON IN THE FUTURE IDENTIFYING, BUT, UM, THERE'S YOU KNOW, I SAW. RESEARCH DIRECTLY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THAT SHOWED THAT JUST I MEAN, YOU CAN DO A LITERAL PLANTING, UM OR LEAVING JUST THE EDGE ON MODE, EVEN THOUGH SOME MIGHT CALL IT UNSIGHTLY CLEANS UP. AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN OR PHOSPHOROUS. MAYBE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NITROGEN, BUT IT'S HARD TO DO THE NITROGEN ANYWAY, JUST BY LEAVING IT. UNM ODER AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE HABITAT FOR BIRDS. SO I WOULD SAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED DIRECTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE SHOULD BE. DO THE YOU KNOW, WALK THE TALK OURSELVES AND LEAVE A STRIP ALONG THE LONG IRISH STORMWATER PONDS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT NUTRIENT REDUCTION EVEN IF IT MIGHT LOOK. UNSIGHTLY TO SUM IT ALL. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A. DISCUSSION TOPIC ON IT, UM, THE FUTURE AGENDA. I AGREE. 100% TALKED WITH NUMEROUS. YOU KNOW SCIENTISTS OVER THE WEEKEND OF ABOUT THAT TOP. MAYBE UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PLANT IT OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE AND CAN BE MANAGED EFFECTIVELY. AT LEAST UNTIL THEN. WE SHOULD STOP POLLUTING OUR OWN WATERWAYS BY MOWING IT. AND JUST KEEP IT AT A CERTAIN LEVEL 10 FT BUFFER. JUST WAITING FOR DIRECTION I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO EMOTION IN THE VOTE OR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. SO IF IT'S GONNA BE POLICY COMMISSION DIRECTIVE POLICY THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DIRECTED. THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT A BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDED THE MAINTENANCE IN THE SPRING OF SALT ON THE PERIMETER OF THE POND. TO DO WEED CONTROL INSTEAD OF ANY KIND OF PESTICIDES, SO THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET, CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CHANGE THAT DIRECTION. WOULD TAKE EMOTION AND A BOAT AND THEN THE COMMIT. THE CITY MANAGER WOULD FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION. CAN WE GET IT AS AN INVESTIGATION AND COME BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JAMES EVANS FROM STETS AND. WAS I MEAN, THE BEST WAY IS TO COVER THAT AREA WITH NATIVE LATERAL PLANES. BUT. THE SECOND BEST THING IF YOU WANT TO AVOID HERBICIDE USED, ESPECIALLY AQUATIC HERBICIDE USE IS JUST TO DESIGNATED A 10. FT BUFFER AIR. AND IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE SOME VISUAL VIEWING BREAKS, THOSE COULD BE. USED PHYSICALLY, WE NEEDED CERTAIN SMALL AREA. UM. BUT COVERING THAT WITH LATERAL PLANTING, SO ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IN THE LONG TERM WOULD BE GOING. YOU KNOW, ADOPTING A FUTURE BUDGET AND SHIFTING FUNDS TO DO EACH POND INDIVIDUALLY TO TRY AND FOCUS ON NATIVE LATORRE PLANTING IN THE PONDS AND FOR MY. CLARIFICATION WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DURATION.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL WATERFRONT PROPERTIES, RIGHT? ALL STORMWATER, PAWN STORM WATER RETENTION PONDS AND ELIMINATING A AQUATIC HERBICIDE. WE DON'T USE
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HERBICIDES NOW. WELL, WE DO. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT BRAND. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NICE RODEO HERBICIDE. IT'S NOT GLYPHOSATE. IT'S NOT BUT. DO USE AND HAVE ABOUT DO SOMETHING SO. I WOULD WE NEED TO. WE NEED EMOTION THAT WE LEAVE A BUFFER AROUND OUR STORM. WATER PONDS UP, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. LET ME HEAR FROM HERE FROM DEMENTIA. MCDONALD FIRST IF WE MAKE YOUR EMOTION WELL, I WASN'T PARENTS SAY ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T. I WASN'T AT THE CONFERENCE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY. FIRST HAND INFORMATION ON IT, UH, I. HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY COMPLAINTS WILL GET ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT CUTTING UH, THE GRASS. I MEAN, AS A BAIT THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CUT CUT BY THEIR MO OR OR USE A HERBICIDE TO TIDY THE EDGE OF THE STORM WATER PONDS. ALL THAT NUTRIENT GOES RIGHT INTO THE POND. AND IT'S NOT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T THEY'RE NOT PLANTED WITH ANYTHING. WE DON'T HAVE FLOATING MATS. I MEAN, THE FUNCTION OF THOSE IS TRADITIONALLY ALWAYS BEEN FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT JUST TO GET WATER OFF THE ROADWAYS. ALL THIS NEW RESEARCH IS TRYING TO ALSO MAKE IT NUTRIENT REDUCTION AND THE SIMPLE THE SIMPLEST THING WITHOUT ANY INVESTMENT, LESS INVESTMENT, LESS HERBICIDE, LESS LABOR. AS TO LEAVE A STRIP ALONG THE EDGE THAT COLLECTS ALL THAT. AND THAT NUTRIENT COULD WE TRY TO SELECT A PONDER TOO, AND TRY IT SEE HOW SHE SEE HOW IT LOOKS. HOW IT WORKS. HOW IT. AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE TENDENCY AND THEN AS A PLAYER, A PILOT PROGRAM AND COME BACK AND DO THE REST OF LATER. WHY DON'T WE.I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. I JUST. JUST DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. I KNOW THIS IS IT'S JUMPING. I'D RATHER SEE IT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM. OKAY? EXACTLY SO LET'S HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM. YEAH, I THINK I'D RATHER SEE THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK THINKING OUT OF THE BOX.
MM. I DON'T HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK GROWS, IT GROWS. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T.
AND MORE OF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO GET PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT NO. ONE THEY CALL IT UGLY. WELL, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT WORD TO, UM IT'S JUST A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND I'M ALL FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE COULD. HAVE A AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO SPRAY AND AQUATIC HERBICIDE, BUT WE COULD GET DIRECTION. TO NOT SPRAY ANY UNTIL AFTER THAT AGENDA ITEM.
WELL DON'T WORRY. THERE WON'T BE ANY SPRAYED. OKAY THANK YOU WITH THAT WITH THAT IN MIND, UM DO YOU KNOW IF ANY MATERIALS FROM THE. THE LAW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MEETING IS AVAILABLE SO THAT MR LEGGETT OR MR. TIM BROKER COULD HAVE THAT MATERIAL TO LOOK AT IF THEY DIDN'T GO TO THAT CONFERENCE. YOU WILL GET THAT SHARED WITH THEM SO THEY CAN. PREPARE AND EVERYBODY CAN BE SAME LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE. MR. LEGGETT WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. COULD YOU COME UP HERE, MR LOGAN? THANK YOU. SO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MILTON LEG IT. YES I WAS MEETING WITH THE MANAGER AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. THIS WEDNESDAY ON THE MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK REFERENCE TO HOSPITAL UPON I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, YOU KNOW? MANAGER AT THAT TIME. WHAT WE CAN USE WHAT WE CAN'T USE. ALSO WHAT THE USING THAT THE LAKE ALSO. SO IT'S NOT JUST EVERYONE'S USING SOME SORT OF TREAT. BUT I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BY NEXT. SO WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO WHAT WE WERE USING. AND SO THAT'S WHAT MR LEGGETT HAS DONE. BUT IF THE COMMISSION OF AS A WHOLE THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT METHODOLOGY DO YOU GO TO A NON. SPRAYING OR NON ANYTHING WITHIN A 10 FT. BUFFER AND THEN WORK TOWARDS LITERAL PLANNINGS. AS WE ARE ABLE TO FUND IT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. SINCE THIS DESIRE TO COMMISSION NOW I KNOW I. HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MR BRUNER, COMMISSIONER BRUNER, BUT THERE'S ALSO A FACTION OF FOLKS WHO WANT THINGS LOOK NICE. AND SO WHEN THEY SEE A BUNCH OF WEEDS OUT THERE, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE PHONE CALLS SO AND TWO OF THOSE BIGGEST LAKES OR ANY STEWART AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK WE'RE NEGLECTING THEM. SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT JUST WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT WE'RE TELLING EVERYBODY, THIS IS A POLICY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE THANK YOU. SO. UH, AT OUR FUTURE DISCUSSION FOR THE AGENDA ITEM. LIKE TO KNOW THE COST OF IN OUR BUDGET OF WHAT WE'RE USING. TO SPRAY HER POND. AND TO KNOW THE COST TO DO WITH
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NATIVE GRASSES. AND YOU KNOW. BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FOR WIDE BUFFER OF APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE POND. TWO PITCHER PLANT THAT WITH NATIVE GRASS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPARING AND CONTRAST AND SEE WHAT THE THIS BENEFIT IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH,[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
UM, COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER. YES, MA'AM. JUST AN UPDATE. THE TEMPORARY STATION THREE IS IN PLACE, AND BY NEXT MONDAY WILL BE STAFFED AND WE'LL BE SERVING FIRE RESCUE CALLS IN NORTH OF TOWN TO OUR CITIZENS UP IN THAT AREA. UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE NAC MEETING.I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MR CARVER ABOUT. WHETHER THE CITY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PURSUING 60 D. N L ORDINANCE LIKE THE COUNTY HAS DONE. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE PAST. THERE'S BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT THAT. I'VE PUT THAT OFF UNTIL AFTER YOUR. UM ENACT MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK WITH YOUR GROUP THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO OUR BOARD THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND THE REASON WHY THE ENACT MAYBE PUSHING FOR THAT.
AND A MAYOR. YES. WHEN I WAS ON THE A DEC 10 YEARS AGO, WE WENT THROUGH A THIS WHOLE 60 D N L PROCESS. WE, ACTUALLY THE CITY ENGAGED A EXPERT WE. PRODUCED A IN A LOCAL AGREE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY, TOO, IN PREPARATION TO POTENTIAL, POSSIBLY PUT THIS IN, AND IT'S ALSO THEY CAN GET ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR NOISE ABATEMENT, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO IS TEAR HOUSES DOWN. UH AND. WE PRODUCED A INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. THAT SAID THAT, UH, MONEY FROM THE GRANT ANY NOISE GRANTS WOULD BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF STEWART FOR SOUNDPROOFING. AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UM, TEAR DOWN ANY HOMES AND STEWART AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHO WANTED AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT REFUSED TO EVEN BRING IT TO THEM AND PUT IT UNDER AGENDA. SO UH, THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTS TO BE REQUIRED. WHEN THE GRANT MONEY RUNS OUT TO SOUNDPROOF THE HOMES AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WHEN THEY DO A MAJOR RENOVATION. IF THEY HIT A CERTAIN FINANCIAL THRESHOLD AT THE COST OF THE RENOVATION. UM. AND THAT COULD BECOME VERY COSTLY. TO A RESIDENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE VALUES OF THE STRUCTURES, UM IN AND AROUND THE AREA, WHICH IS PALM BEACH ROAD, EAST, EWART. THOSE AREAS AND SO. WIN AS YOUR THING AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD. WE WANT TO BE VERY METHODICAL AND BE VERY CAUTIOUS IS HOW DO WE PRESENT SO THAT WE GO FORWARD SO THAT WE DO NOT? CAUSE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO OUR RESIDENTS. YES AS ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO LIVE ON THE AIRPORTS. PROPERTY ESSENTIALLY SPREADING THE BACKSTREET NO. THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR STREET. YES WE RESISTED IT FOR MANY YEARS. UM. AND I'M ON THE ENACT NOW, SO I APPRECIATE THE. THE COMMENT AND I WILL TALK TO THE MANAGER. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE CITY MANAGER ATTENDED IN THAT MEETING ALSO. YEAH THEY'RE LOADS OF FUN. YEAH. SO UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONS TO WHAT SALAMANDER WAS SEEN NOW? WE
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
HAVE AN AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, UM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD REGARDING THE AGENDA? TO PROVE THE AGENDA SECOND. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER UM MATT MCDONALD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER ALL IN FAVOUR, RIGHT? THE AGENDA HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, AS, UM PUBLISHED. WE HAVE TIME FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THREE MINUTES. I DO NOT SEE ANY GREEN[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.)]
