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[00:00:02]

O'CLOCK AND WE'RE GOOD, EVERYBODY GOOD. OKAY GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR STUART CITY COMMISSION MEETING. UM. WOULD YOU SAY? WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES MAYOR MCDONALD HERE. VICE MAYOR BRUNER HERE. COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE.

COMMISSIONER COLLINS AND COMMISSIONER RICH HERE. OKAY IF YOU CAN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, FOLLOWED BY THE BUDGET RELIGIONS. THANK YOU . OKAY? AND THROUGH, WHICH IS ONE NATION. OKAY SO WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR ARTS MOMENT. AND UH, I BELIEVE NINA DO IS GOING TO READ US A POEM. WE JUST GOT HERE. AND DON'T GET AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS GREAT AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS NINA DOOLEY. AND I'M HERE TO READ A POEM BY MY ANGELO. EQUALITY. YOU DECLARE, YOU SEE MY DIMLY THROUGH A GLASS , WHICH WAS NOT SHY. THOUGH I STAND BEFORE YOU BOLDLY.

TRIMMING RANK AND MARKING TIME. YOU DO OWN TO HEAR ME FAINTLY. AS A WHISPER OUT OF RANGE. WHY MY DRUMS BEAT. OUT OF THE MESSAGE, AND THE RHYTHMS NEVER CHANGE. EQUALITY. AND I WILL BE FREE. EQUALITY. AND I WILL BE FREE. YOU ANNOUNCED MY WAYS. I WANT TIME. THAT I FLY FROM MAN TO MAN. BUT IF I'M JUST A SHADOW TO YOU, COULD YOU EVER UNDERSTAND? WE HAVE LIVED THEIR PAINFUL HISTORY. WE KNOW THE SHAMEFUL PAST. BUT I KEEP ON MARCHING FORWARD. AND YOU KEEP ON COMING LAST EQUALITY AND I WILL BE FREE. EQUALITY AND I WILL BE FREE. TAKE THE BLINDERS FROM YOUR VISION. TAKE THE PADDING FROM YOUR EARS. AND CONFESS. YOU'VE HEARD ME CRYING.

AND ADMIT YOU'VE SEEN MY TEARS. HERE THE TEMPO SO COMPELLING. HERE. THE BLOOD THROB IN MY VEINS. YES, MY DRUMS ARE BEATING. LIGHTLY AND THE RHYTHMS NEVER CHANGE. EQUALITY AND I WILL BE FREE. EQUALITY. AND I WILL BE FREE. THANK YOU. OKAY? WELL I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING THAT AT THIS TIME, OKAY? NO, NO, THIS IS THIS IS JUST A CERTIFICATE FOR THE YEAH. OKAY? YES. YEAH YEAH. OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS. MIKE, WOULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR

[2. ARBOR DAY - JANUARY 9, 2023]

ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION, ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF STEWART. JANUARY 9 2023, WHEREAS 148 YEARS AGO, ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN 18 72 IN NEBRASKA AND IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD. THE CITY OF STEWART IS ONE OF THE 164, FLORIDA CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA BY THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF ITS COMMITMENT TO EFFECTIVE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS TREES SUPPORT OUR ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING THE EROSION OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER, FILTERING OF STORMWATER, PRODUCING OXYGEN AND PROVIDING A HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE TREES, IMPROVE OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH BY CLEANING THE AIR, REDUCING EXPOSURE TO THE SUN'S ULTRAVIOLET RAYS AND DECREASING TEMPERATURES DURING THE SUMMERTIME. THERESA ALSO SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY BY CREATING JOBS, INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, CONSERVING ENERGY AND ENHANCING THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE IN OUR DOWNTOWN. AND WHEREAS THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART PLAYED IT A TREE OR PLANTED A TREE AT INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY. AND WHEREAS THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART HAS TIRELESSLY ENCOURAGED THE PLANTING OF TREES AND ENCOURAGE THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF TREES

[00:05:04]

SO THAT WE CAN PASS ON AND ENDURING HERITAGE OF A VITAL NATURAL RESOURCE TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS NOW, THEREFORE, I TROY MCDONALD AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 9TH 2023 AS STEWART ARBOR DAY AND STUART, FLORIDA. OKAY THANK YOU, MIKE.

AND IS KAREN BONNIE HERE? DID YOU SEE THAT? PLATE. IT IS THEIR APPOINTED RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. I WAS TALKING HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT REPRESENTS THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART PRESIDENT KAREN BARNEY, AND WE HAD PLANTED THE TREE TODAY ABOUT BEAUTIFUL MAGNOLIA TREE AT THE LEFT OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE COLLEGE. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE GARDEN CLUB MAINTAINS NUMEROUS GARDENS AROUND STEWART. WE MAINTAIN MEMORY LANE ON THE AUTOBAHN PROPERTY ON HIBISCUS STREET. ALSO WE, THE HOSPICE BUTTERFLY GARDEN ON INDIAN STREET. THE BLUE STAR MARKET GARDEN AT MEMORIAL PARK. WE ALSO MAINTAIN TWO GARDENS, SOULS POINT AND, PRESENTLY A REPLANTING THE GARDEN AT THE HOUSE OF REFUGE AT THE BEACH.

AND WE HAVE A FLOWER SHOW IN MARCH THAT WILL BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC AS PART OF OUR GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING US WITH A SECRET GARDEN TOUR THAT WE HAVE ON THE ALTERNATE YEAR. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE ALSO MENTOR, THE YOUTH THAT GLAD HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. AND WE'RE PRESENTLY WAITING FOR AN INVITATION TO SEE HIM BEING THAT WATERED THAT AWARD. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE SITTING IN THE SHADE TODAY FROM THE TREES WE HAVE PLANTED IN THE PAST. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HMM. MIKE WOULD YOU

[3. REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION - JANUARY 16, 2023]

READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR RIVER AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION? A PROCLAMATION.

REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION JANUARY 16TH 2023, WHEREAS REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BELIEVED THAT A PERSON'S WORTH SHOULD NOT BE MEASURED BY COLOR, CULTURE OR CLASS, BUT RATHER BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL IN A BELOVED COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS A VISIONARY WHOSE COURAGE AND DETERMINATION TO BALANCE THE SCALES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER. AND WHEREAS THE REVEREND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IS THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO VOLUNTEER TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY. AND TO REFLECT ON DOCTOR REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S LEGACY. AND WHEREAS FOR THE 15TH YEAR, THE CITY OF STEWART HAS JOINED WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST STEWART INC AND OTHER CIVIC GROUPS THROUGHOUT MARTIN COUNTY TO HOST A DAY OF COMMUNITY UNITY AND PARTNERSHIP HONORING THE LEGACY OF REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR IN STUART AND MARTIN COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE I, TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 16 2023.

AS A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES HONORING HIS LEGACY THROUGH ACTION. OKAY THANK YOU. AND NINA , DULY. YOU'RE GONNA ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AS WELL. HMM.

WELCOME MICHIGAN. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE T SHIRT. TRYING TO RAISE A MEDIUM. YOU'RE STILL BETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF STEWART FOR PARTNER WITH ASIS ONCE AGAIN TO HOST THE MLK JR CELEBRATION AND PARADE. JUST TO GO OVER THE ITINERARY FOR THE DAY. WE'RE PLAYING A FIVE DAYS. WEEKEND FOR MLK. NOW I KNOW THE CITY SPONSORS THEIR DAY, WHICH IS MONDAY, BUT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND MARK COUNTY BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN JOINT AND MLK AND CELEBRATING, SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO JENSEN BEACH. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. JANUARY 12 IN THE FREELY HEARTS GUARDING. WE'RE HAVING A FISH

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FRY FROM 47. ON JANUARY 13TH KICKOFF PARTY. WE'RE GOING TO BE A SPLASH PAINT AND SIP. DOWN AND HOPE SOUND FROM 6 TO 10. JANUARY 14TH. WE'RE GOING TO BE A BOOK, A PARK IN INDIA TOWN FROM 12 TO 8. JANUARY 15TH. WE'RE GOING TO BE A NEW, MORE OBEAH PARKING PUTS THE LEARNING FROM 11 TO SIXTH. AND OF COURSE, JANUARY 16TH. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART WITH THE PARADE AND THE CELEBRATION OF ENDS AT GOD DAVIS PARK, SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS NATIONAL EVENT. TO MAKE THIS BETTER, BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF STEWART FOR PARTNER WITH ACES TO PUT ON THIS EVENT AND AGAIN, I HAVE T SHIRTS FOR EVERYONE. AND THE CLERK HAS PASSED ME A NOTE AND ASKED ME TO

[4. SERVICE AWARD - JANUARY 2023]

REMIND EVERYBODY TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES. OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO SERVICE AWARDS , AND SO LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE TODAY. AND IT'S A FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE FOR RAYMOND WIRE. AND UH , I'M NOT SURE WHAT DEPARTMENT HE WORKS IN, BUT I GUESS HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU, RAYMOND. WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE HE GETS THE CERTIFICATE. OKAY NOW WE'RE

[5. ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY UPDATE]

MOVING ON TO OUR ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY BY TIM BROKER. BUT BEFORE WE DO, I JUST WANNA THANK TIM FOR HIS MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TODAY IS HIS LAST MEETING WITH US, AND HE'S MOVING ON TO I'M GOING TO SAY GREENER, BUT I SEE COLDER PASSENGERS, AND TIM HAS DONE AMAZING WORK FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. HE'S DONE THE ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY. HE'S BEEN HERE WORKING ON THIS SINCE I THINK THE BEGINNING OF IT AND FOR THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN IN CHARGE NOW? TWO YEARS YEARS. HE'S REALLY TAKING THE RANGE BY THE HORNS ARRANGED BY THE HORN AND REALLY JUST DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, TIM. WE'RE GOING TO VERY MUCH, MISS YOU. UM YOU'RE GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A SOMEONE TO FILL YOUR SHOES BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE LARGE, APPARENTLY . SO SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE, AND I KNOW THAT AH, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HERE AT THE CITY IS GOING TO MISS. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. TIM VOLKER UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR HERE TO PRESENT KIND OF GIVEN UPDATE ON THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT IS A THREE PHASE PROJECT THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS FOR THE CITY. AND PHASE ONE IS MADE UP OF FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS. THE FIRST COMPONENT WAS THE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER. WELL, AND THAT'S F A ONE AND THAT'S DEPICTED IN THE RED BY THE RED DOT IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. THE SECOND MAJOR COMPONENT IS ALL THE WORK WITHIN THE ACTUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE, SO THAT'S DEPICTED BY THE BLUE. SO THAT'S THE REVERSE US MACISTE FACILITY. THAT'S THE TREATMENT PROCESS. THE THIRD MAJOR COMPONENT OF PHASE ONE IS THE CONCENTRATE PIPELINE. SO THAT'S THAT GREEN LINE KIND OF WEAVING THROUGH THE, UM, THE CITY UP TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY SO THAT CONNECTS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. AND THEN THE FOURTH AND FINAL COMPONENT OF PHASE ONE. IS THE DEEP INJECTION WELL MODIFICATION , SO IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE CONCENTRATE FROM THE NEW WATER PLANT, THE EXISTING DEEP INJECTION WELL HAS TO BE MODIFIED AND I'LL KIND OF GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL. REGARDING THAT. SO WHEN THE CITY WENT OUT TO, UM, FIND A CONTRACTOR FOR THIS, YOU KNOW WE LOOKED INTO DO WE HIRE ONE CONTRACTOR TO DO ALL THIS WORK OR HIGHER INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS THAT THAT SPECIALIZE IN YOU KNOW BUILDINGS, PIPELINES AND WELL DRILLERS, AND ULTIMATELY, WE DECIDED TO BREAK THIS UP IN THE FOUR COMPONENTS. THAT THAT WAY ONE GENERAL CONTRACTOR DOESN'T MARK UP. UM THE INDIVIDUAL COSTS ON, YOU KNOW, THE WELL DRILLER AND ALL THAT, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR THE CITY. HOWEVER IN THE LONG RUN, IT PAYS DIVIDENDS BY NOT BEING AS EXPENSIVE BY HAVING THAT OVERHEAD AND PROFIT MARKED UP BY A CONTRACTOR. SO THAT AS I MENTIONED THAT THE FIRST

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COMPONENT WAS DRILLING THE WATER SUPPLY WELL, WHICH IS COMING FROM THE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER. WE COMPLETED THAT TWO YEARS AGO. BACK IN DECEMBER, 2020 THE WELL WAS DRILLED 1620 FT BELOW SURFACE. AND TESTING OF THE WELL INDICATES IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE WELL, UM HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETED WELL, THERE'S JUST A CAP ON IT RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW , EVERYONE'S PROBABLY WONDERING , WHY WOULD YOU DRILL IT TWO YEARS AGO AND JUST CAP IT? WELL WE NEEDED TO GET THE WATER QUALITY TO FINISH THE DESIGN OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, SO DEPENDING ON HOW SALINE WATER IS DEPENDENT ON THE MEMBRANES THAT WE WOULD PUT IN THE NEW TREATMENT FACILITY. SO ONCE WE GOT THAT WATER QUALITY, WERE ABLE TO FINISH THE DESIGN ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND GO OUT TO CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT. SO THE MAJOR COMPONENT IS THE REVERSE. ASKED MACISTE FACILITY THAT WAS THE BLUE LINES ON IT. A COUPLE SLIDES AGO, AND THAT'S ALL THE WORK WITHIN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. THE PICTURE YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING GOING UP. THE CONCRETE BLOCK IS UP THE WALLS. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ROOF RIGHT NOW, AND THE BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY BUILT FOR ALL THREE PHASES. SO THE FOOTPRINT CAN HOUSE ALL THREE PHASES. THE PIPING SPEND SIZE FOR ALL THREE PHASES AND THE CONDUIT TO HOUSE OR TO PULL. THE ELECTRICAL WIRE HAS BEEN SIZED FOR ALL THREE PHASES. AS PART OF THE PROJECT. WE INCORPORATED SOLAR PANELS TO OPERATE THE LIGHTS AND OUTLETS. UM YOU KNOW IT WASN'T COST FEASIBLE TO HAVE THE SOLAR PANELS OPERATE ALL THE PUMPS AND EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOLAR PANELS TO DO THE LIGHTS AND OUTLETS WITHIN THE BUILDING. WE ALSO WITHIN THE SITE ARE INCORPORATING TO RAIN GARDENS TO HELP WITH STORM WATER AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE FOR THE REVERSE OSMOSIS FACILITY. WE OBTAINED A $1 MILLION STATE APPROPRIATION AND WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 2023. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS THE PIPELINE, WHICH CONNECTS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 12TH 2022. SO I BELIEVE THIS WEEK'S THAT PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING AND WILL BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION PRIDE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. AND THE PIPELINE IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED TRANCE BY TRENCH LIST TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILL. IT'S HOW THE CITY INSTALLED OUR LOW PRESSURE SEWER MAIN FOR OUR GRINDERS, SO RESIDENTS REALLY DON'T SEE THE CRUISE THE PIPES INSTALLED BY DRILLING UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. UM, THIS MINIMIZES IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ROADS. SO WITH THIS PROD WITH THE PIPELINE, WE RECEIVED A $500,000 STATE APPROPRIATION AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED BY SUMMER 2023. TRADE YOU THIS AND THEN THE FOURTH AND FINAL COMPONENT IS THE DEEP INJECTION WELL MODIFICATION, WHICH WERE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE EXISTING DEEP INJECTION WELL AT THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY OF THE EXISTING WELL HAS A STEEL CASING. SO WHEN THE CONCENTRATE GETS CONNECTED TO IT, IT'S A VERY SALINE. WHAT YOU KNOW, I GUESS STREAM OF WATER GOING THERE. IT WOULD HAVE CORRODED THAT PIPE. SO WE HAD TO LINE IT WITH F R P LINER, FIBERGLASS PLASTIC LINE OR TO HELP WITH THE CORROSION. SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ALSO DRILLING A NEW, DEEP MONITORING WEALTH. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT DEEP MONITORING WELL, WITH THIS COMPONENT. WE ALSO RECEIVED A $500,000 STATE APPROPRIATION. AND WE'RE HOPING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN SUMMER 2023. SO HERE HERE'S A SLIDE, JUST SUMMARIZING THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE REVERSE OSMOSIS FACILITY WITH CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS WERE AT $17.9 MILLION. THE CONCENTRATE PIPELINE WAS $963,000. AND THE DEEP INJECTION WELL IS $5.3 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 24.2 MILLION. AND THAT THAT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR INCLUDED IN THE 2020. 2022 RATE STUDY, WHICH FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, WHICH WE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN

[00:20:09]

SEPTEMBER OF 2022. AND THEN HERE'S A SUMMARY TABLE, BASICALLY SUMMARIZING THE FUNDING REVERSE EVE TO DATE TO DATE THE CITY'S RECEIVED ABOUT $3.5 MILLION BETWEEN GRANTS, STATE APPROPRIATIONS AND, UH, PRINCIPAL LOAN FORGIVENESS FROM FDP. SO THE $3.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LESSENS THE BURDEN ON THE CUSTOMERS THAT, UM , YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO GET $100,000 FOR THE WATER SUPPLY WELL, AND THE THREE STATE APPROPRIATION FOR STATE APPROPRIATIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE WE GOT FOR THE DESIGN. AND I GUESS BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A THREE PHASE PROJECTS. SO RIGHT NOW PHASE ONE IS ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 24. THE CITY SHOULD BE PUTTING OUT AN RFP FOR THE SECOND PHASE. AND THEN FISCAL YEAR 25 WOULD BE STARTING THE DESIGN OF THAT SECOND PHASE. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE FISCAL YEAR 26 27. SO WHEN THE BUDGET GETS PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE CAPITAL, THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND STAFF IS AWARE OF THAT I SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO KIND OF LAY OUT ALL OF THAT, UM, SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION. NO NO TOUGH QUESTIONS BEFORE I HEAD OUT. HOW COLD IS IT IN WISCONSIN? YEAH THE DAY I ARRIVED. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 40 DEGREES, WHICH IS QUITE BALMY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. PROBABLY WON'T STAY THAT LONG. RIGHT CAN YOU GET US TICKETS TO THE GREEN PAPER PACKERS GAMES ARE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. IT'LL HAVE TO BE NEXT YEAR. OKAY WELL, GOOD LUCK , FAMILY. WE REALLY ARE GOING TO MISS YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY SO

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS AND I'M GOING TO START WITH VICE MAYOR BRUDER TODAY. WELCOME EVERYBODY. WELL, MINE, UM. TREES DON'T COLORADO. I WAS LOOKING FOR MILTON. HE'S OVER THERE. THE COCONUT. BUT I GOT IT WRONG. THE COLORADO THE GREEN TREES THEY'RE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL ALL UP AND DOWN THERE, BUT THEY'RE VERY THICK AND I CAN'T NO ONE CAN SEE THROUGH THEM AND SAFE. I WAS OVER AT THE GUILT FRAMING OR AT THE SMOKING THING. YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THE NEW PEOPLE THAT COME INTO TOWN YOU CAN'T SEE THE BUSINESSES. UM AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET THEM. HOW DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU TRIM THEM? IN THEM. BEND THEM? YEAH. THE BEAUTIFUL TREES THEY'VE REALLY GROWN. AND THEN THE COCONUT PALMS HERE ON OSCEOLA WERE THE WALK THROUGH.

THEY'RE STARTING TO GET LITTLE COCONUTS NOW, SO MAYBE WE GET THOSE COCONUTS OUT. SOMEBODY GETS HIT. THANK YOU. OKAY, UH, COMMISSIONER RICH. I ACTUALLY HAVE NO COMMENT. I WOULD JUST URGE PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL. I SPENT MOST OF THE HOLIDAY MY WIFE AND I WORRYING WHETHER WE GOT INFECTED OR BEING IN SELF ISOLATION. WE SEE OUR CITY MANAGER HAS GOTTEN COVID. MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS COLLEGE IN THE NORTHEAST, AND THEY HAVE GONE BACK TO MANDATORY COVID SO IN THE WINTER. WE GET A GREAT MANY VISITORS. I'M AFRAID THEY'RE BRINGING DOWN VARIOUS INFECTIONS . AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THIS TO BE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS AND BE A LITTLE CAREFUL. OKAY? COMMISSIONER CLARK. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM. I WANT TO THANK MR DOOLEY FOR THAT POEM THAT SHE DID TODAY. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE AS WE GET INTO MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND AND OF COURSE, BLACK HISTORY MONTH'S AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENTS COMING UP ON MONDAY. THE 16TH IT'S A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. I THINK ON THE FIFTH. WE HAD A HOUSING WORKSHOP HERE. AND WE HAD INFORMATION FROM OUR UM, PLANNING, STAFF AND CITY MANAGER AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER COLLINS AND I WANT TO SAY COMMISSIONER COLLINS, UM YOU KNOW THAT WAS BRAVE OF YOU. NOT IN THE BAR COMMISSIONERS, AT LEAST IN RECENT TIMES HAVE DONE THAT. BUT IN I JUST WANTED TO AH! REALLY SAY THAT IT'S GOOD

[00:25:10]

THAT WE WHEN WE TAKE TIME TO, UM FOLLOW UP ON THINGS AND TO, UM UH, WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT I WANTED TO ASK CITY MANAGER. I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THEIR LEADERSHIP. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING A STEWARD CARES TYPE THINGS SIMILAR TO MARTIN CARES. AND WE SAID THAT WE HAD SOMETHING WE'RE BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP. WE MIGHT HAVE PRESENTED SOME THINGS BUT UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER COLLINS WANTS TO BE ABLE TO NO ONE LEARNED AND WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU KNOW, HE WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR COME PLANNING WITH HOUSING AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING INFORMATION WHEN WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS AND SO ON. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S NOT A WAY TO NOT JUST DEAL WITH THE LEGAL CITIES OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO TRAIN OR COMMISSIONERS BUT IF WE COULD AT THE CITY UM, FIND A WAY TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS TO JUST KEEP US UPDATED ON OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODING OR COM PLAN TO DEDICATE SOMETIME ONCE A MONTH OR SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING UP AND BEING INFORMED, UM. MR DI IS I'M NOT SURE I'M JUST I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT AND OF COURSE, I THINK THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND SO ON. THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING QUESTIONS, AND THERE MUST BE A WAY THAT WE CAN PREPARE SOMETHING THAT LEAST ONCE A YEAR OR TWICE A YEAR. WE GIVE PEOPLE LIKE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY AND GIVE THEM A RUN DOWN. SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW YOU KNOW WE DO BUSINESS AND ORGANIZE IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I'M JUST BRINGING IT OUT. UM YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND NOW, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS ASKED TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A STEWART APPEARS SIMILAR TO MARTIN CARES. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT, AND IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE TIM VOLKER AND OTHERS TO PUT INFORMATION TOGETHER TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONERS GO THROUGH THE WATER IS WORTH IT PROGRAM AND OTHER THINGS, BUT SOMEHOW WE CAN THINK OF SOMETHING WHERE WE CONSTANTLY ARE EDUCATED OURSELVES AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. UM OTHER THAN THAT I HAVE TO GO TO ENACT MEETING COMING UP SOON IN JANUARY, AS WELL AS A TRAGICAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING. I SERVED ONE OF THOSE BOARDS AND, UM I JUST, UM THAT THAT'S IT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. OKAY? THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY MANAGER HEARD MY NOTES. AND IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATED, CONSTANTLY EDUCATED. OKAY. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. TO YOUR POINT. I WOULD SAY THAT OUR COMP PLAN AND RL DRS. ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF US TO REVIEW. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO JUST TWO THINGS. ONE IS I HAD A CONCERNED CITIZEN BRING UP AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY COME UP. BUT THE DUCK CROSSING SIGN OVER BY FLAMINGO, SO I WASN'T SURE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND NOT INJURE ANY DUCKS. AND THEN TO I'D LIKE. TO FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY COMMENT, PRAY ACTUALLY TO START OFF THE MEETING. SO IF THAT IS OFFENSIVE TO ANYBODY HERE'S YOUR WARNING.

