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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MERIT. MATHESON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART. TODAY IS FEBRUARY 14TH 2022. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. WE'RE HERE IN OUR CITY OF STEWART COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT 1 21, SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE, AND IT'S FOUR P.M. IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES WHILE WE GET THROUGH THE MEETING. HADN'T MS KENDALL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MATHESON HERE, VICE MAYOR MCDONALD HERE. COMMISSIONER BRUNER COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE. COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. IF YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE, PLEASE STAND WHAT WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC.
WOULD SAY. WHAT UNDER GOD. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. VIBRANT. THANK YOU. I LOVE HEARING IT SUNG THAT WAY. AND NOW WE HAVE AN ARTS MOMENT. FROM MISS THELMA WASHINGTON. AND THE
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ARTS MOMENT - Thelma Washington, The ABC's of Black History and the Gertrude Walden children's performance.
]STUDENTS OF THE GERTRUDE WALDEN DAYCARE CENTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON. WE BRING YOU GREEN.
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THANK YOU BOYS. THINK GIRLS AND THIS IS OUR VP K CLASS TWO CLASSES THAT WOULD BE GOING OFF TO KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, BOYS AND GIRLS ALSO YOU BACK AT THIS CENTER. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. I'M GOING TO THE PICTURE WITH THEM. SO AS YOU LIKE MHM.
IN AN ACT SUPER WHOLE ACTOR? YES. I AM HERE TO DO. NO. RIGHT HERE. THANKS. BACK. AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I GRANT YOU WILD AND CHILDCARE CENTER. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS TO KNOW NOT ONLY AMERICAN HISTORY BUT BLACK HISTORY. MARK ON THIS ONE OF THE THINGS I DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THE ELLIOTT MUSEUM WAS STUFF . ABC IS A BLACK HISTORY IN MARTIN COUNTY. YOU KNOW SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MARRY BEFORE CAPITAL WHEN I GRADUATED FROM A HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE. UM, BONE COOK MINUTE. THEY WANT TO BE SO IN COMPRISE THE INFORMATION OF OUR LOCAL BLACK HISTORY. SO TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR ABC S A BLACK HISTORY AND MARTIN COUNTY.
AND JUST REMEMBER, MY INFORMATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS MY SOURCE. A IS FOR ANDERSON.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DOCTOR DAVID ANDERSON WAS THE LONGEST SERVING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND FIRST BLACK ELECTED TO MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THE MARTIN COUNTY. STILL BORED. B IS FOR BEAR BRYANT, THE FIRST BLACK ARTHUR DONNA'S B IS ALSO FOR JOHNNY BALE, WHO WAS A BUSINESS OWNER FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN EAST STEWART. C IS FOR MARIAN CARPENTER, WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT PORTS AND LEARN ELEMENTARY AND THE FIRST TEACHER TO INTEGRATE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MARTIN COUNTY. D IS FOR GUY DAVIS, WHICH WAS THAT GUY DAVIS PARK, WHICH WAS NAMED FOR THE GUY DAVIS, WHO WAS THE MANAGER OF THE STUART DODGERS E IT'S FOR EUGENE BROWN JR. THE FIRST BLACK ADMITTED TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. E IS ALSO FOR YOU LOOK , LARD CITY COMMISSIONER AND FIVE OF THE EAST STEWART. F IS FULFILLING WILLIAMS, WHO WAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 1957 BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND HE WAS THE SECOND BLACK TO HAVE A SCHOOL NAMED IN HIS HONOR.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY G IS FOR WILLIE GARY 1ST 1ST BLACK ATTORNEY AND ALSO GENIUS FOR GREG BUCKLE, FIRST BLACK ARCHITECT. AGE IS FOR ROBERT HALL, THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR JOYCE HOBSON, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE ELECTED TO MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I IS FOR ISAAC MCCARTHY, WHO WAS A BUSINESS HONOR AND HE STEWART J IS FOR JULIUS GRAHAM, THE FIRST BLACK GENERAL CONTRACTOR. J IS ALSO FOR JOHN SCOTT, WHO WAS THE LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEE AT MARTIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. OKAY IS FOR KERRY ANDERSON, THE YOUNGEST DEPUTY YOUNGEST DEPUTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. K IS OFFER ALSO FOR KING, WHICH WAS SEVENTH STREET WAS RENAMED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. AILES IS FOLLOW RAIN GRANT, THE FIRST BLACK FOOD SERVICE MANAGER , ELLIS ALSO FOR DEBRA LANGSTON, THE FIRST BLACK EMPLOYED AT THE CLERK ON CIRCUIT COURT. AM IT'S FOR GILBERT MILLER, THE FIRST BLACK DEPUTY AT THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT'S ALSO FOR AUDREY, A MORE WHO WAS THE LEAD AUTHOR OF TRAGICAL BLACK HERITAGE. IAN IT'S FUN NEW MONROVIA, WHICH IS AN AREA IN PORT SALERNO, THAT STARTED BACK IN 1912, OH, IT'S FOR, OR ADELE LANDERS, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO RUN FOR A SEAT. AT THE CITY COMMISSION. OH IT'S ALSO FOR THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN. OH, THAT STARTED WITH TEACHER COSTELLO WILLIAMS, WHO WAS PAID $75 A MONTH BACK THEN. P IS FOR PEDIATRICIAN DOT EBOLA GEAR WAS THE FIRST BLACK PEDIATRICIAN AND MARTIN COUNTY P IS ALSO FOR WILLETT, PETTWAY, A PETTWAY PARKING HISTORIC GOMEZ. AREA OF CALLED SAM. TWO IS FOR QUILLIN MAC HARDY, WHO WAS AN EDUCATED OVER 40 YEARS AND MANAGED THE FIRST BLACK AWFULLY R IS FOR ROSITA DICKERSON, THE FIRST BLACK EMPLOYED AT CITY HALL AND MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FIRST AS A CLERK. THE N S A SHERIFF DEPUTY WHERE SHE RETIRED AFTER 32 YEARS AND HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY. T IS FATIGUE RIDGE, ONE OF THE COUNTY'S OLDEST BLACK COMMUNITIES. FIRST SETTLED IN 18 98 ASK IS FOR WILLIE SMITH, THE FIRST BLACK HEAD OF MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ASKED IS ALSO FOR WILLIS WILLIS SAMPSON. WHO WAS THE OLDEST LIVING WHERE HE WAS
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THE OLDEST LIVING VETERAN IN MARTIN COUNTY. HE PASSED AWAY. RECENTLY T IS FOR THELMA WATERS FOR THE FAMILY WATERS INFANT CARE CENTER, WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE 19 TWENTIES. SALMOND WATERS WAS RECENT LESS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE FLORIDA WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME, JUST PROUD TO HER DEATH. U IS FOR UNION BAPTIST CHURCH WITH WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1923 AND JENSEN BEACH.IT WAS DESTROYED ON 9 11 1949 AND REBUILT IN 1961. V IS FOR VICTIM AT HARDY, WHO WAS THE LONGEST SERVANT LONGEST SERVING VOLUNTEERED AMERICAN RED CROSS W IS FOR WALTER TOLD HIM THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL. WS ALSO FOR LIVER OF WASHINGTON, THE FIRST BLACK TO ADVANCE THE CAPTAIN OF THE STORE POLICE DEPARTMENT. EXCESS WASN OVER YOU. ANDERSON WHO WAS PRINCIPAL AT PORTS AND ELEMENTARY, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY AND DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM FOR MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHY IS FOR YOUR BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS YOUNG YEARN TO DO BETTER, AND THEY DID. AND C IS TO BE ZEALOUS ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS AS WELL AS OURS. THANK YOU. AND NOW YOU KNOW THE HISTORY. OF YOUR A B CS OF BLACK HISTORY IN MARTIN COUNTY. THANK YOU. OR ABC.
NOW AND IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.
FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH OF FEBRUARY. MR MARTEL, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROCLAMATION BLACK
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH - FEBRUARY 2022
]HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2022, WHEREAS IN 1926 HISTORIAN DR CARTER G. WOODSON ESTABLISHED WHAT WOULD BECOME BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO BRING SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AWARENESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS , CONTRIBUTIONS AND HISTORY IN THE SHAPING OF AMERICA. AND WHEREAS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS ENDURED DECADES OF STRUGGLE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS EQUAL AMONG OUR FELLOW CITIZENS , AND HAS PERSEVERED THROUGH HATE AND BIGOTRY TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THE BASIC RIGHTS, WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR 2020 TO FOCUS ON FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE LEGACY OF NOT ONLY BLACK SCHOLARS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN MEDICINE BUT ALSO OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING, FOR EXAMPLE, BIRTH WORKERS DOULAS MIDWIVES. NEURAL PATHS, HEALERS, ETCETERA. THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND AFRICAN DIASPORA.
THE 2022 THEME CONSIDERS ACTIVITIES, RITUALS AND INITIATIVES THAT BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE TO BE WELL . AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS US INTO CELEBRATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE UNDENIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS AND IT ALSO CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE EVER PRESENT SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION EMBEDDED IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE CONTINUED NEED TO WORK TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT IN THE CITY OF STEWART. I MERIT MATHESON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2022 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE. THE DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL THANK YOU, MR MARTEL. AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION IS NINA DOOLEY, PRESIDENT OF ACES, THE AFRO AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST STEWART.
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AFTER ME, EVERYONE. CITY COMMISSIONERS. HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BLACK HISTORY FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE PLANS THIS SATURDAY AT THE 10TH STREET REC CENTER, AND IT'S THE ANNUAL BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND CELEBRATION. IT'S A CONSIST OF FASHION SHOWS, HAIR SHOW. WE HAVE A THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE KIDS. WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. MUSIC AND DANCE AND GREAT FOOD FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND ENJOY. SO WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH ASIS CONTINUOUSLY EVERY YEAR, AND WE ALSO LIKE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HERITAGE OF THE EASTWARD COMMUNITY AND AS WELL AS THE HISTORY. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S 1/10 STREET COMMUNITY CENTER HISTORY COMMUNITY CENTER THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 5. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. FEBRUARY IS ALSO 211[3.
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]AWARENESS MONTH AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. MR MARTEL , WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE BLOOD FROM NATION PROCLAMATION TO 11 AWARENESS MONTH, FEBRUARY 2022, WHEREAS 211 HELPLINE IS ENTERING ITS SIXTH DECADE OF QUALITY AND CARING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS OVER THE SPAN OF TIME TO ON ONE HELPLINE HAS RESPONDED TO OVER THREE MILLION REQUESTS FOR HELP FOR PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE FOR PROVIDING THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT THEY NEEDED. 211 CONTINUES TO DO SO THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES AND WHEREAS MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ADDICTION, HOUSING, UTILITIES, FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH CONCERNS AT THE TOP NEEDS EXPRESSED BY PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US. AND WHEREAS 211 CARRYING STAFF CONTINUE TO BE THAT BEACON OF HOPE, PROVIDING CRISIS, SUPPORT AND RESOURCE IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED AND DO NOT KNOW WHERE. TO TURN TWO AND ONE IS AVAILABLE ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT. AND WHEREAS 211 ALSO HAS SPECIALIZED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE THE CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROJECT AND HELPED ME GROW CATCHING CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. EARLY AND WHEREAS TWO ON ONES LIFESAVING SUNSHINE DAILY TELEPHONE REASSURANCE CALLS CONTINUED TO BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF LOCAL ISOLATED SENIORS AND HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE INCLUDE ISOLATED CAREGIVERS. AND WHEREAS TWO AND ONE'S MY FLORIDA VETERANS PROVIDES PEER TO PEER SUPPORT AND HELPS VETERANS TO READJUST, PROVIDING LINKAGE TO SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. NOW THEREFORE, I MERIT MATHESON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, YOU HEREBY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 2022 AS 211 AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AND URGED ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE THAT IF THEY ARE OVERWHELMED AND IN CRISIS OR JUST NEED TO TALK 211 IS AVAILABLE ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. TWO ON ONE STAFF CAN ALSO PROVIDE REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, FOOD ASSISTANCE, DAYCARE SUPPORT GROUPS VOLUNTEERING BIT TO FREE INCOME TAX PREPPER PREPARATION AND SO MUCH MORE. THINK THANK YOU. AND. ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION WE HAVE PATRICE SCHROEDER. COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST FOR THE 211 HOTLINE . AWKWARD HAVING MY BACK TO PEOPLE , SO I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A NATURAL INSTINCT. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR PROCLAMATION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE TRENCHES. YOU KNOW 211 JUST FOR ALL THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR. IT IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE AND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE DO HAVE 19 TO 11 SERVING DIFFERENT COUNTIES, CLUSTERS OF COUNTIES. IN MY 211 SERVICES, PALM BEACH AND THE TREASURE COAST. MARTIN ST LUCIE AND NUMBER AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. LAST YEAR, WE ANSWERED THE COMBINED TOTAL OF OVER 100,000 REQUESTS FOR HELP. FROM PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, SO WE CONTINUE TO BE THERE 24 7 ANY TIME AND FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY WHO'S STRUGGLING, OR YOU KNOW OF A FAMILY OR AN INDIVIDUAL COWORKER THAT COULD USE DIFFERENT SERVICES. WE'RE HERE FOR THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 46,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. AND OF THAT WE HAD 3800. THAT WERE SUICIDAL CONCERNS SO. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT
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FOR HELP. AND WE HAVE HAD RECENT EXAMINER THE MEDICAL EXAMINER STATING THAT THE INCREASE MADE IT LIKE A 31% INCREASE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND A 32% INCREASE THAT THIS WAY SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF SOMEBODY IF YOU ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH. TO THE POINT WHERE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THEIR OWN, TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO STEP OUT AND ASK FOR HELP FOR THEM BECAUSE WE CAN SAVE LIVES DOING THAT, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE VERY DEPRESSED AND CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. LAST YEAR. WE HAD 26,000 INDIVIDUALS REACHING OUT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STRUGGLING WITH RENT INCREASES, AND I THINK YOU'RE HAVING THE SAME SCENARIO ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS CALL US THAT HAD $100 INCREASE. $500 INCREASE. WE HAD ONE SINGLE MOM STRUGGLING. SHE HAD AN $800 INCREASE IN A RENT. SHE HAD A SMALL CHILD AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO. AND WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT SERVICES AROUND THE COMMUNITY. SO IF THERE ISN'T A LOT OF HOUSING OR HOMELESSNESS, ASSISTANCE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING , YOU KNOW WE CAN ONLY GET THESE PEOPLE TO FIND FOOD PANTRIES AND HELP THEM WITH OTHER RESOURCES. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO HELP WITH THAT MEDICAL PIECE FAMILIES THAT ARE CONCERNED THEY ARE STILL CONCERNED WITH COVID OR WHATEVER THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS ARE. WE'RE HELPING THEM TO FIND CLINICS AND, OF COURSE, COURSE FOOD ASSISTANCE. SO YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T HELP THEM WITH CERTAIN RESOURCES. BUT IF WE CAN DO SOME CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IF WE GET YOU TO THE FOOD PANTRY IF YOU GET THE FREE WIRELESS PHONE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS, THINGS LIKE THAT. MAYBE WE CAN FREE UP SOME INCOME TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND JUST BRIEFLY. OUR NEWS PROGRAM IS THAT CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROGRAM AND THE CDCS DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CAREGIVERS AND MIDDLE AGED INDIVIDUALS AND MINORITIES WERE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST GROUPS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY COVID SCENARIO AND THE RESTRICTIONS. AND WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THEY KNEW THAT DEEP COVID PANDEMIC ITSELF WAS THE INITIAL WAVE. THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT FOLLOWED WAS THAT SECOND WAVE AND THAT THIRD EVEN BIGGER WAVE IS THAT OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SO WE ARE IN IT RIGHT NOW. BUT CAREGIVERS. AND SENIORS PARTICULARLY ISOLATED. WE DO HAVE OUR CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROJECT FAMILY CAREGIVERS WHO ARE CAREGIVING FOR ANOTHER FELLOW OF FAMILY MEMBER. THAT'S AN ADULT, SO IT'S AN ADULT CAREGIVER HAVE ANOTHER ADULT. CAN CALL US AND WE'LL HELP FIND THOSE RESOURCES WILL BE THAT SUPPORTIVE PIECE IN THAT CORNER , AND THEY CAN ALSO GET A DAILY SUNSHINE CALLED PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO ELDERS, YOU KNOW, AN ELDER SPOUSES CAREGIVING FOR THEIR THEIR SPOUSE THAT MAY BE DISABLED OR BEDRIDDEN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAREGIVER IS DOING OKAY. SO THAT GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED. SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT ON THAT FAMILY DYNAMIC. WE ALSO GET CONTINUE WITH THE SUNSHINE PROGRAM. SO IF YOU KNOW SENIORS OUT THERE WE CALL ABOUT 560 SENIORS EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY. AND WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE THAT. SO IF YOU KNOW THE LOCAL SENIOR, OR IT COULD BE AGAIN SOMEBODY WHO IS HOUSE FOUNDER DISABLED THAT MAYBE YOUNGER, MAYBE A VETERAN THIS HOUSE FOUNDER DISABLED WE CAN GIVE THEM THAT DAILY CALL TO CHECK IN ON THEM TO SAY HELLO. AND IT ACTUALLY SAVES LIVES, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T RESPOND TO US, WE WILL TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON THEIR BACKUP LIST. BUT IF NOBODY KNOWS THAT THE WELL BEING OF THAT INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE LOST ENFORCEMENT THROUGH A WELFARE CHECK, AND WE HAVE FOUND INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN A MEDICAL NEEDS SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET 911 TO THEM.SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND OF COURSE TO 11 IS THERE IF A PERSON JUST NEEDS TO TALK SO I CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. TEENS ELDERS INDIVIDUALS IF THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY, THEY DON'T THEY MAY NOT WANT ANY RESOURCES OR ANY ADDITIONAL HELP JUST TO HAVE THAT VENTING. ABILITY TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES TO LET YOU KNOW JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT THEM. IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT. AND OUR LATEST ALSO VETERANS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN REACH OUT SO UNIQUE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY HELPING THAT VETERAN BUT WE'RE HELPING THE FAMILY FIND RESOURCES AND SERVICES, SO IT'S JUST A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAM. IT IS A STATE OF FLORIDA PROGRAM THAT TO ONE ONCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OR ADMINISTRATIVE, SO I THINK I'VE TAKEN MY SHARE AND THAT THOSE WERE TOUGH ACTS TO FOLLOW. YOU KNOW THOSE LITTLE KIDS? HOW DO YOU HOW YOU COME UP AFTER THAT, AND I LOVE THE BLACK HISTORY NAMING THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE, AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT TO ONE WANT US HERE FOR YOU ALL AS WELL. SO I THINK, MISS SCHROEDER . THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. YOU'RE CHANGING LIVES AND EVERYONE IN YOUR TEAM TO 11. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE SERVICE
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]AWARDS. TONIGHT. FIRST ONE FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE. AT THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS MR
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ANDY. SHOOT OFF. HE'S NOT HERE ISN'T SURE ACCEPTING ON HIS BEHALF OF HE IS HE HERE? WILL BE CHIEF TO MINELLI. KEEP KEEP THAT PICTURE. KEEP THAT CERTIFICATE. CAN YOU GIVE US A SPEECH? QUESTIONS PAGE. THANK YOU EXPECT YOU TO GIVE A SPEECH FOR HIM? YEAH. NOW. WE DO HAVE A FEW EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF STEWART. THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY. LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE. UM. WHICH IS. PRETTY IMPORTANT. I'M NOT AS YOUNG AS I TRY AND LOOK UM AND. 40 YEARS IS AS AN INCREDIBLY LONG TIME. AND IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DRUM ROLL SHIP, MR MAYOR BEFORE OUR NEXT SERVICE AWARD HERE, MR MAYOR, CAN I STOP YOU FOR ONE SECOND? CAN WE HAVE SOME GUESTS? CAN YOU HAVE THESE GUESTS COME OUT? YES. YES. WE CONTINUE WITH THE DRUMMER, PLEASE. COME ON, REALLY? GONNA MAKE INTRODUCTIONS FOR US? NO BE LIKE, COME ON OUT. ONE OUT OF THEIR SEATS ALL IN THE FRONT THERE. YOU HAVE TO SEE SOMETHING THERE. IS HE CRYING YET? DOES HE CRYING WIDER? IT'S PRETTY ACCIDENTAL. MILTON CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T CATCH THAT. THESE ARE THESE ARE SOME OF MILTON'S FAMILY MEMBERS. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE OUT HERE BEFORE. THAT YOU INTRODUCED THEM. WHERE IS NOTHING? HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE IN THE CORNER THERE, THEY DON'T SEEM SLOW, STAND UP FRONT AND EMBARRASSING . HE'S HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO STAND WITH A PICTURE FOR YOUR THANK YOU SHOULD STAND DURING THE WHOLE THING. I AGREE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY FOR COMING OUT AND EMBARRASSING.MR LEGGETT. WE'RE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF STEWART TONIGHT. WELL.