CARDS. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK. MR MCCHRYSTAL AND MISS RAJ. SOME. KAREN HALL YIELDS RUDGE. CLERK. CAN YOU ASSIST HER? YEAH. THANK YOU, MANAGER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.[00:35:26]
GOOD EVENING. KAREN HALL, 17 1, SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD. UM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, EACH ONE OF YOU. NOW. MM. I. I CAME AT 4 30 WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO YOUR CITY ATTORNEY SPECIAL CLIENT MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU WERE DISCUSSING THREE LAWSUITS. AND I HOPE WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ROBYN CARTWRIGHT VERSUS CITY. BUT I CONTINUALLY ASKED YOU GUYS YOU KNOW TO DEAL WITH THE 19TH CIRCUITS, THE STATE CORE AND I SAID MIKE MORTELL ISN'T REALLY FAIR TO DO IT AND NOBODY LISTENED TO ME SO. TODAY WAS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT. OKAY IT WAS FILED TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT. AND SO OCTOBER 25TH AND THE NUMBER IS 21 144 TO 5, AND THIS TIME IT'S COMING FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. BUT ALSO MR MARTEL AS AN INDIVIDUAL. SO ALL ALONG. I'VE ASKED YOU NOT TO ALLOW HIM TO BE COUNCIL WHEN IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE. SO NOW HE HAS TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF. THE SUMMONS HASN'T COME. I GUESS THE U. S MARSHALS ARE BRINGING IT. BUT MR MARTEL HAS TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF NOW. SO NOW HE CAN'T BE YOUR COUNSEL. AND I'M SORRY IT CAME THIS FAR. BUT YOU KNOW I CAN'T BE IGNORED. I'M GOING AMERICAN. ALL RIGHT, AND I KNOW HOW THE LAW WORKS, AND MY GOVERNMENT PROTECTS ME. MY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HARM ME AND WHEN THEY DO HARM ME AND THERE'S SOME REMEDY FOR IT. SO I ONLY WANTED YOU TWO GUYS HAVE THAT WHEN YOU WENT INTO YOUR MEETING TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER LAWSUIT, BUT THIS ONE'S FEDERAL. ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR, UH. I GUESS IGNORING ME, BUT I DON'T. IT'S OKAY. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ANYBODY. PERSONALLY I JUST LOVE THE RULE OF LAW AND I LOVE MY CITY AND MY COUNTY AND MY COUNTRY. OH, MAN. THANK YOU, MR. UH, NEXT COURSE OF MR FRANK. MY CRYSTAL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GLAD I CAME. MAYOR CLARKE. IN REGARDS TO THE NECK COMMITTEE. DESSERT. UH, I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY BACK. BACK IN BUSINESS OUT FROM THE COVER OF COVID. HAVE BEEN IN MANY A NECK MEETINGS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN MY VIEW, THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART IS A STAUNCH. STAUNCH PROTECTOR OF THE CITIZENS AND CITY OF STEWART, OKAY. SO THEY WILL BE. THEY WILL FUDGE THE NUMBERS AND TWEAK THE NUMBERS AND MAKE IT SOUND ALL ROSY. FOR INSTANCE, THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW GREAT AS A PERCENTAGE THE. THE NOISE. NOT BE ABATEMENT. BUT THE. NO CURFEW. NO DON'T SHOW YOU HOW GREAT THE CURFEW NUMBERS ARE OKAY? NOT SO JET TRAFFIC HAS DOUBLED SINCE MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 2000 AND 13. SO THEY FUDGED THE NUMBERS ANYWAY, THAT ANYWAY, THEY CAN TO MAKE IT SEEM ROSY. UM ANOTHER MAIN CONCERN OF MINE IS. RUNWAY 12 30 IS THE LONGEST RUNWAY AT WITH THEM. IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ILLEGALLY EXTENDED BY 480 FT. IN 1998. SO THAT THE BIGGER JETS COULD TAKE OFF WITH A FULL TANK. AND OVERNIGHT OUR COMMUNITY WENT FROM A QUIET COMMUNITY TO A WHAT WE HAVE NOW. BUT. I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT IS WORK ON THE CURFEW NUMBERS, OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HANDFUL OF VIOLATORS. OKAY, WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND THEY DON'T CARE. AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH. RUNWAY 12 30 IS THE RUNWAY FOR JETS. IT IS THE SUGGESTED RUNWAY FOR ALL JETS. WHEN THE WIND IS IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, LOW WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH OKAY, THOSE JETS COULD STILL BE USED IN 12 30. BUT THEY'RE STILL JUST A HANDFUL OF OPERATORS WHO INSISTS ON USING RUNWAY 16 34. AND AS YOU REPRESENT THE CITY OF STEWART. I WANT YOU TO STRONGLY GET THIS POINT ACROSS THAT WHEN THOSE JETS SHOES RUNWAY 16 34 THEY'RE AFFECTING AT LEAST 20 TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN THE DESIGNATED[00:40:05]
RUNWAY FOR JETS. WHERE THE JETS GET UP AT A HIGHER LEVEL BEFORE THEY GET OFF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY AND THAT THE AND I KNOW YOU'RE EFFECTIVE MINISTERS CLARK, BUT THEY'RE OVER US ONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY AFFECT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY THAT RUNWAY IS. THE DESIGNATED RUNWAY FOR JETS. SO YOU'VE GOT TWO ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK WITH. AND I WOULD SAY PLEASE. PLEASE RECOGNIZE. THAT THE RHYTHM FIELD HISTORY. IS A DARK PART OF OUR MARTIN COUNTY HISTORY. IT REALLY IS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PERSONS WITH COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.[CONSENT CALENDAR]
UM, IS THERE ANY APPROVAL? MR MR. MAC MCDONALD HAS MOVED FOR APPROVAL IS YOUR 2ND 2ND? SECOND BY MR MATHESON. UM. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES.COMMISSIONER BURNER. YES, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES VICE MAYOR MATHESON? YES. AND MAYOR
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REQUEST TO BE CONTINUED TO DATE CERTAIN OF 11/8/2021 CCM: MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT - MONTEREY MEDICAL PARKING EXPANSION:
RESOLUTION No. 86-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN AT 'MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER' LOCATED AT 1050 SE MONTEREY ROAD, STUART TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]CLARK. YES. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE READ BY THE. CITY ATTORNEY AND WE NEED TO MOVE THIS BEEN ASKED TO BE MOVED TO A DATE CERTAIN 11 8 2021 RESOLUTION NUMBER 86 TO 2021. B RESOLUTION 86 2021 OF RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN AT MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED AT 1050 SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY ROAD. STEWART TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATA FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MADAM MERRILL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE RESOLUTION 86-2021 TO NOVEMBER 8TH AT. HERE IN THIS CHAMBER IS AT THE TIME OF THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING SECOND. THANK YOU. EMOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MATHESON SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MORE BOARD MEMBERS AND I AM NUMBER FOUR BEING PUT OFF TO 11 8 2021. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENT ON THAT? CLERK.
LET'S HAVE A WE'RE ALL CALLED TO MAKE SURE. VICE WHEN YOU'RE MATHESON YES, COMMISSIONER BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. AND MAYOR CLARK? YES. OUR
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AUTHORIZE ROAD CLOSURE FOR 2022 STUART BOAT SHOW (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 90-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE 48TH ANNUAL STUART BOAT SHOW FROM TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH 5:00AM THOUGH MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT 5:00PM 2022, ALONG NW DIXIE HIGHWAY (FORMERLY SR 707) FROM ALBANY AVENUE SOUTH OF THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE TO FERN STREET AT THE FEC RR CROSSING, NORTH OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER DRAW BRIDGE, SUBJECT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE AUTHORIZED THE WORLD CLOSURE FOR 2022 STEWART. BOOKS SHOW RESOLUTION NUMBER 90-2021, MR MARTEL. RESOLUTION 1920 21 OF RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE 48TH ANNUAL STEWART BOAT SHOW FROM TUESDAY. JANUARY 11TH AT FIVE A.M. THROUGH MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT FIVE P.M. 2022 ALONG NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS STATE ROAD, SEVEN OF SEVEN FROM ALBANY AVENUE SOUTH. OF THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE TO FERN STREET AT THE FCC RAILROAD CROSSING NORTH OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER DRAWBRIDGE SUBJECT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVAL, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM STAFF ON THIS MATTER? I'M OTHER THAN THIS IS, UM. THE SECOND TIME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS AS OF LAST YEAR, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW BY. REQUIRING UM, THE STUART BOAT SHOW AND MARINE INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE, UM, TRAFFIC. UM, OFFICERS ON US ONE DURING PEAK HOUR. AREAS WHICH THEY'RE REDIRECTING TRAFFIC DURING THOSE TIME PERIODS LAST YEAR WERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT. IT WAS THE BEST YEAR WE'VE HAD WITH IT SO FAR. THE OTHER THING. THE ONLY OTHER CHANGED AREAS FROM LAST YEAR IS THAT INSTEAD OF THERE BEING THREE DIGITAL SIGNS THERE'S TWO DIGITAL SIGNS BASED UPON, UM, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION. WHO'S SUSAN O'ROURKE, WHO SUBMITTED A REPORT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL SECOND. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND BY, UM COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD AND THEN SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MATHESON. DO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UM. MARINE INDUSTRIES IS HERE. THE ONLY THING I'D SAY IS HELP. THE BOAT SHOW IS. YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE THE BOAT SHOW TO GROW, BUT IT NEEDS TO
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CONSIDER ITS ITS LOCATION WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OFFERS. AT TIMES, AND, UH, SOME HAVEN'T MOVED MUCH, BUT AT THE NORTH POINT OF STEWART, AND WE NEED TO JUST CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. I KNOW I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A BOAT SHOW HERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART, BUT JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE LOCATION AND ABILITY TO GROW. AND BE A VERY BENEFICIAL BOAT SHOW. THANK YOU, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE MR TOM WATCHING HIM FROM THE MARINE INDUSTRIES. 48 YEARS. BEST. WE. THERE. THE SMELL SHOW. WE WERE VERY.HERE IS ALLOWED. ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING MINE'S BIGGER. JUST HERE. THANKING YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS. WE'VE HAD A MOTION IN THE SECOND. UM, CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, COMMISSIONER BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES. AND MAYOR
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AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR THE CDBG COVID PROGRAM (RC):
RESOLUTION No.104-2021; RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER, TO APPLY TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FFY (FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR) 2021 COVID PROGRAM, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]CLARK. YES. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COVID PROGRAM RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE OF 4-2021, MR MARTEL. POLLUTION ONE OF FOUR DAYS 2021 OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT OR CDBG. F Y I FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2021 COVID PROGRAM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM MR FREEMAN DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT? IT'S MY ITEM.
HONEST. I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. HELP SIR. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE SECOND PRESENTATION OF THE CDBG CO. IT PROGRAM THE FIRST TIME IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT FEW MONTHS AGO, WHERE THE BOARD DISCUSSED ACTIVITIES THAT WE SHOULD BE UNDERTAKING FOR THE CTBT COVID PROGRAM. THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO APPLY FOR THE PRE APPLICATION FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHAB THE REALLY GARY BUILDING ON MLK, UH SO WE MADE THE PRE APPLICATION. THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE A SECOND PRESENTATION. SO THE CONSULTANT IS HERE TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. WE WILL BE MAKING THE FINAL APPLICATION. THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS NOVEMBER 1ST. AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 4-2021 AUTHORIZING TO APPLY FOR THE CDBG COVID PROGRAM. AND I'LL LET CORBETT GIVE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, R CONSULTANT, PLEASE. YOU KNOW? YEAH.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, THERE WE GO. I THOUGHT I
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WAS JUST BEING LOUD. UM. THIS IS A CDBG APPLICATION. CDBG APPLICATIONS, UH, COME FROM HOOD TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THEN THERE'S A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. CDBG FUNDS MUST BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. THEY THERE ARE OTHER THERE. THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR USE OF CDBG FUNDS. LOW ADMIRE INCOME PERSONS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 70% OF FUNDS MUST BE USED TO BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. YOU CAN ALSO USE IT TO REMOVE SLUM AND BLIND. UH SUCH AS WORKING IN YOUR SCIARRA AREA, AND YOU CAN ALSO USE A, UH THERE'S A SOMETIMES SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTERS TO BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY HURRICANES. THIS IS A SPECIAL PREPARATIONS FOR COVID.SO THE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE. PREVENT PREPARE FOR OR RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS. AND WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE A DIRECT EFFECT. UH COST ASSOCIATED CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION, SUCH AS REHAB, REHABBING ABILITY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION. OR MORE TESTING CENTERS AND THEN INDIRECT EFFECTS SUCH AS ECONOMIC IMPACTS. TO UH, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT LOAD A MODERATE INCOME. IS IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR, ACCORDING TO HOOD, BUT ACCORDING TO HOOD LOADED MODERN INCOME THIS YEAR IS FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS $57,200. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. THE RECOMMENDED PROJECT IS TO ACQUIRE THE GARY UH, PLAZA. LOCATED 7 20 SOUTHEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD IN EAST STEWART TO CONVERT REHAB AND REUSE THE FACILITY AS A MICRO ENTERPRISE. BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND WORK JOB TRAINING CENTER. AH THE ESTIMATED BUDGET IS $4.7 MILLION WITH ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING. ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SUCH AS TESTING, IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ON THAT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. ACQUISITION. AND THEN PROJECT DELIVERY AND INSPECTION. THERE WAS A PROCESS OVERALL, THERE WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING PRE APPLICATION AND THEN. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE'RE HAVING TODAY, AND THEN, UH, THE APPLICATION WILL BE FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED THIS WEEK. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN EVERYTHING ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS AFTER THIS RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. AND WITH THAT I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. UH, COMMENTS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS THINK ABOUT JUST A QUICK STEP. UPDATES QUICK STAFF UPDATE ON WHAT'S OCCURRED WITH THE PROPERTY SINCE SOME. WE'VE LAST HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CDBG GRANT. SO AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT PROPERTY HAS GONE UNDER CONTRACT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAS, UH. FAILED TO CONTRACT AND POTENTIAL BUYERS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF IT. HOWEVER THERE IS CURRENTLY A CONTRACT ON THAT PROPERTY WITH A, UH GOING THROUGH US THROUGH DILIGENCE PHASE WITHIN A PROJECTED CLOSING DATE IN FEBRUARY. UM. IF WE WERE TO PURSUE THIS GRANT, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE NOT PROBABLY WE WOULD HAVE A ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AS IT RELATES TO OUR CONSULTANTS SO THAT HE DOESN'T YOU KNOW, GET LEFT HAND IN THE BAG FOR GOING TO THIS PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY. UM AND I HAVE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT. A COST OF THE PROPERTY HAS INCREASED BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST THAT HAS GONE AS A SURROUNDED THE PROPERTY, UM TO SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE 8 96. HOWEVER I DO NOT ANTICIPATE CHANGING OR FORMULA OR WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN THE GRANT I WOULD UTILIZE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY OPEN FOR UTILIZATION ARE FOR FUNDING TO OFFSET THE. THE COSTS FROM WHAT IT WAS BEFORE TO WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE. IF WE END UP GETTING THE PROPERTY, I DO KNOW THAT MR GARY, THANKS TO THE MAYOR FOR SETTING UP A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL TODAY. DOES STILL WISH TO FOR THE CITY TO PURSUE THIS PROJECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY HE HAS TO MAINTAIN ALL THESE OPTIONS AND WHETHER
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OR NOT WE'VE RECEIVED A GRANT IS STILL UP THERE. WITH THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO DELIBERATE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED AND.MM I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE RISK OF THE $5000 IS WORTH GOING FORWARD. STILL PURSUING THE GRAND THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? MR MCDONALD? OR I JUST SAID, I AGREE ON THE FIRST OF RISK FOR THE $5000. YES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. I AGREE.
