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EVERYBODY READY? MY GUYS READY? YOU GUYS READY? I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO YOUR MINDS READY, OK . GOOD DEAL. UM MARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MAYOR MCDONALD HERE, COMMISSIONER BRUNER HERE. MARK CLARK. HERE, MR COLLINS, A RICH HERE. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TODAY. IT'S AN EXCITING DAY WERE SWEARING IN, UH, NEW AND RE ELECTED COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED. JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 11TH. IT'S BEEN 21 YEARS FROM THAT FATEFUL DAY THAT CHANGED SO MANY LIVES AND TOUCHED SO MANY OF US YESTERDAY I WENT OUT TO PALM CITY, UM, WHERE THE COUNTY HAD A REMEMBRANCE AT THE PIECE OF 9 11 STEEL THAT'S AT THE PETER CUMMINGS LIBRARY AND HEARD FROM MULTIPLE SPEAKERS THAT WERE IN NEW YORK. ON THE PILE AS THEY CALL IT, UH, FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE THERE. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO RETHINK ABOUT, UM, HOW EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AT THAT TIME IN OUR COUNTRY FOR ONE PURPOSE AND GOAL AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF OPTIMISM AND MAKES ME THINK THAT WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY WE HAVE AND HOW THAT WE ARE ALL ONE PEOPLE HERE WORKING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOAL, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? OH I'M SORRY. OKAY PLEASE RISE WHILE THE STUART POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT COLOR GUARDS PRESENT THE COLORS. TRUMP. FOUR. MARK. OH, RETURN. PLEDGE IT LEECHES.

FACE OF AMERICA. SHE WOULD HAVE STANDS ONE NATION. NO, ALEXA. IT'S GONNA PROVIDE SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US. AH, WHO SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN? NICE. WHAT SO PROUD UGLY HELD THE TOIL ICTS LESS CLEANING , WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS SIZE THROUGH THE PERIL FIGHT. OR THE REST. SWEET. MUCH WAS SO CARE, ALAN, SLEEPY, STREAMING, AND THERE NO KIDS.

THE PLUMS PURSING. OKAY, GAVE PROOF. NIGHT. HER FLAG WAS STILL THERE. OH SAY DOES THAT STAR THING GOOGLED IT WORKS. AND OF THE. AND THE WHOLE OH, OF THE. UP.

FOUR. BUT. MAYBE SHE DID. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE BOTH OF OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE HERE IN THE OFFICE. UH, WE HAVE, UH FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER AND MANY, MANY TIMES MAYOR JEFF CRUSH COUGH. FORMER COMMISSIONER TOM CAMPENNI. FORMER CITY CLERK SHERRIE WHITE. MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER STACY HEATHERINGTON

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. FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER ON MAIRA GHANI. AND JUDGE MCNICHOLAS, WHO WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THE, UH OUT OF OFFICE AND WE HAVE COMING. HELLMAN CHRISTIE, FORMER COMMISSIONER CHRISTIE'S WIFE. AND FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY STEVE FRY. I GUESS THIS YEAR AS WELL.

[1. OATH OF OFFICE - GROUP I, CAMPBELL RICH, GROUP II, CHRISTOPER COLLINS AND GROUP V, EULA R. CLARKE.]

OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OATH OF OFFICE. MIKE WOULD BE HANDLING THE OATH OR I AM NOT. I THINK JUDGE JUDGE. THAT'S RIGHT. JUDGMENT. NICHOLAS THAT'S RIGHT . YOU'RE HERE. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE WELL. I THOUGHT MIKE WOULD BE TO WEAR A DRESS THING ANYWAY. SO I GUESS GOING BY THE ORDER IN THE, UH AND HERE GROUP ONE IS CAMPBELL RICH. WE WOULD ASK THE FAMILY MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND STAND WITH THEIR LOVED ONES WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE SWEARING IN. YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE. RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME. I DO SOUNDLY SWEAR. I WILL SUPPORT , HONOR, PROTECT AND DEFEND. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. END OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA STATE. BUT I AM QUALIFIED. TO HOLD OFFICE. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND UNDER THE CHAT THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF STEWART. AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY. THANK YOU. PERFORM THE DUTIES. CITY COMMISSIONER. ON WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP ME GOD. NOT SO FAST. GOOD JOB. MR RICH. COMMISSIONER RICH YOU HAVE TO SIGN YOUR LIFE AWAY. NOW YOU TO SIGN THE FUN. JUDGE BLOOD. NEXT UP FOR GROUP THREE IS CHRISTOPHER COLLINS. AND IF CHRIS HAS ANY FAMILY HERE, IF YOU PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN THEM I HEARD. MORE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. WHILE WE'RE WAITING. I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT I DIDN'T SEE HIM. WE HAVE FLORIDA INTERNET NAVIGATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DON QUASARS. OH, IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. HI, LADIES . I. YOU READY TO WATCH THIS? ALL RIGHT? YOU READY? ALRIGHT. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, HONOR, PROTECT AND DEFEND PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED, QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, CONSTITUTIONAL STATE OF FLORIDA AND UNDER THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF STEWART, THE CITY OF STUDENT AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF CITY COMMISSIONER DUTIES OF CENTRALIZATION ON WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS CELEBRATION.

AND. LAST BUT NOT LEAST COMMISSIONER ULA CLARK FOR GROUP FIVE. THANK YOU. FOLLOW THE MEMBERS. WHETHER PEOPLE DO YOU WANT ME TO STAND WITH YOU? YES COUSIN MARGARET AND I HAVE MY COUSINS. MY OTHER COUSIN'S HUSBAND SHEAMUS, BUT I HAVE ALL OF MY TEAM. HERE THEY ARE.

CLOSET CLUB FOR THE LONGEST LASALLE FEED MARTIN COUNTY. EVERYBODY. COME ON, DON. OKAY

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GONNA GET HOME FOR DINNER? HMM. COMING UP. CALIPERS MISS HELEN KRISTEN TELLING MAX REID, COME ON THE WHITE ANGLE LENS. QUESTION MARK. I'LL TELL YOU, SHE'S LIKE MOUSE. YOU'LL NEVER BEAT HER. HE SAYS. EVERYBODY. OH YES, RIGHT. ALL THAT IS HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ARE WEST SO THANK YOU. ARE YOU READY? YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL THAT I WILL SUPPORT, HONOR, PROTECT AND DEFEND SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HAND UNDER THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF STEWART. AND UNDER THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF STEWART, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF CITY COMMISSIONER PERFORM THE DUTIES OF CITY COMMISSIONER ON WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER ON WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER, SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME GOD! YEAH, HE WANTS ME. YOU'RE FINE.

I GOT IT. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. 2ND 2ND MONEY JOB WORKING. HELLO, DOCTOR. ITS WARRANTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUNKIE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU HAVING HERE TONIGHT. OKAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS . I WANT TO GIVE OUR NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS A CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, CAMPBELL. OKAY, UM THANK YOU.

TROY. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE. I WAS HERE THURSDAY FOR MY LAST LP, A MEETING IT IN THE CITY ATTORNEY INFORMED ME. UM WITH SOME RELISH , ACTUALLY, THAT I WAS FIRED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HOLD TWO POSITIONS AT THE SAME TIME, SO YOU NEVER KNOW. TWO. YOU'RE SITTING BACK UP HERE AGAIN. BUT IT'S REALLY GONNA HAPPEN. UM I HAVE SOME REMARKS EVERY BRIEF, BUT I'M GOING TO READ THEM BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF STEWART FOR ELECTED ME TO THIS OFFICE. AND I SERVED IN THIS POSITION NOT TO EXPRESS MY OWN POINT OF VIEW, BUT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE HE JUST WALKED IN BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY OPPONENT, MARK BRICK BELL. AND TOO OFTEN AN IMPEDIMENT TO THOSE SEEKING.

TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY BY SEEKING PUBLIC OFFICE IS THE FEAR THAT THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL TURN INTO ONE OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION AND REPUTATIONS WILL BE UNFAIRLY AND UNNECESSARILY TARNISHED. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN OUR RACE MARK AND I DID OUR BEST TO SIMPLY PRESENT OUR VIEWS. ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY TO THE VOTERS, AND WE LEFT THAT DECISION UP TO THEM. SO, MARK, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS THE END OF MY REMARKS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU SPEAK FOR THE VOTERS A LITTLE BIT. SO WHEN MY GROUP OF FRIENDS SHOVED ME OUT THE DOOR TO CAMPAIGN FOR THIS OFFICE. VERY SENSIBLE QUESTION WAS ASKED HOW MUCH DOES A POLL COST? AND I NOW HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. IT COSTS ONE PAIR OF SHOES. TWO PENS AND THE £10. I LOST WALKING FOR 13

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WEEKS, SIX DAYS A WEEK AT LEAST TWO HOURS A DAY. KNOCKED ON APPROXIMATELY 40 DOORS A DAY AND SPOKE TO 15 TO 20 PEOPLE. IN OTHER WORDS, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY.

YOU CAN GET YOUR CALCULATORS OUT. IT'S A BIG NUMBER. AND I WAS NOT KNOCKING ON EVERY DOOR.

I WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF SUPER VOTERS, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE. WHO VOTE AND AT LEAST 90% OF THE ELECTIONS FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. THAT IS A VERY CONCERNED RESIDENT OF THE CITY. SO HERE ARE MY VERY INFORMAL POLL RESULTS. WE ARE VERY LUCKY HERE IN STUART. WE HAVE SEVERAL VERY DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IN MOST CASES, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, KNOW EACH OTHER AND ARE FRIENDLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER. AND THAT IS A CIVIC VIRTUE. AND THAT CREATES A STRONG IDEA OF COMMUNITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCE. I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY THAT. PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THEY LIVE IN THE CITY, AS OPPOSED TO THE COUNTY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT GIVES THEM GIVES THEM THE SENSE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN STUART. WE HAVE THIS WE HAVE THE SPASM OF DEVELOPMENT. I SPOKE RECENTLY WITH THE FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER, AND HE SAID IN THE 10 YEARS HE WAS ON THE COMMISSION, THE LARGEST PROJECT HE APPROVED WAS 129 UNITS AT HEART BRIDGE. WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS NOT WAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. IT WAS RIGHT. IT WAS THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS THE FEDERAL RESPONSE. IT WAS LOW INTEREST RATES. IT WAS POPULATION SHIFT. AND BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IT ALL HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. SO BACK TO THE RESULTS OF THE POLL, EVERYONE I SPOKE ALMOST EVERYONE FELT THIS AND IT'S VERY CONCERNED AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND THEY WANT US TO LISTEN. KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR WAS THE EASIEST JOB IN THE WORLD. I ASKED TWO QUESTIONS.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES GOING ON IN THE CITY? THE NEXT THING I SAID WAS, I HAVE TO GO. BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE THIS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THE OPPORTUNITY. IT'S FOR US TO PAUSE BRIEFLY. FIND A WAY TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER. AND COME UP WITH A VISION FOR WHAT? WE WANT OUR CITY. TO LOOK LIKE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. THE CITY STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF STEWART TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR KELLY AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM WOW.

I MEAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE TWO MONTHS. I WANT TO THANK GOD I WOULD SAY FIRST AND SECONDLY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRAYING FOR THE CITY. PRAYING FOR MY FAMILY. CAMPBELL.

I TALKED TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS. I KNOCKED ON A LOT OF DOORS. IT SEEMED LIKE. HOW I FELT WAS MIRRORED IN THE PEOPLE I WAS TALKING TO AND THAT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. THINGS WERE SLIPPING AWAY. THINGS HAVE BEEN SLIPPING AWAY. AND. I WON'T YOU KNOW, TALK FOREVER ABOUT THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION. HOW LONG CAMPBELL'S LINES COMMISSIONER RICHES. FORGIVE ME LEARN THE ROPES. COMMISSIONER RICHES THINKING THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO AGENDA MAYBE ONCE WE GET PAST THE BUDGET STUFF. SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER , MAYBE A DISCUSSION OF THE ZONING AND PROGRESS I THINK IN LIGHT OF WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE MY OWN POLLING. THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD DECISION. JUST TO SLOW DOWN. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CODES. WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TO? YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE. AND KIND OF SLOW DOWN. AND. THREE EVALUATE WHERE WE GO SO APPRECIATE THE SECOND, MR PRICE. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS. THANK YOU. FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN AND WANTED TO HAVE ME BACK HERE AGAIN ON THE CITY COMMISSION.

JUST THANK YOU WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER. WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE, AND THERE'S LOTS OF WORK TO DO, AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH OUR COMMISSION, AND WE'RE OPEN AND AVAILABLE AND READY TO LISTEN. READY TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES AND TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO KEEP STEWART A WONDERFUL HOMETOWN FOR ALL OF US

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TO LIVE, WORK AND PLACE. THANK YOU. THAT YOU CAN'T GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE PROCLAMATIONS.

FIRST PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND THIS IS WHY WE'VE GOT SOME ORANGE TIES AND SCARVES AND HATS, COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU PUT YOUR ORANGE TIES ON, YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM OUT OVER YOUR OTHER TIE. YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THEM RIGHT BACK OFF, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT THEM. THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY COME BACK AND GET THEM. THEY USE THEM HAVE BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN THERE, SO I DON'T WASH THEM EITHER. MIKE WOULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION

[2. HUNGER ACTION MONTH - SEPTEMBER 202]

FOR UM, FOR HUNGER ACTION MONTH WILL FOR MOST UP TROUBLE GETTING MY. ARE YOU READY? YEP PROCLAMATION HUNGER ACTION MONTH. SEPTEMBER 2022, WHEREAS HUNGER AND POVERTY REMAIN ISSUES OF GREAT CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE TREASURE COAST AND THE CITY OF STEWART WITH 52,460 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN MARTIN COUNTY NOW CATEGORIZED AS FOOD INSECURE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART IS COMMITTED TO TAKING STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED TO COMBAT HUNGER IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT CITIZENS OF STUART NEED AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWARDESS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK IN MOBILIZING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF FOOD, BANKS AND OTHER HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDRESSING HUNGER AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO HUNGER ISSUES, AND WHEREAS FOOD BANKS AND HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK COORDINATED HUNGER ACTION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD 2022 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOST NUMEROUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ENCOURAGED INVOLVEMENT IN EFFORTS TO END HUNGER IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY. NOW THEY'RE NOW THEREFORE, I TRY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2022 AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IN STUART, FLORIDA. AND RECEIVING THE PROCLAMATION IS RUBY. YOU ARE? I HOPE I PRONOUNCED IT CORRECT. AND IF YOU CAN COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS I WOULD LET THEM MY NAME IS RUBY A KERRY AND I AM JOINED TODAY BY PARISH. ON BEHALF OF OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO JUDITH CREWS ARE DEDICATED STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH. AS A MEMBER OF THE FEEDING AMERICAN NETWORK OF FOOD BANKS. TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK IS LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY BY SECURING MILLIONS OF MEALS AND PROVIDING THEM TO PEOPLE FACING HUNGER. WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH MORE THAN 300, LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, SOUP KITCHENS, SHELTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY FOOD PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT INDIAN RIVER, ST LUCIE, MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TREASURE BECAUSE THE BANK WILL BE HOSTING MANY EVENTS. THAT INCLUDE OUR ANNUAL OUTLET HUNGER COMEDY SHOW OUR SECOND ANNUAL OUTRUN HUNGER.

FIVE K. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE EVENTS AND MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT STOP HUNGER DOT ORG BACKSLASH H A. M. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER. YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO DOWN TROY OR JUST EVERYBODY COME DOWN SO WE CAN PIES AND STARVES AND HATS. YOU TWO GUYS. NO THAT'S OKAY. WE JUST WE'RE JUST SUPPORTING THE PRINCE SUPPORTED TOO. WHETHER YOU CAN GET SOME PICTURES. YEAH, THEY ALL DO THAT.

QUICKLY. MIKE. MR MARTEL? YES, SIR. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER 54,000.

52,000 33,400 MARTIN COUNTY. BY THE WAY, IT SAID. IT, SAID 52,000. I BELIEVE IT WAS STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE IT, SAID MARTIN COUNTY TREASURER COAST IN THE WAY IT WAS OUT OF CONTEXT OF ALREADY TAKEN. I'VE ALREADY CLOSED THE WINDOW, SO COMPANY BACK UP. IT'S IN THE AGENDA, OK? I CAN'T POSSIBLY BE DONE, IT SAID HUNGER AND POVERTY REMAIN ISSUES OF GREAT CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE TREASURE COAST AND THE CITY OF STEWART WITH 52,460 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN MARTIN COUNTY, NOW CATEGORIZED AS FOOD INSECURE. ONE THIRD OF THIS

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COUNTY'S POPULATION. I CLOSE, IT SAYS IT SAYS IN MARTIN COUNTY NOW CATEGORIZES AND FOOD INSECURE IS ALSO DISTINCT DISTINCTION OF ITSELF AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF HUNGER ACTION MONTH SHE GO WORDS SHE LEFT ALREADY TOOK THE PICTURE AND UP ON THAT I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YES, THANK YOU. BITE PROBABLY. MIKE IF YOU COULD READ

[3. CONSTITUTION WEEK - SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2022 (Part 1 of 2)]

THE NEXT CAT NEXT PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK, SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD. PROCLAMATION CONSTITUTION WEEK SEPTEMBER 17TH 23RD 2022, WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH 2022 MARKS THE 235TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY 39 BRAVE PATRIOTS AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS ENDURING DOCUMENT AND THIS MEMORIAL IN THIS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 9 15 ASSURES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. NOW THEREFORE, I TRY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD 2022 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MEMORIAL MEMORABLE EVENT WITH PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND RECEIVING FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION HELP PATIO KEY CHAPTER. AMY PENDER. I DON'T SEE HER HERE. SO NOBODY'S HERE. NOBODY HERE, SO WE'LL GET THIS TO THEM. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE

[5. SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH (2-1-1 HELPLINE) - SEPTEMBER 2022]

NEXT ONE. THE NEXT ONE IS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. MHM AND MIKE AND THIS ONE'S FOR TREASURE COVE. UH, NEW HORIZONS OF THE TREASURE COAST. AND OKAY, TOBY. I DON'T KNOW WHICH WELL, I PARDON, OKAY? HE'S GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION FIRST, AND WE'LL HAVE YOU UP.

PROCLAMATION SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH SEPTEMBER 2022, WHEREAS IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED THAT SUICIDE FATALITIES HAVE BEEN ON THE INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS STATED THAT A 33% INCREASE FOR THIS REGION AND WHEREAS THE CDC REPORTED THEIR SURVEY FINDINGS THAT PEOPLE HAD CONSIDERABLY ELEVATED ADVERSE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC AND LOCKDOWN WITH ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ON YOUNGER ADULTS. RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND UNPAID ADULT CAREGIVERS. AND WHEREAS THE ENSUING HEALTH, ECONOMIC AND HOUSING CRISIS HAS MORE RECENTLY TAKEN ITS TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH WITH INCREASES IN SUICIDAL IDEATION AND DEATHS. SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOUSEHOLD VIOLENCE, FOOD INSECURITY AND MORE. AND WHEREAS THERE IS A CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO INCREASE SUICIDE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS WITH INCREASED COMMUNITY LEVEL EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES AND WHEREAS 211 IS THAT CENTRAL ACCESS POINT PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH GUIDANCE AND CRISIS SUPPORT VIA TELEPHONE OR TEXT ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT AND CONTINUES AS THE REGIONAL RESPONDER FOR THE NEWLY BRANDED NATIONAL 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE NUMBER. AND WHEREAS TO ONE ONE'S HIGHLY TRAINED AND CARING STAFF WORK, 24 HOURS A DAY SAVING LIVES, DEESCALATING AND STABILIZING PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH OR SUICIDE CRISIS AND ALSO GUIDING PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TO CONNECT WITH THE HELP THEY NEED NOW. THEREFORE, I TRY MACDONALD , MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, HEREBY EXTEND RECOGNITION 2211 PALM BEACH AND TREASURE COAST FOR BEING ON THE FRONTLINE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION IN STUART, FLORIDA, AND IN SO DOING, URGED ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THE ONLY TELEPHONE NUMBER THEY NEED TO KNOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION. ON OVER 1600 AGENCY PROVIDERS WITH WIDE RANGING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT OUR AREA THAT INCLUDES FOOD ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CLINICS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SCREENINGS, SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCES, ELDER AND CRISIS ASSISTANCE. DAILY CALLS TO CHECK ON SENIORS, CAREGIVERS SUPPORT AND VETERAN SERVICES. THAT WAS A LONG FINAL SECONDS. BELIEVE WE GOT HIM OUT OF ORDER. THAT WAS ACTUALLY NUMBER FIVE. CORRECT SO IF CHAD I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE SHOULD BE NUMBER FOUR AS WELL. CHAD ADCOCK. HAVEN'T WE HAVE ONE ANOTHER ONE? YEAH SORRY, COMMISSION. I'M SORRY WE GOT OUT OF ORDER THERE, BUT IT WORKS OUT. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU GUYS WERE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT 211. SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF 211 IS AND HAS BEEN THE CRISIS LINE AND HELPLINE FOR THIS AREA FOR MORE THAN 50

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YEARS, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SERVICE FOR ANYBODY IN THE AREA WHO NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO. YOU CAN CALL 211 OR A VARIETY OF SERVICES, AND WE DO CONNECT THE CITIZENS OF ALL FIVE COUNTIES WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, AND ONE OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. IS THE CRISIS SUPPORT. WE'VE BEEN DOING CRISIS SUPPORT. WE'VE BEEN LICES SUPPORT AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SINCE THE MID NINETIES BEFORE THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE EVEN EXISTED, SO, UM AND AS AS WAS MENTIONED, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD THE 988 NUMBER THAT IS NOW IN EXISTENCE. CONGRESS TEAM THAT TO BE AND EASY TO REMEMBER NUMBER FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION. THAT NUMBER ROLLED OUT IN MID JULY, AND SINCE THAT TIME TO ONE ONCE CALLS HAVE ALREADY DOUBLED AND ARE EXPECTING TO INCREASE UP TO 800% IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE. WE ARE IN WHAT THEY CALL THE THIRD WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS THE 12 TO 18. MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL BEGINNING, AND THAT IS WHEN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND CRISIS MENTAL CRISIS SIDE OF THAT REALLY KICKS IN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING ATTENTION TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER, UM, AND THE NEED THAT IS AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY . AND WE THANK YOU FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.

[4. SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2022]

I DO HAVE THE MONEY TO GO BACK TO THE NUMBER FOUR. NOW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO WORRIES.

PROCLAMATION SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH SEPTEMBER 2022. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH DIRECTS THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION TO THIS PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC. DESTROYING LIVES, WHOLE FAMILIES AND SOMETIMES ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND WHERE SUICIDE RATES ON THE TREASURE COAST AND IN OKEECHOBEE HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022, ACCORDING TO OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WITH 11 SUICIDE DEATHS IN MARTIN COUNTY IN QUARTER, ONE OF 2022 AND WHEREAS SUICIDE IS A LEASING LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 130 SUICIDES EACH DAY. IN 2020. THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 1.2 MILLION SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. AND WHEREAS IN 2020 THE AGE ADJUSTED RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION OF SUICIDE DEATHS. IN MARTIN COUNTY WAS 13.9 COMPARED TO FLORIDA AT 13.1 IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. THERE WERE 39 SUICIDE DEATHS IN 2021. 23.9% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE FROM 2020. AND WHEREAS SUICIDE IS THE ONLY TYPE OF DEATH THAT IS 100% PREVENTABLE. AND BY OFFERING PUBLIC EDUCATION, DATA SUPPORT AND SERVICES. WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARD PREVENTING ANOTHER SUICIDE BY OUR RESIDENTS. THOSE RESILIENT PEOPLE WITH THE CAPACITY TO RECOVER REBOUND, AND HE'LL NOW. THEREFORE I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2022 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AND ACCEPTING FOR NEW HORIZONS. TREASURE COAST THERE, DIRECTOR MARY BASSINGER.

YEAH, AFTER YOU. DO YOU ACCEPT INTERESTED IN YES. AND WE'RE SITTING HERE EVERY 40 SECONDS.

IN THE WORLD. SOMEONE'S COMMITTING SUICIDE.

COULD YOU PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE? YES TOWARDS US SUPPOSED TO BE HERE ARE COMMISSION. IMAGINE IMAGINE IF A JET WITH 400 PEOPLE ON IT. CRUSHED MONTHLY. THAT WOULD BE 4800 DEATHS A YEAR. IMAGINE IF 2000 JETS CRASHED WITH 400 PEOPLE. WHAT GREAT CONCERN THERE WOULD BE FOR SUICIDE. THAT IS 800,000 THAT NUMBER OF JETS GOING DOWN. SO I ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE I'M GONNA PASS THESE OUT NEW HORIZONS RATES. TO RECOVERY. NEW HORIZONS HAS 24 7.

SOMEONE THERE. THERE IS HELP. WE DO CARE. SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE . IT'S A PERMANENT FIX TO A

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TEMPORARY PROBLEM. THANK YOU. GET MARRIED. HMM.

MM HMM. OKAY SO JUST ON THAT NOTE YOU KNOW? ALMOST EVERY FAMILY. I KNOW IT'S BEEN HAS HAD A SUICIDE. MY FAMILY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS SAID TOO. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS, UH, THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT POLICE. URGED THEM TO GET HELP BECAUSE YEAH, IT'S TRAGIC BEYON, ACTUALLY THAT TAKES THEIR OWN LIFE IT DAMAGE TO OTHERS LIVES IS IMMENSE AS WELL. I'M GONNA GO

[3. CONSTITUTION WEEK - SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2022 (Part 2 of 2)]

BACK A LITTLE BIT. I SEE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY HERE. WE'VE ALREADY READ THE PROCLAMATION. UM, AMY PENDER. ARE YOU HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WE'VE ALREADY READ THE PROCLAMATION. YEAH WELL REGARDED . GO AHEAD AND READ IT AGAIN FOR PROCLAMATION. CONSTITUTION WEEK , SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD 2022 WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH 2022 MARKS THE 235TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY 39 BRAVE PATRIOTS AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS ENDURING DOCUMENT AND THIS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 9 15 ASSURES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD IS CONSTITUTION WEEK NOW, THEREFORE, I TRY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD 2022 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUDENT STUART, FLORIDA AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MEMORABLE EVENT WITH PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I WILL BE BRIEF SINCE YOU JUST SAID MOST OF MY SPEECH DIDN'T HAVE TO, I WOULD HAVE HAD I KNOWN THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HELP PATIO KEY CHAPTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING CONSTITUTIONALLY CONSTITUTION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. BOTH OF THEM TO COME OUT. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WITH YOU? WELCOME, MR CATHY. THERE COME ON, MISS CATHY. CATHERINE MCCARTNEY. I LIKE YOU. GOT IT. WONDERFUL. PEOPLE LIKE TO YEAH.

