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[Call To Order]

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MATHESON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART. IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK ON JANUARY THE 10TH AND I'M CALLING OUR REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER WHERE HERE AT 1 21, SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE. AT CITY OF STUART CITY HALL. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MATHESON HERE.

NICE MAYOR MCDONALD HERE. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, MR MEYER HERE. PLEASE RISE IF YOU'RE ABLE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE. UNDER GOD.

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE HAVE AN ARTS MOMENT. I MISS JAN FOR CELLS.

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ARTS MOMENT - JAN FOSELLI "THE ART OF JOURNALING"

 

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SALLY SORRY YOU GOT IT. YOU DID IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I'M GM FACILITY. I AM A CITY OF STEWART EMPLOYEE. I WORK IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST LIKE TO SAY I AM. SO YOU ALL KNOW WHO I AM? YEAH THAT'S WHO I AM.

EVERYONE KNOWS ME. SO I'M HERE TO THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ARTS MOMENT PRESENTER TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS KNOWN AS ART JOURNALING OR JUNK JOURNALING. SO I'M SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU. IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SING AND DANCE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WHAT IS A JUNK JOURNAL? IT IS A FORM OF CREATIVE BOOKMAKING. IT IS ARTFULLY MADE. IT'S A HAND BOUND BOOK. WITH RECYCLED PAPERS AND FOUND OBJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE ENDED UP IN THE TRASH OR RECYCLE BIN SOMEWHERE. HENCE THE NAME JUNK JOURNAL. THE JOURNAL HEART, OF COURSE, IS FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR IDEAS, HOPES OR DREAMS. YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN KEEPSAKES, MEMENTOS TO A DRUNK JOURNAL. OR JUST KIND OF ENJOY THE ONES THAT I'VE INCLUDED. IN THE JOURNAL ITSELF. SO WHAT DO YOU FIND IN ONE? LOTS OF PAPER.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PAPERS THAT YOU'LL FIND NOT JUST YOUR PLANE, STANDARD WHITE PAPER OR LINE PAPER THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A JOURNAL THAT YOU BUY AT WALMART OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS DIET PAPER. IT'S AGED PAPER. IT'S DISTRESSED THERE COULD BE ENVELOPES, SHEET MUSIC MAPS. PAPER BAGS. OLD BOOK PAGES. YOU CAN FIND PHOTOS. I LIKE BLACK AND WHITE VINTAGE PHOTOS. YOU CAN INCLUDE OTHER KINDS OF PHOTOS. YOU'LL FIND FLOWERS LEAVES BITS OF NATURE.

FABRIC RIBBON TWINE YARN, ANYTHING CAN GO INTO A JUNK JOURNAL. BUT WHAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT? WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS? IT CAN BE USED AS YOUR DAILY DIARY. I KNOW SOME OF US WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, WE WOULD WRITE IN A DIARY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR TYPICAL DIARY THAT YOU FOUND AS A CHILD. IT'S A PLACE FOR YOU AGAIN TO RECORD YOUR SPECIAL MEMORIES. YOUR THOUGHTS YOUR IDEAS, YOU CAN USE IT AS A SCRAPBOOK. SO IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE PICTURES FROM YOUR FAMILY AND JOURNAL ABOUT THEM A TRIP SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN EVENTS AND KEEP IT IN HERE. SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE TO USE IT AS A DAILY PLANNER, WHERE YOU MAINTAIN A RECORD OF YOUR EVENTS. YOU CAN USE IT AS A CALENDAR. YOU CAN USE IT AS A BULLET JOURNAL. OR YOU MIGHT FIND A JUNK JOURNAL THAT IS MORE THEMED RELATED SO THAT COULD BE TRAVEL WEDDING.

BABIES GRADUATION. SPORTS DANCE ANYTHING. YOU'LL FIND DIFFERENT SIZES OF JOURNALS. CAN BE AS BIG AND ROBUST IS THIS YOU MIGHT FIND SOME PEOPLE MAKE THEM THEY'RE SMALL. THEY'RE LIKE TWO OR THREE INCHES. MOST OF THE TIME, YOU'LL FIND A STANDARD BOOK SIZE. AND IT ALL GOES INTO HOW YOU MAKE IT. SO HOW DO YOU DO IT? ANYONE CAN USE IT. ANYONE CAN MAKE ONE. I PROMISE YOU.

IT'S NOT HARD. IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT. YOU'LL INCLUDE SOME BLANK PAGES FOR WRITING.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME WHAT WE CALL LITTLE HIDE AND SEEK POCKETS AND ENVELOPES WHERE YOU'LL FIND LITTLE BITS AND BOBBLES OF INFORMATION OR PICTURES. THE COVER TYPICALLY IS AN OLD BOOK.

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SO YOU'LL TAKE AN OLD BOOK THAT YOU GET AT THE THRIFT STORE FOR 50 CENTS LIKE THIS, AND BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO RIP OUT THE BINDING FROM THE MIDDLE . SO YOU GET RID OF ALL THESE PAGES, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE NICE HARDBOUND BOOK. YOU RE BIND IT. THIS ONE HERE IS MADE THE MIDDLE STRIP HERE. IT KIND OF FALLS APART WHEN YOU TAKE A BOOK APART, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERESTING HOW THEY FIND THEM. PROFESSIONALLY IS GREAT, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE IT APART, IT KIND OF FALLS APART. SO I JUST TOOK A BOX OF GOLDFISH AND I CUT OUT THAT CARDBOARD AND I INSERTED IT INTO HERE TO BIND MY PAGES ONTO YOU CAN ALSO USE JUST CARDBOARD CEREAL BOXES. AMAZON ENVELOPES, ANYTHING CAN BECOME. THE COVER OF YOUR JOURNAL. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES. MY STYLE IS A VINTAGE STYLE. I PREFER OLD. THINGS THERE'S REALLY GREAT OLD PAPERS OUT THERE FROM LIKE THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES. NO ONE WRITES LIKE THAT ANYMORE. THE INK IS DIFFERENT. THE PENMANSHIP IS DIFFERENT. I FIND THEM TO BE VERY BEAUTIFUL. AND I PREFER TO USE THOSE I'D LIKE TO PUT A LOT OF HIDDEN GOODIES INSIDE OF MY JOURNALS. YOU'LL FIND OLD BANK CHECKS FROM 1925. YOU MIGHT FIND OLD MONEY CURRENCY FROM. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT IT'S NO LONGER IN USE, AND INSTEAD OF THROWING IT OUT, WE ADDED INTO THE JUNK JOURNAL. THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTING TO READ THROUGH, YOU MIGHT FIND A POSTCARD THAT WAS WRITTEN AND 1955. YOU'LL FIND LETTERS THAT PEOPLE WROTE TO EACH OTHER. SO I WANT THE RECIPIENT TO USE THE BOOK FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSE, BUT I WANT THEM ALSO TO EXPLORE AND BECOME FASCINATED WITH WHAT THEY FIND, AND THEN YOU CAN START TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND THINK ABOUT WELL, WHAT DID WHAT HAPPENED IN 1955 THAT YOU KNOW, THIS GUY WROTE THIS POSTCARD. TO MRS TOM PATSY. KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN STORY. IF YOU WANT. THERE'S A LOTS OF DIFFERENT STYLES. SHABBY CHIC. PEOPLE USE THOSE OLD GOLDEN BOOKS THAT WE USED TO LEARN TO READ FROM WHEN WE WERE KIDS. THOSE BECOME JUNK JOURNALS. COOKBOOKS BECOME JUNK JOURNALS. LIKE I SAID, MINDS OF VINTAGE STYLE. AND WHY DO I DO THIS RIGHT? SO IN TODAY'S WORLD, WHAT DO WE DO? WE SIT AT A COMPUTER. A LOT OF THE TIMES WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCREENS. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PHONES, SO THIS IS A WAY TO BREAK AWAY FROM SCREEN TIME. USE MY IMAGINATION. A DIFFERENT PART OF MY BRAIN, SO TO SPEAK, TRYING NEW TECHNIQUES THAT ARE ARTFUL. I MEAN, I'VE LEARNED THEM ON YOUTUBE. SO YES, THEY STILL USE YOUTUBE. BUT YOU KNOW, I SEE WHAT SOMEBODY DOES. AND I LEARNED HOW TO COLLAGE. I LEARNED HOW TO PAINT. I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MY OWN ENVELOPES FROM OTHER BOOK PAGES. SO I, YOU KNOW, STRETCHING YOUR BRAIN AND THEN RECYCLING AND UP CYCLING. A LOT OF THIS. INFORMATION IN HERE INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE LANDFILL HAS NOW BECOME PART OF A JOURNAL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE TREASURE HUNT IS FUN AS WELL . YOU KNOW, IN STEWART, IT'S NOT A VERY OLD TOWN, SO IT IS KIND OF HARD TO FIND OLD STUFF. SO WHETHER IT'S WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING AND WE STOPPIN IT ANTIQUE STORES. OF COURSE, EBAY AND ETSY OR GREAT LITTLE PLACES TO TRY TO FIND THINGS TO ESTATE SALES. ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

IT BECOMES A TREASURE HUNT FOR ME, BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU LOOK AT YOU THINK. OH, I CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO ANY TIME SOMEONE IS GOING TO CLEAN OUT THEIR GREAT AUNT'S HOUSE BECAUSE SHE'S MOVING ON TO ANOTHER PART OF HER LIFE, AND THERE ARE PICTURES AND POSTCARDS AND LETTERS AND ALL THAT STUFF. YOU THINK I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT? GIVE ME A CALL, BECAUSE I'LL BUY IT FROM YOU. UM SO I WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT I KNOW I'M NOT THE FIRST CITY EMPLOYEE TO DO AN ARTS MOMENT. WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE CITY EMPLOYEES. UP HERE PRESENTING FOR AN ARTS MOMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WORKFORCE THAT IF YOU HAVE A TALENT THAT IS ART THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO COME UP AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY IS AN INTIMIDATING. SURE IT IS. BUT WHAT THE HECK I MEAN, SHOW YOUR ART WITH US, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE WHAT A FEW EXAMPLES. THIS IS JUST AN OLD HARDBOUND BOOK THAT I.

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HARDBOUND BOOK. I ALSO MADE. SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WE CALL A WORD.

ELSE YOU CAN DO OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE I HAVE IS JUST THIS IS ACTUALLY A FIVE RINGED NOTEBOOK. FABRICS IN HERE.

UM, OF ART THAT YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY AND LET YOU SEE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART. EXCELLENT THANK YOU, JOHN. JAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

HEARD MILTON'S GOING TO SING. THE THING. WALKING. I THINK HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE WOKE UP MILTON. AND ON THAT NOTE, WE DO HAVE A LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA. IT IS NOT MILTON SINGING. BUT IT IS A PROCLAMATION. THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA IN THIS LOCATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY CELEBRATION. UM, MR MARTEL. BUT YEAH, WHAT MIKE HAS SOME REALLY TRYING TO FIND IT. YES. MR MARTEL WILL READ. THE PROBLEM IS A PROCLAMATION REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION JANUARY 17TH 2022. WHEREAS.

REVEREND DOCTOR, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BELIEVED THAT A PERSON'S WORTH SHOULD NOT BE MEASURED BY COLOR, CULTURE OR CLASS BUT RATHER BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL.

AND A BELOVED COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS A VISIONARY WHOSE COURAGE AND DETERMINATION TO BALANCE THE SCALES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER. AND WHEREAS THE REVEREND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IS THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO VOLUNTEER TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY. AND TO REFLECT ON REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S LEGACY. AND WHEREAS FOR THE 14TH YEAR, THE CITY OF STEWART HAS JOINED WITH THE AFRO AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST STEWART INCORPORATED AND OTHER CIVIC GROUPS THROUGHOUT MARTIN COUNTY TO HOST A DAY OF COMMUNITY UNITY AND PARTNERSHIP HONORING THE LEGACY OF REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND STUART MARTIN COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE, I MERIT MATHESON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 17 2022. AS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES HONORING HIS LEGACY. THROUGH ACTION. WHO'S ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION I BELIEVE IS MISSING IN THE DOOLEY. MASON.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSION. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. UM. ACES HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF STEWART. NOW A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW TO HOST THE MLK PARADE AND CELEBRATION THIS YEAR IS DURING THEIR 17TH FROM 10 AM TO FIVE PM AT THE GUY DAVIS PARK. THE PARADE STARTS AT NINE LINEUP IS THAT STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL ON GEORGIA AVENUE. WE'RE ASKING ALL TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE, ALTHOUGH SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATIONS FROM THE PARADE. MUCH FOR THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATION. THIS YEAR. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR FIVE DAY EVENT. I'M SORRY, UM, STARTING ON THURSDAY, AND JUSTIN BEACH AT THE GARDENS PARK UP THERE, UH, FRIDAY KICK OFF WILL BE IN HOPES SOUND. AT THE MANDALAY COMMUNITY CENTER.

SATURDAY WILL BE ON INDIAN TOWN THAT BOOK APART. SUNDAY WILL BE IN A POST SOLANO AND NEW MOREAU VIA PARK AND TO END IT HERE IN BEAUTIFUL CITY OF STEWART AT GOD, DAVIS CLARK. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR ALL TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE. OR THE CELEBRATION. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE HAVE OUR JANUARY 2022. STILL GETTING USED TO SAYING THAT SERVICE

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SERVICE AWARD - JANUARY 2022

 

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AWARDS AND WE HAVE DARIUS HOMES WITH THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, AND I BELIEVE ACCEPTING THE AWARD WILL BE CAPTAIN OR TAUGHT.

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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - JANUARY 2022

 

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AND NOW WE HAVE OUR JANUARY EMPLOYEES SPOTLIGHT. FOR THE UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, MISS LEANNE JONES. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARCO GALINO WITH UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. ANY ABSENCE OF TIM VOLKER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE LEANNE JONES IS THE JANUARY 2022 EMPLOYEES SPOTLIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LEANNE. SHE MOVED HERE FROM STUART. OR TO STUART FROM FORT LAUDERDALE IN 1985. WITH HER HUSBAND OF NOW.

40 YEARS, GARY. GARY WORKED ON THE MISSING LINK, NOT THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. THE MISSING LINK.

THAT WAS A PORTION OF I 95 THAT CONNECTED PALM BEACH COUNTY TO MARTIN COUNTY. DURING THIS TIME, LEANNE AND GARY HAD TWO GREAT CHILDREN. NICOLE AND DANIEL. ONE NOTICE. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR LEANNE WAS IN 1993. LEANNE NOTICED THE LACK OF A MODERN EQUIPMENT PLAYGROUND AT A FEW OF THE PARKS WITH IMPORTS. ST LUCIE BRING THE JOB BRING INTO THE CHILDREN TO THE PARK WAS A VERY FUN WAY TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON BUT SHE AND OTHER LOCAL MOMS WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE CONDITION AND LACK OF EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY ON. HER LEADERSHIP SKILLS KICKED IN, AND SHE QUICKLY FORMED A COMMITTEE OF 20 VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST IN BUILDING A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND FOR LOCAL CHILDREN. SHE SPEARHEADED THE FUNDING EFFORTS. THE FUND RAISING EFFORTS. AFTER NINE MONTHS. THE COMMITTEE RAISED OVER $100,000 IN CASH DONATIONS AND GRANTS. THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY'S CHILDREN WERE ENGAGED FOR THEIR INPUT ON THE PLAYGROUND. WITH THE HELP OF A NATIONAL PLAYGROUND COMPANY. THE STUDENTS DREW THEIR IDEAS AND THE PLAYGROUND WAS DESIGNED OVER 1600 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS BUILT THE PLAYGROUND IN SEVEN DAYS. AND IT WAS NAMED THE WEST WINDS PLAYGROUND AT WHISPERING PINES PARK IMPORT ST LUCIE. THE VOLUNTEERS ALSO BUILT WHAT THEY CALLED LUCY, THE DINOSAUR FROM USED TIRES. AND THEY ENSURED THAT THE PLAYSTATIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDE, INCLUDING RUBBERIZED MATTING FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY. THE COMMITTEE ALSO BURIED A TIME CAPSULE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

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TO DISCOVER OVER TIME AND DUE TO THE AGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE PLAYGROUND WAS DISMANTLED AND A NEW PLAYGROUND WAS BUILT IN 2000 AND FIVE HOWEVER, LEEANN AND HER COMMITTEE STARTED A LEGACY AND THE MODERNIZATION OF PLAYGROUNDS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. IMPORTS AND LOSING. TODAY LEANN AND GARY ARE EMPTY NESTERS AND SHARE THEIR HOUSE WITH TWO CATS. TOM JONES AND NILLA THE MEANIE BEAN. ON THE WEEKENDS, LEANNE CAN BE FOUND IN HER CRAFT ROOM, CREATING WORKS OF ART WITH STAINED GLASS, SEWING ALL SORTS OF ITEMS FOR DECORATING ITEMS SUCH AS COFFEE MUGS, SHIRTS, COASTERS. WITH EITHER HER SUB ELIMINATION OR CRICKET MACHINES.

HER GREATEST STAINED GLASS PIECE WAS MADE FOR HER FATHER AND AS A U. S MARINE CORPS SYMBOL. SHE ALSO CREATED SEVERAL FLORIDA GATOR PIECES AND ONE OF THEM SOLD AT A CHARITY AUCTION FOR $500. LEANNE STATES. SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE GOT THE JOB AS A DIVISION ASSISTANT IN 2015. SHE LOVES THE CITY OF STEWART AND IS PROUD TO TELL OTHERS SHE WORKS HERE. IT'S REALLY LIKE A FAMILY.

MY COWORKERS MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE FUN AND RELAXED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE BENEFITS THE CITY OF STEWART OFFERS TO ITS EMPLOYEES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LEANNE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. AH LEANNE, COME ON DOWN. OH, YOU KNOW. CAN YOU SEE? THEY'RE SMALL. MAYOR. NICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MICRO GALINO FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SPEECH. AND YOU CAN THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL RIGHT UP. HR DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I DO HONESTLY LOVE WORKING HERE AND OUR UTILITIES ENGINEERING GROUP. WE ARE A FAMILY AND WHAT ARE THE BEST TEAM AT THE CITY OF RIGHT NOW? HAHAHA REALLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISS JONES. I WAS A CHILD ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN PALM CITY ELEMENTARY. AND I PARTOOK IN SOME OF THE VISIONING OF WILDCAT WONDERLAND, WHICH WAS BUILT SIMILAR TO YOU. SO I HAVE A TON OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THE PLAYGROUND IN PORT ST LUCIE BECAUSE WILDCAT WONDERLAND WAS A GREAT JOY IN MY EARLY CHILDHOOD. SO THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR AGENDA. IS A PRESENTATION BY OUR ISO RATED

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STUART FIRE RESCUE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT

 

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NUMBER ONE. STUART FIRE DEPARTMENT. MR CHIEF FELICIAN. THE ANNUAL REPORT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. VINCE POLICY ON FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF STUART. THIS REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, UH I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF COURSE TO GIVE THIS JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

ON REALLY OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR, AND IT KIND OF IT SERVES A COUPLE PURPOSES. ONE IS THE GIVE A LITTLE, UM, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND INSIGHT FOR YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, AND UM AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT IT TO YOU. SO LET'S JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT. OF COURSE, THIS PICTURE RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS THIS. THIS IS A THIS WAS AN AWARD WINNING PICTURE BY SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE PHOTO CONTEST. BUT THIS IS THE FOURTH OF JULY RIGHT OUT RIGHT OUT BACK HERE, SO THAT'S A NICE PICTURE. SO REALLY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THESE THESE THINGS A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND STRATEGIC VISION, UM, ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOU KNOW EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT TRIES TO LIVE BY HIM AND REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY IS YOU KNOW IT'S ON OUR TRUCKS. IT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT OUR VISION IS, OF COURSE IS, YOU KNOW WE'RE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE POSSIBLE. AND WE STRIVE TO DO THAT EVERY EVERY DAY. THIS IS REALLY. THIS IS REALLY, UM, MESSAGE AND YOU KNOW REALLY PROUD OF YOUR BUT OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT JUST COMPLETED ITS 160 YEAR. IN 2021. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN FLORIDA OR SOUTH FLORIDA THAT

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CAN SAY THEY'RE THAT OLD. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. JUST LIKE THE CITY IS VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. UM YOU KNOW, OUR MEMBERS ARE JUST AS PROUD TO SERVE AS THOSE WERE IN 1915. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FIRST ENGINE IN THE FIRST FIREFIGHTERS IN 1915 IN OUR LOBBY. AND IT'S REALLY COOL. UM THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES OUR DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. PROBABLY THE GREATEST ONE, OF COURSE, IS BECOMING A IS A CLASS ONE DEPARTMENT THREE YEARS AGO. UM. YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY IS STILL ENJOYS AND REAP THE BENEFITS OF THAT. THIS REPORT REALLY IS JUST DESIGNED TO SHOW THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE OUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. AND REALLY GIVE YOU KIND OF SHOW YOU A COUPLE DIFFERENT CHARTS AND REALLY LET YOU KNOW AND SHOW YOU THE DATA. THAT YOU KNOW THIS PAST YEAR 2021. WE EXPERIENCED A RECORD CALL VOLUME FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. AND OF COURSE, WITH THE COMMUNITY CONTINUING TO GROW, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS NUMBER INCREASE EVERY YEAR. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW? FOR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MOST COST EFFICIENT MANNER POSSIBLE. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR GOAL. AND, OF COURSE, ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR FIRE, RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US THAT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE DO OR DON'T REALLY KNOW. EVERYBODY KIND OF ASSUMES, YOU KNOW THE FIRE AND THE ARMS AND THE AMBULANCE AND ALL THAT. BUT OF COURSE WE'RE WE'RE NICE. SO CLASSROOM DEPARTMENT WE HAVE 48 PERSONNEL. WE OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION, E. M S, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW THE MEDICAL SERVICES. WE DO FIRE PREVENTION. WHICH I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH FIRE INVESTIGATIONS. AND, OF COURSE, FIRE SAFETY, PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE DO SPECIAL EVENTS COVERAGE.

YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WE DO YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SAFETY.

