RECORDING IN PROGRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MAYOR MERIT. MATHESON THE CITY OF STUART. I'M
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GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR CITY OF STEWART COMMISSION MEETING. IT IS FEBRUARY 28 AT 5. 32 PM WHERE? AT 1 21 SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. MISS MALIK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, MAYOR MAYOR MATHESON. HERE, VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. HERE COMMISSIONER BRUNER COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE IN COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. BEFORE WE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. I'D LIKE TO SAY. THAT I CONDEMN THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. AND I'D LIKE WHEN WE RISE IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THANK KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS.THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND WE HAVE COMMENTS BY OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS. COMMENCE YOUR
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MEYER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. ABOUT THE TRAGEDY IN UKRAINE. MM I AM SO PROUD TO SIT UP HERE WITH YOU ALL IN A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT AND A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AS. ANGERING IS IT MAYBE SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT. BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES EARNESTLY. IN A FREE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S NOT BEING INVADED. BY ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT'S UM. I MET A LOSS FOR WORDS. REALLY? UM, BUT I'M JUST PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. PROUD TO BE. MEMBER OF THE FREE WORLD.THANKS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER. COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER BRUIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY PROBABLY LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY. THAT WE'VE LOST A GIANT WITH MAGYAR CHELA. HIS SON. SOMETHING ELSE.
IN. BEEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S MORE AND MORE CHILDREN. END UP PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN 30 YEARS OF THAT TO COME BACK BECAUSE WHEN I RAISED MY KIDS THERE, THEN THE. THEY JUST WE GROW UP AND EVERYONE'S GONE AND ALL OF US. OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, BUT SO MANY HAVE BOUGHT THEIR HOMES AND MOVED IN. AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE AND ALL THE GOLF CART THAT THEY'RE WRITING MORE AND MORE THAT I DON'T KNOW. WHERE THEY'RE LEGAL.
CAN THEY CROSS OVER? UM. EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. BUT THERE'S SO MANY AND PEOPLE JUST INTERTWINING AND RIDING BIKES AND GRANDMA JUST GRANDPA, THE WHOLE FAMILY EVERYTHING AND JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY ANYMORE. I TALKED TO PEOPLE THEY THANKS. TELL US, YOU KNOW, OR TELL ME HOW GREAT OF A COMMUNITY WHEN I CAME IN HERE TODAY. THAT CUT SANDY ON THE TRIM AND EXPECTED.
COME HERE. AND THREE MORE WONDERFUL LETTERS WERE WRITTEN. WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DO, AND THEY REALLY DO. THAT'S A REAL ASSET FOR US TO HAVE THAT TRAM AND HE NEEDS ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S PANCAKES AND READING IN THE PARK AT QANTAS. THIS SATURDAY. THE FIFTH WILL START EARLY. MM SURE YOU CAN START GETTING PANCAKES AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING, BUT COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR CORNERS. WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE ANOTHER $400,000. SO WE CAN PUT IN, UM EQUIPMENT FOR 9 TO 11 YEAR OLDS, AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE FABULOUS THAT YOU KNOW THEY RAISED OVER 300,000 FOR THIS LAST PROJECT, AND NOW WE'RE ON A ANOTHER MISSION. SO AMOUNT SUPPORT. YOU'RE KAWANA SATURDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISSION, BRUNO. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER CLARK. OKAY, APOLOGIZE. SORRY. YOU. UM, THANK YOU. UM. I JUST ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. OF LONG
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COMMISSIONER MEYER. WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE. I KNOW PEOPLE FROM UKRAINE AS WELL AS STUDENTS ARE THERE NOW AND. JUST SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND I AS AN AMERICAN.I. WANT US LIKE OR MIGHT MAYOR SAYS TO REALLY STAND STRONG AND OPPOSE ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO? DOMINATE OTHERS IN THAT MANNER. SO, UM IT'S JUST THINK OF THEM ALL THE TIME. ON THAT NOTE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DO WONDERFUL THINGS. AND I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT. PEOPLE THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE, SO I'M JUST GONNA PICK ON OUR CHIEF TO MINELLI. AND OUR MAYOR. UM AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR, BEING THE PERSON WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR CITY AND TRYING TO SET A TONE FOR CITY EVERY TIME WHEN WE HAVE NEW MAYORS EACH YEAR. AND SOMETIMES DURING THIS CHANGE IN TIME, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. BUT ON FRIDAY WAS IT FRIDAY? WE WENT TO THE 10TH STREET THURSDAY. WE WERE AT 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER FOR A PEP RALLY. AND AH, OUT THERE, WILEY. IS JUST TO BE HIGHLY COMMENDED. AND I DIDN'T CALL HER NAME. FIRST. I CALLED CHIEF AND THE MAYOR, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE A PART OF THE GAME. IF MISS WILEY OR THEIR ROLE IN THIS GAME WOULDN'T BE SO HIGHLIGHTED IF MISS WILEY DOESN'T PLAY THE PART THAT SHE PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I SHE'S NOT HERE IS USUALLY SHE COMES TO SOME OF OUR MEETINGS. WHAT SHE HAD A PEP RALLY WHERE WE HAD IN OUR CITY OF STEWART, SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY MANY OTHERS SITTERS WOULD CITIES WOULD WANT TO HAVE, AND I EVEN SAID IN PUBLIC. I'M JEALOUS OF OUR MAYOR BECAUSE HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE IN OUR CITY OF STEWART. WELL, WE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN FORM OF FELONS, BUT NOW THEY'RE BUSINESS PEOPLE THERE. PEOPLE WEREN'T TEACHING AND LEADING OTHERS WE HAVE COPPED TO MULTIMILLIONAIRES WERE THERE AND YES, NO. THEY DIDN'T SAVE ANY MONEY FROM DOING SOME NEFARIOUS THING WHILE THEY WERE IN THEIR OTHER LIFE. THEY WORKED HARD AFTER THEY GOT OUT OF JAIL. AND ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AND. MOST COMMUNITIES WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND TO KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE UNDER OUR OUR OWN MAYOR IN 2022, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY. DO SO MUCH BETTER. