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THEIR MINDS WERE DOING IT, YOU KNOW? GOOD AFTERNOON. I MEAN, YOU LOOK CLARK, MAYOR OF THE
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CITY OF STEWART FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MORE MINUTES OR SO. I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STEWARTS CITY COMMISSION TODAY. DECEMBER THE 13TH FOUR PM HERE AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 1 21, SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE. THIS IS A REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. CLARK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR CLARKE? YES MATHESON HERE, COMMISSIONER BRUNER HERE, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. THANK YOU. WE'LL START OUR MEETING. WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND I'D LIKE IT IF OUR POLICE CHIEF WOULD COME UP WITH US. AS WE DO THE PLEASURABLE AND OUR FIRE CHIEF ALSO I'M UP FRONT WITH US. NEXT TO ME. THANK YOU. AND OR MAYOR, HUSBAND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALL YEAR LONG BY SMEARS, VICE MAYOR AND SO IF YOU WOULD HAVE LEADERS IN THE PRESENT RELIGIONS AS WE THINK OD EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED. TORNADOES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. JUST WANT TO BE WITH THAT IN MIND AS WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OR FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, LED BY OUR VICE MAYOR MERIT, MATHESON.THANK I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. STATES OF AMERICA. WHICH IS STANDS ONE DAY. COUNTRY.
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK HEAVENS. WE HAVE AN
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ARTS MOMENT - AL HAGER, LINDSAY HAGER, AND AMY CLARK - PERFORMING A SONG.
]ARTS MOMENT. IT GIVES US A TIME TO COLLECTOR SELVES AND TO GET CALM. WE HAVE AN ART MOMENT TODAY WITH NONE OTHER THAN I'LL HAGER, WHO USED TO BE IT STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A MUSIC DIRECTOR. AND LINDSAY HAGER. AND MISS AMY CLARK AND THEY WILL BE PERFORMING FOR US. YOU CAN SPEAK BEFORE YOU PERFORM OR AFTER YOU PERFORM. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS OF INTRODUCTION. HELP. OKAY, WONDERFUL.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. FLUTE RENAISSANCE. IT'S YOUR TURN. LINDSEY.TO EXCELLENT. RIGHT HERE. SPEAKING MY WHATEVER FIRST.
CAN'T DO THAT. BUSY READING SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE THE GRINCH. AS ONE OF MY LAST STUDENTS. IT'S LIKE TWO RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE WHO HELPED
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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR EMANCIPATION DAY VOLUNTEERS, PRESENTED BY EULA CLARKE
]ME WAY BACK IN MAY AT THE. MAY 20TH. WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA'S EMANCIPATION DAY, AND I DIDN'T GIVE UP SOME CERTIFICATES THEN BUT THEN IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE AND TO CATCH UP WITH THEM. BUT ACTUALLY HAD THESE OTHER CERTIFICATES EMBLAZONED AND I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT. I'M GONNA GO DOWN. AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME UP AND MAYBE WE CAN GET A GROUP. SHOTS SO THESE ARE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR MY PATIENT. THEY VOLUNTEERS AND. WELL, WE HAVE THIS ALICE LOCKHART. IF BEN WOULD LIKE TO DO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH US AND THEN. WHERE IS IT? YOU CAN GO GET IT. YOU YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THE NEXT PERSON SO. THIS IS ALL A PERSONAL DESIGN THINGS OVER BELONGS TO CITY IS NOT A CITY ORDINANCE SOON.
OKAY SO ALICE IS RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WILD. VERY OWN TV NEWS PODCAST. YEAH.
SIR GWENDOLYN BRIEFLY. WHAT? IT'S A ONE PUT YOUR NEEDLE SORT. JIMMY SMITH IS HERE. AND HE'S EVEN DRESSED UP. LOOK AT THAT LOOK FANCY. SMITH. LOOKING GOOD. MRS. PHOTO BOMB.
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DAVID DON'T DON'T DO THE BUNNY EARS, DAVID. IN BRITAIN, THE PATINA. UM, LET ME JUST I JUST CALL THEM OUT. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE. UM WHEN THE LITTLE BRINK WISHES ALWAYS TRIAL.COMING IN FROM WORK, SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE. BUT YOU PROBABLY HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
MR WASHINGTON. SAME THING. SHE'S AT THE DECK HERE. MRS FELDMAN, WASHINGTON FROM THE BIRCHWOOD WALDEN CHILDCARE CENTER. AND MISS BARBIE SCOTT FROM SAINT PAUL. AMY CHURCH, MR BRENDAN MARTINI FROM SAINT PAUL AMY CHURCH AND MISS LISA ATHENEE FROM SAINT PAUL AMY CHURCH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. LET'S.
NOW ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED ON THE FIRST ANNUAL EMANCIPATION DAY PROCLAMATION WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELP ON THE SECOND ANNUAL PATIENT. DO YOU THINK? YOU DID. YOU'RE RIGHT.
COME ON DOWN, REWRITE HISTORY NOW DAVID'S VERY HANDSOME MAN. PEOPLE LIKE DAVID PICTURE TAKEN WITH AN ADVERT HER OWN NARRATIVE . WE DON'T WANNA TOUCH THAT. WE CALL A MR YOUTUBE HERE AT CITY HALL.
DO YOU EVER ASK CONNIE THAT QUESTION WE HAD FOR YOU.
MM. STILL BURN. MICHAEL YOU'VE GOT IT COMING UP. MIKE. DAVID ARE YOU GOING TO TURN ON YOUR TIRE? YOU'RE GOING TO DO A DRUM ROLL. OH, NO, I'M DONE. OKAY? AT THIS TIME. WE'RE HERE FOR OUR
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SELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR
]ANNUAL REORGANIZATION AS AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I'VE LOST MY GLASSES SOMEWHERE.
AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE DOING THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR. AND THE VICE MAYOR FOR THE YEAR. 20 1 22. MADAM MAYOR, JUST 22 BEFORE YOU CALL THE ITEM AS WE CUSTOMARILY DO. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AS FAR AS, UH, THE. I ALWAYS CALLED THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE STUFF THAT THE MAYOR IS REQUIRED TO DO. YOU DID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DID FOR THIS TO HAVE THIS PAST YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU REALIZE. OH I HAVE TO OPEN IT. OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU. NO CRYING. OH, MY. OH, MY GOODNESS. THIS IS MY OLD GOT NEW BUSINESS CARD REPLACES. MAYOR CLARKE CITY OF STEWART 2022. 2021 THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITH IN ME. IT HAS BEEN TOUGH TO PAST FOUR YEARS. WELL, THREE YEARS. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE FOLKS AND THE RESIDENTS, THE VOTERS AND THE STAFF AT THE CITY OF STEWART, SUFFERED TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN ME. ALLOW ME TO SERVE YOU AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU UNTIL THE REST OF MY TERM IN AUGUST AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ELECTIONS AGAIN. AND I PRAY THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF SERVICE IN THE CITY OF STUART. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU , CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND FOR
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MADAM CLERK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME THROUGH THIS YEAR, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, I SAY THANK YOU AND. I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY, BUT I WILL EMBARRASSMENTS TO LEGGETT. THANK YOU, MR LEGGETT FOR RESPONDING TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS BUMP IN THE ROAD BUMPS EVERYWHERE. BUT WE ARE SO GLAD THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS THEY'RE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE THERE TO HELP US AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NOT SEEN JOLIE ABOUT ME ONLY FOUR. A LITTLE WHILE, BUT HE'S HERE TONIGHT, SO HE MUST BE BRINGING A SPECIAL ENVELOPE FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THEY SAY. SORT OF. THAT'S AT LEAST DOWNSTAIRS SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHOULD I HAND OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY? TO CONDUCT.BULLET IN OUR WE JUST IGNORANT FOR MOTION. IT WOULD NORMALLY BE YOU CALLING FOR EMOTION FOR MAYOR. I'LL I'LL ASK FOR MOTION FOR SOMEONE TO PLEASE SELECT A NEW MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. A ER. I'LL MOVE FOR MERIT. MATHESON TO BE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MIKE MEYER. UP. AH DO WE WANT TO HAVE A ALL IN FAVOR OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE A VOICE VOTE CALL? LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL. SOMEONE IS SOMEONE BESIDES ME ON THE RECORD AS SAYING, HAVE A ROLL CALL. SO MADAM CLERK COULD YOU HAVE A ROLE CALLED PLEASE? MAYOR MATHESON. YES. UM I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL AND THANK YOU NOW, BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES BRUNER? YES COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD? YES, COMMISSIONER. BUYER? YES. THANK YOU DO IT.
THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALBUM SWITCH AND THEN LET HIM DO THE VICE MAYOR STANDBY. I'LL MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO LET STAFF READJUST OUR SEATS . AS AS YOU ALL KNOW, I COME WITH SOME. TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES UP HERE TO HELP ME DURING THE MEETINGS. BUT I JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED. TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS MAYOR. HAS BEEN NEARLY SIX YEARS SINCE I DECIDED TO GET HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THEN. AS IT STILL IS NOW THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MY DECISION TO SERVE. HAS BEEN MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY. SERVING AS MAYOR OF MY HOMETOWN. THE TOWN THAT I'VE CHOSEN TO RAISE A FAMILY AND IS A DUTY THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. MOVING FORWARD. I WILL DO MY BEST TO SERVE DILIGENTLY. AND WITH INTEGRITY. AS I REPRESENT OUR GREAT CITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO READJUST OUR SEATS UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE, MR MAYOR. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YES SINCE WILL WANNA SWITCH MAYBE AGAIN FOR VICE MAYOR. DO YOU WANT TO DO THE ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR FIRST AND THEN MOVE SEATS ALL AT ONCE. YES AND I DO LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE CITY MANAGERS. SORRY, DAVID.
OKAY? I'M AS MAYOR, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. FOR THE NEW VICE MAYOR OF THE 2022. HERE I MAKE A MOTION FOR TROY MCDONALD TO BE THE VICE MAYOR. WE HAVE EMOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES. MAYOR MATHESON. YES. AND COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES. THANK YOU. FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET A LITTLE MORE MUSCLE ON THAT. I'LL GET USED TO IT. IF EVERYONE
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COULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. WE WILL RESUME THE MEETING. I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE MAYOR. ASSURING TROY MCDONALD. BIG I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER TROY MCDONALD'S AS WELL. DONATIONS. AND NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MS JAN FAYSALI[4.
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - DECEMBER 2021
]OF OUR EMPLOYEES SPOTLIGHT. FOR DECEMBER 2021. MR BUGLIOSI FROM FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL BE CONDUCTING THAT. YES NOW THAT YOU'VE PULLED THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, YES. JAN PREPARES THESE FOR US. HR IS IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM OF SELECTING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO HIGHLIGHT OR PUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT EACH MONTH. AND THE RANDOM GENERATOR PICKED ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES WHO ACTUALLY AGREED TO BE SPOTLIGHTED TONIGHT THAT EMPLOYEE BEING DEBBIE SMITH, WHO IS THE PERIL SPECIALISTS FOR THE CITY. UM SO JAN, YOU KNOW, PUTS TOGETHER THIS LITTLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE WITH THE EMPLOYEE WHO IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. AND GOES THROUGH AND TRIES TO PROFILE THE EMPLOYEE IN THEIR TIME HERE IN THE CITY. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO DISCUSS DEBBIE SMITH THIS EVENING. DEBBIE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN MARCH OF 2000 AND SEVEN SHE CAME ON WITH THE POLICE AS A PART TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT. IN THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT. OF THE SPD. NOW WHAT'S DONE IN THIS PAPER IS THAT DEBBIE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH ME, THEN. AND SO I REMEMBER WALKING INTO THE LOBBY . THEY SAID. SOMEONE'S HERE FROM THE POLICE TO TALK TO YOU LIKE, WHO'S THIS COLLEGE KID OUT HERE ? YOU KNOW, DOING THIS STUFF AND SHE WAS JUST A PART TIME PERSON COLLECTING DATA FROM THE POLICE REPORTS AND CULMINATING IT AND I HAD TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH DEBBIE BACK THEN, ALL THAT MANY YEARS AGO. TO ACCOMMODATE HIS DATA BECAUSE I WAS THE MONEY GUY AND THE NUMBERS GUY AND FINANCE THEN AND SHE WAS THE NUMBERS PERSON OVER AT THE POLICE, AND THERE'S MORE TO COME OF HOW WERE INEXTRICABLY CONNECTED HERE. ALONG WITH THAT, THEN, A FEW YEARS LATER, SHE TRANSFERRED TO FULL TIME POSITION IN UTILITIES, CUSTOMER SERVICE WORKING WITH ME THEN AS WELL, SO SHE CAME INTO UTILITY. SHE WAS WORKING THERE AND THEN I LOST UTILITIES. THEY WENT OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS. AND SHORTLY AFTER GOING OVER THERE, THEN SHE TOOK THE POSITION OF THE. BUSINESS TAX SPECIALISTS AND CAME BACK TO WORK FOR ME AGAIN. IT'S YEAH, IT'S WHAT WE GOT THIS THING GOING ON, SO. AND THEN SHE'S YOU KNOW, HAS MOVED ONTO THE PAYROLL SPECIALISTS. NOW W IS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EMPLOYEE THE YEAR RUNNER UP AND RECOGNITION FROM THEN DIRECTOR DAVE PETERS. WELL REMEMBER DAVE PETERS IF DAVE GAVE YOU RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION . IT MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD. RIGHT YOU HAD TO EARN IT IN FROM DAVE READERS, AND FOR MANY YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS YOUR EXPANSION PROGRAM SO WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHO WORKS ON IT NOW AND WHAT THE ACCOLADES ARE TODAY, BUT IT REALLY GOES BACK THAT FAR THAT. DEBBIE HAD KIND OF STARTED ON DOING THAT AND SIGNING PEOPLE UP WORKING ON THE SURVEYS. I THINK YOU ACTUALLY WENT TO THE LYRIC THEATER RIGHT THERE IN THOSE MEETINGS. YES, DEBBIE WAS AT THE LYRIC THEATER WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE TAKING THE SURVEYS. CAN WE GET 51% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? TO SIGN UP FOR THE PLAN. YOU KNOW THAT? COME TO FIND OUT. DEBBIE AND I ARE ACTUALLY LINKED EVEN FURTHER BACK THAN JUST WORKING FOR ME ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, I SAID MANY TIMES I GREW UP OUT IN BELLE GLADE. AND YOU EVER HAVE THAT GUY THAT ALWAYS HAD THE GIRLFRIEND THAT YOU NEVER MET? SO YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FAKE. SO WE HAVE. I'M GOING TO TELL THAT STORY. SO THERE WAS. THERE WAS A GUY THAT I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH, AND EVERY FUNCTION THAT WOULD COME UP LIKE MAN THERE. YOU TAKING THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO SPEND THE WEEKEND. MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE, WHO ARE YOU DATING? IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HER. SHE LIVES OVER IN WEST PALM. AND SO IT WAS THE FAKE GIRLFRIEND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND WE THOUGHT THE GUY WAS JUST MAKING IT ALL UP.
COME TO FIND OUT. DEBBIE SMITH IS THE GIRLFRIEND FROM WEST PALM . THAT WAS THAT WAS DATING MY CLASSMATE. SO WE FOUND THAT OUT. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT EXCHANGING STUFF, YOU KNOW? W CLICK. SHE HAS A VERY WICKED SENSE OF HUMOR. IF SHE DOESN'T WORK OUT HERE AT THE CITY'S, YOU COULD DO STAND UP COMEDY. I'M SURE SOMEWHERE SO, YEAH. DEBBIE AND I, YOU KNOW, STARTED TALKING , EXCHANGING NAMES LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. I KNEW THAT GUY, THE GUY AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE MYSTERY GIRLFRIEND. UM DEBBIE AND HER HUSBAND, STEVE, SEAN. SORRY SEAN. UH VERY GOOD.
YEAH I WAS JUST THINKING OF THE GUYS TOLD THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT I'M RIGHT, EVERYONE. SEAN IF HE'S ON THE VIDEO, IT'S SEAN. NOW AND SHAWN'S ARE VERY FUNNY GUY. ALSO, I COULD SEE WHY THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 25 YEARS. UM AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT DEBBIE IS CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD. SHE HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS. SO YOU KNOW, SHE BROUGHT HER FAMILY WENT TO AND I'M LIKE IT'S A BASKETBALL TEAM COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, OF COURSE, TWO OF HER DAUGHTERS WORKED AT THE CITY. ONE DAUGHTER WORKED AS A RECREATION LEADER AND THE OTHER ONE WORKED AS AN HR ASSISTANT AND FOR THE CITY CLERK. AND SO THEY KEPT SAYING, LIKE, OH, THAT'S DEBBIE'S DAUGHTER LIKE
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NO, THAT'S NOT. YES, IT'S ONE OF DEBBIE'S DAUGHTERS LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S FOUR OF THEM. SO WE NEVER KNEW WHICH SMITH DAUGHTER WE WERE TALKING TO IN THERE. BUT SHE AND HER FAMILY LOVED TO TRAVEL. UM THEY HAVE THIS OTHER TWO DOGS. JOBS AND BOWIE WHICH BEFORE I GOT UP HERE TO SPEAK, SHE SHOWED ME THESE ADORABLE PHOTOS OF HER DOGS WRAPPED UP IN GARLAND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. THESE TWO LITTLE CHIHUAHUAS SET STILL AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO RISE TO TELL ME ABOUT THESE TWO DOGS. UM SOMETHING THAT THE FAMILY LIKES TO DO LIKE TO TRAVEL A LOT AND SPARE TIME. THEY'VE GONE SOME INTERESTING PLACES. UNITED STATES BRISBY, ARIZONA AND BOZEMAN, MONTANA. THEY INCLUDED A TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, AND THEY FREQUENTLY VISIT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE NATIONALS. OKAY OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE SHE'S LIVING NOW. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WHAT? STEVE'S IN NASHVILLE. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT SHAWN STEVENSON. NASHVILLE UM, YEAH. THEY. YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO STEP IN, IT'S GOING TO BE BEING, UM. AND THE FAMILY MAKES AN ANNUAL TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY, WHERE THEY VISIT BROADWAY SHOWS A FAVORITE ACTIVITY. THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, BRIANNA. BRIANNA AND THEY'VE WATCHED WICKED AND FROZEN. IN THE HISTORIC GERSHWIN THEATER AND BOTH AMAZING DEBBIE BOTH THE SHOWS WERE AMAZING. DEPUTY RECOMMEND SEEING THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN THE SUMMER THEY'RE GOING TO RETURN TO SEE THE LION KING. AND THEN ANOTHER THING ABOUT DEBBIE IS THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN RENOVATING THEIR DREAM HOME IN JENSEN BEACH. LITERALLY. SHE COMES AND TALKING ABOUT STRIPPING FLOORS AND PUTTING UP NEW WALLS AND HARDWOOD AND LAYING CEMENT LIKE YOU'RE DOING THIS ALL YOURSELVES, RIGHT? YEAH. UM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING A HARDY BOARD. I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH HARDY BOARD. SO I PITY YOU ALREADY. MM LIKE THE YOU KNOW, THE BLACK LUNG THAT THE COLD PEOPLE GET HARDY BOARD WILL GIVE YOU WHITE LUNG. SO MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THE STUFF , SO THEY'RE PUTTING HARDY BOARD AND RESURFACING THE POOL AND POOL DECK. UH, THEY LOVE HOME RENOVATION PROJECTS. DEBBIE IS ALSO AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER, AND SHE LIKES TO PAINT AND CRAFT SHE HAS MUCH OF OUR WORK ON UP ON THE WALL AROUND HER HOUSE. WHAT'S NOT IN THIS PIECE OF PAPER SURPRISES. DEBBIE'S PHOTO WON THE CONTEST THIS YEAR FOR THE BUDGET COVER. AND THE CALF RECOVERED. YES SO GO, DEBBIE. YEAH I MEAN, FINANCE DOESN'T VOTE ON IT. WE LET THE REST OF THEM ON IT. BUT WHEN WE KNEW IT WAS DEBBIE'S PHOTO, WE THREATEN PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS. UM. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR POWER? YEAH. SO AND DEBBIE RIGHT NOW IS WORKING ON GETTING HER REAL ESTATE LICENSE AND HER ADDITIONAL PAYROLL CERTIFICATIONS. AND WHEN SHE WAS ASKED WHAT SHE LIKES ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY, DEBBIE SAID SHE IS GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ANYONE CAN PURSUE. SHE ALSO ENJOYS THE FAMILY ORIENTED.ATMOSPHERE. THE PHENOMENAL. HEALTH COVERAGE AND THE GENUINE CONCERN MANAGEMENT HAS FOR THEIR STAFF. AND SHE LIKES TO COMMUTE FROM JENSEN BEACH TO CITY HALL. MM HMM. AND THAT'S DEBBIE SMITH.