[6. DECLARING MARTIN BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY IN STUART, FLORIDA]

OKAY AND WE'RE DOWN TO OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION. UH, DECLARING BURTON BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY IN STUART MIKE. A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MARTIN BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY AND STUART, FLORIDA. WHEREAS THE KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY HAS BEEN HELD IN MARTIN COUNTY FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY. AND WHEREAS THE 27TH ANNUAL KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 2022. AND WHEREAS BEACHES AND WATERWAYS ARE A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, BUT TRASH IN THE OCEAN AND ALONG OUR SHORELINES IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS AND PREVENTABLE POLLUTION PROBLEMS. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WILL UNITE IN THE LARGEST VOLUNTEER EFFORT IN HISTORY TO HELP IMPROVE OCEAN HEALTH BY COLLECTING AND REMOVING MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TRASH AND MARINE DEBRIS. AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS FEEL EMPOWERED TO DO SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT CAN HELP TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND BEAUTY OF MARTIN COUNTY, BEACHES, SHORELINES, WATERWAYS AND OTHER NATURAL HABITATS. NOW THEREFORE , I TRY MACDONALD MAYOR. FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. PROCLAIM THAT SEPTEMBER 17TH 2022 IS COASTAL CLEANUP DAY IN STUART, FLORIDA AND CALL UPON RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE AREAS COASTAL ZONES TO MORE PRISTINE CONDITIONS. FURTHER THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE KEITH MARTIN

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BEAUTIFUL. ARE COMMENDED FOR COORDINATION OF THIS IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP EFFORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY THANK YOU, MIKE AND L A CARE TO RECEIVE. OH HEY . AND HOW ARE YOU? IF YOU COULD SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE. OKAY THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF KATE MARTIN BEAUTIFUL AND THE CITY OF STUART. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR CONTINUING YOUR GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ALWAYS BEING A WILLING UM, PARTICIPANT IN THESE CLEANUPS I'VE CALLED LABOR. BESIDES MOST OF YOU WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AS WELL. UM BUT YOU ALWAYS ARE SUPPORTIVE AND WORD AND DEED. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO PLEASE COME OUT ON SATURDAY. WE WILL BE OVER AT THE STEWART BEACH, AND THERE'S MANY OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE AT.

JUST COME OUT. GIVE AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME. AND IF YOU VISIT THE KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL SITE, YOU WILL SEE A LISTING OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN UP. YOU ALWAYS GET A COOL T SHIRT. AND UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

[7. VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE BY KIMBERLY OUELLETTE, MSW AND LISA BAXTER]

. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND. WE MAY HAVE TO INTERRUPT ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE OF 5 15. WE HAVE A BUDGET HEARING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THAT TIME, SO THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE WITH KIMBERLY OU LET AND LEAST BAXTER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY JUST BE BRIEF AND TURN IT OVER TO LISA. I HAVE A KID AT AFTER SCHOOL CARE THAT IS NEEDING TO BE PICKED UP. UM SO I'M KIM WILL LET I'VE BEEN WITH THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT US IF YOU DON'T I INVITE YOU TO PLEASE COME BY FOR A TOUR. WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU ALL AROUND. IT'S A FREE CLINIC FOR MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT ARE BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH PRIMARY CARE, SPECIALTY CARE LAB WORK, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, REALLY COMPREHENSIVE CARE. WE DO ALSO HAVE, UM A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER THAT DOES THERAPY WITH SOME OF OUR PATIENTS. IF WE NEED TO SEND THEM OUT TO SPECIALISTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALREADY VOLUNTEERING IN THE CLINIC, WE SEEK THEM OUT, OR WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THOSE PLACES WILL SEE OUR PATIENTS FOR FREE AS WELL. UM IT'S DIGNIFIED CARE. IT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK. IT'S JUST MY BIGGEST POINT I TRIED TO GET ACROSS IS THAT YOU THINK OF A FREE CLINIC YOU THINK OF DARK, DINGY, FLICKERING LIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, RIPPED UP CARPET AND IT'S NOT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, FRESH, CLEAN BUILDING, UM, STAFFED WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SPECIAL THING ABOUT US IS WE HAVE A SMALL PAID STAFF, AND WE ALL MOST OF US HAVE BEEN THERE A REALLY LONG TIME BECAUSE WE LOVE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND WE LOVE WHAT WE DO, AND WE LOVE OUR PATIENTS. UM BUT FOR THE VOLUNTEER PROVIDERS, VOLUNTEER DOCTORS, UM THE. AH JUST ANYONE VOLUNTEERING , SO IT'S NOT JUST DOCTORS. IT'S NURSES. IT'S PEOPLE WHO TAKE VITALS. IT'S PEOPLE WHO CHECK PEOPLE IN AT THE FRONT DESK. THERE ARE ONLY THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THERE. NOT THERE BECAUSE OF THE BOTTOM LINE OR OR GREED OR WHATEVER. THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE CHOOSING TO BE THERE AND THAT MEANS THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND WITH THE PATIENT IS BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH. SO UM, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME . I DON'T KNOW IF LISA WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING. WE WERE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION. IT'S A LITTLE LONG BUT AGAIN, ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TO GIVE US A CALL AT THE CLINIC. UM AND WE CAN SET UP A TOUR. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME BY AND CHECK US OUT. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO COME BY. I'LL REACH OUT THE LISA. PLEASE DO WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THE PRESENTATION? OK, SEAN. HIM COVERED IT PRETTY PRETTY WELL.

AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BECKY FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE. UM I'VE JUST BEEN THERE THREE MONTHS. I'M THE NEW NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION. AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT US. WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1995 WE STARTED WITH, UM DOCTOR, DR CARTER, WHO WENT TO MARTIN HEALTH SYSTEM AND SAID, THERE'S A NEED WE HAVE A NEED, AND WE NEED TO FILL IT SO THE DOCTORS AND THE HOSPITAL CAME TOGETHER TO FORM. UM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF MARTIN COUNTY, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING THE MOST AGAIN. I'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A FEW MONTHS, BUT THE

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MOST IMPACTFUL THING IS NOT ONLY THE DEDICATED STAFF, BUT THE VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE OVER 80 VOLUNTEERS WHO THESE ARE RETIRED DOCTORS WHO'VE COME DOWN TO FLORIDA TO LIVE AND RELAX AND ENJOY THEMSELVES. BUT THEY ARE DEDICATED TO GIVING BACK TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL LOVE IS THIS COMMUNITY. AND, UM AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DOCTORS WHO HAVE BUSY PRACTICES FOR YOUNG AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY AGAIN THEY WAS TALKING TO A DOCTOR THE OTHER DAY WHO HAS A BUSY PRACTICE RIGHT HERE ON OCEAN AND HE SAID, AND I WAS THANKING HIM FOR COMING IN AND VOLUNTEERING AND HE SAID, WELL, SHAME ON ME IF I DON'T IF I DON'T COME BACK HERE AND SERVE MARTIN COUNTY AND THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, AND IT'S WERE SMALL BUT MIGHTY. WE, UM PROVIDE OVER $9 MILLION AND FREE HEALTHCARE. UM EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT'S IT, AND, UM 98% OF OUR BUDGETS GOES TO DIRECTLY TO PATIENT CARE. WE HAD OVER 9500 PATIENT VISITS LAST YEAR. AND AGAIN. THESE THESE PATIENTS, UM , ARE LOVED AT VOLUNTEERS AND MANAGEMENT AND MEDICINE CLINIC THEY REALLY ARE, AND A LOT OF IT IS EDUCATING THEM TO SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ON A REGULAR BASIS SEEKING DOCTOR CARE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HELP EDUCATE THEM AND TEACH THEM HOW TO COME WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE HEALTHY AND TO HELP THEM STAY HEALTHY. AND, UM WITH OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS OF OUR DONORS AND CLEVELAND CLINIC AND ALL THE DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS AND ALL THE DOCTORS WHO COME TOGETHER. WE JUST WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND MARTIN COUNTY PATIENTS THAT ARE IN NEED, WHO ARE THERE? BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO 64. AND, UM THEY'RE UNINSURED AND SOME AS YOU KNOW, THESE DAYS, THEY'RE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RENT AND HEALTH CARE, AND WE'RE THERE TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND HELP THEM DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE HEALTHCARE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE ACCESS TO JUST EXCELLENT, COMPASSIONATE CARE, WHICH ARE DOCTORS AND TEAM GIVE TO THEM.

THANK YOU. AND RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY. YES RIGHT ON BALBOA, JUST DOWN THE STREET AND WE AGAIN WE HAVE FREE COFFEE EVERY DAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE

[8. CITY GRANTS OVERVIEW - FUNDS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED]

NEXT DAY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE I'M SORRY, JACKIE MAY GRANT ADMINISTRATOR. OKAY, GREAT. AND THIS ONE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON OUR CITY GRANTS OVERVIEW FUNDS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE . CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY WONDERFUL. UM MY NAME IS JACKIE MAY. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I AM THE CITY'S GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS NOT THE CITY'S BODY WITH VISUAL PERSON. HENCE. HAVING TO DO THIS BEAR WITH ME. HELLO TECH SUPPORT.

ANOTHER WAY. SO I'LL START. UM I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH CITY LEADERSHIP WITH OKAY? WITH CITY LEADERSHIP, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY ASSIST WITH APPLYING FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING ON GRANT FRIENDS FROM FROM LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDERS TO THE CITY OF STEWART. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT NEXT MONTH WILL BE MY FIRST ANNIVERSARY. WITH THE CITY. AND SO I SHOULD KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WILL DISCUSS THIS EVENING IS REALLY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS THE HARD WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO, PRIOR TO MY JOINING, HAD NO GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR AND THEY HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND APPLYING FOR END OF CHAINING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CITY. WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS. WE WOULD NOT BE AWARE WE ARE. IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO ANNOUNCE STEP IN AS THE WRANGLER OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND TO WORK WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AND EACH OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION AND OUR MAYOR TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE MONITOR AND REPORT ON ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED WHILE ALSO WORKING WITH ALL CITY STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL NEW RESOURCES, APPLY FOR AND ADMINISTER THESE THANK YOU TEAM. WE LIVE AND WORK IN A BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT COMMUNITY, MAINTAINING THE BEAUTY, VIBRANCY AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY REQUIRES A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE IMAGES THAT REFLECT SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE TO PARTAKE IN. THOSE ARE MANY OF THEM ARE SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING, WHICH IS WHY I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE YOU

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WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHY GRANTS ARE AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN ADDRESSING CITY NEEDS. IN MY PRESENTATION WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT GRANTS ARE WHERE THEY COME FROM, AND HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS JU FOR THE CITY. OFTEN IT'S THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES OF OUR CITY THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE EVERY DAY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE UM SO HERE WE CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY, OUR POLICE ARE FIRE. UM SOME OF THE MANY THINGS THAT FUNDING FROM LOCAL FEDERAL STATE RESOURCES CAN HELP US ACCOMPLISH SO THAT THINGS APPEAR SEAMLESS TO THE UNTRAINED EYE. GRANTS ARE SUM OF MONEY OR A RESOURCE APPLIED FOR FROM AN ENTITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR PROJECT. ALSO KNOWN AS AWARDS OR EVEN ALLOCATIONS OR APPROPRIATIONS. AND THEY CAN COME IN MULTIPLE FORMS, INCLUDING CASH. SERVICES OR EVEN GOODS. THEY'RE ISSUED IN VARIOUS WAYS FROM FUNDING UPFRONT WHERE PAYMENT IS AWARDED IN ADVANCE OR REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS, WHICH ARE FUNDED AFTER WE HAVE SPENT THE FUNDING IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT GRANTS ARE NOT THE SAME AS DONATIONS OR APPROPRIATIONS. AND I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU THAT APPROPRIATIONS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, UM, ARE HELD IN RESERVE BY THE ENTITY SO THERE TEND TO BE SUBJECT TO ANY POTENTIAL BUDGETARY CHANGES. OUR GRANT. SOURCES HERE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART INCLUDE LOCAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY, THE COUNTY'S TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. REGIONALLY WE DO GET FANS FROM THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATIONAL DISTRICT AND OTHER ENTITIES. STATEWIDE UM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS A GREAT SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR US. AND FEDERALLY, WE RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER WORKING ASSOCIATIONS. WE ALSO OCCASIONALLY WILL COLLABORATE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY UNDERWENT COLLABORATION WITH THE STUART MAIN STREET PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR SOME STATE FUNDING. GRANTS CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY NEEDS, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENERAL PARKS AND EVEN OUR RIVERWALK SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER STRATEGIC PLAN. GOALS CAN ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING. SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY THE CITY. UM FROM 2017 2021, WHICH IS OUR LAST PHYSICAL YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE. THAT QUITE A LARGE SUM OF FUNDING SUPPORTS. OUR INITIATIVES IS JUST NOT INCLUDE THINGS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR MORE RECENTLY THAT WE ARE PINCHING AWARD ON. UM GRANTS APPLIED FOR THIS YEAR OVER ALMOST $1.5 MILLION. AND GRANTS THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL AGREEMENT ON SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE PAYMENTS. THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL, SO TO SPEAK. AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS JUST NOT INCLUDE OUR, UM CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS . THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY ALLOCATIONS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT REFLECTED IN THE GRANT FUNDING. UH, NAVIGATING THE FUTURE. SO WE KNOW THAT GRANTS CAN HELP US WITH ALL NUMBER OF THINGS, AND HERE'S JUST A LIST OF A FEW ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TAKE TAKEN FROM THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO DATE ARE STRONG WATER MASTER PLAN AND ALSO OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS BEING EXPLORED FOR FURTHER GRANT SUPPORT. AND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR NEW COMPOSITION OF OUR COMMISSION AND OUR NEW MAYOR, I'M GOING TO BE INVITING ALL OF YOU TO A GRANTS ONE ON ONE TRAINING AND WILL INVITE EVERY CITY STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM WAYS THAT STAFF AND COMMISSION CAN HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BENEFICIAL GRANTS CAN BE FOR US AND HOW YOU AND ALL OTHER CITIES. STAKEHOLDERS CAN ALSO PLAY A ROLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET FUNDING THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US AND THAT WE MANAGE IT APPROPRIATELY, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK.

AND SO THAT I CAN KEEP YOU ALL OFF OF THE EVENING NEWS UNLESS IT'S IN A POSITIVE WAY. YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM UPDATE AND OSCEOLA STREET PHASE 200 GROUNDING WHO'S GONNA HANDLE THAT, MR UP AND I'LL OKAY. THANK YOU. PANEL. UM,

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I'LL INTRODUCE THE ITEM GIVE YOU A SECOND. THANK YOU. PANEL GANDHI SABGA,

[9. UPDATE ON SW OSCEOLA STREET PHASE 2 UNDERGROUNDING]

SIERRA DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER RICH, COMMISSIONER COLLINS AND COMMISSIONER CLARK. UM TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING UPDATE ON THE OSCEOLA STREET UNDER GROUNDING PROJECT. WE DO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HERE WITH US. BUT BEFORE I INTRODUCE HIM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT. UM THE C R A HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PLANNING THE UNDER GROUNDING OF THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES IN OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE GOAL WAS TO INCREASE SAFETY. IN RELIABILITY , UM, AND ALSO JUST ENHANCE AESTHETICS OF OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS. INITIALLY THE PROJECT WAS TO BE COMPLETED IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WAS A SEMINAL STREET AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OSTEO A STREET SO WE STARTED WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR SEMINOLE STREET DESIGNED FOR UNDER GROUNDING. AND F P N L CONTACTED THE CITY AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO HARDEN THE POLLS THAT ARE OSCEOLA. SO WE SAID, HOLD OFF BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO UNDERGROUND OSTEO ALSO, SO WE STARTED WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR OSCEOLA, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY AS YOU'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR SEMINAL STREET. SO WE ARE CONTRACTED KIM LEE HORN TO START THAT DESIGN WHILE THE SEMINAL STREET DESIGN WAS COMPLETED AND WE WERE GOING TO GO AND CONSTRUCTION OVER THE SUMMER, BUT WE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON THAT AND DO BOTH OF THE PROJECTS TOGETHER. IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND IT'LL BE BETTER WITH OUR SCHEDULE AND COST WISE . SO I HAVE KEVIN FROM KIM LEE HORN TO PRESENT UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AND ALSO THE SCHEDULE. OKAY? WELL GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KEVIN SHANNON AND WITH TIMELY WARNING ASSOCIATES. I'M LEADING THE PROJECT HERE FOR THE PHASE TWO UNDER GROUNDING AS PANEL SAID EARLIER. THE PHASE TWO DESIGN INCLUDES SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA STREET, UM SOUTHWEST ST LUCIE STREET AND SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE, DESIGNED FOR PHASE TWO IS ONGOING. AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A BIT OF AN UPDATE SOON AS WE GET IT UP. THERE WE GO, ALRIGHT. SO HERE'S OUR QUICK AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DETAILS OF THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE PROPOSED. THE LOCATIONS WILL BE PROPOSED THAT EQUIPMENT, QUICK DISCUSSION ON STREET LIGHTING IN THE AREA AND SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THEN FINALLY, AN UPDATE ON OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO LET'S JUMP INTO WHAT TYPES OF UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THIS PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY WE NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT'S ARIEL AND PROVIDE ITS GROUND LEVEL COUNTERPART WHEN WE DO AN UNDERGROUND CONVERSION, SO THE FIRST SET OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE SEE. HERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSFORMERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED. STARTING AT THE TOP. WE HAVE A SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMERS. AND THEN AS WE GO CLOCKWISE AROUND, WE HAVE AN OPEN DELTA TRANSFORMER, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TWO TRANSFORMERS THAT ARE SET SIDE BY SIDE. AND THEN FINALLY, UM THERE ON THE EXCUSE ME CLOCKWISE. WE HAVE A THREE JUST A REGULAR THREE PHASE TRANSFORMER. AND THEN THE OPENED ALSO FURTHER CLOCKWISE IN THE LOWER LEFT. UM F PL CHOOSES THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT GETS USED IN ORDER TO MATCH THE SERVICE NEEDS OF THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IN THE AREA. SO NEXT. WE HAVE TYPICAL ELECTRICAL VAULTS. THESE ARE USED WHERE WE HAVE TO SPLICE CABLES TOGETHER TO FACILITATE MOST OF THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS. AT THE TOP. WE HAVE A FEEDER SPLICE BOX, AND THAT'S SERVES AS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SPLICE THE MAIN FEEDER CABLES MOVING CLOCKWISE. WE HAVE A PRIMARY CABLE BALL, THEN CLOCKWISE AGAIN. WE HAVE A SECONDARY SERVICE FAULT. NOW I WANT TO DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE INSTALLED FOR AT AND T AND COMCAST ON THE LOWER LEFT. WE HAVE A TYPICAL A T AND T VAULT AND PEDESTAL IN THE TOP, RIGHT. WE HAVE A TYPICAL COMCAST PEDESTAL. PRETTY STANDARD EQUIPMENT. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL QUICK QUESTION. ARE THEY GOING TO UPGRADE THE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO FIBER OR ANYTHING WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT, OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE DESIGN THAT I'VE SEEN FROM COMCAST IS WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A HYBRID SYSTEM. SO IT'S GOT FIBER TO THE NODE. THERE'S A NOTE ON SEMINAL STREETS THAT WILL BE FIBER TO THAT LOCATION, AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY'LL DEPLOY CO AX

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TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL CO AX, SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE FIBER TO THE TO THE CUSTOMER NETWORK FIBER TO THE NODE NETWORK, WHICH IS STILL A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY AT THE NEW STANDARD THAT THEY INSTALL EQUIPMENT AT OKAY. THANK YOU. SO FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE JUST A TYPICAL CONFIGURATION OF AN OF AN FTL TRANSFORMER AND AT AND T VAULT AND COMCAST PEDESTAL CONSOLIDATED TOGETHER. WE DO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT JUST FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCY. IT ALSO CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF YOU KNOW SPACES AND EVERYTHING IS NOT HAPHAZARDLY. UM, STREWN OUT ACROSS THE SITE. SO NOW I WANT TO MOVE JUST TO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THE DESIGN. THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS PRELIMINARY EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS AS WE'VE LAID THEM OUT FOR PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT. WE'RE INCLUDING BOTH THE UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED AND EXISTING STREET LIGHTING THAT THAT EXISTS ALONG THE OR THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE. I THINK IT'S LARGE ENOUGH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SIX TRANSFORMERS ON SOUTHWEST COLA THAT ARE A MIX OF SINGLE PHASE AND OPEN DELTA AND THREE PHASE TRANSFORMERS, AND THAT'S AGAIN AS DICTATED BY THIS TYPE OF SERVICE NEEDED BY THE CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA. UM WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COORDINATING THE EXACT LOCATIONS FOR COMMUNICATIONS PEDESTALS. BUT GENERALLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THOSE TRANSFORMER LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE IF THERE THERE'S THE BLUE, MAGENTA AND RED BOXES THAT ARE ALONG SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA. UM FORTUNATELY, WE KNOW PARKING IS A PRIORITY IN THE AREA AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT WE DO NOT PLAN ON IMPACTING ANY PARKING SPACES IN THE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WE DEPLOY THIS EQUIPMENT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN OPEN DELTA TRANSFORMER AT THE CORNER OF COLORADO AND SEMINAL AND THAT IS THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WILL BE REQUESTING AN EASEMENT FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO PLACE THAT EQUIPMENT. THERE'S ALSO A SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER DOWN AT THE CORNER OF ST LUCIE AND FLAGLER. WHAT WHAT ARE THE GREEN ? THE GREEN OF THE GREEN IS GREENER THE EXISTING STREETLIGHTS. UM AND THEN THE BLUE. THOSE ARE GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL LATER, BUT THE BLUE ARE SOME ARE EXISTING STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE UP ON UTILITY POLES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE REMOVED. BUT THE BUT THE GREEN OR THE CITY STREET LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY. SO WE'RE NOT IN THIS VIEW. WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT ON SEMINAL STREET, BUT IT IS VERY SIMILAR. IT'S LAID OUT IN A SIMILAR FASHION. THERE'S FIVE TRANSFORMERS ALONG ALONG SEMINOLE, UM INCLUDING, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE RE CONNECTION TO EXISTING TRANSFORMERS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE ON THE STREET. F P L AT GRADE VAULTS ARE SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE, UM AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR SERVICE HANDHOLDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, UM, LAID OUT YET, BUT THERE'S LIKELY BE IN THE IN THE SIDEWALK AREAS. I DO WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT ON THIS GRAPHIC THAT ONCE WE CONVERT THE LINES UNDERGROUND, WE DO NEED TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BACK TO THE SURROUNDING OVERHEAD SYSTEM, UM, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONNECTIVITY OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA, F PL USES WHAT WE CALL MAKE READY POLLS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THOSE ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS GRAPHIC AS THE, UM PURPLE. MORE MAGENTA CIRCLES WITH A WITH A WITH AN X THROUGH THEM. UM SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROJECT. AND ALSO AS WE AS WE POINTED OUT EARLIER, THERE'S A NUMBER OF EXISTING STREET LIGHTS IN THE AREA. WE DO PLAN ON ADDING, UM SEVERAL MORE STREET LIGHTS AS WE REMOVE POLLS THAT HAVE THOSE COBRA HEAD STREET LIGHTS ON THEM. QUESTION HOW ARE WE? HOW ARE YOU? DEFINING ON FAR AS THE, UH, THE CUSTOMERS THERE? THERE ARE DROPS ARE COMING IN FROM THE POLLS. UH FIRST AT LEAST DISRUPTION FOR THE BUSINESSES AS YOU BRING THE POWER AND FROM THE FROM THE FROM THE GROUND. I THINK I THINK IT'D BE BEST TO ANSWER THAT. I HAVE A GOOD WAY TO SHOW YOU THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IF WE CAN DO THAT, THERE SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE STREET LIGHTS HERE. JUST REAL QUICK. UM JUST WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS HERE ON THE LEFT. WE JUST HAVE A CUT SHEET OF THE C STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE ALREADY INSTALLED IN THE AREA. WE DO PLAN ON MATCHING THOSE AT THE RIGHT. THIS IS A PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN AT THE CORNER OF COLORADO AND SEMINAL, AND IT SHOWS BOTH AN FTL COBRA HEAD FIXTURE AND A CITY STREET LIGHT FIXTURE. IS THE COBRA HEAD THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LOOKS LIKE A LOOKS LIKE A COBRA HEAD WHEN YOU LOOK UP UNDERNEATH IT. AND THEN THAT IS THE STANDARD CITY STREET LIGHT FIXTURE, SO WE ARE PROPOSING NEW

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CITY STREETLIGHTS TO REPLACE THOSE COBRA HEADS BECAUSE THOSE POLLS WILL ULTIMATELY BE REMOVED AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALKS. NO WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY. WE HAVE THE STREET LIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE TO CERTAINLY HAVE TO MAINTAIN 88 ACCESSIBILITY AND JUST PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARE. UM I WANT TO NOW SHOW JUST A QUICK PHOTO SIMULATION OF WHAT A SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER WILL LOOK LIKE IN THIS THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO 37 FLAGLER. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY AT THE AT THE MID BLOCK NEAR THE, UH, NEAR THE MARKED CROSSWALK THERE, SO HERE'S A STREET LEVEL VIEW OF THE BEFORE CONDITIONS AS WELL. IT LOOKS TODAY. THIS IS THE AFTER VIEW WITH THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE WIRES, AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE THE SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER THERE IN THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND WITH A COUPLE OF COMMUNICATION PEDESTALS ADJACENT. IN THE APPEARS TO GO THROUGH THE SITTING WALL. IT'S NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT, RIGHT. IT'S JUST IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE SITTING WALL, THE WALL GOES, GOES A BIT BEHIND IT ALREADY LANDSCAPING WE CAN PUT AROUND IT OR CAN WE WRAP IT WITH SOMETHING? LANDSCAPING CAN CERTAINLY BE PUT AROUND IT. WE WOULD ENVISION THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE REPLACED WITH MORE OF THE GREEN ISLAND FICUS. THERE'S FLEX SLOWLY OUT THERE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT WOULD WOULD COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING. AS FAR AS WRAPS IF YOU IF YOU ASK THAT OFFICIALLY TO FTL, THEY'LL TELL YOU, NO, BUT I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY WRAPPED HIM IN ARTWORK AND HAD THEM PAINTED, UM SO JUST WRAPPING THEM IN LANDSCAPING LOOKING SO THEY KIND OF BLEND IN WOULD BE YEAH, OR EVEN I MEAN, THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GREAT LANDSCAPING. THAT'S EVEN THERE. AND IF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S THERE WAS ABLE TO GROW TO A CERTAIN HEIGHT, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HIDE IT. CERTAINLY THE GREEN ISLAND FICUS WILL GET THAT ALL IF YOU IF YOU LET THEM AND WILL THE TRANSFER OR MAKE ANY NOISE. UM IT SOUNDS LIKE A REFRIGERATOR IN YOUR HOUSE. YEAH REFRIGERATOR? NO NO, NO, NO. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HUM LIKE WHEN YOU GET REAL CLOSE. YOU CAN HEAR THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HUM TO THE YEAH. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WE DID WALK THIS SITE AND YOU KNOW WE WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT REMOVING ANY TREES AS WE'RE SELECTING OUR LOCATION AND NOT LOSING PARKING SPACES, SO SOME GROUND COVERS WILL BE LOST, BUT BUT NO TREES. OKAY WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE SHORT ON TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO WRAP UP AT 5 15. SO WE HAVE OUR BUDGET HEARING. OKAY SO JUST REAL QUICK JUST TO WHAT TO EXPECT DURING CONSTRUCTION CAN CONVERGENT PROJECTS THEY GENERALLY COME IN VARIOUS PHASES , UM, TO GET TO GET DONE. THE FIRST PHASES IS CONDUIT INSTALLATION IS GENERALLY DONE WITH A COMBINATION OF WHO HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL, BORING AS WELL AS OPEN TRENCHING. THE BORING PROCESS CREATES A TUNNEL UNDER THE GROUND WHERE THEY THEN PULL THE CONDUIT BACK UNDERGROUND TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION OF THE COMMUNITY. THESE PHOTOS HERE TAKEN IN THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH, WHERE THERE RECENTLY DOING CONVERSION IN THEIR COMMERCIAL AREA, AS WE SPEAK. UM OPEN CUT TRENCHING. IT WOULD. IT WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED IN A IN A SMALLER, UM IN A SMALLER SENSE THAN THE BORING OPERATION, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE THAT CAN DO A COMPLETE CONVERSION PROCESS WITHOUT HAVING ANY FORM OF EXCAVATION. SO BORING MINIMIZES THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPACTS, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO NEED TO DIG. ONCE THE CONDUITS COMPLETE THAN THE EQUIPMENTS INSTALLED IN THE WIRES PULLED HERE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT A TRANSFORMER LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE LID AND IT'S A ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TRANSFORMER PHOTO. WE HAVE THE HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES COMING IN AND THEN ON THE LEFT. AS OF THE SERVICE CABLES, THEY'RE NOT QUITE CONNECTED YET. DOES THAT BOX GET HOT? NOT ENOUGH FOR KID.