TRAINING WE DO. FIRST DAY C P R A D. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT CERTIFIED TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED, AND EVERYTHING NOWADAYS IS THE OTHER RECERTIFIED TO INSTALL CAR SEATS . SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THAT, AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS PEOPLE COME BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE CAR SEATS. NOT ONLY DONATED TO THEM BUT INSTALLED PROPERLY. UM WE DO SMOKE DETECTOR GIVEAWAYS, YOU KNOW, TWICE A YEAR. SO WE'RE PROUD OF ALL OF THAT. THIS IS THIS IS OUR MAIN FIRE STATION, OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. THAT'S A NICE PICTURE. I DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK IT, BUT FIRE STATION TO FOR THOSE. I HOPE THAT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ON MONTEREY ROAD EXTENSION. ANDR TEMPORARY. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRESENCE IN HAITI CREEK PARK ON BAKER ROAD, WHICH IS OUR TEMPORARY STATION, AND THAT'S THE COVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. WE HAVE AN AMBULANCE THERE NOW A TWO PERSONNEL 24 HOURS A DAY. AND THAT'S WORKING OUT VERY WELL. SO WHAT WE DID. IN THE LAST YEAR IS WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER AMBULANCE. UM FULL TIME . IT WAS REALLY PART TIME BEFORE THAT. AND YOU KNOW, WE INCREASED OUR STAFFING THE 14 PEOPLE A DAY SO WE COULD ADD A THIRD AMBULANCE TO THE FLEET. THE PURPOSE OF ADDING THIS, OF COURSE, WAS THE CAPTURE MORE OF OUR OWN CALLS FOR SERVICE AND WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART LIMITS. AND THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE RESPONSES FROM THE COUNTY INTO THE CITY, WHICH IS WHAT BOTH SIDES AGREED TO. THIS THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BUSY, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GET TO, UM SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. BUT REALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT BREAKS DOWN. SO WHAT WE DID IN 2020, AND THEN WHAT WE DID IN 2021? I HAVE SOME MORE CHARTS TO SHOW THAT ALL OF THIS, BUT IT BREAKS DOWN ALL THE DIFFERENT CALL TYPES. HERE'S THE TOTALS HERE. BUT WHAT IT GETS INTO AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION. DIVISION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO FOR WHICH DO FIRE INSPECTIONS FIRE INVESTIGATIONS. UM YOU KNOW, BUILDING NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS QUITE A BIT IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. AND SO. YOU KNOW, WE DO PERMIT INSPECTIONS FOR THAT WHICH IS ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE DO ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS AND AGAIN. THIS IS REALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF THE OF THE CALL TYPES THAT WE RUN. AND BUT THIS IS REALLY THE I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN IN IN THE CHARTS COMING UP, BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT IN

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2020. WE RAN 71 34 2021 AROUND 76 78. AND I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU THE TREND THERE, AND HERE WE ARE. SO REALLY, WHAT OUR MYSELF IN THE IN OUR MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY KIND OF GOES TO TRY TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE TO ALL OF YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND HOW BUSY WE ARE. SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN 2011. THAT'S HOW MANY CALLS WE RAN 10 YEARS AGO. ANNUALLY. AND YOU CAN SEE IN 10 YEARS' TIME. WHAT ARE CALL LOAD HAS DONE. SO. NEEDLESS TO SAY, OUR PERSONNEL ARE GETTING IT DONE. WE'RE VERY BUSY AND WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN. AND UM, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, TIMES ARE DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SO EVERYBODY'S BUSY A LOT BUSIER THAN WE EVER WERE. THIS KIND OF BREAKS DOWN TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT, UM THIS IS WHERE OUR STAFFING HAS BEEN FOR 10 YEARS. SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD 12 PERSONNEL. UNTIL WE ADDED TWO FOR THAT NEW AMBULANCE IN 2020. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT VERSUS OUR CALL VOLUME, RIGHT? SAME THING, WHICH TIES INTO THE TO THE UNITS. AND SO YOU KNOW, FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS THE UNITS WE'VE HAD IN SERVICE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT INCREASED WHEN WE ADDED THAT OTHER AMBULANCE WHAT THIS DOES IS JUST AGAIN. IT JUST SHOWS YOU ANOTHER CHART KIND OF BREAKS DOWN THE PERCENTAGES. THIS THIS REALLY THIS PURPLE GIANT PURPLE PART HERE IS SHOULD BE NO SHOCK TO ANYBODY. THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT FIRE RESCUE IN IN IN SOUTH FLORIDA OR FLORIDA IN GENERAL, AND THAT IS WE RUN. THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS ARE MEDICAL COSTS. WE'RE ABOUT 80, YOU KNOW, UM AGAIN TOTAL. THE WAY IT GENERALLY WORKS IS YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY IS, YOU KNOW IT'S OR HIGH PERCENTAGE OF AND THAT'S NOT JUST US. IT'S EVERYWHERE.

IT'S ORLANDO. IT'S MIAMI. IT'S EVERYWHERE. THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. OKAY, BUT UM, THAT JUST GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL WITH THAT. WHAT THIS DOES IS JUST KIND OF BREAKS DOWN. UM YOU KNOW OUR CALL LOAD? SOME PEOPLE ASK WHAT ARE THE BUSIEST DAYS FOR YOU GUYS? UM AND SO IT GIVES SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE DAYS AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DON'T WE DON'T DIE OFF A WHOLE LOT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, SO THIS IS BREAKING IT DOWN. UM PER FOUR HOUR INCREMENTS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE BUSIEST TIMES OF THE DAY ARE. AND YOU KNOW SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT THE EIGHT OF 84 85, YOU KNOW, REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. OF COURSE, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BUSIEST TIMES. THIS IS JUST GETTING A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAN DOING IT BY THE HOUR. BUT YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BUSIEST TIMES FOR US. AND I, PARTLY IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS THIS ONE THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS. IT GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE CALLS AND WHAT IT DOES IS LETS US KNOW YOU KNOW OUR RESPONSE TIME PERCENTAGES. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IT'S UNDER FOUR MINUTES 56 AND EIGHT SO OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR CALLS ARE UNDER EIGHT MINUTES, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR FIRE RESCUE. AND SO WE'RE MEETING THAT. THIS IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL INTO THE FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT. BUT OUR DEPARTMENT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO STATE CERTIFIED FIRE INSPECTORS.

UM MYSELF. I'M ALSO A CERTIFIED FIRE INSPECTOR FIRE INVESTIGATOR. NATIONALLY CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATOR AND I DO ALL OF THE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART AND SOULS POINT IN OUR LEAD. FIRE INSPECTOR ALSO SERVES AS THE FIRE MARSHAL. WHAT HE DOES IS, HE PRIMARILY PERFORMS NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMITS INSPECTIONS, WHICH IS ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY. HE HAS TO GO OUT TO THE JOB SITES AND DO VARIOUS INSPECTIONS FOR THE FIRE CODE. THROUGHOUT THE JOB THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. PRIOR TO THAT, HE DOES ALL THE PLAN REVIEW WHICH IS THE YOU KNOW THE BLUEPRINT PLAN REVIEWS FOR THE FOR THE PROJECTS. AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE FIRE CODE. TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE FIRE CODE. SO FOR YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE PERSON AND HE DID 540 PERMANENT SECTIONS IN 520 PLANT REVIEWS IN 2021. SO HE DOES A GREAT JOB FOR US. OF COURSE, HE'S VERY BUSY. OUR SECOND INSPECTOR. THAT WE HAVE PRIMARILY PERFORMS WHAT'S CALLED JUST ANNUAL LIFE SAFETY INSPECTIONS FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES. AND DOES LOCAL BUSINESS TAX. LICENSE FIRE INSPECTIONS FOR NEW BUSINESSES THAT OPEN UP SO WE CONDUCT ALL WE INVESTIGATE ALL FIRES WITHIN

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THE CITY OF STEWART IN THE TOWN OF SCHOOLS POINT UNDER CONTRACT TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE WHAT STARTED THE FIRE? WHERE DID IT START? AND WHAT? WHAT? WHAT CAUSED IT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S PER STATE STATUTE THAT WE DO THAT. UM SO WE DO THAT ON EVERY FIRE THAT OCCURS, WE GO OUT AND I GO OUT PERSONALLY AND DO IT. SO AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN NEEDED WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE YOU? NO SUSPICION OF AN INTENTIONALLY SET FIRE. WHAT WE DO THEN IS YOU KNOW WE CALL IN ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHO ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS TRAINED CROSS TRAINED AND WE WORK WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY TAKE OVER THE CASE TO TRY TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE PEOPLE. FOR THAT. SO ANOTHER DIVISION IN OUR DEPARTMENT OR ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW OUR SUPPORT SERVICES AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT HIM. HE'S BEEN HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED A COUPLE TIMES IN THESE MEETINGS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE LOGISTICS AND TECHNICIAN WHO WAS REALLY OUR MECHANIC. YOU KNOW WHO WORKS IN THE HOUSE WITH US? HE DOES. HE DOES EVERYTHING REALLY? AND HE KEEPS OUR FLEET GOING. HE'S A MASTER CERTIFIED AUTO TECH AND AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE MASTER CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S HE KEEPS EVERYTHING GOING. I MEAN, IT'S HE'S REALLY BLESSING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. THIS OF COURSE, IS REALLY GOOD AT RESONATE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. IS BECAUSE THIS ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THIS PICTURE IS IN THE ROOM. BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO WHEN WE WERE SKINNY YOUNG AND HAD HAIR OR DARKER HAIR. SO REALLY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN HONOR GUARD TEAM THAT I STARTED IN 2000 AND EIGHT AND YOU KNOW, HANDED THE REINS OFF. OF COURSE, AS I MOVED UP, AND UNFORTUNATELY SINCE 2000 AND EIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT WITH THE HONOR GUARD TEAM FOR FUNERALS AND MEMORIAL SERVICES AND ALL THAT, FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PAULA, YOU KNOW, DIGNITARIES AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. COURSE TRAINING IS A BIG PART OF THE FIRE SERVICE. WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR READINESS AND OUR PROFICIENCY.

WHETHER IT'S FIERY M S, SO WE DO IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH. OF COURSE, YOU SAW THE CALL VOLUME.

WE HAVE TO GET IT DONE. WE HAVE TO SQUEEZE IT IN THERE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEWER PERSONNEL AND SENIOR PERSONNEL. EVERYBODY HAS TO TRY TO STAY SHARP TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT. YOU KNOW, WE DO PUBLIC EDUCATION. COVID OBVIOUSLY PUT A KIND OF A BIG WRENCH INTO THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. UM BUT WE WOULD GO OUT TO SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW A DIFFERENT PLACES ALL THE TIME. AND DO YOU KNOW PUBLIC EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, SAFETY TO THE KIDS IN CLASSROOMS AND ALL THAT. BRING THE TRUCKS OUT AND DO ALL OF THAT STUFF, OF COURSE, BUT YOU KNOW, AND THEN COVID AND NOBODY WANTED TO START, YOU KNOW. WE ALL KNOW THE DEAL WITH THAT. SO THAT REALLY KIND OF CUT IT BACK. WE TRIED DOING SOME MODIFIED THINGS AND HAVING OPEN HOUSE AND TOURS AND DRIVE THROUGH STUFF AT THE STATION AND ALL THAT SO BUT IT IS A BIG PART OF THE FIRE SERVICE TO, UM DO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS WELL. SAME WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. KIND OF WHAT? I WAS JUST SAYING WE DO. YOU KNOW, WE GOT BACK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT DOING THE OPEN HOUSE AND SMOKE DETECTOR GIVEAWAY AND HAVING PEOPLE AND KIDS COME BY THE STATION AND ALL OF THAT, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD GOOD TURNOUTS FOR THAT. THIS THIS IS KIND OF WHAT? WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS. UM YOU KNOW, WE JUST IMPLEMENTED A BICYCLE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM LAST MONTH. SO THESE THESE ARE ACTUAL THE BIKES RIGHT HERE. AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF NOT A LOT, BUT IF YOU CITIES AROUND THE STATE DO THIS. WE GOT ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND TRAINING AND EVERYTHING FROM DAYTONA BEACH. THEY DO IT UP THERE. THEY HAVE A BIG PROGRAM UP THERE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS AND ACTUALLY OUR FIRST EVENT WILL BE NEXT WEEK AT THE BOAT SHOW, SO WE'LL HAVE PARAMEDICS ON BICYCLES WITH ALL THE MEDICAL GEAR SO THEY CAN ACCESS PEOPLE THROUGH THE CROWD QUICKLY. WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT ON THE BIKES. THEY HAVE LIGHTS AND SIRENS, AND IT'S PRETTY COOL. EXCELLENT. SO THIS IS THIS IS OUR PLANS. AND WE'RE VERY WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC. SO UM, WE APPLY FOR A SAFER GRANT. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IT JUST OPENED UP. SO WE'RE WAITING. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THEY CLOSE IT AND GIVE THE AWARDS. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DID APPLY FOR SAFER GRANT TO HIRE SIX ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO STAFF, THE THIRD FIRE ENGINE. UM OUR GOAL, OF COURSE, IS TO BREAK GROUND ON STATION THREE. THAT'S WERE IN A

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TEMPORARY STATION NOW. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND OUR SERVICE TO THE NORTH. AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UM, PART OF ADDING THAT, YOU KNOW, UM THAT ADDITIONAL FIRE ENGINE WOULD YOU KNOW, WOULD CREATE MORE PROMOTIONS. UM WE HAVE A NEW AMBULANCE SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED. IT'S BEING BUILT NOW AND THAT WILL BE DELIVERED IN A COUPLE MONTHS. HOPEFULLY AND WE JUST ORDERED ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS IN OUR BUDGET, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT COURSE WE'RE, WE KNOW HOW HOW IT GOES. WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT MAYBE WE'LL SEE HOW THE BUDGET GOES, IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. WITH ONE OF OUR FIRE ENGINES MAYBE MID YEAR AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL SEE. BUT REALLY, THAT'S IT. I KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT FAST. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, HERE'S THE LOGO RIGHT HERE. THE FAMOUS LOGO UP THERE. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, CHIEF. UM. MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE MR MCDONALD. YEAH CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB VISITED STATION THREE WITH YOU. GREAT WHEN YOU WERE GETTING IT OPENED UP AND VERY IMPRESSED, ALSO MET WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT FIREFIGHTERS OVER THE YEARS AND EVEN GONE OUT AND TRAINED WITH YOU GUYS A COUPLE TIMES, SO I KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS TAKE YOUR TRAINING AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB FOR US AND I DID NOT REALIZE THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THE CALL VOLUME WAS IN 2016. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY'VE GONE UP ABOUT 2500 CALLS. YES, SIR. SO THAT WAS THAT'S A THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JUMP. YES. UM THE BREAKDOWN YOU HAD YOU HAD RESCUED CALLS, I THINK WAS LIKE 69% OF THE CALLS FOR RESCUE ANY IDEA HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE AUTO ACCIDENT? I DON'T. I DON'T THINK IT BROKE IT DOWN, BRANCHES IT OUT BECAUSE, OF COURSE IT WILL LUMP THAT IN AS A MEDICAL INCIDENT. YEAH, BUT OFFHAND? NO, UM AND REALLY, I THINK OVER OVERALL WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT NOT TOO LONG AGO. IT'S REALLY NOT AS HIGH AS YOU THINK.

BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING ASPECT OF IT, YOU KNOW HOW THEY BUILD FOR, YOU KNOW, AUTO ACCIDENT OR AUTO INSURANCE VERSUS MEDICAL CALLS, AND IT WASN'T THAT HIGH. BUT IF I CAN, I CAN SEE IF THE SYSTEM WILL BREAK IT OUT LIKE THAT, OKAY? THE REASON WAS THAT THEY SAW DURING THE I SAW WHEN YOU HAD TO BREAK DOWN BY THE DAY, THOUGH. THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. UH THE WEEK THEY'VE HAD MORE. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BODY, OUR CURSE, CERTAINLY DURING THE DURING THE BUSINESS SURE THE MOST. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH OF OUR CALL VOLUME IS CREATED NOT BY THIS THE CITY ITSELF, BUT PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY FOR THE DAY OR YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY OBVIOUSLY IT DEFINITELY PLAYS A BIG IMPACT BECAUSE AND AGAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY NOW THE WAY EVERYTHING IS WITH COVID WHICH JUST HAS JUST MAGNIFIED EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE ALL KNOW ALL OF THE MEDICAL FACILITIES WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF STEWART AND THAT HAS REALLY, OF COURSE, PLACE AN INCREASED DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB ON EVERY THANK YOU. MR MEYER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF THANKS GOOD TO SEE ALL THOSE NICE FACTS AND FIGURES. THE ONE THE ONE THING I'M INTERESTED IN IS THE CALL VOLUME CHART YOU HAD THAT'S SHOWN NEARBY YEAR THE INCREMENTAL GROWTH OVER TIME. IF YOU CAN PULL THAT BACK UP, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE. SO I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UM FINGER POINTING BY THE COUNTY AT AT STEWART FIRE RESCUE UM AND STEWART'S GROWTH, UH, AT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CALL VOLUMES THAT THE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE IS SEEING AS WELL. UM SO. IT'S SORT OF BE CLEAR. IS THIS CHART SHOWING AH! CALLS THAT WERE MADE WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART, UH, FOR SERVICE OR THESE CALLS THAT WE ANSWERED IN THE CITY OF STEWART, OR THAT WE ANSWERED OVERALL. DO YOU KNOW THAT? WHAT PARTICULARLY THIS DATA? YES. SO THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS FOR OUR AGENCY, SO SOME OF THESE CALLS WERE INTO MARTIN COUNTY.

ABSOLUTELY OKAY. UM AND SOME OF THESE CALLS SO THE AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME CALLS THAT WERE MADE WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART OR NOT THAT ARE NOT INCORPORATED RIGHT, SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST SHOWING STEWART'S STEWART'S CALL VOLUME INCREASING OVER TIME, NECESSARILY. IT WRECKED THE WHOLE AREA INCREASING OVER TIME. CORRECT. YOU WOULD SAY. UM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, IN ADDITION TO JUST CALL VOLUMES INCREASING . WE HAVE HAD MORE STAFF AND

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ANOTHER AND MORE SHIFTS. ANOTHER SHIFTING ANOTHER. ANOTHER VEHICLE. ANOTHER VEHICLE? YES.

SO THESE JUMPS IN 2020 AND 2021 ARE CORRESPONDING. WE CAN MAKE MORE CALLS WHEN WE HAVE MORE STAFF WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN WE HAVE 14 ON THE SHIFT VERSUS 12, RIGHT, CORRECT, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW THESE YOU KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS, RIGHT ? CORRECT WE'RE SEEING. WE'RE SEEING A GROWTH IN THE CALL VOLUME, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING MORE STAFF. MORE VEHICLES, UH PER SHIFT AND MORE AND MORE VEHICLES. SURE, WHICH OF COURSE, IS THE INTENTION OF DOING THAT TO CAPTURE MORE? UM IS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE 100? OF COURSE NOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW? WE'RE STILL COMPLAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE FRESHLY INTO A NEW ISLAND, SO WE'RE STILL COMPILING VERY EARLY DATA AND SAYING WE'RE YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE AT THE NUMBERS HAVE, OF COURSE, DRASTICALLY DROPPED BOTH WAYS RIGHT IN IOWA IS AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

WITH THEM. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN I L A BECAUSE WE CAN'T ANSWER EVERY CALL. SURE WE HAVE TO JUMP IN AND HELP THE COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AS WELL. SURE, AND THAT AND AGAIN THAT'S A STANDARD EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOME UNIQUE THING THAT THIS AREA YOU KNOW, PALM BEACH GARDENS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE AGREEMENTS. THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS EVERYWHERE. EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER OUT. THANKS TO YOU. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. I WANTED TO ASK WHO MAKES THE DECISION. WHEN AH, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT WHEN THERE'S A WRECK OR WHATEVER YOUR MEDICAL CALLS OPINIONS? WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? WE'RE HOSPITAL. DO YOU GO TO WHO HE USED THE MOST YES. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE MEDICAL PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES AND IT REALLY BREAK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CALL IN THE SITUATION SO IT DOES GET A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO IN A REAL SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS UM, IF YOU HAVE A GENERAL, UH SICKNESS. AND OR YOU TO SAY YOU HAVE A HEART PROBLEM AND WE WILL TAKE YOU SAID TO CLEVELAND CLINIC NORTH RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW, THE OLD MARTIN NORTH HOSPITAL. IF YOU THE WAY THE PROTOCOLS ARE, IF YOU IF, SAY SOMEBODY FELL AND BROKE THEIR HIP OR BROKE THEIR LEG, AND THEY WE SUSPECT AS PARAMEDICS THAT THEY WOULD NEED SURGERY TO FIX IT. WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE PATIENTS TO MARTIN MEMORIAL CLEVELAND CLINIC SOUTH HOSPITAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY TELL US TO TAKE THEM. IF YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT WE CONFIRMED THROUGH OUR PROTOCOLS AND OUR ASSESSMENTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING A STROKE. STROKE PATIENTS GET TAKEN TO TRADITION MEDICAL CENTER WHETHER IT'S BY AMBULANCE , AND WE HAVE TO DRIVE OR PRIMARILY, WE DO IT IN THE HELICOPTER. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR ACCIDENT, OR YOU HAVE A TRAUMATIC EVENT. AND YOU MEET THE CRITERIA TO BE A TRAUMA ALERT. IT'S CALLED PER THE STATE OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. YOU HAVE TO GO TO A STATE RECOGNIZED TRAUMA CENTER, WHICH FOR US IS LAWNWOOD IN FORT PIERCE, WHICH IS AGAIN EITHER BY GROUND OR BY HELICOPTER, SO YOU CAN SEE IT GETS VERY THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS RIGHT OFF THE BAT, ALL FROM DIFFERENT CALL TYPES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALL DAY LONG. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO. HAS THIS REPORT BEEN OFFERED TO THE SOULS POINT COMMISSION. NO, NO, IT HASN'T.

UM, RIGHT WEST. YOU EXTEND THE OFFER. I FOUND IT INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE AND SINCE WE SERVICE THEM THEY MIGHT AS WELL YES, SIR. UM AND I FOR ONE. I CAN'T SAY HOW PROUD I AM. TO BE MAYOR SORT OF STEWART. AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT. 106 YEARS. AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES LONG INTO THE FUTURE. WELL PAST ANY OF MY PREDECESSORS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JUMP OUT AT ME, TOO, WAS WHAT COMMISSIONER MAYA WAS TOUCHING ON. WELL BACK IN 2011.

YOU WERE LOOKING AT HALF THE CALLS. CORRECT OUR TEAM HERE HAS ONLY ADDED TO MORE PEOPLE PER SHIFT IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THE HARD WORK. THAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING.

TO ANSWER THE DEMAND FOR MORE CALLS ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF CALLS IN A DECADE. BUT SO FAR WE'VE ONLY ADDED TWO MORE PER SHIFT NOW, YOU KNOW WE HOPE THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU TO GET THE EXTRA SIX. YOU NEED BECAUSE FOR US AS A CITY. FIRE SERVICE. POLICE AND PROPER PUBLIC WORKS.

ARE SOME OF THE MAIN BASIC REASONS. TO BE A MUNICIPALITY. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR US TO ALWAYS HAVE THAT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU IF WE

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DON'T PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES HELP. WHAT IS THE POINT? AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION HAS FULL SUPPORT, AND WE'VE SEEN IT AND SPOKEN ABOUT THAT. WE ABSOLUTELY THERE IS THAT NEED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE PROPER TIMES THAT IN YOUR REPORT STATED. UM AND KEEP THEM UNDER EIGHT MINUTES OR LESS. BECAUSE I KNOW IF IT'S ONE OF MY LOVED ONES. I WANT THE FASTEST SERVICE AND I WANT AN ISO RATING NUMBER ONE AND YOU GUYS COMING TO HELP TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. AND SO THERE'S DEFINITELY THAT ABSOLUTE NEED FOR A STATION. A TRUE STATION. NORTH OF THE BRIDGE. WE NEED TO EXAMINE ALL THE BEST OPTIONS. AND DO IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM STATION.

