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IN THE CITY OF STEWART. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CHAIR CAMPENNI. VICE CHAIR. DULY REMEMBER LEWIS.BOARD MEMBER. MAY CLEMSON MEMBERSHIP GROWTH REMEMBER, WAKA , REMEMBER WILSON. WE COULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE DAY. OH,
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ITEMS STAFF UPDATE UPDATE ON THE CREEK DISTRICT. MOSAIC ART PROJECT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE KARINA HERE FROM THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE MOSAIC ARTWORK PROJECT. OKAY, UM. WAIT FOR MY LOVELY SLIDE. COOL. SO I AM. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH JUST A PROGRESS UPDATE. WE HAVE INSTALLED A COUPLE OF MOSAICS. DO I HAVE OPINIONS? GIVE THAT LADY OFFEND. YEAH. DO THAT, WILL YOU? UM. I'M IN CHARGE NOW. OKAY SO HERE IS THE FIRST MOSAIC YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, DANCE, LITTLE DRAWING THERE, YOU CAN SEE UM, THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS INSTALLED BY THE 555 BUILDING AND COLORADO. AND HERE'S THE FINISHED. PRODUCT SO YOU CAN SEE DRAWING. MATERIALIZED WELL RIGHT GIVEN WITH THE DRUGS. SHE DID SAY THAT SHE DOESN'T DRAW SO WELL. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. AND THIS. OKAY THAT'S THE SECOND ONE. MY SLIDES ARE OUT OF ORDER.THIS ONE'S MINE IT'S INSTALLED ON MLK. AH! EAST OF COLLAB FARMS. AND MM, WITH THAT OTHER SLIDE GO. OKAY. I LOST THE SLIDE. ANYWAYS. FOR BOTH OF THESE. WE INSTALLED. LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK, RIGHT? FELTON WOULD DO SITE PREP ON LIKE A TUESDAY. AND THEN BY.
FRIDAY WE WOULD HAVE IT GROUNDED AND READY TO BE UNVEILED ON THE SATURDAY AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON GETTING THESE INSTALLED AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE SYSTEM GOING NOW, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. UM WE ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR THIRD MOSAIC, AND THIS ONE WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE ON COLORADO LIKE KIND OF ACROSS COLORADO, FROM SEA COAST BY URBAN BOTANICALS. THESE WERE THE THREE FINALISTS THAT WE SELECTED, UM AND YOU CAN SEE THE ARTIST'S NAME RIGHT THERE. THE ONE THAT GOT THE MOST VOTES. WAS THAT A CUTE DOLPHIN PAINTING BY CAROL SHIP? AH SHE WON. SHE HAD 73% OF THE VOTES OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES WAS 594. AND THT COLORFUL PALM TREE WHICH BY THE WAY WAS LIKE MY PICK. I WAS GOING COLORFUL PALM, BUT THE PEOPLE WANT DOLPHINS. AND SO THAT ONE GOT 17. AND THE LAST ONE GOT 11% OF THE VOTES, SO WE
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LOVE OUR WATERWAYS AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW. CLEARLY. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH ANY OF THESE PERSONAL I THINK THEY WOULD ALL HAVE BEEN GREAT DESIGNS TO SEE IN THE SIDEWALK HERE. OKAY, SO THERE'S CAROL WITH HER PAINTING. UM. SHE IS A PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED AND EXPERIENCED OIL PAINTER AND WHICH IS GOOD. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING. AND SHE'S REALLY REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC ART INSTALLED AND UM, IS DILIGENT AND PROFESSIONAL. SHE'S ALREADY ATTENDED AN INTRODUCTION. CLASS UM AND WATCHING HOW THIS CLASS WENT, UM. I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE, MAKING A SMALLER MOSAIC BEFORE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING LARGER, LIKE A ONE. THAT'S FOUR SQUARE FEET. IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT. UM YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THE COLORS AND HOW TO USE DIFFERENT SHAPES OF GLASS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY'RE MOSAICS. ALL CAME OUT FANTASTIC. UM NOW THAT SHE'S GOT IT FIGURED OUT. SHE WAS ACTUALLY GOING OUT OF TOWN, BUT IMMEDIATELY UPON HER RETURN, WE'RE GOING TO UH, SCHEDULE LIKE A FEW DAYS OF WORK DAYS, AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THIS MOSAIC READY IN NO TIME. AH, WE ARE. STILL TAKING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FOURTH MOSAIC. THOSE CONTESTS. THAT CONTEST IS CURRENTLY OPEN. IT WILL BE OPEN. OFFICIALLY UNTIL THE 17TH BUT WE MIGHT EXTEND IT SO THAT WE GET A FEW MORE SUBMISSIONS JUST KIND OF WORKS WELL. SNAKE. JUST BE LIKE, OKAY, HURRY UP. GET IT IN.JUST KIDDING. YOU HAVE ANOTHER WEEK. HAHAHAHA. SO IF YOU'RE ALMOST THERE NOW YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT. UM AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PRETTY COOL ARTWORK THAT THAT'S REALLY LIKE IDEAL.