WHAT'S THE TOUCH THAT BOX OR ANYTHING? NO, IT DOESN'T GET ON IT LIKE THAT. NO I IMAGINE IF THE SUN WAS ON IT, YOU KNOW, WITH WARM, BUT THE MR MACHINE ITSELF DOESN'T HEAT UP. IT SHOULDN'T YEAH, SURE. THE SERVICE CAN'T DO ITS ARE THEN INSTALLED IN THE BUILDINGS. THE CONTRACTOR WORKS WITH PL TO ENERGIZE THE SYSTEM AND THEN THE BUILDING SERVICES ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE OVERHEAD TO THE NEW UNDERGROUND SYSTEM. AND IT'S YOUR QUESTION MARY MCDONALD BEFORE. UM, IT'S GENERALLY LIKE A 2 TO 4 HOUR SERVICE DISRUPTION WHERE YOU'RE OUT OF POWER AND PLACES LIKE THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT AT NOON WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SERVE LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE ALWAYS COORDINATE WITH THE BUSINESS CENTER TO FIND THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BECAUSE WE'LL GET THE ENTIRE GRID SYSTEM HOT SO IT WILL BE IN AND WE CAN JUST CONNECT AT WILL JUST WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO THEN, ONCE ALL OF THAT IS DONE, WE HAVE ALL THE SERVICES TRANSFERRED. THEN WE CAN REMOVE POLES AND REPAVE. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE WITH OUR TARGET

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COMPLETION DATES. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THE DESIGN IN JANUARY 2023 WITH BID PHASE FOLLOWING THAT DESIGN PLANTS, THE MIDDLE. UM THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL THEN ANTICIPATE PHASES ONE AND TWO.

BEING BID TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE STREETSCAPE PROJECT HAS PANEL DESCRIBED EARLIER JUST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHARED RESTORATIONS COST SAVINGS AS WELL AS SOME COORDINATION EFFICIENCY THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE COMBINED PROJECT AND THEY START THE TARGET START DATE. FOR CONSTRUCTION IS APRIL 2023 OVER OVERALL, WE EXPECT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE. THAT WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. MUCH HOW MUCH ROAD CLOSURE TIME DO YOU ANTICIPATE? ROAD CLOSURE? YOU KNOW, WE WITH THE WITH THE PARKING LANES AS WE SEE THEM. I SEE IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, DAILY IMPACTS TO CERTAIN AREAS OF PARKING, WHERE WE PUT A POOR MACHINE IN WE WOULD BORE WILL KEEP TRAFFIC. TO THE GREATEST DEGREE THAT WE CAN. WE MIGHT HAVE, LIKE ROLLING CLOSURES TO WHERE WE NEED TO DO CERTAIN DETOURS WHERE YOU'D HAVE TO. INSTEAD OF BEING ONE WAY THEY'D HAVE TO COME IN FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. UM I DON'T SEE THEM COMING IN AND CLOSING THE ROAD FOR LIKE, WEEKS AT A TIME. GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE AN IMPACT. WE DO THE BORING AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE CAN PUT DOWN ROAD PLATES. WE CAN DO TEMPORARY RESTORATION. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PARKING BACK AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENING HOURS.

THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN OTHER OTHER COMMERCIAL TYPE INSTALLATIONS, SO THAT WILL BE INTERMITTENT IMPACTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE CASCO PUBERTY, SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SECOND. UM COMMISSIONER CLARK, I'D LIKE TO

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ASK SOMETHING. I HAVE ONE LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT I WANT TO MAKE BEFORE AND DURING COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. SINCE IT TAKES SO LONG . I JUST WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE THE 5 15. OKAY YEAH, GREAT. WE HAD TO GET PEOPLE. OKAY, SO I HAVE HAD THIS SINCE PROBABLY A YEAR AGO OR MORE SINCE EMANCIPATION DAY, AND EVERY TIME I'VE ASKED HIM TO COME AND ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING I ASKED TO DO IT DURING COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS TODAY, SO BRENDA MATHENY, BABA SCOTT. AND, UM.

LISA ATHENEE, AND ALSO MR MY WASHINGTON AND I WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF MY TERM WAS GOING TO BE UP OR NOT. SO I SAID, MAYBE BEFORE MY TERM IS UP, BUT THEN I SAID, AT LEAST WHEN MY FIRST TERM STARTS I'M GOING TO GIVE THESE OUT. OKAY FROM EMANCIPATION DAY.

FRIEND, UM. WHEN I WAS MAKING, THEREBY WINS. TAKE. FOR THE FACT THAT FOR THEIR EMANCIPATION DAY ON MAY 20 YOU HEAR? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PREVENTION. OKAY, YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY SO FOR THE NEXT TIME, WE'RE GONNA SKIP AHEAD TO THE SCHEDULED 5 15 BUDGET HEARING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT ONE MINUTE BEFORE 5 15. AND SO. UM AND THIS IS THE ANNUAL PROCESS OF PROVING THE, UH, THE MILLAGE RATE. UH FIRE ASSESSMENT AND THE TENTATIVE BUDGET. SO

[14. THIS ITEM SET FOR TIME CERTAIN OF 5:15 PM - TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR FY 2023 (RC): RESOLUTION No. 79-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

DAVID, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO YOU. AND YOU CAN YES, SIR. THAT'S UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE FOR THE FIRST ITEM ON THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RESOLUTION 79-20 TO 2.

IS THAT RIGHT? THE SAME PAGE 1ST 1 79 2222? YES. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLET RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2023 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THIS DATE HELD A PROPERLY ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 200.65 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 2022 2023 FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE AS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS DISCUSSED THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE NECESSARY TO FUND THE BUDGET. IF ANY. AND THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR WHICH ADVIL OR, UM, TAX REVENUES ARE BEING INCREASED. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS PROPOSED TO

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MAINTAIN THE MILITARY AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TENTATIVE MILITARY PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION, AND THE CITY COMMISSION HAS EXPLAINED THE REASONS FOR THE LOWER ROLLED BACK RATE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS AMENDED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2022 TO 2023 RE COMPUTED THE PROPOSED MILITARY AND HAS ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY THE PERCENT, IF ANY, BY WHICH THE RE COMPUTED PROPOSED MILITARY EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THAT SECTION ONE THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 2022 2023 FISCAL YEAR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, SHELBY $5 PER $1000 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE AS CERTIFIED BY THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER. THIS RATE IS ALSO EXPRESSED AS 5.0 MILLS. THE TENTATIVE MILITARY EXCEEDS THE TENTATIVE ROLLBACK RATE BY 7.5.

THIS IS AN INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX AS TENTATIVELY ADOPTED. SECTION TWO A PUBLIC HEARING TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET AND ADOPT A FINAL MILITARY. SHALL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 26 2022 AT 5 15 PM AT CITY HALL. 121 SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE. STUART FLORIDA, THE CITY CLERK SHALL PUBLISH THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEREFORE, ACCORDING TO LAW. SECTION THREE. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON ADOPTION. MAYOR WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION HOLD ON. SO I THOUGHT I WAS JUST READING THE TITLE. HE JUST TOLD HALF MY THUNDER. THAT'S OKAY. SORRY THERE'S A TITLE BY FLORIDA LAW TO PUBLIC HEARINGS MUST BE HELD TO ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE FINAL MILITARY AND ANNUAL BUDGET. THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OR TENTATIVE IS TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PURPOSE. THE PROPOSED MILITARY RATES AND BUDGET AMEND THE BUDGET IF NECESSARY, AND ATTENTIVELY ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE AND CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2023 THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN ADVERTISED VIA THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES MAILED TO THE PROPERTY BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE HAD ASKED THAT MR MOGLIA LEE, UM, WELL, HE'S GOT THE PRESENTATION UP, AND SO I WANT TO DO A SHORT PRESENTATION TO YOU AS IT RELATES TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

WE DID HAVE TO BUDGET WORKSHOPS . THE FIRST ONE WAS PRIMARILY ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH FOCUSED ON OUR LARGER PROJECTS, AND THEN WE DID A REGULAR WORKSHOP BUDGET, WHICH AGAIN I HAD APOLOGIZED DURING THAT BUDGET BECAUSE OF OUR NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIDN'T DIDN'T PRESENT AS WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET IN THE PAST. HOWEVER WE PLAN TO HAVE THAT FIXED WITH OUR BUDGET FOLKS . BUDGET SOFTWARE FOLKS NEXT YEAR THIS PRESENTATION WE HAD PUT TOGETHER SO IT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON WHAT THOSE PUTS AND TAKES ARE OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR VERSUS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE AND WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE IN THIS PRESENTATION. TAKE OVER. THE MILITANT INFORMATION UM, EVENING , EVERYONE, UM LEWIS WOBBLY. OLY FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF STEWART HERE AGAIN AND COMING UP ON MY 28TH YEAR, PRESENTING THESE TO YOU. SO YEAH, THANK YOU . SO, YEAH. SO NO MATTER WHO'S BEEN IN THE CHAIR I'VE BEEN PRINTING AND DOING THESE BUDGETS SINCE MY FIRST YEAR HERE IN 95. SO YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO WHAT I PREPARED FOR YOU TONIGHT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING THOSE RENEW. UM I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY WITH COMMISSIONER ACROSS COUGH IN THE AUDIENCE AND VERY NERVOUS. HE BEAT ME UP FOR YEARS. UM YEAH. UM BASICALLY WHAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL WILL ANNOUNCE IN THE NEWSPAPER. WHAT THE INCREASE OVER PROPERTY VALUES ARE AND FOR FINANCE DIRECTORS. THAT'S A BEING OF OUR EXISTENCE BECAUSE BY TRIM LAW WE ARE REQUIRED TO BUDGET BASED ON THE D R 4 20, WHICH IS A PRELIMINARY NUMBER THAT COMES OUT AND THEN LATER, AFTER ALL, THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD HEARINGS ARE DONE WILL COME UP WITH WHAT WAS THE FINAL ADJUSTED VALUE FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS THE ER FOR 22. BUT FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES I'M TIRED OF THE D R 4 20. SO WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS EACH YEAR WITH THE TAXABLE VALUE WAS OF THE 4 20 THAT WE BASED OUR BUDGETS ON AND GIVING YOU A FIVE YEAR LOOK. AND SO BASICALLY THIS YEAR'S TAXABLE VALUE IS $2.7 BILLION. THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE AVALON REVENUES COLLECTED LAST YEAR. BASED ON THAT FINAL CERTIFIED NUMBER, NOT THE NUMBER. WE HAD A BUDGET OFF OF ANOTHER NUMBER THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. LESS R C R A PAYMENT, SO WHATEVER WE HAD TO PAY TO THE SIERRA AND TIFF VALUES AS WELL AS A FLORIDA PERSONAL INCOME ADJUSTMENT FACTOR, SO THIS ROLLBACK RATE. I CAN'T DO WITH A CALCULATOR. WE

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HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE STATE TO TELL US AND THEN THIS IS OUR PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF FIVE.

AND SO THAT WOULD GENERATE 13,000,007, BUT AGAIN BY TRIM WERE REQUIRED TO BUDGET AT LEAST 95% THAT COVERS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT PAY THEIR TAX BILL THIS YEAR MIGHT BE UNCOLLECTIBLE REVENUES. ALSO THERE WERE GAMES IN THE PAST WERE CREATIVE FINANCE DIRECTORS WOULD ONLY BUDGET 80% AND THEN YOU KNOW AND SAYING SO YOU HAVE TO BUDGET AT LEAST 95. SO THAT RESULTS IN THAT 13,000,021 OH, NINE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. THAT IS, AS THE MANAGER STATED A 7.5% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE. AND THE CHANGE IN TAXABLE VALUE FOR US FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES WAS A 15% INCREASE FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. NOW THAT LAST LINE THERE THE LAST TIME THE CITY OF STEWART ITS HIGHEST TAXABLE VALUE WAS IN THE YEAR 2008. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT IN 2019. WE WERE STILL 17% BELOW OUR HIGHEST TAXABLE VALUE. WE WERE STILL 11.8% BELOW IN 20. WE'RE STILL 5.8% BELOW IN 21 LAST YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR. CURRENT YEAR BUDGET WE FINALLY TOPPED OVER R 2008 VALUE BY 1. SO FOR PEOPLE TO SAY YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM THE RECESSION CITY OF STEWART'S TAXABLE VALUE HAD NOT REACHED ITS 2008 LEVELS UNTIL LAST UNTIL THE CURRENT YEAR. AND NOW THIS YEAR THAT TAXABLE VALUE IS 16% OVER THAT 2008 TAXABLE VALUE NUMBER AND THEN UNDERNEATH IS A SMALL DISPLAY THAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR, YOU KNOW IF WE SHAVED OFF THE MILLS NECESSARY TO REACH ROLLBACK RATE, WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE TO THE BUDGET.

UH IF WE TOOK OFF JUST AROUND QUARTER MIL IF WE TOOK OFF THE EVENT, THE AMOUNT TO DO A 1% DECREASE AND THEN ALSO THE INVERSE OF ADDING A QUARTER MIL, ADDING HALF A MILLION, ADDING ONE MIL. AND THEN UNDERNEATH WOULD BE THE MANAGER ASKED ME TO DO SOME WHAT IFS. AND SO LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO CUT $250,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET. THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MILLS YOU WOULD REDUCE YOUR NEW MILITARY WOULD BE 4.9040. AND THE TAXPAYER WITH A TAXABLE VALUE ON THEIR PROPERTY OF $10,000 WOULD SAVE 96 CENTS. AND THE TAXPAYER WITH A MILLION DOLLAR TAXABLE VALUE WOULD SAY $96. BY DOING THAT CUT TO MILLAGE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE? OKAY UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE DEALT WITH IN THE REVENUE CATEGORY THIS YEAR THAT AS I WANTED TO SPELL THIS OUT FIRST, THAT IT WAS A 15% INCREASE. BECAUSE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IN THE IN THE NEWSPAPER WILL ANNOUNCE A DIFFERENT NUMBER. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BUDGET BY. AH I STILL HAVE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET OF MY MODELS BECAUSE SOME ARE NOT PROVIDED TO US. THOSE ARE THERE AND I HAVE MODEST PROJECTIONS OF INCREASES IN UTILITY TAXES AND OTHER GROWTH OTHER THAN PROPANE. PROPANE TAX IS THERE'S A LOT MORE PROPANE USE IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROJECTED HIGHER THAN NORMAL. REVENUE GAIN IN THAT, AND THEN THE STATE SHARED REVENUES. HALF CENT SALES TAX, ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE, MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING TO BE A FEW WERE INCREASED BASED ON FLORIDA ECONOMY AND STEWART POPULATION, BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT SEVERAL OF THE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE CITY OR BASED ON OUR POPULATION. SALES TAX IS NOT BASED ON WHERE THE ITEM WAS PURCHASED. IT'S NOT IF YOU BUY IT IN BEST BUY, AND STUART STUART DOESN'T GET THAT SALES TAX. HE GOES TO THE STATE, AND IT'S CALLED HALF CENT SALES TAX BECAUSE THE STATE'S TAX RATE IS SIX CENTS. 5.5 STAYS IN TALLAHASSEE. HALF OF IT COMES BACK TO MARTIN COUNTY AND THEN HIS DEPUTY UP BASED ON POPULATION. THE STATE ADVERTISERS WHAT POPULATION NUMBER THEY USED FOR US, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS 17 6 44, WHICH IS NET OF 23 INMATES. I THINK THAT FALLEN THE COUNTY JAIL, WHICH IS IN CITY LIMITS, SO THEY SUBTRACT THE INMATES FROM OUR POPULATION NUMBER. AND SO THAT IS WHERE HAVE SEEN SALES TAX COMES FROM.

OH GOODNESS. THE QUESTION OF THIS 15.8% INCREASE IN BUDGETED TAXABLE VALUE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN MY HOME THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 70 YEARS. AND WHAT 14% OF THAT IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF NEW UNITS SUBJECT TO TEXAS. OKAY IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF, WHICH TO THE MANAGER REFERRED THE CITY OF STEWART WILL BE OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ONLINE TO GO PAPERLESS IN THAT IS THE ACTUAL DDR 4 20 DOCUMENT. THEY DO PRESENT WHAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION VERSUS BUT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS EASY BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL. YOUR QUESTION PERSONALLY ABOUT YOUR HOUSE. SO THIS THIS STATEMENT THAT EVERYONE'S TAX WENT UP 7.5. THERE ARE GONNA BE HOMES WHOSE TAXABLE VALUE DIDN'T CHANGE AT ALL. AND SINCE OUR MILITARY DIDN'T CHANGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE RECEIVED NO TAX

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INCREASE. THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS WHOSE HOUSES DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES WENT DOWN IN VALUE. WE LEFT OUR TAX RATE THE SAME. THOSE PEOPLE WILL GET A TAX CUT. AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE PROPERTY VALUES APPRECIATED IN VALUE AND THUS LEAVING OUR TAX RATE THE SAME. THOSE PEOPLE WILL GET A TAX INCREASE, BUT ACROSS THE WHOLE, THE AVERAGE WAS AN INCREASE, SO WE ALWAYS ADVERTISE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A TAX INCREASE TO PEOPLE BUT YOU INDIVIDUALLY. I DON'T KNOW. COMMISSIONER IF YOUR HOME VALUE STAYED THE SAME AS YOUR HOME VALUE WILL DO THAT. THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF MY QUESTION. I'M GETTING TRYING TO GET THE PIECES ON THAT DOCUMENT. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK UP THE FOCUS. I DIDN'T COME PREPARED WITH THAT NUMBER.

I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE IT, BUT I CAN GET TO IT DURING THIS MEETING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT WANT TO THINK THAT IS OH, UM, TAKE INTO TAKING CONSIDERATION IN THE HOME VALUES IS ON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IS LIMITED AS TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN RAISE THE VALUE PER YEAR. UM NOT HOMESTEAD OF PROPERTY IS NOT BAD. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ON IN GENERAL WHEN HOUSE TRANSFERS FROM ONE OWNER TO ANOTHER. THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE BIG INCREASES AND ASSESSED VALUES. I? WELL I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION, SIR. AND I WILL. I WILL GET MY GRAB YOU YOU CAN SHOW IT TO ME. IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S LINE THREE OF THE D R 4 20. I BELIEVE IT SAYS NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE THAT SOMEONE I WON'T REMEMBER THAT WILL FOR YOU, SIR. YEAH I WILL SHOW IT TO YOU. AND JUST AND JUST ON THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION PIECE. ALSO THE PROJECT HAS TO BE CEO. AND THEN IT IS EVALUATE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO IT'S NOT SO SOME STUFF HAS COME ONLINE ACTUALLY WON'T BE IN OUR PERCENTAGE INCREASE YET, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THE MANAGER IS CORRECT. BIG NUMBER THAT'S A BIG NUMBER AND ADVIL OR IT'S A I MEAN, I'VE SAID I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 28 YEARS I'VE SEEN BIGGER. I'VE SEEN SMALLER BELIEVE ARE SCIARRA HAD HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE EVALUATION. THE CR A VALUE WENT UP HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND VALUE, BUT IT'S SINCE IT'S EXISTENCE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. NO, SIR. AND WE'LL GET TO THAT. HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE. VARIANCES IN REVENUES OVER THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AMENDED CURRENT YEAR BUDGET TO WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED OR BY THE MANAGER. WHAT THE CHANGES ARE IN THOSE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES, AND THEN THAT PERCENT CHANGE THAT SOME OF THE VIEWERS THAT ASKED FOR I SAID, OUR OUR SOFTWARE IS BRAND NEW, AND THEY ONLY HAD ONE YEAR IN IT, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SECOND YEAR OR PRIVATE PRIOR YEAR TO DO THAT VARIANCE CHANGE SO NEXT YEAR. THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION TO PERFORM THESE KIND OF ANALYSES FOR YOU. ALSO THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE C R A UM , IT'S CHANGES IN REVENUE SOURCES NOW A LITTLE INFORMATION . THE C R. A S REVENUE DOESN'T COME FROM TAXES. IT COMES FROM AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER FROM MARTIN COUNTY AND IN TRUST FUND TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S THE TWO LARGE NUMBERS ARE SPLIT UP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, BUT IT'S NOT RECORDED AS AVALON TAXES TO THE SIERRA. IT IS INTER FUND TRANSFERS. AND THEN WATER SEWER. THERE ARE VARIOUS THINGS THERE.

I HAVE SOME NOTES ABOUT WHAT THE INCREASES ARE OF ANYONE. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS THE SANITATION FUNDING STORMWATER. I DIDN'T PRESENT THE POLICE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, WHICH IS IN THE BUDGET. IT'S DRIVEN ONLY BY COLLECTIONS OF SEIZURES AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PAYING PARKING FINES, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE LANDFILL MONITORING FUND IS ALSO IN THE BUDGET. I DIDN'T PRESENT IT HERE IT REMAINED FLAT. AND, UM POLICE PROPERTY FUND, SO. BUT THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON YOUR REQUEST. AND THERE'S OTHER SOURCES AND OTHER USES, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE ARE MADE UP BY THOSE INDIRECT COSTS THOSE TRANSFERS IN AND OUT FROM INTRA FUNDS AND ALSO RESERVES IF WE'RE TAKING FUNDS FROM RESERVES ARE PUTTING FUNDS TO THE RESERVES. YES, SIR. ON THE APPROPRIATION SIDE. SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

THERE WAS A MODEST 2% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE THIS YEAR. UM THE CITY DID NOT PASS THAT ON TO THE EMPLOYEES. WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT ON OURSELVES AS THE EMPLOYER. AND UM, THAT'S ALL DUE BASICALLY TO OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. THE EMPLOYEE CLINIC THAT'S THERE THAT ALLOWS THE EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS THOSE SMALL HEALTH CONCERNS RATHER THAN GOING AND HITTING THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. AND ALSO ON THE PROPERTY CASUALTY AND WORKERS COMPENSATION SIDE. THERE WAS A 12% INCREASE, AND I FOLLOWED THE 22% INCREASE WE TOOK LAST YEAR. AND I MADE A SPECIAL NOTE THAT THE MAIN DRIVER, THERE'S CYBERSECURITY. UM THEY ALMOST AREN'T EVEN RENEWING THAT INSURANCE ANYMORE FOR GOVERNMENTS. WE HAD TO MEET HIGHLY STRINGENT SECURITY.