DID ANY OF. YOUR TEAM HERE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. PLEASE. GROWING UP. I CAN'T QUITE SEE. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE . GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE. I AM NICK TEST A LOCAL 24 11 UNION PRESIDENT STEWART FIREFIGHTERS. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE TODAY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORTING OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPANDING AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. AND AS THE CALL LOAD KEEPS MULTIPLYING, AS YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING THE CHIEF STATED IS CORRECT. WE ARE GETTING THE JOB DONE DESPITE THE PERSONNEL AND THE TRUCK ISSUES THAT WE BATTLE WHICH ARE BEING ADDRESSED. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS. AT THE SAME TIME. WE DO KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT LOCATIONS FOR PERMANENT STATION THREE TO BE BUILT ON WHICH CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. ALTHOUGH WE DO APPRECIATE EVERY EFFORT YOU'RE PUTTING IN TO GET IT DONE AS FAST AS YOU CAN. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER THAT I HAVE SEEN. A FIRE CHIEF, AND SO MANY UNION MEMBERS WITH SUCH DEDICATION TO THIS CITY AND TO THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT PERIOD.

WE AS A TEAM WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK MANAGED TO RECEIVE. THAT IS SO ONE CLASS RATING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WHICH IS A HUGE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. NOT MANY DEPARTMENTS CAN SAY THAT. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THE FIRE CHIEF ALONG WITH OUR UNION, THE CITY MANAGER OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THAT HR DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSION ALL WORKING TOGETHER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL THAT IS HUGE. I MEAN, IT JUST IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PATH THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, EITHER IN MANY AREAS, SO TO HAVE THAT SAME GOAL AT THE END, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. AND WE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO I MEAN, BASICALLY WE ALL KNOW THE COUNTY'S GOAL, WHICH IS TO TAKE OUR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM US WHEN WE WERE ANOTHER PERIOD. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S THE GOAL. WHICH IS WHY AGAIN WE HAVE TO STAY STRONG, PROUD, COMMITTED AND NOT BE BULLIED. I FEEL THAT IF WE DO THIS TOGETHER, WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR GOAL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. NICK THANK YOU. PREGNANT. I WANTED TO ASK YOU WITH THE STATION THROUGH THE HAMPER OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? UH WITH TIME. AND HOW MANY MEN DO YOU HAVE THERE? ARE THERE ALL THE TIME? LET'S SLEEP THERE AT NIGHT. YES, THAT TIME IN THAT PLACE. YES SO SOMEONE'S THERE 24 7 RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN. AND IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD HAS SEEN IT FIRSTHAND INACTION REALLY? AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE , MYSELF AND MY ASSISTANT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE DATA. AND REVIEWING EVERYTHING, AND CERTAINLY I'VE TOLD THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL THAT I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, QUITE NUMEROUS CALLS UP THERE. IN THAT NORTHERN AREA, AND THEIR RESPONSE TIMES HAVE JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING. IS SERVING, DOING THEIR EXACT THING THAT IT'S PUT THERE TO DO SO WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN EMERGENCY WERE THERE AND 456 MINUTES, WHEREAS BEFORE, OF COURSE IT WOULD TAKE TWICE THAT. COUNTRY. MR MY. YEAH YOU KNOW, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT IT IS.

IT'S TRULY REMARKABLE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. SO I ALSO ONE RATED AND NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT IS RIGHT. IT'S THE HIGHEST RATING OF FIRE SERVICE AGENCY CAN CAN ACHIEVE AND NOT MANY COMMUNITIES. AROUND THE COUNTRY. HAVE THIS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO OUR CITY

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THAT YOU ARE ALL ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO OUR CITY. AND CURRENTLY ARE DOING IT OUT OF A CAMPER. A CAMPER. SO UM, THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE DEDICATION, AND I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WAKE UP CALL TO JUST REALLY SEE THAT IMAGE, CORRECT AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE. DESPITE THOSE CHALLENGES, IT'S A BIG MOTIVATOR. I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO. AND HE JUST SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CORRECT. HAVE A FACILITY STATION. THANK YOU. YEAH. MR POST CEILING AGAIN. I KNOW HE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT READING IF YOU COULD JUST TELL OUR RESIDENTS AGAIN HOW THAT AFFECTS PROPERTY TAXES, HOW TO FIX JUST THE WHOLE VALUATION IN OUR CITY HEALTH THINGS HAPPENED WITH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THIS RATING AND INSURANCE AND SO ON. AND WHAT? WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING THAT UP FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS. YES. SO, UM IT'S YEAH, IT'S REALLY DIRECTED AT AT AT INSURANCE RATES AND PREMIUMS, AND IT'S REALLY JUST IT'S LIKE A TOOL USED BY A LOT OF THE UNDERWRITING UNDERWRITERS FOR THE PROCESS. UM AND YOU KNOW, IT'S. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN YU KNOW, UH, DEBATE AND AGAIN, OF COURSE, WHEN WE FIRST GOT AND WE HAD THE ISO REPRESENTATIVES SPEAK ON IT IS YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S IT WAS MAINLY FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE IT IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND YOU KNOW WE WERE WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT, AND WE DID HAVE NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL CARRIERS CONTACT US TO GET THE LETTER FOR IT. AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN 2018 AND THEN WERE AWARDED IN 2019. IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. IT WAS A LOT OF DEDICATION BY THE STAFF. AND YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T INTEND. YOU KNOW, WE NEVER WE ALWAYS HAD A GOAL. WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT AND WE GOT IT AND IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAINTAIN IT. AND REALLY, JUST HAVE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE. UM. WHAT IT IS AND AGAIN TO COMMISSIONER MEYER'S POINT, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE THE WE GAVE THE NUMBERS WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT AS WELL. AND JUST TO PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE INTO IT AND WITHOUT HAVING THE CHART IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SAY THERE'S 375 FIRE DEPARTMENTS. IN THE COUNTRY. BETTER A CLASS ONE AND THERE'S OVER 35,000 FIRE DEPARTMENTS. SO ONLY 300 OUT OF 35,000 HAVING WONDERFUL. SO, YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT . BUT AGAIN, IT HAS. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. AND IT HAS TO DO AGAIN TO LIKE YOUR POINT. IT'S THE DEDICATION BY THE CRUISE TO DO THE TRAINING WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING THIS MANY CALLS EVERY DAY AND MAYBE LIVING IN A BEEN A, YOU KNOW A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW THEY. THEY ARE DEDICATED. WE HAVE A LOT OF DEDICATED PERSONNEL AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE. WE ARE AS WELL. AND IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED AND PUTTING A PERMANENT STATION. IS HIGH. I BELIEVE ON EVERY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST A LONG TERM. AND SO. WE WANT ALL OPTIONS EXPLORED WITH AND KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. WHEN IT'S DONE AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, BUT WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED. DOING? UM. MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. MANY MY FELLOW

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

COMMISSIONERS, WE HAD A HOLIDAY BREAK A HAPPY NEW YEAR. UM, COMMISSIONER MEYER HAVE ANY THANK YOU, MAYOR. HAPPY TO BE HERE. OUR FIRST MEETING OF 2020 TO LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER, SAFER, BRIGHTER YEAR FOR EVERYBODY AND SAD THAT WE'RE WEARING OUR MASKS AGAIN. BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. WE'VE DONE IT FOR A WHILE. UM I AH. WELL WE HAVE SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS AHEAD OF US. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANKS. COMMISSIONER BRUNER.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE IF IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GEAR FOR EVERYBODY. WE SEE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. WE ALREADY HAVE. AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE ALL THE GREATNESS.

THANK YOU. AH, COME IN. THANK YOU, MAYOR CLARKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN

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TO EVERYONE. AND I REALLY WANT TO ESPECIALLY THINK, UM CHIEF FELICIANA FOR HIS REPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED OTHERS AS WE GET INTO A BUDGET AGAIN FOR THE NEW YEAR, BUT, UM FIRE SAFETY IS SO IMPORTANT AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT REPORT TO US FIRST THING THIS YEAR OF FIRST REPORT OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM FOR THAT. I JUST I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET INTO THIS MAYOR. ABOUT OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING EVENT. SO ALL I'LL LET YOU DO THAT. BUT I WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT TOMORROW AT THE UM, 10TH STREET. THERE'S GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP AND I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. ALSO JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THAT ERA. AND I WANTED TO ASK, UM PUBLICLY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PLANNING BUDGET AND WE'RE DOING THINGS AND MAYBE ADDING THINGS AS TIME GOES BY, BUT, UM UM, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE INITIATED THE MAY 20TH EMANCIPATION DAY. I'M HOPING THAT WILL CONTINUE. AND I'LL JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT, UM IF THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ME TO HELP WORK ON THAT I HAVE PEOPLE FROM LAST YEAR WE WANTED TO DO THINGS AND I'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH CITY MANAGER AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. AND TO HELP WORK ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN START EARLY AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM AND THAT I CAN WORK WITH THAT. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'VE HAD A BREAK KIND OF A BREAK. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S SOME MORE. JILL HAS TAKEN A BREAK. I HAVE PROBABLY NEEDS A VACATION. I JUST WANTED TO COME IN MR MORTAL FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE SEEN HIM RESPONDING TO IT. I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T EVER RESPOND TO EVERYTHING AND IT'S A CONSTANT DYNAMIC CHANGE. BUT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THE PAST MONTH OR SO AND NOT JUST HIS DEPARTMENT OR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR MORTAL. HE'S LIKE, UH, SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA. SOUTHERN ROSE UNDER STRESS OR WHATEVER. HE'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL, AND HE'S BEEN SHINING. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR MORTAL FOR JUST TRYING TO KEEP ABREAST BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE CITY MEETINGS AND YOU GUYS DON'T SEE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT STAFF AND THERE'S SOME MORE. TELL MR DYAS . THEY'RE RESPONDING AND WORKING ON MR DICE. THEY'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AND RESPONDING TO THINGS AND KEEPING US AT RISK , AND THAT MAKES OUR CITY TEAM STRONG AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT? I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR CLARK'S.

SOMETIMES. OUR CITY ATTORNEY, HE WOULD REMIND ME MORE OF A BOUGAINVILLEA SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA . BUT I DO SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THANK YOU, MR MARTEL.

FOR ALL YOU DO. VICE MAYOR MACDONALD. GOOD EVENING. WELL, WELCOME, HAPPY NEW YEAR. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AND GOOD TO BE GETTING IN A FRESH NEW START EVERY YEAR, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WAS GOING TO HAVE BESIDES WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY. NEW YEAR IS TOMORROW. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS UM, WE'LL BE NEEDING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AS WE ALWAYS DO. THE LEGISLATURE IS HAS HAVE SEVERAL BILLS THAT WILL AFFECT US POSITIVELY OR MORE LIKELY, NEGATIVELY OVER THE SESSION THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. SO I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MYERS THEN GOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT, ALONG WITH BEN HOGARTH. UH UM IT HIS AND EVERYBODY OVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT SO BUT JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND SEE HOW HOW THINGS GO. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANKS. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. I DID GET TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET OUT BRIEFLY ON THE WATER OVER THE BREAK AND TO TAKE MY KIDS CAMPING WHENEVER, UM, OUTDOORS.

I'M ALWAYS WONDERING IF LIKE OKEECHOBEE, UM AND AS AS MY TRADITION CURRENTLY THE LAKE HEIGHT IS AT 15.29 FT. UM NOT AN IDEAL POSITION FOR THE CITY OF STEWART RESIDENCE, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO. WHERE WE'RE AT 15.7 FT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE HAD SOME RAIN, BUT WE ARE IN THE DRY SEASON. YOU KNOW, I DO HOPE. THAT WE SEE. QUITE A BIT OF REDUCTION OVER THE SPRING, SO IT PUTS US IN A GOOD POSITION FOR THE UPCOMING WET SEASON. THERE WILL BE A LOS, UM, PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM. I KNOW MR BEN HOGARTH AND I WILL BE TUNING IN , UM THIS WEDNESDAY AT ONE P.M. AND THE CORE IS GOING TO GO OVER THEIR FINAL MODELING. RESULTS.

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AND DISCUSS THE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE DEVELOPMENT STATUS FOR CREATING LOS UM WHICH WILL BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF 2022 TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE HERBERT HOOVER DIKE. THIS UPCOMING WET SEASON. WE WILL ENTER THAT, THOUGH WITH A FULLY OPERATIONAL. C 44 ESTA AND RESERVOIR. WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP IN EAST STEWART AS. COMMISSIONER CLARK MENTIONED TOMORROW AT 5 30 AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. AH THERE WILL BE ANY STEWART VISIONING SESSION. THIS WILL BE HOSTED BY TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. UM THIS WAS POSTPONED FROM AN EARLIER DATE IN IN DECEMBER TWO. COVID FRANKLY SO PLEASE, PLEASE COME OUT. SPREAD THE WORD. WE NEED INPUT. UM. ALSO HOSTED BY THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WILL BE A WALKING TOUR OF EAST STEWART AND THE CREEK ART AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THIS WILL BE ON SATURDAY. JANUARY 22ND. STARTING AT 10 A.M. AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER AGAIN. WE NEED INPUT. AND DRAFTING FORM BASED CODE FOR BOTH OF THESE DISTRICTS. AND THEN ON JANUARY 17TH WE HAVE THE MLK. PARADE. AH STARTING AT NINE A.M. AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED BY CASES OF E. STEWART. AND. THIS LAST SATURDAY. I SPENT SOME TIME WALKING IN THE STEWART WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE NAACP TO PUSH OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET TREAT PROGRAM. I WAS SUCCESSFUL GETTING TO HOMEOWNERS TO FILL OUT COMPLETED APPLICATIONS. AND WE SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. A BIT MORE, UM AND WE HAVE A GOAL. HOPEFULLY A 52 SERIES THROUGHOUT THAT COMMUNITY AND THESE ARE LARGE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW. ESSENTIALLY 30 GALLON TREES AND IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY AND IMAGINE THE DIFFERENCE, IT MIGHT BE IN FIVE OR 10 YEARS IF WE CAN PLANT 50 NATIVE TREES, UM, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 15 FT. OF THE PROPERTY LINES, THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE AND THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, SAID THIS NUMEROUS TIMES ON SATURDAY, BUT JUST THE SIMPLE FACT THAT STREETS THAT ARE SHADED BY TREES NEED TO BE RESURFACED LESS OFTEN. OR THE TREES SOAK UP AND HAVE SO MUCH HIGHER MAGNITUDES OF HIGHER FLOOD PREVENTION THAN BEAR SAWED. IS CLEAR BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE ENTIRE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PLANTING THESE TREES. SO I'M HOPEFUL AND WE'LL KEEP PUSHING THAT ALL THESE EVENTS COMING UP AND ANYONE YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE EAST TOWARD COMMUNITY THAT IS INTERESTED, PLEASE DIRECT THEM. WITH THE INFORMATION. IT'S ON OUR CITY WEBSITE UNDER OUR SIERRA PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND MISS CANAL, GANDHI SOBBED US IS HEADING UP THE PROGRAM. AND. I WANTED TO MENTION ONE THING. THAT I NOTICED, AND I THINK WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT. COMMISSIONER CLARK OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S WORK OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK AND YOU KNOW, WE SAW SOME SOME. ACCUSATIONS GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF ACCUSATIONS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. REGARDING THE CANTOR HIGHWAY P U D. AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE WHETHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL. STUDY WAS DONE PROPERLY, WHETHER STUFF WAS STAKED OUT PROPERLY. AND YOU KNOW? WHETHER THAT CONSULTANT DID THE ACCURATE JOB. AND I BELIEVE WE AS A CITY OF STEWART. HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK INTO THESE ACCUSATIONS. AND STAND BEHIND.

OUR DECISION THAT WAS MADE AND THOROUGHLY EXAMINE ANY ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

AND BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE RESIDENTS. THAT IT WAS OR WASN'T DONE PROPERLY. WHETHER WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS OUR DUTY SHOULD BE TO PROPERLY VET THESE. UM SO THAT BEING SAID, I HAD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THAT OUR STAFF. KEN INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND IF NEED BE PHYSICALLY WALK WITH THE CONSULTANT. WE USED KIMBERLY HORN. TWO. ASSURE THAT THE COMMISSION. AND OUR RESIDENTS

[01:10:01]

THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE PROPERLY OR TO VET ANY ACCUSATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE. MM MAYOR. I'LL EVALUATE THAT WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND OUR DEVELOPMENT STAFF. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR HAVING THEM GO OUT, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO GET PROPERTY ACCESS PERMISSION. BUT WE'LL BE. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT IN THE TERMINAL.

THEY'VE GIVEN PERMISSION TO HAVE GIVEN US FORGET, OKAY. EXCELLENT. AND I BELIEVE. THOSE

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. IF YOU CITY MANAGER COMMENTS, OKAY IN PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL THINGS. IT'S NOT A CAMERA CAMPER. IT'S A MOBILE RESPONSE STATION. UM THE BOAT SHOW AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT TOMORROW STARTS THE ROAD CLOSURES, SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. I'M PULLING FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING COMPLETELY. THE SHORT OF THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THE GRANT GRANT IS DUE WITHIN THE NEXT NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS. WE HAD AN ON SITE VISIT, ALONG WITH SOME FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. SOME OTHER FOLKS AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO. IT IS JUST UNSAFE THE WAY THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE, SO WE WANT TO STAY ALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THERE'S A PLAZA THERE THAT DOES NOT AFFORD US THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PUT THE SIDEWALK THERE SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE NEGOTIATING TO TRY TO OBTAIN RIGHT AWAY. YES, SIR. MR MAYOR, CAN I TOUCH ON THAT? UM ON ITEM SEVEN. SINCE WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT. ARE NOT NOT DISCUSSED IT, I GUESS. I WAS TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT, UM ABOUT THIS AND I'LL BE HONEST. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS SIDEWALK, BUT I'M GLAD IT'S WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME WITH IT AND GET IT DONE RIGHT? UM THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ASK IS I KNOW THAT MPO IS INVOLVED IN THE IN THE MARTIN COUNTY PORTION OF THE GREENWAY.

THE SUN TRAIL THE CONNECTED GREENWAY. AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD INCLUDE THIS AS YOU TOO, AS MEMBERS OF THE MPO ADVOCATE OR AT LEAST INCORPORATE WHETHER OR NOT THIS COULD BE INVOLVED WOULD BE INVOLVED IN PART OF THAT, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD FOR A GRANT FOR A SIDEWALK. MAYBE WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND TRY TO HAVE IT BE A MULTI USE PATH OR THINK ABOUT THAT FUTURE GREENWAY IMPROVEMENT IF IT MAKES SENSE TO BE THERE.

AGREED, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THE FACT THAT IT MAY BE DELAYED FOR A YEAR. I THINK SHOULD WE? I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE EMAIL WITH BRIGHT LINE CAN WE MENTIONED MAC OR YES. SO WE RELEASED THAT TODAY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION RELEASES BRIGHT WINE IS NOTIFIED US THAT THEY'LL BE DOING TRAIN TRIALS. THERE WILL BE NO PASSENGERS ON IT. IT'S BASICALLY FOR CONDUCTOR TRAINING. I'M RUNNING ABOUT TWO TRAINS A DAY FROM I THINK IT'S PALM BEACH TO COCO. UM THEY WILL NOT BE RUNNING AT THE HIGH SPEEDS WILL BE RUNNING AT A SLOWER SPEED THAT IS BASICALLY FOR CONDUCTOR TRAINING. SO WE WILL START STARTS NEXT MONDAY MONDAY 17TH SO YOU'LL SEE THE TRAIN'S YES, YOU'LL SEE THE TRAINS WILL BE RUNNING THEIR TRIAL TRAINS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PASSENGERS ON THEM. THEREFORE, THE CONDUCTORS TO LEARN THE ROUTE FROM PALM BEACH. THINGS TO ORLANDO. I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NO TURNS OFF THE TRACKS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING, BUT LEARNING ONE. I THINK IT'S A MARKETING GLORY IF YOU ASK ME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. WE HAVEN'T AN AGENDA BEFORE

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

US WITH THE REPRESSED OF THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED, PULLING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, SECOND PULLING OR REMOVING REMOVING SECOND. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. BLACK COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA POT REMOVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. MADAM CLERK. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANY ONLINE? NO, NOT FOLLOW ANYTHING ONLINE.

HAVING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. AH, WE HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I MOTION PASSES ANY OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE HAVE. COMMENTS FROM THE

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

PUBLIC THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE WHEN YOU DO NOT INDIVIDUALLY OUR CITY CLERK WILL CALL THOSE WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL MONITOR THE TIMES.

MADAM CLERK, RED CURTAIN. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONED. MY NAME IS ED

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CURTAIN. AND I AM NEW TO THE TREASURE COAST. MY WIFE AND I JUST MOVED DOWN HERE FROM ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA. AND WE HAVE GOTTEN WARM WELCOME WHEN I USE THE TERM WARM WELCOME. COMING FROM AREA.

THIS IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. I LOVE YOU. YES IT'S A IT'S A GREAT PLACE. AND SO IT'S STUART. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE DEDICATION THAT EVERYONE HAS FOR THIS TOWN, AND IT WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTED US. I'M HERE TO OPEN A SCHOOL. CALLED THE MISERICORDIA SCHOOL THE PATHWAY FOR CAREERS IN HEALTH SCIENCES, AND IT IS A SPONSORED MINISTRY OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY . WE'RE GOING TO BE LOCATED HERE IN STUART. ON AT THE FORMER PINE SCHOOL ON 13, 1300, EAST 10TH STREET AND MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS JUST TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS POSSIBILITY THE GOAL FOR THE SCHOOL. THE MISSION IS TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM ALL SOCIOECONOMIC , ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, ALL RELIGIONS RACES. AND THE SISTERS ARE VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, COMING RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THERE'S JUST A MOVEMENT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND VERY PARTICULAR HEAR CARS WILL BE FOCUSED JUST ON HEALTH SCIENCES. WILL BE PARTNERING WITH. CLEVELAND CLINIC AND LONG CARE, NURSING FACILITIES AND OTHER PLACES SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY AGAIN CONTINUE TO BRING VERY COMPASSIONATE. WORKFORCE INTO MARTIN COUNTY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OF COURSE. PLEASE JUMP ON OUR WEBSITE AND EMAIL ME AND I'M SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU REAL QUICKLY. WHAT AGES THANK YOU. SIXTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE AT FIRST. EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO ADD CLASS EACH YEAR, SO IT'LL BE SIX THROUGH 12 BY THE TIME FOR CAPACITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

LINDA K. RICHARDS. GOOD EVENING . LINDA K. RICHARDS, COMMANDER POINT CIRCLE HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE YOU ALL READ MY EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU ON FRIDAY. AND SAW THAT VERY CUTE. GO FOR TORTOISE THAT WAS SITTING THERE LIVING HIS BEST LIFE RIGHT THERE, AT LEAST FOR NOW. TODAY I'M MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUTTING ON THE RECORD THAT ONCE AGAIN, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT PREFERRED VENDOR, THE CITY AND COUNTY HAS TURNED HIS HEAD UNDERSTATED OR WILL PERHAPS OUTRIGHT LIED. YOU SAW THE PHOTO OF THE TORTOISE AND THE TWO BOROUGHS. YOU SAW THE FLAGGING TAPE LAYING ON THE GROUND A FEW FEET FROM THE BOROUGHS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT ED WEINBERG. PROVEN MULTIPLE TIMES TO UNDERSTATE OR COMPLETELY IGNORE. PROTECTED ENDANGERED SPECIES HAS TOLD YOU THERE'S NOTHING TO PRESERVE AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO QUESTION HIS REPORTS BECAUSE HE'S SOME KIND OF EXPERT THE INNATE FLAWS IN THE PROCESS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS HIRED AND PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. YOU'VE SEEN THIS PARTICULAR CONSULTANT TURN HIS HEAD IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPER, AND HERE IS A GREAT UNDERSTANDING. BUT BY THE REPORT THAT WAS IN THE PERMIT FOR THE CLEARING. I HOPE YOU ALL READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. BUT HE STATED THE GOOD FOR TORTOISE SURVEY DID NOT IDENTIFY THE OCCURRENCE OF GROVER TORTOISES. OVER TOWARDS BURROWS OR THE INDICATORS OF THE PRESIDENT OF GOPHER TORTOISES ON THE PATHWAYS. I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE BURROWS FROM THE PATHWAYS. MY EYES UNTRAINED CAN SEE THEM. BUT WAIT, WE CAN CALL THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATIVES CONSERVATIVE ATION COMMISSION FOR OVERSIGHT, SO I DID THAT TURNS OUT SHE GOES BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED AGENT. WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF WAIT A MINUTE. E W CONSULTANT. HE HAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEBIAN CONSULTANTS, AND HE IS THE AUTHORIZED AGENT WHO IS DOING ALL THIS AND HE SAYS, OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE STAKED OUT THE BOROUGHS IN EVERYTHING IS FINE, BUT IT'S NOT. AND IF YOU READ THE MEMO, THERE'S NO TRACES OF GO FOR TORTOISES.