BUT. HEAVENLY FATHER. WE LIFT YOU UP. WE INVOKE YOU INTO THESE PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT INTENTIONALLY. I THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN. I THANK YOU FOR BEAUTIFUL STUART, FLORIDA THAT YOU PUT US INTO I JUST LIFT UP. ALL OF THESE COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY MANAGER , CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK. I ASK THAT YOU GIVE ALL OF US WISDOM. I ASKED FOR PEACE AND ORDER. AND CAMARADERIE. THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER STEWART. I LIFT UP TO YOU ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AND I ASKED YOU TO BLESS THEM WITH A SPIRIT OF PEACE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. I ASK YOU TO REMOVE ANY FRUSTRATION OR ANGER. FROM THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THEY JUST REALIZED THAT THERE ARE ALSO SPEAKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. SO FATHER, I LIFT UP THE POLICE FIRST RESPONDERS. LIFT UP EVERYBODY WHO PUTS THEIR

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LIFE ON THE LINE EVERY DAY TO PROTECT US AND PROVIDE SERVICE. I ASK THAT YO WATCH OUT THAT YOU BRING THEM HOME SAFE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND ONE PIECE. AND JUST THAT YOU KEEP THIS CITY SAFE. THAT THERE'S NOT CAR ACCIDENTS AND YOU'RE JUST WATCHING OUT FOR ALL OF US. PRAY FOR STAFF THAT YOU HELPED THEM PREPARE WHAT NEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS COMMISSION TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AND I JUST ASK YOU TO BLESS STEWART. AND WATCH OUT FOR US IN JESUS' NAME. MM HMM. KIND OF OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY SO MY COMMENTS ARE COUPLE THINGS ONE IS, UM, I KNOW MYSELF. UH, SMEAR. BRUDER AND COMMISSIONER CLARK ATTENDED ALICE LOCKHART'S MEMORIAL SERVICE ON SUNDAY AND OUR SATURDAY EXCUSE ME AND IT'S A GREAT LOSS TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM THAT WAS THERE AND I SEE JACKIE THROUGH A LIPID R WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FROM MARTIN COUNTY, AND SHE WAS ALSO AT THE SERVICE, AND IT WAS HER LOSS WAS SADDENING THE RULES SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON TOO SOON. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO IT'S A IT'S JUST HARASTA CITY AND THE AND RECORDING OUR HISTORY. SHE HAD DONE SUCH A AMAZING JOB. I CALLED HER UP ONE TIME ABOUT A BUILDING THAT I WAS DOING SOME WORK WITH AND SHE CALLED ME BACK . LIKE TWO HOURS LATER, WITH HOURS, IT SEEMED LIKE HOURS. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOURS OF RESEARCH. AND SHE KNEW ALL ABOUT THE BUILDING. I THINK, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER CONTACT HE LIVED IN THE BUILDING AT ONE TIME WHEN A COCONUT AND SO RED SO SHE WAS A GREAT RESOURCE. SHE DID IT FOR THE GOES FURTHER HER LOVE OF HISTORY AND FOR LOVE OF COMMUNITY, SO SHE'S GOING TO BE DEEPLY DEEPLY MISSED. UM WE ALSO HAD, UM. HAVE COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. THE BOAT SHOW, UM VERY EXCITING TIME. A LOT OF LOT OF YOU KNOW, THE MARINE INDUSTRY IS ONE OF OUR DRIVING INDUSTRIES HERE IN STUART AND MARTIN COUNTY AND THE FACT THAT WE GET THE HOST THIS WONDERFUL, UH, BOAT SHOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT DOES COME WITH AN INCONVENIENCE , WHICH I BELIEVE TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY. THERE'LL BECAUSE THE BORROWER SO TOMORROW THEY'LL BE CLOSING THE BRIDGE ON DIXIE HIGHWAY SO THAT WILL CREATE AN INCONVENIENCE. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TO GO NORTH OF THE BRIDGE AND TAKE THE ESPECIALLY IF YOU TAKE THE OLD BRIDGE LEAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AND KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT YOU'LL NEED TO TAKE US ONE OR GO DOWN THROUGH SEWELL'S POINT. UM SO THERE'S THAT, THEN FINALLY GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS LATELY ABOUT E BIKES GOING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED ON SIDEWALKS AND GOING AND A LOT OF ENOUGH, OFTEN GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.

AND THE MOTORISTS HAVE TALKED TO HER JUST SO AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY. I KNOW THERE'S I KNOW THERE'S SOME RULES REGARDING CYCLIST AN, UM AND SIDEWALKS AND MAYBE WE COULD TALK TO THE CHIEF AND FIND OUT WHAT WHAT? WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE RULES REGARDING CYCLISTS ON SITE , ESPECIALLY WITH THE E BIKES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE DOING LIKE 30 MILES AN HOUR, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I THINK THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED NOW I THINK IT WILL. ALL CHANGE WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. THE ONES THAT HAVE THE REGULATION THAT THEY DON'T SELL THEM TO GO ABOVE 22 MILES AN HOUR TO KEEP THEM UNDERNEATH THAT REGULATED MOTORBIKE STATUS , OKAY? YEAH BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING FOR SOME OF THEM. I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THAT I GOT PASSED BY ONE. UH AND PALM CITY RODE ON THE SIDEWALK ASKED ME ONE DAY WHEN I WAS DOING 25 SO WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME BIKES THAT ARE OUT THERE. THEY'RE FASTER. AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO THANK UH TIM VOLKER FOR A SERVICE. HE'S GONNA BE GREATLY MISSED. SO MOVE ON TO, UH, COME UP BY CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. COVER EVERYTHING I HAD, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, DURING REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU CALL THE POLICE CHIEF WHO IS ON ZOOM. HE'S AT HOME SICK BUT WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY KEITH ROMANELLI. OKAY AND SO WE CAN HAVE HIM GO FIRST WHEN WE GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM ANYTHING . ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO ME APPROVAL OF THE

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AGENDA OF THE AGENDAS PUBLISHED . OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES? OKAY WE'RE GONNA

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GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHO'S CALLING IN FROM ZOOM. HMM HELLO. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? WE CAN, CHIEF. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERYONE

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STARTED COULD NOT BE THERE TODAY. UM I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT TODAY. IS NATIONALS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK. SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION, THE CITY STAFF AND I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK MY OFFICERS AS WELL AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS AROUND THE NATION THAT PUT THIS UNIFORM ON AND GO OUT AND DO THIS THANKLESS JOB AT TIMES. THIS IS WHY WE ARE SELFLESS CROWD AND DEDICATED HERE AT THE CITY OF STORIES. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. AS FOR THE BICYCLES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE MR MAYOR, GREAT CHIEF. SO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT DOING ANY FURTHER RESEARCH. THAT IF A BICYCLE IS TRAVELING ON THE ROADWAY, THEY ARE TO ADHERE TO THE TRAFFIC. LAWS IF THEY ARE TRAVELING, TRAVELING ON A SIDEWALK, THEY ARE TO ADHERE TO THE PEDESTRIAN LAWS, AND I COULD DO FURTHER RESEARCH ON THAT AND GIVE IT TO MR MANAGER DIESS. UH FOR MORE INFORMATION. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND THANK YOU AND THANK ALL YOUR OFFICERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW. JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS. ONE IS PUBLIC COMMUNIST. THREE MINUTES , MAX. WE ASK EVERYBODY TO BE CIVIL. ASK EVERYBODY TO STATE B STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE FIRST NAME AND THEN I'M GONNA CALL THE NEXT PERSON SO THEY CAN BE STANDING BY AND THAT WAY WE CAN HELP MOVE THIS THROUGH A LITTLE BIT FASTER, SO THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE NATALIE EVANS. FOUND BY CHRISTIE, FOUR. THANK YOU, MISS EVANS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS NATALIE EVANS, AS YOU GOT MY ADDRESS IS 2950, SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD AND STEWART. UM BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AS A LONGTIME MARTIN COUNTY AND MY FAMILY MOVED TO JENSEN BEACH IN 1969. I MY HUSBAND AND ALL MY FOUR CHILDREN HAVE ALL ATTENDED MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOLS. MY HUSBAND AND I LEFT MARTIN COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS BUT RETURNED 18 YEARS AGO WHEN I RETURNED, I BECAME A VOLUNTEER FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTER SERVING ON THEIR BOARD FOR TWO YEARS. AND HAVE WORKED HERE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR THE PAST 11. TOGETHER MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN IN MARTIN COUNTY.

WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR A COMBINED 68 YEARS. GROWING UP IN JENSEN BEACH BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, WHEN THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM CAME ON TELEVISION , HIS CRUSADES WERE ON NEARLY EVERY CHANNEL TODAY, I WORKED FOR HIS SON, FRANKLIN GRAHAM'S ORGANIZATION CALLED SAMARITANS PURSE. I WORK AS A HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL WORKER IN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF. WE GO TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD DURING AND AFTER DISASTERS. CURRENTLY WE ARE SERVING IN WAR TORN UKRAINE , PRAYERS ARE OFFERED IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACES IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE BEEN TO IRAQ ASSISTING HUMAN BEINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WAR, OFFERING PRAYERS WITH WORLD LEADERS.

PRAYER IS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE THAT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE UNDERSTAND IT HAS CROSSED BARRIERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE IDEA OF A SHORT, INCLUSIVE PRAYER BEFORE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY PRAYERS HAVE LONG BEEN A TRADITION IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE US AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE EMPLOYER CHAPLAIN TO INVOKE IN THE OPENING PRAYER IN 17 87 WHEN DELEGATES WERE DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SUGGESTED THAT THEY OFFER A SHORT PRAYER. OUR GOVERNMENT PLEDGE SAYS AS WE DID ONE NATION UNDER GOD, EVERY PRESIDENT SERVING OUR COUNTRY STATES UNDER OATH, SO HELP ME GOD. ALL OF OUR U. S CURRENCY HAS THE WORDS IN GOD'S INTEREST THROUGHOUT OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THERE IS REFERENCE TO GOD AND HIS PROVIDENCE. THESE INVOCATIONS HAVE PLAYED THEIR ROLE IN OUR FREE COUNTRY THE GREATEST AND FREEST NATION ON EARTH. IN ADDITION, THE SUPREME COURT IN MAY OF 2014, AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, GAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE US LEEWAY TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE PUBLIC PRAYER BEFORE MEETINGS. PRAYER HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF THE DECISIONS MADE IN OUR NATION AND COMMUNITIES ALL OVER AMERICA. SINCE I MOVED HERE IN THE LATE SIXTIES, MUCH HAS CHANGED, BUT MUCH HAS BEEN PRESERVED, AND THAT IS IN NO SMART, SMALL PART DUE TO THIS COMMITTEE. AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO JACKIE THURLOW. UM IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL HEAR

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THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, WHO BELIEVE PRAYER IS JUST AS VITAL IN THIS COMMUNITY AS IT IS IN OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIE FOUR SPONSOR OR SPOT FOLLOWED BY LAURA D. AND I CAN NEVER PASS.

SERGIO BE GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S KRISTI FULLER. I'VE LIVED IN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE 1982 AND THE CITY OF STEWART SINCE 1983. MY ADDRESS IS 471. SOUTH EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE FOR ONE OF THE OLD HOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL. I'M HERE TONIGHT.

AS AN INDICATION BEFORE MEETINGS WAS BROUGHT UP AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND NEVER RECEIVED A SECOND. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT DECISION. LET'S START WITH THE DEFINITION OF INVOCATION THE ACTION OF ASKING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING FOR ASSISTANCE OR AS AN AUTHORITY PETITIONING FOR HELP, SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD FIND THIS DIVISIVE. WE HAD AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF INVOCATION LAST WEEK, AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU SAW SOMETHING ABOUT IT WITH THE MAR HAMLIN. QUOTE I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL HE HEARS THE STORIES. THE STORIES OF GROWN MEN WEPT AT WHAT THEY HAD SEEN, THEN DROPPED TO THEIR KNEES BESEECHING GOD TO INTERVENE ON HIS BEHALF. HOW THE ENTIRE BILLS TEAM MELTON SOLIDARITY AND PRAYER HOW THE BENGALS TEAM VISITED THE BILLS LOCKER ROOM TO ENCOURAGE AND SHOW COMPASSION TO HIS TEAMMATES . HOW THOUSANDS OF BANGLES AND BUILD FANS PRAYED TOGETHER BY CANDLELIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER. HOW THE ANCHORS OF ESPN ACTUALLY THEIR HEADS AND PRAYED ALOUD ON NASH ERA ON WORLDWIDE TELEVISION FOR HIS COMPLETE HEALING.

STORIES OF HOW GOD USED A YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYER TO TEACH A NATION WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT.

WHY DO WE TRUST A HIGHER POWER AND DIRE, LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS YET WE CALL IT DIVISION. WHEN WE ASKED FOR GUIDANCE IN OUR LIVES. WHEN A SMALL MINORITY IS OFFENDED. WHY MUST THE MAJORITY SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES? MANY OF OUR MOST SACRED ACTS HAVE BEEN DENIED BECAUSE OF THE LOUD VOICES THAT HAVE BEEN OBJECT A BLE WE ARE IN DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR SOCIETY, SOME HARMONY WE MUST LET THE LIGHT SHINE THROUGH TO GIVE HOPE TO ALL ASKING YOU TO ALLOW AN INVOCATION PROVIDES HOPE DIRECTION. INSPIRATION TEACH ONE OF YOU AND THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. I END BY ASKING YOU THIS COMMISSIONERS, WOULD WE BE A NATION IF WE HADN'T INVOKED GOD'S GUIDANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION? WOULD WE BE A NATION IF HE HADN'T BEEN CONSULTED BEFORE OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS? ALMOST ALL OF OUR FOUNDING STATE CONSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE ALMIGHTY. AND THEY'RE PRE AMBLES . THE SUPREME COURT SAID AN INDICATION WAS ALLOWED AND MOST OF OUR MARTIN COUNTY BOARDS ALLOW FOR INVOCATION. SO TONIGHT, I ASK. ALL OF YOU AND EDIFICATION. Q OKAY. LAURA GOV. BY RON DENNIS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS LAURA JOBE. I LIVE AT 29 50 SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD HERE IN STUART. I ATTENDED A TOWN MEETING ON MONDAY. THE 12TH AND ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING A MOTION. FOR INVOCATION. OKAY, US DISAPPOINTED THAT THOSE WHO WERE THERE AGAINST STATING THAT PRAYER, THEY STATED PRAYER WOULD BE DIVISIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

REALLY IS THAT NOT WHAT MAKES UP A COMMUNITY THE JOINT EFFORTS BOTH OF PLACES OF WORSHIP AND PLACES WHERE LAWS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY OR DISCUSSED, APPROVED AND DENIED, I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THOSE HUMANISTS OR ATHEISTS WHO PRESENTED THEIR SIDE OF THE AGENDA. EITHER DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN COMMISSION MEETINGS OR ATTEND INFREQUENTLY . SO IT BAKES THE QUESTION. WHAT IS THEIR AGENDA? IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF? OUR SYSTEM WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE DRIVEN BY THE VOICE OF MAJORITY. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, IT APPEARS THAT ONLY THOSE WHO ACTUALLY CAUSED DISSENT AND DIVISION ARE THE VOICES WE ARE LISTENING TO. AND WHY IS THAT? I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO HAVE SOME STATS THAT I'VE PULLED OFF THE INTERNET. ABOUT WHAT THE CLIMATE IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS REGARDING PUBLIC PRAYER. EXCERPTS FROM THE SENTINEL OF THE TRIBUNE BY A WIDE MAJORITY. AMERICAN VOTERS SAY IT'S OKAY TO HAVE PRAYER IN OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC MEETINGS IN A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY BY FAIRFIELD DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PUBLIC MIND 73% OF VOTERS SAY PRAYER AT PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE FINE AS LONG AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE NOT FAVORING ONE BELIEF OVER ANOTHER. DEMOCRATS. ACROSS THE

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UNITED STATES BY A LARGE MARGIN SAY PRESSURE SHOULD BE ALLOWED. THE NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN , ETHNIC GROUPS OR DIFFERENT AGE GROUP THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRAYING NATION BELOW. I MENTIONED JUST A FEW OF THE COUNTIES IN FLORIDA THAT UTILIZE AN INDICATION AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING, AS WELL AS MANY SCHOOL BOARDS. THAT'S MARTIN COUNTY, FLAGLER COUNTY. PINELLAS COUNTY, POLK COUNTY AND BREVARD COUNTY HAS BANNED ATHEISTS FROM USING GODLESS INVOCATIONS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF WHO SPENT TIME AND THOUGHT, PUTTING TOGETHER A WELL ROUNDED AND VERY BROAD AUDIENCE FOR THIS ORDINANCE FOR THIS PROPOSAL. TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS TO BE PART OF THE MONTHLY MEETING. STAND TALL AND BE PATIENT. AS THE MAJORITY BECOMES MORE VOCAL TO BE HEARD, ALSO TAKING PLACE ACROSS BOARDS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AS WELL AS SCHOOL BOARDS. I JUST SAY TO THE BOARD HERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M SURE THAT YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. OKAY RON DENNIS, FOLLOWED BY GIL HALTINGT RUN, DENNIS. YEAH I HAD THIS IDENTITY CRISIS APPARENTLY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OFF. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK. UM I IMPLORE YOU OKAY TO NOT ALLOW FURTHER EROSION OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS VALUES. YOU CANNOT STUDY OR EVALUATE OUR NATION'S CORE VALUES WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH IN GOD. FAITH IS THE FOUNDING INGREDIENTS THAT BUILT THE GREATER NATION, THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. OUR CONSTITUTION WAS FOUNDED ON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES. WHEN OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BECAME DISGUSTED WITH EACH OTHER'S POSITIONS, AND WE'RE READY TO WALK AWAY. IT WAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THAT BROUGHT ALL THE PARTIES TOGETHER. SPEAKING GOD'S WISDOM AND AS A RESULT WE HAVE ONE NATION UNDER GOD. WE MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PRAYER. FOR WITHOUT IT OPENS UP GREATER THIS UNITY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE ARCHAEOLOGISTS, BUT I HAVE BEEN STUDYING IT JUST ABOUT 72 IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SINCE NINE YEARS OF AGE, I ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION ABOUT STANDING STUDYING ARCHAEOLOGY. AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT. I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE NOAH'S ARK KISS. IT'S REAL. I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE MOUNT SINAI IS REAL. I CAN SHOW YOU THE TRIP WHEELS IN THE RED SEA. I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THEY'RE CRUCIFIED OUR LORD JESUS CALVARY. I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE JOSEPHUS, A SECULAR JEWISH HISTORIAN, ATTESTED TO THE BIBLICAL ACCURACY OF THESE FACTS. YOU HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OVER OUR CITY. TOO MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS EXPECTED. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE STUDIED THE HISTORY OF THE CAPITOL DOME IN WASHINGTON, D C. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THAT DUMB WAS CREATED AS A PLACE FOR ALL THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. SEEKING GOD'S WISDOM PRIOR TO BRANCHING OFF INTO THEIR INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF GOVERNMENT. IS NOT THE UNITED STATES THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. I EMPLOY YOU TO NOT ALLOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT DONE THEIR HOMEWORK TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING GOD'S WISDOM. THANK YOU . THANK YOU. GIL HUNTER GREEN. IT FOLLOWED BY SUSAN LOPEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GIL HOLDING. I LOOK AT 10 7 25 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE. AND JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA. I'M HERE TODAY. I'M A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I'M HERE TODAY TO STAND WITH MY BROTHER. CHRISTOPHER COLLINS. CONCERNING PRAYER. HAVING PRAYER IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. A WEEK AGO TODAY. I WAS DOING MY DEVOTIONS AND ALWAYS READING AND SCRIPTURE I WAS READING AND JOHN 12. WHILE I WAS AFTER I WAS READING THE SCRIPTURE. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME UPON MY HEART. AND MOVED ME TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT. AND I WILL READ THAT SCRIPTURE. SO JESUS SAID TO

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THEM, THE LIGHT IS AMONG YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. WORK WHILE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT, LESS DARKNESS OVERTAKE YOU. THE ONE WHO WALKS IN THE DARKNESS DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING.

WHILE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT, YOU MAY BECOME THAT YOU MAY BECOME SONS OF LIGHT. WHEN JESUS SAID THESE THINGS HE DEPARTED AND HIT HIMSELF. SO HE HAD DONE MANY SIGNS BEFORE THEM. THEY STILL DID NOT BELIEVE. SO THAT THE WORDS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET ISAIAH MUST BE FULFILLED. LORD WHO HAS BELIEVED WHAT HE HAS HEARD FROM US AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED. THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE FOR AGAIN, ISAIAH SAID. HE HAS BLINDED THE EYES AND HARDEN THEIR HEARTS UNLESS THEY SEE WHAT THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART. AND TURN AND I WOULD HEAL THEM. ISAIAH SAID THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE SAW HIS GLORY AND SPOKE OF HIM. NEVERTHELESS MANY OF THE AUTHORITIES DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM. BUT FOR FEAR OF THE PHARISEES, THEY DID NOT CONFESS IT SO THEY WOULD NOT BE PUT OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE. FOR THEY LOVED THE GLORY THAT COMES FROM MEN. MORE THAN THE GLORY THAT COMES FROM GOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOPEZ FOLLOWER BY I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINISHED, SIR.

VENEER LET THEM HERE WITH THE SPIRIT SAYS. SUSAN LOPEZ, POWERED BY JULIE JOHNSON. HI MY NAME IS SUZANNE LOPEZ. I LIVE 10883. SOUTHWEST HOCKEY CIRCLE. STUART, FLORIDA. AND I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO SAY ANYTHING. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I FIND IT VERY DISTURBING THE THOUGHT OF TAKING PRAYER. OUT OF THE BEGINNING OF MEETING THAT UL MEETING AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER COLLINS, UM, SAYING THAT REALLY WONDERFUL PRAYER. THANK YOU. JULIE BJORNSSON, FOLLOWED BY CONNIE. PUBLIC. JULIE BJORNSSON 5816 SOUTHEAST RIVERBOAT DRIVES STUART, FLORIDA. OKAY? I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS UNTIL THIS MORNING, AND I PRAYED ABOUT WHAT TO SAY.