GROUP. THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. WE ARE. LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE HERE AND MR BODILY.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT. YOU STAYED ON TRACK MOST OF THE TIME, IF YOU PLEASE.
TAKE A QUICK PICTURE WITH ME. IF YOU LET CHARLIE, THANKS SHE'S CRYING.
HE SAID TO THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS
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AND THE FUTURE WILL BE LOOKING TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. UH FIRST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS FIRST OFF. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER MAYOR AND CURRENT COMMISSIONER MIKE MEYER.AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER BRUNER. AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HELPED OUT IN OUR DECORATING OF THE CITY COMMISSION TREE FOR SANTA CITY LIGHTS, AND I'M THANKFUL
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FOR THE BOARD OF REALTORS FOR TAKING ON THE TASK LAST YEAR. AND REDOING IT THIS YEAR TO SPREAD THAT HOLIDAY CHEER WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE THE VERY TOUGH DECISION OF. CANCELING THE CHRISTMAS PRAYED ALONG WITH THE DNA. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. FOR A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS DURING MY TERM AS MAYOR. I ASKED THAT EVERYONE HAVE PATIENCE. AS I ADAPT MY NEW ROLE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DIGNITARIES. THAT MAY BE IN OUR CHAMBERS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I MAY NOT SEE YOU.AND IF I MISSED SOMETHING, PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE. MOVING FORWARD. I WILL HAVE OUR CITY CLERK. CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND MONITOR, SPEAKING TIMES. TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. I WILL DO MY BEST TO RECOGNIZE YOUR DESIRE TO SPEAK. BUT AGAIN DON'T HESITATE TO WAVE. OR MAKE SOME LARGE MOTIONS TO CATCH MY EYES. FOR OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING OF THE YEAR. I WISH EVERYONE. HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST. AS THE FIRST. AND BEST BLIND MAYORS THE CITY OF STEWART HAS EVER HAD. COMMISSIONER MEYER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I SURE DO. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, MR MAYOR, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU AS MAYOR. I KNOW I CAN SPEAK. ON BEHALF OF. MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SPORTS STAFF AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE. OUR CITY RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU AND PROUD TO HAVE YOU IN THIS SEAT. UM REMEMBER THE. AH A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY YOU'LL FEEL BUT, UM, I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB. WE ALL HAVE THE UTMOST FAITH IN YOU. YOU'VE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED.
WHAT A LEADER YOU CAN BE. AND SO I KNOW YOU'LL SERVE US WELL. IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MIND THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE READY FOR THIS. I THINK YOU'VE PROVENY FOR THIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING UNDER YOU THIS YEAR AND HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU. THAT'S UP. ANY COMMENT. COMMISSIONER BRUNER YEAH, EVERYTHING HE SAID. IT'S TRUE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE WAS SO WONDERFUL. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY CHILDREN. AND COMING HOME IN MY CAR, WIGGLING AROUND STEWART TO GET OFF OF EAST OCEAN. HAVE. THE CARS WERE EVERYWHERE. IT WAS AMAZING IN IN THE. PEOPLE'S YARDS. ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BACK ROADS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY CARS.
PARKED AND WAITING TO WANTING TO GO TO THE, UM, PARADE. NO MATTER HOW THEY GOT THERE, AND OH, WOW, THAT WAS AMAZING. I HOPE IT CONTINUES LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A PARKING LOT. I REALLY BELIEVE. TRUCKING LOT SOMEDAY. AND. THE LIGHTING, THE TREES DECORATING AND LIGHTING THE TREES WAS REALLY NICE. I HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO SEE THE MIDNIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DO THAT. AND YOU KNOW, 2000 AND 21 IS ALMOST GONE. THESE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS HAS, UH.
BEEN REALLY ROUGH ONE YEAR AND A HALF WITH COVID ON ON EVERYONE. DID WE EVER THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH? NEVER NEVER NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, BUT I EVER THOUGHT THIS. IN A LOT OF STUFF AT THIS CITY. THIS CITY HAS THIS CITY HAS GROWN. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TOWN. WE HAVE STAFF. I CAN'T THINK STEPPING UP. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT STAFF AND ALL OF US ARE GOING TO DO IN 2022. I AM SO PROUD TO SIT HERE AND YOU BE MY MIRROR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRST.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO BOTH YOU AND TWO. VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANF THE COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONER MEYER DETAIL, DETAIL DETAIL AND WE REALLY YOU ARE REALLY A SON OF THE SOIL AND THE SUN OF THE RIVER. ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE WATERS. AND WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU'LL BE DOING. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS INTO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ALL THROUGH COVID. IF YOU EVER ASKED
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FOR STATISTICS, EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY'S HEALTH INFORMATION AWAY. OUR STAFF HAS REMAINED SOLID HERE AT THE CITY OF STEWART, WHETHER THEY BECAME ILL OR WHATEVER WAS GOING ON WITH THEIR FAMILY. THEY NEVER FAILED A DAY WE KEPT OUR GARBAGE UP. WE KEPT OUR. PAYCHECK SCHOOLING, EVERYTHING GOING, SO I JUST WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK OR CITY MANAGER. I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY TURNING HAS BEEN THROUGH ONE OR TWO YEARS OF LOTS OF.LAWSUITS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH AND TO THANK ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. YOU MAKE THE CITY OF STEWART AND YOU MAKE IT WORK.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. THERE'S BEEN TREMENDOUS WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS SHIFTED INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON.
WATER ON SEWER ON ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN OUR CITY OF STEWART'S ARE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM OUR TROLLEY DRIVERS FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO HELP OUR CITY MOVE, LITERALLY MOVE FORWARD AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO STILL COME DOWNTOWN EVEN WHEN TRAFFIC MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BOGGED UP. AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE TROLLEY ARE USED THE CHILD OF THIS WEEKEND WE HAD AN ADVENT PRAYER WALK AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO GEAR IS SINGLE AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO, UM ARE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME WORKING ON THE TROLLEYS AND DOING THEIR VERY, VERY BEST, AND I THINK WE HAVE THREE DRIVERS NOW, BUT THEY ARE JUST SO WONDERFUL. I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF. CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF, NOT JUST FIGHTING CRIME, BUT FOR HE WAS SERVED WITH ME LAST MONDAY NIGHT ON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL.
MENTAL ILLNESS. I'M TOWN HALL MEETING. WHAT WAS THAT? I JUST COME AND HOW HE NEEDS IT. OKAY SORRY. WE ALL NEED SOME MENTAL HEALTH. THAT'S WHY HE WAS THERE AND CHIEF WAS SO IT WAS JUST SO AWESOME TO SEE CHIEF THERE. THERE WAS JUDGES THERE. THERE WERE DOCTORS EVERYBODY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON DURING COVID. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SITTING ON THAT PANEL WITH ME. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE STORE COMMUNITY CHIEF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UM WE HAD A. IN THANKING OTHERS. I HAD A LITTLE THING ACROSS AT MULLIGAN'S HERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT WINGS AND WATER. I COULDN'T GET THE INVITATION OUT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE I DECIDED LATE, BUT I WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO THAT. IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SEE THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM. I WENT UP TO FOURTH PIERCE. I DON'T IF I TALKED ABOUT THIS SINCE I LAST WENT UP THERE TO A FIELD TRIP ON THE SIERRA, AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED SOME PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE HERE TO COMMENT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UM AT THAT TIME, AND THIS IS MY LAST TIME AS MAYOR AS I SAID, BUT SOMEBODY CONTACTED ME RECENTLY AND SAID. MISS CLARK. BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. I SENT IN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY IS STUART AND THEY SENT A PLOT TO YOU AS MAYOR. SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT. SO WHENEVER WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME UP AND EXPLAIN HOW THAT PROCESS WENT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE. THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY NOTICED, UM WHAT YOU KNOW I WAS DOING AND REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME. AND UM, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS MARRIED DUDE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK AND WE. THANK YOU FOR THE PAST YEAR OF YOUR SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY. AH VICE MAYOR MCDONALD COMMENT GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY HANUKKAH. UM, COUPLE, FIRST OF ALL OF. JUST ONE QUICK LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING, AND I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT OVER INTENSE STREET REGARDING SPEED HOME. OH, MY FRIEND WENT OVER. I CONTACTED THE PRESIDENT ALSO WENT OVER, LOOKED AT IT AND THERE IS A BIT OF A. IT'S LIKE KIDDING, A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALL LITTLE WALL WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THE AT THE EDGES OF THE ROAD, SO IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I'M SURE MILTON'S ALREADY ON IT.
MILLIONS ALREADY MET WITH HIM. THEY HAVE RESOLUTION. OKAY PERFECT. I FIGURED MILTON WOULD GET IT TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY . SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON MILTON AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, CAN YOU COUNT ON BUILDING BUT YOU CAN COUNTER. YOU CAN COUNT ON TIM AND JIM AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT THE CITY HAS SO
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MANY THAT I WISH I KNEW EVERYBODY'S NAMES, BUT I DON'T I DON'T EVERY EMPLOYEE, BUT THERE'S SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT. MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S EXPRESSED THAT THAT GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES. THERE ARE SO MANY UNSUNG HEROES, THE GARBAGE MEN THAT THAT WHEN THEY KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE HAS TROUBLE TAKING THEIR CAN OUT TO THE STREETS STOPPED AND PULLED CAN OUT TO THE STREETS. THE, UM. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE DOING THE HARD WORK THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, THESE, YOU KNOW THE FOLKS IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW I CAN GUARANTEE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WON'T GET PHONE CALLS ON SOMEONE TURNS THE TAP ON AND WATER DOESN'T COME OR THEY CAN'T FLUSH THEIR TOILET. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY, ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE NEVER GOTTEN THAT PHONE CALL, SO. I THINK THAT'S SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR FOR ALL OF YOUR, UH, YOUR ASSISTANCE, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. UM SO CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, JUST A FEW OF THE EVENTS THAT. TREE LIGHTING'S PARADES, CHRISTMAS TREES IN THE, UH, PARK BOAT PARADE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THESE EVENTS, AND I THINK IT'S EVERYBODY'S READY TO GET BACK. BACK TO IT AND REALLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES AND GET INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHILE AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE EVENT WITH THE REALTORS ON FRIDAY, I RAN INTO SANTA CLAUS, AND HE HAD SOME GIFTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE MISSION. AND I SAID I WOULD DELIVER THEM. LET'S SEE. WHAT DO WE GOT? HERE IS THIS ONE FOR CLARK. THANK YOU, SAM. SO MAKE SURE YOU SEND SANTA OFF. THANK YOU TO THE THIS IS MR DIET. NO I GOT SOMETHING CUTE GIFT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAD TO TELL MY DAUGHTER I CALLED SANTA THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING A LITTLE TANTRUM SO AND HE DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT GIFTS. THANKS SANTA I JUST THE DELIVERY GUY. DEFICIT. THANK YOU. ADMIRING IT. WHAT LIMITS YOU GOT ONE FOR HER OWN CRACKING HOTEL. SOME MASTERS. THEY'RE CALLING THERE. IT'S NOT MASCULINE, OKAY? ENDING. ANYWAY THANK YOU, UH, LOVE SERVING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU. PLEASE EXPRESS MY THANKS TO MR CLAUS AND MRS CLAUS. I'LL MAKE I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND HIM A NOTE. YEAH THANKS. MOVING ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER. AND. RUMOR HAS IT? MILTON FIXED THE SPEED BUMP BEFORE THE RESIDENT EVEN HIT THE SEND BUTTON ON THE EMAIL. OH, YEAH. HE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR COMMENTS ER. ALL RIGHT. THANK[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
YOU. WE ALL HAVE IN A AGENDA BEFORE US. WE'LL MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MEYER AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE. AND I HAVE IT ALL IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT, HIGH. AND HE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS FROM THE[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.)]
PUBLIC FOR THREE MINUTES. PLEASE REMEMBER OUR CIVILITY CLAUSE. MR CLERK. I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO? UM THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH BARBARA GRASS. MS WRASSE HAPPY HOLIDAYS. EXPRESS. 16 THREES.
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REACHED AGAIN. SPEAKS ON. NO ONE CAN.SEE. I SAVED MY. MR. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THINK, ABSOLUTELY, INTERVIEW THREE MINUTE TIME. YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION. THANK YOU. CARE NEXT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM JIMMY WILSON. MR WILSON. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THE MIC. CAN HOLD IT. IS IT ON? I DON'T KNOW IF MARTIN WILL TURN ON. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL RECLAIM YOUR TIME. DON'T WORRY LIKE THAT. WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MUCH BETTER. RESIDENTS OF EAST STEWART COMMUNITY, UM, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. I'M 51 YEARS OLD. I LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. AND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WENT TO THE CR AND FOUR PIERS. AND WHEN I WENT THERE. RESIDENTS. POINTS. I STOPPED. FOR ONE, THE SAME FOURTH IN. WHEN I COACH MHM COACH AND I'VE BEEN COACHING IN THE EAST STORE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. MAKES PROGRAMS ARE COACH THE KIDS DON'T PAY FOR NOW. BECAUSE. THAT'S LESS THAN THE PARENTS HAS TO WORRY ABOUT.
AND I'M ALSO JOINING. FATHER HEAD START THAT'S HERE IN THE IN THE IN MARTIN COUNTY. SINCE STEWART'S LOCATED RIGHT OVER THERE WOULD ALWAYS ARE THERE USED TO BE TEAMING UP WITH THEM.
SO WHEN. I'M CULTURAL FOOTBALL, AND I KNOW THE KIDS I'M DEALING WITH AND I COULD REACH OUT TO THE FATHERS, AND THAT COULD. HAVE THINGS WITH THE FATHER AND SON COULD PARTICIPATE. AND BUILD THE BOND BILL MEMORIES. AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT MEMORIES WITH YOUR KIDS? AND
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WHEN I WENT TO FOUR PIERS I SAW HOW THEY REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNE. I MEAN, HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND GET EDUCATION. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY PUT THAT TO THE SIDE. AND SAID, LET'S GO LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND. SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO USUALLY SITS IN THE BACK. STOOD UP AND SAID SOMETHING. AND THEY VOICE WAS HEARD AND THINGS ARE CHANGING. WHICH MOTIVATED ME TO BE NEGLECTED TO BE THE PERSON SAYING, MAN, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING IN YOUR COMMUNITY POSIT STAND UP. AND LET THEM KNOW. THAT THEY DO HAVE SOMEBODY INSIDE THE COMMUNITY. WILLING TO DO HIS PART IN HIS DOING THIS PART. AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS I'VE SAID OVER THE YEARS. NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THEY CAN GO. FOREIGN LEFT. AND I'M WILLING TO DO MY PART. TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK.WITH WHO? I NEED TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY BUT MOST OF THE TIME I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF WHO I KNEW AS FRIENDS. CAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 11 YEAR I HAD A BASKETBALL TEAM SOME MY HERBS TO HORNET. AWAY FROM FOURTH GRADE. TO EIGHTH GRADE. I WAS THE ONLY COACH I WAS THE ONLY COACH. THANK YOU, MR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO SIX O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
GREAT GUY. THIRD PUBLIC COMMUNIST FROM ALFIO WILEY. MS QUIETLY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS HEALTHIER WHILE ITN BEACH, BY THE WAY. UM. I REALLY JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU TOOK OUT THE TIME. TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW I CAN I WEAR MY FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ON MY ON MY SHOULDERS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM BUT ON THE BUS WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE RESIDENTS ON THAT BUS. WE WERE JUST PEOPLE. TITLES NO, WE WERE JUST PEOPLE HAVING REGULAR CONVERSATION. ANE AFTER LAST MEETING, WHICH LED TO BELIEVE THE. THE REASON WHY WE WENT TO FOUR PIERS WAS AT THE REDEVELOPED. AND I BELIEVE I TEXTED MIRRORS TO SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO THAT WAS ACTUALLY YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE AND THE MISSION BEHIND IT, BECAUSE. IF YOU WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT WAS ME PLAIN AND SIMPLE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
AND AS YOU CHECK IT A STEP FURTHER BY HAVING A FIELD TRIP. TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY TO SHOW WHAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER. EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO AGREE. UNDERSTAND THAT , BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN MAKE IT PLAIN SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND . AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, YOU EITHER GOING TO GET ON BOARD OR YOU'RE NOT THIS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE. BUT FIRST COMES IN UNDERSTANDING AND THE MORE YOU WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. NOT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HAVE MORE. AND THIS IS THE WAY YOU HAVE TO. THIS IS THE WAY YOU CAN GO ABOUT DOING IT. AND FOR JIMMY. I'M SO PROUD OF HIM COMING UP HERE. IN APOLOGIZE. BECAUSE IT TAKES A MAN TO DO THAT. IT REALLY DOES, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. SO WE CAN. WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE STIRRED, AND MARTIN CONNIE A BETTER PLACE WHEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PART AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART, SON. I REALLY. THANK YOU, MISS WILEY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT IS JIMMY SMITH.
MR SMITH. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. YOUR TIME IS UP. OH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL. I WANT TO SAY. BEING THE PRESIDENT AND WPP MARIN COUNTY. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT FOR NINE YEARS,
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PRESIDENT FOR 7.8. FIRST I WANT TO SAY OPERATE. BEING A MAN OF DOG MINISTER CAN ACROSS CHURCH GARDEN DROP AND TRY. FREE WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE. THE LAW YOU A GUY? GIVE ME THE WORDS ON HOW TO LEAVE SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. RIGHT TO WORK ALONE WITH THE LEADERS OF THIS CITY.LISTEN TO ALL THE IS AND OUTS. IN ASHDOD. WHEN HE GIVES ME IT WAS, UM TO WORK WITH LEADERS IN THIS CITY. AND I TOOK OFFICE. THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET UP A COMMISSION. SIZE OUR THIS AND NOT TELL WHICH HERE? AND THROUGH THAT PRAYER. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LAW THE LAW IS GOING TO DO.
