Jun 27, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE MERIT MATHESON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, I'M CALLING TO ORDER A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. JULY TWO. JUNE 27TH AT 5 30 PM WE'RE AT 1 21, SOUTH WEST FLAGLER AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. IN CITY HALL. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. MADAM CLERK. WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR MATHESON HERE, MCDONALD. COMMISSIONER BRUNER YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, QUESTIONER. MEYER HERE. FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE A QUORUM . IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE RISE AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS STANDS ONE NATION. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. UP FIRST WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MS MICHELLE BURGER. UPDATING US ON OUR 2024

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I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO THE COMMERCIALS FOR BUTT THEY WERE INTERVIEWING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT HOCKEY PLAYERS FROM THE PAST YEAR AND JUST SNIPPETS AND THEY WERE PUTTING ALL THESE SNIPPETS TOGETHER. AND SO THEY KEPT ASKING THEM A QUESTION. WHY YOU KNOW WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE? AND SO EVERY HOCKEY PLAYER BASICALLY WAS SAYING, WELL, WE DID THIS AND THEN WHAT? WE DIDN'T DO THIS AND WE GOT THIS DONE AND DONE. AND THE COMMERCIAL WAS THERE'S NO I IN TEAM. THERE'S IT'S ONLY WE RIGHT? AND I. YOU KNOW, I'M A TEAM SPORTS PERSON. I GREW UP PLAYING TEAM SPORTS. AND SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SO LONG WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THE FORMAL READING THE INTRODUCTION, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR YOUR DIRECTORS. YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. BECAUSE WHILE I'M SITTING IN THIS SEAT, GIVING THE PRESENTATION YOU KNOW, THE WE HEAR IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD TO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE INFORMATION TO ME. SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THE COMBINATION OF THIS INFORMATION . IT'S A 10 YEAR PLAN THAT WAS BASICALLY ACCOMPLISHED AND EIGHT YEARS SO THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GATHER. AND THEN I HAD TO GO BACK AND SAY OKAY, I KNOW WE COULD WRITE A BOOK ON EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIC STRATEGIES. YOU KNOW THAT YOU YOU BASICALLY EXECUTED BUT I NEED IT AND LIKE TWO SENTENCES AND THREE SENTENCES, CONCISE. NO PROBLEM FOR MILTON, RIGHT, RIGHT ? DON'T KNOW. BUT I SURELY AM LOOKING OUT TO THE AUDIENCE JUST TO THOSE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO PULL THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THING. AND WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START YES. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN MORE FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE STEWART 2024 STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS CREATED AND ESTABLISHED IN 2013 AFTER MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS WITH THE PUBLIC, THE CITY STAFF AND THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, LED BY THEN MAYOR YOU LOOK CLARK AND THEN VICE MAYOR. TROY MCDONALD'S DETAILED PLAN INCLUDED FOUR OVERARCHING GAL'S 10 OBJECTIVES AND 23 ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED DELIVERABLES. YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL OFFERS THE COMPLETE AND VERY CONCISE UPDATES FOR THOSE 23 ACTIONABLE DELIVERABLES. FOR YOUR PLEASURE, AND MOSTLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT TONIGHT. I AM OFFERING YOU THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IF YOU WILL. OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOUR GOALS AND THE 10 OF OBJECTIVES. SO MY GOAL. MY PERSONAL GOAL TONIGHT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETE. AND WITH YOUR HELP, I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE WINDS AS WE GO THROUGH. SO MAYOR. I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE

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THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY SO, DISNEY SAYS THE WAY TO GET STARTED, IS TO QUIT TALKING AND BEGIN DOING AND LET'S BE HONEST. THE CITY OF STEWART HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF DOING SO. WE WILL ALSO GET STARTED ON THE PRESENTATION. SO WHY WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN CREATED ? AND WHILE THIS MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE LEADERS THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THAT TIME? WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF . THE AUTHOR MEMORIALIZED WHY THE CITY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CREATE A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. I'M NOT BIG ON READING SLIDES. WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE THAT I'LL BE DOING THIS WITH BUT IN AN EFFORT TO STAY SPECIFIC TO YOUR PLAN, LET'S GO THROUGH IT. SO NUMBER ONE. THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE STRATEGIC DIRECTION. NUMBER TWO, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHICH YOU KNOW AS A THEORY A WHILE CONTAINING STRATEGIC ELEMENTS IS NOT CITY WIDE. THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION HAVE EMBRACED STRATEGY PLANNING AS A DESIRED LEADERSHIP TOOL. AND THE MULTITUDE OF CITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN EARLY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS NEED TO BE UPDATED. AND COORDINATED TO ACHIEVE FOCUSED AND DESIRED RESULTS INSTEAD OF SCATTERED BENEFITS, SO THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY MEMORIALIZED WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF. THIS IS A REALLY NEAT GRAPHIC, AND I SAW IT WITHIN THE CMA, THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION'S MAGAZINE, AND THAT MAGAZINE IS CALLED PUBLIC MANAGEMENT. UM IT REALLY JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHO OWNS THE STRATEGIC PLAN ONCE IT'S CREATED. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THE PROPER CREDIT. THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN AN ARTICLE, UM, BY AND IT WAS WRITTEN BY MANAGER MIKE BAKER FROM DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS. AND HE CALLS THIS THE FLIGHT ANALOGY GRAPHIC MR BAKER CREATED THE GRAPHIC TO HELP HIS COUNCIL MEMBERS. UNDERSTAND THE SHARED POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF. AS I SAID, I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT AND WHEN THE FLIGHT ANALOGY IS EXECUTED PROPERLY. YOU WILL SEE TYPICALLY HIGH PERFORMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. THE CITY OF STEWART. IN MY OPINION, IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS FLIGHT ANALOGY. IT'S A HIGH LEVEL HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE 10 YEAR PLAN WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE EIGHT YEARS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU AGREE AS WELL. AND BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THE DETAILED PROGRESS OVER THE PAST EIGHT PLUS YEARS. STAFF BELIEVES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR PLAN HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. MY HOPE HERE TONIGHT IS AFTER REVIEW OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU. THE PRESENTATION OF AND REALLY, WHAT EACH ONE OF, YOU KNOW PERSONALLY. THE IDEAL HERE WOULD BE THAT THE COMMISSION IS IN AGREEMENT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION. THE COMMISSION MAY WANT TO CONSIDER GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF. TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO PLAN THE NEXT 10 YEAR PHASE OF PLANNING AND THE CYCLE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SO FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE THAT WE

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I HAVE SOME WRITTEN DOWN IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM YOU. THE OTHER THING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, WHICH I THINK YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN IS, UH, WE'VE OUTLINED SOME OPPORTUNITIES ON HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS, SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE WAY. BUT AS YOU KNOW AS A STRATEGIC PLAN, UNLESS IT'S IMPLEMENTED RIGHT, AND THEN YOU HAVE A METRIC TO MEASURE WHETHER IT WAS DONE. APPROPRIATELY. ARE JUST WORDS ON A PAPER THAT END UP GETTING PUT ON THE SHELF. TO YOUR FIRST GOAL BUILDING COMMUNITY AS A DESIRED DESTINATION WITH GREAT NEW PLACES. THE OBJECTIVES HERE. THIS ONE WAS WE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM OUR COMMISSION AND STAFF AS WELL. SMALL TOWN CHARM. KEEP IT. DON'T GET RID OF IT.

DON'T LOSE IT. EMPHASIZE WATERFRONT ACCESS AND BEAUTIFICATION, ACCOMMODATE GATHERINGS AND IMPROVED MULTI MODAL CIRCULATION. WAS IT ACCOMPLISHED. WE SAY YES TO THE TOP PRIORITY ACTIONS STEP HERE WAS TO COMPOSE AND ADOPT A PHASE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND A PHASE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THE SCHEDULE SO BASICALLY YOU'RE CR A VISION. I WANT TO ALSO ON THIS PARTICULAR PORTION TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO SOME NATIONAL AH RECOGNITION PROGRAMS AND ALSO ACCOLADES THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED. GOING BACK TO 2000 AND EIGHT, THE CITY WAS DESIGNATED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY. IN 2022 MAY 2016 AMERICA'S HAPPIEST SEASIDE TOWN. IN 2020 GREAT PLACES IN FLORIDA AND IN 2022, OUR MOST RECENT WHICH YOU SEE THE PHOTO THERE, SOUTH'S BEST SMALL TOWNS. AND IF THAT DOESN'T SHOW THAT YOU'RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY AS A DESIRED DESTINATION, GREAT NEW PLACES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. SO BEFORE I GIVE EXAMPLES, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY EXAMPLES. THING. WE HAVE AN AWARD FOR THE BEST WATER. YES I THINK THERE WAS. YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE WAS A BEST DRINKING WATER AS WELL. SO SOME EXAMPLES HERE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE EXECUTED UNDER THE ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED DELIVERABLES. THE RIVER WALK PROMENADE EXPANSION.

