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[Call To Order]

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YOU LOOK CLARK CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION TODAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT FOUR P.M. AT OUR CITY. COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1 21, SOUTH WEST FLAGLER AVENUE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND FOR PARTICIPATING WITH US TODAY. CLERK. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR MATHESON. HERE COMMISSIONER BRUNER HERE, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD HERE. COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. AS WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OR COUNTRY. OUR VETERANS, THOSE WHO ARE STILL WITH US AND THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY. THAT IS REMEMBER THAT WE SIT HERE AND WE DELIBERATE. BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE BEST FOR OUR COUNTRY. ADVICE MAN MERIT. MATHESON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF THEM. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. BE LIKE MARINE CHURCHGOING UNISON. HERE. THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY FROM MONA, FLORIDA OR WHITE. WILL BE PERFORMING

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ARTS MOMENT - RAMONA FLORIDOR-WHITE PERFORMING A SONG, 'EDGE OF GREAT' BY MADISON REYES.

 

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THIS SONG EDGE OF GREAT MADISON REARS AND RAMONA IS HERE WITH HER FAMILY, AND SHE IS GOING TO PRESENT OUR ARTS MOMENT. RAMONA. YOU CAN TAKE THE MIC. YOU CAN COME OUT FRONT. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. YOU CAN TELL US WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE. AND HIGH. MY NAME IS RAMONA, FLORIDA OR WHITE. I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE, AND I ATTEND FIRST BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD.

I'M CURRENTLY DOING NEWSIES AT STAR STRUCK AND THE PRODUCTION IS IN THREE DAYS OPENING NIGHT.

SO COME IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU. FROM THE PAST SHIPPING ON THE NURSE. WHAT IS THAT? THIS CAN BE FOUND TO BE. BECOME PELTS HIM BACK. WE ALL GET A SECOND AD STARTED. RIGHT GUYS. THE REASON I WOULD JUST WANT TO DO ELECTIVES RUINED THEN TOO BIG. COME INSTEAD KNOW ME A DO SOMETHING BIG. SOMETHING CRAZY. OUR BEST IS A AND I KNOW THAT THIS MOMENT IS US TOO. NO. TO THE STAND. IT'S NOT ME, A DO A. THE SAID BOBBY, A. DON'T MAKE MISTAKES JUST STEPPED IN STORES.

WHERE WE WANT TO WOKE IS STRESS. DON'T WE GOTTA LEAVE SOMEONE ELSE GET A LITTLE HELP.

UNTIL WE FIND GOT AWAY AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO DREAM THE LORD SO BIG THAT WAS DEAD, DONNIE. SOMETHING BIG. SOMETHING CRAZY ALL BESTED HEAD UP. NOW THAT IS CALLED MAN IS, UH, STILL. UNDERSTANDING. NANI AID UP. HE WILL STAY IN THE END, DO SHOUT, SHOUT! COME ON! LET IT OUT! OUT DON'T GOTTA HIDE! YOU LET YOUR BROTHERS FLY THEIR EYES WHO WHILE. UP MY SHALL SHOUT, LADDY. UM IT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THAT WOULD JUST BOYETT TRAIN AWAY FROM THE WOMEN SO BIG AND THAT WAS DEAD DIDN'T KNOW THE FIX SOMETHING CRAZY. ALL BUSTERS ARE YOU KNOW THAT THIS MOMENT IS US TOO? LET US STAND FOR ME AGE, OKAY? ON

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THE EDGE OF DADDY. OH DEAR. WHAT? UH, MONTE HEADS. ONE OF FROM THE PAST TRIPPING UNDER NO.

WHAT IS GUYS CAN BE FOUND VIA ITS. MAYBE. OH, SURE. YEAH.

YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THREE DAYS STAR STRUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE CONTINUE OUR

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21st ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON - NOVEMBER 11-15, 2021

 

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MEETING WITH PROCLAMATIONS. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR THE 21ST ANNUAL BARBARY DID MARATHON, WHICH WOULD BE A NOVEMBER. 11 THROUGH 15 2021, MR MARTEL. PROCLAMATION 21ST ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH 15 2021. WHEREAS THE BIBLE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE AND IS THE BASIS OF OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND IT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR LAWS, OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER AND OUR SYSTEM OF VALUES. AND WHEREAS. THE YEAR, 1990 WAS PROCLAIMED BY A JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIBLE READING AND BIBLE READING WEEK HAS BEEN CELEBRATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. AND WHEREAS THE BIBLE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND WHEREAS THE 21ST. ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON CELEBRATES THE FREEDOMS OF OUR NATION AT THE BANDSHELL IN MEMORIAL PARK. WITH A 90 HOUR CONTINUOUS READ THROUGH OF THE ENTIRE BIBLE, LIFTING UP THE WORD OF GOD. NOW, THEREFORE, I YOU ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH 15 2021 AS BIBLE READING WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR MORTAL. WE HAVE PASTOR EDDIE AND MR RODRIGUEZ FROM STEPPING INTO GRACE NEW LIFE MINISTRIES WHO IS GOING TO ACCEPT THIS, AND I MUST SAY THAT THIS IS PROBABLY MY UMPTEENTH TIME GIVEN THIS AND ALSO ATTENDING THE BIBLE RE THAT INSULT THANK YOU.

90 HOUR SPEECH TO BEGIN NOW, HMM. BE DOING IT ALL BY MYSELF THIS YEAR. WE DO WANT TO THANK IS THE CITY OF STEWART. FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

TO US. IT'S A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALSO JUST READING THE BIBLE, BUT IT'S PROCLAIMING GOD'S WORD OVER THE CITY OVER THIS COUNTY AND OVER THIS NATION. AND WE ENJOYED THAT SO MANY DIFFERENT WALKS INTO NOMINATIONS AND. OTHER SORTS COME OUT AND GATHERED TOGETHER TO UNITED AND, UM, AND SHARING THIS WONDERFUL. EVENT THAT WE DO HERE IN STUART AT THE BANDSHELL, ESPECIALLY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY, MANY PEOPLE THAT COME OUT THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THAT BAND SHELL WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY USED TO BE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS THERE.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL STORIES TO SHARE. WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN MET THE WONDERFUL ARTIST WHO WAS ACTUALLY PAINTED. THE BAND SHELL, AND WE JUST LOVE IT THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE HERE THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE ON A YEARLY BASIS, BUT WE CAN COME TOGETHER ONCE TOGETHER AND JUST. PRESENT SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AND BEING A PART OF IT AS WELL.

BUT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. UM AND ALSO I

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JUST WANT TO GIVE A TRIBUTE TO IT WAS PASTOR DON AND JEAN HILTON THAT BEGAN. THIS IS 21 YEARS AGO, AND THERE'S STILL SOME OF THAT ORIGINAL TEAM THAT IS COMING OUT. AND UM, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU BRIEF, REAL QUICK BECAUSE. THE SHORT FOUR YEARS OR FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED. WE WATCH IT, GIVE HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE EXCITEMENT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY HEAR US CALL AGAIN TO DO IT ONCE YOU KNOW ONE MORE TIME TO COME ON OUT AND THAT THE CITY IS SUPPORTING AT THE COUNTY SUPPORTING IT. AND UM, IT JUST BRINGS SO MUCH HOPE AND SO MANY GREAT TESTIMONIES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE AS PEOPLE READ, AND THEY PASS BY EACH OTHER, THEY CONNECT IN WAYS THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T CONNECT AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T CONNECT. AND IT DOES BRING A GREAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND IT LIFTS UP HOPE AND IT'S A REALLY AMAZING EVENT TO BE A PART OF INTO INTO WATCH. SO THANK YOU. AND WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND READ.

THANK YOU. I SEE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TEAM MEMBERS, DR JULIE BORG SENTENCE HERE. THANK YOU.

I'M JULIE BJORNSSON STUART, FLORIDA I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL. ORIGINALS FOR THE BIBLE MARATHON. ACTUALLY MY KIDS AND I CAME BACK FROM CANADA TO START THE BIBLE MARATHON AND. BEEN WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE 21ST PROCLAMATION FOR BIBLE READING WEEK. THE BEGINNING IT WAS 9 11. THE ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY BROUGHT PEOPLE BACK TO GOD TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE BIBLE. THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION'S CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION. MANY OF OUR PRESIDENTS UNDERSTOOD THAT WITHOUT THE MORALS AND ETHICS TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE, OUR NATION'S SELF GOVERNMENT WOULD FAIL. TODAY BIBLE TRUTHS ARE BEING REPLACED BY TECHNOLOGY, THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE 9 11 ATTACK WAS A WAKE UP CALL A HORRIBLE REMINDER THAT OUR FREEDOMS COULD BE LOST. BUT AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL BELIEVED SHE COULD BUILD BACK BETTER AND STRONGER WITHOUT GOD. THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE CHALLENGED EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE AND HOLD TRUE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST. THE QUESTION IS, WILL OUR COUNTRY CONTINUE TO EXIST WITHOUT THE TRUTH FOUND IN THE BIBLE WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH? WE DON'T THINK SO. THE SUDDEN AUGUST MILITARY EVACUATION OF AFGHANISTAN LEFT AMERICA WEAK IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD. OUR MILITARY IS ALSO LEAVING IRAQ IN DECEMBER. THE RADICAL JIHADISTS NOW GATHERING STRENGTH HAVE OUR MOST SOPHISTICATED MILITARY EQUIPMENT THEY ARE PREPARING TO INVADE UNPROTECTED ISRAEL. CAN ISRAEL STAND ALONE? WILL AMERICA BE NEXT? OUR GROUP WAS TOLD AFTER 9 11 TO BEGIN READING THE BIBLE IN MARTIN MARTIN COUNTY AS PROTECTION AGAINST TERRORISM. THIS IS OUR 21ST YEAR. WE KNOW GOD IS IN CONTROL. THE BIBLE READING MARATHON ALWAYS STARTS ON VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER. 11TH GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SERVED AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM. MY MOTHER WAS A GOLD WIFE OPERATION 300. MARTIN COUNTY HONORS GOLD FAMILIES. WE NEED READERS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, BIBLE READING MARATHON. STEWART COMMA FLORIDA HAS DIRECTIONS TO SIGN UP TO READ 15 MINUTES. WE ALSO HAVE CALL IN ARRANGEMENTS IF YOU CAN'T COME. WE BEGIN OUR NOVEMBER 11TH AT SIX PM DURING THESE UNSETTLED TIMES MAY OUR NATION CONTINUE TO HOLD FAST TO THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE THAT WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AND ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW. THE DESTINY OF OUR NATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY GOD TO BE A LIGHT FOR THE GOSPEL TO GO TO ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD. THE GOSPEL IS GOD'S PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH CHRIST, JESUS. CONSIDER YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE THAT THE SEASON YOUR TREE IS GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU TO FINISH WHAT HE STARTED IN OUR NATION. OUR FIRST FLAG HAD AN EVERGREEN TREE. AND APPEAL TO HEAVEN. THE TREE REPRESENTS TWO BROKEN COVENANTS WITH GOD WITH ABRAHAM. ALL THE FAMILIES ON THE EARTH WOULD BE BLESSED. AND WITH ROBERT HUNT. AS A PILGRIMS LANDED ON OUR SHORES THAT THE GOSPEL WOULD GO FORTH TO ALL NATIONS. BOTH COVENANTS WERE SEALED WITH AN EVERGREEN TREE. WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON EXHAUSTED EVERY EFFORT FOR JUSTICE WITH THE BRITISH, THERE WAS STILL SOMETHING TO DO APPEAL TO HEAVEN. THIS FLAG FLEW ON ALL HIS SHIPS WE WANT. AGAIN OUR COUNTRY IS IN NEED OF JUSTICE. IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER AND APPEAL. TO HEAVEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

BORSSEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR JULIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS READ

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WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA DAY - DECEMBER 18, 2021

 

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ACROSS AMERICA DAY, MR MARTEL. RECLAMATION WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA. DECEMBER 18 2021.

WHEREAS THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED IN 2000 AND SEVEN AS AN EXTENSION OF THE ARLINGTON REEF PROJECT OF 1992, WHERE REESE WERE LAID AT THE GRAVES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE REEFS ACROSS AMERICA ORGANIZATION IS TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN. HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACH FUTURE GENERATIONS THE VALUE AND COST OF FREEDOM. AND WHEREAS ONE OF

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THE PATRIOTIC GOALS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS TO HONOR RESPECTED SUPPORT VETERANS, AND WHEREAS THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOSTERS COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH PATRIOTIC OR PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS. AND MUNICIPALITIES AND WE'RE AS THE THEME FOR 2020 ONE'S WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA IS LIVE UP TO THEIR LEGACY. NOW THEREFORE, I ULA ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH 2021 AS WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA DAY IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MEMORABLE AND SOMBER EVENT BY HONORING ALL AMERICAN VETERANS LIVING AND DEAD AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH GRATITUDE. THANK YOU, MR MARTEL. AND WE HAVE FROM THE. I'M NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE, UM HELP CARIOCA CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE MARKET REVOLUTION, MR ORIGIN DONE AND DO, BOY AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR PROCLAMATION. AND THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS US.

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. UH HELP PATIO CHAPTER OF N S T. A R IS A CHAPTER THAT WAS ORGANIZED HERE IN STUART IN 1949. WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST CHAPTER IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AND WE HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE DECORATION OF VETERANS GRAVES IN PALM CITY, ALSO AT FERN HILL. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. I ESPECIALLY LOVE BEING REGENT. LAST YEAR, I HAD THE HONOR TO WATCH THE CHILDREN. AT UH, BESSIE CREEK ELEMENTARY GO OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK, AND THERE WERE 600 CHILDREN WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE THAT DROVE BY SEEING ALL THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS.

IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR. WE PLACE FLAGS ON EVERY GRADE. THAT IS OF A VETERAN WHO SERVED.

THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO SERVED AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE PLACED A WREATH ON THAT GRAVE AND WE REPEAT THE VETERAN'S NAME. SO THAT THAT NAME WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND THEN IN HISTORY, AND WE THINK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE, PLEASE CONVEY OUR THANKS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR CHAPTER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE REGARD VERY HIGHLY WHAT THEY DO. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS A MERCURY

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AMERICA RECYCLES DAY - NOVEMBER 15, 2021

 

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CYCLES DAY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER 15TH. AND MR MORTAL IF YOU COULD READ THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION, AMERICA RECYCLES DAY NOVEMBER 15TH 2021, WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADOPTING COUNTRY ANXIOUS HABITS. THAT WILL IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS BY CREATING A CLEANER, SAFER, HEALTHIER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART HAS UNDERTAKEN A PARADIGM SHIFT THAT VIEWS RECYCLING COLLECTION AS A RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES VALUABLE RAW MATERIALS TO INDUSTRIES. AND WHEREAS ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RECYCLING IN THE CITY OF STEWART, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS COMPOSTING ELECTRONICS RECYCLING RE USE. AND REPURPOSING OF PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS AND PURCHASING RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND PACKAGING. AND WHEREAS BY ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES, STATE AGENCIES, NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS TO CELEBRATE AMERICA RECYCLES DAY. WE CAN FURTHER PROMOTE RECYCLING AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY SMART HABIT. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITY OF STEWART'S CITIZENS BECOME INVOLVED IN RECYCLING ACTIVITIES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINI RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND PACKAGING AVAILABLE TO THEM AS CONSUMERS. IT IS ALSO FITTING FOR THE CITY OF STEWART TO CELEBRATE AMERICA RECYCLES DAY AND TAKE ACTION BY EDUCATING CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES ABOUT THE RECYCLING OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, I YOU ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE

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CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY NOVEMBER 15TH 2021 AS AMERICA RE CYCLES DAY IN THE CITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SOME MORE. TELL MR SAM. OUR TEAM LEADER FOR THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO ACCEPT THIS AND HE IS GOING TO GIVE A 90 MINUTE SPEECH.

NOT MUCH TO SAY. I WAS ASKED US STANDING FOR MISS ANGELIQUE. WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS OF STEWART, TOO. RECYCLED AND UNDERSTAND. LIKE YOU SAID, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. I'M EVERYDAY WE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO SHOW THEM SHORT CUSTOMERS WHAT TO RECYCLE IN THE PURPOSE OF IT. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. BUT WE ARE FOR THE TASK. SO. HERE APPRECIATE THEIR ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF SANITATION. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS WITH SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON.

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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 27, 2021

 

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NOVEMBER 27TH DURING THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND OURSELVES. MR MARTEL. PROCLAMATION SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27 2021. WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART CELEBRATES OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY AND, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THERE ARE 31. 0.7 MILLION BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY REPRESENT 99.7% OF FIRMS WITH PAID EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR 65.1% OF NET NEW JOBS. CREATED FROM 2000 TO 2019. AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOY 47.1% OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE UNITED STATES, 88% OF US CONSUMERS FEEL A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC. IN 92% OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE PIVOTED THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS TO STAY OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. WHEREAS 97% OF SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SHOPPERS RECOGNIZED THE IMPACT THAT THEY CAN MAKE BY SHOPPING. SMALL 85% OF THEM ALSO ENCOURAGED FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO DO SO TOO. AND WHEREAS 56% OF SHOPPERS REPORTED THEY SHOPPED ONLINE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IN 2020, AND MORE THAN 50% OF CONSUMERS, WHO REPORTED SHOPPING SMALL ENDORSED A LOCAL BUSINESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR SHOPPED AT A LOCAL BUSINESS. BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA RECOMMENDATION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT CREATE JOBS, BOOST OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. ADVOCACY GROUPS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ENDORSED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. NOW, THEREFORE, I YOU ARE CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 27 2021 AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND URGED RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND MERCHANTS ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PAMELA. SMALL BUSINESS START A COALITION. THIS IS SHE HERE? MRS CLERK? MADAM CLERK? NO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL KEEP THIS IMPROBABLE. PASS IT ON TO MISS CALLAHAN OR SOMEBODY WHO'S IN THE MAILING THAT, OKAY, YOU'LL MAIL IT, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTATION OF THE EMPLOYEE

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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - NOVEMBER 2021

 

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SPOTLIGHT FOR NOVEMBER 2021. ALLOMERE UH, COMMISSIONERS. MILTON, OTHER WORKS DIRECTOR.

MIKE HAZLETON. I WAS BORN AND MARC MORIAL HOSPITAL, SAYS MIKE HAZLETON, SOME OF THE SCHOOLTEACHER. MIKE GREW UP IN STUART AND STAY IN HIS HOMETOWN, HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HIS MOM AND HAZLETON. TALL AT BOTH PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY AND HOPES NOT LET ME TREAT SCHOOLS WHILE RAISING MIKE AND HIS BROTHER JASON. HE PROUDLY STATES. HIS MARRIAGE CHILD 35 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE MARTIN KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT. MIKE IS A GRADUATE. MARTIN KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL GO TIGERS. AND HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CITY OF STEWART IN JULY 2000 AND THREE ON THE STREETS TEAM. HE ADMITTED HE HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE WHEN STARTING HIS CAREER HERE BUT LEARNED FROM HIS FELLOW CO WORKERS AND MOST RECENTLY WAS PROMOTED AS A QUICK OPERATOR,

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ONE ON THE STONE WATER TEAM. THE REQUIREMENT FOR HIS OPERAS. IS UP TO THIS TO OBTAIN HIS SEE THE L LICENSE. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. WHICH HE GAINED BY OBSERVING AND LEARNING FROM HIS PEERS AND FINISHING THE SCHOOLING AND PASSING BOTH THE WRITTEN AND DRIVER'S TESTS. MICHAEL SO PROUD DAD OF TWO DAUGHTERS, AALIYAH, WHICH IS 15 TENDS JUST TO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. 11 YEAR OLD MONTY, WHO ATTENDS STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL. BOTH DOORS IN LOVE LOVE THEIR DAD WHEN HE WHEN HE FIRES AT THE CHARCOAL GRILL AND PREPARES BARBECUE FOOD. I EVER I EVER MIKE SAYS, UH, HE'S AN EXERCISE PROGRAM. SO BARBECUE ISN'T HAPPENING MUCH LATELY. HMM. MIKE HAS FOUND ENJOYMENT AND WALKING AS A FORM OF WORKOUT. HE'S CLOCKING 2.5253 MILES EVERY NIGHT. AND THE SAME RESULTS ON THE WEEKEND. MICHAEL SELF PROCLAIMED SPORTS GUY. WHILE HE ENJOYS ALL SPORTS, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL ON THE TOP OF HIS LIST. THIS TEAM, THE MIAMI HEAT AND THE DOLPHINS. ALL MY. YEAH YEAH, YEAH, ALRIGHT. DURING HIS 18 YEARS HERE, MIKE HAS WORKED ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HE IS PROUD OF.

UNDERSTANDS OUT IS TO GO ON THIS PARK PROJECT, WHICH IS A TEAM EFFORT. WITH OUR ALLIES TO PART. MIGHT RECALLS ANOTHER TIME WHEN HE AND A FELLOW CO WORKER HAD FOUND THIS SYSTEM WERE FOUND ON THE GROUND. THEY STOPPED THE HELP HIM BACK TO HIS FEET AND CAN SEE YOU HAD SOME MEDICAL ISSUES. WELL ASSISTED HIM TO HIS FEET. A NEIGHBOR RAN OUT TO OFFER A HAND. UH AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE CITIZENS. BUT THAT'S WHAT HE LIKES ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY. MIKE RESPONDED THAT HE IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MR PRECISELY.