ALSO. IS THERE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER SIX? WE HAD EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. WE DIDN'T THINK WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT NEXT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO DELIBERATE OKAY, ALRIGHT. WELL, ALRIGHT. SO IS THERE IN A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE PRESENTATION FROM MR CALL IT WHICH CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN? CORBETT ORBITS. AND SOMEWHERE CRYSTAL WILL ACCEPT YOUR SECOND. BITE OF THE APPLE. THANK YOU ON THIS ITEM. THIS, ER I HOPE SO. GRANTS. FROM WHAT I SEE. ONLY THING WE HAVE TO. SO THIS GOES UNDER A COVID GRANT. BAD. FINAL FACILITY WILL HAVE SOME WAY OF. HELPING TREAT OR HELPING. DEAL WITH FUTURE COVID OUTBREAKS. IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS THE ONLY. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT IS EXPECTED OF US. TO GET THIS FEDERAL GRANT. AND. BUT IN GENERAL I'D LIKE TO, I'D KIND OF LIKE TO UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING, BUT. IS THERE KIND OF LIKE A WINK AND A NOD TYPE OF THING LIKE WHEN WE ACCEPT GRANTS FROM THE FEDS OR FROM THE STATE. DO THEY HAVE? SOME KIND OF LEVERAGE OVER US OR SOME SORT OF. EXPECTATIONS OF US IN OTHER WAYS IN GENERAL. AND I'M I'M STILL HAVING IT ISN'T JUST THE CITY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS GETTING THESE GRANTS. BASED ON COVID. AND IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UM ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC? MISS HELEN MCBRIDE IS APPROACHING. LET MCBRIDE. RIGHT FLAMINGO AVENUE. I HAVE BEEN HERE AND BEEN LISTENING TO WHY WE'D LIKE TO ACQUIRE THIS PIECE OF LAND. IF THERE IS A HISTORY THAT AND I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GO FORWARD AND TRY TO GET THIS MONEY. BECAUSE WHAT YOU PLAN ON DOING WITH THE MONEY IS NOT FROM COVID. THEY BROUGHT ME COME DOWN SICK. IT'S FOR THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, KEEP THE. THANK YOU, MISS MCBRIDE. COMMISSIONERS. MADAM MERRILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 14 2021.
SECOND. THE MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MATHESON SECOND BY COMMISSION BRUNER WITH REGARD TO APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE OF 4 2021. WE'VE HAD COMIN FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION BY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT. AT THIS TIME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER. QUESTIONS THE LAST COURT TO ALL THIS. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, THAT'S OCCURRED TO WELL. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. WHAT THE VOTE IN. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES VICE MAYOR MATHESON? YES MAYOR CLARKE? YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES? YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT LETTER IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE LOCK
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LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS INITIATIVE (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 111-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AND ENDORSING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE NEWLY FORMED ‘LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS INITIATIVE’ CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING NATURAL HYDROLOGY OF LANDS ADJOINING THE LOXAHATCHEE AND ST. LUCIE RIVERS WHILE CONSERVING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PLANTS AND WILDLIFE THEREUPON; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]SOLUTION HEADWATERS INITIATIVE, AND THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 11. 1 2021. UM. ATTORNEY MORE TELL. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE ONE 1-2021 OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AND ENDORSING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE NEWLY FORMED LOCKS, A LUCY HEADWATERS INITIATIVE. CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING NATURAL HYDROLOGY OF LANDS AND JOINING THE LOXAHATCHEE AND SAINT LUCY RIVERS, WHILE CONSERVING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PLANTS AND WILDLIFE THEREUPON. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR CROSS KEY. OFFICE. THE WHOLE GUARD,
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OKAY? GOOD. I'M GOOD. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS BEN HOGARTH COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE RECORD. UM THIS LETTER WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER QUICKLY. UH IT WAS A TURNAROUND OF SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AREA HAVE ALREADY SUPPORTED THIS INITIATIVE. FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THE BENEFIT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. THIS HAS TO DO WITH WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND ALTHOUGH UM, IT'S SORT OF GOT DISTRACTED IN THE MEDIA AND THE PRESS EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.UNFORTUNATELY COINCIDED WITH THE SURFSIDE TRAGEDY SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT.
UM WHAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST WILDLIFE CORRIDOR INITIATIVE THAT WE WILL SEE IN OUR REGION. OH, YEAH. HEY, IT SO, UH, APOLOGIES. I'M GONNA ACTUALLY INTRODUCED GREG BROWN, WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A BACKGROUND ON WHERE THIS CAME FROM FOR STAFF WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. UM THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL CITIES AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AREA THAT HAVE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT I'LL LOOK GREG, TAKE IT AWAY FOR NOW. THANKS. MR BROWN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ACTUALLY MATT SEXTON. I'M WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND AND WE'RE NATIONAL NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION. I'M ACTUALLY BASE HERE LOCALLY IN STUART. AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS THE CITY OF STEWART HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE WATERS THAT SURROUND IT. UM IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. THE CONSERVATION FUND WORKED WITH THE CITY OF SWEAR TO HELP BUY LANDS FOR THE HANEY CREEK AND POPPLETON CREEK GREENWAYS. AND LIKE THAT INITIATIVE, THE LOCKS LUCY HEADWATERS INITIATIVE. IS GEARED TOWARDS PROTECTING THE WATERS OF THE LOXAHATCHEE ST LUCIE RIVER, THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON BUT ALSO THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER TO THE SOUTH. AND SO GREG BRAUN, WHOSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY, ONE OF THE THREE NONPROFITS THAT ARE HELPING SPEARHEAD THIS INITIATIVE, GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOU IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. OKAY? THANKS MATT FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR OFFERING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE LIKES LUCY HEADWATERS PROJECT. WE'VE CERTAINLY BEEN WORKING WITH BEN. SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION THAT RIVERS, COALITION MEETINGS OR. THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION, ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER, BUT WE APPRECIATE BEING DRIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE IT TO ALL OF YOU. AND I'VE ACTUALLY PUT IN SOME SLIDES BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE. SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN WATER QUALITY KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS PROJECT CERTAINLY BRINGS THAT HUNG. SO JUST START OFF WITH THAT FIRST LINE TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HEADWATERS. YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT HEADWATERS ARE. BUT THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO TAKEN BY DRONE BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTISANS. JEFFREY SMITH. AND THIS IS WHAT THE LUXOR LUCY HEADWATERS ARE.
IT'S NOT THE PRETTY FLOWING CREEK THAT PEOPLE CAN CANOE AND KAYAK DOWN. THESE ARE THE WETLANDS THAT ARE KIND OF THEY GIVE SQUISH WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THEM AND WATER DURING THE RAINY SEASON. FLOWS OFF OF THOSE INTO THE LOCKS LUCY HEADWATERS FOR THE LOXAHATCHEE IN THE ST LUCIE. NEXT SLIDE THERE, BEN. SO THIS IS OVERALL JUST THAT LOCATION MAP FOR WHERE THIS IS AT, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU OFF. YOU'RE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT BECAUSE NO, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES. BUT JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE RECEIVING END OF WHAT HAPPENS FROM WATER COMING DOWN THE C 44. SO YOU ARE ALSO ON THE RECEIVING END OF WATER THAT LEADS FROM. BOUNDARY OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE ALL EAST OF I 95 FROM THE TURNPIKE WEST OF THE DEVELOPED US ONE CORRIDOR IN MOTOWN AND GENERALLY BOUNDED BY. JONATHAN DICKINSON TO THE SOUTH AND COBRA ODE TO THE NORTH. IT'S NOT. WHAT REALLY BROUGHT US TO THIS IS YOU MAY KNOW THAT. ATLANTIC BRIDGE PRESERVE. STATE PARK IS KIND OF A HIDDEN GEM RIGHT HERE. NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE GO OFF AND RECREATE, BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARDS, NOT TOO WELL KNOWN, BUT ONE OF THE PROCESS IS THAT THE STATE GOES THROUGH IS SOMETHING CALLED. IDENTIFYING THE OPTIMAL OR THE OPTIMUM BOUNDARY, SO THE STATE PARK SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD THEY OWN? IF THEY COULD. IT WAS A PERFECT WORLD TO CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY ON HOW THEY WOULD MANAGE THEIR PROPERTY. SO THIS IS THE. A SLIDE RIGHT OUT OF
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THE ATLANTIC RIDGE PRESERVE STATE PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND YOU SEE THE STATE PARK PROPERTIES THERE IN THE BLUE. HORIZONTAL CATCHING THE PROPERTIES IN THE RED ARE THE ONES THAT THE STATE HAS SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES IN OUR PROJECT BOUNDARY NORTH OF BRIDGE ROAD. IT'S BEEN ON THE STATE'S ACQUISITION LIST FOR OVER A DECADE. BUT I'M SORRY TO REPORT WE'VE HAD ZERO ACQUISITIONS WITHIN. SO THIS IS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT. WE'RE TRYING TO JUMP START THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE FOLKS UP IN TALLAHASSEE TO MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE FLORIDA FOREVER MONEY. THEY HAVE A COMPLEX KIND OF MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION. ABOUT WHAT? HOW TO GET POINTS ON IT.TWO OF THE BIG CRITERIAS ARE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT. OVER 10 YEARS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYONE UP THERE LOBBYING TO TELL THEM THAT WE'D LIKE OUR. LIKE THIS PROPERTY PURCHASED AND NUMBER TWO IS FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS. AND WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT HERE WE ARE HIGHLY DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST FLORIDA DOLLARS PER ACRE IN HERE ARE CERTAINLY PUTTING US AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE LARGER TRACKS UP IN NORTH FLORIDA. SO. TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT THEY HAVE THIS SORT OF CATEGORY ABOUT FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND ONE OF THOSE IS MATCHING FUNDS. SO OUR INITIATIVE IS TO TRY TO INDEED GET GRASSROOTS SUPPORT NUMBER ONE IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE THE TALLAHASSEE AND SAY, NOT ONLY DO I RESIDENTS SUPPORT THIS. BUT HERE'S ESSENTIALLY A CHECK FOR HOWEVER MANY MILLION DOLLARS WE CAN RAISE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. NEXT LONDON. SO THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROJECT BOUNDARY? SO AGAIN, THE ATLANTIC RIDGE PRESERVE STATE PARK IS IN THE PURPLE AND THOSE GREEN PARCELS ARE THE ONES THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY. SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY ■THE SAME MAP AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE PRESERVE STATE PARK. BUT IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT. MOST OF THOSE LARGE TRACTS ARE ONES THAT ARE ON BOTH OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS LIST. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WATER QUALITY KINDS OF THINGS.
I THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN THIS MAP I'VE BEEN IT'S PROBABLY SHOWN IT TO YOU IN THE PAST. IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTING WATERSHED BASINS INTO THE SAME LOOKS YESTERDAY.