ARTWORK TO BE EXECUTED IN THE MOSAIC SO AND BY NEW ARTISTS, SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. UM ONE MORE. OH THERE IT IS. OKAY, UM I RECENTLY MOVED MY STUDIO. SO UH, WE ARE CONSIDERING A FEW DIFFERENT SPACES FOR CONDUCTING CLASSES. ONE SPACE IS, UH KNEELS STEWART. ART SUPPLY THE STUDIO NEXT DOOR, THE ARTIST NEXT STUDIO. KEY VOLUNTEERED HIS SPACE TO OFFER CLASSES FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND I'VE ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH STUART MAIN STREET, AND THAT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A REALLY UH, COOL, SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. CANDACE LOVES THE MOSAIC PROGRAM AND MAYBE WOULDN'T MIND SEEING SOME OTHER MOSAICS AND DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND TOWN? UM AND WE'RE REALLY JUST EXCITED ABOUT HAVING MORE OF A PRESENCE FOR THE ARTS. AH, AT FLAGLER CENTER, SO THAT'S NOT OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD. THAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD. NO, THAT WAS THE JOKE. UM SO THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION, AND, BUT IT'S FOR PANEL. HOW IS THE MURAL GOING ON ? HOW ARE THEY GONNA MEL THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE BUILDING THERE. RIGHT SO THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING TO PREP END OF APRIL, SO THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BEGINNING OF MAY KIND OF DOVETAIL INTO THE WHOLE DEAL.
COOL. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU SAY YOUR INSTALLED. UM, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHEN THE MOSAIC GETS DONE, WHICH DEPENDS ON THE SCHEDULE OF THE ARTIST, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE? I BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT INSTALLED BY THEN I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE MOSAIC ITSELF CAN BE DONE BY THAT, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. HOW IT'S WORKED SO FAR IS WHEN IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO BEING DONE. WE'VE PUT IT OUT THERE AND SAY, MILTON, WE'RE ALMOST DONE. ARE YOU READY? AND THEN AND THEN WE COME UP WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR SITE PREP AND INSTALLED. DO YOU HAVE YOUR ALL YOUR PAPERWORK FOR NONPROFIT? WE DO? WE GOT IT.
SEND ME A BILL BECAUSE I TOLD YOU I WOULD SEND YOU SOME MONEY. IF YOU REMEMBER. NO CLAPPING, PLEASE. GUYS EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU THREATENING ME? ARE YOU A POLICE OFFICER? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH,
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PLEASE, REALLY LONG ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MOSAICS. I THINK THE REALLY BEAUTIFUL UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ENCOURAGE. PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE HOOK FOR THE 1% PUBLIC ART JUST TALKED TO INCLUDING INCLUDING THOSE ACTS. IN THEIR ARTWORK OUTSIDE THEIR BUILDINGS, THEIR WITH THEIR BUILDINGS. I'D BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, I THINK IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL LOOK. WHEN YOU WALK. I THINK IT'S A GREAT ART LOOK. AH! AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS SOME BUSINESS, TOO, BUT THE PROCESS BUT IT'S REALLY DO LIKE THE IDEA MOSAICS ON THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM SO THAT IT IS KIND OF ACCESSIBLE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WANT TO HAVE ARTWORK THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC. RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS. IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THEIR BUILDING? PETER YEAH, ON THEIR BUILDING FOR WE ARE WE HAVE WE HAVE PROJECTS COMING IN. WHERE THEY'RE COMMITTED TO PUT 1% INTO PUBLIC ART. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN CAN SEE. FOUNTAIN WITH THE MOSAIC BEHIND IT AS BEING A GREAT PIECE OF PUBLIC LAW AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW? WITH AN EDS PEOPLE OLD PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN ON IT. I LIKE THAT A LOT. ALL OVER MADRID. THE OLD PARTS. OH, YEAH . MOSAICS RIGHT ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS. VERY DESCRIPTIVE OF WHERE YOU ARE. JUST PASS THAT ON TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE 1% THAT THEY'RE SPENDING AND OKAY? LOCK.I'M MILTON WOULD BE MORE EQUIPPED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT A GIANT SQUARE OUT OF THE SIDEWALK.