AND MILTON LIKE IT GAVE HIM 18 YEARS AGO. MM HMM. YEAH. YOU SAID. WE HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS. HE ENDORSED THE CO WORKERS AND THE NEW EMPLOYEES. IT LIKES TO WORK WITH THE NEW EMPLOYEES AND SHOW THEM THE ROPES AND TO BE A MENTOR TO THEM. HE REMEMBERS FOR THIS LIKE BEING BEING NEW AND LEARNING THE JOB. WHEN YOU SEE BACK AROUND THE CITY, PLEASE LET YOU PLEASE KNOW THAT HE'S STEPPING OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SO. MIKE ALSO FILTERED MENTIONED THAT HE, UH HE'S ACQUIRED HIS STONE WATER C D. N A LICENSE HAVE PRODUCED MIKE HAZLETON. MR HAZLETON. I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T BLEED OUT YOUR WHOLE HEART TO MR LIKE WHEN YOU SAID THAT. SO YOU GIVE US SURREAL DEAL ON WHAT IT IS WORKING THERE WITH MILTON. LET'S THAT'S GREAT WORKING. SO WAS A VOLUNTEER AT OUR CLEAN UP MY RIGHT AT TIMES. YEAH.

THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU. TOLD YOU EVERYTHING KNOWS THEM. SO I'D LIKE FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE MEET ME DOWNSTAIRS OFF THE DS, PLEASE. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEBODY SPECIAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME TO OUR CITY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO GO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK. TIM. WE HAVE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 40 YEARS YEARS. YOU'RE NOT HERE, MR SCOTT EARL. WATER TREATMENT DESERVES IT. HE WAS HE DOES WORK THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, SO HE'S PROBABLY ASLEEP. MR SCOTT EARL FOR 40 YEARS FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. LET'S GIVE HIM A HEAD. LET'S GO. TELL HIM THAT WE HAD LOTS OF GOOD THINGS. CAN YOU GIVE A SPEECH FOR HIM? YEAH YOU GOT A PICTURE OF HIM? YOU KNOW YOU CAN HOLD THE PICTURE AND WELL, NO ONE'S EVER SEEN HIM. HE WORKS MIDNIGHT OUT OF

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THE WAIST WITH THE WATER PLANT AND LIKE NO ONE'S EVER SEEN HIM. WHAT KEEPS THE WATER FLOWING BY THE MORNING TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT WE HAVE THIS DAMAGE CHAMPION FROM THE

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SERVICE AWARDS - NOVEMBER 2021

 

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POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS. SHE KNOWS THIS. TO MOW DOWN THERE.

MAKE SOME OF THEM DOWN. GET A CHEAP DOWN HERE. OH YEAH, YEAH. COME ON. MY. YES. WOW. FULL CIRCLE.

UH, UH, DON'T ANSWER. THAT'S A GOOD THANK YOU. IS DESIGNATED YOU TO GIVE HER SPEECH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE EVERY DAY THAT I WORKED FOR THE CITY. IT'S BEEN GREAT. THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT. IT'S A PRIVILEGE REALLY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WHAT MAKES THIS ATRIUM? UM FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AND GIVE HER. AND SOMEONE FROM FIRE MEDIC LEROY HERE. NOT HERE, EITHER FOR TWO. OKAY COME ON. ENJOY. COME ON IN HERE. BRING HIM DOWN. I'M JUST HERE TO COLLECTIVELY. MY BROTHER. THANKS, LEROY. PLEASE.

OURS. 10 YEARS. THANK YOU.

THANKS, WILLIE. YEAH. EITHER BUILD THIS. SAMMY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD ATTEND IN PERSON.

THIS YOUR GLASSES, ALL RIGHT. I'VE YOU HELPFUL, CHIEF. SEAMLESS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS HERE WITH ME HIS GLASSES. I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME SCRIPT TAG REMOVAL HAS BEEN WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND HE ACTUALLY WROTE. MS KENDALL AND I THINK IT MYSELF A NOTE. YOU'RE MISS CANDLE. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO INFORM ME THAT THE SEVERE STEWART WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO HONOR ME FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE TEAM. IT HAS HELPED THE CITY FULFILL ITS IMPORTANT OBLIGATIONS TO ITS CITIZENS. I'M SORRY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH AND I'M IN SEARCHING BECAUSE CHIEF TO MINELLI HAS BEEN WORKING REAL HARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE TELL HIM THAT WE SAID THANKS. AND WE'RE SORRY THAT HE COULDN'T COME AND PLEASE DELIVER THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. UM. OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UM THE LAW. SOME. CURRENT STATUS OF THE 2022 LAKE

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PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE 2022 LAKE OKEECHOBEE SYSTEM OPERATING MANUAL (LOSOM) DEVELOPMENT.

 

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OKEECHOBEE SYSTEMS OPERATION MANUAL. DEVELOPMENT, MR HOGG ART MR HOGGARD ALSO MOONLIGHTS AS OUR PHOTOGRAPHER EVERY NOW AND THEN. OCCASIONALLY GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, UM BEN HOGARTH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LIAISON. FOR THE RECORD. I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THIS 90 HOUR PRESENTATION FOR YOU. 90 HOUR, OKAY? MM YEAH, I HAD I HAD HOPED THAT, UH, THAT TONIGHT BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWER NIGHT. WE COULD JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO KIND OF GO OVER LOOK REALLY AT THE YEAR, BUT REALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM. AND GET KIND OF A FEEL OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE LOW SOME PROCESS BECAUSE WE CAN START VICE MAYOR MATHESON CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO SAVE THE. ANGUISH FOR JUST HE AND I GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE MEETINGS AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THE AND THE COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND. ALL THE OTHER PDT STAKEHOLDERS, SO I HOPE THAT TONIGHT WE CAN KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAPSHOT BY THE END, ESPECIALLY OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. AND IN THE COMING FUTURE, SO, UM, RECENTLY, I JUST FIGURED I'D BRING THIS UP IN CASE ANYONE WASN'T AWARE.

COMMISSIONER MATHESON, UH, ACTUALLY HELPED TO ORGANIZE A MEETING WITH ONE OF THE GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE WEST COAST. CHARLOTTE ROMAN RETIRED COLONEL. I SHOULD SAY CHARLOTTE ROMAN. UM AND SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TO GO ONTO A BOAT TOUR. UM WE WE'VE LOOKED AT THE SOUTH FORK. WE WENT ALL THE WAY PASS ALS POINT AND PRETTY MUCH TO WHERE THE LAGOON MEETS THE RIVER, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES SO THAT. CARL ROMAN COULD COULD REALLY GET A FEEL FOR THE SIZE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY AND THE CALOOSAHATCHEE ESTHER VERY AND I'M SURE IN HIS COMMENTS, VICE MAYOR MATHESON COULD TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND. UM WHAT EACH OF US ARE GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN ESTUARIES. UM AND BEFORE I GO INTO JUST LOW SOME I DID WANT TO KIND OF BRIEFLY STATE THAT THE LAKE RATE NOW IS AT 16 FT JUST UNDER 16 FT, BUT UM. AT THIS TIME FOR IT TO BE AT 16 FT. THE CHANCES OF IT GETTING BELOW 13 FT BY JUNE ARE VERY, VERY LOW AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IMPRESS UPON THE CORE. UNTIL THOUGH SOME TAKES OVER IN 2023 THAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR THAT THEY TRY TO LOWER THE LAKE AS BEST AS THEY CAN, UM, TO PREPARE FOR THE STORM SEASON NEXT YEAR, AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A WHOLE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THAT TONIGHT, BUT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE TALK WITH THE CORE WE HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE THAT. UM THIS SLIDE I'M USING AS A REFERENCE AND A REMINDER. FOR EVERYONE. UM WHEN? WHENEVER YOU DO SEE ANY NUMBERS, AS FAR AS WHICH STRUCTURES THE ARMY CORPS CONTROLS ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE SEVENTIES 77 78 79. THESE ARE ALL LOCKS TO THE CALOOSAHATCHEE ON THE WEST COAST. AND THEN THE EAST COAST. IT'S THE S 308 WHERE THE LAKE MEETS THE CANAL. AND THEN THE C 44 GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE S 80 WHERE THAT MEETS THE RIVER. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST REMEMBER, UM REALLY, THESE FIVE, THERE'S PLENTY OF BOTH NORTH OF THE LAKE AND SOUTH OF LAKE THERE'S OTHER STRUCTURES THE ARMY CORPS CONTROLS BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF REALLY MOST OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE FIVE. STRUCTURES UM, AND AGAIN AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE EXTREMELY CONFUSING UH, LAURA'S OH, EIGHT RELEASE SCHEDULE. AND THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE THIS TO YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH IT, UM, IS THE HIGHER UP ON THE SCHEDULE. YOU ARE THE HIGHER THE LAKE ELEVATION, THE LOWER ON THE SCHEDULE, THE LOWER THE LAKE ELEVATION. AND ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART RIGHT HERE IS BETWEEN THE 77 THE 80. SO WE'RE TALKING WEST COAST AND EAST COAST. HOW MANY DISCHARGES ARE GOING? WE'RE. AND BACK IN LOURDES. OH, WAIT AND WHAT WE'RE STILL OPERATING ON TODAY.

THERE'S DISCHARGE IS ALMOST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE TO THE EAST COAST NOW, THANKFULLY THERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER WHEN IT'S DRY. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSTANTIAL DISCHARGES TO THE EAST COAST BY SCHEDULE, YEAR ROUND, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT, UM UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH FELLOW SOME PROCESS. AND HOW MUCH THAT HAS CHANGED. SO UM, WHERE WE'VE GONE. WE STARTED IN 2019. WE WENT THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PHASES, INCLUDING EARLY ANALYSIS. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE PEREDO. WE DISCUSSED A LOT THAT WAS ALL THROUGH LAST NOVEMBER, SO ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED THROUGH THE LIST OF THE TWO YEAR LONESOME PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT THERE AND IN THE SECOND AND THE SECOND YEAR. UM, WHERE EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SEE CHECK MARKS WERE PRETTY MUCH. PAST THIS WHERE WE'RE, BUT WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THE END OF

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ITERATION THREE AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND. WHAT EXACTLY ITERATION THREE WAS AND HOW WE GOT HERE. UM. AT THE END OF I THINK IT WAS MADE THIS YEAR. UH THE ARMY CORPS HAD SORT OF TAKEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MODEL SIMULATION RUNS. AND HOME DOMAIN TO JUST A HANDFUL OF SIMULATIONS, A HANDFUL OF RUNS THAT WE COULD REALLY GO BACK AND FORTH AND DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH AND THE CITY OF STEWART OBVIOUSLY HAD CHAMPIONED. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN CONGRESSMAN MASS CHAMPION AS WELL PLAYING C C OR ALTERNATIVE CC HERE. IT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST FOR THE CITY OF STEWART AND FOR THE ST LOUIS YESTERDAY. VERY IF YOU HAD TO PICK A PLAN THAT WAS THE BEST FOR US, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVE. A WE CHOSE THE CHAMPION PLAN C C BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE KNEW IT. IT SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED DISCHARGES AND PERPETUITY FOR US, UM, AND IT WAS THE BEST BASELINE TO USE FOR OPTIMIZATION THAT WE WOULD SEE IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT THIS SECOND. BUT THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF HOW MUCH WORK WE PUT IN TO JUST GET TO MAY TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD PLANS THAT WERE TANGIBLE. UM I'LL BE IT PRETTY DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY OPERATED, BUT. FOR THE MOST PART, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND, UM, AND DISCUSS MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW MANY DISCHARGES ARE GOING WHERE AND HOW TO IMPROVE FLOW TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST WHEN THEY ACTUALLY NEED IT. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS AFTER THE ARMY COURT SHOWS PLAN C C AS THE AS THE BASELINE THERE WERE STATE AGENCIES, THANKFULLY, AND I BELIEVE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ALL KIND OF. BREAKING NYSE THE CC WAS PROBABLY THE BEST BASELINE TO CHOOSE AT THAT POINT AND THEN OPTIMIZE FROM THERE. WHAT WHAT THEY ALSO REALIZED THAT THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF WEAKNESSES IN THE PLAN IN THE DRAFT AND SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED AND OPTIMIZATION. UH AND THAT INCLUDED TRYING TO SEND A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER SOUTH, BUT JUST PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MITIGATE ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT ADDRESSING ALGAE. WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF THAT. BUT WHAT WE DID SEE IS THE ARMY CORPS MANAGED TO AND OPTIMIZATION KEEP WATER SUPPLY. UM AT OR BETTER. WHAT PLANS CC ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO. MORE IMPORTANTLY. SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED THE WEST COAST FLOWS IN THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, WAS NOT THRILLED WITH PLAIN CC. UM BUT IN THE OPTIMIZATION PROCESS, THEY GOT ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD HAVE HOPED FOR. CONSIDERING THE BASELINE WHAT STARTED AS AND IN FACT, IN SOME WAYS. THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A BENEFIT. UH THEN WE GOT WE IN FACT GOT HURT A LITTLE BIT, UM, ANY OPTIMIZATION PROCESS AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. UM WHAT I WANTED TO GET ACROSS FIRST WAS JUST HOW DIFFERENT. PLAN C. C IN 2000 AND EIGHT WERE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW WATER MANAGERS MAKE THE DECISION TO DISCHARGE WATER, AND WHEN THEY DO SO, AND. ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COLORFUL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND MAYBE PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ. THE LEFT SIDE WAS THE 2000 AND EIGHT, UM, SCHEDULE AND. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO GET OUT OF THIS IS BENEFICIAL USE BAND IS WHAT THEY USED TO CALL IT. AND THAT WAS THE ZONE IN WHICH STRICTLY BENEFICIAL WATER WOULD BE GOING SOUTH OR WEST. AND. AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY UP HERE THROUGH BASE FLOW, LOW FLOWS INTERMEDIATE BENEFICIAL USE IS A WAS A LIMITING FACTOR. THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO SEND BENEFICIAL WATER. AT THIS BAND, SO WE DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF WATER WHEN WE'RE AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCHEDULE.

UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY THE LAKE SCHEDULE WORKED BEFORE IT TRIED TO RETAIN WATER AS LONG AS IT COULD FOR FEAR OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS. BRINGING THE WATER. UM TOO FAR BELOW THIS, THIS 10.5 FT THRESHOLD BEFORE JUNE AND THE CHALLENGE WITH OPERATING THE LAKE LIKE THAT IS THAT WHILE IT MIGHT BE. A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR LIKE ECOLOGY TO OPERATE LIKE THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY BAD FOR ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE. UM AND IT FORCED INSTEAD OF SENDING OPTIMAL FLOWS TO THE WEST COAST INTO THE SOUTH WHEN IT NEEDED IT. IT JUST HELD IT. AND INACTIVE LIKE A RESERVOIR. AND UNFORTUNATELY THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION AND THE SCIENCES HAS ALL BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PROVED THAT AS A AS A GOOD WAY TO MANAGE THE LAKE. UM BUT HERE IN PLAN C C, WHICH IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH. THE ZONES BECOME A LOT MORE CONSTRICTED TO THE POINT WHERE THIS ZONE RATE HERE, THIS BIG ZONE IN THE MIDDLE BECAME ZONE D AND THAT THAT ESSENTIALLY BECAME WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME THE LAKEWOOD SIT IN. UM WOULD BE AND SO IT'S AGAIN

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DIFFERENT THAN THE LOW FLOW A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE LOW FLOW. IT'S BEEN EXPANDED ALMOST TO INCLUDE THE BASE FLOW FROM 2000 AND EIGHT SO IT'S WIDE AND I'LL EXPLAIN HOW THAT EVEN IMPROVES AS OUR DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. SO ALTERNATIVE C C. HERE YOU GO. ZONE D. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO GET AWAY FROM THIS. IS THAT RIGHT HERE, WHETHER WHETHER YOU'RE JUST ABOVE THE WATER SHORTAGE MANAGEMENT BAND, WHICH IS THE PURPLE LINE. WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PURPLE, WHETHER YOU'RE BETWEEN THE GREEN AND THE GREY OR WHETHER YOU'RE IN THIS GIANT GREEN GREY ZONE, EVERYTHING BELOW THAT YELLOW LINE, WHICH IS THE START OF ZONE, SEE IN PLAN C. C. WE GET ZERO DISCHARGES. THAT IS HUGE FOR ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD MANAGE THIS LEAK. LOOKING AT THE SIMULATIONS THAT WE DID MAKE SOME MASSIVE DIFFERENCE. UM AND THAT'S JUST SIMULATION IN REAL WORLD SCENARIO. UM FORGET NUMBERS ON A SCREEN AND ALL THAT IN REAL WORLD SCENARIO.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 90 95% OF THE TIME. UM THE LAKE IS GOING TO BE SITTING UNDER THAT YELLOW LINE AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE WON'T BE GETTING DISCHARGES UNDER THIS PLAN. UM SO THAT WAS PLAN C C AGAIN? IT HAS BEEN CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE AND, UM I'M GOING TO GET INTO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS KIND OF THIS, UH TO THE WEST COAST. YOU SEE A FLUCTUATION IN ZONE D IN THE GRAY AREA BETWEEN HOW MUCH THEY GET AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT. UM REALLY ANYWHERE BELOW THAT YELLOW LINE. THE WEST COAST CAN GET GENERALLY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT GENERALLY CAN HANDLE UP TO 2000 CFS OR. UM A LOT MORE VOLUME THAN US, BUT 2000 CFS IS STRICTLY OPTIMAL. BENEFICIAL FLOWS FOR THE WEST COAST. ANYTHING ABOVE THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO GET INTO STRESSFUL AND DAMAGING FLOWS FOR THE WEST COAST, BUT THEY CAN TAKE ALL THAT WATER. FOR MOST OF THE YEAR AND IN THIS PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW THE CORD THE THRESHOLD TO DO THAT, AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO SEND AS MUCH IN MAXIMIZE WATER SOUTH AS WELL. UM AND SO WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO FURTHER IMPROVE PLAN C C AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER THAN MAXIMIZING FLOW SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SCHEDULE. IS BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE.

THESE THREE ZONES THAT HAVE BEEN SPLIT NOW INTO ZONE INTO 23 DELTA ZONES OR D ZONES. AND THEY ALSO, UM. TOOK ZONES B AND C AND MERGE THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MANAGE AND SIMPLER AND THEN ZONE A WOULD BE WHERE THERE'S MAXIMUM RELEASES. UM, EITHER DIRECTION, EAST OR WEST. AGAIN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE CORE CONSIDERING WAYS IN WHICH TO FURTHER INCLUDE APPROVED FLOWS TO THE WEST COAST. BY DOING SO, YOU'RE SENDING BENEFICIAL FLOWS WEST IN YOUR MITIGATING AND LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT YOU MIGHT SIT ABOVE 16 FT IN THE LAKE LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS YOU GO FROM JANUARY, UM THROUGH THROUGH THE EARLY, UH, STORM SEASON, ESPECIALLY STARTING IN JUNE, BUT. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AS WELL. THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE SEASON RIGHT HERE AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SEND WATER MONTHS BEFORE THEN, UM, BOTH SOUTH AND WEST IS A HUGE. BOON FOR IMPROVING THIS ENTIRE SCHEDULE. AND SO AGAIN, WE CAN FURTHER IMPROVE ZONE D IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CORE. AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED THIS AS AS A 100% SURE THING, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING DOING RIGHT NOW IS MERGING THOSE THREE ZONES OF D OR DELTA INTO JUST ONE ZONE, WHICH ALLOWS A MAXIMUM, UM. FLOW OF BENEFICIAL TO THE WEST COAST. BENEFICIAL FLOWS SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY FLOWS IN 95% OF THE TIME IN THIS SCHEDULE. COMPARE THAT AGAIN TO LAURA'S AWAIT WHERE WE HAD FLOW COUNTS POSSIBLE THREAT, THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE WATER SHORTAGE MANAGEMENT BAND. ALMOST SO IT'S A BIG BIG CHANGE AND TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. THIS IS A HARD GRAFT TO READ IT FIRST. BUT THIS IS TAKING THE ZONES THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT A, WHICH IS RED AT THE TOP B AND C, WHICH HAVE EMERGED TOGETHER AS THE BLUE SECTION. ALL OF THE D SCHEDULE, WHICH IS THE GRAYS. AND IN THE WATER SHORTAGE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE, WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW MUCH TIME IN EACH ZONE EACH OF THESE EIGHT PLANS THE ARMY CORPS HAD RECENTLY IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE OPTIMIZATION PROCESS. THIS IS HOW MUCH TIME IN EACH ZONE THE LAKE WOULD BE SPENT. AND THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS ISN'T ISN'T WHAT'S IN THE GRAY AND THE PURPLE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES HERE. IT'S LOOKING AT THE TOP OF THE SCHEDULE AND SEEING HOW MUCH TIME WE WOULD SPEND. YOU KNOW, ABOVE 16 FT IN THE LAKE, AND SOME PLANS ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER HERE. YOU SPEND A LITTLE BIT LESS TIME THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT BETTER FOR US AND HOW MUCH VOLUME WE GET. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE EVEN

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THOUGH YOU CAN'T TELL THEM THIS GRAPH THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH YOU GET INTO THESE ZONES ISN'T REPRESENTED HERE SIMPLY WHAT'S REPRESENTED HERE IS. IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE WHOLE HOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU ACTUALLY SPEND IN THOSE IN THOSE AREAS? IT DOESN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH VOLUME IS OCCURRING WHEN YOU DO SO. UM. BUT GETTING INTO THE SAME PLANS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. REALLY I HIGHLIGHTED JUST THIS SECTION HERE BECAUSE FOR THE EAST COAST WE IDENTIFIED AS 308 REGULATORY FLOWS, WHICH IS THE FLOWS SPECIFICALLY COMING FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TO THE C 44 CANAL AND INTO US INEVITABLY. THAT IS OUR SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT METRIC AND HAS BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US IN THE WEST COAST, WEST COAST SAYS A LOT MORE CONCERNS. THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOW FLOW. THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIGHEST HIGH FLOW. THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO OPTIMIZE FLOWS GENERALLY. UM, THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. A LOT MORE METRICS THAN WE DO.

THANKFULLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE METRIC. BUT WHAT I WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THE EIGHT PLANS THAT WE SAW WEEK AND A HALF AGO DID NOT SIT WELL WITH US. THESE WERE OPTIMIZATIONS FROM PLAN C C AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE CATEGORY THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IS YOU GO FROM PLAN C C, WHICH IS 72,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR. THAT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE VOLUME WE WOULD GET. AND IT JUMPS. YOU KNOW 30 50% IN SOME CASES, IT DOUBLES. HOW MUCH, UH, VOLUME WE WOULD GET AVERAGE ON AN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE CORE WAS CONSIDERING THAT OPTIMIZATION AND WE DIDN'T SEE, UM SEE IT THE SAME WAY. WE DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A FORM OF OPTIMIZATION.

SO WE CERTAINLY RESPONDED TO THE CORE BOTH IN CALL, UM, FOR ALL OF THE PDT TO HERE AND THEN ALSO IN OUR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COURSE OF THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND.

UM THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT? WHAT WE WERE GETTING OUT OF PLAN C C AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THESE PLANS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED NOW THEY DIDN'T THE CORE DIDN'T. COMMIT TO ANY ONE OF THESE PLANS, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY WERE, UM GOING THAT DIRECTION. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE SERIES OF PLANS THAT WERE LITERALLY DOZENS. WE JUST. YOU KNOW FOR THE BENEFIT OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M ONLY GOING TO SHOW YOU JUST LIKE THEY DID. EIGHT. BUT TO SHOW YOU HOW SO MANY OF THE NUMBERS IN THE METRICS FOR ALL THE OTHER, UM WHETHER IT'S THE WEST COAST, WHICH IS BLUE HERE.

THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY. WATER SUPPLY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. VERY SIMILAR PERFORMANCE AND THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE I WANT YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS RIGHT HERE. UM, IT'S A BIG CHANGE. SO THESE WERE THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. I SHOULD SAY THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CORE. UM THERE'S STILL ALL HIGHER THAN PLANT CC. WE REALLY WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE, UM, THE STRONGEST OF ARGUMENTS TO GETTING IT BELOW OR AT THE SAME THRESHOLD OF C C WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE PERFORMANCE GOALS THAT THE ARMY CORPS HAD SET FOR. UM FOR OPTIMIZATION PHASE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. UM BUT TO US, IT WAS ALMOST INEXCUSABLE THAT HERE WE HAVE PLANS THAT ARE BELOW IN SOME CASES 100,000 ACRE FEET. BUTTER BUTTER, NOT TWICE AS MANY FLOWS. UM AS YOU SAW IN SOME OF THE PLANS, THE ARMY COURT SHOWS BUT STILL RELATIVELY SIMILAR PERFORMANCE IN SOME CASES, BETTER PERFORMANCE IN THE POINT IN ANOTHER. METRICS THAT THE ARMY CORPS HAD IDENTIFIED. SO UM, I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG DEBATE OR DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT PLAN IS BETTER THAN OTHERS. IT'S JUST I WAS HOPING, UM, AS BEST AS I COULD TO. HELP. ILLUSTRATE TO THE COMMISSION WHO HASN'T BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS ENTIRE PART OF THE PROCESS INTO THE PUBLIC. WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AND WHY WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR IT. UM IT'S THESE THESE METRICS THESE NUMBERS. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'VE GONE INTO DEPTH WITH THE ARMY CORPS BUT WE WANT TO AT LEAST ILLUSTRATE THE CASE THAT WE'RE MAKING AND WHY WE'RE MAKING IT. UM BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS? I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO REALLY WHAT OUR OUTLOOK FOR THE ST LUCIE IS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THE CORE IS GOING IN, AND WE'VE MADE A HECK OF A CASE WITH DATA, OBVIOUSLY. AS TO WHY WE THE COURSE SHOULD PROBABLY. COME A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THE PLANS THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED AND MEET US HALFWAY, BUT UM. THERE ARE FIVE MAIN POINTS I TRIED TO IDENTIFY AS TO WHAT THIS LITTLE SOME PROCESS HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WHAT WE CAN PROBABLY LOOK FORWARD TO JUST BASED. ON PLAN C C AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO THIS POINT. NUMBER ONE AGAIN TO REITERATE NO DISCHARGES THROUGH ZONE D. UM

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ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER SHORTAGE MANAGEMENT LINE, WHICH AGAIN ACCOUNTS FOR, YOU KNOW, 95 IS A GOOD ESTIMATE, BUT 95% OF THE TOTAL TIME WE WOULD SPEND IN THE LAKE SCHEDULE. UM NUMBER TWO IS IT'S ALTHOUGH THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BIG RANGE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE SIT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 30 AND 50% REDUCTION IN TOTAL. LAKE OKEECHOBEE DISCHARGED VOLUME.

MOVING FORWARD, SO. UH THAT THAT ALSO, UM IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT. THE NEXT POINT, WHICH IS WE HAVE A MAJOR REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF DISCHARGE EVENTS. TO LESS THAN 15% OF THE HISTORIC NORM. SO OVER A 50 YEAR PERIOD AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH 50 YEARS TIMES 365 DAYS EACH YEAR. 6900 OF THOSE DAYS WE WERE RECEIVING DISCHARGES. SO THAT'S ALMOST HALF FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T GOT OUT OF CALCULATOR. YET. IT'S ALMOST HALF AND. WE'VE GOT THAT DOWN. JUSTIN PLAN C C. UM TO ABOUT FOUR OR 500 DAYS, BUT IN THE PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S ABOUT 1000. SO I'M TRYING TO BE FEAR NOT LOOK AT PLAN C C AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED IT. BUT 1000 DAYS. OVER 50 YEARS IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE FROM NEARLY 7000. UM IT IS ABOUT 15% OF THE HISTORIC NORM. THE AMOUNT OF FREQUENCY WE WOULD SEE EVENTS. SO IN LAURA'S, OH, EIGHT, YOU WERE TALKING HAVING A DISCHARGE EVENT ALMOST ONCE EVERY YEAR EVERY TWO EVERY THREE YEARS. UM MASSIVE, MASSIVE HIT TO THE ECOLOGY TO THE RIVER. UM EVEN IF THERE WEREN'T ALGAL BLOOMS AFFECTING HUMANS AND MARINE TRAFFIC UH, IN HUMAN HEALTH. ALL OF THIS DAMAGE FOR DECADES WAS OCCURRING TO THE ECOLOGY. WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING AT THE AT THE LOWER LAYERS. UM YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE OYSTERS OR EVEN MANATEES, AND WE'VE SEEN DOLPHINS. DYING FROM LACK OF OXYGEN. YOU'RE TALKING 15% OF THE TIME. THAT WE USED TO HAVE DISCHARGE IS NOW UNDER THESE PLANS, REGARDLESS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE ARMY COURT GOES, THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CORE MAKES THE ALTERATIONS TO THAT ZONE D AND EXPAND IT TO BE ONE GIANT ZONE LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL EVEN HAVE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO US. THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHAT WE GENERALLY KNOW NOW. UM AND THEN NUMBER FOUR. SOME MIGHT CONSIDER THIS THE NUMBER ONE THING AND THAT'S THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE MORE FLOW SOUTH AND WEST. IT'S IS MAXIMIZED AS YOU COULD PROBABLY GET WITH THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO IMPROVE AS MORE PROJECTS COME ONLINE. UM SO NUMBER FOUR IS JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER OVER TIME. AND THEN NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE FOCUSED ON WITH THE ARMY CORPS. EARLY ON. WE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH LAURA'S AWAIT WAS THAT WATER MANAGERS WHETHER IT WAS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH WAS THE ARMY CORPS. THEY HAD THEY HAD. THEY WERE VERY CONSTRICTED IN THE KINDS OF FLEXIBILITY, DECISIONS AND OPTIONS THAT THEY HAD. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THE CORE. THE WHOLE PDT, NOT JUST US. THAT'S THE PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM. THAT'S ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE WORKED EARLY ON TO TRY AND GIVE THE CORE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT STATISTICALLY, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE PLAN OR THE ARMY CORPS, THE ARMY CORPS ACTUALLY PERFORMS BETTER THAN THE PLANS. SO WE TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT BETTER THAN JUST THE PLANS AND, UH AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT WELL INTO THE FUTURE AND TO THEM FOR THEM TO WORK WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DNAISTRICT. MAXIMIZE FLOWS SOUTH. SO THESE ARE REALLY THE FIVE BIG POINTS TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU GOT THE SLIDES THIS THIS REALLY IS THE BIG ONE. UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE. YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. IT'S NOT PERFECT. BUT AS I SAID, WHAT COMES NEXT OR THOSE OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL ONLY IMPROVE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE OVER TIME? UM AND AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF CONCLUDE WHERE WE WERE. THIS LEAVES US OFF. IS THROUGH NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ARMY CORPS IS GONNA BE DRAFTING, OPERATIONAL. UM. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS AND A LOT OF OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO EVERY WARS BEFORE WE'LL GO INTO THIS. THIS UM, GUIDANCE DOCUMENT NOW FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO REFINE THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION OR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. UM. MR OKAY, GEORGE, AND I KNOW THAT UM OR VICE MAYOR WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. AND IF ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. I WENT TO QUESTIONS AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU WISH THAT WE COULD. HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. ARE YOU PLANNING ON US? YOU HAVE THE LIST UP THERE OF THE DAYS AND THINGS ARE YOU BETTING US DOING SOMETHING BY OURSELVES OR. WELL WE JUST BE PARTICIPATED IN THE REGULAR LOSS, UM, SCHEDULE. YOU

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KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING BIG AND WE SEND VICE MAYOR. IS ALL REPRESENTED. DO YOU NEED INPUT FROM A STUBBLE WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING? WE WILL KNOW THE MOST. UH, AFTER THE 16TH. ENTER YOU KNOW? BEN AND I WILL. PARTICIPATE IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HEAR FROM THE CORE.

MM. I WANT TO SAY AND CONGRATULATE. OF A SMALL TEAM, AT LEAST OF. EAST COAST STAKEHOLDERS THAT REALLY GOT INVOLVED OVER THE PAST, PROBABLY THREE WEEKS OR SO. BEN HOGARTH. UM. BRAD STUART, REPRESENTING CONGRESSMAN BRIAN MASSE AND JOHN MAIL AND THE TEAM FROM MARTIN COUNTY. UM. AND A FEW OTHER NONPROFITS THAT WE ALL KNOW HERE. FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES RIVERS COALITION AND THE RIVERKEEPER. UM AH, BUT THERE WERE NUMEROUS KIND OF.

GROUP PHONE CALLS OR ZOOM MEETINGS. UM AND ACTUALLY LAST TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2ND WAS WHEN THE CORE WAS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE THEIR OPTIMIZATION MODEL. AND BASICALLY, ONCE THEY HAVE THAT MODEL THAT BEN WAS TALKING ABOUT THEY WERE GOING TO FORMULATE THE WRITING OF LOHSE. UM, FROM THAT MODEL. AND THANKFULLY. THEY'RE EIGHT ORIGINAL PLANS. THEY DID DELAY FOR TWO MORE WEEKS AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DATE OF NOVEMBER 16TH. BECAUSE THEY'RE EIGHT ORIGINAL PLANS. WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, UM, BENEFIT AND THEN PLANT CC WAS THAT WE WERE. LOOKING AT PLAN C C GAVE US ROUGHLY A 60% REDUCTION IN DISCHARGES, AND IT'S BEEN STATED WE'VE GOT. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 30 TO 50. YOU KNOW, I DID MY BEST TO EXPRESS HARD.

CONCERN TO COLONEL BOOTH AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL PAUL COVERT NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS AND THEN WAS EXCELLENT. AT DIVING INTO THE DATA. UM. YOU KNOW THEY SENT US 240,000 MODEL RUNS AND TOLD US THEY WERE OPTIMIZATION. MODEL RUNS TO CHOOSE FROM. BUT BEN DID GREAT AT PICKING OUT EIGHT AND WE KIND OF JOINED TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR DIFFERENT PLANS, AND THEY HAVE AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT THOSE PLANTS. TO SEE IF THEY'LL WORK.

UM. NO, BUT REALISTICALLY, WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT OF LOWERS OUR WEIGHT. UM. ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS IF YOU COMPARE WHERE THE LAKE IS NOW AT 16 FT. WE'RE STILL UNDER LOWERS A WEIGHT HAS BEEN SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A BATTLE. OF ADVOCACY ALL AROUND AND THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS. OPPOSING OUR DESIRE TO GET THE LAKE, YOU KNOW. TOTE TO, YOU KNOW. AS LOW AS IT POSSIBLY CAN. WELL YOU KNOW, 12.5 FT, BUT WELL BELOW 13 FT. AS WE HIT THE END OF THE DRY SEASON. THIS NEW PLAN WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY IN THEORY, GIVE THE CORE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SEND BENEFICIAL FLOWS UP TO 2000 CFS TO THE WEST COAST. SO ACHIEVING THAT GOAL FROM WHERE WE STAND NOW, WITH LOW SUM COMPARED TO THE PLAN THEY HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER. UM GETTING BELOW 13 FT. YOU KNOW, OR REACHING 12.5 FT AS THE DRY SEASON ENDS NEXT SPRING. THAT BATTLE WOULDN'T BE AS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE CORE WOULD HAVE THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO GET THERE. SO THAT'S A WIN ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR US WHERE WE ARE NOW AS OF NOW. IS THAT LORDS? OH WAIT AS ONE OF THE SLIDES, HE POINTED OUT.

SENT BENEFICIAL WATER. YOU KNOW? THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE TO THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY. AND IT WAS A BATTLE FOR THE FIRST YEAR IN LOW SOME JUST TO GET. IT LOCKED IN THAT NO WATER IS BENEFICIAL TO THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY. SO AS WE STAND NOW, YOU KNOW, SAY, THREE QUARTERS AWAY THROUGH LOW SOME. THE ONLY TIME WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GET LAKE WATER. IS WHEN THE LAKES ABOVE 16.5 FT OR SO. UM, BUT THAT TYPICALLY WILL MEAN WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING. AND NOT WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING AT US, BUT WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE, BASICALLY COMING TOWARDS THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ANYWHERE SOUTH OF ORLANDO. AND THAT'S

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THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER. UM. BUT WHERE IT THE BATTLE'S NOT OVER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADVOCATE. FOR THE LAKE TO BE DRAWN DOWN TO APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. UM ONE FINAL THING IS. THE NEXT BIG DATE. REALLY AS IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, ONCE WE ADOPT A LOW SOME PLAN AND THE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE, WHICH SHOWED THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE NEXT BIG THING ON THE RADARS THE COMPLETION OF THE RESERVOIR, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF 2028. AND LAWYERS. OH, EIGHT. YOU KNOW? LASTED WELL, WELL PAST THE LENGTH OF A DECADE AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO EXPECT LOW. SOME TO BE ANY DIFFERENT AT THIS POINT. UM BUT THERE WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY, BUT END OF 2020. IT'S THE NEXT BIG ONE. UM. THE C 44 RESERVOIR, AND ESTA IS COMING ONLINE OR BASICALLY WILL BE ONLINE AND THEY'LL BEGIN TESTING IT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AS THE LATEST NEWS I'VE HEARD FROM COLONEL POLK ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ALSO ON THE LAW. SOME. UM, DO

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR HOLBERT? THIS ONE TO SAY THOSE WORDS THAT YOU SAY OH, HERE WAS YEAH. SHE SAID. WE TRUST OF COURSE, JUDGMENT. AND I. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, MISS. UM, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE? UM. COMMISSIONER MATHESON AND THEN MR HOBART IS JUST AMAZING AND BRING IN. I MEAN, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ALL OF US HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR AND WANTING FOR SO LONG AND THE KNOWLEDGE THE EXPERIENCE THAT.

THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD GO ON TALKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT BE JACKIE? OR IT WOULD BE, UM UM. OUR UM SORRY, MARK PERRY. YEAH GET UP HERE AND GET NERVOUS. BUT THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM AND, UH, MARTIN COUNTY HOW THEY'VE JUMPED IN AND YOU'VE ALL DONE THIS TOGETHER. NOT AS STEWART OR MARTIN COUNTY. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SO MUCH DONE. UH, IT'S JUST AMAZING. AND YOU GUYS, UM. REALLY DESERVE AN AWARD OF SOME KIND. BUT ANYWAY, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR RIVER. THANK YOU AND YOUTUBE IN. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING, UM IN IN THIS GOES FOR THE VICE MAYOR AS WELL. THE FACT THAT YOU ALL FROM EARLY ON, PUT YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND VICE MAYOR MATHESON AND MYSELF TO DO THIS.

I CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE AS ADAPTIVE AS WE NEEDED TO BE IN THIS PROCESS IT REALLY THERE WERE. THERE WERE MOMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS IN PLACE WHERE MADISON THOSE LISTS. WE NEEDED TO RESPOND IN A MATTER OF HOURS THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY IT CAN GET LIKE THAT SOMETIMES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD IN THE CITY MANAGER. UM TO GIVE THE SAME THING THE SAME VOTE OF CONFIDENCE TO US TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO FORWARD AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND I ALSO CAN'T THANK MARTIN COUNTY, UM AND CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE ENOUGH. FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT AND LIKEWISE FOR US BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT. THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF EVERYBODY GETTING TOGETHER IS WHAT IT TAKES, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG, TWO YEARS ALREADY, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE YEAR TO GO. BUT THIS IS THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. SO WE THANK YOU THAT. THANK YOU OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN. TO WASHINGTON, D. C OVER THE YEARS FIGHTING FOR THIS BEGGING FOR HELP, I FOOD THERE AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE COULD DO, UH, BEEN RAISING MONEY TO GET PEOPLE THERE IN ALL THESE YEARS, AND IT HAS FINALLY COME THROUGH WITH TWO STRONG MEN LIKE YOU GUYS PUSHING AND PUSHING, ESPECIALLY YOU, MATHESON. YOU DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. AND I LIKE THAT ABOUT YOU SO ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR HOLGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS IS OUR MISS BRUNO STILL ON THE DECK. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SKIRT IT IS SO HARD FOR ME AT TIMES TO PREPARE AND MAKE NOTES TO COME UP HERE AND THEN WE'RE NOT, UM ALL THIS STUFF IN MY MIND, I WANT TO SAY. AND IT NEVER COMES OUT RIGHT NOW WE SAY, WRITE IT DOWN, AND THEN WHEN I WRITE IT DOWN, IT'S JUST REALLY EVEN WORSE. UM. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE. END OF OUR GENDER. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION TO DELIBERATION.

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THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A LONG MEETING. I DON'T THINK. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS UM.

ARE WE TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET THERE AT THE END OF A WORKSHOP. OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.