VERY. SEEN TO BY FAR THE LARGEST ONE IN OVER 40,000 ACRES IS THE SOUTHPORT BASIN AND MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT AREA THAT GREEN POLYGON OR ONES THAT ARE WITHIN OUR ACQUISITION LIST. NEXT LIFE. SO HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH WATER QUALITY? YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY ARE CONCERNED AND HAVE BEEN CONCERNED FOR YEARS OR DECADES, WITH WATER QUALITY COMING DOWN. THE C 44 LIKE OGUNJOBI. WE KNOW THAT THAT OVERWHELMS THE ESTUARY. BEN IS PROBABLY SHOWING YOU AT VARIOUS TIMES OF FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES, MAPS SHOWING WATER QUALITY, AND THIS IS ONE FROM JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SHOWING IN COLORS AND GREAT.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADES A THROUGH DEATH, THE WATER QUALITY IN THE DIFFERENT SURFACE WATERS AND, UM, IN THE AREA, NOT JUST THE CITY OF STEWART, BUT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE INDIAN RIVER LOOKING. AND SO I'VE CIRCLED IN RED. WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF. WE GOT AN F. AND YES, INDEED, THERE WAS WATER COMING DOWN FROM LIKE OKEECHOBEE AT THAT TIME, AND WE CAN I MEAN HE'D BLAME THE CORE OR AS YOU ARE DOING, TRYING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM OVER SEVERAL DECADES PERIOD TO STOP THAT. GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IF YOU WOULD THEN. EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO DISCHARGE COMING OUT THE C 44 IF YOU SEE HERE IN THE WINDING SOUTH PORK SECTION OF THE RIVER, WE STILL HAVE AN F. WATER QUALITY IN THERE IS JUST BAD. WE NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS IT NOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE D P ON THE B MAPS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING FOR WATERS THAT ARE ALREADY IMPAIRED, BUT WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER OUR OWN DESTINY, AND THAT IS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED WITHIN THE WATERSHED. NEXT LINE. SO WE THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A NO BRAINER. IT'S CERTAINLY POSITIVE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. IT AFFECTS HUMAN HEALTH. POSITIVELY CERTAINLY RECREATION WHETHER YOU'RE A VOTER OF THIS SERMON, KAYAKER. STAND UP PADDLE BORDER WHEREVER IT WOULD BE. OR EVEN THAT PICTURE UP IN THE UPPER LEFT WHEN I WAS ON THE RIVER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I GOT THAT PICTURE OF SOME KIDS OUT DOING THE HUCK FINN RAFTING DOWN THE SOUTH FORK. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE WATER QUALITY IN THE SOUTH FORK TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT. BUT LOOK FISHING AND DANGEROUS SPECIES. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THIS. LITTLE BIT
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OF EVERYTHING IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. NEXT LIFE. SO OUR COMMITTEE. STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS IT CONSISTS OF NOT ONLY THE CONSERVATION FUND BUT ALSO THE TREASURE. THE TREASURE TO LANDS FOUNDATION, WHICH IS BASED ON HOPE SOUND. THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS AND THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY OR THE THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE KIND OF SPEARHEADING ALL OF THIS. AND YES, WE'RE BASED DOWN AND HOPE SOUND, BUT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PARCELS THAT ARE OF MOST INTEREST TO US, AND THESE WERE THE CRITERIA THAT WE CAME UP WITH.CERTAINLY, IT NEEDS TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY VALUABLE LANDS. IDEALLY WE WANT RESTORE A BLE HYDROLOGY AND MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA, MAN. THEY'RE NOT IN TOO BAD A CONDITION, BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN MANAGED FOR MANY YEARS FOR CATTLE PASTURE. WHAT THAT HAS DONE IS IT IS ARTIFICIALLY DRAWN DOWN THE WATER TABLE AND INDEED RUNOFF FROM THOSE PROPERTIES. IT'S WHAT IS WHAT'S COMING INTO THE SOUTH FORK, SO WE WANT TO RESTORE THAT HYDROLOGY. CERTAINLY WANT TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN JONATHAN DICKINSON AND ATLANTIC RIDGE. YOU KNOW HERE THESE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LANDS THAT ARE SEPARATED BY ONLY A COUPLE MILES. WE KNOW THAT THE WILDLIFE IS USING THAT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGH THIS, WE DID A WILDLIFE MORTALITY STUDY AND WE CAME UP WITH HUNDREDS OF DEAD ANIMALS ON BRIDGE RIGHT THERE, JUST TRYING TO GET FROM THE WETLANDS ON ONE SIDE TO THE WET ONES. ON THE OTHER SIDE AND BRIDGE ROAD IS. UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY MAJOR CORRIDOR THAT IS BISECTING THOSE NATURAL LANDS. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT WILDLIFE CROSSINGS AND ONE THING OR ANOTHER, AND IT'S CERTAINLY OUR HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS PROJECT WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. VENDING URBAN SPRAWL THERE CERTAINLY PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COUNTIES SECONDARY URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY. COULD THEY BE DEVELOPED? YES SHOULD THERE BE DEVELOPED WELL, THEY'VE GOT A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WETLANDS AND SO THE REASON THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET IS THE ECONOMICS JUST AREN'T THERE TO MAKE IT WORK. SO OUR PROJECT IS TO NOT TAKE THEIR LAND FROM THEM, BUT OFFER TO WILLING SELLERS THE PRICE THAT THEY WANT SO THAT WE BRING THIS INTO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. RESTORE THE NATURAL WATER FLOWS. UH CERTAINLY YOU'VE READ ABOUT THE RECURRING FLOODING PROBLEMS DOWN AND HOPE SOUND. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND MR JENKINS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REROUTE THE WATER SO THAT. IT DOESN'T FLOOD THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE EAST OF US ONE. OF SALT WATER INTRUSION. YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING WITH THE FOLKS WITH THE LIKES TO HAVE TWO RIVER YOU KNOW THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM SALTWATER INTRUSION AS THE CYPRUS CONTINUE TO DIE AND GET REPLACED BY THE IN CREDIT COMMUNITY. RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. YES IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PIE IN THE SKY DREAM TO BE ABLE TO RIDE HORSEBACK FROM JONATHAN DICKINSON TO ATLANTIC RIDGE, BUT THROUGH BOTH PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTIES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FROM WILLING SELLERS WERE HOPING TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GET A MULTI USE PATHS OF PEOPLE WILL BE PEOPLE IN ANIMALS WILL BE ABLE TO THROUGH THAT AREA. NEXT LIVE PLAY. SO JUST LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE. UH LITTLE DID WE KNOW ABOUT THE PANDEMIC COMING? WE STARTED THIS WHOLE INITIATIVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND OUR ROLL OUT OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO BE IN MARCH OF 2020. YEAH AND WE HAD ALREADY SENT OUT INVITATIONS. SEVERAL OF YOU PROBABLY GOT THOSE. AND INDEED WE HAD TO PULL THE WHOLE THING BACK WHEN I WENT WHEN COVID. THE OUTBREAK GOT SO BAD. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET BILL. ROOMS. AND IT'S MADE THESE KINDS OF PRESENTATIONS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD WE THINK OF VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH PROGRAM. I ALWAYS HAVE. INTERACTED WITH A NUMBER OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. AND SO THAT LEADS TO YOUR ORDINANCE, WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL ADOPT UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WE'VE ALSO MET WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WE'VE TALKED WITH. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL. STATIONS AND, YES, I WAS UP IN TALLAHASSEE TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND STAFF. WE WERE MAKING OUR APPEAL TO THE FLORIDA FOREVER DECISION MAKERS AND I'D SAY WE WERE PRETTY WARMLY RECEIVED. NEXT LIFE. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN KEY ENDORSEMENTS FROM A VARIETY OF ENTITIES. TRAVELED WITH THE MOST NOTABLE ONES. THERE ARE WATER QUALITY RELATED PEOPLE. AND YOU ALL CERTAINLY FOLLOW THE POLITICS THAT MARTIN COUNTY. WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET A UNANIMOUS AND HORSE MINT BY THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS DON'T OFTEN AGREE UNANIMOUSLY ON ANYTHING, BUT
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THEY WERE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND I THINK THEY LOOKED AT THE LONG TERM BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM. FROM A WATER QUALITY PERSPECTIVE. THE RIVERS COALITION. AND ENDORSED THIS AND YOU SEE A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM MARK PERRY THERE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY IN THE RIVER. TO WATER QUALITY, BUT WHAT AFFECTS THAT IS THOSE WATERS FROM THE LOTS OF CATCHY IN THE SOUTH WORK AND OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER TRIBUTARIES AND THIS IS SOME OF THE OTHER. NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT ARE LOCAL AUDUBON CHAPTER AND THE NATIVE PLANT. SOCIETY HAVE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTIVE. AND THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL LIST. I'VE GOT COPIES OF THE LETTERS AND ENDORSEMENT FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON OUR LOCKS, LUCY HEADWATERS WEBSITE. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND IF THEY'RE DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCING KINDS OF THINGS, THIS IS THE MONEY MAN SO HE CAN ANSWER THIS. THANK YOU, MR BRAUN. MR. OH GOD. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS I SEE. MISSIONER NO, I'M HERE TO ANSWER FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE. IF ANYONE ASKS QUESTIONS, OKAY, COMMISSION MCDONALD. GREG THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME OF AT LEAST THE SECOND TIME.PRETTY SURE SECOND. I THINK I'VE SEEN IT A THIRD TIME. GREAT PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY GOOD AND I SUPPORT THE LETTER SO. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU I THOUGHT IT WAS. IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER SO I THINK IT'S A VERY THINK IT'S VERY INCLUSIVE. AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF, UH, EXPLAINING IT TO SO RIGHT? YOU, SIR.
POSSIBLE. YOU LIKE REBECCA OLD SCHOOL DAYS. UM, THANK YOU, MR MEYER. MR MATHESON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WELL I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK MR BRAUN FOR COMING. UM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HIM SCHEDULED TO SPEAK NEXT WEEK TO THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I THINK. PRIVATE LAND ACQUISITION FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES IS VERY IMPORTANT TOOL IN OUR TOOL KIT. UM AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD TO SEE SUCH A LARGE EFFORT HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH OUR ZONING AND. NO LAND USE DECISIONS AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES SO EXCITED TO SEE A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE AND YOU KNOW FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE. IN THE CITY OF SORT, OF COURSE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHERE ONE COMMUNITY MARTIN COUNTY IS VERY DIFFERENT. WHAT SETS US APART IS OUR LAND STEWARDSHIP AND OUR OUR RECORD ACROSS THE STATE, A RECORD. A NUMBER OF ACRES RELATIVE TO SIZE OF OUR COUNTY. THAT'S IN CONSERVATION. AND SO THIS BENEFITS US. UM IT BENEFITS US FOR WATER QUALITY. BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS US BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF STEWART, DON'T. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT STUCK, YOU KNOW, BY BEHIND THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY LIKE I GO TO HOW PATIO OKAY, AND TRAIL RIDE ALL THE TIME. AND I LOVE THE PARKS AND WE RECREATE THERE. AND SO THIS BENEFITS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULDN'T SUPPORT IT ENOUGH AND HELP. LOOK FORWARD TO WRITING YOU A CHECK FROM MY OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNT THAT PAID MY WAY. SOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MATHESON. I JUST WANTED. THANK YOU, MR BRAUN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HAVE SEEN THIS A COUPLE TIMES AND TWO. EXCELLENT INITIATIVE. PORT TO SUPPORTING IN BEHALF OF THE CITY AND AS WELL AS I CAN'T. PERSONALLY, WE BE HEADING TO TALLAHASSEE. THIS SESSION. WELL, AND THEN WE WILL INDEED ACTUALLY ARE. WE'VE GOT A TWO PRONGED APPROACH THERE. ONE IS CERTAINLY WORKING WITH DECISION MAKERS FOR THE FLORIDA PROGRAM, BUT ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO TRY TO COME UP. WITH AN APPROPRIATION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CONTINUED ACQUISITION IN THESE. I'M PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY.