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD, UM MS. MISS WILEY AND FOR THE SUPPORT THAT SHE GOT FOR THE CHIEF AND AGAIN FOR THE CHIEF WORKING THROUGH THE POLICE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND THROUGH ALL OF HIS STAFF. TO HELP OUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR FUNDRAISER AND SATURDAY. IT'S NOT EVERY COMMUNITY THAT HAS THIS KIND OF STUFF IN THIS KIND OF SPIRIT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE AND TO DO THAT, AND TO THANK YOU, CHIEF TO MANALI. WE'RE NOT PERFECT, AND THERE'S LOTS OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM CREATING THAT ATMOSPHERE AND FOR DOING WELL IN IN WHAT WE DO, AND WE DO IT AND WE DO IT WELL, WE SHOULD APPLAUD OURSELVES AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY MISS GWEN BRINKLEY HAD BROUGHT UP THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTS SOMEBODY EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND IT STARTED THERE GETTING THE WATER ANYTHING. BUT WHEN WE SEE GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST WHEN WE SEE BAD WE SAY SOMETHING , BUT WHEN WE SEE GOOD, WE SAY SOMETHING, AND I JUST WANT TO, UM APPLAUD MISS WILEY AND FOR HER TO GET OUR MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF REALLY AT THE TOP LINE THAT K. THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT. AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT ARE WORKING ON MAKING THE COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE, AT LEAST SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WORKING AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL THING. UM FOR RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, MR MAYOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. BUNCH OF APPRECIATED AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS WILEY. FOR INVITING ME TO THAT PEPPER. VICE MAYOR. OKAY THANK YOU, MR BEAR. JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. ONE IS, UH, RECENTLY WE RECEIVED IN OUR I GUESS IN OUR BOXES. A COPY OF A CITY OF STEWART ANNUAL REPORT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MICHELLE BICA AND IN THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I REALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AS A AS A
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SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO RESIDENTS, UM, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON? UM, IT WAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE. AND TO ME, IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL WHEN I'M TALKING TO FOLKS TO REMEMBER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. WE DO. WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT OUTLINE. IN TWO WHENEVER I'M SPEAKING WITH SOMEBODY, AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD, REALLY NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT IT. MAYBE EVEN BUDGET SOME MONEY TO SEND IT TO THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY. UM SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. NEXT THING WAS, I SPOKE A WEEK AGO THURSDAY , I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE CIRCLE BAY YACHT CLUB. UM ABOUT 50 RESIDENTS, ALL CITIES STEWART RESIDENTS, AND IT WAS REALLY IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENING SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WAS THERE WAS QUESTIONS FROM EVERYTHING FROM ABOUT THE COSTCO ABOUT DEVELOPMENT ABOUT POLICE FIRE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PALM CITY ROAD. UM ONE OF THE THINGS I DID LEARN FROM THAT EVENING WAS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF CIRCLE BAY, AND I'M GUESSING IT'S PROBABLY GETTING DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF THEIR POVERTY AT TIMES IF YOU'RE COMING OUT THAT SIDE. UM AND I REALLY THINK THAT YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON PALM CITY ROAD TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT. IS PUTTING A FOUR WAY STOP AT MANNER AND PALM CITY ROAD, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT NEXT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING. ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WAS, UM YOU TURNED INTERSECTIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT. YOU CAN DO YOU TURNS. THEY SAY IT ACTUALLY SLOWS THE TRAFFIC DOWN AND CAUSES ACCIDENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY IMPERIAL EVIDENCE OF THAT. UM BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. UM BUT OVERALL, I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF CIRCLE BAY GOOD NEWS, I THINK IS VERY SATISFIED WITH HOW THE CITY IS GOING SO UM. IT SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS AT THE LAST WEEK'S MPO MEETING WE RE APPOINTED IN. IN MIRROR MATHESON'S ABSENCE. WE RE APPOINTED HIM AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COMMITTEE. AND WE ALSO APPOINTED HIM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TREASURE COAST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO GET VOLATILE OLD. YEAH, YOU GET YOU GET EXTRA WORK. UM HAD IT WAS AND THEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ELECTED CHAIR OF THE MPO AS WELL. SO AND, UH, I FINISHED THANK YOU, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT BEFORE AND I REALLY ACTUALLY DO ENJOY IT.IT'S THE MPO IS A GREAT COMMITTEE TO SERVE ON. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR AND ON THAT NOTE. THREE YEARS IN UR READ AND HEARD YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MISS ONE MEETING WHEN IT IS PRESIDENT'S DAY. AND YOU'VE ALREADY MADE PLANS BECAUSE BOTH YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL THAT DAY. UM SO YOU KNOW, I LISTENED TO THE ONE MAIN BOSS I HAVE AND THE TWO LITTLE BOSTON'S THAT NOTE AND I DID INSTRUCT OUR STAFF THAT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SERVE. AS THE CONTINUING CHAIR OF THE LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE AND THE ALTERNATE I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. SOME OF THEM WERE ALREADY TOUCHED ON. BUT SOMETIMES THE DECISIONS WE MAKE UP HERE OR HAVE TO MAKE OFTEN.