UM. OUR DEVELOPMENT ARE LANDING CODE. WHAT WE WANT TO CHANGE. AND, UM. WHAT MESSAGE? WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING TO THE PEOPLE? AND WHAT IS THAT WE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. AND WE NEED THE CONSENSUS OF THE CITY OF STEWART PEOPLE. UM AND. THIS WAY WE CAN GUIDE OUR ATTORNEY. WE THINK GUIDE OUR MANAGER. UH, AND. I HOPE I NEVER SAID HERE IN THIS PLACE. AND NOT. AND NEVER RESPECT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SIT HERE. AND WHAT AN HONOR IT IS. UM. I DON'T WANT UGLY THINGS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH EFFORT. AND YOU WERE AND I APPOINTED THAT WOULD EVER HAVE THOSE THINGS. I WOULD HAVE HIM REAPPOINTED. BROTHER. WE'RE HERE. MHM. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ELECTED TO BE HERE. WHETHER WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE VOLUNTEERS. WE VOLUNTEERED. OR WE'VE HIRED PEOPLE. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. WE HAVE A GREAT CITY. LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVE WE HAVE IN THIS CITY. BUT ANYWAY. AND I WORKED WITH SOME GOOD COMMISSIONERS. YOU JUST SAW JUST WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING AND WHAT WE'RE ALL CAPABLE OF DOING. AND LEADING THIS THIS CITY. INTO THE 22ND CENTURY OR WHATEVER, BUT HEAVEN OF VISION. AND BEING PROUD OF IT. AND IF THAT MEANS WE. SLOW DOWN OR WHATEVER. WE'LL GET THERE, AND I BELIEVE THAT SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. THANK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER RUNAR COMMISSIONER. MY CALLED. NO JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

UH, YOU ARE WEAK. OVER A WEEK AGO, I WENT AND UH, VISITED THE NEW FIRE STATION THREE A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE IT OPENED. UH IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY, I RECOMMEND IT. I'M GOING TO GIVE A BIG COMPLIMENT TO THE GUYS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE CHIEF ON DOWN. THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING THAT SET UP. NOT ONLY DID HE SET UP QUICKLY, THEY'VE GOT TO SET UP WELL. UH THEY'VE ADAPTED 1/5 WHEEL CAMPER. ER, UM. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY A GREAT JOB. I WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY AND JUST TELL THEM I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC UP THEIR PUBLIC WORKS. YES IN FACT, THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING AND, UH. WE DID JUST INTERESTING ENOUGH WHILE I WAS THERE. WE DID GET A VISIT FROM, UH, MEMBER OF THE WINDOW BEAR COMMUNITY THAT CAME BEHIND A UM. EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE LOCATION. I THINK AFTER WE SPOKE WITH HER, SHE WAS MUCH BETTER WITH WITH THAT, UM, AND THEN THERE'S JUST ONE OTHER THING AND. AND MR DAVIS MENTIONED SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT THIS. UH IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING RECENTLY THAT. WAS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID THE REASON WHY THEY NEED TO HIRE 40 FIREFIGHTERS IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE CALLS INTO THE CITY, AND THAT IS JUST NOT THE CASE. UH WE'RE PROBABLY HANDLE MORE CALLS OUTSIDE THE CITY THAN THEY HANDLE WITHIN. BUT UH OH.

AND NOW WITH, UH, STATION THREE. IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, SO I JUST WANT TO JUST THOUGHT I NEEDED TO ADDRESS THAT SO AND THEN ALSO, JUST SINCE A PRAISED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I WANT POLICE OFFICERS TO FEEL LEFT OUT. SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, TOO.

GOOD JOB, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS COMMISSION. MCDONALD COMMISSIONER MEYER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM I JUST RETURNED FROM THE FLOOR LEGAL CITIES LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE LAST WEEK. UM PRETTY PRETTY TIDY CONFERENCE. UH, THE LEAGUE WAS WORKING ON UNVEILING IN PIECES. IT'S NEW, UH, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM. IT'S CALLED LOCAL. VOICES UNITED AND IT'S WORKING. I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE. THEY'RE WORKING ON ENGAGING WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT HOW TALLAHASSEE WORKS AND. HOW THEY ARE TO WORK

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BETTER AND HOW THEY OFTEN ARE REDUCING OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS BY ERODING OUR POWER. UM AND IT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE SAW WONDERFUL PRESENTATION BY DOUG GRIFFITHS, WHO WROTE A BOOK CALLED 13 WAYS TO KILL YOUR COMMUNITY. REALLY ENTERTAINING. UM. AH AND LIVELY PRESENTATION. GOT THE BOOK AND UH AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKS ABOUT. WAYS TO ENVISION THE FUTURE AND DIFFICULT PINCH POINTS THAT THAT CITIES AND COMMUNITIES CAN GET INTO. I FEEL LIKE I SOME OF THEM WERE ECHOES OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT LATELY, SO I'LL WHEN I'M DONE READING IT. I'LL STICK IT UP THERE AND ANYBODY WANTS TO BORROW IT. YES THANK YOU. YEAH AS FOR, UM, FOR HOUSING I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF I KNOW. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME HOUSING IDEAS THAT I'VE COME ACROSS AND SPEAKING WITH OTHER ELECTED THAT AT LEAGUE OF CITIES EVENTS. UM ONE OF THE LATEST THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN HONING IN ON MORE AND MORE IS THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. UM. SO FAR, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT THE MARKET UNFORTUNATELY, IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE NEED. UM WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST THROUGH REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO NOT REQUIRING. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT, THANKS AGAIN TO THE STATE. UM. BY NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR UNITS AS AFFORDABLE AND I'LL REMIND FOLKS WATCHING AND ALL OF US HERE THAT WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENTS COMING UP IN THE PIPELINE THAT DO HAVE SET ASIDES. TIE TO TIE TO THE ARMY, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ENOUGH. AND LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 500,000 ALLOCATED IN OUR RP FUNDS AND PORTION STILL UNALLOCATED. UM. I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUNDS. TWO. GET MUCH BIGGER IMPACT AND BUILDING. AFFORDABLE TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I THINK THAT COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IS AN IMPORTANT IMPORTANT TOOL IN DOING THAT, SO I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH SOME FOLKS LOCALLY. I'VE HEARD OF A COUPLE INTERESTING PROJECTS HAPPENING, AND UM, AND ANOTHER GOVERNMENTS IN FLORIDA. UM AND SO I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.

HOPEFULLY GETTING A WORKSHOP GOING AND HAVING. THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL STAFF, WORKING WITH STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER SOME IDEAS THAT WE CAN ALL DISCUSS. UM BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY FROM OUR PAPA THAT I THINK. YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM JUST DOING RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND OTHER UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO SOME BRICKS AND MORTAR. UM AND THEN FINALLY TOUCHED ON THE FIRE STATION. UM I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AT THE LAST MEETING REQUEST TO HAVE STAFF ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS AND THAT LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM SOME OF THE CONCERNS CITIZENS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PETITION GOING AROUND OR AT LEAST HAS BEEN.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE MAYBE CITY MANAGER UPDATE US ON THAT CONVERSATION AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THEM. AS FAR AS EDUCATING COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY. ABOUT WHAT THAT FIRE STATION LOCATION WOULD LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU, MR MEYER. WHAT'S FAIR. THANK YOU, UM.

NOVEMBER'S MANATEE AWARENESS MONTH. I WON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE LAKE. WE ALREADY COVERED THAT. BUT YOU KNOW? WITH RECORD NUMBER OF MANATEE DEATHS AND I WANT TO THANK. ON THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO FOR THE. UM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RE EXAMINE THEIR STANDING AND CONSIDER PUTTING THEM BACK ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST OR.

AT LEAST TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK AT THAT, UM. AND I WANTED TO THANK MAIN STREET. I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE SINCE HOB GOBLINS ON MAIN STREET. IT WAS. A JOY AND I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO LEAD THE PARADE DOWN AS MICKEY MOUSE. I COULD BARELY WALK IN THE SHOES I WAS WEARING, BUT IT WAS TRULY. IT WAS A JOY TO PUSH. PUSH MY DAUGHTER DOWN OSCEOLA STREET DRESSED UP AS MANY MOUTHS IN A STROLLER. UM AND JUST SO. SO FUN TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE DRESSED UP? UM AND WE HAD A AMAZING TURNOUT AND GREAT WEATHER FOR THE DAY. UM SO. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL THEN HOP GOBLINS ON MAIN STREET. AND THAT ENTIRE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. UM EVERYTHING YOU SAW HIM. DOWNTOWN STORE WAS AMAZING. YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY PEOPLE I MEAN, IT WAS THE BIGGEST. IT'S EVER BEEN JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDPARENTS. IT WAS JUST

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SHOWED UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT AND TO HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, HERE ON THE RIVER AGAIN. WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. WELL, VERY GOOD EVENT. THANK YOU. UM I WANTED. TO DRAG A LITTLE BIT THAT AS YOU GUYS MAY MAY NOT KNOW I SERVE AS THE. CHAIR OF THE LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE, AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO OR SO. UM I AND THE STAFF ON THAT BOARD, A LOT OF WHOM DO DOUBLE TIME FOR STAFF AT THE MPO, UM, ATTENDED THE. 2021 FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED. UM. AND OUR LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD, UH, WON AN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LOCAL COURTING BOARD OF THE YEAR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, ALTHOUGH IN MY FOOTSTEPS YES. SO. UM OUR MAYOR WAS THE CHAIR PRIOR TO ME SERVING AND I'M HONORED THAT YOU KNOW. JUDGING WHAT? I'VE GONE THROUGH MY LIFE. SHE ALLOWED ME. GOD TO TAKE UP THE REINS AND BE THE CHAIR AND. IT WAS AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD AND TWO NO.

ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, AND I'LL SAY WHAT I SET UP THERE AND UPON RECEIVING THAT AWARD THAT I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND TYPICALLY, WHEN I SEE A MICROPHONE, I'VE LEARNED TO SPEAK INTO IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED AWARDS AND DIDN'T TALK. BUT ALSO I GET THE PLEASURE OF RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF THE GREAT WORK OF OUR STAFF. UM AND THAT IS ENTIRELY TRUE. OF OUR LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE AND THE STAFF AT THE MPO FOR THE WORK THEY DO. THANK YOU AND.

FINALLY KIND OF TOUCH ON. PERHAPS WHAT COMMISSIONER BRUNER WAS. GETTING INTO REGARDING WORKSHOP. UM YOU KNOW, I THINK. I WATCHED LAST THURSDAY'S HELP A MEETING. AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A CLEAR MESSAGE. FROM ALL THE LP BOARD MEMBERS. KIND OF CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS COMING FORWARD. GROWTH IN THE CITY AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION. ON WHERE WE ARE.

TRENDING OR WHAT'S IN OUR FUTURE. AND UM, THIS PERTAINS TO TALKING ABOUT THE NEW FIRES DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, WE HAVE OVER. 2700 UNITS IN THE PIPELINE. UM. PLUS OR MINUS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DEFINE THE PIPELINE. COMING INTO THE CITY. UM THOSE ARE APPROVED PROJECTS AND WHAT WE ALL KNOW UP. HERE'S THAT ONCE SOMETHING IS APPROVED. IT PRETTY MUCH STAYS APPROVED FOREVER. IT DOESN'T REALLY UM. GET RESCINDED, IT MIGHT GET ALTERED OR SELL. BUT REALLY, ONCE THAT CHANGE IS APPROVED BY COMMISSION, EVEN IF IT'S 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

THAT APPROVAL IS STILL THERE. UM LEGALLY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND YOU KNOW SAY ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW? TWO PEOPLE CONSERVATIVELY PREACH UNIT OR SO LET'S JUST CALL IT, YOU KNOW. IN ALL THOSE UNITS, EXTRA 5000 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, H PLUS OR MINUS REAL ROUGH NUMBERS.

ALMOST UH, ANOTHER THIRD THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF STEWART. IN THAT TIME, AND I KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW UP HERE. THE COUNTY IS GROWING. FASTER THAN WE ARE. THE STATE IS GROWING FASTER THAN WE ARE. BUT FOR US TO MAKE. TRUE DECISIONS REGARDING OUR FIRE, WHICH I ENTIRELY AGREE ON. WE NEED TO SERVED. YOU KNOW? ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF STEWART, WHICH IS. SO WHY IT'S SO TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STATION NUMBER THREE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE. BUT. IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE OUR POPULATION IS TRENDING. AND TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE CORRECTLY. AND WHERE WILL BE IN A FEW YEARS TO DIRECTIVE POLICY. DIRECT STAFF TO, UH YOU KNOW, PROPERLY ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES TO SERVE ALL OUR RESIDENTS. SO. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSS THAT AND PROPER. PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO SIT DOWN AND DO THAT SAME WORKSHOP. WITH. R C R B BOARD AND THE HELP ABOARD. UM DEPENDING ON WHAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THINK OF THAT, UM NO. AND I THINK NO. OF ALL MY

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COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM THINK THE 90 MINUTE OR 90 HOURS STARTED AND WE HAD THE MENTIONED AT THE BIBLE READING MARATHON AND THEY GO ON. SO UM, YOU MR HOGARTH JUST MADE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE. THE LITTLE SUMMON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH REGARD TO WATER, AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MIDST TONIGHT. UM HONORABLE, DON QUASI WHO'S WORKED WITH THE FIND COMMISSION DISTRICT. HE'S RIGHT THERE. HE'S HIDING HIMSELF. NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCOVERED, SO JUST. AND YOU'RE STILL SERVING IN THAT POSITION, MR QUASARS. IT IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO US, UM WITH REGARD TO THIS, UM, WORKSHOP. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, TO MISS BRUNO. AND OF COURSE, MR MATHESON HAS MENTIONED IT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, BUT WE WOULD BE SETTING UP SOMETIME. I GUESS IT'S A REQUEST TO SET UP A TIME AND TO WORK ON SOMETHING. WELL, LET ME JUST CLARIFY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AN OUTCOME TO THAT. SO UH, AT THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TIME WHEN SOMEONE MAKES THAT MOTION IF THEY MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD A DND AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD. THERE, HOWEVER. UM WE COULD HAVE A SEPARATE WORKSHOP AND NOT HAVE THE DND TODAY OR WE CAN. YOU CAN INSTRUCT ME TO DO A DND AT A FUTURE MEETING. WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TIME IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO THIS AGENDA IF YOU WANTED A FUTURE MEETING, YOU CAN. ASKED ME TO DO IT AT ANY TIME. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IN THE FUTURE MEANS FUTURE MEETING. BUT MAYBE I THINK MISS BRUNER WANTED TO DISCUSS AT THE END OF THIS MEETING WHAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE MEDIA, BUT I'M NOT SURE. UM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM. TO GO AHEAD AND ASKED THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AND WE MEET. DISCUSS THAT, OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU BEFORE I FORGET. BUT CHRISTMAS TREES, JIM, UH, WHAT? I WANTED TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT. UHH CHRISTMAS TREE WALK IN THE TREES. MAY I ASK IS HAPPENING? UH I THINK IT STARTS. UH DECEMBER 10TH. OKAY OH, AND IT'S A REAL IT'S THE REALTORS OF MARTIN. TURN THE COAST. MARTIN IS GONNA BE JUST LIKE LAST YEAR. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM FIRST I WANT TO JUST SAY I HAD A FAMILY READING DAY ON.

SUNDAY THE SEVENTH YESTERDAY AT THE SHUFFLEBOARD COURT A LOT. I THINK THAT MARTIN COUNTY ITSELF HAS A LITTLE TOURISM THING THAT SAYS DON'T COME HERE. BUT THEN THEY. TELL YOU ALL THE SECRETS OF MARTIN COUNTY AND WHY IT'S WONDERFUL TO COME HERE. WELL HAVING ABOUT 60 PEOPLE ARE SO COME TO THE SHUFFLEBOARD COURT WHO PROBABLY HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT EVEN EXISTED. AS A PLACE THAT THEY COULD HAVE A MEETING. IT WAS JUST A JOYOUS OCCASION.

THE CHILDREN WERE THEIR SCHOOL BOARD. PEOPLE ARE THEIR FAMILIES, TEACHERS, PREACHERS.

WE EVEN HAD A RETIRED PRINCIPAL FROM MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL OCCASION. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE IT. SO MAYBE WE HAVE TO GET IN OUR CITY BUDGET TO TRY TO GET THAT PLACE THAT. SOME KIND OF A LEVEL, BUT WE'LL SEE BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT DONE BY AN ORGANIZATION PER SE, BUT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF SOME COMMUNITY PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, BUT THAT THEY'RE JUST REALLY ENJOY THAT THIS THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE VETERANS DAY. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME OUT AND IF WE COULD HAVE. PROBABLY THE SAME CROWDS ARE MORE AS WE HAD FOR THE HOB GOBLIN. IT WAS JUST A CERTAIN SPIRIT AT THE HOB GOBLIN PARADE. AND IT WASN'T ALL ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS, EITHER. BUT IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. JUST SEEING THE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HADN'T COME OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY WERE JUST AND THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER VERA BEACH. I MET SO MANY PEOPLE FROM. DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WOULD COME TO STEWART, AND IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. ON THURSDAY, THE 16TH. I'M GOING TO BE HAVING A TOWN HALL OR THERE WILL BE A TON HAUL PUT ON BY OUR, UM. C R A AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ALSO A PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR THE COTHERE'LL BE A TOWN HALL AT THE 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER AT SIX P.M. ON THE 16TH. IS IT? IS THAT A TWOS? THAT'S A TUESDAY OR THURSDAY, THURSDAY THURSDAY, THE 16TH. OKAY UM, THERE WILL BE A CLEANUP. I THINK FOR THE EASTERN ERA ON THE 27TH. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE EARS SHOW THIS WEEK AND AGAIN. IT'S ONE OF THOSE SECRETS IN MARTIN COUNTY, BUT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT. THAT'S FOR SURE. AND I THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE WITH OUR STAFF, HELPING AT THAT TIME WITH THE WALK A MILE IN HER SHOE EVENT, WHICH IS ALSO AT THE. HERE'S ABOUT 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK ON THAT DAY IN THE SAME LOCATION, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT WITH THE SAFE SPACE ORGANIZATION. ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING, UH, THE

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INTELLECT, DEDICATION AND I THINK MR CHOIR OF THAT'S WHY MR QUASARS HERE, BUT IT'S A FORT PIERCE ON. CITY MANAGER WILL TELL US MORE BODY WHEN IT COMES TO HIS TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT ON NOVEMBER, THE 18TH AND DURING THIS WEEK COMING UP. WE'RE HAVING THOSE, UM, LAWSUIT. UM HEARINGS HERE. CARTWRIGHT VERSUS CITY IS STUART HERE IN NOVEMBER MID NOVEMBER, MR MARTEL. AND WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING THAT. UM, THE JUDGE. LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK, I GUESS MIDDLE MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK ENTERED IN ORDER, SAYING THAT THE JUDGE WANTED TO DO IT FOR ON ZOOM ONLY. OKAY, SO IT WILL NOT BE HAVING THE PHYSICAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. AND THEN THIS PAST WEEK, I MET WITH SOMEONE FROM THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL JESSICA SEYMOUR REGARDING THE FORM BASED CALLED PLANNING TO GET THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH US. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING AND I MUST SAY THAT I'VE HAD. OKAY TWO MORE. I MUST SAY THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY COMMENTS ON BUSINESS THAT'S ABOUT TO BE OPEN OR SHOULD OPEN AND STEWART. IT'S A COLD LAB. THE OLD GROUND FOUR FORMS. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE APPROVED BUSINESSES AND WE HEAR THEM TELL US, YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SO MANY JOBS AND SO MANY DAYS SO MANY THAT THIS IS ALMOST LIKE. UNFOLDING LIKE A BUTTERFLY. IT'S LIKE IT'S THERE. PEOPLE ARE SEEING PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HOW CAN I WORK? WHAT CAN I DO? AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL FOR THEM TO REALLY OPEN UP THEMSELVES SO OPEN AND TO LET OTHERS KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEIR BUSINESSES COMING ALONG AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE. I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S NOT A BUSY WATER ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE COLA AB UM JUST A LITTLE THUMBS UP UM, AS THEY DO ON THE WHATEVER THOSE INTERNET THINGS WHERE YOU DO A THUMBS UP. AND THEN GOOD, BUT ALSO NOT GOOD. WE KNOW THAT THE WINTER'S COMING ALONG. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME DESPERATELY COLD DAYS. AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE APPROACHING ME PERSONALLY, I'VE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS ISSUES BECAUSE THE RENTS ARE SO EXCESSIVE AND IT'S HARD TO GET A REASONABLE PLACE TO LIVE. AND I KNOW THAT PROBABLY IS PROMPTED SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT. BUT. WE HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR HOMELESS ISSUE. I THINK THIS WINTER AND IT'S ALREADY HERE AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TYPES OF HOTELS AND MOTELS THAT WE USED TO HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT SO AS WE GO AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT IF YOU CAN HELP ANY OTHER AGENCIES WHO HELPED WITH A WHETHER IT'S FUNDS OR GIVEN SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS GIVEN SEASON. PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT AND DO SO. THAT IS ALL

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

I HAVE. CITY MANAGER. YES MADAM MAYOR. JUST THE DEDICATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A U. S CUSTOMS MARINE UNIT. UH, DEDICATION. ON NOVEMBER 18TH RIGHT IN UM. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE STATION THREE THAT COMMISSIONER MEYER WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

CURRENTLY WE ARE STILL EVALUATING THE PROPERTY. IT DOES HAVE QUITE A LOW ELEVATION. SO WE'RE EVALUATING THAT AS COMPARED TO SOME OTHER PROPERTIES. UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE UM, WHERE WE ALREADY OWNED THE ONE THAT'S AT THE ENTRANCE OF WINDERMERE. AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. IT'S ABOUT A 24 2500 SQUARE FOOT, UM, BUILDING WITH A TWO BAY GARAGE ATTACHED TO IT, SO IT'S NOT A ENORMOUS LOCATION. IT WILL HOUSE ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE AT THE AT THE PLACE OR EMPLOYEES AT THAT LOCATION, SO I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A MISPERCEPTION OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, OR HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE. THEY ALSO. DON'T RUN SIRENS AS THEY LEAVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THAT, AND THERE'LL BE A RED LIGHT. PREEMPT ER PUT IN PLACE THERE AT US ONE SO THAT ALLOWS THE FIRE ENGINE TO EXIT ON THE U. S ONE AND BE DOWN THE ROAD US ONE BEFORE THEY EVER HAVE TO START EXERCISING THE USE OF THEIR THEIR EMERGENCY SIRENS.