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PROCEDURES HERE AT THE CITY TO EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE INSURANCE QUOTE, SO AND THEN THE FRS. THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF, UH THEY HAVE INCREASES WHICH ARE PASSED STATUTORILY TO NOT ONLY FUND THE PROGRAM BUT ALSO THE UN ACCRUED OR THE UNFUNDED, ACCRUED LIABILITY. THE FRS PLAN IS QUITE HEALTHY, THOUGH, AND WELL FUNDED. BUT YES, THIS IS A STATUTORY CHARGE TO THE CITY THAT WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE OR ALTER IN ANY WAY. SO THOSE NUMBERS ROLLED INTO HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE. INCREASES IN THE PERSONAL SERVICES WERE PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS GENERAL FINDINGS SHOWING A SLIGHTLY LARGER ONE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF NEW POSITIONS THAT THE MANAGER REQUESTED IN THIS BUDGET. AND THOSE HELP PUSH THAT NUMBER UP A LITTLE BIT DOWN. THE PERCENTAGE IS REAL GOOD GOALIE ON THE ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS, 11% IS EQUATES TO PRIMARILY THE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITION INCREASES THAT WE HAD REQUESTED. UM THE 35% DECREASE IN THE OTHER USES IS MAINLY AROUND THE ARPA ALLOCATIONS. WHAT WE'RE EXPENDING FUNDS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. UM IS LESS THAN IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, BUT MORE ON THE SCENE ON THE STORMWATER SIDE. THAT'S WHY THAT'S PIECE DOWN THERE IS LARGER. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YOU SEE THAT HUGE 284% INCREASE THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE UNDERGROUND IN. WE'RE TAKING FUNDS FROM THE RESERVE AND FUNDING THAT PROJECT OUTRIGHT SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING INTO ANY DEBT SERVICE FOR THAT PROJECT. WE ALSO, UM OVERALL OR SEEING BECAUSE OF THAT AND OVERALL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AREA 66% INCREASE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE SOME NEGATIVE OFF SETTINGS AND THE OTHERS. IT'S A BIG EXPENSE THAT WE'RE HEADING THROUGH THE C R A THIS YEAR. THROUGH WATER AND SEWER. UH UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, NOT A HUGE INCREASE AT ALL. THERE'S ACTUALLY A DECLINE IN THE OTHER USES, WHICH IS THOSE TRANSFERS OUT AND THEN ALSO THE SANITATION YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE CAPITOL OUTLAY. 108% INCREASE, WHICH IS LOOKS LIKE A BIG NUMBER. THAT'S DUE TO A NEW FRONT END LOADER DUMP TRUCK FOR COMMERCIAL USE PURSES. AS WELL AS A ROLL OFF BED TRUCK PURCHASE . UM THAT'S OCCURRING, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CHILL IN THE CLAMSHELL TRUCK THAT'S BEING PURCHASED, SO THERE'S SOME SOME EXPENSES THERE ON THE CAPITOL OUTLAY THAT INCREASE THAT SECTION SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEN THE STORM WATER SIDE, YOU'LL 174% WILL JUMP OUT TO YOU IN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY SIDE. THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HARPER REVENUE SIDE ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF STORMWATER WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO DO SOME STORMWATER DESIGNS AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF STORM WATER PROJECTS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, WHICH IS A DIRECT ALLOCATION AND ALLOWABLE UNDER THE FUND. UM AND THE ILLINOIS AVENUE WITH THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. I THINK FOR THE LIVING SHORE YES, THEY'RE ALSO BOSS. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS IN THERE THAT MADE THOSE HIGH INCREASES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY, UM, OUT OF THE LAUREN RELATED. THEY'RE EITHER THROUGH, UM, GRANTS OR ALLOCATIONS FROM ARBA OR ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE OR REVENUES FROM FUND BALANCES FROM THE DIFFERENT FUND SECTIONS.

NORMALLY WE DON'T GO INTO THIS MUCH DETAIL AT THIS STAGE, BUT WITH HAVING TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS ON BOARD, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO AND I KNOW THE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS WHILE RUNNING ATTENDED WORKSHOPS AND SO FORTH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A, UH, A COMPLETE VISUAL AS MUCH AS WE COULD ON THE BUDGET PRIOR TO, UH GOING INTO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE FINAL ADOPTION. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS AS PRESENTED IS IT POSSIBLE TO CARVE OUT ONE OF THAT IS GRANT VERSUS WHAT ABOUT ITS TAXPAYER AND THE SECTIONS TO GET A BETTER WELL.

IN GENERAL FUND, UH, ANTICIPATING THAT QUESTION DURING THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION . THERE'S ABOUT $2.1 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, ADDING UP SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, EVERYTHING FROM THE CSC GRANT TELL FUN RECREATION. SOME STATE GRANTS. UH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY'S AND ADVERTISING ON THE TRAM. AND, UN THERE. SO THERE'S ABOUT 2,000,002 0.1 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND IS BEING FUNDED BY GRANT THAT INCLUDE THE RP FUNDS AT 2.1 MILLION, VERY SMALL PIECE, LIKE THE MANAGER, REALLOCATING MOST OF THOSE FUNDS TO STORMWATER ANOTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AND SO THERE'S NO AVALERE IN TAXES GOING TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS AT ALL. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING GENERAL FUND. I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. IN WALKING AROUND AND TALKING TO PEOPLE BY FAR THE MOST. COMMON. COMPLAINT WAS INADEQUATE DRAINAGE AND DEALING WITH FLOODING AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY HAVING THE FORESIGHT THAT THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. 69% OF THEM.

MONEY IS WELL SPENT. AND WITH THE SEVERITY OF STORMS WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE

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WORLD. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE CITY. WELL PREPARED AND THIS COMING, UM, LEGISLATIVE WHERE OUR APPROPRIATIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED THAT STORM WATER AS WELL, SO WE'LL BE ASKING STATE LEGISLATORS FOR STORMWATER APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED, THEY COMPLETED A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING AND TRYING TO THE WORST IS SO LONG OF BOTH LARGE AND SMALL PROJECTS. I'VE SEEN THAT AND I THINK WITH THAT BEING, SAID THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ROLLED BACK RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2023 IS 4.6513 MILLS, THE CITY IS PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE BY 7.5% THE CITY IS PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE OF 5.0 MILLS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT MILITARY FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE PURPOSE FOR THE INCREASES TO FUND CURRENT OPERATIONS AND ACCOMMODATE NORMAL INCREASES IN THE COST OF THOSE OPERATIONS, MR MAYOR OKAY . OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A WE HAVE ANY MOTION TO APPROVE IT? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MILLAGE RATE AT 5.0% FISCAL YEAR. 2022 IS IT WASN'T RESOLUTION NUMBER SECONDED? YES RESOLUTION. 17 18 1920 22 SHOULD NUMBER 79 2022, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED WITH THE MILITARY RATE. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK IN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRUDER. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MARK. SORRY MARK . I DIDN'T SEE YOU WALKING UP. IF YOU AS YOU KNOW, POLICE FOR A LOT OF BILL TWO OH, EIGHT SOUTHEAST AS YOU ON THE STREET. UM MY ONLY QUESTION OR CONCERN.

IS THAT LOOKING AT THE BUDGET? YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ALL OF THIS GROWTH THAT SUPPOSEDLY IS COMING ONLINE THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE. THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE FUNDING AN AWFUL LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH CASH INSTEAD OF DEBT AND IN A POTENTIAL RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT THAT'S GOING TO COST US A LOT MORE THAN IF WE CAN FIND SOME PERCENTAGE, PARTICULARLY SCIARRA OF THIS WITH THAT, INSTEAD OF FUNDING IT OUT OF POCKET, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS. SHOULD BE FUNDED WITH SHORT TERM. MONEY BASICALLY CASH IN HAND RATHER THAN SOME SOME ADDITIONAL BORROWING. IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO BORROW TO FUND SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S CHEAPER, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS WHETHER OR NOT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THERE'S STILL A NUMBER OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS DOWN COLORADO AND DOWNTOWN. WE SHOULD GET THOSE OUT OF HERE. THERE'S NO REASON THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE RIVER THAT'S CLOSE TO THE RIVERS AS POSSIBLE. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A BUDGET TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, CONVERTING SOME OF THOSE SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC HABIT ADDRESS REAL QUICK, THE SEPTIC SYSTEM ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH MR VOLCKER ABOUT DOING ANOTHER CITYWIDE SIGN UP AND SAVE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE ASPECT OF THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THOSE WHO HAD SIGNED UP AND NOT SAVED, SO WE DID HIM AS WE DID BASINS BEFORE, AND SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE BASINS. DO WE WANT TO DO A CITYWIDE ONE TIME SHOT, SIGN UP AND SAVE DEAL FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY. SO WE'RE EVALUATING THAT NOW. GREAT THANK YOU. NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER RICH I. COMMISSIONER CLARK YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES. MCDONALD? YES. AND CONGRATULATIONS. GUYS COMPLETED

[15. THIS ITEM SET FOR TIME CERTAIN OF 5:15 PM - FIRE ASSESSMENT FOR FY 2023 (RC): RESOLUTION No. 80-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS; DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL TO THE MARTIN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

YOUR FIRST VOTE. OKAY GOING ONTO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT? UH DAVID ASKED MR MARTEL TO READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE TITLE IN THEIR RESOLUTION NUMBER 80-2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023 9 ADVIL OR, UM, ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS DIRECTING SORT OF CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL TO THE MARTIN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE REASON I READ THE WHOLE ONE LAST TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PAST 5 15. OH, MR MAYOR, THERE HAS BEEN THERE'S NO RATE INCREASE AS IT RELATES TO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT.

ANY NEW PROPERTIES THAT CAME ON THERE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT DID HAVE DIRECT LETTER NOTICES MAILED TO THEM. OKAY GREAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? APPROVAL. 2ND 2ND . OKAY. WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT? BE WE DO MR CROSSED. JEFF CROSS COUGH. THANK YOU.

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VERY CHRIS COUGH. MULTIPLE TIME MAYOR PRESSING OFF. YOU KNOW SOMETHING? THIS QUESTION JEFF CROSS CUFFS, AND HE WAS STEWART ST LOUIS BOULEVARD. UM WHEN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED. UM IT WAS ADOPTED AT 108 FOR VACANT LAND AND THEN A FIRST ATTENDED DOLLAR FIGURE PER 1000. AS IT HAS GROWN. HAS THERE BEEN AN ANALYSIS OF GOING FROM $5 1000 TO 4 50,000 AS EVERYTHING'S GROWN OR IS THAT JUST KEPT GROWING. OKAY LAST. I REALLY DON'T SPEAK. OKAY YEAH. NO SIR.

THE ORIGINAL FIRE ASSESSMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO RECOUP 30% OF THE FIRE OPERATION OF THE M S. AND THAT'S THE DOLLAR, A WEIGHT AND A DOLLAR 30. FIVE PER $5000 OF TAXABLE GAME. I KNOW IT'S NOT COLLECTING 30% ANYMORE BECAUSE THE COST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INCREASED. SO THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ANALYSIS OF AS THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE RISEN THAT MARKET VALUE OF ON THE PROPERTY ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROPERTY. UM THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ANALYSIS TO REDUCE THE RATE OR INCREASE THE RATE. WE STILL HAVE. ABOUT A MILLION THREE. SHORT FALL. IF YOU KNOW WHEN ALL SAID, AND DONE BECAUSE WE COLLECT 13 MILLION AND ADVIL, OR, UM, AND PUBLIC SAFETY COST 15,000,009. SO UH, IT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE ITS INCEPTION HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE INCEPTION AND NOT ON THE NEW GROWTH. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS REALLY HIT YET IN THAT WELL, SIR, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ON THAT MARKET IMPROVEMENT VALUES. SO THE TAX THAT THE MONEY GENERATED FROM THE FIRE ASSESSMENT ISN'T GROWING AS QUICKLY AS THE TOTAL AVALERE, UM, TAX BASES. YOU KNOW IF THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WAS GOING FROM A MILLION TO A MILLION A MILLION AND A HALF AND ONE YEAR WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT IT'S ONLY GROWN FROM THE ORIGINAL MILLION DOLLARS. TO ABOUT A MILLION THREE NOW, AND IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SINCE 2015 OKAY. CAN'T MATCH. CAN YOU? CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT JUST LETS ME OFF THE CHAIN WHEN HE WANTS TO LOOK FOR THE GO AHEAD FOR HIMSELF. YEARS AGO, WHEN THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT WAS DONE. WE DIDN'T ASSESSMENT. THAT LOOKED OVER ALL THE IMPERVIOUS HERBACEOUS AREA IN CITY. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE OR AREAS THAT HAD NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THAT STORM WATER TAX. HAS THAT BEEN ASSESSED OR LOOKED AT IN IN THIS BUDGET THERE IS ACTUALLY IN THE STORM WATER IS A RATE STUDY. AND THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO GO THROUGH FIRST AND ANALYZE THE ER YOU VALUE ASSIGNED TO EACH PROPERTY TO ANALYZE THAT IMPERVIOUS, PERVIOUS CALCULATION TO COME UP WITH WHAT THE FACTOR SHOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD BE CHARGED THE STORMWATER RATE ON I PERSONALLY BELIEVE ONCE THAT ER YOU DATA IS CORRECT FOR TODAY'S DAY AND WHAT THE AMOUNT OF CEMENT ON A PROPERTY VERSUS A VACANT LOT IS CORRECT. I THINK STORMWATER IS REVENUE IS GOING TO RIGHT ITSELF TO THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE RATE IS BASED ON WHAT OUR DESIRES ARE TO FUND WITH STORM WATER IF IT'S RIVER CLEAN UP OR DRAIN OFF CLEAN UP. SO ONCE THE RU VALUES ARE CORRECTED BY THE CONSULTANT, THEN I THINK WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STORMWATER RATE. AND YOU EXPECT THAT THIS YEAR? YES, SIR . IT'S IN THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, SEE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENT. FROM THE PUBLIC SAYING NONE. MARY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? PLEASE COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES COLLINS? YES COMMISSIONER BRUNER? YES MCDONALD'S COMMISSIONER RICH

[16. THIS ITEM SET FOR TIME CERTAIN OF 5:15 PM - TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 2023 (RC): RESOLUTION No. 81-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET . DAVID, THIS MORTALITY READ THE TITLE, PLEASE. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 81 DISH 2020 TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER. 1 2022 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MR MAYOR PRIOR TO CALLING FOR A MOTION ON THIS. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 MILITARY AND THE FINAL BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 26 2021 AT 5 15. PM HERE AT CITY HALL, 1 21, SOUTH WEST FLAGLER AVENUE IN STORE FLORIDA. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SIMPLY PROVEN. OKAY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRADY DO IT. YOU HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY COME ON. THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC

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COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? I THINK YOU MEANT TODAY. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, 2022. THANK YOU. SORRY.

THANK YOU. YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A GREEN CARD. THINK SIGNAL. NO COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? POLICE COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES MR CLARK? YES MR COLLINS.

COMMISSIONER RICH? YES, MCDONALD. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S A ONE BUDGET HEARING IN THE IN THE BOOKS AND ONE MORE TO GO THIS YEAR. OKAY SO LET'S MOVE ON BACK TO, UH 10. PRETTY TEEN.

[10. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KANNER LLC APPROVAL PROCESS.]

YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE PRESENTATION. UH DR PRESENTATIONS, AND THIS ONE WILL BE THE ONE ON THE CANOPY. YOU D UM, MIKE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THIS. 300 DEDUCTION. UM I'M NOT GOING TO HEAR YOU, MIKE. NO. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE COMPUTER WORK FIXING IT LIKE YES, VERY GOOD SETTING THAT UP. I THE INTENTION IS NOT TO HAVE A LAND USE HEARING TODAY. I'M NOT TRYING TO REHASH THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FOR THAT MATTER OF THE SPRING, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT ARISEN AS IT RELATES TO THE STATUS OF THE CANTOR LLC PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CASCO PROJECT. UM WELL, COSTCO WAS JUST INTENDED. IT IS ACTUALLY THE CANTOR LLC PROJECT. AH! I PUT TOGETHER A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT WOULD NOT OPEN TODAY, SO I HAD TO REDO IT THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S MUCH SHORTER AND EASIER AS FAR AS THE SLIDES ARE CONCERNED. I'M BASICALLY GONNA GO OVER THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, STARTING WITH THE ANNEXATION DISCUSSED THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING. WHAT IT'S WORTH. THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN BOTH 2016 AND 2017 BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR PARCELS OR BUT IN THE CANTOR PROP PROPERTY, BUT THERE ARE FIVE PARCELS THAT WERE ANNEXED. I PUT THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF EACH PARCEL. THAT ON HERE FIRST PERSONAL 4408, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT OR SOUTH OF LITCHI TREE FARM ON CANTOR HIGHWAYS, 7.7 ACRES. THEY PAID $24,700 IN TAXES FOR THE VACANT LAND. THIS TAXI OR WHATEVER. NOVEMBER TAX BILL. AND THERE'S PERSONAL 463, WHICH IS THE LITTLE TRIANGULAR PARCEL, WHICH IS ON WILLOUGHBY BOULEVARD BUT ALSO ADJACENT TO THE LITCHI TREE FARMS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS 4.2 ACRES, AND THEIR TAX BILL WAS $14,700 AGAIN FOR THE VACANT LAND. AND THERE'S PARCEL FOR 4 TO 6, WHICH EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM CANTOR HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO WILLOUGHBY. IT'S A LONGER PIECE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT 17.2 ACRES. ITS TAX BILL WAS $44,953 . AND THEN THERE WAS A PARCEL 0005, WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE SOFTWARE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SURPLUS PARCEL. IT WAS 19.72 ACRES, AND ITS TAX BILL WAS $35,700 LAST YEAR. SO THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY, UM WITH NO LAND USE AND NO ZONING WHATSOEVER, PAID $121,000 LAST YEAR IN TAXES FOR THE PRIVILEGE.

THE FINAL PART OF PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS THE BASTIDE PROPERTY, WHICH IS 4.65 ACRES. IT WAS ANNEXED AT THE SAME TIME AS THOSE OTHER PARCELS, BUT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CANTOR LLC PROJECT. HOWEVER IT IS 4.65 ACRES, AND IT IS CURRENTLY LISTED FOR SALE ON LOOP NET FOR $3.5 MILLION. AND ITS CURRENT TAX BILL IS $3053. IF YOU TOOK $3 MILLION AT ROUGHLY IN 19.75% TAX RATE, WHICH WOULD BE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, EVERYBODY'S TAXES OR THE MILITARY FOR ALL OF THEM PUT TOGETHER. THE TAX RATE AT $3.5 MILLION WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE $60,000 A YEAR RANGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL SELL FOR, BUT I JUST POINT THAT OUT FOR EDIFICATION. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IF YOU'RE SPENDING 100 $20,000 A YEAR ON PROPERTY TAX, THERE'S A CERTAIN EXPECTATION THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS SOME DEVELOPABLE VALUE. UM THE CANADA PROPERTY IS MADE UP OF FOUR PARCELS JUST UNDER 50 ACRES. IT'S 49 POINT SOME ACRES. IT. UH, THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY REVIEWED BY THE LAND PLANNING BOARD. WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING. THEN THERE WAS THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MAY 24TH 2021. THAT HEARING LASTED SEVEN HOURS, DURING WHICH ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE WAS MADE. THE COMMISSION ASKED QUESTIONS. PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN AN INTERVENERS PARTICIPATED. THEN THE SECOND COMMISSION MEETING TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 9TH 2021, BUT IN BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND MEETING BECAUSE

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THERE WERE MULTIPLE INTERVENERS . WE SAT DOWN AND ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A MUCH MORE FORMAL PROCEDURE TO TRY AND LIMIT THE TIME FRAMES AND LIMIT THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHORTEN THE SECOND MEETING TO SEVEN HOURS. AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 A.M.

ON AUGUST 10TH THE NEXT DAY. THE COMMISSION PASSED THE PROJECT. WHAT WAS AT ISSUE IS. TWO THINGS . FIRST, THE FUTURE LAND USE. SECONDLY, ZONING. THE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR BOTH OF THE SAME TIME. THIS MAP DEPICTS RIGHT HERE IS A QUARTER MILE RADIUS. FROM THE PROPERTY. AND IT SHOWS THE CITY OF STEWART'S FUTURE LAND USE. IF YOU SEE RED RED IS MULTI FAMILY, THE ORANGES COLOR.

ORANGES. UH, I'M SORRY. READ HIS COMMERCIAL. ORANGE IS MULTI FAMILY. AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE WHERE YOU SEE THE BLUE, THAT'S AN INSTITUTIONAL OR GOVERNMENT USE. THE CITY COMMISSIONS OBLIGATION AND THE STAFF'S OBLIGATION WAS TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF A COMPATIBLE FUTURE LAND USE. SIMILAR TO ONE OF THOSE SURROUNDING USES. THE CITY OF STUDENTS. 13 FUTURE LAND USES. AS THEY'RE LISTED THERE. THAT'S ALL OF THE FUTURE LAND USES. WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS NUMBER 10, WHICH WAS NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT.

WHICH ALLOWS FOR UP TO 15 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT OR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT IS THE ONLY LAND USE THAT THE CITY HAS. THAT DOESN'T GIVE DEVELOPMENT BY RIGHT SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE BEFORE, AND YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE LIKE THE ORANGE, WHICH IS THE MULTI FAMILY, A MULTI FAMILY AND LAND USE AUTOMATICALLY IF THEY MEET THE SETBACKS AND THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN THE PARKING ETCETERA, A PERSON CAN COME IN AND PULL IT PERMIT AND BUILD UP TO 15 UNITS AN ACRE WITHOUT ANY COMMISSION ACTION. AS IT RELATES TO THE RED LAND USES. THE SAME GOES WITH COMMERCIAL. IT'S UP TO 15 UNITS AN ACRE. AS A RESULT, THE ADJACENT LAND USERS WOULD HAVE BEEN MULTI FAMILY AND OR COMMERCIAL, WHICH WOULD HAVE GUARANTEED UP TO 15 YEARS ANCHOR. IF YOU GO HERE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT WHILE IT ALLOWS UP TO 15 UNITS AN ACRE IT DOESNT ALLOW ANYTHING WITHOUT COMMISSION ACTION. THE OTHER LAND USES THAT ARE SHOWN AROUND THIS PROPERTY THAT MARTIN COUNTY LAND USES. AND THAT'S THE MARTIN COUNTY FUTURE LAND. USE THE SAME CIRCLE, SAME LOCATION. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S KIND OF AN ORANGE COLOR OF BLUE COLOR AND A PINK COLOR. THE ORANGE COLOR SHOWN. IS THE MARTIN COUNTY. I THINK WE CALL IT LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY. AND THAT'S UP TO FIVE UNITS AN ACRE THAN THE RED. LITTLE PLACES NEXT TO THE ORANGE IS CALLED THEIR HIGH DENSITY, WHICH IS UP TO 10 UNITS AN ACRE. BLUE IS, I THINK BLUE IS THE MEDIUM AND THAT'S UP TO EIGHT UNITS AN ACRE, AND THAT BLUE IS ALSO THEY HAVE A COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT AND THEN THE PINK, WHICH IS A MOBILE HOME PARK IS UP TO EIGHT UNITS AN ACRE. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH THE APPROVAL ON THE COSTCO MATTER WAS APPROVED AT 8.1 UNITS PER ACRE. GOING BACK TO THE CITY OF STEWART'S FUTURE LAND USE. OUR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ALLOWS FOR UP TO 8.7 UNITS PER ACRE. UM. MARTIN COUNTY HAS 23 FUTURE LAND USES, BUT I ONLY INCLUDED THE SIX BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE'S ONLY SIX NEAR THIS OR EVEN IN THIS SCREEN. REALLY, THAT WOULD HAVE APPLIED, WHICH IS LOW DENSITY COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT MOBILE HOME GENERAL INSTITUTION, MEDIUM DENSITY AND HIGH DENSITY. AND THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE GENERAL INSTITUTION. THAT'S THE AIRPORT. THE MARTIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM WHAT WAS. BASICALLY BEING SOUGHT BY THE APPLICANT WAS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 66. THAT'S 2021. THEY WERE SEEKING A FUTURE LAND USE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT. THEY WERE ASKING TO HAVE A SIGNED ZONING OF A CPU DE CONDITIONED UPON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT. AND WHEREAS CLAUSES IN THAT ORDINANCE INCLUDED FINDINGS REGARDING THE WETLANDS, INVASIVE SPECIES ON SITE, WHICH WILL BE RELEVANT TO SECOND. UM WHEN THE WHEN THE ORDINANCE PASSED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORDINANCE, PASSING AN AFFECTED PARTY FILEDS THAT THEY FELT WERE NON COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY'S CUP PLANT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION GOING AROUND THAT THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH FOUR STORY BUILDINGS OR THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH DENSITY OR THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH RETAIL USES OR THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH SETBACKS OR THAT IT HAD TO DO ANYTHING

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WITH ZONING OR DEVELOPMENT. AND THE REALITY IS ZERO TO DO WITH ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT. IT ONLY HAD TO DO WITH THE LAND USE IS NOT WHETHER THERE WERE 16 UNITS, AN ACRE 27 UNITS PER ACRE OR WHETHER IT WAS THREE STORIES OF FOUR STORIES AND NOT WHETHER IT WAS 10 FT. FROM THE ROAD OR 12 FT FROM THE ROAD AND NOT WHETHER IT WAS A GROCERY STORE OR NOT, WHETHER IT WAS A ROAD GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OR NOT, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THEY DID NOT RAISE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.

HOWEVER, THEY COULD HAVE THAT WAS AN AVAILABLE ISSUE THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO APPEAL IT OR WANTED TO CHALLENGE IT. COULD HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T CHALLENGE IT ALL THEY CHALLENGED AND ALL THE APPEAL WAS FOR IS THAT THE. DECISION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

OF ASSIGNING THE FUTURE LAND USE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL DISTRICT WAS NOT FAIRLY DEBATABLE, AND WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT, AND FAIRLY DEBATABLE IN THE CASE LAW IS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ITSELF THAT REASONABLE PEOPLE COULDN'T HAVE FAIRLY ARGUED. THAT THAT WAS A CHOICE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLY OUTRAGEOUS OF A DECISION THAT NO ONE COULD ACTUALLY REASONABLY DISCUSSED OR FIND A WAY TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION. SO THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS PARKING AND THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS DENSITY AND THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS USES OF RETAIL, MULTI FAMILY OR COMMERCIAL. BUT AT THE HEARING THE. PEOPLE TESTIFYING STARTED INSERTING THAT STUFF AND THE CITY OBJECTED AND SAID, WAIT A SECOND. IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE PREPARED DIFFERENTLY. YOU ONLY SAID IT WAS FUTURE LAND USE, AND THE JUDGE RULED, IN FACT THAT IT SHOULD ONLY BE THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT DURING THE HEARING. AND GREG BRAUN, WHO GAVE A REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. HIS TWO FINDINGS WERE ONE OF THE CITY'S REGULATIONS REQUIRE THE PROTECTION OF STATE LISTED ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WITHOUT CONDITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES BE PROTECTED WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REGULATIONS.

