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THEY'RE ABOUT FOUR DAYS. MAN IS VERY ILL. HERE. WE READY? YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
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I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CR A MEETING TO ORDER, SHE SAID. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? PLEASE CHAIRMAN MCDONALD? YES. HERE CLARK. YES, MEMBER BRUNER. YES REMEMBER COLLINS? YES. HERE MEMBER RICH, PRESENT BOARD MEMBER CAMPENNI. OKAY IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND PROBABLY. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WORLD. BIG MAN. OKAY CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
SECOND, OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION BIKE BY BOARD MEMBER COMPANY BE SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CLARKE.UM ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARES? OKAY DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE SIERRA MEETING? OKAY SEEING DONE ANY COMMENTS FOR NOT ATTENDED ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. FOR THE C R. A SAYING NONE. OKAY ACTION. I AM BUDGET AMENDMENT 01 SCHOOL YEAR
[1. CRA BUDGET AMENDMENT #01 TO FY 2023 (RC): RESOLUTION No. 10-2022 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART. FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT #01 TO THE FY 2023 CRA BUDGET TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE CRA FUND BALANCE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A HISTORICAL SURVEY AND NATIONAL DISTRICT NOMINATION FOR THE EAST STUART COMMUNITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
2023 PANEL. THANK YOU. PANEL GANDHI SADHUS ER, A DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO PREVENT PREVENT TO PREPARE NATIONAL REGISTERED DISTRICT. FOR THE EAST STEWART AREA. UM SO WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE STATE THAT THE AREA IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE LISTING FOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO PREPARE THE ACTUAL APPLICATION PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER REQUIREMENTS. SO THIS IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO APPROVE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD TO PREPARE THAT APPLICATION, AND SO IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD, THE PROCESS CAN BEGIN IN JANUARY, AND WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY END OF 2023 BE NOTICED WHETHER WE GET APPROVED OR NOT BY EARLY 2024. THE STAFF IS REQUESTING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10-2022 TO PREPARE APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT NOMINATION FOR E. STEWART MR AMERICAN. I MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. WE'RE JUST I JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER. 10. 2022. DOES MR MARTEL HAVE YOU READ ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. DO NOT FOR THIS FOR THIS ONE. OKAY? SECONDY COMMISSIONER CLARK. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EXCUSE ME. BOARD MEMBER CLARK AND BOARD MEMBER COLLINS. AND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION. SOME HAS BEEN ALL YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ALMOST A YEAR. THIS INCLUDES NOT JUST THE SURVEY BUT ALSO TO COMPILE AND SUBMIT THE NOMINATION WITHIN THAT YEAR. AND, UM WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF, UH UH, PLACE LOCATION IN THE CITY HAS JUST BEEN BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO GET ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER. IS THAT CORRECT? NEVER HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS. SO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST ONE. WHAT INDICATORS OF THE STATE SEND US THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY THINK THAT WE MIGHT OH, THE PRELIMINARY STUDY THAT THE CONSULTANT PREPARED AND IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITHIN, UM, THAT AREA . ALSO, IT'S A BLACK HISTORIC AREA, SO WE USE THE I THINK THE CAT CATEGORIZED AS A, UH, ETHNIC HERITAGE BLACK. UM AS A AS A CATEGORY FOR DESIGNATION. OKAY? ALRIGHT NO FURTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. WHERE