THE HEADWATERS OF THE SOUTH FORT WERE MAJOR TOPIC A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE GAVE A BOAT TOWARDS GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER ROMAN. UM AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GET TOO FAR UP THERE AND A BOAT. BUT JUST THAT DISTINCTION WAS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL FOR HER SELF FOR THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MEMBER TO SEE PERSONALLY HELP WHERE THEY. WATER FLOWS OUT OF THE S A T STRUCTURE FROM THE C 44, THEN MOVING UP TO THE. THE I KEPT CALLING IT THE NATURAL SOUTHFORK AND IT DIDN'T REALLY CLICK. TILL WE WENT UP A MILE OR SO. UP THERE AND I SHOWED HER ON AN IPAD. WHAT I MEANT BY THE HEADWATERS OF THIS NATURAL SELF WE CAN WEAR. FRESH WATER THAT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR ESTUARY IF IT WAS TRULY CLEAN, FRESH WATER. WOULD BECOME A SO, UM. THANK YOU AND I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER MCDONALD'S MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSION MEYER
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AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE LET'S NOT FORGET ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET ON THE LIST OF PRIORITY LIST. BUT LET'S ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE FLORIDA VOTERS. APPROVED FLORIDA FOREVER. $300 MILLION A YEAR, AND THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUES TO FALL FAR SHORT OF THAT. YEAH THAT FUNDING, I THINK, 30 SOMETHING MILLION AND 2019. A LITTLE MORE LAST YEAR SURPRISINGLY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO KEEP ON THEM ABOUT THAT, TOO, THAT THAT'S THAT'S FUNDED AT LESS THAN HALF. OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET THESE PROJECTS. APPROVED SO ANYWAY. THANK THANKS. YEAH YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. AND ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS AND, UM. IT'S JUST WONDERFUL AND ANY ANY LAND ACQUISITIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I AM FOR ALWAYS SAY, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS. 50 YEARS FROM NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT'S THE BEST DEAL I EVER MADE. AND WHEN YOU GET UP THERE TO TALLAHASSEE I KNOW THERE'S. SO MANY OF THEM THAT SAY WE'VE GOT ALL THIS LAND WE KEEP BUYING ALL THIS LAND. HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THIS LAND? WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN TO IS THE WAY THAT THE PANTHERS. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LAND, I GUESS. WEST OF OKEECHOBEE RIGHT THERE TO CERTAIN PLACE. WE NEED TO GET THAT TO THAT WAY. HE CAN TRAVEL AND INTO THE EVERGLADES. THIS IS JUST WE NEED THAT. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT LITTLE PIECE TOO. CONNECTED THANK YOU, SIR. YES, THERE IS EITHER FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR PROJECT AND YOU'RE RIGHT. MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. BUT THERE IS A PORTION ON THE EAST SIDE AND IT INCLUDES LANDS IN IN OUR PROJECT AREA. SO. WORDS WE'RE GOING FOR IT. THANK YOU. FOR ALL YOU DO, I DO. THANK YOU AS WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR. THAT MOTION IS TO SUBMIT A LETTER SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AS WELL AS THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, AND I JUST LIKE TO READ THE LETTER INTO THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WILL BE SIGNED. THE MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND HOME. IT MAY CONCERN TO THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STEWART IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS LETTER AND THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTION SUPPORT FOR THE LACK SOLUTION HEADWATERS CONSERVATION INITIATIVE. THE INITIATIVES, LOVE TO GOAL OF ESTABLISHING AND PROTECTED ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR AND CONNECTING THE SOURCES OF THE LACK TO HACHI AND THE ST LOUIS THE RIVERS BY THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF NEARLY 70,000 ACRES OF LAND IS A WORTHY ENDEAVOR. THE BENEFITS OF THE INITIATIVE WILL COMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND DESIRES OF STEWART AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE PURSUED INVARIABLE. THE RESTORATION OF THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, THE CITY OF STEWART HAS MADE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE STATE, LOOSER RIVER AND SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT IN THE FORM OF CONSERVATION RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE WATER QUALITY. WHILE MITIGATING FUTURE HARM. IN SO DOING, THE CITY HAS INVESTED CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. WHILE LOBBYING FOR POLICY CHANGE AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.HOWEVER THE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS REFLECTED BY THE WORK OF THE INITIATIVE. AND WITH THE AID AND SUPPORT OF THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY, THE CONSERVATION FUND. THE TREASURED LANDS FOUNDATION SERVES AS BOTH AN EXAMPLE AND A POTENTIAL CATALYSTS FOR THE SYSTEMIC CHANGE. WE HAVE LONG SOUGHT. THE HYDROLOGIC AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION. HAVE ACQUIRED LANDS PROPOSED BY THE INITIATIVE WILL ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE WILL SHARE IN THE BENEFITS OF A CLEANER, SAFER AND MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT. FOR THOSE REASONS, AND MANY MORE. THE CITY OF STEWART IS PLEASED TO ENDORSE THE LOCK SOLUTION. HEADWATERS INITIATIVE IN ALL OF ITS MANY TIRELESS EFFORTS AND ENDEAVOURS TO COME SINCERELY, YOU LOOK CLARK MAYOR AND, OF COURSE, ENDORSED BY. OUR CITY COMMISSION IN THEIR MOTION, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND THEY HAD IN THAT WAS READ BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. IS THIS STILL THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? YEAH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES COMMISSIONER BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES AND MAYOR CLARKE. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, MR HOGARTH. FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BETTER. OKAY NEXT ITEM, AND THANK YOU, MR BROWN AND COMPANY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
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RESOLUTION No. 118-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE REVISED RESTORATION PLAN FOR OSPREY PRESERVE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT US PRAY PRESERVED R P U D RESTORATION PLAN RESOLUTION NUMBER 118 2021 MR MORTAL RESOLUTION NUMBER 118 2021 OF RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE REVISED RESTORATION PLAN FOR US PRE PRESERVE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MR. TOM READS. YES STAFF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR MAYOR COULD GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS THE OSPREY PRESERVE RESTORATION PLAN PROPOSAL. IF YOU REMEMBER IT WAS PROPOSED ON OCTOBER 11TH. AND YOU ASKED THE APPLICANT TO BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION. WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTORATION PHASING PLAN THAT INCLUDED LARGER TREES. A METHOD OF IRRIGATION FOR THE RESTORATION. AND TIMING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE PERIMETER RETAINING WALL. THE APPLICANT MARRY TAJ HAS SUBMITTED A PHASING MEDICATION SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES TWO PHASING AS WELL AS IRRIGATION AND TIMING FOR THE RETAINING WALL. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A REVISED RESTORATION CALCULATION. ACCORDING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE NEW AMOUNT IS 55,100 AND $25. THESE ARE TREES THAT WOULD NOT FIT.IN THE BUFFER THE NEW BUFFERING AND RESTORED BUFFER AREA. MHM STAFF STILL RETAINS THE SHIRLEY BOND TO ENSURE THE RESTORATION OF THE BUFFER. WITH US STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE REVISED RESTORATION PLAN AND MITIGATION CONTRIBUTION. WITH PROPOSED PROPOSED PHASING NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT TO PROCEED. THE AFRICAN HAS GIVEN US A SHORT POWER PRESENTATION, WHICH I HOPE LOAD RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS MARK MCFARLAND WITH MERITAGE HOMES. UM OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. UM. AS YOU RECALL FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE RESTORATION PLAN UM, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE. UM. MORE OR LESS HASN'T CHANGED FROM BEFORE THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE. THERE WERE 19 LAUREL OAKS THAT WERE PROPOSED BEFORE THAT WERE THREE INCH CALIBRE IN SIZE, AND IT'S A REQUEST OF COMMISSIONER MAYOR.
I BELIEVE. UM WE DID INCREASE THOSE TREES TO, UM. SIX INCH CALIBRE, AND IN THAT THE HEIGHT INCREASED TO ABOUT 22 TO 25 FT. IMPLANTED HEIGHT. UM SO. LOOK AT THE CROSS SECTION. IT SHOWS A LITTLE HIGHER TREE THERE THAN EVERYTHING ELSE SETS TO LAUREL OAKS THAT WERE REVISED IN THERE AND THEY HAD IT. MM WHAT WE DID ALSO IS WE DID PROPOSE DID PROPOSAL PHASING PLAN? SO IF YOU RECALL FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. THERE IS A 10 FT HEDGE OF BUTTON WOODS THAT ARE ALONG AND RETAINING WALL THAT WE HAVE. UM. THOSE BUTTON OR BUTTON WOODS ALONG THE RETAINING WALL ARE CONSIDERED TO PHASE TWO. UM, DIDN'T WE CAN'T GET TOO CLOSE TO THE RETAINING WALL, SO THAT'S WHY THE PLANTING OF THOSE WILL BE DELAYED. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS PROPOSED IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE ONE. AND THAT PHASE ONE WE'RE COMMITTING TO STARTING IN TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. NOVEMBER EIGHT. THAT IS THE QUICKEST THAT OUR LANDSCAPE COMPANY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTED PROCURING THE PLANTINGS. UM SO BETWEEN GETTING THEIR WORKFORCE AVAILABLE AND GETTING ALL OF THE TREES ON SITE. THAT WAS THE QUICKEST THAT WE COULD MOBILISE THEM AND GET STARTED ON THE PLANTINGS OF PHASE ONE. UM. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE PHASE TWO. IS THOSE BUTTON WOODS ALONG RETAINING WALL RETAINING WALL.
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THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE RETAINING WALL. IT'S A PRE CAST WALL, SO ALL OF THE CONCRETE IS POURED OFF SITE FOR THE WALLS. IT'S BROUGHT IN ON SECOND IN SEGMENTS AND INSTALLED. UM OUR COMPANY IS ACTUALLY STARTED MANUFACTURING THOSE WALLS ALREADY. UM, I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO START THEM ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK FOR TODAY, BUT THEY STARTED LAST WEEK. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE A LITTLE EARLY. UM AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE STARTING TO INSTALL THOSE WALL SEGMENTS ON I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT. UM. AND HERE IT IS ON, UM, NOVEMBER 19TH. SO IN ABOUT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS. EXCUSE ME. WAL SEGMENTS WILL BE STARTING TO BE INSTALLED. SO AGAIN TWO WEEKS WE'LL START THE TREES, THE MAJOR TREES, THE PINES, THE OAKS THE UNDERSTORY IS UNDER THEM. AND ANOTHER WEEK AFTER THAT, WE WILL START THE WALL.MM WALL IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO TO INSTALL SO ABOUT MID DECEMBER THE WALL WILL BE DONE. ALL OF THE LANDSCAPE PLANTING IS ABOUT A FIVE OR SIX WEEKS. PERIOD TO DO ALL THE LANDSCAPING SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF SHRUBS, A LOT OF UNDERSTORY THAT HAS TO GO IN THERE SO ABOUT FIVE OR SIX WEEKS TO GET THAT DONE.
ONCE THE WALL IS DONE IN MID DECEMBER, WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON AND PLANT THOSE BUTTON. WOODS, WHICH TAKES US TO EARLY JANUARY. MOUNTAINS. DURING THIS WHOLE TIME, WE WILL BE WATERING ALL THE TREES WITH WATER TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY ANY SOURCE OF ON SITE WATER JUST ISN'T AVAILABLE. SO THERE IS A SMALL POND WE HAVE ON SITE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WATER IN IT RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE NOTHING THERE. PLUS THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY OUT THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE A SOURCE TO PUT A WELL IN OR ANYTHING YET. SO UNTIL WE DO GET UP THE WELL AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM WE WILL IRRIGATE WITH THE WATER TRUCKS.
UM. SO I GUESS ALL ALL SAID AND DONE. EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE IN ACCOMPLISHED BY EARLY TO MID JANUARY, AND IT'S ALL SPELLED SPELLED OUT HERE IN THIS LETTER. UM. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TIME FROM OUR ORIGINAL THOUGHT. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND PROBABLY START IN JANUARY. BUT NOW STARTING. UM IN TWO WEEKS AND GETTING EVERYTHING DONE BY THAT TIME, WE HOPE. SATISFIES CONCERNS OF THE BOARD AND WOULD ALLOW US TO RESUME CONSTRUCTION ON OUR MODEL HOME. UM SOON, VERY SOON. UM I KNOW OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO START HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, SO I HOPE YOU WILL GRANT US THAT. UM. I THOUGHT KNOWING THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO GET THIS WORK DONE. UM, VERY SOON AND AS WAS MENTIONED BY MR READS, WE HAVE A BOND IN PLACE. TO ASSURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING DONE AND DONE ON IT SCHEDULE. UM, THAT MEETS THIS SKETCH. SO. THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, I'M HERE AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. SO YOU'RE GONNA PARENTS, 15 FT OF THE BUFFER. GONNA LEAVE 10 FT, WHICH IS THE BUTTON WOODS. THE BUFFER IS 30 FT. SO OKAY, OKAY. 20 FT OF THE UPPER. OKAY AND THEN, UM, YOU'RE GONNA START WORKING THE WALL IMMEDIATELY. WHEN WILL VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION START? UH, UNDER YOUR PLAN? UH WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO START NEXT WEEK, A WEEK FROM TODAY.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME. OKAY, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE BUFFER NEEDS TO THE VERY MINIMUM. EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE BUTTON WOULD NEED TO BE IN FOR ME. SO I THINK I SAID THAT THE LAST MEETING SO AT THE VERY MINIMUM AND I, AND I'M NOT CONVINCED IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE RECKLESSLY CUT DOWN THE TREES. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? YOU SAID YOU CAN'T PUT THE WALL IN WITH THE TREES THERE. BUT HOW WOULD YOU HAVE DONE THE WALL WITH THE TREES? WELL. BALL. JUST THE BUTTON WOODS WHEN WE, WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL BUFFER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. HOW WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IT WITH THE ORIGINAL BUFFER THERE? THE BUTTON. WOODS WERE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE WALL. NOT NECESSARILY 10. FT. THERE THERE RIGHT THERE, THEY TAKE UP A FEW FEET PROBABLY, AND THAT'S ALL WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO REMOVE, AND THAT'S ALL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN THE CLEARING PLAN WAS JUST A COUPLE OF FEET OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS OF THE WALL. SO NOTHING IS CHANGING, REALLY ON THAT FRONT. IT'S JUST WE PHYSICALLY CAN'T PUT THOSE BUTTON WOODS IN PLACE. AND BUILD THE WALL THE SAME TIME THAT THEY'RE JUST TOO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER. OKAY? EITHER WAY, I CAN'T. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT UNTIL THE MAIN AT THE VERY MINIMUM TWO MAIN BUFFER IS COMPLETELY GOOD. YES, I DO UNDERSTAND. YOUR CONCERN ON THAT FRONT, AND AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, I. EVERYTHING FROM OUR COMPANY. WE ARE EXTREMELY REMORSEFUL OVER WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS DONE. IT WAS TOTALLY INADVERTENT, NOT DONE ON PURPOSE IT SERVES TO BENEFIT NOBODY. IN THE LONG RUN. I MEAN, IT'S A DETRIMENT TO OUR
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PROJECT BY TAKING DOWN THAT NATURAL BUFFER THAT WAS. YOU KNOW, UH, IT WAS A RESOURCE TO OUR PROJECT, SO TAKING IT DOWN. IN THE MANNER IT DID. WAS WRONG AND THIS GOES A LONG WAY TO RESTORING. IN THE LONG RUN, WE THINK, WHAT WILL THE MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE? HOWEVER, TO HOLD US BACK FROM STARTING CONSTRUCTION. WHAT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS? WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT. IMPACT WE'VE ALREADY WAITED TWO MONTHS HONESTLY TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD ORIGINALLY WANTED TO START IN MID SEPTEMBER, SO WE'RE NOW ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER THAT TIME, SO. OBVIOUSLY IT IS UP TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I WOULD YOU KNOW.I IMPLORE YOU TO ALLOW US TO START IN A WEEK WITH THIS APPROVED PLAN. WITH OUR BAND IN PLACE. AND KNOWING THAT IF WE DO NOT MEET THESE MILESTONES, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN STOP WORK OR COMPLETELY PLACED ON US IMMEDIATELY, AND. UNTIL WE GET BACK ON SCHEDULE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN. HOW LONG DID YOU SAY? IT WILL TAKE YOUR ESTIMATION, TOO. TO PLANT EVERYTHING BUT THE BUTTON WOODS AND THE WALL ABOUT FIVE OR SIX WEEKS FROM START, WHICH IS WHICH ISN'T ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU SAID, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY'LL BE STARTING ON NOVEMBER EIGHT.