THAT'S THE LAND USE REGULATIONS THAT GOES TO ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE ASSIGNMENT IN THE COM PLANT. AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE VALUE OF WETLANDS ON THE PROPOSED COSTCO SITE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN UNDERSTATED AND OR MISREPRESENTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT , SO CITY STAFF DECISION MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC WERE UNABLE TO BASE THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON THOROUGH, ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DATA. AGAIN. THE MITIGATION AND OR IMPACT ON WETLANDS IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES PLACE DURING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING, NOT DURING FUTURE LAND USE AND AGAIN UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE, 1 66. THEY COULD HAVE FILED A AND ACTION TO CHALLENGE THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT, BUT THEY LIMITED TO THE FUTURE LAND USE. THE OTHER EXPERT THEY PRESENTED WAS CHARLES CHARTIER, AND HIS REPORT WAS LONG, BUT HE HAD PAGE FOUR OF HIS REPORT TOOK THIS, AND IT WAS A SUMMARY OF HIS OPINIONS. HE SAYS. IT'S MY OPINION THAT THE AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SPECIAL DISTRICT. FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY FAILS TO MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS NUMBER ONE. IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR THE CHARACTER, THE PROPERTY TO IT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH POLICY FIVE A 5.5 TO PROTECT WETLANDS. THREE WAS INCONSISTENT WITH POLICY. 5.85 POINT EIGHT TO PRESERVE NATIVE VEGETATIVE COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S NOT BASED ON RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE DATA ANALYSIS, ADDRESSING MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE DESIGNATED IT. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WELL. WHEN YOU DO A FUTURE LAND USE THE WETLAND PART HAPPENS. THE MITIGATION AND OR ADDRESSING THE WETLANDS HAPPENS AT THE TIME. OF DEVELOPMENT, NOT AT THE TIME OF FUTURE LAND USE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DID SINGLE FAMILY FUTURE LAND USE. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAD IT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME IMPACT IN THE SAME COMMENTS IF THAT WAS HOW IT WORKED BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T PUT ANY FUTURE LAND USE ON IT IF YOU HAD TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BEFORE THE FUTURE LAND USE WAS ASSIGNED. AGAIN BECAUSE YOU DON'T DO THAT UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S ANY BUILDINGS WHEN YOU'RE DOING FUTURE LAND USE LAND USES THE VACANT LAND. WHAT IS THE LAND AND BE AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW IS JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN MARTIN COUNTY, MARTIN COUNTY DIDN'T ADOPT THEIR THEIR COMPLAINT UNTIL 1985 AND AT THE TIME THAT LAND WAS VACANT, AND MARTIN COUNTY IS SIGNED IN A FUTURE LAND USE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S WETLANDS ALL OVER THE PLACE UP THERE. THEY DIDN'T DELINEATE THE WETLANDS. THEY JUST SAID THIS IS FUTURE LAND USES OF SINGLE FAMILY. ULTIMATELY, JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL GOT BUILT ON IT. IT HAPPENS TO STILL HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE ON IT, BUT THEY GO BACK LATER AND DO THE SETBACKS FROM THE WETLANDS AND THEY GO BACK LATER AND DO WHERE THE ROADS ARE GOING TO GO, AND WHERE THE SETBACKS AGO THAT HAPPENS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. IN ANY EVENT. UM, THIS IS AH, TRASH THAT'S BEEN THAT WAS FOUND

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BURIED ON THE LOCATION. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S OUT OF ORDER LIKE THIS, BUT, UH, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THESE PICTURES OR ANYTHING WHEN WE HAD THE HEARING BECAUSE THE PURCHASER HADN'T PURCHASED THE LAND YET, AND IT ONLY HAD INITIAL INSPECTIONS AND HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO IN. THIS TRASH WAS FOUND WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING DIGGING THE FENCE. THEY HAVEN'T THEY HAVEN'T EVEN DONE ALL OF THE STUFF. UM AND THEN THIS IS, UH THE PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE UH, THIS PICTURE OF THE SEVENTIES. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A MANMADE TRENCH THROUGH THIS AREA. IT WAS KIND OF A FARM. WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTIES. THIS IS THE LITCHI TREE FARMS. THIS IS THE TRIANGULAR PIECE. THIS IS ONE OF THE PIECES. THIS IS THE OTHER PIECE. AND THEN RIGHT HERE IS THE BOOSTED PROPERTY. THAT HASN'T BEEN, UM, DONE YET. RIGHT HERE. IS WILL IT BE BOULEVARD IN THIS BIG LAKE? RIGHT HERE? THAT IS WILLOUGHBY BOULEVARD. YOU WOULD DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THAT NOWADAYS THAT IF YOU MOVE TO THE NINETIES, YOU CAN SEE WILLOUGHBY BOULEVARD AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THERE. THE TRENCH STILL KIND OF SHOWS THROUGH A LITTLE BIT AND COMES DOWN TO HERE AND THEN THE PRESENT DAY.

THE WILLOUGHBY BOULEVARD IS HERE. IT'S THE LAKE MUST BE AN UNDERNEATH THOSE TREES THAT TRENCHES KIND OF GONE AWAY AND YOU CAN SEE MUCH MORE FARMING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BEING DONE ON THE LEAKY TREE. AND THEN THE PERSON. THE PARCEL THAT WAS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT.

THIS BIG POND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. HERE IS A DRAINAGE POND BUILT BY UH F DOT UM SO. AS IT GOES. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE APPEAL WAS THE JUDGE. UH WHEN THE PROPOSED FINAL JUDGES WERE SUBMITTED. THERE WAS A LOT OF LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND ZONING ISSUES. AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ADOPTED A LOT OF THOSE FINDINGS, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD RULED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THAT WASN'T ADMISSIBLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T FILED THAT WAY AND AGAIN, LOTS OF CASES DO GET FILED THE OTHER WAY, WHERE THEY CHALLENGE THOSE THINGS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY OPINION THAT SHE JUST PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY HAD ACTUALLY FILED AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BY INCLUDING IT. SO WE FILED EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. AND AS YOU WERE AWARE, WE GOT SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE CABINET. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS WHO HEARS EXCEPTIONS , WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE THOUGHT, BUT WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE AND THE CABINET HEARD THE EXCEPTIONS OF BOTH SIDES AND ESSENTIALLY FROM THE FLOOR. CLEARLY RULED THAT THEY. I THOUGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HAD ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE ZONING ISSUES. AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT I HAD HAD SLIDES IN HERE THAT INCLUDED THE, UM QUOTES FROM OUR I CAN'T PLANT ITSELF. BUT I DON'T SEE IT COMING UP.

AND COPY OVER, BUT SECTION. AH, A 5.585 POINT. 685.7 ALL THREE SAY THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING, UH WETLAND ADDRESSING THAT THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE AT THE END WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AND NOT AT THE FUTURE LAND USE TIME. AND THAT UH UM. THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AGAIN. IT COULD BE. THAT ALL. THERE'S NO REASON TO GO IN AND ADDRESS ALL THOSE THINGS IF THERE WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANY IMPACTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER UNDER ANY ZONING OR DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO OUR COMPLAINT DIRECTS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TO ESSENTIALLY WAIT UNTIL THE ZONING TO DO THOSE ISSUES NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN THE CITY IN THE PAST WHERE THE CITY COMMISSION AGREED TO DEDICATE PORTIONS OF PROPERTY TO CONSERVATION. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHEN WINDERMERE WAS DEVELOPED MANY MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. THEY SAID THAT WHEN THE COMMISSION WAS HEARING THE NOT THE FUTURE LAND USE, BUT THE ACTUAL ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF IT. THEY SAID OKAY. THEY APPROVED THESE ROADS IN THESE HOUSES, ETCETERA, AND THEN THE IDENTIFIED CERTAIN AREAS OF WETLAND AREA AND PRESERVATION THAT WAS BEING SET ASIDE AS PRESERVATION AND THE COMMISSION IN VOTING TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT SAID. IN THE FUTURE. WE WANT THIS THIS TO BE PLACED INTO CONSERVATION AND IRONICALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION JUST ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, ACTUALLY. FULFILLED THAT AND PUT IT IN CONSERVATION . NOT THAT IT MATTERED BECAUSE IT HAD ALL BEEN IN PRESERVATION AND DEDICATED. THERE WAS NEVER ANY TIME THAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT ON. BUT IN THE CANADA HIGHWAY. THE CANADA LOC. 25% OF THE LAND IS IN FACT PRESERVED AS UPLAND PRESERVATION. THE WETLANDS THAT WERE MITIGATED BY THE D E P I ACTUALLY HAD. I THOUGHT PICTURES OF THOSE WITH US AS WELL THAT I DIDN'T IT MUST NOT HAVE TRANSFERRED OVER THE COMPUTER PROBLEMS. UM THAT THE D E P. UH DID A CHART AND SCHEDULED THAT WAS ALL PART OF

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THE DEVELOPMENT. AS IT STANDS, THE CABINET HAS RULED THAT. THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT PORTION THAT WAS OVERREACHED IN THE WAY THE STATUTE READS, AS IT SAYS THAT THE CABINET EITHER HAS A CHOICE TO DIRECTLY REVERSE THE ORDER AND ENTER IN THEIR OWN ORDER. AND THEY COULD ENTER AN ORDER SAYING THAT IT'S VALID AND APPROVED AND IN COMPLIANCE AND MOVE FORWARD AND FIND THAT IN FACT, IT WAS A FAIRLY DEBATABLE STANDARD. OR THEY HAVE THE RIGHE ADMINISTRATIVE LARGE JUDGE AND DIRECT THAT SHE HOLDS A FURTHER HEARING. FOR TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND TO REMOVE THE ZONING.

AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FROM THE RULING AND TRANSCRIPT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO YET, UM THE DAY AFTER THE HEARING TOOK PLACE. I REACHED OUT TO SOMEONE UP UNTIL IN TALLAHASSEE BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO GET REMANDED IN THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ORDERS TO BE REMANDED, AND WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER TO GET THAT RECOMMENDATION. I'LL CALL MR GRASSO, WHO HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL, BY THE WAY, WORKING WITH ME TO THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. AND TRY TO WORK A STIPULATION OUT WITH HIM THAT WILL START SCHEDULING WHATEVER REMAND WE HAVE TO DO TO BE ORGANIZED ABOUT IT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS EXTRA TIME. AND I WAS TOLD TO STAND DOWN AND JUST WAIT A FEW WEEKS AND THAT WE WOULD KNOW. WHAT THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE GOVERNOR'S. PROPOSED DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. EITHER WAY, NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL DECEMBER BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS EVEN IF THEY WERE GOING TO REMAND IT TO THE LJ OR THEY WERE GOING TO DIRECTLY REVERSE IT. THEY WOULDN'T DO IT UNTIL THEIR NEXT CABINET MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. THEY HAVE FOUR YEARS WHEN I SAID SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THEY COULD CANCEL IT, SO IT MAY NOT EVEN HAPPEN IN DECEMBER. I'LL FIND OUT WHY THOSE OTHER SLIDES DIDN'T MAKE THIS SLIDE SHOW AND PRESENT THEM TO YOU GUYS BY EMAIL LATER. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S NOT THAT RELEVANT. THEY WOULD JUST PICTURES AND STUFF. SO CAN YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC? THE DATE WHEN THE ALGAE MADE THE DECISION. MARK WHATEVER THAT DATE WAS, AND THEN THE DATE WHEN THE CABINET JUST MET. YOU REMEMBER THOSE DATES? I SO THE LJ HEARING WAS EARLY. AH I'M SORRY. LATE NOVEMBER IT WAS, UM THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE THE JUDGE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE HEARING TOOK A BREAK FOR THE THANKSGIVING PARTY THAT WAS IN HER OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE BECAUSE IT WAS BY ZOOM. AND NORMALLY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES SAY THAT THE LJ JUDGE SHOULD HAVE THEIR PROPOSED ORDER OUT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE HEARING, BUT WE ALL AGREED FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE THAT RECORD WAS CLEAR THAT WE WOULD ORDER TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE HEARING AND THE FEEL J JUDGMENT. TRY TO GET THE RULING OUT WITHIN 30. DAYS OF RECEIVING THE CHANCE PROPOSED WE HAD WE HAD 14 DAYS FROM THE DAY WE GET THE TRANSCRIPTS TO SUBMIT OUR PROPOSED ORDERS, AND THEN SHE WAS GOING TO TRY AND GET IT OUT. 30 DAYS FROM THEM. WE GOT THE PROPOSED TRANSCRIPTS. IN, UM EARLY DECEMBER. WE HAD THE BOTH SIDES HAD OUR ORDERS FILED INTO OUR PROPOSED ORDERS FILED IN DECEMBER, AND THEN SHE FILED HER ADMINISTRATIVE MM. PROPOSED ORDER. I BELIEVE IT WAS LATE FEBRUARY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALMOST MARCH 1ST OR CLOSE APRIL 23RD WAS. IT WASN'T EVEN THAT LATE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN THAT LATE BECAUSE IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED. AND THEN WHEN WE RECEIVED IT. UM IT HAD SO MUCH STUFF PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE. I HAD TO OBJECT TO THOSE THINGS THAT WERE IN IT THAT HAD BEEN RULED INADMISSIBLE AND HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON THE RECORD AS PROFFERED EVIDENCE. AND SO THE OBJECTIONS WERE FILED BY THE CITY WITHIN I THINK, 10 DAYS OF THAT DATE AND THEN UM THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE YOU CAN BE ON THESE CABINET MEETINGS, BUT THE CABINET MEETINGS ARE ONLY FOUR TIMES A YEAR, SO WE MANAGED TO SQUEAK INTO THE AUGUST CABINET MEETING, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE DECEMBER. AND THEN I THINK, MARCH THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH WHICH ONE WILL BE ON IT OR NOT. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WORK THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED DONE ON THIS PROPERTY IS THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PUT A FENCE UP BECAUSE I GUESS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRESPASSING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PREVENT. AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. EITHER UNDER MARTIN COUNTY'S RULES OR UNDER

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THE CITY'S RULES FOR VACANT LAND, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LAND USES IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MARTIN COUNTY'S LAND USES, AND IN EVERY ONE OF COUNTIES, THE CITIES LAND USES. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT ISSUING ANY DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING PERMITS AT ALL. THEY CAN'T EVEN BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE HOUSE UNTIL THE MATTER IS COMPLETELY ADJUDICATED. SO AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THE LAND WHEN IT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. ALTHOUGH IT HAD A LAND USE FROM THE COUNTY ARE CODES AND ARCHIVE PLAN. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE SIMILAR, THEY DON'T MATCH UP. WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME NAMES OF OUR LAND USES, AND THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT THE SAME. THING. AND SO YOU COULDN'T GO INTO THE INTO STEWART AND SAY, I WANT TO BUILD A BARN OR A HOUSE AND I WANT YOU TO USE THIS COUNTY'S CODE. TO REVIEW TO SEE IF IT'S MEETS CODE FOR THE PERMIT TO BE ISSUED. YOU CAN ONLY DO CITY CODE. WELL THE CITY PLANNERS COULDN'T EVEN START TO REVIEW IT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT HAD A LAND USED TO SIGN TO IT AND THEN ALSO ZONING ASSIGNED TO IT, SO AS THEY STAND BY ON THIS THING. YOU KNOW, AUGUST OF, UM 21. WAS WHEN THEIR FINAL ORDER WAS ENTERED, GIVING THEM A LAND USE. IN AUGUST OF 22 HAS NOW COME AND GONE, AND AS I POINTED OUT AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TAX BILL AND MY MENTIONED THE BILL ABOUT THE TAX. BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS NOT THAT IT MATTERS WHAT THE TAX BILL IS, BUT WE AS A COMMUNITY GET FRUSTRATED WHEN PEOPLE I WANT TO CHANGE, MAKE CHANGE AND DO THINGS IN A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A LANDOWNER THAT HAS BEEN PAYING $100,000 A YEAR BECAUSE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR MARTIN COUNTY HAS BEEN TAXING THE VALUE OF THEIR LAND AS COMMERCIAL ON ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY AND GIVING IT THAT VALUE. AND THEY'VE BEEN PAYING IT DILIGENTLY AND THEN WHEN THEY COME INTO UM, DO THE DEVELOPMENT OR TO USE THE LAND THAT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING THE COMMENSURATE TAXES ON AND PEOPLE START SAYING, WHOA, WE DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD DO THAT. THAT'S WHERE YOU START GETTING INTO THOSE MISPERCEPTIONS OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN PEOPLE AS TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

IF THERE IS ONE IS THAT MOVING FORWARD WE REALLY NEED TO LIKE AND YOU GUYS MENTIONED BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS ARE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT HOW SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A BREATH AND DO THAT. AND AS WE DO THAT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT THE CITY YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THE LANDOWNER THAT WE REALLY DON'T THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THE USE THAT'S BEING TAXED. WE SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGED THAT ASSESSMENT EARLY ON SO THAT THEY CAN'T ARGUE BACK.

WELL WAIT A SECOND. I'VE BEEN PAYING THIS AS A COMMERCIAL RADAR AT THE HIGHEST TAX RATE AVAILABLE OR HIGHEST USE AVAILABLE FOR 10 YEARS AND NOBODY SAID A WORD WHEN THEY WERE CASHING THE CHECKS. AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL YOU PULL IT UP BECAUSE WHO WOULD GO LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S TAX BILL? JOLIE MADE BUT ANYWAY, UM. YOU'RE NO EVIL SEE NO EVIL, AND AS IT GOES, THE REAL THING IS THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW. WELL, WHY DOES THE CITY KEEP TRYING TO LIMIT THIS TO JUST AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THE LAND USE. AND WHY AREN'T THEY ADDRESSING THE COSTCO OR THE TRAFFIC OR THE ROADS OR THE PARKING OR WHATEVER IT WAS? AND IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT ME. IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IT'S NOT THE CITY DOING IT. IT'S THE PETITIONER FILED A VERY LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING THAT ONLY ADDRESSED THAT SINGLE ISSUE ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAR PLAN WHEN ASSIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE. IF THEY HAD FILED A DECLARATORY ACTION OR CIRCUIT COURT ACTION, CHALLENGING THE DENSITIES OR THE HEIGHTS OR THE SETBACKS OR EVEN THE APPROVAL OF THE MITIGATION OF WETLANDS OR OR ANY OF THAT? THE PREPARATION AND THE RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WE WOULDN'T BE ADDRESSING THE LAND USE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE ZONING SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IS THE LAND USE. AND IF YOU SEE A LACK OF DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ZONING OR PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THAT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF NEGLECT IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. IT'S NOT THE ISSUE AT HAND. AND I HAVE I COULD TALK FOR FIVE HOURS ON IT. SO I TURNED INTO THE SHORT HUMAN HUMAN SHIN DISCUSSIONS SO THERE WON'T BE OTHER THAN YOUR REPORT TODAY AND WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR'S CABINET. THE CABINET TO BE THERE WON'T BE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION OR NEED TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT UNTIL WE WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR WHAT IRONICALLY, AS A COMMISSION YOU GUYS ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER IT RIGHT NOW, ANYWAY. IT'S IN THE

[02:15:03]

HANDS OF THE CABINET. IT'S NOT BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. THE RULING IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S ALREADY DONE. THE APPEAL IS BASED UPON THE RECORD THAT TOOK PLACE. IT WOULD BE UNFAIR FOR PEOPLE TO SIT TO ADD NEW INFORMATION TO THAT TO CHANGE THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND SO YEAH, THAT'S IT. AND SO YOU WON'T BE HAVING ANY INFLUENCE ON IT UNTIL IT COMES BACK IF IT GETS REMANDED UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT AS FAR AS THIS BOARD IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE IT WILL STILL BE A REMAND BASED UPON THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE ORIGINAL 14 HOURS OF HEARINGS, AND IF IT GETS REVERSED BY THE CABINET, IT'LL JUST BE A REVERSE. IT'LL COME BACK AS ALMOST A MANDATE. DOES THE CABINET HAVE TO READ TO RECONVENE OR CAN IT BE PULLED? NO THEY HAVE TO SIT TOGETHER. IT'S JUST LIKE A SUNSHINE BOARD. OKAY, THEY WILL NOT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO MATTER WHAT IT WILL NOT GET AN ANSWER UNTIL DECEMBER. I MEAN, IT COULD BE MARCH THE EARLIEST THAT IT WILL BE AS THE NEXT SCHEDULED CABINET MEETING. OKAY IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF AMAZING. THEY HAD THEIR LAST ONE ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH PRIMARY ON THE PRIMARY ELECTION DAY, WHICH REALLY KIND OF SURPRISING, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THAT, TOO. ONE OF THE CABINET MEMBERS FELT LIKE THE OTHER CABINET MEMBERS WERE DOING IT TO HER TO PREVENT HER WONDER WHO THAT WAS, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND I COULD DO MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED. I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND MOVE ON FROM THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON IT. IT'S NOT THAT INTERESTING TOPIC REALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. UM CAMPBELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS SO OTHER THAN YOUR OPENING REMARKS? THANK YOU DID SO I'D LIKE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT I OFFERED UP INITIALLY IN MY THANK YOU'S WITH A ZONING IN PROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY STIR UP SOME CONVERSATION WITH MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABOUT DISCUSSING ABOUT DISCUSSING A ZONING IN PROGRESS. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE TIED UP IN THE BUDGET. YOU KNOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS HERE SO MAYBE AT THE END OF OCTOBER, I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE ZONING AND PROGRESS. BUT WHEN I MENTIONED THAT, I GUESS THE CONTEXT WOULD BE YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE ZONING IN PROGRESS? WHY WOULD WE WHAT IS THE POINT OF A ZONING IN PROGRESS? AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS AS A CITY WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK ON NEW APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO START AND WE CAN HAVE WHATEVER TIMEFRAME YOU KNOW THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THAT. WE CAN DECIDE IN THAT DISCUSSION. BUT MAYBE FOR SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW . HEY WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SO FAST. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING A MORATORIUM.

WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BUILD, YOU KNOW HERE, BUT LET'S TAKE A BREAK. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE, LIKE. THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THE CODING AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BUTTON UP AND TIGHTEN UP. ALRIGHT IN LIGHT OF THE OVERWHELMING. AND I KNOW YOU GOT TO TRUST ME ON THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE MY CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS. BUT MY POLLING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO RESIDENTS WHO REALLY WANT TO SEE THINGS SLOW DOWN AND FEEL LIKE THEIR CITY HAS BEEN SLIPPING AWAY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. THERE'S SOME CLASS RIGHT ON BUT I WOULD LOVE TO. OPEN UP. FOR DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MAYBE YOU KNOW, THE LATER OCTOBER MEETING ZONING AND PROGRESS. UM. ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, THAT GOES ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, SO I'LL ADDRESS THAT WHEN I GET TO MY COVER. BECKY DO YOU HAVE ANY JUST WELCOMED THE NEW COMMISSIONERS? GLAD YOU'RE HERE? YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. YES THANKS . THANK YOU. NEW COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THANK EVERYONE. UM I WANT TO THANK OR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OR IS IT ON A GUARD? YES YES. TODAY IT WAS SO SPECIAL OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS JUST SO SPECIAL TO HAVE THEM HERE AND TO HAVE THEM REALLY HELP US IN OUR RESPECTFUL REMEMBRANCE OF 9 11, AND I REALLY, REALLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETING TODAY AND CHIEF AND CHIEF FELICIANO IF YOU TELL YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UM, IN LIGHT OF THINKING OF OUR COUNTRY, GOD AND COUNTRY ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 3:30 P.M. I THINK WE'RE STARTING AT 3 30 TOGETHER. IT MIGHT BE A

[02:20:03]

FOUR. EXACTLY THERE'S A READING OF THE CONSTITUTION AT THE EASTERN STREET RECREATION CENTER . IT'S 30 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH. WE HAD A RESOLUTION TODAY FOR CONSTITUTION DAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE COME OUT. YOU CAN STILL BE A READER OR YOU CAN JUST COME AND PARTICIPATE, OR IF YOU SEE A YOUNG PERSON GOING UP TO READ. YOU CAN GO RIGHT UP THERE ON STAGE AND PARTICIPATE WITH THEM. THIS IS A COMMUNITY FRIENDLY. HOMEGROWN, UM. TYPE OF EVENT, SO PLEASE CONSTITUTION READ INTENSE STREET RECREATION CENTER. GET THERE BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK, 3:30 P.M. AND MS JESSICA THORPE AT THE REC CENTER TO 885340 WILL ALWAYS WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WILL WELCOME YOU THERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RAIN OR SHINE. SO PLEASE COME OUT WHETHER IT'S RAINING. GET INSIDE THE BUILDING AND WE'LL HAVE YOU THERE. WE JUST SAID TO NEW COMMISSIONER SPEAK TONIGHT WHEN THEY WERE BEING, UM, SWORN IN AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FACT THAT IN THIS SMALL TOWN I HAD AN OPPONENT. MY OPPONENT WAS VERY, UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THESE THESE WELL BEHAVED WHATEVER.

JUST WE HAD A GOOD SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOMETHING WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MR BRETT REAL WHATEVER THOSE SAME WORDS ARE ECO THEM, UM AS TOWARDS MY OPPONENT, AND I JUST SAY THAT THIS IS OUR SMALL TOWN. THIS IS OUR TOWN. WE CAN LIVE. WE CAN BE HERE WE CAN BREATHE. WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE HAPPY AND WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I THOUGHT I SAW MR LAUGHLIN HERE EARLIER ON, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SO SPECIAL THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN HAVE OPPONENTS AND WE CAN STILL RESPECT EACH OTHER AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT SOLELY OR REPUTATIONS, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR LAUGHLIN FOR TAKING UP AND STANDING UP. AND WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HIM AS WELL AS ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ME. THIS IS WHAT OUR CITY IS ALL ABOUT, IS TRYING TO BE INVOLVED IN TO PARTICIPATE. UM ON THIS THURSDAY, THE 16TH AT 10 A.M. AT THE COURT MAY, AKA CEMETERY. OUT UM, JUST PAST THE FLASHING LIGHT OUT IN INDIAN TOWN WHERE WE HAVE THE ROAD THAT GOES UP TO 7 10, BUT YOU CONTINUE ON CANADA HIGHWAY OUT TO THE CEMETERY.