YEAH. YOU'RE ALSO LUCKY IN THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR VERY BEST EMPLOYEES AND DO YOU MEAN ONE OF OUR VERY BEST EMPLOYEES. HE IS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE WORTH MENTIONING HIS FRIENDLY AND SWEET AND NICE. AND A COMEDY. AS YOU KNOW. IT HASN'T BEEN FIRED. LOOKING OVER SEEING YOU HERE THAT, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH BUSINESS? NO, NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT. NEXT UPDATE ON THE TRAIN PROJECT. NO. MY NAME IS PAUL SISTER WORK FOR MILTON,
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PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS SPECIALIST. BASICALLY I'M IN CHARGE OF THE TRAMS AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT MILTON DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO DO SO. I THINK THAT ANYWAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TRIMS. TODAY MICRO TRANSIT SYSTEM STARTED BACK IN 2000 AND SIX WE STARTED WITH ONE GAS TRIM. HIM WE NOW HAVE SIX TRIMS, UM, THAT ARE ALL BATTERY OPERATED NOW ECO FRIENDLY TRANS THAT RUN THAT RUNS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. DO TRANSPORT A LOT OF PEOPLE. PLEASE. ANYWAY THE RIDERSHIP RIDERSHIP FOR 2021 WAS A LITTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF COVID. BUT WE DID BRING OUR NUMBERS BACK UP. WE HAD 28,700 RIDERS. 2018 AND 19 WERE TWO OF OUR BIGGEST YEARS AND OVER 40 ALMOST 50,001 OF THOSE YEARS, SO CURRENTLY THE RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING. SLOWLY PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT MORE. WE'VE HAD MORE PEOPLE COME INTO THE AREA IN THE LAST 68 MONTHS, SO AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE TRANS AS THEY COME DOWN COUNTING EXPERIENCES.SO ARE OUR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. UM WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULED STOCKS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THE ROUTE GUY GOES AROUND AND HE GOES TO THOSE SPECIFIC STOPS ON 15 20 MINUTE INTERVALS. AND, UM THE COURTHOUSE IS ONLY TILL FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S CLOSED MY NEPHEW FRIDAY THEN WE
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HAVE SOME ON CALL LOCATIONS. THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE TRIED ON THE REGULAR ROUTE. BUT IT WASN'T REALLY THE RIDERSHIP WASN'T THERE, SO THERE WAS NO SENSE ON THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE TRAM AND THE TIME TO HEAD OVER TO AKRON OR THE POST OFFICE OR ANY OF THESE AREAS, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE CHANGED THEM OVER TO ON CALL. SO THERE'S NO SIGN IN THOSE AREAS AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT TAKING A PICTURE. BUT THERE'S A SIGN IN THAT AREA. AND IT HAS THE PHONE NUMBER THAT IF YOU'RE THERE IF YOU'RE OVER AT THE POST OFFICE AND YOU WANT TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN, JUST GIVE US A CALL, THE TRAM WILL COME OFF. COME GET YOU AND GO RIGHT BACK ON ISRAEL. SO AND THAT'S BEEN WORKING OUT REALLY WELL, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOSPITAL AND SAILORS RETURN TO VERY BIG PLACES THAT SAILORS RETURN. THEY WANT TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN FOR VICE VERSA. IT WORKS REALLY WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE CROSSED. US ONE, AND