COLORADO AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THESE YEARS. AND THE ADDITION OF ART AND PUBLIC PLACES. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK CURRENTLY AND IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON THAT COULD ALSO BE LINKED TO THIS GOAL NUMBER ONE. ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE HEART OF HANEY. THE NUTRI ALS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MEMORIAL PARK. PHASE THREE SPECIFICALLY AND THE COURTESY DR IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK THESE ARE ALL WAYS. THAT THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC HAVE SAID YES. LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD COMMUNITY OUR COMMUNITY AS A DESIRED DESTINATION. COHEN IS PARK. UPGRADES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE. THE BATHROOMS. THE VOLUNTEER HOURS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO ASSEMBLE THOSE THE MOSAICS AND SIDEWALKS DOWNTOWN. THAT'S ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. YEAH, UM. WELL, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ARTS. I THINK THAT SAME TIME IN 20TH. MAYBE IT WAS AFTERWARDS IN 2014 TO 16. WE DID SOMETHING CALLED THE TILE PROJECT. SO WE STARTED PUTTING TILES ARE ON ON DIFFERENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS. AND WE HAD THAT CHILD THAT SAYS YOU'RE ENTERING EAST STEWART RIGHT THERE AT THE

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I GET TONS OF COMPLIMENTS. PEOPLE COME HERE AND. REALLY ENJOYED JUST COMING HERE AND TAKING SOME OF THOSE TOURS. YES SO I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS HELPED TO KEEP THE FEEL OF A SMALL TOWN. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO LOOK IN THE LONG RUN. THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBER AS WELL. HOW MANY HOUSING HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY? HOW MANY MULTIFAMILY IS THIS HAPPENING? IS THIS TOO MUCH? IS THIS TOO BIG? BUT WHEN WE THINK OF ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THOSE ARE WHAT CREATE THE FABRIC? OF KEEPING OUR YOU KNOW THAT SMALL TOWN FEELING ENVIRONMENT. VERY TRUE. WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE PHILANTHROPY THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND CONTRIBUTED PARTNERED UP AND THERE WAS A LADY THAT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. GAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL BRONZE. THE PATROLMAN AND HIS THE BRONZE PIECES AROUND TOWN.

THESE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S RIGHT MONEY. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE THERE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. THANK YOU. CALL NUMBER TWO BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE IN IDENTITY. SO THE OBJECTIVES HERE ESTABLISHED PLANNING AREAS ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY AND COHESION THAT THESE PICTURES ARE THE MOST CURRENT TREE GIVEAWAY. THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CALL OUT JEREMIAH WILSON, UH, PUT THESE PICTURES IN, AND IT WAS A SPECIAL FOR TC PALM, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST POST PICTURES THAT WERE UM, CREDITED TO SOMEBODY, SO WE MADE SURE WE CREDITED THEM. SO WE FEEL THAT THIS GETS A BIG CHECKMARK AS WELL. THE TOP PRIORITY HERE WAS CREATING CITYWIDE CITIZENS SUPPORTED FRAMEWORK FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SO FOR GOLD NUMBER TWO. I WOULD OFFER YOU THESE ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREE GIVEAWAY. AND ALSO THE CITIZEN BASED NEIGHBORHOOD. FOCUS GROUPS THAT OCCUR ONE THAT I REALLY ENJOYED WAS THE EAST DUTERTE GROUP. THEY WERE OFFERING HISTORICAL TESTIMONIALS. AND THAT INFORMATION IS BEING USED FOR THE HERITAGE TRAIL THAT IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ME, AND THEN THE FUTURE AND SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED. GATEWAY SIGNAGE. AND THAT'S GOING TO OFFER THE CONSISTENT CITY BRANDING THROUGHOUT THE SIERRA AREAS. AND THOSE ARE MY EXAMPLES IF ANYBODY WANTS TO OFFER ANYMORE THE CREEK . I MEAN, WE'VE CREATED THANKS TO THE BUSINESSES GETTING TOGETHER AROUND IN THE CREEK. UM SELF IDENTIFYING AND PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR OWN FLAVOR, A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND THE EXTENSION OF THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I

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AND THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED MISS LAMAR SARNO WAS BECAUSE WE WERE THERE AT THE TIME. WHEN WE EXPANDED THE C R A. WE HAD FEW AREAS ADDED TO THE CRM, AND SO JUST SEEING THAT HAPPENING AND SEEING THAT HAPPENING WITH THE PURPOSE OF GETTING MORE OF ART STEWART INVOLVED WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE IMMEDIATE, OLDER, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN IS SO IMPORTANT AND TO SEE THAT COMING FORWARD AS YOU MENTIONED GUY DAVIS PARK. ANOTHER THINGS THAT THOSE SAME PLANTS SO PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WE'RE GETTING BIGGER, BUT WE'RE NOT. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP SO COHESIVE AND TRYING TO GET OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO WORK TOGETHER AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT. I THINK THAT THAT THAT IS HAPPENING. UM IT'S COMING TOGETHER. AND UM, THAT TO ME, THAT'S UH, THAT'S A PLUS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S AN ACHIEVEMENT. WE'VE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED AND THEY'RE WORKING, AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. VERY GOOD. CALL NUMBER THREE. THIS IS A BIG ONE BUILDING COMMUNITY BY ATTRACTING PEOPLE THROUGH A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLES ENRICHED BY CULTURE, ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION, EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS. TO THE OBJECTIVES HERE. WE'RE OFFERING SOME PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ENRICHING EXPERIENCES FOR EDUCATION, WELLNESS AND PERSONAL GROWTH. SO I THINK VERY LARGE CHECK MARK ON THE TOP PRIORITY ACTION STEPS AND SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THE STRATEGIES. YOUR TOP ACTION STEP THAT WAS REQUESTED WAS TO EMPOWER CITY STAFF TO FORM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM SERVING AS A AMBASSADORS TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT BUSINESSES TO COMPLETE THE SEASON. MIXED USE PLAN. AND WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR DIRECTORS AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, I MEAN THEY TRULY DO MORE THAN JUST THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL JOBS, AND THEY ARE AMBASSADORS TO THE CITY. THEY'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, AND PEOPLE KNOW THEM BY THEIR FIRST NAMES, AND SO IT'S REALLY KEEPS WITH THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANT TO OFFER YOU FOR EXAMPLES. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO BUILD ON YOU CAN AS PART OF YOUR BACKUP INFORMATION I DID PROVIDE THE 2017 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. SO THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES GROW. ATTRACTING A LEADER WITHIN THE CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS AND A, UH THIS IS BROUGHT UP TO ME BY COMMISSIONER SORRY. VICE MAYOR TROY MCDONALD'S AND THAT IS THE HOG TECHNOLOGY. ORGANIZATION AND THEY CAME IN THEIR GREAT EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU READ THE BACKUP INFORMATION. WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM WAS THAT THEY WERE AWARDED THE BUSINESS WEEK. SORRY BUSINESS OF THE WEEK BY SENATOR MARCO RUBIO AT ONE POINT IN TIME. AND OF COURSE IN 2000 AND 17. I BELIEVE IT WAS THEY WON A BUSINESS OF THE YEAR HERE WITH THE LOCAL STEWART CHAMBER. NOT FOR NOW, THE FUTURE VERY NEAR FUTURES. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WELL THAT WOULD FALL INTO THIS AREA. INCUBATORS THANK YOU. GATOR POTENTIAL. ANDY STEWART IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO TRY AND MAKE HAPPEN. AND BY THE WAY THAT'S FUNDED GRANT FUNDED AS WELL. SO THAT'S ANOTHER JUST VICTORY AND I WON'T STEAL ANYBODY ELSE'S THUNDER ON ANY MORE EXAMPLES. IF YOU HAVE ANY SOMETHING I KNOW THAT CONDITION. MACDONALD HAD SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE FOR THIS MEETING, BUT AGAIN. THE WHOLE SHOP, LOCAL WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS, FOLKS, UM, I CHAMPIONED THAT AND WE ALL WERE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS TEAMWORK WE

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

I WOULDN'T SAY ACUMEN, BUT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH BUSINESS, SO THE WHOLE THING OF THAT, WORKING WITH THAT CONTRACT WITH STUART MAIN STREET AND GIVING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHETHER IT WILL SINK OR SWIM OR WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ALSO A PART OF THAT WHOLE BUSINESS. UM DEVELOPMENT AREA. I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS PART OF THE BACKUP FOR YOUR WHEN ON THAT FOR SURE. MOVING TO GOLF AND NUMBER FOUR BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH ATTRACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE URBAN AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. OBJECTIVES HERE ACHIEVE IMPROVED WATER QUALITY AND THE ST LUCIE RIVER ESTUARY. AND IMPROVE UPON AND FUN UTILITY SERVICES IN THE NEAR TERM, SO DID WE ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE? YES I GIVE THIS A BIG CHECK, CONTINUALLY INCREASING ADVOCACY , STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND PUBLIC VISIBILITY TO ACHIEVE SHORT AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR ST LUCIE RIVER ESTUARY. THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENING AND EXAMPLES THAT WILL OFFER YOU CREATING ADVOCACY FOR ME WAS CREATING A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE MR BEN HOGARTH IS ABLE TO

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THEN. NOT JUST ANYBODY. THE MAYOR HAS. I MEAN THE MAYORS OF WATER GUY? HE WAS HE WAS THE GUY TO DO IT AND I YOU KNOW NOT TO KISS YOUR BUTT TOO MUCH. BUT YOU'VE YOU'VE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB. I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD TO SEE US REPRESENTED BY YOU IN THE LOCAL AND YOU KNOW BEYOND MEDIA. AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE YOU'VE SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION SO WELL AND FOUGHT FOR US AND ADVOCATED FOR US AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR PASSION AND KNOWLEDGE AND HARD WORK. BEING ON ALL OF THOSE CALLS DOING ALL OF THE TOURISTS WITH THE ARMY CORPS FOLKS AND OTHER POLITICIANS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AS FAR AS WE HAVE, SO IT WASN'T JUST IT WASN'T JUST THE SINGULAR APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSIONER. IT WAS ALSO THE RIGHT ONE, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. AND STUFF, MR HOBART, RIGHT ONE. YOU'RE VERY STUBBORN. I GOT HERE. I MEAN ARMY CORPS. NOW I'M WAITING TILL YOU GET THE COAST GUARD HERE. FRIDGE, BUT ANYWAY YEAH, WELL, I THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE. IN ME AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER SAID IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO KNOW. THE AUTHORITY. YOU'VE GIVEN ME TO SPEAK TO SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO GO UP AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR BEST AND FOR ZERO, DISCHARGE FOR WATER QUALITY OR TO TALK TO THE CORE.