BECAUSE WHEN HE STARTED, MR MAYOR, MR MAYOR BEFORE YOU ONE, MR MARY BEFORE YOU, UH BEFORE YOU GIVE HIM THE HIS CERTIFICATES AND STUFF. WHAT MILTON DOESN'T KNOW IS HE WAS ALSO SELECTED AS THE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS MONTH. AND SD SO I'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY HIS EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT TO READ OFF. NO YES. THANK YOU TO HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HELPING PUT THIS TOGETHER. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MILTON WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE APPLIED TO BE A PART TIME OFFICER, PART TIME POSITION WITH US. IT WAS A QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION THAT SAYS RATE OF PAY EXPECTED AND HE WROTE $108.80. THAT'S $2.72 AN HOUR. HE GRADUATED FROM MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. GO TIGERS. YEAH HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT SAMBO'S RESTAURANT. IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. $3.23 AN HOUR AT SAMBO'S . I GOT A STORY TO TELL YOU ABOUT SAMBO'S, TOO. INITIALLY HIRED BY THE CITY JUST FOR THE SUMMER IN 1980 AS A LABORER AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. MILTON WAS SO IMPRESSIVE IN HIS PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES THAT THE CITY CONTINUED HIS EMPLOYMENT AND PART TIME TEMPORARY ROLE, BUT NOW AS A RECREATION LEADER WORKING WITH CHILDREN. MILTON BECAME A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE ON FEBRUARY 15TH 1982 WHEN HE ACCEPTED AN OFFER TO WORK AS A LABORER AT THE CITY CEMETERY FOR 4 15 AN HOUR YOU DUG GRAVES? OH, MY GOD. HUH? IN JANUARY OF 1983 . HE WAS PROMOTED TO LABOR TWO AND THREE YEARS LATER ON NOVEMBER 24 1986 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. FROM ONE OF HIS ANNUAL EVALUATIONS WRITTEN BY JOYCE WISELY, SHE COMMEN ASSET TO THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. HE HAS LEARNED TO OPERATE ALL OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THE LIGHTNING LOADER BACKHOE, THE FRONT END LOADERS SWEEPER THE BUSH HOG THE BOX BLADE. HE ALSO OPERATES THE PAINT STRIPER. HE IS IN CHARGE
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OF THE TRAINING OF ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES ON THE STRIPER, AND HE HASN'T THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE PAPERWORK AND OFFICE PROCEDURE. SORRY HE ACCEPTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING IN CHARGE OF ALL CRUISE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE STREETS TEAM. ON MILTON'S ANNUAL EVALUATION IN 1989, AND DURING THE TIME HE SERVED AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TOO, AND THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. IT WAS NOTED THAT HE HAD A PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD. FOR HIS NINE YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT. HE HAD NEVER MISSED A DAY. DOUBLE. OF COURSE, NOW, 40. YEARS LATER, HE'S OFF EVERY OTHER DAY. IT AVERAGES OUT. JUST KIDDING. HE'S NO. HE'S HERE. HE'S HERE MORE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON, I BELIEVE STILL. MILTON WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR IN THE STREETS OF STORMWATER DIVISION ON DECEMBER 18TH 1995. THE TITLE EVENTUALLY CHANGED TO BECOME TEAM LEADER TO BUT MARCH OF 2000 AND FIVE AND AFTER 23 YEARS OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY, MILTON WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. IN OCTOBER OF 2020 MILTON WAS PROMOTED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COMPLEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MILTON.MILTON WAS FIRST DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IN APRIL OF 1996, AND THEN HE WAS NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR TWICE IN 2000 AND 2000 AND 18 2 TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY'S DONE TWO TIMES NUMEROUS THANK YOU. NOTES AND LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ARE IN HIS OCCUPY HIS FILE. HE RAISED $1451 FOR THE 2000 AND EIGHT HEART WALK TEAM. THE TOP EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED THE MOST FUNDS, MILTON IS EXCEPTIONALLY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND HIS PERSONAL RESOURCES.
ALWAYS EXTENDING A HAND TO ANYONE IN NEED. HE COLLABORATES WITH HR AND OTHERS TO REACH AND LIFT UP EMPLOYEES. HE KEEPS HIS EAR TO THE GROUND AND WORKS WITH OTHERS TO HELP WHEN SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING. IS ALWAYS GENEROUS WITH EMERGENCY TIME REQUESTS FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT COME ACROSS THEM, AND NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LITTLE VIDEO PICTURE MONTAGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW WITH MILTON. WE DID. THIS IS GREAT. SAID HE WAS CHECKED.
MY FRIEND. AND GET TO THE MINISTER MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY WORLD. MOST MEN HOLD DOWN. DON'T NEVER HEARD ABOUT HIM WITH ANOTHER GIRL, BUT I DON'T SWEAT IT WAS JUST A STEADY TO LADY INVOLVED IN THAT, HE SAID. SHE SAID CRAP. I KNOW THAT NOBODY PERFECT, PRACTICAL, DESERVING AND BELIEVE OR TO THEM BECAUSE WE GOT THROUGH THE PAST FINALLY FINDING BODIES. THANK YOU.
YOU LIKE VERY THE LIKE. I DON'T THINK IT'S REAL. AND WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE'S RELAXED WITH YOU GOTTA GET ME EVERY TIME. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE, MR MAYOR. I BELIEVE HIS DAUGHTER WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME READ. PLEASE COME. OKAY CAN YOU GET HER THE MONEY AT THE MIC? YOU CAN GET THE MIC THE MIC, PLEASE. YOU CAN TAKE THE MIC OFF. PULL IT UP. IT'S PUSHED. TO SEND HIM AN EMAIL. OKAY WELL, THIS IS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER. MY DAD'S MOTHER, OBVIOUSLY, UM, SHE SAYS, I WISH I COULD BE THERE IN PERSON TO EMBRACE AND CONGRATULATE MILTON FOR 40 YEARS. OF THIS THING WISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF STEWART. WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM. MILTON
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GOT HIS FIRST JOB WITH THE CITY BEFORE HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HARD WORKER . HE USED THAT DETERMINATION TO WORK HIS WAY UP TO THE POSITION THAT HE HOLDS TODAY. MILTON IS DEDICATED TO WHATEVER HE DOES WHETHER IT IS SUPPORTING ME AND HIS FAMILY OR ON THE JOB. WE LOVE HIM. WE ARE PROUD OF HIM AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON THIS MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM A VERY PROUD MOTHER, LOIS LEG. AND THIS ONE IS FROM MY AUNT MILDRED. UM SHE SAYS MILTON. CONGRATULATIONS ON 40 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF STEWART. YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE FOR FOUR DECADES. THROUGH YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND TENACITY. YOURS YOU STARTED YOUR CAREER AT A YOUNG AGE, WORKED HARD AND ROLLS TO THE TOP OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF STEWART COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILY WHEN I WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. I AM PROUD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE INSTRUMENTAL AND KEEPING OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOUSE STONE IN YOUR CAREER LOVE AND MILDRED GIBSON. AND I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY DAD. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. SO HE JUST TEXT ME TODAY ABOUT THIS AWARD, AND I'M LIKE, WHAT BOARD? ARE YOU GETTING, LIKE? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT LIKE MY EYE, AND MY GRANDMA SAID , UM, HE'S VERY GENEROUS. HE WORKS HARD. UM YOU KNOW, WE AS HIS FAMILY APPRECIATES HIM. HE COMES OUT OF HIS WAY. WHETHER IT'S FOR TWO MINUTES FIVE MINUTES, FIVE HOURS, BUT HE DRIVES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PLANTATION, FLORIDA, WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY, UM JUST TO SPEND TIME WITH US, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US. HE'S ALWAYS THERE WHENEVER WE NEED THEM. SO IT'S AN HONOR FOR US TO BE. A PART OF HIS HAIR . IT'S EACH A PART OF HIS LINEAGE. UM SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU , DR. AND SO SWEET. MILTON MAYER . WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE? NOTHING LEFT TO SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T SAY IT, WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT. YEAH. SO I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME RELATIVELY SPEAKING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT BUT MILTON, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND LEARNED SO FAR HAS TOUCHED ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF THIS CITY IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND HE IS GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AS HIS DAUGHTER SAID, AND HE'S HUMBLE. TWO ATTRIBUTES WHICH I INCREDIBLY RESPECT AND MILTON. I'D BE HONORED IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WOULD TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY SO WISH. WHILE YOU ACCEPT THIS. 40 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY. SO MILTON. I GOT THAT PICTURE OF YOU FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN HOLDING IT FOR FIVE YEARS. THAT'S THE TRUTH. I WAS HOLDING IT FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. YOU A COUPLE.DAUGHTER BUSH. HE'S GOING TO GET IT ON THE GRASS. LET'S START. FOR GIVING ME THE HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO BE UP HERE. YOU KNOW , I THINK MY MOM MY AUNT FOR PUSHING ME NO, LIKE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU PUSH YOURSELF HARD ENOUGH. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN ACCOUNT. IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN.
40 YEARS AND STUFF. I DIDN'T YOU KNOW IT WASN'T PLAYING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S UH. I'M NOT SLOWING DOWN SOME KIND OF LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP AT NIGHT. I'M GOOD. IF
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I GET ANYTHING LONGER THAN THAT, SOMETHING'S WRONG. I'M GETTING SICK, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE. YEAH.BROTHER. GRANDSON, CHRIS, EXPLAIN CHRIS UP HERE. HE WAS LIKE THAT HE WON'T CALL POP OUT NUMBER COMMISSIONERS. WE'VE I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE A LONG TIME. MARK. MANY YEARS. OY, THAT WAS ME. AND THE YOUNG COMMISSIONERS YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRULY INSPIRATION TO ME.
MANAGER. GO HOME. YOU SHOULD HAVE COME AND BEEN A COP FOR ME WHEN I OFFERED YOU THE JOB. WHAT HE DID. I DID. YEAH OKAY, POLICE OFFICER BACK IN THE DAY, BUT LOOK TOO SLOW SO I COULD NOT RUN. GOOD TO US. JOB. APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND UHH WHEN YOU PUT ME OFFICE LAST YEAR. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS LITTLE WORRIED? YEAH, I SEE THAT PUT ME IN THIS OFF. NEVER SEE. DON'T WRONG NOW. SO HE SAID, NO OF THEM AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC WORKS POSITION. THE DIRECTOR AND WAS LIKE I KIND OF ALMOST HIT THE FLOOR. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW. BUT I'VE STARTED BACK IN 82. YOU KNOW, IT'S UH, IT'S BEEN TOO LATE.
MARKET. POSED A MORTAL. THAT'S THE ONLY DOWNSIDE. GODHEAD TELL HE WAS A CITY COMMISSIONER AND EVERYTHING MIKE IN THE DAY. NOW HE'S THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER. YEAH I'LL GO WITH THAT, AND WE STILL WORK CLOSE TOGETHER AND STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, PREACHER, EVERYTHING HE DOES. TO MOW HAY.
HE'S A LEGEND, TOO. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAD TO GET YOU. YEAH I JUST WANT YOU KNOW, I GOOGLED TO SEE THE NUMBER ONE SONGS FOR 1982 WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE. WHAT A MAN. LET'S GET PHYSICAL BY OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN FOLLOWED BY EYE OF THE TIGER. AND I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL . REMEMBER THOSE WELL WITH ALEXIS BEEN TRULY. REMARKABLE TO THE GREAT I HAD ENJOYED BY THAT, DUDE. THAT'S WHY I'M STILL HERE. AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. CITY WITH HAPPENED 40 MORE YEARS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 40 YEARS. WE WON'T ROAST YOU THE YOU KNOW AT YOUR NEXT ANNIVERSARY. AGAIN THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. EVERYONE CAME TO. HAVE MILTON VICE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. OH, COME ON. MILTON I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TELL YOU IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE WHEN I WHEN I CAME ON BOARD THE CITY COMMISSION 10 YEARS 12 11 YEARS AGO. AH! YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SO HELPFUL. EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I JUST SAW A STORY 11 SUNDAY MORNING I HAD RAN OVER TO MY OFFICE FOR MY BUSINESS ON CENTRAL PARKWAY AT LIKE SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, 7 30 IN THE MORNING. AND I SAW OFFENSE OVER THE POPULAR GREEK DOG PARK THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED OVER BY A CAR OR SOMETHING. SO I SENT AN EMAIL AND A TEXT TO, UM TO CITY MANAGER. I THINK IT WAS NICOLETTI AT THE TIME, AND I COPIED SAM AND MILTON ON IT, AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, IT'S I GET A TEXT FROM MILTON. YEAH, I KNOW ABOUT IT. CRUZ COMING BY THIS AFTERNOON TO FIX IT ON A SUNDAY AND THAT IS THE NORM WITH MELTON . THAT'S THE DEDICATION. I SWEAR TO GOD. IT COMES IN A DAY OFF AND DRIVES AROUND THE CITY LOOKING FOR BROKEN STUFF TO FIX.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE MUCH BROKEN STUFF BECAUSE HE FINDS IT AND HE FIXES IT. UH HE'S HE'S A KIND AS THE MAYOR PUT IT, HUMBLE. HE'S HUMBLE. HE DOESN'T HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEEK
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THE SPOTLIGHT. HE HE JUST WANTS TO DO. YOU JUST WANT TO DO YOUR JOB. I KNOW MY WIFE IS KNOWN YOUR FAMILY AND I THINK YOU FOR LONG, LONG LONGER SINCE SHE'S KNOWN ME SO AND SHE SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF YOU BACK GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS IS THIS TIME AS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THERE'S TWO YEARS AGO. HE WAS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED WORK. THE CITY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOU SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . UH, JUST STILL IMAGINE THIS, YOU KNOW. YES YOU HEARD YOUR AWARENESS ASHDOWN AND FINANCING . WE'RE GONNA GET YOUR RIDE ON A FIRE TRUCK. WELL WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE YEARS. 40 MORE.Q THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MILTON. OUR NEXT ITEM IS NOT QUITE 40 YEARS, BUT WE HAVE A
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SAILFISH SPRINT PRESENTATION, 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
]FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. OF THE SAILFISH SPRINT. AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MR TROLL SKI.