THAT IS WHERE THE MEMORIAL GRAVES FOR THOSE WHO DIED IN THE 19TH 28 STORM. SOME PEOPLE SAY HURRICANE WE REFER TO IT AS A STORM OF 1928. IT WASN'T EVEN NAMED THEN AND WHEN THOSE GREAT WINDS CAME, LAKE OKEECHOBEE WASHED OVER THE EVERGLADES AND OVER 3000 PEOPLE PERISHED DURING THAT TIME AND IN THE WEEKS TO FOLLOW, SO THEY'RE HAVING THIS MEMORIAL. THE CITY OF PAHO KEY IS IN CHARGE OF THAT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT THERE WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE THAT THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED. AND IF NOT, I'M GOING TO ASK IF MAYOR IS GOING TO GO OUT THERE. IF HE CAN TAKE IT, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY SCHEDULE. BUT THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEMBERS FROM OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR SENIORS GO OUT THERE AND WE'RE JUST ASKING ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY TO GET OUT AND PARTICIPATE. IN THIS EVENT. WE STILL HAVE TWO TWIN SISTER. WELL NOT TWO TWIN SISTERS AND ANOTHER LADY. THREE PERSONS WERE SURVIVORS OF THE STORM. THE TWINS WERE THINK WERE TWO YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND THE SOUTHERN LADY WAS THREE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND SO THERE'S STILL ALIVE. THEY LIVE IN SOCHI AND ALSO ACTUALLY CANNOT POINT AND UM AND INDIAN TOWN AND USUALLY THEY'RE THERE EVERY YEAR , SO PLEASE GO OUT. IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING OUT THERE AT THE CEMETERY AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE 16TH. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS COMING UP AT 10 STREET. THERE'S A GANG WALK ON THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER THAT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WALKING, STARTING AT FOUR P.M. AT THE EASTERN STREET RECREATION CENTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT AROUND THE RECREATION CENTER AND TOWARDS THE POLICE SUPPORT MINT AND IN THAT AREA, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP HER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE CENTER AND THOSE WHO ARE JUST WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE COME OUT FOR THAT GANG WALK AND FOR GANG AWARENESS ON THAT EVENING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH THANK YOU. GANG WALK AGAIN. WALK SORRY . OKAY. SO WILL BE WALKING AGAINST ANTI GANG WALK. OKAY? I

[02:25:07]

GUESS I'LL DO MY COMMENTS FIRST. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME THE NEW COMMISSIONERS. IT'S UH IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HAVE YOU ALL COLLEAGUES. UM I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT'S A IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCES.

THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT WELL, AMAZING IS IT'LL YEARS FROM NOW THERE'S THINGS THAT BECAUSE HOW THINK LONG THINGS TAKE UM YOU'LL HAVE WORK ON PROJECTS AND THEN, UM YEARS LATER, YOU'LL SEE THE PROJECT HAPPENING, AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, IT'S LIKE, SEVEN YEARS LATER AND , UH AND I SPENT A SHORT TIME OUT OF OFFICE AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS CAME TO FRUITION WHEN I WAS NOT IN OFFICE, AND THAT WAS THAT, REALLY PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE. UH WHEN THOSE CAME ALONG, SO, UM WE ACTUALLY REJUVENATED ME IN A LOT OF WAYS. SO, UM, SO WELCOME WITH COLLEAGUES. UH EXCITED. UH AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE SUNSHINE LAWS. WE CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS BUT EXCEPT FOR HERE, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK UP. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW YOU ALL WILL DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. UM ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS SITTING HERE IN THE MAYOR'S SEAT. AND UH , I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I'M SITTING IN THE MIRROR. AND I THOUGHT MR MARTEL TALK ABOUT OKAY. SO DAVE WOULD COVER THAT IN HIS COMMISSION COMMENTS. FINALLY UM, COMMISSIONER COLLINS BROUGHT UP WANTING TO DO SOME MEETINGS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS. UM IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT, UH, SOME INFORMATION TO ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT ELECTIONS IS WE GET TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC WE GET TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO HEAR THINGS ARE AND HOW THINGS CHANGED FROM EVEN TWO YEARS AGO . UM AND IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES AND WE HEAR ABOUT THINGS.

SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA SUGGEST IS THAT WE DO PUT A MEETING WE PUT A I WOULD ACTUALLY SUGGEST A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THIS. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE WAIT TO EARLY NOVEMBER AND ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS WE HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COMING ONLINE. UM IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND LET HER GET HERE AND BE HERE A MONTH. ERIN IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT SHE'S COMPLETELY. I'M SURE OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK. AND THIS WILL JUST GIVE THE NEW PERSON TO, UM COME ALONG. THAT'S COMING IN TIME TO GET SETTLED IN AND AT LEAST HAVE 30 DAYS HERE BEFORE WE HAVE A MAJOR DISCUSSION ON DEVELOPMENT. UM BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUES I'D LIKE TO BRING UP FORMER FIRST AND FOREMOST THE HALF UNIT ISSUE. I WANT TO DISCUSS THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES INVOLVING, UM, PED COMPLIANCE.

IN THE IN ADDITION, STAFF BASED ON UM, COMMISSIONER GOAL STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON ONE OF MY COMMISSIONER GOALS IS LOOKING AT DOING AN INVENTORY AND LOOKING AT OUR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HAD IS TAKING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL OUT OF THOSE LAND USES AND PUTTING THEM INTO RESIDENTIAL UM BECAUSE WE CAN RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN PUT ALMOST ANYWHERE YOU CAN'T PUT INDUSTRIAL YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. SO IF WE LOSE THAT WE LOSE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UM BUT IF THAT IS FINE WITH YOU ALL MAYBE GET MAYBE DAVE CAN WORK ON GETTING LIKE TO PUSH BACK AND JUST SAY THAT I THINK THAT GIVES DEVELOPERS A WINDOW TO TRY TO PACK THINGS IN AND THE PEOPLE HAVE CLEARLY SPOKEN TO ME THAT THEY WANT TO BE ON A PAUSE. AND US DISCUSSING. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS EARNING IN PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE IS NOT A COMMITTAL THING. WE'RE I'M ASKING TO AGENDA A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT IN THAT LATE OCTOBER MEETING, YOU KNOW, INCOME, SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. PROBABLY A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAN THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS THAT AND I'M NOT. I'M TALKING LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF WITHIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. I THINK THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A WORKSHOP. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING OR REHASH OUT WITH THE DETAILS WOULD BE AND GET PUBLIC COMMENT AND BUT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO START THAT PROCESS WITH THE ZONING IN PROGRESS AND START THOSE WORKSHOPS VERSUS WORK SHOPPING. TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTING A ZONING IN PROGRESS. SO OKAY. WHY DON'T WE GO OUT FOR THE I CAN EVEN PUT ON THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER SCHEDULE D AND D TO DISCUSS WHAT IS OWNING IN PROGRESSES AND GET SOME LEGALITY INPUT FROM MR MARTEL DURING THAT MEETING, AND THEN FROM THAT WE CAN SPREAD OUT TO THE WORKSHOP WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER. 1ST TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST WEEKEND. REMEMBER FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH? OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION HAS THE DISCRETION TO VOTE NO ON ANY PROJECTS BEFORE THAT THAT COMES FROM WORD. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, IF WE LOOK

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AT THE OPIATE, THERE'S NOT MANY DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. IT'S ACTUALLY THE ECONOMY IS CHANGING . THERE'S BEEN A SORT OF DE FACTO ZONING IN PROGRESS. THE ONE WE HAVE THE ONE ON CENTRAL PARK WAY, BUT YEAH, IT'S A RATHER THAN RATHER THAN ADDRESSING IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM CONVERSATIONAL. TRY TO STOP SOMETHING. THERE'S COMMERCIAL STUFF COMING UP. YEAH, THERE IS SOME COMMERCIAL STUFF COMING UP. UH OKAY, SO WE'LL WE'LL WE CAN PULL INTO THE DND ON CONSENSUS.

YEAH D AND D ON THE WINDOW ON THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER, I THINK. YEAH I DON'T. I DON'T THINK YOUR CALENDARS FULL. THERE'S ENOUGH BREATHING ROOM WITH BUDGET WILL BE DONE. YEAH YOU HAVE TO FOR THEM TO HEAR YOU HAVE TO REALLY KIND OF BREATHING ROOM WITH THE BUDGET FOR THAT WILL BE DONE WITH THE BUDGET BY THE PROGRAM. OKAY SO THERE'S THAT. AND FINALLY, UM, JUST WANTED AGAIN AFTER GOING TO THE 9 11 MEMORIAL LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS IT WAS A VERY MOVING AND THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO APPROVAL

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

OF THE AGENDA WE HAVE. OH NO. MITCH COMMENTS BY THE MANAGER. I'M SORRY. LOT, UM SO ITEM 18.

THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THAT ITEM TO A DATE CERTAIN OF OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 26. THAT WOULD BE THE DOG'S WORLD ITEM. UM AND THEN AS A MAYOR MCDONALD'S POINTING OUT WHY HE'S SITTING IN THE MAYOR SEAT IN THE CHARTER UNDER SECTION 7.9 SUBJECTS AND SEE IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE ABSENCE OR IN THE INABILITY FOR THE MAYOR TO SERVE THAT THE VICE MAYOR WOULD ASSUME THE ROLE OF MAYOR UNTIL OUR NEXT REORGANIZATION. IT IS SILENT ON REPLACEMENT OF THE VICE MAYOR. ACTUALLY, IT IT SAYS THE VICE MAYOR SHALL ACT AS MAYOR DURING THE ABSENCE OR DISABILITY, THE MAYOR AND IF A VACANCY OCCURS OR EXIST IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR SHALL BECOME MAYOR FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE UNEXPIRED MAYORAL TERM IN THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR, THE REMAINING COMMISSIONERS SHALL SELECT A MAYOR, PRO TEMP. SO IN THE EVENT THAT COMMISSIONER MAYOR MCDONALD IS NOT AT A MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE A MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR. THOSE PRESENT AT THE MEETING COULD ELECT OR WILL DESIGNATE THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO OPERATE AS MAYOR FOR THAT MEETING TO RUN THAT MEETING.

THANK YOU DON'T MISS A MEETING. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU IF YOU COMMISSIONER CLARK AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST, UH, MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU HAVE TO PASS THE GAVEL, RIGHT? WE GOTTA GO TO THE RESTROOM OR SOMETHING THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS DONE IT BASED UPON SECURITY LIKE THAT. OKAY OKAY. OKAY AND THEN SO MOVING ON IT RIGHT NOW. MOVING ON I WANT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS A THANK YOU FROM STAFF, UM, FOR MR MERRITT MATHESON'S TENURE HERE AS A COMMISSIONER, HE WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN, AND WE ALL APPRECIATED HIS HIS TENURE HERE WITH US, AND WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING HIS MAYORSHIP WITH A TREE AND MAYOR PARK. AS WELL AS THE CEREMONIAL GAVEL THAT WE WILL GET TO HIM AS WELL. UM THERE IS A UTILITY WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR THE 14TH AT FIVE P.M. SO THAT'S THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY JUST DISCOVERED THAT THE AGENDA HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED. HOWEVER, I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION THAT WILL COME OUT AND WE WILL HAVE THAT PUBLISHED OUT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

AND AGAIN THAT IS AT FIVE O'CLOCK. UM AS DILIGENT AS MR BAGLEY OLI ALWAYS IS. HE WENT DOWN TO HIS OFFICE AND LOOKED UP THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION OUT OF ALARM THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT COMMISSIONER RICH. AND IT'S $111,505,000. OF NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUATION, WHICH EQUATES TO $557,527. IN ADDITIONAL ADVIL OR IN TAX TO THE CITY OF HIS ROOM AND WENT AND GOT THAT IN. WELL DANIEL. UM YES, AND WITH THE ABSENCES OR OR I SHOULD SAY LEAVING OF THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS. THE BOARD MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS WILL GO AS FOLLOWS. THE AIRPORT NOISE ADVISORY IS STILL COMMISSIONER CLARK, THE ARTS COUNCIL. STILL, COMMISSIONER BRUNER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS STILL COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. THE MPO OR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION WILL BE COMMISSIONER COLLINS, WHO WILL TAKE YOU TO BE TAKING THAT SPOT FROM COMMISSIONER MATHESON AND MR SORRY, MAYOR MCDONALD. THE TRAGEDY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WILL BE COMMISSIONER COLLINS. THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE COMMISSIONER RICH AND THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WOULD BE COMMISSIONER RICH WITH THE ALTERNATIVE COMMISSIONER BRUNER AND THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WOULD BE COMMISSIONER CLARK. AND THEN WE DO HAVE VACANCIES ON OUR INTERNAL BOARDS, SPECIFICALLY, THE L P A. AND THE CRB. I HAD

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ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO WAIT UNTIL OUR REORGANIZATION BECAUSE THAT IS COMING UP IN DECEMBER, BUT WE HAVE FOUND JUST IN THIS RECENT CRB THAT WE MAY HAVE QUORUM ISSUES WITH LEAVING THOSE VACANT SO I WILL BE ENQUIRING WITH THOSE WHO HAVE VACANT SEATS TO FILL THE VACANCIES. UM WELL, THAT LEAVES A VACANT IF WE DON'T DO, IT LEAVES A VACANCY ON THE C R A LEAVES A VACANCY ON THE CRB AT LEAST A VACANCY ON THE L P A. SO WE DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FILL THOSE AND WHICHEVER COMMISSIONERS THOSE SEATS FALL IN LINE WITH, UM YOU HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE YOU HAVE TO PICK BUT PICK SOMEONE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT TERM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THEM GO IN DECEMBER AFTER ONE MEETING. GOOD JOB, UM AND PROBATION BY FIRE AND MAYOR MCDONALD'S AT YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR. THANK YOU. I WAS TRYING TO HAVE HEARD THAT WELL. IT WAS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. EVERYONE VACANCY ON THE OPA IS ACTUALLY A VACANCY FOR HIM TO FILL FOR COMMISSIONER CONSTABLE. YES ALTHOUGH IT WAS YOUR C RIGHT.

IT'S NOT IT'S RIGHT, MR COLLINS APPOINTMENT. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. WE

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NEED A MOTION. UH MOVE APPROVAL, GENDER. I'M SECOND. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRUDER, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. RICH RICH. I'M GONNA GET THAT RIGHT AT. IS THAT WHAT PAUL? AN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. I MEAN, WITH ITEM NUMBER 18 BEING CONTINUED. I THINK WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECONDARY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA. HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. OKAY ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? I DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. OKAY SAYING NONE WILL GO AHEAD AND

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MOVE ON CONSENT AGENDA. WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RICH UM , MAYOR EDDIE. I'M GOING TO GET IT RIGHT. SO ANY ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE OF VERY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER RICH. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES MR BRUNER? YES, MR MCDONALD. OKAY COMMISSION ACTION. OKAY, WE'VE

[17. SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT, LLC CONDITIONAL USE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 74-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, CONSIDERING CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT, LLC (TENANT) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 715 SE 5TH STREET, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.28 ACRES; TO ALLOW THE USE OF A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

ALREADY DONE THE BUDGET ITEMS. SO NOW WE NEED TO GO TO AND I'M 17, WHICH IS SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT. CONDITIONAL USE. DOES DAVE, ARE YOU DOING THIS LETTER MIKE TITLE AND THEN STAFF WILL DO OKAY. UM THIS IS DOING THIS. IT'S GOING TO PAN RESOLUTION NUMBER 74-20 TO 2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. CONSIDERING CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT LLC, WHO IS THE TENANT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 715, SOUTH EAST FIFTH STREET, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 7150.2 ACRES TO ALLOW THE USE OF A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND FURTHER PURPOSES. OKAY? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR ELECTION FOR BEING ELECTED AND COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR HER REELECTION. UH I AM JUST FOR THE RECORD. I AM ERIN WILLETT COME THE ACTING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO UNTIL OUR NEXT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UM GET SETTLED, AND THIS IS BONNIE LANDRY WITH BONNIE LANDRY AND ASSOCIATES.

SHE IS OUR CONSULTANT WHO'S BEEN HELPING US WITH SOME PLANNING WORK AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE ITEM OVER TO HER. AND BARNEY IS ALSO A CITY RESIDENT, AND MY BUSINESS IS LOCATED IN THE CITY AS WELL. DOUBLE BONUS DOUBLE DOUBLE LOCAL. UM AS AS ERIN, SAID MAYOR COMMISSIONER CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS BONNIE LANDRY BCL, A LOCATED IN STUART, FLORIDA, AND I'LL BE PREPARING THE SIGN THEM. SO AS THE AS THE ATTORNEY STATED, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF STORED AT 715, SOUTH EAST FIFTH STREET. AND THIS REQUEST IS TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE USE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC IN THE R THREE ZONING DISTRICT. THE LOCATION AGAIN, IS IT 715 SOUTH EAST FIFTH STREET IS LOCATED ON 7150.28 ACRES. THE FUTURE LAND USE IS OFFICE RESIDENTIAL. AND THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE R

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THREE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ZONING FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, YOU'LL SEE THE TWO DOTS THAT THE STARS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO RELOCATE THE DOT THE CIRCLE IS WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 900 EAST OCEAN, SO FOR THE RECORD, THEY ARE AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE RELOCATING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION BECAUSE THE UNIT THEY ARE AT CURRENTLY IS BEING SOLD. UM THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIRED, WHICH IS A NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FT OF THIS FUTURE BUSINESS, FUTURE BUSINESS LOCATION AS WELL AS SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION BASED ON THE STANDARDS OF REVIEW FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AS A SUMMARY , UM THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE LICENSOR, WHICH THEY DID PROVIDE THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE DISTANCE SEPARATION BETWEEN OTHER PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS, PHARMACIES AND THE DISTANCE FROM US ONE.

ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPLY. THERE WERE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT WERE STATE OR THERE ARE STATED IN THE CODE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, STANDARDS TO PREVENT ANY LOITERING. UM PARKING HAS TO BE PROVIDED AND A CERTAIN SIGNAGE HAS TO BE PROVIDED. AND ALL OF THOSE AGAIN ARE COMPLIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE SUPPLEMENTED WITH THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO STRENGTHEN THAT COMPLIANCE. AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR ANDREA ZUTAUTAS, WHO IS REPRESENTING SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC, AND SHE'D LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY A FEW WORDS. GOOD EVENING TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE CITY OF STEWART. MY NAME IS DR ANDREA SOTO VOCE. AND I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MY PAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FROM THE 900 SOUTH EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD LOCATION WE'VE BEEN AT FOR NINE YEARS. TO THE 715 SOUTH EAST FIFTH STREET LOCATION. IT'S ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY. UM I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO. I HAVE BEEN IN MEDICAL PRACTICE SINCE 1997 AND IN PRACTICE IN FLORIDA SINCE 2003 AND HERE IN STUART SINCE 2013. I'M BOARD CERTIFIED BOTH IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION AND PAIN MEDICINE. MY TRAINING AND EXPERTISE IS IN THE TREATMENT AND PHYSICAL REHABILITATION OF INJURIES OR FUNCTIONAL LOSS FROM A VARIETY OF CAUSES. THESE CAUSES MAYBE NEUROLOGIC, SUCH AS A SPINAL CORD INJURY, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, EXACERBATION, STROKE AND MANY OTHERS. ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES SUCH AS TRAUMA, DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE KNEES, HIPS, SHOULDERS OR OTHER JOINTS. CERVICAL OR LUMBAR, OR THORACIC DISCRIMINATIONS AND ANY OTHER CAUSE. OF WEAKNESS, PAIN OR LOSS OF FUNCTION. SUCH CONDITIONS CAN BE DEVASTATING. THEY CAN CAUSE INABILITY TO WORK PERFORMED BASIC SELF CARE HOUSEHOLD TASKS. INABILITY TO SHOP. INABILITY TO ATTEND WORSHIP SERVICES. INABILITY TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE. I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE HOW MY PRACTICE WORKS. INITIAL EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS. WE PERFORM EXTENSIVE SCREENING OF ALL NEW PATIENTS, WHICH INCLUDES OBTAINING PREVIOUS MEDICAL RECORDS OFFICE NOTES FROM PREVIOUS PAIN MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SPECIALTY MEDICAL TREATERS. SUCH AS ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIANS, NEUROSURGEONS, NEUROLOGISTS, RHEUMATOLOGISTS. OR PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS THAT THE PATIENT MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. WE OBTAIN RESULTS OF DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS SUCH AS MRI, CT SCAN X RAY BOARDS.

REPORTS OR OPERATIVE REPORTS. PATIENT. MUST PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES WHICH SUBSTANTIATE THEIR PAIN COMPLAINTS. AS WELL AS THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO UNDERLYING OR UNDIAGNOSED, DANGEROUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE BEING OVERLOOKED. STUDIES MUST BE RECENT WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE FORCE OR PRESCRIPTION DATABASE PRONOUNCE. WE OBTAIN A

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PRESCRIPTION HISTORY FOR ALL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ON EACH PATIENT AT THEIR INITIAL VISIT, AND THEN ON EVERY SUBSEQUENT VISIT FROM THE FLORIDA PRESCRIPTION DATABASE. THE PRESCRIPTION DATABASE MONITORING SYSTEM LISTS EVERY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE THAT THE PATIENT HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED THE DATE IT WAS WRITTEN. THE DATE IT WAS FILLED . IT LISTS THE PRESCRIBING DOCTORS, NAME AND ADDRESS AS WELL AS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PHARMACY WHERE THE MEDICATION WAS FILLED. BY CHECKING THIS PRONOUNCE AT EACH VISIT. WE ARE ASSURED THAT PATIENTS ARE NOT RECEIVING DUPLICATE OR ADDITIONAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FROM ANY OTHER PROVIDER, WHICH WOULD BE DANGEROUS. ADDITIONALLY, PATIENTS ARE ADVISED THAT THEY MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THAT FALL UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CATEGORY FROM ANY PROVIDER WHEN THEY ARE ENROLLED IN OUR PAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN. URINE DRUG TESTING EACH PATIENT HAS TESTED UPON THEIR INITIAL VISIT AND RANDOMLY UPON FOLLOWING VISITS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH PRESCRIBED TREATMENT. AND ENSURE THE ABSENCE OF ANY ILLEGAL OR NON PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS OR SUBSTANCES. WE PERFORM BACKGROUND CHECKS ON EVERY PERSPECTIVE PATIENT. FULL AND COMPLETE HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IS DONE ON EVERY PATIENT PATIENTS THAT ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PRACTICE WILL THEN BE SEEN EVERY MONTH BY ME.

TO ENSURE SAFETY AND PROPER COMPLIANCE WITH THE TREATMENT PROGRAM. BASED ON THEIR CLINICAL COURSE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FINDINGS AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. PATIENTS MAY BE REFERRED FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY AND DIRECT INJECTIONS, SURGERY OR OTHER INTERVENTIONS. I BELIEVE WE PROVIDE A VALUABLE SERVICE TO STEWART AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS. INDIVIDUALIZED SAFE AND APPROPRIATE CARE, WHICH ALLOWS PATIENTS TO WORK CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO CARE FOR MY PATIENTS, PROVIDING A REFERRAL OPTION TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT PRESCRIBE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN. AND BEING AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M THANKFUL TO GOD AND ALL OF YOU HERE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY BUNNY. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST STAFFING RECOMMENDATION. OKAY WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD.

THAT STAFF FINDS THIS APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONDITIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT SECTION CODE TWO POINT OH, SIX. 14 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION GRANT APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED HERE. THIS IS A SUMMARY BUT A FULL LIST OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OR IN YOUR PACKET. UM, AND IT'S JUST SUMMARIZE. IT'S LIMITING THE BUSINESS HOURS, ACCORDING TO THE CODE. UM THE OPERATIONAL FACTORS THAT THE DOCTOR ALREADY HAS IN HER CURRENT PRACTICE, WHICH IS PREVENT SLAUGHTERING. AND THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BUILDING PERMITS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CITY CODES AND STATE FIRE COATS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, JUST A LITTLE HISTORY. PROBABLY 8 10 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CRISIS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT. NOT NOT QUALITY PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS THAT WE'RE OPENING UP, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING HERE. WE'VE CREATED A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS SO THAT WE COULD AVOID SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE AND IT HAS WORKED. AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. SO ANY DISCUSSION, OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. KIM. UM. ARE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PATIENTS. RESIDENTS OF MARTIN COUNTY? YES. ARE YOU MOVING TO A BUILDING? THAT'S PROVIDING YOU WITH MORE SPACE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU RUN INTO CAPACITY ISSUES WITH YOUR CURRENT BUILDING? NO, IT WAS SIMPLY SOLD AND THE NEW OWNER IS MOVING IN HIMSELF. THINK HE'S AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST? MAYBE IT'S WE WOULD HAVE STAYED THERE. BUT SO WHY DO PEOPLE COME TO A PAIN CLINIC RATHER THAN BEING TREATED BY THEIR ABORIGINAL DOCTOR. BY THEIR OWN DOCTOR. WELL, HOW DID YOU START A CURIOSITY? UM THERE'S KIND OF A LOT TO IT. UMR PRINT PRACTITIONERS OTHER THAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HEAR. PEOPLE

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SAY. MEETINGS AND SO FORTH. YOU KNOW, UM, FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. IT'S BURDENSOME AND YOU HAVE TO BE SET UP PROPERLY TO ADEQUATELY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE PATIENTS. UH AREN'T ABUSING THESE MEDICINES. I MEAN, AND I THINK IN A BUSY MEDICAL PRACTICE WHERE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOU KNOW, HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES AND, YOU KNOW OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NOT HAVE. THE STAFF MAY NOT BE QUITE SO. TUNED IN TO WHITNEY. WHAT'S WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG. AND THEN YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE TESTING THAT YOU'RE IN. YOU'RE DOING ALL SORTS OF SCREENING TESTS. UM I THINK I THINK IT'S UH DIFFICULT. FOR REGULAR, YOU KNOW, FOR FAMILY PROVIDERS HAS BECOME A REAL AREA OF SPECIALTY. CORRECT I'M BOARD CERTIFIED IN PAIN MEDICINE. IT'S A IT'S A SPECIAL BOARD CERTIFICATION. OKAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY STUDIES IN THE A. M A. THAT SHOWING HOW? SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS MORE PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS TO DEAL WITH CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT IF THERE'S LESS PEOPLE GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO SEEK PAIN MEDICATIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING IN YOUR AREA THAT I DON'T KNOW IF MEMORIAL HAS DONE ANYTHING OR SEEN ANY CHANGES, OR IF YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY FOR AREAS CHANGED. MHM ANECDOTALLY. YES THERE IS A MARKET, YOU KNOW, DECREASE IN, UH, THE EMERGENCY ROOM TYPE OF THING AND THEN ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I STUDIES ARE YOU KNOW I ATTEND THE NATIONAL MEETINGS EVERY YEAR AND LOTS LOTS OF DATA QUESTIONS PROVIDED. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A NOTHING WRONG, DOCTOR? WE WERE TRYING TO JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE NORMAL. FINE, DOCTOR. UM OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, DOCTOR? NO THIS NO, NO. OKAY THANK YOU. SO UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MY CONCERN IS JUST THERE'S SO MANY OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE GETTING RAVAGED BY FENTANYL. AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT DISTRIBUTING FENTANYL. WELL I KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO THIS IS KIND OF ALMOST A GENERAL COMMENT, SO DON'T PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. IT'S NOT. I KNOW YOUR IT'S YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FEED YOUR FAMILY AND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT FASHION. FAIR ENOUGH, BUT I WORRY THAT AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN PRACTICE. THIS IS NOT A NEW BUSINESS, BUT CLINICS LIKE. YOURS NOT SPECIFICALLY YOURS, ALL RIGHT? BUT THEY CAN BE THE ENTRY POINT. FOR A LOT OF. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN INTO THAT CYCLE OF ADDICTION. AND WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT FROM YOU, AND I'M SURE THERE'S AN ANSWER. I'M CURIOUS.