AND COMPLETION WOULD BE ABOUT DECEMBER 17TH AT THE LATEST. YOU KNOW WE WERE. THERE'S A CHANCE WE COULD FINISH A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT. ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT 50% OF OUR BOND UP IF IT'S NOT DONE BY THE 17TH? ABSOLUTELY MEMBER. YES. AND 100% OF THAT'S NOT DONE BY THE 24. YES. I MEAN, THE ENTIRE BOND IS AT RISK. SHOULD WE NOT REFORM. PERFORMED BY DECEMBER.
17TH YES, WELL, YES, YES, THE ENTIRE BOND WOULD BE AT RISK IF WE DO NOT PERFORM BY THE 17TH.
YES. MR MARTEL. DO WE HAVE THAT CURRENTLY IN WRITING THAT IF. WHAT THEY'RE STATING AS PHASE ONE OF THE BUFFER. WILL BE FULLY INSTALLED BY DECEMBER. 17TH. OR THEY 4 50. TIRE BOND.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BOND YOU RECOGNIZE THE PERSON WITH THE MONEY IS NOT DOWN. BARN WOULD BE AN INSURANCE COMPANY. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BONDED BY A DEADLINE. MOST OF THE TIME. THERE'S A. DAILY PENALTY RATHER THAN FORFEIT OF THE ENTIRE BOND.
BUT MAYBE THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT HAS THAT I'D HAVE TO SEE IT. IT'S YEAH, IT'S IN POSSESSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WATER SITUATION AND THE PLANTS IF THEY DO GO IN PHASING THAT YOU'RE TALKING. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO START YOUR YOU WANT TO START YOUR CONSTRUCTION? UH SO YOU'RE USING, LIKE JUST THE MIXER TRUCKS AND WHATEVER FOR WATER? YEAH WE HAVE. OUR CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE A WATER TRUCK ON SITE THAT. WILL BE FILLED WITH WATER EVERY DAY. AND I THINK THE PLANT OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR LANDSCAPE COMPANY SAID THERE WOULD BE WATERING THE PLANTS EVERY OTHER DAY. FROM THE WATER TRUCK. UNTIL THEY GET. YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY GET SOME GIRLS IN THEM, OKAY. LET MR MEYER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. UM. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD SO IN YOUR MIND. THE MAJOR SCREENING. I MEAN THE BUTTON WOODS ARE RIGHT? THE MAJOR SCREENING OF THE LAUREL OAKS AND THE YOU KNOW THE MAJOR KINDS, VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING BY NOVEMBER EIGHT YOU KNOW, DUBAI PROMISE OF THE WORK SCHEDULE AND THE BOND TO BE COMPLETED BY WHATEVER THAT DATE IS. THE I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. YOU YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY VERTICAL? YEAH NO BUILDINGS GOING UP UNTIL IT'S COME UNTIL BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE THE SCREENING UP FIRST.
IT'S ABOUT SCREAMING HOME YOU'RE SAYING NO MODEL HOME, NO MATTER HOME, NO VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. THEY CAN DO THEIR SITE WORK OR WHATEVER THEY'RE YOU KNOW THEY'RE DOING THAT NOW, BUT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO DO THAT FOR IRRIGATION, RIGHT STORMWATER, BUT VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL THEY HAD IN MY OPINION. AND IT'S JUST WHERE I'M GOING, UH, UNTIL THE BUFFER IS REPLACED, OKAY? AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE BUTTON WOODS. THAT'S UH, THAT'S LIKE YOU SAID. THEY'RE SMALL AND. AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY 10 FT. TALL SO THAT I MEAN, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIAL, BUT YEAH, PHYSICALLY JUST CAN'T BE PUTTING. SO IS THAT FOR IS THAT FOR PURPOSES OF LIKE SCREENING OR IS THAT MORE FOR LIGHT A
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FIRE AND MAKE SURE IT'S DONE BOTH? I WANT TO LIGHT A FIRE, AND I ALSO HAVE TO END THE SCREEN BOTH I THINK YOU KNOW? I'M GETTING A LOT OF FLAK ABOUT THIS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. AND. THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS IS NOT TO DO THIS AND.THE ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT THAT THE TREES NOT ONLY DO THEY THE BUFFER, DO THEY PROVIDE A SCREEN. THEY ALSO PROVIDE A BARRIER FOR DUST AND DIRT AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S AH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO THE ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE ALSO IS THAT. THE EXISTING BUT OR THE BUFFER THAT WAS THERE. ORIGINALLY THAT WAS REMOVED. IT WASN'T 100% COVERAGE. I MEAN, IT WAS THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT GAPS AND LARGE PORTIONS OF THAT BUFFER. WE. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MITIGATE FROM THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES WERE PLANTING MORE. FROM AN ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN. TO THAT FILLED IN THOSE GAPS. SO EVEN IF THE BUFFER HADN'T COME DOWN LIKE IT, UNFORTUNATELY, DID. THERE WOULD BE GAPS IN THAT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WE WOULDN'T HAVE PLANTED IN JANUARY UNTIL JANUARY OR SO. SO. THINK. WHAT I FEEL PERSONALLY IS THIS ISN'T HELPING ANYBODY. THIS IS THIS IS ALL FOR WHAT HAPPENED. AND LISTEN TO YOU TALK, MR MCFARLANE. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE SINCERE. THANK YOU. THIS IS THIS IS AWFUL. I'VE READ THAT. THIS IS, UH, YOU PLAN THIS AND HEARD THAT THIS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH AND I WANT TO WORK THIS OUT HERE TONIGHT. UM, MAY I? OKAY, SO I WANNA. I WANT TO HOLD WHERE YOU ARE. TROY BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR SO FOR ME. THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WANT THE TREES AND YESTERDAY BECAUSE. SO ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE LONGER FOR THEM TO GROW. SO GET HIM IN YESTERDAY, BUT UM. I CAN GO ALONG WITH YOU ON, YOU KNOW HOLDING THE LINE ON THIS TIMING THING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE CASE AND IF IT'S YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST CUT BAIT. IF YOU GUYS DON'T FIGHT. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REPLACE AND PAY BASED ON STRAIGHT CODE FOR TREE MITIGATION. I KNOW A GOBBLEDYGOOK THAT LAST TIME TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW THE NUMBERS WERE WRONG. BUT LET ME LET ME WALK THROUGH, KIND OF WHERE I'M AT AND WHAT I WANT TO ASK FOR AND I CAN BE A LITTLE LENIENT ON THE TIME WHAT THEY PROPOSE SO RIGHT NOW. THEIR PROPOSAL IS THAT THERE'S 2550 INCHES OF TREES THAT THEY ARE.
SOME OF THAT THEY'RE REPLANTING. 17 64. THEY'RE REPLANTING. THEY NEED TO MAKE UP THE REST BY PAYING US. OKAY SO THE WAY THEY GOT TO THAT 25 50 INCHES FOR MITIGATION, BOTH ON SITE PLANTING AND PAYMENT IN LIEU. IS BY MULTIPLYING IT BY 1.5. THAT'S OUR STRAIGHT CODE IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT ON A REGULAR SITE PLAN WHAT I AM ASKING FOR AND I TALKED TO WITH STEVE GARRETT. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE I TALKED TO HIM A LITTLE BIT AFTER LAST MEETING.
WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR WAS WE UNDERSTAND. WE KNOW THIS IS COMING OUT EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU. BUT THOUGHT FOR ME, I THINK. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND STRAIGHT CODE IN TERMS OF THE INCHES. SO WHAT? I'M GOING TO JUST THROW OUT THERE AS I HAVE, AND I WANT TO DO IT WITH A STRICT METHODOLOGY, SO IT'S NOT JUST GIVE ME $20,000. IF WE IF WE HAVE TO PUT A MULTIPLIER FOR OUR CODE AT 1.5 INCHES REMOVED.
THAT'S 25 50 INCHES. THAT'S THE TOTAL THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. HERE ARE TWO OTHER SCENARIOS THAT I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE. AND I KNOW STAFF DID THIS LAST TIME KIND OF. IF WE ASKED THEM TO PUT IN AND 1.75 MULTIPLIER 75% MORE INCHES THAN WAS REMOVED RATHER THAN THE 50% MORE. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL INCHES TO 29 75. THEY CAN'T FIT ANY MORE TREES ON THE SITE. THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THAT SO THAT WOULD RESULT IN INSTEAD OF 1 55,025 PAID TO US. THAT WOULD RESULT IN 7 84,070 PAID TO US. THAT'S 75% MORE INCHES BECAUSE OF THIS CATASTROPHIC MISTAKE. ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE. THIS IS ASKING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DOUBLE THIS, NOT DOUBLING IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO 200% AN ADDITIONAL 100. YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE. FULLY DOUBLE WHAT CAME OUT. THAT'S 3400 INCHES, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN. BACK TO US. 5 114,020 PAID INTO OUR TREE FUND. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SCREENING AND I'M THERE WITH YOU. I AM NOT GETTING FROM THEM LIKE. I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE TREES AS FAST AS
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POSSIBLE. AND I FEEL LIKE. I'M NOT PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. I JUST FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M GETTING FROM WHERE YOU ARE, AS. THAT YOU'RE YOU WANNA MAKE THEM PLANT THE TREES BEFORE ANY VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE TREES GOING FASTER. IT'S JUST GOING TO LIKE.YOU KNOW, SLOW THEM DOWN. WELL IT'S GOING TO HURT HIM. IT'S GOING TO PINCH HIM. AND WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO BECAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET THE TREES AND FASTER. I TRULY BELIEVE. I MEAN, MAYBE IT WOULD, BUT. WHAT I WOULD RATHER SEE S TWO WAS SINCE THE TREES ARE GOING TO GO IN AT THE SAME TIME. I'D RATHER ADVOCATE TOGETHER THAT WE NEED YOU TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. I WANT YOU TO PLEASE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. AT 1.5 MULTIPLIER. LET'S GO TO I GOT TO 200% OR 175. AND. PAY AND SO THAT WE CAN PLANT SOME MORE TROOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT. I HAVE MY CASE, MR MARTEL'S MIKE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO THE. I KNOW WE CAN'T DO A PENALTY WELL FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I'D NEVER SAID PENALTY.
I KNOW THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CLIENTS IS WHAT THE BURDEN IS ON BOTH SIDES. QUESTION IS YOU COULD SAY RIGHT NOW LOOK. PLANT THE BUFFER. AND START WORK. WHEN YOU'RE BACK IN COMPLIANCE, AND IF YOU PLANT A 18 FT TREE. WE NEED AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. 30 FT. LONG SO YOU CAN START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN 7.5 FOR EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW. OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYBODY, EITHER. SO IN LIEU OF TOTAL COMPLIANCE. HAVE SOME DISCRETION TO VERY FROM WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, BUT IT CAN'T BE. FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF A CRIMINAL SANCTION OR PUNISHMENT. COMMISSIONER MIIKE DEFINITELY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE FOR ME HELP. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO UP HERE IS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE SHAPE FORM. BENEFIT THE CITY OF STEWART. UH, FOR ME. THAT PRESERVE LAND. BOILED DOWN TO MORE THAN JUST. TREAT YEAH WAS A LOT OF ANIMALS WILDLIFE AESTHETIC BEAUTY THAT IT'S. NOT NECESSARILY POP POSSIBLE TO EXACTLY REPLICATE. I CAN BE OKAY WITH HAVING THEM MOVE FORWARD. I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOUR CALCULATIONS THAT IN THIS SCENARIO, I'D RATHER SEE IT. CALCULATIONS OF TWO TIMES RATHER THAN JUST NO. THE CALCULATIONS THAT ARE BEING USED. I WANT. HARD FAST ASSURANCES WITH THE BOND. THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. BY DECEMBER. 17 NOT NOT THE BUTTON WOODS AND THE VERTICAL WALL. BUT I NEED TO KNOW THAT FROM OUR FROM OUR STAFF, IT'S NOT.
IF IT'S REALLY DONE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL PENALTY WHETHER THAT'S EVERY DAY THAT IT YOU KNOW THE BOND. GUARANTEES. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THE BOND GUARANTEES WORK PURSUANT TO THE PLAN. THE PLAN. IT'S RIGHT. THERE NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED. WELL EXCEPT FOR YOU GUYS ARE CHANGING THE PLAN RIGHT NOW. THE PERSON THAT ISSUED THE BOND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ADDING ONTO IT WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE BOND THEY PROBABLY WANTED. SEE THESE OTHER TERMS ON TOP OF THAT WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BOND. AS A CONDITION PRESIDENT AND I'M GONNA INSERT NAMES BUT AS A CONDITION PRESIDENT TO THE CITY'S AGREEMENT, APPROVAL AND OR ACCEPTANCE THE PRINCIPLE. MARITIME IS REQUIRED TO DELIVER A GOOD AND SUFFICIENT BOND TO WARRANT AND ENSURE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK SPECIFIED ON THE OSPREY PRESERVE OUR P U D RESTORATION PLAN. AND TO INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS THE CITY OF STEWART.