SPEAKING TO A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY. TO PRAYER AS SHE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND WHAT ORDER TO BRING CHANGE. FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY TO BRING CHANGE. RESPECT CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHANGED. AND GO AHEAD BROUGHT CHANGE. I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU OVER 50 60 YEARS OLD HERE. AND NO DISRESPECT TO AGE. BUT THAT'S ONE THING I LEARNED. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE LATER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE KIDS TO COME UP AND TAKE OUR PLACE. THERE'S A TIME SO GOD HAS BLESSED YOU ALL HAS BEEN SO MANY GREATER COMMISSIONER. AND LEADERS OF THIS CITY IN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1962. AND THAT JUST SAYING THAT WHAT? HOW MANY PAST AND WHEN GREAT BUT I CAN SAY THAT GOD HAS MOVED AND THE PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. I HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN DONE HERE. I HAVE SEEN SO MANY POST DEPARTMENT RELATIONSHIP. ARE YOU NOT THROUGH ALL THROUGH YOUR CITY EVEN ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FIXING UP THINGS HERE EVEN NOW, ALL WAY UP TO MR MAYOR MATTERS BEING OUR NEW MAYOR. I THINK MY ADMIRES THE OTHER THAN THE BUT BY SAYING, MAN. I KNOW YOU'RE READY FOR THIS JOB. CAN'T YOU TELL HE DRESSED IN CLEAN? HE'S READY. AND I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT MR JIMMY AND THE OUR COMMUNITY CAME FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THEM TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU ALL BEING A PRESIDENT.
N W C P. I HEAR FROM PALM CITY TO THIS POINT. ALL OVER SEEING WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS WE HAVE, AND I KNOW THAT EVERY PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED AWAY. SOMEONE WANTED. BUT IF WE HAVE WE BELIEVE IN GOD. GOD WORKS SHOULD BRING OLD THING TOGETHER FOR HIS GOOD THAT WHO LOVES THE LORD. SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR WEIGHING ALWAYS BE. BUT IF YOU HAVE PATIENCE, MAYBE YOU'LL WAIT. DON'T WORK NOW. BUT MAYBE LATER IT WILL COME TO BE HEARD. YOU ARE TELLING ME I JUST GOT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA K. RICHARDS. WELL THAT'S QUITE A NEXT RICHARDS. QUITE AN ACT TO FOLLOW THEIR CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR MATHESON. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GOING TO HEAR RICHARD'S COMMAND POINT CIRCLE. I ATTENDED THE LAST MEETING ON THE 20 SECONDS. I WAS QUITE ILL, SO I COULDN'T I COULDN'T BE HERE IN PERSON. I WATCHED ON ZOOM WATCHED ALL THE WAY TO THE END. YOU DIDN'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER YOUR DELIBERATION OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS, SO. NORMALLY I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT CONCERNED OVERGROWTH. BUT IN THIS CASE THAT MEETING I LOOKED AT MY ZOOM COMPUTER SHOCKED AND FLABBERGASTED. THAT YOU ALL SAT UP THERE, BRINGING UP ISSUES THAT WE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MARTIN COUNTY AND STEWART HAD BROUGHT UP TO YOU OVER THE AT LEAST THE LAST THREE YEARS. THAT I KNOW OF. YOU SIGN UP THERE? I PERSONALLY SAT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. THIS MAN. I MADE IT. THIS ONE. IT'S NOW KIND OF PART OF THE CITY TOOK IT IN HIS DEVELOPED SOMETHING I SAT THERE. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT POPULATION DENSITY . TALK TO YOU ABOUT SCHOOL CONCURRENCY. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, EVERYONE, BRIDGEVIEW, UM WE HAD. THE HARBOR GROVES. WE HAD THE SPRING TREE. WE HAVE CENTRAL PARK WE LOST. WE HAVE CANTOR CPU D. AND THEN THREE WEEKS AGO, WE SIT UP HERE AND WE HEAR ALL THE CONCERNS. SO I SAT AND I LISTENED TO THAT MEETING. I LISTEN TO ALL FIVE OF YOU VOICED CONCERNS. WELL, I'M HERE TO SAY IT'S A LITTLE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. AND I WANTED TO BE ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT YOU ALL KNEW BECAUSE I TOLD YOU I SENT YOU EMAILS. I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
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THAT 2025. YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEED YOUR POPULATION THAT'S IN YOUR EAR. BY 42. I TOLD YOU GUYS ALL OF THIS. YET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU APPROVED AND APPROVED AND APPROVED AND COMMISSIONER BRUNER, YOU WERE THE ONE MAKING THE MOTIONS. YOU WERE THE ONE APPROVING IN THE YOU SET UP HERE THREE WEEKS AGO. AND YOU SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANY MORE. THIS GROWTH IS TERRIBLE.YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE COME TO YOU AND SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THIS? I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL CONSTITUENTS, BUT I KNOW PERSONAL CONSTITUENTS OF OTHER OF YOU UP THERE WHO HAVE SAID TO ME, I CANNOT BELIEVE. WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED . I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT IS BEING DONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SOME OF YOU WERE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE THE CITY OF STEWART IS VERY SMALL AND THERE AREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO RUN FOR THIS POSITION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NEXT ELECTION I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN. AND IT WOULD BE ME. EXCEPT SADLY, I LIVE. THIS FOUR OUT OF STEWART. I HAVE STUART HERE. I HAVE STRAIGHT THERE AND I HAD STEWART THERE. WHERE I LIVE IS MARTIN COUNTY. AND MY VOICE TO YOU MEANS VERY LITTLE. I'M SURE SOMEDAY YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO COME IN ANNEX MY LAND, BUT UNTIL THEN CONTINUE TO FIGHT. THANK YOU, MR RICHARDS. ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. MR CARTWRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MATHESON. ROBYN CARR, 873 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS TO STICK WITH LINDA K. AND JUST KIND OF BRING DOWN THE ROOM, I GUESS, UM, THE DENSITY MAP THAT LINDA KAY WAS REFERRING TO WAS PRESENTED TO THE L P A. ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF 2021 THE COMMISSION ON MARCH EIGHT. WE ASKED FOR THE MAP FROM THE CITY ON APRIL 14TH, AND IT WAS PROVIDED TO TC PALM IN AN EMAIL IN MID APRIL, APPROXIMATELY ON APRIL 23RD. DURING THAT TIME WE ASKED ABOUT WATER RUNOFF, THE ENVIRONMENT, WATER QUALITY SCHOOL CONCURRENCY, ALL RELATED TO BRIDGEVIEW CENTRAL PARKWAY, LOST THE PARCEL INCOME CITY ROAD IN THE CANTOR, CPT. AND TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS STANDARDIZING FEES TO BE ASSESSED WHEN A DEVELOPER CUTS TREES DOWN. IT'S THE LACK OF THE PROACTIVE, PROACTIVE EFFORT THAT'S DISTURBING, LIKE THE LACK OF THE PROACTIVE EFFORT WHEN HE W CONSULTANT REVIEWED A PROPERTY BRIDGEVIEW AND SAID THAT THERE WERE NO PLANS. THAT WERE ON THE STATE ENDANGERED PLANT LIST. HOWEVER THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THEM AND HAD TO HAVE A RESCUE EFFORT IN 24 HOURS TO MOVE THEM. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU TONIGHT IS I APPRECIATE THAT NOW YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE. HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THE GROWTH OF STEWART. I AGREE WITH MS RICHARDS. IT IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE APPROVED EVEN IF IT GETS SOLD TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER, THE P U D GOES WITH IT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR ANOTHER VARIANCE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT WHAT POINT? ARE YOU GOING TO BE PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CURRENT CONSTITUENTS THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE AND VOTE FOR YOU? ARE ACTUALLY BEING LISTENED TO, INSTEAD OF SCREAMING INTO THE MICROPHONE LIKE WE DO AT THESE BI WEEKLY MEETINGS, AND I START HOPE, YOU'LL START BEING MORE PROACTIVE. NOT JUST WHEN YOU'RE BEING SCREAMED AT BY YOUR EXISTING CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU, MR CARTWRIGHT. GWENDOLYN HALL, BRINKLEY. MR BRINKLEY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR. I HAVE BEEN COMING TO. FIRST OF ALL HELLO TO EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS NOW FOR MAYBE A YEAR YEAR AND A HALF. AND AS I'VE BEEN COMING, I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. I DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART THE MATTER FACT RIGHT NOW I DON'T LIVE IN MARTIN COUNTY, BUT BORN RAISED AND BREATHE. EASTER. I STAND UP TONIGHT BECAUSE AS I'VE BEEN COMING. I'VE NOTICED. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COME UP HERE AND THEY'VE GIVEN YOU ALL SUGGESTIONS, AND THEY GIVING YOU IDEA AND THAT I WAS SITTING BACK TONIGHT. YOU ON IT, AND YOU WERE DOING YOUR EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT ON THE LIGHT BULB JUST CAME OFF IN MY HEAD. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SUGGESTION. YOU DO AN EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT EVERY MONTH. WHY NOT DO A CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT EVERY MONTH. WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH YOU. I DISAGREE WITH YOU. THEY GIVE YOU IDEAS. THEY'RE THE REASON AND THERE THEY GIVE YOU THE MOMENTUM. OKAY YOU USE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, BUT I THINK THESE PEOPLE HAVE VALID POINTS.
AND IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS. YOU'RE TRYING TO SPOTLIGHT THEM TO WIN THEM OVER. BUT YOU'RE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY HEAR THEM. SO WHEN YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE A PERSON AND LET THAT PERSON KNOW I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO DO 12 PEOPLE A YEAR. AND, YEAH, MORE THAN 12 PEOPLE TO COME UP HERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. BUT IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. AS WELL
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AS YOU DO THE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT YOU HAVE MR MCBRIDE, HE SAID EVERY MEETING. OKAY YOU HAVE THE YOUNG LADY BACK THERE THAT I'VE SEEN ALMOST EVERY LADY. THIS YOUNG LADY. EVERYBODY IS NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU. SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH YOU. BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH FIELD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AGAIN. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE OF PEOPLE, AND ALL I'M SAYING IS, JUST GIVE HIM SOME RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD IDEA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REGINALD MITCHELL. MR MITCHELL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REGINA MITCHELL, CO FOUNDER OF MENTOR TO MEN. FAST TRAGICAL SEHORN'S FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND JUST RECENTLY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FATHERHOOD. UM, I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS. I'VE BEEN GOING FOR, LIKE, FIVE YEARS. AND, UH, ALL THIS POWER WHEN I SEE TODAY I SEE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE THAT'S REALLY BEEN SUPPORTING ME. ON MY MISSION TO YOU KNOW, GET GET OUR YOUTH. YOU KNOW, IN ORDER IN ONLINE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE CITY OF STORE. NOW WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A TRIP DOWN TO HER TO 40 YEARS. AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT. UM. I LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT WAS UNITY. WHICH NOT SAYING WE DON'T HAVE UNITY AND MARTIN COUNTERPARTS. WE EVEN MARTIN COUNTY STRONG, STUART SCOTT. UM IT'S JUST THAT. I NOTICED THAT THEY POUR MORE INTO THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY IDEAS. AND THEY PUT IN BEER. MUSCLE BEHIND IT. AND MAKING IT WORK FOR NOT JUST A YOUTH, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. NOW WHAT I SAY WHEN I WENT DOWN AVENUE DE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE SO LONG, MAN. IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE? NEW YORK SOMEWHERE YOU GOT LIGHTS EVERYWHERE. YOU'VE GOT TREES COMING ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF ROLE YOU KNOW, AND IT IT BROUGHT FOR ME. IT BROUGHT LIFE. AND. I HAD A MAJOR SPIRIT. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT THAT ATTACKED ME ALONG TO GET ON THE BUS RIDE. AGAIN LIKE THIS. AFTER YOU SAY IT. IT WAS LIKE WE WAS WE WAS NORMAL PEOPLE WILL SHARE AN IDEAS WITH EACH OTHER. WE JUST YOU KNOW, WE ATE TOGETHER AND IT WAS NICE. SO AGAIN. I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR HELPING ME. HELP ME STUART GROWTH. WOULDN'T YOU? THANK YOU . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ZUNE? NO, THAT'S. OH MISS HELEN MCBRIDE MCBRIDE WAVING AT THE CHIEF, BUT HE WASN'T A STORY THAT YOU WERE FLIRTING. OH, TELLING MCBRIDE FROM AND THAT'S WHY HE'S BLUSHING. GOOD EVENING, MISS MCBRIDE. GOOD EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS NICE MIRROR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP THAT MIGHT AFFORD PEERS. WE THANK THE CITY AND JUMPING BACK THEN I HAD ASKED A FRIEND TO COME WITH ME. IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL. THESE TWO YOUNG MEN THAT JUST SPOKE I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. STEWART IN THEM. BECAUSE THEY'RE DEDICATED AND JUST GENERAL LADIES AND THAT BUT YOU KNOW, I'M OLD, BUT I'M GOING TO BED. I LOVE STROKE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET WHAT. WHAT WE ALL WANT. I REALIZED PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY HOPE COMMISSIONER ON THAT MARTIN GHANI THAT DON'T LIKE OUR CITY. BUT WE ALL LOVE OUR CITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AND I KNOW YOU FIVE AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE OF STEWART. WE'RE GOING TO LIKE I WON'T GET. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD NEVER GO TO AVENUE D FOUR YEARS AND I WAS SHOT. I REALLY AND THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY WERE SO NICE AND NEVER JUST A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF SHADE TREES. I KNEW I THOUGHT IT MEANS OLD. I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE SAID ABOUT THE PARADE. BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BROADWAY SECTION, THERE'S A CLUB SAY BOOK CLUB EVERY YEAR. THEY ALWAYS HAD THE GOAT. GOLF CART, AND IT WAS SMALL, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR. IT STARTED THIS YEAR TO SEE IT BECAUSE I MEAN, ON MY STREET, WE'RE ALL OUT. YOU THINK WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER PRETTY GIRL OUT THEIR DRIVEWAY? AND I THINK THREE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PARADE BECAUSE THE DIFFERENT ONES PEOPLE ON THEIR BIKES ALL THEIR BIKES DECORATED A GOLF COURSE. AND WE'RE ALL OUT THERE. WE HAD A WONDERFUL FRIDAY NIGHT IN SO, YES. STEWART DOESN'T FANTASTIC CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MCDONALD. HAVE JIM GALLERY GOES. THREE
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WEEKS THAT EVENING, THAT OFTEN I GET UP HERE. WE TRY AND BE A LITTLE QUIET THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. MY WIFE AND I MET MERIT ABOUT 3.5 YEARS AGO WHEN HE CAME AND KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR. WHEN HE WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR THIS JOB. AND. MY WIFE INVITED HIM IN AND SHE SAYS, YOU HAVE TO MEET MY HOUSE. SHE DRAGGED ME IN AND MERIT CAME IN AND HE SAT DOWN WITH US AND YOU TOLD US BUT HE WAS ALL ABOUT. AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS A SIX YEAR OLD KID.I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT OR FIRE ENGINE, BUT YOU KNOW, MY WIFE WAS SO IMPRESSED. SHE WROTE HIM A CHECK AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY. AND THEN I HEARD THAT HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST COMMISSIONER WHO WAS VERY POPULAR. BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. HIS NAME WAS MCDONALD. I THINK AND I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, I BETTER HELP THIS GUY. SO SO WE KIND OF LAST ONTO MERIT, AND WE STARTED HELPING HIM PUTTING OUTSIDE AND WHATNOT. AND COMPANY MANY WAYS THAT WE COULD. AND IT GOT TO BE A LOT OF FUN. WE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND MY FAMILY, WHICH WAS KIND OF NICE. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW. WIRE NEWLY MINTED MAYOR IS HERE AND WHY HE RAN FOR A SECOND TERM. THE ANSWERS ARE PRETTY ACTUALLY CLEAR. MIRTH PASSIONATE AND I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT HIS FIRST LOVES HIS FAMILY, THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, CHELSEA AND TWO DAUGHTERS ARE JUST FABULOUS PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE HIS FIRST LOVE. HIS SECOND LOVE IS THE CITY. AND MERITS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE CALLS HIS CONSTITUENCY. AND. HE'S ALWAYS INVOLVED OR WHATEVER THE CITY IS DOING. I SEE HIM THE STEWARDESS DOING PARADES. I SEE IT, DOING WHATEVER HE CAN LOOK TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY, NOT JUST SITTING UP THERE AS AS A COMMISSIONER OR IN THIS CASE OF MAYOR. AND HE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM AND EVEN THOSE THAT DID NOT ELECT HIM. HE KNOWS THAT IN ORDER TO GET ANYTHING DONE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH SIDES , AND IT'S DONE THAT I'VE WATCHED HIM DO IT, AND I WATCHED HIM GROW AS A RESULT OF THAT. HE CARES. HE CARES ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN STUART.
HE CARES ABOUT THE RIVER AND THE CLEAN WATER. AND HE'S WORKED VERY HARD AS AS THE POINT MAN.
BUT THE CITY COMMISSION ON ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WATER WORKING WITH SOUTH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE CORE, AND HE'S INVOLVED WITH THEM TO EXTEND THT INFLUENCE OVER THEM. HE COMMUNICATES WITH, I THINK IT WAS SOMETIMES ALMOST DAILY. AND IT KEEPS UP WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT, THE THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR ESTUARY AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, HE'S BIG COMMENDED FOR THAT. AND HE CARES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEWART, TOO. AND, YOU KNOW, I LISTEN TO PEOPLE. DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK MOST OF US DO. THANK YOU. MR STRIPPED AWAY MANY OF THE POWERS THAT SAY I'M SORRY, HAS AND AS A RESULT OF THAT. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GUY ECHOES. EXCELLENT WORK. THANK YOU. I KNEW THE MAYOR WASN'T GONNA STOP YOU. THAT IS WHY I PASSED THE POWER ON MR MANAGER. I HAVE A CRAIG MCCARTY. SURE IF HE'S STILL I THINK HE HAD TO LEAVE. PEACE OUT. OKAY SO HE LEFT. IT JUST WANTED TO CALL HIS NAME. JUST OKAY, OKAY. WELL, THEN I HAVE. WELL, I HAVE TOM CAMPENNI. SORRY. THANK YOU, CAROL. MR CAMPAIGNING SAYS WE'RE ALL LIKE GIVING EACH OTHER PATS ON THE BACK. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU VERY WELL. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF STEWART WAS BECAUSE WE WERE OFFICE MATES. AND SHE WOULD REALLY INTRODUCED ME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGED ME. AND SO EVEN WHEN I DISAGREE WITH YOU, I NEVER DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE TO CITY THAT YOUR BEST INTEREST.