IT'S PROBING MORE THAN TRYING TO ACCUSE YOU IS WHAT STRUCTURES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE. WHAT SAFEGUARDS DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE WITHIN HOW YOU PRACTICE TO GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S NOT THAT FALL OFF AFTER YEAH, THE THESE PEOPLE AREN'T CUT OFF OF THEIR PRESCRIPTION THAT YOU GIVE THEM AND NOW THEY'RE LEFT SEARCHING FOR HEROIN OR FENTANYL OR SOME SOLUTION TO THE ADDICTION THAT'S NOT BEEN FED. IT STARTED OUT GENERALLY AS TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, STOP PAYING. I'M CURIOUS.

SURE. YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T TAKE ANYONE EVER UNDER THE AGE OF 25. IT. FIRST FIRSTLY, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, UM AND YOU KNOW MY PATIENTS, UM YOU KNOW? ARE FOLKS IN THERE, MAYBED SEVENTIES. MAYBE HAVE HAD SEVERAL BACK OPERATIONS, MAYBE HAVE. A FRACTURE BACK THERE THAT CAN'T BE FIXED ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SCARRING AND SO MUCH HARDWARE. UM SO WHEN I SAID THAT WE GET ALL THE MEDICAL RECORDS AND ALL THE HISTORY AND THE DATA AND YOU KNOW, WE I

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REVIEW THOSE THINGS AND A LOT OF TIMES SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE PHONE EXHAUSTIVELY BEFORE WE EVEN ACCEPT SOMEBODY INTO THE PRACTICE. UM AS FAR AS FENTANYL GOES. FENTANYL PATCH. I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UNPOPULAR POSSIBLY THING TO SAY, BUT IN A 70 85 YEAR OLD LADY WITH A VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF HER SPINE. 12.5 MICROGRAM PER HOUR FENTANYL PATCH THAT YOU CHANGE EVERY THREE DAYS. IT'S TRANSDERMAL. MEDICATION. DOESN'T HAVE TO SWALLOW ANYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. IT'S AN EVEN AH! DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATION OVER THREE DAYS IS A WONDERFUL TOOL. THE PROBLEM. THEIR PROBLEMS ARE HUGE. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT FENTANYL NOW. THESE ARE THE LACED STREET MEDICATIONS. SO. I TAKE EXCEPTION TO A VERY, VERY GOOD AND SAFE. HMM MEDICATION THAT'S BEING IT'S CONFLATED. TO BE. PUT INTO WHAT I DO, WHICH IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHICH IS TRAGIC. IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT I OPERATE MY PRACTICE. DOES THAT HELP TO EXPLAIN TO THE OTHER PART OF MY QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE INTERNAL UM, STRUCTURE WITHIN YOUR PRACTICE TO SAFEGUARD FROM. PEOPLE FALLING OFF AND THEN ENTERING INTO THAT CYCLE, WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ILLICIT FENTANYL IS, IS THERE WITHIN AND I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH PAIN MANAGEMENT AS A PRACTICE. THAT'S SOME SORT OF ASKING. HOW DID YOU PROTECT FROM OUR PEOPLE ENTERING INTO YOUR PRACTICE AND NOT FALLING OFF? AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? WELL, THAT'S YEAH. UM. THAT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE. YOU KNOW IF. I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY IF A PERSON HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW. JUST CHARGED FOR SOME REASON. WE CERTAINLY PROVIDE THEM WITH A LIST OF NAMES OF OTHER PAIN MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS IN THE AREA. MORE DILIGENT ABOUT PROVIDING THEM THEIR RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT WHEN. SITUATION HAS BECOME SUCH THAT I'M NO LONGER IN CHARGE. IT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I CAN. I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT MEDICATION. GOLD YOU'RE PUTTING HER OWN TRIAL WELL, JUST WANTING APPROVAL FOR HER BUILDING. SO YOU SAID TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THERE. ARE YOU ASKING IF A PERSON IS A WHAT'S THE QUESTION? MY QUESTION WAS JUST INTERNAL SAFEGUARDS WITHIN YOUR PRACTICE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS GETTING AN INITIAL PRESCRIPTION AND THEN BEING CUT OFF TO WHERE NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEROIN OR FENTANYL OR SOME OTHER STUFF. WE DON'T WE DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST NOT LIKE THAT. I SPEND LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF. YOU KNOW THE FIRST TIME WITH SOMEBODY REALLY GET TO KNOW THEM. YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE IF THEY JOINED THE PRACTICE, THEN YOU KNOW THEY KIND OF DO. I DON'T HAVE THAT DOESN'T REALLY COME UP. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY THERE ANY OTHER? THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO MOVE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 73 MOTION IN A SECOND. WHETHER THAT ALREADY YEP. SLIPPED BRUNER MOTION AND YOU SECOND AND SO IS THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT, SO CAN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT? ANY IF I DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. YOU GO HERE. OH, GOLDIE 14TH TERRORISTS . MY COMMENT IS I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT PAIN MANAGEMENT.

THAT OFFICE HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. I CALLED ON IT. THEY WERE A CLIENT OF MINE AT ONE TIME MANY YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE STATE HAS A COMPLIANCE BOARD THAT HAS TO GO IN AND REVIEW HER RECORDS FOR LICENSING AND THAT'S DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YEAH. THAT ALL OF YOUR ISSUES ARE LOOKED AT BY THE LICENSING SPECIALISTS ECHOES IN TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS IN

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COMPLIANCE. THEY REVIEW ALL OF THE RECORDS OF PATIENTS. IT'S A, UM PROCESS WHERE THE RECORDS ARE PULLED. THE DOCTOR IS NOT GIVEN THE NAMES OF THE PATIENTS THAT ARE PULLED THE SPECIALIST, THE LICENSING SPECIALIST GOES AND PULLS RECORDS AT RANDOM. AND REVIEWS THOSE RECORDS SO THERE IS WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE LICENSING. THERE IS A PLACE TO GO AND TO CHECK HER RECORDS TO SEE IF SHE HAS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE OR HAS ANY VIOLATIONS OR ANYTHING WHICH I'VE SEEN VERY DOUBTFUL, BECAUSE, AS I SAID, SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S HAD ANY LICENSING ISSUES. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TRUST THAT THE STATE HAS THE SYSTEM TO GO IN AND CHECK ON THESE ON OPPOSITIONS, ACTUALLY. OKAY, THANK YOU ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE IF YOU THOUGHT A GREEN CARD. WELL, MY NAME IS SEAN READ MY QUESTIONS WERE FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK IF THAT WAS THE APPLICANT DOING IT OR IF THAT WAS A STATE REQUIREMENT AND THEN FOR CITY STAFF IF THEY COULD ELABORATE ON THE SHARED PARKING SPACES THAT THEY'RE GRANTING THEM. AND HOW IT MEETS THE CODE. SO THESE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ITSELF MOVING PUBLIC PRESENTS A QUESTION. IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON THE COMMISSION TO RE ASK IT TO WHOMEVER WE DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS NORMALLY FROM PUBLIC WHAT? JUST CURIOUS ON THE BACKGROUND CHECK. IS THAT SOMETHING THE APPLICANT REQUIRES . OR IS IT A STATE REQUIREMENT? I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE DID. I THINK THAT'D BE A YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST ASK HER, UH, FROM THE PARKING COULD BY REQUIRING. IT'S GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THEM, WHICH WAS AWESOME. YEAH AND THAT SENSE COULD YOU HAVE A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT, AND THEY MORE THAN MAKE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING OKAY WITH ANOTHER SPACES AND WHO MADE A LOT LESS SO THEY MEET THE PARKING STANDARD. OKAY THE OTHER THING THAT SHE HAD, AND IT IS PART OF A CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS SHE'S STRICTLY ENFORCES HER APPOINTMENT TIMES TO AVOID ANYBODY WAITING IN THEIR CAR OR A SEA OF PARKING PEOPLE WAITING FOR APPOINTMENT. SHE SHE SHE WAS AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE. THAT IS HER ESTABLISHED WAY OF MANAGING THAT. AS WELL AS ANYONE WAITING IN THE LOBBY. THERE'S JUST NONE OF THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER FROM THE NINETIES TO CLARIFY SHE HAS A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS. ANOTHER SO SHE MEETS IN THAT AREA. YEAH OKAY, ALSO A CONDITION AND RELEASE THAT SHE HAS TO MEET ALL STATE REQUIREMENTS. IS THAT THE WAY HE MENTIONED AND SHE DID PROVIDE ALL OF HER LICENSES TO STAFF? TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS THE PROPER LICENSES SO THAT THE REVIEW IS BASED ON THAT SHE HAS EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS TO HAVE. AND SHE DOES. SHE NEEDS THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE REINFORCED IT WITH SOME OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL JUST TO YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFY THAT . BUT IT IS IN THE CODE. HELP, SEAN. THANKS, GUYS. OKAY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC OF IT? HEARING NONE. MARY, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES, COLLINS. COMMISSIONER RICH YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. OKAY

[18. DOGSWORLD URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC): RESOLUTION No. 73-2022; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, CONSIDERING A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO JUSTIN PHILLIPS, (CONTRACT PURCHASER) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 400 SW 7TH STREET, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.62 ACRES; TO ALLOW THE USE OF KENNELS FOR DOGSWORLD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR A TIMETABLE OF DEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 1 WITH COMMISSIONER COLLEGE. DISSENTING. THANK YOU. OKAY SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DOG WORLD URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS QUITE TRADITIONAL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A CONTINUOUS SO IT CAN HAVE A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE CONTINUE UNTIL 18 26TH SIX. YOU HAVE DOGS , WORLD ITEM NUMBER 18 DOG DOGS WORLD URBAN QUOTE. CONDITIONAL USE OUR JUDICIAL MATTER, WHICH IS PUBLISHED TODAY AS RESOLUTION NUMBER. 73 DUST 2022 TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 26. WE HAVE A SECOND EXACTLY OKAY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAROLYN'S , UM DO WE HAVE IT ALL IN FAVOR? I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, NICK. THE LAST ITEM OF THE

[19. 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.]

NIGHT. MY FAVORITE ONE THAT'S BEEN BACK, I THINK, 12 TIMES, REPEAL AND RE STAB LIST SUCH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ARTICLE FIVE CODE OF ORDINANCES. MIKE, COULD YOU YES, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THERE IS AN ATTORNEY PRESENT THAT IS KIND OF REPRESENTING A CONGLOMERATE OF PEOPLE INVOLVED OUT. LET HER TELL YOU, EVERYBODY SHE REPRESENTS. WHEN SHE DOESN'T. I TOLD HER THAT BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO GIVE HER MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, OBVIOUSLY FOR REBUTTAL IF IT BECAME NECESSARY. IN ANY EVENT, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER, SHAKING THEIR HEAD, MIKE. WHO IS SPEAKING LOTS OF PEOPLE SHAKE THEIR HEAD WHEN I TALKED AND DISCUSSED, I USUALLY DO. UM ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 88 YES, 2022 IN ORDER TO THE CITY

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COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA REPEALING AND REESTABLISHING CHAPTER 36 ARTICLE FIVE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OF THE CITY OF STEWART CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDE PROVIDING INTENT AND PURPOSE APPLICABILITY AND AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT PROVIDING DEFINITIONS PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF TRANSFER, SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF ASSETS. WRITING FOR REGISTRATION FOR PLACING OR MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY, PROVIDING THE REQUIREMENT. OF PERMIT PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDING PROCEDURES PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR PLACING OR MAINTAIN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY, PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS. WRITING 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 SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. UM I DREW THE SHORT STICK. SO I WILL BE REPRESENTING OR PRESENTING THIS MATTER AS A BRIEF HISTORY BACK IN 2018 WHEN THE FIRST RENDITION OF THE STATE LAW PASSED THE CITY MANAGER. ASKED STAFF TO START TO PUT TOGETHER A DESIGN STANDARDS. ISSUE FOR US THAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE A COUPLE PAGES LONG. UM THEN IN 2019, THE ORDINANCE GOT UPDATED AGAIN IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS ISSUE BALLOONED. AND THEN KEVIN FREEMAN IS THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR STARTED PUTTING AN ORDINANCE TOGETHER AND AARON WAS PROVIDING SOME ASSISTANCE AS WELL, AND THEY HAD USED SOME OTHER ORDINANCES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND THEY BROUGHT THE MATTER FORWARD FOR HEARING AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT A LOT OF THE, UM LANGUAGE HAD BEEN OUTLAWED. ONLY TO LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY AND REALIZED THAT IN 2022 STATE LEGISLATOR, LEGISLATURE HEAD IN FACT, GONE IN AND CHANGED A BUNCH OF STUFF AND MADE A BUNCH OF OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE WE EVEN PAST IT. UH, OLD SO THEN, RATHER THAN TRYING TO REVISING OR AMENDING ORDINANCE THAT HAD NEVER EVEN PASSED. WE WENT THROUGH THE BAY THROUGH IT ALL OUT AND STARTED FRESH STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE TOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND HAD, IN FACT PASSED A, UH OR AN ORDINANCE ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER. AND AS A RESULT, WHAT I DID IS I TOOK THE JUPITER ISLAND. ORDINANCE. UM REMOVED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE JUST CLEARLY WEREN'T APPLICABLE. I PROVIDED A COPY OF THAT ORDINANCE TO THE INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS AND LET THEM TELL ME HOW TERRIBLE I HAD DONE. AND TRIED TO REVISE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE ACTUALLY DID, UH, COME TO CONSENSUS ON ON SEVERAL ISSUES THAT I EDITED TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT UM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE, AND I'M JUST GRABBING AS AN EXAMPLE. I'M ON IN THE DEFINITIONS. UM THE, UH. IN DEFINITION SAYS AS BUILT PLANS, AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A SURVEY IS UNREASONABLE AND NEVER BEFORE REQUIRED FACILITIES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. MOREOVER, AS APPLIED TO VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS, A CITY MAY NOT REQUIRE THIS LEVEL OF INFORMATION. PURSUANT TO 610.114. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER WAS THAT WAS COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY. HOWEVER. THAT WAS AS IT RELATED TO US ASKING FOR A COPY OF THE AS BUILT PLAN OF AFTER THEY PUT THE POLE IN THE GROUND. US ASKING THEM IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE US AS BUILD PLANS SO THAT WE COULD PUT ON OUR G I S AND WHERE IT WAS, AND TO ME. I FELT LIKE THEY MAY BE OVERREACHING ON WANTING US TO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY PUT IT. UM AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THERE WAS INTENTIONAL. BUT AS I WENT THROUGH IT, THERE WAS OTHER SMALL ONES. AND I SEE ONE HERE THAT, UM IT SAID. ORIGINALLY IN HISTORIC PROPERTY. I THINK I HAD THE DATE WRONG AND IT NEEDS TO BE APRIL 1ST 2017 AND I'VE REVISED BECAUSE THAT IS WITH THE STATUTE SAID BUT WHEN WE GOT TO THE VERY END OF THE ORDINANCE OR TOWARD THE END OF THE ORDINANCE. THERE WERE A LOT OF, UM COMMENTS THAT. THEY WANTED ME TO REMOVE AND IN MY COMMUNICATIONS UM. WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I SIMPLY COULDN'T. WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF POLICY OR DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, ARBITRARILY AND ON MY OWN TAKE IT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE. MY

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RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT AND HIS AS WE KNOW THIS IS A THE INTENTION OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDELINES AND SOME DIRECTION. RELATED TO A STATE STATUTE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, WHICH IS 337.401. THAT BASICALLY IS THE STATE PREEMPTING THE RIGHT TO REGULATE ANY OF THESE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES, AND I RECOGNIZE UP FRONT THAT THE CITY MUST COMPLY WITH THE STATE STATUTE AND WE DO NOT INTEND TO OR NOT TRYING TO OVERREACH IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER WE ALSO ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE CERTAIN DESIGN STANDARDS AND CERTAIN PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO ASSIST US IN IN KNOWING WHERE THESE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED, AND UM. BEING ABLE TO PLAN OR OR OR PLAYING AROUND THEM. I THINK A LOT OF FEAR FIRST CAME OUT WHEN IT FIRST WHEN THE FIRST, UH , STATUTE CAME OUT. PEOPLE WERE SAYING WELL. THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT THESE FIVE G OPERATORS CAN PUT THESE POLLS ANYWHERE THEY WANT, AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT HIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS. WELL, THE TRUTH IS THAT THE STATE STATUTE DOES TELL THEM THEY CAN BASICALLY PUT IT WHEREVER THEY WANT AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THEY'RE BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO INTENTIONALLY PUT A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT WILL BE VANDALIZED AND OR UM, THE PUSHBACK WOULD BE RELENTLESS. SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT WAS MORE OF, UM TRYING TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS AS A WHOLE. AND TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE CITY HAD AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON AN EXAMPLE OF THAT RECENTLY CAME TO OUR ATTENTION. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF STEWART HAS A. ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD THAT IT LAND LEASED TO LAMAR. AND THAT LAND LEASES THE RESULT OF A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT TOOK PLACE BACK IN 2005. WHEN LAMAR HAD 13 BILLBOARDS BLOW DOWN AND PART OF THAT FEDERAL LAWSUIT TALKS ABOUT THE LAMAR VIEW SHED AND THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BILLBOARD. AND I'M SORRY AND.

THE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. LAMAR SENT US A LETTER TELLING US THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PERMITTED THE FIVE G POLL THAT'S IN THE VIEW SHED. AND THEY HAD A COPY OF THE PICTURE AS WELL OF THE POLE.

HONESTLY I THINK LAMAR WAS BEING A LITTLE EXTREME BECAUSE IT IS INTERVIEW SHED A LITTLE BIT IF YOU STAND AT THE RIGHT ANGLE, BUT IT'S NOT INTRUSIVE ON THE SIGN, AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT PEOPLE, UM, TO THAT EXTENT, BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE IT COMES UP.

MIGHTY YES, THE ORDINANCE SAYS DRAFTED YOU THINK IT COMPLIES THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED AND PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA. DO YOU THINK IT COMPLIES WITH THE STATE STATUTE? I DO AND I, UM, LIKE I SAID, I LITERALLY TOOK IT VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD FROM JUPITER ISLAND AND THEN REVISED THINGS TO GO TO THE CITY. I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE IT. IT MEETS THE LINE DOESN'T GO AFOUL OF THE LAW. AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO HEAR. WHY THE OTHER SIDE THINKS I'M WRONG. UMF THEM AT THE CITY CANNOT WHOLESALE PROHIBIT THE PLACEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FACILITIES WITHIN HISTORIC AREAS OF THE CITY BY PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF NEW WIRELESS FACILITIES, INCLUDING SWF, THE CITY'S EFFECTIVELY PROHIBITING FACILITIES IN THE RIGHT AWAY IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 337.4013. AS AN INDUSTRY. WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE UNIQUE AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED WITH AN HISTORIC AREAS. HOWEVER AN OUTRIGHT PROHIBITION CLEARLY VIOLATES THE LAW. WHAT THE CODE SAID WAS. PLACEMENT WITHIN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CITY OF STEWART GEOGRAPHIC AREA, CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROTECT THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE AREA DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CITY OF STEWART. THE CITY DISCOURAGES AND WILL NOT ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITIES WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA UNLESS WAIVED BY THE CITY MANAGER. AGAIN TELLS ME THAT WAIVABLE ONE EXCAVATION EXCEPT TO REPAIR REPLACE EXISTING UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATIONS TO INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF UTILITY POLES FOR THE LOCAL LOCATION OF COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, INCLUDING SMALL WIRELESS THREE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES FOR INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MICRO FACILITIES. FIVE CO LOCATION OF ANTENNA, SIX INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ANCILLARY SERVICES. AND THAT'S IT NOW IN MY MIND. CAN WE PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE SAYS THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT. BUT IN THE HISTORIC AREA. I PUT UNLESS WAIVED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND WHAT I THOUGHT IS LOOK IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN THIS THREE BLOCK AREA OF DOWNTOWN HISTORIC STEWART I DON'T WANT IT TO COME TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE OF AN

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EMAIL THAT CAME IN FROM SOMEBODY ABOUT THE VIEW SHED. I WANTED TO GET REJECTED BY STAFF IS NOT MEETING THE CODE. AND THEN THE APPLICANT OR WHOEVER OWNS THE THING TO COME FORWARD AND CALL DAVID ON THE PHONE OR WHOEVER THE CITY MANAGER IS AND SAY, LOOK. THE STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO DO IT HERE IS WE WANT TO HAVE IT? HERE'S WHY WE WANT TO HAVE IT. AND THE CITY MANAGER CAN OPEN THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION. YOU SAW THAT BOX THAT WAS PUT IN BY F. P L FOR THE UNDERLYING POWER. QUITE FRANKLY. NOBODY WANTS THAT BOX. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE THERE FOR THE POWER LINES TO WORK OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF GETTING AT THE POINT. WE'RE TRENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UNDER GROUNDING PROPERTY, UH, UTILITIES, AND THEN THEY HAVE A UTILITY POLE. PUT RIGHT WHERE WE JUST UNDER SO THAT THE TRICK QUESTION IS, DOES IT VIOLATE THE STATE'S STATUTE? IN MY MIND? NO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE AND THE REASONABLENESS OF US AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO REACT TO IT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES IF YOU TAKE ONE SENTENCE OUT OF CONTEXT , I THINK YOU CAN ARGUE THAT THAT SENTENCE VIOLATES THE STATE'S STATUTE, SO IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED SUBJECT MATTER AND ITS IT'S A IT'S A TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY AND CHANGING VERY QUICKLY, AND SO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE WHAT A. DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN INVENTED. THAT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THREE YEARS FROM NOW WHEN IT GETS DEVELOPED.

AND PLAN FOR IT. IT'S REALLY ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE INDUSTRY. IT'S HARD AND COMPLICATED, SO YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY. DID A GOOD JOB AND TRY THEIR BEST TO GET SOMETHING THAT WAS BOTH FAIR TO THE PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS BUT ALSO ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER AND AESTHETICS OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S LEAVES US OPEN TO HAVE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND, QUITE FRANKLY, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN ACT PRETTY QUICKLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PASSING OF THIS ORDINANCE. UM AND REACT AND MODIFY IT IF, IN FACT ISSUES COME UP THAT ARE JUST GLARINGLY WRONG IN THE FUTURE, AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO COME UP AND ACTUALLY COMMENT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT MIGHT LITERALLY I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUST BEFORE YOU STARTED. SORRY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS A SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE MAKING ITS AH AGAIN ANOTHER REACH OVER REACHING MY OPINION OF THE LEGISLATURE.

FIRST HOME RULE, YOU KNOW, UM AND FORCING US TO ACCEPT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, UM THAT BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY I JUST WAIT YOUR HAS SPOKEN SO NOW IT'S TIME TO AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET THIS ORDINANCE AND SO UM, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED . SO I'M SORRY. COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AS WELL? AND BE HAPPY TO MY NAME IS JOHN ALOTTA. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM OF POLLEN TONIGHT WITH OFFICES IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF VERIZON WIRELESS. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MISS CLARK, WHO WAS REELECTED AND YOUR ASCENSION TO MAYOR. AH, MARY MCDONALD. BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND PROTRACTED PROCESS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF DIFFERENT ORDINANCES OVER TIME AND WHATNOT, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S PATIENTS AND TAKING TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS WE WENT THROUGH THE ANNOTATED ORDINANCE, AND INDEED , UM, SEVERAL OF OUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT. THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. UM WE UNFORTUNATELY, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, ALTHOUGH I KNOW HE DID LOOK AT THAT. AND AS HE INDICATED TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HE FELT THAT HAD TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND HE WELCOMED ME TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH THOSE ITEMS. UM I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG EVENING FOR YOU ALREADY TONIGHT , SO I WILL TRY TO BE VERY QUICK IN MY LETTER THAT I SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY. SINCE I WASN'T SO SURE I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. I HAD SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL CONTINUANCE BUT HEARING THE TENOR TONIGHT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL TIME TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT. HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TONIGHT. UM JUST QUICKLY. I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU THE BENEFIT OF MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS INDUSTRY I EVER PRESENTED VERIZON WIRELESS SINCE THEY WERE PRIMECO HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT'S BACK IN THE MID 19 NINETIES, SO I REPRESENTED THEM FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS AND I WAS ACTUALLY INSTRUMENTAL AND INVOLVED IN THE REWRITE OF 3 37 4 OH ONE, WHICH IS THE APPLICABLE STATUTE AT ISSUE HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THE RIGHTS OF WAY. BY COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDERS . SO JUST BY WAY OF A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY PRIMER, UM PRIOR TO 2000, INDIVIDUAL CITIES ENTERED INTO A LICENSE OR FRANCHISE

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AGREEMENTS WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS BASICALLY BELLSOUTH. THERE ARE THE AT THAT TIME IT WAS ONLY WIRE LINE. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE WIRELESS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AH IN 2000 WITH THE ADVENT OF THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX, WHICH WAS A BLENDED TAX WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS COLLECTED BY D, O. R. AND THEN REDISTRIBUTED DOWN TO THE CITIES BASED ON THEIR ESTABLISHED TAX RATE. UM IT ALL THOSE AGREEMENTS WENT BY THE WAYSIDE AND 3 37 4. OH ONE WAS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR THE PLACEMENT OF FACILITIES AND THE RIGHTS OF WAY AND THE 1% THAT WAS PAID BY PROVIDERS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PLACING FACILITIES IN THE RIGHTS OF WAY WAS ROLLED INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TAX, WHICH IS THEN COLLECTED BY THE CITY. VIA THE STATE. I BELIEVE FROM LOOKING AT THE CST TAX TABLES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. UM THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED BY THE D O. R. THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE THAT THE CITY HAS COLLECTED ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 1.1 MILLION DOWN TO LIKE $850,000, A YEAR IN COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX, WHICH IS PAID BY COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDERS , NOT ELECTRIC, BUT YOUR CABLE TELEPHONE AND WIRELESS FOR BASICALLY THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE RIGHT OF WAY. UNFORTUNATELY WIRELESS HAS NOT BEEN A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO USE THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM IT'S BEEN TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE LARGE MACRO TOWERS THAT YOU SEE.