THANK YOU. MAYOR THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE ACT TO FOLLOW. BUT WE'RE GONNA SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO IT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE JESSICA THARP. OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION, AND SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAILFISH SPRINT. THE AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US IN THE RECREATION DIVISION. THAT'S OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNUAL CITY OF STEWART. SELFISH PRINT.
FIVE K. 10-K. SOME OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. UM, THIS YEAR WE I FORGOT. I'M IN CONTROL OF THIS THING. UM THIS YEAR. WE'RE GEARING UP ARE THE RACES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY? MARCH 5TH. IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. I HEAR YOU, JESSICA. IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE ANNUAL MARATHON OF THE TREASURE COAST. CAN WE CLOSE THE DOOR? I GUESS. OTHER PEOPLE OUT. DON'T WORRY.
THIS IS OUR FIVE K 10-K ROUTE. ID. UM, THANK YOU. IT ACTUALLY STARTS AT MEMORIAL PARK. WE WEAVE THROUGH DOWN GEORGIA ONTO MLK. WE GO DOWN THROUGH BAYU AND ONTO 10TH STREET BECAUSE I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT MOST RACES THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY HAPPENED DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL PARK DOWN THROUGH FLAGLER PARK. SO WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT OUR RACE IS THAT IT GOES THROUGH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET TO VISIT ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE GO THROUGH EAST STEWART PASSED THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER AND AT THE INTERSECTION, THERE ARE FIVE CARE, SPLIT OFF AND HEAD DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD UPFRONT AND RED AND THEN OUR 10 CAKE.
CONTINUES ON AND AROUND PASSED AWAY TO THEN THEY PICKED BACK UP WHERE THE FIVE CARES, SPLIT OFF AND FINISH THE RACE. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THIS ROUTE AND ALL FIVE YEARS IT'S A VERY, UM FLAT AND EASY COURSE. WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ANY COMPLAINT. AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS ROUTE. YOU'RE ONE WAS IN 2000 AND 18. IT WAS OUR INAUGURAL RACE. IT WAS PARTIALLY BUILT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE MARATHON OF THE TREASURE COAST, AND IT'S A HUGE PART OF OUR WORKING ON WELLNESS INITIATIVE HERE WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. AND ARE WELL AMBASSADORS. IN THEIR FIRST YEAR WE HAD 285 RUNNERS AND WALKERS WITH OVER 18 EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN 30 VOLUNTEERS ON RACE DAY. IS THERE SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM THAT RACE AND OUR LOGO THERE IS VICE MAYOR. MCDONALD UP THERE. HE JOINED US FOR OUR FIRST RACE. YEAR TWO. WE STARTED A WORKING ON WELLNESS COUCH TO FIVE K TRAINING, SO WE WORKED AND HELPED OUR EMPLOYEES. LEARN TO RUN OR WALK THEIR FIRST FIVE K SO THAT THEY COULD PARTICIPATE. WE HAD OVER 335 RUNNERS, WALKERS AND STILL A GOOD NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING, AS WELL AS 42 VOLUNTEERS ON RACE DAY. IN 2020 RIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD CHANGED. WE GOT OFF OUR THIRD RACE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER WORKING ON WELLNESS. FIVE K TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, 315 RUNNERS AND WALKERS. ANOTHER 18 EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING WITH 35 VOLUNTEERS ON RACE DAY. IT TAKES A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS TO PUT THIS EVENT ON, BUT IT'S OUR PRIDE AND JOY.
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YEAR, FOUR PRE POST COVID. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THIS RACE OFF SAFELY WITH ALL KINDS OF COVID PRECAUTIONS. UM, WE STILL HAD 245 PARTICIPANTS THAT YEAR. WHICH WAS HUGE, CONSIDERING WE'RE JUST COMING OFF OF IT WELL, BUT WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC BUT STILL FRESH INTO A PANDEMIC. LOW NUMBER FOR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATION THAT YEAR DUE TO EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE CITY, BUT WE STILL HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TURN OUT ON RACE DAY.NOW YOU'RE FIVE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND AS OF TODAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 190 PARTICIPANTS SIGNED UP. IT'S STILL ONE MONTH LEFT. SORRY. 1 94. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. UM WE ALREADY HAVE.
WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED OUR CITY EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION. WE HAVE 15 CITY VOLUNTEERED CITY EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HELPING US OUT THAT DAY BECAUSE IT INVOLVES OF COURSE, MARSHALING WATER WATER STOPS. AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THIS YEAR SPONSORS SEACOAST AS AN ANNUAL SPONSOR. EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE ORANGE THEORY, FITNESS IS GOING TO LEAD A WARM UP FIRST BEFORE THE RACE. GEARING GROUP WHO AND THEN CHECK WHO WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR WILD INITIATIVES HERE AT THE CITY, CROSSTOWN RUNNERS AND FLEET FEET, STEWART. SO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS EFFORTS. WE ARE COMPLETELY PLASTIC STREET THIS EVENT, SO WE HAVE BOXED WATER THAT GOES OUT TO ALL THE RUNNERS AND THEN THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF PAPER CUPS WE ARE YOU WE'VE PARTNERED WITH HICCUP EARTH TO PROVIDE ON THESE REUSABLE SILICONE CUPS. SO RUNNERS AND WALKERS WILL GO BY THE AID STATIONS AND GET THESE AND THEN THE COMPANY COMES AND PICKS THEM UP AND WASHES THEM AND SANITIZES THEM TO BE USED AT ANOTHER LOCATION. UM AND EVERY YEAR WE'VE COVERED ALL OF OUR EXPENSES WITH ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH ALL OF OUR RACE REGISTRATIONS AS WELL AS OUR SPONSORSHIPS AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, OUR ROUTE HAS NEVER CHANGED. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS RACE, AND WE HOPE IT CONTINUES. AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US FOR THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AND WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT FOR EACH ONE OF YOU. WHERE DO WE SIGN UP? IN THE RACE DATE IS MARCH 5TH. WHEN IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP? PERFECT. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THEN GO TO OUR EMPLOYEE AWARENESS LUNCH. THAT SAME THING, DOES IT? I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU. I MAY DO IT. ARTICLE SIX. ONE WITHOUT ALL THIS STUFF IS FOR MORE TESTS. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN. CORRECT, MISS THORPE, YOU CAN WALK. THANK YOU PUSH A STROLLER. BIKE. WE'RE ON. THANK YOU. THINK SPECIAL TREATMENT. THE RACE BAGS FOR THIS YEAR, WITH SOME TREATS INSIDE AND LAST YEAR'S RACE SHIRTS BECAUSE THIS YEAR SHIRTS HAVE NOT BEEN PRINTED YET, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT TO GET OUT THERE AND PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS AS WELL AS IN CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND LEAVING A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT. ON THIS LOCAL EVENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SAYING THE USE FOR THEIR TREAT. THANK YOU. VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. NEXT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE SPRAY REDUCTION. PILOT PROJECT. REPAIRED BY MILTON LEGGETT AND PRESENTED, UM WITH MR TODD. OLSON OF AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL INC. MERIT COMMISSIONERS MILTON LEG, PULL IT WORKS DIRECTOR TONIGHT. WE HAVE A. SPRAY REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM.
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SPRAY REDUCTION PILOT PROJECT
]AND IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STEWART. THE SOUTH FLORIDA WORD AMENDMENT DISTRICT, KATHY LAR MARTINO, WHICH IS PRESIDENT. AND THE QUALITY VEGETATION CONTROL TODD OLSON. AFTER THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. WE GOT IN THE CAR.
ALRIGHT AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MILTON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
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OFFER TO SAY A FEW WORDS THIS AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UM, A SPRAY PRODUCTION PILOT PROJECT AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEHIND IT. FIRST OFF . WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND LEARN SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL. SO. IN A VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE IS TO PULL THEM PROTECT FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM.FROM OBSTRUCTION BY INVASIVE AND NUISANCE VEGETATION. ALSO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES FROM THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE PLANTS. AND ALSO IMPROVE STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA FUNCTION THROUGH VEGETATION OPTIMIZATION. AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MANDATES REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES TO MANAGE NON INDIGENOUS INVASIVE SPECIES. THERE'S A WHOLE LIST UP THERE, AND WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. YOU KNOW THE REAL QUESTION. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST QUESTION. WHY IS THIS EVEN IMPORTANT? UM IT IS BECAUSE EXOTIC NON NATIVE PLANTS COVER THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF THE STATE'S FORESTS, WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS. THEY GROW QUICKLY, PROPAGATE EASILY AND RESIST NATIVE PLANT OR NATIVE PAST. AND WERE INTRODUCED TO THE STATE WITHOUT DISEASES, PARASITES OR OTHER NATURAL ENEMIES. THAT WOULD HELP CONTROL THEIR GROWTH IN A NATURAL SETTING. IF THESE PLANTS WERE LEFT UNCHECKED. THEY WOULD KILL QUICKLY OVERRUN A WATER BODY AND BLOCK STORMWATER DRAINAGE. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT? WHAT PLANTS? WHAT MAKES A BAD PLAN OR A GOOD PLANT? HERE'S A FEW OF THEM. WE DEAL WITH, UM WE PUT THESE UP THERE JUST AS JUST TO SHOW THAT THEY COME FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS. ALL RIGHT, SO. NOW THAT WE KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THE MANAGER? UM THE FIRST ONES PREVENTION. UM IT SEEMS SIMPLE. KEEP THE PLANTS OUT OF THE WATER. UM. RAPID RESPONSE TO NEW THREATS, COORDINATION INTEGRATION, WHICH IS. LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE IN THE INDUSTRY CALLED THIS INTEGRATED PLANT MANAGEMENT WHERE YOU DO MANY THINGS TO ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS. AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE OF INVASIVE INDUCES PLANTS TO THE LOWEST FEASIBLE LEVEL, WHICH IS CALLED MAINTENANCE CONTROL. OKAY AND INTEGRATED PLANT MANAGEMENT. PROGRAM. UM, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER SEVERAL BASIC COMPONENTS. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER AVAILABLE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY OF THE LIFE CYCLES OF BOTH THE TARGET PLANTS AND THE NON TARGET PLANTS. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH THE ECOSYSTEM AND ITS SENSITIVITY TO INVASION. AH! MUST CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF MANAGEMENT ON THE ECOSYSTEM. AND THEN REDUCE INVASIVE SPECIES.
IMPACTS BELOW ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLDS. UM. ANOTHER PART OF THAT PLAN, OR THE MANAGEMENT IS TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY. IT'S A IT'S A DYNAMIC SYSTEM, THE WATER BODIES AND STORM WATER, SO YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND USE THAT ADAPTIVE MEASURES. TO KEEP UP WITH IT. AND THEN ALWAYS. AH GO BACK AND EVALUATE AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.
MAINTENANCE CONTROL. IT'S COORDINATED AND CONSISTENT MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE PLANTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PLANT POPULATION AT LOW LEVELS. THE LEVEL IS DETERMINED BY EXPERIENCE AND INFLUENCED BY FACTORS, INCLUDING FUNDING. AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY AND CURRENT CONDITIONS. OKAY, SO WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL THE TOOLBOX HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT. THAT NICE GRAPHIC THERE. THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY FIVE CONTROL CATEGORIES BEING PREVENTION.
BIOLOGICAL MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL UM. AH SO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS. THEY'RE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE. AND THEY MAY PROVIDE, UM LONG TERM CONTROL OF THE TARGET. WE'D THE DOWNFALL. SOMETIMES AS YOU CANNOT CALL THEM BACK. YOU MIGHT NOT GET A COMPLETE SUPPRESSION OF THE PLANT. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT, AND IT MAY REQUIRE YEARS TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE IMPACT. MECHANICAL CONTROL CAN BE USED. TO ACHIEVE IMMEDIATE RESULTS.
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AND IT'S SUITABLE FOR SMALL AREAS. AND IT MAY BE SUITABLE WHERE BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL MEANS ARE NOT PRACTICAL. UM THE DOWNSIDE IS THEY CAN BE COSTLY AND NO SINGLE MACHINE IS UNIVERSALLY EFFECTIVE. AND. ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN SOME TARGET WEEDS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SPREAD THEM. BY TRYING TO PULL THEM OUT WITH A WITH MECHANICAL AND THEN WE HAVE PHYSICAL CONTROL, WHICH IS COULD BE HAND PULLING WATER LEVEL MANIPULATION , DREDGING LIGHT BARRIERS AND DIES. BOTTOM BARRIERS. NUTRIENT ALTERATION AND AERATION. THE DOWNSIDE IS. THERE CAN BE LABOR INTENSIVE AND ENERGY INTENSIVE. AND YOU CAN END UP DISRUPTING THE ENVIRONMENT OF YOUR NON TARGET PLANTS. SO WHAT DO WE DO TO HOW DO WE CONSIDER CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODOLOGY? THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS INVESTED HEAVILY. IN RESOURCES, RESOURCES AND RESEARCH THROUGH THE YEARS ON BLENDING ALL OF THESE TOGETHER AND UTILIZING THEM INAPPROPRIATE MANNER. PESTICIDE USED IS REDUCED IN SEVERAL SEVERAL WAYS. BY USING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT INTEGRATE PESTICIDES WITH OTHER CONTROL TOOLS WHERE APPROPRIATE. AND BY USING STRATEGIES THAT MINIMIZE PESTICIDE USE WHEN PESTICIDES ARE APPLIED ALONE. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE BULLET POINTS WE DEVELOPED AND INTEGRATED PLANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN MANAGE IT THROUGH MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND CONTINUALLY EVALUATE THAT PROGRAM. SO SOME WAYS THAT YOU CAN REDUCE HERBICIDES ARE AND I'LL JUST SIDES ARE. GET HIM BEFORE THE POPULATION. THE INFESTATION REALLY GROWS, TOO. LARGE LEVELS. APPLY THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE RATE POSSIBLE. PIPE TOO YOUNG OR IMMATURE PLANTS BEFORE THEY GET LARGE. APPLY HERBICIDES WHEN TARGET PLANTS ARE ACTIVELY GROWING LIKE AFTER THAT COLD SPELL WE HAVE YOU WOULDN'T GO OUT AND DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE PLANTS ARE NOT. THEY WOULDN'T TAKE UP THE MATERIAL.STRATEGIES THAT MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO TARGET PLANTS. AND USE SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS WHERE POSSIBLE. SO, UM WE PUT TOGETHER SPRAY REDUCTION PILOT PROJECT. FOR HOSPITAL POND. MM.
IT'S JUST SMALL POND THEY COULDN'T HAVE ROUGHLY AH, THEY'RE HERE. UM BUT WE. WANT TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN USING BIOLOGICAL , MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PHYSICAL CONTROLS, WHERE APPROPRIATE. AND USE THAT PLAN TO CURTAIL NEW INVASIVE PLANT INFESTATIONS BEFORE THEY BECOME ESTABLISHED. MM AND EXPLOIT CONDITIONS THAT NATURALLY REDUCE ADVICE. INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANT. AND MINIMIZE CHEMICAL CHEMICAL APPLICATION. WITH THAT WE'LL BE GLAD TO FEEL QUESTION. MY NAME. CLARK WAS JUST GONNA ASK SOME BOTH HERE, MR LIGGETT, AND I'M PROBABLY PRETTY. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW IT IN ANY TOM. PROPOSAL WHAT IS IT? THE EIGHT KRIGE OR SIZE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE LITERAL ERAS WHERE WE HAVE THE PLANTS THAT ARE WE NEED TO CONTROL. IN IN GENERAL. THERE'S 18 STORMWATER PONDS IN THE CITY AND TOTALING ABOUT 22 ACRES, AND I'LL LET MILTON GUESS ABOUT 22 ACRES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT WE MAINTAIN.