UM SO I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS ANGST WHEN SOMETHING NEW HAPPENS OR CHANGES AND NO ONE OBVIOUSLY. FOR CAESAR WANTS TO HAVE THAT PROBABLY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. SO CLASS ONE FIRE STATION THE INTEREST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR, UH ANXIETY ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WELL IF THAT IS THE FINAL SITE LOCATION I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO, KEV. WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE H O A ABOUT DOING SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND HAVING SOME

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MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF. AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT. UNFORTUNATELY WE MET WITH THE HULU AND DELIVERED THE INFORMATION AND WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO BECAUSE ONE OF THINGS WE WERE ALSO OFFERING US TO TAKE ON THE ROAD MAINTENANCE WORK FROM THAT ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY THERE, WHICH IS NOW UNDER THE AUSPICE OF THE H A WAY TO DO. NONE OF THAT MADE IT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. SO THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT NEVER GOT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD SHARE IN THOSE IN THOSE MEETINGS AND. OBVIOUSLY TRY TO BE AS BEST NEIGHBORS AS POSSIBLE TO THAT COMMUNITY. UM. I HAD A MEETING IN ACRES AND HE THAT'S WINDEMERE WOULDN'T AMERICA. LAST WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH BRIGHT LINE REPRESENTATIVES AND A COUPLE OF THEIR ENGINEERS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BRIDGE AND THEY WERE UPDATING ME, AND THEY ALSO HAD GONE TO THE COUNTY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT. THEIR RESULTS ON THEIR UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO THE EXISTING BRIDGE, AND IN THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO EVALUATE. UM A 55 FT WIDE SPAN WITH A 12 TO 24 INCH RISE THAT WOULD ALLOW 35% OF VOTES TO PASS. AND IF THAT COULD OCCUR, THEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INSTITUTE THAT, UM. UH WELL WITHIN THE BRIDGE AND BASICALLY INSERT A SUPERSTRUCTURE, UM, IN A PIECE OF THE BRIDGE TO ALLOW BOATS TO GO UNDER THE BRIDGE, WHETHER AND NOT GO THROUGH THE ACTUAL CHANNEL. PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS. YOU'VE GOT THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE AND THE TRAIN BRIDGE AND IT'S SUCH A, YOU KNOW, HARD, NAVIGABLE AREA TO GET THROUGH THERE TO MOVE OVER TO WHERE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WOULD BE PLACED AT. THE SECOND PIECE OF DIFFICULTY IS WITH ENGINEERING SO. RIGHT NOW. THE LARGEST SPAN ACROSS THERE IS 29 FT, SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE OUT A CONCRETE PILLAR SECTION IN ORDER TO CREATE THE 55 FT WIDE SECTION. AND THE ENGINEERING ON THAT THEY FELT WAS UNATTAINABLE AND DECIDED THAT THAT STRUCTURE ISSUE WOULD NOT WOULD NOT WORK OUT AND WOULD NOT BE PURSUING THAT PIECE OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. HOWEVER THEY ARE STARTING TO BRIDGE REHABILITATION. IT'S EXPECTED TO START IN EARLY 2022. UM WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION. THAT WAS A CONCERN OF THE MARINE INDUSTRIES OF WHEN THAT BRIDGE WOULD BE DIFFERENT CLOSURES AND STUFF FOR THE ACTUAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE BRIDGE. THE WORK INCLUDES MECHANICAL DRIVE SYSTEM, REPLACEMENTS, ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND KEY STRUCTURAL COMPONENT REHABILITATION OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE. THEY ALSO PLAN TO INTEGRATE THE OPENING AND CLOSINGS WITH THEIR THEY HAVE A BRIDGE APP. SO THAT VOTERS CAN USE THAT APP TO KNOW. WHAT THE PROJECTED TIME IS. THE NEXT BRIDGE CLOSING IS GOING TO BE AND SO FORTH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAN THEIR TRIPS, ESPECIALLY LARGER BOATS THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH. AS FOR THE FUTURE BRIDGE, BRIGHT LINE IS CURRENTLY PAYING FOR AND CONDUCTING A SCOPING STUDY. UM IT STARTED IN OCTOBER. UM THEY, IT'S ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROCESS. CURRENTLY THAT SCOPING STUDY LOOKS AT THE ENGINEERING ALIGNMENT AND DETERMINES WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR A NEW BRIDGE.

WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE KIND OF A THING. THAT THEY'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE SCOPING STUDY SO FAR, AND, UM, THAT. WILL THEN LEAD INTO THEIR NEXT PORTION OF THAT, WHICH IS THE PG AND E, WHICH THAT GETS TO ONCE THEY KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT? WHAT CAN BE DONE THERE WITH THE POSSIBILITIES ARE THAT PG AND E STUDY WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INPUT. FOR SHOWING THE PUBLIC WHAT COULD BE DONE THERE AND WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A NEED TO STUDY. UM DURING THE PD. ANY PROCESS FOR, UM, LOOKING AT A NEW BRIDGE, AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO, OF COURSE. THE DOLLAR. YOU KNOW THE FUNDING OF THE BRIDGE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AT THE TIME. I DID HAVE THEM ALSO LOOK AT, UM ARE. LEASES THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE RAILROAD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NO IMPACT BECAUSE THE DOUBLE LINE IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CURRENT BRIDGE DOWN. IT WAS GOING TO STOP BACK BEFORE CONFUSION, CORNER. AND NOW TO RUN RIGHT UP TO THE BRIDGE LOCATION, AND THEIR WORK HAS NO IMPACT ON ANY OF OUR PARKING LEASES. AS I KNOW MORE AND IT PROCEEDS, I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE HAVE THE AGENDA AND WE

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

HAVE THE IDEA OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING ON THE END OR IF WE HAVE CONSENTED ALREADY THAT. WE WOULD INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TOO. TO ADD A FUTURE ITEM WITH REGARD TO THE.

THE PLANNED WORKSHOP OR SOME TYPE OF DISCUSSION, DELIBERATION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, SIR. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN PUT FOR A VOTE ON AND, UH, MOON. UM, MOTION BY MR. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. ALL IN

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.)]

FAVOR. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE COMMENTS, UM FOR THE PUBLIC THREE MINUTES, OBSERVING

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THE CIVILITY RULES OF FIRST PERSON TO COMMENT. IS MR WILLIAM RAJ. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. YES MY NAME IS WILLIAM RAJ. I HAVE A HOME STUDY PROPERTY IS 17 01 SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD IN STUART, FLORIDA. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN HERE AND MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN A HALF A CENTURY. I HAVE COME HERE REPEATEDLY ASKING QUESTIONS AND RAISING ISSUES FOR OVER A MONTH NOW, WITH NO RESPONSE AT ALL. BY THE WAY, THE FACT THAT YOU BUMPED UP THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING FROM 5 TO 4 JUST MEANS THAT LESS OF US CAN ATTEND. WE HAVE TO WORK. THAT'S ANOTHER MOVE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. VERY MUCH THE SAME AS CUTTING BACK PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES. I HAVE WRITTEN EACH AND EVERY SINGLE SITTING CITY COMMISSIONER ON THE CITY WEBSITE THE SAME EXACT EMAIL, ASKING THE SAME EXACT QUESTIONS AND RAISING THE SAME EXACT ISSUES. AND HAVE BEEN SUMMARILY IGNORED BY ALL OF YOU. NOT EVEN IN ORDER, RESPONDER RESPONSE OR A COURTESY I'LL GET BACK TO AND WHEN I STAND HERE FROM MY THREE MINUTES IT USED TO BE FINE. YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A DOE IN THE HEADLIGHTS WHEN I TALKED. I'M WONDERING WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO STEP UP AND ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY IN POSITION OF HIS OR HER SEAT AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH. OR MAYBE ONE OF YOU CAN TELL ME EXACTLY WHO IT IS THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF CITY COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICIALS AND I WILL GO TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITH THEM. BUT I NEED A RESPONSIBLE PARTY HERE AND SOMEONE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THIS INCORPORATED CITY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ALL ARE REALLY PRETTY GOOD AT PETTING YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR VARIOUS IN DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING WHAT MIGHT BE LESS THAN COMFORTABLE ISSUES, EVERYBODY, ALL OF YOU LOOKS ASIDE AND CLAIMS UP. AND HERE WE ALL THOUGHT THAT THE CITY OF STEWART HAD RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE. WELL, NOW, LET'S SEE. THANK YOU, MR RAJ. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN I WILL SEE HIM BACK AGAIN FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS DOG WARNEKE. GOOD EVENING. I'M UP HERE JUST TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, AND THAT'S. RE CONNECTION OF THE TWO DISTRICTS SOFT FLORIDA AND ST JOHN'S. THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WAS EXCELLENT. I THINK YOU'RE ADDRESSING IT SPOT ON THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE. THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THIS HAS STORY THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES RECONNECTING THE DISTRICTS. I ASKED THE LAGOON COUNCIL STAFF IF THEY COULD DO ONE THING HERE AND IN THE REGION TO HELP THIS LAGOON IS TO RECONNECT THE DISTRICTS. SO IF YOU COULD PUT SOME OF YOUR ENERGY AND THOUGHTS AND THAT I KNOW YOU COULD GET THIS ONE DONE. DO THAT. THE SECOND BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP THIS LAGOON HAS GOT THAT WATER FROM ALL OF ST LUCIE COUNTY THAT COMES DOWN THE NORTH POUR ACROSS THE C 25. GET IT. GOING NORTH, AND THAT SIDE HAS SAID WE NEED TO MOVE WATER SOUTH AND WEST IS THE SECOND OR THIRD BIGGEST THING IS NORTH.

ALL OF ST LUCIE COUNTY, OR TWO THIRDS OF IT USED TO GO NORTH AS I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE.

NOW IT GOES RIGHT IN THIS LAGOON, BLUDGEONING LAGOON, 400,000, ACRE FEET AND OUR OWN BASE AND GO TO TYPE 403 150,000 COMES FROM THE LATE. SO YOU'RE ADDRESSING HALF OF IT. THE OTHER HALF IS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU THAT SOUTH FLORIDA IS NOW CURRENTLY MEETING WITH MY STEP ON THE ST JOHNS GOVERNING BOARD, AND I'M PUSHING AS HARD AS I CAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER. BUT IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE THE CITIES AND COUNTIES DOWN HERE SAYING, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO HURT THE LAGOON ANYMORE. WITH OUR OWN WATER. WE CAN PUT THAT WATER TO BETTER USE. WE NEED THE WATER IN THE UPPER ST JOHN'S. WE'RE GROWING TREES BEHIND OUR LEVEE SYSTEM. WE HAVE A HUGE LEVEE SYSTEM 200,000 ACRES IN IN THE RIVER BARRED COUNTY AND THERE'S TREE. I CAN HIT DRIVER, NINE IRON AND NOT HIT ANY WATER. WE'RE GROWING TREES. WE NEED THIS WATER YOU'RE PUTTING TO TIE YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT THAT WATER TO TOP. COULD BE A GREAT ASSET. FLORIDA NEEDS THIS WATER RESOURCES AND MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE WE'VE GOT. ANYBODY WHO GOT ELECTED THIS LAST TERM. THIS LAST ELECTION CYCLE WATER WAS NUMBER ONE. DEBBIE MAYFIELD, MASS. THEY ALWAYS GALE HAROLD. THEY ALL MADE WATER NUMBER ONE.

AND YOU GUYS ARE THE CENTER OF THIS AND YOU CAN DO SOMETHING BY GETTING THE DISTRICTS TO RECONNECT AND TAKE 150,000 ACRE FEET NORTH. WE'LL TAKE IT. AND ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE THE ONE TO

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WRITE. IF THEY'RE WORRIED THEY WERE GOING TO STEAL YOUR WATER. WE CAN EASILY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN NECESSARY. WE CAN BELIEVE THAT WATER BACK IN THE CANAL SYSTEM.

OF MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTY. THAT'S SIMPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR CAMPENNI. TOM, CAMPAIGNING FOR THE RECORD. UH AFTER OUR CRP ME MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT A MOSAIC PROJECT ON COLORADO IN THE CREEK DISTRICT. AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION. WE SAID IT WAS FIRED. WE WANTED THE BOTH OF MONEY WAS $8000 PER YEAR FOR I THINK FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD WITH THESE MOSAICS, BUT I ALSO ASKED. THAT WE TRY TO GET PRIVATE DONATIONS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BIRDS ON COLORADO. WE'RE ALL PRIVATE DONATIONS. EXCEPT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE BASIS. AND I LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR THERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'VE ASKED THE GYM AT THAT MEETING IS THAT JIM CHARLES CAN BE ASSIGNED BECAUSE HE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. IN THE PAST RAISING MONEY. HE'S REALLY GOOD AT IT.

UH AND I HOPE DAVID DIES AS A SIDE NOTE TO THAT TASK. BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON CRB FUNDS. WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE COMMUNITY AND IF WE WANT THE ARTS DISTRICT TO SUCCEED THE CREEK. WE NEED TO HAVE PRIVATE MONEY, AND I'VE ALREADY DONATED ONE MOSAIC. KICK IT OFF, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WITH JIM'S HELP. WE CAN DO MORE, AND I'M HOPING THE COMMISSION HE CAN ALSO BEHIND THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. CAMPAIGN, MR BRINKLEY. IS MY SPRINKLING OUTSIDE CHIEF. THIS WAY. 39 45 SOUTHEAST NESTOR AVENUE. STUART, FLORIDA. DID YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE BETTER. OKAY, YOU PULL IT DOWN TO YOU. AT BRINKLEY. BETTER. 9 45 SOUTHEASTERN SA, EVERYTHING IS TO DO IT FOR FLORIDA. I DON'T START. FROM THE LAST MEETING. WE HAD HER ON HOW HOW TOWN MEETING. AND, UM SOMEONE BROUGHT UP. THE CIGARETTE. THE SHERIFF WAS NEVER MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, NOT ALL THE PEOPLE.

WAS, UH, FURTHEST, CORRECT. WE TALKED A GIFT. WE BECAME TO SIT AT HOME. MY BROTHER IN LAW AND MYSELF AGAIN. WHAT ABLE TO DO. IN THERE, SO THEY BRING IT UP LIKE WE OKAY WITH SARETTE. WE WASN'T IT'S NOT NO HATE THING, BUT HE WASN'T WITH WHAT THEY'RE PLAYING, BUT BUT AND WE'RE STILL NOT. ARE YOU BRINGING US LIKE THAT? WITH TRYING TO BILL AND MISS CHARLOTTE? WE LOVE HIM. BUT WE WASN'T DOWN WITH THAT. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY IS IT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. FIVE OCLOCK, THAT'S 30. RIGHT. FOR WHAT? IF, UH, AM. YOU GOT TO HAVE THEM TRUCKS OVER AND OUR COMMUNITY. THAT TIME, I'M ONE WHEN PEOPLE TRYING TO SLEEP AM. I'M LOOKING AT HIM. I'M HEARING THEM. WE COULD NOT TO BE IT TO SEE WHAT NOISE IT IS THAT DID I 5 30 ONLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. IT HAPPENED. AND ANOTHER THING. AND I CAME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT JOHN REDDICK. MAN LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER. HAVE I GOT TO YOUR POLICE CALM NERVES. HE'S STILL IN THE ALLEGED STEEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD METH WITH PEOPLE BEING NEED AND DISRESPECT. SO YOU GOT HIM OVER THERE TO KEEP US IN LINE OR SOMETHING? WHY IS THIS MEAN FIRST? FUEL OVER THERE. BENDING TO BLACK PEOPLE JUST DIFFICULT TO COLOR THE SKIN. SO. WE ARE NOT DOWN THERE.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING THIS HERE. MARTIN LUTHER KING FOR YA. PRETTY. I STILL DON'T BE ALL CONDOMINIUM IN THE BASEBALL PARK. YOU'RE BUILDING IT UP FIRST LOOK GOOD FOR THE RICH.

THAT WILL BE OUT THERE. MY DAD. GOT TO CALM DOWN. UH, THAT'S MY THING. TOUGH FROM TOUGH ON HER BACK. YOU'RE DOING THIS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. NOT ALL THE WAY DOWN. IN THAT BEAUTIFYING.

SO WHAT'S THE POINT? YOU DID NOTHING FOR US. AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THIS ONE NASCAR.

IT'S OVER HERE. WHERE YOU ALL THAT? YOU WANT TO BEAUTIFY THAT FOR YOU PERSONALLY, YOUR PURPOSE. NOT COMING TO CONVENIENCE OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION. AND BEAUTIFIED.

OPEN THAT ERA AND THERE. YOU JUST WANT TO ASK ER, SO IT WASN'T MEANT FOR SO THAT'S THE

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YEAH, YEAH. YOU WANT TO COME AND THERE'S DUMP US ON THAT OTHER COMMUNITY AS IT BEEN DONE BEING DONE. ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IT'S BEING DONE TO US AND YOU WANT THIS CLAD AS A HISTORIC THANK YOU, UH, STAY UP COMMUNICATIVE. BEEN THERE FOREVER. THEY HAD 60 SOME YEARS. THEREFORE, THANK YOU, MISS. THANK YOU, MR BRINKLEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE, UM,

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CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE. THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. BUT BEFORE I SAY THAT, AND BEFORE WE ACCEPT THAT I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM. THIS FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH ALWAYS STARTS AT FOUR PM, AND IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL SET ITEMS, WE USUALLY BREAK THE MEETING AND SAY THAT IT IS NOW 5 30. WE WOULD BE STARTING. THE 5 30 ITEMS, BUT WE WERE GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH AND THERE WAS NO SPECIAL ITEM AT 5 30. ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMING TO THEY ARE GOING TO BE HANDLED RIGHT AFTER 5 30. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER NINE. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? BOTH TO APPROVE SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSION. MCDONALD'S SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER OH, ALL IN FAVOR. UH, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM OR OUR COMMISSION AGENDA.

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VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE UPLAND BUFFER DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANT WETLAND RESOURCES (RC):

 

REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION 5.03.02.C.1 AND 4, FOR A REDUCED MINIMUM UPLAND BUFFER DISTANCE FROM OUTSTANDING WETLAND RESOURCES, REDUCED AVERAGE UPLAND BUFFER AND REDUCED CONSTRUCTION SETBACK FROM WETLANDS, FOR LOT 4 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SW INDIAN GROVES DRIVE, LOCATED AT 228 SW INDIAN GROVES DRIVE.

 

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ITEM ITEM NUMBER, 10. I'M A VARIANCE TO REDUCE UP AND BUFFER DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANT WETLAND RESOURCES. UM, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND STAFF AND MR MARTEL. THANK YOU. YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION.

5.3 POINT TWO C ONE AND FOUR FOR REDUCED MINIMUM UPLAND BUMPER DISTANCE FROM OUTSTANDING WETLAND RESOURCE IS REDUCED TO AVERAGE UPLOAD BUFFER AND REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET BACK FROM WETLANDS. FOR LIFE FOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST INDIAN GROVES DRIVE LOCATED AT 2 TO 8, SOUTHWEST INDIAN GROUPS DRY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. ERIN WILLETT, CA UH, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO. THIS VARIANCE HAVE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN HEARD IN FRONT OF YOU ON APRIL 12TH. THAT WAS NOT APPROVED OR DENIED BECAUSE NO MOTION WAS VOTED ON. SO IT COMES BACK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH A FEW MODIFICATIONS. PIRI INCE'S ARE GENERALLY GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. HOWEVER IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE, UH, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM WOULD BE THE CITY COMMISSION THAT HAS AUTHORITY TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM. THE LIMITATIONS ON GRANTING VARIANCES AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT USUALLY HAS THE POWER. UM BUT AGAIN IN THIS CASE, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UM THIS PROPERTY IS EXEMPT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND NOT WITH THESE CONDITIONS. YOU GUYS. THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE ON THIS. THESE ARE THE LIMITATIONS ON GRANTING VARIANCES. I KNOW THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH THESE. PREVIOUSLY ON APRIL, 12, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THESE TO THE COMMISSION AGAIN? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE FORWARD? YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD IF IT'S OKAY BEFORE. POLICY 5.85 POINT FIVE REQUIRES, UH, UPLAND BUFFERS TO BE AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF A FUNCTIONING WETLAND. AND IT REQUIRES THAT AN AVERAGE WIDTH BE MAINTAINED OF 50 FT. IN A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 25 FT FOR UPLAND BUFFERS BEYOND THE PERIMETER OF A WETLAND. WHEN THE EAR WAS CREATED MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES. UH. WERE EXEMPT FROM THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY.

THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY. THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. ELAINE DEVELOPMENT QUOTE. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES, UH, SECTION FIVE POINT OH 3.2 C ONE AND C FOUR REQUIRES THAT THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF AN UPLOAD BUFFER BE 50 FT. AND AT NO POINT SHALL IT BE LESS THAN 25 FT. HOWEVER THIS PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY IS ON PUBLIC CREEK, WHICH IS IN OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WETLAND, SO THE MINIMUM AVERAGE WIDTH OF AN UPLAND BUFFER AROUND AND OUTSET OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WETLAND IS 75 FT. AND AT NO POINT SHALL IT BE LESS THAN 50 FT. AS SUCH, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR VARIANCES TO REDUCE. UH, THIS REQUIREMENT. HERE'S AN AERIAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. LOCATED AT 2 TO 8 IN SOUTHWEST

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INDIAN GROUP DRIVE. THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS R THREE. HERE'S A SURVEY OF THE LOT. AND PER THE R THREE SETBACKS. UH THE ORANGE OUTLINE, UH, WOULD BE THE ALLOWED BUILDING ENVELOPE WITHOUT ANY WETLAND BUFFER SETBACKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WOULD JUST BE. 15 FT REAR 25 FT FRONT AND FIVE FT SIDE STEP BACKS. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING WETLAND BOUNDARY. UM, PER FDP. AND THIS IS THE 25 FT MINIMUM WETLAND BUFFER. THE 50 FT REQUIRED AVERAGE. AND THE 75 FT. MAX. NOW DUE TO THIS BEING OUT AND OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WETLAND, UM THE BUILDABLE AREA WOULD BE IN GREEN. AND THEN ONCE YOU ADD THE 10 FT REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION SETBACK. THE AREA IN GREEN GETS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO THIS AREA IN GREEN WOULD BE THE BUILDABLE AREA CODE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING FOOTPRINT FOR THE APPLICANT, AS YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICANT IS MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM 25 FT WETLAND BUFFER. AND ACTUALLY EXCEEDING IT BY PROVIDING A 30 FT. MAINTAINED WETLAND BUFFER. HOWEVER THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES FROM THE AVERAGE 50 FT. WETLAND BUFFER. THE 10 FT CONSTRUCTION SET BACK IN THE 70 FT. MAXWELL AND BUFFER. HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS. THE LAST, UH, ARCHITECTURE THAT YOU THAT THE BOARD HAS SEEN WAS A DUPLEX WITH A LARGER FOOTPRINT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A SMALLER, SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED. THE APPLICANT HAS, UM PROVIDED PUBLIC NOTICE. AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING TO REVIEW THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING A VARIANCE. TESTIMONY FROM THE APPLICANT AND RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SARAH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, UM. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT FOR BUT A COUPLE QUESTIONS DISCUSS IT. REMEMBER. WHEN IT WAS AT THE OKAY. I'M SORRY. MARRIED WAS JUST WE JUST HAD STUFF, SO LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. SORRY. MS ABORNING. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, BEEN BEFORE YOU BEFORE WITH FOR THE BIGGER FOOTPRINT. YOU'VE ASKED ME TO GO BACK AND REDUCE MY FOOTPRINT. I'VE DONE THAT. I'VE GOT A 1600 SQUARE FOOT. LITTLE HIGHER. YEAH, PAUL. A LITTLE SMALLER FOOTPRINT. HAVE ARRANGED THIS HOUSE AS TROPICAL AS I CAN, UM. IT'S FITS WELL INTO STEWART. AND IT'LL LOOK WELL, IT'LL BE THE BEST HOUSE POPPLETON CREEK. I'M GOING TO BUILD A NICE HOME SMALL AS I CAN GET IT 1600 SQUARES AND I'M GONNA I'M NOT GONNA DISTURB ANY MANGROVES. SO I'M. SHE DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING MY CASE. SO UH, APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR WARNEKE. I I'LL ASK FOR COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS BEFORE I GO TO THE PUBLIC. WITH REGARD TO THIS VARIANCE WITH. NOT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY AND NOT THE TWO UNITS, UM. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UM, COMMISSIONERS? THIS PROPOSAL, MR MASTERS, I THINK LIKE I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT. UM WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. WE HAVE A SURVEY. UM. IT'S OUTLINED IN THE BUILDABLE AREA. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, I GUESS YES, THAT ONE. THAT'S THE LOT BOUNDARY IN BLACK. AND THEN ON THIS SLIDE THAT BUILDABLE AREA PER REGULAR CODE. IF THERE WAS NOT A WETLAND ON POPPLETON CREEK, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS AN R THREE ANYWHERE ELSE. SO WHAT IS THE. IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS, WHAT WOULD BE THAT THE PREVIOUS SIDE YOU JUST HAD UP THE OUTLINE IN BLUE OF THE PROPOSED FOOTPRINT. WHAT'S THE FOOT WHAT'S IS THAT 1600 SQUARE FEET OR IS THAT 1600 WITHOUT THE GARAGE? THAT OUTLINED IN BLUE THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. IT'S

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SEEM JUST ROUGH NUMBERS. LARGER THAN 1600. UM. 62 FT WIDE. YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY. 39 1 OF THE SQUARES, ALMOST 40 AND THEN 36 THE OTHER SQUARE. I THINK I'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS REQUESTING. MR BORN IQ STAFF IS ASKING YOU TO COME AND TELL US ABOUT THE SCRIPT FOOTAGE AND EXACTLY WHAT YOUR REQUEST AND IN THIS PLAN, AND IT IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS WOULD THAT BE? THE MAXIMUM FOOTPRINT. PREP ARE YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM NOW? MR. YES, OKAY. CERTAINLY WHAT WELL. THAT SO WHAT'S IN BLUE? THERE IS THAT 1600 SQUARE FEET. YOU KNOW THE GARAGE IS 571 SQUARE FEET OF THE LIVING AREA IS 1600 SQUARE FEET. OKAY? PLACE NEAR MATHESON. WHAT YOU WOULD BE APPROVING HERE WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC VARIANCES, WHICH IS THE SETBACK. REDUCTIONS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. UM. THERE IS THERE IS A BILL THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ABOUT, UH, ARCHITECT. BASICALLY, UH.

COMMENTING ON ARCHITECTURE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND STRAIGHT ZONING NEIGHBORHOODS, SO IT. THE APPROVAL WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE SPECIFICALLY OF THIS HOUSE, BUT FOR THE STEP BACKS TO THE WETLAND BUFFER IN ORDER TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE TO BE BUILT, AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR HERE IS SO THAT THIS FOOTPRINT YES CAN BE ALLOWED, BUT REALLY. ANY FOOTPRINT THAT MAINTAINS THIS 30 FT. ON MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM THE WETLAND COULD BE PERMITTED. OKAY, UM. SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT.

2200 SQUARE FEET, FOOTPRINT OR SO CORRECT. DO YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT OF A FOOTPRINT ON A COTTAGE LOT. UP THE CHOP YOUR HEAD COVER, ERIN. THAT. AGAIN THAT'S WHAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE SETBACKS OF THAT LOTS OF A FOOTPRINT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN THOSE BOUNDARIES. THE SETBACKS WITHIN THAT LOT. IN OUR CODE, THOUGH IT THERE'S A BULLET POINT. IT CAN'T BE OVER 30% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LAW. AND THEN THAT WOULD THAT'S DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE LOT, SO YEAH, YOU KNOW THE SMALLER LOT, OBVIOUSLY, THE SMALLER THE FOOTPRINT. UM THERE WOULD BE A SLIDING SCALE OF SQUARE FOOT JUST PERCENTAGE WISE BASED ON THE LOT AND I KIND OF AGAIN. I'M NO MATHEMATICIAN, BUT. I DID SOME ROUGH CALCULATIONS AND GOT ABOUT THE SAME THAT THE PROPOSALS. A LITTLE OVER 20. 200 SQUARE FEET AND ROUGH CALCULATIONS. YOU KNOW, JUST FACTORING THE DEPTH OF A LOT OF 110 FT. ON ONE SIDE, 80 FT ON THE OTHER. UM. YOU KNOW, I CAME UP WITH 30% OF THAT WOULD BE LIKE. 1800 SQUARE FEET OF BILLABLE AREA IF WE WENT BY THE STANDARDS IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF WHAT A COTTAGE LOT WOULD BE UM. AND MY HESITANCY ON THIS AS IT STANDS IS THAT. I KNOW NUMEROUS TIMES.

IT WAS MENTIONED WHEN IT CAME UP BEFORE THAT THE IDEA WAS THIS WOULD BE A COTTAGE LOT. UM AND I GUESS. PART OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS CONSIDERING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE HOUSES. THAT ARE ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN. THE AMOUNT OF BUFFER THAT WERE THIS PROPOSED TO BE, UM. PRODUCED BY OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT. CODE HASN'T CHANGED. SINCE THIS LOT WAS PURCHASED. CORRECT WE DID THEM. YEAH THAT'S THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU. NOW WITH THIS REQUEST IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ALLOCATES OR DEFINES THIS, UM OUTSTANDING WETLAND RESOURCE BUFFER AT 75 FT. MAXIMUM MINIMUM WITH AN AVERAGE BUT. WE WE KNOW THAT IF THAT WAS APPLIED TO THIS LAW, IT MAKES IT AND BUILDABLE. BUT WOULD IT BE THAT WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? IF THE COMP

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PLAN THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE COMP PLAN? BUT IN THEORY, THE LOT COULD STILL BE BUILDABLE. IF INSTEAD OF THE VARIANCE OF 30 FT, IT COULD BE 40 FT. I THINK IT'S ESSENTIALLY THAT COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE IN THE ARTERY DISTRICT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO REDUCE THE FRONT SET BACK TO 15. IF YOU HAVE APPROACH A PORCH DESIGNED ONTO THE FRONT OF THE. UM PROPERTY WHILE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN SETTING OUT ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS, AND I THINK IT WAS HOUSE BILL 51. UM, RESTRICTED. MUNICIPALITIES IN THEIR ARCHITECTURAL. TIMES DESIGN OF SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES OUTSIDE OF THE SIERRA SO. I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR COMMISSION ARE ABLE TO GO. NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT. REALLY GETTING INTO. I GUESS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WHAT THIS BEFORE US IS HOW MUCH OF A VARIANCE FROM OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DO WE WANT TO GIVE ON A BUFFER? AND THE QUESTION IS. WHAT IS REASONABLE AND. I GUESS FOR ME.

MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I SEE. PROPOSED HOUSE AND WE SHOULD SHIFT THE ENTIRE CODE FOR WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE. AND PERHAPS THERE'S A MORE OF A MIDDLE GROUND OF LOOKING AT. THE ENTIRE PROJECT WITH TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF VARIANCE COULD YOU BUILD YOU KNOW? WITH 10 FT MORE OF A BUFFER. ON THE WETLANDS. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK? WHAT'S THE BUILDABLE AREA AND DOES THE HOUSE. COULD HAVE COTTAGE. LOT BE BUILT THERE WITHOUT WAIT RIGHT TO CODE. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PROPOSALS 62 FT WIDE WHAT WOULD A AS A BEEN EXAMINED TO BUILD.

YOU KNOW? 25 FT DEEP PALS OR 20 FT. DEEP HOUSE AT 60 FT WIDE. TOM. IS THAT A LIVABLE? OR SHOULD WE, YOU KNOW. IMPACT THE WETLAND BUFFER MORE SO THAT THE HOUSE CAN BE LARGER, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE THE COMMISSION'S THAT THAT'S RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT. I THINK THE MEASUREMENTS YOU POINT OUT. OF COURSE, SOMETHING COULD BE BUILT THERE. WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE. LIVER BOWL. AS YOU KNOW, QUESTION FOR WHO HE WAS GOING TO BE LIVING INSIDE IT, BUT THERE WOULD BE AN AREA THERE. THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE A RESIDENTIAL. DWELLING AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW. THAT WE'VE SEEN MOVEMENTS TO REALLY. SMALL OR TINY BUILDING FOOTPRINTS AND THAT YES, UH LOWER WETLAND BUFFER, HIGHER WETLAND BUFFER WOULD STILL. TO SOME EXTENT, ALLOW A BUILDABLE AREA. WHETHER THAT'S PRACTICAL OR NOT, I THINK THAT IS WITH. THE DESIGNER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO I'LL. JUST REAL QUICK. I IN SOME MIGHT CONSIDERATIONS TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. IF I LOOK AT THE 16. TWO FT WIDE AND SAY IT'S A IT'S 25 FT. DEEP THE HOUSE WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN. YOU KNOW OF AN IMPACT.

IT'S STILL WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 1500 SQUARE FOOT 1550 SQUARE FOOT. HOUSE. AND WHAT IF YOU. HAD A VARIANCE TO SHIFT THE HOUSE FORWARD A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS THE ROAD. IT'S LESS. UH, OF AN IMPACT ON THAT WETLAND BUFFER. OR WHAT IF YOU CONSIDERED IF YOU WANTED THAT 2000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, WHAT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A SECOND STORY, BUT STILL NO HOUSE AND THAT. 20 TO 25 FT DEPTH RANGE, KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW? QUITE A DECENT AMOUNT OF WIDTH ON THE PROPERTY. SO. I WON'T LEAVE IT OUT THERE. BUT THOSE WERE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS. SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS OF. CAN SOMETHING BUILT THAT IS CLEARLY LIVABLE AT THOSE NUMBERS. UM, GOING AT IT? TRYING TO MINIMIZE.

THE VARIANCE REQUIRED ON THE WETLAND BUFFER. WHAT YOU WRITE BALLS? YEAH JUST JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF COMMISSIONER MASTERS QUESTION. IS THIS CONSIDERED A COTTAGE POT? WHAT NO. OKAY VARIANCE, SO OKAY, SO, UM FIRST OF ALL, UM. I ALWAYS PROMISED PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.

BUT BUT. COULD HAVE FIRED JUG. YEAH OKAY, SO AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME REASON. I HAVE A VERY

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HARD TIME WITH YOUR LAST DAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DESTROY IT. SO THANK YOU, DOG. UM ANYWAYS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR I THINK YOU HEARD WHAT WE SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UM. YOU CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND. OH, AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM COMMISSIONER JUST AGAIN. COMMISSIONER. I'M KIND OF DUPLICATING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER MIGHT HAVE TO SAY IT'S 1600 SQUARE FEET ROUGHLY UNDER AIR, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GARAGE, WHICH TAKES IT UP TO 2300 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING. YES. OKAY. HE, UH. I ALSO SEE IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT. YOUR PLAN IS THAT YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE MAXIMUM SETBACKS ON THE SIDES. UM I THINK THAT UH OH. YOU KNOW, FIVE FT. SETBACKS ARE PRETTY TIGHT. AND UH AND I'M YOU KNOW I'M LEANING TOWARDS THIS. I JUST WANT TO HEAR I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, COMMISSIONER MATHESON SAID. UM I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO BIG FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M ALSO KIND OF WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT. OH YOU LISTEN TO US, AND YOU CAME BACK AND YOU COME UP WITH A TONED DOWN A CERTAIN PLAN, SO LIKE TO AT. IT'S IN YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FURTHER TOWARDS THE ROAD. THERE'S SOME LARGE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT GUIDE WIRES THAT ARE THERE. VERY LARGE. THERE'S PEOPLE BENT DOWN EATING GIRL RODE THOSE OF YOU BENT OUT AND KNOW THAT THE FED EXISTS. UM. THEY HAVE A SETBACK SO WE COULDN'T REMOVED AS FAR AS WE COULD. I WENT ON THE GOON COUNCIL. I DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THE LAGOON. AT ALL AND SO. I'VE MOVED IT AS CLOSE TO THOSE GUIDE WIRES AS THEY ALLOW US WITHOUT. HAVING THEM PHYSICALLY GO IN AND THEY'RE VERY LARGE. IT'S A BIG PART OF THEIR OPERATION THERE. SO WE'VE MOVED IT AS FAR AWAY FROM MANGROVES. PLUS AND HOPE FOR AFTER BOTH HURRICANES WENT THROUGH. I MADE A POINT OF COMING DOWN HERE AND LOOK ANYWHERE. THE HIGH HIGH WATERLINE WAS AND IT JUST CAME UP TO THE EDGE OF THE MANGROVES. THE TOP OF THE MANGROVES. IT DIDN'T EVEN COME ON THE LOT.

THAT'S WHY I THIS IS ANOTHER POINT. VERY AWARE THAT THIS JUST. TRYING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT AND MY HOUSE AND BUREAU. I LOST MY ROOF AND BARREL AFTER FRANCES AND JEANNE. THE HIGH WATER MARK WAS NOT EVEN UP TO THE EDGE PAST THE END OF THE MANGROVES, SO.

AND I'M SETTING BACK 25 FT. PAST THAT. SO I KNOW WHERE I'M AT AS FAR AS THE HYDROLOGY OF THAT LIFE. AND I'M BEYOND ANY HOT WATER THAT OCCURRED EVEN IN HURRICANE THIS IS PROFESSOR AS A POINT. THANK YOU, SIR. UM. THE FOR MR MEYER SPEAKS. I WASN'T HERE FOR THE VERY BEGINNING. BUT, UM DID STAFF SAY THAT THEY RECEIVED ANY, UM. MALE OR RESPONSE FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THAT ALL THE NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS. YES WE DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE WATERWAY TO THE NORTH. UM BUT THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT. THERE WEREN'T ANY SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS OR ANYTHING SO STAFF. UM RELAYED WHAT THE WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT, AND THEY WERE FINE. I SENT OUT 132 LETTERS. OKAY AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN PUBLIC AND CREEK. OKAY, OKAY.

MR MEYER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM SO, YEAH. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE SURVEY, THE BOUNDARY SURVEY. UM. I KNOW FIRST CRACK AT THIS. I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD MOVE IT FORWARD, AND THAT WAS SORT OF. BOTH WITH THE ISSUES OF THE POWER LINE AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ACTUALLY FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT IT WOULD DISRUPT THE SIGHTLINE DOWN THE ROADWAY, WHICH WAS A GOOD POINT. UM. YOU KNOW IT WAS DECIDED THEN THAT THAT PROBABLY WASN'T A GOOD MOVE FORWARD, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS OUR EASIEST WAY TO AVOID. THE BUFFER SITUATION. UM.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE LDCS FOR COTTAGE LOTS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY CLEVER IDEA. VICE MAYOR, UM. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TYPICALLY COTTAGE LOTS ARE. UH APPLIED FOR IS THAT SOMETHING? THAT AN APPLICANT WOULD NORMALLY COME TO THE CITY WITH YES. WHAT WE FOUND WITH THAT PART OF THE CODE. IT'S. FAIRLY UNENFORCEABLE OR FUN. UH RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THERE IS A CONFLICT NG, UM. PIECE OF THE CODE, WHICH NEGATES A LOT OF THE BENEFITS OF A COTTAGE LOT, RIGHT. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE. THE SPIRIT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE PURPOSE SECTION A SAYS THAT IT'S MEANT TO SUPPORT THE. USE OF EFFICIENT URBAN RESIDENTIAL

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LAND BY ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT FOR SUBSTANDARD LOTS AND I THINK YOU KNOW IT'S AN EXCELLENT OUTSTANDING EXCELLENT IDEA. BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE CONFLICTS IN THE CODE, WHICH MAKES A DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ACTUALLY WON COTTAGE LOT COME THROUGH. UM I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT VICE MAYOR. I AGREE WITH YOU TOO. I MEAN, I YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT MY PROPERTY, AND CERTAINLY I LIVE IN A SMALL DWELLING AND I TEND TOWARDS SMALL DWELLINGS AND. I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SMALLER DWELLING, BUT I DO RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS COME IN AND READ ON THE PLAN. I GUESS WHERE I AM. MY MAIN CONCERN WAS YOURS AS THAT. OUTSIDE OF JUST GRANTING THE VARIANCES. WITH THE SETBACKS. I DON'T I'M NOT. I DON'T KNOW IS. IS THIS THIS FOOTPRINT? I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS. BUT IS THIS FOOTPRINT OR LIMITATION OF THIS FOOTPRINT INCLUDED IN THIS OR IS IT JUST SIMPLY THE WAVING OF THE AND THEN WE COULD SEE A. A BIGGER MAYBE THAT SECTION IN THE FRONT COULD COME FORWARD. WE WOULD BE ABLE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY, I THINK WHAT YOU COULD DO IS LOOK AT THE SIDE SETBACKS AND PUSH THOSE IN WITH THE VARIANCE. UM CREATE LARGER SIDE SETBACKS. YOU COULD, AS VICE MINISTER SAID, UM. NOT GO FOR THE FAULT, YOU KNOW, 25 FT MINIMUM WETLAND BUFFER, SET BACK AND PULL THAT FORWARD. I'M CONFUSED OF ABOUT WHAT? ESSENTIALLY, WE CAN. I AM CONDITION IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE, RIGHT? UM THANKS. I'M JUST WORKING TO SETBACKS. YEAH WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN INFLUENCE MORE THAN THAT. I'M NOT CERTAIN SO IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE SAID THAT THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT ITSELF COULD BE. ARCHITECTURAL AND THEREFORE YES. AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS SURVEY AS WELL. THE APPLICANT HAS JOGGED IT BACK HER WHERE. THE FDP WETLAND LINE IS AND REALLY JUST JOGGED AT 30 FT. BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE WETLAND LINES, SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE PINCH POINTS THAT HE'S HITTING WHERE THE 30 FT ARE, SO HE'S KIND OF GONE WITH THE WETLAND LINE, SO IT IS KIND OF THE MAXIMUM FOOTPRINT, RIGHT? THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH HIS REQUESTED 35 30. FT CAN WE GO BACK? A COUPLE SLIDES JUST TO YOUR SECTIONS OF THE CODE WHERE I ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT THE SHELLS, OKAY? UM WHICH ONE? UH LET'S GO BACK TO SOMETHING ABOUT BACK TO THE VARIANCES, THE VARIANCES AND SORT OF OUR OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE RELIEF. SUCH VARIANTS MAY BE GRANTED IN CASE OF UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP FOLLOWING THE. FIGHTING TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WHICH WERE ACTING IN THAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW. UM OKAY. I UH YEAH. I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE TO STAY. THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION WITH STAFF. LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC. I MEAN WITH OUR BOARD. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 10? THEIR ANSWER. REDUCE UPLAND BUFFER DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANT WETLAND RESOURCE IS ALSO WITH THE PUBLIC. PERSONS WHO ASKED TO SPEAK AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND FILL OUT A GREEN CORD. MR BARNEY, CURE THE APPLICANT AND YOU'VE SPOKEN ALREADY. MR JOE FLANAGAN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RECORD. JOE FLANIGAN 315 INDIAN GROWTH DRY FOR 33 YEARS. UM I SIT ON THE COUNTY L P A. SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN. THERE'S A THIN LINE BETWEEN PROPERTY RIGHTS OF WHAT THE BUILDER AND THE OWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SETBACKS ARE SPECIFICALLY IN PLACE TO PROTECT POPPLETON CREEK. UM BEYOND NOT SURE WHICH HURRICANE YOU CAME FROM? CAME TO VISIT. BUT I KNOW IN THE OH, FOUR THERE WAS WATER STANDING ON INDIAN GROVE SO IT CAN BE PUSHED UP THERE, BUT THAT'S EASILY SOLVED BY JUST RAISING THE ELEVATION OF THE SITE, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THROUGHOUT THESE DOCUMENTS, IT SAYS SIGNIFICANT WETLANDS. IT SAYS OUTSTANDING WETLANDS, SO THE WETLAND PROTECTION IF YOU LOOK BACK TO WHAT YOU HAD SHOWN WHERE SOME OF THOSE ARE ALL ALONG POPPLETON CREEK. THAT ARE NOT IN THE COMP PLAN. SO THEY DO COME FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S TWO THINGS ON HERE OF NOTE. ONE IS IT SAYS THAT HE'S REQUESTING NAMED MINIMAL VARIANTS. 40 BUILDABLE LOT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE SIZE. I'VE RAISED A FAMILY OF FOUR AND A 1300 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. MY MOM AND DAD LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ME. THEY HAVE A 1450 FT SQUARE FOOT

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HOUSE. THEY GOT MORE MONEY THAN I HAVE, BUT IT'S IT CAN BE DONE. THE CONCERN I HAVE IS WHAT I'M LOOKING. I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOSPITAL. BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, AND IT IS SIMILAR TO THE HOUSE THAT IS TO THE WEST. THAT IS ALREADY THERE. GREG HAS THAT HOUSE. BUT HIS HOUSE IS JUST UNDER 1500 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS 1600 PLUS A GARAGE. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY. NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT. INDIAN GROVE GROVES IS FROM 1973. A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES WERE THERE, AND THEY ALTERNATE TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THREE. ACROSS THERE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE VARIANTS FROM 75, WHICH IS WHAT IS, UH, DESIGNED DOWN TO 30. I GET IT IN THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE SAME ONE YOU POINTED OUT. THIS MEETING IS ABOUT A VARIANCE.

YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER DRAWING HE WANTS UP THERE, ARCHITECTURALLY, BUT IF YOU GIVE THE VARIANCE, IT'S NOT A FINAL SITE PLAN. SO HE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I WOULD ECHO ABSOLUTELY WOULD, UH, COMMISSIONER MATHESON WAS SAYING. IT'LL FIT. YOU CAN MAKE IT FIT SOMETHING AROUND THE 1500. IT'S ALL IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M JUST CONCERNED. LARGE AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY 100% RIGHT. YOU CANNOT MOVE IT ANY FURTHER FORWARD BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS BIG THING THERE. I KNOW ONE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND I HOPE YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT FROM HIM. BECAUSE HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY BY THE LAND. GIVE ME $100,000 FOR YOUR FINE ASS FORBEARANCE IS DON'T GIVE IT TO YOU, AND IT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED. IT'S KIND OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT EGE THERE. I THINK THE COMMISSION DID A PHENOMENAL THING. AND A GREAT GIFT TO DOUG WAS NOT TO VOTE ON IT LAST TIME. BECAUSE IF YOU DID DENIED IT, HE WOULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY BACK. YOU'D HAVE TO PAY AND WAIT A WHOLE YEAR. YOU GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND HE'S COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S VERY GOOD. I STILL THINK IT'S TOO BIG AGAIN. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THOSE AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN FROM THERE, BUT THANK YOU, MR FLANAGAN. UM STAFF AND MR BARNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER? UM. COMMENTS OR ANYTHING BEFORE OUR BOARD. SOMEBODY FROM THE BOARD MAKES ANY TYPE OF WHILE. MOTION OR ADDITIONAL COMMENT, OKAY. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENT FROM MR COMMISSIONER MEYER. I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR. WE CAN'T WE CANNOT. MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW. AND IF THE ARCHITECTURE IS ALSO THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S. NOT. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH THEM. UNFORTUNATELY UM I THINK THE IDEA THOUGH, THAT. COULD A LOT AGAIN. OUR MAIN OUR MAIN. ABILITY HERE WITH THIS.

GRANTING THIS VARIANCE IS UM. IS RELIEF REQUIRED SO THAT THERE'S UNDUE, SO THERE'S NO UNDUE HARDSHIP. AND I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER MATTHEW. SO WHEN YOU FIRST, SAID VICE MAYOR THAT YOU KNOW? THERE THERE IS A WAY THERE IS A WAY TO BUILD ON THIS PARCEL.

WITHOUT THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST IF WE CAN LOOK AGAIN AT THE WONDERFUL COLOR CODED MAP WITH LINES. IS THERE A DIFFERENT IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY WE CAN APPROACH THIS. UM I THINK THERE IS I. I AGREE, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THE REASON I BROUGHT UP AND COMPARED THIS TO A COTTAGE STYLE LOT WAS THAT WAS SOME OF MY ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MR BORN IQ. UM. AND I KNOW HE TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH MYSELF, AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS BEFORE THE FIRST PROPOSAL WAS DESCRIBING YOU KNOW, A COTTAGE BUILT HERE. AND SO WHEN I THINK OF COTTAGE. IT IS TO ME THIS THIS ISN'T DOESN'T. FIT MY DEFINITION IN MY MIND OF A COTTAGE, AND THAT'S WHY I SEARCHED. OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO SEE IF I COULD COME UP WITH ANYTHING.

AND I DO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMPARE IT, BUT THE PROPOSAL. WITH. THE REQUEST FOR THOSE VARIANCES. THE PROPOSAL TAKES UP WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BECAUSE IT. THE FOOTPRINT AS IT STANDS TAKES UP MORE THAN 30. OF THE LOT AND THE ROUGH CALCULATIONS. I DID I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

COUNT. ONE I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON SOMEWHAT, UM. YOU KNOW I COULD SUPPORT GOING DOWN TO 40. FEET IN MY MIND. OUT. YOU KNOW? AND KEEPING WITH THE PROPOSED

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SETBACKS. UM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO. THAT SAYS HE MAY OR MAY NOT BUILD A TWO STORY HOUSE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF. I WOULD ALSO WANT IT TO BE CODIFIED IF POSSIBLE, LEGALLY. THAT ITS DAYS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. UM BUT. TO ME. WHAT SITS BEFORE US IS THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THAT WETLAND BUFFERS THE REQUEST. AND I THINK. A BUILDABLE LOT COULD BE BUILT, MAINTAINING A 40 FT WEAPON BUFFER, WHICH IS STILL A VARIANT. YEAH CAN I JUMP IN? YES MR MEYER OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S GREAT. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US? DO WE HAVE TO JUST WAVE THE BUFFER REQUIREMENT OR CAN WE CAN WE SAY WE'LL ACCEPT IT UP TO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ACTUALLY SAID A NUMBER. FOR THE FOR THE VARIANTS. CAN WE GO UP ONE SIDE AGAIN? WHERE YOU GOT THE CURRENTLY BUILDABLE AREA BY CODE. OKAY? SO. I WISH WE HAD THAT MAYBE TO SCALE. UM SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. SORRY. IT'S MY POWER POINT. I WANTED TO WANTED TO THANK YOU, FOR IT IS VERY THIS IS SO USEFUL. I THINK.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HERE TO THIS IS. SHOWING US HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE, AND IT'S VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. UM. SO THE FIRST QUESTION FOR US IS, IS THERE A HARDSHIP WITH THE EXISTING CODE? I THINK THAT'S UNEQUIVOCAL. YES, RIGHT. I MEAN, DO YOU AGREE? IF WE GO BACK TO I GUESS THIS IS IT. I MEAN, YEAH. SO I'M I'M HOPING TO, UH, VARIANTS OF SOME KIND.

EXACTLY I'M OPEN TO A VERY INCENTIVES THAT LENGTH AND, YOU KNOW. THE EXISTING CODE WITH THE 75 FT. WETLAND. BUFFER. IS BASICALLY ON BUILDABLE BUT PRODUCING THAT DOWN TO 30 FT.

IS THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM. IS THAT A HARDSHIP HAVE TO BUILD A. 1500 SQUARE FOOT. OUCH! WELL WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE. NO BUT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE VARIANTS. RIGHT ALRIGHT, PROCEDURALLY. WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU COULD SET A NUMBER AND YOU COULD SAY THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME COULD GO STRAIGHT TO PERMIT. HOWEVER IF YOU WANTED TO REVIEW ARCHITECTURE FOR A DUPLEX OR MORE THAN ONE DWELLING UNIT IT COULD COME BACK. ALRIGHT SO THANK YOU, MR MS VILLAGER. UM, MR MORTAL. COULD YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND 10? IN THE PROPOSED ORDER IF WE REMOVED TODAY IN THIS BY THE SPORT TO APPROVE IT. AND JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN TO US AND TO THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A CONSTERNATION HERE IS TO THE. THE FOOTPRINT AND IF SOMETHING COMES BACK. AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE VARIANCE AND IT CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND MEET ALL THE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE CAN DO IT. HOWEVER WE ARE SAYING IN THIS ORDINANCE, UM YOU KNOW THIS ORDER. THAT WE WOULD. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH EXHIBIT B. AND ALSO IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WERE PRETTY COULD JUST READ THOSE TWO AND EXPLAIN THE REASON BEHIND THAT, MR MARTEL. WELL FIRST, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A P U D RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A. HOUSING PERMIT. THIS IS A.

VARIANCE AND WHAT HAPPENS HISTORICALLY IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS IS THAT. PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE SETBACKS, MHM AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HISTORICALLY HAS. MADE EXCEPTIONS FOR HARDSHIPS BASED ON LOT SIZE OR SHAPE AND UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE EXCEPTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE IF THE IF THE COMMISSION WERE TO APPROVE THIS IS AVAILABLE LIGHT AND THE SETBACKS ONLY HAD TO BE FIVE FT. AND THEN THREE YEARS FROM NOW THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAME IN AND WANTED TO BUILD A 35 FT. TALL HOUSE. IT WOULD HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN THE BASIS OF THE COMMISSION'S POSITION. WHEN IT MADE THE DECISION AND THE INTRUSION. FOR THE SETBACK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HONORED. ESSENTIALLY SO HISTORICALLY WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS DONE IS SAID. OR I SHOULD TAKE THAT BACK. WHAT APPLICANTS HAVE DONE IS COMING AND SAID TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BUILD. THIS IS WHY I NEED THE SETBACK EXCEPTION OR WHATEVER. IT'S CALLED THIS PARTICULAR CASE AS WELL AND SET BACK AND IF YOU GRANT ME THAT.

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THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO BUILD, SO I'LL STIPULATE RIGHT HERE AND NOW TO ADOPTING OF THE SITE PLAN ESSENTIALLY OF ME BUILDING THIS, AND WE SAW THAT WITH SOME OF THOSE LOT SPLITS HISTORICALLY. FED ALSO WAS BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. REGARDING THE DESIGN STANDARDS, HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A DESIGN STANDARD. TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE NOT MANDATING A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE OR WE'RE NOT MANDATING TIN ROOF OR WE'RE NOT MANDATING A FRONT PORCH OR WE'RE NOT MANDATING THE USE OF HARDY BOARD OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

THIS IS A ADOPTION PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A SITE PLAN OF HEY. GRANT THE GRANT THE SETBACK TO THESE PARAMETERS AND I'LL BUILD WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE SETBACK THAT I'M REQUESTING WON'T BE MORE INTRUSIVE OR WON'T HAVE ANY MORE INVASIVE THAN WHATEVER IT IS THAT THERE TRYING TO DEVIATE FROM NOW. THE OTHER. THE FLIP OF IT IS, IS THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CODE. ARE NOT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THE VARIANCE COATS AS THE MINIMUM SETBACK TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP. OKAY ARE THE MEDIUM MINIMUM WAIVER OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SET BACK. SOMETIMES IT'S SETBACKS. SOMETIMES IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY, UM. WELL, EXCEPT THAT THIS TIME WHERE I THINK THAT PUBLIC AND WE HAVE EVER WON MISS CARTWRIGHT YOUR ONLINE THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 10 VARIANTS TO REDUCE UPLAND BUFFER. AWFUL PROJECT PRESENTED BY MR BORN INC. HI GOOD. GOOD EVENING ROBYN CARTWRIGHT 703 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS. UM PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE NOT ACCEPTED EARLIER DURING THE GENERAL COMMENTS FROM ZOOM, SO I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL BE HAVE LATER. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL OPEN THAT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. HOWEVER REGARDING THIS APPLICATION, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I WISH THE COMMISSION. TOOK SUCH DUE DILIGENCE WHEN IT CAME TO HAVING THIS SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT WETLANDS. WHEN IT COME COMES TO BUSINESSES. THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU'RE HOLDING THIS GENTLEMAN TO IS SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE HELD ANY OF THE APPLICANTS TO WHO HAVE COME IN. FOR BUILDING MULTI UNIT PROPERTIES, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE I THINK THIS APPLICANTS SHOULD BE GRANTED THIS VARIANCE. I THINK IT'S VERY HYPOCRITICAL FOR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE SUCH CONCERN ABOUT WETLAND SETBACKS WHEN YOU JUST APPROVED TO BASICALLY ELIMINATE 10 OF THEM FOR THE COSTCO, CANADA. C P U D THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CARTWRIGHT. OUR MR MARTEL. IS IT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME AND ALSO, MR PAUL, I LIKE TO ADDRESS. UM IF THAT WAS IF THAT HAD COME IN AS A. PUBLIC COMMENT DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ZOOM. I THINK I THINK MISS CARTWRIGHT WAS WAS REFERRING TO WHEN MR BRUNER ASKED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A DISCUSSION DISCUSSION AT THE END OF THE MEETING. FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE AGENDA AS IT RELATED TO THE HOUSING ETCETERA DISCUSSION, BUT THE AGENDA WAS ADOPTED WITHOUT ADDING THAT SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A PUBLIC COMING ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THE MOTION DIDN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING OTHER THAN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU SO AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT REGARD TO POPPLETON CREEK AND THE HISTORIC NATURE OF PROPERTY IN CREEK IN THE ACTUAL NATURE OF. PUPPET IN CREEK IN OUR CITY AND WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ALONG THERE, UM. ID THAT IS. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE VERY IN DEPTH DISCUSSIONS WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENT IS COMING IN ALONG THAT AREA WE ONLY HAVE LIKE MAYBE TWO OR THREE EMPTY LOTS IN THAT AREA. AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL CLOSER TOWARDS SCANNER HIGHWAY. UM THE ISSUE IS FROM THE BACK OF THE LOT, MOSTLY TO POP IT IN CREEK. THE SIDE SETBACKS. I THINK WE'RE HAPPY WITH THOSE, UM. AND OF COURSE, THERE THE PROBLEMS OF THE FRONT YARD, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY GIVE HIM ON HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE FBL. IN THERE, WHICH CREATES SOMETHING SO. ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER? IS THERE GOING TO BE EMOTION? I WILL. MAKE A MOTION AND A AGAIN I'M. THIS IS SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT'S OUTSTANDING QUALITY WETLANDS, BUT I'LL MOTION TWO. APPROVE ALTERING, UH, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE WITH OF THE UPLAND BUFFER TO 40 FT. AND. UPLAND BUFFER AT NO POINT LESS THAN 40. FT. FOR THE SECOND REQUESTED VARIANTS. AND IN DOING SO. ALTERING THE THIRD

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REQUESTED VARIANTS. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SETBACK TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE 40 FT.

BUFFER. AND WITH THE CONDITION. OF APPROVAL FOR THOSE VARIANCES FOR THE REAR. WETLAND BUFFERS FOR THE SIDE SETBACKS. TO BE AS PROPOSED IN THE PLANS. I BELIEVE IT'S 10 FT. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ASKING STAFF? IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HALF OF THEIR IN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SEVEN FT. IF YOU. THAT'S WHY IT'S THE MOTION WAS AS PROPOSED IN THE PLANS PROPOSED IS FINE.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE FULL SIZE AND YEAH. AND WHAT THAT LINE. YES, IT IS. 10 FT. AS PROPOSED WITH 10 FT, UM, WITH THE OPTION, AND I. APOLOGIZE IF WE GET YOUR LANGUAGE TO FAST TRACK AT IF IT'S. PROPOSED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. GO STRAIGHT TO PERMIT STRAIGHT TO PERMITTING, I'LL SECOND THAT. THERE'S A MOTION THAT SECOND BY, UM BUT VICE MAYOR AND THEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. DOES THE CLERK NEED ANY HELP? AND MR MARTEL. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED IN THE MOTION? I BELIEVE I HAVEN'T. YES, THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE MOTION TO HEAR FROM DOUG. MR MR COMMISSIONER MCDONALD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR BARNEY. BARNEY. DOUG OR NICK. I THINK I GOT IT RIGHT THAT TIME. UM 15 FT. I KNOW. THERE'S THE POWER LINES THAT I CAN'T MOVE IT FURTHER TOWARDS THE ROAD. UH, THE HOUSE IS 1600 SQUARES, AND IT. WE'RE NOT EVEN BUILDING THE DECK. WE LIKED OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD GET TOO CLOSE TO THE MANGROVES RIGHT NOW. I'VE WORKED IN THERE CAN TAKE TO GET THE DESIGN HERE BACK AND DROP OFF THE GARAGE, I GUESS ON THE SIDE, BUT. THERE'S THE POWER LINES WERE THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. I'D MOVE IT RIGHT AGAINST THE ROAD IF I COULD. IT'S JUST THAT WAS AT THE NFL IS ISSUE FOR ME. TO HOUSE. MY HOUSE ABOUT HOUSE HERE IN STUART. THAT'S 1212 1202 SQUARE FEET. BUILT IN 1951 TO CONQUER. WE HAVE AND. THE ROOMS ARE JUST LITTLE. NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE SMALL, BUT WAS TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT. A SMALL BUT STILL HAD BIG ENOUGH ROOMS. BIG ENOUGH BEDROOMS, THAT'S ALL. BEDROOMS AREN'T OVER OVER THE BIG AND ADDS A STEWART STYLE TO IT. I'VE DONE THAT. I'VE REDUCED MY FOOTPRINT AS YOU ALL ASKED ME TO DO. AND I WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN I BOUGHT THIS LOT. I WAS TOLD BY THE STAFF HERE IT WAS TOTALLY BUILDABLE AND OF. WAS A 10 FT SETBACK. I BELIEVE BACK THEN.

GOING TO 25. NOW I'M ASKING FOR 25. PUT IT IN RIGHT WHERE YOU TOLD ME TO PUT IT IN. SO. JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S SOMETHING I WAS DIRECTED TO DO. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR MORNING.

WE'VE HEARD THE THANK MOTION ON THE MATTER OF THE VARIANCE FOR THIS PROPERTY. AND THE PROCEDURES THAT ANYTHING ELSE WOULD. COME BACK AND GO TO PERMITTING AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. IF THIS THE VARIANCE IS APPROVED TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER FROM THE BOARD OR FROM THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONER MCDONALD? I'LL LET HELEN GO FIRST. YEAH. MISS HELEN, JUST PLEASE PROTECT HER WETLANDS. 40 FT, YOU KNOW. THAT'S HIS BLOOD WERE ALL THAT WERE STARTING TO SAY WE'RE LOSING TOO MUCH PROTECTOR WETLANDS AT 40 FT.

YOU CAN BUILD A NICE HOUSE, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID I HAD MY ASS. IT IS NOT TIRED. I THINK MINE'S 15 AND I'VE GOT THREE BUT ME THE LARGE BEDROOMS. THANK MY LORD. IT'S.

LIVE IN FLORIDA. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE HOUSE WERE OUTSIDE SOMETHING, BUT MY MAIN THING IS

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PROTECT OUR WEAPONS. THANK THANK YOU. UM, MR MCDONALD. YEAH, I HAVE. SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE MOTION. UM ONE IS ALICE. WE'RE IF THE MOTION IS TO MOVE THE UH, MAKE THE SETBACK FOR THE WETLAND. LARGER THAT'S FINE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE ALSO AND I PREFER THE LARGER SETBACK OF THE SIDES, BUT WE'RE LIMITING THE WHAT HE COULD DO AND I DON'T KNOW. HAD I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HIS APPROPRIATE ONE. THAT SEEMS TO ME IT'S ALMOST UH, IT'S ALMOST REGENT. IT'S A BACKDOOR WAY OF RESTRICTING THE, UH, ARCHITECTURE WHICH WERE NOT ABOUT TO DO WHICH I. I WISH THAT ALL WAS NEVER PASSED, BUT IT WAS, UM. SECOND THING IS, WE'RE KIND OF CAUSING HIM TO PORTION PUSH THE HOUSE FORWARD INTO THE UP TOWARDS CLOSER TO THE POWER EVIDENCE. CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, UM. I REALLY LOOKED AT THIS AND I SAW WHEN I FIRST OPENED UP AND LOOKED AT. IT WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I SAW BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME THAT HE DID WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. AND SO I THINK THAT. UM I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO TOM. AS SOMEONE DOES WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. COMES BACK AND THEN WE SAY, OH, NO, WE WANT MORE. I DON'T I THINK THAT I DO HAVE A I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS. UM. THE FIRST SIZE OF THE HOUSE. UH ACTUALLY, THIS IS I JUST HAVE A COUPLE STREETS OVER AND THIS HOUSE IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN MY HOUSE.