AND WE NEED TO KNOW THAT MAN IS NOT ALONE IN THIS WORLD. THERE ARE THERE IS AN UNSEEN WORLD AND IT HAS TWO PARTS. GOD OUR CREATOR THAT WE PRAY TO THAT GIVES LIFE SUPPORT AND BLESSINGS WHEN WE ASK. JESUS HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION GAVE US ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED. BUT THE OTHER PART IS SATAN'S WORLD. IT'S A WORLD OF DARKNESS, WHICH BEGAN CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD IN THE GARDEN AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. WITHOUT GOD. WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH NO LIGHT AND IT GETS DARKER AND MORE DIFFICULT. TO LIVE EACH DAY. OUR CULTURE IS AN EXPERIENCING A DESTRUCTION THAT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE. EVEN CONSIDERED. GOD'S PRESENCE.

HOLDS BACK THE DARKNESS. WE NEED PRAYER. WE NEED RECOGNITION THAT GOD EXISTS. WE DON'T ASK YOU TO BE RELIGIOUS. WE ASKED YOU TO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS AND WE NEED TO ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED. AND ASK GOD'S HELP AND DIRECTION. TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. YOU NEED. US TO PRAY FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB TO REPRESENT US. WITHOUT THAT, IT IS BECOMES MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS. WITH WITH BIBLICAL STANDARDS. BURKE 22 YEARS I'VE.

RUN AN ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON HERE IN STUART, FLORIDA TO RAISE UP GOD'S HOLY WORD, WHICH IS HIS AUTHORITY IF WE DON'T HAVE GOD'S AUTHORITY, WHAT AUTHORITY DO WE HAVE? WE CAN BREAK THE RULES DON'T CHANGE THEM. WE READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE. FOR FIVE DAYS. 24 7. WE STARTED

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TWO MONTHS AFTER 9 11 WHEN WE WERE GIVEN A MANDATE. TO CONTINUE RAISING UP HIS WORD EACH YEAR SO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE BEAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TERRORISM. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO A YOU KNOW THAT? SANCTUARY COUNTY, AND YET WE DON'T GET THE HASSLES THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN GETTING. WE COULD GET ALL SORTS OF THINGS. WE DON'T GET THAT. I ASK YOU PRAYER IS A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT IT IS IMPORTANT AS THE AIR WE BREATHE. PLEASE KEEP PRAYER. IN YOUR MEETINGS. THANK YOU. CONNIE PAVELIC, FOLLOWED BY AMY PRITCHARD. MY NAME IS CONNIE PAVLIK LIVE AT 4789 SOUTHEAST GLEN RIDGE TRAIL, STEWART AND, UM, I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THE VERSE OF THE DAY. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHANGE YOUR WAYS TURNED TO FACE GOD SO HE CAN WIPE AWAY YOUR SINS. POUR OUT SHOWERS OF BLESSING TO REFRESH YOU AND SEND YOU THE MESSIAH WHO PREPARED FOR YOU, NAMELY, JESUS. FOR THE TIME BEING, HE MUST REMAIN OUT OF SIGHT IN HEAVEN UNTIL EVERYTHING IS RESTORED TO ORDER AGAIN. JUST THE WAY GOD THROUGH THE PREACHING OF HIS HOLY PROPHETS OF OLD SAID IT WOULD BE MOSES, FOR INSTANCE, SAID YOUR GOD WILL RAISE UP YOUR FOR YOU A PROPHET, JUST LIKE MEN FROM LIKE ME FROM YOUR FAMILY. LISTEN TO EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS TO YOU EVERY LAST LIVING SOUL WHO REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THAT PROPHET WILL BE WIPED OUT FROM THE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. I LOVE MARTIN COUNTY. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1982. AND I FEEL LIKE THE HAND OF GOD PROTECTS US FROM SO MUCH.

AND IF WE TAKE HIM OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY, I FEEL THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. SO PLEASE KEEP PRAYER IN YOUR MEETINGS. THANK YOU. AMY PRITCHARD, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY.

CAM. CAMPOS E. I BELIEVE IT IS. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. AMY PRIDGET 4994 SOUTHEAST POINT ROAD, STUART, FLORIDA. PRAYER WORKS, PRAYER HEALS, PRAYER IS UNIFYING. FEAR IS DIVISIVE. AND I IMPLORE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT PRAYER FEAR SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. BEING GODLESS DOESN'T MAKE YOU A BAD PERSON. BUT IT DOES MAKE YOU A BAD PERSON WHEN YOU ASK US TO BE GODLESS, TOO. THANK YOU. AUDREY. CAPACITY COMPOSE E, FOLLOWED BY GAIL GOLDIE. THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH YOU PEOPLE EXCUSE MY LARYNGITIS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH MY PREDECESSORS, KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE. BUT I WANT TO ASK WHO WOULD BE AGAINST PRAYER. WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TEAR DOWN OUR COUNTRY? WE OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE REFERS TO THE ALIEN RIGHTS GIVEN US BY OUR CREATOR, NOT BY AN EMPEROR, NOT BY A KING, NOT BY A PRESIDENT, NOT BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL FORM. WE ARE GIVEN A RIGHTS FROM GOD AND WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS. MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP HERE IN DEFENSE OF STAMPING GOD OUT OF OUR COUNTRY. THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I REALLY WANT TO SAY. AND I. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THE WORDS OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TONIGHT. THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE INTELLIGENCE CANNOT BE DENIED THEIR INALIENABLE. THANKS GAIL GOLDIE , FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINE GRASS, UM GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UM. FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB THAT YOUR TESTS TO DO, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEAD ON YOUR PILLOW THIS EVENING THAT YOU PRAY AND

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ASK FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE AND FORGIVENESS. I PRAY YOU RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION TO DENY INVOCATION BEFORE THE START OF ANY COMMISSION MEETINGS. THANK YOU. CHRISTINE GRASS, UM, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA LUCAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? YES. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE GRASSLAND. I LIVE AT 2464, NORTHWEST EVERGLADES. BOTH CARDS. FLORIDA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN REALLY ADD TO ALL THIS AWESOME CONVERSATION THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME BEFORE ME. BUT I WANTED TO ADD MY OWN PERSONAL UM, MY FATHER CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1950 IS A SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT. HE TOOK HIS OUT THERE AS A PROUD AMERICAN. BECAME AWESOME CHIROPRACTOR. AND MY BROTHER FELL WITH HIS STEPS. UM PRAYER HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING IN OUR FAMILY. AND. WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOTTEN US THROUGH ALL OF OUR HARDSHIPS, INCLUDING MINE. I WAS ONCE VERY INDEPENDENT BEFORE MY CAR ACCIDENT. AND I THINK THAT REMOVING PRAYER IS A SERIOUS MISTAKE. UM WE HAVE A LOT OF TOO MUCH OF THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG. IT HAS TO STOP. BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED. ON PRINCIPLES AND VALUES. THAT ARE NO LONGER SACRED. AND WE'RE LETTING A SMALL MINORITY NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT. BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE SETTING THE PRECEDENCE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HEARING US OUT AND WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. AND I ASKED, YOU KEEP PRAYER AND INVOCATION AND YOUR MEETINGS IT IS UNIFYING. IT IS NOT DIVISIVE. PEOPLE DENYING US SPIRITUALITY AND I AM NONDENOMINATIONAL. ANOTHER HARDCORE ANYTHING. I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. AND I'M PROUD. TO SAY THAT I PRAY. AND I GIVE THANKS. AND I FALL SHORT OF PERFECTION. BUT TO REMOVE PRAYER FROM YOUR MEETINGS. WOULD BE A MISTAKE. THANK YOU. MIGHT EVERYBODY OF SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES CYNTHIA LUCAS, FOLLOWED BY JAMES BRUSHES. IS CINDY STILL HERE? I DON'T SEE CINDY. SO WE'LL GO ON TO JAMES BROCHIN, REVEREND ROCHES. HE'S HERE. SHE CAN CALL HER BACK UP. SO JAMES BROCH IS 11 53 SOUTHEAST MADISON AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. AND HERE FOR 40, PLUS YEARS AND, UH, ENJOYED THE BENEFITS OF BEING HERE AND KNOWING MANY OF YOU AS WELL AS OTHER LEADERS, AND AGAIN. I AM JUST BAFFLED. I PRAYED AT COUNTY COMMISSIONS. I PRAY THAT THE MPO MEETINGS RIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. UH I'M JUST BAFFLED THAT WHY OUR CITY COMMISSION WOULD NOT ALLOW PRAYER AS A PUBLIC THING, NOT JUST A SILENT, UH, MOMENT. UH YOU KNOW, I'M BAFFLED , SO I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER IT. BECAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED IT. MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED THE WISDOM. MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED THE THING. AND IF YOU DON'T LET ME KNOW I COULD. YOU KNOW, I CAN DROP YOU MY PRAYER LIST. I'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REVEREND. UM AND PLEASE KEEP ME ON YOUR FAIR LIST. GM HARP, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH CRANE. AMEN. MY NAME IS JIM HARP AND, UH, I'M FOLLOWED PASTOR BROCHURES. THIS PASTOR STEWART ALLIANCE CHURCH. WE'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS FOR 45, SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA. STREET I LIVE AT 1800 SOUTH EAST ST LUCIE BOULEVARD. UM I WANT TO SPEAK. FOR UH, THIS REPRESENTATION TONIGHT? IS IT JUST A SLIVER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY? IN STUART, FLORIDA.

AS A PASTOR. I KNOW PEOPLE NEED PRAYER. AND THERE IS A GREAT UMY TO KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC LEADERS ARE DESIROUS OF SEEKING WISDOM DIRECTION. COURAGE IN MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT INFLUENCE OUR COMMUNITY. PASTOR JIM I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY AT OUR MPO MEETINGS THAT ARE COUNTY

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COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I CAN TELL YOU ALMOST EVERY TIME THAT I WALKED BACK DOWN THAT AISLE AFTER GIVING AN INDICATION SOMEONE LOOKS AT ME IN THE EYE AND SAYS THANK YOU. PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO SPEAK PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT ROOM AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION OFFICE SAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE NEEDED TO HEAR THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE FOLKS THAT COME TO THIS MEETING AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY UH, THREE MINUTES OF SEEKING WISDOM AND DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE LORD. UM IS IMPORTANT TO THE FAITH COMMUNITY. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIONS. WHEN LADY SUZANNE DENOMINATION THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REPRESENTATIONS OF FAITH IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOD. THAT PRAYER IS IMPORTANT SO THEY ARE AND SO I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER WAS SITTING HERE THINKING THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PHILIPPIANS. CHAPTER FOUR SAYS, BE ANXIOUS. FOR NOTHING. BUT IN EVERYTHING. BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. LET YOUR REQUEST BE MADE TO GOD AND THE PEACE OF GOD. NOT THE DIVISION. BUT THE PEACE OF GOD WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST , JESUS. SO AS HAS BEEN SAID, AND I AGREE WITH ALL THESE COMMENTS UM, PRAYERS, NOT DIVISIVE. PRAYERS, UNIFYING BECAUSE IT IS IT IS IT IS. IT IS SEEKING OUR CREATOR, AS WAS SAID IT'S SEEKING HIS DIRECTION, HIS GUIDANCE AND GOD. CREATED EVERYTHING AND SAID IT IS GOOD.

IT IS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. ELIZABETH CRANE, FOLLOWED BY JOHN CRANE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CRANE. I LOVE IT. 6900 SOUTHEAST BURNET AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. AND I HAVE LIVED HERE ON THE, UH, IN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE 1978. I LIVED IN SARASOTA'S PRIOR TO THAT AND IN ILLINOIS. AND I CAN TELL YOU BY PERSONAL TESTIMONY. THAT THERE IS EVIL IN THIS WORLD. I AM A VICTIM OF IT AS A CHILD. AND IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE GODLY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THIS. THE GODLESS. IT'S NOT THAT THEY BELIEVE NOTHING. THEY WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING. IT'S THE ONES WHO TRUST IN GOD THAT ARE TEACHABLE AND HAVE HIS WISDOM. SO I IMPLORE YOU. I AM NOT GOING TO FORCE YOU AND SAY YOU HAVE TO PRAY. DO NOT TAKE THAT AWAY AND SAY I CAN'T THANK YOU. JOHN CRANE, BY FRANK BRAG. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHN CRANE. AND UH, I WAS BORN HERE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW, THE CONSULTATION GIVES US THE RIGHT TO PRAY. AND I JUST I FIRMLY BELIEVED MEN DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US. AND I STAND ON THAT. THANK YOU. FRANK GREG, FOLLOWED BY JACKIE THROW A LIPID. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M FRANK. BRAG I RESIDED 13 OH, SIX SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE CIRCLE. STEWART. I'M A RETIRED SOLDIER SPIT THREE DECADES. AS A SOLDIER AND A COMMANDER SERVING AND LEADING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WE DISCOVERED THIS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE STEWART. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND DECIDED TO RETIRE HERE.

WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU. AS YOU WALK. AND TRY TO LEAD IN WISDOM. TO LEAD AND BEGIN THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT. IN THESE MEETINGS WITH PRAYER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JACKIE, THOROUGHLY POWERED BY GEN. BUT MOZINGO I BELIEVE. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR MCDONALD AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M JACKIE THURLOW. LIVE FISH. I LIVE AT 18 RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN THE TOWN OF SOULS POINT, BUT TONIGHT I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN AND OUT LARGE MEMBER FROM ST LUCIE COUNTY, DOWN TO MONROE. I JUST WANTED TO COME AND BE HERE TONIGHT. WHAT A SPECIAL NIGHT. HOW WONDERFUL TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT AND TO SEE YOU ON CITY

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OF STEWART IS JUST YOU ARE THE HEART OF MARTIN COUNTY. AND IT IS IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE. I GREW UP HERE, BY THE WAY. UM THANK YOU, TOO. COMMISSIONER COLLINS FOR BRINGING UP THE DUCKS. THEY DEFINITELY NEED A SIGN SO THEY DON'T GET RUN OVER ON, UM FLAMINGO AND EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MY FIRST JOB WAS THERE WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD WORKING AT THE CAR WASH. SO OH, I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT POND AND DUCKS FROM ANOTHER TIME. SORRY, I'M GETTING OFF THE SUBJECT. SO UM, I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT AND SAY THAT THE NEWS IS GOOD WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN THE ST LUCIE RIVER. AS I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT HAD DISCHARGES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. HARD DISCHARGES HEAVY DISCHARGES SINCE 2018 WE ARE HOLDING ON TO THAT. OH BREATH OF DECENCY, BUT WE MAY HAVE A HARD YEAR AHEAD OF US THIS YEAR. UM THE ARMY CORPS IN THE DISTRICT IS EXPECTING A LOT OF ALGAE IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE . UH THIS SUMMER BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IAN. WHEN THE HURRICANES COME YOU YOU HAVE A LOT OF STIRRED UP SEDIMENT, WHICH CAUSES ARE AN ALLOWANCE FOR MORE ALGAE BLOOMS, SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP OUR VOICE. YES, IS TO NOT ALLOW THE WATERS TO COME IN. AND IF THEY DO HAVE TO COME IN THAT THEY COME IN WHEN THERE IS NO ALGAE IN THE LAKE. AND THEY CALL THAT AHAB DEVIATION AND IT IS YOUR WORK THAT HAS HELPED HELPED CREATE THAT THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS BENJAMIN YEARS YEARS AGO, THEY COULD CARE LESS. THEY JUST OPENED UP THE GATES AND THROUGH ALL THE ALGAE, RIGHT ON TOP OF US. I HAVE ALSO WANTED TO SAY, C 23 C 24 IS BEING BUILT THE S T A BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THAT'S IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. BUT OF COURSE THAT AFFECTS OUR ST LUCIE RIVER OR NORTH FORK. INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SOUTH IS OPERATIONAL AT C. 44 IF ANY OF YOU WANT A TOUR, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT AND I WILL BE THERE WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE, AND IT WILL. IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YET BECAUSE THE ARMY CORPS IS MAKING SURE THAT IT IS SAFE THERE HOLDING THE WATER IN IT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO LEAKS, AND WHEN IT IS OFFICIALLY SAFE, THEN IT WILL BE OPEN. I HAVE. THE RESERVOIR IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON, AND IT IS MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT'S ALL THINGS IT IS EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW. GOVERNMENT UNFORTUNATELY, MOVES SLOWLY, BUT THAT IS IN SOME WAYS GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE HOPEFULLY, OVER TIME. DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. I HOPE YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME MORE TIME THAN I'M ALLOWED. I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT A HANDOUT FOR YOU. MAYOR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU OR THE CLERK AND WE'LL GET IT AND I'LL TAKE ONE OF THOSE TOURS. OKAY WE'LL DO IT.

MAYBE WE MAYBE I WAS GOING TO SAY WE COULD ALL DO IT. BUT I GUESS WE CAN'T BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE, BUT MAYBE WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. I MEAN, IT IS PHENOMENAL AND ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TOO. OKAY I'M SERIOUS. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEAR THAT GUY WANTS TO GO WITH YOU, JAN MOZINGO, I TODD MISSING GO. GREAT I'M REALLY HAPPY. I GOT THAT ONE. YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS ALMOST FEELS LIKE CHURCH TO ME BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT MORE EXCITING THAN WATER IS GOD AND DEFERRED FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND IMMEDIATE LIKE THIS AND TALK ABOUT GOD AND HONOR GOD AND SHOW YOU ALL THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SO EXCITING TO ME AND I REALIZED I FORGOT TO SAY MY ADDRESS, SO I'LL DO THAT REAL QUICK. 2800 SOUTHEAST FAIRWAY WEST STEWART, OKAY, SO WE'VE LIVED HERE ON AN OFFER. WE'VE BEEN BEEN HERE CLOSE TO 17 YEARS WE PASSED A REVIVED CHURCH IN STUART, FLORIDA. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT, IT'S REVIVED ON 95. SO YOU CAN'T MISS IT. WE'VE BEEN ON STAFF AT THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHES HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, SO WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM KIND OF THE TRI COUNTY AREA. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MINISTRY OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY FULL TIME THE ENTIRE TIME. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED AND WE MINISTER AND PRAY FOR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND I WILL TELL YOU PRAYER WORK, SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT FROM CHRIS IS THAT PRAYER HAS NOT BEEN OPENING THIS MEETING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BUT I DO KNOW THAT MOST GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS AND EVEN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS OPEN WITH PRAYER AND EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE REALIZE THEY'RE A GOD. THEY'RE ACCEPTING OF GOD. AND IF THEY'RE NOT THERE AT LEAST TOLERANT OF THOSE BELIEFS OF OTHERS, RIGHT? AND WE ALL KNOW WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE PASSIONATELY KNOW THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON GOD NOT SEPARATION OF CHURCH

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WILL SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE NOT TO KEEP GOD OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT BUT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE CHURCH, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS. PEOPLE CONFUSE IT AND THINK WE CAN'T BRING GOD INTO OUR EVERYDAY LIFE AND WE CAN. THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR BILL. RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING SAYS OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THIS THREE YEARS AGO WITH COVID AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE LITTLE LOCKDOWNS AND ALL THE FEAR THAT WAS PERPETRATED ON US WOKE THE SLEEPING GIANT. SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE WOKEN US. WE HAVE VOTED PEOPLE IN THAT WILL BRING THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU.

CHRIS FOR BRINGING PRAYER IS AN ISSUE TO BE VOTED ON. THANK YOU. SO WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU FOR ALL COMING OUT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU JUST FOR COMING OUT AND TAKING UP YOUR EVENINGS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. I AM SO GLAD THEY'RE SLEEPING GIANT HAS BEEN WOKEN BECAUSE WE LET PEOPLE COME AND PARTICIPATE IN DO THE MEETINGS. BUT WHEN THE GIANT HAS WOKEN AND THINGS ARE NOTE NOT GOING RIGHT, WE COME WILL COME BACK OUT AND WE BUILT WILL BE INVOLVED AND WILL COME TO EVERY MEETING. OKAY, SO WE ARE ASKING KINDLY THAT WE IN STATE PRAYER.

AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETINGS , WE PRAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS. YOUR PRAYER WAS BEAUTIFUL . I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS YOU. ZYNGA OH, POWERED BY JOHN E. JOHNSON. TODD MOZINGO, 2800 SOUTHEAST FAIRWAY WEST STUART, FLORIDA, UM AND AS MY WIFE MENTIONED A PASTOR OF A CHURCH HERE IN TOWN, SO YOU WOULD EXPECT ME TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU A BIBLICAL ARGUMENT, AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A DICHOTOMY TO GIVE A BIBLICAL ARGUMENT TO IMPROVE THE SAYING WE DON'T WANT PRAYER, SO I WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT APPROACH. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STUART AS A WHOLE. THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OVER FOUR STORIES TALL, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BAR ON EVERY CORNER, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A JUNKYARD ON EVERY BLOCK.

WHY IS THAT? GOD. BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE DON'T WANT THAT. THAT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO LIVE IN. SO WE MAKE DECISIONS TO MAKE THIS THE COMMUNITY WE WANT TO LIVE IN, SO I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD WANT A JUNKYARD IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND A BAR ON EVERY QUARTER BECAUSE THEY LIKE CAR PARTS THAT ARE CHEAP, AND THEY LIKE EXTRA DRINK OR EASIER ON THE WAY HOME. BUT WE DON'T DO THAT. WHY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE MAJORITY . YOU'RE ELECTED BY THE MAJORITY , AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE ORATORY. SO I'M ASKING YOU IN THE CITY OF STEWART. HOW MANY BELIEVERS IN GOD ARE THERE COMPARED TO HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD? THE MAJORITY OF STEWART BELIEVES IN GOD, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION, THE MAJORITY BELIEVES IN GOD, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SIMPLY REPRESENT THE MAJORITY BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO CATER TO THE SMALL MINORITY BECAUSE OF OFFENSE. WE DON'T GET TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING OFFENDS SOMEBODY. SO LET'S DO WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO. AND START WITH PRAYER. START WITH GOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOHNNY JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY MASSEY CAMPOS.

MY NAME IS JOHN JOHNSON. UM. WHEN MY WIFE AND I MOVED DOWN HERE WE FIRST LIVED DOWN IN FISHERMAN'S COAT. UH AND WE NOW LIVE IN PORT ST LUCIE. BUT WE STILL DO THINGS HERE IN STUART.