ABOUT THAT AND INVITE THEM HERE AND THEN. HOST THEM AND DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT. AND SO I THANK YOU. I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR ADVOCATE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LOS, UM, PROCESS AND I CAN TELL YOU MY HEART'S IN IT. SO HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS? THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MEASURE SUCCESS AND, IN FACT, CREATING METRICS FOR SUCCESS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY. FOR OUR PURPOSES WITH THE EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN ONE WAY TO MEASURE SUCCESS IS TO SIMPLY REVIEW THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC STEPS. THAT WERE COMPLICIT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SIDE OVERALL 83% OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION STEPS WERE ABSOLUTELY ACCOMPLISHED, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY SUCCESS BY ANY MEASUREMENT. SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF. AGAIN WRITTEN IN 2013 ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO UNDERSTAND AND MEASURE PROGRESS, SO THE AUTHOR. RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NEED TO SAY, HOW WILL WE KNOW IF WE MADE IT? ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND REVIEWING THE CRITERION CATEGORIES. IS THE ONE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW PART THERE. THAT IS THE SOLE OUTSTANDING ITEM THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AND IT REALLY REFERS TO THE EPC ITEM. IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY HAS A

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EPC IS NOW TURNED INTO A BRIGHT LINE CONVERSATION. AND SO THAT IS REALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR CONTROL, RIGHT? SO OUTSIDE OF THAT I GAVE WHILE STAFF GAVE CHECKS TO ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED HERE. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND QUARTER FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS MEASURED PRIMARILY THROUGH WATER QUALITY, IMPROVING. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, TOO, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT. HOWEVER AND PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THE METRICS AND THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF TOXINS THAT GO INTO THE RIVER, WE'RE CALLING THAT A SUCCESS. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. ONE OF I THINK WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES AND THAT IS PROPERTY VALUES, TAXABLE VALUATION, AND SINCE 2000 AND 13. YOU ARE SEEING A HUGE INCREASE. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUDY INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUATION SINCE THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN THE COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES AIMED AT BETTERING THE LIVABILITY OF THE CITY. AS WELL AS THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS. ALL ALL THIS WHILE MAINTAINING THE SMALL TOWN CHARM. THIS GRAPHIC OFFERS A MEASURE OF HOW BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED. AGAIN BY THE COMBINATION OF THE STRATEGIES. WE HAVE SEEN A CITY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS LICENSES SINCE THE PLAN BEGAN. AND WAS EXECUTED. NICE, BIG CHECKMARK THERE. A CHANCE TO READ THAT IT'S A LITTLE LIGHT. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE SUCCESS AND YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANY KIND OF METRICS. YOU LIKE. AND LOOKING AT THESE MULTIPLE METRICS THAT I OFFER TONIGHT. WE CAN GIVE THE PLAN. A BIG CHECKMARK. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER. OUR UNMENTIONED GOAL, WHICH IS TO CONSTANTLY MEASURABLY IMPROVE.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE NEXT PHASE IS CONSIDERING HOW HOW ARE WE GONNA PROVE. WITHIN YOUR. PLANNED STRATEGIC PLAN. THE COUNT. THE COMMISSION ALSO FOUND IT IMPORTANT TO OUTLINE THE VISION AND THE MISSION AND WHAT WAS CALLED THE LEADERSHIP CREDO, WHICH MANY CIRCLES CALLS THAT THE VALUES WITHIN THE PLANE ITSELF. I BORROWED THESE DEFINITIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE AND WROTE IT TO THE SIDE FROM HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW. AN EFFORT TO SHOWCASE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VISION AND MISSION AND A VALUE. AND AS A COMMISSION WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE VISION, MISSION AND VALUES AS WE GO THROUGH THEM.

YOU MAY DECIDE THAT. YOUR BELIEFS AS A BOARD ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OR YOU MAY DECIDE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REFINED AND THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF PLANNING. SO FOR VISION. VISION.

HERE WE GO. A VISION STATEMENT SAYS WHAT THE ORGANIZATION WISHES TO BE IN SOME YEARS' TIME. USUALLY IS DRAWN UP BY SENIOR LEADERS IN AN EFFORT TO TAKE THE THINKING BEYOND THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITY AND KEEP AND CREATE A CLEAR, MEMORABLE WAY FOR YOUR SUBORDINATE'S BASICALLY TO CARRY OUT THE VISION. REMEMBERING THAT FLIGHT ANALOGY , RIGHT? SO YOU ALL CREATE THE VISION. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT HAS TO BE SO CLEAR THAT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THAT FLIGHT ANALOGY AND DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE DAY TO DAY IS ABLE TO GET DONE. NEXT IS THE MISSION. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF BULLET POINTS UNDERNEATH THEIR MISSION STATEMENT AND A MISSION STATEMENT SHOULD DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS ITSELF. THE BUSINESS OF THE ORGANIZATION. WHAT IT DOES WHAT IT DOESN'T DO. AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATE BUT ALSO SHOULD BE PROJECTING INTO THE FUTURE. IT OFTEN SPEAKS TO WHO IT SERVES AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE EXPECTED TO BE PROVIDED.

ITS AIMS TO PROVIDE FOCUS FOR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF. AND HERE, THE LEADERSHIP CREDO OR THE

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AND A CREDO IS A STATEMENT OF BELIEFS, CORE PRINCIPLES OR VALUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO AN ORGANIZATION AND ITS PEOPLE. THESE ARE THE VALUES THAT ALSO WE WILL HOLD OUR STAFF AND TEAM MEMBERS TO AND SO HOW DOES THIS COME INTO PLAY? THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THINGS LIKE YOUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS. ONE HIRING IS BEING DONE AND ANY TIME THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE YOUR TEAM COLLECTIVELY. IS IN TUNE WITH THE VALUES. WITH THAT. I BRING YOU TO THE END, AND STAFF REALLY BELIEVES THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN WRITTEN AGAIN IN 2000 AND 13 AND ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION, 147-2014. ON DECEMBER 9TH 2013 IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. IF THE COMMISSION AGREES. PENCE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE NEXT STEPS DIRECT STAFF. TO PREPARE TO CONDUCT A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. TO ENCOMPASS THE NEXT 10 YEAR CYCLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THE COMMISSIONER HAS YOU CAN COMMISSIONERS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MICHELLE'S PRESENTATION THERE? THE AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU WEREN'T ON THE BOARD, THEN IN 2013. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT WAS A PROCESS THAT INCLUDED THE COMMISSION AND THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CITY WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT. UM A LOT OF STUFF AS MICHELLE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE CITY'S DOCUMENTATION OF THIS 264 PAGE, BACK UP MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, OR WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSING ON UNTIL YOU LIKE PUT IT NEXT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN YOU REALIZE, UM, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MAKING AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE AUDIENCE BY DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE THE FCC THING THAT WAS BACK IN 2013. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AMTRAK.

BACK THEN. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRIGHT LINE SO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH HR ABOUT OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES AND SO FORTH AND ABOUT WANTING TO REEVALUATE THOSE AND KIND OF ALIGN THEM BETTER TO, UM WHAT WE BELIEVE THE ORGANIZATION IS TODAY. AND SO, UM. THE NEXT STEPS. IF YOU GUYS AGREE WOULD BE TO SAY THAT WE BELIEVE THIS IS COMPLETE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD OF TIME AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, OFTENTIMES THERE FIVE YEARS PLANS BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO A TO A NEW PLAN PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO FOLLOW. GET GET GET, UM. SO THIS DECEMBER, 9 2013 WAS THE FIRST DAY I THINK I WAS SERVING AS MAYOR COMING AS VICE MAYOR AT THE TIME OF FOUR. AND I WAS WORKING ON THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT I HAD PUSHED AT THE TIME WHEN I THINK IT WAS MR NICOLETTI, WHO WAS IT? WAS THAT THAT WORD THAT YOU JUST USED VISION. WAS THE IDEA THAT. JUST TO GET EVERYBODY TO BE IN THE SAME CULTURE. I THINK WE HAD TIM KEENAN COMMENT. WE DID A LOT OF WORKSHOPS AND VISIONING AND SWATH AND LOOKING AT ALL THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES OF THE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND DEALING WITH SOME THINGS IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN PUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD BALANCE IN WITH THEM. UH IT REALLY HELPS TO SOLIDIFY THE ORGANIZATION. I THINK AS WE GO INTO A NEW ERA IN THIS CITY, NO MATTER WHOEVER IS ON THE COMMISSION THAT IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO DO THAT. SO I'M I'M ALL FOR SUGGESTING FOR THE NEXT TIME WHETHER IT'S AFTER THE BUDGET OR DURING THE NEXT YEAR, WHENEVER WE HAVE A WE KNOW WHO'S ON THE COMMISSION AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD THING AND IT'S NOT VERY EXPENSIVE, AND SOME OF IT CAN BE DONE IN HOSPITAL. IT REALLY HELPS TO REIN IN AND TO GIVE A GOOD FEELING A GOOD CULTURE. FOR US TO KNOW TO DEAL WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. UM. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IT'S STRUCTURE ON PAPER. COMMISSIONERS TURNOVER. STAFF IS HERE MUCH LONGER. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN REFERENCE. I SEE THE VISION AND THE DIRECTION OF THE COMPLAINT, WHICH SHOWS OVER OUR CHAIN CLICK DOESN'T GET A SPECIFIC OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN THIS AND. AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT AT THAT 100% OF 83% BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FCC KNOCKED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT NO. WE'VE ACHIEVED AND THERE'S IT WILL NEVER END.