THEY CROSS IT CLOSER TO SHEPHERDS PART BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE SAFER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO USE IT FROM SAILORS RETURNED TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE. THE PEOPLE FROM THE HOSPITAL. THEY CALL US TO COME FOR LUNCH OR PEOPLE ARE VISITING OR PEOPLE ARE STAYING AT MOLLY'S HOUSE, AND THEY CALL US TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN TO HAVE LUNCH.SURE GO PICK THEM UP. THEN WHEN THEY'RE DONE AND GIVE THEM A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL YOU BRING RIGHT SO AND THAT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ONE FOR ABOUT THINK TO JUST OVER TWO YEARS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT BECAUSE LESS WEAR AND TEAR. THEY'RE NOT WASTING THEIR TIME GOING 20 MINUTES OUT OF THEIR WAY ON A ROUND TRIP. SOMEBODY JUST CALLS AT THAT TIME. NOT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CALLS, BUT IT IS THERE. THIS IS OUR MAP. UM THE YELLOW TRIANGLES ARE FIXED ROUTE THE ORANGE OR THE ON CALL ROUTE. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE AREA WE WERE TRYING TO RED AND BLUE AT ONE TIME, BUT THEN COVID CAME ALONG AND WE SORT OF JUST MADE IT A SINGLE ROUTE. LEFT THE MAP THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY END UP GOING BACK TO THAT, AS THE RIDERSHIP INCREASES. STATE FUNDING. WE DO GET STATE FUNDING FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BRAND. THAT PROMOTES OR TRAMS THAT ALSO PROMOTED UM WHAT WE CALL TOURS. WE DO HISTORIC TOURS OF THE DOWNTOWN STUART, THEIR PRE SCHEDULED TOURS THAT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG. TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF STUART. THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. CURRENTLY THE TRAM IS GOOD UP UNTIL MAY 2023 WE HAVE UP TO 35,000 AND REIMBURSABLE FUNDS USED NOT QUITE 10,000 TO DATE AND WE JUST GOT THE WE ACTUALLY SECURED THE PARADE. IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID. SO IT WAS PUT ON HOLD AND THEN STARTED AGAIN. SO THEY GAVE US THE EXTRA YEAR. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THEY REALLY LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO. I GET ABOUT 10 CALLS A YEAR FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WANTING TO KNOW HOW WE STARTED OUR TRAMS AND HOW THEY'RE DOING SO GREAT AND THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN THEIR OWN TRANSIT. AND THIS IS JUST OUR TOURS. WE DID 116 HISTORIC TOURS SINCE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM. THOSE ARE THE HOUR AND A HALF. WE DID 673 MINI TOURS THAT WAS IN 2020 11 2021 ALONE. WE DID 41 OTHER EVENTS IF YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S VIRTUALLY WALDRON.
THE KIDS TAKING A TOUR EITHER. IT'S TO THE PARK OR TWO. THEY GO TO THE SEA COAST BANK, AND THEY GET A LITTLE INFORMATION. THE KIDS HAVE OPENED UP A BANK ACCOUNT AND PUT MONEY. SO AND THE AVERAGE IS BROUGHT IN ABOUT ANOTHER 336 RIDERS PUMP AROUND JUST BY IMPLEMENTING NEEDS, AND THIS IS ALL GRANT FUNDED. PAGE JUST HAS SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ALSO DO. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY PARADE, CHRISTMAS PARADE AND ON TOP IS THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE HERE WHEN THEY COME AROUND, AND THEY THINK FOR EVERYBODY, OF COURSE.