TROY. SAME THING. DISAGREED IN THE PAST. BUT I DON'T DOUBT. THAT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN REELECTED, YOU HAVE BEEN. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YOU COMPLETELY NEW PERSON, BUT I COMPLETELY GOOD PERSON FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. BECKY WHEN YOU STARTED TO RUN YOU AND I ONE DAY WE WALKED FROM THE 10TH STREET BACKPACKS. WE DID, AND WE WALKED OVER INTO THE RIVER KIDS AND THE RIVER. AND I SAW RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT YOUR HEIGHT WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AGAIN. I DON'T
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ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU. BUT I BELIEVE YOUR HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE. MIKE WHEN YOU FIRST WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, YOU WERE LOOKING TO GET A LEASE. YOU MICAH AND JACKIE AND I SAID, THESE KIDS WILL NEVER MAKE IT. BUT I WAS WRONG AND YOU HAVE PROVED YOURSELF TO BE A VERY THOUGHTFUL. AND EVEN I DISAGREE WITH YOU AT TIMES, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AGREEMENT. BUT I EVEN THINK THAT YOU'VE BEEN A VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMISSIONER. AND MERIT. I MEAN, WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED TO RUN, I MEAN, I APPOINTED YOU TO YELL, PIA. I SAID. THIS IS A GUY WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THE CITY. AND BESIDES JUST GOT THE WHOLE PACKAGE BEAUTIFUL WIFE AT THAT TIME WE ONLY HAD ONE CHILD GOT LUCKY, AND YOU REALLY DID GOOD, LUCKY BUT AGAIN, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. AS A COMMISSIONER. SO WHILE WE'RE PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK, FORGET DAVID CARRY EACH OTHER BACK. I JUST WANTED TO DO THE SAME THINGS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARK CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. MM HMM. KAREN HALL. MISS KAREN HAUL ROAD. NO, STRUG. YEAH, IT'S MY MAIN. MY NAME NAMES HALL. KAREN HALL, 17. OH, ONE SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. LET'S KEEP COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY YES WHEN EVERYBODY'S PATTING THEMSELVES ON THE BACK. AND THE UNITY WE DO HAVE THAT WE DO. GET ALONG WE DO. LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER. YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME AND CLEARLY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THESE GALS. BUT I ASKED SINCE. 2019 TO IN OUR CASE NOT TO HAVE MR MARTEL DO THE WHOLE THING. HE COULD SIT SECOND CHAIR, BUT PLEASE DON'T LET HIM BE IN CHARGE. THAT'S ALL WE WANTED.THAT'S A VERY EASY ASK HE CAN BE INVOLVED. JUST SEND HIM SECOND CHAIR. LET SOMEONE ELSE COME IN.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. NOW THAT'S WHY I HAD TO DO A FEDERAL CASE WHICH IS GOING. 21 14119. I HAD TO GO FEDERALLY, SO THAT I COULD SUE THE CITY AND HIM SO HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET ON THE CASE. AND IT WAS A SIMPLE REQUEST, AND YOU IGNORED ME. BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO TO THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE. BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOVE YOU. WE PRAY FOR YOU. WE MIGHT NOT RE ELECT SOME OF YOU AND I DON'T LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG. SUPPOSEDLY WHO TELLS US THAT SOMEONE SUED A ROBERT CARTWRIGHT SUIT AND IT WAS DISPARAGING. AND WHO IS THIS WOMAN? AND WHAT DOES SHE CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT SOMETIMES , LIKE ME. YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED UNTIL YOU GET CRUSHED.
THEN YOU STAND UP AND THEN YOU START COMING TO MEETINGS, SO I DON'T LIKE HER BEING DISPARAGED . AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG, THEN YOU SAY, DON'T SAY OR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE DOESN'T WIN. TELL US WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN SHE DOES WIN. CAUSE A LOT OF US WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG, BE A GOOD DOG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HALL. MAY I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED WITH JIM ANY OKAY? WE'RE ALL FINISHED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. MR MAYOR BEFORE YOU GO ON WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, FIVE MONTHS, YOU DON'T MIND? I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR JIM CRAWL SKI WHO REALLY DID THE FOLLOW UP WORK FOR THAT FOURTH PIERCE. SO THANK YOU. MR JIM CROSS COULD THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, LIKE TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE PUSHING OUR RESIDENTIAL TREE PROGRAM. ESPECIALLY IN THE STEWART. WE HOPE TO BE INSTALLING. AFFORDS, HOPEFULLY OF 50. 30 GALLONS OR SO TREES THROUGHOUT E. STEWART TO PROVIDE SHADE AND AESTHETIC VALUE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF THAT PROGRAM REACH OUT TO ME OR ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. OUR STAFF. WE NEED TO FIND LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TREES. OKAY? THANK YOU. AND MOVING ON FELLOW COMMISSIONERS BEFORE US. WE HAVE THE CONSENT
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CALENDAR. HAS ANYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT? MOVE FOR APPROVAL TO CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. AH MR KENDALL. WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MR BRUNER? YES VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES? MAYOR MATHESON? YES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER NINE AND[9.
SAVANNA PLACE APARTMENTS RPUD - MINOR AMENDMENT (QUASI-JUDICIAL) (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 123-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA APPROVING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE SAVANNAH PLACE APARTMENTS RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (RPUD) ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF N.E. SAVANNAH ROAD AND N.E. BAKER ROAD., WEST OF THE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM AND SOUTH OF JENSEN PARK ESTATES BOTH IN UNINCORPORATED MARTIN COUNTY, THEREBY AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]COMMISSION ACTION. IS SAVANNAH. PLACE APARTMENTS, R P. A D MINOR AMENDMENT. GOD THIS IS QUASI
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JUDICIAL, AND I'LL HAVE MR MARTEL. READ THE ITEM. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 123 2021 OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE SAVANNAH PLACE APARTMENTS. RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE. OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHEAST SAVANNAH ROAD AND NORTHEAST BAKER ROAD WEST OF THE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM AND SOUTH OF JENSEN, PARKETTES STATES, BOTH IN UNINCORPORATED MARTIN COUNTY, THEREBY AMENDING THE DEVELOPING CONDITIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND BELIEVE KEVIN'S HANDLING MATTER. ALL RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS QUASI AS A MINOR AMENDMENT IS QUASI JUDICIAL, UM DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EXPORTED COMMUNICATION TO DISCLOSE. I'VE NONSENSE. THE LAST MEETING AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. COMMISSION MEYER SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONTACT WITH ANYONE, AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. NO EXPERT A COMMUNICATION HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. AND I HAVE ONLY SPOKEN TO STAFF AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES THAT NEED TO BE PLACED UNDER OATH FOR THIS? I DIDN'T LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. THERE ARE. FOUR WITNESSES. BEING SWORN. IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH OR TRUTH, BUT THE TRUTH TO UP YOU GOT. AT THE REGULAR ROOF LIKE THAT, THEY ALL TESTIFIED AFFIRMATIVELY. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE DIETS TO TESTIFY, IF YOU COULD REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE UNDER OATH AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE AGENDA ITEM, INCLUDING THE LOCATION SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. CURRENT ZONING. REQUESTED. LIST THE APPLICANTS REQUEST TO DEVIATE FROM THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, PLEASE.THANK YOU, MAYOR TOM REED, SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE SAVANNAH POLICE APARTMENTS. TO THE RPG. SO WE KNOW WHERE THE SITES LOCATED BAKER ROADS, FAN OF ROAD. THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN GREEN. WAS APPROVED TO GO ON THE HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEEDS PROPERTY. SO DEVELOPMENT CAN TONIGHT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DELETE CONDITION NUMBER 41. SUZANNE HUTCHESON, DIRECTOR. OF HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED HAS. LET THIS THE DEVELOPER KNOW THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT THE TREES THERE. SHE HAS A BETTER USE FOR THE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO DO. THANK YOU. MR READS, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION. OF THE BUFFER IN RELATION TO THE APARTMENTS. AND THE EXISTING BUILDING. BASICALLY THEY'RE FIVE OAK TREES WITH UNDERCOVER UNDERSTORY. AND SHRUBS. AND THAT COMPLETES STAFFS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, TOM. THANK YOU, MR READS. THANK YOU, TERRY MCCARTHY , REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT SERVICES HERE TONIGHT, SUSIE HUTCHINSON. THE CLIENT WAS OUT AT THE SITE. WITH THEIR LANDSCAPER. GETTING A FEEL FOR WHAT TREES ARE GOING TO PLACE HERE. THERE. IT WAS ALSO THERE IS. WE REALLY HAVE TO PUT THESE TREES HERE. I HAVE A MUCH BETTER USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY WE FIND OURSELVES HERE TONIGHT. PROPERTY OWNER, SUZY HAS A BETTER USE THAN PUTTING THE TREASON. LANDERS. SIMPLY EXCEEDING TWO WISHES. HAVE AN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WAS KIND OF ONE NEIGHBOR REQUESTING ANOTHER DAY WITH GET OFF THE. DURING MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS OF ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. COMMISSION MCDONALD, UM CARRY I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED, SO. JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY APPROVED AT THE TIME, I GUESS MAYBE THERE'S A REQUEST OF HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED TO HAVE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND TO PUT IT. ON THEIR PROPERTY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY AND SO FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT HAS CHANGED , AND SO WE'RE JUST REQUESTING THEM ON AMENDMENT ARE YOU PLANNING? ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT ANY TYPE OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE PAVEMENT GOES UP. BROUGHT UP TO THE YEAH, NO, IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED . ASK FOR THE BUFFER THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THEIR PROPERTY. NOW, IN RETROSPECT, THEY'VE SAID
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, AND WE ARE GOING TO USE FOR THIS TREES. OKAY THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE BACKGROUND. THANK COMMISSIONER MEYER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IS THERE ANY ROOM TO PUT THOSE TREES BACK ON YOUR PROPERTY BUBBLE ERA OF. WELL, NOT JUST THE TREES. THERE'S LIVE BOOK AND THERE'S STOPPER AND CORD GRASS AND THAT LANDSCAPING PLAN. SO MY NAME IS MICHAEL SUMMERS. I RUN GRAND PEAKS PROPERTIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. UM WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ONCE IT HAD ALREADY OBTAINED THESE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS. KENNEDY HOMES AND PREVIOUSLY BEEN BEFORE THE COMMISSION YEARS EARLIER. WE HAVE ACTUALLY PLOTTED EXACT RECIPE. EVERYTHING I CAN WITH KEVIN TOM TO BUILD THAT EXACT RECIPE BROUGHT THREE LANDSCAPERS . THREE FOLKS BY GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHOT OUT THERE. PREPARED TO DO THE WORK FOR SUSIE, AN ORGANIZATION. PRETTY QUICKLY. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE LAND ELSEWHERE. WE WILL HAVE PROPER AND APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE PERIMETER OF OUR PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND AS SOON AS SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY WANT THIS, I SAID. WELL I'M REQUIRED BY ORGANS TO PUT THESE HERE BEFORE . I CAN BEGIN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDINGS, SO WE NEED RESOLUTION SOONER THAN LATER AND WAS ABLE TO WORK TO GET UNDER THE AGENDA MEETING THIS MONTH, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE HEARD. INSTRUCTION GOING IN THE COMING DAYS. SO IF I CAN CONTINUE, UM SO. YOU PURCHASED THIS THIS PROPERTY WITH THE ENTITLEMENTS, BUT YOU ALSO CAME IN AND ASKED TO MODIFY, UM. AND PAY AND VIEW OF SETTING ASIDE UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR THE BEAUTY AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. NOT UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IT WAS APPROVED SO. I WONDER IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S A WAY TO CREATE A SIMILAR SOLUTION HERE WHERE, ALTHOUGH. OBVIOUSLY THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SAY, DON'T PLANT THOSE TREES ON MY PROPERTY. I DON'T WANT THEM THERE ANYMORE. PERHAPS THE VALUE OF THOSE OF THAT LANDSCAPING COULD GO INTO.ADDITIONAL RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT HANDY CREEK PRESERVE, WHICH IS ALSO A CONDITION OF THE ORIGINAL P U. D. AND I GUESS I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SUSIE THAT REALLY GETTING NO HORROR STAFF SPENT A DAY OUT THERE TOURING THE FACILITY. I ACTUALLY TOLD HER THAT THIS IS IN NO WAY OF PREDICTING QUID PRO QUO, BUT I HAD ACTUALLY WANTED TO NEXT YEAR DONATE TO HER ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE VISITS THEY MAKE ON FOR NEW NEWBORN CHILDREN. TO THE HOUSEHOLDS IN MARTIN COUNTY TO POTENTIALLY MAKE A PERSONAL DONATION $20,000 TO THEM TOWARDS THAT THESE FIVE TREES WERE GOING TO COST A GRAND TOTAL OF $16,000 . AND WE'VE PROBABLY SPENT HALF OF THAT JUST PREPARED FOR THIS HERE. BUT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS PERSONALLY GONNA MAKE THAT SIDE DONATION. DON'T TELL HER TO SUPPORT THEM, OKAY? GREAT ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE. GET SOME MR REED'S SON WAS LOOK AT THE PLAN. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN OFFERED TO KIND OF BUFFER YOURSELF FROM HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED THEM TO PUT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY. BUT IN TERMS OF JUST, UM. AND YOU HAVE BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE AND JUST THE NEED TO HAVE THAT.
YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE THE ONE ON YOUR SIDE. AND THIS WON'T AFFECT AND IN 10 FT. OR 20 FT. THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE DOING ON THEIR PROPERTY. NOT ANYTHING THAT WAS PART OF YOUR CORRECT AND WE ARE STILL MEETING OUR OBLIGATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE SEVEN HOMEOWNERS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR SITE. IF YOU LOOK BACK ONE SLIDE SLIDE. WHERE THOSE SEVEN HOMEOWNERS, I PERSONALLY GONE OUT TO EACH ONE OF THOSE HOMES, GIVING THEM THE OPTION OF PUTTING UP A WHITE SIX FT. TALL VINYL FENCE AS WELL AS A MENU OF THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHRUBS OR BUSHES BACK THERE. HAPPY OVERSUPPLY FROM EACH ONE OF THEM WORKING IN SURVEYING THE LAND AND GETTING MARTIN COUNTY PERMITS BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY, NOT THE CITY OF STEWART THOSE HOUSES AND HAVE ALL THAT WORK READY TO GO THIS SPRING SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO DO WANT THE WORK. 11 GENTLEMAN TOLD ME HEY, I ACTUALLY DON'T WANT THE FENCE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SHRUBS WILL GIVE YOU THE SHRUBS , HE SAID. HE'S GOING TO PLANT THEM WHEREVER HE WANTS. I SAID SHRUBS. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TO YOU AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET. MEET THE ORDINANCE AS VERY BEST. THANK YOU, MR REGION AND THE DEVELOPER. I DON'T KNOW . ISN'T IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR FROM HIS SUCH JASON? IS UNDER OATH SUCCEED. YEAH, IF SHE'D LIKE TO COME UP. MISS HUTCHINSON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. SUZANNE HUTCHISON. OFFICIALLY I'M THE CEO OF HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED. AND WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MIKE AND TERRY. AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE TREES WOULD GO, I KEPT HOPING THEY WOULD PUT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY. BUT. BUT THE REALITY IS IT TAKES OUR PARKING PLACES. AND IT JUST ENDED UP BEING JUST A BIG, YOU KNOW, IT JUST TOOK TOO MANY OF OUR PARKING PLACES TO PUT THEM TO PUT THE BUFFER IN SO, UM. SO WE MET AND WE'RE KIND OF HAPPY WITH
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THE SOLUTION THAT WE CAME UP WITH. YOU'RE SATISFIED THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE OFFER? YES YES.AND LIKE I SAY, IF WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CERTAIN WE JUST COULD NOT USE LOSE THE PARKING PLACES, SO THAT WAS REALLY. THE REASON THAT WE KIND OF BACKED OFF AND SAID PLEASE DON'T DO IT. OKAY THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE PROPOSITION? YES, VERY MUCH. SO, THANK YOU. THEY'RE TURNING OUT TO BE VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS. WHICH I WASN'T SURE OF UPFRONT. BUT THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE I CLOSE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF. HAVE.
ALL OPTIONS BEEN EXPLORED OF TAKING THIS LANDSCAPE. AND PUTTING IT ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY. INCLUDING THE SWAIL BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES . COULD THE TREES BE VARIED, SAY TO CYPRUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ? THAT COULD GO IN THE SWAIL OR HAVE THE OTHER SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH OR THE BUFFER TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY. WELL, I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A LANDSCAPE. ARCHITECT CONSULTANT . LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, HOWEVER. THE PLAN IS REALLY LOADED. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT ALL THE TREES MITIGATE FOR ALL THE TREES ON SITE, SO IT'S PRETTY PACKED. THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL BUFFER THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. AND AS FAR AS 20 FT.
TALL 10 FT WIDE OAK SPREADS. GOSH, I MEAN, YEAH, PROBABLY. MAYBE THEY COULD BE LOCATED IN THE IN THE EXISTING PRESERVED, BUT WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY OUR COMMISSIONERS. YES MR MAYOR. IF I GUESS SO, UM. I CONDITION 31 OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, JUST GOING BACK TO THAT RESTORATION PROJECT FOR HANDING CREEK UM. 31 IS OWNER SHALL RESTORE 4.3 ACRES WITH WITHIN THE HEART OF TINY CREEK WATERSHED. ESPER EXHIBIT C LETTER F KENNEDY HOMESTEAD, YADA, UM. AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND MONITORED AS SPECIFIED IN THE PAMPER ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C LETTER G. UM, WE NEVER PUT ON THERE. AT WHAT POINT THAT WOULD BE DONE. I ASSUME PRIOR PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF CEO, BUT I SEE THAT OBVIOUSLY , LAND HAS BEEN BEING CLEARED, SO SOME PERMIT PERMITTED ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING ON THE SITE. WAS THAT THE INTENTION THAT THAT THAT HANDING CREEK RESTORATION WOULD TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO CEO? YES UM, IN FACT, THE DEVELOPER IS CONTACTED MILTON AND PUBLIC WORKS. I BELIEVE WE'RE MEETING OUT ON THE SITE THIS WEEK TO GO OVER. THE EXTENT OF THE PROS RESTORATION. SO YOU'RE ACTIVELY THE AFRICAN IS ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH STAFF RIGHT NOW TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. OKAY, THANKS. THANK YOU, JUST THE PETITIONER WISH TO PROVIDE ANY MORE INFORMATION. SAY. DID SAY IT. SUZY HAS NOT ASKED FOR ANY MUTILATION. THIS WILL SIMPLY TO NEIGHBORS GETTING TOGETHER UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR US. AND MICHAEL JUST SAID. I THINK IT WOULD BE RETURNED THAT ALSO JUST SO YOU LITTLE SUSIE.
STILL HAD SAY YOU DO THIS. ETCETERA. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, IS JUST THE EASIEST THING FOR ME TO HAVE DONE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO PLANT FIVE TREES FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND I'M TRULY HERE PAYING MONEY TO OUR ATTORNEY, PAYING WHAT HE'D HAVE A CITY COMMISSIONER TOWARD THE CITY COMMISSIONING. AT OUR NEIGHBORS REQUEST AND JUST TRULY TRYING TO NOT FORCE SOMETHING ON SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DIDN'T WANT IT AT A TIME. THERE WAS A DIFFERENT LANDOWNER. THERE. THEY WERE ONLY THE TED INTO THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME THEY HAVE NOW ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY OF THE LANDOWNER. AND ASKING TO HAVE FREEDOM TO DO WITH WHAT THEY THEIR LANDS THEY WISH HOPE THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THEIR CHOICE IN THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. ALL EVIDENCE IS CLOSED. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECONN THE MOTION? MAYOR I DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ROSEMARY WRESTLING. YES, WEST PLAYING. I'M SORRY. MS WESTLING. NAME IS ROSEMARY WEST LING, A DRUG PAST THE SAVANNAH. PLACE DESTRUCTION SITE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I SEE 30
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FT, HIGH PILES OF TREES AND VEGETATION AND NATURAL HABITAT THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THEY DID NOT LEAP UP. THEY DID NOT LEAVE A BUSH SHRUB TREE, A BLADE OF GRASS. EVERY SINGLE LIVING THING ON THAT SITE HAS BEEN DESTROYED. AND. WHAT HAVE YOU ALLOWED THE DEVELOPER TO REPLACE THE 32 60 FT. OLD GROWTH PINE WITH IMMATURE JOKES. WASHINGTON PALMS, ORNAMENTALS AND CONCRETE.COMMISSIONERS. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR OUR TOWN? FOUR. AMONG 44 STORY, CONCRETE RECTANGLES.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE FOUR STORY ATROCITIES ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY THAT YOU APPROVED? LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOUSE OVER 60 ACRES HAVE BEEN BULLDOZED FOR THE 1100 NEW HOUSING UNITS BEING BUILT.