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[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS ]

OVER THE WEEKEND. WE RECEIVED. NOTIFICATION THAT DAY, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM IN THE CITY OF STUART BROUGHT HOME A GRANT. UM OVER $4 MILLION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. THAT

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THANK YOU. PANEL AND THANK YOU, DAVID. I EXPECT YOU CAN TOUCH ON IT A LITTLE MORE IN YOUR COMMENTS AS CITY MANAGER AND THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IT STARTED RAINING ABOUT EVERY AFTERNOON HERE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER AND SOUTH FLORIDA AND SO WE ARE. THERE'S SOME SOME MAGNETS AND SOME BROCHURES IN THE BACK. WE'RE UNDER OUR FERTILIZER ORDINANCE ALONG WITH THE COUNTY. YOU DON'T NEED FERTILIZER HERE ANYWAY. BUT DURING THE RAINY SEASON, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T USE IT. UM. MOST OF WHAT YOU PUT ON YOUR LAWN AROUND THAT TREE IS JUST GOING RIGHT. EVENTUALLY INTO THE RIVER. SO, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE DON'T NEED ANY FERTILIZER. YOU WANT A MORE INFORMATION? THERE'S SOME OF THOSE IN THE BACK, AND THERE'S SOME MAGNETS TO LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW. AND OTHERS ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND STOPPING THESE OF FERTILIZER. HERE HERE, TURN IT OVER TO. MISSIONER CLARK, MR MICHAEL FIRST, OKAY? ANYTHING THANKS, MAYOR. UM I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING MY ABSENCE. LAST MEETINGS. I WAS IN COLORADO WITH MY FAMILY FOR MY COUSIN'S WEDDING. UM WAS IN DENVER AND BOULDER ESTES PARK. THERE WAS A HISTORIC HEATWAVE GOING THROUGH THERE, BUT IT FELT LIKE A NICE HOLIDAY FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS DRY HEAT AND SO IT WAS VERY NICE. BUT WHILE I WAS THERE, I WAS REALLY TAKEN ABACK BY AND IT KIND OF LANDED AFTER I GOT BACK AND WE HAD OUR FORM BASED CODE DISCUSSION WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND DIMENSION OF THE GREEN NECKLACE AS WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE WANNI PLAN. ONE. ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME THERE. AND BOTH BOULDER AND DENVER WHERE THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY WATERWAY, WHETHER IT WAS A RIVER OR A CREEK OR A POND OR A BIG LAKE. UM THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF GENEROUS PORTION OF IT WAS WAS EITHER. OWNED BY OR THERE MUST HAVE MUST HAVE BEEN AN EASEMENT ON IT FOR THE USE BY THE PUBLIC , AND, UM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY MILES OF LAKE TRAIL. MULTI USE PATH BIKING AND SCOOTER RING AND WALKING. I DID ALONG PONDS AND LAKES, AND IT REALLY KIND OF MADE ME THINK. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL, TOO. TO LOOK INTO THOSE ASSETS AND AS DIFFICULT AS IT MIGHT BE, OR POLITICAL AS IT MIGHT BE LOOKING AT WAYS FOR US TO ACQUIRE EASEMENTS ON THEM. ALONG HANEY CREEK, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LONG TERM AS WE KNOW OUR PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY MOVE. CITY HALL. UM HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH RESERVING PROTECTING THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO OUR WATER, OUR WATERWAYS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FULL PUBLIC.

EASEMENTS OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AROUND THEM, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WE REALLY SHOULD INCORPORATED INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND START WORKING ON SOONER THAN LATER. SO THAT WAS I ALWAYS LIKE TO WHEN I GO ANYWHERE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I CAN BRING BACK TO MY HOMETOWN. UM AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S BEEN IN THE PAPER FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD YET. I AM NOT RUNNING FOR RE ELECTION. UM AND IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. THAT I WRESTLED WITH FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, I'LL SAVE ALL THE GRAND PRONOUNCEMENTS AND WATERWORKS FOR THE 2ND AUGUST MEETING, BUT I WISH THAT I COULD GIVE AND WE'RE SATISFYING ANSWER AS TO WHY IT'S PRETTY MUNDANE. MY WORK SCHEDULE HAS JUST BECOME UNTENABLE TO MANAGE THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND MY FULL TIME JOB FOR MY LIVELIHOOD AND WHILE I WOULD LIKE FOR NOTHING MORE THAN TO SERVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IF I WERE TO BE ELECTED. UNLESS

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OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE. SO, UT GONNA GO ANYWHERE. I'M GONNA BE PLUNKED DOWN RIGHT THERE. NEXT TO HELEN. YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME ON THE DAIS. DON'T WORRY, UM, BUT WE'LL SAVE ALL THAT FOR LATER.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHO MIGHT BE HERE OR TUNING IN. UM IT'S BEEN GREAT AND I LOOK, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS. THAT'S NOT GOOD BY NOW. BUT UM, I'D STAY IF I COULD. I JUST I JUST CAN'T DO IT SO THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND YOU'LL HEAR FURTHER FROM US. OKAY YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED YOU REALLY? WELL. ADD. THING AND THAT IS OUR BIG FOURTH OF JULY COMING ONE CONNECT END. IT'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN. BEING DOWN ON THE RIVER AND FIREWORKS OVER THE RIVER. IT'S JUST SO COOL ANYWAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEYER FOR SERVING ITS IT'S NEVER MEANT TO BE FOREVER FOR ANYONE SERVING YOUR AMEN, COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY. THIS WAS SURE. I DON'T I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. I JUST AGAIN WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY. FOURTH OF JULY AND. JUST THINK EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A LOOKING BACK TIME FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN . IT'S ALSO A FORWARD THINKING THING, AND I'M GLAD CALL IT UP AT THE STAND OF THE GENERAL STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. NOTE TO SELF HIGH

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER ]

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ON THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT GRANT, UM, FOR SPECIFICS IS TO PURCHASE ORIGINALLY WAS TO PURCHASE THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF TARPON AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND TO REVITALIZE THAT PROPERTY AND THEN ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH EITHER IRC OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT BE NONPROFIT IN ORDER TO RUN A TRADES TRAINING CENTER TO HELP BRING THOSE WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED INTO A LIVING WAGE. AS WELL AS PROVIDE INCUBATOR BUSINESSES FOR STARTUP, AND THERE'S A REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE GRANT TO SERVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE GRANT. WHICH OBVIOUSLY WILL COMPLY WITH, HOWEVER, THAT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR SALE TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

HOWEVER IF WE ARE UNABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT WE WILL BE TRYING TO PIVOT THE GRANT TO ANOTHER LOCATION STILL WITHIN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN JUST AN UPDATE ON THE INTERSECTION AT FLORIDA AND DIXIE HIGHWAY THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT MR LEGGETT AND I MET ON SITE THERE WITH THE CONTRACTORS. UM I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY REMOVE THE POST YET. HAVE YOU SEEN SO ALL OF THE ALL OF THE POSTS THAT ARE THERE. THOSE REFLECTOR POSTS ARE COMING DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE JUST ON THE CURB ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE HAVE AGREED TO TAKE THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND MOVE IT FURTHER SOUTH, APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 FT, SO THAT WILL GIVE A WIDER ROADWAY. AS YOU'RE COMING OVER THAT INTERSECTION. IT'S GOT THIS FUNNY CURVE IN THE ROADWAY . SO AS YOU'RE COMING OVER AND THE WAY THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD IS NOW YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE CAR WHO'S ON THE OTHER OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO THIS WILL GIVE THAT ROADWAY SOME WIDER BERTH TO IT SO THAT YOU CAN THE TWO CARS CAN PASS ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING BUMPERS. UM SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE DONE. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PLANS TO BE DRAWN UP FOR THAT REVISION TO GET TO US, AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO THE TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT THOSE NEW PLANS LOOK LIKE FOR THAT ROADWAY INTERSECTION. SO JUST IN SHORT, IF I CAN, MR MAYOR WHAT THE TIME JUST GENERAL TIMELINE FOR PLANS AND THEN EXECUTION. HE SAID. TWO MONTHS IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YEAH ABOUT TWO MONTHS. GIVE OR TAKE. OKAY UM, WE BELIEVE THAT REMOVING ALL OF THOSE REFLECTOR BARS WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT AS WELL, UM IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ALSO TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE DEAD END OF PARK AVENUE, WHERE THE CIRCLE IS THAT AND THAT CUT OFF OF THE CIRCLE. AND DISCUSSED A NEW PLAN TO WHERE IT ACTUALLY GIVE US MORE PARKING PLACES THAN WHAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THEIR WHEN THE CIRCLE WAS THERE. I WEE THREE PARKING SPACES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME PARALLEL ON THE ONE SIDE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE DEAD END OF THE STREET. NOW, INSTEAD OF THE CIRCLE AS WELL AS PROBABLY, THEY COULD PROBABLY FIT FOUR, MAYBE EVEN FIVE SPOTS.