REMIND ME OF A BUT DR SEUSS MOVIE. I HAVE VERY FOND OF IT. ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IS THE LOWER ACTS. AND SOMEONE. THAT I GREW UP LOOKING UP TO AND WAS FORCED TO LOOK UP TO BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS EVEN BEFORE I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS LOOKING UP TO THEM OFTEN REMINDED ME OF THE LORAX. BUT. MOTHER NATURE LOST ONE OF ITS MOST POWERFUL ADVOCATES RECENTLY. MAGGIE HER CHELA. PASSED AWAY IN HER HOME ON FEBRUARY 19. SHE SPENT A LIFETIME OF AD ADVOCATING AND EDUCATING FOR THE EVERGLADES AND THE GREATER ENVIRONMENT. THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MARTIN COUNTY OFFERS. AND ITS TIES TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. OUR DIRECT REFLECTIONS OF HER LEGACY. I'D LIKE TO THANK HER. FOR ALL HER EFFORTS AND MAKES YOU REST IN PEACE. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC PADDLE OUT. IN HER MEMORY. SATURDAY, MARCH 12 AT 10 A.M. AT COVE ROAD PARK. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS MOVING ON
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TO SOMETHING I OFTEN TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS WATER QUALITY. UM TO THE TO THE FLEXIBILITY WE HAD WITH SENATE BILL 25. OH, EIGHT. TWO DAYS AFTER OUR LAST MEETING. A LETTER WAS DRAFTED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR. TWO SANTAS. SHOWING ARE THE CITY OF STEWART'S SUPPORT FOR HIS OPPOSITION OF THE BILL. WE ALSO SENT THAT SAME LETTER TO OUR DELEGATION. AND I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH GARY HILL'S AID. UM. ABOUT 24 HOURS LATER. WE LEARNED THAT THAT SENATE BILL HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY AMENDED. AND WHERE IT STANDS NOW. UM AND I KNOW TIMES. AND EVERYTHING IS CHANGING RAPIDLY IN TALLAHASSEE. IT IS A LINE ITEM. AND. IS GOING TO BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IN THE SUBJECT DOES THE SENATE BUDGET CONFERENCES SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WATCHING. BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHOWING THE SUPPORT. IN ME AND MR HOGARTH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO REACT QUICKLY. UM TO TALLAHASSEE. UM. ON FEBRUARY 18TH I ATTENDED TO GROUNDBREAKINGS OR ONE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE C 23 C 24 S T. A S THOSE ESTAS ARE FULLY FUNDED. THEY WILL FILTER AND RETAIN WATER THAT FLOWS INTO THE NORTH FORK OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER. ROUGHLY 30% OF THE WATER THAT WE DON'T WANT. COMING INTO OUR RIVER. COMES FROM THE C 23 24 BASIN. TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT 45% ROUGHLY, AND THIS IS KIND OF BE OVER, SAY, A 10 YEAR AVERAGE. COMES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE IN THE C 44 BASIN, SO A LOT OF THE TALK IS ABOUT LAKE OKEECHOBEE. BUT THOSE NORTHERN BASINS WATER THAT NEVER ENTERS LIKE OKEECHOBEE. THAT IS STILL DAMAGING TO US, UM YOU KNOW? THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THOSE ESTAS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2025. THEY ARE FULLY FUNDED. AFTER THAT MEETING BECAUSE THE COLONEL OF THE ARMY CORPS WAS WAS IN THIS AREA. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HOSTING HIM OUT ON THE RIVER WITH SOME OF THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OF THE ARMY CORPS. UM WE HOSTED. COLONEL BOOTH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL POLK DREW BARTLETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND OUR GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT, JACKIE THROUGH OLYMPUS AND A FEW OF THEIR STAFF. WE WERE JOINED IN OUR NEW POLICE BOAT. BY TWO OTHER BOATS. LOCAL REP FOR CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER AND ANOTHER FISHING GUIDE. AND WE TOOK THEM UP THE C 44 CANAL TO SHOW THEM THE MAN MADE CANAL AND THE STRUCTURE OF WATER FLOWING IN FROM THAT C 44 BASIN. SORRY, C 24 BASIN. AND THEN WE TOOK THEM UP THE NATURAL, WINDING NORTH FORK TO SHOW THEM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE WATER COMING INTO OUR RIVER THAT WE DO WANT UM. IT WAS A BUSY DAY OR BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE FEBRUARY 23RD. I MET SOME OF THE ARMY CORES. STAFF FROM WASHINGTON HIGHER UP THAN MOST OF THE ARMY CORPS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AT THE JACKSONVILLE AREA.AT THE C. 44 S T. A AND THAT HAS TO AS I'VE BEEN SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS BEING FILLED AND WE'VE KIND OF BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FILLING SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER OR SO. NOW IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 10 FT. FAULT. AND. DELL'S PAUSE AT 10 FT. FOR A MONTH OR SO AND EVALUATE THE STRUCTURE OF THAT. AND THEN CONTINUE FILLING IT TO 15 FT. MUCH MORE. I'M REALLY KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS OF WATER IT HOLDS OR HOW MUCH ACRE FEET OR I THINK I DO. I DON'T HAVE THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THEY FILLED IT TO FIVE FT AND PAUSED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND THEN THEY HAVE SENSORS IN THE RESERVOIR TO TEST AND MAKE SURE IT'S SOUND AND THEN THEY FILL IT AGAIN TO 10.
FT SO WATER YOU COULD HAVE LOOKED ON SOME OF THE FLOWS WATER FLOWING FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO THE C 44 CANAL. LAST WEEK WAS FLOWING AT 980 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THAT
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WOULD HAVE INFERIOR HATED ME. IF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT WATER IS GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE C 44 RESERVOIR. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOW. YOU TAKE LIKE OKEECHOBEE AND THIS COUPLE MILES RESERVOIR. AND YOU, YOU DOUBLE THAT SURFACE AREA, SO THAT'S MORE OF APPLE TRANSPIRATION. THAT'S MORE SECRET. AND ONE OF THE BEST COMMENTS I HEARD WAS FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. UM LEAD OPERATOR THERE ON SITE. AND. HOW ENCOURAGED HE WAS BY THE AMOUNT OF PERCOLATION OF WATER FROM THE SDA JUST PERCOLATING INTO THE GROUND TO RECHARGE OUR OXFORD. AND IT'S IT IS A AMAZING TO BE OUT THERE AND SEE THIS MASSIVE MAN MADE WETLANDS. AND SO ALL THAT WATER THAT'S PERCOLATING NOW INTO THE AQUIFER OR EVAPORATING, MOM. IS WATER THAT'S NOT SITTING IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. IN A WAY HELD OVER OUR HEAD THIS SUMMER. AND I HAD SOMETHING TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY, UM JACKIE. GONNA LIPPER'S WHO'S OUT THERE TAKING PICTURES? AND WHAT SHE HAD POSTED AS ALL THE ANIMALS. AND ALL THE BIRDS AND IT JUST SINS AND THOUSANDS OF ACRES. FOR THEM. IT'S AMAZING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW, JUST WHAT'S THERE ALREADY? ANYWAY. THANKS. IT WAS I'M HONORED TO DO IT. UMT TO SAY COMMISSIONER BRUNER MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON MARTIN COUNTY NORTH LITTLE LEAGUE HELD THEIR OPENING. CEREMONY THIS LAST SATURDAY AT THE SAILFISH BALL FIELDS. AND. YOU KNOW, I WAS SO PROUD TO BE SITTING THERE AS THE MARRIAGE STEWART AND THOSE CHAIRS BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE KIDS THAT I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH NOW. OUR TEAM COACHES WALKING. THAT WERE WALKING BY ME , YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN THE T BALL TEAMS, OR YOU KNOW THE COACH PITCH TEAMS BEING ANNOUNCED, UM, SO THAT WAS A TRUE HONOR. I'M THRILLED THOSE FIELDS ARE STILL THERE. AND AGAIN, THE SELFISH SPRINT IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S A FIVE K AND 10-K. I CAN ASSURE YOU I'LL BE THERE. I DOUBT I WILL BE RUNNING IT, BUT PLEASE COME OUT AND RUN THE EVENT. MR MAYOR BEFORE WE GO TO THE CITY MANAGER PAUL YEAH, BEFORE WE GO TO CITY MANAGER AS A MEMBER OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY HAD THE BIG REVEAL, AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT BE SAYING SOMETHING. SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM I'M NOT SAYING YOU. MR MANAGER? YES, SIR. JUST A QUICK CORRECTION. THE SELFISH[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
SPRINT. IT'S ACTUALLY STARTS AT MEMORIAL PARK AT 300 SOUTH EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. MHM. YOU KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING. I'M NOT RUNNING. UM EVERYONE'S RUNNING, NOT ME. AND THEN THERE'S THE MARATHON.THE TREASURE COAST ON SUNDAY AS WELL. YOU COMMISSIONER BRUNER MENTIONED THE PANCAKES IN THE PARK, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY PICNIC. AND SO IT'S A PRETTY EVENTFUL WEEKEND COMING UP. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED OR NOT, BUT THE PANCAKES IN THE PARK IS ALSO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT ALL OF YOU AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MILTON'S CREW AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE ALL CAME OUT TO HELP PUT TOGETHER. AND I WAS ASSURED THAT THE AH PARK EQUIPMENT PEOPLE CAME BEHIND US AND CHECKED ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS SO NO LITTLE KIDS ARE FALLING OFF THE SWINGS. UM, THEK MENTIONED WE ALL MOST OF US ATTENDED, UM GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT OR NOT GROUNDBREAKING, BUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LOCATION FOR A NEW BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