WE COME TO CHURCH HERE IN STUART , WE HAVE DR APPOINTMENTS HERE IN STUART, SO WE STILL ARE CONNECTED TO STEWART. UH AND LOOKING IN MY FACEBOOK. MEMORIES CAME UP. AND THIS CAME UP AND IT IT SEEMED AT PROPOSED FOR THIS MEETING. UH BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER. WAS INTERVIEWED ON THE EARLY SHOW, AND JAMES LAWSON ASKED HER HOW COULD GOD LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN? IN REFERENCE TO 9 11. N GRAM. GAVE AN EXTREMELY PROFOUND AND INSIGHTFUL RESPONSE. SHE SAID. I BELIEVE GOD IS DEEPLY SADDENED BY THIS JUST AS WE ARE. BUT FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN TELLING GOD TO GET OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. TO GET OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND TO GET OUT OF OUR LIVES. AND BEING THE GENTLEMAN. HE IS. I BELIEVE HE HAS COMMONLY BACKED OUT. HOW CAN WE EXPECT GOD TO GIVE US HIS

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BLESSING AND HIS PROTECTION IF WE DEMAND HE LEAVE US ALONE. IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, TERRORIST ATTACKS, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND CETERA. I THINK IT STARTED WHEN MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR COMPLAINED. THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT PRAYER IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE SAID OKAY. THEN SOMEONE SAID, YOU BETTER NOT READ THE BIBLE IN SCHOOL. THE BIBLE SAYS THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

THOU SHALL NOT STEAL. AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. AND WE SAID OKAY. THEN DR BENJAMIN SPOCK SAID. WE SHOULDN'T SPANK OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY MISBEHAVE BECAUSE THE LITTLE PERSONALITIES WOULD BE WARPED AND WE MIGHT DAMAGE THEIR SELF ESTEEM. DOCTOR SPEAKS SON COMMITTED SUICIDE. WE SAID AN EXPERT SHOULD KNOW AND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND WE SAID OKAY. NOW WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES. WHY ARE CHILDREN HAVE NO CONSCIENCE? WHY? THEY DON'T KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG AND WHY IS IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM TO KILL STRANGERS THEIR CLASSMATES AND EVEN THEMSELVES. PROBABLY IF WE THINK ABOUT IT LONG AND HARD ENOUGH. WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. I THINK IT HAS A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. FUNNY HOW SIMPLE IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO TRASH GOD. AND THEN WONDER. WHY THE WORLD'S GOING TO HELL. FUNNY HOW WE BELIEVE. WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY. BUT QUESTION WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. THANK YOU, SIR. TIME'S UP. LEAVE YOU WITH THIS NUGGET. DON'T LOOK TO GOD AS YOUR LAST RESOURCE. BUT LOOK TO HIM AS YOUR FIRST RESOURCE. THANK YOU, CAMPO. ABOUT BY ROBERT. RANT RANT. SHERRY, I THINK I CAN'T REALLY READ THE WRITING SO OKAY EVENING. UH COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW THE JOB YOU DO. MY NAME IS MASSEY. COMPOST I LIVE IN 1969 SOUTHEAST REDWING CIRCLE IMPORT ST LUCIE. BUT I'M A PASTOR HERE IN STUART. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SOME TIME. UM AND SO THESE ISSUES OBVIOUSLY ARE NEAR DUE TO ME, BUT I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND SPEAK ON THE CONSTITUTION OF GOING TO SCHOOLS. COLLEGES HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO CIVIC GROUPS, CHURCHES. AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY BECAUSE I CAN TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE. BUT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, THAT ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY DOESN'T WORK. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU FROM WHAT I SEE. I JUST HEARD STATE CONSTITUTION. SAYS WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA BEING GRATEFUL TO ALMIGHTY GOD. FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY IN ORDER TO SECURE ITS BENEFITS PERFECT. OUR GOVERNMENT ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER AND GUARANTEE EQUAL AND CIVIL POLITICAL RIGHTS TO ALL, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION. JUST KIND OF SAY IF THAT WAS WRITTEN AT THE FOUNDING OF OUR STATE WERE THEY WRONG FOR DOING THAT? AND WHY IS IT WRONG TODAY? AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP TIME BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ELOQUENTLY STATED WHAT I WOULD HAVE STATED OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WHO MANY CONSIDER THAT HIS EARLY DAYS AND ATHEIST, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE ENDED HIS SPEECH BEFORE THEY SIGNED THE CONSTITUTION. OF THE UNITED STATES. AND HE SAID, THIS I HAVE LIVED. THERE IS A LONG TIME. HE SAID. THE LONGER I LIVE, THE MORE CONVINCING PROOFS I SEE THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MAN. HE SAID. IF A SPARROW CANNOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT HIS NOTICE, CAN AN EMPIRE RISE WITHOUT HIS AID? HE SAID. HE SAID WE'VE BEEN ASSURED IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD THAT, HE SAID. I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THIS AND WITHOUT HIS CONCURRING AIDE, WE WON'T SUCCEED ANY BETTER THAN THOSE WHO BUILT BABBLE. I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.

PRAYER IS IMPORTANT PRAYER DOES UNIFY PRAYERS, EVERYTHING, PRAYERS, THE OXYGEN OF HEAVEN AND GUESS WHAT GUYS WE NEEDED IN OUR CITIES, DOUGLAS. ROBERT FRIEND. SHERRY I THINK IT IS ROBERT RANIERI. GREAT RALPH CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING SORRY, FELT BY SHARON MITCHELL. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I'M ACTUALLY HERE. I ATTENDED THE HOUSING MEETING LAST WEEK. THE SECOND ONE THAT YOU'VE HELD AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON THE ISSUE FOR AT LEAST PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING POSITIVE DIALOGUE ON IT, SHARING INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL START TO ALSO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS. UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE CITY TO BE ENGAGED IN AND TO ENCOURAGE. THERE'S A WAY TO USE RESOURCES. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE ALL OF THIS DIALOGUE. LOOK TO PUT EVERY TOOL IN THE TOOL KIT THAT YOU CAN, UM TO HELP SOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY, BUT IT'S AN ECONOMIC ISSUE. WE NEED HOUSING

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IN OUR CITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE OF ALL ECONOMIC CAPACITY. UH AND CERTAINLY THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO PLAY A ROLE IN THAT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT ROLE SHOULD BE. AND AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DIALOGUE ON IT.

UM AND AS FAR AS TONIGHT'S THEME GOES, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT PRAYER WITHOUT ACTION IS JUST NOISE. SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S EXCITED ABOUT PRAYER WILL REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LIFT UP OUR COMMUNITY TO USE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE SICK AND THAT ARE POOR. CERTAINLY THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOUSING FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. KAREN MITCHELL FOUND BY JONATHAN MCLEAN. HI MY NAME IS SHARON MCMAHON MITCHELL HIGH REPRESENT ONE OF THE LONGEST FAMILIES HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE ARE FIVE GENERATIONS OF MARTIN COUNTIES. UH UM OH, 60 YEARS OUR FAMILY HAS RESIDED 57 SOUTH SOULS POINT ROAD FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. MY GRANDMOTHER.

SHE OWNED ONE OF THE FIRST BEAUTY SALONS HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, WELTON POM POM HAIR SALON AND WIG SALON. MY GRANDFATHER. HERE HAD WELL TURNS. AND HE HAD, UH OH FLOWER FARM. WELTON SOMETHING FLOWER FARMS SO LONG AGO. THEY WERE CHRISTIANS, THEY WILL BE ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES. IF YOU DO NOT PUT PRAYER BACK. ALONG WITH MY FAMILY HAVE ALL GONE TO SCHOOL HERE HAVE ALL LIVED HERE ALL OF OUR GENERATIONS KNOW THE KRAYER EASE AND ATTASH, LORD TAYLOR'S, AND WE KNOW ALL OF THE FOUNDING PEOPLE HERE AND MARTIN COUNTY, AND WE BELIEVED THAT PRAYER SHOULD BE FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING YOU DO IN ANY MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE. WE SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK GOD'S DIRECTION, HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS WISDOM FOR ALL THAT WE DO. IF GOD BEFORE US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? THAT IS HIS WORD. SO IF YOU CHOOSE GOD GOD WILL BLESS US. AND IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE GOD.

WHILE ONE TO YOU, SAYS THE BIBLE. SO I. I IMPLORE YOU TO PRAY AND THINK ABOUT YOUR DECISION VERY, VERY WISELY BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY THAT OUR FAMILIES KNOW AND WE ALL SUPPORT CHRISTIAN VALUES, AND WE GO TO EVERY DIFFERENT DENOMINATION HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND WE SUPPORT YOU DEO CHRISTIAN VALUES JUST AS OUR FAMILY FOREFATHERS DID. THOMAS JEFFERSON RISK RECITED. FOR LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR STEWART AND OUR MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS , AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN ARE GODLY PLACE TO LIVE, NOT DEMONIC, EVIL DARKNESS. WE WANT GOD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GOD IN OUR LIVES.

AMEN JONATHAN MCCLAIN. OH ISN'T IT FILED BY SHERRY? UH SWAY JONATHAN MCCLAIN'S NEXT SEE.

THIS FOLLOWED BY SHERRY, OKAY? GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I PASTORED A CHURCH FOR 18 PLUS YEARS AND THEN WE RUN IT NEXT DOOR AND WE LIVE HERE MOVED HERE IN 1959.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I AM. PROUD TO SAY I'M A NATIVE, I'M A GATOR BITE CALLED OUT OF THE SWAMP. I LOVE WHERE WE LIVE. AND I LOVE THE PLACE WE LIVE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THAT YOU PUT UP WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWAKE AND LISTENING TO WHAT'S BEING SAID TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN IN SOME COMMISSION MEETINGS WHERE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT I WANT TO JUST START BY SAYING THIS AS, UH, MY NAME IS JONATHAN MCLEAN. I PASSED HER

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ABUNDANT LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH. I ALSO AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF W. C AND A CHRISTIAN RADIO IN TOWN. UM THERE ARE MANY BELIEVERS. THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT AND STAND WITH US. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE. TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID SO WELL. BUT I DO TRUST THAT YOU WILL JUDGE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. AND THAT YOU WILL CAREFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY CONSIDERED. BRINGING PRAYER BACK TO OPEN THE MEETINGS , AND I VOLUNTEERED TO BE ONE OF THOSE PASTORS AND I ALSO VOLUNTEER TO RALLY THE TROOPS AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO COME AND SUPPORT. SO YOU HAVE CLERGY HERE THAT WILL ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AS A PASTOR. I BELIEVE. MAYBE THERE'S A BIGGER PROBLEM IN OUR LAND. NOT IN THE COMMISSION MEETINGS WOULD ACTUALLY IN THE PULPIT. AND SO I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO TAKE A STAND. BUT WHEN PASTORS WILL NOT TAKE A STAND ON ISSUES IN THE OF THE DAY, AND THE PULPITS HAVE BEEN SILENT. THIS HAS BIRTHED WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IN THIS MEETING. I DON'T BLAME ANY OF ANY OF YOU FOR BEING CONCERNED AND LISTENING AND JUDGING AND EVALUATING WHAT SAID I SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THAT AS A PASTOR, I RECOGNIZE THAT OUR SILENCE HAS BEEN REFLECTED WITH MAYBE SOME OF YOUR SILENCE. I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO DO WHAT I KNOW. IN THE YEARS GOD HAS LEFT WITH ME, PERHAPS TO LIVE. WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO LIVE AND FOR GOD'S GLORY, AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THIS IN CLOSING, UM THE WORD TELLS US IN SECOND CHRONICLES THAT IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY. I BELIEVE THAT IS NOT JUST FOR THE PASTORS AND PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS ROOM. BUT I WOULD ASK YOU IF YOU ARE PART OF HIS PEOPLE. HOW COULD YOU NOT? SUPPORT. HUMBLY SEEKING THE PRESENCE. THE WISDOM AND THE FAVOR OF GOD. FOR HIS FAVOR AND BLESSING IN THE FUTURE. GOD BLESS YOU. AND I DO PRAY FOR YOU. AND I THANK YOU, JERRY, A FOLLOWED BY BRANDON COOPER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND HERE AND JUST TELL YOU WHAT I FEEL.

EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY, IS ALREADY BEEN SAID. BUT I AM HERE TO STATE THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF PRAYER BEFORE THESE MEETINGS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. NOT JUST MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT GIVING THE LORD THE RECOGNITION THAT HE IS DUE BECAUSE HE'S OUR CREATOR, BECAUSE HE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS IN IT, INCLUDING US. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR GOD. SO HE DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY SILENT PRAYERS BEFORE MEETING AFTER MEETING DURING THE MEETING THAT DOESN'T HELP IT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL. WE NEED TO HEAR ONE ANOTHER . WE NEED TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. WE NEED TO STAND WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND WE NEED TO PRAY OUT LOUD WITH ONE ANOTHER. GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS IN THE ANSWERS. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PRAYED OUT LOUD. WE SHOULD DO THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, BRANDON COOPER.

FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN COOPER. PRACTICE WITHOUT MY NOTES, BUT MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME TO USE THE NOTES. SO YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. UM YEAH. BRANDON COOPER 9 TO 0 SOUTHEAST DOMINGO AVENUE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M A RESIDENT CITY OF STEWART, AMBASSADOR JESUS CHRIST HERE TO SUPPORT PRAYER BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER MEETINGS. FIRST OFF. I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING FOR THE BOAT, BUT. I GUESS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN A I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD SAMPLING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATIVES.

UM I DO FEEL THAT. MOST EVERYONE WOULD FAVOR THE FRUIT OF PRAYER THAT THAT WE'RE SEEKING. UM AS FAR AS PATIENTS PIECE SELF CONTROL WISDOM. BEING SLOW TO ANGER. LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN HERE. THE IMPACT IS THIS COMMUNITY. UM

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BUT ALSO SEE PEOPLE KIND OF GET FUMED ABOUT. YOUTUBE VIDEOS NOT BEING UPLOADED IN TIME. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF BRING SOME PEACE INTO HERE. UM YOU KNOW, NO MATTER YOUR BELIEF AND I'M SPEAKING TO THE ATHEISTS IN A WAY THAT THAT HAVE COME UP HERE BEFORE, TOO.

WELL, YEAH. WHAT BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC THEN TO KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT, TAKE A STEP BACK AWAY FROM WORLDLY DESIRES FROM TROUBLES FROM ALL THESE THINGS, THIS NOISE THAT WE HAVE GOING ON TO JUST FOCUS ON OUR CREATOR. THAT MANY OF US BELIEVE HOLDS EVERYTHING IN PLACE, INCLUDING THE BEAUTY. WE ALL ENJOY THE SKY'S THE WATERS, THE LAND AND THE HEARTS. THAT MAKES STEWART SO SPECIAL. UM BELIEVE ONLY GOOD CAN COME FROM A FEW MOMENTS OF PRAYER. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL BLESSED TO STILL HAVE THE FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY AND STATE FOR THE STEPHEN BE LEGAL. SO YEAH, I PLEAD WITH YOU. PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING IN FAVOR OF PRAYER BEFORE THIS COMMISSIONER MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, STEPHEN COOPER. FOLLOWED BY JENNY STARTS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO, UH TO EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS. UM MY NAME IS STEPHEN COOPER. I LIVE AT 933, SOUTH EAST SIXTH STREET. STUART, FLORIDA. AND. FIRST OF ALL I CAN SAY DITTO TO WHAT MY SON SAID THERE AND ALSO, I'M DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. KNOWING THAT THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE U. S.

SENATE, BOTH OPEN THEIR SESSIONS EVERY SESSION WITH PRAYER. GRANTED THEY HAVE CHAPLAINS AND SO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A CHAPLAIN, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD VOLUNTEER TO FULFILL THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF DP. THANK YOU. JENNY STARTS, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY DRAFT AND BACH. I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY. HI, I'M JENNY START. I BELIEVE IN PRAYER. JUST SO YOU KNOW, SO I SAY, I GOT READY TODAY AND DECIDED LIKE I PUT A FACE ON AND WHEN I WAS DOING IT, I WAS CRYING SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MASCARA. AND I'M GLAD BECAUSE I'VE CRIED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE ROOM BECAUSE I AM SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD COME HERE AND SHOW UP AND SAY THIS IS THE LINE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THAT PRAYER IS REALLY VITAL AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND, UM I HAVE NOTES, AND I'M GONNA TRY JUST TO SKIP AROUND BECAUSE SOME OF ITS BEEN SAID JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM I LOVE PRAYER. IT'S REALLY PERSONAL TO ME. UM I PRAY ALL THE TIME. IF AN AMBULANCE IS PASSING ME, I'M PRAYING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I PRAY TO THE ONE WHO KNOWS. I BELIEVE IN HEALING . I'VE SEEN HEALINGS. MY TESTIMONY IS HEALING AFTER HEALING AFTER HEALING. UM SO WHEN ESPN ABOUT THERE HASN'T PRAYED, OF COURSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SENT THIS TO ME. WHEN UM , I SAW I WASN'T SURPRISED BY IT. BECAUSE IF I WERE TO SEE A YOUNG MAN GO DOWN, I NEED TO BE RESUSCITATED. MY FIRST GO TO IS LIKE IT'S PRAYING TIME. I THINK PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THERE GO TO IS IT'S PRANK TIME. MY CELLPHONE . I HAVE LITTLE FIRE SIGNS NEXT TO CERTAIN PEOPLE. MY KIDS KNOW IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MAMA, YOU HIT ONE OF THOSE FIRE PEOPLE YOU CALL WE NEED GOD, THAT'S IT.

I REALLY AM SO HAPPY TO COME HERE AND HEAR ABOUT LIKE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING STUFF I REALLY, REALLY AM BECAUSE HE WAS A MINISTER. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO WALKED WITH THAT MAN AND THEY WERE WALKING PRAYERS, WALKING PRAYERS. SO IF YOU THINK BEING INVITED TO THIS WHOLE EVENT THAT WILL HAPPEN. PRAYER WILL NOT HAPPEN THERE. THINK AGAIN BECAUSE IT WILL. SO WHEN I SAY THAT PRAYER IS PERSONAL TO ME, I DON'T MEAN IN A FAKE WAY, AND I DID. I DID HEAR A YEAR YOUR THING ABOUT YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS WENT CHAOS LIKE WE DON'T WANT CHAOS. WE DON'T WANT TO CIRCUS AND I WAS LIKE, YES. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE. YOU KNOW, SECOND IT, BUT I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT THE CIRCUS EITHER. JESUS DIDN'T WANT TO CIRCUS, HE EXPLAINS IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW HOW HE DOES NOT WANT TO CIRCUS OR MOCKERY OF PRAYER. I DO AGREE WITH THE FELLOW PERSON WHO SPOKE ABOUT STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN THE PULPIT IS WRECKING THE NATION. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO REAL ROOTS. NOT RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. JUST A NEED FOR A SAVIOR. I NEEDED A SAVIOR . I'VE NEEDED HIM SEVERAL TIMES IN MY LIFE. IT'S TALKING TO HIM TALKING TO MY FATHER. IT'S RUNNING TO HIM. THE LADY WHO SAID THAT HER LIFE WAS SAVED AS A TRIAL. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. BUT SOMEBODY CHANGED SOMEBODY'S LIFE THAT THEN THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND THIS COMMUNITY IS GONNA LOCK ARMS AND REACH OUT TO THE NEXT THE NEXT AND NEXT, BECAUSE MY CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WILL BE BLESSED BECAUSE I DECIDED TO PUT MY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. SO I HAVEN'T GONE TO PRAYER. WHEN I HEARD THAT MY THREE YEAR OLD WAS

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GOING TO DIE. SHE'S ALIVE. THANK YOU HERE, THAT TIMER, SO I JUST WANT TO CLOSE AND JUST SAY, THOUGH. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I AM REQUESTING SOMEBODY TO RE MOTION THIS TONIGHT UNTIL SOMEBODY A SECOND IT TONIGHT. JESUS MIGHTY NAME JUSTIN BOX, FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN DOBBS.

HELLO I AM TAMMY DIEFENBACH 740 TO SOUTHWEST 40TH TERRORISTS IN PALM CITY. I'M ALSO THE OWNER OF ABUNDANT LIFE FIRST CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IN STUART AT 611 SOUTHWEST FEDERAL HIGHWAY.

MY JOB IS A MIDWIFE. IS TO GOVERN SAFETY. AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING BORN. I'VE BEEN AT OVER 3000 BIRTHS SINCE 1996. AND THAT TIME I HAVE NEVER ONCE HAD A COMPLICATION WHERE I HAVEN'T FELT LED TO PRAY FIRST, EVEN BEFORE ADMINISTERING CPR OR MEDICATION. WHEN A MOM IS LOSING IT IN LABOR. NO MATTER WHAT. HER BELIEF SYSTEM I HAVE NEVER SAID MAY I PRAY FOR YOU AND HER? NOT SAY YES, PLEASE. I AM HERE TODAY AS A TESTIMONY, VERBAL TESTIMONY OF HOW PRAYER WORKS. I HAVE SEEN THINGS CHANGE IMMEDIATELY. IT DOESN'T MEAN HARD THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED ABRUPTLY IN 2019 AND LEFT ME WITH A CHILDREN TO RAISE IT WAS HARD PRAYER CHANGED US FOR THE GOOD. THIS COMMUNITY. SURROUNDED US IN PRAYER, AND IT CHANGED US WITH JOY TO FOLLOW THROUGH. I'M HOMESCHOOLING MOM TO THOSE CHILDREN. THEY LOVE GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE STUDIED. THE CONSTITUTION, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THIS NATION AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO HOME TO THEM AND SAY THAT WE IN THE CITY OF STEWART I DON'T RECOGNIZE PRAYER. WHEN WE ARE FOUNDED ON THE BELIEFS THAT WE SERVE A GOD FIRST. I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER. AND THAT YOU WOULD JUST OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO WHAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING. PRAYER COME FIRST. AND THAT THAT BE THE LEADING PIECE THAT THEN HOLDS MEETINGS SO THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH THESE HARD DECISIONS THAT ARE PROTECTING. MY CITY FROM MY BUSINESS FOR MY CHILDREN FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN THAT I HAVE NOW AND THE ONES THAT ARE COMING AND THEIR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. JONATHAN DOBBS. POWERED BY PAMELA SHARPTON. AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JONATHAN DOBBS 4 TO 89, SOUTHEAST BOXLEY PLACE AND STUART, FLORIDA. WE'LL MOVE THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M FAIRLY NEW HERE, 2016 AND MOVED HERE AND I JUST CAME OFF ACTIVE DUTY. I'M KIND OF A CAREER MILITARY OFFICER AN, HAMLIN HAS BEEN ON MY HEART A LOT. AND, UM BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM A LOT AND WHY WOULD THAT HAPPEN? ON THAT FIELD AND IN OUR NATION IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. I MEAN, THE NFL IS A SECULAR INSTITUTION. ESPN AS WELL. YEAH. WE NEED GOD. WHENEVER WE WERE HIT WITH WITH SOME TYPE OF EMERGENCY AND OUR KIDS ARE ON THE LINE, OR WE OURSELVES ARE ON THE OPERATING TABLE. I KNOW THIS IS A MILITARY CHAPLAIN. THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN FOX HOLES. WE STRUGGLE AND WHEN WE STRUGGLE WE NEED GOD. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY ASSEMBLY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY WHETHER IT'S 20 PEOPLE OR 200, OR THOUSANDS. WE START WITH INDICATIONS THAT PROMOTION CEREMONIES WE START WITH PRAYERS WHENEVER WE AWARD PEOPLE FOR GREAT SERVICE. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE STARTED WITH PRAYER TODAY. AND I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU NOT WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M PRAYING FOR YOU. A FEW YEARS AGO, WAS THE DEPUTY WING CHAPLAIN AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, AND WE WERE ABOUT TO SEND PEOPLE ON DEPLOYMENT. TO SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO STEP TO THE BUS TO DEPLOY. THEIR TEAM LEADER ASKED ME TO PRAY, AND THEY WERE ATHEISTS. THEY WERE AGNOSTICS MINISTER AMONG THOSE WHO ARE FAR FROM GOD. I PRAY FOR HIM ANYWAY. THEY DIDN'T KNOW. TWO MONTHS LATER, THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE THE HELICOPTER NON DOT THREE OF THOSE SERVED WITH HONOR AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE. IF WE'RE NOT PRAYED AND SEEING A MIRACLE OF GOD, A SECOND HELICOPTER WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN TO THAT SAME ACCIDENT. AND I'M HERE TO SAY WE ARE FREE PEOPLE WERE IN AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN. BUT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DOES NOT PRAY AT THEIR MEETINGS LIKE THIS. WE NEED YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT US. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