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YES. RIGHT THANK YOU. PROBABLY SOME DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FOR THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SOCIAL MEDIA THING ABOUT THE FLORIDA STREET INTERSECTIONS. STEWART ABOUT THAT. BUT NOTHING THAT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF HIM OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER MOMENT. MANAGER. THANK

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

COUPLE OF MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL IN A SECOND. THE AGENDA TONIGHT'S AGENDA THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. HOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE IN AN ACTIVE POLITICAL SEASON. THERE'S NO POLITICKING. CITY HALL.

CLERK. YES, I HAVE. HELEN MCBRIDE. MISS BRUCK BRIDE. GOOD EVENING.

IN THE WORLD.

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AARON CITIES. THANK YOU, MR MCBRIDE. SEE, WORKSHOPS ARE POPULAR. I LIKE WORKSHOPS, SAYING THEY'RE NOT A BUNCH OF THEM. AS LONG AS YOU GUYS TALKING. WE HAVE THEM, RIGHT.

THEY WANT TO. VIEW SOME OF THE PLANS OF OUR LOCAL RESEARCH. MAKE SURE FOLLOWING THE SURVEYS.

TREES. WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE. THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING HEWLETT BEFORE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS CALLING ON AND 13 AND 14. I REMEMBER WHEN WE BUILT THAT SIDE ON ANY STEWART, WELCOME TO WITH MACKEY, WHO PASSED AWAY WE HAD WOMEN SUPPORTING THE YARDS AND THEN WE WORKED ON THE ONES THAT YOU SAID BUILDING BRIDGES, GERTRUDE WALDEN. AH! UNDER STATUES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND I WAS A GREAT TIME FOR THE CITY, JUST OPENING UP WITH THE STATUES. THAT WAS REALLY JEFF CROSS COUGH. I STARTED THAT, AND HE HAD A LITTLE RECEPTION AT FLAG WAS SAID TO REMEMBER, THAT'S WHERE MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO DONATE ONE BUT WHAT WAS IT MENTIONED? WAS SOMETHING THAT POLICE UH, OUR POLICE PERSON ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL CHIEF STARTED ABOUT 2013. 2014 AND THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WE KNOW OF TODAY.

WITH WITHOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THE SAME CITY AS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, SO I THINK WE OWE A REAL DEBT OF THANKS, DAVID FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS? CHIEF? I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT. NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ANY ONLINE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I'M SORRY I GOT ALL CHOKED UP DURING MY COMMENTS, AND I FORGOT I WAS GOING TO ASK TO PULL. UM NUMBER FOUR FROM CONSENT. RIGHT? WE HAVE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION. IS IT A NEW MOTION TO AMEND THE WELL BEFORE US. WE HAVE THE CONSENT

[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

YES MAYER. MAYER MATHESON? YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UP NOW IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[4. REQUEST TO SEEK APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING (RC): RESOLUTION No. 60-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO RETAIN JORDAN CONNORS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ITS PURSUIT TO OBTAIN FUNDING FROM THE FREEDOM FIRST BUDGET FUNDS REMAINING AFTER DISBURSEMENT TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS; AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE STATE FROM THE 2022-2023 BUDGET TO FUND THE STORM WATER PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SHOVEL READY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 6 0-2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO RETAIN JORDAN'S CONNORS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ASSIST THE CITY AND ITS PURSUIT TO OBTAIN FUNDING FROM THE FREEDOM FIRST BUDGET FUNDS. REMAINING AFTER DISBURSEMENT TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND SUBSEQUENTLY

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AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF THE CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT OR LOBBYIST NAMED JORDAN CONNORS, WHO'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND ASSISTING THE CITY AND GETTING LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT RELATED TO THE P PFOA. UH ISSUE BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE CONTRACT IS HE'S HIRED BY THE CITY TO TECHNICALLY WORK DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I'LL JUST LEAVE. THE POSITION IS IN ENDED, BUT HE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A $90 MILLION SURPLUS IN THE BUDGET ITEM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THAT WILL GENERATE THIS $90 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO QUALIFYING COMMUNITIES. WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REGULAR REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED. SO. UM I PUT TOGETHER THE AGENDA ITEM TO JUSTIFY OR AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO PAY MR CONNORS $5000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO UM PURSUE THE APPROPRIATIONS. ACCORDINGLY. AND THAT'S THE ESSENTIALLY THE WHOLE THING. MR MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, AND THE REASON I PULLED IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD SPOKEN WITH CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, I'M I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. I HAVE WORKED WITH JORDAN'S UP IN THE LEGISLATURE. DURING SESSION AND HE IS HE'S INCREDIBLE. HE'S BROUGHT HOME A LOT OF MONEY FOR US. HE IS VERY EFFECTIVE. HE KNOWS EVERYBODY UP THERE, AND THE REASON I HAD ASKED TO PULL IT WAS JUST BECAUSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC NONE OF THE NONE OF THE NUMBERS WERE IN HERE IN THE ITEM REPORT OR IN THE RESOLUTION, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT IT WAS $5000 AND IF YOU COULD FOR CLARIFICATION, THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY SECTION ONE, SAYS THE CITY MANAGER, IS DESIGNATED AS AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN JORDAN'S CONNORS WITH AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5000 TO ASSIST THE CITY IN OBTAINING SURPLUS FUNDS FROM THE FREEDOM FIRST BUDGET. OKAY SORRY AND ITEM REPORT. IT JUST SAYS THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S FUNDS. WELL. COMMISSION MEYER. THANK YOU FOR PULLING IT SO THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AND HIGHLIGHTED. MR COLLINS IS VERY RESPONSIVE. TO ME AND SHE'S JUST AT HOME. A LOT OF FUNDING AND FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM TALLAHASSEE FOR US, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THE MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. 6 0-2022. OF ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE NO COLOR DOWN. WE CALL THE ROLL ? SURE COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES.

MATHESON YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. SHERMEYER? YES. AND I SEE THAT PASSES. SORRY MICHAEL. I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE WEREN'T TRYING TO HIDE THE BALL. WE WEREN'T I DON'T KNOW WE WERE AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED IT. I THINK I SAW THE 1000 PER AND GLOSSED OVER THAT. BUT IT STILL WASN'T AN ITEM REPORT SO ANYWAY.

[6. LETTER TO USCG RELATED TO A PROPOSED RULE CHANGE TO OPERATION OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER DRAWBRIDGE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 59-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING A LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG) EXPRESSING ITS POSITION ON A PROPOSED RULE CHANGE TO THE OPERATION OF THE DRAWBRIDGE OVER THE SAINT LUCIE RIVER; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

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[7. TREE REMOVAL PENALTIES TEXT AMENDMENT (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2491-2022; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER V, RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTION 5.05.08 PENALTIES FOR THE WRONGFUL REMOVAL OF TREES; REPLACING ORDINANCE 2478-2022; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

AMENDING SECTION FIVE POINT OH 5.8 PENALTIES FOR THE WRONGFUL REMOVAL OF TREES REPLACING ORDINANCE 2478-20 TO 2 PROVIDING FOR CELEBRATE SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR THE PURPOSES IS A BRIEF SUMMARY. THIS IS SIMPLY A REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL UM, PENALTIES THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED AND AS I MENTIONED WHEN IT WENT TO MUNICH CODE, THERE WAS SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE THAT CREATED SOME CONFUSION. SO WE SIMPLY REVISED IT AND CHANGED IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE MORE EXPRESSIVE OF THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION. TO GIVE TOOLS AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS WHEN PEOPLE INAPPROPRIATELY CUT DOWN. GREEN SPACE. FOR SECOND WITH CAN I JUST. WELL, THERE'S LOTS TO READ INTO THE RECORD. WHAT? YOU MENTIONED THE WORD IN TENT. UM TO DETER THE UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF VEGETATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS TO PROTECT HISTORIC AND SPECIMEN TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION. TO CREATE AN UNTENABLE BURDEN FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNER.

OF COURSE, THERE'S LOTS OF UM, THINGS THAT ARE SUGGESTED IN THIS ORDINANCE AND ITS UM.

THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WERE CHANGED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THAT LANGUAGE WAS ADDED AFTER THE LAST MEETING BASED UPON MAYOR MATHESON'S COMMENTS, YES. THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITION OF THE LANGUAGE. COMMISSIONER MAYER. YEAH THANK YOU, MR MAYOR . UM, THE ONLY THE ONLY SUGGESTION I HAD A QUESTION, I GUESS WAS IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE LEGISLATURE PASSED HB 15 55 OR SB 5 18. THEY UPDATED THE BACK IN 2019. THEY PASSED A LAW THAT BASICALLY MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR TREE TRIMMING OR TREE REMOVAL. PENDING A PROPERTY OWNERS SELF DESIGNATION THAT THE TREE CONSTITUTED A RISK TO THEIR PROPERTY THAT WAS AMENDED THIS LAST YEAR AT THE NEW LAW PASSED ITS THERE IS STILL A PROHIBITION IN STATE STATUTE. PER ABOUT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED JUST THIS THIS SUMMER. UM THAT'S STILL DOES PROVIDE SOME SITUATIONS IN WHICH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT, UM, REQUIRE, UH, PERMIT NOTICE ANY OF THOSE THINGS FOR PRUNING, TRIMMING OR REMOVAL OF A TREE GIVEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE RED LINE. SECTION. AND. EVEN WHEN A TREE CAN BE REMOVED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS. SORRY, THIS IS SECTION SECTION ONE A B EVEN WHEN A TREE CAN BE REMOVED PURSUANT TO REGULATION SET FORTH IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES PERMIT IS STILL REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE RECORDS. STATE STATUTES SAY IF YOU IF IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THE PROPERTY OWNER POSSESSES DOCUMENTATION FROM A CERTIFIED ARBORIST THAT THE TREE PRESENT POSES AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT. SO EACH, OUR ORDINANCE AND THE STATE STATUTE OR POINTING AT EACH OTHER SAYING YOU CAN'T STILL BE FIRST. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE THE STATE STATUTE IN FRONT OF ME. THE INTENTION WAS THAT THESE

