[00:00:17] IT'LL BE THE LAST NIGHT UP HERE ON THE DAIS FOR ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES. [COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS] AND I KNOW WE ALL WOULD HAVE A FEW KIND WORDS TO SAY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT, COMMISSIONER MEYER, I'VE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM YOU, NOT ONLY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BUT YOU KNOW, MANY OF US, MANY HAVE FOLLOWED THE COMMISSION. ASSUMED MIKE AND I WERE GREAT FRIENDS OR SO. BUT IN ALL HONESTY, WE WERE WE KNEW EACH OTHER AND WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE BECAUSE WE BOTH HAD THE SAME COMMON INTEREST IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN COMMISSION MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS I, I STARTED GOING TO MEETINGS ROUGHLY IN 2016 AND COMMISSIONER MEYER WAS AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. HE SERVED ON THE CRA BOARD WHILE I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE APPOINTED TO THE LPA BOARD. AND WE BOTH INTERPRETED THE COMMISSION IN OUR OWN WAYS AND WE BOTH CHOSE TO RUN DURING 2018 WHICH CAN, CAN BE KIND OF RARE FOR, FOR YOUNGER ADULTS, I WOULD SAY. AND WE WERE BOTH FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ELECTED AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. SERVING WITH ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MAYORS CITY OF STUART HAS EVER HAD WHILE HE WAS MAYOR. IN SOME OF THE TOUGHEST SITUATIONS THIS CITY HAS EVER HAD. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, HE DID INCREDIBLY WELL. AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE THOSE SAME TOUGH SITUATIONS IN MY TIME AS MAYOR THUS FAR. AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MEYER PUTS HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO EACH AND EVERY DECISION. AND WHILE WE'VE DISAGREED AT TIMES AND AGREED ON AN AGREED AT OTHER TIMES I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR COMMISSIONER FORMER MAYOR MIKE MEYER FOR DEDICATING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE CHOSE TO DO TO BOTH OUR HOMETOWNS AND THE CITY OF STUART. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AS THE STANDING MAYOR OF STUART, FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO. ANY OF MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS OR ANYBODY HERE. THEY. THEY ALL LEFT. I CHOKED UP. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WILL I WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH. AND EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR SAID IS SO TRUE. AND I'VE, I HAVE ALSO LEARNED SO MUCH BY SITTING WITH YOU AND HOW YOU'VE GIVEN IT ALL AND IT'S HARD TO DO THAT HAVING A FULL TIME JOB. AND THIS TOO, I KNOW WITH MY STORE YOU JUST RUN CRAZY. AND I WAS VERY GRATEFUL WHEN I WAS ABLE TO, TO RETIRE AND COME HERE. BUT IT SOMETIMES IT'S A FULL TIME JOB. AND I THANK YOU, MIKE. AND I DO KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE HERE IF SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STANDING RIGHT THERE AND AND SO AND I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THAT GOOD DIALOG AND THAT'S THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE INSTEAD OF THE ANGER AND ALL THE JUST UGLY THINGS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE. NONE OF THAT'S TRUE WHAT PEOPLE SAY. AND WE DO OUR VERY BEST AND WE CARE SO MUCH FOR THIS, THIS LITTLE CITY. IT'S NICE HAVING YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND YOU. IT GIVES US IDEAS AND MAKES US THINK MORE. AND, YOU KNOW, THINK, THINK ABOUT TOMORROW AND YOU DO THAT. SO I WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WELL, MIKE, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TRULY MISS YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THE STORY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW. BUT WHEN MIKE CAME IN, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID IS HE WENT INTO OUR BATHROOM AND HE CHANGED OUT THE FAUCET TO ONE OF THOSE SLOW WATER THINGS TO CONSERVE WATER. AND THE FIRST THING WE DID WHEN WE FOUND OUT HE WAS LEAVING IS WE TOOK IT BACK OUT. AND THAT HELPED TO MAKE IT A FULL TIME JOB BECAUSE IT TOOK TWICE AS LONG TO WASH YOUR HANDS EACH TIME YOU DID IT. SO WE WE, WE DO TRULY APPRECIATE NOT, NOT JUST HOW YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH STAFF AND HOW CARING YOU'VE BEEN FOR STAFF, BUT YOU, HOW YOU'VE CARED FOR THE CITY. [00:05:04] YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WITH ELECTIONS UP, THERE'S THIS BIG WHOLE ANTI-GROWTH THING GOING ON, BUT YOU TRULY GAVE REAL THOUGHT INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO PRESERVE AN URBAN AREA AND LOOKING AT URBAN AREA AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE GOT YOU A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION. THIS IS FROM FROM STAFF AND FROM YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. WE APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH US. IT'S A VERY LARGE PART. THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT TO READ IN THERE. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT ALL DONE TODAY. MINE IS ON THE BACK. IT'S A VERY LIGHT AGENDA. SO I MEAN, I CAN GO THROUGH. WOW. THAT'S THAT'S TOO KIND. IT'S TOO, TOO KIND. I WANT TO THANK MICHELLE FOR ORGANIZING. SHE'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY DID A GREAT JOB. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MICHELLE. AND WE ALSO HAVE MISS PATRICIA CHRISTIANSEN HERE TO WE KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR US ALSO AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH YOUR INTERACTION WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. FIRST, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH A LETTER FROM OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHO IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND VICE MAYOR OF PORT SAINT LUCIE, JOLENE CARABALLO. DON'T BLAME ME FOR THIS READING. WHAT SHE WROTE. OH. COMMISSIONER MEYER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HOW DARE YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SERVING THE PUBLIC? DIDN'T YOU GET THE MEMO THAT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT WAS FOR LIFE? YOU UNDOUBTEDLY DIDN'T ASK US FOR PERMISSION TO EXIT SO SWIFTLY FROM YOUR POST AND WE ARE OFFENDED. HAHA. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, MIKE, YOU WILL BE MISSED. I WISH I WERE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. I HOPE YOU ARE JUST BOOKMARKING THIS PAGE AND WILL COME BACK TO SERVE WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR YOU. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I STILL REMEMBER YOUR FIRST MEETING AT THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND HOW I WAS TASKED BY PATRICIA CHRISTENSEN AND THEN STUART COMMISSIONER TOM CAMPAIGN TO HELP GET THIS NEW ELECTED OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY. WHO ARE WE KIDDING? YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS. YOUR PASSION FOR FIGHTING, FOR THE ISSUES YOU BELIEVED IN WAS A SIGHT TO BE SEEN. I ONLY WISH ALL OUR. ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE SAW WHEN YOU WERE IN TALLAHASSEE AND HOW HARD YOU FOUGHT FOR THEM, DESPITE ANY CHALLENGE OR THE MANY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. YOU WERE FIRM BUT RESPECTFUL AND HANDLED YOURSELF LIKE A TRUE STATESMAN. IT IS SO RARE TO SEE IN TODAY'S POLITICS, BUT YOU INTENTIONALLY CHOSE ALWAYS TO TAKE THE HIGH GROUND. I KNOW YOU WILL FIND OTHER WAYS TO SERVE IN YOUR LIFE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT ARE BLESSED. OUR BOARD WILL MISS YOU. AND AS WELL AS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. AND WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ADVOCACY AND THE PROTECTION OF HOME RULE. WE WISH YOU THE BEST. SINCERELY. JOLENE CARABALLO. I DID ALL OF THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU AND I HAVE GROWN TO KNOW EACH OTHER IN OTHER WAYS THROUGH THE YEARS. GOOD WAYS, I SHOULD SAY. I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE IN GOOD WAYS. WE SHARED A HOTEL ROOM TOGETHER. WE HAD TALKS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WE DID HAVE SEPARATE BEDROOMS. AND IF ANYBODY HAS NEVER SEEN THIS GUY DANCE, IT'S A GREAT DANCER. OH, TWO TO TANGO. REMEMBER THAT NIGHT? OH, MAYBE YOU DON'T. BUT IN ALL HONESTY I'M VERY, VERY IT'S A VERY MELANCHOLY TIME FOR ME, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MEYER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY INCOMING PRESIDENT FOR THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES THIS YEAR, AND HE IS NOT GOING TO BE WITH US TO DO THAT. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME PLANS AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PLANS, BUT. WELL, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SET THEM ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY, HOPEFULLY. BUT THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU. WITH THIS CERTIFICATE. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO STUART COMMISSIONER MIKE MEYER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND YOUR TIRELESS WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY OF STUART AND THE TREASURE COAST REGION. [00:10:07] LET'S GET IT IN FRONT OF THE SEAL. YEAH. BY THE WAY. I'M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE BACKGROUND. MARY'S PLAYING WITH CHAIRS I DON'T. SACHSE. THANK YOU, PATRICIA, FOR COMING UP. OH, IS THAT THE CHECK? THANK YOU. PATRICIA. AND PLEASE THANK JOLENE FOR US. OKAY. WELL. COMMISSIONER I AM. THANK YOU ALL FOR LAYING IT ON SO THICK. I'M EMBARRASSED. I DON'T LIKE THE SPOTLIGHT ONE BIT. IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE DECIDING TO RUN FOR OFFICE. I'M VERY, VERY TIRED. TONIGHT'S VERY BITTERSWEET. BUT THE PRIMARY FEELING I HAVE TODAY AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS I'VE BEEN GETTING MY HEAD AROUND THIS BIG DECISION IS THANKFUL. I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO STAFF FOR BEING THERE FOR FOR ME, FOR THE COMMISSION. AND FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND I KNOW WE WE LAY IT ON THICK TO YOU GUYS FREQUENTLY HERE WITH OUR AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, BUT IT'S SO WELL DESERVED AND MORE. OUR STAFF, I MEAN, IT'S THE, THE BEST TEAM IN SHOW BUSINESS HERE AND YOU RUN THIS CITY SO WELL. AND WHEN MISTAKES HAPPEN, AS THEY INEVITABLY DO, THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. AND AND I COULDN'T BE MORE THANKFUL TO WORK WITH A TEAM LIKE YOU ALL, EVERY DEPARTMENT. AND I'M THANKFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING SO WELL TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IT'S KIND OF FITTING THAT TROY'S NOT HERE ONLY BECAUSE THAT SEAT HAD KELLY IN IT WHEN I GOT STARTED. AND AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO FORMER COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR GLASS LAYTON AS I AM TO VICE MAYOR MCDONALD. THE FIVE. THE SIX OF US, I GUESS OVER TIME HAVE WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER. WHEN I TOOK OFFICE THERE WAS A LOT OF TUMULT IN THE CITY. THIS BOARD WASN'T FUNCTIONING VERY WELL, I DON'T THINK. AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS FELT THE SAME WAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT AND FIGHTING AND BAD POLITICS AND AND I'VE BEEN SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE ALL TAKEN THE HIGH ROAD DESPITE OUR DISAGREEMENTS, DESPITE DIFFICULT POLITICAL SEASONS, DESPITE DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALL FACED TOGETHER, WE'VE LED, WE'VE BEEN CARING TO ONE ANOTHER, WE'VE LISTENED, WE'VE DISAGREED RESPECTFULLY. AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT. I THINK WHEN I'VE BEEN AROUND AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETINGS, AND I'VE GONE AND MET WITH SO MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AROUND THE STATE. I HEAR SO OFTEN HORROR STORIES OF BAD POLITICS AND INFIGHTING AND YOU KNOW, EVEN HERE ON THE TREASURE COAST, WE SEE IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID THAT AS A GROUP TOGETHER. I'M THANKFUL TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE CITIZENS WHO GET UP AND SPEAK AND GIVE THEIR TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. IT'S NOT EASY COMING DOWN HERE TWICE A MONTH TO SHAKE A FINGER AT US EVERY SO OFTEN WHEN WE DESERVE IT AND DEMAND MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE TRANSPARENCY. I REALLY AM THANKFUL TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING INVOLVED. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GOOD FAITH TO HELP STEER THIS SHIP THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING ON TOGETHER. AND I GUESS FINALLY, BECAUSE I'M NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION, I CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND LAY A LITTLE PRAISE ON ALL OF YOU IN FOUR YEARS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I WENT BACK AND I TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER, SOME OF WHICH WAS ALREADY SORT OF IN THE WORKS. BUT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE OVERSEEN HISTORIC CHANGES IN THIS CITY FOR THE GOOD. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO ACQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY [00:15:07] IN DOWNTOWN TO MOVE OUR CITY HALL SOMEDAY TO GROW INTO. AS WE'VE GROWN, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER STATE OF THE ART ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS WE'VE EVER UNDERTAKEN AS A GROUP. AND WE DID IT WITHOUT ANY POLITICS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES CAN HAVE CLEAN, SAFE WATER AND QUANTITY FOR THE NEXT 50 PLUS YEARS. WE'VE INCREASED OUR SHARE OF PARKS. WE'VE PUT RECORD IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR EASTER PARK. GUY DAVIS PARK AND ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ROLLING OUT. WE'VE TAKEN ON FORM BASED CODE, THE WONKIEST THING THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR STRATEGIC DISTRICTS IN THE CRA. WE'VE DONE SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND I DON'T THINK WE I DON'T THINK WE GIVE OURSELVES MUCH CREDIT. AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE CREDIT THAT YOU DESERVE FOR THIS HARD WORK. IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE ALL DONE IT ALONE, CERTAINLY. BUT I AM SO THANKFUL TO HAVE COUNTED ALL OF THESE GREAT VICTORIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TOGETHER. BECAUSE OF OUR HARD WORK AND, AND DEDICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'LL LEAVE. I'LL START BY SAYING I'M. I'M WALKING AWAY FROM THIS ROLE FOR NOW. I NEED A BREAK, BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO YOU'LL SEE ME IN THE SEATS. YOU'LL SEE ME WAGGING MY FINGER AT YOU. AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU ALL, ONE ON ONE, AND BEGIN TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP SOME GOOD FRIENDSHIPS WITH YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE. NOW THAT WE'VE THANKED OUR DEPARTING COMMISSIONER, I DO HAVE JUST I MUST MENTION WE HAD A VERY, I WOULD SAY, BENEFICIAL, LOATHSOME MEETING HERE LAST WEDNESDAY WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. IT'S A REQUIRED MEETING AS FAR AS THE ARMY CORPS. PART OF THEIR NEPA PROCESS OF UPDATING LAKE OKEECHOBEE MANAGEMENT. AND WE'RE IN THE FINAL STRETCH. THIS WAS THE SECOND MEETING WHERE THEY REVIEWED THE DRAFT. THE DRAFT WATER CONTROL PLAN AND THE DRAFT EIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. AND BOTH, I WOULD SAY THAT THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL. WE HAD LOCAL EXPERTS SPEAK AND COMMENT ON THE DRAFT LANGUAGE, AND OUR MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF STUART AND SAINT LUCIE ESTUARY WAS CONCISE AND UNIFIED. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LESS THAN A YEAR LEFT BEFORE A NEW PLAN WILL MOST LIKELY BE CODIFIED. AND AS IT STANDS ON PAPER NOW, IT'S NOT DONE AND IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST A 40% REDUCTION OF DISCHARGES COMING TO THE SAINT LUCIE ESTUARY, WE ASKED FOR THE CORPS TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. ROUGHLY FOUR YEARS AGO, WITH THE NEW PLAN THEY MADE. AND THAT FLEXIBILITY IS IN THE PLAN. AND WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MEETING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE CORPS GOING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT DECADE WHEN THIS PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. SOME OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, THEY DID THIS SAME MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ALL AROUND THE LAKE AND SOUTH FLORIDA. AND NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY. I WANT MORE. WE ALL WANT MORE. WE WANT ZERO DISCHARGES. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS POLITICS. NOT EVERY STAKEHOLDER GETS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. BUT I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD PLAN. WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT GAINS, AND IT WAS A BENEFICIAL MEETING HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO MORE BENEFICIAL MEETINGS WITH THE LEADERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S WATER SUPPLY. THANKS, MAYOR. AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS. SO, OKAY, I WAS I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM. SO I WASN'T HERE TO HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR SORRY, [00:20:03] I, I, I SAID I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM, BUT I WASN'T HERE TO HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, MY HEART, COMMISSIONER MEYER, I JUST, I LIKE, I HEARD MAYOR SPEAKING AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HADN'T, HE HAD KNOWN YOU, BUT HE HAD KNOWN MUCH ABOUT YOU. AND I, I THINK THE SAME THING WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON THE COMMISSION. AND I THINK THAT I USUALLY THINK OF MYSELF AS THE PASSIONATE PERSON. BUT I THINK YOU REDEFINE PASSION AND YOU REDEFINE CERTAIN THINGS AND WHAT YOU STOOD FOR. AND I KNOW THAT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'VE SERVED AND DONE SOMETHING THAT MEANS THAT YOU YOU'VE MADE A MARK, YOU'VE MADE A MARK ON THE CITY. OF COURSE, IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THINGS ARE GOOD OR BAD. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE A MARK AND YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF POSITIVE MARKS ON THE CITY IN, IN THINGS. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR WHATEVER YOU YOU GO FORWARD WITH. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY LESSONS LEARNED, PLEASE LEAVE IT. I, I MEAN, FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE HERE AND SERVING IN THE FUTURE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PASS ON ANYTHING AT ALL. THAT'S A GOOD THING. FOR, FOR MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON MAYOR'S COMMENT ABOUT THE THE LOATHSOME MEETING AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AND I KNOW WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE COMMISSION AND THROUGHOUT MY TIME, I HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE I SHOUT OUT PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT MILTON HAS PROBABLY GOTTEN THE MOST SHOUT OUTS, PROBABLY FROM EVERYBODY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK MIKE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE FACT OF A LOT OF LITTLE TURMOIL THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS. WELL, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TURMOIL TRYING TO DECIDE AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO WORK WITH THIS WHOLE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND HOW WE WOULD PRESENT THE FACE OF THE CITY AND THE ADVOCACY OF THE CITY AND EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, I THINK I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I'M GOING TO ATTRIBUTE TO HIM THAT HE HAD CONSTERNATION ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THIS. AND WE FINALLY CAME DOWN TO HAVING BEN HOGGART PUT IN A CERTAIN POSITION. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM FRIDAY, WAS IT FRIDAY, THURSDAY'S MEETING, WEDNESDAY'S MEETING AND FROM THE OTHER MEETINGS. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN IT SAID IT REALLY CAME TO A PINNACLE ON WEDNESDAY, JUST SEEING THE THE UNITY AND THE THE THE THE EXPERTISE, THE GRASS, THE ACTUAL STRENGTH IN WHICH THE NEW COMMANDER, JAMIE, WHAT'S HIS. COLONEL BROWN, COLONEL BOOTH. BOOTH. SORRY, COLONEL JAMIE BOOTH JUST WE COULD TELL THAT THERE WAS RESPECT FOR OUR CITY. THERE WAS RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THEM. OUR OUR MAYOR AND FOR MR. HOGARTH. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE MR. HOGARTH SOME KUDOS AND TO GIVE MR.. I'M LIKE. JUST JUST TO GIVE SOME KUDOS ON TRYING TO STAY PERSISTENT AND KEEPING WITH IT. EVERYTHING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PERFECT IN THE BEGINNING OR EVEN NOW, BUT THE FACT THAT WE REALLY DECIDED TO WORK AND FOCUS ON DEALING WITH THAT ADVOCACY. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND MR. HOGARTH FOR TRYING TO STICK WITH THAT POSITION, MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF THAT POSITION. AND WE WE HAVE A UNIFIED FRONT AND A UNIFIED MESSAGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH WHOEVER IS THE GOVERNOR, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH ANY ORGANIZATION, ANYBODY AT ANY LEVEL, RIGHT UP TO CONGRESS, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET SOME CLEAN WATER AND WE CAN WORK WITH A SCHEDULE FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO HAVE THE TYPE OF FLOW AND THE TYPE OF LEVEL THAT WE KNEW NEED DURING THE RAINY SEASON AND WHAT WE NEED DURING THE DRY SEASON TO GO ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO THE EVERGLADES. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. HOGARTH FOR HANGING IN THERE. AND NOW I REALLY, TRULY KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE HIM. WE ADMIRE WHAT HE'S DOING, AND I KNOW THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A GO TO PERSON AT THE CITY THAT WE KNOW THAT CAN GO AND BRING THEM INFORMATION AND BRING US BACK INFORMATION. AND THAT ALSO IS IN PART WITH A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OUR MAYOR HAS DONE. AND I JUST THINK IT IT HAS COME TOGETHER. YOU'RE VERY CORRECT. THANK YOU. [00:25:03] CITY MANAGER, THE FIRST MEETING THAT BEN HOGARTH MRS. [COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER] AND HE GETS ALL THIS PRAISE. NOTE TO STAFF TOMORROW. WE GOTTA GIVE HIM A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT. PLEASE DO. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD ASKED ME TO RELAY THAT HE'S ABSENT TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S ATTENDING THE CABINET MEETING IN TALLAHASSEE. I'M ASKING THAT WE CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO A DATE CERTAIN OF SEPTEMBER 12TH. IN LIEU OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY FROM ATTORNEYS AND THEIR STRIKETHROUGHS AND UNDERLINING, THEY DID. I SPOKE WITH MR. MORTEL AND HE WOULD LIKE TWO MORE WEEKS TO REVIEW THEIR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. FACTORING IN OUR CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE AN AGENDA BEFORE US WITH A REQUEST [APPROVAL OF AGENDA] FOR AN ADJUSTMENT. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH CONTENT. DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE ITEM FIVE TO A TIME CERTAIN, OR DO WE NEED TO HEAR BACK FROM MR. MORTEL AND HOLLAND AND KNIGHT AS TO WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO BRING THAT BACK? I ALREADY SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER. SO SEPTEMBER 12TH. SEPTEMBER 12TH. OKAY. SO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH ITEM FIVE BEING MOVED TO SEPTEMBER BEING CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 12TH. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE TILL SEPTEMBER 12TH, MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. CAN I HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. [COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.)] MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? HELEN MCBRIDE. YES. HELEN MCBRIDE FROM MANGO AVENUE. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF STUART. I WAS I'M ALWAYS HERE AT THESE MEETINGS. AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU TWO YOUNG MEN CAME YOUR FIRST MEETING, I ONCE SAT ON ONE SIDE AND ONE SAT ON THE OTHER SIDE. I FIGURED YOU DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT I WATCHED YOU AND I WATCHED YOU. AND I THOUGHT, OH, THERE'S TWO YOUNG MEN WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THIS CITY. BECAUSE, YOU SEE, IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF US CITIZENS SITTING IN THESE MEETINGS. AND I KNOW HOW HARD AND DEDICATED BOTH OF US HAVE WORKED. BUT YOU'VE DONE WONDERS. I KNOW WE ALL DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I JUST DIDN'T AGREE ON THAT SIGN. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT OUR CITY. YOU CAN GET UP HERE AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU FIVE HAVE DONE WONDERS FOR OUR CITY. WE ALL DON'T AGREE. I THINK I SAY WE DISAGREE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MIKE, AND I HOPE I SEE YOU. I WANT WE I KEEP TRYING TO FIND I KEEP ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET ON BOARDS. AND I THINK WE DEFINITELY CAN'T LET THEM GET TOO FAR. WE GOT TO GET HIM ON A BOARD AGAIN. MIKE, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. AND NOW YOU CAN COME SIT ON MY SIDE OF THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU, MISS MCBRIDE. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, I DO. WE'VE GOT TWO GREEN CARDS. MR. ONES FROM HELL. I GOTTA PAY. I'M RUNNING AN ERRAND FOR MARK BRECK BELL, 208 SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA STREET. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK MIKE. THAT'S. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB. WE DON'T AGREE ON THINGS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT TAKES SOMEBODY LIKE MIKE THAT PUTS THE DEDICATION IN THE TIME IN. HE'S ALWAYS PREPARED. I KNOW THAT TAKES HOURS OF WORK. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE AND I. I THINK THE CITY DOES. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS, MARK. THANK YOU, MR. BECKER. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NONE ONLINE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. [CONSENT CALENDAR] I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PUBLISHED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. IT'S JUST APPROVAL OF MINUTES. CAN I DO A ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. COMMISSION ACTION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. EASEMENT WITH FPL FOR TRANSFORMER PLACEMENT AT WTP (RC): RESOLUTION 67-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT (“FPL”) FOR A TEN (10) FOOT WIDE EASEMENT RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF A TRANSFORMER ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PARCEL, RESCINDING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] EASEMENT WITH FPL FOR TRANSFORMER PLACEMENT AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT PARCEL. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 67-2022. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AND FLORIDA. POWER AND LIGHT FOR A TEN FOOT WIDE EASEMENT RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF A [00:30:05] TRANSFORMER ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PARCEL. RESCINDING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, A COMMISSION. MR. MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS. WOULD PROBABLY NORMALLY BE ON CONSENT, BUT THERE ARE SO FEW ITEMS WE FIGURED WE'D GIVE IT COMMISSION ACTION SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR VOICES. IT IS, IT IS SIMPLY A SMALL EASEMENT ACCESS SO THAT FPL CAN RUN POWER TO THE NEW FACILITY. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL, MR. MAYOR. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 67-2022. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL? HEARING NONE. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES. MAYOR MATHIESON. YES. COMMISSIONER. BRUNO. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE SECOND READING. [4. WATERBLASTING - MAJOR AMENDMENT TO IPUD (QUASI-JUDICIAL) (RC): AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE WATERBLASTING INDUSTRIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (IPUD) LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MARKET STREET AND WEST OF COMMERCE AVE TO ALLOW THE ADDITION OF 28,936 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL/WAREHOUSE BUILDING; APPROVING A FINAL SITE PLAN; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS AND CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WATER BLASTING. THIS IS A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE IPOD. THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2497-2022, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE WATER BLASTING INDUSTRIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MARKET STREET AND WEST OF COMMERCE AVENUE, TO ALLOW THE ADDITION OF 28,936FT² OF INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING. APPROVING A FINAL SITE PLAN, PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK. PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS AND CONDITIONS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR ALL OVER ALL OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR. DYESS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES ON THIS? I BELIEVE YES, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES. OKAY. SO I'LL GO THROUGH. DO ANY OF MY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION? I HAVE NONE, AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I HAVE NONE SINCE FIRST READING. AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I'VE ONLY SPOKEN TO STAFF AND A FEW RESIDENTS SINCE FIRST READING. PRIOR TO THAT, I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND MULTIPLE RESIDENTS. I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. DO WE HAVE ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES? DO WE HAVE A LEGAL EXPERT TO PLACE THEM UNDER OATH? THE THE MADAM CLERK CAN PLACE THEM UNDER OATH. AND WE HAVE OUR STAFF, AND I BELIEVE, ONE OTHER. I'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. RISE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE BEING SWORN. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL TWO PEOPLE TESTIFIED AT TESTIFIED AFFIRMATIVELY. THANK YOU, MISS KENDALL. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MISS WELEETKA, AND SHE CAN PROVIDE US WITH A BRIEF SUMMARY, INCLUDING HIGHLIGHTING ANY CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING. OF COURSE. COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS AARON WILLETT, ACTING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. I DO WANT TO GO A LITTLE OFF CUFF HERE JUST TO STATE THAT I AM HONORED TO BE PRESENTING THE LAST ITEM OF YOUR LAST MEETING AS COMMISSIONER. HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT LONG NOW. YEAH, YEAH, HE'S GOING TO DRAG IT OUT NOW. HE STARTED AARON BRUTAL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE RECAP. JUST A QUICK RECAP AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS ANY CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING. THE SITE LOCATION FOR THE WATER BLASTING HOG TECHNOLOGY SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MARKETPLACE AND COMMERCE AVENUE AND WAS LAST HEARD IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD ON THE LAST MEETING IN AUGUST. SO THE REQUEST OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A PROPOSED EXPANSION OF