COMMISSIONER MEYER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM, SO FOR THIS THIS PILOT PROJECT. WHAT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE MONITORING? ITS SUCCESS SO BECAUSE I AM HOPEFUL THAT IF THIS IS GOOD THAT THIS WORKS, UM THAT IT CAN THEN BE APPLIED TO OUR OTHER STORM WATER. AREAS ARE WE MEASURING THE COST OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO? AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS TO ALLOW US. MILTON AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A PLAN. FROM THAT PLAN IF IT IS APPROVED, OR IF EVERYONE LIKES THAT PLAN, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THEN START ASSIGNING COSTS TO THAT, SO WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE PROTEST. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE OR WHAT? WHAT IS NEEDED THERE, AND WE HAVE TO BALANCE BOTH THE ECOLOGICAL AND
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THE COST OF BUDGETARY TYPE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW 18 MORE OR 17 MORE WATER BODIES TO ADDRESS AS WELL, SURE, ONCE WE GET TO PROVE ON THE FIRST POND WILL HAVE THAT NUMBER OF THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE BUDGET HERE. THAT WE KNOW HOW TO TACKLE THE FIRST SEVEN RESPOND THERE. IF THAT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS TAKING CARE OF THE OTHER PONDS. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I NOTICED YOU HAD A FEW WITH THE PROS AND CONS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. BIOLOGICAL MECHANICAL CHEMICAL. WHAT TYPES OF. PHYSICAL REMOVAL OR MECHANICAL REMOVAL. DO YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL? RIGHT NOW.ANOTHER COMPANY, WOULD YOU NEED TO GET. WE WOULD. WE DON'T HAVE THE WELL, FIRST OFF THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT WOULD BE. UM UH DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REMOVE MECHANICALLY OUT OF THE SYSTEM. YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE SOME TYPE OF A BACKHOE. THEY HAD A VERY LONG STICK. THEY HAVE, UH, SMALL HARVESTERS. IF IT'S A IF IT'S A FLOATING PLANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY I KIND OF SAID THAT, OR KATHY HEAD AND THE PRESENTATION THAT IT'S REALLY. SPECIFIC TO THAT PROBLEM IN THAT WATER BODY AND GETTING THE EQUIPMENT IN IT SAFELY AND GETTING IT BACK OUT OF SAFELY WITHOUT RUINING THE BANK AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I MEAN, YOU'RE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AT THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE DEAL WITH CURRENTLY. THERE HAS BEEN PUTTING IN LIKE THE 12 FT. CAROLINA SKIFF AND SPRAYING THE POND? YES, CORRECT. WELL, WHAT? WHAT WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS THAT HAVE EQUIPMENT WE CAN. AFTER ABOUT 30 YEARS, I'VE GOT A FEW LESS THAN MILTON AND THE AND THEN BUSINESS BUT UM, WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMPANIES , AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME PRETTY NICE, SMALLER MACHINES ABOUT NOW THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT DO THE TRICK. OH ON TOP OF THE CAROLINA SKIFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT COULD WHAT I THINK WHAT THE CITY'S GOAL AS I KNOW, ALL OF THEM CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE.
UM AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS MIMIC MAYBE SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE THAT'S JUST DONE. BUT.
PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF THE ACTUAL NUTRIENTS IN THE POND. PART OF ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES OF SPRAYING THEM. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY REACHING AN END GAME WHERE NUTRIENTS ARE BEING REMOVED. TOM. AND EARLIER TODAY I WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS AT ORCA.
THEY'VE RECENTLY COME OUT WITH THE STUDY MAPPING THE AREAS AROUND OUR RIVER WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF. LIFE IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE IN OUR RIVER AND OUR LEGACY MUCK AND WE AS YOU, I'M SURE KNOW, HAVING BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH SEA GRASS GROWING HERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE COMMISSION IS TRYING TO ADDRESS. AND HOSPITAL POND, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR 17 OTHER STDS IN LARGE RAIN EVENTS. FLOWS OUT INTO THE RIVER. SO OUR GOAL IS TO MANAGE THE WATERS AND A FUNCTIONING PROCESS. MORE NATURALLY AND ELIMINATE. HERBICIDES IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO. REMOVE THE AQUATIC VEGETATION PHYSICALLY SO THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING ANY NUTRIENTS. FROM THOSE PONDS. AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ON. INTERESTED TO SEE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THAT CAN BE DONE, OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER AREAS AROUND THE STATE. OR PERHAPS CATHY DOES.
THAT ARE DOING THIS SUCCESSFULLY AND STILL HAVING THE S TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. UM. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. YES, PLEASE. THERE'S BEEN ON STATE LEVEL, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION HAVE STUDIED THIS AND EVALUATED THIS TRYING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE HERBICIDE USE AND THE CONCLUSION THAT CAME BACK AFTER EXHAUSTIVE STUDIES WAS THAT. UM IT REALLY, UM, WOULD IMPACT THE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE PLANTS. IF YOU PULL THAT TOOL OUT OF THE TOOL BOX PER SE ON A CITY LEVEL, THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN UM. THEY HAD A
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MORATORIUM ON HERBICIDE JUST STOPPED COMPLETELY USING IT AND USING JUST PHYSICAL NEEDS OF MECHANICAL MEANS AND THEIR WATERWAYS GOT VERY OVERGROWN AND UNMANAGEABLE, AND ACTUALLY, WE WERE ASKED TO COME UP THERE AND HELP THEM OUT. ON. BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WEBSITE, THERE'S SOME GOOD MATERIAL OF THE PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH. TO BRING IN INTEGRATED PLANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. OKAY? SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT PLANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PRIOR OR WERE THEY JUST BLANKET? STOP SPRAYING WITHOUT WELL AT ONCE PLANTED. THEY JUST STOPPED EVERYTHING AND TRIED TO PULL MATERIAL OUT ONLY OKAY, AND THAT THAT DIDN'T WORK. BUT. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THERE CAN BE A HEALTHY BLEND OF ALL THESE. THAT'S WHY THE INTEGRATED SO AND WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH MARTIN COUNTY IN THE PAST. UM PROBABLYD IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED PLANS AND.IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING AND USING ALL KINDS OF TOOLS IN YOUR TOOLBOX. TO GET THE RESULT WHILE REDUCING HERBICIDE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD. AS UM HUMANS TRY TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT. UM. SO TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ORDER THEY SEEM WILLING TO MAYBE COME UP WITH ONE. SOME ADVICE, BUT PERHAPS HELP. STUDY THE PROJECT IN A WAY THAT MAYBE YOU KNOW WE COULD WORK WITH THEM ON MONITORING.
THE RESULTS AND DATA. IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT LIKE THAT, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A GOOD BASELINE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WE WOULD HAVE NO FINANCIAL BASELINE BUT ALSO, UM, A SCIENTIFIC BASELINE WITH THAT. BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH WORK AND MONITORING YOUR YOUR WORK TO SEE I MEAN FROM THE PLANT BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU. IT'S TOO RIGHT COLLABORATION WOULD BE ONE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER THE WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL CERTAINLY IN OUR INFANCY. I THINK IDEALLY , WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOALS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET YOU KNOW? TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS FEASIBLY POSSIBLE HERBICIDE USE WITHOUT WHILE STILL HAVING STS FUNCTION PROPERLY. INTRIGUING ONE CON VERSUS ANOTHER PART.
HOSPITAL PART TREATING IT DIFFERENT THAN HOW YOU WOULD DO THE MEMORIAL PARK. YES. EACH.
NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM, EACH SYSTEM IS DYNAMIC. THEY ARE DIFFERENT AS WELL. AND THEY SO THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR JUST MEMORIAL PARK HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TWIST TO IT BECAUSE IT RECEIVES SOME SOME POST TREATMENT WATER. IN IT. AND REALLY, IT'S YOU HAVE TO LOOK REALLY FURTHER OUT INTO THE WATERSHED. WHAT WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT? INDIVIDUAL POND. YOU KNOW HOW HOW IS IT BUILT? HOW IS IT? WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURES LIKE, SO THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF VARIABLES THAT YOU NEED TO STUDY AND LOOK AT BEFORE YOU CAN JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO NO PATTERN OR NO. WELL, WE'VE GOT IT FIGURED OUT IN THIS POND. WE CAN JUST USE THIS AND ALL THE REST. THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT THAT WAY. ONE LAST THING, KATHY.
DISTRIBUTED THESE THERE ARE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MANUAL THAT KIND OF GOES INTO DEEPER. DEEPER INTO WHAT? WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS IT YOU CAN SEE. IT'S QUITE LENGTHY, BUT IT IS. IT IS A GOOD READ, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. THANK YOU, MR OLSON. THANK YOU. THERE'LL BE A QUIZ ON THIS BOOK TOMORROW. BETTER COULD PASS. COMMISSIONER MIRED IF. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, OR I WAS JUST GONNA SAY SINCE THIS IS KIND OF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S STILL SORT OF IN THE PLANNING PHASE. UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND I KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS KIND OF REORGANIZED THE WAY THAT IT ISSUES GRANTS FOR THESE. I THINK VERY MUCH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING ANY OF MONITORING WITH ORCA OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE DYNAMIC. I DON'T KNOW. DID YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING A KILROY IN THE POND OR THEM? JUST SAMPLING? OH IT WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE SAMPLING AT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE STILL IN ITS INFANCY. SHE, UM ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED, UM, PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THAT WE MAY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THAT HELPED PLAN SOME OF THESE, UM WELL, SO
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REALLY? I MEAN, IN THEORY, THIS WOULD BE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, AND WE I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US. JUST I MEAN, WE HAVE A GRANT, WRITER ON STAFF, COORDINATE WITH THE DISTRICT AND SEE IF THERE'S WAYS WHERE SOME OF THESE COSTS COULD BE OFFSET. IN THE SENSE OF BEING AN EXPERIMENT. WE CAN DELIVER SOME DATA BACK. ABSOLUTELY CATHY . YES AND IF I MAY, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY TO GRANT PROGRAM SO I CAN THINK RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT AREN'T AS INVOLVED AS A DP GRANT. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. UM ANY P GRANTS THAT WILL BE OUT AND YOU HAVE THE LICENSE PLATE GRANT, WHICH WHICH YOU KNOW WHICH I ADMINISTERED MINISTER. SO YOU GOT IN THERE AND BUT BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS WILL BE COMING UP IN THE FALL.SO YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS NOT BEEN WORKING WITH MILTON AND TODD ON THIS, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION, SO MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IF THEY COULD PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, YOU KNOW, BY THIS SUMMER AND THEN YOU'D HAVE IT TOGETHER. AND THEN THEN YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE GRANTS WHEN THEY COME OUT.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW THE LICENSE PLATE GRANT IS A 75 25. SO YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR 25. BUT IF YOU GET THE ANY PEAK GRANT THAT COULD BE THE 25. LIKE THAT. SO IT'S JUST THAT MONITORING YOU CANNOT DO WITH THE LICENSE PLATE. GRANT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE GRAIN OF THAT WOULD PAY FOR ANY OF THAT. SO THAT MIGHT BE A COST TO YOU. THANKS, CATHERINE. SON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M MOVING ON. WE HAVE. COMMENTS BY OUR CITY
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COMMISSIONERS. ALL GET STARTED, I SUPPOSE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. UM SO I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE LAST WEEK AND ALWAYS. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE UP THERE. I SAT IN ON A VERY FEISTY SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING OVER. UM OVER A FEW BIG BILLS, ONE THAT THE LEAGUE WAS WATCHING AND THAT WE ARGUED WITH OUR DELEGATION OVER WAS A NEW BILL THAT WOULD SET OF BILLS THAT WOULD RAISE THE CAPS ON SOVEREIGNTY. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY CURRENTLY, UM STATE LAW CAPS LOCAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY $200,000 PER CLAIM FOR PERSON AND $300,000 PER INCIDENT TOTAL AND THAT THOSE CLAIMANTS CAN SEEK ADDITIONAL RELIEF BY THE LEGISLATURE. UM THE LEAGUE ORGANIZED WITH THE SENATE SPONSOR, SENATE BILL SPONSOR AND GOT THOSE, UM, MADE A COMPROMISE . GOT THOSE CAPS LIFTED A BIT, BUT THEN IT WAS CHANGED AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AGAIN $1 MILLION CAP ON CLAIMS AND A $3 MILLION CAP PER INCIDENT. AND THEN THE HOUSE VERSION STILL HAS A ONE MILLION CAP PER PERSON AND NO LIMIT FOR INCIDENT. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG ONE TO WATCH THAT COULD HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL OF US IN TERMS BECAUSE WE'RE YOU KNOW? INSURED WITH YOURSELF. INSURED, INSURED WITH TRICO. UM WE, UH YOU KNOW THIS, THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A SITUATION FOR US AT BUDGET TIME WHEN IT PASSES. THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD MOVEMENT ON A SHORT TERM RENTALS BILL IN THE SENATE THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO PREEMPT OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS. UNFORTUNATELY HOWEVER, THE SENATE VERSION DOES ALLOW US TO CREATE A REGISTRATION PROGRAM AND CHARGE A SMALL FEE. SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST KEEP TRACK OF, UH OF SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. A COUPLE GOOD BILLS MOVING FORWARD THAT ARE LIKELY TO PASS. ONE ACTUALLY IS UP IN COMMITTEE TOMORROW. IT'S FINAL COMMITTEE STOP. IT'S THE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES BILL THAT WE DID SUPPORT FOR AND THIS WOULD ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO, UH BASICALLY PROHIBIT SMOKING IN PUBLIC AREAS, PARKS, BEACHES, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE SENATE SPONSOR GREW TRES AMENDED THE BILL. UNFORTUNATELY AT THE LAST STOP TO EXEMPT CIGARS AND PIPES. WHICH IS AWFUL, BUT AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO PASS AFTER MANY YEARS , SO THAT'S ONE GOOD BIT OF NEWS AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE.YOU'RE A DEAR TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS. A FIXED BILL TO THE 2019 LAW THAT PREEMPTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM REQUIRING PERMITS FOR TREE TRIMMING ENTRY REMOVAL. THE 2019 LAW WAS SO BROAD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY CASES OVER THE YEARS WHERE LAND HAS BEEN CLEAR CUT REDEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ANY REQUIREMENT FOR A PERMIT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO POINT BACK TO THAT LAW AND LEGALLY DEFEND IT BECAUSE THAT LAW SAID THAT YOU COULD DECIDE THAT A TREE POSED A THREAT TO YOUR PROPERTY AND CUT IT DOWN WITHOUT AN EXPERT OPINION. SO THESE TWO BILLS, UM WHICH ARE LOOKING LIKE THEY'LL PASS WILL TIE THAT LAW UP AND REQUIRE THAT A LICENSE. ARBORIST
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THAT IS LICENSED WITH THE STATE AGENCY HAS TO MAKE A FORMAL DETERMINATION SUBMITTED TO THE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE THE ONLY WAY THAT IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT IS IN A YOU KNOW, IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE THE TREE ONLY ITS REMOVAL WOULD RECTIFY THE RISK THAT IT POSES TO THE STRUCTURE ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. ONLY SO THIS IS A GREAT GREAT BILL THAT WILL PASS AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE UM, BOTH THIS HOUSE AND SENATE ARE PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT CYBERSECURITY FUNDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FOR THE STATE UPWARDS OF 67 MILLION FOR CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AND INFRASTRUCTURE. FIRST TIME EVER.I'VE SEEN THAT THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY LOOKING TO GIVE US MORE MONEY THAN THE SENATE IS, SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THANKS. TO SENATOR HARRELL AND REPRESENTATIVE OVER DOOR FOR BOTH FILING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. THOSE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, SO WELL, THANK THEM FOR THAT AND HOPE THAT THEY PASS. DURING THE HORSE TRADING AFTER THE END OF SESSION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T I WAS UNABLE TO BE AT THE SENATE COMMITTEE THAT ADDRESSED THE BILL THAT WOULD BASICALLY UNDERMINE LOATHSOME. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN ABOUT THAT IN THE PAPER GLAD THAT THAT ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO THAT, UM PRETTY DISHEARTENING. BUT IT WAS I WAS HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF OUR OLD WARRIORS DOWN HERE UP THERE, ADVOCATING AND SPEAKING OF THAT SENATE COMMITTEE. SO, UM ANYWAY, THAT'S THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY PARTS UNFORTUNATELY, SP 2 86 20 THE INITIAL BILLS THAT WE FILED OPPOSITIONS AGAINST EARLIER THIS YEAR ARE LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO PASS. THEY HAVE BEEN AMENDED PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY. THESE BILLS WOULD REQUIRE US TO PREPARE. ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT. ANY TIME WE PROPOSED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LIMIT BUSINESS REVENUES IN THE CITY.
UM UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE SENATE PRESIDENT. INCOMING SENATE PRESIDENT PRIORITY SO THAT'S GOING TO PASS AND THE OTHER ONE, UM HAS TO DO WITH IN A SIMILAR WAY. UM, CITIES WE WOULD BE BASICALLY AH. OUR ORDINANCE COULD BE CHALLENGED IF THEY WERE IF A LOCAL BUSINESS COULD SAY THAT THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE WOULD RESULT IN THEM SEEING AT LEAST 15% DROP IN REVENUES. AND THEN THEY COULD AUTOMATICALLY FILE AN EXPEDITED APPEAL THAT WOULD CAUSE THAT ORDINANCE TO BE WITHHELD. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT, AND THEN IT WOULD GO BEFORE A JUDGE, AND THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO END UP PAYING THE BUSINESS DAMAGES AND THE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND ALL THAT, SO THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO PASS QUESTIONS. YEAH IS IT A 15% IS IT JUST A 15% REDUCTION IN REVENUE, OR IS IT OR COULD IT BE, IF SOMETHING THAT CAUSES ADDITIONAL COSTS, CAUSING THEM TO SEE A 15% REDUCTION AND PROFIT? FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S UH, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT COSTS. IF IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT REQUIRED A REGISTRATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE COST FOR COMPLIANCE ARE FACTORED INTO THAT. OKAY CAMPUS STRAWS, STRAWS, A PLASTIC STRAW WITH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A PAPER OR LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PAPER STRAW THAT IT WOULD MAKE HER 15% REDUCTION AND PROFIT OR REVENUE.