FROM ANY AND ALL DAMAGES AND COSTS. CAUSED BY THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE WORK AND OR THE PROJECT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD DESCRIBED. SO FAST FORWARD TO DECEMBER JANUARY 1ST. LET'S SAY IT'S NOT DONE. WHAT ARE YOUR MEASURABLE DAMAGES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR? WELL, IT SAYS, AND IT WOULD BE THE. PLANTINGS PEARLY APPROVED PLAN, RIGHT. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR WHATEVER YOU DIDN'T COME FORWARD WITH. BUT WHAT COMMISSIONER MATHIS IS SAYING HE WANTS TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGE THAT IF IT'S NOT IN ON DECEMBER, 18TH HE WANTS 100% OF THE MONEY TO BE FORFEITED. OH, YEAH, THAT'S BONDS. DON'T DO THAT. BONDS COVER WHAT WE HAVEN'T PERFORMED IN OUR PROMISE SINCE WE PLANTED 99% YOU'D ONLY GET THE 1% AS THE PAID WHATEVER WASN'T PAID, AND BY THE WAY THEY MIGHT CHOOSE TO JUST TO 75% AND LET YOU TAKE IT. I MEAN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU DO THAT. BUT WAIT, WHAT'S HAPPENED ONLY, BUT THEN THAT
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WOULD ONLY AFFECT THE BOND THAT WOULD THEY WOULD STILL BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS. NO.ONCE WE ACCEPTED THE MONEY, WE'D BE DONE THAT WOULD SATISFY THE BALANCE OF THE TERM. SO THEN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN ON THE PEOPLE CAN'T YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BOND. IN LIEU OF THE DAMAGES YOUR THEN YOU THEN BECOME THE OPERATOR OF THE CONTRACTOR AND YOU THEN TAKE THE MONEY TO FINISH THE JOB. AND THAT THAT WOULD THEN FURTHER DELAY THE TREES FROM BEING PLANTED.
THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU COULD ISSUE A STOP WORK ORDER, THOUGH. AT THAT POINT IF WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE THAT JUST POPULATION I DON'T GO LOOK AT ME. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. I'M JUST SAYING THE BOND IS NOT GOING TO GIVE A LIQUIDATED DAMAGE OF A HALF A MILLION BUCKS ON DECEMBER 19 IS CORRECT. WHERE IF WE REQUIRED THEM TO FINISH THE TREES BEFORE THEY START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH THEY VERY MUCH WANT TO DO. THEY WILL GET THOSE TREES IN FAST. I AM AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND. FOR THE DIFFERENCE FOR $30,000 FOR FROM LIKE 1.75. OF. I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER SEE IT DONE FAST. YEAH. I CAN'T THROW ANY MORE MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FASTER. UNFORTUNATELY, I YOU KNOW THERE ARE. SEVERAL 100 TREES IN THAT BUFFER AND THEY PHYSICALLY JUST CAN'T PLANT THEM IN A QUICKER SO I MEAN. THERE'S NOTHING I CAN POSSIBLY DO TO MAKE IT GO FASTER. UM SO FOR THAT I CAN'T DO IT. BUT. I MEAN, I WILL SAY IT GETS DONE. UH. I THINK A BOND IN PLACES IS SOMETHING THAT. ENSURES IT GETS DONE AND WORSE YET A STOP WORK ORDER THAT CAN BE IS BEING HELD OVER US AT ANY MOMENT THAT WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE DATES OR ANYTHING. IS THE BIGGEST HARM THAT YOU CAN PUT ON US IS TELL STOPPING US FROM DOING THAT MOVING FORWARD IN AND I ALSO SAY THAT YOU WOULD SEND 30,000 MORE DOLLARS ISN'T SIGNIFICANT BUT. BETWEEN THE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF TREES AND $50,000 IN EXTRA TIME SAYING BIG PICTURE. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST SO THAT THE DOLLARS AREN'T INSIGNIFICANT. THINK WHAT YOU COULD DO. IS IF WE ALLOWED YOU TO START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. YOU COULD THEN SEARCH SLOWLY PLANTING THE TREES IN TO PUT TREES COULD TAKE TAKE EIGHT WEEKS OR 10 WEEKS. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT HERE. THEY WILL BE DONE BY DECEMBER 7TH NOTHING THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT, UH, THAT CAN THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT THEY'RE NOT IF THEY'RE NOT DONE, BUT IF THAT'S WHERE I'M 17 WE COULD ISSUE WAS. COULD WE ISSUE A STOP WORK ORDER PER THIS SCHEDULE? YEAH ON DECEMBER 17TH WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE A STOP WORK ORDER IF PHASE ONE IS NOT COMPLETE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE WITH THE BOND AND HIRE HER OWN LANDSCAPE. ARCHITECT? YES. TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION WILL BE STOPPED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE ON THE BAND. IF THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK, THEY DO IT FASTER THAN US GOING OUT TO RFP AND DOING THIS STUFF ANYWAY. THE THING IS, YOU CAN DO THE STOP WORK ORDER UNTIL THEY CAME BACK AND WHICH AFFECT SERVER TALKING RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A MECHANISM. I JUST WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR STAFF. WE. CAN WE? I MEAN, IF WE DID A FULL STUFF WORK FOR THAT TAIL THEM PLANTING AS WELL. NO WE ONLY DID IT. STOP WORKING ON THE YOU CAN STOP CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY CAN COMPLY AND YOUR ISSUE PICKER, THEN I'M COMMISSIONER. MY I AGREE. OF YOUR THOUGHTS. IS THERE ON PROPER CALCULATION.
UM. AS LONG AS IN THE MOTION. THERE'S A STOCK STOP WORK, WATER AND PHASE ONE. IS IT DONE? BY DECEMBER. 17 HER THE. IS THAT? OKAY MR. UM MORTAL TO BE INCORPORATED INTO. THE RESOLUTION. I DO NOT REPRESENT MARITIME ZHI AT ALL. SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW, BUT WE'RE JUST SAYING THE LANGUAGE, PLEASE STOP IS RECOMMENDING AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IT. I THINK ANYTHING IS OKAY. YOU GET ABSOLUTELY GUYS A LIMIT. SO I THREW OUT TO OTHER SCENARIOS FOR A FOR ALTERNATIVE MULTIPLIER, AND I KNOW THAT MARY TAJ REPRESENTATIVE HAS SAID THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S. IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT TO THEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD FIRM ON MAKING IT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CODE. AND I WOULD ASK FOR 1.75 AS THE MULTIPLAYER. WHAT WAS THAT AMOUNT AGAIN? SO THE TOTAL INCHES AT 1.75 IS 29 75 LAST YEAR 17 64 IN THE PLANTING PLAN. RESULTS IN IN THE REMAINING INCHES TO BE PAID OF 1211. AT $175 PER TREE. 2.5 INCH TREE. THAT'S 7 84,070! I THINK IT SHOWS THAT IT'S. ABOVE
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STANDARD MITIGATION. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL. PARTS HERE WITH THE WATER TRUCK. BUT THAT IS THE. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE. FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT. IF THAT'S EMOTIONAL SECOND. INCLUDING I'M SORRY, AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING EXPRESS DIRECTION FOR STAFF THAT IF THE. MM PHASE ONE PHASE ONE OR THAT THE TIMELINE, AS PROPOSED IS NOT COMPLIED WITH AT A STOP OR WORK ORDER. STOP VERTICAL WORK ORDER WILL BE. MEMBER SEVENTH AT THE I DON'T WANT TO. I WANT TO ALL OF THAT. YES, THAT THAT IS WHAT? WELL, WE COMMIT TO IS THAT OKAY? THANKS. COMING SHIP RULER. ARE YOU? A GREEN SAID I WAS SECOND AT VERSUS EMOTION, MAN. I MEAN, PULL THIS UP ON MY COMPUTER IMPORTANT MERIT TAJ AGREE TO YOUR PROPOSAL BEFORE MOTION GOES INTO EFFECT. HE DID. MARY TIES. YOU UNDERSTAND THE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO. IN ADDITION TO WELL TO MODIFY WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, YES, MAN. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT AND SUMMARIZE IT? OR IF YOU WANT, MR BREEDS, TOO. THREE.EVERYTHING ON PHASE ONE WILL BE DONE BY 12 17, OR THERE'S A STOP WORK ORDER AND EVERYTHING ON PHASE TO BE DONE BY 17 OR STOP WORKER ORDER GOING. IS THAT PART OF THEM, YOU KNOW, PURSUANT TO WHAT THE PLAN SAYS. STOP WORKING VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. NOT ON THE BUFFER. YEAH, VERTICAL CAN VERTICAL AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL. MULTIPLIER FOR 1.75 FOR TREES ARE MONEY. WE HAVE A DATE ON PHASE TWO. YES IT IS. JANUARY 7TH, OKAY, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE WORK SCHEDULE. THAT'S THE DATE. WE'RE STIGMA. AND IF ALL OF THAT IS NOT DONE BY THOSE DATES, EAT, WHETHER IT'S PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO, UM AND. THE WILL THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION START PRIOR AND SO THE LANDSCAPING COMPANY WILL START. UH PUTTING IN THAT INCLUDES THE DATE OF 11 8. THAT LANDSCAPE WILL START GOING IN. START. YES. IT IS THAT IS INCLUDED. AND THEY WROTE THAT THAT WAS THE THAT WAS A CONSERVATIVE DATE FOR THEM.
YES, SO HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEN. I THINK THEY ANTICIPATED WE WOULD USE THIS TOUGH WORK ORDER. ARE WE CLEAR ON OUR LANGUAGE? YES JUST CLARIFY THE MOTION FOR ME TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS MUCH. ACTUALLY MIKE, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY? YEAH, SURE. SO THE MOTION WAS TO ACCEPT THE APPLICANTS, UM, TREE. RESTORATION AND THAT TREE THE RESTORATION PLAN WITH THE, UM REVISED CALCULATIONS AND THE MITIGATION SCHEDULE. USING 1.75 AS OUR. MITIGATION MULTIPLE MITIGATION MULTIPLIER INSTEAD OF 1.5. AND UM, AND WITH EXPRESS DIRECTION TO STAFF THAT IF THE MITIGATION SCHEDULE AS LISTED HERE AS PART OF THIS IS NOT. COMPLIED WITH THAT STOPPED. VERTICAL WORK ORDER WILL BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY. OKAY? THANK. AND MR BRUNER, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE MOTION IS IN YOUR CONTINUING TO SECOND. THE MOTION? YES. THANK YOU. AND MR. MY CARTLAND. YOUR YES, MA'AM. WE ARE OKAY WITH THOSE TERMS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S HAVE, UM, SCALE GOLDSBY. GOOD EVENING.
GIL BALDY. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE TONIGHT. UM, MY COMMENT IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT. YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF DESTRUCTION TO WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, ZONING BREACHES AND. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AN AWFUL LOT OF DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE AND THEY HAVE THEIR PLANS AND WE ALL LOOK AT THEM AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AND. THEY ALL AGREED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU ASK.
HOWEVER SOMETHING HAPPENS BETWEEN THE TIME THAT YOU APPROVE EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY START THEIR PROJECT ERRORS HAPPEN. SOMETHING GETS TORN DOWN. THAT SHOULDN'T BE TORN DOWN. A WETLANDS GETS PLOWED OVER THE TURTLES ARE DISPLACED. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE THOUGHT IS THAT IT'S EASIER TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. THEM TO ASK FOR PERMISSION. AND WHAT
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WINDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU IMPOSE FINES ON THEM? BUT THESE FINES AREN'T A DETRIMENT. IT'S AFTER THE FACT THAT DESTRUCTION HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. THE WETLANDS ARE DESTROYED. THE ANIMALS ARE DISPLACED, SO I WOULD JUST QUESTION AND SAY TO YOU PLEASE GIVE THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT ON HOW WE CAN STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS AN UPS UPS. WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS. PLOUGHED OVER CLEAR CUT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO PLEASE DO THAT. AND I'LL BE HAPPY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC PROVINCE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX? THE ITEM NUMBER SIX OR SO. THINK. THANK YOU, MR MCBRIDE, ALAN MCBRIDE, AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT. I MEAN, I REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN SOMEONE DID THE SAME THING OVER AND HUTCHISON ISLAND. UH OH. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD. SOMEBODY DID IT, NOT US. AND, UH, BUT, YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS ARE STICK TO YOUR GUNS, COLLECTIVE WOMAN SAID. THEY'RE GOING TO LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK BECAUSE THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY WANTED TO PRESERVE IS GOING AND THEY WANT BEAUTIFUL TREES TO MAKE THEIR PLAYERS MUCH BETTER.HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GETTING FOR TREE REPLACEMENT? 84 7 70. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU REALLY SHOULD TO ME FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING, BUT I GO FOR THREE. YOU REALLY KNOW? THIS IS BECAUSE WE GOT THAT MONEY IN OUR TREE REPLACEMENT. THEN UH, YOU CAN PUT A LOT MORE TREES AND FRONT YARDS AND THAT BUT THE WOMAN'S RIGHT. YOU CAN BE STRONG. YOU GOTTA LET THESE DEVELOPERS KNOW THEY DON'T LIVE IN OUR CITY. THEY DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. WE WANT OUR GREEN AND WITH THE PRESERVE. HE SENT ALL THE TREES AND THAT BUT LIKE THE WOMAN HAS SAID THE ANIMALS ARE GONE. WE ALL KNOW IT PRESERVES THAT THAT'S WHY WE FIGHT SO HARD TO KEEP OUR PRESERVES. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH IN MY OPINION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE MOTION? THAT IS BEFORE US? STAFF DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ENLIGHTENMENT? BEFORE WE VOTE FOR BOARD MEMBERS, MR MEYER? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM. I WISH WE COULD PUT THE TREES BACK. I'M SURE YOU WISH WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO UM. I MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS LIKE, WHAT'S THE NUCLEAR OPTION? RIGHT? LIKE IF WE JUST DECLARE BREACH? UM AND YOU KNOW. MY FEAR IS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND. HUGE MISTAKE HAPPENED. WE CAN YOU KNOW WE CAN. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT PUNITIVE. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE DEBATABLE WHETHER IT'S PUNITIVE OR ENOUGH AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY HAVE TO REPLANT IT, AND I MEAN THEY COULD WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY JUST WALKED AWAY? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS COMPLIANT. SO IF THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO NOT START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION WE'LL WAIT THE THREE YEARS.