HOG TECHNOLOGIES LOCATED ON COMMERCE AVE, MARKET STREET. THE SITE CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 35,250FT², ONE STORY WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND A 61,644 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ALL APPROVED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL IPD. THE PETITIONER IS PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 28,936 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY WAREHOUSE EXPANSION TO THE SITE. THE APPLICATION IS THEREFORE A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE CPWD. AGAIN, THE ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AND IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION AS WELL. AT FIRST READING THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AT FIRST READING WAS TO MOTION APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUESTED ADDITIONAL PERVIOUS PARKING TO OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS AREA AS PROPOSED WITH THIS AMENDMENT, AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO CLARIFY ON WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROVIDED TO JUSTIFY THE 75% [00:35:02] IMPERVIOUS AREA AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. IN TERMS OF THE ADDITIONAL PERVIOUS AREA, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED STAFF WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5600FT² OF PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, AS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. I'M GOING TO HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND EXPLAIN AND CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MADE UP THAT 75% IMPERVIOUS AREA. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2497-2022 AS CONDITIONED AT SECOND AND FINAL READING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE THEIR PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS DEANNA WITH EDC. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE IT UNDER 75% WITH THE WITH THE PROPOSED 5600FT² OF PERVIOUS PAVEMENT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE LAST MEETING AND IT COUNTS FOR 50% PERVIOUS. SO WE DOUBLED WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO GET US UNDER THE 75, WHICH MADE US THERE. AND I DID WANT TO NOTE, I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT BEING AT 75%. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN, THERE IS 28% IS THAT LARGE STORMWATER LAKE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, LAKE IS BEING USED ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE AREA. WHICH IS WHY THAT WAS AT THE 75% ORIGINALLY. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR, I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EDC FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PERVIOUS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS WE'RE LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE MORE ON SITE RETENTION. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT ON THE FLY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. NOBODY HAS ANY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND THEN OPEN UP FOR. WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL PROPOSE A MOTION. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL, AND I'LL SECOND A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2497-2022. I'M SORRY THAT VICE MAYOR MCDONALD ISN'T HERE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW HE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN SO INTERESTED IN THE HOG TECHNOLOGIES PROPERTY, AND WE THANK HIM FOR BEING CLOSELY INVOLVED IN BRINGING THEM ON AS A AS A TAXPAYER IN THE CITY, AS A BUSINESS IN THE CITY AND A MAJOR JOB PROVIDER. GREAT JOB PROVIDER INDUSTRY FOR. SO WE'RE THINKING OF YOU, TROY, A WORLDWIDE PROVIDER OF SERVICES RIGHT HERE IN STUART. FINAL CALL. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NONE ONLINE. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? SURE. MAYOR MATHIESON. YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES. COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. AND COMMISSIONER MEYER. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE'VE. ALREADY CONTINUED ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT AT 6:12 P.M.. ONE OF THE FASTEST ON RECORD. THE LAST ONE FOR COMMISSIONER MINUTES. REALLY? THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 18 MINUTES IF IT WASN'T MIKE'S LAST MEETING. TRUE. NOW IT'S GOING TO BE REAL QUICK. YOU WON'T HAVE ME UP HERE ANYMORE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.