I'M PLEADING WITH YOU AS A FELLOW CITIZEN AS ONE WHO PRAYS FOR YOU. MY SON WAS A STATE

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CHAMPION AT THE JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T SAY THAT TO BRAG. I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M INVESTED HERE. WE LOVE YOU GUYS. WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE WERE JUST HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BRING PRAYER BACK. MAYBE EVEN TONIGHT. PLEASE DO THAT FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS YOU ARE HERE. WE EAT WILL STAND BEFORE GOD AND ANSWER FOR OUR LIVES. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS, PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAMELA START HIM POWERED BY KAREN RUDGE . GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAMELA THAXTON 6136, SOUTHEAST GEORGETOWN PLACE HOPES ON FLORIDA. I'VE BEEN HERE 16 YEARS AND I LOVE STUART, FLORIDA AND THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER COLLINS FOR OPENING IN PRAYER WISE MAN STILL SEEK HIM. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW WE IMPLORE YOU TO AGREE WITH GODLY COMMON SENSE. A MIGHTY GODLY SPIRITUAL FORCE HAS COME BEFORE YOU TODAY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH WERE AT THE HEART BEAT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WE STAND UNYIELDING AS A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES. GOD HAS GIVEN US GIVING US TREMENDOUS BLESSINGS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE AS GOD'S CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SILENT WAY TOO LONG. AND THE FOOLERY HAS BECOME OVERWHELMING OUR NATION AND WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THIS FOOLERY STARTS IN OUR LOCAL LEVELS AS WE MUST. MOVE FORWARD LOOKING FOR GOD'S WISDOM AND GUIDANCE, DECLARING UNITY WHEN THE WICKED RULE THE PEOPLE WEEP , AND WE ARE DONE WEEPING. HMM WE HAVE KIT GOD AND PRAYER OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OFF OUR COURT ROOM WALLS, AND WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS IN OUR NATION. THEREFORE WE DECLARE TODAY THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND WE WANT GOD BACK IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETINGS IN OUR POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS IN OUR OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH VICTORY BESIEGED FOR GOD TO HEAR US AND WE ALL WILL STAND BEFORE HIM AND GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT WE DID WITH OUR AUTHORITY AND THE POWER THAT HE HAS ORDAINED US WITH. WE THE PEOPLE CAN VOTE AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE DID IN MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL. FORD. WE'RE HERE TO DECLARE THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL BE A COMMISSION CALLING OUT TO GOD FOR HIS WISDOM AND HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS BLESSING AND OPENING THIS ASSEMBLY IN PRAYER. AND WE DECLARED IS DONE AND WE WILL GO FORWARD FROM HERE WITH UNITY, INSTRUCTED AND SOLIDARITY AND GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS OURS. WE ARE NOT ASKING OR BEGGING HER PLEADING, BUT WE ARE DECLARING THAT GOD WILL REIGN IN THIS ASSEMBLY IN JESUS' NAME AS WE CHOOSE AND CARE TO LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. IF GOD IS FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? WE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND DECLARED THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OVER THIS ASSEMBLY. THEREFORE WE MUST BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR, PUTTING GOD FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AGREEABLE SPIRIT AND GOD BLESS MARTIN COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO GOD BE THE GLORY AND ALL OF HIS PEOPLE. THANK YOU HERE IN HOLLIOAKE'S TRUDGE FOUND BY TOM CLARK. AH GOOD EVENING, KAREN CAGLIOSTRO 17. OH ONE SOUTHWEST PUMP CITY ROAD. UM I'M SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN COME AND REDRESS OR GRIEVANCES. WE ARE SO BLESSED WE ARE. OF COURSE, I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS. I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT WE INCLUDE EVERYBODY. NOT JUST WE NEED. UM, I KNOW OUR RABBI WILL COME OVER AND DO A PRAYER. AS LONG AS WE INCLUDE EVERYONE. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA IN ANY TIME WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO CONTOUR THE MEETINGS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. SO ANYWAY, IF YOU WERE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I SPOKE ABOUT THAT LITTLE CITY V RUDGE THAT Y'ALL STARTED AND THE THING I HELD UP A PAPER I HELD UP AND I SAID, THIS IS HOW IT STARTED AND IT WAS A PERMIT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED, I MEAN, GAVE TO LED DEMOLITION AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE OCCUPYING OUR PROPERTY, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNATURE, AND WHEN YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETING THAT SORT OF MANIPULATED OUT, SO I SAID, WELL, THAT'S A COINCIDENCE. OR THEY WANTED THAT OUT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT'S HOW IT STARTED YOU. THIS IS NOT HOW WE DO IT. AND MAYBE IF WE HAD HAD PRAYER, MAYBE THE DECISIONS COMMISSIONERS MAKE WOULD BE MORE GODLY WOULD WANT TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL AND YOU WOULD RESPECT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS. AND ALL THEIR RIGHTS AND. ANYWAY SO, YES , I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE PRAYER.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE FAIR AND INCLUDE EVERYONE, AND SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME. PRAY WHETHER WE AGREE WITH HIM OR NOT. THAT'S AMERICA WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE AN ATHEIST OR AN

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AGNOSTIC OR ANYBODY AMERICA IS YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM AND I'M SO BLESSED TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT LAND. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR COMMISSIONER. AMEN COME CARD FOUND BY CHRISTIAN HARPER. HOW'S IT GOING? EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT THAT'S MY SON , JUDE WITH ME JUST DECIDED TO COME UP, SO THERE IT IS, ANYWAY . TOM CLARKE 845 EAST 13TH STREET, STEWART. A MISSIONARY BEEN ABLE TO PRAYER WALK MOST OF THESE STREETS IN THE CITY. UM FIRST THREE YEARS OF DOING THIS WORK, WE ACTUALLY KEEP RECORD OF DIFFERENT RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE WHEN WE PRAY FOR HIM, AND THE VAST MAJORITY WAS ABOUT SEVEN OUT OF 10 PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD ENGAGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD SAY PLEASE PRAY PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH. AND IT WAS. IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE BUT TO SEE THEIR HEARTS, OPENNESS TO RECEIVING PRAYER AND JUST SEEING IF GOD WOULD DO SOMETHING WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IN THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN. IS NOTHING. RIGHT THERE'S A LOT TO GAIN HAS LITTLE TO LOSE. AND, UH , WE'VE WE'VE SEEN GOD ANSWER A LOT OF PRAYERS SEEN GOD ANSWER A LOT OF PRAYERS, PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND EVEN PEOPLE. AH, HERE ON YOUR PANEL. ALL RIGHT. UH THANKFUL, THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE INVITATION TO SPEAK. JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF QUICK WORDS. ABOUT THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF PRAYER AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AH IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE LIVELIHOOD AND WELL BEING OF OUR PEOPLE. IT PROMOTES SELFLESSNESS. GENEROSITY. HUMILITY. SERVANT HEARTEDNESS. AND I LOVE FOR OTHERS THAT SUPERSEDES OUR LOVE FOR OURSELVES. IT'S ACTIVATING THE ALL POWERFUL HAND OF GOD TO INTERVENE IN THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MANY WAYS. FROM PROVIDING WISDOM AND COUNSEL IN OUR DECISION MAKING FROM BOLDNESS AND COURAGE AND OUR LEADERSHIP. HELP AND CARE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, A MIRACLE THAT WE NEED WHEN WE'RE IN OVER OUR HEADS. SO I JUST WANT TO PLEAD WITH YOU TODAY. BROTHERS SISTERS. PLEASE PLEASE RECONSIDER. UH, AND KEEP PRAYER IN THESE MEETINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KRISTEN CARPER POWERED BY AMBER D'ANGELO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KRISTEN CARPER, 28 29 SOUTHWEST TENNIS COURT. PALM CITY HAVE BEEN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA JUST SHORT OF 10 YEARS. I AM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AT A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. WHERE THIS IS JUST BAFFLES ME BECAUSE I AM I'VE WORKED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND WHERE YOU COULD NOT PRAY. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO PRAY OVER THIS BABY'S EVERY DAY. AND IF THEY WERE YOUR BABY'S, YOU'D WANT THEM PRIDE OVER TO BECAUSE THIS IS THIS GENERATION IS DIFFERENT. CHRISTIAN C. PRAYER, NOT AS A TIME WHEN WE TRY TO FORCE GOD'S WILL OR CHANGE HIS MIND, BUT AS A TANDEM, PREPARE AND TO COOPERATE WITH HIM IN HIS WILL. WHEN WE PRAY BEFORE PUBLIC EVENTS, WE LIKEWISE DO NOT SEE IT AS FORCING GOD'S WILL UPON OUR NEIGHBORS OR AS A MEANS OF CHANGING THEIR MINDS, BUT AS A TIME TO PREPARE TO COOPERATE WITH THEM, AND GOD'S WILL FOR THE COMMON GOOD. MANY SO CALLED PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES REVEAL THE INTRODUCING RELIGIOUS WORDS AND IDEAS MAY MAKE US NICE, NICER TO EACH OTHER. AND ONE NOTABLE EXPERIMENT. PEOPLE GIVEN RELIGIOUS SENTENCES TO UNSCRAMBLE WERE MORE GENEROUS TO A STRANGER THAN FOLKS GIVEN NEUTRAL SENTENCES. THERE IS AN AMAZING STORY AND ACTS. PETER AND JOHN GOT INTO QUITE A BIT OF TROUBLE FOR TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS. THE JEWISH HOW COUNCIL CALLED THEM ON IT AND TOLD THEM TO STOP. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE SPREAD OF THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS WAS BEING RESISTED, AND THE BELIEVERS REFUSED TO GIVE IN TO THE PRESSURE. WHICH KIND OF LOOKS LIKE TODAY, HUH? AND ACTS 4 24 31. IT SAYS WHEN I HEARD THE REPORT, ALL THE BELIEVERS LIFTED THEIR VOICES TOGETHER IN PRAYER TO GOD. AFTER THIS PRAYER THAT MEETING PLACE SHOOK AND LET ME TELL YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT'S HERE TONIGHT, AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEN THEY PREACH THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. AND I SAY THIS WITH LOVE. LONG AFTER YOU AND I ARE GONE ANY ATTEMPT TO STAMP OUT GOD FROM SOCIETY WILL BE MET BY REVOLUTION DRIVEN BY THE HUMAN HEART THAT DEEP DOWN INSIDE KNOWS THERE IS BUT ONE TRUE GOD, AND THEY WILL CHANT OVER OUR DEAD BODIES, THE SAME PHRASE GOD EXISTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AMBER D'ANGELO. BOUND BY DR BRIAN MORIARTY. SHE'S STILL HERE. HMM HI. MY NAME IS

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AMBER D'ANGELO. UM I LIVE IN, UM 1153, SOUTHWEST FAST STREET AND PUMP CITY. SO I'M NOT RESIDENTS OF STEWART, UM I USED TO BE, UM AND OBVIOUSLY THIS CITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AH! FORGIVE ME, I'M CAN BE NERVOUS UP IN THE MICROPHONE SIDE. DON'T BE NERVOUS. THANK YOU. SO I JUST, UH I JUST WANT TO SAY OBVIOUSLY IN FOR PRAYER AS MANY OF. YOU ALL HERE ARE AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE EVERYBODY COME OUT TO TAKE A STAND FOR THIS, UM. HI JUST WORRYING ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD SAY SO I UM, YOU GUYS ALREADY KIND OF SAID MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, THEN TO SPEAK TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BE AGAINST IT. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH AND HE. IF US CHRISTIANS OR PEOPLE WHO WHO KNOW GOD AND LOVE GOD TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM HAVE JUST NOT SHOWING THAT TO YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE SORRY. WE'RE SORRY. OKAY ALL RIGHT, AND WE WANT TO DO BETTER AND, UH, JUST TASTE AND SEE THAT HE'S GOOD.

UM, PRAYER. READING GOD'S WORD AND SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN GOD. YOU WILL TASTE AND SEE THAT HE IS GOOD BECAUSE HE TRULY IS AND HE'S TOLD ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR MY DAUGHTER AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SO JUST KNOW THAT YOU WILL. ONE DAY I PRAY AND UM. THE CITY WILL WILL BACK YOU UP AS WE PRAY TO OUR GOD THAT, UM YOU WILL COME TO KNOW HIM AND BELIEVE THE SAME THING. THANK YOU. DR BRIAN MORIARTY, FOLLOWED BY BLAINE OPERATE. DR BRIAN MORIARTY 6 32 SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD IN STUART, FLORIDA. THANK YOU, MR MCDONALD, THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLLINS FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE, AND I KNOW IT PROBABLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH BECAUSE WE CAN JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. BUT IT IS A HUGE ISSUE AND YOU'RE SEEING THE GROUNDSWELL OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED THE LAST TIME AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP, IT WAS REALLY SAD TO SEE IT. NOT EVEN GET A SECOND FROM THIS COMMISSION. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW , IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, IF YOU JUST SECOND IT, THEN IT OPENS UP DISCUSSION WHERE WE CAN SHARE IDEAS, AND IT HAD BEEN VOTED 3 TO 2 TO PASS ALREADY. SO THE FACT THAT IT DIDN'T EVEN GET A SECOND. IT DIDN'T EVEN GET DISCUSSION FROM THIS COMMISSION WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND HURT MY HEART. AND I THINK IT HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REFERENCED THE POOR YOUNG MAN TOMORROW. HAMLIN WHO HAD YOU KNOW THE CARDIAC ARREST AT THE FOOTBALL GAME, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK TO GOD FOR WHY THINGS HAPPEN. AND IT REALLY SHED A LIGHT ON PRAYER IN THIS WORLD, AND HOW MORE PEOPLE NEED TO PRAYER. I MEAN, THAT WAS A FOOTBALL GAME FOOTBALL PLAYERS, ALL ON THEIR KNEES, PRAYING THE ANNOUNCERS. ANNOUNCERS ON ESPN, SAYING TO PRAY, SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER FACEBOOK THAT IS A HAVEN FOR EVIL WAS JUST LIT UP WITH PRAY FOR DEMAR. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY. SO IT'S LIKE, MAYBE THAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL THAT HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S BILLIONS OF PEOPLE PRAYING FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. AND I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN INVOCATION AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING. THE NEXT TIME. IT'LL BE VERY INCLUSIVE. I'M SURE EVERYONE WILL BE INCLUDED IN IT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MOTION TONIGHT. FOR THIS TO GO THROUGH FOR IT TO BE SECONDED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THAT THE LAST TIME AND IT FOR IT TO BE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. ELAINE ALBRIGHT FILED BY MESS, CELIO. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS BLAINE ALBRIGHT AND THE PASTOR CHRIS FELLOWSHIP. I LIVE AT 2053, SOUTHWEST PITS TERRACE AND STUART, FLORIDA. I'M NOT GOING TO BANG THAT ANYMORE. I STILL GET A LITTLE BIT MICROPHONE TO AMBER, WHEREVER YOU ARE, SO THAT'S OKAY. UM, I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID THAT THEY CAN BE SAID TODAY. I'VE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED, BUT NOT REALLY

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SURPRISED WITH THE SHOWING BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE WE LIVE. THIS IS MARTIN COUNTY. WE'RE GOD FEARING PEOPLE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU ALL VOTED TO DISALLOW. PRAYER IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHEN WE DELIVER PASTORS, AND WE DELIVER INVOCATIONS TO OPEN, UM, THE COMMISSIONER'S MEETINGS AND THE POLICE MEETINGS, UM I'VE NEVER SEEN INNOCENCE OF A PASTOR GETTING UP AND BEING DIVISIVE AND COMING THROUGH AND TRYING TO PREACH, YOU KNOW, DIVISIVE RHETORIC. I THINK THEY SAVE THAT FOR FACEBOOK, BUT SOME OF US UM , BUT EVERY PRAYER WE PRAY IN THIS MEETING, IF YOU ALLOW US TO HAVE IT WILL BE FOR YOU. OR YOUR FAMILIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF STEWART FOR PEACE AND UNITY AND PROSPERITY IN OUR CITY, AND SO I JUST ADD MY VOICE THAT WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR YOU AND OUR GREAT CITY. BOREAL MESS ELIO, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA LUCAS. IF SHE'S I SAY SHE'S CAME BACK, SO HI. I'M LAURA MATT CIELO. 15 95, SOUTHWEST, SHADY LIKE TERRORISTS AND PALM CITY, FLORIDA. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENTS HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY . MY HUSBAND HASN'T BUSINESS ON COLORADO AUTOMOTIVE EXPERTS. UM I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE. BUT I WROTE IT DOWN THE OTHER MORNING AND I'M STICKING WITH IT. THIS IS ME TAKING A STAND FOR PRAYER. SO I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WELL, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE WATCHING AN NFL FOOTBALL GAME. WE WITNESSED THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE AS DAMAR. HAMLIN TOOK A HIT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD IN AN INSTANT. HE WENT FROM LIFE TO DEATH. A RARE OCCASION THAT SO MANY PEOPLE I WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT SHOOK EVERYBODY TO THE CORE. BUT WITHIN MINUTES WE BEGAN TO SEE ONE BY ONE, AND THEN THE STADIUM AND THEN THE TEAM'S HUDDLE DOWN TO THEIR KNEES IN PRAYER NOT TO GO AGAINST OUR FLAG OR OUR COUNTRY BUT TO PRAY TO GOD TO BE WITH TAMAR AND TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE. AND IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE PRAYER THAT HE'D BE ALRIGHT . THE WORLD WAS PRAYING WHEN SOMETHING GREATER THAN OURSELVES OR SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL IN EVERY SITUATION . PRAYER BRINGS UNITY, PEACE, COMFORT AND HOPE. NOTHING HARMFUL HAS EVER COME FROM PRAYER. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP CONCERNING ARGUMENT. YOUR TIME'S UP. TIME'S UP. SORRY CYNTHIA LUCAS FOUND BY MARK BROOKVILLE. HELLO COMMISSIONERS . MY NAME IS CYNTHIA LUCAS. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 35 YEARS I USED TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN HAD TWO OLD HOUSES. I LOVE IT HERE. UM I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME. I HAVE THE MARTIN 9 12 TEA PARTY COMMITTEE OR LIBERTY GROUP. WE LOVE THE CONSTITUTION AND WE BELIEVE IN GOD. FIRST MOST, UM. MY PARTNER, JIM MCGOVERN HAD A STROKE HAD A BRAIN OPERATION LAST WEEK. I ASKED SOME OF MY PEOPLE HERE TO PRAY. TODAY I USE WIFE CALLED AND I WANT TO CRY, BUT I WILL. UM PRAYER WORKS. HE WAS DYING.

UM, MY HUSBAND DIED NINE YEARS AGO. APRIL IT WAS HORRIBLE. THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT FOR ME. THEY CAME TO THE HOSPITAL PEOPLE LIKE GAY GAY AMARA GAINEY. AND OTHERS AND PRAYED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THEY CAME TO THE HOSPITAL THAT CAME TO THE CEMETERY. THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE. GREEK ORTHODOX. I GO TO A CATHOLIC CHURCH AND AN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, SOMETIMES 23 CHURCHES. UM AND IF I DIDN'T HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE, I WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. SO I PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY THIS, BUT BLESS WILL FOLLOWED BY MISSY HARRIS. MARK BREAKFAST TWO OH, EIGHT. SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA STREET. STUART, FLORIDA. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT I AM THE LAST PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO WOULD CAST THE FIRST STONE. SO WHAT I'M GONNA SAY IS THAT I'M GOING TO APPROACH THIS NOT FROM A RELIGIOUS STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A PRACTICAL POLITICAL STANDPOINT, A GREAT MAN ONCE FACED WITH HIS IMMINENT DEATH FOR STANDING UP AND DYING FOR THE SINS OF MANY, NONE OF WHICH WERE HIS TURNED TO GOD AND SAID NOT MY WILL. BUT YOURS BE DONE. AND AS POLITICIANS, I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. MRS HARRIS. HI MY NAME IS BUSY HARRIS 5 TO 5 SOUTHEAST, L AMANDA WAY. AND

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I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES. SO I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH. AND I KNOW WE NEEDED SOME. BUT I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS. MY JESUS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. OKAY AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TRANSFUSION, SO IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL, SO I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE PRAIRIE IMPLEMENTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. BUT NUMBER TWO ALL MY FRIENDS HERE THAT ARE SPEAKING. ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BRING FERRERI IN. I WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT CHRIS LAST THURSDAY DID A POWER POINT ON WHERE THE CITY OF STEWART IS GOING. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER EVERYBODY KNOWS IT OR NOT. BUT I SAW THE ROOM WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN HE WAS DONE. BECAUSE OF THE FACTS THAT ARE IN THAT POWER POINT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY STRONG PRAYER WARRIORS IN THE ROOM TONIGHT AND THE LORD HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY ON ME TO COME UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER PEOPLE SAW LAST THURSDAY'S MEETING. BECAUSE THEY REALLY SHOULD BE INFORMED AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING AND HOW TO PRAY AND HELP YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. THIS IS HUGE. WE'RE A LITTLE TOWN. WE HAVE THREE ACCESSES TO GET OUT OF HERE THAT ARE OVER THE WATER. WE HAVE THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE, THE JENSEN BEACH BRIDGE AND UPON CITY BRIDGE OR CAN OR HIGHWAY THAT'S IT. WHY LIVE IN DOWNTOWN STUART? I HAVE TO GO OUT CAN OR I KNOW THAT THEY CLOSE THE BRIDGES WHEN THE WIND GETS SO STRONG. SO WE'RE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO GO OUT, CANTOR. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ON CANADA? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BUILD? WE NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT. THIS ALL HAS TO BE AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE EITHER SUPPORTING YOU OR WE'RE NOT. WE'RE BEHIND YOU. WE'RE NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE'RE HERE TO UPHOLD YOU.

SO YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS . BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT CHRIS PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE POWER POINT. THAT WAS MIND BOGGLING.