ANYWHERE. WAIT A MINUTE, BUT THEY STAKED OUT THE BOROUGHS. WHICH IS IT ARE THERE TORTOISES OR THEY'RE NOT TORTOISES. SO HERE THE OVERSIGHT IS BEING PAID ALSO BY THE DEVELOPER. I KNOW I CANNOT STOP CLEAR CUTTING OF THAT 50 ACRES. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. THIS GUY IN THIS CONSULTING FIRM AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER CONSULTANTS WHO ARE HIRED BY DEVELOPERS. THEY ARE UNDERSTATING. THEY'RE TURNING THEIR HEADS AND YOU GUYS CANNOT QUESTION THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERTS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS LEAD. THESE GO FOR TOURISTS ARE THERE

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AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BE RELOCATED WHEN THEY PLOW IT OFF AND DO THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY APPROVED, WHICH IT IS ACTUALLY NOT THROUGH THE DOHA HEARING, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS NEED TO PROTECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TORTOISES THAT ARE THERE. 350 ANIMALS USE THEIR BURROWS. THEY ARE IMPORTANT SPECIES THEY ARE PROTECTED. AND YOU GUYS WERE LISTENING TO A CONSULTANT WHO IS BEING PAID BY THE DEVELOPER. AND I WOULD JUST SAY IN LIGHT OF OTHER INFORMATION TODAY, YOU NEED TO CHECK ALL OF YOUR WETLANDS STUDIES THAT HE HAS CARL CHILUBA. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF THE REASON I'M HERE HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION THAT IS GOING IN BASICALLY IN THE PINES. I AM THE HEAD OF THE PINEAPPLE PLANTATION HOMERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED SINCE THIS CONFLICT IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED IS THAT WE'VE HAD A NOTICEABLE NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT SLOWER RESPONSE TIMES WE HAVE MOST RECENTLY HAD ONE OF OUR HOMEOWNERS. IT TOOK 25 MINUTES FOR THE CITY OF STEWART TO RESPOND, AND IT ACTUALLY ALMOST COST HIM HIS LIFE AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS AS A SERVANT, ONGOING PROBLEMS, SO THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE SECOND IS RELATED TO IT. FROM LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATIONS HERE AND ALL THE DISCUSSIONS. THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS SORT OF CONSENSUS VIEW THAT MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT FIRE STATION IS THE CORRECT WAY TO GO. WE HAD THE BOARD OF PINEAPPLE PLANTATION OWNERS ASSOCIATION HAD A MEETING WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND THEY DISCUSSED THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PUT ON THE TABLE. AND THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING WAS THEY FELT WAS MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. OKAY, SO SINCE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE NUMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF MARTIN COUNTY. AND THE CITY OF STEWART , COME AND DO A DETAILED PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD TO SHOW US HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THOSE NUMBERS TO KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE MORE SENSIBLE WAY TO GO. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BASICALLY HOW THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ARRIVED IN. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. IT MAKES HER JUST IF I COULD ASK THIS IS LUCA IN PREPARATION AND REVIEWING THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY BIG CHANCE OF COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED. OKAY I'LL BE VERY HELPFUL. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE SAME ONE WE HEARD OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE APPLES TO APPLES. ANY OTHER. I'M SORRY, LLOYD AVALA. EVENING, LORD NEBULA, RESIDENTS OF STEWART.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PLANNING BREAKING GROUND ON THIS TO FIRE STATION SO FAR, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT SITES ARE BEING CONSIDERED. THE ONLY SITE THAT I'VE HEARD OF SO FAR. IS THIS SMALL TRACT OF LAND THAT'S INSIDE A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT'S BASICALLY A DEAD END STREET. THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY AS A RESIDENT OF THAT AREA. IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 85 FT FRONTAGE. IT'S LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S REALLY A BIG ENOUGH PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR A FIRE STATION AND A FULL WORKING PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO LIVE THERE 24 HOURS A DAY. THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I'M DISCUSSING. IS FIVE FT. NOW BELOW THE ROADWAY, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FILLED. AND HE FILLED UP TO THE LEVEL TO AT LEAST THE PROPERTY OF LEVEL OF THE ROADWAY. AND THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO FILL IN THE WETLANDS BEHIND IT.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THE WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION WITH APPROVED THAT PARTICULAR ONE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A SUBSTATION THAT IS ON BAKER ROAD. THE CITY OF STEWART OWNS ALMOST ALL OF THE PROPERTY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF BAKER ROAD FROM US ONE TO GREEN RIVER PARKWAY. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS AT GRADE THAT IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE TO ONE BAKER ROAD, SAVANNAH ROAD AND DIXIE HIGHWAY WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR SUCH A FACILITY. I SAY THIS. MAINLY BECAUSE I'M AN EX CHIEF OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW THAT RESPONSE TIME IS IMPORTANT BEING ABLE TO GET MY EQUIPMENT IN AND OUT OF THE LOCATION IS IMPORTANT. IN WINDERMERE DRIVE, AND IT'S SMALL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LISTENED TO

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CAR LINKS WATER. ARE YOU GOING TO TURN AROUND? AN ENGINE. IS BEYOND ME. MEAN? THE CHIEF CAN TELL YOU HOW LONG AN ENGINE IS NOT TALKING TO AN AMBULANCE OR RESCUE VEHICLE. BUT THEY'RE TALKING THE SUBSTATION THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN AN ENGINE AS WELL AS AN AMBULANCE. IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE ON THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDERING MORE THAN ONE SITE, AND WHEN YOU DO CONSIDER THESE OTHER SITES. I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR INPUT INTO LIKE THE PROPER SELECTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY SMART PEOPLE OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR ROBIN'S HEART RATE. 73, SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS AVENUE AND STEWART. LAST WEEK, I SENT EACH OF YOU AN EMAIL AS WELL AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC AND THE PROCESS AND THE PROBLEMS WITH ANNEXATION THAT TAKE PLACE. UM LONG STORY SHORT THE PROJECT AT BRIDGEVIEW SPECIFICALLY IN THIS EXAMPLE, WAS ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF STEWART BECAUSE OF HOW THE ANNEXATION WORKED. THE CITY, NORTHERN COUNTY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAFFIC STUDIES. AS A RESULT, IT GOT PAST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SO I REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT A RESPONSE. SO FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO DON'T KNOW THOSE LEAVING BRIDGEVIEW WILL HAVE ONE EGRESS IN AND OUT. THEY WILL HAVE TO CROSS A RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE THAT EXITS ONTO THE VETERANS BRIDGE. THEY WILL ALSO IF THEY WANT TO TURN EITHER ONTO INDIAN STREET, THEY HAVE TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC HEADED TOWARDS 95, THEN GET INTO THE RIGHT HAND OF THE TWO LANES. IF THEY WANT TO HEAD ON US ONE NORTH OR TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE RIGHT TURN ONLY THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC THE RIGHT OUTSIDE LANE AND THEN GET INTO THE LEFT LANE TO MAKE A U TURN. SO AT THIS POINT, AS I'VE ONLY GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM COMMISSIONER HEATHERINGTON, I'M ASKING THE CITY COMMISSION TO PLEASE REVIEW THIS PROJECT WITH YOUR CITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF. TO BASICALLY LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE AND TO GET WITH THE D O T TO FIND OUT WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS BECAUSE WE'VE NOT HAD ANY RESPONSE YET. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE COUNTY OR RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC THAT HAPPENS ON CANTOR HIGHWAY IN MARTIN COUNTY IN THE CITY OF STEWART, SO AGAIN AS OUR COMMISSIONERS I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE RESEARCH THIS AND GET BACK TO US WITH SOME KIND OF REASONABLE EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THIS WAS PERMITTED. AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THOSE LIVING ALONG KANNER HIGHWAY. THANK YOU. 10 FEATHERSTONE.

UNDER STONE 21, 36, NORTHWEST, MARSH, RABBIT LANE AND WINDERMERE. UM, I'VE LIVED HERE 65 YEARS. AND I'VE LIVED IN WINDERMERE 21 YEARS. AND WHEN WE MOVED IN THERE, THEY SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE A FIRE STATION. WELL, I'VE SEEN AS THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, SO THE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL REALLY WEIGH IN HEAVILY ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. VERSUS. OTHER ACCESSIBLE PROPERTIES. WE ALREADY. HAVE. THE SHOPPING CENTER TRAFFIC COMING INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CREATES A LOT OF ISSUES, BOTH WHEN THEY RUN RED LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEN WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THERE, I THINK IT POSSIBLY COULD. CREATE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ISSUES AND AS IT WAS STATED IN SOME OTHER EMAILS, THE BUSSES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. THEY WERE THAT. FIRE STATION IS PROPOSED. THEY STOP RIGHT THERE TO PICK UP THE KIDS. PARENTS ARE THERE ALSO IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, SO YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST HOPE THAT, UM YOU KNOW YOU WOULD REALLY ASSESS THAT.

PROPERLY AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU ARE MAKING YOUR DECISION ON WHAT SITE AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. IF I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO YOU. I MEAN, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN SINCE 1978 OF THEM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND LIKE I SAID, I WAS BORN AND NOT BORN HERE, BORN IN MIAMI, BUT SINCE I WAS TWO YEARS OLD, I'M 67. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPENING. THANK YOU. WENDY WENDY, RIGHT TRACK. I MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE LAST NIGHT, MOM AND START COMMISSIONERS. UM IS ONE DAY WIGHTMAN HOLIDAY. LIKE AM ALSO RESIDENT. SIGNS. I HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING. YOU

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PUTTING A FIRE STATION? BEHIND L, A FITNESS. WHICH YOU WILL BE RUNNING ON. THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. TO PAY. NOT ONLY THAT. BUT ONE. I MEAN, I'M I'M SOMEONE WHO HAS PRETTY GOOD COMMON SENSE. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. IS BRICK ROAD. AND THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT. CALLS ARE SHARED SO. SOMETIMES, STEWART SAID. SCUSE ME SO THESE STEWART TAKES THEM SOMETIMES BARTON COUNTY TAKES THEM. WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, WHY NOT JUST EXPANDED ROAD. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE. AND ALSO WHAT NOT PUW MIRROR. IN PERIL WHEN YOU HAVE THESE CHILDREN THERE ARE WALKING AND RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THE STREET. WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED FIRE TRUCKS AND FIRE RESCUE. COMING DOWN THOSE STREETS. I THINK IT'S A VERY. IT'S A SITUATION THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE THE DECISION IS MADE.

THANK YOU. PAUL, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ZOOM? WE'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU, MR MARY.

WOULD YOU LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF STATION THREE? PLEASE. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON THE SITE WITHIN THE WINDERMERE ENTRANCE. WE ARE EVALUATING OTHER SITES AND THAT NORTHERN SECTOR WE CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING ALONG THE BAKER ROAD PROPOSALS EVEN THOUGH IT IS BELONG TO THE CITY OF STEWART. ALL OF THAT PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT WITH WHAT'S CALLED FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST. AND SO THERE'S A. THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION ON THOSE PROPERTIES ALONG BAKER ROAD, HOWEVER, FROM OBSERVATION. IT ISN'T CONSERVATION, BUT WE CAN OR JUST THAT, BUT THE. THE THERE ARE OTHER SITES THAT WE ARE EVALUATING. LIKE I SAID, I WOULD BE CURIOUS, MR LUPO ON WHAT THE COUNTY PROPOSED TO YOU BECAUSE THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM IS THERE'S IT IS WHAT THEY PROPOSED, AND WE'RE DOING WHAT THEY WANTED. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE. WHAT IT IS. THEY TOLD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. FIRST MEETING SO THAT WHEN WE MET WITH MARTIN COUNTY, THEY SAID THAT THAT THE CITY OF STEWART OWNS THAT PIECE OF LAND. ON RIGHT BOULEVARD WHERE YOU'VE GOT LIKE THAT THAT REPAIRS SHOP FOR I THINK LAWNMOWERS AND THAT SORT OF THING. THEY SAID THAT YOU OWN 2.5 ACRES BEHIND THEIR AND THEIR VIEW WAS THAT THAT WAS ALMOST THE IDEAL LOCATION TO PUT IN.

APPLY YOUR STATION THERE WHEN THE CITY USED THE HALF CENT SALES TAX TO ACQUIRE ANY CREEK.

AND BOUGHT 50 ACRES OF LAND AND PLACED IT IN CONSERVATION. THE CITY DONATED THAT 2.5 PIPE ACRE PARCEL AS WELL AND CONTRIBUTED INTO THE CONSERVATION AND DEDICATION WITH THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME. OKAY, SO THIS TITLE IT'S TIED UP IN A SWAP AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO UNRAVEL THAT AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE AGREEMENT. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT. THE OTHER SITE THAT THEY MENTIONED WAS THE SCIENCE THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE POOL SUPPLY PLACE ON US ONE JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO BAKER ROAD WHEN YOU'RE COMING OVER THE BRIDGE. THEY SAID THAT THAT THAT'S THAT SIGN SITS ON A LOT. ALSO THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF STORY THAT WOULD ALSO USEFUL SINCE IT OPENS DIRECTLY OUT ONTO US ONE. YEAH, THAT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEDICATED TO, UM, WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT, WHETHER THEY COME FORWARD WITH THAT OR NOT, WE WON'T KNOW FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY DEDICATED TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. OKAY WELL, WE ARE STILL EVALUATING. AND YOU KNOW MY PHONE NUMBER. I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SAY THAT THAT ALL OF US HAD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO REACH OUT TO US AND MEET WITH US FACE TO FACE. WE ARE ALL WILLING TO DO THAT, AND THAT OUR STAFF IS EVALUATING. ALL OPTIONS FOR A FIRE STATION NORTH OF THE BRIDGE , AND THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE HAS GIVEN DIRECTION OF OUR INTENT. TO SAFELY SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. WITH CITY OF STEWART'S FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED. THAT THE NEED FOR US TO SEPARATE FROM HAVING TO CONTINUALLY SERVE EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENT AREAS, AND

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THAT'S FOR THAT'S THAT ARE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT IS SET UP SO SUPPOSED TO BE FOR REDUNDANCY.

TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. IF ONE OF THE PARTIES CANNOT GET TO ANOTHER. AND MR MAYOR, IF I CAN COME IT FURTHER. WE HAD AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO EQUALIZE THE TRIPS. THE CITY WENT INTO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WANTED THE CITY TO BE REVALUED EVERY SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. AND THE COUNTY TERMINATED THAT AGREEMENT AND MADE THE NEW PROPOSAL THAT DIDN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER. NOT US. WE DIDN'T DO THAT. YES. AND FINALLY JUST TO STAND UP FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GUYS THAT HAVE AN ISO RATING NUMBER ONE. THAT WE CALL TO GO OUT AND SAVE SOMEONE'S LIVES. I CAN, TRUTHFULLY SAY UP HERE ARE NEVER GOING TO PUT SOMEONE IN PERIL WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE I'VE SEEN VIDEOS OF THEM DOING THEIR JOBS AND REACTING IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT PROPERLY. THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMEONE IN PERIL WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR JOB.

THAT'S HOW THEY EARNED THAT IS SO RATING. OF NUMBER ONE. MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE

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THE. CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE USD THEIR SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I HAVE NONE. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. NICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES MAYOR MATHESON? YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES. SENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION ACTION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 THE EAST STEWART CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. FOR

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EAST STUART CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FOR PACE CHILD CARE FACILITY (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC):

 

RESOLUTION No. 06-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, GRANTING AN EAST STUART CODE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO ELLA PACE, A LICENSED DAY CARE OPERATOR, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 915 SE EAST AVENUE, IN THE EAST STUART BUSINESS AND MIXED-USE SUB-DISTRICT; AND  MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY EXHIBIT 'A' ATTACHED, TO OPERATE PACE LEARING ACADEMY, A CHILD CARE CENTER WITH A MAXIMUM OF 8 CHILDREN AT ONE TIME AND ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS PER CERTIFICATE NUMBER C19MA0098 ISSUED BY THE DEPARMTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF); PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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THAT. PASTE CHILD CARE FACILITY. THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING . MR MARTEL, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION? THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 6-20 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, GRANTING AN EAST STEWART CODE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO L. A PLACE. A LICENSED DAYCARE OPERATOR FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 915 SOUTHEAST EAST AVENUE IN THE EAST STEWART BUSINESS AND MIXED USE SUBDISTRICT AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY EXHIBIT A ATTACK. TO OPERATE PACE LEARNING ACADEMY , A CHILDCARE CENTER WITH A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT CHILDREN AT ONE TIME, AND ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS PER CERTIFICATE NUMBER C 19 M. A 0098. ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, OR DCF, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS, WRITING AND EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. AGAIN THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL. DO ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION? I HAVE DONE, BUT I'VE SEEN THE WELL, OF COURSE, I'VE READ THE PAPERWORK AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH MISS MISS HELLO, WILLIAM SPACE. ON THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE NO CONFLICT. THANK YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE, COMMUNICATION HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATION AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. AND MYSELF. I'VE WRITTEN BY THE SITE AND I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF AND I AM HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND AND WHEN COMMISSIONER BRUNER COMES BACK, WE CAN ASK HER TO CONFIRM. MM.

IS THERE ANYONE. THAT NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN ANY WITNESSES. AND IF SO, MR MARTEL WOULD YOU PLEASE? SWEAR THEM IN WITH THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I HAVE ONE TOO. WILL SWEAR THEM LATER. TWO PEOPLE BEING SWORN. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT YOURSELF, YOU GOD! THANK YOU. PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU TESTIFY. ALL RIGHT, UM. MR REIT? YES WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH THE SUMMARY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS TOM RATES SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. AH THAT'S THE ATTORNEY READ INTO THE RECORD. THIS IS EASTER HURT, CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. FOR PACE LEARNING ACADEMY. THE CODE REQUIRES ANY OF THE OF THE DAY

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CARES TO HAVE CONDITIONAL USE. LOCATION. IT'S ON THE EAST AVENUE SOUTH OF CHURCH STREET AND NORTH OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA STREET. THE ZONING IS BUSINESS. MIXED USE LAND USE E. STEWART.

SPECIAL DISTRICT. THE SITES LOCATED ON THE HIS SIDE OF THESE AVENUE. ELLA MYSPACE IS JUST GOING TO USE A PORTION OF JOHNNY BELLS BUILDING AND IT'S OUTLINED IN RED. SHE'S ALSO REQUIRED BY DCF TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE PLAY AREA , WHICH IS FENCED IN CURRENTLY FENCED IN AND THERE'S ADEQUATE PARKING TO DROP OFF, PICK UP AND DROP OFF THE CHILDREN. THERE'S CONDITIONS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION. THEY INCLUDE, AS I MENTIONED THE DCF APPROVAL. ANY PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

UM. PRIOR TO OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. WE RE WE REQUIRE THE CHANGE OF USE TO BE APPLIED FOR OPERATION HOURS. 7 35. LTD. AT EIGHT CHILDREN. AND THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP OCCURS IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT. WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPLICATION AND FINDS IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITIES OF THE SEA AND THE COM PLAN. AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE PACE CHILD CARE FACILITY IN THE EASTWARD BUSINESS. MIXED USE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. MR REED'S COMMISSIONER. BRUNER HAS THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL. I MUST ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPORT A COMMUNICATION? NO, NO, NO, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY. THANK YOU. I WOULD NOW YIELD THE FLOOR TO MYSPACE IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR DISCUSS ANYTHING. UM AND IF SO, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT ME AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE WITNESS HAS BEEN SWORN. THANK YOU. VERY NICE, DELAWARE PLACE, A RESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN COUNTY, A MINIMUM 30 YEARS, ALSO A NATIVE AMERICAN COUNTY. OUR CITY, STEWART. I HAVE BEEN REGULAR CHILDREN NOW PETITIONING CITY FOR THE CONDITIONAL PERMISSION. OUT TO DEAL WITH THE CHILDREN OR HELP OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN REGULATED PILOT OVER ABOUT 2030 YEARS. ALSO HAVE SOME MY COWORKERS WITH ME. I BROKE PREVIOUSLY. DISAPPEARANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I ENJOY WORKING WITH CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE I HAVE A LOT TO OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CHILDREN. A LOT OF LOVE AND LEARNING WILL BE GOING ON AT PACE LEARNING ACADEMY. THAT S SPECIALIZED. TRUE THAT HAVE PROBLEMS. I ENJOY JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING RECORD WITH HIM AND SEE HIM PROGRESS, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR THEIR FUTURE. I HAD WONDERFUL TEACHERS. I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE YOUR MARKET. I HAVE WONDERFUL TEACHERS. AND NOT KNOWING THAT ONE DAY I WAS GOING TO BE FOR MYSELF. BUT I JUST SAY IT WAS PUTTING ME AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING BACK OUT. NOW ALSO BEEN A PREVIOUS FOSTER MOM OF SEVEN YEARS. I JUST LOVE THE KIDS. I WANT TO SEE HIM SAFE. YOU KNOW, AND NUTRIENT TO MATURITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL THAT GO TO AND I WISH YOU ALL WELL READ THAT. PROVISION FOR ME TO CONTINUE AS A BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN PREVIOUS HOME DECOR AS WELL. EXCELLENT DCF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOOD PROGRAM.