WE TAKING THIS $50,000 FROM WHAT I THEM IN THE BUDGET IN THE C R A BUDGET SO THIS WASN'T BUDGETED SO IT WOULD BE FROM THE FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? AND THEN WE GO FOR A GRANT. WE DID. WE DID APPLY FOR THE GRANT, UH, IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD GET THIS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS LETTER IN TIME. WE WEREN'T ELIGIBLE, SO IF WE WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TILL JUNE OF 2023 TO REAPPLY AND IT WOULD JUST SET US BACK FOR TWO YEARS AND WE CAN'T WE CAN'T RETROACTIVELY APPLY FOR THE GRANT. CORRECT RIGHT? WE TRIED, AND THEN WE WEREN'T ELIGIBLE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS LETTER IN TIME. AND IS THIS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT MANGO NIA PARK IT DOWN IN PALM[00:05:03]
BEACH? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH MONGOLIA PART HAS A HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND I THINK THEY DID IT IN GYM. YOU PROBABLY KNOW I THINK THEY GET IT AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL AREA. SO THIS WOULD FALL. SIMILARLY AS THAT CORRECT, I WOULD ASSUME I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WITH THAT EXAMPLE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CONSULTANT IS BEYOND OKAY. THE CONSULTANT IS ON ZOOM CALLS SO HE COULD MAYBE EXPAND ON THAT. YES, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. PAUL. YEAH THIS IS PAUL WEAVER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES THANK YOU, MR WEAVER. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YES UH OH. THIS WOULD BE A, UM. UH DISTRICT AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE. IT'S AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT PANEL MENTIONED. AND ALSO COMMUNITY PLANNING. IT WAS A PLANNED COMMUNITY. FOR UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKERS, PRIMARILY COMING TO STEWART TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD AND ALSO IN THE PINEAPPLE AND UM AND CITRUSY INDUSTRIES AND IT. ALSO ANOTHER ASPECT WAS THE BAHAMIAN IMMIGRANT COMPONENT THAT THE STATE FOUNDRY VERY IMPORTANT. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE AREAS THAT WE WERE PROPOSE. AND I'M UP IN SAINT AUGUSTINE. WE'VE DONE ON A SIMILAR DISTRICT FOR LINCOLN VILLE. I WASN'T UM, WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH ONE THAT WAS YOUR BOARD MEMBER MENTIONED, BUT AH, THIS IS A TRADITIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IT HAS DEFINED BOUNDARIES. AH VERY INTERESTING HISTORY AND THE STATE WE DID. WE WENT THROUGH REALLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS, I GUESS BEING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STATE AND THEY CAME UP WITH A VERY POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO I'D BE HAPPY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE A BABY HAPPY TO ANSWER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSULT CRYPT BECAUSE BOARD MEMBER COLLINS SOE COMMISSION. MR WEAVER, SO JUST TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS DESIGNATION OPEN THE DOOR FOR UM STUART, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BEING DESIGNATED AS HISTORICAL DISTRICT FOR E. STEWART THE FIRST THING IS RECOGNITION. UM I THINK THE SEWARD IS THE DECEASED DUTERTE. IS VERY INTERESTED IN REALLY ALL ASPECTS OF ITS, UH OF ITS HISTORY AND PROMOTING. AH TOURISM VISITATION RECOGNITION. UH THAT KIND OF THE, UH, THE SUBSTANTIVE PART OF IT IS, UH, WOULD BE GRANT FUNDS MAKING INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES PARTICULARLY THERE ARE I THINK THREE OR FOUR HISTORICALLY BLACK CHURCHES AND I'VE WORKED A LOT HERE AND, UH AND SAINT AUGUSTINE . I MENTIONED LINCOLN VILLE DISTRICT. I'M WORKING IN APPALACHIA COLA WITH A COUPLE OF BLACK CHURCHES THERE. THE STUART HISTORICALLY BLACK EAST STEWART HIGH SCHOOL, THE TECHNICAL CENTER. UH WOULD BE ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.SO THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME DEFINITE SUBSTANTIVE, UM, ASPECTS OF THIS BRINGING GRANT FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EDUCATION, TOO, I THINK, UH FOR, UH MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT BE ANOTHER AREA THAT THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS FOR, UM, IT'S SO THAT'S I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF SUMMARIZES. I THINK I SPOKE WHEN WE WERE FIRST GETTING THIS STARTED, WE DID A PRELIMINARY SORRY SITE INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIRE, AND I THINK I SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND WE KIND OF WENT OVER A LOT OF THOSE THINGS PREVIOUSLY. BUT YEAH, THAT THERE'S A THERE'S IT'S HONORIFIC. UH, IT'S FOR PROMOTING. THAT IT THAT AREA OF STEWART AND ALSO THERE'S SOME REAL SUBSTANTIVE THINGS, PARTICULARLY BRINGING GRANT FUNDS AND ALSO, THERE'S SOME. THERE'S SOME PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL. SO UM, I THINK THAT SUMS IT UP ANYTHING ELSE I COULD DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, UM. IS THIS DESIGNATION BASICALLY GUARANTEED ONCE WE SPEND THIS 50,000 YEAH, IT UM I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE THAT'S BEEN TURNED DOWN, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG
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TIME. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE DO WE TRY AND DEVELOP A CONSENSUS WITH THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS. THAT'S WHY WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WITH CANAL. TO BEGIN WITH TO DO THE PRELIMINARY SIDE INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIRE. AND THEY GAVE US A STRONG RECOMMENDATION. THEY GAVE US SOME COMMENTS ON THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT THEY THOUGHT THE BOUNDARIES SO I THINK YOU KNOW NO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES. BUT I THINK THIS IS THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. DOING IN LARGE PART BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WE'VE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE JUST STARTING OUT.WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATE AND I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION. SO WITH THE STATE. IT'S A STATE DESIGNATION CORRECT. IT'S A FEDERAL DESIGNATION, BUT THE WAY THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROGRAM WORKS THAT IT'S A FEDERAL FUND SHARING PROGRAM WITH THE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES IN TALLAHASSEE. SO THERE'S A, UH, A NATIONAL REGISTER STAFF AS PART OF THE BUREAU OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND THEN THERE'S THE FOUR THE NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW BOARD. IT'S ALSO I GUESS TECHNICALLY CALLED THE FLORIDA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION NOW. AND SO WILL PREPARE, WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK THROUGH THE SURVEY PREPARATION OF A BALLOT 170 FORMS I BELIEVES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. UH THAT WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION AND THEN BASED ON THAT WILL PREPARE THE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT APPLICATION, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL SUBMIT IT TO THE STAFF FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. THEY'LL GIVE US COMMENTS AND WE'LL DO ANY CORRECTIONS ADDITIONS TO THE APPLICATION.
AND AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE'LL GET IT SCHEDULED FOR THE HISTORIC COMMISSION. AND UM UH, THEY WILL, I BELIEVE MAKE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. THEN AFTER THAT, THE APPLICATION. WE GO TO THE KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN WASHINGTON FOR FINAL REVIEW, SO THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS REVIEW THERE'S TECHNICALLY NO STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. BUT IF WE GET IT LISTED THE NATIONAL REGISTER ALL THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS UH, THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, UH, HAS WITH WOOD. GO TOWARDS THE DISTRICT. AND ONE LAST QUESTION WOULD THIS DESIGNATION, MAKE IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY TO DEVELOP OR DO REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS DOES THIS DESIGNATION COME WITH? RESTRICTIONS. RESTRICTIONS.