WHETHER IT BE A STEALTH OR A MONOPOLY WITH THE ANTENNAS ATTACHED THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING THE WIRELESS SERVICE IN RECENT YEARS. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BE COMPACT ENOUGH THAT CAN BE PLACED ON AN EXISTING UTILITY POLE OR ON A NEW UTILITY POLE THAT IS PLACED THE RIGHT OF WAY. AS THAT TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED AND STARTED TO BE DEPLOYED BECAUSE, AS A COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PROVIDER, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE RIGHT OF WAY. AH WE SAW A LOT OF MORATORIUMS. A LOT OF CITIES WERE THEN ADAPTING REGULATIONS WHICH EFFECTIVELY MADE IT AS AN ABLE TO DEPLOY OR IF, IF YOU'RE DEPLOYED, IT WAS INEFFECTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT WAS TOO FAR APART FROM ONE ANOTHER. THAT'S WHAT LED TO THE VERY FIRST REVISION IN 2017 TO 3 37 41 TO ADD STANDARDS, WHICH IMPART ECHOED FEDERAL LAW FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL WIRELESS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. FURTHER AMENDMENT APPEARED IN 2020, WHICH IS WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES HERE TODAY. SO FIRST OFF, I DO APPRECIATE THE CITY, TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES, AND I ALSO ECHO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS IN TRYING TO ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EASILY APPLIED BY YOUR STAFF BECAUSE IT IS A VERY COMPLEX. SCHEME OF THINGS TO BE SURE, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE I AM PART OF A LARGER GROUP AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET, THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY VERIZON WIRELESS BUT 80 AND T CROWN CASTLE XFINITY, WHICH IS THE VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WHO ALSO NOW PROVIDES WIRELESS SERVICES, AMONG OTHERS. UM WE HAVE EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED THAT THE ORDINANCES AND HAVE PROVIDED OUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTED CHANGES. IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION. WE HAVE TRIED TO LIMIT OUR COMMENTS TO CLEAR BLACK AND WHITE VIOLATIONS OF STATE LAW AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EFFORTS IN THIS AND SPEAKING WITH ME, AND MANY OF OUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I THINK THAT WAS STATED EARLIER TONIGHT WAS ACTUALLY THE LANGUAGE HAD BEEN REVISED OUR ISSUE RELATED TO A AS BUILT THAT INCLUDED A SIGNED AND SEALED SURVEY BY AN ENGINEER , AND THAT WAS LANGUAGE THAT WE ASKED TO HAVE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE , AS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER THAT'S CERTIFICATED BY THE STATE OF THE FCC. UM WE ARE EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO, UM TO THE EXTENT THAT AN AS BUILT REFLECTS THE ACTUAL PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY WITH NO CHANGES. WE WANTED THE ABILITY TO ELIMINATED AS BUILT IF IT WAS WARRANTED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, SO UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT ONE THING OUT SO QUICKLY AGAIN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHY THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ABLE TO DO WELL WAS SITTING HERE TONIGHT WAS I WENT TO THE CDC DOES HE NATIONALLY HEALTH SURVEY, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND AS PART OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY, THEY DO A COMPONENT CALLED WIRELESS SUBSTITUTION. AND WIRELESS TODAY IS NO LONGER A LUXURY ALMOST 70% OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE WIRELESS ONLY.

THERE'S ONLY I WROTE THIS STATISTIC DOWN. 1.7 OF HOUSEBOAT HOLDS HAVE A LANDLINE ONLY SO WIRELESS IS IT'S IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR DAILY LIVES. IT'S FINALLY IMPORTANT FOR E 91911. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A VITAL PART OF OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS SO IMPORTANT TO US AS AN INDUSTRY SO REAL QUICKLY NOW I WILL GO TO THE ORDINANCE THAT ISSUE I'VE ALREADY PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF VERIZON AND I GAVE ANOTHER ORIGINAL COPY TONIGHT TO THE CITY CLERK. OUR COMMENTS TO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AND THOSE ITEMS THAT STILL REMAIN AS ISSUES FOR US BUT QUICKLY. I TRIED TO FLAG THEM SO I COULD QUICKLY GO THROUGH THEM BEFORE YOU. AND JUST AS A AS A POINT OF ORDER.

IF YOU CAN LOOK TO PAGE I'M SHOWING IT IS TO 76 OF 3 12. I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL BACK UP. UM AND THIS IS A IN THE STATE STATUTE. THERE ARE A CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS TO THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT, LIKE AN OUT OF SERVICE. UM CONDITION WHERE YOU REPLACING A WIRELESS FACILITY WITH A SIMILAR OR SMALLER FACILITY. THE LANGUAGE HERE IN SUBSECTION THREE. THIS IS JUST BY WAY, OF EXAMPLE, STATES THAT WE WERE ASKING NOT TO HAVE TO PROVIDE AS BUILT PLANS. WHERE THERE IS A REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING WIRELESS FACILITY WITH WIRELESS FACILITIES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR OR OF THE SAME OR SMALLER SIZE, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENT WANTED TO HAVE THE AS BUILT WORRY WHO ARE REPLACING A POLL. THAT EXCEPTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE REPLACEMENT OF A POLL ONLY JUST A REPLACEMENT OF AN ANTENNA. OR OTHER TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE ALREADY ON THE POLE. UM IF THE POLLS BEING REPLACED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE SUBJECT TO A PERMIT AND REQUIRED TO ANY AS BUT REQUIREMENTS THE CITY MAY HAVE UM, A NUMBER OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RAISED RELATED TO CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE DIFFERENT , DEPENDING UPON THE TECHNOLOGY , FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED A PRE APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR WIRE LINE.

PROVIDERS UM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE YOUR TRADITIONAL AT AND T WIRE LINE. IT ALSO COVERS THE BACK HALL. FOR OUR WIRELESS FACILITIES BECAUSE ALL THE WIRELESS POLLS ARE ATTACHED TO WIRELESS FACILITIES, WIRE LINE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE GROUND. UM BUT THE STATE STATUTES CLEAR THAT YOU CANNOT REQUIRE PRE APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES. UM A LOT OF OUR COMMENTS WHERE WE ARE STATING THAT, UM YOU CAN'T REQUIRE THE WIRE LINE TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE WIRELESS DOES NOT HAVE TO DO IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS AN OVERREACHING. CONCEPT THAT IN BOTH FEDERAL LAW AND WHICH WAS ARTICULATED IN THE STATE LAW THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS HAVE TO BE TREATED AND THAT COMPETITIVELY NEUTRAL, NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER. SO IF YOU CAN'T IF YOU'RE NOT REQUIRING ONE UNDER THE LAW, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE OTHER SO YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT COMMENT. AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO FLY THROUGH HERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM ANOTHER COMMENT IS ON PAGE 2 78. THIS RELATES TO INFORMATION THAT'S TO BE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERMIT. THE STATE'S STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT RELATES TO ABOVE GRADE FACILITIES. I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO BELOW GRADE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALL COVERED BY THE SUNSHINE. ONE CALL 811. IF YOU'VE EVER HAD ANY DIGGING THAT YOU'VE HAD TO DO IN YOUR BACKYARD AND YOU HAVE TO CALL AND HAVE PEOPLE MARK WHERE THEIR FACILITIES ARE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES ARE COVERED BY THAT PROCEDURE AND PROTOCOL. THAT'S ALL COVERED BY STATE STATUTE, AND EVERY UTILITY HAS TO FOLLOW THAT. UM QUICKLY FLYING THROUGH HERE AGAIN. UM THERE WAS A THERE IS A REQUIREMENT HERE THAT PROVIDES THAT THE STATE STATUTE SETS A VERY STRICT FRAMEWORK IN TERMS OF WHEN PERMITS ARE APPLIED FOR THE TIME FRAME FOR REVIEW. IT'S TYPICALLY 60 DAYS FROM THE TIME ON APPLICATIONS DEEMED COMPLETE THE STATUTE ALSO , AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY WITH YOUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU ARE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. IT PROVIDES FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD ADDITIONAL 30 DAY PERIOD WHERE THE CITY CAN NEGOTIATE A LOCATION, SO LET'S SAY YOU DON'T LIKE WHERE IT'S LOCATED BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO UM, A SIGN OR IT'S TOOTHLESS TO A DRIVEWAY. THERE IS A PROCESS BAKED INTO THE STATE'S STATUTE THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT NEGOTIATION AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE THINK IT SHOULD BE OVER HERE AND I CAN TELL YOU I CAN SPEAK FOR VERIZON, UM, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MEANINGFULLY ENTER INTO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR. THEY DON'T THEY WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO WHERE IT'S GOING. UM THAT BEING SAID. ON PAGE 2 83 OF 3 12 OF THE BACKUP. THERE IS A LANGUAGE THERE THAT PROVIDES THE TIME PERIODS PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR EXTENDED BY ANY DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. WHICH IS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE STATE OF

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EMERGENCIES ALL THE TIME IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA GOVERNOR ISSUES THEM, PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ALL OF THE STORMS AND WHATNOT THAT ARE AFFECT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE STATE OF EMERGENCIES ARE PRETTY MUCH BY ALL OF THEM BY THE MINIMUM TERMS OF 60 DAYS, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE OBJECTED THAT BACK FOR ONE MOMENT. SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY POWER OR DO YOU HOLD CAN YOU SAY WELL , WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, BUT WE DON'T CARE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IT. IT'S THE STATUTE READS IS THAT IT GIVES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY EXTEND THE TIME FRAME WITH WITHIN WHICH TO REVIEW AN APPLICATION. FIND ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO NEGOTIATE THE LOCATION. I WILL TELL YOU, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY IT. AND THAT'S IT'S INTERESTING. YOU BRING THAT UP THE WE HAVE WITHIN THAT 30 DAYS. IF WE HAD SAY THAT WE DO NOT I CAN'T ACCEPT THE ALTERNATE LOCATION, AND THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR LOCATIONS THAT'S BROUGHT UP YOU. ALDEN IS THE CITY BASICALLY HAVE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION, IMPROVE OR DENY IT BASED ON THE STANDARDS. THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF STANDARDS WHICH INCLUDE 88 EU AM WHATNOT. WHERE DID MIKE LEFTY IN ONE DEAL WITH THAT ONE? BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU IN YOUR IN YOUR CAN'T DENY IT. IF WE IF WE'RE NOT SATISFYING SOME PROVISIONS, NEGOTIATION IS POORLY CHOSEN. BECAUSE ALL THE POWER VESTS WITH THE CARRIERS WELL, IT'S AGAIN. THE CITY HAS THE POWER BASED ON THE STANDARDS FOR DENIAL. SO IF FOR SOME REASON, LET'S SAY THE POLL IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK, AND IT'S NOT MEETING A D A CLEARANCES. THAT'S THE BASIS FOR DENIAL, WHERE WE JUST TOOK ALL THE POLLS OUT AND SPENT $3 MILLION UNDERGROUND IN THE UTILITIES ON THE STREET LIKE DID YOU HEAR MY QUESTION? WHICH WAS I HEARD THE QUESTION ABOUT DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY OR THE SAYING I DON'T I THINK NEGOTIATION IS AN INCORRECT WORD BECAUSE WE HAVE SO LITTLE POWER RIGHT? AND THEN AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO GET INTO IS I ACTUALLY HAD DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, AND WE'VE KIND OF REVISED IT WHAT IT SAYS IF AN AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED. THE APPLICANT MUST NOTIFY THE CITY OF SUCH NON AGREEMENT AND THE CITY MUST GRANT OR DENY THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WITHIN 90 DAYS. OF COURSE. IN MY MIND, THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THE NEGOTIATION MEANS ESSENTIALLY THE CITY DENIED THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY SAID IT DIDN'T WORK THERE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE STATE STATUTE SAYS. AFTER THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION WAS FILED UNLESS EXTENDED BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE APPLICANT IN THE CITY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO NOTIFY THE CITY OF A NON AGREEMENT WITHIN 90 DAYS SHALL BE TREATED BY THE CITY AS A WITHDRAWAL OF THE SUBMITTAL. IS WHAT WHAT I WANTED TO PUT IN AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T, UM. WE HAD ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FAILURE OF THE APPLICANTS TO SO NOTIFY THE CITY IS REQUIRED IN SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE THE APPLICANTS CONSENT TO THE CITIES. ALTERNATIVE LOCATION. AND THE APPLICANTS DON'T LIKE THAT, EITHER, AND I'M ASKED JUST SAYING THE APPLICANT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T RESPOND IN 90 DAYS. WE DON'T THERE'S NOTHING AND SO I THINK I JUST THINK. YOU MADE. YOU NEED TO BE MORE HONEST WITH YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR CONGRATULATING OUR LANGUAGE. THIS IS NOT GOOD, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW. OH WELL GO INTO NEGOTIATIONS. MAYBE IF WE WANT TO. YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU THINK. YOU CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING IN THE ORDINANCE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE LANGUAGE JUST TO SEE IF THE NEGOTIATION IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S IN THE STATE STATUTES, SO I'M HAPPY TO TRACK WHAT'S EXACTLY IN THE STATE STATUTE. UM THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE SUGGESTED BY COUNSEL HAD IT BEEN AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL. UM. OUR LANGUAGE WAS TO TRACK THE STATUTE, WHICH BASICALLY SAID THAT IF WE NOTIFY YOU THAT WE DON'T LIKE THE LOCATION OR CAN'T AGREE TO THAT LOCATION. THAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO APPROVE OR DENY. BASED ON THE STANDARDS NOW UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S UNDERPINNING WHY THAT LANGUAGES IN THERE TO ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO SAY NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. LET'S SAY WE COME IN FOR A SITE HERE ON THE END OF THIS BLOCK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW FROM VERIZON'S PERSPECTIVE. THEIR DEPLOYMENTS. A SMALL WIRELESS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ARE LARGELY TO COVER COVERAGE GAPS. WHERE YOU'VE GOT TWO TOWERS THAT ARE EITHER TOO FAR APART, AND THERE'S A THERE'S A COVERAGE GAP OR THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF UM, REPEATING ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING THEM TO NEED A FACILITY THERE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE FACILITIES ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL DENSITY FIBER NETWORK TO ADD CAPACITY.

THE MACRO TOWERS HAVE A LIMITED CAPACITY AND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR CELLULAR PHONES THESE DAYS, YOU'RE NOT JUST DRIVING IN YOUR CAR AND BOUNCING. I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY

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SEASONS, THE REASONS WILL ALWAYS EXIST. FOR YOU TO BE MAKING THE LOGISTICAL DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING UNDERSTAND. WHEN WE READ, I READ MANDATING EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATIONS. VIOLATE SECTION THREE, WHICH STATES THAT AND SORRY, MAY NOT LIMIT THE SIZE OR CONFIGURATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS. THAT'S NOT TRUE, COMMISSIONER IF I MAY IF I JUST MAY CLARIFY TWO THINGS. GOING BACK TO THE NEGOTIATION. THE REASON WHY IT PROVIDER MAY SAY NO AND THE MOST LIKELY REASON WHY THEY WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WANT TO GET THEIR ITEM PERMITTED. UM IF THE CITY SUGGESTED, UM BLOCK A AND THEN ARE WE PROPOSED BLACK A. AND YOU ALL SUGGEST 607 100 FT. AWAY WERE FROM AN R F STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. THAT'S WHY AND PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY WOULD SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK GOING TO YOUR SECOND POINT THAT YOU RAISED ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION. THE STATUTE DOES LIMIT THAT IT LIMITS THE INTENDANT TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX CUBIC FEET. AND THE ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT TO A MAXIMUM OF 28 FT . AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE OTHER OBJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE RAISED IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.

THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, LIKE ONE OF THE AND YOU MAY HAVE ELIMINATED IT, MR MORTALITY IF YOU DID FORGIVE ME, BUT IT HAD SUGGESTED THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE REPLACING A LIGHT REPLACING A LIGHT POLE THAT YOUR SMALL WIRELESS HAD TO FIT INTO THE LIGHT INTO THE COBRA. HEAD OF THE LIGHT. THAT IS THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO GET TO THE SIX CUBIC FEET, WHICH SOME PROVIDERS MAY NEED. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHY WE HAD OUR OBJECTIONS. SO UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER OBJECTIONS THAT RERAISE AND I THINK THIS STEMMED MAINLY BECAUSE THE COORDINATES CAME FROM JUPITER ISLAND, WHICH HAS ALL OF ITS FACILITIES UNDERGROUND IS THAT THE STATE STATUTE HAS VERY CLEAR REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO. STILL IT EASE THAT ARE ABOVE GROUND THAT ARE THEN PLACED UNDERGROUND AND HOW YOU HANDLE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES OR WHERE YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT ALL THE FACILITIES ARE UNDERGROUND. HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES? BECAUSE SADLY, WIRELESS OPERATES ABOVE GROUND. IT HAS TO PROPAGATE A SIGNAL.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. UM AND SO THAT'S WHAT LED TO ALSO ANOTHER SERIES OF OBJECTIONS THAT WE HAD IS IN THE STATE'S STATUTE. YOU KNOW, OUR SUGGESTION WAS JUST EITHER REFERRED TO OR INCORPORATE THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN THE STATE STATUTE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THE SAME THING WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS. IS THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE STATE STATUTE AND BEFORE THAT IN AND WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE, AND WE UNDERSTAND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. UM MIKE WAS VERY PROTECTIVE OF THAT AND POINTING OUT HOW THE YOU WILL HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE BLACK HOLES. I DROVE BY THEM ON THE WAY HERE WITH THE ROUND LIGHT BULB ON THE TOP, AND THAT IS SOMETHING. AND IF YOU'D LIKE HIM, I'M SURE MR GUSTAFSON THAT MR SON, WHO'S WITH VERIZON CAN SPEAK TO THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE OF IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR TYPE OF POLAR IN A PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU'RE SENSITIVE THAT THEY DESIGNED THEIR FACILITIES TO BE OF THE SAME MATERIALS COLOR, THAT TYPE OF THING, IF IT'S GOT, LIKE, KIND OF A YOU KNOW THE LITTLE CORRUGATED TUBE OR SOMETHING TO MATCH THAT? SO IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT FOR A SECOND TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED, THIS SECTION IN THE CODE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IT SAYS CAMOUFLAGE DESIGNED FOR CO LOCATION OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES. FIVE A AND FIVE B.

MY PROPOSED LANGUAGE, SAID IF THE UTILITY POLE FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY IS A LIGHT POLE A STREET LIGHT FIXTURE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE EXISTING STREET LIGHT FIXTURE SHALL BE USED TO CAMOUFLAGE THE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY, SUCH AS THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF THE COBRA HEAD WITH A NEW COBRA HEAD CONTAINING THE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY OR A SIDE MOUNTAIN MOUNTED LIGHT MAY BE REPLACED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILARLY DESIGN SOUND SIDE MOUNTED LIGHT CONTAINING THE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY TO THE EXTENT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE LAW. AND I SAID AGAIN , REFLECT REFRESH AGAIN, I SAID, IF IT'S A LIGHT POLE, SIMILAR IN DESIGN OF THE EXISTING STREET LIGHT FIXTURE, SHELBY USED TO CAMOUFLAGE THE FACILITY SUCH AS THROUGH THE PLACEMENT OF THE COBRA HAD AND THEN I SAID, TO THE EXTENT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE LAW. THE COMMENT WAS MANDATING EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION VIOLATES 3374 OH 17, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 73, WHICH STATES QUOTE AND AUTHORITY MAY NOT LIMIT THE SIZE OR CONFIGURATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS. IF THE SMALL FACILITY COMPLIES WITH THE SIZE LIMITS IN THIS, SUBSECTION, THAT WAS YOUR COMMENT THAT WAS NOT HERS. IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S 12 PEOPLE REPRESENT WILL TELL YOU AGAIN WERE WE TRULY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHO'S GOING TO BE APPLIED? LYING WHO'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS ORDINANCE AND ARE ARE CONCERNED. ONE IS THAT THAT LANGUAGE COULD BE CONSTRUED

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BY STAFF TO SAYING LISTEN, IF YOU'RE YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THIS ANTENNA INSIDE THE COBRA. UM AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE UNDER FLORIDA LAW. UM, HERE. WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT. UM AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE HEARD YOU. I THINK YOU COULD GO FOR ANOTHER. YOU COULD GO. YOU COULD GO FOR MORE TIME THAN I COULD GO FOR. I THINK FOR THREE MORE HOURS AND UH SO WE WILL MOVE IT OVER TO DISCUSSION AND TO SEE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A MOTION. UH QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE VARIOUS UMBRELLA COMPANIES AS WELL AS OUR CITY, MR MORTAL PREFACE HIS, UM ANALYSIS BY SAYING THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THE JUPITER ISLAND. WE HAD LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT NUANCES IN THE STATE'S STATUTE AND WANT THEIR LIMITATIONS ARE ON US AS A CITY AND OUR HOME RULE AS WELL AS WHATEVER PROMULGATED HELPING HELPING YOU GUYS OR AT LEAST TRYING TO KEEP BUSINESS GOING IN SOME WAY. UM BETWEEN WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY OF JUPITER ISLAND OR SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT IS IT THAT IS MISSING THAT WE HAVEN'T PICKED THE RIGHT FORMULA YET THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE STILL SUPPOSEDLY IN VIOLATION AND THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS FOR OR AESTHETICS IN OUR CITY OF STEWART TO JUST, UM, BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE AND TO BE LIKE , AND OF COURSE, WE JUST MENTIONED THE UNDERGROUND TODAY. WHAT IS THE MAJOR THING THAT WE'RE MISSING? I THINK MR THE JUPITER ISLAND YOU'RE WORKING WITH THAT NOW? YOU HAVE THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S IN PLACE? YES, PLACE. AND WHAT IS IT THAT IF WE'RE USING SOMEWHAT OF A MODEL FROM THEM, AND WE'RE INCORPORATING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR LAND USE WHAT IS WHAT IS EGREGIOUS THING THAT'S GOING ON. SO FIRST OF ALL , I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUPITER ISLAND HAS ROUGHLY 475 HOMES AND HAS ONLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AREA PRIVATE SHOPPING AND COUNTRY CLUB AREA THAT YOU DON'T USE CASH YOU CHARGED TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS. UM SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WALMARTS OR TARGETS OR PUBLIX AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SCHOOLS AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REAL PUBLIC FACILITIES OTHER THAN THEIR CITY HALL. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OURS.

AND I DO SAY THAT WE'VE WE'VE REVISED THIS TO GET AWAY FROM THAT. BUT THE THINGS THAT GOT ME STUCK WERE LITERALLY TO ME. POLICY ISSUES. I CAN TELL YOU IF THE COMMISSION DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. I'D BE HAPPY TO DO ANOTHER ROUND AND JUST BUT I'M GONNA MAKE A LIST AND EXCITED.

I'M GONNA SAY THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. RIGHT? WAIT A MINUTE. THIS STARTED THIS STARTED WITH THE IN QATAR AND TWO YEARS AGO AND GETTING A CONGLOMERATE OF THE WIRELESS FOLKS TOGETHER AND HAVING BACK AND FORTH AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE I MEAN, DID YOU GUYS GO AND OBJECT? THE PALM BEACH GARDENS AND HE'S LIKE EVERYONE OF THE ORDINANCES WE'VE DONE HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN. I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST A DELAY TACTIC. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL. ISSUE THAT YOU'VE APPROVED THERE. YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEIR ORDINANCE THAT'S IN PLACE. WELL THE I MEAN , I CAN GO BACK TO AT LEAST MY INTERFACE WITH THE CITY OF STEWART AND I KNOW OUR VERY FIRST ORDINANCE THAT WE GOT. WE COMMENTED ON AND THEN WE PROPOSED BECAUSE THERE'S THAT INDUSTRY IS ACTUALLY PREPARED A MODEL ORDINANCE AND WE PROVIDED THAT AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF A GAP OF TIME AND THEN I? I'M SORRY. THE INDUSTRY PRODUCED ITSELF SERVING GORDO AND I UNDERSTAND MR UNDERSTAND WE DID . WE DID TRY TO RELIGIOUSLY TRACK THE STATUE. BUT I UNDERSTAND, BUT, UM OH, AND MR MR MARTEL WOULD HAVE TO JUMP IN. I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER ORDNANCE THAT THEN CAME IN FRONT. THEN THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU PULLED. AND THEN YOU CAME BACK WITH JUPITER. AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING WITH THE BACKUP. SO YEAH. THERE'S ALSO PEMBROKE PINES, ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DERIVED WITH KEVIN STARTED WITH IT IS. I DON'T CARE WHOSE CITY USE SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY. FIND SOMETHING WRONG? YEP SO WHAT'S WHAT'S JUST LIMIT THE DISCUSSION TO THE COMMISSION NOW AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME BECAUSE MIKE SAID HE BELIEVES, THOUGH, THAT THE ORDINANCE COMPLIES WITH THE STATE STATUTE. I BELIEVE IT DOES BASED ON MIKE'S REPRESENTATIONS AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MIKE AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THING FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS, PROBABLY OVER THREE, UM AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S A DELAY TACTIC. SO IT CAN WE HAVE A DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO PASS IT. YES MOTION TO APPROVE, PRESENTED A SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY, SO WE

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HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLIN'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY? ZONE, SAYING NONE . MARY WOULD YOU CALL THE I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MIKE. I MEAN, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS ORDINANCE MANY TIMES? YEAH, LOT , AND I CAN MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATING. TO NEGOTIATE. DON'T EVEN LIKE USING THAT WORD, AND I JUST APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS WORK CONSIDERABLE TIME. APPARENTLY HE AND IN THE CITY MANAGER HAVE TAKEN MARRIED WITH ME. COME AHEAD, CRAFTING THIS. SURE, COMMISSIONER COLLINS YES, CLARK? YES BRUNER MCDONALD? YES, COMMISSIONER RICH? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND UM AND, UH, MEETING ADJOURNED

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