COALITIONS GET APPROVED TO ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU MISS PACE. DO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M READY TO MOVE APPROVAL ONCE THE HEARING IS CLOSED, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE IS ANY I APPRECIATE IT MYSPACE. MS KENDALL. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I HAVE NO NOTES FOR 20 YEARS. WE WERE FOSTER PARENTS TOGETHER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND SHE DID THE YOUNG ONES. SO I'VE COME TO SUPPORT HER IN THIS. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OKAY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MISSY HARRIS. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS. PLATE PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YES I'M SUSAN SOLIS AND I HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE FOR OVER FOUR YEARS TOGETHER. AND WHEN I THINK OF HER, THE WORD THAT COMES TO MY MIND, TWO WORDS. PARENT ENGAGEMENT. NOT ONLY DOES SHE WORK WELL WITH THE CHILDREN , BUT SHE'S VERY ENCOURAGING AND HELPFUL TO PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE ITS, UM YOUR CHILDREN AND SHE IS THE MATRIARCH OF THE VILLAGE. AND A

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VERY CREATIVE PERSON AND YOU IT WOULD BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO PASS ARE ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE FILL OUT A GREEN CARD IF YOU WANT. THIS, MR MAYOR TODAY I HEAR COMMISSIONER MIAMI COMMOTION. WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ENTER, ENTERTAIN. MOVE APPROVAL SECOND. OKAY OKAY. WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. BY COMMISSIONER MAIRA SECOND, BUT COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. WE'VE ALREADY HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER. UM MISS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MATHESON? YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. MCDONALD'S MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, MYSPACE. THANK YOU. AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 12 MAJOR SITE PLAN

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

 

RESOLUTION No. 01-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN AT 'MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER' LOCATED AT 1050 SE MONTEREY ROAD, STUART TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT FOR 51 ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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AMENDMENT. MONTEREY MEDICAL PARKING EXPANSION AGAIN. WE HAVE A QUASI JUDICIAL ITEM. MR MARTEL. PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER OH, 1-2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN AT MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED AT 1050 SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD, STUART , FLORIDA TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT FOR 51 ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF MY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EXPORT A COMMUNICATION? MR MAYOR, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEIR, UM REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE WITH CITIZENS AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEYER. I'VE SPOKEN WITH NO ONE AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRUNO. I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF, THE APPLICANT, THEIR TEAM. OUR CITIZENS AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH STUFF OR THE APPLICANT SINCE THE LAST TIME. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT. AH, RESIDENTS AND OUR CITY STAFF AND SOME OF THE APPLICANTS. TEAM. AND OWNERS OF THE BUILDING AS WELL. AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. UM. ARE THERE ANY WHO WOULD STAND WHO ARE GIVING PRESENTATIONS TODAY? ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES AND MR MARTEL, WILL YOU PLEASE SWEAR EVERYONE IN WHO INTENDS TO GIVE A PRESENTATION OR SPEAK. NO ONE COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THE REGULAR REFLECT THAT THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE BEING SWORN. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. THANK YOU, GREGORY. FOUR OR FIVE WERE SWORN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU TESTIFY. THANK YOU. AH MR FRIEDMAN, WE PLEASE PROVIDE US A SUMMARY. OF THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE US THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS THIS APPLICATION. PROPOSES ADDITIONAL PARKING LOTS SPACES AT THE MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE TRIANGLE. WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE TRIANGLE AREA. BETWEEN MONTEREY ROAD AND MONTEREY EXTENSION. THE SITE AS AS OWNING A STRAIGHT ZONING OF B TWO AND SO IN FACT, THIS IS A MAJOR SITE PLAN. THE FUTURE. LAND USES COMMERCIAL, AS ARE MOST OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY. AS THIS PROJECT INVOLVES WORK TO STORMWATER. WE INVESTIGATED THE WELFARE PROTECTION ZONES AND COORDINATED WITH MARTIN COUNTY. AND WHO HAVE LOCATION AND THE PLANT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH MARTIN COUNTY CODE. SO HIS BACKGROUND AND THIS HAS A VERY HISTORIC BACKGROUND. DATING BACK TO 2000 AND ONE WHEN THE FIRST MAJOR SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED FOR THE THAT FOUR STORY MEDICAL BUILDING. AND THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S DUE TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT THE PROPOSAL HERE REQUIRES AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE EXISTING PARKING AREA TO ME EXPANDED. SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT RESOLUTION. WAS GRANTED IN 2000 AND NINE. FOR THE ONE STORY SURGERY CENTER BUILDING, WHICH HAD A PHASE. LEFT OUT IN THE

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PRIMARY MAJOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL. BOTH OF THESE WELL THAT THAT RESOLUTION WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. IT IS NOT BEING AMENDED AT THIS MEETING. UM THE APPLICANT CAME FORWARD. WITH THIS APPLICATION DUE TO, UH COMPLEXITIES OF PARKING ON SITE AND THE ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE ON ACCOMMODATING PATRONS. AND EMPLOYEES. AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT THEY HAVE IN MANAGING THAT. SO THE PROPOSAL UM IS TO ADD. 51 PARKING STALLS AND THAT'S COMBINATION OF NEW PARKING STALLS AND RECONFIGURATION. OF THE SOUTH EAST PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT SOUTHWEST PORTION. SORRY OF THE PARKING LOT. AND IN THAT THERE IS PROPOSALS TO INCORPORATE.

STORM TREATMENT AND FILTERING. SO AT THE MOMENT THE EXISTING SITE PLAN PROVIDES 100 AND 33 PARKING SPACES. 30 OF THESE ARE DEDICATED TO THE SURGICAL CENTER. THE REMAINING THREE OF THREE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. WE AND THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ITSELF HAS A LARGE FLOOR AREA OF OVER 65,000 SQUARE FEET. AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS WITH ALL THE RESOLUTIONS AND ALL THE DECISIONS MADE BY PAST CITY COMMISSIONS. THE PARKING SPACE HAS BEEN UNIFORMLY CALCULATED AT ONE SPACE BUT 200 SQUARE FEET HOWEVER, DURING THOSE HEARINGS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAIVERS GRANTED TO THE PARKING IN TERMS OF. REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES , AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE IN THE TABLE AND A COUPLE OF SLIDES. SOUTHERN MEDICAL BUILDING OBVIOUSLY WAS FIRST APPROVED IN 2000 AND ONE. THE APPLICATION JUSTIFY THE REDUCTION IN THE THEN REQUIRED 388 PARKING SPACES. ALL ARGUING THAT THERE IS A SYNERGY BETWEEN THE OPERATION OF THE SURGERY CENTER, THE SURGICAL CENTER AND THE MEDICAL OFFICE IN THAT BOTH PATIENTS AND STAFF WOULD UTILIZE BOTH. MM FACILITIES. THAT SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED AT THE TIME WITH A TOTAL OF 353 SPACES AND THAT WAS A REDUCTION. THAT WAS AGREED TO IN THAT RESOLUTION.

THE 15TH SORRY 35 SPACES. NOW SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT THE SURGICAL CENTER CAME IN FOR APPROVAL. THE SIZE WAS REDUCED FROM THE 12,000 TO JUST OVER 18,000 SQUARE FEET. AND SO THE PROVISION OF CAR PARKING SPACES THERE WAS, IN ESSENCE REDUCED. BUT EVEN SO, UM. THE APPLICANT THEN CLAIMED A CREDIT OF 35 SPACES. TWO FOR THIS APPLICATION , WHICH WAS GRANTED WITHOUT RESOLUTION AND THAT HEARING. NOW TODAY WE SEE A PROPOSAL TO ADD 51 ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS.

WHEN I SAY 51 ADDITIONAL 51 NEW ISN'T IN TERMS OF RECONFIGURED OR OTHER MOVEMENTS AROUND THAT AREA. AT THE MOMENT ALSO, UM ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, BUT NOT PART OF THIS PROPERTY IS THE SUN TRUST AND HAVE BANK TRUEST PARKING GARAGE. UM. WHICH THEY APPLICANT HASN'T AGREEMENT. TO USE 30 SPACES WITHIN THAT PARKING GARAGE. TO PROVIDE. EXTRA OFFLOAD. FACILITY CAPACITY. SO NOW THE REVISED LAYOUT WILL PROVIDE 384 SPACES ON SITE. WITH 30 SPACES OFFSITE.

SO IF WE TAKE THE 30 SPACES OFFSITE INTO ACCOUNT, THE TOTAL PROVISION IS 419 SPACES NICEST WILL HAVE PUT THE TABLE IN LATEST. HOPEFULLY, IT MIGHT EXPLAIN THINGS MORE CLEARLY. MM.

WHICH IF YOU APPLY STANDARD CODE. THERE'S 41 SPACES OVER THE REQUIREMENT. STANDARD CODE.

SEPARATELY. BASED ON THE USE OF THE CENTRIST, TRUEST BANK. OFFICE BUILDING. THAT PARKING GARAGE HAS A SURPLUS OF 43 SPACES. AND IN ADDITION, WHEN WE'VE MONITORED THAT WHEN STAFF

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OF MONITOR THE PARKING CAPACITY AND USE OF THAT GARAGE IT'S IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT IT'S VERY SELDOM. AT CAPACITY, IF AT ALL. SO IF WE BREAK DOWN THE PARKING ALLOCATION BY, UM WHAT WAS GRANTED AND WHAT WAS REQUIRED AND WHAT WAS PROVIDED AND WHAT CREDITS WERE GIVEN. EITHER AS AN OFFICIAL CREDIT OR AS A AND APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN. THE INITIAL RESOLUTION 11 DASH 01.

TOOK INTO ACCOUNT A LARGER SURGERY CENTER. TOTAL REQUIRED. PARKING WITHDREW INTO AN 88. THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED 353, WHICH IS LESS THAN 35, LESS THAN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER NORMAL CODE. THE APPROVAL OF THAT TIME. DID NOT REALLY SPECIFY A CREDIT AS SEARCH BUT APPROVED THAT PROVIDED PARKING. PROVISION WITH RECOGNITION THAT IT WAS SHORT. A SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION. 1519 CAME IN WHEN THE SURGERY CENTER WAS PUT IN PLACE. THE REQUIRED PARKING DECREASED BECAUSE THE SURGERY CENTER WAS ALSO DECREASED IN THOUGHT FOR SPACE. I SAID THE TOTAL REQUIRED WAS 373. TOTAL PROVIDED THROUGH THE 37TH. THAT WAS THEN ACCOMPANIED BY A REQUEST FOR A CREDIT OF 35 SPACES, WHICH WAS GRANTED TO MAKE WHOLE THE REQUIREMENT UNDER STANDARD ZONING. TODAY WE SEE.

THE SAME FLOOR SPACE AND FLOOR AREA AND USE AND PLACE. THE TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES IS 373 THAT'S REQUIRED. WITH THIS NEW SITE PLAN. THE TOTAL PARKING PROVIDERS, 384 ON SITE. WITH POTENTIALLY 30. IF THE OFFSITE AGREEMENT TO PARK AT THE PARKING GARAGE IS MAINTAINED. AND I CAN COME BACK TO THAT. AT SOME POINT. I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ON THIS PROPOSAL. IF I COULD, I COULD STOP NOW, IF YOU WISH. UM, IF YOU NEED ANY QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, BASED ON THAT. YEAH JUST MAKE SURE MY MAYOR. THANKS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO IN MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GOING BACK THROUGH THE HISTORY AND I APPRECIATE THIS TABLE, IT'S MADE IT MUCH CLEARER. THE CREDIT THAT WAS CLAIMED BACK IN 01 AND 09 FOR 35 SPACES. I UNDERSTOOD THAT TO BE THE THAT THEY WERE CLAIMING CREDIT BECAUSE THEY WORRY THEN USING THE PARKING THE OFFSITE PARKING GARAGE. NO, NO. THEY WERE CLAIMING THAT CREDIT DUE TO THE FACT OF THE SYNERGY OF THE OPERATION. OF THE MEDICAL CENTER AND THE MEDICAL OFFICERS IN THAT STAFF. AND PATIENTS. WOULD BE VISITING POTENTIAL BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY, THANKS. PEPSI. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT'S PROPOSED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN PERVIOUS AND DRAINAGE THAT'S REQUIRED WITH IMPERVIOUS AND TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED WITH THAT. THE PROPOSAL INCORPORATES INFILTRATION SYSTEM AND UNDERGROUND INFILTRATION SYSTEM. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY LOCATED.

UNDER THE RECONFIGURED PARKING STALLS. AND THOSE AREAS ARE OVER, LAID, ALSO WITH PERVIOUS.

PAVING. SO THE ZONING ALLOWS PERMITS 65. IMPERVIOUS. THE IMPERVIOUS AREA OF THE SITE IS INCREASED. IT REMAINS BELOW THE 65 PERMITTED UNDER THE CODE. MM. BUT THERE IS PURVIS AREA LOST.

WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT, SO THE PARKING OBVIOUSLY COVERS MORE. TALKING MORE PERVIOUS PREVIOUS PURVIS AREA THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PERMITTED. I THINK THE ORIGINAL RATIO OR PERCENTAGE WAS AROUND 56 OR 57. AH, PERVIOUS ON SITE. THAT IS INCREASED NOW TO AROUND 63 64% ON SITE. WHEN WE ACCOUNT FOR THE CREDITS ARE FOR PERVIOUS PAVING. THAT CODE ALLOWS. NOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AT THE LAST HEARING. I THINK THAT WAS IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR REGARDING THE VOLUME OF UNDERGROUND

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STORAGE THAT IS ACTUALLY PERMITTED TO BE CALCULATED. ON A SITE OUTSIDE OF THE C R A. AND THERE IS A POLICY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 6.3 POINT ONE B. IN PREMISES BE. WHICH LIMITS THAT TO 40% OF STORMWATER RUNOFF MAY BE STORED IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE STRUCTURES. HOWEVER.

READING DEEPER INTO THE CODE. THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS TO THAT. AND ONE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS IS RENOVATION DEVELOPMENT. WHICH INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS, CONSISTING OF ANY COMBINATION OF REPAIRS, RECONSTRUCTION ALTERATION TO A BUILDING OR SITE. ACCUMULATIVE COSTS OF WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE MOST CURRENT EDITION OF THE MOTIONS, WE'VE COST ESTIMATOR EQUAL OR EXCEED 25% OF THE MARKET VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE SITE. ON THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS NOT INCLUDING THE MARKET VALUE OF THE LAND. SO WE LOOK, THE STAFF LOOKS AT THE PROPERTY PRAISES VALUATION OF THE BUILDINGS ON SITE. WHICH COME OUT AT SOME JUST OVER 7,000,025% OF THAT. UM, IS 1.7 AND CHANGE MILLION. IF SO, IT COST ESTIMATE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IS LESS THAN THAT. THEN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION DOES NOT APPLY. IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING THE AH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE A NUMBER OF TREES. NUMBER OF SHADE TREES. ON SITE AND ALSO, UM, WORK IN THE PRESERVE AREA. IN THE REMAINING CORNER. TO REMOVE THE EXOTICS AND PLANT ADDITIONAL VEGETATION. TO REPLACE THEM. SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE PROPOSAL IS FAR FOUND IN COMPLIANCE AND APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS ATTACHED. THANK YOU, MR FREEMAN. WELL NOW YIELD THE FLOOR FOR PRESENTATION BY THE PETITIONER. THEY DESIRE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVE THOMAS WITH PHYSICIANS REALTY TRUST WE OWN THE MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER. AND THE AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS AS WE TRIED TO ENGINEER ADDITIONAL PARKING TO SERVER THE PATIENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. TO SERVE THE PATIENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING. OUR SOLE FOCUS IS POSITIONS SUCCESS SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE GREAT HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE CAUGHT NEXT STARTED OUR COMPANY. AND CALLED IT POSITIONS REALTY TRUST. WE'VE HEARD YOUR CONCERNS. WE'VE ASSEMBLED A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENGINEERED TRY TO DO THIS IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL MANNER TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ADJACENT PARKING STRUCTURE OF THE PREVIOUS PAYMENT. THE LANDSCAPING CONCERNED BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN PLACE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ONGOING MAINTENANCE IS ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE IS AN OWNER OF REAL ESTATE WHERE A LONG TERM OWNER AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN ONCE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE. AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY CONSULTING ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THE INFORMATION. PRESENTED TO YOU THUS FAR. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AND WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS MOBILIZATION MATERIALS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS CAN BE CONCLUDED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAD ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THEM. THANK YOU. UM YOU. MY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT COMMISSIONER? THE AFRICAN APPLICATION OF THE SAME OR WITH THE 51. PARKING SPOTS. THAT'S. WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. YES NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE YOU HAVE THE REPORT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD'S OH, YEAH, THIS IS A TECHNICAL QUESTION ON THE UNDER MAINTENANCE PLANT WAS REVIEWING THE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE, UM I GUESS IT'S THE UNDERWATER STORM. AND I DID NOT SEEING IT.

MAYBE I'M JUST NOT READING IT CORRECTLY. THE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT BECAUSE IF THAT IS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T WORK SO WELL. IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THIS PLAN IF I MAY DEFER THAT QUESTION TO OUR ENGINEER, DAN, HOLD, PLEASE. I

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SEE A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT HOW ABOUT THE DRAINAGE BUT NOT THE PAVEMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS A SEPARATE MY NAME IS ACTUALLY NATHANIEL HOPE EVERYBODY GOES BACK THEN. SO IF YOU SEND, THANK YOU YES, I MEAN PART OF THE MAINTENANCE PLAN OVERALL IS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE SWEPT DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIS ANYWAY. OH, AND IN PARTICULAR, OVER THE TOP OF THIS PERMEABLE PAVEMENT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF CEILING THOUGHT ON THERE WHERE THEY'RE? YEAH I EVEN I READ AN ARTICLE THAT GRANULAR FERTILIZER WELL, ACTUALLY TURNED INTO LIKE PASTE AND SO AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE REGARDING THAT MAINTENANCE, AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS TO INCORPORATED CONDITION THAT YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK WITH A MAINTENANCE PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT. SURE I MEAN WHERE THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN COMES FROM, OBVIOUSLY, IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CALL TECH RIGHT, THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T IN THERE, BUT WE COULD ADD SOMETHING. YEAH THAT LOOKS GREAT. I THOUGHT I READ THAT. I THINK IT IT'S PRETTY COMMON SENSE WITH GOING ALL THE WAY OUT 45 YEARS. THERE'S UM SHOULD LOSE. AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS AND I SEE IT GOT LEFT OFF THE CONDITIONS. UM WHICH I'M GOING TO ASK LATER. PUT BACK IN. BUT, UM IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE AGREEING TO MAINTAIN 35 SPACES OFFSITE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AH! DO ANY OF MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER MIRED ? YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM WELL, IT'S KIND OF BRIDGING APPLICANT AND STAFF. IF I MAY THERE UM SO. AND THIS IS NOT. I MEAN, THIS IS MORE OF THIS IS A LARGER QUESTION ABOUT THE STORM. WATER QUALITY. I READ THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS PAVEMENT, WHICH I'LL NEED TO SEE IN THERE AS WELL. BUT UM, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE EXISTING KIND OF RULE BOOK FOR HOW WATER QUALITY IS DEFINED. WHAT'S STANDARD STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND THE WATER QUALITY VOLUME. BASICALLY IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT INITIAL STORM WATER FLUSH THE FIRST INCH OR TWO OF THAT RAIN IS SUPPOSED TO BE CAPTURED AND I SEE THAT YOU INCLUDE THAT AND YOUR PLAN FOR THESE ISOLATORS. MY ISSUE IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW. WHAT WHAT? WHAT I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED AND WE ALL SAW AND LEARNED AT THE AT THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE WAS THAT THE OLD WAYS AREN'T CUTTING IT ANYMORE. AND THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE MORE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTION, POLLUTION REDUCTION. SO THE MY TAKEAWAY WAS THAT THE STANDARD DEFINITION OF WATER QUALITY AS JUST A MEASURE OF VOLUME TO CAPTURE THE FIRST FLUSH AND HOLD IT SOMEWHERE. IS INSUFFICIENT FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTION. SO BASICALLY THIS SYSTEM PROPOSES TO FOLLOW THE STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR WATER QUALITY BY TAKING INTO SMALLER FIRST CHAMBERS THAT INITIAL FLUSH OF WATER IT'S SIZED PROPERLY. I THINK BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PROVIDED I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT IT LOOKS RIGHT. AND THEN EVERYTHING OVER THAT WILL FLOW INTO THE CALL TEXT SYSTEM. IT SOUNDS GOOD ON PAPER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE REPLACING DRY RETENTION AREAS NOT DRY DETENTION, DRY RETENTION AND DRY RETENTION HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION. AND GREEN AND GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. IS THAT THOSE PLANTS THE GRASS IS THE YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE DONE WELL WITH BUFFERED PLANTINGS, THOSE ABSORB AND TAKE AWAY NUTRIENT LOADS. THIS SYSTEM IS BASICALLY JUST A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT FIRST FLUSH . STORE IT IN THESE THINGS SETTLE SOME OF THE SULTAN PARTICULATE MATTER AND LET THE REST FLOW OVER. IT'S NOT TAKING THE NUTRIENTS AWAY. ULTIMATELY THIS WILL STILL PERCOLATE INTO THE GROUND, WHICH IS NICE, BUT IT WILL CARRY NUTRIENTS WITH IT. UNLIKE IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM, SO BIG PICTURE. UM I THINK IT MEETS THE CODE. AND. BUT WHAT I WOULD NEED TO SEE IS AND I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU COULD DO IT BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE SAW AT THAT CONFERENCE.

UM, I KNOW THAT ANOTHER PROPOSALS WE'VE HAD COME BEFORE US WITH ADVANCED STORMWATER TREATMENT THEY USE, UM IMPREGNATED MEDIA LIKE I KNOW THERE'S A TRADE BRAND. I DON'T WANT TO YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THAT YOU USE ONE BRAND OVER ANOTHER. BUT I'VE HEARD OF THIS PROBE THIS PRODUCT CALLED GOLDEN GOLD . SIMILAR MEDIA THAT ARE INOCULATED WITH BACTERIA AND ORGANISMS THAT THAT CLEAN WATER WHEN IT'S STORED IN THESE SORT OF ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES, UM I WANT TO SEE. I NEED TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE VOLUME OF STORM

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WATER IS BEING MANAGED, APPROPRIATELY, I THINK UM AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE LETTER OF THE RULE FOR THE WATER QUALITY VOLUME CALCULATION. IT'S NOT TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO DO, UM SO WHETHER WITH A EDIT TO THE SITE PLAN OF THIS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SOME SOME. TECHNOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REDUCTION STRATEGY BEYOND JUST THE VOLUME JUST BEYOND JUST THAT. W Q. V CALCULATION IF YOU CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT MEDIA AND THEIR OR A BIO SWALES AT THE INLET OR SOMETHING THAT CAN SHOW US THAT WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF NUTRIENT REDUCTION. I COULD I WOULD BE OPEN TO APPROVING THIS, UM, TAKING AWAY THOSE PLANTS THE DRY RETENTION. IS GOING TO BE TAKING AWAY OUR ABILITY TO TAKE NUTRIENTS OUT OF THAT WATER. SO UM, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PARKING PROBLEM. I'VE SPOKEN WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD THE AWFUL TIME OF GAMBLING OVER GRASS AND CURBS TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO THEIR THERAPY APPOINTMENTS. IT'S AWFUL. UM SO WE'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, BUT I IN ADDITION TO MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT.