BUT THAT, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT LUCKILY, OUR ORDINANCE DIDN'T REQUIRE ANY STRUCTURES. RIGHT BUSINESSES HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE NO STRONG, RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SURE SOMEBODY COULD STILL MAKE A CASE ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD THIS SESSION QUITE A LOT OF BAD AS USUAL. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WINDS ARE THE TREE PROTECTION. BILLS THAT ARE MOVING QUICKLY. CYBERSECURITY MONEY? UM SO ANYWAY. THAT'S MY. THEY THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH RECAP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR BRUNER? NO, I'LL PAST. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOWING THE COMMISSION, BUT I HAD A BROTHER WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND I GOT SOME MESSAGES AND SYMPATHY AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY. BUT TO ME, I CAN'T HEAR SORRY. I, UA BROTHERHOOD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND I HAD SOME MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY FROM SOME PEOPLE HERE AT THE CITY AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY. TOM. YESTERDAY AT SAINT PAUL IMAGE CHURCH. WAS A PORTABLE COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THEY PLANTED A TREE AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMBER OF MRS LAUREEN GRANT, WHO HAS BEEN A
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STALWART COMMUNITY MEMBER. AND I THINK YOU HEARD MISS WASHINGTON MENTIONED. HER NAME, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED. ALSO YESTERDAY, WE HAD ARTS FIRST, AND TOWARDS THE END THERE WAS A AH AH PUBLIC WELFARE ISSUE AND THEY HAD TO CLOSE DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I THINK THEY DID ENDED UP BUT I HAD TO LEAVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK OR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT THAT'S THEIR JOB, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT THAT WE HAVE A RELIABLE UM SERVICE FORCE, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK OR FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE THERE FOR PUBLIC WEALTH AND WELFARE AND SAFETY, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. I JUST HOPE THAT ART FISH WENT ON . WELL, DESPITE UM THAT I CAN'T. UM. REMEMBER IF MISS NINA MENTIONED THIS, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING IT. I HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD. BUT WHEN THEY HAVE THE BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY ON THE 19TH. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOME WALKING TOURS OF THE E STEWART AREA. UM WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO COMMEMORATE PEOPLE THERE AND TRYING TO GET PLAQUES ARM IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND TRYING TO GET COMMUNITY. UM TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE IT, UM. REALLY AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME BACK TO AND MAYBE BE SOME TYPE OF, UH, DESTINATION. WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT THE CITY, THEY CAN COME AND SEE CERTAIN AREAS AND MEMBER CERTAIN AREAS SUCH AS A GUY DAVIS PARK AND OTHER AREAS, SO IF YOU DO COME OUT ON SATURDAY. I AM NOT. I THINK THAT THE TOUR WILL GO ON. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO INSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND SEE SOME OF THE HISTORIC AREAS ARE FEATURES IN THAT AREA IN THAT VEIN, ALSO ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THERE'S UM THERE'S A SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE PARK OR THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE IMPORT SALERNO ON THE WEEKEND OF THE 19TH AND THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY AND I THINK, ALSO ON THE 26TH AND 27TH. THING BETWEEN 11 AM AND THREE PM WILL BE DOWN THERE AT THE PORTS TO LEARN OF NEW MONROVIA PARK. UM, TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT PARK AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO MARTIN COUNTY. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. IN THAT, UM HMM. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAD A MEETING SINCE WE LAST WENT TO KIWANIS PARK WITH THE WITH IT.NO. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING. WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE KIWANIS AT THE KIWANIS PARK AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THEIR PROJECTS TOGETHER. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE FINISHED, BUT I THINK THAT THE PROFESSIONALS HAVE TO PUT IN SOME OF THE WORK THERE. BUT THEY WERE DOING THE FOLLOW UP STUFF. OKAY SO MAYBE IN ANOTHER FEW WEEKS, WE'LL SEE THE ENTIRE FACE OF THAT HALF OF YOU WANNA SPORT. ALMOST READY IN THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT AT THE PANCAKES IN THE PARK. OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO MARCH 5TH AT THE PANCAKES IN THE PARK, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT I HAD PUT DOWN HERE THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE AT THE MARCH. 5TH IS A BUSY IS A BUSY BUSY TIME. UM AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE I WANTED TO ASK, AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK TO CITY MANAGER BEFORE THIS, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THIS DURING THE REST OF THIS YEAR. 2022 WE DID, UM. DECIDED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS AND I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING HAPPENED WITH THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NOT ANY ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED THEIR ATTENTION OR THE COMMUNITY BOARD. DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH GUIDANCE. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER BRUNER IS OUR LIAISON WITH THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT BOARD AND HOW WE'RE DOING WITH IT. UM IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IF IT'S HELPING, OR IF THEY'RE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND IF THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING, THAT'S THAT'S, UM THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.
THAN THINGS. IF THAT, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE COULD GET AN UPDATE . I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING SOME WORK UP AT HANEY CREEK AND EXOTIC VEGETATION REMOVAL. UM
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I'VE BEEN SEEING IT SO I'D LOVE TO JUST FIND OUT GET A KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING UP THERE. LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FROM WHAT I CAN TELL . AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS VAST THURSDAY MYSELF. AH CHIEF FELICIAN AND TROY BOWSER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MET WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT FIRE RESCUE. IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING OR SHE CHIEF FIONA AND BATTALION CHIEF BOWSER DID A FABULOUS JOB. YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT OUR TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WE ARE AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE CITY. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AND REALLY HELPED ME OUT HAVING YOU ALL THERE. AH, ALSO, UM. MR DYSON. MAYBE YEARS WE'VE GOT TO. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A FEW THINGS. MAYBE YOU COULD JUST FILL US IN ON SOMETHING WE GOT GOING ON WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YES SO WE ARE HAVE HAVE SELECTED THE SITE, WHICH IS ON GREEN RIVER PARKWAY CLOSE TO, UM JENSEN BEACH BOULEVARD. IT WAS A PREVIOUS SITE THAT WAS DONATED TO US FOR THE PURPOSE OF A FIRE STATION LOCATION. AND WE'VE DONE THE ALL THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS ON IT. AND WE MET THIS PAST WEEK LATE THIS PAST WEEK AND HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE THAT SITE FORWARD AND WE'VE NOW MOVED IT BACK INTO THE HANDS OF OUR CONSULTANTS FOR THE NEXT STEPS AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT THAT IS THE PREFERRED SELECTED SITE AT THIS TIME. EXCELLENT SO VERY EXCITING. SEE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO GET STATIONED. THREE DONE. AS SOON AS WE CAN UP NORTH OF THE BRIDGE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS IN THE MATTER THAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ALL DONE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I'LL TRY AND BE QUICK. I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS.IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS SINCE WE'VE LAST CONVENED. I'VE HAD AN INCREASING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPEEDING ON PALM CITY ROAD. AND. HOPEFUL THAT CHEAP TO MANALI CAN LOOK INTO THAT. UM. AND WE HAVE A MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE. WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING AN AWARD. IN THE UPCOMING MONTH. ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST STEADFAST ADVOCATES. WHO HAS SHARED HER WISDOM ON BOARDS AND IN PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WON A SAGE AWARD. FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES FROM THE COUNCIL ON AGING OF MARTIN COUNTY. OUR VERY OWN. MISS HELEN MCBRIDE. WILL BE HONORED ON MARCH 31ST. AT THE CANE CENTER OF MARTIN COUNTY AT FIVE PM. SO WELL DESERVED. SO I KNOW I WILL. BE ATTENDING AND I ENCOURAGE. I THINK ANY OF US WHO CAN MAKE IT TO ATTEND. A COUPLEG IN OUR PARKS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US HELPED OUT WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AT QANTAS PARK, AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING THE REVAMPED QANTAS PARK ON MARCH 5TH. UM. DURING THEIR PANCAKES IN THE PARK CELEBRATION. THAT'S A SATURDAY THAT WILL COINCIDE RIGHT AFTER OUR SAILFISH SPRINT.
UM AS WELL. THE UNITED WAY HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY OF STEWART WERE ONE OF THEIR SPONSORS. UM FOR THE BORN LEARNING TRAIL. WHICH I HAD THE PLEASURE AFTER, UM HEARING THE PRESENTATION, TAKING MY DAUGHTER THERE TO THE TRAIL AND SHEPHERDS PARK AND IT'S BASICALLY TRAILS THAT ARE ENCOURAGED YOUNG CHILDREN TO GET OUTSIDE, GET INVOLVED AND LEARN WITH THEIR PARENTS. AND WE HAVE THESE PAINTINGS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON POLES AT SHEPHERD'S PARK FLAGLER PARK.
AND GUY DAVIS PARK. LAKE OKEECHOBEE, IS THAT 14.8 FT. WE ARE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO LAST YEAR. THIS TIME IT WAS AT 15.4 FT. I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENT REDUCTION. THROUGHOUT THE SPRING. THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY IN REGARDS TO OUR WATER. I AND A FEW OTHERS WILL BE ATTENDING THE C 23. SLASH C 24. GROUND BREAKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF
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ENGINEERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE RESERVOIRS IN OUR NORTHERN BASIN. THOSE RESERVOIRS I HEARD FROM COLONEL BOOTH ARE FULLY FUNDED. NOW. FROM THE RECENT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, FEDERALLY AND. TILL THEY WILL GET BUILT AND THE TIMELINE FOR HAVING THOSE RESERVOIRS BUILT. BOTH OF THEM AND THE ESTAS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE END OF 2025. A MAJOR PART. OF OUR WATERWAY GETS POLLUTANTS FROM THE NORTHERN BASINS, THE C 23 24 BASINS. ANDU TOUCHED ON THE SENATE BILL THAT ONLY AROSE, UM. A FEW DAYS AGO. REALLY, UM, LAST WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH, IT WENT TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS A COMMITTEE SPONSORED BILL. THAT WOULD BE TIED TO THE BUDGET. AND IT HAS SOME DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON LOS, UM WHICH IS THE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE THAT THAT NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDERS, UM HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH INCLUDING THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE PLAN'S BEEN LED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WE'VE HAD THEM HERE IN THIS ROOM MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE SPAN OF ABOUT THREE YEARS. AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE MANAGEMENT. I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SCALES AND FACTORS AND VARIABLES. UM BUT TO PUT IT IN SHORT. THIS PROPOSED BILL. WHICH IS FAST TRACKED AND WILL BE TIED TO THE SENATE. BUDGET. TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET. SEVERELY LIMITS SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. ABILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON WHAT THE BEST MANAGEMENT PLAN IS. FOR NOT ONLY LOS. UM WHICH IS THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AND PROJECTED TO BE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT ANY OTHER PLAN GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. UM SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE TEAM OF SCIENTISTS THAT SELL FOR WATER MANAGEMENT, MR. AND THE GOVERNING BOARDS WHO ARE THERE? EVERY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MEETING. WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR TRUE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT. AND SO FOR ME AS A COMMISSIONER, I EQUATE THIS TO AN ATTACK ON HOME RULE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE MEETINGS FOR YEARS IN AND OUT, JUST LIKE, THANKFULLY, YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. TOM. BUT I WOULD BE ASHAMED IF I WAS TO COME BACK TO YOU AND NOT BE ABLE TO. TRUTHFULLY TELL YOU THE DATA THAT I'M GETTING FROM THOSE MEETINGS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS. THIS BILL. UM. DOES HIS LIMITS. THE. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS ABILITY TO MAKE TRUE AND HONEST COMMENTS. ABOUT THIS LAKE OKEECHOBEE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. UM GOVERNOR, DE SANTIS HAS RECENTLY SPOKEN IN PUBLIC. OPPOSING THIS BILL. DREW BARTLETT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS OPPOSED IT. AND AS WELL EARLIER TODAY, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNING BOARD. MEMBER JACKIE THROUGH LIPIDS, WHO OPPOSES THE BILL. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT BILL DOES. IS IT? REARRANGES THE PRIORITIES OF STATE FUNDING FOR THE E A RESERVOIR. FROM A PRIORITY OF NUMBER ONE IN FUNDING. DOWN TO A PRIORITY OF ONE OF FOUR IN FUNDING AND THAT'S A STATE AND FEDERAL MATCH AND WE ALL DESPERATELY NEED THE RESERVOIR, WHICH FULLY FUNDED WOULD COME ON LINE AT THE END OF 2028. MR HOGARTH HAS BEEN TRACKING THE BILL AND REALLY THIS LATE IN THE SESSION. THERE'S NOT TOO MANY OPTIONS. FOR WHAT WE COULD DO, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO OPPOSE IT. AND I WOULD LIKE. THE COMMISSION'S PERMISSION TO HAVE MR HOGARTH DRAFT A LETTER OF OPPOSITION. AH TO BE MAILED TO GOVERNOR DE SANTIS. UM. SHOWING THE CITY OF STEWART'S SUPPORT FOR HIS POSITION HE'S TAKEN. AND OUR SUPPORT IN ANY AND ALL OPTIONS. THAT HE CAN DO TO IMPROVE. THE BILL OR CHANGE ITS COURSE. WE DON'T I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU. IF YOU LIKE. MAKE A MOTION FOR THE LETTER THAT'S REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR. SECOND COMEBACK, OBVIOUSLY FOR NEXT MEETING AND WE'D ALL BE[01:40:03]
ABLE TO READ IT. MR SECOND DRAFTED DO WE NEED I MEAN IS THERE IS A TIME ESSENTIAL WORK BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A HEARING IN THE 17TH. YES GO AHEAD. AND SO MAYBE I MEAN, AND IF I WOULD BE FINE WITH THE STAFF PREPARING. A LETTER BECAUSE OF TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AND THAT, UH OH, AND THAT THE MAYOR SIGNED IT SO PEOPLE WITHOUT WITHOUT REVIEW. I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE NEED. I WOULDN'T SAY WE NEED TO REVIEW IT BEFORE IT WAS SENT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A TIMELY MANNER. YES. SECOND AND IF WE COULD ALSO HAVE A COPY SENT TO OUR SENATOR HAROLD AS WELL. YES I JUST KNOW I SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES SNYDER OVER THE, UM, TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, HE SAID THERE IS NOT A COMPANION BILL YET. BUT HE SAID THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. AT THIS POINT. IT'S AN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE BILL THAT THERE'S IT'S NOT IT KIND OF FALLS OUT OF THAT NORMAL PROCESS WHERE THERE'S A YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A COMMITTEE BILL, WHICH IS WHY IT ONLY WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT'S NORMAL THREE COMMITTEES STOPS. AND IT'S GOING TO JUST BE YOU KNOW IT WAS PASSED IN COMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND SO IT'S GOING TO GO BEFORE THE BEFORE THE SENATE WENT AND DEBATED OVER THE HORSE TRADING, SO THEY DON'T SINCE IT'S TIED TO THE BUDGET. IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE BACK AND FORTH. AH AT BUDGET RECONCILIATION. IT WON'T NEED A HOUSE COMPANION SO TIME.ADD STUFF, THE ESSENCE. SO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE. EMOTION BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD IN A SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. MR KENDALL DO UNDERSTAND? YES, THE MOTION. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE IT ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? ANY ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR, HIGH HIGH. AND HE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THOSE ARE THE END OF
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MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MANAGER. THANK YOU, SIR. UM YOU MAY RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS MEETING, YOU APPROVED A GRANT APPLICATION FOR A SHORE LINE LIVING SHORELINES PROJECT ON ILLINOIS AVENUE. AND I JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT TODAY WE WERE ADVISED FROM THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THAT GRANT THAT WE WERE SLOTTED HIS NUMBER TWO AND THAT GREAT APPLICATION PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT I CAN ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE RECORD. THAT ITEM COMES FORWARD. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, AND I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 10 11[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
13. 14 AND 15. 11 13, 14 AND 15. 10 THROUGH 15. IS THAT CORRECT? COMMISSIONER NOT WELL WAS NOT PULLED. OKAY, SO WE HAVE. EMOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. FOR APPROVAL. THE AGENDA PULLING ITEMS. 10. 11 13, 14 AND 15 AND WITH THE REQUEST BY CITY MANAGER DIET FULL ITEM EIGHT. DO WE HAVE A 2ND 2ND? HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? WITHOUT THE ALTERATIONS. HEARING NONE. UM ANY ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT, MR SANTORUM? STAND FOR APPROVAL. THE AGENDA. AND WE HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR. HIGH HIGH. AND HE OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS LEFT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC, PLEASE. OH, PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT. WE HAVE COMMENTS[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.)]