THAT TRANSLATES INTO ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT EVEN ADD. THE OTHER THREE PROJECTS ON SAVANNAH ROAD ARE THE ONES ON DIXIE HIGHWAY OR THE ONES ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. WHAT DATA WAS USED TO DETERMINE THAT 3000. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN A SMALL AREA. WILL NOT IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS. OUR TRAFFIC. OUR SAFETY OR MEDICAL RESOURCE IS NONE ZERO. YOU KEEP APPROVING NEW CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS BUT USE THE SAME OLD DATA. BAKER ROAD, WHICH IS GROUND ZERO FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS A TWO LANE ROAD, WHICH FLOODS FREQUENTLY IN THE RAINY SEASON. IT'S ONE MILE FROM SAVANNAH PLACE. THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY YOU LOOK PROVED OVER 400 UNITS. FOR THAT STRETCH OF LAND.
UM. SCHOOL DAZE. TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY TO THE WEST AND GREEN RIVER PARKWAY TO THE EAST. WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC DATA DID YOU USE TO JUSTIFY OVER 400 NEW UNITS IN LESS THAN A MILE? YOU APPROVED NEW PROJECTS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT YOU APPROVED BEFORE YOU DIDN'T TAKE EVENLY INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU APPROVED THE SAVANNAH PLACE.
I HAVE HEARD CONFLICTING INFORMATION REGARDING ZONING LAWS. SOME SAY THE STATE BILL SPONSORED BY REPUBLICAN TOBY OVER, DORFF HAS TIED THE HANDS OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO RESTRICT GROWTH. PERHAPS THE COMMISSIONERS CAN INVESTIGATE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT STRENGTHENING OUR ZONING LAWS. I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THE REASONABLE TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHO HAS EXPERTISE AND ZONING LAWS. SOMEONE WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF STEWART AGAIN INSTEAD OF AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THANK YOU, MAN. WE NEED TO HOLD ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE EFFECTS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP APPROVED. UNTIL WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE IF YOU COULD THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP PROJECTS WITHOUT TAKING INTO THE CONSIDERATION THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT. BUT. PAVEMENT IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? WE APPRECIATE YOUR CAR. THANK YOU, WOLF. OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOST. I HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUE ARE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THESE TREES BE REPLANTED SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OPTIONS EXPLORED. I KNOW THIS IS A AGREEMENT WITH TWO NEIGHBORS.
SEEKING THE BEST. FOR THEIR PROPERTY LINE. BUT. THE PACKAGE THAT WAS BOUGHT DID INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF FIVE. 20 TO 30 FT OAK TREES. NOW THOSE ARE NOT PARDON? OF WHAT THE CITY WILL GET. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ARE WHERE THE ISSUE STANDS. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND.
HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED AND THEIR OPINION. UM AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANTS DESIRE NOT TO HAVE TO FOLLOW UP TO THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE OPTIONS THAT SHOW THOSE TREES GOING SOMEWHERE. AS THEY WERE WITH OTHER. PLANTINGS THAT ARE AGREED TO BE DONE AND HANDY
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CREEK. OUT. ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THE MOTION. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH MR READS AND MR FREEMAN. THAT WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED AGAIN THAT THOUGHT. THE AGREEMENT WITH HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED. WAS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT UM, THE DEVELOPER WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO EVEN ADD ADDITIONAL TREES. ON THEIR PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE BUFFERED BUT THERE WAS ADEQUATE BUFFER. PROVIDED ON THE. UM SAVANNAH PROPERTY SO THAT THEY MET ALL OF THEIR P U D REQUIREMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES COMMISSIONER. THE BUFFER ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE THAT SEPARATES THE TWO PROPERTIES IS PER CODE. ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S ABOVE OF WHAT CODE REQUIRES FOR A BUFFER. ALL RIGHT. YES. WE'RE SPEAKING AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AT THIS.OKAY AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE BY THE SITE AND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS. WE HAVE CREATED A PRESERVE LAND OF MULTIPLE ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S AN IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT. WHERE NON INVASIVE SPECIES OF PLANTS ARE BEING REMOVED AND REPLANTED WITH NATURAL MATERIALS. SO TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REMOVED WAS A FALSE STATEMENT.
AS WELL AS IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORK OF BLUEFIELD MITIGATION BANK THROUGH WHICH THE DEVELOPER HEADED BY MITIGATION CREDITS A COUPLE 100,000 ACRE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM IS BEING PRESERVED.
WITH AN INVESTMENT THAT WAS 20 TIMES GREATER THAN THE COST OF THE FIVE TREES SO. BEYOND THAT YOU NO FURTHER COMMENT, BUT WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE FEW STATEMENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, AND I STATED AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I CLOSED MY OWN MAN, MICHAEL SUMMER. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IF WE MAKE THIS IF WE AGREE ON THIS TODAY THAT ANYTHING THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING IN TERMS OF ANY PAYMENT TOWARDS HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED.
IS NOT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS CAUSED THEM TO DO AS SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEE OR ANY TYPE OF, UM, PENALTY OR ANYTHING. THIS IS SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT. THEY PROMISED TO DO SOMETHING ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE STILL AGREEING TO SUB TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF UM. I DON'T KNOW, RECOMPENSE OR SOME TYPE OF A DONATION TO THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT SUPPORT OF A P U D THAT IS REQUIRING THEM TO DO SO. NO, AS HE STATED THERE WAS NO CUOCO. CRED. QUICK QUID PRO QUO AS HE STATED UNDER OATH. NO OTHER COMMENTS KINDA WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CLARK YES. VICE MAYOR MACDONALD MAYOR MATHESON.
NO. COMMISSIONER. BUYER YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1 WITH THE MAYOR. DISSENTING. MOVING ON. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 OPPOSING SENATE BILL. 6 20
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OPPOSING SENATE BILL 620 RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SENATE BILL 280 RELATING TO LOCAL ORDINANCES (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 117-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, OPPOSING SENATE BILL 620 RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SENATE BILL 280 RELATING TO LOCAL ORDINANCES; OPPOSING IDENTICAL COMPANION HOUSE BILLS 569 AND 403 RESPECTIVELY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND SENATE BILL 280 RELATING TO LOCAL ORDINANCES. MR HOGARTH.
WELL, THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE ONE 7-2021. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, OPPOSING SENATE BILL 6 20 RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SENATE BILL 2 80 RELATING TO LOCAL ORDINANCES. OPPOSING IDENTICAL COMPANION HOUSE BILLS 5, 69 AND 43, RESPECTIVELY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MAYOR VICE MAYORN ON THESE BILLS. MORE OR LESS. I WAS COMMISSIONER MCDONALD THAT BROUGHT THE BILLS TO THE ATTENTION OF STAFF. STAFF REVIEWED THESE $2.04 BILLS, BUT THE PRIMARILY TO SENATE BILLS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WILL SEE THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES BE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED FOR THE NEXT. FEW MONTHS. UM I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE THE TOP OF THE LIST. IT'S ONE OF THE WORST BILLS I'VE EVER SEEN. SO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC , AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WONDERING WHAT THESE BILLS ESSENTIALLY WOULD DO. AS MOST READERS DIGEST VERSION I CAN GIVE IS THEY WOULD FORCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO SPEND. JUST IN IN DETERMINING
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AMOUNT OF MONEY AND RESOURCES IF THEY EVEN HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING SO OF REVIEWING EVERY BEFORE EVERY SINGLE ORDINANCE THAT THEY TAKE UP. MM WHAT? ESSENTIALLY THAT ORDINANCE WOULD DO TO ANY BUSINESS INSIDE THE JURISDICTION OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION IN HOW THAT WOULD MAKE ANY BUSINESS OF ANY TYPE OF INDUSTRY NONCOMPETITIVE OR LESS COMPETITIVE. BY THE PASSING OF THAT ORDINANCE. IT'S A COMPLETELY ON ITS FACE. THE BILL IS SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY IS NOT PRACTICABLE AND IN ANY GOVERNMENT OF AND IT'S JUST A BAD BILL GENERALLY, SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE ANY ANY QUESTION. OH, AND THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A PROVISION OF THESE BILLS. I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT IF A BUSINESS THAT'S NOT EVEN HERE. AND WE PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THEM. THEY COULD SUE US AND GET DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. YES, I THINK MR MARTEL IS GOING TO LAUGH WHEN I BRING UP THE POLYSTYRENE IN PLASTIC STRAW ORDINANCE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. IMAGINE BEFORE YOU'RE LOOKING AT PLASTIC. AND HOW TO MITIGATE AN ISSUE AS SIMPLE AS THAT PLASTIC STRAWS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IS A VERY SIMPLE ISSUE. REGARDLESS OF AN OPINION ON IT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY EASY TO BRING UP TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ABOUT. AND REALLY GENERALLY, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHITE WHITE PLASTIC IS SUCH A HARD THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION OUT THERE. BUT IMAGINE BEFORE WE PASS THAT SPENDING A YEAR. ON ANALYZING HOW EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN THE CITY COULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THAT. I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD LIMIT ATTEND THE CITY WHERE THEY AGREED, IS OUTSIDE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPARE TO THE GREATER REGION. AND THEN ONE OF THE BILLS THAT ALSO MAKES YOU COMPARE TO OTHER BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE AND HOW THAT ORDINANCE WOULD MAKE THE BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. LET'S COME. COMPETITIVE AGAINST THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES. IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK FOR SMALL MUNICIPALITIES AND SMALL AGENCIES. SO LET IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT. TWO ATTORNEYS FEES AND US HAVING TO COMPENSATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES FOR LOST BUSINESS, AND GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WOULD BE SO IT WOULD PROBABLY IF THIS PASSES, WE PROBABLY COULD NOT PUT A FERTILIZER ORDINANCE IN BECAUSE THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT BUSINESSES COMPETING. HERE IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. IT'S JUST A NEGATIVE EFFECT. IT'S THAT THE COMMISSION HAS TO BALANCE AND OUT. YOU HAVE TO WEIGH THE. BENEFIT AND DEMONSTRATED PUBLIC BENEFIT AND DO A ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IT CAUSES. BUT YOU CAN FIND THAT IT CAUSES AN ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND GRANTED. BUT THEN WHEN THEY SUE YOU IF IT TURNS OUT THAT SOMEBODY FINDS THAT. YOUR PUBLIC BENEFIT DIDN'T OUTWEIGH IT ESSENTIALLY DEMONSTRATED THE DAMAGES THAT YEAH, EVERY EVERY ORDINANCE EVERY ORDINANCE, EVEN THE ONE TONIGHT WHICH WE'RE DOING JUST TO, UM. ABANDONED A RIGHT OF WAY IS THAT CORRECT? WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT PUBLICLY EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION APPROVAL. THE L. C. SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS IS A STRICT ATTACK ON HOME RULE ABOUT THESE BILLS. TALLAHASSEE THAT WOULD FURTHER LIMIT OUR RESOURCES, ENTIRE HAND WITHOUT BEING TOO RHETORICAL. THE I THINK THE OBJECTIVE ULTIMATELY IS TO DETER ORGANIZES AND LOCAL CONTROL. IT'S IN THERE. WE JUST SEND THE KEYS TO THE CITY UP TO THE GOVERNOR AND. THAT'S AMERICAN. I ASK COMMISSIONER MEYER. WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE, UH, TRAGICAL IS LEGAL CITIES. HAVE THEY LOOKED AT THE YOU KNOW IF THERE WERE LOBBYING ON THIS YET THIS IS THIS IS, UH , THIS IS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE FOR THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW, UM THE. THE LEAGUE'S POSITION. YOU KNOW NOT TO TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. BUT WHAT? WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS I'VE FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT, UM, A COUPLE A COUPLE OF THE LEGISLATORS WILL FILE THESE BIG, BIG BAD BILLS. AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY INTENDED TO ACTUALLY END UP PASSING. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SORT OF THROW A FAR LINE FOR THE CRAZIEST THING YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND THEN. THE CURRENTLY CRAZY BAD STUFF BECOMES LESS EXTREME. AND SO IT MAKES THOSE THINGS MORE PALATABLE. SO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION IS THAT THESE BIG BAD BILLS, WHICH PROBABLY WON'T PASS. AT LEAST NOT THIS SESSION. AND NOT IN THIS WAY. BUT THEN ALL OF THE OTHER SLOWER EROSIONS OF HOME RULE GET A LOT MORE TRACTION. SO IT'S THAT OVERTON WINDOW PRINCIPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, UM, SO, YEAH, THEY'RE TRACKING IT.THEY'RE LOBBYING AGAINST THAT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS. BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS THE GAME THAT THE LEGISLATURE PLACE EVERY SESSION. SO TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT'S THE CRAZY BUILDS? THEY'RE GOING TO FILE TO GET THIS ONE
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PASS. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S GO OFF COMMISSIONER MEYER'S POINT. THERE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE IN THESE BILLS OF THAT OCCURRING IN FACT, LAST SESSION, WHICH WAS NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO, THEY CHIPPED AWAY FOR LACK OF A BETTER FREEZING, BUT THEY CHIPPED AWAY AT ATTORNEY'S FEES.AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHATD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE FUTURE IF WE WERE SUED IN CIVIL COURT AND LOST WHAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INCREASING OUR. CAPACITIES RIGHT TO BE SUED AND THEY'RE ALSO INCREASING THE POTENTIAL. WEAKNESSES THAT WE HAVE THERE SO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS NEW THESE NEW BILLS, THEY ACTUALLY THEN TAKE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND THE DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR, AND THEY'RE ADDING THAT IN THESE BILLS, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT AND ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, AND THAT'S THE REALLY CONCERNING THING BECAUSEG YOU ON THE DIOCESE ATTORNEY EVERYONE BEHIND THE ALL THE TAXPAYERS IN A VERY REAL WAY. WELL WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMISSIONER MY REPORTS FROM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND AGAIN. DOING OUR BEST TO DEFLECT THESE ATTACKS ON HOME RULE. COMMENT OR WHAT IS THE PLEASURE ON THE BOARD ON RESOLUTION ONE ONE 7-2021 MOVE FOR APPROVAL SECOND. OF EMOTION FOR APPROVAL OF. OPPOSING SENATE BILL 6 20. AS WELL AS SENATE BILL. 280 AND THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN WE HAVE IT ALL IN FAVOR ON THE MOTION? YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THE RESOLUTION THAT WHEN YOU HAVE PASSED, THIS IS GOING TO BE MADE FOR RESOLUTION . OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL ALL IN FAVOR. YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO A ROLL CALL. THE RESOLUTION HAS A ROLL CALL AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. OKAY COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES BRONER? YES MAYOR MATHESON? YES? MAYOR MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE GENERAL ITEM NUMBER 11. TRIANGLE BID BRIDGE
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TRAIN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT LETTER
]REPLACEMENT LETTER. CHANGE THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM NOW. MAYOR MATHESON LAST COMMISSION MEETING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. I MEAN HEARING COMMISSIONER COMMENT ABOUT WANTING TO SEND A LETTER SUPPORTING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRAIN BRIDGE TO OUR. FEDERAL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS GOVERNOR DE SANTIS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE OPENING GRAND OPENING OF THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRAIN BRIDGE. AND SO THIS LANGUAGE WAS CRAFTED WITH MAYOR MY MATHESON AND AS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. MR MAYOR. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.
SECOND. HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MEYER AND A SECOND. MULTIPLE SECONDS, THE SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. THIS IS A LETTER ADVOCATING FOR ALL THAT CAN BE DONE. TO HAVE A NEW HIGHER ELEVATION TRAIN BRIDGE BEING BUILT AND THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT. HOPEFULLY. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NEW CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL FACILITY THAT IS OPENED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRAIN BRIDGE, AND THERE. EFFICIENCY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE TRAIN BRIDGE AS WELL AS ALL THE RESIDENTS WEST OF THE BRIDGE.
AND I JUST AS A SIDE NOTE. WHY DID HEAR BACK FROM CUSTOMS AND THEY ARE WILLING TO SEND A SUPPORTING LETTER. THEY JUST HAVEN'T SINCE. I DIDN'T RECKON CUSTOMS AND THEY ARE WILLING TO SEND A SUPPORTING LETTER ALONG WITH THIS. I JUST HAVEN'T GOT HURT. NEBULOUS. YES, AND I WILL.
CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MR DEMARCO, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE. FACILITY AND OUR GOAL IS TO SEND THE LETTER. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THEIRS. HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, BELIEVE THIS WE CAN DO AND ALL IN FAVOR. HI. HI. HI. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON AGENDA
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COMMISSION LIAISON AND AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS / RE-APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARDS OF THE CITY
]ITEM NUMBER 12. COMMISSIONER, LIAISON AND AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS. SLASH RE APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARDS OF THE CITY. MS KENDALL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS ISSUE? YES. THE ONLY CHANGE IS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. UM. MR MCDONALD HAS REQUESTED A NEW APPLICANT. MM MM, A NEW BOARD MEMBER. AND THE APPLICATION WAS IN THE AGENDA. BUT NO OTHER CHANGES. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND AND COMMISSIONER MCDONALD'S. DOES YOUR. MOTION TO APPROVE INCLUDE THE NEW APPLICANTS. YES, IT DOES. BUT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL
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AND A SECOND. FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. I DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MISS CARTWRIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM ROBYN CARTWRIGHT, 73 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS. THE POSITIONS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THE COMMISSIONER'S GAIN. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS TO EVENTUALLY COME BEFORE YOU. AS YOUR PROXIES, THE CRB SIERRA AND LP MEMBERS SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE YOU ARE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND OR WHAT ARE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY THEY SHOULD ASK OF THE CITY COMMISSION STATE WHEN THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN AN ITEM COMES BEFORE THEM, AS MR MATHERS DID AT A RECENT MEETING. WELL, THERE ARE APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH A FEW BOARD MEMBERS. THERE'S NO ONE MORE EGREGIOUS AND AN EXAMPLE THAT MR CAMPENNI. MR CAMPENNI HAS AN ONLINE NEWSLETTER IN WHICH HE USES HIS PLATFORM TO COMMENT ON CRITICIZED AND SPECULATE ON AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THE CITY COMMISSION THE L P A THIS YEAR BE ANOTHER COMMITTEES AND ACTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF STEWART. HIS NEWSLETTERS CONTAIN SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY AND WHEN THE DECISIONS HE FEELS WRONG. BY USING HIS NEWSLETTER TO DO SO. HE IS CONVOLUTED AND CONFLATING . HIS POSITION IS A SITTING COMMITTEE MEMBER AND MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION, BUT IT CERTAINLY CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS OBJECTIVITY WHEN HE'S MAKING DECISIONS AND COMMENTS WHEN HE'S SITTING ON THE DIOCESE, THE CITY APPOINTED COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE THAT MR CAMPENNI USED HIS NOVEMBER 21ST NEWSLETTER TO WRITE AN OPINION PIECE ABOUT ME AND MY INTEREST IN THE DOUGH PROCESS. HE ALSO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPECULATE INSINUATE THAT I SHOULD BE CAREFUL AS TO NOT BE SUED BY MR MARINO OR COSTCO. BUT IT WOULD BE A JUST OUTCOME IF I WERE BASICALLY TO BE FINANCIALLY DEVASTATED. REGARDLESS OF HIS LESS THAN ETHICAL, PROFESSIONAL OR EVEN ACCURATE SPECULATIONS ABOUT ME. HE USED THAT SAME ARTICLE TO EDITORIALIZE THE CITY'S POSITION. DOES HE REPRESENT THE CITY OF STEWART? OR IS HE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AS HE IS A MEMBER OF THIS YEAR, A ONE CAN ASSUME THAT HE IS REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, AND THEREFORE IT WOULD STAND TO REASON THAT HIS CRITICISM OF ME OR ANYONE ELSE CAN BE ASSUMED TO BE YOUR OPINION AS WELL AS HE WAS PLACED ON THIS HERE A BY A SITTING COMMISSIONER. HE HAS A RIGHT TO PUBLISH HIS NEWSLETTER , REGARDLESS OF HOW INAPPROPRIATE OR BORDERLINE LIVE LIST. HIS COMMENTS ARE, BUT AS A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER WHO WAS ASKED TO RESIGN, HIS BEHAVIORS CONFIRMED IN AT LEAST TWO TC PLUM ARTICLES. IT IS IMPROPER FOR HIM TO HAVE A SEAT ON ANY BORDER COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY OF STUART, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS HISTORY AND HIS BEHAVIOR. I FULLY EXPECT TO BE WRITTEN ABOUT AGAIN BY MR CAMPENNI. ONCE HE LEARNS THAT I EMAILED YOU EARLIER TODAY AND BASED ON THIS COMMENT. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE CRB, THE SYRIAN ELPIDA AND CITY COMMISSION, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU BE OPEN MINDED AND UNBIASED. AS PART OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW HAVING A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS. THE CITY COMMISSION AND STAFF HAVE WON.IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE L P A CRB IN SYRIA SHOULD HAVE ONE ALSO. I WOULD LIKE TO YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW HOW YOU DETERMINE WHO IS SITTING ON THOSE BOARDS AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ACTING IN THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS, NOT JUST AS YOUR PROXIES I TRUST YOU WILL TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE THE GREATER COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED. THANK YOU, MISS CARTMAN. MS KENDALL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER? COMMON.