WELL NEED. I NEED TO SEE SOME SOME NUTRIENT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN THAT IN THAT SYSTEM. THIS IS A ONE WELL SAID , CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT, IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION? JUST JUST, UM. DO YOU DO? DO WE HAVE ANY? WAS THAT A QUESTION? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT FOR THE APPLICANT? I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COMMISSIONER MEYER. UM SO. I HAVE A QUESTION, PROBABLY FOR YOUR ENGINEER. YOU STATE THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 12 CARS CAN BE NOTED PARKED ON THE GRASS. UM, ON THE PROPERTY. AS IN YOUR REPORT IS ONE OF THE REASONS AND THE NEED CLEARLY THERE IS A NEED. FOR THE PARKING IS THAT TRUE? THERE ARE ABOUT 12 SPACES THAT ARE CREATED, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN. AND THEN SO THANK YOU. THERE WAS DISCREPANCY WHEN MR FRIEDMAN STATED. 30 CARS WERE BEING LEASED AT THE SUNTRUST PARKING GARAGE AND THE REPORT YOU STATED SAYS 35, CAN WE? CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW MANY SPACES. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS 35 7. IT MUST BE 30 AND THE AGREEMENT.

READY GRAPHICS. SO IT'S 30. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO JUST PIN DOWN. AND WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THAT LEASE? AT LEAST THIS MONTH TO MONTH. THAT'S IT. I WOULD WOULD YOU CONSIDER? THAT'S A TEMPORARY. MONTH TO MONTH ONCE A MONTH. OKAY SO YOUR DAD 51 SPACES WITH THIS PROPOSAL . WE'VE GOT 12 PARKING IN THE GRASS PLUS OR MINUS PER YOUR REPORT. AND 30 ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. SO ROUGHLY 42. ARE IN. THAT LIMBO IS THAT CORRECT AND THAT MONTH TO MONTH IT'S MY MASK CORRECT IN THAT. OR SO, YEAH, THAT'S YOUR TRACKING. EXACTLY WITH YOUR I GUESS YOUR MATH. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IN FIVE YEARS. IS THAT 30? PLUS THE 12 THAT ARE I MEAN, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW. IF 51 SPACES ARE ADDED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE 12 TO CONTINUE TO PARK ON THE GRASS. WELL TO THE EXTENT WE COULD GET THOSE VEHICLE OWNERS NOT TO DO THAT. WE'RE CERTAINLY COURAGE THAT WE HORSEMEN CAPABILITY WITH THOSE FOLKS.

OTHER THAN OUR VISION IS WITH. PARKING AVAILABLE. THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THE CURVE AND PARK ON THE GRASS. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARK ON A STABLE. WILL SERVICE THE OTHER THING WITH HEALTHCARE THERE ARE YOU KNOW THERE ARE ABS AND FLOWS IN PARKING CAPACITY SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, THERE WAS A GREATER PATIENT FLOW. PAPERS OFF A LITTLE BIT IN THE AFTERNOON.

CERTAIN TYPES OF PRACTICES HAVE CERTAIN PEAK DAYS. EVERY PRACTICE IS A LITTLE BIT.

DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHEN THEIR PATIENT LOADS ARE AT THE GREATEST, FOR INSTANCE, THE SURGERY CENTER IF THEIR CASE IS CLEAR BY THREE O'CLOCK, WE GET SOME PARKING RELIEF, BUT EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH PEOPLE ARRIVE. UNDERSTOOD HIGHER. DEFINITELY THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. THE PARKING IS GOING TO HAPPEN FLOW. NO MATTER WHERE THE SPACES WOULD IT WOULD IT BE AS SAFE AS SUMPTION TO SAY THAT? IF YOU'RE ADDING 51 SPACES. YOU'VE GOT A MONTH TO MONTH WITH

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30. YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE THAT. POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE , AND YOU'RE EXPECTING THE 12 CARS. SO WE'VE GOT. 42 SPACES THAT ARE COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO TAKE UP THESE 51 SPACES. COULD THERE BE A SITUATION IN THE FUTURE? WHERE THIS IS LOOKED AT AS YOUR NEXT GAME. IS NINE SPACES. IS THAT A SAFE WAY TO LOOK AT THIS? OR IT MIGHT. TOTALLY OUT OF LEFT FIELD.

TRACKING YOUR AT WE'RE ASKING FOR 51. PROVIDE MORE ON SITE PARKING. SUPPORT THE PRACTICES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN THEIR IN THEIR HEALTH IN THEIR HEALTH CARE, AND THAT'S JUST CONVENIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PATIENTS IN THAT BUILDING THAT HAVE AMBULATORY CHALLENGES.

BETTER THE LEVEL SURFACE THAT WE CAN MAKE FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GET IN AND OUT AND GET THERE SAFELY IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS. IT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED THIS EVENING. BUT WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A VALET SERVICE. TO HELP KEEP PARKING AS REASONABLY. IN PLACE AND ACCESSIBLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE DON'T. WE CAN MANAGE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PARKING. OKAY. THANK YOU, UM BUT IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE YOU HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE SUNTRUST CORRECT. NOW. MR HOLT'S WHEN I READ FROM COAL TEXT LITERATURE. THEY STRESS IN THEIR SYSTEM. THEY ACTUALLY SEEMED TO STRESS THAT THIS SYSTEM IS BETTER. TO BE PUT IN PLACE. UNDER. IMPERVIOUS OR SOLID SURFACE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE POINT SEEMED TO COME ACROSS TO ME. AS FOR MAINTAINING THAT SYSTEM. YOU'RE DOING. EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP SEDIMENT FROM FILLING THOSE VOIDS IN THE IN THE SYSTEM IS THAT THAT SEEMED TO BE MY TAKE ON HOW TO MAINTAIN THE COLTEC SYSTEM WAS TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THESE AH, PRE CHAMBERS TO KEEP SEDIMENT FROM GOING IN TO FILL THOSE VOIDS OVER TIME. I GUESS I'M HAVING TROUBLE TRACKING YOUR TERRIBLE BECAUSE I'VE INSTALLED MILES OF THIS STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE AND CALL TECH WILL ALLOW IT WILL SUPPORT I SHOULD SAY. SUPPORTING THESE THINGS UNDER GRASS. THEM UNDER PAVEMENT. AND WONDER, PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS. PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS IS A LITTLE MORE CURRENT. THAN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN USED TO SEEING OVER THE YEARS.

BUT RECOGNIZING THAT THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF FILTERING WHAT'S GETTING DOWN INTO THE GROUND. SO KEEPING THE SURFACE CLEAN AND OBVIOUSLY ALLOWS THE PREMIER WILL PAVEMENT TO KEEP WORKING.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EFFECT ON HOW THE SYSTEM FUNCTION. NO IT I GUESS IT DID SAY IN THEIR REPORT THAT IF IT IS IN THEIR LITERATURE, WHICH YOU PROVIDED THAT IT'S MANDATORY UNDER PERVIOUS PERMANENT PAVEMENT. DID A MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THAT PAYMENT SHOULD SHOULD CONTINUE ON AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PICK IT UP ON THE DETAIL, BUT THOSE ISOLATORS ARE ACTUALLY WRAPPED WITH THE CELL PHONES. THAT COMES OUT OF THE FACTORY THAT WAY, SO THEY'RE SEPARATE TENDED FROM THE NORMAL INFILTRATIONS. WE HAVE IN THERE, SO WE THE ISOLATORS DO ONE JOB. A NOTABLE EXAMPLE LARGER SYSTEM OF THANK YOU. UM. TO DO ANOTHER QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. WHEN YOU RECORD I THINK THAT'S UM THE EXTENT OF MY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD . I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM BECAUSE I'M JUST A LITTLE THE OFF SPIKE SITE SPACES NOW IS 30 OR 35. 30 30. OKAY I'VE BEEN ALWAYS BEEN TOLD. CONTINGENCY IS 35, OKAY? AND THAT DOESN'T THAT'S NOT THAT THAT CRITICAL FOREST. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF ADDRESS COMMISSIONER MADISON MAYOR MADISON IS THAT, UM, WITH THE BY PUTTING IN THE CONDITION IF THEY LOSE THE LEAST WITH SUNTRUST, THEY WILL NEED TO FIND A LEASE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, WHETHER IT'S WIND PARK WHERE THE WIND DIXIE USED TO BE OR SOME OTHER PROPERTY AROUND THERE TO GET THE GET THOSE 30 SPACES JUST AS WHEN WE GOT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND DOWNTOWN STUART WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAVE OFFSITE PARKING. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN IT OFFSITE PARKING. WE HAVE A KIND OF ASSOCIATION THAT HAS 94 SPACES ON A MONTH TO MONTH

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LEASE WITH FOUR WITH THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD, IF YOU SEE AND IF THEY LOSE THAT MONTHLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A GARAGE OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT PARKING SO TO MAINTAIN TO STAY WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF THEIR CEO OR AND WITH THE CODE FORCE MINT. SO I THINK THAT LONG AS WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT CONDITION IN THERE, WHETHER THE WILL THERE'S A WAY ALL RIGHT, MR MAYOR. I CAN I CAN ASK A QUESTION. YES OKAY, SO WHAT? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO THANK YOU FOR REINING ME HERE. OKAY, SO YOU FIX YOU'VE INSTALLED MILES OF THIS CULT TECH STUFF, AND WE DID SEE THE DESCENT THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE. I MEAN, THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I THINK IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU IN WHEN YOU'VE INSTALLED THESE SORTS OF THINGS IN THE PAST? HAVE YOU EVER INCORPORATED ANY OTHER TYPE OF NUTRIENT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OR SYSTEMS? IN ADDITION TO THESE OF THE SOUTHERN MEDIA. THINK NOTHING OF THAT NATURE NOW, OKAY? GRANTED A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS IN DIFFERENT STATES, RIGHT? AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SEE THAT KIND OF TREATMENT, THEY WOULD RATHER SEE THE GROUND TAKING THAT JOB AND NOT PUSHING IT OFF SOMEPLACE ELSE. GET IT IN THE GROUND. LET THE GROUND DO WHAT IT DOES AND NOT SAY OKAY, WELL, THIS IS ALL WE'RE GOING TO PUT HERE. SEND THE REST DOWN IN THE RIVER, AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS WORKS OUT. SO THERE'S I DON'T NOT LOOKING AT ADDING NUTRIENTS. SOME ARE ANTI NUTRIENTS. INTO THE SYSTEM, OKAY? THANK YOU, UMY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS AND THE PETITIONER? ONE. ONE QUESTION IF I NAME CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF A BOX ON THE 30 SPACE REQUIREMENTS? SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF THOSE 30 STATES IS THERE A IS THERE A GEOGRAPHIC WHAT? WHAT'S THE GENERAL GUIDELINES THERE WERE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. RIGHT, PROVIDING THERE'S SOME. THERE'S EXCEPTIONS. CONTEXT. THEY'RE TYPICALLY WHAT DID YOU WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT? SO WHAT? I'M THINKING THIS WAS A CONDITION CAN VICE MAYOR MCDONALD WAS CONSIDERING ADDING ON IF WE WERE TO AND IT IS A CONDITION I WANT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE. IS I WANT THERE TO HAVE TO BE YOU GUYS TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OFFSITE SPACES BECAUSE AS I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF CITIZENS HAVE TALKED TO TENETS OF TALK TO TALK TO. YOU GOT TO TALK TO YOUR TEAM AND BUT I DON'T WANT IS TO HAVE A NET SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A NET NINE SPACES. AND OR 16, OR WHATEVER WHATEVER TURNS OUT TO BE USING THE USING THE 12 SPACES THAT ARE PEOPLE 12 CARS HAVE BEEN PARKING ON THE GRAPH, WHICH ARE NOT SPACES. IN THE 30. IF THAT WOULD CREATE A THAT MAKES 42 9 SPACES IF YOU ONLY HAVE IF THE CARS THAT ARE PARKING IN THE SUN TRUST NOW THERE'S 30 OF THEM PARKING THERE. AND WHERE THERE'S BETTER ENFORCEMENT REGARDING THE PARKING OF THE CARS ON THE GRASS . NOW WE AND THEY ALL END UP IN THE PARKING LOT, AND YOU END UP WITH NINE ADDITIONAL SPACES. IT DOESN'T DOESN'T HELP YOU GUYS.

IT DOESN'T HELP THE RESIDENTS USING THE PARKING. SO, UM. KEV WOULD BE A BETTER ANSWER ABOUT WHAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REQUIREMENT IS REGARDING SPACES FOR OFFSITE PARKING PARKING.

WELL, USUALLY OBVIOUSLY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. UM. IF A VALET SYSTEM IS INCORPORATED, THEN WE'D LOOK AT MORE DISTANT LOCATION. I THINK FOR A PHYSICAL WALK TO WANT SOMETHING IN WITH THE TRIANGLE AREA WHERE THE VALET YOU COULD PROBABLY GO A BIT FURTHER THAN THAT. AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT. ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BASED ON THE HOW THE OPERATION WAS MANAGED AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC EXPECTED AND SO FORTH. IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT TO HAVE THAT.

BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO HAVE 30 SPACES 100 MILES AWAY RIGHT AWAY . HAVE WE'RE GETTING OUR FOLKS TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. EVEN IF WE PROVIDED A BUS WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR US, SO I JUST THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY QUESTION. IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT TO HAVE PARKING FOR OUR PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS OF THE BUILDING. I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE ON WHAT THAT MIGHT THAT STRUCTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. I UNDERSTAND. MR MAYOR. SO IF. YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? QUESTION? YEAH JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS OFF SITE PARKING. I MEAN, SO YOU'RE UNDER OATH. ARE YOU ACTIVELY USING THE 30 SPACES THAT ARE AT LEAST I MEAN, ARE THEY? IS THAT OUR STAFF GOING THERE? I MEAN, IS IT ACTUALLY BEING USED OR IS IT IT IS USED ON A DAILY BASIS AND AGAIN, THE

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POPULATION THERE GOES UP AND GOES DOWN, DEPENDING UPON STAFF REQUIREMENTS. PATIENT REQUIREMENTS IN OUR VALLEY. OKAY SO I JUST I FEEL LIKE I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WEIRD. DOING A LITTLE TOO MUCH, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ABOUT LIKE TRYING TO FORCE THEM TO HAVE OVERFLOW BECAUSE FOR ME, I'M SEEING IT ALMOST AS LIKE AS OVERFLOW. WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A PARKING LEASE IN THE GENERAL AREA. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN THE REASON PEOPLE ARE I BET YOU THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN THE GRASS AND THOSE 12 SPACES BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONVENIENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN AWFUL TRIP HAZARD, THEN GOING OVER TO THE NEXT CLAUSE OR OVER TO SUNTRUST AND PARKING IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE TOO INTO THE WEEDS ON TRYING TO FORCE THEM TO DO THIS THING. I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DO WE EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL 30 OF THOSE SPACES ARE ALWAYS BEING USED. AND WE STILL HAVE THE PARKING PROBLEM. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL BEING USED. I THINK PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN THE GRASS BECAUSE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT PARKING RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU'RE AT YOUR SPOT OUT OF THE PARKING IS A BIT IF PARKING IS AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR PATIENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO THINK THE SHORTEST DISTANCE FROM THEIR VEHICLE TO THEIR CARE AND BACK AND THIS YOU'RE SO WE CAN CLOSE. IT IS A GOOD CONTEXT. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY. AFTER HIS ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT YES, IT'S BEING USED, BUT HE CAN'T SAY AT WHAT LEVEL IF WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE AS A CONDITION THAT THEY MAINTAIN 1/30 SPACE OFFSITE AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY THAT WE SHOULD PUT A SECONDARY CONDITION ON THAT THAT IT'S THAT THERE'S SOME ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THAT THEY THEIR STAFF HAS TO USE IT OR SOMETHING. SO IT'S FILLED UP FIRST. OTHERWISE, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE'RE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. PUTTING A BAND AID ON SOMETHING THAT ALREADY WAS A MISTAKE. IN THE PAST. WE DO OFFSITE. GO. IT'S. WHETHER IT'S TERRIFYING, MATA OR ANYPLACE ELSE THERE.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE PATH OF RESISTANCE UP TO THE BUILDING OWNER ADVISED THE TENANTS TO HAVE EMPLOYEES PARK YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THE AS MANY EMPLOYEES. YOU CAN'T PARK INTO THE OFFSITE SPACE JUST AS WE TRY TO DO HERE IN DOWNTOWN, GETTING EMPLOYEES TO PARK DOWN THERE. NOT IN FRONT OF THE STORES. SO BEFORE I CLOSED HEARING OF ONE FINAL QUESTION, DO YOU MANDATE YOUR EMPLOYEES TO PARK IN THE SUN TRUST? WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARK IN THE SUN TRUST, AND WE OFFER INCENTIVES TO DO SO. IT'S JUST UNCLEAR. ARE YOU THE LANDLORD OR THE EMPLOYER? I AM THE LANDLORD, OKAY? SO THEY'RE ENCOURAGED. BUT IF THE EMPLOYEE SHOWS UP AT SIX IN THE MORNING FOR THE DAY OF WORK. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO PARK AND WALK. THEY CAN TAKE ANY SPACE THEY CHOOSE. IS THAT CORRECT? UM. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING. YES SWORN IN EARLIER. ABSOLUTELY I WILL KEEP IT OPEN BECAUSE I HADN'T MADE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. MM MY INTRODUCTION. I'M ROB GLUCKMAN ON THIS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF TREASURE COAST URGENT CARE AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS SPA. BOTH TENANTS AT 10 50 MODERATE BUILDING. I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRAGMATIC DAY TO DAY. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKING CAN YOU PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN THAT YOU WERE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE DAY TO DAY IN THE WHERE PEOPLE PARK SAYS, IF YOU'RE ASKING WHETHER OR NOT THE STAFF WERE MANDATED TO GO THERE, THE EMPLOYEES SOUTH FLORIDA ORTHOPEDICS, WHICH OCCUPIES THE ENTIRE FOURTH FLOOR, IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THAT BUILDING. THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2025 PEOPLE. I THINK THAT HAVE PARKING PERMITS THAT GO UP THERE. THEY INCENTIVIZE THEM AS WELL AS THE LAMBO. IN ORDER TO PARK THERE. FROM A PRAGMATIC STANDPOINT, YOU HAVE SURGEONS. YOU HAVE OTHER DOCTORS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS THAT ARE SEEING PATIENTS IN THE RAINY SEASON. IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR PROVIDERS. TO BE COMING FROM THE SUN TRUST BUILDING IN A TORRENTIAL RAINSTORM TO COME IN LOOKING LIKE A WET DOG TO TREAT PATIENTS, SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

WE'RE TRYING DESPERATELY TO WORK WITH THE OTHER TENANTS. WHERE WILL PUT A PERCENTAGE OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO GO UP TO THE PARKING DECK? AND I THINK THAT CAN WORK OUT AMONGST THE OTHER TENANTS. SO I THINK WE CAN ALLEVIATE THE FEAR OF THE 30 SPACES BEING UTILIZED. I THINK THAT'S A VERY EASY EFFECTS. BUT TO SPEAK ON THE PRAGMATICS OF THE DAY TODAY. WE HAVE FIRST

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RESPONDERS. WE HAVE COURT PERSONNEL. WE HAVE EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO GET BACK TO WORK, AND THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR SPOTS. PARK AS FAR AS I POSSIBLY CAN AWAY. I PARK IN THE SUN TRUST IF I NEED TO, AND I SEE IT'S BUSY. THE VALET HAS NOT BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE YOU BLOCK THESE SPACES FOR VALET AND PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP. IT'S ON THE OFF SEASON. YOU KNOW, 15 20 UNUSED SPACES THAT ARE NOT BEING MAXIMUM. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITH THE WITH THE LANDLORD. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING UNDER RELATIVE SPEAKING TO THE COMMISSION. THIS PARTICULARLY IN LORD HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. THINK THEY SEE THAT THEY BOUGHT AN INVESTMENT, BUT THEY ALSO SEE THE GROWTH OF PEOPLE SEEING THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF STEWART BEAUTY COUNT BEAUTIFUL COUNTY OF MARTIN COUNTY. PEOPLE MOVING IN. WE HAVE AN ELDERLY POPULATION PEOPLE. LIVING LONGER LIVES. YOU HAVE AN ORTHOPEDIC GROUP. THERE. YOU HAVE A GROUP THERE. WE HAVE OUR URGENT CARE, WHICH IS THERE WHICH TAKES CARE A LOT OF THE SENIOR POPULATION, SO WE ONLY SEE THIS GETTING BIGGER, BUT WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPENING SOONER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND I WOULD JUST IMPLORE THIS COMMISSION TO PLEASE ACT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND APPROVE THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ALLOW US TO ALLOW OUR ELDERLY INJURED PEOPLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO BUILDING OUR STAFF ALL PARTS AS FAR AWAY FROM POSSIBLE IF THEY GET THERE AT SIX IN THE MORNING, THEY STILL KNOW TO PARK FAR AWAY. DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU COME IN EARLIER, YOU STAY LATE.

IT'S DARK OUT THERE NOW. I ALWAYS HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW MY FEMALE STAFF. AND TO WALK OUT IN THE DARK ALL THE WAY TO THE SUNTRUST BUILDING BY THEMSELVES. WE HAVE A GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE THAT HAS ALWAYS SAID LOOK, IF YOU WANT AN ESCORT WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ESCORT YOUR STAFF THERE. NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, FROM A DAY TO DAY, PRAGMATIC. PARKING ISSUE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN MORE OTHERWISE, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. YES. THANK YOU, MR GOFF. THANK YOU. NOW THE HEARING IS CLOSED. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. I DO HAVE AH LENGTH ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. SO AGAIN, ROBIN CURRY 73 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS IN EARNEST ABOUT THE CULT TECH AND THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. UM DOES THE PARKING NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? YES TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES. NEED NOT OVER SCHEDULE. YES.

HOWEVER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH HEARING AS PART OF THE CONTINUATION ON OCTOBER 25TH. WHICH YOU WOULD ASK STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT THE COSTS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WOULD CREATE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT UNLESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND AT NO POINT IN THE STAFF REPORT , NOR IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.