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I'M HAPPY TO REMOVE BE COMPLETELY BECAUSE A ABOVE IT SAYS A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. MUST BE ISSUED BY THE CITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, RIGHT. I THINK FOR IT DOESN'T IF IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE STATUTE, IT WOULDN'T BE ISSUED. I THINK IT'S JUST BUT IT'S CLEANER. IF WE'RE UPDATING THIS. NOW, LET'S REMOVE THAT BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE ITSELF NOW SAYS THAT OKAY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT. GIVEN THESE INSTANCES, I MEAN, WE CAN CITE IT. IT'S STOPPED. I'LL REMOVE IT 61 63 OH 45. COMMISSIONER BRUNO REMOVING IT. HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION. WHAT WAS THE STATUE? 1 63 FOR THE STATUTE. 1 63 POINT. OH, 45. TREE TRIMMING, PRUNING, TRIMMING OR REMOVAL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. PUT IT ON MY MOM COMMISSIONER MEYER. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THIS ONE SO I REMEMBER.

WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. AN AMENDED SECOND. COMMISSIONER CLARK. DO YOU AMEND YOUR SECOND? YES, THANK YOU. OKAY? WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THE MOTION.

I THINK THAT'S STILL. AND STAR.

I THINK THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. GOING NONE AFTER WE HAVE ANY ONLINE. MR MAYOR. WILL THE PUBLIC SORRY. UH, IF WE HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTARY COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE THE VOTE. YES I DO MR MARTEL TO READ OUT THE PENALTY SECTION AGAIN. OH, I DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M SORRY. WELL, YOU DO IT. SORRY, ACTUALLY, NO, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S FOR NUMBER NINE. CORRECT. YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A COMMENT. SURE. SO IN RESPONSE TO FINISH, COMMISSIONER , OKAY, OKAY. UM CAMPBELL RICH. SO I HAVE A FRIEND. FOOD REMOVED SOME TREES FROM HIS YARD. HE HIRED A CERTIFIED ARE BURST AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED. IS IT OKAY TO REMOVE THESE TREES AND HE GOES? YEAH, SURE. FINE. IT WAS ONLY LATER THAT MY FRIEND REALIZES THAT HE WAS, IN FACT IN VIOLATION. OF THIS ORDINANCE.

ARE YOU? SO HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU SEEKING TO ENFORCE THIS? BECAUSE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CERTAINLY HAS NO IDEA THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE DOWN TREES IN THEIR YARD. AND IF YOU HIRE SOMEONE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD SHOW UP AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, I NEEDED TO GET A PERMIT FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK. QUESTION FROM THAT GOES IN VAIN BECAUSE I HAVE LOTS OF TREES IN MY YARD, AND I DO. I WON'T SAY YEAH. DO YOU GO BACK TO GO TO THE PENALTY IN, UM IN THE PAGINATION AND I'M I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING HOW PAGINATED BUT IT'S A AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY RE GIVEN ITSELF AGAIN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO READ WHEN IT CLEARS EVERYTHING OUT, BUT IT'S UNDER AIDS IS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE LAND ON WHICH TREES WERE LOCATED OR ANY PERSON AND OR ENTITY WHO REMOVES ANY TREE? FROM ANY PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THIS CODE, WHICH, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES. THEN HE TALKS ABOUT HISTORICAL SPECIMEN TREES. AND IT SAYS VIOLATION OF SECTION 5.5 OF THE CITY'S LAND

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AND IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY REPLACEMENT TREES BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PERMIT WOULD NEVER HAVE REQUIRED ANY REPLACEMENT TREES. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT WAS A DEVELOPER THAT HAD A P U D THAT SAID THAT THEY HAD TO DO A TREE SURVEY AND THAT THEY HAD TO CALCULATE THE REPLACEMENT TREES AND DO A SITE PLAN AND DO LANDSCAPING PLAN AND IN THAT LANDSCAPING PLAN, THEY WERE REMOVING 1000 INCHES OF TREES TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT. AND UNDER THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REPLANT 1500 INCHES OF TREES. BUT THEN THEY WENT IN ILLEGALLY REMOVED 1000 INCHES OF TREES THAT WOULD JUMP TO 1500. THEN IT WOULD BE TIMES THREE AND IT WOULD BE 4500 INCHES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON THAT SITE. 99.9% OF THE TIMES WHEN THE DEVELOPER CLEARS THE LAND TO PUT A HOUSE AND OR A BUSINESS. THERE IS NOWHERE TO PUT THE TREES BECAUSE THEY WERE EXISTING WHERE THE OFFICE BUILDING IS GOING TO GO, SO THEIR NEW DESIGN PLAN CAN BARELY SQUEEZE IN. 1.5% OF THE TREES NECESSARY WITH THIS ALLOWS IS PRIOR TO FINAL HEARING. THE VIOLATOR SHALL PRESENT A REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN TO THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WITH THE INTENT TO REPLANT SUFFICIENT TREES TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY TO AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL. NOW. THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL PD, WHICH WOULD BE 1.5 ALREADY ON SITE. IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL? WELL, THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY INTO THE TREE FUN BECAUSE THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE. IT'S EASIER TO PLANT IT ON SITE, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MAYBE ANOTHER. ONE THIRD. IF THERE AT 1.5. THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO ON SITE . BUT DON'T FORGET WHERE IT 4.5 UNDER THIS MATH, SO THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE AN AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF TREES THAT THEY SIMPLY CAN'T ADD TO THE AMENDED SITE PLAN TO MAKE THOSE FIT. AND UNDER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY INTO THE TREE FUND ANY TREES THAT THEY CAN'T GET TO FIT BACK ON SITE. THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MUST SIGN OFF ON AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND LITERALLY PLANT OAK TREES WITH TRUNKS, TOUCHING EACH OTHER TO WHERE IT BUILDS A FENCE, AND IT'S NOT PASSABLE AND THE TREES KILL EACH OTHER. AFTER FIVE YEARS, IT'S GOT TO BE A MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT AND A MEANINGFUL LANDSCAPE PLAN. BUT IF, IN FACT THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND THE APPLICANT ARE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A CONSENT AGREEMENT THAT FOLLOWS THE FORMULA PANTS THREE TIMES. THE ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT VALUE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THIS CASE, 20 INCHES AND IT WENT TO 40 INCHES AND THEN TIMES THREE WENT TO 120 INCHES, THEN. EVERYBODY'S GOOD. IF THEY CAN'T PLANT IT, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE CITY'S TREE REPLACEMENT FUND. FOR EVERY SINGLE INCH THAT DIDN'T GET PLANTED BACK ON THE SITE. SO THIS ORDINANCE SO MANY WORDS, ADDS THE TEETH. THAT IS THE DEVELOPER OF A PEW D AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH. THE NUMBERS I JUST USED WAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LIKE 700,000 BUCKS WOULD BE THE THING WHERE I SAID THE 1000 INCHES. CAN YOU READ IF WE GO BACK TO TRYING TO PROTECT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME

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THE CITY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THESE TREES ARE REMOVED. SO WE REQUIRE A PERMIT TO REMOVE THEM.

SO THE PERSON COMES BACK IN THERE. THEY CUT THE TREE DOWN WITH NO PERMIT. CODE ENFORCEMENT GIVES THEM A CITATION THAT THEY HAVE TO RESOLVE THIS. THEY SHOW UP ON MONDAY AND FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTOR AND SAY, OH, MY GOD, I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED A PERMIT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS THE DISCRETION TO SIMPLY IF THE ISSUE THE AFTEREFFECT PERMIT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. HERE'S YOUR PERMIT. HAVE A NICE DAY. SO WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF US BEING SO NOSY ON THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE AREN'T BUT YOU CAN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ONE VERSUS THE OTHER. WHERE DO YOU STOP? WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? IT'S EASIER JUST TO HAVE IT BE OPEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. WE'RE NOT ADDING THE REQUIREMENT. YOU GET A PERMIT TO CUT A TREE DOWN THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE NINETIES. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THAT PART HASN'T CHANGED. IT'S JUST THE PENALTY THING, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE'S NEIGHBOR CALLS AND REPORTS THEM. THEY HAVE A GRIEVANCE FOR ANOTHER ISSUE. AND IF IT GOT TO THAT POINT AND ELEVATED, SAY, EVEN PAST THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMISSION LEVEL. WOULD YOU MIND READING THE INTENT THE LANGUAGE WE HAD IN THE LAST MEETING OF THE INTENT OF THIS ORDER, BY THE WAY, AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. IF YOU DIDN'T ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE , THEY WOULD STILL BE THE REQUIREMENT TO GET A PERMIT THAT A SINGLE FAMILY LEVEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STILL TURN HIM IN.