AND IT WAS ACCURATE AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT COULD BE ALTERED. IT WAS STATISTICS SO I JUST ASKED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. TO SEE WHAT OUR FUTURE IS IN THIS WONDERFUL TOWN. I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BRING OUT THAT WE ALSO NEED A PARKING GARAGE LAST THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN WE ALL LEFT. THE TRAFFIC WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NO ONE COULD PARK THEY WERE ALL GOING DOWN TO THE FLAGLER AND HAD TO COME AROUND BACK. I MEAN, THERE WAS NO PLACE SO WE WANT TO HELP YOU WORK. CAN WE PUT A PARKING GARAGE? THE NEXT SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. WE'RE WITH YOU. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

THANK YOU, DANIEL JOINER. HI, GUYS. UM BACK. AH I'M REALLY , UH I'M JUST REALLY ENJOYING SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW OR THAT I KNOW OF, YOU KNOW , BUSINESS OWNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT? AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, UM JUST KIND OF LIKE THIS WATCHING THIS KIND OF THIS WHOLE ARC. WITH THE PRAYER THING HAS REALLY KIND OF GALVANIZED ME A LITTLE BIT. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A DUTY TO BE HERE MORE OFTEN. AND IF I CAN'T BE HERE, I SHOULD BE ON MY PHONE. YOU KNOW, I GOT OFF WORK. LATE AND I WASN'T ABLE TO GET HERE RIGHT ON TIME. SO I WAS LISTENING TO THAT LIVE THING AND I WAS CHEERING YOU GUYS ON. AND UM I JUST I JUST FEEL LIKE IT. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY TAKING. I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND BE MORE INVOLVED. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU GUYS DO. IT'S CRAZY. IT'S REALLY AMAZING THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU HOLD AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF PRAYER, AND I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. AND, UM, I WOULD. I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE IT IN, BUT BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE IT STOPS FROM ME. I WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED, AND I WANT TO SEE I WANT TO SEE IT THROUGH WITH YOU ON A SUPPORT YOU GUYS,

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I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS JUST MONUMENTAL AND I WANT TO AND I WANT TO DO MY BEST TO BE EITHER LISTENING TO THE MEETINGS OR TO PHYSICALLY BE HERE. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY SO THAT'S ALL THE GREEN CARD THEY HAVE, PAUL. I UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON ON ZOOM. OKAY CAN YOU MUTE HER? MR. HELLO HELLO? YES. IS IT AMANDA? YES YES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. UM I'VE LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE MEETING AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW . UM WHAT ELSE I COULD ADD, REALLY DIDN'T EVEN THINK I MIGHT GET COLD ON. BUT I APPRECIATE IT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT , UM FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, I THINK WHAT'S DISAPPOINTING IS THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE FAVOR AND THEN SUDDENLY BECAUSE OF A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE WHOLE, UM, MIGHT SET IN THE COMMISSION SHIFTED. SO UM, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO YOU THROUGH EMAILS AND THINGS AND I WOULD BE THERE IN PERSON. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT I DON'T FEEL WELL AND I AND I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S HEALTH. SO UM, BUT I THINK. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN NOW. HOW VERY STRONGLY WE ALL FEEL THAT JUST TO BEGIN YOUR MEETING WITH AN INDICATION, UH, SEEKING THE ALMIGHTY'S FAVOR AND GUIDANCE AND WISDOM, YOU'RE IN YOUR DECISIONS. I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW WE FEEL. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU DO? UM, I DON'T LIVE IN STUART. I'M OUT HERE IN PALM CITY, BUT I REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY WHERE I LIVE MY COUNTY AND WHAT GOES ON, AND SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS. AND I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, AND SO

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WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT CONSENT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

HOLD ON FOR ONE SECOND. YOU HAVE A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA . OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENSUS AGENDA ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? VERY NONE SAY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS. COMMISSIONER RICH YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING. YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M SO PROUD OF MY CITY OF THIS TOWN OF THIS COUNTY OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT. PEOPLE WHO LEFT WORK EARLY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAT HERE THIS ENTIRE TIME LISTENING TO ALL OF THESE COMMENTS. AND THE PASTORS WHO ARE HERE. ALL OF YOU CARE SO MUCH. TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU AND LET YOU KNOW I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY UP HERE APPRECIATES THAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR I'VE AND ALL OF US HAVE SEEN THE EMAILS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. WE'VE PROBABLY HAD CLOSE TO 70 EMAILS NOW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 EMAILS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH SINCE LAST MEETING. ONE OF WHICH WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF PRAYER. BUT THE REST WERE AND I DIDN'T COUNT THE COMMENTS. DIDN'T COUNT THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT WE ALL HEARD WHAT WAS SAID. THE ISSUE WITH BRINGING THIS BACK UP AGAIN AT THIS MOMENT IS I WOULDN'T WANT TO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SPECIFICALLY MOTIONING FOR IT TO BE BACK ON THE AGENDA IF WE CAN RETROACTIVELY MOTION, UH BUT I WOULDN'T WANT A MOTION THIS AND HABIT BE VOTED DOWN AND NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE. THERE'S COME UP AGAIN FOR I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIME FRAME, BUT A WHILE SO I'M SORT OF FISHING FOR FROM THE COMMISSION. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THERE MIGHT BE A DESIRE TO RECONSIDER. FROM ANY OF YOU. THANK YOU. YES, I WANTED TO SAY I WAS FOR IT.

AND THEN, UM I WASN'T. UM, I WANTED TO HAVE A BALANCE. I PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME GOD THAT YOU HAVE. IN THE MORNINGS AND MIDDAY AND EVENING AND ALL THAT, UH, AND THIS WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY VOTE. BUT I JUST SEE SOME VERY FINE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY CITY. SO I WILL. IF YOU

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WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OF A SECOND. JUST AS A AS A POINT OF ORDER. THE ONLY HAS APPOINTED LAWYER. THE ONLY MOTION THAT CAN BE MADE TONIGHT IS A MOTION TO SET SECOND HEARING FOR JANUARY 23RD BECAUSE AN ORDINANCE UNDER STATE STATUTE MUST BE NOTICED. UH IN THE AGENDA AND WE COULDN'T PASS IT ON SECOND READING TONIGHT, BUT THE MOTION COULD BE TO SCHEDULE SECOND HEARING FOR JANUARY 23RD. UM AND NOT ONE MORE THING. UM I HAD I HAD TALKED TO A REPORTER. I THINK HE'S EVEN HERE TONIGHT. BUT HE PROBABLY THINKS I'M CRAZY GOING UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN, BUT ANYWAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO HAVE THAT SECOND HEARING. MOTION TO RIDE TO RETURN THE ITEM ON THE 23RD. IF THERE'S A SECOND. OH, YES. OKAY WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH OTHER DISCUSSION CARD OR JUST I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE ORDER.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AND THIS ORDER OF THE MEDIAN AND I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS MAYBE A COMMISSIONER CAN BRING UP ANYTHING THEY WANTED ANY TIME, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A LOT OF OIL, BUT THAT'S OKAY. GO ON. I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF ORDER. I WAS SAYING I WAS SAYING, NO, I KNOW THAT WHEN COMMISSIONER COLLINS OR MAYBE HE KNEW BECAUSE HE'S TALKED TO MANY MEMBERS OF HIS, UM, CHURCH AND SO ON THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OPEN AND JUST ASK FOR SOMETHING TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA OR BRING IT UP AT THE COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S NOT I KNOW WE CAN JUST JUMP JUMP INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AGENDA AND JUST MAKE A MOTION AT ANY POINT IN TIME. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR MR UH, MORE TELL WANTS TO SAY YES, THE COMMISSIONER CAN JUST WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING AND SAY ANYTHING THEY WANT AND BRING A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO JUST HEAR THAT, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE WE ARE. THAT WAS THE POINT OF REFERENCE THAT I MADE. HE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION FOR AN ORDINANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING. ALL HE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR IS TO SCHEDULE SCHEDULE AND AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. TWO AT ANY TIME. DURING A MEETING. ANY COMMISSIONER CAN MAKE A MOTION. IT'S A. MOTION THAT DOES NOT TAKE ACTION. IT'S A MOTION TO GET A CONSENSUS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD WHEN YOU GUYS HEAR MINUTES FROM EACH OTHER. SOMETIMES THE COMMISSIONER WILL SAY, I MOTION THAT WE WRITE A LETTER THINKING THE CONGRESSMAN OR EMOTION THAT WE READ A LETTER TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND IN THOSE INSTANCES, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CONSENSUS MOTION.

SO YES, BUT NO, YOU CAN'T MOTION FOR ACTION BY THE COMMISSION THAT HAS REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE THROUGH THE STATUTES AS IT RELATES TO A RESOLUTION AS IT RELATES TO AN ORDINANCE OR AS IT RELATES TO A BUDGETARY, A POLICY ACTION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND HEARING IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S REALLY JUST A COMMISSIONER ASKING TO PUT THE MATTER ON THE AGENDA. AND COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR MOORE, TWO AND MAYOR. UM MCDONALD. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR ANYTHING EITHER. AND I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I KNOW. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

COMMISSIONER COLLINS. I JUST THINK IT'S OUT OF WATER. THAT'S ONE THING. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I AM A CHRISTIAN. I'VE SAID THAT I KNOW THAT. I KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE. I KNOW WHAT I DO. AND I KNOW THAT THERE, UM OTHER TIMES WHEN I'VE ASKED TO HAVE THIS SUNDAY AGENDA, IT WASN'T AND THEN I LISTENED THE FIRST TIME IT CAME UP FROM COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. I MEAN FROM COMING TO COLLINS THAT WE SAID THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, LET'S DO IT IN HARMONY IN UNITY, LET'S DO LET'S LIVE THE AMERICAN WAY. LET'S DO WHATEVER BUT TO ME THAT THAT HAS BEEN. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH THAT HAS HAPPENED AND WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS IF IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP ON THE 23RD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST THINK THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE UM WE HAVE VERY STRONG BELIEFS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND PRAYING FOR, AND I VERY WELL UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST, UMT WE ARE HARM I LOVE WHEN REVEREND BROCHURES COMES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THEY HAVE A SYSTEM. THEY HAVE DONE THE SYSTEM AND

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ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY I'M GOING TO STOP IS THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY PRAYER FROM THE COMMISSION. MAYBE SOME YEARS AGO , SOMEBODY HAD, UM, TAKING OUT ACTUALLY PRAYING THAT HAVING AN INVOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEDIAN, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS FAR AS A LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YEAR, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO TAKE PRAYER OUT OF OR TO REMOVE IT FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING. MAYBE THERE'S A MOVEMENT NOW TO BRING PRAYER AS A PART OF AN INVOCATION, UM, TO START THE MEDIAN. BUT AGAIN, I SAID, I WANT US TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY OF STEWART IS A BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL PLACE. I LOVE SERVING THE CITY OF STEWART. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HARMONIOUS . WE ARE ON ONE ACCORD WHEN WE MAKE THE DECISION. WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE ONE ACCORD. PLEASE LET HER SPEAK, SHE SAID QUIETLY WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE SPOKE. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WHATEVER WE DO WHATEVER ORDINANCE OR RULER THING WE COME UP WITH. UM I WOULD PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE. I WOULD PRAY THAT WE WOULD GO. HOLD ON. THIS IS THE AUDIENCE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO US AS WE TALKED. AND ESPECIALLY , COMMISSIONER CLARK, SOME OF YOU KNOW HER AND WHAT SHE STANDS FOR, AND I AND I WAS CONFUSING TO ME, COMMISSIONER CLARK SO I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING GETTING IT ALL MESSED UP OR WHATEVER. MR COLLINS. I WOULD JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT POINT OF HARMONY BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE POINTS IS, I THINK MARY BROUGHT THAT UP. INITIALLY, AS IF WE DON'T ALL AGREE. IF IT'S NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO FORWARD. AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE UH AND IT ALSO SORT OF DOVETAILING WITH IT.

BEING OFFENSIVE IS VERY. MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE VOTE ON OFFEND SOMEBODY RIGHT, SO THE THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE'S ALMOST ALWAYS DIVISION AND I DON'T SEE WHY THIS SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THIS. BODY THIS PANEL FUNCTIONS ON MAJORITY RULES. AND I THINK TO JUST PUT IT UP TO IF IT'S NOT UNIT, UNANIMOUS. UM WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. I DON'T. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S HONEST, SO I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO WANT TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT. IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK WHAT I WHAT I SAID WAS, OF COURSE WE WERE ON IF WE HAD VOTED UH UM, 32 AS WE DID THE INITIAL RATING, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH WITH HAVING AN INVOCATION. IT'S NOT THAT BUT WHAT I WANT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A COMMISSION MEETING THAT, UH IS NOT DIVISIVE AS LITTLE AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE. WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF DEVICES ISSUES AND SAY IT'S DISHONEST OF ME TO WANT TO COME TO A UNANIMOUS THAT I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT SOMETHING UNLESS WE HAVE SOME SORT OF UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS VOTE ON THAT STANDARD . WELL THAT'S MY PERSONAL CENTER . THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD OF WHAT THE COMMISSION PASSES WITH.

THE STANDARD IS THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THIS WAS THE GOAL THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. OR AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I AM A CHRISTIAN. YOU KNOW, NOT THAT NOT THAT IT ACTUALLY MATTERS FAR AS BEING A COMMISSIONER, WHO WOULD I WILL REGULARLY ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY. PRAY I BELIEVE IN PRAYER. I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. I'VE READ THE WRITINGS OF MANY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. UM AND FACT. JAMES MADISON, UH, SAID THAT YOU KNOW THE MIXTURE OF RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT. SULLY'S BOTH AND I, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS POSSIBLE. NOW I AM OPEN TO RECONSIDERING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I WANT TO TWEAK THE ORDINANCE A LITTLE BIT IF I WERE TO VOTE FOR IT, AND I THINK THAT IT'S BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING JUST JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A I PRAY DIFFERENTLY. YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT ME AND MY WIFE. WE ARE PRAYERS. WE DO OUR PRAYERS IN THE EVENING SILENTLY . SHE SAYS HER PRAYER SILENTLY BEFORE DINNER. I SAY MIND SILENTLY. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT. THAT'S I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND I THINK THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. UM REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY. WELL CAN SOMEONE PLEASE STOP INTERRUPTING ME? I DON'T INTERRUPT YOU. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME SO I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT HOW

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WE ALL DO THINGS, AND IT IS NOT A UM, TESTING MY FAITH. WHETHER I WANT PRAYER. DON'T WANT PRAYER IN THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. I'M SOURED IN MY FAITH, AND I'M SOLID IN THE FACT THAT I WOULD I BELIEVE IN AND I THINK THAT THEY FOR MOST OF Y'ALL HERE TONIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR BELIEFS AND UM AND I WILL BE OPEN TO RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT I WILL WANT TO SEE SOME CHANGES BEFORE I VOTE FOR IT. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT THEM. WE REPRESENT WELL AND I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WHO ARE ALL OVER THE CITY THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW. AND THEY'RE SO UNTIL YOU CAN'T PLEASE. YOU KNOW, I SAT HERE QUIETLY. WE ALL STAY HERE QUIETLY WHILE EVERYONE SPOKE, AND I HAVE DEEP CONVICTIONS AS WELL, AS YOU DO TO THIS. I LOVED OUR COUNTRY ABOVE OUR CITY. AND IF I VOTE FOR PRAYER I DON'T PREPARE. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. AND IN FACT, AND I WILL PRAY BEFORE EVERY MEETING LIKE I DO NOW, BUT I WILL DO IT IN SILENCE. AND SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. AND UH, MR IF THERE'S NO OTHER, UH, DELIBERATION, I'LL CALL THE QUESTION ON CHANGES EVERYTHING.

I THINK THE OPPOSITE IN THIS ROOM CHANGES EVERYTHING. YES. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. SO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN WE'RE SWORN IN, WE SWEAR AND ELSE TO THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT NOT TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. WHICH IS OFTEN CITED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF RELIGION. BECAUSE IT DOES SPEAK OF GOD. OF COURSE, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS STATEMENT OF REBELLION. BUT YOU REALLY THINK THOSE PEOPLE IN ERROR LEFT OUT ANY REFERENCE TO GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION. OF COURSE NOT. AND IN FACT, RELIGION COMES UP THREE SEPARATE TIMES. AND THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT. THEY UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT CHURCH AND STATE BE SEPARATED RELIGION AND CHURCH. AND IN THE 14TH AMENDMENT IN THE ESTABLISHMENT CAUSE AND IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT ARTICLE SIX SAYS NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER BE REQUIRED AS A QUALIFICATION TO ANY OFFICE OR PUBLIC TRUST. UNDER UNITED STATES. AND HERE WE FIND COMMISSIONERS UP HERE TONIGHT. HAVING TO PROCLAIM THEIR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION WHICH SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. AND THAT SHOULD NOT. WE SHOULD GRANT THAT ALSO TO THOSE WHO COME BEFORE US IN CITY HALL. THIS IS NOT A CHURCH. THIS IS CITY HALL . THIS IS FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF STEWART, AND THEY SHOULD NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE BEING SUBJECT TO A RELIGIOUS TEST. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW. THAT IF WE KEEP INVOCATIONS OUT OF OUR MEETINGS , YOU WILL STILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR RELIGIOUS OBSERVATIONS, HOWEVER, AND WHENEVER YOU WANT AND THAT IS THE JOB OF GOVERNMENTS. IT IS TO ENSURE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. NOT TO IMPOSE A RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENT.

AND I. THANK VICE MAYOR BRUNER FOR SECOND EATING IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS ISSUE. AND WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, APPARENTLY AT THE NEXT MEETING. WELL. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A ABOUT TO HAVE IT ON THE SO SHE SAY WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COLLINS YES, COMMISSIONER RICH YES, VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK MCDONALD? YES. OKAY SO IT WILL BE ON THE NEXT MEETING. I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH OR NEXT WEEK. YOUR CHOICE.

OKAY THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. IT WILL BE ON THE 23RD. THE CITY HAS A MEETING ON TUESDAY. THE 18TH. THAT IS NOT OUR SAID, I'M SORRY TO THE 17TH. THAT IS NOT THE MEETING THAT THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HEARD ON JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY CONFUSION. RIGHT? OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSION ACTION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'M GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR 2.5 HOURSK WELL. KAREN'S GETTING OKAY. YEAH I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER IS SO YOU SAY, ARE YOU RUNNING? ALL RIGHT ? SO WE'RE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER

[9. EXTENDING ZONING IN PROGRESS: RESOLUTION No. 04-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS AUTHORIZED IN RESOLUTIONS 93-2022 and 95-2022, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES]

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NINE, EXTENDING THE ZONE OF ZONING IN PROGRESS. WE NEED CONSENT. WE ALREADY DID KISS THAT I MISSED BETHAN. DID IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE ARE WE RIGHT BABY CONSENT MOTION WAS TAKEN THEN COMMISSIONER COLLINS JODY, ARE YOU DOING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS, OR IS DAVE GOOD FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, OKAY? THE ZONING IN PROGRESS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LOOKING FOR THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION NUMBER OH, FOUR DISH TWO OH 23 RESOLUTIONS. CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA EXTENDING IS EARNING IN PROGRESS AUTHORIZES WHICH WAS AUTHORIZED IN RESOLUTIONS. 93 2. OH, 222 AND 95 202 TO PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. UM BOTH RESOLUTIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THE ONE EXTENSION IF THE COMMISSION'S PLEASURE IS TO EXTEND BOTH THAN A MOVE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN, LITTLE EXTEND BOTH FOR 30 OR FOR THREE MORE MONTHS. IF YOU FEEL THAT ONLY ONE SHOULD BE EXTENDED, THEN IF YOU JUST DESCRIBED WHICH ONE YOU WANT EXTENDED STAFF CAN EDIT THE RESOLUTION. OKAY MEETING. I'LL START OFF. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EXTEND THE ONE ON THE FRACTIONAL UNITS AND I DON'T THINK I THINK WE ARE CONSENSUS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE OTHER ONE SO WE SHOULDN'T EXTEND THEIR ZONING IN PROGRESS ON THE ON THE BEAUTY DENSITY. I AGREE WITH THAT. AND IF MISS MR MORTAL IF YOU COULD HELP ME MAKE A MOTION . IT'S UM GIVE ME THE NAME OF THOSE TWO THINGS. I SAW THEM IN THE ITEM. 95 IF YOU JUST DO THE MOTION TO EXTEND THE ACTUAL UNITS, 93. I BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD WITH THE 93 REGARDING THE FRACTIONAL UNITS AND THEN 95 THAT WE NOT WORK ON THAT WITH REGARD TO OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, TORCHES TO DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL. THAT'S MY MOTION. SO WHAT THIS IS EFFECTIVELY SAYING IS THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BLACK. THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WILL DO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDES HALF UNITS. RIGHT SO I THINK THIS IS WORTH HALF UNITS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE U P U D RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF MOVING FAST HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE, UM, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY SO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICH NOW WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS SO THANK YOU. THE CONDITIONAL USE SIDE OF IT SO WITH WITH THE ZONING AND GOING ABOVE AND A P U D WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL ONE OF THINGS THAT BROUGHT UP AS A FAIR SHARE PARKING PARKING GARAGE.

AH! AS I HAD ASKED AT THE ZONING OF PROGRESS, I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO DIVE INTO THAT. THAT WOULD BE THAT SECOND, UM. ITEM, SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THAT EITHER. I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DIVE IN. THIS IS THE TIME TO DO. IT IS ZONING IN PROGRESS. ONCE THOSE APPLICATIONS START COMING IN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE TIME. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CONTINUE BOTH ITEMS FOR THE REMAINING PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT PARKING GARAGE CONCURRENCY, UH, CHANGES THAT MAY AFFECT THE LD, R AND THE COMP PLAN RELATED TO CONDITIONAL USE. I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE THE CONSENSUS FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE BOTH MOVING BOTH FORWARD. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO LOSE. COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR BRUNER, NONE SO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

HELEN. GOOD TO SEE YOU UP HERE. ONE NIGHT LET MCBRIDE COME FLAMINGO AVENUE. PARKING GARAGE.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 49 YEARS. I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PARKING METERS. ALL THAT YOU KNOW YOU TALK. YOU TALK THE TALK, BUT DON'T WALK THE WALK INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT A PARKING GARAGE, MAKE IT YOU KNOW, AND HOW MANY TERMS ABOUT GOING TO YOU FLICK ALL OF YOU AND DEPARTMENT. THAT IS, UH, TO LOOK AT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE HERE AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS A CITIZEN.

DEFINITELY ALRIGHT. THIS PIECE OF LAND. IT'S LIKE ALBERT, WHERE WELL, SPARGO. THOSE BUILDINGS ALL NEXT DOOR. THE STORES IN THAT THEY'RE ALL EMPTY. ARE WE GOING TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE THERE? BECAUSE WE DON'T UNLESS YOU GOT YOU GOT THE BID FOR YOU GUYS. SWISH PARK. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH LAND LEFT. YOU CAN SAY YOU'RE GONNA PUT A PARKING GARAGE. YOU'RE NOT GOING

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TO PUT IT ON THIS LAND. PEOPLE REALLY WILL HAVE A FIT, SO YOU GOTTA GET MORE DEFINITE. PARKING GARAGE IS LIKE ME SAYING I'M GOING TO BUILD A MANSION. AND THE RIVER. I'M NOT GONNA YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE IT'S 49 YEARS PARKING GARAGE. PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE WE WANT THAT CROWDED, BUT YEAH, YEAH, BACK THEN. YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS ABOUT 4000 THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE LOOKING AT IT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED IN THE EIGHTIES, IT WAS EMPTY. YEAH YEAH, I KNOW THE FAR FROM BUT I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN MORE SPECIFIC. WHERE WHERE DO YOU HAVE MAN TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE WHERE SHE GOES, AND I'LL TELL YOU LATER. YEAH THANK YOU, HELEN. UH BARB ERNST. THANK YOU, MR ERNST. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD NAME IS BARBARA JOHNSON BLESSINGS JOHNSON AFTERNOON. READING SMALL TOWNS. STUART CITY COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT? THE PETITION MY GOVERNMENT I EMAILED YOU. I HAVE MET WITH SOME OF YOU. YOUR VOTES. ACTUALLY. DESTROYING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE DOLLAR. DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY COLOR. THE COMMUNITIES HAVE COME TO YOU AND SAID, DON'T DO THIS TO ME. GET YOU BOTH DO EXCUSE ME, MR ERNST, CAN YOU PUT THE MIKE BACK OVER? HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN CENTRAL PARK? WAY TO SEE THE FARRELL? WHERE THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY NEEDED TO, VENUS SAID. DON'T DO THIS TO US. HAVE YOU SEEN INDIGO AT THE BREACH INDIGO AT THE BRIDGE. IT'S A IN MY OPINION. IT'S SO HORRENDOUSLY BAD. THIS IS NOT A SMALL TOWN, STEWART.