DID WE SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? INDICATE RICHARD. GOOD EVENING. LET ME GIVE RICHARDS COMMANDMENT CIRCLE. I HEAR YOU GUYS AND YOU TUG ON THE HEARTSTRINGS TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PATIENTS AND WHAT YOU NEED. TO ADDRESS WITH THIS PARKING PROBLEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. THAT YOU GUYS CANNOT SET. THESE DRIVE ATTENTION AREAS WHEN THIS STUFF WAS ORIGINALLY DONE 20 YEARS AGO IN 10 YEARS AGO. I'M SORRY. YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH YOUR RESIDENTS. AND I TELL YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK IN 10 TO 15 20 YEARS LOOKING BACK ON THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE ME. BUT YOU CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO COVER UP. GREEN SPACE. THAT WAS REQUIRED WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY DID THESE DEVELOPMENTS. DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE POORLY IN THE PAST DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE NOW GET TO PAVE OVER. AREAS. I READ IT OVER NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE DESERVES TO THE WEST. YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE RESERVES OF THE WESTMINSTER PRESERVES. YOU CAN'T WE'LL TAKE OUT THE INVASIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO THEY ARE COVERING UP. GREEN SPACE PERIOD. GREEN SPACE PERIOD I FEEL FOR YOU GUYS. I KNOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM OF PARKING BUT THAT'S GREEN SPACE IN THE CITY OF STEWART. WHETHER IT IS RETENTION ERI DETENTION AREA OR NOT. FOR YOU GUYS TO PAVE IT OVER. IT'S SETTING A PRECEDENT THERE'S BEEN ALLOW OTHER. DEVELOPMENTS AND STEWART. THEY HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM TO COME TO YOU AND SAY HEY, YOU DID IT FOR THEM. YOU GOT TO DO IT FOR US. AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT PERMIT PUT IN A GARAGE. THEY NEED TO THINK AHEAD. THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION AND NOT A WORD MENTION OF THE GARAGE. THAT WAS A

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REQUIREMENT FROM YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN ASK A QUESTION. NOT EVEN ONE QUESTION. ABOUT A GARAGE STUDY. THAT YOU GUYS REQUIRED IN YOUR MEDIUM BEFORE. I STAND HERE AND I SAY, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES. THAT 10 TO 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING BACK AND GOING. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? JUST AS YOU'RE THINKING HERE NOW IS. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING TO ALLOW THIS SURGICAL CENTER TO GO IN IN 2000 AND NINE AND TAKE UP THE PARKING SPOTS. THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THE GROUP. WE DO NOT. THE STUDY FOR THE GARAGE WAS A REQUEST BY THE COMMISSION. THE APPLICANT HAD THE CHOICE TO COME BACK. FULFILLING THAT REQUEST OR NOT. BY THE STAFF REPORT, AND DATA GIVEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO FULFILL THAT REQUEST. TOM. NOW. TIME FOR DELIBERATION AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION THOUGHTS. PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. OTHER COMMENT. WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE EMOTIONAL REPAIR, OKAY, DISCUSSION SO WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT. THAT WE HAVE SORT OF, LIKE BY CODE RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW THIS WAS APPROVED IN THE PAST.

WE YOU KNOW, HAVE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS. WE HAVE YOU KNOW THINGS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THIS DISCUSSION ARE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS. SO I'VE TALKED TO SOME PLAYING OR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS CONUNDRUM AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME. THAT. YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ONE PARCEL AND PROBABLY ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY THAT IS UNDER PARKED, IT'S THIS ONE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE PLAN. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, PARKING STUDY AFTER FORM BASED CODE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE LIKE OVER PARKED ALL THE TIME. AND SO THIS IS IT'S UNFORTUNATE LIKE THIS IS THE ONE EXAMPLE WHERE WE CUT SOMEBODY A DEAL ON THE PARKING THEY UNDER BUILT, PARKING, AND NOW THEY NEED IT ALL THESE YEARS LATER. UM BUT I WANT TO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD IN TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S THIS IDEA THAT WELL, IF WE APPROVE THIS NOW WHICH AGAIN IS TO GET THEM BACK UP TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT THEY WEREN'T THAT THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITHIN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION OR THE YOU KNOW THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL. UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT WAS REQUIRED. GRANTED, THEY ARE TAKING AWAY SOME GREEN SPACE AND PERVIOUS SPACE IN THIS PLAN, BUT THERE'S A HARD LIMIT BY CODE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE STILL UNDER THE 65. BUT THE, UM FEAR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE APPROVED THIS NOW. I KNOW THIS IS MY BELIEF ANYWAY . THERE'S THE FEAR THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS NOW THAT IN FIVE YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND SAY, WELL, WE WANT ANOTHER 50 SPACES OR WE'RE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER THIS OR THAT. THERE'S A HARD THERE'S A HARD CODE LIMIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FACE UP AGAINST THEIR KIND OF NEAR IT NOW. SO I'M JUST SAYING, I'M NOT. I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE SPACES IN THE FUTURE. AND AH, AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKING STRUCTURES, I'LL I LOVE PARKING STRUCTURES. I THINK THERE ARE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT USE OF SPACE, BUT THEY'RE ENORMOUSLY EXPENSIVE, WHICH IS A CONSIDERATION. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, LIKE, JUST THINK ABOUT IT. WHY. DO. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAST STASIS FROM SUNTRUST? BECAUSE IT'S NOT PARKED. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARKING GARAGES IN MARIN COUNTY IT IN STUART. UM THERE'S A FEW RIGHT OVER HERE ON US ONE YOUR PALM CITY ROAD. THERE'S MARTIN MEMORIAL CLEVELAND CLINIC. THERE'S A FEW PARKING STRUCTURES AROUND AND ASIDE FROM MARTIN, CLEVELAND, THERE. ALL EMPTY. THEY'RE ALL EMPTY. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE BUSINESSES PROFORMA OR IF THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF OUR OVER PARKED CODE, WE DIDN'T NOBODY REQUIRED THEM TO LEASE THE SPACES. THAT'S NOT A CONDITION IF I COULD JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK HISTORY IN 2000 AND ONE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LEASING SPACES. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT GENERALLY PARKING STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF STUART IN MARTIN COUNTY. THAT THE FACT THAT WE'VE WE HAVE HAD MANY OF THEM BUILT AND THEY DON'T COME WITHOUT A YOU KNOW, AN ENVIRONMENTAL COST

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TO YES, THEY ALLOW MORE PARKING IN A SMALLER SPACE, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF CONCRETE. WHICH IS CARBON INTENSIVE. IT'S A LOT OF HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. IT'S A LOT OF RADIATION. IT'S A LOT OF IT'S A LOT OF STUFF, AND THEY ARE THERE UNLESS THERE'S A REALLY INTENSE CURRENT NEED FOR PARKING STRUCTURES, ALL OF THE ALL OF THE LIKE NEW PLANNING PRINCIPLES ARE SAYING PARKING STRUCTURES.

THERE'S ALMOST LIKE YOUR LAST RESORT WHEN YOU HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO REPURPOSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE USE ANYMORE, UM THERE'S BEEN SOME COOL IDEAS OF CONVERTING THEM TO LIKE LIVE WORK SPACES AND ARTIST STUDIOS. BUT THAT'S BEEN REALLY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, SO I JUST HESITATE TO I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT UM WANTING TO REQUIRE A PARKING STRUCTURE. AND WHILE GENERALLY MY MIND GOES THERE, TOO WELL, IF YOU HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM IN YOUR SPACE CONSTRAINED WELL, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY BUILD UP, BUT I FEEL LIKE AND WHEN I LOOK AROUND OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE BUILT PARKING STRUCTURES BECAUSE OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER USED, WHICH WAS A ENORMOUS EXPENSE. AND THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE THESE CONCRETE MONSTROSITIES THAT HAVE THAT AREN'T REALLY BEING USED, SO I HESITATE TO PUSH PUSH FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, UNLESS IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEEDED. UM ANYWAY , THOSE THINGS DECIDE. I REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY. UM, I YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED INTO THIS PLAN, IN ADDITION TO THE UM. THE INITIAL INFILTRATION AND EMPOWERMENT BOXES THAT ARE IN THERE TO CAPTURE THAT INITIAL FLUSH WHETHER IT BE SOME FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPING BIOS. WELL, RAIN GARDEN SOMETHING FOR SOME TECHNOLOGY LIKE A MEDIA THAT CAN REDUCE THOSE NUTRIENTS BECAUSE THERE IS A CONTROL STRUCTURE THAT TAKES THAT IF WE'RE IN A SUPER PEAK STORM EVENT THAT WATER DOESN'T SIT THERE FOREVER . I MEAN, IT IS TIED INTO A CONTROL STRUCTURE THAT ULTIMATELY COULD GOVERNOR THE RIVER GO TO THE RIVER. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? UM IF WE CAN MAKE THE WATER CLEANER ON SITE. THAT WAS THE LESSON WE LEARNED AT THAT. CONFERENCE WE CAN KEEP THE WATER CLEANER BEFORE IT GETS TO THE RIVER BEFORE IT GETS TO OUR STORM WATER OUTFALLS. WHAT WE SHOULD TAKE. EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAME TO DO IT SO AH! YOU KNOW? TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE STUFF YOU MENTIONED CONVINCE YOUR MAIRA AND FROM THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEANS OF LAST RESORT UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF WATER. WAS STATED. THAT THAT IS BASICALLY A MEANS OF LAST RESORT. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT NO. ALL THE METHODS. OF KEEPING WATER ON SITE, RIGHT AND THAT WAS TO BE DONE IN YOUR ABSOLUTELY. MOST URBAN AREAS WHEN YOU HAD NO OTHER OPTION, AND AS YOU STATED FOR WATER QUALITY, MOST PREFERRED METHOD WAS SOME SORT OF BIO SWALES. WHERE THERE'S PLANT MATERIAL. I MEAN, IT WOULD IDEALLY, THE IDEAL CONDITION WOULD BE THIS DRIVER ATTENTION AREAS FULLY PLANTED. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FOR WATER QUALITY UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PARKING NUMBERS, THOUGH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I CAN'T GET BY. YOU KNOW A NET POSSIBLE GAIN OF NINE SPACES. FOR ALL OF THIS. IT'S A BAND AID ON THE TRYING TO COVER UP MISTAKES OF THE PAST. WHERE THERE WERE VARIANCES, AND AS YOU SAID, THEY MIGHT COME AGAINST THE HARD CODE. THEY GOT VARIANCES. YOU KNOW, A DECADE AGO. TO GET THE CREDIT. MR MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST WHAT HAPPENED IN 2000 AND ONE THE DEVELOPER CAME FORWARD FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL. IT WAS NOT A P U D IT WAS NOT A CONDITIONAL USE A MAJOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL ONLY COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION AS A PUBLIC HEARING TO VERIFY THAT THE APPLICATION IS WITHIN CODE. IN 2000 AND ONE WHEN HE CAME IN FOR THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL. IT WAS WITHIN CODE. IT HAD A SITE PLAN FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING AND A SITE PLAN FOR A MUCH LARGER SURGERY CENTER TO BE BUILT LATER. PURSUANT TO THE CODE. IT RECEIVED A SHARED CREDIT BETWEEN THE SURGERY CENTER AND THE OFFICE BUILDING BECAUSE THE THEORY WAS THAT THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN THE OFFICE BUILDING WOULD BE THE SAME ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO DO SURGERY ON TUESDAY, AND THEREFORE IT WASN'T GOING TO BE THEY WERE SHARING THE SPACE SO THE PARKING CREDIT WAS GIVEN SHARED IN 2000 AND ONE WHEN THEY CAME IN IN 2000 AND NINE FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL NOT FOR A P U D AND NOT FOR A CONDITIONAL USE OR DEVIATION FROM THE CODE. THE SURGERY CENTER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN THE SURGERY CENTER THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2000 AND ONE AND THEY CLAIMED THEY WERE ENTITLED TO A 30

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PARKING SPACE CREDIT. BECAUSE OF THE SMALLER NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS DONE FOR THE SURGERY CENTER AGAIN UNDER THE THEORY OF THIS SHARED PARKING AS A RESULT, THE CITY COMMISSIONS VOTE WASN'T TO NEGOTIATE A P U D APPROVAL CONTRACT. IT WAS TO APPROVE A SITE PLAN AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT IT IN FACT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. JUST AS THIS HEARING TONIGHT. AS YOU GUYS ARE DEBATING THE ISSUE. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. THEY'RE BEING REQUIRED TO OVER PARK IT NOW MORE THAN CODE BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE 2001 AND THE 2000 AND NINE CODE, IT SAID THAT THEY HAD TO PARK IT AT ONE PER 200 SQUARE FEET. AND MR FREEMAN'S DEMONSTRATION SHOWS WHAT THE PARKING WAS THAT ONE FOR 200 SQUARE FEET. THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO LOOK DOWN AND SAY, ARE THEY IN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE? THE ANSWER IS EITHER YES OR NO, I MEAN IT IS OR IT ISN'T. NOW THERE'S NUANCE, AND THERE'S SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE PERMISSIBLE OR NOT. THE REAL ISSUE IS ARE THEY ABOVE OR BELOW? 65% PERMEABLE? NOT ARE THEY DESTROYING GREEN SPACE BECAUSE THE CODE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY UP TO 65% OF THE COMMERCIAL SETTING LIKE THAT, IF THERE ARE 30% AND THEY WANT TO INCREASE TO 50% YES, THAT'S REMOVING GREEN SPACE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ALSO WITHIN CODE SO THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO DO IT IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE. WHAT'S HAPPENED IS IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THE SIZE OF THIS PRACTICE INCREASED, AND I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS ON TUESDAY. WHEN THE ORIGINAL ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WAS WALKING OVER TO THE SURGERY CENTER. HIS OFFICE DOESN'T SIT EMPTY ANYMORE IN THE WAITING ROOMS IN HIS OFFICE. DON'T SIT EMPTY ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE'S PUS AND THERE'S OTHER SURGERY CENTERS AND THE MEDICAL BUSINESSES EVOLVED. TO WEAR. THE WAITING ROOMS ARE FULL, AND THEY'RE OPTIMIZING THE WAY IT THE TREATMENT GOES, MR MARTEL THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR PARKING ON THE SITE. THERE'S NO DOUBT BUT RIGHT AND SO THE QUESTION IS DENIED OR GRANTED, THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN AN EXPRESS TO CONTINUE GROWING. THE PRACTICE. I THINK US AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S IN THE BEST LONG TERM. SO THEN WE NEED TO AMEND OUR CODE AND CHANGE IT TO BASED UPON AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR CODE IS BASED UPON 77,000 SQUARE FEET, THE ORIGINAL REMOVAL IN 2000 AND ONE AND THEN IT DROPPED DOWN TO 65,000 PLUS 9000. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE MATTER AT HAND RIGHT? WHICH WOULD BE THE COACH WERE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST LONG TERM INTERESTS.

FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. NOT JUST AS AN ECONOMIC, THEN THAT WOULD BE A P U D TRYING TO FACTOR EVERY SINGLE PERSPECTIVE. THAT WE HAVE. MR MAYOR, CAN I JUMP IN ON THE CODE? ABSOLUTELY OKAY. I APPRECIATE. UM, MR MOORE, TELL US POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS STARTING WITH. I MEAN, REALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE STILL ARGUABLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF CODE. HOWEVER AND IT TO HIS HIS CHARGE OF WELL CHANGED THE CODE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AFTER ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE AND GOING THROUGH THE STORM WATER, I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW , BUT ACTIVELY LOOKING AT TRYING TO ENHANCE OUR STORM WATER CODE . I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. I'VE HEARD MANY OF YOU TALK ABOUT IT SO AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT A P U D AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AS WELL. TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST TO YOUR POINT. MR MAYOR. I'M TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN FORESEE WITHIN THIS YEAR. I HOPE SO THAT WE HAVE MADE REVISIONS TO THE CODE WITH REGARD TO STORMWATER.

AND YOU KNOW THE QUANTITY IS GOING TO CHANGE. THAT WAS THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY BY CAP TECH AND THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO CHANGE . SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET IT IN NOW. BECAUSE I FORESEE THOSE BEING COULD CHANGES. BUT BUT ABSOLUTELY WE'RE GETTING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, AND WE'RE STILL WITHIN PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS THE OF GOOD QUESTION PHRASE ANOTHER WAY. MR MARTEL HAD PRAISED IT THIS WAY, I THINK WOULD BE TO SAY. IF THIS IF THIS PLAN WERE TO COME FORWARD TO US AS THE ORIGINAL PLAN, IT WOULD BE STRAIGHT BY CODE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REQUIRE A HEARING. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT HEARING TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THAT WOULD BE IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A P U D ON THIS. IT'S JUST STRAIGHT ZONING. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LEVELS OF CODE SO, BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING OUR STORM WATER, MAKING OUR STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS BETTER. THAT'S WHY I'M I'M HANGING ON THIS ONE TACK. OF WATER QUALITY. SO COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MCDONALD YEAH. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A

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COUPLE OF COUPLE REALITIES HERE. ONE IS AH, PARKING IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AT THE MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER. I HEARD THAT FROM MANY RESIDENTS, USERS OF THE HEARD IT FROM EMPLOYEES AND TENANTS OF THE I'VE HEARD IT FROM THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING. THEY SAID TONIGHT THERE THE PARKING PROBLEM, TOO. THEY THEY ARE UHH THAT WAS STANDING. COMMISSIONER MYERS CONCERNS ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND I AGREE. BUT THE CURRENT CODE IS THE CURRENT CODE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. UM I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN UM, WE CAN JUST BE ARBITRARILY SAY OKAY. WE WANT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT YET, BUT WE DO WANT IT BETTER AND. AND WE WILL GET THAT BETTER . WE WILL LEARN WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED. I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO, UM. MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND RESOLVED US. BUT THEY THEY'RE UNDER THE PERVIOUS OR EMPEROR. IMPERVIOUS YEAH, I ALWAYS MIX UP THE PERVIOUS AND EMPERORS. I APOLOGIZE, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THAT THEY ARE USING THE ARE USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, I THINK IN THE URBAN SETTING THE SYSTEMS LIKE THE CALL TECH AND OTHER SYSTEMS OUT THERE WITH THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT IS THE FUTURE OF URBAN STORMWATER. I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE THAN JUST A LAST RESORT. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE E. IT INCORPORATED EVEN IN SMALLER PROJECTS. WHERE ARE WE HAVE THIS SO THAT WE HAVE THE WHERE YOU DO HAVE RETENTION PONDS, BUT YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT. I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ANY OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY AS IT GETS BETTER, AND PEOPLE GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT. WE'LL SEE MORE USES FOR IT. UM BUT I'M I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH TO APPROVE WITH ADDING TWO CONDITIONS. ONE CONDITION WOULD BE THAT THE MAINTAINED THE 30 SPACES, OFFSITE AND SECOND CONDITION IS THAT YOU COME BACK WITH A COMEBACK WITH FIRST STAFF TO REVIEW AND APPROVE A MAINTENANCE WENT FOR THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT.

DID WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT INCORPORATED INTO THE CALTECH MAINTENANCE PLAN. MOTION ON THE TABLE BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. SIX. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER.

CAN I MET? MR MAYOR? CAN I APPEAL TO THE MOTION MAKER? YEAH OKAY. IS THERE SO I AGREE WITH YOU? I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM YOU KNOW THE TO YOUR LOGIC, THOUGH THE CODE IS THE CODE, RIGHT? AND IF IT NEEDS TO CODE, THEN YOU KNOW WHY? WHY BOTHER PUTTING THE THIRTIES PARKING SPACES? OFFSITE THING IF WE'RE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE MOVING BEYOND CODE FOR THAT. CAN WE? CAN WE INCORPORATE A NUTRIENT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN THE IN THE STORM WATER IF WE'RE GONNA IF YOU CAN HELP ME WORD IT, YES. UM WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEARING IS CLOSED, BUT I MEAN, THE MOTION IS NOT I MEAN, YOU COULD STILL CONDITION ON THE MOTION AND THAT THEY DON'T ACCEPT THAT THEY COULD THEY COULD JUST NOT DO THE PROJECT. UM. I WOULD. YEAH I MEAN, I THIS IS THE THING. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. UNFORTUNATELY SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ON THIS FLY. BUT YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE. I WOULD HOPE A CONDITION WOULD BE THAT THAT THEY WOULD INCORPORATE IN THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, A NUTRIENT REDUCTION. TECHNOLOGY OR SYSTEM ABOVE AND BEYOND THE. AND CAN STAFF AND CAN WE HAVE IT WHERE STAFF CAN, UH, CAN BE AGREED UPON BY STAFF? YES TO ACHIEVE THAT. 80 TO 90% NUTRIENT REDUCTION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CANOPY UD THEY HAD TO INCORPORATE A DRYER ATTENTION AREA. ON TOP OF THEIR WET RETENTION AREA, AND THEN THEY REALLY WERE LOOKING AT LITERAL PLANTING IN THAT DRY RETENTION, ERI TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW 90% NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION. WELL, THEY USUALLY I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT BOLD AND GOLD. WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCTS AND THE OTHER NUMEROUS PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE INSERTED INTO SOME OF THESE PRE FILTERS. TO GET YOU TO MORE NUTRIENT REDUCTION. BUT. IF I WAS TO PHRASE EMOTION THERE WOULD YEAR OLD YOU WOULD YOU PICK A

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PERCENTAGE OF REDUCTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS? BUT TO DO THAT UP HERE ON THE FLY. IT'S HARD. I MEAN, NOT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S FEASIBLE. HOW ABOUT THIS? WHATEVER WOULD BE OKAY, SO THEIR WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT VOLUME AN ACRE FEET. SO TO YOUR THIS GREAT IDEA, SO INSTEAD OF ME, SAYING 90% 80% WHATEVER. BECAUSE REMEMBER IN THE CANTOR CPU D IN ADDITION TO THE RETENTION IN DETENTION, THERE WAS ALSO AN UP FLOW. BAFFLE BOX CONTAINING NUTRIENT REDUCTION MEDIA. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM, BECAUSE THAT WAS BOLDEN VOLT. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GET THERE'S AN AD HAPPENING HERE. UM SO LET'S HAVE IT. BE THAT THE THAT THE NUTRIENT REDUCTION TARGETS FOR THIS STORM WATER SYSTEM ARE IN TERMS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ARE COMPARABLE TO DRY RETENTION TO THE TO THE EXISTING RETENTION AREAS THAT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL. BECAUSE THOSE THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED.

THERE'S STUDY ABOUT THAT. THAT WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY THEY CHOOSE , HAS THE SIMILAR NUTRIENT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY. VALUE AS THE ACCEPT THAT AND MARRY. DO YOU HAVE THAT? I GUESS I DO. YOU ACCEPT IT? YES. OKAY? WE HAVE A MOTIVE THE SECOND ER TO AMEND THE SECOND, OKAY? WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THREE CONDITIONS BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. GOOD NIGHT . CAN I ASK FOR CLARITY ON THE CONDITION ABOUT THE PARKING OFF SITE PARKING? SURE THAT IN PERPETUITY. IT WAS, BUT IF YOU THINK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IT WHERE THEY REVIEW IT? EVERY WERE WE REVIEWED THAT OR STAFF REVIEWS THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS 10 YEARS. YEAH. IT APPEARS THAT WE COULD MAKE IT A PV. MR MARTEL. WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, OKAY? YEAH. IS THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS? OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY? MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. NO, COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES VICE MAYOR MACDONALD MAYOR MATHESON, NO. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2 WITH COMMISSIONER CLARK AND MAYOR MATHESON DISSENTING.