EXPENSES ARE EXPENSES FOR 2021 HAVE COME DOWN A LOT. WE'RE DOWN TO $108,780. THAT WAS JUST FOR 2025. PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE SIX TRAMS GOING. LAST YEAR , MORE PRE COVID WE IMPLEMENT AN ADVERTISING PLANT. PANEL. PUT IT ON HOLD. STARTED IT AGAIN. LAST YEAR. WE HAD FOUR SPACES. EACH SIDE WE HAVE THE FRONT AND THE BACK AS YOU SEE IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE FRONT AND BACK IS BASICALLY STRAIGHT RESERVED FOR THE CITY'S RIGHT AWAY OR ANYTHING THE CITY MIGHT WANT TO ADVERTISE. THE SIDE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE ADVERTISERS . THREE PEOPLE ADVERTISING ON THE TRAIN. PROCESS 200 A MONTH FOR AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE MONTHS OR IF THEY PAY FOR SIX MONTHS UP FRONT AS $1000. IT'S JUST INCOME COMING IN TO HELP SUPPORT THE TRAIN. AND WE HAVE THREE. WE'VE HAD A FEW THAT HAVE ASKED. THEY HAVEN'T SECURED ANYTHING YET, AND I THINK THE NEXT SEASON AS THEY SEE MORE PEOPLE DOING IT, I THINK WE'LL END UP HAVING TO TRANSFORM THAT. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE COMPLIMENTS. I COULDN'T PUT THEM ALL. I PROBABLY GET AN AVERAGE OF 20 OF THEM A WEEK, PEOPLE ENJOYING THE TOURS AND DURING THE TRAMS LOVE THE TRENDS. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE TRENDS UNTIL THEY GOT ON ONE AND SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT
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IT. SO THAT WAS JUST SOME OF THE LETTERS. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME IN FROM OUT OF STATE. EVEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAS SAID WOW, YOU OFFER SUCH A NICE SERVICE IN YOUR TOWN IS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TOWN TO COME AND VISIT AND THEY TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE TRIM. FOUR TIMES JUST TO ABSORB ALL THE HISTORY OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS THAT MUCH HISTORY IN THIS CITY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE TRAMS ARE TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT JOB. THE NEXT QUESTION. UM, AS I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS THEY HISTORY TOURS HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO ADD ANOTHER TOUR TO THE LIST, ADD ANOTHER AREA TO THE LIST. THEY USUALLY SEND IT TO ME. THEN I WOULD GO TO MILTON, MR DIAZ AND SAY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE ADD ANOTHER AREA ONTO IT RIGHT NOW? WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT JUST TO LIKE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHICH YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FURTHEST WE GO IS THE BANYAN TREE ON FLORIDA AND OSCEOLA. BUT WE TRY TO KEEP IT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE THAT ALONE CONSTITUTE AN HOUR AND A HALF TOUR AND IF YOU'RE IN TRAFFIC, IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF TWO HOURS. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS AND SEE ABOUT. YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST STARTED WITH THE BASICS WITH GERMANS SAID. OKAY, HERE'S THE BASICS OF DOWNTOWN. LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN MOVE FROM THERE. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. SO THE REASON THIS CAME UP LAST MEETING, UM, KIND OF WAS TIED INTO THE WHOLE PARKING ISSUE? MM HMM. AND WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THAT WAS $35,000 GRANT THAT WE HAD RECEIVED AND YOU SAID WE SPENT 10 SO FAR. NOT QUITE 10, OKAY? UM SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SUGGESTION OR QUESTION, BUT I FEEL YOU WOULD YOU WOULD EXPRESS MR DARIUS ABOUT, UM, THE DIFFERENT PARKING AREAS AND USING WE HAVE THESE OTHER PARKING AREAS AND USING THE TRAMPS IS TO HELP BRING PEOPLE IN TO DOWNTOWN FROM THOSE OUTSIDE PARKING LOT. CAN WE USE SOME OF THAT GRANT MONEY? TWO. MARKET THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE TRANS BECAUSE I, THE MARKETING FOR THE HISTORY TOURS IS GREAT KNOWN ABOUT THOSE FOR A WHILE, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO. BUT I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO PARK IN THESE OTHER LOTS. TRAMS WILL COME IN AND PICK YOU UP AND HELPED ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. WHAT WE STARTED BACK IN. NOVEMBER DECEMBER, SOMEWHERE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. WHAT WE STARTED DOING WAS OUR BUSIEST NIGHTS WHERE WE HAVE THE BUSIEST OVERFLOWS FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WHAT WE STARTED DOING IS WE PUT SIGNS UP. DON'T HAVE PICTURES, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO WELLS FARGO PARKING LOT, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT ARE CHANGED OUT ON FRIDAY THAT THERE IS A DIRECT TRAM SERVICE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, AND WE HAVE A TREND THAT GOES DOWN THERE. EVERY 10 15 MINUTES. AND LETS PEOPLE KNOW YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN PARK THERE. THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE LYRIC AND WHEN THEY HAVE SHOWS, WE LET THEM KNOW. WE HAVE OVERFLOW PARKING AT WALLS FARGO WITH A DIRECT TREND. THEY HAD ORCHESTRA. THUS I THINK IT'S A SOUTH FLORIDA ORCHESTRA COMES ONCE A MONTH. SO WHAT THEY DO IS WE HAVE THE TRAM. AS A VETERAN ON IT, AND HE LITERALLY IS SPECIFICALLY TO BRING PEOPLE TO HAVE PEOPLE PARK AT THE WELLS FARGO PARKING LOT AND BRING THEM TO THE LYRIC THEATER. AND THEN WHEN IT'S OVER, HE BRINGS THEM FROM THEIR BACK. SO WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THAT WITHIN IT, AND WE'RE ALSO I AM IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING ANOTHER GRANT FROM THE STATE. TO HIRE A DRIVER PURCHASING ADDITIONAL TRAM. TO JUST DO THE OVERFLOW PARKING AREAS. WELLS FARGO WANNA SPARK SELFISH PARKING RIDE, AND BASICALLY, THAT PERSON IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAYS ALL DAY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE OVERFLOW PARKING AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO. HE'S GOING TO GO AROUND TO ALL THOSE AREAS AND BRING THE PEOPLE IN. SO THEN THE ROUTE DRIVERS CAN CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE MIDDLE, INSTEAD OF PULLING THE ROUTE DRIVER TO GO INTO COMEDY THAT BUT WE HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING IT. WE HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING IT SINCE ABOUT NOVEMBER. 1ST SIGNINGS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWNTOWN , AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE PARKING. YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT KNOWING ABOUT WELLS FARGO OR YOUR DIRECT THE DRIVERS. LET THE , UM THE PASSENGERS KNOW ALSO THE PARKING SO EVERY TIME YOU PICK SOMEONE UP THEY LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE PARK AT OR PASS ON TO THEIR FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AREA JUST FROM A DRIVING PERSPECTIVE. WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN TOWN. YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF THAT. I THINK MOST PEOPLE I KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M IN HERE AT THE MEETING PERIOD. JUST SPREAD THE WORD. SO ONE OF THE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR THAT OPTION AND NEVER TALKED ABOUT THIS. YEAH, BECAUSE IT INVOLVED HIM AND JIM ROSS. IS IN LOOKING AT THIS MORE FORWARD. THE SEASON STARTS UP NEXT SEASON, AND THAT IS, UM ONE IS PUTTING STUFF WITHIN THE STORES DOWNTOWN AND THE OTHER IS UM,[00:25:02]
PROBABLY ON THE BUSIER NIGHTS SPECIFIC NIGHTS HAVING US USED THE ELECTRONIC SIGNING BOARD COMING TO CONFUSION CORNER YOU'LL SEE LIKE ELECTRONIC SIGN . BORDER PARKING ALSO KIND OF A DEAL, EVEN IF IT'S TEMPORARY, RIGHT. IT'S LIKE WE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE TRAIN COMING THROUGH THAT SIGNS YOU'LL HEAR. THEY THINK I WANT TO ADD IS TO THAT. IS THE OTHER PARKING LOTS. I HAVEN'T ADDED WELL. DID ADD ALL OF THE OTHER PARKING LOTS TO THE GOOGLE MAP SECTION. SO IF YOU DO A SEARCH FOR PARKING DOWNTOWN ANY OF THE OTHER PARKING PLACES COME UP, AND I GOT TO NOTICE PROBABLY SIX MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAD HAD HIT ON THAT PARTICULAR. BACK IN AND ASKED THEM TO ADD.UNDER DESIGNATED PUBLIC PARKING LOTS WHEN YOU PULL UP DON'T WE HAVE AN APP? TRAIN. WE HAVE A.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME LITTLE GLITCHES WITH IT. BUT WE DO HAVE AN APP THAT, UM, THAT DOES TELL THEM WHERE THE BASICALLY TELLS ME WHERE THE TRIM IS. IT DOESN'T TELL THEM WHERE THE PARKING IS. IT TELLS THEM WHERE THE TRIM IS, AND IT GIVES THEY HAVE A PHONE NUMBER FOR THE TRAM. IT'S JUST SOMETIMES WORKS EASIER WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I'LL TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE APP AND THEY'LL BE LIKE YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T LIKE THE APP. JUST GIVE ME A PHONE NUMBER. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST GIVE HIM A PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE APP. THEY WOULD RATHER JUST CALLED. SO LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. SURE IS THIS THE LITTLE SPECIAL STOP AT 7 13 RIVERSIDE IS THERE NO, NO. OWNER OF HELL. SOMETIMES IT GOES AS FAR AS THE HOSPITAL ON MY WATCH . IT WILL ONLY GO AS FAR AS THE HOSPITAL ON CALL. YEAH, THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I NEED TO GET ONE. FOUR CLUBS STILL DRIVING FOR, YOU KNOW HE'S HE'S NO. HE HAD WENT. UM HE WAS DOING THE VOLUNTEER AT THE HOSPITAL, AND HE WANTED TO DOING THAT. AND THEN HE WAS DOING SOME OTHER ADVENTURES. WOMAN IN GOT REMARRIED. HE WAS HE WAS A UPS DRIVER FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THEN RETIREMENT. I THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY YOU NEED TO HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH. STAFF EVEN IF IT'S ABOUT A REPORT LIKE WE JUST GOT SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN MAYBE WE WOULD EVEN ADVISE COMMISSIONER ONCE IN A WHILE. YEAH. WE SHALL DO OUR BEST TO ARRANGE SOME SOMETHING TO GO ON A MEETING. THANK YOU. NO NO, NO , NO, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
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UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO BE OPEN. WE RECEIVED THE DOOR RULING TODAY. REGARDING THE CANADA HIGHWAY, AND THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE CITY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AND MR WALKER COULD PROBABLY COME UNDER THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY THAT SHE RULED THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PLACE ALL OF THE WETLANDS IN CONSERVATION. ON THE FRONT SIDE. THAT WE DIDN'T. PROPERLY IDENTIFY THEM TO BE PROTECTED IN THE. LAND USE. IRONICALLY IT WAS OUR POSITION THAT NO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. IMPACT YOU APPLY THAT TO LIKE THE KIPLINGER ESTATE. THEY DIDN'T DO IT THERE. THEY COULD BUNCH OF PROPERTY SHE ACTUALLY USED UM, WHAT THEY CALL IT THE FURTHER INDIAN STREET BRIDGE VIEW AS AN EXAMPLE AND SAID IN THE BRIDGE YOU DURING DEVELOPMENT, THEY DEDICATED UPLANDS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. IRONICALLY, THAT'S TRUE.AND WE DID, AND THAT WAS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE. AND THERE IS NO CONSERVATION ON THE BRIDGE OF YOUR SITE. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE HEARING WAS THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. AND THE UPLAND PRESERVATION AND A MICHIGAN MITIGATION ACTIONS. WE TOOK THE STORM, WATER PRESERVATION AND ALL THAT STUFF WE DID WAS NOT RELEVANT TO THE HEARING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. IT WAS ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS THE BEAUTY IS ESSENTIALLY DENIED , AND THE CITY WILL BE CHARGED WITH A SIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE. FOR THAT PROPERTY AND THAT WILL AND I SUPPOSE AT SOME POINT AND WHAT THAT MUTUAL LAND USE IS LEAVE IT OR NOT, IT COULD STILL BE SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT JUST WOULD BE BASED UPON AN EVIDENTIAL PRESENTATION, OR IT COULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR IT COULD BE INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL OR OR MIXED USE. WILL ADDRESS THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES FORWARD THE NEXT TIME THERE'LL BE NO DEVELOPMENT ORDER WITH IT . IT'LL BE JUST A FUTURE LAND USE. I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IS THAT THE CITY IS HIDING AND THAT WE'RE NOT TELLING ANYBODY
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WHAT'S GOING ON THE SITE AND ALL THIS STUFF. BUT THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE ORDER SAYS THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE COMING GOLD. SHE WAS ABLE TO USE THE INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS AND THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE. AND WE CAN ONLY DO THE FEW MINUTES FUTURE LAND USE SEPARATELY. AND WHEN WE DO THAT. IT DOESN'T WORK AS EASILY FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TO ADDRESS THE ACTUAL PROJECT. THEY ONLY GET TO ADDRESS THE LAND USE. WANT TO LET YOU KNOW? BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAPPENED TO OUR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T PUT MILTON IN CHARGE OF THIS. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. I CAN. I CAN PROMISE YOU FROM DEVELOPMENTS PERSPECTIVE IN LINE AS WELL. THIS WAS A NOTE. GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED BECAUSE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS NOT THE CITY'S APPLICATION. THE CITY.BENEFITS FROM THE TAX DOLLARS OF COSTCO. IT REALLY HAS NO HORSE IN THE RACE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IN 2019, THE STATE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHANGE THE STATE STATUTE TO ADDRESS HOW.