ACCESS ONE STUCK BEHIND. I WALKED OUT. A STRIP MALL. CHARGING HORRENDOUS PRICES. I WENT OVER THIS WITH YOU WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING RENT. ALMOST $4000 A MONTH. THE WOODEN WONDER THAT YOU VOTED FOR THE COMMUNITY SAID DON'T DO THIS TO US. AND YOU VOTED FOR IT. THE WOODEN WONDER DOWN ON SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY. HARD REVIEW. NO, I SENT YOU. ANY MAIL. WHAT ACCESS ONE OVER FOURTH ABOUT $4000 A MONTH . HOWEVER, GROWTH 20 TO 38 A MONTH. THE CRISIS HAD INDIAN RUN. WHICH IS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHICH WE SHOULD BE EMULATING. ONE A QUARTER OR A THIRD OF WHAT THESE PLACES YOU VOTED FOR. I CHARGE IT. 11 78 A MONTH WITH A WAITING LINE OF OVER A YEAR. COMMISSIONERS. I SENT YOU A DRAFT. THEY USED. THEY USED PLAN OPTION AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OWNERSHIP. YOU OWN YOUR HOMES. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE US. BARTENDERS ARE WAITRESSES ARE POLICEMEN ARE FIREMEN. WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS FOR THEM? I SUGGESTED TO YOU THAT YOU ADOPT THIS YEAR AIN'T USE PLAN. YOUR TIME IS UP, MR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, FRANK MCCHRYSTAL. GOOD EVENING. UM. I JUST WANT TO FLASH BACK TO THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE WHERE EVERYONE INVOLVED REALLY DID HEAR THE VOICE. OF THE CITIZENS OF STEWART. AND I THINK THAT VOICE WOULD SAY WHAT'S THE RUSH? WELL WE COULDN'T LEGS OUT OF HALF OF THIS ZIP PROCESS. WAS THE RUSH. PEOPLE DID SPEAK AND. I JUST SENSED THIS PLACE IS JUST GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS IS USUAL. WHICH SAYS THAT. WE KNOW BETTER THAN YOU GUYS OUT THERE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT YOUR WILL. WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW THIS CITY SHOULD TURN OUT BECAUSE WE GET OUR MARCHING

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ORDERS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. PLACE BIGGER THAN US. ANYWAYS. REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID HERE? TURN THAT LAST ELECTION CYCLE. PLEASE DON'T CUT. CUT THAT LEGS OUT OF HALF OF THE ZIP PROCESS. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO NEED TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. BREAKFAST. ARE YOU COMING UP? MARK BRECKEL TO EIGHT SOUTHEAST AS SHE ALL THE ST STUART, FLORIDA. UM, I JUST HAD A COMMENT. I WAS AT THE LAST ZONING IN PROGRESS BECAUSE I DID A REALLY GREAT JOB. I THINK OF LOOKING AT IT, BUT UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK YOU THAT YOU DID THAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULDN'T AND IT GOES TO CHRISTMAS. UM DESIRE TO CONTINUE BOTH PORTIONS. PORTIONS OF THIS IS THAT WE KIND OF SAID WELL, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I THINK ACTUALLY, ZONING HAS 100% TO DO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE ZONING SITUATIONS THAT GIVE BREAKS TO DEVELOPERS TO BUILD SMALL UNITS SO THAT THEY ARE AFFORDABLE, AND THUS THE HOUSING CAN BE AFFORDABLE. IT'S ALL DOVETAILED NOT ONLY IN UNIT SIZE, BUT IN THE IN THE LAND IN THE LAND USE AND WHAT WE GET OUT AND CAN GET OUT OF THOSE DEVELOPERS FOR THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MAJOR CONCESSIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE GIVING SOMEBODY $700,000 FOR BUILDING A PROJECT DOWNTOWN OR ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD TWICE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONTROL THEN AS TO WHAT SIZE WE CAN MAKE THOSE UNITS WE CAN SAY TO HIM.

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THE MIDDLE OF DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. WITHIN THE ZIP, WHY WOULD WE? WHY WOULD WE WALK AWAY FROM THAT? SO IS THERE ANY. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BOTH OF THOSE INCLUDED AND WHILE WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT MEETING? OKAY. SO FROM LISTON TO OUR WORKSHOP. AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE. THE TWO ORDINANCES AND 93 2022 ON THE 95 2022. I AM. I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE, WE WOULD WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF I DIDN'T THINK THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO CONTINUE TO STOP TAKING. DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS. ON OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE UM UPU D IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR IN THAT URBAN ERA, THAT LIMITED AREA WHERE IT IS, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE JUST DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE CITY. SO I DON'T I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WE JUST NEED TO SEPARATED OUT AND JUST DEAL WITH A SMALL AREA JUST SET ONE YEAR IN 93 2022 WITH REGARD TO THE HAPPY AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS IF THE MOTION DOESN'T DOESN'T GET VOTED ON, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO BE THAT WAY. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT FAIR, SHARE PARKING AND HAVE WITH THIS IS CRAZY TO ME. WITHIN THE CONDITION WERE TAUGHT. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING ABOUT CONDITIONAL USE. WHY WOULD WE OR ANOTHER DAY OR THIS IS PART OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS? THERE'S TWO PARTS ONE IS THE HALF UNIT AND ONE IS TALKING ABOUT CONDITIONAL USE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE CONDITIONAL USE PART WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISCUSSING CONDITIONAL USE. CHANGES TO THE COMPLAINT AND POTENTIALLY LAND USE. WHY WOULD WE STOP? DOING THAT. IT'S NOT ONLY HALF UNITS THAT WERE DISCUSSING MY PRESENTATION INCLUDED DISCUSSING PARKING, AND THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT HOW WE'RE DOING.

CONDITIONAL USE. SO WE'RE GONNA BE NOW RECEIVING APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CONDITIONAL USE WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO HASH OUT CONDITIONAL USE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE ZONING AND PROGRESS IS TO TRY TO SHELF THOSE IN THE MEANTIME. SO WHY NOT CONTINUE BOTH OF THESE? PARAMETERS JUST FOR THE THREE MONTHS. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT OUR CHANGES ARE. WHY CUT IT IN HALF? COMMISSIONER RICH MR MAYOR, I CALLED THE QUESTION. OKAY. COLORADO. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES OR BURNER? YES. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. NO. COMMISSIONER RICH YES. MCDONALD. YES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[10. DISCUSSION ON CDBG-CV GRANT]

TO ITEM 10 DISCUSSION. DELIBERATION FOR THE C, D. C. B GRANT. JUST CHECKING. I WASN'T SURE IF YOU KNEW JUST WAITING FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO GET DONE TALKING DOWN THERE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. SO THIS ITEM IS A DISCUSSION DELIBERATION ABOUT A GRANT APPLICATION THAT THE C R A COMPLETED FOR A CDBG DASH C V GRANT, WHICH WE WERE AWARDED. I BELIEVE THE AMOUNT IS 4.7 OR 4.8 PANEL. $4.8 MILLION THAT WAS AWARDED TO THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE TECH OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING TYPE FACILITY, ALONG WITH A BUSINESS INCUBATOR PORTION. THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY THAT THE CITY HAD APPLIED FOR WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF TARPON AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. DURING THE PROCESS OF WAITING ON THIS GRANT THAT PROPERTY WENT UNDER CONTRACT AND HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD IN HIS UNDER UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP TO A MR GREEN. UM I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH MR GREEN ABOUT THE CITY PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY FROM HIM. THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE WOULD BE TO REHABILITATE THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK TO A DIFFERENT ENTITY LIKE IRC OR NON PROFIT TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THE MEASURES ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL PIECE. THE. MR GREEN IS CURRENTLY ASKING THE CITY HE WAS INTENDING TO TURN AROUND AND PUT THE PROPERTY BACK ON THE MARKET AT A HIGHER AMOUNT THAN THIS, BUT HE HAS AGREED. IF THE COMMISSION SERVICE DESIRES, I COULD, UM BRING BACK A RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, BUT HE'S ASKING THE CITY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT $1.6 MILLION. UM HE HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT TO MAKE IT AN EXTENDED CONTRACT FOR HIS OWN CAPITAL GAINS PURPOSES, BUT I TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE OF OUR GRANT BEING AT THE END OF 2023. AND SO HE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND WOULD TAKE THE 1.6 AT THE COMMISSION. SO DESIRES ARE ALTERNATIVE LOCATION IS THE 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER LOCATION. WHICH WOULD BE THE SPOT NOW WHERE THE SINGULAR BASKETBALL COURT IS THAT THAT

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WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 9000 SQUARE FOOT NEW BUILD LOCATION THAT IS SMALLER THAN THE 13,000 . PLUS THAT WE WOULD GET AT THE GARY PROPERTY. PLUS WE'D ALSO BE ACQUIRING A NEW PROPERTY AND FOR THE FOR THE CITY IF WE WENT BEFORE WITH THE GARY PROPERTY. OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS. MISS GANDY SERVICES ALSO HERE WHO'S BEEN INTRICATELY INVOLVED WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF THE GRAND AS WELL. THANK YOU. I KNOW FROM THE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND, UM, I THINK THAT FOR THE AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTY HAS BEEN DILAPIDATED FOR SO MANY YEARS AND IS UNLIKELY TO BE, UH IF IT STAYS IN PRIVATE HANDS TO BE RENOVATED ANYTIME SOON. I THINK IT WOULD ADD THE MOST VALUE TO GET THAT PROPERTY PLUS, WE CAN HAVE IT RENOVATED. I THINK FASTER THAN WE COULD IF WE BUILT A PROPERTY OVER AT 10TH STREET. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DID YOU? ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THINK THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTIES PROBABLY FRONT AND THE BACK? YEAH I JUST WANTED TO ASK IT WAS A GUEST AGAINST STATION. BUT WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A GAS STATION? SO THE SORT OF THE EP HAS ALREADY GIVEN THE CLOSURE LETTER THAT HAD TO OCCUR BEFORE AND SOLD IT TO MR GREEN, BUT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO A PHASE ONE AND TWO ON THE PROPERTY PER THE GRANT, SO WE WOULD BE DOING OUR OWN ENVIRONMENTAL THROUGH THE PURCHASE PROCESS. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A NO ACTION LETTER FROM DDP ON THE TANKS. YES, YES.

SO SOME MR MESSAGE SOMETHING FAIR. MR. UM. DIET AND MISS. AGAIN. THIS SERVED US. OH, CLOSE. I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY AND WE WANT TO PROBABLY LEAST SIT BACK AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING. LIKE A HUB OR TECHNICAL CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM DOES MISS CANDY SERVED US HAVE ANY. DIRECT PLANS OR ANYTHING LIKE TO YOU KNOW, I ALSO THE CITY. UM OTHER THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS ON THE REAL ESTATE SIDE TO SAY, YOU KNOW THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO HAVE LIKE A TECHNICAL CENTER IN THE HUB OF OUR CITY. YOU KNOW WHEN WE WERE GOING TO ALMOST LOSE THE HOSPITAL, WE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU ALL WE ALL WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SCHOOLS, EXCEPT I THINK ONE SCHOOL NOW BECAUSE OF THE MARJORIE STONEMAN, DOUGLAS, SWEET AND NEXT, THE SCHOOLS INTO THE CITY LIMITS THE HIGH SCHOOL IN JENSEN AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE DIDN'T HAVE. THOSE SEEM THAT WE'RE ALMOST GOING TO LOSE THE HOSPITAL. AND WE SAID THAT IS IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS. HOW BIG AND HOW SOLID IS IDEA OF HAVING AH TECHNICAL HUB OR CENTER AND THE AVAILABILITY AND THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE I R. S C TO REALLY GET SOMETHING GOING AND MOVING WITH PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF INTRICACIES TO WORK OUT THERE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ALEX FROM IRIS. SEE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE WHOLE THING ARE PLAYING ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS WAS THAT WE WOULD GET THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND FEDS AND THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, REHABILITATE THE PROPERTY, TURN IT OVER TO A DIFFERENT ENTITY TO ACTUALLY RUN THE PROGRAMMING. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH RUNNING THE PROGRAMMING. IT WANTS TO BE IN THE FRONT BUILDING WHERE THE LARGER STORE AREA IS WOULD BE THE BIOTECH, WHICH IS BASICALLY ELECTRICAL, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, PLUMBING ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF FIELD WORK WOULD BE GIVEN TRAINING AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION WITH THE BACK BUILDINGS BEING A BUSINESS INCUBATOR, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATORS. ON THE BACKSIDE. BAD IDEA WAS APPROVED FOR THE GRANT.

UM WE DO HAVE, UM, A COMMITMENT FOR TRAINING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CERTAIN NUMBER OF LME LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. BUT THE FOCUS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY TO FOR TRAINING OR TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING, HOPEFULLY FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME OUT OF THAT. UM, THE I KNOW THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING A PARTNER ON IT. AND I KNOW THAT I R C IS EXPRESSING, UM, DESIRE TO BE A PARTNER ON IT AS WELL. AND SO IS THE BUILDING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS WELL FOR THE INCUBATOR PORTION FROM WHAT MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT, UM, A.

THERE'S A. ABSOLUTE SHORTAGE OF TRAINED TRADE. UH FOLKS, TRADESPEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S AIR CONDITIONING, ELECTRICAL WELDERS . IF I WAS A YOUNG MAN, I'D BE GOING IN THE WELDING OR MACHINE SHOP BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE MONEY'S AT. UM THERE IS ALSO A THERE'S ALSO

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I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, OR THE GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES FIND QUALIFIED TRADESPEOPLE, BUT IT'S ALSO TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO HAVE BETTER LIVES. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT EMPOWERS PEOPLE MORE THAN A GOOD PAYING RELIABLE JOB OTHER IT'S AS A PLUMBER OR ELECTRICIAN OR UTILITY WORKER OR A WILDER OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, I KNOW I CAME FROM A VOCATIONAL BACKGROUND. I STARTED MY CAREER IN AN AUTO BODY SHOP WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW, VOCATIONAL PROGRAM HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM AND DID THAT SO I WAS IN MY MID TWENTIES. YEAH. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A, UM A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND, UM AGAIN IN MY, BUT I DO THINK YOU'RE WE DO NEED TO PARTNER WITH EITHER IRC OR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OR OR THE HEIGHT OR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR SOMETHING TO PRODUCE A TRUE VOCATIONAL PROGRAM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE QUALIFIED TO BE THE EDUCATORS ARE DESIRE WOULD BE TO DO A YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE DOLLARS A YEAR AT LEAST THINGS AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE. I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT. GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED DOLLAR A YEAR LEASE OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I WOULD I SEE THAT TONIGHT WE'VE HAD SOME DOGGED DETERMINATION FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO FROM OUR COMMISSIONER WHO, IF THEY HAVE AN IDEA, THEY THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WANTS TO WORK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF WE DO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY ON THIS 4.8 MILLION, AND IF THIS PROJECT WORKS OUT IF WE VOTE FOR IT IF WE CONTINUE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD. WITH THIS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF THIS CREATES A HUB THAT WITHIN THAT HUB, THERE'S A HUB WHICH I'D CALL CULTURAL COLONEL. UM KAY. ER NOT C O L. UM THAT REALLY AH WOULD KEEP SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, THE N DOUBLE A C P OFFICES THERE, BUT EVEN TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE AN EVEN MANY MEANS MUSEUM THAT WOULD KEEP SOME OF THE CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND STUFF, ESPECIALLY OF THE EAST. STUART ERA COULD BE ALL OF STEWART. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN THING, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BIG BIG MUSEUM LIKE THAT, BUT JUST TO HAVE SOME PLACE. UM THAT'S THERE. THAT'S UH I DON'T KNOW. HE CALLED IT A HOME PLACE. WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS A LOT OF HISTORY TO IT WITH THE CHEROKEE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WEREN'T THINKING OF DOING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT MAYBE THAT MIGHT EVEN BECOME AN ACCENT TO THE WHOLE THING AFTER A WHILE, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, TRYING TO PRESERVE SOMETHING AND TO DO SOMETHING AND TO CREATE ONE LITTLE COMING INTO PLACE. IT'S NOT. UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D CALL IT SECULAR PLACE OR SOMETHING, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT WOULD REFLECT AND KEEP SOME OF THE HISTORY.

WHATEVER HAPPENS THAT THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN A PORTION OF THAT, UM WHETHER BUILDING SIZES THAT ARE IN THERE ARE NEW BUILDINGS THAT COMING THERE, THAT THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE FACILITATED IN THAT AREA. UM DID I MAKE A MOTION ALREADY? CAN I ALSO USE A COMMENT? OKAY SO BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY BUT WHAT SENTENCES HERE ABOUT THIS ITEM? I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM WORK GRANT AND SO JUST IN TERMS OF DETAILS FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NEW THAT WEREN'T HERE BEFORE. SO THAT LAND CURRENTLY IS PRIVATELY OWNED. YES AND SO WE WANT TO BUY THAT LAND? YES. FOR HOW MUCH 1.61 POINT SIX MIL. AND HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING IN TERMS OF GRANT? TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE IS TOWARDS THE ENTIRE TOTALITY OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES RENOVATION. THAT'S FOUR POINT 8,000,004 4.0.8 MILLION. AND THEN DOES THIS PROJECT IN ANY WAY GENERATE REVENUE? NO, NO. SO. AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR TEACHERS AND NO ONE IS GOING TO WORK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR WHATEVER GROUP IS GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING ALL THAT EDUCATIONAL SIDE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO FINANCE AT IT OR NO. OKAY, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE STILL THROUGH GRANT? NO, WE WILL FIND A PRIVATE NONPROFIT TO WORK WITH EITHER OR THE COLLEGE. EITHER I R C OR THE BDB OR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND WE DO A LEASE WITH THEM TO NON NON REVENUE GENERATING LEE SO LIKE A DOLLAR A YEAR, AND THEY'LL DO ALL THE

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PROGRAMMING AND RUN IT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEACHERS AND WHATEVER FEES ARE CHARGED FOR THE EDUCATION AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE THAT WITH BETWEEN THAT 1.6 AND 4.8 MILLION GRANT THAT THAT WILL COVER ALL OF THE RENOVATIONS WITH THE COST OF RENOVATING AND THINGS NOW? I BELIEVE IT WILL. I MEAN THERE WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TOTAL AMOUNT THEY HAD, BUT IT'S ABOUT 6000 SQUARE FOOT RENOVATION FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE SOME MONEY REMAINING FOR THE PROGRAMMING. WE'RE NOT DOING PROGRAMMING. WHATEVER IN THEIR FUNDS, THERE WAS 13,000. THE WEATHER WAS 13,000 SQUARE FEET, AND I HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE OF THE ESTIMATES THAT THE COMPANY DID FOR US ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAMS WOULD COST MONEY.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE COULD GIVE THEM TO HELP THEM. IF WE IF WE NEEDED TO GET IT IF WE HAD MONEY LEFT OVER. YES BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GIVING IT BACK. OTHERWISE WOULD RETURN THAT BACK ABOUT 50 JOBS. UH FROM THAT FROM THE PROGRAM. UM BUT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THE NUMBER IN THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE NOT PAYING JOBS. THEY ARE TO ASSIST LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITH THE TRADE SKILLS OR WHATEVER THAT THE SCHOOLING. SO THE NONPROFIT IS CREATING THOSE JOBS . I'M DAD'S HELP ME, PLEASE PROVIDING EDUCATION, RIGHT, PLUMBER. OH, YOU'RE SAYING 50 JOBS THAT WE CREATE WITH THE STUDENTS GOT IT. UM. SO THIS IS THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME, RIGHT? WHY? WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY TO BUY LAND TO NOT GENERATE RETURN. FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OR WHAT'S WHAT WAS THE GOAL HERE? WHY IS THIS CITY GETTING IN THE EDUCATION BUSINESS? WHAT IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON HAVING A PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY THAT WILL PROVIDE EDUCATION THAT YOUR JOBS TO PROVIDE A LIVABLE WAGE, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO EVEN SET WE HAVE NO HISTORY WITH DOING THIS, BUT I WAS NOT DOING IT WOULD NOT LET THE SCHOOLS THE SCHOOLS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE LAND, USE IT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. HELP OFFSET THAT'S PUBLIC BENEFIT. YOU DON'T THINK THAT THE EDUCATION TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, BUT PUBLIC BENEFIT IN TERMS OF LIKE EVERYBODY CAN USE A PARK. THE PLANE THAT WE OWN FOR THE GARAGE. HELPS THE TRUCKS SERVICE. ALL OF US, IT'S A TOTAL PUBLIC BENEFIT. IT'S NOT JUST, UM A SUBSET OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S AKIN TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAVING THE CITY GIVE OVER ITS LAND FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR LEASE SO THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE CHEAPER RENT.