WE ADDED THE LANGUAGE OF WHEREAS THE INTENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS TO DETER THE UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF VEGETATION ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS PROTECT HISTORIC AND SPECIMEN TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION TO CREATE AN UNTENABLE BURDEN FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNER AND THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER CLARK HAD READ. SO IT IS. AS WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION NOT EASY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE WITH TEETH TO PREVENT. LARGE SCALE INAPPROPRIATE TREE REMOVAL WHILE STILL PRESERVING RESIDENTIAL RIGHTS. BUT I THINK WE HAVE IT AND WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN IT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE DEAD HORSE TAIL, GOLDIE. MY NAME IS GAIL GOLDIE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE FINES FOR, UM , WHEN THERE IS A VIOLATION BY A DEVELOPER I WAS HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND, UM THERE WAS A DEVELOPER THAT HAD BEEN FINED $50,000 FOR REMOVAL OF TREES. AND. COMMISSIONER MEYER RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL FINE FOR THAT DEVELOPER OF $34,000 WHEN THE CALCULATION CAME OUT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TREES. UM IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN COME IN HERE, HAT IN HAND. WHEN THEY HAVE A VIOLATION. AND A SIMPLE. FINE OR AN ADDITIONAL FINE, THERE'S ALL THAT HAS TO BE DONE. UM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE WOULD BE.

BUT I THINK THAT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LOOK AT SOMETHING TO, UM PUT INTO PLACE WHERE THERE IS A POLICY THAT IF THE SAME VIOLATOR IF THE VIOLATOR IS BEFORE YOU FOR THREE OR FOUR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY OF TREE REMOVAL SETBACK. VARIANCES OR WHATEVER THAT THEY'RE VIOLATING THAT THEY BE TAKEN OFF THE APPROVAL SYSTEM AND HAVE TO BE, UH, PUT INTO, UM A SECTION WHERE THEY HAVE VIOLATED THIS TO THIS DEGREE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD OR SOMETHING BECAUSE FINDS REALLY AREN'T ENOUGH BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE BUILDERS DO WHEN THEY HAVE A FINE OF $100,000. THEY ADDED TO THE COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SO AN APARTMENT THAT OUR CONDO THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD INSTEAD OF IT BEING $300,000. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ADD ANOTHER $50,000 TO THE COST OF THAT THAT CONDO FOR SALE, SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH STUDY ON THIS AND MUCH MORE. UM TEETH INTO IT, AS WAS SUGGESTED. YOU KNOW, THIS JUST A FINE TO ME IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO, UH PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAND THAT IS BEING DONE AS FAR

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND THEIR PUNISHMENT IF THEY VIOLATE AND REMOVE TOO MUCH OF THE VEGETATION OR REMOVE IT AND ENTIRETY OR IN VIOLATION OF THE PLAN THAT THEY PROPOSED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. AND THE THIS REMINDS ME OF WHEN WE HAD THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE PORK FROM THE GRASS ORDINANCE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE HOMEOWNER, AND THAT'S COMING UP NEXT TO COME BACK AGAIN WHAT WOULD BE VIOLATED AND WHAT'S NOT VIOLATED? IT JUST IT JUST KIND OF REMINDS ME. OF THAT , AND I KNOW THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME UP. THE OTHER ISSUE IS ALSO REMOVAL OF EXOTICS BECAUSE I'M INVOLVED WITH A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN REMOVING EXOTICS WHETHER IT'S WITH THE BOY SCOUT WHETHER IT'S WITH THE GROUP MEMBERS ARE PROFESSIONAL THAT HAS COME TO MOVE EXOTICS AND PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE CONCERNED WITH WHY IS THIS GOING AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE EXOTICS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE, UM TO THE AREA TO THE WATER QUALITY INTO OTHER THINGS , AND SO IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS AND I AGREE. I THINK SOMEONE CAME UP AND MADE A SUGGESTION THAT SOME TYPE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN WHERE WE CAN'T WE REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THESE THINGS AND ABOUT HOW THESE ARE FINALLY HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE ORDINANCES. TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND BECOME A MORE USER FRIENDLY WITH REGARD TO THESE THINGS, SO THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE FULLY AWARE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, AND SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT BE BUILT SO MUCH BY SOME OF THESE ARBORIST. CHARGE A LOT. THE BASIC THING IS LIKE 500 ABOVE TO GET THEM TO COME IN AND DO SOMETHING. SO UM, SO WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME. I THINK SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION ALONG WITH THIS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING SPOKEN OF BY THE PUBLIC HERE THAT THAT WAS A P U D AND THEY VIOLATE THEIR P U D AND THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST A FINE THEY HAD TO REPLANT THE ENTIRE PLANT AREA A LOT MORE AND PAID A FINE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH US NOT ONLY WOULD THEY FACE THIS, BUT THEY ALSO FACE A PUJA BREACH. YES, THERE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE TO HAVE MORE TEETH THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOKS. SO MADAM CLERK. STATING THAT. OF THE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE. TWO FOUR. 9 1-2022. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR MATHESON. YES. BRUNER COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES? YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[8. (CONTINUED TO DATE CERTAIN OF JULY 11, 2022 CCM) REPEAL & REESTABLISH CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE V, CODE OF ORDINANCES (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2488-2022; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, REPEALING AND REESTABLISHING CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE V, COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, OF THE CITY OF STUART CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING INTENT AND PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY AND AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF TRANSFER, SALE, OR ASSIGNMENT OF ASSETS; PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION FOR PLACING OR MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; PROVIDING THE REQUIREMENT OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR PLACING OR MAINTAINING FACILITIES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR FEES AND TAXES; PROVIDING FOR A RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES; PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITIES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ]

HONESTLY I DOESN'T NEED A DATE CERTAIN LIKE, BUT I GUESS WE HAVE ADVERTISERS. WHO IT DOES.

I'M SORRY. SO, YES, IT'S ORDINANCE 2488. THAT'S 202 TO IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY STEWART REPEALING AND REESTABLISHING CHAPTER 36 ARTICLE FIVE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OF THE CITY OF STEWART CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING INTENT AND PURPOSE APPLICABILITY IN THE 30 TO IMPLEMENT PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF CHANCE FOR SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF ASSETS. PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION FOR PLACING OR MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. PROVIDING THE REQUIREMENT OF A PERMIT PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR PLACING OR MAINTAINING FACILITIES, PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY WRITING DEVELOPMENT AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, PROVIDING FOR INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR FEES AND TAXES. PROVIDING FOR A RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SELF ABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MR MARTEL. MOTION TO CONTINUE WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ORDINANCE NUMBER 248 DESK 2022 TO JULY 11TH. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT CONTINUANCE? HEARING NONE. HAVE IT ALL IN FAVOR. I OCEAN PASSES

[9. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE CHANGES (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2496-2022; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION 10-59 THROUGH 10-84; SECTION 26-30; AND SECTIONS 42-38 THROUGH 42-305; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

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PAUL NICOLETTI, AND HE ACTUALLY HAD WRITTEN THIS CODE ORIGINALLY. SO WITH THE.

BUILDING INSPECTOR FUNDS. WE HIRED HIM TO GO BACK THROUGH AND REVISE HIS OWN ORDINANCE BASED UPON THE MEETINGS AND COMMENTS THAT WE HAD SO WHEN IT CAME UP WITH IS THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, INTENTION ARE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT ACROSS. THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS TO REMOVE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CODE. THAT THE, UM CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE NOT ENFORCING ANYWAY, AND JUST FOUND TO BE COMPLICATED.

OKAY? APPROVALS YET WOULD BEFORE IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO AS WELL STUCK TO INVEST ANY COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER MAYER YEAH. WELL, THERE'S YOU KNOW. THIS I FEEL LIKE IS WHERE WE TEND TO KIND OF GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHERE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THESE RULES THAN USED TO LIVE IN AN H O A YEAH. AND I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE AND CLEAN. UM, BUT. WE'RE NOT IN HR, BUT WE ARE NOT AN HOU A. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE INTENT HERE WAS. IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THESE IN THEIR ENTIRETY, EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY MAKING IT EASIER, NOT MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T THINK AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT HERE.

WELL, I SAW THAT WE DID MOVE. THE REQUIREMENTS OF PAINT, PLYWOOD SHUTTERS. UM WE MOVED IT TO ANOTHER SECTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE THAT BECAUSE WELL , BEFORE YOU GO ON IF WE CAN DISCUSS IT FOR ONE, SURE. I'M HAPPY TO STRIKE IT. HOWEVER, WHEN SOMEONE ABANDONS A PROPERTY THEY HISTORICALLY WE HAVE FOUND THAT THOSE ABANDONED PROPERTIES TURNED INTO CRIME HOUSES, AND THEY ALSO HAVE DAMAGED THAT HAPPENS TO THEM UNDER THE BUILDING INSPECTION CODE. THE SHUTTERS HAVE TO BE PAINTED IN THE SAME COLOR. UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE YOU HAVE 14 DAYS TO CLEAR UP ANYTHING. SO YOU GET CITED FOR YOUR FENCE BEING BROKEN. YOU GET 14 DAYS TO FIX IT BEFORE YOU HAVE A FINE IF YOU UNDER THE CODE FOR PAINTING THE SHUTTERS. THAT CONSENSUS WAS REACHED THAT WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES IN MAY OR THE DAY AFTER EASTER, AND THEY'RE NOT PLANNING TO RETURN TO THAT HOUSE UNTIL DECEMBER AND THEY PUT MISFIT PLYWOOD UP. IT LOOKS ABANDONED, LOOKS INCONSISTENT. THE INTENTION WAS TO HAVE IT PAINTED AND FINISHED LIKE YOU WOULD A HOUSE THAT'S SEALED OFF AND NOT BEING USED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES, DEPENDING ON HOW SERIOUS WE WANT TO GET ON THE HURRICANE SHUTTER ISSUE. THE BUILDING CODE DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO BE INSIDE A HOUSE WITH THE SHUTTERS ARE UP THE LOG , AND THE FIRE CODE DOESN'T ALLOW HUMAN HABITATION INSIDE THAT HOUSE WITH THOSE SHUTTERS UP, SO WHOEVER'S GOT THE SHUTTERS UP, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HOME. UNLESS OF COURSE, IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND THERE'S A HURRICANE HAPPENING. EVERY ONE OF THESE ARE DISCRETIONARY, AND

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BUT. THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT THEY DON'T LIVE IN AN H O A MIKE. MR MARTEL ATTORNEY MORE TOO. I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED THIS UP BEFORE I DIDN'T. BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS NOW UNDER THE DEFINITION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WHEN IT ADDED IT'S IN PURPLE. IT'S IN THE PURPLE WHEN IT ADDED THE TINY HOME AS A CHAIR LIST PAGE SIX OF 17 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE DEFINITION. IS THAT IS THAT, UM IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT MR NICOLETTI HAD ADDED JUST BECAUSE OF A TINY HOME THING OR IS THAT IS THAT A PART OF THE STATE DEFINITION OF A REGRESSION OF VEHICLE UNDER THE STATUTE, OR IS IT BECAUSE IT JUST DOES TRAILER ATTACHED TO IT? I DON'T KNOW.