IT'S ON THE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY. THEY'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON LEASE OF THAT LOCATION, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO STOP STRUCTURE IS COMPLETED. WE ARE WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT OR WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR ACCESS FOR A CITY OF STEWART USAGE OF THE GYMNASIUM AFTER THEIR HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME TO A CONCLUSION ON THAT, AND WE ARE WORKING. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE TO, EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SAY SO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT. WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE SOME INPUT INTO SOME DESIGN AND CONNECTIVITY OF THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CAR CROSS CONNECTION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AVENUE OVER TO MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
AND THEY ALSO NEED SOME STORM WATER CAPACITY. ALSO IT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND A GREAT ADDITION FOR THE CITY START COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. ABSOLUTELY THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STUFF GOING ON. IT'S LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN COOPED UP FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET OUT. WHICH IS THE EXACT CASE. ANYWAY.
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BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE A AGENDA BEFORE US HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAS PUBLISHED HAVE EMOTION FOR APPROVAL. THE AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED TO LEAD BY COMMISSIONER MEYER IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SANTORUM. MADAM CLERK WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. OR YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN DO IT IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT, FAVOR. I. AND YOU OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THREE MINUTES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. ANY ONLINE. NONE ON ZOOM. HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. MAYOR I'LL[CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT. SECOND. PROMOTION OF APPROVAL THAT CONSENT CALENDAR BY COMMISSIONER MEYER, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I HAVE NONE. HEARING NONE. WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MADAM CLERK. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, VICE MAYOR MCDONALD? YES. COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. AND MAYOR MATHESON. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING ITEM NUMBER FIVE[5.
SILVERTHORN RESIDENTIAL PUD - FIRST READING (QUASI-JUDICIAL) (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2472-2022: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEREBY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM “COMMERCIAL” TO “MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL” FOR A 9.43 ACRE PARCEL ANNEXED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1527-97, OWNED BY TED GLASRUD ASSOCIATES FL LLC, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SE INDIAN STREET AND SE COMMERCE AVENUE, SAID LAND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT SAID LANDS SHALL CONCURRENTLY BE REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT “CPUD” TO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT “RPUD” ON THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; ESTABLISHING THE SILVERTHORN RPUD CONSISTING OF EIGHTY SIX (86) ATTACHED HOMES; APPROVING A MASTER SITE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, DECLARING THE PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]SILVERTHORNE RESIDENTIAL P U D. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 72-2020. 2022 JUDICIAL MATTER.
MR. MARTEL WE PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 72-2022 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEREBY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM COMMERCIAL TO MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. FOR A 9.43 ACRE PARCEL ANNEXED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1527-97. OWNED BY TED GLASS, RIGHT ASSOCIATES FLORIDA LLC, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHEAST INDIAN STREET AND SOUTH EAST COMMERCE AVENUE SAID BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT SAID, LANDS SHALL CONCURRENTLY BE REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. CPU D. TWO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, R P U D ON THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. ESTABLISHING THE SILVERTHORNE RPG, CONSISTING OF 86 ATTACHED HOMES, APPROVING A MASTER SITE PLAN PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. DECLARING THE PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. AS THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER . DO ANY OF MY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION? I'VE SPOKEN WITH. THE APPLICANT IN THEIR AGENTS. I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF I'VE SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. Q. I, TOO AM HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND THE DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU. I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF. THE APPLICANT AND THEIR AGENTS. AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OUR CITY STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND THEIR AGENTS AS WELL. AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. UM, MR MOORE PATEL, WILL YOU PLEASE PLACE ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES UNDER OATH? TWO HAS ANYBODY FROM THE APPLICANT. THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND ONE MEMBER OF THE APPLICANT, YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, ULTRA BECAUSE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THREE PEOPLE WERE SWORN IF I COULD REMIND YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU'RE TESTIFYING IN THE MATTER. THANK YOU. MR REITS, OR MR FREEMAN WOULD PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH A BRIEF SUMMARY. THANK YOU. MAYOR COMMISSION HAS. COMMISSIONER ALREADY AWARE THAT STUFF HAVE RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION. IN DOING SO STAFF IT CONSIDERED THE APPLICATION AND EVIDENCE. PROVIDED WITHIN
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THE APPLICATION PACKET AND HIS OF THE OPINION THAT MAINTAINING THE EXISTING ZONING AND FUTURE AND USE CLASSIFICATIONS. ACCOMPLISH A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO DENY THE REQUESTED FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE. NOW SINCE THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED, THE APPLICANT HAS UM, SPOKEN TO STAFF AND RELAYED THERE. DESIRE TO PRESENT A CASE FOR A CONTINUANCE OR A SUSPENSION OF THIS HEARING TO COMMISSION BEFORE STAFF. GIVE THEIR FULL PRESENTATION OF THEIR APPLICATION. SO IT'S TWO COMMISSIONS. OPINION OF YOU WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO HEAR THAT. MOVED BY THE APPLICANT PRIOR TO STUFF PRESENTATION. WE DO HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION. I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO THE APPLICANT. WE CAN HEAR THEIR PRESENTATION. THE COMMISSIONERS MICHAEL D'AMELIO FROM MERITAGE HOMES. SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.HOW'S THAT? IS THAT SIT ON. IT'S ON. TRY TO DO YOUR BEST TO SPEAK UP. ALL RIGHT? VERY WELL. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MICHAEL D'AMELIO FROM MERITAGE HOMES. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE THIS AGENDA ITEM TWO MARCH 28. TO ALLOW MERITAGE HOMES MORE TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF ON SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN. SINCE THE HELP A HEARING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND A REVISED SITE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR COMMENTS. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS BUT NEED MORE TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF ON DETAILS INTO FASHION, A PRESENTATION ON THE NEW SILVERTHORNE PROJECT THAT WE THINK YOU'LL FIND VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO MARCH 28. THIS TYPE OF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? TOM OR APPROVAL WAS SOME MORTAL IF WE PUT IT TO A TIME CERTAIN.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST ON THE UP HERE. IT'S NOT A COST QUESTION. IT'S THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DIRECT MAILING SO IT WOULD BY CONTINUING TO A DATE CERTAIN THEY SHOULD KEEP THE CONTINUITY OF THE DUE PROCESS FOR THE NOTICE THEY'VE PROVIDED ALREADY. PROVIDING IT'S BEEN PROVIDED CLARIFICATION. THAT WAS A MOTION. FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO CONTINUE TWO MARCH 28TH AT 5 30. PM. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONTINUING TO MARCH 28. REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. HAVE A SECOND. HAVE EMOTION. AND THE SECOND. FOR CONTINUING UNTIL MARCH. 28TH REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING, MR MAYOR. MR MEYER.