PEOPLE THAT ARE OBJECTING TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS GET EXPOSED TO LIABILITY. SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT PUSHES THEM NOW TO INSTEAD OF CHALLENGING IT AGAINST THE DEVELOPER AND TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER DIRECTLY ON THE PROJECT. THEY'RE SUING THE CITY AND ADDRESSING IT AS A PROCESS AND PROCEDURE MATTER. FORTUNATELY, SPEAKERS IN THE MIDDLE OF. THAT HAVE ONLY A FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT. RECEIVED A FUTURE LAND USE AND RECEIVED ANYTHING THEY DIDN'T PUT ALL OF THE UPLAND IN WETLANDS ENCOUNTER VACATION. THEY WAITED UNTIL THE SITE PLANS CAME IN FOR APPROVAL, AND MR ROGERS CAMP PROGRAM AND MITIGATING ALL THE WETLANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AND MAINTAINING, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF WE IF WE FOLLOW THIS ORDER, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW YOU BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PRESENTATION IN ORDER, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE CITY'S PROCESS WILL PROBABLY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT FROM NOW ON IN THE FUTURE LAND USES WILL NOT HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT WE'RE HIDING BECAUSE IF I SAID TO YOU RIGHT NOW, HEY, I GOT A DEVELOPER THAT RIGHT NOW WANTS TO CHANGE THE LAND USE ON THIS 50 ACRES. WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASK, IS WHAT DO THEY WANT TO GO IN THERE? BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRESENTED AT ALL AND THE STORM WATER THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND THEIR PARKING AND THE SITE PLAN AND THE SETBACKS AND THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS. NONE OF THAT WILL BE IN IT. IT WILL BE JUST SHOULD THIS BE COMMERCIAL, OR SHOULD THIS BE NEXT USE WITHOUT HAVING ANY IDEA? WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. IT WILL BE JUST THIS IS THE MAXIMUM BUILD OUT FOR THIS YEAR'S HARD FOR BOARDS, BUT GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU FINALLY HAD SOMETHING ELSE. THE RESIDENTIAL STREET TREE PROGRAM IN EAST STEWART WE RECEIVED ABOUT 13 APPLICATIONS. UM ARE YOU PLANTING THE SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU WILL BE PLANTING THE TREES IN THE STEWART ON THE WEEK OF APRIL 19TH. AND THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THE PLANTING CEREMONY ON THAT SATURDAY. APRIL 23RD. WE'LL SEND YOU THE FLYERS SO THAT YOU CAN ATTEND, UM AND CELEBRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR STREET TREE PROGRAM AND EARTH DAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, COME JOIN US. ANY STEWART. IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, NEXT TO THE MLK PARK. THERE'S A CHURCH THERE, SO THEY REQUESTED A TREE . SO WE'LL BE DOING A LITTLE CEREMONY THERE AND THEN GOING TO THE PARK FOR SOME BREAKFAST. ARE ALL 12 OF THESE IN EAST STEWART.
YES WE IMPLEMENTED IT. WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM IN PHASES. SO THIS WAS JUST FOR THE STEWARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.