FROM THE PUBLIC. I DO NOT HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. YOU'RE GETTING. RIGHT? HI, CHIEF. TERMINALLY DREW. HE THINKS HE'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS. WE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY HAD A SERGEANT'S PROMOTIONAL EXAM. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THIS GAME, I INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC TO COME IN WITH THREE[01:45:07]
ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANTS FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES. TO RATE OUR OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION FOR SERGEANT. I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS HELEN MCBRIDE, WHO SAT ON THAT BOARD. AND MR JOHNNY BELL. SO I DO APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE, AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT THEY WERE PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE IS MS ROBYN CARTWRIGHT. AND FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING CHIEF TERMINALLY, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS GOOD EVENING COMMISSION IN COMMISSIONER CLARK . I'M VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. WE HERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, OKAY. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ROBYN CARR, 873 SOUTHEAST HIBISCUS. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STEWART ANY W CONSULTANTS SPECIFICALLY, PERHAPS YOU DON'T SEE THE ISSUE THAT THIS CONSULTANT IS USED BY A MYRIAD OF DEVELOPERS AND USED BY THE SAME CITY AND COUNTY WHERE HE SUBMITS HIS OFTEN CONTESTED REPORTS, TOO. BUT YOU SHOULD MR WEINBERG SUBMISSION TO THE CITY DATED 11 5 2020 LISTED THAT HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL WETLAND SCIENTIST. HOWEVER, HE LOST HIS ACCREDITATION AS OF 2019. ON PAGE 82 OF THE CITY CONTRACT THAT STIPULATES THAT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HE IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND REPRESENT THE CITY AS TECHNICAL ISSUES ARISE AS REQUESTED. HOWEVER MOST RECENTLY HE'S REPRESENTED THE DEVELOPER FOR CENTRAL PARKWAY LOFTS. BRIDGEVIEW IN THE CANTOR CPU, D. SO IN 2019. IN 1999. MR WEINBERG TESTIFIED IN D C AND AN OVERSIGHT HEARING FOR THE LAND AND MONEY MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. AND HE SAID, SPECIFICALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PLACES IN AN ORDINATE BURDEN ON PROTECTING LISTED SPECIES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. ESPECIALLY IN THE BUILDING. INDUSTRY BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE CONSISTENTLY FORCED TO PROVIDE EXPANSIVE AND EXPENSIVE PRESERVES TO WHICH THE PUBLIC BENEFITS WITHOUT ANY SUCH BURDEN OR RESPONSIBILITY. HE GOES ON LATER TO SAY THAT CERTAIN EXISTING MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS OFFER LITTLE INCENTIVE TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO PRESERVE SPECIES AND THEIR HABITAT. IN FACT, THE THREAT OF MITIGATION REQUIRES CAN DO THE OPPOSITE. IN CONTEXT OR OUT OF CONTEXT. THESE COMMENTS ARE EQUALLY. MOST RECENTLY. MR WEINBERG'S COMMENTS. WERE IGNORED, AND HE WAS PROVEN TO BE WRONG. AT THE PARCEL WHERE THE PUBLIC'S IS ON HUTCHINSON ISLAND . HE WAS PROVEN WRONG AT BRIDGEVIEW, WHERE HE SAID THAT THERE WERE NO THREATENED AIR PLANTS AND THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS HE WAS ALSO PROVEN MOST RECENTLY WRONG AT THE CANTER CPD WHERE HE STATED AND AFFIRMED HIS OWN RESPONSE THAT NO WETLAND DEPENDENT SPECIES WHERE NESTING OR DENNING ON THE CANDOR CPU D.I REFER YOU TO THE TESTIMONY GIVEN UNDER OATH FOR THE DOUGHY HEARING THAT WE'RE IN A ROOKERY FOR WOOD STORKS, AND THEY ARE FEDERALLY PROTECTED. I AND OTHERS HAVE SENT YOU PICTURES OF THOSE AS WELL. IN MY BACKYARD AS WELL AS SOMEBODY SENT THEM TO YOU, LITERALLY NEXT TO THE CANTOR HIGHWAY. YOU MAY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IT IS TO HAVE. MR WEINBERG IS A CONSULTANT TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY SHOULD AS WELL BUT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THAT HE ON CONTRACT AND BY DEFAULT AS YOUR PROXY CAN NEVER BE BELIEVED ABOUT THE CONCERN HE HAS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, I HAVE MIKE NEVER. NEVER MR NETWORK. GOOD AFTERNOON. I HOPE I PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, RIGHT? YEP. YEAH, YOU DID. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPRAIN OF YOUR PONDS AND STUFF. UM. WE'VE HAD WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS THAT ARE TELLING US TO STOP THESE HERBICIDES AND THEY'RE KILLING US. OKAY I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL 1000 OF THEM. I HAVE FOUR OF THEM HERE. I WANT TO GO OVER. THIS ONE IS FROM FROM 2020 WHERE AND IT'S PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS THREATEN TO COLLAPSE OF NATURE BECAUSE THESE PESTICIDES THAT WERE SPRAYING IN OUR WATERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS KILLING THE INSECTS. I JUST WANT TO READ THE FIRST LINE. THE WORLD'S INSECTS ARE HURLING DOWN THE PATH OF EXTINCTION, THREATENING A CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF NATURE'S ECOSYSTEMS, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. THAT'S OUR FIRST GUY. THE SECOND SCIENTIST IS DOCTOR ZACK BUSH. HE HAS A TRIPLE BOARD CERTIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR. HE HE STARTED TREATING CANCER. OKAY, BUT NOW HE'S DEVOTING ALL OF HIS TIME TO FIGHTING AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ YOU. THE THIS IS WHY DR ZACK BELIEVES THAT HERBICIDES COULD END LIFE ON EARTH. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO READ ONE SENTENCE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE BEYOND THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN SPECIES WHERE WE'VE GOT MAYBE 60 OR 70 YEARS LEFT AS A SPECIES THAT OUR CURRENT TRAJECTORY OF COLLAPSE.
HE STUDIES. HIS HE STUMBLED ON IT WHILE HE WAS STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF CANCERS AND STUFF AND
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ALL THESE PESTICIDES ARE IN OUR BODIES, AND IT'S CAUSING THE CANCER RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE NOW.THE THIRD ONE IS A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. OKAY THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING THE BALD EAGLES DYING UP AND UP IN GEORGIA FOR 25 YEARS. THIS PAST YEAR. THEY &-PE DYING FROM A NEUROTOXIN THAT WAS COMING FROM SOME OF THE CYANOBACTERIA. OKAY THEY JUST FOUND THIS YEAR THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE CHEMICALS THAT'S BEING PUT IN OUR IN OUR WATERS. THE HERBICIDES. IT'S COMING FROM. CHEMICAL COD CALLED DICKWAD. THE LAST SCIENTIST I WANT TO SHOW YOU DO. I ACTUALLY TOOK OUT ON LAKE A SEMI. OKAY WE COLLECTED TO FISH AND I'VE BEEN TO THE MANY WC MEETINGS. AND THEY ALL SAY THAT OH, WELL, WE CAN'T TEST THE FISH BECAUSE THERE'S NO LABORATORIES THAT WILL TEST THEM. WE FOUND ONE OKAY. THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. OKAY THE TWO FISH THAT WE COLLECTED. BOTH HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF QUALITY BROMIDE AND GLYPHOSATE ON IT, EVEN THOUGH OUR OWN OUR OWN. ABC CLAIMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT THEIR CHEMICALS DON'T BUILD UP IN THE FISH THEY DO. HERE'S THE PROOF UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA OR GEORGIA. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. THE MANATEE DIE OFFS. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF IT'S IN THE NEWS EVERY NIGHT, OKAY? WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHEMICALS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THEM. IT'S NOT THE ONLY CAUSE THEY'RE STARVING TO DEATH. THEY'RE COLD. THEY'RE DYING FROM THE COLD, BUT THE MANATEES HAVE BEEN DYING ALL SUMMER LONG, OKAY? THE WORST PART. I'VE BEEN UP THERE THREE TIMES. I'LL WRAP IT UP HERE LIKE WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE MANATEES ARE DYING. THE LAST ONE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS ON ORANGE LEG THIS WEEK. THAT'S YOUR TIME, SIR. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SOME OF THE REASONS THE CITY ASKED OUR STAFF TO PAUSE AND STOP ANY HERBICIDE USE IN OUR FARM. I HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER THREE KAREN HALL. IT'S ALL GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE IN ALL 17 OH, ONE SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD. FIRST OF ALL I'VE COME HERE BEFORE. BUT THIS YOU GUYS SPEAKING FIRST AND TAKING 10 2030 MINUTES BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW YOU CUT US BACK FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES. AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS DONE BECAUSE MARTIN COUNTY CUT FROM 5 TO 3. MARTIN COUNTY PUTS PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, WE SHOULD GO FIRST. YOU GUYS HAVE GREAT THINGS TO SAY GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING. WE TALK FIRST. PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK. THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. WE DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN. 30 MINUTES OF YOUR COMMENT UNTIL WE GO FIRST. WE PAY YOU. WE TRUST YOU. WE ELECT YOU. WE GO FIRST. THE THING ABOUT NOT MENTIONING ANY COMMISSIONER. I KNOW WILLIAM CAME IN HERE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. WHY TRY MCDONALD BROKE HIS HOMESTEAD. YOU SAID OH, ADDRESS EVERYBODY. BUT THE VERY NEXT MEETING, MR GALLEGOS AND MR TOM CAMPANINI STOOD UP HERE. AND GALA GOES AND IT WAS ALL TRUE. WHAT HE SAID TOLD MERIT. MATHESON HOW GREAT HE WAS CAMPING, ANY POINTED OUT EACH ONE OF YOU AND IT WAS ALL TRUE, BUT THAT'S SELECTIVE. RIGHT? THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR OR ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, BUT THEN YOU LET OTHER PEOPLE CALL YOU OUT. IF IT'S FOR A GOOD THING, NO WE ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION OR IF PEOPLE CAN CALL YOU OUT FOR YOUR GOOD WE CALL YOU OUT FOR YOUR BED. WE LOVE YOU. WE VOTE FOR YOU. WE PUT YOU THERE WE PAY YOU. THANK YOU AND THE OTHER THING BRINKLEY LAST THREE WEEKS AGO, MRS BRINKLEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SCIARRA AND THE COMMISSION IS THE SAME THING. THIS. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR CITY WHEN YOU HAVE THE C R A ALSO BASICALLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE COMMISSIONER'S. THAT'S NOT FAIR. OKAY, THAT YOU GUYS GO RIGHT FROM THERE TO THERE. NOW WE NEED TO HAVE A BROADER BOARD ON THE SCIARRA CAN'T BE JUST YOU GUYS. OKAY WE TRUST YOU, BUT ANYWAY, AND THIS IS MY VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT FOR JUDGE LIZ ELIZABETH. NEXT SPIRIT HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE IT TO MIKE. HAPPY VALENTINE'S HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE HEAD. WE ALSO HAVE ONE ONLINE, BUT JOE FLANIGAN THANK YOU. MISTERS GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF STEWART MAIN STREET, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF STEWART MAIN STREET. I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT WORKING ON. SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE JUST OCCURRED THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS THE MARKET ON MAY REALLY GOOD THINGS I APPRECIATE ALSO THE FACT THAT I SEE A LOT OF YOU GUYS DOWN THERE
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ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE'RE UP TO 68 VENDORS AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL THE VALENTINE'S. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CANDACE CALLAHAN, HAS PUT IN IN ENTREPRENEUR FOR KIDS ONCE A MONTH, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE SECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE LEARNING THE BUSINESS WORLD. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP, AND I HAVE TO REFER TO MY NOTES. TO SET UP. WE HAVE THE COMING UP IN TWO WEEKS AND BY THE WAY ARTS FEST WAS REALLY GOOD. IT WAS A GASOLINE, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SOLVED IT VERY QUICKLY, AND WE GOT BACK ON TRACK. RANKS ORDERS DOWN IN THE MORNING. YES SLEEP FOR AN HOUR, BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. BUT ON FEBRUARY THE 26 27TH ON THAT WEEKEND DOWNTOWN STUART ARTS FESTIVAL FROM 10. 25 PM BE A GOOD TIME AND ALSO MORNING ON MAIN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH THE 24TH AT EIGHT A.M. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TALL, NONE. LEE'S NEW OFFICE OVER ON EAST OCEAN 62. EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU THERE, AND ROASTED RECORDS WILL HAVE A NICE LIFE. BREAKFAST FOR YOUR TRENDS AND COFFEE, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE TO BOTHER YOU GUYS IN A KIND AND LOVING WAY OVER TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NOW I HAVE A ZOOM COMMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS BRINKLEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL I LIKE TO GIVE COMMISSIONER CLARK MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE REST OF YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. THANK YOU NOW, MY ISSUE AND THE REASON THAT I'M SPEAKING TODAY IS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT YOUR LAST MEETING THERE WAS A CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE TAILOR PROPERTY. AND. I DIDN'T SPEAK DURING THE. C R A.SO WHEN I GOT UP AND SPOKE DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. I ASKED THAT I MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IF THE CITY WAS HOLDING LEAVES AGAINST ANY PROPERTY THAT YOU RELAX THOSE LEAVES AND ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO BATTLE PROPERTIES. AND HOW I WAS MISQUOTED IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND I WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. I NEVER ASKED YOU TO. UH UM. RELAX ANY LEANS AGAINST THE TAILOR PROPERTY. THE CITY ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE TAILOR PROPERTY. I JUST PRAYED AT THE TAILOR'S DO NOT FORCE IT. WHEN THEIR DEAL WITH YOU. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A NEWS REPORTER SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. THAT TOOK THAT INFORMATION WRONG OR IF SHE INTERVIEWED THE CITY MANAGER OR ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS, AND YOU ASK, STATED IT WRONG, BUT TO CLEAR THE AIR I NEVER MADE A SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS HANDLE THE TALE OF PROPERTY. I SPOKE ABOUT PROPERTY IN GENERAL IN THE CITY OF EASTER. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM I LIKE TO, SAID CHIEF DYNASTY CITY MANAGER DIET MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE CITY WAS NOT HOLDING ANY LIEN ON A PROPERTY AT THAT TIME, SO I JUST WANTED TO COME ON AND SET THE RECORD STRENGTH. AS TO WHAT ? AS STATED WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE IN THE REPLICA IN THE STATEMENT THAT I MADE SO THAT THE CITIZENS WILL UNDERSTAND, UM I'M NOT AGAINST THE TAYLORS AT ALL AGAIN. I PRAY THAT THEY DO NOT FORFEIT ON YOUR LIEN BECAUSE THE CITY ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IF THEY FORM YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO? OKAY SO YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY SUGGESTION OR ANY HELP FROM ME. I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME BACK AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR BRINKLEY. WE HAVE ANY OTHER.
ONLINE COMMENTS OR COMMENTS IN PERSON. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW MY FELLOW
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COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE ON THE CONSENT. ITEM SEVEN. NINE. 12 12 AND 16 FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR APPROVAL OF. REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER BRUNER. THIS VICE[02:00:04]
MAYOR MCDONALD YES. MAYOR MATHESON. YES CLARK? YES, QUESTION. MEYER? YES. CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT[9.
BA #06-2022; NW DIXIE HIGHWAY SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 15-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT No. 6 TO THE 2021-2022 GENERAL FUND; APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE NW DIXIE HIGHWAY SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 0 6-2022. NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT. MR DIET THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER $15 2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER. THE CITY STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE 2021. 2022 GENERAL FUND, APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. GIVE US THE MAYOR.
NOTHING IN THE UNDERLYING RESOLUTION CHANGES SO WE DON'T NEED AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY FOUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THEY ARE GIVING US ADDITIONAL FUNDING OVER WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY STATED. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $28,289 MAKING THEIR CONTRIBUTION 459,153. PART OF THIS PROJECT, REDUCING THE CITY'S FUNDING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT. UM SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THE RECORD PRIOR TO THE MOTION AND VOTE. THANK YOU FOR THAT WELCOMING NEWS, MR MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MEYER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM BRING UP AN ITEM FOR SORT OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. YES, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SO UM, THIS IS ALREADY WELL ON ITS WAY AND THEN TALKING TO STAFF YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TORPEDO IT AT THE LAST MINUTE. WE NEED THE CONNECTIVITY UP THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING. ABBOTT WITH THE HEAVENLY, A MASTER PLAN. UM. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR ALL OF US THAT GENERALLY IN OUR ESPECIALLY IN THE C R A. BUT WITH YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMING IN AS PDS, UM AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE STRAIGHT ZONING ARE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS. GENERALLY THE DEVELOPER . IT'S ON THEM TO BUILD THE SIDEWALK FACILITIES. AND SO, UM , I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT IS IN PHASE RIGHT NOW ON HEAVENLY AND I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YEARS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER. UM ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS OF THOSE PARCELS. UM YOU KNOW, DOING THE SIDEWALK FACILITIES. SO I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR TAP GRANTS TO BUILD SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR DIME AND WE NEED TO, UM I WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS MORE IN THE FUTURE ON PARCELS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, ALONG CENTRAL PARKWAY , SOME OF THE OLDER PARCELS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS NON EXISTENT.