OKAY, SO, UM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY TENURE THAT STAFF HAS UNEQUIVOCALLY RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE PROJECT. WE ALSO WHAT HAPPENED AT L. P A. UM. I AM HESITANT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF A DATE CERTAIN WHEN IT APPEARS TO ME. AND HAVING CONVERSED WITH STAFF THAT WE'RE STILL SO FAR APART AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE WITH STAFF RIGHT NOW. UM I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS AND STAFF REPORT THAT WERE REQUESTED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH STAFF ON SPECIFICALLY THE ONES THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. THE MOST WERE THE SITE PLAN. THE ENVIRONMENTAL THE STORMWATER PONDS SHAPE. SOME OF THE NITTY GRITTY STUFF WHICH I KNOW CAN BE WORKED OUT. UM I'M JUST HESITANT THAT THAT GIVES US YOU KNOW? OH, THIS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH WE I DON'T KNOW IT WAS. I'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE DONE RIGHT? THAT STAFF HAS THE ADEQUATE TIME TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THAT YOU HAVE THE ADEQUATE TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF AND I WORRY THAT WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT HIT IT AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN. SO I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO YOUR NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE'VE GOT JUST A MONTH TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. I DON'T KNOW. AND I'LL I GUESS I'LL FURTHER SHARPEN THE POINT BY SAYING YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.
UM I CAN SAY FOR MYSELF THAT I AM GENERALLY OPEN TO THE LAND USE CHANGE. I KNOW THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL. UM BUT SEEING AS HOW IT WAS. DENIED IT. L P A AND THE COMMISSION HAS SPOKEN
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MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT HESITANCY TO DO ANY NEW LAND USE CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE SIERRA. I WOULD CAUTION. YOU. THAT I CANNOT. I CAN'T SEE MYSELF BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT IT UNLESS STAFF GIVES RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL IF I CAN RESPOND CAN I COME HERE? NICE MAYOR. I'M JUST GONNA SAY, UM. THIS IS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS YOUR 1ST 1/10 YEARS HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE HAD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL AND I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF A CONTINUE MINTS. BUT THAT'S I WAS GONNA SAY OKAY? COME. I WAS GOING TO ASK BEFORE HE BECAUSE IT'S UM LET ME ASK MR MOORE TELLING MR FREEMAN IF THEY COME IN BETWEEN NOW AND WHATEVER TIME IT WAS WITH US, THE 28TH OR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. IF WE CHANGE THAT MOTION, IS THERE IF THEY'RE COMING WITH SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT. DOES IT NOW STILL GO BACK TO THE L P A. OR WE'RE JUST HELP IS NO LONGER THERE, WHICH JUST ONLY BEFORE US WHEN IT CHANGES THAT HAPPENS, POST LP A ENDS ON I MEAN, IF THEY CAME BACK IN WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROJECT I HAVE TO GO BACK FOR YOU. BUT IF IT CAME BACK IN AS IT SAYS IT'S 86 TOWNHOUSES. SO IF IT CAME IN HIS 83 TOWN HOUSES, IT CLEARLY WOULDN'T GO BACK TO THE L P A, BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME PROJECT HEARD BY THE ELPIDA, SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES IN, BUT IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE SO SIMILAR IN NATURE THAT IT WOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE L P A. OKAY? I THOUGHT, I THINK THAT MR MATTEL HAS THAT JUST ABOUT RIGHT. AND I SUSPECT THAT STAFF PRESENTATION WOULD ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MR MEYER HAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN. UM YOU KNOW, WE WERE HANDED OUR LUNCH. YOU KNOW, AT THE ALPA. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND MANY DEVELOPERS MIGHT JUST TAKE THE PROJECT IN AND WALK WITH IT, BUT WE DECIDED TO LISTEN. AND I THINK WHEN WE MET WITH EACH OF YOU, WE PRESENTED OUR THEN IMPROVE SITE PLAN REFLECTING COMMENTS WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE L P A AND FROM STAFF. AND SINCE NOVEMBER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD WITH STAFF. TO BRING TO BEAR THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD FROM EVERYONE. TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE AND ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS THAT STAFF WANTED US TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH. WAS REORIENTING A PORTION OF THE UNITS THAT WE'D HAVE SOME FRONT ELEVATION FACING UNITS ON INDIA ON THAT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CORNER OF COMMERCE AND INDIAN WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE LOST 90 MINUTES THE PROCESS THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPERS LIKE TO DO. BUT WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE THE PROJECT AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY WITH KIDS AFTERNOON ON ON THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO FOR THE CONTINUANCE. AND WE THINK THAT THE 30 DAY TIME PERIOD IS DOABLE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABOUT 90% THERE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THE ELEMENTS THAT I THINK THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE, AND TERMS OF. THE ELEMENTS. THE PROJECT PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT SIGNIFICANT. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE L P A. AND A LOT HAS CHANGED. ACTUALLY SINCE DECEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH YOU, SO I SUSPECT THAT WE CAN MEET THAT TIMEFRAME. RENDER SOME HARD TIME FRAMES OURSELVES IN TERMS OF OUR CONTRACT WITH GLASS, RIGHT, SO WE'RE VERY MOTIVATED TO WORK WITH STAFF TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT TIME FRAME. THANK YOU BEFORE I OPENED IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. SOME OF MY THOUGHTS OVERALL, ESPECIALLY OF TALKING TO LP MEMBERS AND WATCHING THE MEETING. WHICH WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT. A LOT OF THAT IN MY MIND. MY INTERPRETATION WAS DUE TO PAUSING ON ALL THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON. TAKING A BREATHER AND NOT BEING OPEN TO DO AN ABSOLUTE ZONING CHANGE FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. UM, I KNOW I HAVE. SPOKEN ABOUT THAT AND SEEKING A PAUSE. I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IS KIND OF HOLDING OFF. BESIDES PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE SCIARRA. UM AGAIN, I WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND I FEEL THAT. DON'T FOR US AS A STEWART COMMISSION, PART OF OUR JOB, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS, AND IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A PROJECT TO GET THE ABSOLUTE BEST THAT WE CAN FROM THAT PROJECT. FOR ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. UM THAT BEING SAID, IF THE APPLICANTS DESIRE ANYONE IS[00:40:07]
ABLE TO COME AND PRESENT A PROJECT TO US AND WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND DECIDE. BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE SAID. UP HERE, THE DIRECTION WE'VE GIVEN AND HOW STUFF CHANGES AND FACTOR IN ALL THE NEW PROJECTS, AND THAT WAS A LARGE THING FOR ME WAS TO FACTOR IN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAD ASKED TO CITY MANAGER BUT MAYBE WE HAD ALL US BUT I'D ASK YOU TO THE MEETING. AND IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR ON COMMERCE STREET AND TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE LIKE YOU'RE SAYING FACTOR IN ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT THAT IS JUST BEGINNING AND WE'RE STARTING TO WORK WITH, UM, THE GROUP THAT WAS HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO DO THE INNOVATION DISTRICT THROUGH THERE. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS. MR. BERGER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEBODY WERE TO COME THROUGH WITH A FUTURE LAND USE EVIDENTIARY HEARING IT WOULD BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESENT TO YOU . THE CORRIDOR STUDIES, THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ALL THOSE OTHER EVALUATIONS DURING THAT QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AS WELL. SO IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT PROBABLY HAS SIMILAR INFORMATION. EXCELLENT. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO MARCH 28. HELLO MCBRIDE FROM FLAMINGO AVENUE.YES, MY MAKING. MAIN CONCERN BECAUSE I'VE USED COMMERCIAL AVENUE WAY BACK WHEN AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOME HAVE HAVE YET TO HAVE ANYONE MOVED INTO IT, SO WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. MY CONCERN IS LIKE WHEN YOU GET FROM COMMERCIAL AND YOU WANTED TO GET ON INDIAN STREETS. THERE'S NO LIGHT. YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS BECAUSE WHEN YOU GOT THE END OF COMMERCIAL, YOU CAN GO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, AND THAT'S DANGEROUS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY MANY YEARS . RLP A IS A GREAT BOARD APPOINTED BY YOUR BY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE SITTING NEAR AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE COME TOO MANY MEETINGS AND BOY. THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND ASK QUESTIONS AND THAT AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW WHO WE TAXPAYERS. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF . YOU GUYS HAVE BORROWED A FANTASTIC STAFF HERE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH THE L P A AND STAMP SAYING NO I HOPE YOU LISTEN TO THEM. THANK YOU. THINC COMMENT. YES, MISS RICHARDS, LINDA K. RICHARDS. THE EVENING WHEN RICHARD'S COMMANDO POINT CIRCLE UM, I'M UP HERE. I WAS AT THE LP MEETING WHEN THIS CAME CAME UP IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY WERE VERY CLEAR IN THE FACT THERE'S A RAILROAD SPUR ITS COMMERCIAL LAND ITS COMMERCIAL LAND. WE'RE SITTING HERE NOW, AND WE'RE WATCHING BRIDGEVIEW BE DEVELOPED 212 UNITS ON LAND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A MEDICAL MEDICAL PLAZA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOCTORS OFFICES. WE'VE GOT 212 UNITS GOING UP THERE. WE'VE GOT POTENTIALLY. THAT WE HAVEN'T STILL IN THE GOING HARRIET HEARING 50 ACRES THAT WE TOOK. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND GAVE IT COMMERCIAL AND PUT REALLY BIG, MASSIVE COMMERCIAL ON THAT. SO HERE WE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THIS COMMERCIAL WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE. AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT. THE RESIDENTIAL I SAT HERE AND HEARD. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY OF THIS CHANGES EVER AGAIN RECENTLY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY OF THESE CHANGES. WE'VE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH IN THE PIPELINE. WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD. WE HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS WHEN ALL OF THIS GETS BUILT OUT. YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN PUT THIS TO CONTINUE ITS IT IS COMMERCIAL LAND. THEY SHOULD FIND A COMMERCIAL USE FOR IT.
THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE WHACK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A STORE TO WALK TO. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A CORNER STORE. THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO PLACE TO BUY THEIR CIGARETTES OR LOTTERY TICKETS. PUT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THERE. IT'S COMMERCIAL. WE NEED TO STOP. GOING TO THESE DEVELOPERS AND LETTING THEM BUILD, BUILD BUILD. I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS, PLEASE, LET'S GIVE IT FIVE YEARS AND SEE WHAT OUR CITY LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REFINING. OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE GREEN CARDS, PAUL NO ZOOM COMMENTS. RIGHT. WE HAVE A, MR MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO, UM,
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MAKE A COMMENT. I WAS WATCHING HIM. SEE TV RECENTLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHANNELS. I WAS WATCHING THE ACCOUNTING MEETING. UM AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THERE WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS. MAYBE IT WAS THE MPO MEETING, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE COUNTY MEETING. WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE RURAL LIFESTYLE LAND USE, WHICH. IT WASN'T THE MPL ME, RIGHT? THAT WASN'T THERE , BUT LATER ON AND THERE WERE THERE WERE A LOT OF CHEAP SHOTS BY SOME OF THE FOLKS SITTING UP THERE ABOUT, UM HOW ALL OF THE WOES IN THE WORLD ARE ON STEWART IN THE GROWTH AND STEWART. UM, BUT AS SOON AS. A PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSING TO FUND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS. ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CHANGE DEVELOPMENTS ON INDIAN STREET AND COMMERCE. TO MAKE THAT INTERSECTION SAFER. UM TO STOP THE LEFT. TURN THE WESTBOUND TURN ON INDIAN FROM COMMERCE TO REORIENT ALL OF THAT. SUDDENLY NOBODY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT IF IT WAS GOING TO THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO POTENTIALLY PAY FOR THAT WAS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NORMALLY PAID FOR BY IMPACT FEES. SO I JUST WANTED TO. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW IN A JOINT MEETING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES DEVELOPMENT SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS IN PART OF THEIR PROJECTS WILL PROPOSED TO PROVIDE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED NOT JUST FOR THAT PROJECT BUT HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR SOME TIME. AND IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME TO HEAR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL CRITICIZE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THEN, WHEN IT IS PROPOSING TO CRITICIZE IT, BUT THEN THEY'LL MAYBE NOT CRITICIZE IT AS MUCH WHEN IT'S PROPOSING TO UM PAY FOR SOME SOME OF THE NEEDED OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THERE FIRST FOR CIRCULATION, SO IT'S JUST A POINT TO KEEP IN MIND. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, AND THOSE IMPACT THESE ARE MEANT TO BE SPENT WITHIN A RATIONAL NEXUS. OF THE PROPER WE HAVE A MOTION.THE SECOND TO CONTINUE THE ITEM BEFORE US TILL MARCH, 28. MR MAYOR, JUST EXERCISE AND I WANT TO ECHO MR MEYER'S COMMENTS REGARDING PUBLIC BENEFIT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE. AND I THINK THAT DISTINGUISHES THIS PROJECT BECAUSE HE PROVIDE MULTIPLE PLANETS, PUBLIC BENEFIT IN TERMS OF I THINK THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE, CONSIDERING WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE PROJECT, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BEING PRESENTED ITS EMOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO HEARING. I JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THAT COMMENT AND SAY THAT AT A MINIMUM THERE ARE THE PROS AND CONS THE PROJECT FOR ASKING FOR THE CONTINUANCE. AND IF YOU'RE JUST ON BASED ON PUBLIC POLICY AND HAVING RIGHT TO BE HEARD BOOK MIGHT COME UP OR DOWN IN 30 DAYS, BUT WE PUT A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK THAT GETTING OUT OF MINIMUM WE WOULD REQUEST RESPECTFULLY THE CHANCE TO BE HEARD TO BE VOTED ON IN 30 DAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. QUESTION. GET. MORE OF A LEGAL QUESTION. BUT IN COULD LEAVE MODIFY THE CONTINUOUS MOTION SO THAT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BE NO FURTHER CONTINUANCES. OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WELL THIS THE STATE'S STATUTE THAT WAS ADOPTED AS IT RELATES TO THE TIMING AND REMEDIES FOR, UM PUBLIC HEARINGS SPECIFICALLY GIVES REMEDIES TO APPLICANTS TO REVISE AND HAVE UP TO 45 DAYS BASED UPON DIFFERENT THINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD DEVIATE FROM THE STATUTE. IN REALITY. THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS DEBATING THE MAILING. BECAUSE ASSUMING YOU DENY THE MOTION. I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE HEARING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO START A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IF THE MOTIONS TONIGHT IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TWO.
POSTPONED. THEY DON'T GET A TETE CERTAIN. MAYBE I GUESS THEY COULD THEY WOULD BE THE APPLICATION FEE MAY HAVE TO BE PAID AGAIN. BUT REALISTICALLY, THE ISSUE WOULD THEN BE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A REASONABLE BASIS FOR POSTPONEMENT, ETCETERA , BUT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MAILING AGAIN BECAUSE REALISTICALLY GRANTING IT OR DENYING IT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK. UNDER THAT STATE STATUTE.
OKAY, THANK YOU. RIGHT I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR HERE, SO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL, MADAM CLERK. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. BRUNO, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES.
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COMMISSIONER CLARK YES. VICE MAYOR MCDONALD YES. MAYOR. MOUTH ISN'T YES. AND COMMISSIONER BURNER. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 28 THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS THE SECOND HERE. MOVING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO[6.
AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO INCORPORATE TREE REMOVAL PENALTIES (RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2478-2022; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION OF CHAPTER V RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ESTABLISHING “PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS” FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
]INCORPORATE TREE REMOVAL PENALTIES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 78-2022 MR MARTELLI, PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2478 TO 0 TO TWO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION OF CHAPTER FIVE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES AND VIOLATION OF THE CODE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR COMPLICATION PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. MR REED'S MR FREEMAN. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. TOM REED, SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. I JUST WANT TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. UM YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM THE PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER. YOU ASKED US TO COME BACK WITH A SIDE. REVISED TREAT PENALTY BASED ON A RATIO WE'VE DONE THAT. I WANT TO START WITH GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IN 2000 AND ONE THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY CONSIDERED SIMILAR AMENDMENT LANGUAGE TO CHAPTER FIVE RESOURCE PROTECTIONS, RECOMMENDING FIVE OH, THAT HAVE FLAT PENALTY OF 7500 PER VIOLATION. WITH PENALTY FEES REMAINING THE SAME FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES WITHOUT A PERMIT. UM. SO THE L P A IF APPROVED THAT, BUT THE COMMISSION NEVER DID. AND CURRENTLY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SECTION FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE. SO STAFFS DRAFTED LANGUAGE BASED ON OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT USE A RATIO OF THE CURRENT TREATMENT, GATIEN AND THAT AND THE LANGUAGE AND THE AMENDMENT CONTAINS CALCULATIONS DETERMINED BY USING THE TOTAL D B H INCHES REMOVED WITH THE AMOUNT OF REPLACEMENT DB H INCHES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITIES. REPLACEMENT FORMULA AS CONTAINED IN SECTION 505 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. ACCEPTING THAT THE REPLACEMENT GBH INCHES WILL BE CALCULATED AT THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT FOR EVERY OFFENSE WITH. EACH TREE REMOVED AND VIOLATION, CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE VIOLATION. THIS REMEDIAL ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY CONSISTENT WITH A RESTORATION PLAN APPROVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OR PAYMENT INTO THE CITY REPLACEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 TO 1 RATIO AS APPLIED HERE IN WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO THE RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTY. SOE PROPERTY BE RESTORED. IF THE IF THE VIOLATOR CHOOSES NOT TO, THEN THE PENALTY WOULD GO INTO THE TREE FUND. OUT OF 3 TO 1 RATIO OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT, GATIEN. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE ON THE CODE RIGHT NOW. AND.