THERE IS ONE ON JUNE. WE HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. NO FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL THE QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BY MY COMMISSIONERS? SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUE. UM I WILL ALWAYS. GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE CHOICES MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS MAKE. AND I BELIEVE WE ALL KNOW THAT NO APPOINTEE. SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THE MAYOR DOES NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. ONLY US UNANIMOUSLY DIRECTING POLICY. AN OPEN DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION. DO WE STEER THE CITY? UM. AND I BELIEVE ANYONE THAT I HAVE APPOINTED THOROUGHLY KNOWS THAT AND I WILL ALWAYS. GIVE THAT DEFERENCE TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS OF WHO THEY CHOOSE AS APPOINTING TO ADVISE THE CITY ON POLICY STAFF. MR MAYOR. NO QUESTION. I LIKE TO ASK MR MORTAL OR THE CITY CLERK TO JUST, UM. REVIEW THOSE, UH LARGE MEMBERS, MR MORTAL? THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR TERM LIMITS THAT I DID REVIEW THEM. YEAH BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE TAUGHT LARGE AND THEN WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY THE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE TORT LARGER VOTED ON BY THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, RIGHT? AND UM THEIR TERMS ARE. THERE EVERYBODY ON A ONE YEAR TERM. AND YOU GUYS RATIFIED AT THE REORG MEETING EVERY YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT WAS DESCRIBED THAT THE ONLY CHANGE ON ALL OF THE APPOINTMENTS WAS
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THE PROPOSAL FOR WARNER BOWLS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MISSION. WAS LEAVING EVERYBODY ELSE. AS IS THERE WAS NO DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. OR EVEN DURING THE MEETING TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE AT LARGE OR REQUESTING THAT THE CITY MANAGER REVIEW THE AT LARGE. THEY BOTH HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO SEE IF THE EPA TO AT LARGE MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED TO CONTINUE, AND THE TWO CRB AT LARGE MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED TO CONTINUE. WHEN WE ADOPTED THE. CHARTER AMENDMENT, YOU ADDED AN EIGHT YEAR TERM LIMIT TO THE AT LARGE POSITIONS. BUT JUST AS YOU DID FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAD ITS START ON. I THINK IT WAS 2000 AND 19 MAY HAVE BEEN. I'M SORRY. WAS 20 YOU HAD THE EIGHT YEARS START THEM. SO RIGHT NOW, THESE AT LARGE MEMBERS WILL HAVE SERVED ONE YEAR. OUT OF A POSSIBLE EIGHT YEARS. THEY JUST HAVE TO BE REAPPOINTED AND THEN SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT. BUT I DO SEE THE IDEA AND THE SUGGESTION. FROM OUR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE A CODE OF CONDUCT, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE COULD HAVE CONDUCT CAME UP SOME TIME AGO IN 2017. AND I THINK WE WOULD ADOPTED THEM AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND IS THERE ANY, UM. COME TO ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD THAT WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHAT DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ADEQUATE RULES AND GUIDELINES NOW, MR MARTEL WITH REGARD TO CODE OF CONDUCT OR. I MEAN, I ASSUME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MR COMPETITORS NEWSLETTER BEING THE EXAMPLE OF CONDUCT. UM I'M AWARE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS CODE OF CONDUCT, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING IN THE NEWSLETTER THAT WOULD BE. I MEAN , YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, TOO. SO USE YOUR COLLECTIVE RECOLLECTIONS OF IT. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT. SO HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, IF, IN FACT THAT ALL OF THE ADVISORY BOARDS AND SIGNED THAT CODE OF CONDUCT. I'M NOT SURE. WHAT IT WOULD WHAT? WHAT? WHAT THE REMEDY WOULD BE FIRST. AND SECONDLY, WHETHER IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE VIOLATING IN ANY WAY. REAL I MEAN, THE ISSUE IS IF SOMEBODY IF SOMEBODY. APPOINTS SOMEONE IS, THE MAYOR POINTED OUT. THE COMMISSION GENERALLY GIVES DEFERENCE TO THE APPOINTEE WHO, IN THEORY. WE IMAGINE HAS SOME PEOPLE HAVE MET WITH THE PERSON OR WHATEVER, BELIEVES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE. APPROPRIATELY ON THAT BOARD. UM SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO GET INTO THE FREEDOM OF THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT'S A TOUGH ONE. NO NEED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YES, COMMISSIONER MAYOR.SINCE YOU BRINGING THIS UP AND MISS CARTWRIGHT'S CONCERNED. WITH THE NEWSLETTER MIKE MY CONCERN. IS THAT IF AND WHEN. MR CAMPENNI WRITES IN THAT. HIS NEWSLETTER, WHICH SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYBODY THAT POSTS ON FACEBOOK OR ANYBODY THAT SAYS A TWITTER OR ANYBODY THAT DOES ANYTHING PUBLICLY, SO THE LENGTH OF YOUR PUBLICATION DOESN'T MATTER. YES. WELL LIKE I WAS GOING TO GO THERE. WENT, UM MY CONCERN IS. I SHOULDN'T BE READING ANYTHING THAT HE IS WRITING ON THE C R B OR C R. A.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMING BEFORE US. THAT IS MY ONE OF MY CONCERNS FOR ANY OF US. WHAT IS THE BALL TAKEN? ETHICS CLASSES ANNUALLY? UM. BUT IF MR MARTIN THAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S EXCEPTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF ANY ONE OF THE BOARDS DID AN INTERVIEW WITH THE STEWART NEWS REPORTER AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE STEWART NEWS, AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. REDDIT THE COMMISSIONER OF ETHICS, HAS SAID THAT THAT IS NOT A TOM. SUNSHINE VIOLATION. SO THE QUESTION IS. THE C R A MEMBER INTENTIONALLY SENDING. A THEIR PERSONAL POSITION FOR A C R A VOTE TO OTHER SCIARRA MEMBERS AND IF SO , THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF SUNSHINE. BUT I'M NOT RUNNING THE MEETING. MR CAMPENNI. I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN ANYTHING ABOUT THE C R A OR THE CRB UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE. UNTIL I WILL NOT BE VOTING ON SOMETHING AGAIN. AND THEN I HAVE WRITTEN. OCCASIONALLY ON SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE COMMISSION. BUT I DON'T TAKE A POSITION ON THE CRB UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE. AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THAT WAS FAST. THREE MINUTES. WELL I DON'T I DON'T THINK I NEED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. IF I CAN JUST WEIGH IN. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE. I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH SUNSHINE
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. I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, THOUGH. UM I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SUNSHINE PROBLEM HERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY. UM TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, MR MAYOR ABOUT DEFERENCE TO THE COMMISSIONER'S APPOINTMENTS. I IF THERE IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S ANY ANXIETY AMONG MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT ABOUT MR CAMPENNI SERVING ON THE C, R B C R A AS MUCH AS I DO VALUE, HIS EXPERIENCE AND INPUT. ON THAT ON THAT ADVISORY BOARD. DON'T ALWAYS CERTAINLY DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH HIM, AND IN FACT, THAT'S GENERALLY WHY I APPOINT THE PEOPLE I APPOINT ON THESE BOARDS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OF PEOPLE OPINION, SOMETIMES. I IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIM SERVING, I CAN CHOOSE A NEW APPOINTMENT. I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH ALL MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS PICKS AND I BELIEVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. PART OF THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY. AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR? HI AND HE OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR APPROVAL OF THE AT LARGE. COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARDS.[13.
APPOINTMENTS OF CITY COMMISSIONERS TO COMMUNITY BOARDS
]ITEM NUMBER 13. APPOINTMENT OF CITY COMMISSION. THERE'S TO COMMUNITY BOARDS. WHO FOR APPROVAL. WELL, HOLD ON. WE GOTTA GO DOWN THE LIST HERE. SO THIS THIS IS A NEW APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF CURRENT COMMISSIONERS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND SEEMED TO WORK WELL AS WE JUST WENT DOWN THE LIST, AND IF THE COMMISSIONER SITTING ON THAT PARTICULAR BOARD FELT THAT THEY WANTED TO CHANGE OR DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE IN THAT BOARD AGAIN, THEY WOULD MAKE IT KNOWN. UM IT IS UP TO YOU GUYS IF WE WANT TO DO THESE AS AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE PER BOARD, WHICH I THINK WE DID LAST YEAR OR WAIT TILL THE END AND DO IT ALL THERE ANY DESIRED CHANGES BY MY COMRADES. I AM HAPPY TO STAY WITH ROMANCE. HEARING THAT I'M HAPPY WITH.
BOARD SEATS. I'M CURRENTLY SITTING ON. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMRADES LIKE TO SPEAK UP? MY COMMENT IS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER BRUNER BEING SUCH A SUCH AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. I HAVE TO SAY SHE'S AN ALTERNATE, BUT SHE SHE ASSURES, HAD COMES TO THE LARGER EVENTS THAT WE DO AND HAS OFFERED TO HELP STEP IN MORE THAN JUST SUBBING FOR ME WHEN I CAN'T BE THERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT . BECKY IT'S AND PATRICIA ARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS HAS ALSO COMMENTED ON HOW SHE WISHED THAT THE OTHER. UM THAT THE OTHER MEMBER CITIES HAD AS MUCH. PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST FROM THEIR DESIGNATED MEMBER. AND OF COURSE, TROY AND VICE MAYOR. YOU ARE ALSO VERY HELPFUL WITH ESPECIALLY WITH WATCH DOGGING ALL OF THE LEGISLATION OUT THERE, SO I THINK I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR.
OF OUR POSITION WITHIN THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE CITIES. IT'S UM WE'RE ACTING A LOT MORE THAN JUST ONE PERSON. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAY I END TO THAT? SOMETHING? UM WHEN. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW I'M PATTING US ON THE BACK. SOMETIMES I THINK WE NEED IT ONCE IN A WHILE TO SAY IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. BUT WHEN WE WENT UP TO THE. THE IMPACT. WHAT WAS THAT? I AM HERE. WHATEVER WE WERE THE COUNTY HOW MANY COUNTY MARTIN COUNTY SAID, UM UM STAFF WAS THERE AND THE CITY STEWART. I MEAN, MARTIN COUNTY RULED WHEN WE GOT UP THERE AND BUREAU BEACH SO WE REALLY DO CARE AND LOVE THIS TOWN AND ONE ELITE IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE DON'T WANT TO STUNT GROWTH AND NOT GO ANYWHERE. SOMETIMES WE. GOTTA SLOW IT DOWN OR OR SPEEDED UP. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HELP OF STAFF AND THE HELP OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO ON THE BOARDS. WE SERVED. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE SECONDS. SLATED HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR? HIGH ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ORDINANCE SECOND READING. AMENDMENT TO THE LAND
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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.
]DEVELOPMENT CODE. PERTAINING TO OUR SIGN CODE, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS PANEL. GANDHI SUBURBS. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2469-20 INORDINATE TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION 6.11 POINT OH, THREE ENTITLED NONCONFORMING
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SIGNS AMORTIZATION OF CERTAIN SIGNS 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 POLE SIGN REMOVAL, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES FIGHTING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MS CANDY SODAS HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING? NO CHANGES MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COME NO PUBLIC NOT ONLINE. CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES. MAYOR MATHESON. YES VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES, MR CLARK? YES? MOVING ON ITEM[15.
ESTABLISHING A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2473-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ESTABLISHING ELEMENT 12 - A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT; AMENDING ELEMENT 1 - FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]NUMBER 15 ESTABLISHING A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT. TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2473-2021 IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ESTABLISHING ELEMENT 12. A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT.
AMENDING ELEMENT. ONE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND MISS WALLET. CA YOU LOOK. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TONIGHT . FROM WHAT I CAN SEE. YEAH I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE HORMONE REPLACEMENT, MR FREEMAN. AND MS VELIKA. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? THAT WAS REALLY FAST. I SAW YOU RUNNING DOWN LIKE I GOT TO READ IT. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW BRIEF CHANGES SINCE LAST READING. COULD YOU PLEASE ENLIGHTEN US? OF COURSE. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD. ERIN WILLETT COULD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED FROM THE LAST TIME THE COMMISSION SAW THE AMENDMENT PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 163.3176 I. ONE SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS, UM THIS PROPOSAL UM YOU MODIFIED IT. AT TO BE EXACTLY THE FIRST PART OF WHAT THE 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA REQUIRED. WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW. GULF STATEMENT. 12 OBJECTIVE 12 AND POLICIES 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 AND 12.4. YOU.
VOTED TO STRIKE THE EXISTING POLICY. 1.87 POINT SEVEN FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE GOT A LETTER FROM CEO AFTER WE TRANSMITTED IT TO THEM AFTER FIRST READING. THAT STATED THAT THE PROPOSED PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT LIMITS THE CONSIDERATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS MATTERS TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, AS OPPOSED TO CONSIDERING THEM AND ALL LOCAL DECISION MAKING. PRIOR TO ADOPTION. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE REVISED TO CONSIDER PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ALL THE CITIES LOCAL DECISION MAKING. TO ENSURE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENTS DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS. THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSULT WITH ITS LEGAL DEPARTMENT. STAFF HAS, UM, MET WITH. MIKE MORTELL AND HAS FURTHER REVISED BROTHER REVIVED THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR THE NEW PROPERTY RATES. AS SUGGESTED BY THE D E O. THE CITY STRUCK THE LANGUAGE. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. SO THAT ALL DECISIONS CONSIDER PROPERTY RIGHTS. AND. ADDED THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. THOSE ARE THE CHANGES BEFORE YOU SINCE FIRST READING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS MOTION TO ADOPT SO MOVED SECOND. HAVE EMOTION AND APPROVAL. FROM AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD A PROPERTY RIGHTS. TURNING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE ZOOM. GOOD EVENING, MISS HALL. CAN YOU HEAR? YES HELLO, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I JUST. I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND I THINK ANY TIME WE HAVE CODES AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE GREAT WHEN THEY'RE ON PAPER BY ENCOURAGE. ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND EVERYBODY THAT'S IN CHARGE THAT THEY FOLLOW IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NICE TO SAY,
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OH, WE'RE GOING TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT'S ON PAPER . WHAT IS THE CODE? AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BY THAT? SO WE'RE TRUSTING YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. MR TROTSKY, IS THERE ANOTHER COMMENTS. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IN A SECOND. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.MAYOR MATHESON. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES. MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER 17 3 HOUR PARKING DISTRICT CHANGES. SKIP 16. YES. DON'T WANT TO SKIP THE ABANDONMENT. APOLOGIES ITEM
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ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN S.E. 5TH STREET AND S.E. STYPMANN BOULEVARD (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2476-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A CERTAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BEING THAT PORTION OF LAND, WHICH LIES BETWEEN S.E. 5TH STREET AND S.E. STYPMANN BOULEVARD, WHICH IS MORE FULLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]NUMBER 16 ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN SOUTH EAST FIFTH AND SOUTHEAST EMTMAN BOULEVARD. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2476-202. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A CERTAIN RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS BEING THAT PORTION OF LAND, WHICH LIES BETWEEN SOUTHEAST.
FIFTH STREET AND SOUTHEAST STATEMENT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS MORE FULLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HER TO PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MR FREEMAN, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES? TO THE ORDINANCE SINCE FIRST READING. JUST WE DID MENTION AT THE FIRST READING THE. ASSOCIATION WITH AN EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE. COOPER APPROVAL. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? I HAVE NO PUBLIC HOME. HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT . MISS KENDALL, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MEYER.
NO. MAYOR MATHESON. YES. VICE MAYOR MCDONALD YES. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1 WITH MAYOR COMMISSIONER MIRED ASSEMBLY. MOVING ON FOR THE
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THREE HOUR PARKING DISTRICT CHANGE (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2477-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 40 ARTICLE II, SEC. 40-43; PROVIDING FOR A REVISION/AMENDMENT TO THE 3 HOUR DOWNTOWN PARKING DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]SECOND TIME ITEM NUMBER 17 3 HOUR PARKING DISTRICT CHANGE PRESENTED BY CITY MANAGER. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24772021 IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 40. ARTICLE TWO SECTION 40 43. 43 43 PROVIDING FOR A REVISION OR AMENDMENT TO THE THREE HOUR DOWNTOWN PARKING DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT. WRITING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.HE MR GUYS HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE FOR THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES AND THANK THE LORD BECAUSE OF MY ASSISTANT CRASH.
YOUR SCRATCHED CAN'T EVEN PULL IT OUT. BUT NO, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE SINCE FIRST READING. CAN WE. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SECONDARY. OUR PARKING DISTRICT CHANGE IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. NO PUBLIC. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER? 17 COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES MAYOR MATHESON? YES NICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES. GIVE ME CLOSE THOSE DOORS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS CHIEFTAIN MINELLI. CHIEF. CLOSE THE DOORS, PLEASE. STRICTLY, PLEASE CLOSE THE DOORS. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE HIM. FUN CONVERSATION, ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE FIRST READING.