AND PRIORITIZED CONNECTIVITY ON ALREADY DEVELOPED PARCELS AND LEAVE THESE CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED PARCELS THAT ARE IN PROCESS TO BE BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER, AS IS USUAL, SO JUST A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF STICK TO OUR GUNS ON THAT. AGREED. COMMISSIONER UH SORRY, MR MAYOR. UM. AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THERE HAS BEEN EMAILS BY THE LAST PART OF LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK ABOUT REQUIRING DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THOSE TWO PARTICULAR PARCELS THAT THIS SIDEWALK WILL TRAVERSE SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO SEEK A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR THE SIDEWALK, GREAT LOCATIONS. OTHER COMMENTS. WE HAVE EMOTION. BY COMMISSIONER MEYER AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYOR. NO COMMENT.
CANNOT WAIT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SURE COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MEYER? YES NEAR MATHESON? YES. NICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, MR BRUNER? YES? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. IT IS
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PURCHASE OF 23 FT. SEA PRO BOAT (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 18-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF ITB NO. 2021-117, PURCHASE OF A 23FT. SEA PRO BOAT TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TOTAL PRICE OF $93,250.00 TO PALM CITY YACHTS OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 RESOLUTION 18 2022. PURCHASE OF A 23 FT SEA PRO BOAT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, THE CITY'S STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF ITB NUMBER 2021-117. PURCHASE OF A 23 FT SEA PRO BOAT TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. TOTAL PRICE OF $93,250 TO PALM CITY YACHTS OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU HAD PULLED THIS, UM BECAUSE NUMBER ONE IT WAS APPARENTLY, I THINK IT'S JUST A SINGLE. BID THAT CAME IN. THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIDDER. JUST ONE BIT THAT CAME IN THAT IS WONDERING IF UNDER
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THE INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS IF UM, THIS SPEED THAT CAME IN IF IT'S GOOD, AND IN THAT RANGE THAT YOU'RE THINKING FOR THE TYPE OF BOAT THAT YOU'RE MEETING OR IF THERE WAS ANY NEED TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO RE ADVERTISE AND GET OTHER BIDDERS. THAT WAS JUST ONE OF MY THINGS.ASKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AND THEN IN LIGHT OF THAT, JUST TO FIND OUT FROM CHIEF UM. IF THIS IS INDEED THE TYPE OF VESSEL THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT MEETS ALL THE BED REQUIREMENTS AND THAT, UM THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE SATISFIED. THE WOMAN WANTS 250,000. BUT THEY WANT MORE. OKAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS. THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. COMMISSIONERS HERE MAYBE YOU CAN GET YES, MA'AM. HERE UM, THIS IS THIS IS A MATCHING GRANT. THIS IS A MATCH. GRANT.
YES. SO. BUT THIS IS A MATCHING GRANT. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD PRICE FOR WHAT THE CITY OF STEWART NEEDS FOR MARINE UNIT. UM, WHEN I SAID MY MARINE UNIT, WE USE THIS BOAT. ITS UTILITY BOAT. WE DO GET CALLS ON THE WATER, YOU KNOW? UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES GO TAKE A BOAT. YOU. PICK SOMEBODY UP. WHO HAS JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PUMP OUT STATIONS AT THE MARINAS WE DO PEARLS PATROLS THERE AS WELL. SO WE KEEP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD BOAT. ON ONE HAND. WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL VOTE. UM AND ALSO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A EAST AND WEST BOAT WENT ON TO THE OLD. EAST SIDE OF THE ROOSEVELT TRAIN, BRIDGE AND THE WEST SIDE AS WELL. SO CHANCE. YOUR QUESTION.
IT ISN'T RECIPE AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD PRICE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THAT'S I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON MOVE FOR A SECOND.
OKAY? I WAS GOING TO MOVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THIS ENDEAVOR. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. NO PUBLIC COMMENT MADE. HEARING NONE. MISS KENDALL, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR MCDONALD YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES GRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES? MAYOR MATHESON? YES? AGENDA
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SRF LOAN AGREEMENT - ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 20-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, RELATED TO THE DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN PROGRAM; MAKING FINDINGS; APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF LOAN AGREEMENT DW430450 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
]ITEM NUMBER 11. RESOLUTION 20-2022. STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN AGREEMENT FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY. MR MARTEL, THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DISH 2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART , FLORIDA RELATED TO THE DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN PROGRAM. MAKING FINDINGS APPROVING THE FOREMAN AUTHORIZATION. EXECUTION OF LOAN AGREEMENT. DW 430450 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAD PULLED THIS ALSO ANOTHER CITY MANAGERS TO GIVE US AGAIN JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW BRIEFLY. WHERE WE ARE AT THE STAGE AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE SOMETIMES TO SEE THE ENTIRE AGENDA ITEM AND I JUST WANTED AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS. UM IT'S NOT A BIG CHANGE, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AN SRF LOAN APPLICATION FOR $17.3 MILLION.
THIS ITEM IS TO ADJUST THAT IN RECOGNITION OF A LOAN FORGIVENESS OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SO THEY WILL BE FORGIVING $893,000 OFF OF ALONE AND CHANGE OFF OF ALONE, REDUCING OUR SORT OF FLOWN TO $16.4 MILLION. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING AS THERE'S A LOAN FORGIVENESS. Q I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THAT. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. RESOLUTION 2020 22 BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. WITH ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. HEARING NONE. MISS KENDALL, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR MCDONALD YES. MAYOR MATHESON. YES MR BRUNER? YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. FIRE? YES. ALL RIGHT, TIM, GO TO WORK. AGENDA ITEM 13. BUDGET AMENDMENT 0 9-2022. QANTAS CLUB DONATION FOR
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BA #09-2022; KIWANIS CLUB DONATION FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 23-2022; BUDGET AMENDMENT No. 09-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT No. 09-2022 TO THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET; APPROVING A DONATION FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB OF STUART, FLORIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,652.65 TO GENERAL FUND REVENUES, ‘DONATION TO RECREATION’ FOR KIWANIS PARK IMPROVEMENTS; AND AUTHORIZING PARKS AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TO EXPEND $1,889.10 FOR AN ADDITIONAL PARK BENCH, AND $2,763.55 FOR CONCRETE CURBING IMPROVEMENTS AT KIWANIS PARK.
]PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAD PULLED THIS ITEM WILL HAVE THIS. IT'S GONNA READ THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 9 2020
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TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING BUDGET MINUTE BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 1920 22 TO 2021 2022 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. APPROVING A DONATION FROM QANTAS CLUB OF STUART, FLORIDA AND THE AMOUNT OF $4652.65 TO GENERAL FUND REVENUES DONATION. TO RECREATION FOR QANTAS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZING PARKS AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TO EXPAND $1889.10 FOR AN ADDITIONAL PARK BENCH. IN $2763.55 FOR CONCRETE, CURBING IMPROVEMENTS AT QANTAS PARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR MARTEL.AND THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AGAIN. I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE OF IN LIGHT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. YOU WANNA SPARK AND THE GREAT SERVICE AT THE KIWANIS CLUB DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING ADDITIONAL WORK AND THE ADDITIONAL BENCH? AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM THE PUBLIC KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THESE ONES THAT ARE RAISED AND HOW MANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THEIR BUDGET AND CONSEQUENTLY TO OUR BUDGET. SO, UM I THINK IT'S SELF EXPLANATORY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THIS COME UP AS AN ITEM SO THAT WE CAN REALLY PEOPLE. THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS HAPPEN.
AND HOW MUCH INPUT AND ALMOST A RESPONSIBILITY AND A FULL COMMITMENT KOALAS CLUB HAS IN MAINTAINING AND NOW CURRENTLY REVITALIZING. THAT PARK. AND SO THE MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO I THINK I THINK HE SAID IT ALL COVERED. IT ALL IS BASICALLY THE QANTAS CLUB RAISED ANOTHER $4600 AND HAD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO ADD TO THE TO THE PARK. THANK YOU AND WISH INNER COMMISSIONER CLARK AND CITY MANAGER DIOCESE. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FROM QANTAS HERE THAT, UM I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO BRING MR BOB BURSON UP SO THAT HE CAN EXPLAIN ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING OF REGARDING THE PARK SINCE WE'VE ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE PARK BUILD THIS LAST WEEKEND. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. LOOK HERE. YOU GUYS HAVE FUN LAST WEEK AGO SATURDAY. OH, YEAH. THAT WAS A HECK OF A GOOD TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW WE HAD A COMMUNITY BUILDING. HOT LOT PLAYGROUND. AT. QANTAS PARK AND EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THERE. THE CHIEF WAS THERE. MILT WAS THERE. THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE YOU GUYS LEFT AT NOON, BUT THEY WERE THERE TILL FIVE O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY AND A HALF OF SUNDAY. WE FINISHED. I KNOW YOU WERE SO FAST SO FAST WITH YOUR 18.5 PIECES THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER COMPARED TO THEIR 2000 VISAS. THEY'RE USED TO HOSES THAT YOU WON THE LOTTO THAT WEEKEND, BUT IT WAS DONE. WELL, IT'S ALL SUBMITTED IN AND YOU PUT IT. LEVEL START COMMISSIONER BRUNER FOR LEADING THE CHARGE AND PICKING THE SWING SET. THAT WAS PERFECT. PERFECT. OUR CLASS WANDER CLASSIC. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS. WE FIRST MET WITH MILTON, THE CITY. OVER IN THE BUILDING OVER THERE ON JULY 17TH 2019. SO IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS WORKING FOR THIS PROJECT. WE DELIVERED YOU $128,000 LAST YEAR, AS ARE PART OF IT. YOU CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN THAT TO IT. AND OVER THE YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS PARK IN THIS PLAYGROUND. THIS IS JUST A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST PLAYGROUND THAT WE BUILT ORIGINALLY IN 1990. IT'S BEEN BASICALLY THE SAME WITH THE SAND AND ALL LIKE THAT. SINCE THEN, WE'VE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE PARK PLAYGROUND TO BE A RENOVATED BUT THAT'S ANOTHER $400,000 DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE'RE WORKING ON BUT WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR ALL THE COOPERATION FOR ALL THE HELP . YOU DID NOT JUST ON THAT SATURDAY, BUT OVER THE YEARS, I MEAN, WE FIRST STARTED THIS. IT CAME ABOUT THAT PLAYGROUND BECAUSE WE INHERITED SOME MONEY.
A LITTLE OVER $100,000 AND THE CITY WANTED TO BUILD THE GAZEBO AT THE COURTHOUSE. THE CITY MANAGER TIME JACK NOBLE. HEARD THAT WE HAD MONEY. HE NEEDED MONEY HE SHOWED UP AT OUR BOARD MEETING. EXPLAINING THAT HE NEEDED MONEY, AND WE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THAT'S FINE. WE'LL HELP YOU BUILD THE GAZEBO, AND THERE IS A MEMORIAL PLAQUE OUT THERE AT THE PARK FOR THE QANTAS. BUT WE MADE A CONDITION ON OUR GIFT AND WE SAID WE NEED SOME LAND FOR PARK IN THE CITY.
AND WE WERE AT HIS OFFICE OVER HERE AND ISLAND WAS STILL SAID THAT SITUATED THAT WAY NOW, BUT THERE'S A BIG DESK AND THERE'S A LONG DESK WHERE PEOPLE SIT ALONG IT AND HE'S SITTING AT THE DESK AND WE'RE SITTING ALONGSIDE OF AND HE POINTED. THE WALLET SAYS ANYTHING ON THAT MAP IN GREEN, YOU CAN HAVE AND IT WAS ALL THE CITY ON VACANT LAND THAT WAS BASICALLY COULD BE USED FOR PARKS. THEY WENT FROM THE END OF THE STREET. TWO MEMORIAL PARK. WE DIDN'T WANT THAT BIG. SO WE
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TOOK WHAT WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANTED. PART ON THIS WOODLAWN AND SUBDIVISION CALLED WOODLAWN. THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED QANTAS PARK. IT WOULD SO WE STARTED DEVELOPING IT IN THE CITY STARTED WORKING WITH US AND OVER THE YEARS IT WAS VERY MUCH A PARTNERSHIP. WE WOULD BUILD A GAZEBO. YOU WOULD BUILD A RESTROOM. YOU WOULD WE BUILD ANOTHER GAZEBO. YOU'D BUILD US A STORAGE SHIP. WE WOULD DO THIS. YOU WOULD DO THAT. SO IT WORKED OUT NICELY OF UNIT CONTINUES THIS DAY. WE REALLY REALLY ARE APPRECIATIVE. PRIESTHOOD OF IT.AND WHAT? WHAT YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR AGENDA NOW IS JUST SOME EXTRA THINGS. WE SPONSOR AN ACTION CLUB, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ART. AND THEY RAISE SOME MONEY AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT. BENCH IN THE PARK. WE PUT SOME MONEY IN WITH IT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. THERE.
BENCH BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR MEMORIAL PLAQUES THAT WE HAVE HERE SO WE REALLY ARE HERE TONIGHT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONTINUED ALLOWANCE TO ALLOWING US TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND THERE AND WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I'M OVER THERE AND ALMOST ALL THE REST OF US, THERE'S PEOPLE THERE. COMMENTING HOW GREAT THE CITY IS FOR HAVING A SAFE PARK.
MM STEWART, WHERE THEY CAN BRING PEOPLE AND WHEN IT GOES DARK TONIGHT. GO OVER THERE AN HOUR AFTER THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE THERE ON BEHALF OF CORNERS. WE REALLY REALLY THINK THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION. UM IS THERE A MOTION TO NUMBER 13? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THEM NUMBER 13 B A NUMBER NINE. 2ND 2022. RESOLUTION 23. THAT'S 2022 THE SECOND MOTION OR YES, WE HAVE EMOTION. AND THE SECOND THE COMMISSIONER MEYER WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THE MOST. YOU HEARING NONE. MISS KENDALL, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SURE MAYOR MATHESON? YES COMMISSIONER RARE? YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, MR CLARK? YES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 RESOLUTION 24 TO 2021. APPROVAL OF AN AWARD FOR SODIUM. EXA META
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ITB #2022-104; SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE FOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 24-2021; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF ITB NO. 2022-104, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER SHANNON CHEMCIALS CORPORATION OF MALVERN, PA AT THE TOTAL PRICE OF $39,330.00 TO, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]PHOSPHATE. FOR OUR WATER. TREATMENT FACILITY. MR MARTEL, PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION. HIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2021 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE THE WARD OF ITV NUMBER 2022. I'M SORRY, 2022-104. SODIUM HICKSON META PHOSPHATE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, SHANNON CHEMICALS CORPORATION OF MELBOURNE, MELVERN, PENNSYLVANIA , AT THE TOTAL PRICE OF $39,330. TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR MORTAL. I PULLED THIS TALK TO CITY MANAGER. I SAW THE HEAD OF THE WATER WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT I HAD NOT TALKED TO HIM, BUT I THINK MR BALL OR IS HERE. UM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE EVERY TIME. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT WATER, AND THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO OUR WATER. I THINK THE RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE SAME. UM TYPE OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE COMING FROM ANOTHER COMPANY, A NEW COMPANY THAT WE HAVE OUR OR IF IT'S A DIFFERENT MIXTURE. I JUST THINK THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. AND SO IF MR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE MR. MR VOLCKER. MR VOLCKER. UM, IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE IN THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT JUST SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT ON THE RECORD CALLED HIM UP BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORDS I THOUGHT I THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T SAY HEXHAM METAPHOR. NO NO, NOT THAT . LUCKILY, I TOOK CHEMISTRY NOT JUST KNOW. NO NOT THAT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE CHEMICALS ITSELF . GO AHEAD, MR VOLCKER, TIM VOLKER UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD SODIUM HEXHAM. META PHOSPHATE IS FOR CORROSION CONTROL IN OUR METAL PIPES IN OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND THE CUSTOMER'S HOME PLUMBING. IT'S INJECTED DOWNSTREAM OF THE CLARIFY IRS JUST UPSTREAM OF OUR FILTERS, SO IT'S THE CHEMICAL WE'VE ALWAYS USED. THAT'S NOT CHANGING. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER. DUE TO THE RECENT, UM INFLATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COVID, THE ORIGINAL BIDDER. DID AN HONOR THEIR PRICE AND THEN THE SECOND BIDDER ALSO DIDN'T SO WE HAD TO GO BACK OUT TO REBID TO GET THE PRODUCT. SO UM, NOTHING'S CHANGING AS FAR AS THE DOSAGE THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE HEALTH AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE FOLLOWED BY THE STATE. LIFE.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION OFE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND AS SECOND
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BY VICE MAYOR MCDONALD FOR RESOLUTION 24 2021. YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE.MISS KENDALL, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR MATHESON. YES VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES MR CLARK? YES MR MEYER? YES YES, I SHOULD HAVE HAD HER SIGNIFY BY SAYING SODIUM META HEX APOSTATE. YEAH.
OH, NO, I DIDN'T THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S SEE NEXT. GENERATING NUMBER 15 OH
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WHOLE KIDS FOUNDATION, 'GARDEN GRANT' FOR THE 10th STREET COMMUNITY CENTER (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 25-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO APPLY AS THE LEAD AGENCY WITH ‘WHOLE KIDS FOUNDATION’ FOR A 'GARDEN GRANT' IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000; AND IF APPROVED, AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE GRANT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]KIDS FOUNDATION. GARDEN GRANT. FOR THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. MISSED THEIR MORTAL.
THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART , FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO APPLY AS THE LEAD AGENCY WITH WHOLE KIDS FOUNDATION FOR A GARDEN GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3000 AND IF APPROVED, AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE GRANT PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, THANK YOU. AND CLARK. THANKS. I HAD PULLED US AGAIN BECAUSE I WANTED AGAIN TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE SEE ARE LOUD. UM SO THAT RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE READING ALL OF THE AGENDA. THEY JUST SAW THAT CERTAIN ITEMS ARE PASSED ON THE CONSENT. SO IT IS A POSITIVE THING, AND I JUST WANTED OR CITY MANAGER TO JUST EXPLAIN IT BRIEFLY SO THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IN THIS CONSENT ITEM. AND THE WHOLE KIDS FOUNDATION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP. WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR THE TENDS TO YOUR OPERATION CENTER. THANK YOU, MR TROLL. SKI SORRY, COMMISSIONER CLARK, JIM CURL SKI COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS, UH, HOUSEKEEPING METHOD IN WHICH WE ASK FOR PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND NOTIFY YOU THAT IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR A GRANT. UM I'M GOING TO BRING UP THAT WE HAVE A NEW GRANTS WRITER, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SHE'S NEVER ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION, SO I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS HER AND BRING HER UP. MISS JACKIE MAIN SHE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GRANT BECAUSE IT'S JUST ACTUALLY CAME OUT TODAY. UM THE SAME DAY THAT YOU'RE APPROVING OUR REQUEST TO APPLY. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS. UM, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. FOR THE RECORD . MY NAME IS JACKIE NAY. I AM THE CITY'S GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. THE WHOLE KIDS FOUNDATION IS THE FOUNDATION ARM OF THE WHOLE FOODS CORPORATION. THEY ARE OFFERING A GARDEN GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3000 NO MATCH REQUIRED. NO REIMBURSEMENT. IT'S DIRECT FUNDS. THIS WOULD GO TO FACILITATE. UM THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING GARDEN AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE WOULD BE NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE FORTHCOMING PLANS FOR THE GUY DAVIS PARK PROGRAM AND REVITALIZATION. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT UTILIZE THE CENTER TO LEARN THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHERE FOODS ARE GROWN AND COME FROM. IT'S AN EDIBLE GARDEN PROJECT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND ENJOY THE NOURISHING FOODS THAT THEY PRODUCE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE GARDEN BESIDE THE TENNIS COURTS. THE LITTLE GARDEN THAT'S THERE NOW OR IS THAT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH THE HOUSE OF HOPE IT'S ON PROPERTY AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER, FORMERLY THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING INVOLVED IN THAT. ONE BY THE TELESCOPE, AND WE WORK WITH THE FOUR H CLUB. CORRECT CORRECT WE DO AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO GET THE KIDS TO DO IS BRING A BIG PUMPKIN, ONE OF THOSE GIANT ONES. WITHOUT FERTILIZER. OKAY? GOOD LUCK. YEAH. TALK TO COMMISSIONER MAYA.
THANK YOU. AND WELCOME MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR . I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UM RESOLUTION NUMBER $25 2022 SECONDS. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MEYER. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. HEARING NONE. MISS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES FIRST MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES, YOU'RE MATHESON. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT IS THE END OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND ALL ITEMS PULLED FROM IT. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION ACTION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. RESOLUTION 01.
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MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT - MONTEREY MEDICAL (CORRECTION)(QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC):
RESOLUTION No. 01-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION NO. 110-01 (WHICH GRANTED A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN WITH CONDITIONS) FOR THE 'MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER' LOCATED AT 1050 SE MONTEREY ROAD, AUTHORIZING SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE PROJECT’S ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 51 PARKING STALLS; REDESIGNING THE STORMWATER SYSTEM; WITH SAID LANDS BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS; PROVIDING THAT ELEMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO. 110-01 NOT AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED HEREBY SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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DASHED 2022. MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER. CORRECTIONS. MR MARTELLI , PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION AND GIVE US A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY OF.CERTAINLY THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 1-22 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 110-1. WHICH GRANTED A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN WITH CONDITIONS FOR THE MONTEREY MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED AT 105 SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD, AUTHORIZING SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE PROJECT'S ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO. AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 51 PARKING STALLS. REDESIGNING THE STORM OWNER SYSTEM WAS SAID LANDS BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS, PROVIDING THE ELEMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 110-01 NOT, UM, ENDORSES SUPERSEDED HEREBY SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND AS I READ THE TITLE THE RESOLUTION ITSELF LIKE YOU. YEAH I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING HELLO? THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. IT'S NOT A. IT SAYS QUASI JUDICIAL AT THE TOP, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND I PUT IT IN THE AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT ACTUALLY AN EVIDENTIARY MATTER FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPLY. UM NEW EVIDENCE OR NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD CONSIST OF A REHEARING AND THIS IS NOT A REHEARING. AS I MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA ITEM, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ME, UH, COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT. WHO HAD REVIEWED THE CODE AND HAS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THE CITY DID NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MANDATE A PERPETUAL LEASE. ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY OFF SITE. ONCE THE, UM. APPLICANT MET THE CODE BY PROVIDING SUFFICIENT PARKING ON SITE. TWO. FULFILL THE CODE OBLIGATIONS IF YOU REVIEW THE JUST FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. MANY MANY YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS, BUT THEY WERE PROJECTS THAT WOULD COME IN THAT WERE LARGE IN NATURE AND. UM CITY COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED DIDN'T WERE NOT AWARE THAT THEY WERE MOVING FORWARD AND PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY WOULD ASK THEM WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT HAPPENED THERE, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW AT ALL. SO AH, THE CODE WAS WRITTEN SO THAT ANY PROJECT THAT IS OVER 50,000 SQUARE FEET AS A COMMERCIAL PROJECT. MUST COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. EVEN IF IT'S STRAIGHT ZONING PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MONTERREY MEDICAL CENTER. AND THE ISSUE FOR THE COMMISSION WAS TO REVIEW AND DETERMINE COMPLIANCE AND, UM , ISSUES WENT BACK AND FORTH. BUT ONCE THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE 51 PARKING STALLS, WE DO THE CALCULATION BASED UPON ONE SPACE FOR 200 SQUARE FEET AS THE PRESENTATION WAS GONE OVER IN GREAT DETAIL. AS WELL AS THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT THAT CAME UP IN SOME OTHER ISSUES ULTIMATELY WAS IN COMPLIANCE AS A RESULT. UM THE APPLICANTS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THE CODE DOESN'T AFFORD THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE EXTENSION OF A LIKE A NEGOTIATED PUDU CONDITION AND EVEN IF IT WAS A PD CONDITION THAT IT COULDN'T BE MANDATED TO THE BENEFIT TO IN ORDER TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AS A RESULT. UM I PLACED IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMISSION TO, UM, EVALUATE AND DETERMINE IF IT STRUCK CONDITION NUMBER 24. ALL OTHER TERMS OF THE SITE PLAN. ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON SITE WOULD TAKE PLACE CONDITION. 24 WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICANT MAINTAIN 30 OFFSITE PARKING SPOTS AT THE WHAT'S CURRENTLY TRUEST BANK THAT WAS SUNTRUST AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. THAT'S OWNED BY THE KIPLINGER FAMILY. UM. AND IT WOULD THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE 30 SPACES WOULD NO LONGER WOULD JUST SIMPLY BE STRICKEN AND THE BASIS FOR STRIKING IT WOULD BE THE LETTER FROM COUNSEL. BASED UPON THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTION.
THANK YOU FOR NORTEL. WITH AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT. OF EMOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. 1.20. 22 FROM COMMISSIONER BRUNER. A SECOND. AND JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE RECORD. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF 1-222 BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION ON JANUARY 10TH. IT'S A MOTION TO CONDITION 24 FROM THAT APPROVAL. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, MR
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MARTEL. BASEMAN UM WELL, I GUESS I'LL DRESS THE £800 GIRL. I'M THE ONE WHO REALLY PUSHED HARD FOR THE 30 SPACES AND UM. I THINK I FIND IT DISAPPOINTING THAT WE'RE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN BECAUSE BECAUSE MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT WAS THAT THEY WERE. THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT. BUT THE CODE IS THE CODE. UM I THINK THAT I THINK WE ALL WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE USERS OF THE BUILDING. UM BUT WE DO HAVE TO DO FOLLOW THE LAW AND AGAIN.I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE SITUATION. BUT AGAIN SINCE THAT WAS THE ONE WHO PUSHED FOR IT. I JUST WANT, I GUESS. TAKE TO MAKE MY OWN LITTLE MIA COPA THAT UM ON THAT, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND USERS OF FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER. DISCUSSIONS UM, WE HAVE EMOTION. FOR APPROVAL OF STRIKING CONDITION NUMBER 24.
FROM RESOLUTION 0 1-2022. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. MS KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES, MAYOR MATHESON. YES NICE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER? YES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANKS FOR TRYING.
THANK YOU. IT IS WHAT IT IS. CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN DO MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM
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SUPPORTING LEGISLATION RELATING TO REGULATION OF SMOKING BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 19-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 224 AND HOUSE BILL 105 RELATING TO REGULATION OF SMOKING BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]18. RESOLUTION 19-2022 SUPPORTING LEGISLATION. RELATING TO REGULATION. OF SMOKING. BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 1920 22 OF RESOLUTION. THE CITY COMMISSION , THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING SENATE, BILL 2 TO 4 AND HOUSE BILL ONE. OH, FIVE RELATING TO REGULATION OF SMOKING. BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FURTHER PURPOSES, AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS BEEN REGULATING SMOKING OUT BY THE RIVER WALK EVER SINCE. MISS MCBRIDE ASKED US TO PUT A SIGN UP THERE, REGARDLESS OF THE STATE STATUTE SAID MR MAYOR. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. ELSE. SECOND THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE. AH CAN WE DO AND ALL IN FAVOR FOR COMMISSION ACTION? I'LL CALL ROLL IF I MAY. OH YES, UM FACE MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES YES.
MAYOR MATHESON? YES? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FINAL AGENDA ITEM IS RESOLUTION. 28
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LEASE AGREEMENT FOR RIPARIAN RIGHTS (RC):
RESOLUTION No. 28-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STUART AND MIDDLE ISLAND MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC FOR THE RIPARIAN AND UPLAND RIGHTS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SUBMERGED LAND LEASE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RIVERWALK AND MARINA AT 59 W. FLAGLER AVENUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]2022. A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR RIPARIAN RIGHTS. AND MR MARTEL, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION? THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 28 2020 TO A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING NEXT THE EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STEWART AND MIDDLE ISLAND MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR THE RIPARIAN AND UPLAND RIGHTS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SUBMERGED LAND LEASE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RIVER ROCK AND MARINA AT 59 WEST FLAGLER AVENUE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND IF I COULD JUST CHIME IN BRIEFLY BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER GIVE THE REST OF EXPLANATION IN THE DRAFT LEASE. IT SAID. THE UPLAND, UH, RIGHTS NECESSARY TO AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE.
BOARDWALK AND SUBMERGED LAND LEASE. THAT. DRAFT OF THE LEASE HAS NOT BEEN AGREED TO BUY THEM , BUT I ALSO AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT AND JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. THAT THE UPLAND RIGHTS WERE JUST THOSE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SUBMERGED LAND LEASE AND THAT IT DIDN'T GIVE ANY OCCUPANCY RIGHTS TO THE LAND OR CONSTRUCTION OR OWNERSHIP OR ANYTHING. AND I WAS GOING TO ADD JUST SOME LANGUAGE TO THAT EFFECT UPON TALKING TO MR MCCARTHY, WHO'S THE TERRY MCCARTHY? WHO'S THE ATTORNEY FOR YEAH, I THINK THAT ON THAT, JUST AS I MENTIONED TO THAT, UM, LEAVE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR APPROVAL, OR YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE'RE NOT A AS THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST POINTED OUT. WE'RE NOT. THIS IS NOT AT LEAST FOR THE LAND. IT'S FOR THE FOR THE RIPARIAN RIGHTS SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR THIS EMERGING LAND LEASE, AND FOR THAT RETURN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS IN THERE LIKE A PUBLIC BOARDWALK AND THEN A LEFT FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT VESSEL THAT WE JUST APPROVED. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL CAN LANGUAGE THAT MIKE MENTIONED ALRIGHT? SECOND
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THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 28 2022, ADDING THE LANGUAGE. OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO THE DRAFT. MR SOMETHING FOR YOU CALL THE WORLD YES, AND THE SECOND BIKE. COMMISSIONER CLARK.I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT OH, WITH THIS LEASE AND WITH THE BOARDWALK CONDITIONS, IT'S JUST ADDING THAT MUCH MORE PROPERTY OF FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER, JUST THAT MUCH MORE ACCESS. SOMETHING THAT I'M SO PROUD THAT THE CITY OF STEWART, WE PROVIDE MORE WATER ACCESS. THEN ANY PLACE THAT I KNOW IN THE AREA, CERTAINLY IN THE REGION, SO I THINK, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF STEWART, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT TRADITION AND A GREAT SOMETHING. A BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT CONTINUED. IN THAT TRADITION. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. MR MAYOR, THAT'S VERY GOOD POINT VICE MAYOR THAT THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS LEASE AGREEMENT IS THINK THE LEAST THE WOULD CREATE A PUBLIC BOARDWALK. THERE WOULD CONNECT. IN THE FUTURE, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK ALONG. THROUGH WATERFRONT ALONG THE NORTH. POINT PARCEL, THE CITY OF STEWART. MR MAYOR HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET CLARITY ON THIS, BUT MR MARTEL. IF YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT LEVEL OF UPLAND ENTITLEMENT. DOES THIS ENTAIL? I MEAN, IT'S REALLY JUST SAYING SO IN THE IN A STATE OF FLORIDA SUBMERGED LAND LEASE, IT'S LIKE PARAGRAPH EIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS THERE IS SUFFICIENT UPLAND. SUPPORT FOR THIS OR WHATEVER.
AND SO WE WENT. WE WENT OVER THIS AS IT RELATED TO THOSE PROPERTIES ON SEMINOLE WHEN WE WERE GETTING THE BOARDWALK AND AN EASEMENT FOR THE BOARDWALK BEHIND THEM. AND THE CITY OF STEWART ALSO, UM, WAS INVOLVED WITH OTHER, UH, MATTERS LIKE THE HARBOR RIDGE ISSUE WHERE THE PARK IS ANOTHER STUFF AND AS IT RELATES TO WHAT UPLAND IS TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, IT'S THE STATE'S RECOGNITION THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE A DOC IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF UPLAND, RIGHT, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE DOC IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO CONNECT TO THE TRIANGLE PARCEL. THE DOC IS GOING TO LEAVE FROM THE ADJACENT PARCEL AND HAVE A RIGHT TURN AND HAVE YOU KNOW AND RUN PARALLEL. IN THE WATER TO THE TRIANGLE PARCEL AND THEN HAVE FINGERS THAT GO OUT INTO THE SUBMERGED LAND LEASE THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR. SO. I'M NOT SURE I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT GIVING ANY LAND RIGHTS, BUT IT ALSO IS WHATEVER IS SUFFICIENT TO FOR THE STATE TO GRANT THAT SUBMERGED LAND LEASE ITSELF, OKAY? AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I BELIEVE THE WHOLE PROJECT. WELL THEN END UP BEING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. THEY'RE JUST APPLYING FOR THE SUBMERGE MINT LAND LEASE. NOW BUT WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IT'S KNOWN AS THE EVAN RUUD PARCEL OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE MIDDLE ISLAND MANAGEMENT WHEN THAT ACTUALLY COMES FORWARD, YOU GUYS WILL ACTUALLY BE APPROVING. THE PARKING THE SETBACKS AND THE NORMAL P U D STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT AS WELL AS EVEN THE RELATIONSHIP OF WHERE THAT DOC IS WITHIN THAT SUBMERGED LAND LEASE AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL THIS IS JUST THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THE SUBMERGED LAND LEASE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. OKAY BECAUSE IT IN THE DRAFT RELEASE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT STAYS FAIRLY VAGUE , JUST SAYING COUPLAND'S FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECURING ITS EMERGENCY AND RECENT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE EXHIBIT C ON THERE FOR US TO SEE ANYTHING SO UM OKAY. AND I ONCE WE ONCE WE CAN GET THE EXHIBIT C OR WHATEVER IT IS, I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU. AND I'LL ALSO EMAIL THE COMMISSION.
WHATEVER LANGUAGE I ADD TO THAT, AND IT'S THE LANGUAGE IS FINE BECAUSE WE JUST TOOK THE LANGUAGE RIGHT OUT OF THE STATE SUBMERGED LAND LEASE. BUT I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY AMBIGUITY THAT IT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY RENT OR LEASE THE TRIANGLE SPACE TONIGHT AS PART OF THIS ACTION NOT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE EMOTION AND THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE. CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MAYOR MATHESON? YES MAYOR. MCDONALD'S COMMISSIONER BRUNNER? YES.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6 40 VALENTINE'S DAY I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.
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