WHY HE PUT IT IN. IT'S IN PARENTHESIS. SO IT'S YEAH, I LIKE THE TINY HOME THING, BUT I JUST WONDERING EXAMPLE. IT'S JUST UNDER DEFINITION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN CONTEXT. IT SAYS RECREATIONAL VEHICLE MEANS A MOTOR HOME. TRAVEL TRAILER POP UP CAMPER LIGHT TRUCK, CAMPER, TOP RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR VESSEL ON A TRAILER CLOSED DOOR OPEN UTILITY TRAILER HOUSE TRAILER OPEN PARENTHESES. FIFTH WHEEL ONLY. ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE OR SIMILAR VEHICLES, SUCH AS A TINY HOME TRAILER FOR RECREATION, RECREATIONAL OR OTHER NON COMMERCIAL USE. IT'S JUST TRYING TO DEFINE AND COVER ALL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. IT'S FINE

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WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER A NAMED STORM HAS PASSED, THE CURRENT CODE SAYS UNDER 20 UNDER STORM SHUTTER REGULATIONS. PROTECTION FROM WIND BORNE DEBRIS IS ENCOURAGED FOR ALL STRUCTURES CERTIFIED OR FOR OCCUPANCY IN THE CITY. STORM SHUTTERS OR HURRICANE PROTECTION DEVICES SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STATE BUILDING CODE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME, SUCH HURRICANE PROTECTION WAS PERMITTED. BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY, EXCEPT DURING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE ONE THROUGH NOVEMBER. 30 TH COUNTER YEAR, HURRICANE PREDICTED DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE IN THE CLOSED, SECURE POSITION UNLESS THERE'S A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCH OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED HURRICANE SEASON. PLACEMENT OF STORM SHUTTERS DURING THE ALLOWED PERIOD SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION C BELOW. SECTION C BELOW, SAYS STORM SHELTER PLACEMENT HURRICANE PROTECTIVE DEVICES THAT IMPEDE EGRESS LIGHT AND OR VENTILATION IN A CLOSED SLASH SECURED POSITION ON OCCUPIED BUILDINGS. MUST BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE TERMINATION OF A HURRICANE EVENT , WATCH WARNING OR ACTUAL HURRICANE OR TORNADO EXCEPTIONS . ONE UNOCCUPIED VACANT SLASH PART TIME RESIDENTS. WILL BE PERMITTED TO HANG SHUTTERS DURING THE TIME OF VACANCY, EXCEPT FOR THE FRONT WINDOWS IN PUBLIC VIEW. UPON RETURN, OCCUPANTS MUST REMOVE SHUTTERS WITHIN 14 DAYS TO BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE STRUCTURE CROSSED OUT THERE, BUT IT'S UP IN THE EXISTING CODE APARTMENTS NOW AND SO THE INTENT, HE SAID. THE INTENT OF THAT CODE IS TO YOUR POINT THAT IT'S MEANT TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE AWAY FOR THE SEASON. RIGHT FROM HAVING IT LOOK BRATTY, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE IT UP TO SECTION A REGULATION WOULD SHUTTERS STILL IS THAT THAT'S UNDER RED? SO THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE AROUND. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT ONE SAYS. SO IT COMMISSIONER MEYER'S COMMENT HE'S SAYING BY MOVING IT UP TO REGULAR SHUTTERS. NOW YOU'RE CHANGING IT NOW. AND CAUGHT THE PART WHERE IT SAYS PROTECTION FROM WIND BORNE DEBRIS HAS ENCOURAGED FOR ALL STRUCTURES, STORM SHUTTERS OR PROTECTION DEVICES SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STATE BUILDING CODES MEAN NOBODY'S PLYWOOD IS CERTIFIED. I PROMISE YOU ACTUALLY HAD CUSTOM. HURRICANE SHUTTERS MADE WITH STAINLESS STEEL HARDWARE AND PRESSURE TREATED WOOD SO THAT THEY CAN REAL SHUTTERS AND I CAN CLOSE THE FRONT WINDOWS AND USA SAID IT GIVES ME ZERO CREDIT TOWARD MY HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STATE CERTIFIED. I'M UH, BROUGHT IT UP . I WANTED TO. IT'S JUST IT'S THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW FOR THE RECORD. IT'S JUST TENSION OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMMISSION IS NEVER GOING TO BE TO CODE IN FORCE SOMEONE WHEN THERE'S A NAMED STORM BEARING DOWN UPON US WHO PUTS PLYWOOD UP TO PROTECT THEIR HOUSE. IN THE LAST THING WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO IS FORCE THEM TO PAINT IT. BUT IF THEY INTEND TO LEAVE THEIR STRUCTURE THE ENTIRE SEASON. RIGHT? WE WOULD LIKE THAT PLYWOOD TO BE PAINTED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL NOT UP TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WHERE IT WAS. JUST LEAVE IT WHERE IT WAS BACK DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS THE ONE C ONE. OKAY ALRIGHT, SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE? WHATEVER HAPPENS AT THIS FIRST READING WHATEVER WE DO, AND WHATEVER SECOND READING COMES BACK. IT COMES BACK. COME BACK AFTER I'M GONE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UM CAN I WANT TO HAVE I WANT TO BE SURE THAT AS A CITY WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ON THE GROUND AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THEM. LOOK AT THIS WITH THEM FOR FOUR HOURS, TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS TWO HOURS EACH. AND THEN WE HAD PAUL NICOLETTI RIGHT THIS AND THEN I MET WITH THEM AGAIN FOR AN HOUR, AND WE WENT OVER IT. AND THEN BEFORE IT WAS ON THIS HEARING, I EMAILED IT ALL TO THEM, AND THEY GAVE ME BACK COMMENTS. SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT $5. WE'VE GIVEN UP AND DOWN THE LADDER, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE FOR IT. JUST, YOU KNOW HAS BEEN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PAINTING OF THE SHUTTERS. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY FEEDBACK. THE COMMISSION HAS GOTTEN FROM SOMEONE ELSE. THAT ISN'T THAT THESE GUYS COULD CARE LESS IF THEY'RE PAINTED OR NOT. I PROMISE YOU OKAY, NOT ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE'S RADAR. DO WE HAVE DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? YEAH BRUNER. WE HAVE A

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SO.

I CAN GIVE YOU THE BRIEF HISTORY ON THAT COMMISSIONER CROSS COP. ONCE. TRIED TO MODIFY THAT AND WE ACTUALLY HAD WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS AN ANARCHY. ABOUT 50% OF THE COMMUNITY CAME IN AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALLOW EVERYBODY TO STORE ALL THEIR JUNK ALL OVER THE STREETS AND IN THE PUBLIC, AND THEY WANTED IT ALL, SHIELDED AND SCREENED. THE OTHER 50% OF THE COMMUNITY CAME IN AND SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE A TURNING INTO A CONDO ASSOCIATION WITH SUCH STRICT REGULATIONS. WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS WHAT'S THERE, AND THAT'S HONESTLY WHERE THE.

CODE ENFORCEMENT GUYS LITERALLY WERE COMING IN THE APPROVED SURFACE BECAME SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT IT'S BEEN DELUDED TO HERE IN THIS IN THIS REWRITING SO THAT MULCHES AND APPROVED SURFACE SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE INTENTION HERE IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STORING FOUR EVEN FIVE CARS IN THEIR FRONT GRASS, AND THERE'S A PATH THROUGH THEIR GRASS WHERE THE CARS ARE BEING STORED AND THAT IT'S THEY'RE SINKING, ESSENTIALLY. BUT LISTEN, YOU GUYS CAN. IT'S A POLICY. YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT.

I'M NOT. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING ON THE SURFACE WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE DO HAVE THIS AS A FIRST READING, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREED ON THE INTENT WHAT CITY STEWART'S TRYING TO DO. MM. WE'VE ALL GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THE LANGUAGE. THE INTENT IS TO TRY AND STOP SOMEONE FROM HAVING A JUNKRDNERN H O A AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISCRETION. HAS TO BE AFFORDED

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THAT ALL LIVE AND NO. THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WANT THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. WITH THE ADJUSTMENT. BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. AND THAT'S THE COMMISSIONER CLARK.

YES. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, MAYOR MATHESON. YES, MR MEYER? YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY UNTIL SECOND READING FOR THE RECORD. I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS IS THE L

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.