THANK YOU. ONLY THE ONLY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES. I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, AS WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EITHER A COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR CITY GOVERNMENT AND I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE A LOCAL ORDINANCE. I DON'T PENAL. YOU CAN. YOU CAN, UH, CLARIFY THIS, BUT, UH, IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE DESIGN REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE ONLY SORT OF REVIEW THAT WOULD BE DONE IF SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, GOT A GRANT. TO DO A RENOVATION. UH THE STATE WOULD REVIEW IT, UH, USING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF WHOEVER APPLIED FOR IT. THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE. THERE'S A FEDERAL TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. IF AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY IN THERE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL REGULATION. BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE THERE THAT WOULD BE AT THEIR DISCRETION. SO THERE'S NO REAL. THERE'S NO REAL DOWNSIDE TO THIS. EXCEPT I THINK YOU KNOW, AS I DISCUSSED. THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, BUT THE REGULATORY MEASURES ARE ARE REALLY WITH YOU FOLKS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH THE CITY OF STEWART. RIGHT SO WE HAVE A HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. SO IF INDIVIDUALS IF THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM AND PUT THEIR, UH, PROPERTY ON THE LOCAL REGISTERED , THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FOR DESIGN BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT IT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE HISTORIC COMMITTEE. AH BUT WE ONLY HAVE FEED STORE AND THERE'S ANOTHER LAW FIRM ON FIFTH STREET THAT'S BEEN ON THE LOCAL REGISTER LISTS ANYTIME THEY WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING , THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD FOR APPROVAL. SO THIS DESIGNATION IS MORE OF JUST A DOORWAY FOR GRANTS THAN THAT RIGHT OVERLAY OR IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT MISS SEYMOUR IS DOING WITH THE RIGHT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT. ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT. ANYONE ELSE? JUST. SO IF JOE
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BLOW OWNS A HOUSE ON BAHAMA. AND AS LONG AS HE HASN'T TAKEN A GRANT. TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS. OR HE HASN'T GOT THAT DESIGNATION. HE'S ALLOWED TO KNOCK THE HOUSE DOWN. AND BUILD ANOTHER ONE AND DO WHAT HE WANTS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES THAT'S THE CORRECT REMEMBER CLERK? YES I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY. SO WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET NEIGHBORHOODS RECOGNIZE AND TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE REDEVELOP THAT THINGS ARE BALANCE. I KNOW THAT IN THE STEWART CONSULTANT TALKED ABOUT. TRYING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THOSE CHURCHES OR PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE. WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT'S COMING UP FOR 100 AND 12. OR SINCE 1912. LET'S PUT IT LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT SAINT PAUL AMY CHURCH, AND THEY'RE COMING UP WITH THEIR ANNIVERSARY. SOON HOWEVER, IF THERE IS NOT THE WAY SOME PEOPLE TO GET LATCHED INTO MAYBE SOME FEDERAL PROGRAMS OR SOME THINGS TO HELP WITH REPAIRS OR REDEVELOPMENT, EITHER ON THEIR PROPERTY OR EVEN ON THE ACTUAL BUILDING THEMSELVES. SO THIS WILL HELP TO ALSO DO THAT, AND IT WILL HELP US SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PLACES GOING AWAY, BASED ON CALLING FORCE MINT, WHERE THEY CAN'T REPAIR OR REBUILD OR REDO THIS PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO AND THEN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, THOSE QUOTE UNQUOTE OLDER OR HISTORIC BUILDINGS SCORE WAY, SO JUST TO DEAL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRY TO GET SOME WAYS TO GET THINGS DONE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER COLIN AND BOARD MEMBER CAMPENNI MENTIONED. I'M NOT SURE I CAN'T. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR FORM BASED CODE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE STUART THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PARAGRAPHS IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH WHETHER IT'S HISTORIC. THE IMPACT OF MAINTAINING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE FORM BASED CODE IS TO KIND OF KEEP THAT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE AND KEEP THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE SO THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY WHO COMES HOME FROM CANADA OR NEW YORK ARE NEW JERSEY AFTER 60 YEARS OR 40 YEARS BEING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY WANT TO RETIRE BACK THERE, THEY CAN SEE SOME THINGS THAT REMIND THEM OFF. UM HOW THEY GREW UP IN TERMS OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE HOME, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON. THE SECOND THING IS THAT ESPINAL IF SHE COULD GET THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY TO BOTH OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO THAT THEY HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT THE SURVEY, OR WHATEVER IT IS HAS GONE ON SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN COME UP TO SPEED. IF YOU WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION. I'D APPRECIATE THAT AND THEN. I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF GONE ON WITH THIS ITEM, BUT I THINK IT'S THE ONLY ITEM I KNOW THAT MARTIN KELLY HAS DONE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND HAS ACTUALLY PULLED NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER JUST TO GET THOSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS RECOGNIZE, SUCH AS THE GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ON THAT WE HAVE HERE. JACK UM GERARD'S JOHN GERARD'S LAW OFFICE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE STEWARD FEED STORE AND JULIE PRIEST HAS BEEN A PART OF BOTH THE CITY OF STEWART'S WORK, WHETHER IT'S EVEN WITH THE COURTHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS, I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THAT. BUT I KNOW AS A BUILDING OR JOHN SHERRARD AND THE STUART FEED STORE AND OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY, JULIE PRIEST WAS ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THAT, AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD HELP TO US AT THE CITY WHEN WE GET MORE INVOLVED, AND SHE'S ALSO BEEN A VERY, VERY STRONG HELP HER AND SANDY THURLOW AND KEEPING SOME OF THAT HISTORY OF EAST STEWART ALONG WITH DR WILLARD J.THOMPSON WHO'S NOW PASSED AND ALSO A FORMER COMMISSIONER. CHRISTIE SO I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING HARD TO GET THAT DONE. UM AND I JUST I JUST THOUGHT I'D APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF YOU EVER GOING TO CALL ON THE PUBLIC, BUT JULIE'S HERE AND I'M SURE THAT SHE WILL TELL US ALL THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN TERMS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER AND HOW IMPORTANT AND VITAL IT IS TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS STEP BY STEP. IS THAT EVERYTHING? I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY IF YOU'VE EVER WENT OVER THERE THE EAST STEWART AND SPOKE WITH LIKE, UH, AH! MR HARVEY. I USED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM, TELLING ME THE HISTORY OF ALL THE BUSINESSES AND ALL THE ACTIVITY. THE BASEBALL LEAGUES. UH SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO PROVIDE THIS KIND OF RECOGNITION AND PRESERVED THAT HISTORY. UH IN FACT, BECAUSE OF THE BAHAMIAN CONNECTION WHEN WE DID OUR 100 YEAR CELEBRATION IN THE CITY OF STEWART, THE BAHAMAS ACTUALLY SENT THEIR COUNCIL
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GENERAL FROM THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT TO JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATIONS SO AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH HOMETOWN SO AH , REALLY SOME GOOD HISTORY, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU WANT TO MAKE FEELY AND IF YOU WOULD, TOO, IF YOU FILL OUT A GREEN CARD BEFORE YOU LEAVE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M JULIE PRIEST. I'M A HISTORICAL RESEARCH VOLUNTEER. WE HAVE NEVER MET. BUT I HAVE MET THE OTHERS AND CHAIRMAN AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, I HELPED PREPARE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITH PANEL I WORKED ON THE SHERRARD BUILDING. I WORKED ON THE THOMAS HALL WHILE IT WAS HALL WHO WAS THE PIONEER FOR THE SHERRARD BUILDING. AND THEN I ALSO DID THE APPLICATION FOR THE STUART FEED STORE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO. CURRENTLY THEY TO BE ON YOUR REGISTER ON YOUR LOCAL REGISTER. I PUT THE GOLDEN GATE BUILDING ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER. I DID THE STUART WELCOME MARCH. WHAT? YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THE NAME STEWART ON THERE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW STEWART USED TO GO UP INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS RYO PRIOR TO THE DEPRESSION. AND THEN, WHEN THE DEPRESSION HIT, IT REDUCED ITS SIZE, AND THAT'S WHY NOW RYO IS IN THE COUNTY AND NOT IN THE CITY OF STEWART. GO BUTTER. THE QUESTION EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW, YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF THE CITY OF STEWART CAN AFFORD TO KEEP US THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. TO PROVIDE SERVICES UP THERE. SO UH , YOU ASK WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT . THERE ARE MANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THIS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY WRITTEN A BOOK ON THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND IT NO, THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED. THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE PARTICULAR ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY UP NORTH DO HAVE STRINGS ATTACHED. BUT NOT HERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART. SO THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP THEIR BUILDINGS AND THEY CAN GO FOR THE GRANTS AND UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION, THEY REALLY DON'T QUALIFY TO APPEAR WITH AN APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT MONEY TO DO THE REPAIRS THAT COMMISSION COMMISSIONER ULA CLARK HAS SUGGESTED A LITTLE A LITTLE DIXIE WAS THE PRETTY MUCH THE ORIGINAL NAME OF E. STEWART MAY. MAYBE MANY OF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS. PARTS OF IT WERE ALSO CALLED LINCOLN PARK BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S A LINCOLN PARK SUBDIVISION. SO IT STARTED ITS LINCOLN PARK IN A WAY THAT IT WENT TO BEING KNOWN AS LITTLE DIXIE, AND THEN IT WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED E. STEWART I HAPPEN TO BE DOING THE RESEARCH OF ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY RIGHT NOW, ON BEHALF OF MARTIN COUNTY. UH EXCUSE ME. I'M JUST TALKING SO FAST, UH, HISTORIC HERITAGE INC. UM IT WAS FOUNDED BY, UH, MR TONY ANDERSON AND MR LLOYD JONES. AND I'M WORKING TO GATHER UP AND DOCUMENT THE HISTORY SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH FENNEL AND MR WEAVER TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE FOUND GOING BACK, OF COURSE TO THE 19 TWENTIES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ROCKING AND ROLLING. DURING THE PERIOD OF SEGREGATION. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE 19 SIXTIES WHEN WE STARTED TO DO INTEGRATION THAT WE LOST THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE THERE, BUT THEY USED TO HAVE MAJOR ENTERTAINERS COME TO TOWN. I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT PLACE, AND I'M WORKING WITH PHIL HARVEY AND WE'RE COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS. I KNOW MY TIME IS UP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'VE BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. AND I DO MAKE ONE SUGGESTION. THAT MR RICK GONZALEZ, WHO SITS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW BOARD IN PALM BEACH. HE'S AN ARCHITECT VERY WELL KNOWN. HE WORKED ON THE CITY HALL IN PALM BEACH, BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. THAT YOU ASKED HIM TO TAKE A TOUR. OF EAST STEWART WITH YOU ONCE YOU HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH MR WEAVER'S WORK. WHAT MR WEAVER IS GOING TO DO IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BODY OF WORK. HE'S GOT TO GO THROUGH EVERY PROPERTY AND FIND OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND THEN HE'S GOT TO CONSOLIDATE. HE'S GOT TO DO THE APPLICATION. FORTUNATELY YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LETTER OF SUPPORT RIGHT THERE. I'M TELLING YOU, THAT MEANS A LOT. BECAUSE MR ACOSTA WROTE IT. AND IT IS MR ACOSTA, WHO DOES THE PRESENTATIONS UP UNTIL I HASSI TO THE REVIEW BOARD. SO MR ACOSTA LIKES IT. YOU STAND A VERY GOOD CHANCE. IT'S NOT 100% GUARANTEED, BUT YOU STAND A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF MAKING THE CUT AND GETTING THE DESIGNATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. OKAY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROYAL SISTER BOARD MEMBER COLLINS? YES BURNER? YES. REMEMBER RICH. YES CHAIRMAN MCDONALD. YES, REMEMBER , CLARK? YES. REMEMBER COMPANY? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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AND THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM. SO MEETING ADJOURNED. I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE, PARKING SORRY. UM,[STAFF UPDATE]
SO AT THE LAST MEETING, WE REQUESTED THE PARKING OPERATOR TO COME UP WITH A REVISED PLAN OFF OF THE VALLEY PROGRAM. THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO USE THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL AND BEHIND THE ANNEX BUILDING IN ORDER FOR THERE. FINANCES TO WORK. UH AND ALSO THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY ANY FEES TO USE THE PARKING LOT. SO WE'VE TABLED THIS ITEM UNTIL I GET FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY MEETING ADJOURNED, AND WE'LL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.