FIVE YEARS, THEY COULD JUST REPLANT TO THE MINIMUM OF WHAT THE EU DE APPROVAL IS. AND MITIGATE AND IF THEY IF YOU DECLARED BREACH, YOU HAVE TO BE TO GET YOUR DAMAGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS SO YOU COULD HOLD THEM ON THEIR PERMIT. BUT THE TERMS OF THE EU DE ARE STILL BINDING. IF YOU HIRED SOMEBODY TO PAINT YOUR HOUSE, YOU SAID, I'LL PAY YOU 5000 BUCKS TO PAINT THE HOUSE. AND THEN THEY FINISHED THE JOB AND YOU ONLY PAID HIM 2500.
THEY DON'T GET TO GO TO COURT AND SAY, JUDGE I THINK THEY SHOULD PAY ME $25,000 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAY ME THE LAST 2500. UNDER THE CONTRACT LAW, WHICH IS WHAT THE U D IS, YOU ONLY GET THE BENEFIT OF THE INITIAL CONTRACT. I DO SUFFER DAMAGES. OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AS A RESULT. OF THEM NOT TOWARD DAMAGES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT THE ECONOMIC CLASS RULE PREVENTS IT. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY KNOCKED DOWN A BRIDGE AND YOU COULDN'T CROSS IT, OR YOU COULDN'T GET TO WORK, AND THINGS LIKE THAT DIFFERENT, BUT. THE CITY WON'T SUFFER ANY MEASURABLE DAMAGES IF IT TOOK THEM A YEAR TO REPLANT THE TREES VERSUS THREE WEEKS TO REPLANT THE TREES, SO IF THEY WERE REALLY WILLING TO JUST LIKE IF WE WERE HITTING A RECESSION RIGHT NOW, AND THEY WANTED TO HOLD OFF ON CONSTRUCTION, ANYWAY. THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT YOU COULD DO FROM A STANDPOINT OF FORCING THEM TO GO BEYOND THE MINIMUM AND THE P U D. WELL, THERE'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS WE DON'T ACCOUNT PROPERLY FOR THE VALUE OF OUR LIFE AND ANIMALS, UNFORTUNATELY, COULD ALSO. FIND THEM $200 A DAY FOR EVERY DAY I WOULD WANT. MY QUESTION REALLY IS, THOUGH, IS IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY DRAGGED THEIR FEET ON IT. IT'S I MEAN, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS A P U D THAT WAS APPROVED IF THEY ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE TECHNICALLY WITH THE P U D. IF THEY WERE TO
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JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THROW THEIR HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT. WE CAN'T HANDLE THIS. IT'S TOO FUN. WE CAN'T MAKE OUR MONEY BACK. AND THEY SELL IT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST HOLD IT, AND IT JUST SITS THERE BARE. FOR HOWEVER LONG I MEAN, AND THEN RESELL IT. WELL, YOU MEAN YOU COULD YOU COULD. THINK OF IT AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU COULD JUST LIKE A BREACH OF THE P U D IS YOUR BRIDGE WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT HEARING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REASONABLE FIND TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE, AND WE'RE GONNA SAY IT'S GONNA RUN. A $500 A DAY FINE UNTIL COMPLIANCE IS THERE THEY SELL IT. AND THEN NEW BUYER COMES IN, AND THERE'S A $900,000 LEAN ON IT AND NEW BUYERS SAYING TO YOU, I'M THE VICTIM HERE. I'M JUST WANT TO PUT YOU PLANT YOUR BUFFER. DO YOU REALLY WANT 900? YOU KNOW I'LL GIVE YOU 30,000 AND I'LL PLANT THE BUFFER. WELL IT'S NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS. SO, COMMISSIONER MY I HEAR DEFINITELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND TO ME THE. NONE OF US ARE HAPPY THAT THE SITUATION HAPPENED AND THE BEST CASE SCENARIO RIGHT NOW THAT WE COULD DEBATE. THE VALUE OF THE TREATMENT OF GATIEN ALL WE WANT, BUT THEY MOVE TOWARDS GETTING THINGS RIGHT. THE BEST THING IS TO GET THE BUFFER REPLANTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THE DEBATE. MOVING FORWARD OF HOW TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING WITH LARGER PENALTIES AND LARGER FINES. THAT ARE SET AND PREDETERMINED. IF THIS HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS. I YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE. BUT IN SPEAKING WITH MR MARTEL. HE YOU KNOW, WISELY DID POINT OUT TO THE IDEA THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHERE PENALTIES WERE NOT WHATEVER WE THINK ARE PENALTIES ARE IT'S A MATH PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HUGE TRACTS OF LAND IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. BUT. YOU KNOW IF WE PUT A PRICE ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW FOR A PENALTY OR WHATEVER THAT COST IS. IT'S JUST A MATH PROBLEM AT DEVELOPER COULD COME IN AND SAY WELL, THE COST OF. YOU KNOW, BREAKING THE RULES AND BEING SLAPPED IS GOING TO BE CHEAPER IN THE END RUN THAN COMPLYING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE, I THINK, BUT IN THIS CASE. IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THEY WERE REMOVING. THE PRESERVE AND PRESERVE. IF THEY WERE REMOVING IT AND LEAVING IT REMOVED. THEY HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE IT ALL.SO IT IS GOING BACK. SO IT IS THAT ADDITIONAL EXPENSE PLUS THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT JUST COMES DOWN TO US. FIGURING OUT WHAT GOING FORWARD TO HAVE THAT MATH PROBLEM LOOK VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? ANYTHING WE NEED TO COME UP WITH THAT POLICY. EXACTLY I AGREE. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD'S WELL, MY THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF GETTING IN WITH THE. HALTING VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION RIGHT THAT. THAT SENDS A MESSAGE TO NOT ONLY THIS APPLICANT, BUT ALL FUTURE APPLICANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE LINE.
AND WHEN YOU DO THIS. YOUR PROJECT IS GOING TO COME TO A HALT AND IT AND IT REMEMBER IT IS. YEAH IT ISN'T A HOME AND I AND I APPRECIATE, UH, AS A MAN WHO LOVES COMPROMISE. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMPROMISE. THAT'S WHY I'M. UH WE'VE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO COMPROMISE THAT I CAN LIVE WITH. UM. IS NOT AS STRONG AS I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOAL IS TO GET THAT BUFFER BACK IN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU AND SPEAKING OF THE BUFFER UNDER THE PERFORMANCE SURE TO BOND. FOR THE 507. IT'S 77. WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME VARIETY OF TREES YOU MENTIONED, ADDING MORE AS A MULTIPLIER, SO THEY THOSE WOULD BE THE WHATEVER THEY'RE AGREEING TO RESTORE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE SAME SAME TYPE OF TREES. YEAH THE MOTION WASN'T TOO, THAT THEY DIDN'T PROPOSE ANY REAL CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T FIT ANYMORE AND THIS IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED MULTIPLIER THAT RESULTS IN A.
FOR LARGER CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S TREE FUND. BUT IT'S STILL WITHIN OUR CODE TECHNICALLY BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN HALF IT'S BEST THAT. UM ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR JUST STAFF FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE COMMISSION IS ASKING OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME, FULLY AWARE, MADAM MAYOR AND WE WILL INCLUDE THOSE IN THE FINAL RESOLUTION. AND MISS MISS. I THINK THAT MISS. UM I LEFT THE SCHOOL'S BEER, MISS MISS, UM. MIKE BRIDE WHO HAD A THING. BUT MR CITY MANAGER IF YOU'D WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAD HAD A MEETING PREVIOUSLY, AND SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE PERSON WHO DID THIS. ACT BUT IF WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND ALL OF OUR TOOLS AND OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF IS CAREFULLY MONITORED AS
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THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES. WE'LL DO. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK. VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES MAYOR CLARKE? YES A MISSIONER MCDONALD? YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES? THANK YOU. WE HAVE ORDINANCE NUMBER. UH UM, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 75[9.
REQUEST TO BE CONTINUED TO DATE CERTAIN OF 11/8/2021 CCM: ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION RIGHT-OF-WAY AS REQUIRED BY THE PALMETTO COVE RPUD:
ORDINANCE No. 2475-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CITY BEING THAT PORTION OF PLATTED 11 FOOT-WIDE ALLEY AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF DYER ESTATES, MORE CLEARLY DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT ‘A’ ATTACHED; FOR PAYMENT OF A PRIVILEGE FEE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]2021 I'M WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR FIRST READING. AND THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE MOVED TO A DATE CERTAIN OF 11 8 2021 MISTERS CITY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS ORDINANCE TITLE? THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 75 2021 IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WITHIN THE CITY BEING THAT PORTION OF PLANTED 11 FT. WIDE ALLEY IS SHOWN ON THE PLATEAU OF DIRE STATES MORE CLEARLY DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED FOR PAYMENT OF A PRIVILEGE BE PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, STAFF. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SOUND THIS ITEM? THE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER EIGHT. THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING 2ND 2ND, BECAUSE A MOTION AND A SECOND CONTINUE THIS ITEM. LET US HAVE A RECORD CALLED ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER BRUNER YES, VICE MAYOR MATHESON. VICE MAYOR MATHESON YES.
COMMISSIONER MCDONALD COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES, MAYOR CLARKE. YES AND I DON'T HAVE TO DEVELOPER WAS NO. IT'S JUST US DOING THIS. SO, UM, ANYWAY, PARLIAMENT A CALL. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT BOAT HAS GONE THROUGH. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH. I JUST WANTED
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TO SAY ONE MORE THING. YOU KNOW IT. AFTER HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS, I THINK, UM, I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FEELING THE SAME THING WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY, AND WE HAVE BRIDGEVIEW THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY CLEARED. SAVANNAH PLACE HAS NOW JUST STARTED TO BE CLEARED. I FEEL AND IT'S NOT A KNOCK ON STAFF, BUT I FEEL. ANXIOUS THAT YOU KNOW ARE THEY ALSO DID THEY MAKE A MISTAKE? SO UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I THINK THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON. WE NEED TO MAYBE HAVE STAFF PRESENT TO US AGAIN. THAT PROCESS OF PRE DEVELOPMENT MEETING SITE MEETING. WHAT ARE THE STAFF LEVEL CONTROLS FOR INSPECTION DURING THOSE PROCESSES? AND I'VE TALKED WITH KEPT FREEMAN ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE REGARDING BARRICADE. BARRIERS DIDN'T BE PUT UP PRIOR TO, UH. TO LAND CLEARING TO PREVENT, UH, ACTUALLY WITH MARTIN COUNTY HAS IN THEIR CODE, AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. HELP. AND IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FORGIVEN THEM THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND SAY OOPS, SO WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN WE APPROVED THIS AND WHEN THIS IS COMING THROUGH THAT UM. REVERSE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE APPROVE THEM WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT. WHAT WE WANT OUR ENVIRONMENT TO BE. SO, UM. AGAIN I'VE SAID IT'S ALSO IT'S RELEVANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES AND I'M NOT COMMENTING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BUT WE'VE HAD DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST. WHERE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE UNDERLYING SPECIES IS MELALEUCA BRAZILIAN PEPPER AUSTRALIAN PINE AND IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE DEVELOPER. TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND THEN RESTORE IT WITH NATIVE VEGETATION PURSUANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN THEY CLEAR THE LAND PEOPLE MISPERCEIVE THAT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY THEM REMOVING EXOTICS, TOO, SO THERE'S A BALANCE THERE THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AN IMPROVED LAND WITHOUT. ABUSE EXOTICS ON IT WHEN IT'S DONE, RIGHT, BUT. THESE THREE THAT DEVELOPED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THIS WAS PRESERVES THAT ARE ENSHRINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE UP YOU KNOW OUR STAFF NEEDS TO PERFORM. SO THANKS.THANK YOU. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S CLEAR.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.