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AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO INCORPORATE TREE REMOVAL PENALTIES (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2478-2021; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION OF CHAPTER V RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ESTABLISHING “PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS” FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. TO INCORPORATE TREE REMOVAL. PENALTIES. MR MARTEL, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2478-2021, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION OF CHAPTER FIVE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MR REACH. YOU WANT TO GIVE US A THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, COME DOWN. TOM REED, SENIOR PLANNER. GIVE A SHORT BRIEF PRESENTATION. AS THE ATTORNEY MENTIONED. THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER FIVE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS. SOME HISTORY IN 2000 AND ONE THE EPA CONSIDERED SIMILAR AMENDMENT
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LANGUAGE TO CHAPTER FIVE. AND THEY VOTED 50 FOR A FLAT PENALTY OF 7500. MM THAT WAS ON THE BOOKS FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT CURRENTLY IS NOT, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SECTION IN THE CODE FOR VIOLATIONS FOR TREATY PENALTIES. SOME MORE HISTORY MOST RECENTLY , TREES REMOVED ILLEGALLY AT THE OSPREY PRESERVED DEVELOPMENT, WITH NO PROVISION IN THE CODE FOR STAFF TO FORMULATE AND ENFORCE THE PENALTIES. THE DEVELOPER WHO REMOVED THE TREES AND VEGETATION. ILLEGALLY THEN PROPOSED TO REPLACE THE TREES SITE ON THE SITE BASED ON THE COAST CODES, REPLACEMENT RATIO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. YOU CAN SEE PICTURES BEFORE REMOVAL AND AFTERWARD, PLANTING. AN UPDATE IF ANYONE HASN'T WRITTEN BY THE SITE THEY'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF. PACKING THE PLANTS IN WITH WITH WITH THE LARGER OAKS, THE UNDERSTORY SHRUBS AND THE GROUND COVER OF GRASSES. A LITTLE MORE HISTORY. WE ALSO CONSIDERED THE COST REPLACE TWO LARGE OAK TREES THAT SHEPHERD PARK. THERE WERE $13,500 EACH. UM WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THE PENALTIES. LOOKING AT THE PENALTY TABLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT A 4.5 TO 6 INCH TREE ILLEGALLY REMOVED TODAY WITH INFLATION WILL COST 2500. AS THEY FIND. AND ALL THE WAY UP TO A 30 INCH TREE. AT $75,000 SO DEFINES OURN INCREASE FROM FIVE WHEN THE L P A ORIGINALLY APPROVED. ACTUALLY THEY CONSIDERED THE 2000 AND ONE PRICES. WITH OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 23 78 2021 TEXT AMENDMENT CHAPTER FIVE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR READS. THIS ITEM IN MY MIND. UMD THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS THAT WE BROUGHT THIS. UM WE RECOMMEND OUR STAFF BRING THIS TO US. I BELIEVE THERE'S REALLY GOOD INTENT FOR THIS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT TIME IS ON OUR SIDE AND WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT IF WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE IT. THERE'S A FEW ISSUES I HAVE WITH IT THAT I'LL THROW OUT THERE AND THEN I'D LIKE TO HEAR EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. UM. FOR ME FOR ONE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN THAT THIS GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND. THAT DOESN'T DOESN'T WORK FOR ME MANY OF THE RESIDENTS EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD TO CUT DOWN A TREE THAT WITH A CALIBER DIAMOND AT BREAST HEIGHT OF FIVE INCHES, THAT YOU HAD TO GET A PERMIT, EVEN THOUGH THAT PERMIT WAS TOTALLY FREE. OR YOU REPLACE ONE FOR ONE TREE. WELL FOR EXAMPLE, EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHEN I MOVED IN MY HOUSE HAD FIVE OR SIX SABLE PALMS. NOW IT HAS 20 PLUS TREES. UM. BUT IF I WANTED TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE TREES, AND IT WASN'T GOING TO HARM ANYONE ELSE, AND I. DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU NEED A PERMIT. THIS WOULD LEAVE ME OPEN. MM, FINANCIALLY. IT WOULD ALSO. I COULD SEE IT AS A WAY TO BE WEAPONIZED FROM SOME NEIGHBORS. UM. YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE DISCUSS HERE TONIGHT, WE NEED TO, UM. THOROUGHLY DESCRIBE THE INTENT OF THIS WOMAN'S AND THAT INTENT CAME UP WITH OSPREY PRESERVED ANOTHER EXAMPLE. I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENED AT WALGREENS THAT MISST YOU KNOW, I WROTE BY THIS MORNING AND YOU LOOK DOWN. UM AND YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF MATURE TREES WITH TWO OAK TREES THAT YOU KNOW? DON'T BELONG THAT NEED ANOTHER 20 YEARS TO FIT IN. BUT IF I'M TO SUPPORT ANYTHING GOING FORWARD, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW. AN EXEMPTION SHOULD BE MADE FOR IMPROVED. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE SAYING UNDER AN ACRE AND A HALF. FROM BEING REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS. UM. AND I'M ALSO A LITTLE SLIGHTLY MORE INTERESTED IN THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT. THE COMMISSIONER MAYA REFERRED TO THAN AN ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS THE MULTIPLIER ON ON THE AMOUNT OF UM, TREES TO BE REPLACED. IN[02:25:03]
EFFECT IS PEGGED TO THE MARKET VALUE. BUT IT WILL JUST NATURALLY OVER TIME WITH THAT MARKET VALUE. BUT COMMISSIONER ARE I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR LET ME GET THEIR GOOD. OKAY SO I'M ON THE SAME PAGE AS COMMISSIONER MATHESON. SO I'M JUST GONNA POSE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW , IT DOESN'T MENTION EXOTICS AND WOW. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE WANT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET RID OF CERTAIN EXOTICS, PEPPER TREES AND SO FORTH. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS WHAT CUT WHAT? WHAT DEEMS A TREE TO BE HISTORICAL. UM IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS DETERMINED AFTER THE TREES GOT DOWN, IS IT YOU KNOW? ARE WE GOING TO DO A SURVEY OF THE WHOLE CITY? ACTUALLY, OUR CODE ACTUALLY HAS. HISTORICAL TREES IN IT, WHETHER YOU WERE DOING THIS TONIGHT OR NOT. THAT ISSUE IS IN THE COAST. OKAY? AND HOW IS THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE COAST MIKE. I JUST. I CAN PULL IT UP. I KNOW THAT IT'S UM, THE HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I BELIEVE A SPECIMEN TREE IS DEFINED UNDER 5.5 POINT TWO AND HISTORIC IS 5.5 POINT TO A GIVE ME ONE SECOND. AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THAT UP, I'M GOING TO GO ON TO OH, MY NEXT THING WOULD JUST COME BACK TO THAT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF PENALTIES. I THINK QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK ARE EGREGIOUS. I MEAN, IT'S. IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY CUTS DOWN A TREE AND. AND WE'RE TALKING WITH MIKE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CABBAGE PALMS IN MY BACKYARD THAT ARE PROBABLY 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER GUESSING. MAYBE 12. AND IF I DIDN'T REALIZE I NEEDED A PERMIT, AND I CUT HIM DOWN.POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT A 15 TO $30,000 FINE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT FOR A CABBAGE PALM, WHICH THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OVER THE TOP, AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD GET CHALLENGED AND. WE WOULD. WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A WHOLE ORDINANCE THROWN OUT. UM, BUT. I THINK THERE'S A I THINK USING THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT. UM. WE CAN ESTABLISH A TREE REPLACEMENT. THERE'S A. STANDARD FINE FOR GETTING CAUGHT BRINGING HIM TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. I TALKED WITH MR MARTELLI. GUESS THAT'S $300. AND THEN WE COULD DO A MULTIPLIER EFFECT RIGHT NOW. IT'S ONE AND THIS. UNDER THE CODE IS 1.5. WE CHOSE 1.75 AS A MULTIPLIER EFFECT FOR, UM, MERITAGE WE COULD PUT IN THE CODE TWO POINT. OH, 3.2 POINT FIVE SOME SOMETHING IN BETWEEN TO CREATE A BALANCE THAT'S AN EQUITABLE UM YET. THERE IS A PENALTY GREATER THAN IF THEY JUST DID IT. UM AND I ASKED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED STAFF TODAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE PENALTY. IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS HAS WRITTEN FOR HERITAGE, AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY WOULD BE. BUT. UM BECAUSE WE BECAUSE WE THERE WASN'T A TRULY ACCURATE TREE SURVEY BUT BASED ON. THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID HAVE WE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A PENALTY AND. I CAN BET IF WE THREW A 2.5 TO $2.5 MILLION PENALTY, WE'D STILL BE WAITING FOR TREES TO GET PUT OUT UP THERE WHILE WHILE IT WAS BEING LITIGATED. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE A TENT. I THINK THE INTENT IS TO CREATE SOME PAIN, SO THAT DOESN'T END AS A DETERRENT AND. GET THE TREES REPLACED. UM I LIKE THE IDEA OF AN EXEMPTION FOR SMALLER PROPERTIES, ACRE ACRE HALF. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PROPERTIES WE HAVE IN THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OVER ONE ACRE. SO UM, BUT SO IT MIGHT BE ONE ACRE MIGHT BE 1.5. IT COULD BE THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE. I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE THERE ISN'T A. ISN'T A RUSH. WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO EVEN APPROVE FIRST READING TONIGHT WE CAN DISCUSS THIS. GET SOME CONSENSUS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD TOWARDS COMING UP WITH THE RIGHT DECISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO. THOSE ARE MY SOME THOUGHTS AND JUST LIKE DID YOU UNDER UNDER DEFINITIONS, FIRST OF ALL SECTION 5.5 YEARS TO FIND HIS TREES. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN IT, BUT UNDER IT REFERS TO THE DEFINITIONS IN CHAPTER 12. HISTORIC TREE IN CHAPTER 12 UNDER DEFINITION STATES. HISTORIC TREE MEANS A TREE, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO HAVE SPECIAL HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. OR THAT HAS ACHIEVED AT LEAST 50% OF THE D. V. H OF THE SPECIES, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE FLORIDA CHAMPION TREES OF FLORIDA
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DATABASE MAINTAINED BY THE FOREST SERVICE AS AMENDED. EXCLUDING INVASIVE PLANTS SPECIES IS TO FIND IN THIS CODE. AND THEN SPECIMEN TREE IS ALSO THE OTHER EXAMPLE. AND SPECIMEN DEFINITION IS HERE WITH ME AND SCROLLING. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ANY TREES? PAST THE STORES. THE PATH. DO YOU HAVE A LIST SERVE A LIST OF TREES. NOT ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF DEVELOPMENT. UM OKAY. I THINK THAT IF WE CAME ACROSS A TREE BY MEASUREMENT, YOU COULD PROBABLY FOLLOW THAT TBH MEASUREMENT. IF, IN FACT THERE WAS ONE LARGE ENOUGH. AND THEN THIS SPECIMEN TREE ALMOST THERE.THERE'S LOTS OF OURS. SPECIMEN TREE. SPECIAL SPECIALTY SPECIMEN TREE MEANS A SLASH PINE. WHICH HAS ACHIEVED A D V H OF 10 INCHES. OR ANY OTHER TREE AS REFERENCED IN CHAPTER FIVE OF THIS CODE, WHICH HAS ACHIEVED A D V H F 4.5 INCHES, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE CITY OF STEWART TREE LIST IN THIS CODE. OR ANY OTHER TREE WHICH IS ACHIEVED DB HF SIX INCHES, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE CITY OF STEWART FLOWERING TREE LIST. OR ANY OTHER TREE, WHICH IS ACHIEVED THE LESSER OF A GBH OF 10 INCHES, OR AT LEAST 25. OF THE D. V. H OF A SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN THE FLORIDA CHAMPION TREES OF FLORIDA DATABASE MAINTAINED BY THE FOREST SERVICE AS AMENDED, EXCLUDING ALL INVASIVE SPECIES. AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER, AND WHAT. ARE THE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIMEN TREE AS FAR AS. FROM A WAR IF THEY COME IN THROUGH THE SPECIMEN TREES IN FIVE POINT OH 5.2 SUB PARAGRAPH C STATE UNLESS THE SPECIMEN TREE IS LOCATED ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. WHERE AN ARBORIST OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION THAT THE TREE PRESENTS A DANGER TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY. THAN ALL PRACTICAL MEASURES SHALL BE TAKEN TO LEAVE SPECIMEN TREES IN PLACE AND PRESERVED WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SITES. AND THEN THERE'S A B C.
D. E. AND IN E, WHEN NOT VISIBLE TO REPLANT THE LIKES OF SPECIES OF SLASH PINE REPLACEMENT TREES MAY BE SUBSTITUTED WITH THE FOLLOWING 123456789. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1921 23. 24.
TREES ARE LISTED IN THAT FOR EVERY ONE FT OF CLEAR TRUNK OF PALM TREE EXCEEDING MINIMUM PALM TREE SIZE FOR SECTION 6.4 POINT 282 AND FOR EACH ADDITIONAL INCH OF GBH OF CANOPY OR SPECIMEN TREES. OF THE LANDSCAPE CODE CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR ONE INCH OF REPLACEMENT BANDITRY AND EXOTIC IS WHAT IS BEING INTRICATE EXOTIC. IT TECHNICALLY FOCUS AND BANYAN ARE EXOTIC. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN OUR LIST WE HAVE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT CAN COLLOQUIAL CALLED A BANYAN TREE. OKAY YEAH , WE HAVE A FEW NATIVE FICUS THAT ARE PROTECTED AS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DISTINGUISH THAT ALL THIS CONVERSATION IN OUR CODE. IS PRESUMED TO HAVE A PERMIT. SO THE REMOVAL AND OR NON REMOVAL IS BASED ON THE PRETEXT THAT IT'S AUTHORIZED. REMOVABLE VERSUS VERSUS UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR HERE BECAUSE. WHETHER IT'S SPECIMEN OR NOT, THAT JUST GOES TO THE CALCULATION OF HOW MANY INCHES OR WHAT YOU PENALTY IS.
IF YOU HAD AN UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL, BUT YOU CAN REMOVE AND REPLACE THE SPECIMEN TREE OR A HISTORIC TREE IN OUR CODE. COMMISSIONER CLARK, DID YOU HAVE ANY INCOME? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I DON'T. THIS SHOULD APPLY TO YOU DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT, SEEKING THE PERMIT NOT TO HOME WARNER, TRYING TO TRIM SOMETHING. AH FROM THEIR HOME. I'M NOT SURE. YOU BROUGHT UP THE IDEA THAT THE HOME WOULD, UH IT WOULD. BE EXEMPT. IF IT'S SO THERE SHOULD BE EXEMPT.
THAT'S WHAT SINGLE FAMILY. RESIDENTS THAT IMPROVED WITH OR ANY RESIDENTIAL. WHETHER IT'S A SUPPOSED THAT SOMEBODY HAS AN APARTMENT THAT HAS TREES THERE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING A LOT OF TIMES THEIR POWER LINE ISSUES. FBL COMES OUT AND ACTUALLY REMOVES THE TREES THEMSELVES. UM. I JUST THINK I'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY READ MORE. BEFORE I EVEN TRIED TO MAKE A.
OKAY, MAKE ANYTHING ON THIS FIRST READING COMMISSIONER MEYER. GONNA COME? AH SO I AGREE WITH ENTERTAINING AN EXCEPTION FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I THINK THAT'S VERY REASONABLE. UE YOU ALL ARE. I THINK YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF
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THIS. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS PAINFUL ENOUGH. THAT WOULD PREVENT SITE CLEARING. YEAH LIKE UNTOWARD SITE, CLEARING THAT THEY'RE SEEING AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND JUST SAYING WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLEAR ALL THE TREES OUT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT HURTS BAD ENOUGH.TO DO THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO YOUR POINT. MOUNTAINS. I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO GET AFTER US. THIS OPENS UP TO ME. WE DO NOT HAVE A HISTORIC TREE REGISTER, AND I THINK I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE CODE. I THINK IT'S WORTH US ACTUALLY.
TRYING TO GET HER HANDS AROUND THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TREES THAT I GREW UP HERE, ADMIRING AND STILL ADMIRED TODAY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WORTHWHILE TO TALK TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE THOSE TREES ARE. TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK. AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS CONSIDERING. IF WE TALK ABOUT THAT, CONSIDERING HISTORIC TREE AND GET HIM ON G I S AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE PROTECT THEM. MHM. THERE'S BEEN RECENT. STATE LAW, THOUGH THAT DOES PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW THEY PROVIDE KIND OF BLANKET PROTECTIONS FOR ANYBODY IN THE LAW IS BEING MISUSED FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND CLEAR TREES INCORPORATED. AND WHEN I READ THE CODE TO YOU GUYS WERE REFERENCED THE. AN ARBORIST OR SOMETHING THAT NATURE THAT'S THAT IS THE REITERATION OF THE STATE LAW WHILE THE STATE LAW HAS HAS BASICALLY BEEN. IT'S VERY OPEN, SO FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. UM IT'S ONE SENTENCE IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ IT. GO FOR IT. YEAH, IT'S FLORIDA STATUTE. 163.45 TITLED TREE PRUNING, TRIMMING OR REMOVAL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY . A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT REQUIRE A NOTICE APPLICATION APPROVAL PERMIT. THE. OR MITIGATION FOR THE PRUNING, TRIMMING OR REMOVAL OF A TREE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINS DOCUMENTATION FROM AN ARBORIST CERTIFIED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARBARIC CULTURE OR A FLORIDA LICENSE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. THAT THE TREE PRESENTS A DANGER TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY. THAT PRESENTS A DANGER TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEEMED VERY VAGUE AND ALL IT MEANS IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW LICENSED LANDSCAPER, AND IT'S CREATED A COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF GUYS GOING AROUND IN THEIR LITTLE FORD RANGERS. CUTTING TREES DOWN, SO IT'S HAPPENED ALL OVER THE PLACE ANYWAY. SOMETHING YES, JUST WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PROPERTY? WHEN, UM WHEN THE OWNERS AND THE ONES THEY'RE PAYING TO HAVE IT BUILT AND YADA YADA, UM, WHEN HE BRINGS IN THAT X EXCAVATING COMPANY, YOU KNOW THE LAND CLEARING EQUIPMENT, BACKHOES, BULLDOZERS, ALL THAT. IS THERE ANY WAY OF HAVING SOMETHING WRITTEN? HAVE. THAT THAT THEY KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. DOES HE BLAME IT ON THEM? BUT HE HAS TO COME HERE BEFORE US AND GET FINED. I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING THE LANDOWNER IS LIABLE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO IF SOMEONE DUMPS A BAG OF GARBAGE IN YOUR FRONT LAWN. YOU STILL HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT CLEANS IT UP OR YOU'LL GET CODING FOR US FOR HAVING GARBAGE IN YOUR FRONT LAWN. EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T DO IT. WELL, THERE BE. WOULD THERE BE, UM, A TRACK RECORD OF A PERSON THAT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE? LET'S SAY THAT COMPANY UP THERE THAT THAT'S EXCAVATING COMPANY, LAND CLEARING EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT. UHH AND HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU GET A RECORD? I'D WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST TIME OF DOING SOMETHING, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. BRING IT UP. COMMISSION MEYER OKAY, SO. I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR HOW WE TRY TO, LIKE, WORK THIS OUT. SO IF THIS IN MY VIEW, A LOT OF THIS CAME OUT OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH OSPREY PRESERVE. UM AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD APPROACH. BUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH US PAY PRESERVE WAS THERE WAS A THERE WAS A FEW D THAT HAD A PRESERVE. THE PRESERVE WAS CLEARED. AND SO THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE P U. D. NOW THIS CAN THIS CAN APPLY TO NON EU DE ZONED PARCELS. UM WE CAN CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT IT APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IT CAN APPLY TO STRAIGHT ZONING. PROJECTS IT PERHAPS OUGHT TO, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A MECHANISM WITH THE P U. D. AND MAYBE NEED A LITTLE BIT EXTRA BOLSTER AND FORMALIZATION OF HOW WE DEAL WITH THE VIOLATION OF THE U. D. THAT'S ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR THE SPECIFIC CASE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH US PRESERVE THIS WHILE THIS IS A I LIKE THIS APPROACH, THIS REALLY WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. WE DIDN'T. THERE WAS A THERE WAS A TREE SURVEY.