JUST TO CONFIRM IF THEY THE VIOLATION WAS 50 TREES. THERE WOULD BE 50 SEPARATE VIOLATION.
IT WOULD BE 50 CALCULATED AT THE CURRENT TREATMENT OF GATIEN, UM , CALCULATION AND THEN THAT WOULD BE MULTIPLIED BY THREE. SO WHATEVER WHATEVER THE INCHES TO BE REPLACED CAME TO IF THEY WERE TO MITIGATE THAT REMOVAL. IF THEY REMOVED IT WITHOUT THE PERMIT, THEN IT WOULD BE THREE TIMES THAT. MITIGATION AMOUNT. THAT'S MORE CLEAR. GOD BLESS MAN, TOM, SO GREEN RIVER PARKWAY, AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 20. I DON'T REMEMBER THE INCHES , BUT ANY IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTO THE TREE? EITHER MONETARY ZOR TREATMENT OCCASION MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO AT GREEN RIVER PARKWAY. WE ALSO CONSIDERED PALMETTOS THAT WERE REMOVED AND SO THE APPLICANT NOT ONLY REPLACE THE TREES BUT ALSO THE PALMETTOS. THIS TREE PENALTY. UM, TEXT AMENDMENT.
JUST INCLUDES TREES, SO THERE'SA COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN US AT OSPREY PRESERVE AND
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THIS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND THE TEXT WITH OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL. WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, UM I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY ELEGANT SUMMATION OF ALL OF OUR COMMENTS AT THE LAST HEARING, UM I LIKE THAT. IT'S UH, STRONG PUNISHMENT THREE TIMES. AND THE WAY I READ IT ANYWAY. IS THAT BASICALLY FOR THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT ARE REMOVED IN VIOLATION. UM, THAT THEY. THEN HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY REPLACED THEM AT A 3 TO 1 RATIO WITH PREFERENCE ON SITE. I MEAN, IT'S I THINK IT'S THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO WITH THIS KIND OF LANGUAGE, SO I MEAN, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. I THINK, UM QUESTIONS ABOUT PRESERVES IN GENERAL, AND HOW WE CATEGORIZE PRESERVES, MAYBE ARE WORTH LOOKING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PALMETTOS THE STAFF'S POINT ABOUT THE PALMETTOS. THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE TREES. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO HAVE, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK INTO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ENFORCE PRESERVE PROVISIONS IN OUR CODE? BUT I'M MOVING FORWARD SECOND TRY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMOTION AND THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. PAUL THERE'S NO ZOOM COMMENTS. HEARING NONE. I. I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER MEYER IT THIS IS A TOUGH ONE IF YOU GO TOO FAR. MM PENALTIES WON'T GET UNFORTUNATE END UP IN LITIGATION AS WE DISCUSSED VERY CONTENT WITH THE LANGUAGE. MADAM CLERK. WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.MAYOR MATHESON. YES MA'AM MCDONALD? YES, COMMISSIONER BURNER COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES? COMMISSIONER MEYER? YES. MR MAYOR. MAY I? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. MR REED'S MR FREEMAN. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER COMMENTS , BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO DO , UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW TRYING TO CREATE A PROGRAM FOR ENFORCEMENT OF OUR PRESERVE AREAS AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WAS AT ISSUE WITH OSPREY PRESERVE.
UM THE LEGISLATURE IS POISED TO PASS INTO LAW A GLITCH BILL THAT FIXES THAT TREE TREE PROTECTION LAW THAT PROTECTION LAW THAT WAS AH, PASSED IN 2019. IF IT IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN AND IT IS PASSED INTO LAW, THE LEGISLATURE WILL FINALLY ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO AGAIN BE ABLE TO, UM PROTECT TREES, IMPORTANT TREES, AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AFTER AFTER IT PASSES, KNOCK ON WOOD, UM, THAT WE LOOK INTO A TREE PROTECTION. DEDICATED TREE PROTECTION PROGRAM IN THIS CITY , PERHAPS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, A MAPPING EXERCISE OF CHAMPION TREES AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF PROTECT THEM CITYWIDE, SO JUST A THOUGHT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN THAT AND I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A WAY TO QUANTIFY. THE UNDERGROWTH OF AN AREA. LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT.
TREATMENT OF GATIEN. SO THAT CAN BE PRESERVED. THERE CAN BE PENALTIES FOR THAT. YEAH. YES WE DO HAVE A CALCULATION WITHIN THE CODE THAT LOOKS AT WHAT WITH WHAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE WITH LANDSCAPING IN UNDERSTORY PLANT SIZES SO WE COULD APPROPRIATE THAT 24 CONSISTENCY, SO THIS COULD BE YES TO THAT CALCULATION. I WOULD WELL STAFF WILL LOOK AT THAT BE INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL. MR CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE ADJOURNED, CONNECT, JUST SAY SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT TO SAY EARLIER IF IT'S A BIT BORED. BUT WE HAD THAT POINT. UM WHEN WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE $750,000. I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S MONEY THAT WILL BE USED TO DO, UH, HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT. HOPEFULLY WILL GO OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A UNTIL THE END OF APRIL, BUT THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP ON MARCH THE NINTH, WHICH I THINK IS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP IN THE COMMISSION
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CHAMBERS HERE AT 5 30 PM REGARDING GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND HOW UM, THAT WILL BOTHER APPLICATION PROCESS WILL GO. SO IT'S UM MARCH 9TH AT 5 30 PM HERE AT CITY HALL, AND THEN THE APPLICATION DETAILS WILL BE OUT AND THEN PERSONS HAVE UNTIL APRIL 29TH. AT FIVE PM TO APPLY FOR THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ON MARCH 7TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER. THERE WILL BE A SHARE YOUR STUART STORY BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. WHERE WE'RE ASKING PERSONS TO BRING INFORMATION MATERIALS PHOTOGRAPHS. UM OTHER. MEMORIES THAT THEY HAVE OF THE EASTWARD COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO WORK ON CREATING HISTORIC MARKERS AND ALL THE ELEMENTS TO CONVEY THE HISTORY OF EAST STEWART FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO THIS IS MARCH 7TH AT 5 30. PM AT THE 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER AND THEN MARCH 9TH AT THE STEWART CITY HALL CHAMBERS FOR THE HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM. DETAILS AND BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WILL BE UM. LED BY MS SPINAL AGAIN, THIS SERVED US OF OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING BOTH THOSE THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. HEARING. AND SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS. GERMAN REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.