WHAT KIND OF IN THAT SAME THING IN FAVOR OF THAT LOCATION AS BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, YOU AND I DISCUSSED TAYLOR PROPERTY AND GARY PROPERTY, BUT THE CITY BUT THE BUT THE CITY OWNING THEM AND DOING THAT. NO IF THAT LANDOWNER WANTS TO MOVE INTO A PROJECT LIKE THAT, ABSOLUTELY. BUT FOR THE CITY TO TRY TO GET HIM IN THE BUSINESS OF ACQUIRING LAND SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OR SCHOOLS THAT SEEMS LIKE THE TERM OF THE GRANT. HOW MANY YEARS THREE, SOE SERVICE FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FINAL PAYMENT OF THE BRAND. YES AFTER THE FIVE YEARS AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE CAN DO WHATEVER BUT THAT'S SORRY. GO AHEAD. BUT THAT'S SO, BUT WHATEVER THAT IS, IS GONNA IF IT'S PROVIDING PUBLIC BENEFITS GOING TO CONTINUE, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO FLIP IT AND TURN IT SUCCESSFUL. YES. AND CAN SOMEBODY BUILD APARTMENTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT ON THEM AND READY FOR 99 YEARS. FROM US.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION SO DESIRES. I HAVE A ELSE DOESN'T I THINK THERE'S I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC BENEFIT AND UPLIFTING PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW IF I CREATE IF WE CREATE A PROGRAM THAT UPLIFTS PEOPLE AND HELPS PEOPLE GET OUT OF POVERTY BY GETTING A TRADE, UH YOU KNOW, MY FATHER GREW UP VERY, VERY POOR AND HIS FIRST, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE OF, UH OF BEING OUT OF POVERTY WAS BEING DRAFTED AND SENT TO VIETNAM AND HE CAME BACK. HE GOT INTO YEAH, EXACTLY . AND HE CAME BACK AND GOT AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM. AND THAT WHERE HE BECAME A UTILITY WORKER FOR A POWER COMPANY IN OHIO. I AND HIGH SCHOOL WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD. SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO OFF AND GET SOME FURTHER EDUCATION IN IN AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I THINK THAT GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS IS, I THINK GETTING OPPORTUNITY TO O TRAIN PEOPLE FOR THE TRADES, WHICH THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TRADES. WE ALL NEED PLUMBERS. WE ALL NEED, YOU KNOW

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, BELIEVING THAT WE ALL NEED WELDERS, AND WE NEED ELECTRICIANS AND HVAC GUYS AND GIRLS AND THERE IS THERE. A SHORTAGE OF INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE TEACHING THAT ABSOLUTELY DIRECT HAVE SOME, LIKE ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF THAT, THAT THEY'RE RSC ISN'T HANDLING THIS, OR IS THERE SOME DATA THAT WE CAN POINT TO BEYOND THE WANTS TO DO IT? THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH THOSE AND WE CAN GET THE GRANT TO DO IT. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AND IT HELPS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HELPS OUR IT HELPS OUR RESIDENTS. IT HELPS OUR TAX BASE. IT HELPED BY PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, AND IT HELPS PEOPLE STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY CAN GET JOBS, GET TRAINED AND GET JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY. SO UM, I THINK IT'S A THINK IT'S A I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER WERE THE WE GOTTA CDB DURING GRANT THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT. IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR FUNDS. UM COMMISSIONER RICH LIABILITY WHO WOULD BE ON HOLD ON THE COMMISSIONER RICHARD, GO. YES, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, UM YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE AGE OF A PLUMBER? I THINK IT'S 59. THE AVERAGE AGE OF ELECTRICIAN IS IN HIS EARLY SIXTIES. I KNOW THE ELECTRICIAN I WORKED WITH FOR YEARS CANNOT FIND QUALIFIED YOUNG MEN TO WORK FOR HIM OR WOMEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS AN INVESTMENT BROKER FOR 33 YEARS. AND THE MOST VALUABLE CAPITAL THERE IS TO YOUR POINT. MR MAYOR IS HUMAN CAPITAL AND IF WE DON'T INVEST IN THEM AND PROVIDE THEM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE GONNA. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE DISABILITY. WE CREATED THEM IN ANOTHER WAY. THE VALUE OF GOVERNMENT IS WE'RE NOT A FOUR PROFIT BUSINESS. MEMORIAL PARK DOES NOT MAKE A PROFIT. THE BOARDWALK DOES NOT MAKE A PROFIT. THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING. QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING OURSELVES IS ARE WE PROVIDING. THE ABILITY OF OUR CITIZENS TO LEAD A MORE PRODUCTIVE LIFE THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US, AND THIS IS A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY. FOR THOSE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS. YOU WILL MAKE. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT IS THAT THIS CAN BE THE KERNEL OF REVIVING THAT AREA. THAT'S POSED MANY CHALLENGES TO US. SO I HARDLY ENDORSED. YOU KNOW THIS OPPORTUNITY WE THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS GRANT. SO I DON'T MEAN TO COME ACROSS LIKE I IMMIGRANTS ADAMANTLY AGAINST US. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MORE. DETAILS LIKE WHAT? WHAT IF WE'RE GONNA GO INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WHAT IS A SUCCESS YOU KNOW BEYOND IT FEELS GOOD AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA. HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL, AND WE MIGHT NEED TO RE EVALUATE. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THOSE METRICS FOR? WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW WOULD BE CONCERNS THAT I WOULD HAVE WE MIGHT NOT COMMISSIONER. SEE IT, UM. THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. I MEAN, IT'S A BLIGHT. UM IT'S A BLIGHT. WHEN YOU HAVE IN THE CHILDREN OF THAT COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO HELP THEM AND HAVING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB COME IN. AND THEN BE ABLE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF JOB. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. WE'RE IN GOVERNMENT. UM AND TRY TO HELP THEM. WE CAN'T IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S UH. BALANCE AND WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD IMPROVE. I WOULD HAVE HELPED THOSE CHILDREN IMPROVE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF IT, GETTING WORSE, MORE AND MORE OF IT GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. WE DID. WE WOULD HAVE GOT THIS MONEY IF IT WASN'T FOR, UMY WORDING. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY SENSE THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST US SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND REALLY IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF THIS FORECAST US MONEY BEYOND WHAT? THE GRANT.

PROVIDE STUFF. NOT THAT I'VE BEEN ATLANTIC AT ALL COMES OFF THE TAX ROLLS. THAT'S ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR. OKAY THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. COULD I HAVE A WORD? FAITH. IS TAKING THE FIRST STEP , EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THE STAIRCASE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FAITH ON THIS GRANT MONEY AND TRY TO USE THIS MONEY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A VITAL ALTERNATIVE. FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED SOMETHING, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A START. HAVE WE SURVEYED THIS PROPERTY IN A WAY? THAT WE REALLY, WE UNDERSTAND. ALL OF THE COSTS. THANKS IT'S SOMEBODY THAT IS QUALIFIED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD COST TO RENOVATE. IT WAS A GAS STATION RIGHT SO THAT UNDERGROUND WITH

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PETROLEUM COULD. IS THERE ANY LIABILITY THAT. THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED THAT SOMEBODY'S LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST US A STRAIGHTFORWARD DUE DILIGENCE HERE TRACK PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE OTHER BASE . THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE ONE AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO A PHASE TWO. WE ALREADY HAVE. THE DP LETTER FROM THIS SELLER JUST HAPPENED ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THE TANKS DROVE A TANK. SO AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THE PHASE TWO, BUT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF OUR GRANT SITUATION.

JUST A RENOVATION. WE MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE TO DO FACE TOO. THAT'S ONLY FOR GOING TO. YOU KNOW, WE DEVELOPED THE WHOLE SITE, SO I THINK WE'LL BE DONE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, OKAY? AND AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE RENOVATIONS, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT TWICE. WE DID IT ONCE THROUGH TIM'S OFFICE AND THEN, UH, PANEL REACHED OUT TO ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS WHO GAVE US BACK SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT AS WELL. OKAY SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A AGENDA ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD. YES YES. OKAY THANK YOU SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM OF THE

[11. POLICY DIRECTION REGARDING VEGETATION CONTROL]

EVENING. SO THIS IS A POLICY DIRECTION REGARDING VEGETATION CONTROL AND OUR STORM, WATER, PALMS AND LITTLE CREEKS. UM SO THIS HAS BEEN WE'VE TOSSED THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT. THE STARTED WITH NO SPRAYING OVER A YEAR AGO. UM IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMISSIONER MATHESON AT THE TIME. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A PILOT PROJECT WITH HOSPITAL POND, WHICH IS THAT PALM BEACH ROAD AND EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. AND WORKING WITH UM, JOE, I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. GILO GIULIO GIULIO. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS PILOT PROJECT FOR THAT, AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE PLAN TO TAKE THAT TO OUR OTHER PONDS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME OR OTHER PONDS, THE VEGETATION HAS GROWN BASICALLY OUT OF CONTROL, AND I'LL SAY I WENT AND I WENT OVER TO THE POND, POPPLETON CREEK. AND CENTRAL PARKWAY. WHEN THE SAILBOAT GUYS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE MODEL SAILBOATS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE WITH THE WEEDS AND, UM, TALKED AND ACTUALLY START WITH THE PROBLEM WAS I ACTUALLY FLEW MY DRONE OVER THE PROPERTY TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE WEEDS AND IT IS IT AND WHAT CAN WHAT CONCERNS ME IS. HEY, THERE'S THE ISSUE ABOUT THE PASSIVE RECREATION THAT WE HAVE. BUT ALSO IT'S STARTING TO, UH IT'S REALLY GETTING INTO THE DRAINAGE CANALS AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS, AND I THINK BACK TO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS SOME PRETTY SEVERE FLOODING OVER ON ARAPAHOE AND APACHE AND THAT WAS CAUSED BECAUSE OF A DRAINAGE CANAL THAT WAS BELONGED TO THE COUNTY OVER BEHIND OR NEXT TO THE Y M. C A THAT THEY DID NOT MAY DO ANY MAINTENANCE ON THAT CANAL FOR MANY YEARS AND FINALLY JUST GOT SO. OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS. AND THEN EVENTUALLY THERESE STARTED COMING INTO IT THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS CAUSING THE FLOODING OVER OFF OF 14TH STREET AND WRAP A HOE AND UH, AND PALM BEACH ROAD , SO I LOOK AT THE COST OF PHYSICALLY REMOVING THE WEEDS AND THE COST VERSUS SPRAYING.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO. YOU KNOW , THERE'S NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THE SPRING IS HARMFUL. THEY ALWAYS HAD WHILE WE SPRAYED. WE HAD FISH. WE HAD OTHER ISSUES AND WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW THE COST AT £1 OF 127,000 YEAR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HOW MANY POUNDS DO WE HAVE? I MEAN, I LOOK AT THE PAN BEHIND AND OFFER FLAMINGO WHERE THE DUCKS ARE AND THAT'S TURNING GREEN. THERE'S ACTUALLY COMPLAINING. I'M NOT SURPRISED AND. AND SO I I'M YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND I MET WITH THE EXPERT, UH, IS THAT JANE? JULIA YEAH. I MET WITH HIM AND HE WAS BROUGHT IN BY FORMER COMMISSIONER MATHESON . UM AS BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO FOUND THIS EXPERT AND OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER MATHESON DIDN'T WANT TO SPRING AND THE FIRST THING HE TOLD ME IS WE HAVE TO SPRAY AND THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT. UM SO I AM IN FAVOR UNTIL WE AT LEAST FINISH THE PILOT PROGRAM AND SEE HOW THE PILOT PROGRAM WORKS TO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO END UP WITH A FLOODING SITUATION. UM UH, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE ALREADY GOT ENOUGH ISSUES WITHOUT CREATING A SELF INFLICTED WOUND. IT'S HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE STEP. THE WEEDS. YEAH. COMMENT. YES. SO DO

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WE HAVE ANY ACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT IT'S CAUSING FLOODING? IT HASN'T NOT YET, BUT I'M SAYING IT WILL BE BASED ON ANY ANY REAL. THESE ARE CONTROL STRUCTURES. DAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. I MEAN, THERE'S CONTROL STRUCTURES. AND THEN THERE'S THE DRAINAGE SECTION, ESPECIALLY LONG BRUNER POND. THEY'RE COMING OFF OF ORDER. FLORIDA STREET IS THAT'S THE PICTURE THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S ALMOST CLOSED UP THE CREEK LINE. UM WE DON'T HAVE ANY FLOODING THAT I KNOW OF THAT'S CAUSED BY THE VEGETATION ITSELF. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LONGER YOU LET IT GO, THE LONGER IT'S GONNA GROW, SO LET ME JUST GET OH, SO IT COULD. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT MECHANICAL REMOVAL? JUST THAT THAT DYKE RIGHT THERE. THAT PART AT THE POND. FLOODING IS TRULY THAT CONCERN. IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WHICH POND AT THE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL OF THEM WERE TALKING CREEK, THE ONE ON CENTRAL PARK. YEAH I MEAN TO DO THE I DON'T KNOW. CONCERN FOR DRAINAGE. THEY'RE FLOODING. IS THAT ONE RIGHT? SO THE INITIAL TREATMENT WAS 27,000 ? NO, I THINK THE FLOODING IS ALL OVER THE ONE THAT'S GOING INTO BRUNER POND. RIGHT NOW. IT'S COMING OFF OF FLORIDA. IF THAT WERE TO BACK UP, I THINK THAT'S THE OUTFALL FROM THE PART FROM THEM. MOBILE HOMES, WHICH IS ALREADY HAVING THOSE ARE HAVING FLOODING ISSUES. THAT'S BECAUSE THAT OUTCOMES FROM THE POND BEHIND. UM UH, SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER PONDS AND THE EASTER AS A RESULT OF THE WEEDS. WELL, AFTER WE'D END UP BLOCKING YOUR OUTFLOW, THEN YOU'RE FLOODING IN THAT PREVENTATIVELY, RIGHT? GOTCHA.

UM SO. JUST JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE RIGHT. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PRICE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE NAMES OF THESE CHEMICALS. I WENT TO PULL HIM UP AND YOU CAN WHEN WE SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY HARM THAT THEY HAVE A SHEET THAT DETAILS ALL OF THEIR YOU KNOW WHEN EXPOSED TO IT. STABILITY, REACTIVITY TOXICOLOGY , EACH ONE OF THESE IN THE YOU KNOW CHEMICALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN OUR WATER COMES WITH THE DETAILS OF YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE ONE IN PARTICULAR. UM IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. YOU HAVE THE SKULL. YOU HAVE THE BURNING SYMBOL. YOU HAVE THE DEAD TREE. DEAD FISH SYMBOL. I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TOXICOLOGIST, BUT NEXT TO THEM, IT SAYS TOXIC IF INHALED, HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED , MAYBE CORROSIVE TO METALS, VERY TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE WITH LONG LASTING EFFECTS. WE HAVE FIRST AID MEASURES IF IT'S INHALED, HOW PHYSICIAN SHOULD HANDLE THIS? THEY NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE UM DICH WATT POISONING MUST BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO TRY TO BIND THIS AND THE GUT BECAUSE IT'S SO, UM DANGEROUS. ACCIDENT ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES CLEANING UP SPILLS IMMEDIATELY.

OBSERVING THE PRECAUTIONS CONTROL SPILL OF THE SOURCE. I MEAN, IF SOMETHING IS THIS POISONOUS. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD WE BE PUTTING IT IN OUR WATER? I UNDERSTAND COST. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A LOT TO DO IT MECHANICALLY . BUT IF IT MEANS THAT MAYBE WE ARE MECHANICALLY REMOVING IT AROUND THAT DYKE IF WE'RE DOING , I DON'T KNOW. LET'S HAVE A WORKSHOP IF WE NEED TO ABOUT THIS, BUT PUTTING I'LL SAY IT LIKE THIS IN LIGHT OF P PFOA, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH FOO AND WE HAVE TO BUY THESE EXPENSIVE FILTERS AND WE'RE ALL HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION TO OUR WATER SUPPLY. WHY WOULD WE ADD ANY MORE CHEMICALS? TO THE WATER DIRECTLY GOES INTO THE RIVER. POPPLETON CREEK. THAT POND ULTIMATELY GOES INTO THE RIVER THROUGH THAT THAT CREEK. THIS IS INSANE TO ME, SO I COULD READ OFF ALL OF THESE THAT SHEET AFTER SHEET. THERE'S FOUR OF THESE PRIMARY DIFFERENT ONES THAT ALL HAVE VERY SIMILAR THINGS SAID ABOUT HIM. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST VOTE YES, ON AND QUICKLY. WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO JUMP INTO PUTTING ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT COULD BE MR LEGGETT THIS THIS IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT USES THE SAME CHEMICALS. SOME MUNICIPALITIES, THE SAME CHEMICAL AND CONTRACTOR THAT SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT USES FOR THEIR LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES USE GLYPHOSATE. A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF CHEMICALS THAT YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T USE THAT AS A REFERENCE FOR BEING A GOOD IDEA. COMMISSIONER CART? YES. SO THEN THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK IF I'M AND I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MR LEGGETT IF HE HAS A PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE SMALL CITY, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY STATE AREAS INTERTWINED IN OUR AREA, MAYBE IN THE COUNTY. THEY WOULD , BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS USING ANY OF THE STATE CHEMICALS CLOSE TO US, BECAUSE, OF COURSE THEY GET INTO OUR SYSTEM, TOO.

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BUT WHATEVER THE NAMES OF THOSE CHEMICALS THAT YOU RESEARCH, AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY FIGHTS WITH THIS FROM KISSIMMEE IN DOWN AND FROM ANYWHERE, REALLY, UM, AND ALL OF SOFT FLOATING WATER MANAGEMENT AS TO WHAT IS THE BEST THING. AND I SEE THE EXPENSES. PROBABLY PENNIES COMPARED TO THOUSANDS AND USING THE SPRAY VERSUS THE MECHANICAL AND THE DETAIL AND THE INDIVIDUAL WORK. UM. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S ALL GETS DOWN TO MONEY, BUT, UM. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS THAT OTHER THAN WHAT SOUTH FLORIDA DOES. IF THERE HAS BEEN A DETAIL, STUDY THAT SAYS WHAT IS THE EVENTUAL LONG TERM IMPACT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE DECISION HAS BEEN THAT THEY'VE HAD TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN, WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT GET CLOGGED UP AND WE HAVE TO DO THE BALANCE. UM IT'S IT. I DON'T I KNOW MR MR LEGGETT IS NOT UP HERE. BUT MAYBE IF HE COULD COME UP, I WOULD ASK MR LEGGETT, IF UM THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT WHETHER. PIECE BY PIECE OR FOR THE REST OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE THE STUDY THAT MR JILLIAN IS TRYING TO WORK WITH ON THOSE, UM THOSE AREAS IN THE ZONE WHERE THE LITTLE AURIOL ZONE THAT'S MEETING THE WATER AND COMING UP ONTO THE BANKS. UM, IF WE CAN TRY TO IF IT'S IF THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO WITH THE CHEMICALS ITSELF. FLORIDA HAS BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING OVERWHELMING PROBLEM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING CLOGGED UP AFTER A WHILE, AND MAYBE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT WORKING. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE OFFICIAL IS SAYING I'VE READ YOUR REPORT? I'VE LOOKED AT IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CUT TO THE CHASE AND UNDERSTAND THAT AND SEE IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES OR LIKE COMMISSIONER COLLINS IS SAYING. DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT COMING HERE AND TALK TO US ABOUT CHEMICALS OR TALK TO US ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES. WE ALREADY DID THAT DONE THAT. I KNOW. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. BUT REMEMBER , I'M JUST SAYING THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER COLLINS HAS ASKED FOR ALREADY DONE THAT. EXCUSE ME, MR COLLINS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MR LEGGETT IS OFFICIAL IS SAYING TO US WHAT I'VE PUT IN MY REPORT IS WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST THING AND WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIND THE BULLET AND BITE IT OR DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH THING. UM BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR ALL WATER BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET CLOGGED UP EITHER WAY, SO I DON'T KNOW. LET'S UM. WE NEED TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE. I BEEN ANY CONSIDERATIO MECHANICAL REMOVAL ON A SMALL SCALE IF FLOODING IS TRULY THE CONCERN. WELL I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN JUST JUST REMOVING ALL THE WEEDS EVERYWHERE, AND THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. WHERE THERE WHERE IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE AN ISSUE WITH FLOODING, FOR INSTANCE, BUT DON'T YOU SEE THAT EVENTUALLY, AND I WARNED THIS A YEAR AGO WE WENT DOWN THIS ROAD AND DON'T YOU SEE THAT? OKAY, WE GO AND WE DO THE DIKE AREA AND WE REMOVE THAT AND WE CONCENTRATE ON THAT SO THAT WAS FLOODING IN THE REST OF THE POND AREA DOESN'T STOP GROWING. EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE REST OF THE POND AND HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND PAY $500,000 FOR SOME KIND OF REMOVAL. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS IT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, IT JUST GROWS IN THE PARTNERS, ALMOST UNUSED. PANDIT POPPLETON CREEK IS ALMOST UNUSABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE RECREATIONAL MODEL BOAT BOAT, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR DESIRE TO WANT TO DO THEIR BOATS. BUT IF YOU'RE PUTTING CHEMICALS INTO THAT, DO WE NEED EMOTION ARE JUST HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE TRIED TO TACKLE THIS IN ANY OF US HAVE. CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM UP HERE AND YOU GOT THEM. I HAVE A COMMANDING PRESENCE, BUT YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS OF SPRAY REDUCTION PROGRAM AND WE BEAT THIS. LONG AS WE COULD LONG AS YOU KNOW, AND RIGHT NOW AT FRASER QUICK BEHIND THE POST OFFICE DEBT SLOWLY GETTING CHOKED OFF. SO AFTER A WHILE, I WON'T BE THE FLOW THERE AT ALL. THAT'S WHAT I CALL MORE BACK UP IN THE EASTERN AREA ALSO SO WE'VE DONE ALL WE COULD BE BROUGHT IN EXPERTS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING. THE EXPERTS, SAID THE EXPERT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO COME AND TELL US HOW WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPRAY SAID THAT WE HAVE TO SPRAY THAT WAS AROUND IT. ITS PRE REDUCTION. LESS THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO SPRAY

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NOWHERE AROUND IT. AND BY THE TIME UM MAKE, IT'S HERE AND WE START GETTING OUT OF THIS RAIN.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THEN, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH THE ONE THAT FLAMINGO POND. YEAH THAT ONE'S GETTING REAL BAD. LET ME MAKE A MOTION IS FOUR. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THE FOUR CHEMICALS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED IN LIKE SOME OF THESE WERE NASTY OR COMPARED TO OTHERS ARE ALL FOUR OF THESE NECESSARY TO DO THIS, OR CAN WE AVOID SOME OF THE NASTIER ONES? IS THERE ANY WAY TO MITIGATE THIS? TO GET THE PARTY LINE CONTROL. YOU WOULD NEED TO AT LEAST GET STARTED WITH IT. WE CAN LOOK AT CUTTING BACK AT A PERIOD OF TIME. WE NEED TO GET TO THE WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO RIGHT NOW. CHEMICAL. WAIT A MINUTE. MR BRUNER ADVICE BY BRUNER. I JUST DIDN'T GET TO FINISH. UM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT JUST SPRAY AS MINIMAL AS YOU CAN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND? SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND. OK, ANY DELIBERATION? YEAH YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST THAT GREW ON ON THE POUND OF FLAMINGO IN THE WINTER. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF RAIN. SO OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YOU KNOW HOW LOATH I AM TO PUT POISON INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND I AND I SHARE YOUR CONCERN. BUT I THINK MILTON AND DAVE DYER SHARE YOUR CONCERN , TOO, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR SAFER ALTERNATIVES. I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE. AND YOU KNOW? LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE THE SPRAY REDUCTION PROGRAM. BUT AT SOME POINT YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE TO COME IN AT THIS LEVEL, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I SPOKE TO MERIT ABOUT IT. AND MERIT, WHO CERTAINLY HAS STRONG ENVIRONMENT COULD CREDENTIALS. EVEN HE SAID.

NOPE. WE'VE GOT A SPRAY. GET A NUMBER CONTROL SO. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND YEAR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? SAYING DANCES SAY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? VICE MAYOR BRUNER YES. MACDONALD, COMMISSIONER RICH YES, COLLINS. THANK COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES.

OKAY MOTION PASSES FOR ONE. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM . SO

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