MOVING ON. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13. SHEPHERDS PARK BOAT LEAVES. MR MARTEL. THIS IS RESOLUTION

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SHEPARD PARK BOAT SLIP LEASE (RC):

 

RESOLUTION No. 08-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STUART AND FRAZIER CREEK PROPERTIES, LLC FOR A BOAT SLIP LOCATED AT 400 SW FEDERAL HIGHWAY, STUART; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

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NUMBER 8-222 THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STEWART. AND FRASURE CREEK PROPERTIES LLC FOR A BOAT SLIP LOCATED AT 400 SOUTHWEST FEDERAL HIGHWAY, STEWART PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THIS MAYOR. I GUESS I PROBABLY COULD HAVE PUT THIS RIGHT ON CONSENT. HOWEVER, SEEING IT AS A LEASE. I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE A COMMISSION ACTION. UM THE PREVIOUS LEASE THAT WAS ON THE BOAT SLIP THE COMPANY WINDWARD IS THE OWNER OF A BUILDING WHICH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL CURRENTLY OCCUPIES, AND IT'S PART OF THAT LEASE. THEY HAD TO PROVIDE A BOAT SLIP, WHICH THEY NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY AND THE CITY HAD PROVIDED THEM AT LEAST FOR THE BOAT SLIP THERE AT SHEPHERD'S PARK. UM SINCE THAT TIME WHEN WORD HAS SOLD HER INTEREST IN THE BUILDING TO A NEW COMPANY FAILURE, KICK OUT L C. WHO IS AN L ASKING FOR OUR BOAT SLIP AS WELL TO BE, AT LEAST TO THEIR TO THEIR COMPANY TO PROVIDE THAT SAME BOAT. STEP TWO. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL. THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IS REALLY IN THE LEAST IT'S JUST RELEASED DIDN'T HAVE AN ASSIGNED ABILITY CLAUSE IN IT PREVIOUSLY. SO WE'RE COMING WITH T WITH A BRAND NEW LEASE, MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND THAT I JUST ASKED THAT IN ALL DOCUMENTS GOING FURTHER. AT THE BORDER PATROL IS THE BORDER AND BORDER PATROL IS SPELLED CORRECTLY IN ALL DOCUMENTS, OKAY? MR MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. AH YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER. OKAY UM, SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THESE YOU KNOW FEDERAL GRANTS AND FEDERAL YOU KNOW, FENDER RELATIONSHIPS WORK, BUT UM. THERE IS SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT THIS. THAT IS JUST IT'S I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. WE'RE SO WE'RE LEASING TO A LIKE

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WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HASTILY COBBLED TOGETHER PRIVATE VENTURE FOUR OR $500 A MONTH. GRANTED THIS IS NOT SPACE THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING A LOT OF OTHER WITH, BUT THEN THEN THIS PRIVATE ENTITY WHO IS I MEAN, WHO'S THERE? I'VE LOOKED AT SUNBIZ. THEY'RE REGISTERED IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THIS PRIVATE ENTITY IS THEN CONTRACTING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO USE OUR DOCK. SO IT'S A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME AND OKAY, AND SO I LOOKED UP. THE PREVIOUS. LEASE HOLDER WE WERE WINDWARD. UM AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE WITH THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE BY A COMPETITOR. COMPETITOR TO THEM GRANTED, YOU KNOW THEY WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET THE BIT. THEY DIDN'T GET THE DEAL AND WHEN WE'RE DEAD BUT SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT I WAS SEEING IN THERE. THE UNSUCCESSFUL. BITTER COMPANY WAS APPARENTLY GOING TO BE CHARGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALMOST $500,000 A YEAR. SO I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING ARE BEYOND JUST THE USE OF THE SLIP. BUT I HAVE TO ASK. SINCE THIS IS THIS IS OUR TAXPAYERS STUFF AND WE'RE GOING TO LEASE IT OUT TO SOMEBODY BASED REGISTERED FOR FRASER CREEK PROPERTIES LLC, BASED IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THEY'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND LEASE IT, MAYBE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER SERVICE SERVICES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A LOT OF MONEY, AND I WHY ISN'T WHY ISN'T OUR WELL HERE IN OUR TAXPAYERS GETTING THAT MONEY LIKE A BETTER WAY. I SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH WE'VE CREATED A NEW LEASE, AND THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE CONTEMPORANEOUS THE CITY HAS ALREADY ENTERED INTO A LEASE FOR THAT SLIP. SO THE REALITY OF IT IS IF YOU WERE TO DENY IT. THE ORIGINAL UNDERLYING LEASE TO THAT ENTITY WOULD STAY IN PLACE . IT'S JUST WOULDN'T BE THE NEW LEASED TO THE NEW ENTITY. THIS HAS TWO MOMENTS. THIS HAS TWO THINGS, BUT I AGREE TERMINATION AND THE SECOND ONE RESOLUTION, SO IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT WHEN WE'RE KEEPS IT OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW. JUST SOMETHING SEEMS WEIRD ABOUT THIS AND AGAIN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE FEDERAL CONTRACTS WORK, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE $31 TRILLION ZONE. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THIS. AND I, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE GETTING THIS MONEY, IT SHOULD BE OUR TAXPAYERS RELEASING IT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. UM SO I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, IT DOES INCLUDE THE LEASE ON THE BUILDING. WHAT THEY'RE PLAYING IS ALSO THE PRIVATE BUILDING. IT'S A LEASE WITH THE PRIVATE BUILDING. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A BOAT SLIP AS PART OF THE LEAST TO THE PRIVATE BUILDING. WHAT'S THE PRIVATE BUILDING? THE MARINA . GOOD. YOU DIDN'T COME TO THE GRAND OPENING BRIAN CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL. THE ENTIRE BUILDING. CORRECT? YES YEAH, WELL PUMP CITY YACHTS. OKAY BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE IN THIS. IT'S JUST THE SLIP. AND SO I'M TRYING TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS COULD VERY WELL ALSO BE A THING WHERE SOMEBODY'S COMING IN. THEY'RE TAKING THAT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO JUST LEASE THAT BACK ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST SOMEBODY IS MAKING A BIG PROFIT SOMEWHERE. UM AND ANYWAY. OKAY, SO I HAVE A SLIGHT THING. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS LARGE AS TRYING TO SAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. FOR THE TAXPAYERS, BUT THIS LEAST DOES PROHIBIT FISH PLANING. ANYWHERE IN SHEPHERD'S PART NOW AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE LEASEHOLDER, BUT I WAS A VERY LARGE ADVOCATE TO PUT A FISH CLEANING TABLE AT SHEPHERD'S PARK. SELFISH. AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE WEEK. IT'S JUST FOR THE LEASEHOLDER. UM BUT IT'S UNDER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OCCUPANCY AND USE OF THE DRUG SENTENCES A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. I WOULD NEGOTIATED TERM THAT THEY CARE ABOUT YES, I DON'T THINK THEY CARE ABOUT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. YOU KNOW MY PUSH FOR A FISH CLEANING TABLE AT SHEPHERD'S PARK. IF WE WOULD AMEND, UM THE SENTENCE OF FISH CLEANING AND STRIKE THE LAST LANGUAGE, SO THE SENTENCE UNDER FISH CLEAN WOULD SAY NO FISH CLEANING IS ALLOWED. WHILE IN THE BOAT SLIP OR ON THE DOCK. BUT STRIKE. IN SHEPPARD'S PARK.

I THINK IT'S SILLY, BUT I'LL DO IT. I THINK IT'S SILLY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SIGNED. BUT WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS THE REALITY. THE REALITY IS I'M GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM IF THESE GUYS ARE FISHING. ALSO A STIPULATION OF THE LEAST COASTGUARDS OUT THERE ROLLING IN MARYLAND. THAT'S IT. THAT'S LIKE THE LEAST SAYS THERE'S SOMEONE TELL IF WE WERE IN HAWAII WOULD

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BE HAVING A PROBLEM. I BET YEAH. SO. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR MESSAGING, YOU KNOW? IT WOULD JUST STRIKE THE SHEPHERD PART. THE END OF FISH CLEANING. I'M FINE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT I THINK WE HAVE A SIGNED LEASE. I MEAN, DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THE SECOND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I DON'T KNOW. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CLARK. I MEAN, SO WE HAVE. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, NOT A BIG DEAL. THEN LET'S JUST WE CAN STRIKE IT AND THEY CAN JUST INITIALLY.

THAT WAS MY THOUGHT, SISTER. TRY AND BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT? WE JUST INSTALLED THE SHEPHERD BOOK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR APPROVAL. STRIKING THE PROHIBITION. FISH CLEANING AND SHEPHERD PARK. MS KENDALL. WE CALL THE ROLE OR IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? APOLOGIES. CUSTOM. WHAT THE KING CLEAN FISH ? NO NO, THEY CAN, HE SAID. HE'S GIVING HIM LEAVE. THEY JUST HAVE TO WALK TO THE FISH CLEANING TABLE, RIGHT? THEY CAN'T DO IT ON. I'M ALLOWING THEM TO CLEAN FOOD. JUST HAVE TO SAY THE MAYOR , AND I THINK, PHIL KIND OF LIKE MAYBE GOING FISHING TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT. GET OFFSHORE FISHING ON THAT FLOOR ENGINE BOATS. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO NOT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES VICE MAYOR MACDONALD MAYOR MATHESON.

YES. RIGHT. OUR FINAL ITEM. MR MAYOR. I ASKED HER REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE

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COMMISSIONER GOALS FOR 2022

 

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GOALS FOR THIS COMING YEAR THAT THE STAFF CAN WORK ON, UM, GOALS THAT ARE ACHIEVABLE WITHIN AT LEAST A YEAR OR SLIGHTLY THERE OVER A YEAR. AND I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NECESSARILY NEED ANY DISCUSSION, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM SO THAT EVERY COMMISSIONER KNEW WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE ASKING FOR. SOME OF THEM WILL REQUIRE FUNDING. SOME OF THEM WILL NOT, BUT THOSE THAT REQUIRE YOU KNOW, FUNDING LARGER FUNDING WOULD COME BACK TO YOU GUYS, EITHER FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OR IN OUR NEXT FISCAL CYCLE BECAUSE OUR FISCAL CYCLE CARRIES OVER THE YEAR. SO WE ALL HAVE THE GOALS. WE'VE SEEN THEM THEIR THEIR PUBLIC. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO X? FOUND ON THEM OR DISCUSS THEM. WATCH. OTHER ONE. Q. BUT FOR ME IS ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS INSTEAD OF VERY MANY OF THEM, AND THEY'RE OLD AND FADED AND I WOULD LIKE TO. GET SOME, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN STUART ON ON THEM. ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUCH WERE THE BIGGEST THIS IS THE BIGGEST DEAL FOR US AND YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS TIME AND ALL THE TOURISTS AND WE KEEP GETTING ALL THESE NICE AWARDS AND EVERYTHING, AND I JUST THINK WE SHOULD LOOK REALLY, REALLY GREAT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST IN A SMALL AREA. JUST LOOK FABULOUS, BUT I'M SURE ON SOME OF THE POLLS THEY CAN AND CAN'T SO THAT COULD BE HONORED.

DAD, I HOPE SO ALL THE GOALS IN MY MIND SEEMED, UM VERY WORTHWHILE. SOME. MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT BARS OF ATTAIN ABILITY THAN OTHERS. AND I THINK WE ALL CAN WORK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND WITHIN THE BUDGET AS AS THE UPCOMING SUMMER COMES, UM AS FAR AS WHAT'S ATTAINABLE AND IF THEY'RE NOT ATTAINABLE, THEY CAN PROBABLY BE PHASED IN. YOUR MULTIPLE BUDGET CYCLES. AND SOME ARE ALREADY IN MOTION TO VARYING DEGREES. WITH THAT REGARD. I KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE IF WE COULD COLLEGE HISTORIC AREA IN EAST STEWART, WE WERE TRYING TO WORK I THINK DURING MR MICHELETTI IS TIME AND TO GET SOME OLDER BUILDINGS DESIGNATED OR SOME PROPERTIES. AND OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET IDEA OF PUT IN SOME NAMES, OR AT LEAST LOOKING AT THE HISTORY UNDER AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE THOSE INCLUDE SOME BUDGET ITEMS, BUT I DIDN'T SUBMIT ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO TRY TO GET SOME DEDICATION IS DONE. BEFORE JUNE. OR MAYBE WE COULD SOMETHING AROUND ME. BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I PROBABLY. WORK ON THAT WE HAD PROMISED AT 109 YEAR OLD. MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. MR HARRIS HAS ELUDED US. YEAH WE'RE ALMOST READY TO GO WITH THAT. AND WITH THE OLD MACEDONIA, WHICH IS NOW, STUART. AND OF COURSE, MR JOHN SCOTT HAD, UM BUILT THE HOME THERE, AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STREET WITH PHILIP

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HARVEY AND WE WERE THOSE WERE ALL IN THE PLANS TO GET THOSE THREE LOCATIONS ALONG CHURCH STREET SOUL. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK ON THOSE AND GET THEM DEDICATED THIS YEAR. AND TRYING TO IT'S WORKING ON THAT. YEP AND I EMAILED YOU BACK TODAY. WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GROUP FROM STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LOOKING AT GRANTS JACK . HE'S BEEN LOOKING AT GRANTS AND WE HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MIND THAT I THINK YOU'LL BE SATISFIED WITH THANK YOU, MR MERRICK. AND I JUST YEAH. SO MY ASK WAS EXPANSION OF HANDY CREEK NATURE PRESERVE, INCLUDING CONNECTING TRAILS. I USE THAT PARK. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, AND I LOVE IT. IT'S WONDERFUL. HANDY CREEK PARK PROPER NORTH OF BAKER ROAD I REALLY ENJOY AND EVERY TIME I GO BY, THERE'S THE SIGNAGE THERE . TALKS ABOUT DEMONSTRATES FUTURE EXPANSION AND TO MAJOR AREAS, AND SO, UM THIS PROBABLY WOULD BE. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS PROBABLY WOULD BE A BUDGET ITEM BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME TRAIL CLEARING AND BUT WHAT MY HOPE FOR THIS IS AND IF YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM OR MAYBE EVEN LIKE A SPECIAL WORKSHOPS SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE AVID HIKER TRAIL. TRAIL HIKERS AND MOUNTAIN BIKERS.

TRAIL RIDERS I KNOW RIGHT? COLLEAGUE UP HERE. THE VICE MAYOR WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT SO MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME SMALL TRAIL. TRAIL BIKING THROUGH THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE FORMAT WOULD BE, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FORMAL. COMMISSION. AGENDA ITEM OR WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MY VISION IS FOR IT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ASSESS OUR INPUT AND COMMUNITY INPUT. NO. WORK WITH SOME LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AIRBORNE OR SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT COULD MAINTAIN THEM.

VICE MAYOR. UM, JUST MY TWO ISSUES THAT I PUT UP THERE WAS PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, PRIMARILY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND LOOKING AT THE CODE. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY ACCOMPLISHED SOME OF THAT THROUGH THE FORM BASED CODE. BUT LOOKING AT I THINK THERE'S LOOKING AT WHY, UM WHY BUSINESSES? CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES HAVE NOT DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS IS RELATED TO DIRECTLY TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO LOOKING AT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I'M GONNA SAY 2000 AND 16 PRICE 17. THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BUILD 22 SEPARATE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. CAMDEN'S BECAUSE AND ULTIMATELY THE REASON WHY THEY WERE DEVELOPED A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND NOT A MIXED USE PROPERTY WAS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY WITH PARKING.

AND AS WE'RE SEEING THE FUNCTIONAL LIFE OF MANY OF THE NON HISTORIC TYPE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN, UH, BECOMING, THEY'RE BECOMING FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE. IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE PARKING , UM AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS WILL MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE FORM BASED CODE. BUT WE MIGHT NOT BE HITTING ALL OF THE PLACES THAT NEED TO BE TOUCHED AND SO I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS LOOKING AT MARTIN COUNTY'S WORKING ON A INNOVATION DISTRICT. UH, LOOKING AT THAT I WANT TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART THAT ARE COMMERCIAL FOR HER THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT ARE COMMERCIAL IN NATURE SHOULD REMAIN COMMERCIAL IN NATURE AND THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE ZONING AND LAND USE. TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT WILL BRING MUCH HIGHER AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE JOBS. NOT JUST YOUR NOT JUST YOUR DOWNTOWN RETAIL PAYING MINIMUM WAGE. UM. BUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING NOT ONLY , UM, INNOVATIVE, HIGHER PAYING JOBS BUT ALSO WHO BRING MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY, FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE HARD TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW THEY YOU KNOW THEY SAW 75. THEY HAVE 75% OF THE WORLD MARKET OF A PRODUCT. AND PARDON. AGREED YEAH , SO I THINK AND I'VE GOT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN AND OUTLINE OF A PLAN, WHICH I'LL PRESENT TO STAFF ON HOW WE ACCOMPLISH. OH, THIS GOAL, BUT IT'S UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME SO BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT EXPENSIVE. SO SINCE EVERYONE MENTIONED SOME OF THEM. I MY. TWO I ACTUALLY HAD 31 OF THEM. THEY WERE ALL IN MOTION. UM WAS A SUCCESSFUL INFORMATION STATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL STREET TREE PROGRAM. I INTENDED DO WHAT I

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CAN TO MAKE THAT A SUCCESS. IMPROVING PALM CITY ROAD, WHICH I KNOW COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND I ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN AS FAR AS WORKING WITH THE MPO ON THAT AND. IMPROVING OUR DOWNTOWN CITY DOCKS. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMMENTS ABOUT THEM OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. OF THEIR. THEY NEED SOME WORK. UM AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR VOLCKER. MR DIOCESE ON THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SOMEWHAT EMOTION. BUT I SEE THE BENEFIT OF OUR DOWNTOWN BOXES ALSO AWAY.

TO OFFER A SEPARATE WAY TO GET DOWNTOWN AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PARKING NEEDS. AND AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE, WITH MORE AND MORE WATER TAXIS AND SUPPORTIVE OF WATER, TAXIS AND MORE OPTIONT AREAS AROUND THE RIVER THAT YOU KNOW, HAVING WELL MAINTAINED. FUNCTIONAL. DOWNTOWN DOCKS. DID.

ANY. VOTER CAN USE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SKILL SET IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ADDING, UM, BRINGING PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN IN A WAY TO EASE. THAT DEMAND FOR DRIVING A CAR THERE. THE NICE POCKET PARK OFF ST LUCIE CRESCENT. WE COULD PUT A DARK OUT. START THERE. WELL MAYOR SINCE YEARS ARE ALREADY IN IN PLAY, MAYOR CAN I ADD ONE MORE? LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET A DEAL WITH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL FOR $500,000 A YEAR. LET'S LET'S LET'S BE THE PEOPLE ON THE ON THAT DEAL. AGREED, ANE A QUESTION. QUESTION PERFORMANCE BLANKET DISMISSAL, HELEN. THANKS SO I KNOW THAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE, LIKE, I THINK COMMISSION. MCDONALD MENTIONED THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF MORE LONGER, BUT OF COURSE I'D LIKE IF WE WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AGAIN ON HOUSING SUMMIT OR SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY SOLID FIREPOWER AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDELINES.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT TO TALK TO DEVELOPERS OR CHANGING OUR CODE THAT WE TRY TO WORK ON THAT THIS YEAR. MM BECAUSE THEN WE TALKED TO IT. TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE SOME RULES AND GUIDELINES. BUT, YOU KNOW, UM WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO TO EVEN WORK WITH THE PERSONS, ONE OF, UM TRY TO WORK ON THE TWO ACRE PERSONALITY OF TOWN. SO I STILL THINK WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS, AND IT'S RATHER JUST LIKE SELF EVIDENT THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS THAT WHEN BRINKLEY HAD BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO RECOGNIZE A PERSON A MONTH OR A QUARTER OR SOMETHING. A CITIZEN OF PERSON. YEAH THE MONTH OR QUARTER OR WHATEVER. SO IF WE COULD TRY TO GET SOME IDEAS FROM CITY MANAGER AND MAYBE COME BACK AND SEE IF THAT PROGRAM CAN WORK. AND HOW IT WOULD WORK WITH THE MOST EFFECTIVE WHETHER WE BREAK UP THE SIT INTO QUADRANTS OR WHATEVER, SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT IS AREAS OF THE CITY. AND PICK SOMEBODY WITHIN AN AREA HAVE CRITERIA OR DO IT QUARTERLY OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO SOMETHING IF WE CAN TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EXPENSIVE VENTURE, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE SOMETHING AND THAT'S GOING TO GO IN PLACE OF ARTS MOMENT. I'LL GO CHECK NO, AND WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE OUR MOMENT AND I DO HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP. BUT JUST BE LIKE ONCE A QUARTER. I DON'T KNOW. IT DEPENDS ON WHATEVER POLICY WE DECIDED TO DO. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. YEAH SO IF WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, THEN WE'D LIKE TO PROBABLY HAVE A PROPOSAL. TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ON OR NOT, THAT WAS IT. ALAN MCBRIDE. WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, MR MCBRIDE. AND I DON'T KNOW IT'S KIND OF FUNNY SUBJECT, BUT THE HOMELESS. IN MEMORIAL PARK. NOW I WENT FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. AND WHEN, AT NIGHT I WENT DURING THE DAY I CARRIED MY WALKING STICK BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR PART THAT THE BENCHES THAT KIND OF THE SAME PEOPLE. AND THE PEOPLE CONTENT CITY. THEY ALL SEEM TO LIVE IN PALM CITY. THEY ADVERTISE EVERY CITY PEOPLE. AND NOW, IF YOU THAT WAS ADVERTISING NICE PICTURE. WAS 3 TO 43324 30. YOU CAN GO DOWN LIKE BY THE RACQUETBALL COURT. THEY'RE GIVING OUT MEALS AND THEY GOT THE SLEEP MIRROR. AND I ALWAYS CONTENT CHARITIES IN THAT. BUT

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THIS MORNING I WAS EARLY. AND I TURNED THE NEWS ON IN THE NEWS MEAN YOUNG GENTLEMAN HE WAS AT REPORTING FROM FLAGLER PARK. AND THERE'S THE HOMELESS GUY WAS WALKING, BREAK ME OUT AND TV BEHIND HIM. I'VE WAS DOWN IN THE FARMER'S MARKET SUNDAY. I GOT VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE OF THE VICTORIAN TOURISTS THING IN THE CITY. MY MIND POCKET CROSS THE STREET THIS HI. I MEAN, HE HAS A PROBLEM IF YOU'D USUALLY SEE ITS CONDITION UHH GRAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. SO I KNOW THERE'S THE LAWS AND RULES AND I KNOW MICHAEL MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE , BUT WE'VE GOT TO THINK OF SOMETHING. I MEAN, THE PALM CITY PEOPLE ARE REALLY THAT CAN STUDY PEOPLE. THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS OVER THERE AND PAM CITY, AND THEY'D BE CLOSER TO THEM IN THEIR HOME, BUT I CHOSE IN AN ACCIDENT.

THINK WE LIKE. WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE DRUG ANYMORE, BUT I USED TO BRING THE DOG DOWN MEMORIAL PARK. IT'S JUST THAT THOUGHT. THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND JUST EVEN YOU YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THAT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S MY LITTLE PROBLEM THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S CANADA. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR O. N. E. FEW COMMISSIONERS. NO ONE DOES HUDSON ON THE RIVER GOING TO OPEN SOMEONE KEEPS TELLING ME EVERY EVERY YEAR, BUT EVEN LESS TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER DAY, JANUARY FEBRUARY IS HOPING, HE SAID JANUARY CAME HERE FIRST CAME AND GONE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO GIVE ME WHEN HE LOSES HIS BET HE WON'T TELL ME. OH OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS THE THING. WE ALL WANT HIM TO OPEN. THANKS ALAN. THANK YOU. SO

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