SO IT'S I THINK IT'S WITHIN WHAT IS BEING WHAT IS GENERALLY BEING BUILT, UM. AND WHAT IS AROUND. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER HOUSES. UM, BUT THIS IS ALSO SOME OF THAT TYPE OF HOUSING STOCK THAT I THINK. OUR CITY NEEDS, UH AS WELL. MAN. SO I'M I'M JUST I'M NOT I'M NOT A FAN OF THE MOTION AS. JUST AS IT IS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS MCDONALD. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REASONING WHEN I JUST LOOK AT THIS AND BEFORE US. REDUCING THE YOU KNOW, 39 FT TO 29 FT AT 62 FT WIDE. IF YOU JUST SQUARED IT OUT AND WORKED WITH AN ARCHITECT THAT BUILDING FOOTPRINT COULD BE 1800 SQUARE FEET. AND WE ARE NOT LIMITING THE ARCHITECT AT ALL. ALL WE'RE DOING IS MAKING IT. THE BUFFER. WE'RE STILL GIVING A VARIANCE. TO BUILD A FOOTPRINT OF BUILDABLE AREA WITH A 40 FT WETLAND BUFFER ON THE SINGLE STORY. OF 1800 SQUARE FEET.

WE'RE NOT LIMITING HIS OPTION TO GO TO TWO STORIES. WE ARE PRIMARILY. LOOKING AT THAT WETLAND BUFFER OF AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY WELL, SO MY MOTION DOES STAND. THANK YOU, AND THE SECOND WAS BY, BUT VICE MAYOR AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY TO. THERE'S A REASON WHY IN THE CODE WE I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, PAUL WETLANDS ARE IMPORTANT. THERE'S A REASON WHY WE DELINEATE BETWEEN AN OUTSTANDING WETLAND AND A REGULAR WETLAND. AND SO, UM, I AGREE. IT'S THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS. AS OUR OTHER ARE THE REVIEWS AND THIS IS NOT ONLY JUST, UH, OUTSTANDING WETLAND. THIS IS PUBLISHED IN CREEK. I MEAN, SO THERE'S A REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T MIGHT NOT SEEM FAIR. AND IT MIGHT SEEM ARBITRARY, BUT IT'S NOT. THERE'S A WE HAVE THIS IN THE CODE AND OUTSTANDING WHILE AND RESOURCE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT SO I'M TORN WITH THIS ALSO. YET I WILL. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MATHESON. OKAY, CLARK. ALL WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR PAUL.

MAY I ASK WHAT IS SIR, WILL YOU JUST ASK THEM TO SPEAK TO US? LET'S MARKER, WOULD YOU CAN YOU HEAR US? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. HEY GOOD EVENING, GUYS. AS YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN FOR A CLUB. UM HONESTLY, I AM. ENRAGED HEARING YOUR SANCTIMONIOUS HYPOCRISY OVER WETLANDS. AND IT'S ASTOUNDING AND. YOU GUYS KIND OF DID THIS WITH THE GOLDSTEIN IN THE LANDFILL THING? AND IT IS ARBITRARY, MIKE AND. I MEAN, YOU APPROVE THE PROJECT THAT

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HAD 1000 OVER 1000 SPOTS PARKING SPOTS. HALF OF THEM WERE FAIRYTALE, THE OTHER FOR THE APARTMENTS. BUT THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE NO VISITORS SPOTS. SO YOU HAVE RETAIL THAT'S OPEN 1927. AT MOST. AND NOTHING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PEOPLE LIVING A NORMAL LIFE.

LIKE ABOUT 400 APARTMENTS. YOU ALMOST BROKE. SO IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR YOU SUDDENLY CARE ABOUT CONSERVATION. WHEN REPEATEDLY YOU VOTED FOR EVERY HIGH DENSITY PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU. YOU MAKE IT TOUGH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE. YOU TRY TO DISQUALIFY PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE YOUNG AND CAN'T AFFORD EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE APPROVING. BUT YOU SAY THAT YOU SPEAK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING. WELL. THE TRUTH IS GOING TO COME TO LIGHT. REGARDLESS SO. SMALLER WITNESSING HERE IS JUST OF SHELL. AND IT'S JUST EXHAUSTING. BUT. I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT COMES IN THE FUTURE AND AS CAMPBELL RICH SAID IN THE. LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY MEETING. THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM. YOU GUYS APPROVED OVER 3000 NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS. UNBELIEVABLE. MS MARKER BEFORE YOU CLOSE UP. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE MY EXACT ADDRESS BECAUSE I HAVE PRIVACY CONCERNS, BUT I LIVE IN FLORIDA CLUB. I LIVE ON WETLANDS. I SEE HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE. I SEE EVERY DAY ALL THE VARIETY OF BIRDS THAT YOU DISREGARDED PHOTOS AND EVIDENCE OF FOR 10 WETLANDS. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? THANK YOU. UM, CLERK, MADAM CLERK. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN THE SECOND AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ADDITION TO THE MOTION. THE MOTION STANDS. COMMISSIONER BRUNER YES. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. NO. COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. NICE MAYOR MATHESON.

YES. AND MAYOR CLARK. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOUR ITEM IS OVER MR BARNEY. THANK YOU VERY

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MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT - MONTEREY MEDICAL PARKING EXPANSION (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC):

 

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 FOR 51 ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 11 MAJOR SIDE PLAN AMENDMENT, MONTEREY MEDICAL, PORK AND EXPANSION.

THIS IS A QUIZ, I JUDICIAL MATTER. I'LL CALL IT, MADAM MAYOR BEFORE YOU MET HIM BEFORE YOU BEGAN, UH. WHAT WE NEED TO DO. DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. OH YES. UH MADAM MAYOR WERE REQUESTING THAT THIS APPLICATION. THE UH CONTINUED UNTIL THE DECEMBER THE 13TH MEETING. THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT IS TO DEAL WITH THE STORM WATER AND SOME INTERESTING.

ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD DURING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE. VERY INTERESTING CONFLICT IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF STORMWATER RUNOFF. UM I AM PART OF THE. MY INTERACTION WITH BOTH THE CITY CONSULTANT AND THE APPLICANT WAS OVER THE CITY'S CODE SECTION SIX POINT OH 31 B.

WHICH LIMITS. THE AMOUNT OF UNDERGROUND STORMWATER RUNOFF THAT CAN BE STORED ON A SITE TO 40% IF THAT'S OUTSIDE, IF THE SIDE IS OUTSIDE THE C R A. SO THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE, UM REGARDING THIS APPLICATION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD. IN AN INTERVIEW FROM THE THREE COMMISSIONERS WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE WITH ME FROM THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. UM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT IS TO GET AS MUCH. UNDERGROUND AS POSSIBLE. UM WE AND TO LIMIT DRY DETENTION AREAS BECAUSE OF THE. THE WASHOUT OF POLLUTANTS FROM THOSE AREAS SO I THINK THERE'S A LARGER ISSUE WITH UM. WHERE THE CITY CODE SITS ON THESE UNDERGROUND STORAGE SUPPRESSION, PARTICULARLY. WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF ON SITE STORAGE. THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SO I'M WORKING WITH CAP TECH, OUR CITY CONSULTANTS AND THE APPLICANT ON THIS ISSUE. BUT THAT IS ONE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE POTENTIAL DISCUSSION POINTS WHERE THANK YOU, MR MORTAL AS THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 86 2021 ITEM NUMBER 11 MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. HOW CAN WE PHRASE THAT TABLING? HIS STAFF ASKING US TO TABLE THIS MATTER, SO THEY CONTINUE TO DATE CERTAIN OF DECEMBER. 13TH OH, YES, MA'AM. ARE WE DOING? UH ALL MOTION TO, UH OKAY. WE'RE WAITING FOR MOTION. THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT MADAM MAYOR I MOTION TO CONTINUE RESOLUTION 86-21 TO DECEMBER 13TH. OKAY, UM, BUT MR FREEMAN. TO BE

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CLEAR. ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO REVIEW. OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. I THINK THE DISCUSSION. IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I STAFF WILL BE. WE'RE NOT CERTAIN YET OF THE FINAL PERCENTAGE THAT WILL BE STORED UNDERGROUND. THAT'S STILL BEING.

TRYING TO BE GETTING BELOW THE 40% THAT WOULD TAKE TRIGGER. UH, VARIANCE FROM THE CITY CODE. SO THE ITEM MAY INCLUDE A REQUEST OF VERY. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO STORE MORE WATER UNDERGROUND. WHICH STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE FUTURE. CODE AMENDMENT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL. THE CONCEPTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT WITH LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND INCORPORATE THAT WITHIN THOSE CONCEPTS. JUST TO CONSOLIDATE THAT COMMENT. WITHIN THE SIERRA UNDERGROUND. RUNOFF IS PERMITTED UP TO 100. I MEAN, I JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ON THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND ONE OF THE TOP ONES TO ME. WAS THAT ALL OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS? ARE CAUSED BY. BASICALLY THAT DESTRUCTION OF GREEN SPACE, UM NATIONWIDE OR WORLDWIDE. SOME STORY. MORE WATER ON SITE WAS A TOP PRIORITY, BUT. PRESERVATION OF GREEN SPACE SEEMED TO BE ONE OF MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CONFERENCE. UM BUT I MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE AND SECOND. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE TO A DATE CERTAIN DECEMBER 13TH IS WHAT I SAID THE MOST. I WAS TRYING TO GET IT EARLIER REQUEST RIGHT? THE MOTION WAS TODAY. THE MOTION AND 2ND 2ND. YES. ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC ON THE MOTION. UM. MADAM CLERK. DO YOU WANT A VOICE MAIL FROM US AROUND ALL IN FAVOUR AN OLYMPIC ALL IN FAVOUR HIGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 12. SORRY IF LOAN APPLICATION OUT FOR THE

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SRF LOAN APPLICATION - ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY (RC):

 

RESOLUTION No. 114-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, RELATED TO THE STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN PROGRAM; MAKING FINDINGS; AUTHORIZING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE LOAN APPLICATION AGREEMENT FOR THE $17,319,799.00 ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE LOAN AGREEMENT; DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES; ESTABLISHING PLEDGED REVENUES; PROVIDING ASSURANCES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

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WARDEN IT ALTERNATIVE WATER. SUPPLY THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 114-2 TO 1 OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITIES TO FLORIDA RELATED TO THE STATE REVOLVING FUNDS LOAN PROGRAM MAKING FINDINGS AUTHORIZING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORS SUBMIT THE LOAN APPLICATION AGREEMENT FOR THE. 17,319,000. ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE LOAN AGREEMENT, DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES ESTABLISHING PLEDGED REVENUES, PROVIDING ASSURANCES PROVIDED FOR CONFLICTS, EVER ABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR. YOU HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM I BELIEVE TO MILLIONS AGO. MR VOLCKER IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE BASICALLY PUT IT ON COMMISSION ACTION DUE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. IN FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN THE SECOND. IF THIS EVER GETS APPROVED, THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING I'VE EVER SIGNED. SO YEAH. UM. DID YOU? DID YOU READ? THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE ARE JUST THE TITLE.

MR MORTAL, HE READ THE TITLE IS JUST TOO MUCH. THE TITLE IS FINE. UM ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN THE SECOND. AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS TOLD US THAT THIS MATTER HAS COME BEFORE US BEFORE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TO THE FINAL POINT AND IN $17 MILLION IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK. TO US, UM, REGARDING THIS, UM, LOAN APPLICATION. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS ON THE BOARD. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES MAYOR CLARKE. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER MYERS? YES. SILVER INK, PLEASE.

MADAM CLERK. WHEN I SIGNED THE SEVEN BLUE INK IS FINE. UM ITEM NUMBER 13 RIGHT AWAY

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R.O.W. ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF AN ALLEY BETWEEN SE 5TH STREET AND SE STYPMANN BLVD (RC):

 

RESOLUTION  No. 115-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA DECLARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ABANDON AND TO SET PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOVEMBER 22, 2021 AT 5:30 PM, AND DECEMBER 13, 2021, AT 4:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS TO CONSIDER THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CITY, BEING THAT PORTION OF LAND, WHICH LIES BETWEEN S.E. 5TH STREET AND S.E. STYPMANN BLVD, WHICH IS MORE FULLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF AN ALLEYWAY BETWEEN SOUTH EAST FIFTH STREET SOUTHEAST STATEMENT. BOULEVARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 115 2021, MR MARTEL. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE ONE 5-2021 RESOLUTION. THE CITY COMMISSION THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DECLARING PURSUIT CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ABANDON AND SET PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOVEMBER 22ND 2021 AT 5:30, P.M. AND DECEMBER 13TH 2021 AT FOUR P.M. IN THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS TO CONSIDER THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WITHIN THE CITY BEING THAT PORTION OF LAND, WHICH LIES BETWEEN SELF EAST FIFTH STREET. IN SOUTHEAST STATEMENT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS MORE FULLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE, TOO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, RECOGNIZING

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THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST EXPRESSING THE COMMISSION'S INTENT, AND IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY. ADOPTING. THE RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT AND WILL TRIGGER US TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO WE HAVEN'T NOTIFIED ANYBODY YET. SO. HIS STAFF. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ACTUALLY ACTUALLY, WE DID NOTIFY NEIGHBORS OF THIS HEARING. UM SO THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A NOTICE ON THAT BASIS THIS ON THE SCREEN YOU SHOW THE WE SHOW THE LADY IN QUESTION. WHICH IS BETWEEN WITTMANN BOULEVARD AND. UH SOUTHEAST, FIFTH THREE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ANOTHER COMPLETE ALI. UM IT RUNS THROUGH HALF OF THAT BLOCK. AND UTILITIES AND. CITY DEVELOPMENT HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE ABANDONMENT OF THAT METAL BARREL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSION, MCDONALD'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. OUT THERE IN THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM NUMBER 13 RIGHT AWAY ABANDONMENT FOR FIFTH STREET AND STATEMENT. ADAM AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A CITY INITIATED ABANDONMENT. THEREFORE, THERE'S NO PRIVILEGE. HE'S ASSOCIATED THANK YOU, MR. UM. FREEMAN DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE NEIGHBORS ON THE NOTICE, SPORT TODAY? I'VE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM ANYBODY IN THAT. DO WE PUT UP A SIGN FOR RIGHT AWAY? ABANDONMENT THIS IS PUBLIC HERE NOTICING COME IN LATER ON, BUT WHEN WE DO IT, DO WE PUT UP WITH TIME? IT'S THE ORDINANCES. THEY'LL GET THEY GET. IT'S IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IT'S ADVERTISED AS AN ORDINANCE. WE HAVE DIRECT NOTICE TO EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ON THE ALLEYWAY. SO. PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY IT, OR ALL NOTICED LITTLE SIGN IN THE ALLEYWAY.

JUST STILL LETTERS. OKAY NO DEVELOPMENT, SO IT HASN'T CHANGED ANYTHING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD. UM, WE HAD ASKED FOR STUFF.

COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 13. RIGHT AWAY ABANDONMENT, MR VICE MAYOR, UM, DON'T COMMENT. KIT THANK YOU. AND I HEAR NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CLERK? COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES COMMISSIONER MACDONALD VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, MAYOR CLARK? YES? THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING ON TODAY. NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, BUT WE HAVE SOME

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AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE - SIGN CODE (RC):

 

ORDINANCE No. 2469-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION 6.11.03 ENTITLED “NON-CONFORMING SIGNS; AMORTIZATION OF CERTAIN SIGNS” IN CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY OF STUART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REMOVE DEADLINE FOR THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD FOR EXISTING, NON-CONFORMING POLE SIGNS AND PROVIDE PROVISIONS TO ACCELERATE POLE SIGN REMOVAL; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

 

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ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING ITEM NUMBER 14 AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CALLED.

SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED CODE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 69 2021, MR MARTEL IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION 6.11 POINT OH, THREE ENTITLED QUOTE, NONCONFORMING SIGNS. IMMUNIZATION OF CERTAIN SIGNS AND QUOTE IN CHAPTER SIX OF THE CITY OF STEWART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REMOVE DEADLINE FOR THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD FOR EXISTING NON CONFORMING POLE SIGNS. AND PROVIDE PROVISIONS TO ACCELERATE POLL SIGNED REMOVAL, PROVIDING THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR MARTEL. IS THERE ARE YOU READY? MR FREEMAN? UM, IT'S PANEL PIN THE WHOLE SORRY.

ELEGANTLY SOLVED A SCIARRA ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE RECORD. THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE YOU BACK IN JUNE OR JULY, WHERE STAFF WAS REQUESTING DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE DEADLINE THAT WAS SOON APPROACHING. THE DEADLINE TO REMOVE ALL THE POLLS. SIGNS IN THE CITY IS JANUARY 1ST 2022, THIS COMMISSION DID DIRECT STAFF TO REMOVE THE DEADLINE FROM THE CODE AND PROVIDE SOME REGULATIONS TO HELP EXPEDITE THE REMOVAL OF POLE SIGNS.

CURRENTLY NO POLE SIGNS ARE ALLOWED, BUT THE EXISTING POLE SIGNS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A LANGUAGE FOR, UM EXISTING SIGNS IF THEY'RE DAMAGED OR IF THEY'RE ABANDONED. SO THE NEW LANGUAGE WOULD BE ALL DAMAGED POLE SIGNS THAT REQUIRE PERMIT TO BE REPAIRED SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF NOTIFYING THE PROPERTY OWNER AND. ANY ABANDONED POLE SIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS THAT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF 180 DAYS OR LONGER SHALL BE REMOVED WITH WITHIN THE 90 DAYS OF NOTIFYING THE PROPERTY OWNER. UM THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO CRB, NLP A BOTH BOARDS APPROVED AMENDMENTS, AND TODAY'S STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER. 24 69-2021. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVE APPROVAL. MADAM MAYOR OF SECOND. APPROVAL MOVE BY COMMISSIONER MYERS SECONDED BY COMING TO MCDONALD COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE. ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY MS CANDIES. THAT LANGUAGE WAS. SIMPLE AND EASY. JUST WHAT WE DIRECTED. AND GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. UM, IN THE FUTURE. UM. PUBLIC. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? UM. CHARACTER. MAYOR

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CLARKE. YES VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER? YES, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD? YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS SILVERTHORNE, A

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REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO DATE CERTAIN OF DECEMBER 13, 2021:  SILVERTHORN RPUD: (QUASI-JUDICIAL):

 

ORDINANCE No. 2472-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEREBY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM “COMMERCIAL” TO “MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL” FOR A 9.43 ACRE PARCEL ANNEXED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1527-97, OWNED BY TED GLASRUD ASSOCIATES FL LLC, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SE INDIAN STREET AND SE COMMERCE AVENUE, SAID LAND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT SAID LANDS SHALL CONCURRENTLY BE REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT “CPUD” TO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT “RPUD” ON THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; ESTABLISHING THE SILVERTHORN RPUD CONSISTING OF EIGHTY SIX (86) ATTACHED HOMES; APPROVING A MASTER SITE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, DECLARING THE PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER, WHICH HAS BEEN ASKED TO BE CONTINUED TO A TIME CERTAIN OF DECEMBER.

13TH 2021, THIS IS ORDINANCE SUMMER 24 7 2-2021, MADAM, MERYL, UH, MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 13 SECONDS. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MADISON SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMENTS BY OUR BOARD. IT'S GOING TO BE MY BIRTHDAY. WHICH ONE DECEMBER 13TH YEAH. OH LET'S HAVE A REALLY GOOD LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE. YEAH SO, UM, SHIRK THE DO WE NEED TO DO ALL IN FAVOUR OF YOU WANT TO CALL US ALL IN FAVOR? HI HI. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM. IS

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REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO DATE CERTAIN OF NOVEMBER 22, 2021: 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 HALPATIOKEE PARK, 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.

 

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THAT A NUMBER 16 I REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO DATE CERTAIN OF NOVEMBER 22ND 2021 IF ABANDONMENT OF PROPORTION OF RATHER WAS REQUESTED BY PAUL MEDICAL. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER AND SECONDED BY COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. ALL IN FAVOUR, ALRIGHT? ARE WE CLEAR ON THE DISCUSSION DELIBERATION? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA. DEAL WITH THE ONE ISSUE THAT MR RUDIN WANTED TO BRING UP. I CAN MOVE THAT THIS MOLD. THIS MAY DIDN'T BE ADJOURNED. IS THAT OKAY? ADJOURN

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