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BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT IN THE SURVEY. THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND COUNT. USING THIS GOOGLE STREET VIEW HOW MANY TREES THEY THOUGHT THERE WERE AND SATELLITE VIEW.HOW WOULD THEY HAVE POSSIBLY KNOWN THAT DIAMETER BREAST HEIGHT OR WHATEVER THE DIAMETER PRESSED TIGHT? UM, SO THAT. THIS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EVEN REALLY USE THIS IN ANOTHER CASE , LIKE OSPREY PRESERVED BECAUSE WHO KNOWS HOW BIG THOSE TREES WERE SO. I LIKE. IF WE'RE PURSUING THIS, I'D LIKE IT TO ADDRESS TO HISTORICAL ISSUES. I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS TO AFFECT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNER. UM, BUT THE OTHER ISSUE THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS THE WALGREENS, WHICH WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. UM WHERE A NUMBER OF MATURE TREES WERE REMOVED AND THE RESIDENTS GOT BACK. TWO OR THREE. IMMATURE TREES. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT OUTCOME. THAT WAS ALL WE COULD DO. I WAS HAPPY. TO THE EXTENT WITH WHAT CAME OUT OF OSPREY PRESERVE. BUT. THAT OUTCOME WAS NOT GUARANTEED. AND IN MY MIND THAT IS THE INTENT RIGHT NOW OF DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE. THAT OUTCOME THAT WE GAINED FROM US PAY PRESERVED TO BE GUARANTEED. UM WITH. A STRONG ENOUGH DETERRENT, WHETHER IT'S A MULTIPLY OR NOT FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN, BUT ALSO FOR THE REPLACEMENT TO FACTOR AND CONSIDERATIONS OF THE BIOLOGICAL HARM, NOT JUST THE REMOVAL. OF CALIPER INCHES OF TREES BUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE BIOLOGICAL HARMS AGREED UPON. THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE CLEAR. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THAT SO THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE AT BARE MINIMUM, THE SAME OUTCOME. FROM US PAY PRESERVED, BUT IDEALLY A DETERRENT, OKAY? SO I SEE WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH. WE HAVE. YOUR POINT ABOUT THE ABOUT CONSERVATION OR PRESERVE AREA THE BIOLOGICAL HARM HOW WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT A MONETARY VALUE ON THAT. WHETHER MULTIPLIERS APPROPRIATE I THINK THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. UM TO TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BIOLOGICAL HARM . SO THAT'S ONE CASE, RIGHT? BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER CASE LIKE ON MONTEREY WITH THOSE TREES. THAT WERE REMOVED. I MEAN , YEAH, THERE COULD BE SOME BIOLOGICAL HARM THERE. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME BIRDS NESTING IN THE TREE. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR IN THAT CASE, WHAT WHAT DO WE WANT? WE WANT THE TREES REPLACED AS. TO BE AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE. AND IF THEY'RE REPLACED BARE MINIMUM CODE LIKE THEY WERE WITH THIS SMALLEST TREAT, THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH. THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PENALTY IT'S LIKE , WELL, OKAY, SO CAN WE HAVE IT WHERE THERE'S A MONETARY PENALTY. THAT IS GRADUATED BASED ON THIS HOW SMALL THE TREE IS IF THEY REPLACE IT WITH A BIG TREE. THEN THEY DON'T PAY THE PENALTY OR WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THE MULTIPLIER COMFORTABLE FIRE LIKE WE WERE ALMOST HARD TO SAY. TWO TIMES THE TREE SIZE. MM AND IF THEY CAN'T PUT THAT IN, THERE CAN ONLY PUT 1.5 TIMES AND THEY PAY INTO THE TREE FUND AND WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT 2.5. I MEAN, IF I THINK THAT'S THE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY THE BIOLOGICAL HARM. IS. AS AS I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO DO THAT IS GREAT. BUT HOW DO YOU IT'S HARD TO PUT A PRICE TAG. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THAT? AND I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN.
WHAT HAPPENED AT MERITAGE WITH LEVELING OF PRESERVE VERSUS IS A STORE MANAGER AT WALGREENS, WHO'S GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT SOME TREES AND JUST TELL US THE LANDSCAPE GUY. JUST GET HIM OUT OF THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S A. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. I THINK THERE CERTAINLY IS A DIFFERENCE. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS ONE ORDERS CAN ADDRESS. BOTH ISSUES AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL, I'M MORE LEANING TOWARDS A MULTIPLIER. SIX OR SO . SO HOW ABOUT WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN A SO IN A CONSERVATION AREA, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE CRITICAL PART HERE. THIS WAS IT WASN'T JUST. A LIST OF TREES. IT WAS A NATIVE HABITAT THAT WAS BEING PROTECTED. SO IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S A DESIGNATED CONSERVATION AREA ON A P U D OR ANY PROPERTY. I GUESS IT WOULD BEEP YOU, D PROBABLY THAT WE HAVE A. EVEN HIGHER MULTIPLIER.
ACTUALLY THAT PROBABLY BE HELPFUL TO THOSE OF US THAT WILL BE WORKING ON DRAFTING THIS. IS YOU MENTIONED ON A P U D. SO IS IT A GENERAL LAW? THAT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE ACCEPTED
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A CERTAIN SIZE A LOT. BUT IF IT'S NOT IN A, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S JUST 10 VACANT ACRES, AND THEY HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR THE PUDU. AND THEY WENT IN AND CLEARED AND IT'S NOT AN A P U D BUT WE WRITE THIS CODE ONLY APPLY TO P U. D S RECOGNIZED THAT IT WON'T APPLY IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IT WON'T HAVE A DEVELOPMENT ORDER ON IT YET. SO TO THAT POINT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS WHEN I'M FOLLOWING THE HISTORY OF THIS OF THIS SECTION OF THE CODE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON UNICODE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M WORKING BACK IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON IN 2000 AND ONE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS DID IT WHEN THE CODE GOT WHEN IT WAS WITHDRAWN? DID THE ENTIRE SECTION ACCIDENTALLY GET DELETED? WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO STAFFS TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT OURSELVES AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL FROM THE MINUTES AND THE AGENDA ITEM IT WAS. APPROVED OR IT WAS NOT APPROVED WITH THE PROPOSED 2000 AND ONE PENALTIES. HOWEVER, THE FLAT FEE OF VIOLATION WAS RESERVED AND. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T EVEN FIND THAT FLAT PENALTY TODAY. THERE'S IT'S NOT IN FIVE AND IT'S ALSO NOT AN ADMINISTRATION. IT'S NOT IN CHAPTER 11, WHICH IS NOW CHAPTER. IS IT STILL CHAPTER 11? UM ADMINISTRATION? NO. NOW IT'S CHAPTER EIGHT. THAT SECTION FOR TREE PENALTIES IS NO LONGER THERE. SO WHAT I ASSUME HAPPENED UNFORTUNATELY, WAS THAT WHEN THAT PROPOSED CHANGE IN 2000 AND ONE WAS WITHDRAWN. THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE GOT DELETED BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT'S WHY WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT. AND I THINK THE BEST OUTCOME OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO GIVE. FURTHER NARROW DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF. UM AND I AGREE WITH. THE POINT MR MARTEL BROUGHT UP. I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THIS OR MAKE LOOPHOLES. FOUR P R D S OR PRIOR TO PDS. I LIKE THE EXEMPTION CARVED OUT FOR SINGLE FAMILY. RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IMPROVED. HOUSE ON THEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT. IT DOESN'T. I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT IT JUST TO PDS. I AGREE ON THAT ONE THING WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT I THINK WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY BE BRINGING THIS BACK VERSUS PASSING SOMETHING TONIGHT. IS. IF WE LOOK AT THE MULTIPLIER OR YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID 2 2.5.MAYORS HEIGHTS MAN AS HIGH AS SIX. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE USE FOR THE MULTIPLIER FOR MARITIME JE. WHAT THE PENALTY WOULD BE BECAUSE I THINK THAT. ONE THING WE ARE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO. WE NEED TO MAKE IT PUNITIVE , BUT WE CANNOT MAKE IT EGREGIOUS. AND PLUS, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SO BAD THAT FIRST TIME WE USE IT. IT BACKFIRES. THE BALL GETS CHALLENGED IT. WE ENDED UP NOT GETTING ANYTHING AND WE COME BACK TO ZERO. UM AND IF WE HAD A PENALTY OF. TWO OR $3 MILLION FOR MARY TAJ. WE WOULD NOT HAVE RESOLVED THAT WITH THEM AND THOSE TREES WOULD BE PLANTED. WE'D BE FIGHTING IN COURT. AGREE SO I THINK IT'S SO IF WE COULD SEE, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE ON PAPER. WHAT. 1.5 MULTIPLIER WITH THE CODE IS WITHOUT ANY PENALTY AND THEN MAYBE A LIKE TWO INCHES . A TWO TIME MULTIPLAYER, A THREE MULTIPLIER FOR MULTIPLAYER. FIVE MULTIPLIER SIX MULTIPLIER. AND SO WE CAN SIT THERE AND GO. OH, OKAY, BECAUSEA WALGREENS OR WHATEVER. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE PENALTY FIT THE CRIME SPEAK VICE MAYOR COUNTY. WELL. VICE MAYOR WHEN I READ THIS ORDINANCE, THOUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STICKS OUT AS ME, THOUGH, IS. IF WE TOOK MARITIME ZHU AND WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY WOULD PAY THE FINES BUT MARRY TAJ REPLACED EVERYTHING TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. PRACTICAL.
AND THEN ENDED UP PAYING HIM TO OUR TREE MITIGATION. I THINK THEY DID 1.75. WAS IT? YEAH 75, BUT THEY DID FINANCIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR TREATMENT, EDUCATION, FUNDING ABOVE AND BEYOND, WHEREAS. IF THIS ORDINANCE WAS AS THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT. THEY COULD PAY A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION AND NOT BE FORCED TO REPLACE EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE PUY DE STILL HAS HIRED THEM TO DO THE BUFFER. SO THIS WOULD SO AS AS WRITTEN.
THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE. REPLACEMENT YES, BUT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MR MAYOR
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IF THERE WAS NO P U D. THAT'S CLEARED THE LAND RIGHT NOW. THEN THE QUESTION WOULD BECOME NOW IT'S GRASS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET TOO RIGHT NOW. SO LET'S GO BACK. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE . THAT'S GREAT FOR US HERE WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING, UM TRILLIUM WITH THE CHILEAN OR NO WATERMARK. ACCESS ONE MORE VIEWING ACCESS ONE. WE HAD TALKED THEN ABOUT THE FACT THATY DATA YEARS BEFORE THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY ON THE LAND, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES AND THEN SUDDENLY ONE YEAR THERE WERE NO TREES, AND WE HAD. WE HAD HEARD THEN BECAUSE THIS WAS BEFORE I THINK MOST OR ANY OF OUR TIME THAT THE DEVELOPER MADE A CALCULATED DECISION THAT PAYING THE FINE AS IT WERE. I GUESS BACK THEN IT WAS 7500 BUCKS. PER VIOLATION. HE PAID OVER $100,000 . BUT THE CALCULATION HAVE BEEN WELL OVER 300,000, SO HE'S STILN IN FEET, AND SO, BUT MY QUESTION IS. JUST SO IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITHOUT PAY PRESERVED. THE WAY OF GOOD THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS NO TREE CLEARING SHOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT A PERMIT. ANYWHERE. SO LET'S JUST SO ASSUME THEY DO THE PERMIT. THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR PERMISSION, AND IT WILL BE APPROVED TONIGHT OR WHATEVER. HOW DO YOU HOW DO WE GET AROUND ? HOW DO WE GET OUR HANDS AROUND SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO A PERMIT AND WE HAVE AND THEY HAVEN'T GONE FORWARD WITH A FEW D STAFF ISN'T AWARE OF WHAT THE THERE'S NO TREE SURVEY. THERE'S NO NONE OF US KNOW HOW MANY TREES WHAT SIZE WHATEVER ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. HOW CAN WE GO BACK AND SAY YOU CUT DOWN 107 TREES? UNLESS WE TRY TO FIND THE MOST RECENT SATELLITE IMAGE AND THE BURDEN ON THESE IS NOT CIVIL . IT IS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. SO IF IT'S A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE IT TAKES A PENALTY OR IT'S LIKE A TRAFFIC TICKET. ALTHOUGH IT'S A CIVIL. OFFENSE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN A COURT PROCEEDING IS THAT IT'S ON US BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. SO WHILE THEY HAVE TO DO IS PUNCH HOLES. IN THOSE MEASUREMENTS. I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE CAN THIS I JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT LIFE BROUGHT DOWN AND WHEN I TALKED TO MY WIFE ABOUT IT TODAY WAS AN ATTORNEY. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. SHE GOES. SHE TOLD ME IF SHE WAS DEFENDING SOMEBODY SHE WOULD ATTACK THE TREE CALCULATION, RIGHT? AND THE INTEREST CALCULATION, SO THAT WOULD BE SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF IS WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP IN MY MIND IS HOW CAN WE PREVENT THAT? THE PERSON FROM. CIRCUMNAVIGATING ANY PERMIT, JUST GOING OUT AND CLEAR CUTTIN, WHETHER IT'S A BEAUTY. NO. 10 ACRES SUBDIVIDED OR NOT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD WHATEVER.HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE TEETH IN THE FUTURE TO PREVENT THAT? I MEAN, CURRENTLY I'M LOOKING AT MUNICH CODE RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY OUR CODE IS PRETTY. THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST THE WE'VE COMPLETELY LOST THE PENALTY SECTION. WHENEVER BACK DELETED. I DON'T KNOW, BUTF TALK ABOUT THE SPECIMEN TREES. THE HISTORIC TREES LIKE MR MARTEL SAID, BY GOING BACK TO CHAPTER 12 AND DEFINITIONS, THAT SPECIMEN TREE A LOT OF WHAT WE WOULD FIND ON UNDEVELOPED SITES.
4.5 INCHES. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S NOT A HUGE TREE. THAT'S A LOT OF TREES AND UNDISTURBED SITES, SO WE DO HAVE. IN OUR CODE. CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TREE PROTECTION. WE JUST LITERALLY HAVE ZERO PENALTY. RIGHT NOW. SO AND ALONG THOSE LINES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT OR NOT, BUT JUST FOR INSIGHT. I REMEMBER PAUL NICOLETTI, SWITCHING THE CITY COMMISSION OR CITY FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. TO A MAGISTRATE. AND WHEN HE DID THAT AND SWITCH THAT POLICY OVER, HE DID TAKE A LOT OF THE PENALTY STUFF. OUT OF THE CODE AND WAS DOING IT VIA THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAGISTRATE. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS BEING PART OF IT, BUT I THINK IF WE LOOK BACK TO THAT WE MIGHT FIND THAT IT WAS THERE TOO, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE ONLY EXPLANATION I CAN THINK OF TO JUST ARBITRARILY TAKE THE PENALTY OUT. WELL, I THINK WE'VE GIVEN SEVEN. BARELY. CLEAR DIRECTION WHAT WE WANT. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TASK IS. EASY. UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU WILL PREVENT. IT'S SOMETHING UNPERMITTED REMOVAL AND HAVE TEETH WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND SO, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COME BACK, BUT THE. UNFORTUNATE THING FOR US IS THIS IS OUR OWN DESIRE AND WE ARE NOT IN A RUSH, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT DONE RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS
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ROUTE, MR MAYOR. YEAH. CAB THE TOP. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM US AND THEN MAYBE MEET WITH EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT, UH. WELL IT'S PROBABLY THAT WE CAN THEN START GRINDING UP LIKE SAUSAGE WOULD NORMALLY DO. I'M QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIRECTION, ACTUALLY. UM FROM ALL OF YOU TONIGHT, AND I'M QUITE CONFIDENT WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT CONSOLIDATES THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD. EXCELLENT. DO WE NEED A MOTION THAT CONTINUE TO THIS OR JUST TABLE TABLE? WELL. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ADVERTISING ITS GENERAL LAW DIRECT STAFF TO BRING IT BACK.WHATEVER IT'S READY OR WHATEVER . CAN I MAKE ONE SUGGESTION? YES, UM. BECAUSE WE BECAUSE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAVE ZERO PENALTY CURRENTLY IN THE CODE. NOT THAT I THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO GO OUT AND CUT DOWN ALL OF THEIR TREES RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT GOTTA CHANGE . BUT IT ISN'T. THAT ISN'T EXACTLY TRUE. EITHER. THERE IS. WELL YOU KIND OF TREE DOWN WITHOUT A PERMIT. YOU GET A PERMIT CODE AND FORCED THEM AND WE HAVE CLEARING PENALTIES ON VACANT PARCELS AND THEN. THE QUESTION IS THE COMMERCIAL NATURE VERSUS RESIDENTIAL. THE QUESTION IS THE AMOUNT OF WHAT THE PENALTY WOULD RIGHT. WHICH RIGHT NOW WOULD JUST BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE $300 WELL UNDER CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE COULD MAKE THEM RESTORE COMPLIANCE IS GENERALLY OUR PRIMARY GOAL. YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT. OKAY I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS WORTH US TRYING TO STICK IN A TEMPORARY PROVISIONS LIKE IT USED TO BE APPARENTLY $7500 UNTIL WE GET THIS WORKED OUT. THAT. IT WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL MID JANUARY AT THE EARLIEST ANYWAY AND. PERHAPS WE CAN ALL MEET WITH STAFF AND DISCUSS IT AND BRING SOMETHING.
BACK I'D RATHER GET IT DONE CORRECTLY. YEAH, OKAY. GET TO ADD THE FEATURE THE TWO REGION ORDINANCE. MODIFICATION ANYHOW, SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE TWO READINGS. YEAH, SO, UM. IF WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION. CAN I MAKE ONE MORE REQUEST AS WELL? UM LET'S CONTEMPLATE WHILE WE'RE MEETING HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS HISTORIC BECAUSE I MEAN. IF WE'RE NOT WILLING, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY CREATE A HISTORIC TREE DESIGNATION PROGRAM. I'D RATHER US NOT DOING IT. I'D RATHER NOT HAVE IT IN THERE. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S I DON'T KNOW. LET'S DO IT. SOUNDS GOOD. WE SHOULD WE SHOULD GO FOR IT. AGREED. NO OTHER COMMENTS. I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF DECEMBER 13TH. THINK PERFECT GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DATE CERTAIN TO BRING IT BACK. NO EMOTION AS YOUR DATE CERTAIN TO BRING THIS ORDINANCE BACK ADVERTISING SOCIALISTS. IT'S SIMPLY THERE IS NO MOTION STAFFS GOT SOME DIRECTION. THEY CAN BRING IT BACK WHEN THEY FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE. CITY MANAGER INTELLIGENCES CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR GETTING
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